#okay universe... i hear you

[definitelynotshouting]

“The universe sings,” Grian said.

He sounds vaguely distant- like he’s speaking from hundreds of blocks away rather than right next to Mumbo.

He turns on his bed, slow halting movements, to face him.

“Did you know?”

Mumbo can only stare.

“…Sings?” He asks. He shifts on his chair.

Grian seems to want to nod, but aborts the motion halfway, and hums instead.

“Yeah. The code. It sings, if you listen close enough,” Grian mumbles.

Mumbo opens his mouth, then closes it again.

Grian exhales a long breath, and his eyes drift close.

“Can you hear it?”

Mumbo watches the way Grian’s chest rises and falls, shallowly, slowly.

He closes his eyes, and strains to hear.

He hears- Tango out in another room of the house, pacing circles around the kitchen. Mumbo can tell it’s Tango by the shuffle in his walk.

He can hear birds outside, twittering. Wind rustling through branches. An animal- a pig, maybe, trotting along some grass.

It’s quite calming really- but he doesn’t hear singing. At least, he doesn’t think he does?

When he opens his eyes again, it’s to Grian staring right at him.

Mumbo exhales in one sharp breath- he didn’t realise he’d stopped breathing- and meets Grian’s gaze.

“Did you mean like, actual singing or- or was that metaphorical? Because I can’t hear anything other than trees, mate,” he says, only half-joking.

Grian huffs a small laugh, and shakes his head.

“Nah, it’s not really singing-singing. It’s music, though. You’ve definitely heard some of it- discs. That’s the easiest way to hear it. But that’s- so few of what’s out there. There’s more music, if you know how to listen for it,” he hums. His eyes close again, and he leans more into the mattress.

Mumbo pauses, and thinks on that for a moment. Music discs, huh? He supposes it seems plausible, that there’d be more music out there.

But then why has he never heard it? Mumbo doesn’t ever recall hearing ‘the code sing’. If it’s tied into music discs, then is it naturally generated? Is hearing it a ‘watcher thing’?

Mumbo glances down at his hands, traces lines of dirt under his fingernails.

He nods, though Grian can’t see it anyway. He makes some vague ‘see you later’ comment he can’t bother to think about, and carefully gets to his feet.

At the doorframe, he peers back.

Grian lies there, breathing steadily.

Mumbo turns and leaves, closing the door behind him.

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headcanon that the minecraft soundtrack can be heard in the code, but only if you're 'in harmony' with it. cue other headcanon of watchers being very aware of the code

HEY ANON. ANON. I ADORE THIS HOLY SHIT I FUCKING LOVE THIS HEADCANON???? The idea that the universe is constantly singing to itself, and you can hear that through the Greater Code if you really carefully listen, is something i lowkey want to canonize SO BADLY holy shit. And this is such a lovely snippet too, im always such a sucker for deeply layered conversations like this.... i adore how youve given so much depth to the sentence "the universe sings" and the implications of how and why Grian is hearing it so much right now. [THROWS UP BLOOD] IM OBSESSED.......

Also this Mumbo dialogue especially is on point youve done such a good job of capturing his little speech patterns :] STUNNING JOB ANON IM SO FLATTERED U WROTE THIS!!!!! I really think i might canonize this concept just for how absolutely amazing it is, im utterly obsessed with it

#shouting speaks #asks #hunger au #art for me #<- litcherally cannot remember if i have a specific fic for me tag or not IG I'LL FIND OUT ONCE I HIT POST... #THE IDEA THAT TJE SOUNDTRACK ARE SONGS THE UNIVERSE SINGS TO ITSELF.... IM GOING BUCKWILD #i mean its already canon the universe SINGS but u KNOW my ass is gonna be listening to the full soundtrack #tears in my eyes as i picture grian listening to it..... #i hope its okay to yoink this anon bc im enamoured with the concept truly #gods and the idea that the music discs are specifically fragments of the universe singing that you can ACTUALLY HEAR.... #i like to think that like. making music discs is p much like making custom ones the way theyre doing it #but sometimes. sometimes you find treasure discs #or you fashion it from the remains of a creeper.. and you get a little window into what the Greater Code sounds like #weeping forever and ever that u wrote this for me im saving this in my special little works inspired by hunger au folder rn #❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ #fic recs #long post #txt

[ellies-enrichment]

still argue like my mother !!!

and suppress stuff like my dad !!!!!

