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captain-mj · 1 year

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Oh I’m so happy you also like SoapGhostRoach!! Is it alright to ask for a fluffy/angst one shot, where Soap meets Roach for the first time because of Ghost; however Ghost forgets to inform Soap that Roach is mute. So Soap goes and thinks he made a bad first impression with Roach all over the lack of information, and Ghost has to help Soap learn sign language. Only for Soap to just jump right into flirting with the two in sign language, because he apparently has a thing for men in mask.

I love this ship so much!! So happy to get an ask on them!! If you guys have any more, throw them my way!

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Soap was fine! Just a little nervous, but that was fine. He was meeting Ghost’s best friend besides himself. But it was fine.

He stood in front of Roach, a little taken back. For one, Roach was shorter than him. Two, he had a mask on.

Roach looked up at him, dark eyes barely visible through his glasses. Soap smiled.

“Johnny Soap MacTavish. You’re Roach, right?” He waited for a response but he just got a half assed nod. Soap glanced down at himself, making sure there wasn’t something immediately off about him. He had all his clothes on and he looked fine. Right?

“How long have you known Ghost?” Roach held up a few fingers before looking away. Soap didn’t know how to react to that. He shifted back and forth on his feet.

“Do we know each other?” Soap asked, thinking maybe they had met before and he had done something rude. He’d apologize of course. Besides the fact that this was Ghost’s friend, he also didn’t like people being mad at him.

Roach just shook his head and stared back up at him. Ghost came back, thank God, and talked with Soap. He occasionally talked to Roach but Roach just shook his head or nodded before just fucking off.

Soap bit the inside of his cheek hard. What the fuck? They were supposed to be meeting? I mean technically they were there because they happened to be on a mission together but meeting was important!

The mission was slow going. Especially because Roach was clearly still holding whatever grudge he was holding before. He would just glance at him blankly and nod if asked a yes or no question he thought was worth his time. Soap tried to keep it to himself, but he didn’t understand why.

He went over ever moment since he had gotten off the plane. He didn’t understand what he did to offend Roach and he really, really wanted to be on his good side. It didn’t help that Roach was also his type which was boiling down to “men in masks”. Not even tall men anymore apparently. Just men. In masks.

What a joke.

He’d see him and Ghost talking. Or...well he thought they were talking. They’d stare into each others eyes and make hand gestures and they seemed to just get teach other.

It drove Soap crazy.

He sighed and realized only one person could hopefully clear this up.

“Hey, Ghost? Can we talk?” Soap made sure Roach wasn’t around when he asked.

Ghost cringed a little. “Sure.”

“Why is Roach upset at me?” Soap felt like a middle schooler. This was so stupid. He was already regretting this.

“What are you talking about? Roach likes you.” Ghost looked down at him.

“He won’t talk to me. He ignores me when ever I talk to him. I can barely get him to acknowledge me.” Soap sounded exasperated and Ghost stared at him for a minute.

“Johnny. He’s mute. What were you expecting?” Ghost sounded startled.

“Simon. How the fuck could I have known he was mute??” Soap put his hands in his hair. Those were hand gestures. Oh God.

“I told you!”

“No, you didn’t!”

“Oh. I didn’t did I?” Ghost winced. “Okay. No big deal. He can’t speak at all.”

“I must’ve seem like such a fucking tadger, just yapping away while he sat there unable to respond back!” Soap started to pace.

“Do you want me to teach you sign?” Ghost offered.

Soap looked at him. “You’d do that?”

“Yeah. It’s the only way you guys can talk. I’m not going to make Roach right everything down.”

“Okay. I’d like that, Ghost.” Soap sat down. “Can we start with a hi and “sorry, didn’t know you were mute and that’s why I acted like a bawbag?”

Ghost stared at him blankly. “Yeah, I’m pretty sure bawbag isn’t a fucking word, so.” He took his gloves off. Soap felt like a man catching a lady’s ankle under her fucking renaissance dress.

“Sit down, MacTavish.”

“Yes, sir.”

Soap should’ve known Ghost would teach just like he trained. Grueling, quick to point out mistakes, but damn it was effective.

Soap still couldn’t hold a conversation, but it was passable. If Ghost was there to translate a couple signs, he could, theoretically, communicate with Ghost.

Unknown to his LT, Soap may have done a little research on his own. Just... a small bit. Fill in a couple of gaps.

Soap walked up to Roach and noticed that he did immediately turns more towards him instead of the person speaking. Maybe Ghost was right about Roach liking him. Who knew.

Soap awkwardly signed. “Hi! How’s your day?”

Roach visibly brightened and started signing back. “Good! Yours?” He signed slowly and Soap had a feeling it was for his benefit.

“Better now that you’re here.”

Roach’s hands froze and he blinked slowly at him before narrowing his eyes. “Do you know what that means?”

Soap spoke since he wasn’t sure how to sign this. “I checked everything Ghost taught me, don’t worry. I know exactly what I said.” He smiled at him and thanks to the mask, he couldn’t be sure, but he swore he saw him blush just a little.

“I see. Learn this just for me?” Was Roach flirting back???

“Yep. Wanted to be able to have a proper conversation.” Soap leaned in. “Still a beginner, so go easy on me yeah?” Roach’s shoulders shook like he was laughing and he moved in closer.

“You like it easy, huh?” Roach signed back and Soap wondered if he was smirking. Soap flushed more.

They started to flirt more and once Soap realized only the three of them could hear it, he started flirting with Ghost too.

He pretended it was all in good fun, even if he maybe had a few more feeling than he should.

Roach was watching Soap’s hands as he signed, but he kept glancing away. Soap paused, about to ask him what it was when something heavy draped on his back. He almost fought back before noticing the smell of Ghost.

“What are you doing?” Ghost pinned both of Soap’s arms behind his back and Roach stepped forward, hands on Soap’s stomach.

“Uh, guys?” Both of them were utterly silent and without their expressions, Soap had nothing to go off of. Roach slid his hands up and grabbed his pecs, making soft humming noise. It was the loudest noise he had heard from Roach.

Soap gasped softly when he felt lips against his neck. Ghost had moved his balaclava just enough to get his mouth free, pressing it bruisingly to Soap’s skin. Roach slid his hands back down and squeezed Soap’s hips before sliding to grab his ass.

Soap was too flustered to speak, biting his lip so hard he thought it’d bust.

They both pulled away and Ghost slapped his ass before leaning in. “Stop being a goddamn tease, MacTavish.”

#Johnny Soap Mactavish #Simon Ghost Riley #Soap Cod #Ghost COD #Soapghost #Ghostsoap #Soap x Ghost #Ghost x Soap #Macriley #Call of Duty #Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2 #ghost x roach #roach x ghost #roach x soap #soap x roach #ghost x soap x roach

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waytooinvested · 1 month

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Fandom creators tag game

1. What sort of content do you create, and what is the thing you’ve made that you’re most proud of? Mostly I write fanfiction. Sometimes I make little needle felted character dolls. Over all proudest is probably still The Hands I Used to Touch (Call the Midwife), but for my current fandom (Supergirl) it's Forgotten, Not Forgiven, as that is my latest big project and home to all the fluffy supercorp that I need in my life (okay not in the published chapters but IT WILL BE EVENTUALLY I PROMISE)

2. What fandom(s) do you create for? Right now just Supergirl, and I have only written three fics for that one so far (but hopefully more to come!) Before that it was Call the Midwife.

3. What is your current favourite ship (or brotp if you prefer), and how controversial is it? Supercorp, ie Kara/Lena for Supergirl (I know, I’m so quiet about it on this blog you would never have guessed). It occupies an interesting space of being simultaneously entirely non controversial in that it is by far the biggest ship I have ever engaged with, while also being extremely divisive, both within and beyond fandom spaces. But I arrived here LONG after most of that had happened, and am now just happily playing in the sandpit of creative space while the bones of drama stay *mostly* buried. Always a bit of a shock when one rises up to try and kick down your sandcastle though (yes, I am aware that that is a mildly horrifying visual)

4. For your answer to question 3, are they canon? They are not (TECHNICALLY), but there is enough raw material in canon to build The São João Baptista, and that is enough for me. That and the 21,302 (and counting) fics with their relationship tag on AO3.

5. What was your first fandom, and how old were you? The first I actually engaged with other fans over was Call The Midwife in my early 20s, and that was because I snapped after seeing one too many tv lesbians get hit by a car.

6. What is your most unhinged fandom creation to date? Unhinged is not really my brand so I don't really have anything good for this one. Is Kara gets accidentally miniaturized unhinged? Or a bait and switch Lena "villain" arc? I think probably not really to either, but that's the closest I've got for this fandom so far...

7. Do you remember what started you off creating fandom content, and if so, what was it? The aforementioned incident between Delia and a car, which left her with amnesia and taken away to Wales mere moments after she and Patsy had moved in together. But I’m over it. Honest.

8. Do you let people you know in real life see your fandom creations? Not usually, I get shy about it. The exceptions are my wife (but we met via fandom so that one maybe doesn’t count) and on occasion my best friend, who talked me round by being an enthusiastic sweetheart.

9. How do you feel about fanworks of fanworks? Has anyone ever made something based on a thing you made? A few people have made fan art for my fics and it felt like the absolute highest compliment that could be paid to my writing. It was amazing to know that something I wrote meant enough to people to inspire them to go and create their own thing from it, and I loved getting to see other people’s takes on the version of the characters/story I had created. I think it's one of the best things about fandom communities! But I do understand why other people might feel differently about something they have poured so much of themselves into making, so I guess the main thing is trying to be respectful with it, crediting the source, and accepting people's boundaries. Basically I think we should all just be kind to each other and have fun.

10. What feeling do you most often try to evoke with your creations? I'm generally seeking my own catharsis through writing fix-it fic for painful things that happened in canon, so I guess a certain amount of pain followed by the eventual fluffy feel good satisfaction of resolution, but honestly I consider it a win if I can evoke a whole spectrum of emotions along the way.

11. Has someone ever paid your work a compliment (in any form) that has stuck with you, and what was it? Someone once liked my fic so much that she married me about it, so it’s hard to beat that haha. But on a more usual level, people making fanart for my fic was a HUGE one. And also just when people have left particularly in depth comments, commented on every chapter, told me they're rereading or that a fic of mine was their favourite etc... Basically just knowing that something I made has really meant something to someone gives me all of the warm fuzzy feelings, and I am very grateful to each and every person who has taken the time to tell me so!

12. What’s your favourite thing someone else has made that you’ve seen in the last 24 hours (and link it if you can find it again!) Originally I had the bouquet toss ficlet by @fazedlight here, because it just captures the characters so beautifully, but then I left this sitting in my drafts and it is now more than 24 hours ago that I saw it, so I'll add this adorable art by @awaitingrain, because LOOK AT IT! They are so cute??! Also I relate to gentle nomming as a display of affection XD

13. Give a small sneak preview of something you’re working on right now (eg a couple of sentences of fic from a WIP, a gif set theme, a small piece of a larger picture, whatever you feel happy to share) "Lena Luthor was dangling from the side of a cliff, nothing between her and the vast chasm of space below but the small jutting nodule she was clinging to to keep from falling.

How the hell had she ended up here?

Well. She knew how of course.

Kara Danvers was how."

