#op you're crazy (are you going to do more of this i'd like to read it)

[paralyze-fic]

Paralyze.

Side Story; 20 Lines [Special Chapter]

|Lines Aren't the Only Thing I'll be Picking Up|

!(M/n) and Katsuki aren't dating yet in this side story!

(I got all of these cringy pickup lines from Google because I couldn't think of any myself. Also, this is really stupid and makes no sense.)

!CRINGE WARNING!

My mind was foggy when I woke up, and I realized I was in my dorm. I couldn't remember anything.

The last memory I had was of me patrolling with Izuku and Togata senpai earlier and now... nothing.

But, somehow I had an irresistible urge to say stupid things. I got up slowly because I was a bit dizzy, and walked to my bathroom. When I looked at my reflection, something was off, but I couldn't pinpoint what, so I just shrugged it off and walked out.

Going down to the first floor, I saw everyone coming in with their uniforms on. So class was already over, eh?

"Oh, (M/n)! You woke up!" Izuku walked towards me and I smiled a bit, stepping forward.

Only to fall in front of him.

"Eek?! Are you okay?!" Izuku knelt beside me and I just looked up at him.

And well, my mouth moved on its own. "Are you French? Because Eiffel for you."

Izuku stared at me for a moment before his entire face went red and he began stuttering like crazy.

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After that little scene I caused, Aizawa came here because everyone called him, and he explained to me what had happened earlier.

"The quirk user said something about a physical form that shows how long it takes for the effects to wear off." He looked down at my left wrist, where I had noticed a black bracelet with a white 19 was glowing. "Everything he says will be a pick-up line, so he won't be able to have a normal conversation until it reaches 0."

"So, basically, he has to say nineteen more pick-up lines?" Aizawa nodded and I heard my classmates whispering behind me.

"It would occur spontaneously, so be careful, guys."

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Shouto was sitting on the couch in the common room peacefully reading a book, and I couldn't resist standing behind him, bending over a bit and whispering in his ear.

"If you were a library book, I would check you out." The poor boy erupted in flames and had to be taken off the couch before he would burn it to ashes.

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Right after I heard Izuku naming All Might's moves, specifically the Textas Smash, a smile crept up my face.

"Are you from Tennessee? 'Cause you're the only 10 I see." I heard some grunts but I just laughed, and Izuku blushed again.

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Kaminari was writing down the answers to his homework when his pencil broke.

My tongue felt like it was itching to speak.

"Life without you is like a broken pencil... pointless."

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I saw Uraraka training outside, so I walked out and went up to her.

"Even if there wasn't gravity on earth, I'll still fall for you."

She screeched and covered her blushing face, soon making herself float with her quirk.

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I saw Iida walking inside after training and I noticed his engine smoking a bit.

Another one.

"Do your legs hurt from running in my dreams all night?" Iida stared at me, soon blushing a bit before he started making his robotic motions and yelling something about adequate behaviour.

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"Guys, I'm hungry, somebody wants take-out?" I glanced at Eijiro over my shoulder and I already sensed everybody tense up, getting ready for my awful next comment.

"Are you craving pizza? 'Cause I'd love a pizz-a you." Eijiro blushed but smiled widely.

"Yes, that's really manly of you, (M/n)!"

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"I love kangaroos!" Yaoyorozu said as we watched the TV together, there was currently a program about animals from Australia, and when I saw them I smiled, but then we saw them...

"Are you a Koala? 'Cause you meet all of my koala-fications."

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Jiro sat down beside me sighing, and I just stared at her.

She's really pretty. If I didn't like Katsuki, I would fall in love with her.

"My mom thinks I'm gay, can you help me prove her wrong?" She choked with her spit and laughed openly.

"I like that one!" She exclaimed as everyone stared at us, and Jiro repeated what I said, Uraraka and Mina laughing too, along with Sero, Kaminari, Kirishima, Ojiro and Mineta.

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I walked into the kitchen, where Sato was baking a cake.

"Are you cake? 'Cause I want a piece of that." He jumped slightly and glanced at me, laughing when I made eye contact.

"Oh, (L/n) it was just you. Here," he gave me a bowl with whipped cream, "You can eat that, I forgot to add sugar to that one." I smiled and bowed at him, holding the spatula inside the bowl and eating it.

So fluffy.

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"You haven't had your first kiss yet, Sero?" The tape guy shook his head and chuckled.

"It's not that important anyway, guys," I smirked unconsciously and leaned down to him, bending to his ear.

"Are you going to kiss me or do I have to lie to my diary?" He choked and I walked away laughing like a maniac.

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It was the end of the day, and Katsuki dragged me to his room to play video games for a while, hoping that I would shut up for a bit.