#still miss you but i know now it'll pass !!!! #found some other muses i give em all my best #i light another candle and i chant under my breath #that i will try forgiveness but i will not forget not forget not forget not forget #(am i better yet???) #when all i do is think about the past #make it a universe that you can live in !! #you wanna hear from all the people in my heart?? well okay when it kicks in !!

[kasumikoujou]

daily pivot no9... whuh?

#TUMBLR USER PIKESPENDRAGON67 IF THIS REACHES YOU LISTEN UP #the sumi art #pivot arnancy #re:zero #tales of the abyss #jade curtiss #okay now tbat i put the tags. everyone gather around for a story time in tags. cause its gonna be like one of those only on tumblr stories #dear pikespendragon67 #you once rbd one of my daily pivots and tagged it with jade #now i may have ruined your day to rb your rb and say ermm thats actually not jade #but hear me out you may have changed my lifes trajectory forever #after that case i looked up jade on google and i was like huh i can see how you mixed em up. also hes kinda hot #so i went to his wiki as you do and read about him. and he seems so similar to pivot to worrying degrees #pivot also seemed extremely similar to another fav of mine aka christo from d5 and they were all so copy pastes of each other atp #so now i came up with my schizo mental theory that theyre all the same guy reincarnated in different universes. #and picked up tales of rhe abyss. and im havjng fun with it too. this is insane #only on tumblr someone will wrongly tag ur doodle post and change ur life forever for the better (probably) #ps i love jade so muhc now and i will probablydraw him as well thank you dear tiumblr user

[spockvarietyhour]

I'm going to exclude the reality stuff, so sorry fans of Ghost Hunters, WWE and Face Off.....successful for sure but I don't want that skewing this poll

#polls #syfy channel #Stargate #Stargate SG1 #Stargate Atlantis #Stargate Universe #BSG #Battlestar Galactica #Caprica #okay okay I hear you...Caprica was neither successful nor popular #or that other one that was shot on digital sets..... #The Expanse #started on Syfy before it moved to Amazon #and that's it for polls for now

[biblically-accurate-dca]

I'm of the impression that Moon *was* a mistake caused by reprogramming, but when he was discovered, the higher ups saw a chance to market two animatronics in one, no matter if Moon's presence hurt them both or not. Then they rolled with the day/night motif for a while, people started complaining about him so after a while of being the naptime attendant, they decided to cage him in light, perhaps after a/some death(s), child or adult.

i guess it's not super unlikely for faz ent. to pull something like that, but it just makes so much more sense to me if they were both something that was at least somewhat intentional, rather than moon's presence being something that needed to either be removed or used to gain profit :(

but i mean what else is new with faz ent. >_>

but regardless of how they came to be, i imagine that they were fairly good at what they did before the virus came along and forced them to be locked away. rather than what the books say about moon always needing to be kept away from everyone..

#ask #everyone in universe is so mean to moon :( #what did they ever do besides get a little silly sometimes #they were literally programmed to play the villain but everyone gets mad at them for it!!! #and in ruin we dont even get to hear from moon again after the reboot.... are they okay... #its okay moon because i love you #also i might be misinterpreting what the books say so please correct me if i've gotten anything wrong!! #i've just always felt like there's a bias against moon in canon

[crunchchute]

finally finished reading TSE *insert shackles chain breaking at sunset reaction picture*

#it wasnt bad okay #also imagined the perfect voice for Dave finally #idk how it just happened. i know it wont happen again but im sorta holding onto that burntrap laugh sound that i like for william #and it had the similar... i dunno how to call it. but his voice in my head would sound like that when laughing #i couldnt read it the other day cause i could only hear matthew in my mind lol #also turned to daydreaming twice during the final chapters imagining dave running away once he heard the group run #and second ofc my shitty self insert getting him out. wait it was three then cause also getting him out of the springlocks and #imagined driving him home from the hospital. hes so pretty in my car (i cant drive and i dont live alone but my tse self insert can ok) #(im rich and have a car and a house in the fnaf universe. so i can fuck around and flirt with will and take care of him ok) #anyway he was very pretty. also had a minds image of him washing off blood off his arms in a dimly lit bathroom #kinda wanna draw it. with his skin stained red and his sleeves drenched in blood #washing it off of a knife perhaps. then turning around leaning against the sinks as you interrupt him

[flashdoesahundredyarddash]

I feel like if Hal spent much more time on earth than in space he would be beloved in the coast city as Barry's beloved in the central city cuz he would hang out with the people there like friends like playing baseball just like Barry did