14. Have you ever seen/read anything made by the person who tagged you? If so, what was it and what was your favourite thing about it? (pick a favourite if there are several) SO MANY!! it’s hard to pick a favourite of hers honestly because she is a RIDICULOUSLY good writer, but I’m going to go with The Next Best Thing by @cynicalrainbows. I don’t tend to read many kidfics but this one is the absolute best I have come across, she captures the child perspective fantastically well while also being incredibly engaging and entertaining to an adult reader. It is what successfully pulled me into reading Six fanfic despite (at that point) never having seen the musical. Even if you haven’t either, I wholeheartedly recommend checking it out. Or go and read her new Paperdolls fic and help grow that fandom, which I think currently has all of two people in it!

15. Do you leave comments on fandom works, and if so how would you describe your comment style? I do! I know how much I love it when people do it for me, so I try to leave comments on every chapter of the fics I read (or add tag notes for tumblr art/fic reblogs), and give specifics about what I like about it. Sometimes I just fully liveblog the fic reading experience, which is always fun. I also find it makes you engage and appreciate the work more because you’re taking your time to really think about it, AND it makes an author happy to receive (at least so I hope), which makes me happy.

16. How many works in progress do you currently have? Will you finish them all? Not counting a couple of dump documents of ideas and snippets, technically 3, I guess? One is Forgotten, Not Forgiven (Supergirl) which is my big one and will definitely be finished. The others are less certain – Storybooks and Siren Suits (Call The Midwife) is the one kidfic I have ever written, and is both my longest story at 151,020 (published) words, and also the one I am least likely to finish, because it has been stuck on the same chapter for around 3 years now. The other is Small Problem… (Supergirl) which could be counted as a finished oneshot, but I will probably end up adding further Adventures of Tiny Kara at some point.

17. what’s the longest it’s ever taken you to finish a fandom project?Well, see above re: 3 year stall on new updates. For actually fully finished and published stories I think it was around 6 months.

18. Describe the thing you made most recently in a way that is technically true, but also completely misleading. Link the thing if it’s published! Lena discovers Kara in Lex’s bed, then decides to lure her into friendship under false pretenses. Alex helps her do it. Forgotten, Not Forgiven.

19. Do you ever engage with fanworks for a fandom you’re not in? Which one(s) and how did you get into it? See above re: getting into fanfiction for Six!

20. Recommend a fan work from your fandom to your followers That’s tough because there are so many amazing ones, but I think I will go with I Guess I Live Here Now by @fabulousglitch, because it was both the first fic I really got into for supercorp and also contained everything I wish the characters could have had in canon. I know I am several years late to the party so if you are in the supercorp fandom you have probably already read it, but if you haven’t read it GO READ IT, IT’S SO GOOD!

Suggested tag list, but there are no rules here, follow your heart.

A mutual you have never actually spoken to but think seems cool @nottawriter

The most recent person whose content you engaged with (eg read a fic, reblogged art, whatever form you feel best fits) @sideguitars (and I still owe you a comment on AO3 for that!)

Someone whose content you saw via tags/reblogs and you followed them because of it @sssammich

Someone in your fandom that you think makes cool things @fazedlight

Someone in a different fandom that you think makes cool things @havaamina

Someone you always tag on things like this @cynicalrainbows

Someone you have never tagged before @thatonebirdwrites

Someone you would like to get to know better @thecasualqueer

Someone who makes art you like @pea-green (I don't know if you still do fandom drawing/writing these days, but your commissioned art is still up in my house/in my profile picture and I love it so much)

Someone who writes fics you like @fabulousglitch

#tag game #fanfic writing #fandom creators #I have only been here a couple of months so the number of people I could actually claim to *know* on any level in this fandom is tiny #So if I have tagged you and you have no interest in being tagged in things by random unfamiliar internet strangers #please accept this as the compliment it is intended as and feel free to ignore it!#If you ARE interested in being tagged in things by random internet strangers and decide to play the game #please tag me so I can see your answers!#And if I didn't tag you but you would like to play anyway please feel free to name me as your tagger if you want to :)

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joyswonderland1108 · 1 year

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Am i ranting again?

I probably am but whatevuh!

So by now y’all know i’m on tiktok a lot of time and naturally i get a lot of videos about our boys. Thing is, i come across some “ship” videos that include either Jimin or JK with another member and the comments be saying “It’s always these two” and i’m like No bitch, it’s not AlWaYs ThEsE tWo, y’all are just so fucking blind to the “other two” that’s what it is.

Cause i’ll be damned if being flirtatious is for some reason considered gay if it’s Jimin or JK with any other member but NOT when they’re flirting with each other.. I’m sorry Ma’am but imma need some explanation over here cause ?!!?!

And you know what’s silly? All these damn excuses that for some reason only pop up when it comes to Jikook. Y’all were adamant about the hickey or as y’all like to convince yourselves being just a “bite” (well technically speaking a hickey is called a love bite but they ain’t ready for that one) or a cover up for JK’s “girlfriend” but surprise surprise when Jimin wasn’t even brought up in the equation with Joon, hickeys suddenly became a Jimin thing.

So we over here always twisting the boys words to fit your unresolved hatred towards any possible deeper bond between Jimin and JK but my question is why is it THAT bad for them to be a thing? Cause i don’t see anyone combusting when they talk about these two being with any other member i mean.. Is the world ending if Jikook are a thing or..? What am i missing? What are we trying to dismiss their bond for?

Thing is, they’ve always been sus

They’ve always been a lil..

Fruity..

But the narrative is that, apparently, all the things they’ve been up to is such a normal thing to do with friends, besties, um.. siblings.. parents.. Okay yeah Margaret this is disturbing

I can pretend and go along with that lame ass excuse of that being “normal” between friends but when we’re tip toeing a bit too close to sweet home Alabama i can’t follow anymore. Cause you know you won’t catch me on a regular Sunday just making out with my brother’s neck you know.. I also know for a fact that if anyone other than my so was licking my ear they’re getting my elbow right on the nose.

“Why do you always bring up things that happened in the past? 🙄” Well i mean we always tend to talk more about the most shocking things don’t we? But truth is that there’s a whole list out there for things Jikook do every year that make me side-eye. We ain’t even recovered yet from the domesticity that emanated from a comment exchange, the whole context of it, let alone stuff that happened in front of our salads.

You know about muscle memory right? So when your homie is teasing you, cupping your face, your initial reflex ain’t puckering your lips fam..

Bruh i’m not even going to talk about how these two be having the gayest photoshoots

You also won’t catch me thirst trapping my bro or just canoodling in a dark corner in a party where people are supposed to be having fun with friends ya know. Now of course i ain’t crazy to be thinking that every interaction out there means something deep, there’s a whole thought process, a whole context, a whole understanding to do, a whole knowledge of the person, etc..

Something you have to ask yourself “Did A ever do to anyone else what they’ve just done to B?” If the answer is yes of course you can look further into it since as i said there’s also context in there and depending on that (of course we’re talking here about stuff that seem sus anything else is just that no need to dig further into it) but if the answer is no you’ve got your answer right there.

(Credits to Dalto on Twitter)

Sure enough this is playful this is cute but this is that, as a non-jikooker you are free to see this as friends being friends you know i won’t judge you, i personally see it and it warms my heart but i won’t be jumping on my bed screaming yet.

Initially here JK was supposed to be in the middle but we all know how many times that boy tried to fool Joon into thinking that he forgot he was supposed to be in the middle lol I guess that day Joon just gave up on trying because naturally our Jikook tend to gravitate towards each other, just another Tuesday really.. Again i can see people dismissing this and downplaying it but we all know damn well that once something start becoming a bit of a habit.. You start wondering why (y’all already know why lol)

I know that this post might make absolutely no sense, literally i was just sitting around doing nothing and decided to write, i can’t even focus to make shit organized but hey.. bear with me. My point is, why are people too set on making everything BTS do gay until Jimin and JK do it together? I can understand that coming from the cult for very obvious reason despite it not making any sense but whatever, but why are other people completely loosing their shit over it too?

#jikook #minkook #Kookmin #Minggukie

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oldmemoria · 7 months

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caught up with cringetober because I literally forgot to do it, individuals and explanations under cut

Day 1: Heterochromia I’ve come to the revaluation that my sona is already cringe as hell considering not only can his entire body change color but he also has differently colored eyes as a staple of his design. They’re usually yellow and blue but this time I color picked the blue from the trans flag and the mint from the Vincian flag for this color palette, it turned out really pretty :)

Day 2: Self Insert Now she isn’t my self insert anymore, but back in the day when I was at “peak cringe” she definitely was. This is my warriors OC Icypelt and I have a post going over part of her story on my profile somewhere. She’s been through a lot and I think her modern design is very pretty :)

Day 3: Unnecessarily complex fit/design Spider scene is kinda infamous in my brain for having wayyy too much detail but I love them and I think this might be my favorite one out of this batch, super cute, the pose is really cute and the colors are nice and fits her really well :D

day 4: Angel x Devil inevitable MCR reference ik, Helena and Revenge, love them dearly. Poor revenge man this one is cute and looks like a sticker!!

Day 6 (I skipped day 5 because I didn’t want to open up ms paint today): neko i kinda hate this one but cat Gerard yay

Day 7: Pinterest base at first I wanted to draw hobie in place of Gwen but I remembered that I haven’t really drawn Mikey with her even though they’re supposed to be friends so I drew her instead. Idk. The height difference is not accurate because of that but Jumping Spider is small because he’s based on a jumping spider and those are tiny who would have thought

Day 8: tumblr sexyman i have never played undertale a day in my life i just know a lot of people wanted to jump sans’ bones

day 9: Crossover ship/rarepair OH BOY THIS ONE GOES KIND OF HARD AND IM EMBARRASSED ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY KIND OF WORK FOR EACH OTHER UM MIGUEL OHARA X CLOTTED CREAM COOKIE IM INSANE OMG-

day 10: fursona i already have a fursona I already drew and yes I colorpicked from the lesbian flag how could you tell /j

Day 11: Yandere LYLA is technically canonically a yandere because spoiler alert she tried to kill Miguel’s fiancé via overheating her in the shower (essentially literally boiling her like a lobster) because she was “in love” with him (she said if she did have autonomy and had feelings the would be in love with him but she doesn’t but idk who knows I don’t).

day 12: niche interest ik MCR isn’t exactly “niche” but the black parades story in particular has always caught my interest and I have my own interpretation of it and a whole kind of story I’m still developing and character arcs and headcanons and interactions and yeah you get it, death in particular has evolved into god knows an OC on his own I just keep him attached to MCR because… it makes more sense that way, ig-

day 13: creepypasta does this count- whatever grimdark is just the same thing as a creepypasta- I’m not really in the MLP fandom anymore but it was my first ever “fandom” I was actually apart of. My first hyperfixation if you will. I wasn’t in the grimdark part of the fandom because I was too young for it but I was actually watching the izzzyzzz grimdark video and I was like “oh” and drew a rainbow factory Rainbowdash. Honestly I should draw ponies more they’re fun to draw

Day 14: candygore (?) im not good at drawing candygore and since I was rushing this o didn’t do it as well as I thought I can, but it still turned out pretty cool

Day 15: song lyrics aaaa inevitable hesitant alien drawing this one turned out so cute!! The colors and the sparkle eek so cute aaa action cat lyrics I’m breaking down right in front of you I’m sorry

planning on doing the rest of the month now, maybe not exactly on time since I’m still in school but I’ll try to get 31 drawings out by Halloween. Love the idea of cringetober because I just love all things cringe. Ack this is so good

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magicwithineleteo · 11 months

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Bestie you like Rina right? What's your favorite moment of them from each season? 💖

hi twin!!!

yes i love love love rina i’d say it’s my favorite ship from hsmtmts and honestly maybe top 10 ships in general <3

this is gonna be really hard bc i love their overall journey so much and i can’t name just one moment from every season so i’m gonna name a few per season bc i cannot choose lmao

also there are countless parallels i left out bc i forgot them

season 1:

- character introductions

okay this technically is an honorable mention but i still think it’s important, in the character introductions video, when asked if he’s intimidated by gina, ricky says…

No, actually. Can’t say she does.

i love this line bc everyone was intimidated by gina. she was new, a triple threat, an ultimate bad b who was confident in herself. and that scared the other kids. but ricky was the only one who wasn’t.

when asked about ricky, gina says…

Ricky intrigues me…and I don’t get intrigued.