But right as I sat down beside him, the temperature in the room seemed to rise.

"Is it hot in here or is it just you?"

Katsuki froze in front of his TV and glanced at me over his shoulder, growling and making explosions.

"Can you shut up already with those shitty pick-up lines, asshole?!"

"If looks could kill, you'd be a weapon of mass destruction." Katsuki scoffed and sat down beside me, grabbing a controller and handing it to me.

"That's more accurate, idiot." Katsuki yawned and rested back for a bit. "I'm tired..."

"Have you been to the doctor lately? 'Cause I think you're lacking some vitamin me." He whined and covered his face with a cushion.

"You're making me have a migraine, (M/n), shut up already." He turned his head to look at me and his tired-angry expression made me sigh.

"Wow, when God made you he was showing off," he stared at me with wide eyes and a cute blush on his cheeks, before getting up with an exhausted sigh.

Katsuki got up, "I'm going to the bathroom."

"Is that a mirror in your pocket? 'Cause I see myself in your pants." Katsuki was making tiny explosions and he turned abruptly, stomping towards me.

"Why are you talking about my pants and ass right now?!" He held his palms close to my face and I chuckle.

"What has 36 teeth and holds back the Incredible Hulk?" He made a 'Huh?' noise and I smirked, "My zipper."

Katsuki's face erupted in flames and he ran to the bathroom, making me laugh for a bit at his reaction.

After some minutes, Katsuki came out, his hand pushing his hair back. "Am I in a museum? Because you are a piece of art." His crimson eyes glared at me and he grabbed my arm, making me get up from his couch.

"Get out, we are not playing anything, I remembered I have homework to do," another chance...

"I know you're busy today, but can you add me to your to-do list?" He looked down and kept pulling me to his bedroom door.

"Stop with the pick-up lines, I'm sick already." Katsuki opened the door, but I kept it open before he pushed me out.

I had to make this one worth it...

"I've been wondering..." Katsuki stopped and looked me in the eyes, "Do your lips taste as good as they look?" I raised my hand to caress his cheek, stroking his bottom lip while I couldn't help but stare at them.

He blushed again, "D-don't say things y-you don't mean..." I released my arm from his grasp and cupped his face with my palms.

"Who said I didn't mean it, Katsuki?" I heard him gulp hard and his eyes looked away.

"Why don't you find out on your own, then...?" His crimson eyes travelled back up to meet my (e/c) ones and I smiled.

I held his face sweetly and stepped closer to him, leaning down to his height and right as I was about to kiss, I saw his eyes close, making me bite my lip trying to hold back a big smile. "I love you, Katsuki..."

I whispered against his lips, before pressing mine on them. Katsuki sighed and his arms wrapped themselves around my shoulders, pulling me down more. One of my hands travelled down to hold his waist as I stepped forward, making Katsuki walk back and I closed the door behind us, I made us walk to his bed, where I slowly pushed down on it, getting on top of him and ending our kiss.

Katsuki was gasping and completely embarrassed. His entire face was flushed.

"Are you..." he swallowed and held my face, "... done with the pick-up lines?" I looked towards my left wrist, where the bracelet had reached its countdown, showing signs of fading. And I nodded at him.

"But there's one more I want to say..." he groaned and whined.

"Oh god no..." he covered his eyes with his forearm and I reached down to his ear.

"Do you like sales? Because if you're looking for a good one, clothes are 100% off at my place." Katsuki gasped when he felt my fingers under his shirt, lifting it slowly.

He squirmed a bit but when I graced his nipple his mouth opened with a cute moan, "Gaah~"

"Are you raisin? Cause you're raising my dick." He froze and slowly moved his arm away, sitting up slightly and looking down at me.

"(M/n)!" He grabbed his pillow and hid his face with it, I chucked and decided to stop my teasing.

I lay between his legs, my head on his chest and I wrapped his waist with my arms. "I love my bed, but I rather be in yours."

"Why...?" I stared up at him as he moved the pillow aside, and I smiled pecking his lips.

"Because you're in it, Katsuki."

He stared at me and then whined, "Let's sleep, okay?" He closed his eyes, but after a few seconds, they opened again. "I forgot to turn off the console."

Instead of any of us getting up he texted Eijiro, who observed us lying together before smiling happily.

"Did you finally confess, Bakugou?" I looked at the blond, who was stuttering and blushing.

"I did it, with a pick-up line. A really good one too." Katsuki looked towards the wall, avoiding our staring and growled.

"Turn the damn thing off before I kick both of you out of my room," Eijiro laughed and did so, bidding us a 'Good night'.

"You didn't drag me here to play video games, did you?" After a few seconds, he mumbled a tiny and cute 'no'.