THIS, but at the same time, I think it isn't just the space thing that people aren't fond of but whatever DC writers (loath..) made him do in the early comics (<- The most I can remember is Hal going onto the Oprah show to make his image appear better and etc...). At another time people will like him, like they do with Barry. It's kinda curious to see the different sides of how people treat heroes within the universe, especially if they're from other planets or use weaponry that they 'don't know of'

And for my second part, I am a HUGE fan of baseball... And seeing (forgot what it's called) but the BASEBALL fanfic is SO cute. I actually can't think about it without having to mention how that fic has grasped my heart and tossed it around a couple of times.

^ It even influenced my baseball hcs for these two, or how I genuinely think that their bond of baseball is kinda everything. // Or you know how they have people play games for fundraising (or even the raise between Superman and Flash), how I believe it would be kinda fun to see heroes play baseball together..

#cessmaga you have done it again #(<- talking about the asks.. literally my favorite thing to answer to) #mostly because i get to share some of my personal thoughts on things #and to see other shares or ideas... #but YES so agree with you #I do love that Hal is more known for semi in the universe rather than sticking and staying bound to Earth #I really love talking about these two #It's so unfair with their bond I need it for myself #Okay but hear me out on this one #the different contrasts of how Hal has compared himself to Barry is insane #part of it he just wants to be seen but at the same time hal has always been.. #partially hesitant with what he does because he tries his best to do good and nobody sees that despite the people who care about him heavil #even with people he's let down partially dont believe him #but in this case lets talk about Barry and how Barry sees the good in him #and with that if someone as (in hals pov) GREAT AS BARRY sees the good in him then #he gets the hope and belief for himself that he has something in him #speedster ramble #halbarry #? kinda #barry allen #hal jordan

[mydearlybeloathed]

creating spotify playlists so the person i have secret undying ravenous world shattering beef with gets the hint: :)

adding songs that used to be OUR SONGS to amplify the hint: :)

knowing none of it matters because she doesnt care enough to stalk my spotify anymore: :(

#everytime i think im over it #i start thinking #and i get a teensy bit more angry #just girly things #when mitski said #you're my best friend #now ive no one to tell #that ive lost my best friend #when boygenius said #you thought id never leave you #and i let you believe you were right #heres to hoping she sees the heartbreaking playlist i made her #and she'll notice all the ricky montgomery songs and that adventure time song and the steven universe one #and realizes a fraction of how she hurt me #but she wont #and thats okay #i still hear how she used to love me in the music #im mourning someone who has no clue theyve died #i miss my best friend #but i hate her #but i love her #but i cant deal with it anymore #just girly thoughts #lynn speaks!

[inkykeiji]

So I’ve been on antidepressants for over 10 years and it really makes it hard for me cum/get there. I enjoy sex but it just makes me frustrated. How do you think Touya-nii would handle that? Like I can cum but it just takes a while and a couple tries if that makes sense 🙃

ah anon i am sorry to hear that, it sounds quite irritating!!! it does make sense!!! touya-nii would absolutely see this as a challenge—he’s going to fucking beat your meds one way or another and figure out the best methods to make you cum with utmost ease and comfort and minimal frustration, and he doesn’t care how long it takes for him to discover these procedures!! he’ll be pulling out every single technique and strategy he knows—and then researching more online if all of those manage to fail—until he finds the most perfect combinations. no one and nothing will be stopping him from making his baby cum and making his baby cum good <3

on a related note, he also wouldn’t be upset or annoyed or irritated with you, in any way. he’d honestly see this as a fun obstacle to overcome, irregardless of how tedious it may possibly be, and he would enjoy the process—of playing around with you, discovering new and exciting mechanisms and tactics to try and test together—just as much as the outcome! he would handle it all with a fierce and unfading zealousness <3

#tw stepcest #no but really i am sorry to hear that anon bb :( #i have been lucky and haven’t experienced this as a side effect of my own meds but i know a lot of people on various medications do struggle #with it and it totally sucks #but yeah!!! that’s how touya-nii would handle it hehehe #he wouldn’t get discouraged no matter what!!! and it would end up bringing the two of you even closer <3 #have a lovely monday <3 stay safe and drink enough water okay!!! #touya nii universe #inky.bb #clari gets mail

[arabian-batboy]

Nothing is more cringey than stans going on a sob story about how every character has it good except for their fav specifically, newsflash drama queen, everyone has it bad, it's just in a different font.