AHHH??? sorry that just is so AHHHH

- skatepark scene

this scene, i’d say is arguably one of the most important scenes in the whole show. ricky is basically done w the show because he thinks that he’s ruining the show and if he stays in the show, nini will leave and she needs to be the lead, so he unofficially quits. he’s just been scolded(?) or idk nini ranted about how he’s ruining it and how he sinks. he goes to the skatepark and who does he see? gina. now i know her intentions weren’t the best at the time, and she at the time just wanted nini out, but that conversation is what kept ricky in the show, as he confirms a few episodes later. she literally was the only reason he stayed with the show, he was literally about to drop out for nini. she reassured him after him already doubting himself and not knowing what he was doing and nini being rude to him in front of everyone.

That’s why I was stoked when she casted you. Outsiders keep everyone else on their toes. I mean it. You kept us real.

It’s probably better to have someone up there who can actually keep time. That 5 and 6 stuff?

You don’t need Carlos to tell you how to move. He bites other people’s styles. You have your own.

- homecoming car scene

this scene is monumental in the shows history bc this is where rina was officially born i’d say. this scene literally changed the trajectory of the show. firstly, the rina cue was born. he once again says that gina isn’t scary or intimidating.

Let me guess, you pictured a raw iron gate and a bunch of gargoyles?

Kinda. You’re not that scary.

then he confirms that he stayed in the show solely bc of her

I kinda owe you a thank you, actually.

For what?

You’re the reason I stayed with the show. That night at the skatepark? You set me straight, and it’s been a big deal for me, the Troy thing.

Well it suits you.

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You know I…I meant what I said…at the skatepark about you having your own style. I don’t even think I knew how much I meant it when I said it.

and then in the next episode he says that he can’t forget anything that happened at homecoming. WHEN SHE SAID ALL THAT AND THEN KISSED HIS CHEEK

- when there was me and you

gina was the only one who supported his acoustic idea and he played it for her and SERENADED HER. the entire season and show people have been rude to ricky (nini, ej, his parents, miss jenn) and gina is the only one who consistently supports him <3

not only does gina like ricky but he’s also her first friend at east high, the first person she broke her walls around.

at this point, ricky isn’t chasing after nini anymore. and gina isn’t chasing after the lead anymore. they’re both free to just be.

ricky only starts to pursue nini romantically again after gina leaves. because what was he gonna do about his feelings when gina was leaving forever ?? and he was focused on gina too, constantly texting her and trying to talk to her after she stopped showing up to school. he only started liking nini again or focusing on his old feelings because gina was out of the picture and they didn’t think they’d ever meet again. which is why the next section is :O

- stick to the status quo

this was a BIG deal because ricky really thought he’d never see gina again and to see her onstage , performing , was a big shock. she kept re emphasizing how this was her last time seeing them and how it’s one night only.

Don’t blink, you’ll miss me.

The disappearing Gina act.

One night only!

ricky knew she wouldn’t be back so there was no point to do anything with his feelings, because he buried them down after thinking he’d never see her again. what was the point of confessing to her that he likes her if she wasn’t gonna be in his life anymore? she pretty much cut communication with him after she left so there was no point. so he focused on nini and confessed to her.

we later learn there’s more that happened that night.

but now, ricky is with nini and gina gets a surprise offer by ashlyn to stay with her for the next semester.

BOOM SEASON 1 ENDED

season 2:

- valentine’s day conversation

god this scene is so packed .

ricky and gina’s relationship is based on understanding. they say things in this scene like

Valentine’s day is kinda hard for me this year, and I thought of all people, you would understand.

You did?

Yeah well..my mom’s been my valentine every year since I was 4. I guess I thought she would send me a stuffed bear as kind of our tradition. Um, but I just got off the phone with her, and it sounds like she forgot. But she works crazy hard hours. So…

Yeah, I…I get that. Um, missing your mom.

I knew you would. Sorry, there’s just some things I tell you that I don’t really tell anyone else.

Yeah, no, I think we do that for each other.

this conversation reminds me of the one they had in thanksgiving which is also a direct parallel of gina coming to ricky’s home and them understanding each other like no one else where this happened…

Is everything okay?

Yeah, yup…okay, no. I guess my mom has a new boyfriend and it’s just a lot. Sorry, I hate to be a downer.

Look, I…I get it.

No offense, but I’m not sure you do.

Let me guess, you’re mad that everyone and everything because just when you’re getting used to things changing, they change again. Am I close?

A little bit.

[…]

Do what makes you happy.

ricky and gina are incredible because he’s the boy who hates change and she’s the girl whose world is always changing, and they find solace in each other.

- opening night flashback scene

this scene also is so pivotal!! we see gina confess to ricky that she would’ve pursued him had she not moved away. this scene is so beautiful. we also see ricky later regret not stopping her.

You were amazing out there, Ricky. I mean, Breaking Free?

Um, guess so.

Trust me, I’m a theatre person. You guys made some magic.

Yeah, it was actually good to get something right, for once. I guess you have that feeling all the time.

I don’t do anything right the first time, Ricky. My thing is that I just keep pushing. And I never quit.

I know you don’t.

So, I guess I just wanna say that…um…sorry this is so stupid, I don’t know why I’m crying.

Say it.

I wouldn’t quit on us if I wasn’t moving away…So now, I’m gonna give you a really tight hug, and then I’m gonna walk away with my head held high. Okay?

Okay.

AH THIS SCENE IS SO PACKED

firstly, gina supporting ricky again, telling him what a great job he did.

gina says here that she doesn’t do anything right for the first time. this quote itself foreshadows her romantic ending. because in season 3, she has her summers of firsts. first boyfriend, first kiss, etc. this was her first confession too. and it didn’t go the way she wanted it to.

ricky was so gentle w her and is always so gentle when she’s crying :’)

but this scene explains why ricky and gina don’t really speak much. gina confesses to him as the plane was crashing and is staying away from him for herself and out of respect for him and nini’s relationship.

ricky knows that gina likes him, but just got with nini. he doesn’t know what to do, especially since gina is staying now. he pushes down his feelings for her now to focus on nini. he tries to keep their relationship the same by going to her for advice, but she sets the boundary of not confiding in her about nini. he respects her wishes and really doesn’t speak to her for the entire season. and by the time he is single again, even if he wanted to pursue gina, she was already having a thing with ej. there would’ve been no point. he was stuck with his feelings, trying to juggle his dying relationship with nini, repressed feelings for gina, his dad and miss jenn dating and his mom and todd dating.

they both were going through a lot this season. gina literally almost leaves salt lake because she’s so heartbroken.

- second chance

skipping to the end of the season, the entire song of second chance is just so rina coded.

ricky sings

But there is something in this summer wind, a moment to begin again.

and reiterates in this song

Begin again, begin again, begin again.

they all sing

What can make the tide turn? What can make the fire burn? A second chance is all.

they’re saying that the thing that can change the tide and ignite the fire is a second chance.

(also insert the lamp between rina thing here)

ricky also says

Here’s to second chances.

season 3:

- start over

ricky literally says before he goes to camp

This summer is all about second chances.

and then gina says this to him

Can we just start over?

Yes, definitely.

[…]

We’re in a new place, we’re different people now. We can start fresh. No drama, no chocolates. Summer’s supposed to be fun, right?

Yes, totally agree. Summer of fun!

this was so important.

obviously gina is currently happy with ej and even though she has lingering feelings for ricky, she’s excited to have her friend back and is focused on her relationship with ej. ricky is being finally free and is just enjoying himself. no thoughts in his head whatsoever <3

- what do you know about love?

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

so earlier ricky was appointed to play gina’s jilted ex who still has feelings for her, and he actually does have feelings for her. gina is currently mad at ej and has old feelings for ricky too. when asked to perform this song and “have fun torturing ej”, this masterpiece was born.

the chemistry is insane the tension is there ricky is WHIPPED gina is swinging him around 10/10

then after, val describes ricky as heartsick and gives her psychological analysis on him

and then later ricky confesses that he wasn’t completely acting when pretending to be in love with gina

- color war events

1. firstly they spent the day together and had lots of fun

2. ricky helped gina set up the little promposal for ej and i think this scene really shows how far ricky’s grown.

in season 1, ricky, while i love him infinitely, purposefully sabotaged nini and ej’s relationship because he loved her. he tried to split them apart and then eventually stopped. in season 3, ricky is in love with gina, however he wants to see her happy and recognizes that currently, ej makes her happy. so he helps her set up this canoe thing for her and watches her surprise ej. he just wants to see her happy, whether it’s with him or without.

then he goes to his bunk and cries

I can’t believe I let color war slip out of my fingers.

You mean Gina?

he’s upset that he didn’t pursue her, that he shouldn’t have let her just leave. he regrets what he did.

this also parallels the quinceñero episode when gina cries seeing ricky and nini.

also both of them saying “you’re the best”

honorable mention- the coat check scene being a direct parallel of homecoming and showing ricky being gentle with gina again after she broke up with ej and ricky being gagged when he sees gina

- kristoff lullaby

this song is so them<3 and lucaya

every single word applies to them.

What do I know about love? Everything I thought I did, you’ve gone and changed it kid. You’re what I know about love.

ricky looks at gina as he sings this part.

AHHHH

it’s perfect for them because she did change his idea of love. like i said earlier, she’s helped him grow. he went from loving nini selfishly, holding onto her desperately because she was his only constant and he would do anything to keep her with him, to loving gina selflessly and purely wanting her to be happy and to thrive, with or without him. he learned to be able to let go because of nini. he had to let her go because he loved her. now he loves gina with no pressure or anything.

it’s him finally letting his feelings out, he’s repressed them the entire time, whether it be because he was with nini or because she was with ej. but now, under the character of kristoff, he’s letting his love be.

and i think that’s so beautiful.

- you’re a yes

gina’s whole confession was so so important and everything about it was perfect to me.

a lot of people thought that ricky should’ve been the one to make a speech but gina making it makes sense. she didn’t confess right the last time (because she doesn’t do anything right the first time) as well as the fact that she was the one who was in a relationship and ricky was respectful of it. he didn’t want to say anything to her because he didn’t know if it was too soon for her to move on or not. it had only been a month since she and ej broke up. gina had to make that choice herself. not him.

i’m gonna go into depth about her confession:

He’s wrong.

Sorry? Who?

EJ. He said we all saw this coming. But I didn’t. Not that night in your car after homecoming, or when I made you that hat at Thanksgiving and the floppy little ears looked so dumb, but..it was honestly one of the cutest things I’ve ever seen. God, Ricky Bowen, you have been a surprise since the day we met. You weren’t the plan, you were never the plan. Plans change. And, if you want me to shut up, I’ll shut up but, I don’t have maybe feelings for you. You aren’t a maybe. You’re a yes. And I like to know where people stand with me so now you know where you stand with me. And so, I’m going to walk out of here with my head held high, and I’m never gonna look back again. Unless you stop me.

Wait.