"I was jealous," but before I could make a big deal out of it, he held my face and kissed me, leaving me speechless. "Now, shut up and sleep already."

My head was pushed down to his chest again, where I could hear his heartbeat going back to its steady and normal pace, but I wasn't happy with that. "Katsuki..."

"Yeah?"

"I love you." And his heart began racing, pounding aggressively against my ear, and that made me sigh, "Much better."

...

...

...

"Hey Katsuki..."

"Mmh?"

"Are you from Japan?" He made an 'Eh?' noise, and I just giggled, "Because I'm trying to get in Japanties."

"Get the fuck off my fucking bed!!"

#paralyze fic #bakugou katsuki fanfic #bakugou x male #bakugou x male reader #male reader #reader insert #x reader

[prpfs]

🌎 just finished watching season 1 of Invincible and i'm absolutely dying for someone (18+ pls) to play Mark Grayson/Invincible for my oc (she's not super developed yet but i have quite a bit for her)! desperately need some good ol' angst to fluff to angst to fluff between my oc and Mark. ☄️ with that being said i am more than happy to double up and play anyone from Invincible for your side! or if there's not characters from there you would like i can totally do another fandom for your side- i can give a list of fandoms i am in or i can do some research on a fandom of yours i haven't watched/read yet and what not. i just wanted us both to make it fair and have fun!!

🛰️ i'm more than happy with doing an au, following the show, adding/changing our own details in there. for Mark and my oc i'd love at some point to add in the absolute drama of a teen/unplanned pregnancy plot but it's something to be discussed and not a deal breaker honestly. i just want us both to have fun ^^ 🪐 i write a lot depending on what's going in the plot, minimum 3 paragraphs; i just love details! but i also work and go to school so please be patient with me. NSFW may be included so i'd like someone that is comfortable with that but i'm also perfectly fine with fade to black. the show Invincible can get pretty gorey i get it and i'd like to follow most of the show so don't be surprised if there's some descriptions in there; ofc we won't go crazy as there's a limit as well but just be aware that it may come up and we can discuss this more+other triggers in private. please be open to discussing and even talking ooc because i love sending edits, conversations, and all that on the side! i rp both on here and discord (but preferably discord bc it's easier). like and i'll contact you!

like if you're interested and op will reach out

#invincible rp #invincible roleplay #oc rp #oc roleplay #ocxcc rp #original rp #dead dove

[chordsykat]

I just finished Dethkomic and can't say enough about how cool it was! Do you have pointers for how to write like that, so things feel like they're really epic from the start? Really I can't wait for the second comic for that reason.

That word "epic" gets thrown around a lot, does it not? I appreciate it, though. It's definitely one of the adjectives I'm going for when I write. :)

As I've said in previous answers, I do fully intend to go into more detail about how I write and keep everything together for longer stories. But since you asked specifically about high-stakes fiction, I will give you a few things I've picked up over the years:

#1 - Kill your tank.

Well, maybe don't kill him/her. But take them out in a capacity that lets your audience know the looming threat, whatever it is, is not only very real, but probably going to be made all the tougher to disarm without the heavy.

I do this right out of the gates in Dethkomic II, because we're in that in-between of seasons 2 and 3 where Charles is dead -- but that won't be all I'll be doing in order to tip the scales in the bad guys' favor. You'll have to wait and see what I mean, but suffice to say, I kill a lot of tanks pretty early on.

Uh. Again... probably best you don't take that too literally. I know I'm kinda getting a reputation ever since I killed my own character but I'm not a monster...

Probably.

#2 - Mind your pacing. Mind your direction. Don't give your audience a chance to brace for impact.

There's a reason drama seems amped up ten-fold in a comedy, and it's the complimentary nature of both genres to build up a sense of security in what starts as a lighthearted romp, and ends with the floor falling out and everyone clinging on to what they can grab as shit suddenly gets serious out of nowhere.

This is why I like to write Dethkomic so much, and if I had to guess, why so many of us like MTL in the first place. If you're always surprised by what happens next, then you're going to be compelled to keep watching.

#3 - Do a musical number.

Music/singing/dancing is an immediate cue that some serious emotional turmoil is about to go down. If you can manage it, and if you're musically inclined, why not try to incorporate an original song with some foreboding lyrics into your story?

But wait, in a comic? Who would be crazy enough to...

#4 - Have compelling characters in the first place

This is easier in fanfiction than it is in original fiction, for sure. People are already following you because they find the canon material and its cast compelling. OCs too, get a pass I feel. Even if people don't love them immediately, they'll tolerate them so long as you're giving the main characters hell and putting them through crazy scenarios.