#I think most Cassandra's stans have stopped this by now #but its very disturbing how so many of them talk about Damian as if he's an over-exposed mary sue that's gets everything #and I'm sitting here like......bitch where? #where are these dozens of solo comics that portray Damian as an undefeated fighter in action-packed stories? #cuz last time I checked he came out of a 3 years character assassination (where he regularly got beaten) #to now having one okay-ish short solo that wait for it......also has him getting beaten regularly #do you even read his comics or do you just hear how action-y sounding the summary is and assumes he will be a badass mary sue? #and even if he was portrayed as a badass fighter so what? That would be completely realistic considering his backstory #not because she's one of the strongest human characters in the DC universe that doesn't mean other members of the Batfam are not- #are not allowed to also be good fighters

[esper-octopus]

me resisting the URGES

no you can't just combine mp100 and prsk oli!!

that makes no sense!!

who's gonna stop me though..

the URGES are tearing at my very BEING

#oli's rambles #am i allowed to tag them both #you kneo what fuck it #mp100 #mob psycho 100 #proseka #project sekai #i'm going insane #i want to draw tsukasa and reigen together #please hear me out #my brain says that okay #TOYA AND MOB OF MY HOF #I'm insane!! i'm silly!! i'm going to destroy the universe!! #HIT ME WITH A CAR PLEASE.. #STOP ME I'M INSANE.. #silly!! :3

[milo-is-rambling]

Ignoring my emotions and going to try to sleep. If that doesn’t work I will write poetry about my shitty fucking feelings and then try to go to sleep. If that doesn’t work I’ll take my sleepy time cough meds and try to sleep if that doesn’t work I will simply be miserable until morning

#i accidentally got cold fucking water against my sensitive ass front teeth which I never do but now my tooth is pulsing #like girl stop don’t make me hate water i will literally kill myself #cold ice and ​water is the only consistently good thing I have in my life at all times thru everything there has been ice water #do not make me hate it I will be so mad universe so you hear me. back off the fucking ice water I cannot lose this very good for me vice #okay I can feel the hit I just took settling in alright I am going to go try to daydream and then sleep goodnight goodnight to all my #(very few) followers and thank you for caring about my brain even in the slightest #you are all incredible and I have heartburn now what the fuck are you kidding me #universe evil as hell #-_- #I feel nauseous literally what the fuck I just want to sleep #imagine the pixel-ly 😫 guy falling apart rn yknow that gif I love that’s me rn #anyways I am going to turn my phone off my but I just a random wave of nausea as I’m settling into bed that’s rude as hell actually #body being mean I just want sleep #god I’m so annoying actually why do any of y’all put up with me what the hell you guys are incredible I love y’all fr #kissing u all on the forehead and passing i the joint #u

[jonahmagnus]

And it unfolded, from the human form it took. And my door was gone. And my wall was gone. And the sky was all around me, and I was floating in the cold cold cold uncaring depths of space and whatever the.... Thing was that was folded up inside her it unfurled and revealed itself to be connected to something so huge and terrifying and ominous, incomprehensible and large and twisting and somehow utterly still that I froze in place, unable to move even as something on the side that faced me opened, and something came out that opened, and something extended out that opened, until it was right in front of me and it opened its mouth and the light was so blinding I could barely see and I wanted to shut my eyes, and I felt the tears roll out of my skull but I still couldn't blink, as I waited for this incomprehensible terror that took the pretense of being my friend to eat me and I finally manged to shut my eyes and wait for death and

And I felt two impossibly soft, human hands touch both of my checks with heart-pounding gentleness. And I opened by eyes over the pounding of the blood rushing to my ears and the instant I did everything stopped. The noise, the rush, the vertigo. Everything.

It was an eye, looking at me. Attached to a human-like torso, with two arms extended. It cuped my face in its hands and gazed at me, with an expression I have seen very rarely since my youth.

It was love

It was heartbreaking, sad love and I realized it was not sad because I had insulted it but it was sad beacuse I was hurting. And as I gazed up into that impossibly soft eye, and the two impossibly soft hands on my checks I felt too more hands take my hands in its. And that was the final straw as I flung myself into the arms of this gargantuan creature, so large I could never see the end of it so large it wrapped around my house, floating out in space and I felt more arms warp around me and I cried and cried and cried until my lungs where heaving and my eyes where empty and red but somewhere in the depths of my soul I was happy. I was happy because the universe is large and imposing and impossibly vast but

But it loves me. And it held me in its soft blue arms as I cried like a child. It held me like my mother did.