[They kiss]

okay so now we’re gonna go line by line bc this is genius lyrics

obviously the parallels in the beginning, gina references season 1

You weren’t the plan, you were never the plan. Plans change.

this references 2 things, #1 being ej and gina’s conversation in season 1

What happened to the plan? I think I’m missing it because I’m still the understudy, and you seem pretty happy, so what changed?

Nothing…everything? I don’t know.

So you care about Ricky?

And what if I do?

and also tim’s feelings about rina

And, if you want me to shut up, I’ll shut up but, I don’t have maybe feelings for you. You aren’t a maybe. You’re a yes.

this directly references gina’s breakup with ej, because she says that maybe isn’t good enough for her right now.

And so, I’m going to walk out of here with my head held high, and I’m never gonna look back again. Unless you stop me.

Wait.

directly references her first confession

So now, I’m gonna give you a really tight hug, and then I��m gonna walk away with my head held high. Okay?

Okay.

last time, ricky let her walk away, but this time he didn’t repeat his mistake. and he stops her and he kisses her <3

the end! that was my very long unnecessary post <3 i love rina thank u for asking twin ilysm

#scariana #thanks for the ask!#hsmtmts #rina #ricky x gina #ricky bowen #gina porter #high school musical the musical the series #i literally love rina so much but when i talk about them my thoughts are always so jumbled and incoherent so i hope this makes sense #and i will always push the rinalucaya agenda bc they’re so similar #i really love rina’s story it’s so realistic and beautiful

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littleshysheep-at-da · 7 months

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Hello, I like your art can you share some Sasajima Kyouya/Wrath headcanons? He’s my favourite character.

OHMYGOSH THANK YOU SO MUCH???

*cracks knuckles* YOU’VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE. Honestly he’s my Favorite too! A decent of my Headcanons for him revolve around my OT3 or the Demon Army Family so here we go!

This may contain vague Spoilers and I may edit this for grammar or to add more details…

Honestly consider this part 1 because if you ask again later I’d probably have even more written down lol.

(I’m ripping this from my KumoDesu Fanfic ideas Doc so if some of the wording is wonky that’s why btw THERE’S A LOT)

To start I’ve def said this before here: Things to note I’m obsessed with my headcannon of Shun x Katia x Kyouya as an OT3 and there is zero content but I have a million ideas but no energy. Also you can rip the headcannon of the demon army as family with Ariel x Shiraoi as the parents to Mera, Sophia, and Kyouya (and YES I have a long winded modern and other AUs shut up) from my cold dead hands.

Shiro and Kyouya Mother-Son: The Labyrinth and the Mountains are probably the 2 harshest environments in the world. So I like to think that because of growing up in these environments Shiro and Kyouya both have some weird but similar values. I’ve always kinda seen them very much as Mother and Son. The Labyrinth was harsher so she has some more insane survival methods and he sort of looks up to it. (Side note: I know some people Ship them and I never want to throw discourse, you’re allowed to ship whatever you want so don’t want to say much, but personally I hate it very much I could go into why but it’s mostly my character reads and taste). Ariel and Shiro give off so many Mom vibes when it comes to Mera, Kyouya, and Sophia to me lol (and yes they would be siblings in that order I don’t remember where but I think the LN said Goblins have shorter pregnancies so Kyouya is slightly older than Sophia lol). Sophia especially with Kyouya reads as the “no one is allowed to bully my Brother but me” vibes and I love it. Her and Kyouya also both definitely look up to Mera as someone who’s well put together.

For the hair of the non-human reincarnations: Shiro’s hair feels like silk. Fei’s hair feels like feathers. And Kyouya’s hair feels like soft animal down. I bet Katia asks to play with Kyouya’s hair and then has a flied day with how soft it is. I also like to think she tries to convince him to let her do his nails lol.

For lifespan: So Shiroai is immortal, I’m assuming Ariel has a long life span close to that (ignoring the end of the novel with Ariel spoilers), and Mera and Sophia are somewhere in the same boat or close to that… How long is Kyouya’s lifespan??? For most angst is he gonna outlive his human friends but die before his demon family???

Goblins are just Hamsters: The Goblins look like they’re based on Hamster so you can not take away from me the Headcanon they’re language is just Hamster noises. I like to think Kyouya teaches it to the others so they can use it as code. (The Demon Army can communicate purely with inhuman noises lol). I like to think Kyouya purrs instead or snores because of this as well. I also like to think because he grew up around the Goblins he just sees them as people and doesn’t get what everyone thinks they look like.

Kyouya’s height: Kyouya was a manlet before reincarnation it's cannon I’m living. Okay and technically speaking he probably is after reincarnation as well. Like they are in a European Fantasy setting and he’s only “considerably taller than he used to be” which was considerably short for a Japanese High Schooler. Also in Ex2 we see him standing next to a Puppet Taratect (which are all short af) yet they come up to his shoulder.

Housewife vibes: I think what Kyouya wants in life is to be a Housewife ngl. Like he was most satisfied working to support people he was close to both in his past life online game and the goblin village. Plus I think though he did that by making weapons he would prefer not to have to fight. What if he makes good knives and just starts cooking for people. Like I don’t have more words right now so this is short but I could go off here.

My OT3 Agenda: Background: I’m just saying Kyouya is really depressed and probably doesn’t have any plans for after the war but I could see Ariel having in him work in the human area with Shun and Katia (probably cause she feels a bit sad about him losing friends) because he’s in their upper ranks and unlike Sophia can actually deal with people. But I feel like Shun and Katia feel bad that they had each other and he had to grow up all alone so they try and reconnect. Shun, because he really clings to the connections he does have and because they were so close in their past lives, desperately wants to rebuild that. Katia because she seems similarly attached to people she considers friends she’s afraid of losing that and probably feels bad for writing Kyoua off as maybe an enemy and not being there for him like she was for Shun. Kyouya is just deeply confused that they still want anything to do with him and feels undeserving but is really happy. Confession: I think Katia knows about her feelings first but doesn’t say anything due to self esteem issues (except some flirting to test the waters). I think Kyouya has a realization ™ and feels unsure of what to do (also self esteem issues). But ends up visibly being a little off which Shun notices and brings up to Katia (she sorta noticed as well) so she confronts him which ends in a mutual confession between the two as they then decide how to tell Shun. Shun meanwhile worried what’s going irks Fei who decides to inform him of his very obvious (to everyone but him) crushes. Now realizing his feelings he’s very awkward about it until Katia and Kyouya confront him and confession ensues. Now realizing they all love each other: OT3 successful.

Taking this outta the tags: Not even kidding answering asks about KumoDesu because I’ve sort of come to be know as a KumoDesu blog is like,,, I’m living my dream right now. I haven’t even posted my Kumoko Cosplay or that much Art yet but people just wanna hear my opinion???? Literally these asks give me so much dopamine feel free to keep them coming.

#trash meme #ask #people come to my blog to ask about KumoDesu I am loving my dream #I’m not even kidding I love answering asks about my Headcanons for my fav series #let be know as a KumoDesu blog that would be awesome #I mostly only post Kumoko and purseowner anyway lol #kumodesu #kumo desu ga nani ka #so im a spider so what #kyouya sasajima #wrath

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lordystrange · 1 year

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Let’s talk about sex baby 🎵

More specifically let’s talk about smut in fanfiction. I started this yesterday before the byler sex scene fiasco in byler tag, but I think this is even more relevant now.

(Don’t cancel me yet, read this first)

(I’m tagging multiple ships because this is not just about byler. And whether you approve smut or not, you should read this.)

So, usually there are two points of view. First one is very strongly against smut, because sexualisation of minors is wrong (which is true) even when they would be aged up in the smut fic.

Second one is pro smut fics, because they either don’t care OR they think having representation of sexual affection between teenagers is important in order to normalize sex for teens, not make it a tabu.

These two povs can co-exist and they should co-exist. The problem with the first one is this: this mindset tends to see sex as only a physical act. That it’s only about lusting certain bodyparts or certain types of bodies.

But it’s not. It can be, if you are a superficial person and see people only as objects. (Or if all participant agree that there is no feelings, only intercourse.) Sex with your romantic interest is a lot more. There is the connection and shared feelings. And when you are a teenager and experience your first love, it’s normal to also experience urges and learn about your and your partners bodies and have your first sexual experiences alone and together and learn from them.

Also you can learn a lot about sex when you’re reading about it. Of cource you could actually read sex ed books, but that’s pretty much just technical pov, not a romantic pov. If there is a character you relate to, your first sexual experience can be reading about that characters first times. The thoughts and the feelings, the preparation and the aftercare. And if it’s well written, it’s a lot better option than trying to learn about sex in phub.

Then there is ofc the queer pov, especially with byler fics. Two sides there too. I know homophobes who tend to see queer relationship only through a sexual lens, and that’s why it’s important to show them that they are so much more. And also that there can be asexuals there too. Some homophobes again don’t even believe in queer relationships and/or think they are not normal. Then it’s important to show them, that queer relationship is a relationship just as much as a straight one, in the romantic and the sexual way.

Basically my main point here is, that writing a fic where teenagers (possibly queer ones) have sex is not necessarily sexualisation of those characters. It can be, but when it’s not and the fic is written right it’s actually excellent (queer) representation.

How can you do it right then? What can be wrong in the latter pov?

Well, when writing a smut fic, the people should be written as people, not props. If they are treated as props for sex, it’s sexualisation. Also in ST we have seen how the characters look like, so changing their features into sexier ones is also sexualisation.

Now let’s talk about age. Like I said earlier, sex is a normal part of life for a teenager. But it’s also normal if it’s not. Different people are ready for at different ages. And some might never wanna have sex and that’s fine.

If you write a fic where teens have sex, the important thing is to make it realistic. They are not sex gods, not well experienced, they shouldnt go all the way right after their first kiss, everything doesnt go perfectly…. If everything is ”perfect” and they are mature and well experienced at the age of 15, that’s sexualisation. Not realistic.

I appreciate that many smut fic writers age up ther characters (yes i did research in ao3 for this post). But I also noticed A LOT of fics where the characters (or just one of them) were 12 OR YOUNGER… and that brings me to the next topic.

Writing about little children having sex is just sexualisation. It’s not the same thing as teens having sex. Kids don’t have sex. And especially when just one of them is a kid and one is adult, that’s not even sex. That’s rape. If you are having pedophilic thoughts, get help. (Of course if writing kid smut is what keeps you from actually raping a child it’s a lot better to write the kid smut, but perhaps don’t share it with the world. And please get help)

The last thing I wanna talk about is kinks. I’m not a fan of kinks, I don’t have them and I don’t get them at all. But it’s no shame if you do. And they are normal to have. If you wanna write about them, you can, but remember everything I said earlier. 15 year olds having their first time shouldn’t include kinky stuff, that’s just you sexualising them. And of course use the right tags!

This is fanfiction after all, so basically everyone are free to write whatever they want, I cant stop you. But the things I mentioned above are really good to keep in mind.

And the most important thing to remember when you post a smut fic (or any fic really) is this: Use correct tags and warnings. That way no one will accidentally read something they don’t like.

Comment or reblog if you want. If I forgot something relevant, please add that. :)

#stranger things fanfiction #byler #elmax #lumax #henderhop #elumax #stancy #jancy #steddie #smut #madwheeler #elmike #byclair #mileven

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leggywillow · 3 months

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Fic Writer Interview

I was tagged by @feralkwe

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

10 🙈

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

170,541

3. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

He Thought Her Unsinkable (50)

Never Free (41)

Failed Attempts at Simpler Lives (24)

Ashes (12)

Torture Of Your Own Design (10)

4. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I try to! I really can’t overstate how much I love and value every comment and how they make my day and really keep me going when I worry that no one’s interested, lol. I want the commenters to know that, even if sometimes all I can say is “thanks!” Because I can’t grab them by the shoulders and just shriek right in their face.