But don't neglect giving your OCs interesting backgrounds or fail to put them in equally frightening situations because you're worried about distracting from the canon. That's the stuff that'll get people on their side faster than anything. I guess, don't be afraid to write your own babies with all your heart.

So! I'll have more on this at a later time, I'm sure. It's a great question and one worth several journal entries, I think.

And now, if you're still reading, I'd like to take the time to respond to another anon query I got but cannot answer, publicly due to the question itself:

Jesus. I am forever damn impressed by you guys and how hardcore you all are about picking up these little breadcrumbs I've left behind in the things I post about Dethkomic.

To that end, I'm sorry I can't post your question in full here, OP. It's too spoilery.

But the answer is yes.

#writing tips #writing fiction #being epic #dethkomic lore #dethkomic #mtl #answered

[bas-writes]

So, I watched the RED Movie yesterday. I have very mixed feelings. I'll explain everything under cut since I want to talk about scenes & plot & involved characters.

So far, a short non-spoiler review:

-> if you're not 100% sure you DON'T want to see the movie, don't hesitate and get yourself a ticket, this is one of those made to be enjoyed in cinema, the experience won't be the same at home

-> if you want to see this only to see your blorbo in action...you most likely will be disappointed, unless your blorbo is Koby, Barto or Usopp

-> if Uta's design & everything told about her in promo materials didn't convince you to like her...you most likely will be disappointed too

-> ...actually, you will have much more fun, if you stop treating it as a movie and start to think about it as high budget music video with Ado's pirate-sona. a big animated fanfic with a quirky OC

-> if you can wait, do yourself a favor and watch it AFTER you read this week's chapter, you will thank me 🤭

And now to the juicy meat.

I went to cinema knowing well this is NOT a movie for me. I'm a manga-only fan, I know anime only in bits and RED is my first OP movie ever. The info revealed in campaign didn't make me enthusiastic, especially given how much they push Uta on the pedestal. Frankly, if not for sis who really wanted to see it, I'd not move my ass to cinema.

But I did. And much to my surprise, I did enjoy it lol Wouldn't call it a good movie (maybe it is for OP standards, no idea), but wouldn't call it a waste of time either. Just a fun thing to watch together with a bunch of nerds, so you can make weird noises when your faves show up.

Uta for me was the weakest point of the movie. Not because I find her a bad-written character (I actually like what they made with her but that's later), but because she has like, 0 chemistry with characters on screen. Her relationship with Shanks and Luffy are limited to very short flashbacks and a few scenes with Shanks at the very end. Luffy and Uta interact with each other but I just...didn't get a feeling they're old friends reuniting after years. I mean, compare it to how Luffy reacted to Ace in Alabasta. Everytime Luffy and Uta met, it felt like a staged scene, and given that a majority of movie is played in alter-reality, controlled by Uta's mind, it gives one whole additional layer of that weird, fake feeling.

Following with the weak points: there's a whole lot of characters who do NOTHING. If we cut all the fight scenes but the finale, a good part of the cast has nothing to do. They just...are. Because they're Strawhats/popular characters. But even with those fight scenes... Zoro, one of the most important characters in the serie, got more or less the same screen time as a fucking chibified fursona of a ship. Even Shanks and Luffy, 2 of 3 main pillars of the movie, don't do that much. Really.

Honestly, fight scenes but the last one disappointed me. I'm a simple One Piece simp: I want to see my blorbos flexing muscles in crazy fights. I know this is not the essence of plot, but it's the flavor. One Piece wouldn't be One Piece if it wasn't boiled in broth made of bloody, sweaty tits, goddammit. In RED majority of fight scenes are edited like AMVs. With insane graphic quality, but with the same chaos and level of cuts and edits. Plus Uta being Uta through majority of screen time. Which is...UGH. The way she fights is really interesting! Whenever she does it, the jaw just drops! I wanna see her fighting with that power! Not look at heavily edited idol performance!

Luckily, at some point movie finally chills down and lets the plot breathe. And once it stops being an AMV on speed, it becomes quite interesting. Especially with the way it flashes out those few characters who got something to do. BIG kudos for choosing less obvious ones for pushing the plot motor: Bartolomeo, Koby, Blueno, Usopp (feat. his daddy issues). Koby was the absolute MVP. Holy fuck. I hope this is just a foretaste of what we're going to see in manga.

Fan theories connoisseurs will be over the moon with the number of symbols and wink winks. Not gonna lie, I focused on lyrics on purpose, to avoid sensory overload from those shaking AMVs and was surpirsed how much info is hidden in them. Like one, big teaser for the upcoming events.

I wonder how many connections will be revealed later. The robots from library? Hell, guess what just happened in chapter 1065 👀 They weren't lying that events aren't canon - but lore definitely is.