Soft, loving, and impossibly large.

#My unfortunate writing #Gwendylon (myself) #THIS IS IT. OKAY. OK. DO YOU GET IT CAN YOU HEAR ME CAN U SEE ME. THIS IS IT. THIS IS WHAT GWENDYLON IS. LARGE. VAST. IMPOSSIBLE. #BUT CARING. BUT SOFT. BUT HOPEFUL. BUT LOVING. BUT SUPPORYIVE. DO YOU GET IT? CAN YOU HEAR ME? #AND THE UNIVERSE SAID!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!

[newtness532]

im sure that taking a test with minimum studying and less that 3 hours of sleep will go great

#and i cant even sleeo so the less of 3 could easily turn to 2 #anyway this is the last exam of the semester so you wont have to hear me complaining about exams until January #okay im gojng to count sheep or sth to see if i can sleep #in greek we say bas kai which i guess you could translate it to maybe but its not exactly right and its a shame #anyway bye #see you in 3 hours #jo says stuff #personal ramblings #university update

[witch-hazels-musings]

QnQ

Hazel-chan I'm touched that you thought about me! It feels really uplifting to be talked to and thought about by my favorite author...

I've been alright, trying to fight my anxiety and negative thoughts, but I've also finally started seeing a therapist, so hopefully he'll be able to help me better my mind set.

I have actually added to my shine! My sister was so so sweet and commissioned a painter to paint a portrait of my Lucy for me, I've framed it and put her by my bed, with some small tokens that she used to love or that reminded me of her. I also get greeted by a crow every morning that flies over my house past my bedroom window which I think in some weird way is her saying hello to me though it. 🖤

But at the moment I'm just taking life one day at a time, doing my best without pushing myself too hard.

Thank you for caring, truly. It means so much to me.

Also on a side note, I've maxed out my Diluc! And I've somehow gotten him Wolves gravestone! I've worked on getting him nice artifacts and I've crowned him once so far, All in honor of you! I want my Diluc to be the best for Hazel-chan! :D him and Yea are my carries and synchronize so well together, with Zongli's shield they are unstoppable!

Oh! And um, I did create an account on the north American server if you ever need somewhere to farm for anyone's materials.

Be well sweet Hazel-chan.

Love

Crow

Of course I did! if you’ve made a connection with me that means you’re in my thoughts more than you might expect :) 

and I’m so glad to hear that you are not only taking care of yourself but you are building a place that brings you joy, and reminds you about Lucy. That was so sweet of your sister to have someone make you a memory as precious as that. no matter where we go in life, you’ll be able to hold onto her memory and keep her in your heart - she knows that and perhaps that’s why she reminds you every day - a familiar never really leaves us. 

i am sending you my love, and the love from my furry friends over here. My dog came to see me when I was writing you this message, perhaps he wanted to add a little extra pure love to the message <3 

(oOooooo! and congrats on your Diluc T>T (I want his sword so bad but I never roll on the weapon banner, i’m sorry husband), though it sounds like he’s a boss on your team which makes me happy to hear! He’s pretty much the best and with that team set-up he might be more than that hehe. Here’s to crowing the boy 🧃) (ah you are sweet -- crow i’m so far behind in genshin how will I ever catchup to everyone!) 

#hazelmai #crow mail #coffee elixir #sending love into the universe #<3 #say hi to lucy for me #glad to hear you are talking to someone #that's very important #i hope it helps and even if it doesn't #that might not have been the best fit for you #keep going okay! #you got this :)

[tearlessrain]

please help me- i used to be pretty smart but i’m having so much trouble grasping the concept of diegetic vs non-diegetic bdsm!

gfkjldghfd okay first of all I'm sorry for the confusion, if you're not finding anything on the phrase it's because I made it up and absolutely nobody but me ever uses it, but I haven't found a better way to express what I'm trying to say so I keep using it. but now you've given me an excuse to ramble on about some shit that is only relevant to me and my deeply inefficient way of talking and by god I'm going to take it.