People engaging with my characters and ships and little situations is like… the point for me. It’s the DREAM, for real.

5. What's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending?

Technically it’s the short Ashes, since that ends with Hawke dead and Anders and Justice gone. The one that makes me the saddest, though, is Strange Bedfellows. That fic spends more time getting to know the characters before destroying them.

6. What's the fic you've written with the happiest ending?

Never Free ends the most hopefully, I feel.

7. Do you write crossovers?

Nah.

8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?

No, which is the good part of focusing on niche content with OCs, lol. I may not rack up numbers but I also don’t get attention from the meanies.

9. Do you write smut?

Not really, but god I want to. I’ve put a grand total of like 2.3 smut-esque scenes in my stories, because I just chicken the hell out. I get SO self-conscious, and it just feels so bad lmao. No idea how to overcome this.

10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not to my knowledge, and I can’t imagine anyone has. Another benefit of creating niche content.

11. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Not that I’m aware of. That would be pretty cool though.

12. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

No, but it’s something I’d be open to if the right circumstances came up. It seems pretty unlikely at this point in my fandom life, but you never know.

13. What's your all-time favorite ship?

I feel like the Simpsons’ “SAY THE LINE, BART!” meme right now because it’s obviously Carver Hawke/my Surana. You know, the only ship I ever write and talk about.

The only other ship I’ve been both feral and inspired enough to write about is Hawke/Alistair, so that ship gets second place.

Mind you, this is strictly from a “writing fanfic” perspective. I love lots of different ships, including multishipping for the above characters.

14. What's a WIP that you want to finish but don't think you ever will?

I don’t post many things so the only unfinished WIP (besides the one I’m currently working on) is my Hawkistair fic, He Thought Her Unsinkable, that I last updated in 2016. Two years ago I would have said it would stay unfinished forever, but now I DO have intentions of coming back to it. (I got thoroughly stuck with progressing both the plot and the ship and I’ve since thought up solutions for both.)

I’ll probably rewrite the whole thing though. There was a lot of room for improvement, and I cringe looking back.

15. What are your writing strengths?

This is hard for me because I’m so riddled with imposter syndrome and anxiety, but I think I do character dialogue well. I can hear voices very clearly in my head and it’s one of the few things my memory holds onto, so I fiddle with my lines until I can hear the character saying them in their cadence.

16. What are your writing weaknesses?

I struggle with descriptions for sure. Knowing how much or little to include, yes, but I also find myself just blanking out on descriptive words when I need them.

Me, desperately, to my own brain: We’ve seen a house before! I need words to describe a house!

Brain: I have never seen one of those before in my life.

17. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

This is something where I try to stay pretty firmly in my lane, because I know it can be done poorly if you don’t know what you’re doing. And I do not, lol. If a character is speaking in another language, I just say that. I try to keep my usage of other languages to exclamations and terms of endearment if they come up naturally.

18. What was the first fandom you wrote for?

I wrote Animorphs fanfic on an old typewriter at my dad’s office when I had to be there after school as a kid and then later on some little word processor software for kids that looked like you were typing in a little book. (I’ve been desperately trying to figure out what 1990s software this could have been to no avail, for nostalgia’s sake.) I made some kind of human/Hork-Bajir hybrid OC that was basically like Wolverine with the badass retracting blades in her skin.

19. What's a fandom/ship you haven't written for yet but want to?

I only like writing fic when I have BIG AND SPECIFIC IDEAS that grab me, and that only comes with being incredibly hyperfixated on the source material until I’m comfortable with the setting… so basically I’m very content in my Dragon Age sandbox and don’t have much desire to branch out. That said, I do love my Dark Urge from Baldur’s Gate 3 and am very tempted to write about her someday.

20. What's your favorite fic you've written?

I think I’ll have to go with Never Free. Failed Attempts at Simpler Lives has more character interactions that I deeply enjoyed writing, but I’m really proud of the plot I wove together in Never Free.

Tagging @theluckywizard @rakshadow @inquisimer @nirikeehan and anybody who thinks it looks fun!

#leggy writes #memes

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kny-agere · 6 months

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hi! if requests are open can i request a little!giyuu and cg!misturi? Giyuu regressing after a hashira meeting and mitsuri caring for him?

no pressure ofc!

RAWR I LOVE GIYUU N MITSURI

maybe it’s bc I kin Giyuu and I want Mitsuri to be my cg or that I ship them lgjfyhfu but I love any excuse to write them interacting (*≧∀≦*)

★彡☆彡★彡

“Are you sure you don’t want to join us?” Kyojuro has already asked several times. It’s on the verge of being annoying but Kanroji sees the caring underneath.

“Leave her alone.” Obani is a lot less gentle with his words. Though he too looks disappointed at her promised absence.

She can only offer an apologetic smile. “Sorry boys. Oh buy I’ll some dessert next time we go out though!” She would buy it either way, but the offer is nice.

Turning in the other direction she sprints off towards Tomioka. While they didn’t have preset plans, she was hoping they could make some now. He didn’t often like changing things last minute, but the man was weak willed when it came to Mitsuri.

He’s walking slow. It’s not hard to catch up. Even when her footsteps are audible he doesn’t look towards her.

“Giyuu-kun! How are you?”

He blinks at her question. “Fine.”

“Ah are you? You were so quiet at the meeting.”

“Sorry?” He’s usually quiet at the meetings, and in general. “…How are you?”

“I’m good! I just wanted to see you.” Mitsuri grabs his hand, pleased when he allows her to cling to him. Even now it’s not rare for him to pull away. “Are you going back to your estate?”

“Yes.”

“And you’re okay if I join you? I don’t have any other plans.” It’s technically true though she doesn’t disclose the ones she turned down.

He stiffens slightly. “What do you want?” Giyuu tries not too sound harsh but it’s debatable if he succeeds. The man can’t stand indirect language.

“You looked a little sad at the meeting, and Shinazugawa-san hit you!” She’s switched to using the wind hashira’s last name ever since the girl witnessed him antagonizing Giyuu.

“He does that usually.”

“Oh I know! Or I mean- I thought that was just how you guys were, but he says some really awful things sometimes.”

The man frowns.

“S-sorry. Are you ok?”

Unwilling to lie, but also not wanting to admit his feelings, he remains silent.

“Can I take care of you?”

That is something he can accept, even if it’s only with a small nod. “Once we get to my estate.” His voice has already grown softer.

“It’s not too far of walk right? Can I carry you?”

“I said once we get there.” Tomioka strikes a good balance between kindness and assertion this time. He can’t force himself to make eye contact still, pink cheeks denoting his true feelings.

“Ok!” For now Kanroji focuses on grasping his arm. She pushes right against his side to get closer to him. Though it’s likely they’ll spend the whole afternoon together she still enjoys taking advantage of their meetings.

Tomioka’s will is clearly crumbling. His pace varies, slowing down while he leans against Mitsuri until he snaps out of his stupor and pulls her along. His eyes start to get that spacey look where all he wants to do is cling to the woman. Every few seconds Mitsuri can sense the man glancing towards her.

“Giyuu-kun,” she singsongs, “Are we almost there?”

“Jus’ up th’ hill.”

Though he still rejects the offer to be carried the woman does have to drag him all the way to the door. Even once inside she has to direct him to the couch while Tomioka continues to slip deeper.

The man, with his some conscious still left, tries to sit beside Kanroji. She’s quick to interrupt him however and guide Giyuu into her lap. As his head nestles against her chest all the weight in his body sinks into her. He must’ve been more upset than he was letting on if he regressed this quickly.

“Yuu-chan!” Kanroji sweeps black bangs out of his eyes. “Are you hungry?” When she tries to peek at his face he only smashes it harder against her shoulder. After a bit of poking and shifting she still only catches a glimpse of one blue eye.

“C’mon sweet boy let me see how pretty you are.” Pulling back he simply follows the movement.

Surrendering for a moment she lets him hide from her while continuing to stroke his hair. Slowly she pulls off the tie holding all the strands in place. A mess of choppy black spills over her arms.

“It’s so soft! Do you want me to do it for you?” Mitsuri tries to keep her tone casual.

Giyuu takes the bait. He pulls back to look up at her with too trusting eyes. It almost makes the woman feel bad for tempting him to come out of hiding. “Inna braid?” It’s the only style that he’s ever asked for. Anything else and the boy is quick to turn the offer down.

His choppy locks don’t lay nicely when she tries to thread them together but Tomioka is very patient. She’s convinced that half the reason he tolerates it is just because of the feeling of her fingers running gently over his scalp.

Combing through the mess of black she carefully sorts through any knots in the hair. Despite its messy look the man takes care if it. Mitsuri doesn’t even need a brush to get through it.

Dividing it into three sections she slowly starts weaving them together. He stills until he’s a statue, not daring to interrupt Kanroji’s skilled hands. She has to start with smaller braids on either side of his head to capture the overgrown sides before intertwining everything into a proper do. It doesn’t take very long, but by the time she’s done Giyuu’s eyes are already dropping.

“Don’t fall asleep yet sweet boy, we have the rest of the afternoon still.” Mitsuri lifts him back up into her arms. He gladly nestles into them again, happier now after receiving a bit of pampering.

“Are you having a better day now baby?”

“Hmm… maybe.” It’s rare he even attempts a joke, she’s caught off guard for a moment. But after taking a moment to recover her hands poke at his sides.

“Nuh-uh, try it again or I’ll go home!”

“G-good! M’days good now!” He struggles to hold in happy little giggles as he admits the truth.

#age regression #age regressor #fandom agere #sfw agere #demon slayer #kny #agere requests #cglre #little!tomioka #cg!mitsuri #kny mitsuri #mitsuri kanroji #tomioka giyuu #tomioka

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davnittbraes · 1 year

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The Fourth Step - Chapter Thirty

Part of The World Is Light, Embodied.

Pairing: Din Djarin x F!Reader

Rating: Explicit

Word Count: 2600

Warnings, etc.: a light seasoning of smut, cockblocking ship strikes again, anxiety, fluffy domestic moments, character growth 🥹

Notes: a little snack of a chappie for y’all this week, apologies but I’m also working through a major rewrite after finding a plot hole in upcoming chapters. Next chapter will be a more substantial meal, I pinky promise. Also, yes I’m cutting it close but it’s technically still Saturday in my corner of the world so I’m gonna take the win. Also also, I’m ignoring everything from S3 including the whole name nonsense until we get clarification so. Take that as you will. It’s my sandbox and my imaginary friends, I’ll call them whatever I want 🤣

Mando’a translations at the end of the chapter.

Please check out the Series Masterlist page for more info.

No. Stop that.

You wrinkle your nose as sleep starts to loosen its grip, drags you back in your body.

Come back.

Desperate, you sink deeper into the warm, solid mass tucked into the crook of your arm, a wall of reassuring heat that presses along the length of your body.

Your desperation only pushes the last webs of sleep away.

Kriff. Fine.

Blinking your eyes open, you sigh into the dark of the hold.

Not even day cycle yet.

The twinge of pain piercing the right side of your lower back apparently doesn’t care about lighting cycles.

Carefully, you stretch, pointing your toes down and arching your back just enough to ease the strain.

The solid mass of reassuring heat shifts, ripples into wakefulness.

Dank farrik.

Din breathes deep, soft swell of his stomach lifting under your hand. You press a kiss to the curve of a shoulderblade, murmur against warm skin. “Sorry, didn’t mean to wake you.”

He mumbles wordlessly, grasps your hand, thumb stroking over the back of it gently. “Are you alright?”