The animation & music combo is INSANE. Especially when they let Ado sing instead of pushing her to perform as a candy idol girl (the opening song made my skin crawl jesus christ that was horrible). Gods, the more crazy Uta gets, the better songs get and when the music goes low ohhhhh yes, that's the good shit.

NO FANSERVICE. IN ONE PIECE MOVIE? MORE LIKELY THAN YOU THOUGHT! Except for one very toned panties joke and one not-moving panel from the credits there's literally no fanservice. Null. Zero. Nada. And they let female characters fight to their fullest! Nami, Robin and Brulee do in comparison as much as other background characters.

The final is. IS. I swear, it's one of the best directed fights I've seen in One Piece EVER and hello, forget about the non-anime thig, I watched the famous Katakuri vs Snakeman and the Rooftop. The combo of powerful music, smooth animation, characters cooperating in perfectly-balanced yet unexpected teams, the multi layered attack lead by Usopp and Yasopp, Snakeman-Nika fusion & Shanks finish, fuck, I swear, I was shaking.

I hope this is how final fight in OP will look like. A whole team of our faves from various fractions against Im maybe? 👀

Loved how balanced the humor was. Characteristic for One Piece yet, tamed. Nothing too perverted, nothing too gross, everything chaotic as fuck. Love you, Bepo.

But my favorite part is probably the way they handled the conflict and the case of who's a villain. Don't wanna say too much cause imho this is something everyone should interpret according to their own judgement, but liked how they placed the core in the moral dilemma between bringing relief and utopia for the cost of freedom and remaining free but having to face the reality (oh, someone was inspired by The Matrix). Should I run into lie to comfort myself? Is it a wise idea to try and shield someone from consequences of their actions, even if they were not fully conscious? Does one have a right to decide what's good for others?

If not for the BULLSHIT finish, I'd say the second part saved the movie in my eyes. Sadly, it added to a bad aftertaste. Well, at least I have the OST. And soon-to-come shirtless snake gifs.

Overall, not a tragedy, thing more enjoyable than irritating even if you are easily distracted by things you don't like (like me lol), worth spending money and time even if for just watching an AMV on big screen.

And the obligatory traditional number scale: 4/10 as a stand alone movie, 6/10 as a meat for OP fan, 10/10 of Law's hairy leggies my beloved.

#bas mumbles #bas watches one piece

[rahleeyah]

So this is kind of random, but a while back you had reblogged a post about fanfic authors' knowledge bleeding through into the work and mentioned that you were curious about if you did that. I've been contemplating that a little so I thought you might be interested in a response.

First, I'll say I don't think you do that in the way the OP was describing. I think you do an excellent job of meeting you audience where they're at and then building what knowledge you want us to have for the story to work. I feel like that comes down to exposition and you are great at exposition.

That being said, my undergrad major was in English and I feel like I've never been able to turn off the part of my brain that it always analyzing who the author is and what they're saying between the lines. Every author that's ever lived has put their own context into writing so like it's not a bad thing. But I thought I'd tell you the things that I've guessed about who you are based on your stories.

1) I think you have good parents and a nice family. Idk if this is actually true or not, obviously people can write about good families without having one, but there's something about the language you use and the assumption that the natural order is for parents to be selfless and set boundaries and for families to care about each other. I think the parenting in hof definitely made me think that, but also trying to think back I think I thought about it in the two stories with Elliot's sister and maybe hov or monsters or even haunted (I love haunted!!). I don't think this is a bad thing at all, I think just coming from a place of having a fairly dysfunctional family myself I had thought "I think this girl has a nice family."

2) I think you are not Catholic. Again this is something that I think is different about us and so it stood out to me. I think Catholics tend to just be a bit more practical about their religion and it feels a little mystical when you talk about Elliot's Catholicism. To be clear, I love the way you write this. I love any time you engage with Elliot's religion. I just think more Catholics aren't really engaging with their religion all that much. Like it's more about just doing what you're told? Idk I guess I'd say it reads as either an outsider, or super devout and given the rest of the context I do not think you are a super devout Catholic. Elliot is though so that really could just be down to good writing and I'm making things up.

3) I guessed you were gay. The way you write you queer characters is so perfect to me. Like I think people get bogged down in trying to make queer characters seem normal and organic without realizing that queer characters ARE normal and organic. Like can straight writers write good gay character? Absolutely. But do they usually? Eh. I'm trying to think if this assumption pre-dates Jimmy from hof. Was Elliot's new partner from hov gay? I can't remember when I started thinking that, but it's been around a while.

4) I thought you might be British. This one is funny. Idk if it was just because a lot of people on ao3 are or if there's something else. I think you just have a good vocabulary and I'm crazy sometimes.