SO. the way diegetic and non-diegetic are normally used is to talk about music and sound design in movies/tv shows. in case you aren't familiar with that concept, here's a rundown:

diegetic sound is sound that happens within the world of the movie/show and can be acknowledged by the characters, like a song playing on the stereo during a driving scene, or sung on stage in Phantom of the Opera. it's also most other sounds that happen in a movie, like the sounds of traffic in a city scene, or a thunderclap, or a marching band passing by. or one of the three stock horse sounds they use in every movie with a horse in it even though horses don't really vocalize much in real life, but that's beside the point, the horse is supposed to be actually making that noise within the movie's world and the characters can hear it whinnying.

non-diegetic sound is any sound that doesn't exist in the world of the movie/show and can't be perceived by the characters. this includes things like laugh tracks and most soundtrack music. when Duel of Fates plays in Star Wars during the lightsaber fight for dramatic effect, that's non-diegetic. it exists to the audience, but the characters don't know their fight is being backed by sick ass music and, sadly, can't hear it.

the lines can get blurry between the two, you've probably seen the film trope where the clearly non-diegetic music in the title sequence fades out to the same music, now diegetic and playing from the character's car stereo. and then there are things like Phantom of the Opera as mentioned above, where the soundtrack is also part of the plot, but Phantom of the Opera does also have segments of non-diegetic music: the Phantom probably does not have an entire orchestra and some guy with an electric guitar hiding down in his sewer just waiting for someone to break into song, but both of those show up in the songs they sing down there.

now, on to how I apply this to bdsm in fiction.

if I'm referring to diegetic bdsm what I mean is that the bdsm is acknowledged for what it is in-world. the characters themselves are roleplaying whatever scenarios their scenes involve and are operating with knowledge of real life rules/safety practices. if there's cnc depicted, it will be apparent at some point, usually right away, that both characters actually are fully consenting and it's all just a planned scene, and you'll often see on-screen negotiation and aftercare, and elements of the story may involve the kink community wherever the characters are. Love and Leashes is a great example of this, 50 Shades and Bonding are terrible examples of this, but they all feature characters that know they're doing bdsm and are intentional about it.

if I'm talking about non-diegetic bdsm, I'm referring to a story that portrays certain kinks without the direct acknowledgement that the characters are doing bdsm. this would be something like Captive Prince, or Phantom of the Opera again, or the vast majority of bodice ripper type stories where an innocent woman is kidnapped by a pirate king or something and totally doesn't want to be ravished but then it turns out he's so cool and sexy and good at ravishing that she decides she's into it and becomes his pirate consort or whatever it is that happens at the end of those books. the characters don't know they're playing out a cnc or D/s fantasy, and in-universe it's often straight up noncon or dubcon rather than cnc at all. the thing about entirely non-diegetic bdsm is that it's almost always Problematic™ in some way if you're not willing to meet the story where it's at, but as long as you're not judging it by the standards of diegetic bdsm, it's just providing the reader the same thing that a partner in a scene would: the illusion of whatever risk or taboo floats your boat, sometimes to extremes that can't be replicated in real life due to safety, practicality, physics, the law, vampires not being real, etc. it's consensual by default because it's already pretend; the characters are vehicles for the story and not actually people who can be hurt, and the reader chose to pick up the book and is aware that nothing in it is real, so it's all good.

this difference is where people tend to get hung up in the discourse, from what I've observed. which is why I started using this phrasing, because I think it's very crucial to be able to differentiate which one you're talking about if you try to have a conversation with someone about the portrayal of bdsm in media. it would also, frankly, be useful for tagging, because sometimes when you're in the mood for non-diegetic bodice ripper shit you'd call the police over in real life, it can get really annoying to read paragraphs of negotiation and check-ins that break the illusion of the scene and so on, and the opposite can be jarring too.

it's very possible to blur these together the same way Phantom of the Opera blurs its diegetic and non-diegetic music as well. this leaves you even more open to being misunderstood by people reading in bad faith, but it can also be really fun to play with. @not-poignant writes fantastic fanfic, novels, and original serials on ao3 that pull this off really well, if you're okay with some dark shit in your fiction I would highly recommend their work. some of it does get really fucking dark in places though, just like. be advised. read the tags and all that.

but yeah, spontaneous writer plug aside, that's what I mean.

#I found their original stuff while I was researching various waterhorses and their folklore for no reason #because one of the characters in their original work happens to be an each uisge #and then it turned out it ALSO included a lot of figures from welsh folklore in general #so yknow if you happen to have my incredibly specific hyperfixations you'll love it but even if you don't it's great #I didn't mean to bring up phantom of the opera so much it just happens to be very relevant to a lot of my talking points #I haven't actually seen it in years