Crikking hells.

His sleep-rough words skirt down your spine to pool between your thighs.

There’s an ache there that speaks to your activities just a few hours before, muscles strained from the angle when he fucked you against the wall so hard you couldn’t walk, then again in your blankets with your back bowed to take him as deep as possible - oh, that’s probably where the twinge comes from.

Worth it.

You squeeze his hand.”I’m fine. Go back to sleep.”

He pulls your hand up to tuck it against his chest. “What woke you?”

Your heartbeat stutters in your chest, arousal flaring gently at the combination of the intimate gesture and the rasp of his voice. “Just a muscle twinge. But what’s keeping me awake is you and that voice of yours. Go to sleep.”

A pause, then he’s moving, rolling over smoothly to cage you underneath his broad frame. His nose trails down your jaw, lips brush your ear. “What’s wrong with my voice?”

You can’t suppress the shiver that runs over your skin as his voice rasps along the curve of your neck. “You know nothing is wrong with it. Just like you know exactly what it does to me.”

He nips at your earlobe as his hand slips between your thighs. “I think I have an idea.”

His fingers cup your pussy and - kriff, so warm and thick, smooth callouses that graze your already-slick entrance. Want bursts bright, soothing the ache in your muscles and shifting your hips into his touch.

Tilting your head to give him better access, you bite back a moan when he sucks a kiss onto the skin over your racing pulse. “I think you have more than an idea -“

Electronic beeping blasts through the ship.

What -

Din is on his feet in a split second, moving through the dark hold to the cockpit.

Reeling from the sudden shift, you haul yourself out of the blankets, grabbing one as you stand and wrapping it around your naked body as a makeshift dress while you stumble toward the bunk.

The kid, get the kid -

Your senses flare outward, searching for the source of the alarm - nothing unusual, the engines are humming like they do while in hyperspace. The ship is steady beneath your feet, the controlled atmosphere feels normal.

So nothing extremely dangerous, then.

Hopefully.

The kid is awake, big eyes wide and ears perked in a panic, hammock swinging slightly as he tries to climb out.

You reach for him quickly, pull him against your shoulder. “Hey, kiddo, it’s ok. Your dad is fixing it.”

As if on cue, the alarm cuts off. The sudden silence is almost deafening, heavy in your ears, the ghost of the sound somehow still echoing -

No, that’s the beep of the ship’s commlink.

You hear a voice, crackling with electronic feedback.

“Mando? Are you there?” Deep, resonant with authority. Greef Karga.

A clearing of a throat then Din’s voice. “Yes, I’m here.”

“Your visual isn’t coming through. And why do you sound so different?”

“Something must be off with the comm.”

Frowning, you peer up toward the cockpit entrance. He sounds uncomfortable, why is -

His helmet.

He’s not wearing his helmet. Must not have grabbed it on his way up.

The kid chirps in surprise as you whirl around suddenly, keying the lights of the hold on.

You give him an apologetic squeeze. “Sorry, but we have to find your dad’s helmet, where -“

The glint of beskar catches your gaze from on top of a storage crate, the smooth curve of his helmet gleaming under the light. A pile of dark cloth is on the floor beside it - his underlayer. Both shirt and pants.

A strangled mix of a laugh and a gasp chokes in the back of your throat.

He’s in the cockpit. Naked.

Talking to Karga.

Dank farrik.

He must be hiding somehow, covering the visual on the commlink, that’s why Karga can’t see him.

Quickly, you shuffle over to grab the helmet and clothes, awkwardly trying to keep the blanket from tangling in your legs. As you climb the first couple rungs and slip the helmet over the edge of the cockpit entrance, juggling the kid in your arms, you hear Din signing off.

The kid grumbles while you shift your grip on him to toss the clothes up into the cockpit, pitch your voice so Din can hear you. “Helmet and clothes are here.”

“Thank you.”

His voice is heavy with relief, and your heart squeezes in sympathy.

The kid coos softly, a hint of something sad in the tone that makes you look down at him.

Oh.

Those big ears are drooping, wrinkles creasing his little forehead. He’s looking at the small, round scar just above your heart, one tiny hand outstretched to brush a claw over it.

The place where the blaster bolt had singed your skin, back on Savareen.

A flash of memory - the shriek of the blaster bolt through the air, the surge of pain, the distant realization of what was happening. The kid, arm outstretched, frowning in concentration as the bolt hovered in front of you, less than an inch from your heart.

You swallow back the threatening tears and stroke a finger down his cheek, bringing that amber gaze up to meet yours. “Hey. I’m ok, you saved me, remember? It’s just a scar.”

Scar.

The cool air of the hold swirls over the bared skin of your back where the blanket dips low.

Realization sinks in the pit of your stomach.

Your body surges into action, frantic.

You need to get dressed, right now, before Din comes down and sees -

Where is your shirt -

How could you not realize your back was bared, the lights are on, they’ll see -

The kid, put the kid in the bunk, keep facing him so he doesn’t see your back and close the door -

Your shirt, find your shirt -

You had pulled it off just before you got to the blankets, it’s gotta be -

Sound of movement by the ladder, Din coming down -

Where is my kriffing shirt -

There, on the floor.

Your hands are shaking, you can barely manage to pull it on, tug it tight over your shoulders, make sure everything is covered.

Everything you don’t want him to see.

His voice floats through the hold. “Let me know when you’re dressed.”

Your breath catches, lungs freezing for just a moment.

Pfassk. Of course he would check with you first.

Rolling your eyes at your needless panic, you take a deep breath, calm your racing heart.

Finding the rest of your clothes is relatively easy, and you take a moment to pull together the pieces of his armour scattered about, stacking them neatly on the shelf he usually stores it on at night before ducking out from your corner of the hold.

He’s leaning against the ladder, modesty in tact with his helmet on and underlayer covering the long lines of his body. The kid is propped in the crook of his arm, ears perked as he watches for you to appear.

Throwing the little guy a smile, you join Din by the ladder. “What was the alarm for?”

“New coolant system is twitchy. Needed a slight adjustment.” He reaches out, slips his free hand into the curve of your waist, silently reassuring. “Greef has a lead on the location of a group of Mandalorians.”

You blink, surprise quickly shifting into a mixture of emotions that blur too much to identify. They pool and congeal on the pit of your stomach, heavy, a direct opposite to the jumble of thoughts that suddenly burst across your mind, too chaotic to grasp. It’s disorienting, and anxiety claws it’s way up the back of your throat.

Stop it, be happy for him, this is what he’s been looking for.

Clearing your throat, you push yourself to focus, to feel excitement for the good news. “Really? Where?”

“He didn’t want to risk the commlink being intercepted. He’s asked us to go to Nevarro to discuss it.”

“Ok.” You hold back the wince at the uncertainty in your own voice, forcing optimism into your tone as you tweak the tip of the kid’s ear. “Hear that, kiddo? You get to visit your friends on Nevarro.”

Din’s hand shifts on your waist, thumb stroking the line of your rib gently. “Only if you want to go.”

Your gaze locks on the black visor, panic welling up, closing off your throat. “What do you mean? Why wouldn’t I want to go?”

“You tell me.”

Dank farrik.

Why did you even bother? You can’t hide anything from the Most Observant Man in the Galaxy.

The problem is, you don’t even know what you were trying to hide.

It’s all too much of a jumble of feeling - nausea coils in your stomach, some kind of tension prickles up your spine.

Whatever it is, whatever your feeling, it’s nothing compared to the importance of the lead. Other Mandalorians, possibly even Din’s people…

The instinct to brush it aside, reassure him you’re fine surges forward, words already on the tip of your tongue.

Step by step, together.

He’d said those words just yesterday.

When he was pleading with you to talk to him, share with him. Let him support you when you need help.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t know what you’re feeling, or why. You can trust him to help you understand.

Taking a deep breath, you rest a hand on his chest, needing to feel the warmth of him through his underlayer, the steady beat of his heart under your palm. “I’m… anxious, I guess? About finding your people. I don’t… I don’t know why, or even really understand what I’m feeling right now. There’s just a lot of… noise in my head.”

The helmet tilts, his voice soft through the modulator. “We don’t have to go. I can find a secure channel somewhere, a planet with private commlinks we can use.”

“No.” You press your hand tighter to his chest, insistent. “No, we’re not far from Nevarro, it will be faster and easier to just go there. And I want to talk to you about what I’m feeling, I just need some time to work it out. Is that… is that ok?”

He steps forward, nudging into your space, resting his forehead against yours. “Of course, kar’ta.”

A smile curves your lips at the term of endearment, the tenderness of the gesture. “Thank you.”

The kid whines, wriggling in Din’s arms, and you chuckle as he manages to scramble into an awkward half-embrace, tucked in between the two of you.

That warm bright thing in your chest - love - glows, softens the edges of the unknown emotions slicing through your thoughts.

Family. Aliit.

Whatever it is you’re feeling, and whenever you figure it out, they will be here, just like this.

*****

The sun is setting as the Razor Crest lands on Nevarro, lining up perfectly with the night cycle on the ship. Good, at least you won’t have to deal with the jarring transition that comes with shifting your circadian rhythms on top of trying to piece out whatever those emotions are still swirling in the pit of your stomach.

And kriff had you tried, using the time in hyperspace to sit alone in the hold and focus, really listen to whatever was going on inside your head. But it was no use, you just weren’t used to examining your feelings like that.

Maybe a change of scenery would shake things up enough to clarify whatever was making you feel so uneasy.

Greef Karga is waiting at the end of the ramp as you make your way down, kid already squirming out of your arms to reach for him.

Karga smiles, taking the kid as soon as he’s close enough. “How’s my favourite little whatever you are? Have you been good? Of course you have.”

The kid coos innocently and you snort with laughter at the sigh that filters through the helmet’s modulator beside you.

Karga throws Din a narrow look that quickly shifts into one of welcome. “Glad to see you again, Mando.”

Din silently accepts his outstretched hand, clasping his forearm in greeting.

Karga turns his gaze to you, interest blatant in his dark eyes. “And you. I wasn’t sure if you would still be travelling together.”

The slight quirk of his eyebrow and the genuine warmth in his voice turns his words into a teasing jab, and you smile. “Yes, well. I paid for the luxury star cruise, and I’m not about to give up those credits just because the pilot obviously swindled me.”

Karga laughs, clapping a hand on your shoulder. “Let’s see if I can make up for that with an authentic Nevarran experience. Come, let’s get a drink.”

He looks to Din, clearly steeling himself for the pending protest. “I know you’re all work and no play, my friend, but I’m still waiting for my contact to check in with confirmation on the exact whereabouts of the Mandalorians. It’s a good lead, a trustworthy source, but there’s no point in discussing until I have that confirmation tomorrow morning. So, that means we have time to relax, catch up.”

You glance at Din, quirking the corner of your mouth up in a silent question.

The helmet tilts, shoulders straightening. He’s leaving it up to you, given you’re still trying to work through whatever it is that’s bothering you.

Chewing on your bottom lip, you consider it. Maybe relaxing a little is what you need. That change of scenery and some good conversation, then you can sit down and try to work through it with a fresh perspective.

He seems to notice your decision, and turns to Karga. “Let’s go.”

The magistrate huffs an amused laugh, gaze flicking between you and Din, obviously entertained by the silent exchange. “Excellent. Cara will be joining us later, after she’s finished her rounds.”

You follow Karga and the kid, noise of your thoughts dimming just a bit with the promise of a distraction. Frowning, you steel yourself.

Distraction is fine, but you still have to deal with it later.

No more running away.

No more silence.