Anyway, now that I've written this I'm not sure if I should send it. I love your writing so much and I'd die if you thought I was being critical, I just was thinking this was a fun/funny way to engage with the material. Okay I'm going to send it, but please know none of this was intended to be negative at all. You writing is such a gift to me. And also my experience with literary analysis is that the people doing the analyzing are often the most biased, short-sighted people of them all and we tend to completely miss the point more often than not.

🧍‍♀️

I -

Wow you read me lmao

Please don't be sorry this is DELIGHTFUL and also incredibly on point like

I do have good parents and a nice family. And that's precious to me, I've always felt incredibly lucky bc of them, and so when I write about family - esp about Elliot and Olivia making a family - a lot of the time it is bc I want to give something good to the characters, I want to make family good for them, even if their family of origin hurt. And yeah a lot of my relationships with my own siblings informed the fics about Elliot's sister. My mother was the best person I have ever known, and a lot of the time when I'm writing about family I'm really just writing about her, and how much I admired her generosity and her heart and the work she put in to make family something worth having.

And I am not Catholic I'm not anything but I was raised evangelical and I'm a melodramatic bitch with a background in classics so I always go big on the mysticism 🤣

And I am really happy my gayness bleeds thru 🤣🤣🤣I honestly can't remember now but yeah I do think Elliot's partner in hov (Sam) was gay.

And I am not British but I spent a good idk like. Five years writing fic for British and Australian shows and the Australian show I wrote the most for was set in the 60s, so the pacing and tone and turns of phrase were different. I had myself trained to use "mobile" instead of "cell phone" and as many of the other little Britishisms as I could remember and it still crops up from time to time. I also always use the British spelling for grey rather than the American gray bc I just think grey looks nicer. So that was particularly intuitive even if the conclusion wasn't correct the evidence was there 🤣

Well done you I'm impressed lmao

#asks

[zgvlt]

HAIIIII OH EM GEE... Okay so first of all it's very coincidental that my introduction to your writing happens to be your recent x vil fic cause I'm feel very similar to him and ooooooooh you capture him so well I absolutely adore it.

And much like Vil I do hold things up to high standards and just. Woah. That has to be the best x reader fic I've ever read. It's just so rare to find something with this kind of writing quality and smooth pacing when it comes to x reader fics. Look, anyone could make an interesting narrative but few can truly execute said narrative. There's something so refreshing to something that isn't you're typical "insert fic trope here"

Also... You definitely have an eye for writing the falling in love process, it's the way you're able to make each of your fics feel different with how the process goes, not just because of the change of characters but the story beats itself, you could write the same basic scenario for each character and there would still be a drastic difference from it and I'd eat it up regardless 🙏

Also also, even if the fic wasn't necessarily long by god did I felt Vil's longing that got me actually going crazy crazy 😭😭 op I would wait a hundred years and pay you a million dollars if it means I get to see you serve more of this amazing content

Beauté!! 100 points!!

AH thank you for the feedback!! i must have reread this more than a few times, very very grateful to receive it 💖💖 and you're so so terribly kind what a sweetheart, your praise is too high hihi but i'm going to gobble it all up anyway! thank you, i think i did make a conscious effort in improving my prose and pacing recently, especially bc i feel like this kind of fic really needs it to make you feel something for the end scene, so i'm glad you seem to think it came across well!

and awww thank you, i hope i continue to put out content ppl like, and of course, that i can be proud of! :>

#—nathyask #—anonnie #—fic feedback #—banathyaqueue

[jeremy-ken-anderson]

The OPM Baseline

It's really interesting to me to look through stories with OP protagonists and see how they handle assorted bits of their story.

The Gamer is about someone whose special power, in a world of gods and monsters, is that he interacts with all the magic systems as if they were a game. Where others have to physically craft things he can do crazy mass-production using a crafting window. Where others feel pain he just sees his hp bar go down. And where others have to go on vague feelings and assessments, he can look at people's status windows to get a really accurate guess of who'd win in a given fight. Between this and his ability to just plain Level Up, he's gotten very, very powerful. I do feel like there are problems with the conceit in terms of how narrowly one has to consider "games" to not have the ability give him infinite power immediately, because in truth games have all kinds of systems and ways the user can interact with them. But for the purposes of this discussion the important bit is he's an OP protagonist.

Thing is, like OPM this series has the camera bounce around to assorted characters - be they the schemers he'll have to fight later, his subordinates and allies, or new characters whose allegiances we don't know yet. One Punch Man spends a LOT of time on these other characters, because an OP protagonist with infinite force has to be presented with situations he can't solve with the application of more force. And it's useful to the comedy to remind us of what the status quo is so that we keep a firm grasp on how far outside the status quo Saitama is.

Jihan Han, The Gamer, is basically just...a whale in the ocean. They kind of blew past the "big fish in little pond" situation, and he's a big power player now, even on the world stage, and others are also huge and powerful, and...Some of the time when I'm reading it I'm unsure what it's for. In shounen battle manga fights represent a clash of ideals. I haven't seen an indication that the wars Jihan involves himself in have the same moral underpinnings. They're just wars, because supernatural forces are at war and he's defending his side. There's not the comical value of OPM, because the consequences are too high and the author's trying to make us feel like he's at risk some of the time.

I feel like the story has gotten wrapped up in its own systems, and unlike, say, Erfworld, those systems don't bear any inherent interest to gamers (who one would presume to be the intended audience of The Gamer) because they're just bog-standard - in fact the idea that all games are "bog-standard" is important to the shape of the narrative.

Bah, got off on a rant.

The point I was originally going for was that it's interesting to me how OPM (and Erfworld, now that I think about it) gets away with spending an enormous amount of time with its main character offscreen, and The Gamer really doesn't. They do it, but they don't get away with it. Even if you're not super into Jihan as a character, it's too much his story and I'm still okay with battles between his dearest friends and their foes, but then...imagine if the Naruto Chuunin Exam arc had included a Kiba vs Ino fight. At that point Kiba's had maybe two lines and Ino we only know as "the other girl crushing on Sasuke who he doesn't care about." The Gamer has this kind of battle all the time. Maybe if I were more up on Korean mythology I'd be getting a Battle of Ragnarok vibe from the fights? I dunno. It doesn't play them up that way, and doesn't do anything to bring people who don't know these characters into the fight. For all its flaws Battle of Ragnarok had an announcer, a narrator, and an in-world audience, any of whom could step in to bring the viewer up to speed on the powers people had, the secret abilities being unleashed, and (perhaps too bluntly sometimes) what ideologies were being pitted against one another.

And you might think Garou vs The B-Team in One Punch Man would have the same vibe as The Gamer or a Kiba vs Ino scenario - we haven't gotten to know them when the fight starts - but it doesn't, because you know Garou even if you don't know the B-Team yet, and you know what he's fighting for, and you get a real introduction to them during the fight itself.

#one punch man #the gamer #webtoon #review

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I saw a post on twitter that said “do you ever trust your A03/tumblr moot so much that you go through their reading list?”, it reminded me of you because obviously your writing is top tier and i totes trust you with my whole fangirl life,, following that logic would you have any of that fics that your binging atm? Thank you and i hope you are having a great day 💋💋💋

ahhhh this is so sweet! thank you so much, lovely 😭🤍

i'd be more than happy to share some recs! i haven't gotten around to doing a lot of reading yet because i'm still at work, but here r some recent faves (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ (i'm not q sure what you'd like so i've listed a variety - but feel free to ask me to narrow down if needed!)

million dollar man by venusianrose [ao3]

super sexy and sweet - i think this is a great read even if you're not an eremika shipper, the way OP writes will make you wanna ship it! it's just... pure affection and adoration dripping from their entire being for each other. easily one of the best fics i've read this year. the writing is very evocative and gripping.

shinsou hitoshi entered the chat by crossroadswrite [ao3]

top tier humour and adorable interactions amongst the 1A kiddos. OP is the queen of characterisation because everything feels so real, it's crazy! a light-hearted read that i visit on rainy days <3

cake, baby by chicoree [tumblr] [too scared to tag... again...]

i LOVE DENKI!!! soooo so so cute here and the banter is super entertaining and realistic. this fic got me blushing and screaming into my pillow and kicking my blankets... pls go read this (& the rest of OP's amazing masterlist!)

+ a fic i plan to read but i haven't: commas of care by ufo-ikawa [tumblr]

i think that's it for now? there are tons of other amazing fics that i'd love to rec here, but i just wrote a long ass report and my brane is half fried atm. do lmk what you think or if you have any further questions! ヾ(•ω•`)o you can also check out my fic rec tag for more cool stuff.

and as always, do remember to heed the respective writers' warnings, and leave them some feedback! it can be a simple ask, like "hey i loved a and b because of x and y!", otherwise, likes and reblogs are always appreciated because you're helping people find their next fic to read 😎😎

thank you again for asking, and for reading my writing too! (*^▽^*) please accept my kiss on ur forehead MUAH

#ask yuna #rec #back to my report... sobbles bobbles #have a good day every1!!! rmb to stretch every now n then

[themadauthorshatter]

Do you guys know what could've been kind of interesting to see in SGE? More specifically, the first book? Tedros realizing he has some possible feelings for Agatha while still thinking he's in love with Sophie.