You have someone who cares about you. Someone who wants to help you with things like this.

And you will let him.

A warm weight on the small on your back draws your attention.

Din’s hand is steady, centering. An unspoken promise of support when you need it.

His steps fall into time with yours as the sun’s fading light illuminates the buildings of the city.

*****

Mando’a translations:

Tionas - question

Kar’ta - heart

Aliit - clan, the Mandalorian equivalent of family

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lycanlovingvampyre · 1 year

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MAG 160 Relisten

Activity on my first listen: head empty, only eyepocalypse...

Yeah, The Eye Opens doesn't sound so good... Neither does the ominous slightly different version of the Institute’s motto...

MARTIN: "I still don’t think we should have brought it." JON: "Oh, it’s better than no warning at all." Hmmm, I think one would have just turned up. Like on the ship to Norway.

JON: "Yeah, well, it technically still belongs to Daisy, so – (small exhale) I’m just glad it’s not some sort of kill room." MARTIN: "Or – (pause for a huffed laugh) Or it is, and she just cleaned it up really well." JON: (small exhale) "Yes." MARTIN: "Are we? – Are we… safe here?" JON: (sigh) "Safe as anywhere. If Elias wanted to find us, I imagine he could, but – I doubt the police will be able to. If nothing else, I’m hoping there’d be some – jurisdiction complications, in Scotland?" I always love how there just happens to be a conversation that tells us where they are (or what object this is about etc.)

MARTIN: "And if she does?" JON: (exhale) "Well. At least we’ll know where she is." And here's the information that we lost Daisy :( Gone full Hunt.

JON: (teasing) "Anyways, don’t tell me the phonebox down there doesn’t appeal to your retro aesthetic." MARTIN: "It – might. Maybe." Ahhhh, the teasing!!!

MARTIN: "You’ll be okay here?" JON: "I’ll be fine." It's so soft...

MARTIN: "I mean, they’ve finished all the interviews? Apparently they’re calling it a 'terror attack.'" From what Basira said in MAG 158 ("From what I saw they’ve been toying with the rest of the Institute, but it won’t be long until they’re all dead or escaped.") I'd call that a proper killing spree.

MARTIN: "And she wasn’t sure which ones you’ve read already, so she, she just said she’d send a bunch." JON: ""There – There are tapes in here, as well. D-Did she say anything about tapes?" MARTIN: "She didn’t mention it? – But I didn’t check it until after the call." Do you know how long it took me to realize these are not the statements Basira sent xD I thought Elias smuggled his statement to the obvious stack of statements in the Archives and Basira grabbed it with the others and sent that... Yeah, it does make a lot more sense for Elias to simply watch Basira and then express-mail his own welcome-back package.

MARTIN: "– I will give you some privacy. Go for a walk." JON: (exhale) "Let me know if you see any good cows." MARTIN: "Obviously I’m going to tell you if I see any good cows." Famous last words... Love how it sounds there has been something going on with them defining "good cows". Already told this little story in the tags of one of the MAG 160 art reblogs: last year my spouse said they're going for a walk and I know there's a route past a field of highland cattle. So I asked them where they're going and it was this exact route! Of course I asked them to tell me if they see any good cows xD The world didn't end and I got a photo of highland cows!

Overall impression of these two scenes: Their conversations are so normal... They really are okay here. At least, how far we can tell from what little we have. I'm sure I already said this in one of my relisten posts, I think it's really good for the fandom to have so little. Yeah, of course I would have loved more fluff, but by keeping this so short, there's sooo much we fans can imagine happening here. TMA has a lot of this, referencing vaguely what happened, but keeping it open for us to explore that. This is actually also very good for the horrors in the show. It’s a genre I respond very well to. Keeping it vague, let my mind do the rest. Fucking love this shit.

JON: "Right. Statement of Hazel Rutter regarding a fire in her childhood home. Original statement given August 9th, 1992." OMG, I remember exactly, what my reaction to this was. I was like "What bullshit statement for a season finale is that supposed to be???"

JON: "Hello, Jon. Apologies for the deception, but I wanted to make sure you started reading, so I thought it best not to announce myself." And then I was "Oh SHIT!" Also, I always forget it's Jon reading this statement because Jonny's impression of Ben's Elias is sooo good! So this is Jonny pretending to be Ben pretending to be Elias by copying Jonny pretending to be Jon, all while still pretending to be Jon... I hope that makes sense... Also I used this sentence one time for a friend! She doesn't really like horror because she's easily scared, but she did listen to all of TMA for me. And I had a very cool and really creepy nightmare which just happened to include one of my cats and I wanted to tell her what happened in this nightmare. But it was also almost midnight and I knew she just wouldn't read my text if she immediately had recognized it as a nightmare. So I started to retell it by focusing on my cat only to hit her with the creepy stuff in the last sentence. She texted me "I hate u" back xD and a week later we talked about this via Twitch chat during a stream of our friend’s and she was like "I thought it was a cute cat dream!" and I answered "Yeah, I knew you would stop reading if it would have been too obvious... Hello *friend's name*. Apologies for the deception but I wanted to make sure you started reading..." We both laughed so much xD

So uh, I already made a post about this once, but I'm putting that thought in here again. The case numbers of the statements are always in the episode descriptions (here 0181810 - a palindrome!!! - 18th October 2018). These case numbers always refer to the date the statement was first given, either written or recorded directly. This is a written statement, so teeeeeechnically 18th October was the day Jonah wrote this statement, and not the day Jon read it. I do think this one episode is an exception of this rule, but hear me out for a moment: If 18th October was only the day Jonah wrote this, this could mean for Jmart to have more time for their Scottish honeymoon!!!

"but that you would quite willingly doom that world and confine the billions in it to an eternity of terror and suffering, all to ensure your own happiness" Capitalism is the real enemy!

"I once asked her what drove her, what had started her down that path. She told me the Desolation had killed her cat." Understandable, have a nice day! (Gertrude is John Wick...)

"You see, the thing about the Fears is that they can never be truly separated from each other. When does the fear of sudden violence transition into the fear of hunted prey? When does the mask of the Stranger become the deception of the Spiral?" Yeeees, like colors! They're all part of the same light! I love how everything that seemed like a plot hole in TMA actually has an explanation!

"It does tickle me, that in this world of would-be occult dynasties and ageless monsters, the Chosen One is simply that – someone I chose. It’s not in your blood, or your soul, or your destiny. It’s just in your own, rotten luck." And in the next few sentences he'll say "Oh wow, that one is marked by the Spider! Must be their blessing to send me someone already with that destiny!"...

"How is Martin, by the way? He looks well. You will keep an eye on him when all this is over, won’t you? He’s earned that." Jonah!Elias ships them XD

"And there, I think, we are brought just about up to date." I have listened to the episode starting this sentence soooo many times!

Ahhh, the soundscaping during the incantation is so good!

JON: (still distorted, with shaking laughter/tears) "Look at the sky, Martin. Look at the sky. It’s looking back." [AND NOW HE DOES BEGIN TO LAUGH IN EARNEST. IT’S NOT A LAUGH WE’VE HEARD ON HIM BEFORE; NOT A SHORT, CLIPPED LAUGH; NOT A SURPRISE BURST OF GENUINE HILARITY. THIS LAUGH SEEMS AFRAID, AND YET COLD. IT’S REMINISCENT OF ELIAS’S VILLAINOUS LAUGH, BUT IS TINGED MORE WITH FEAR THAN SATISFACTION.] [HE DOES NOT STOP LAUGHING.] That was it. I thought now he lost it. Completely. I was asking myself if he could pull it together next season, or if he'll be full crazy monster. And I totally felt that shock of “Oh no, this really happened. Everything is ruined. How can this progress? How can this every be undone??” I really, reaaally felt Jon and Martin’s (mostly Martin’s perhaps) emotions there at the end...

A few random thoughts at the end here, while I don't remember my surroundings listening to this episode. I remember being in the bedroom at the end of this episode. Like specifically that thought of Jon "going crazy".

I think it's funny how MAG 160 fanart is either super sweet Jmart or total devastation of the world ending. And memes. Lot’s of memes.

Fun fact: My father in law finished S4 today as well!!! He never struck me to be a person who'd be doing a relisten, which I found a bit sad because there is so much to discover in a relisten. BUT he said he's thinking about doing a relisten right now already xD This episode is always my most anticipated one when wanting friends and family live-blog their experience to me xD

@a-mag-a-day

#a-mag-a-day #mag 165 #tma #tma spoilers #I will shut up now I promise I'm going to bed...#thanks for that fun day on tumblr!

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phoenixyfriend · 2 years

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Armor Candy

Read on AO3!

Written for @rexwalkerweek!

August 4th: Your Favourite Planet | Form IV: Gale and Lightning, Creativity, Initiative

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It starts, unsurprisingly enough, with General Skywalker complaining.

The 501st is in the hurry-up-and-wait phase of the latest cycle of the war, and that means downtime. Rex and a few of the others are in the officer’s lounge, joined by General Skywalker and the little Commander. The lounge is mostly used as the backup office when the shinies get too uppity and start coming to their actual offices with reg violations that are… well, they’re technically the sort of thing that’s meant to be reported, but they’re also deeply petty and always about getting one over a brother that’s proven annoying, rather than anyone actually caring about reg violations.

Well.

Echo and Dogma actually care, but Echo is an officer these days, so Rex just has Dogma go to Echo, and now those two only have to deal with each other. Echo’s loosened up enough that Rex finds him quizzing Dogma on obscure rules and occasionally sending him on wild nuna chases. It’s kind of mean, but at least Echo only ever seems to do it when Dogma’s reports are doing more harm than good.

Right now, everyone’s reporting each other—tattling like cadets—at Dogma’s rate.

So, the officers are hiding.

Rex spends most of his time in the lounge either doing flimsiwork or watching bolo-ball. Right now, most communications are down save for military, so nobody’s getting anything interesting in or out of the ship. That means he’s down to flimsiwork and gossip.

He tries to get through his flimsiwork. He really does. But the General…

The General.

“I’m just saying,” General Skywalker huffs, overdramatic and draped backwards over the side of the couch in a way that looks supremely uncomfortable, “I deserve to be the pretty one!”

Rex has no idea what’s going on. He hasn’t been paying attention. Still, he’s a loyal trooper. “You're pretty, sir.”

That sounded platonic, right? Right.

General Skywalker groans. Ahsoka giggles at him, and he swats at her. He doesn’t bother to get up from his ridiculous sprawl. “No, I meant… I'm always with Padme or Obi-Wan, and they're both super hot. I'm normally a nine, okay, I know I look good, but around them I look like a seven.”

General, what.

The General finishes with a massive arm gestures that half the room cannot see due to the couchback. “I deserve to be the pretty one.”

Hardcase perks up at an opportunity, and Rex jumps and starts running for him. He is too late. “What, you don't think Rex is pretty?”

Rex tackles him, and hisses “shut up, vod!”

Somehow, the General does not appear to notice the violence occurring behind him. He scoffs instead, once again gesturing like he’s on a Shili telenovela. “Rex is ruggedly handsome, Hardcase. Different scale entirely.”

Rex feels himself go red. Hardcase, despite being halfway to choked out, snickers below him. “What do you think of that, Captain?”

With a shove, Rex pushes himself up to standing and brushes himself down. The General’s looking at him in confusion.

Echo’s got a hand over Ahsoka’s mouth to keep her from laughing.

“Er,” Rex manages, looking at the General and absolutely at a loss for what to do. “Thank you, sir.”

It takes a few moments for his brain to catch up, and then he adds, just a tad too late to be natural, “on all our behalfs. We’re identical, after all.”

Ahsoka lets loose a noise that Rex has only heard from recordings of shriekhawks.

“Yes, yes, you’re all very handsome,” General Skywalker says, flopping back into his position of extreme drama. “I guess I can be the pretty one on the Resolute, since Ahsoka’s still got the corner on being cute for a few more years.”

Ahsoka giggles, still through Echo’s hand.

“Of course, sir,” Rex says, unsure of what else he can say. “You’re the pretty one.”

(Continue on AO3)

#star wars #Captain Rex #Anakin Skywalker #Ahsoka Tano #Yane #Hardcase #Phoenix Files

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miamaymarry · 2 years

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I edited my headline to be clear that this blog is a fan blog. I never claimed to be an official translator or anything like that. OX did never answer the request for permission to translate their work, so this is all for fun and without any connection to the artist but if you want to put it so negatively “messing” with their work. (I guess/hope Old Xian is probably really busy and doesn’t have time for concerns over small creators interacting with their works. Of course I would take the translations/edits down immediately if they personally ever happen to contact me about it and disliking it for whatever reason or if they make a statement online that they are uncomfortable with people playing around with their creation) Please remember fanfiction, fanart, edits, … are the same category as fan translations and technically require permission from the creator to be anything near legal as well. If nothing is commercialized it’s basically not a crime that’s traced I guess? I’m doing this in my free time and without ever charging anyone anything. The art work doesn’t belong to me and I hope that’s clear since I put OXs name and where to find the original whenever I post a translation.

I barely interact with most of the followers who came here but I’m happy many people seem to enjoy it ❤️ Again: I’m not claiming to be accurate and I just do fun stuff with editing, and what I feel like. I’ve done it many times before and people minded their business if it wasn’t their cup of tea. So I’d rather keep a small community around to gosh over the same things and not have loads of people on this blog with expectations I don’t want to live up to. I’m not here for anything but joy for myself and friends. There are sooo many cool fan translations you can follow instead if you’re upset about what I’m doing. I chose peace and fun over everything since this is my blog. It’s the internet not real life, please just pass by and ignore/block it if you don’t like it, since it’s not my responsibility to make anyone feel better at my space. And respectfully anyone please unfollow me if there is an expectation of me to serve you in any kind of way or make you feel comfortable at my own fan bubble here. We disagree and I’m not going to put up with negativity. I’m here for positive interactions and to have fun with a fandom I enjoy, which is mostly 19 days at the moment. I literally have a crack ship/cursed ship or whatever you call it in my header so where do those expectations come from? Typesetting is fun, not a job or duty to me and I’ll keep doing my own fanservice 😊 I also don’t want to justify stopping what I’m doing right now if I don’t feel like it anymore one day.

If you are really bored and want to play detective, start comparing OXs originals with the posts :D I made a few small edits here and there that didn’t change the context, and that I didn’t mention. Nobody noticed before or only a few wondering about hearts or (for me) funny additions. Yesterday I wanted to clarify I was making fun to keep a distance from the original because it changed the subtext with the small smile on Cheng’s face. (Look at least closely if you’re here to roast me. The second panel of him had a change of the corner of his mouth too and none who complained did even see it…)

I also apologize to anyone who’s disappointed because this wasn’t communicated clearly enough from my end. I will keep addressing actual changes like before! Now there are so many followers already and I had to block a few being rude, I felt pressured to make a statement, but actually we’re strangers and I don’t owe you anything guys.

Last but not least: I am so happy about all the positive comments and funny tags (yes I read them whenever I can hehe) in the reblogs. Thank you so much for sticking around 🥰 and thank you for liking too!

Summery: We switch between accurate translations and a more direct communication sometimes (but most of the time we stick to the original as close as possible). I edit small stuff sometimes because I would like to have “more” in there (or what I personally think is fun). So I will keep addressing changes to be clear in the future.

If you want to talk about it feel free to do so nicely :)

#19 days #personal

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bagheerita · 29 days

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twenty questions for fic writers

tagged by @tiltingheartand thanks!! ❤

how many works do you have on ao3? 93

what's your total ao3 word count? 1,670,696 (I've finished re-posting (almost) all of my old stuff from FFN and AFF)

what fandoms do you write for? At the moment: Stargate Atlantis Before that: MCU/Avengers I have dipped my toes in all over, but by number of fics the next two most prominent past fandoms are: Inuyasha & Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar

top five fics by kudos: 1. Nemo (SGA) 2. Nyteridalatry (SGA) 3. One and One and One is Three (MCU) 4. Regina Donum (SGA) 5. Your Prison is Walking Through This World All Alone (MCU)

do you respond to comments? Yes, always (unless the person is reading through and commenting on multiple chapters in a fic. Then I usually only reply to the ones where I feel like I have something to say instead of all of them). The depth of my reply depends on my mental energy that day.

what is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? Technically Beast of Venery probably wins this (SGA fic where Sheppard has, to put it lightly, a very bad day)

what's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? Can I go with Harbored (the actual ending of the series that began with Beast of Venery)? In general, I love happy endings, so I write a lot of them. But maybe Harbored feels like a brighter dawn because of the previous darkness.

do you get hate on fics? No, not really. Thankfully! I get weird comment sometimes, like “why is everyone gay?” (which comment ignored the mostly-straight-reading bisexual relationship in that story), and “it’s so lame that you didn’t finish this story” (the story is clearly tagged and noted as abandoned, and I explained that the series it was part of only existed at all because of the comments and interest I’d gotten on the first installment, so when the comments dried up so did the series)

do you write smut? Yes, with varying levels of skill and interest

craziest crossover: Um, of the things that are posted… Conversations Beyond the Edge of the Galaxy, where Shigure Souma, Angel (the vampire), and Rogue (from X-Men) meet at a bar and talk.

have you ever had a fic stolen? Not that I know of

have you ever had a fic translated? No, because that would be too awesome

have you ever co-written a fic before? No, though technically Eos and I are credited as coauthors on Aubade (SGA), because she did the art and I did the writing. (Her cover art is really just fantastically beautiful!)

all time favourite ship? Dude* I vibe with/other dude I vibe with/possibly a third dude I vibe with + story that writes them just right + I was exactly in the mood for this situation today = best ship (*dude is gender neutral)

what's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? So many…. But there's this one AU I have that I want to finish, it's a multiverse John/Todd/Rodney. Chunks of it are mostly written, but there are these OCs that I was planning to kill off and as I developed the one character I made her black and a lesbian so now I'm like "well crap I can't bury my gays, I want her to be happy with her girlfriend, even though her girlfriend also dying was a huge plot point!" So it's back to the drawing board while I decide if I can get away with inserting a time loop where I kill another character but he's not actually dead (because it's the time-traveled version of him that dies, right? But I can't decide how to make this not a paradox).

what are your writing strengths? I’m good at editing. I love writing absolute shit and then tearing it apart and fixing it. And I think I’m good at blocking? Scenes that don't describe the setting very well confuse me, so I work to make that clear when I'm writing.

what are your writing weaknesses? Describing characters. Since it's a fic I tend to assume that everyone know what everyone looks like, which doesn't fly as well with OCs... 😅

thoughts on dialogue in another language? If it’s dialogue that the reader is supposed to understand it should be written in the same language as the fic. (Or notated in a way that the reader can access a translation. There are cool skins for this on AO3.) If it’s in another language, I had better not need to know what it says, because I do not have time to look it up.

first fandom you wrote in? OT Star Wars

favourite fic you've written? I really don’t think I could pick just one. Mostly I have favorite moments, rather than favorite fics. But some contenders might be: With Autumn Closing In (MCU, frostiron) Ivory Fanged (Kiesha’ra series, Danica/Zane) Oh, Talk Not to Me of a Name Great in Story (SGA, john/todd) Semper ad Meliora (SGA, Rodney & Todd) A Dram of Sweet is Worth a Pound of Sorrow (SGA, Michael/OC)

(I'm not going to link any stories bc it's late, and my AO3 is linked at the top of my tumblr if you're interested)

NPT: @adriankyte-writes @judgeverse @aintgonnatakethis @darklysnarky @anonmadsci @lord-aldhelm @annwayne @anomalousrobot @only-in-december

#tag game #my writing

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Hey ya,

I recently stumbled over your blog bc of my incredible adoration for Nicola Walker (well, tbh let’s just say I’m a sucker for everything she does) but I never got into the Big Finish Audio universe – well, until now! And it’s all bc of you. (I know I’m kinda late to this party…how could I've missed that?) Bc of your blog I started to ship Liv/Helen (I mean, omg, how can one not?!) although I only listened to Dark Eyes so far (and Helen is not even in it!). now I can’t just get enough of these audio plays – much to the disappointment of my bank account (of course I discovered this incredible universe of the 8th Doctor and Liv after the December sale of Liv’s audio plays). But well, Doom Coalition, here I come! I think I’ll never get out of that universe again. Haha.

So, thank you for bringing me here! I definitely need to dive into the whole Helen/Liv fanfic world as well. Do you have a good story to start with? Or a favourite one? (can definitely be one of yours)

OMG! That is just the best message to wake up to! Welcome to the club, you will not be disappointed!!! And you're quite right, this universe probably won't let you go again, that's certainly my experience. The whole range is just amazing, you're in for such a treat. Doom Coalition is just the best! Feel absolutely free - if you'd like to discuss the audio and or/scream about them XD - to DM me as well. Always love hearing first reactions to these amazing stories!!!

I would just point you towards some of the other wonderful Liv/Helen shippers on here if you don't follow them already!! @meluisart @might-be-a-zygon @morbidjazz @cactuswithacamera @pers-books @ceridwyn2 and many more!

And ohhhh the word of fanfiction... We have this big goal of one day reaching 1k of stories for them so they can be counted as one of the big DW ships! As it stands, they already have the most amount of any Big Finish pairing which is just amazing so there are an awful lot of outstanding stories to chose from! One thing I'd say is: Spoilers. A lot of mine would spoil many stories that you haven't listened to yet, though I suppose if you follow me and ship Liv/Helen as a result, you've already seen some of the biggest spoilers... sorry about that! So when if comes to suggesting something, I'm gonna just go with stories that are alternate universes or relate to Dark Eyes in particular! There is just so much amazing fic to chose from, I wouldn't know how else to pick XD

So here are a couple of mine that would suit!

"In the Absence of Moral Absolutes" - A Nixyce VII alternate universe in which Helen is one of the freedom fighters

"Shelter from the Storm" - Another "What If" Helen was on Nixyce VII with Liv

"Absolution" - Eight, Liv and Helen revisit Nixyce VII and Liv tells Helen what happened to her there

"The Time-Traveller's Wife" - Helen meets a future version of Liv before she actually meets Eight and Liv in The Red Lady. So technically pre-canon

I would also say visit @meluisart AO3 page for more amazing fic and particularly their Knight!Liv/Princess!Helen AU for something not-canon-related!!

But honestly, there is so much amazing work out there, I could carry on for hours but sadly, I need to get to work now XD

You're in for such a treat with this fandom/ship, so much wonderful content to get through, no need to rush! If you're interested, I could also send you an invite to the Rare Pair Doctor Who Discord Server where there is a Liv/Helen channel and many lovely people to discuss their story with!!

Feel free to message at any time about anything, it brings me so much joy to share my love obsession with them with others! Can't wait to hear what you think of the other audios. Yes it's an expensive hobby but so worth it XD

Thank you for absolutely making my morning with this message!

#Doctor who #eighth doctor adventures #liv chenka #helen sinclair #nicola walker #hattie morahan #eighth doctor #big finish

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