Think of it like this:

Tedros trying to be closer with Sophie, i.e. trying to talk about his life back in Camelot, any frustrations he's having in his classes or with his friends, or even just wanting to know more about HER, but Sophie only hugs his arm, rests her head on his shoulder, or simply holds his hand and tells him she loves him.

Upon seeing this, his mind and eyes drift to Agatha, who is doing something like getting some homework done early or practicing some magic. Maybe he sees Kiko and Agatha together and Kiko is complaining about accidentally dying her hair green and making it all spiky, so Agatha waves a glowimg finger and fixes it right up for her, explaining to Kiko, who wanted blonde hair, that she's beautiful with her dark hair and Tristan is an idiot if he doesn't see that; not a very "Agatha" line, but I imagine she'd be tired of seeing and hearing Kiko cry and is genuine in her words because Kiko's nice to her and a pretty decent friend.

Maybe a challenge happens where people from the opposite side partner with each other and Tedros OBVIOUSLY partners with Sophie.

Agatha, however, doesn't get a chamce to think before Hester and Anadil equally take a step forward-

AND HORT CRASHES INTO AGATHA INSTEAD-He wants to get Sophie back for using him, and Hester is not taking her away from him.

Even with a possible concussion, Agatha and Hort do well, the challenge being getting across a deep and raging river by walking across a log or something, I'm not good at making up challenges for fairytales.

Because she's in heels and doesn't want to ruin her makeup, Sophie crawls across the log rather than walks, which makes Tedros have to slow down and wait for her.

I should probably mention that this log is close to the water and is cracking beneath them, so THEY NEED TO GTFO the log.

Tedros knows this, but doesn't want to leave Sophie(both because they'll get points taking away for leaving their partner and he's still pretty sure he loves her).

Chekhov's gun fires. The log breaks and both Sophie and Tedros fall in and are swept away beneath the surface.

Agatha follows with most of the students and Yuba following.

Because she's a smart person, can swin, and doesn't care about her looks, unlike many of the other students, Agatha recruits Chaddick, because he's strong, and Anadil, with she has rats, which are CRAZY intelligent, and they find another dead tree or a vine or something to put over the river, thin enough for Sophie and Tedros to grab, but thick enough that it won't break. Anadil kicks her maguc into overdrive and grows her rats to be the size of pitbulls, and Chaddick and Agatha use them to get to Tedros and Sophie out of the river before the tree or vine snaps.

I'm sorry for making Anadil OP, but she's exhausted when her rats are back to their normal sizes, too tired to even stand up as she glares at Agatha and tells her, "That is the last time I'm helping you."

Tedros storms back to the Evers with Sophie trailing behind him, begging for him to listen as she apologizes.

Under water, she had flailed and held Tedros down as he tried to get above the surface, which almost made them both drown.

He doesn't talk to her at lunch, but does notice Chaddick awkwardly commending Agatha for her quick thinking. By awkward, I mean it's almost painful to watch him find the right words to thank this "witch" for helping to save his best friend.

Again, this is an awkward exchange and it takes a few minutes for Agath to understand Chaddick and not get offended.

Tedros thinks on this and considers all the "connection" moments he's had like the goblin challenge where he mistook Agatha for Sophie and when he picked Agatha's coffin.

Sophie notices him staring and asks if everything's alright and why he isn't paying attention to her; water on the brain.

He shrugs, smiles, and says it's nothing, which makes Sophie smile and go back to talkimg, Tedros inconspicuously watching Agatha cackle her giddy ass off when Beatrix accidentally falls in mud while trying to approach Tedros in glass slippers. Kiko laughs behind her hand, but is close to tears. Agatha does magic her clean, but Beatrix still pouts and gets a little mad, even if the squeal she did was nothing short of hilarious.

Trial By Tale happens, events and all, but Tedros doesn't instantly break up with Sophie. He keeps his distance instead.

One night, after he's won and hasn't spoken a word to Sophie or sat near her at lunch, eating in his room instead to avoid her and because he's still a little injured, he is awake and can't sleep, so he wanders the quiet school halls, watching snow fall and reminiscing about home and how his school year's been, maybe even having a made up conversation with his father about what's happened.

HOW COINCIDENTAL THAT AGATHA IS ALSO OUT OF HER ROOM AND LEANING AGAINST A LEDGE TO ALSO WATCH THE SNOW.

This is the conversation between them that follows:

(Agatha turns to look at him with annoyed eyes)"... Here to call me a witch again?"

"Well, as long as you don't punch me again, I won't."

(Narrows her eyes a little mire before turning back to the snow.) "Why are you out here?"

(Tedros leans against the wall facing her and tips his head back, watching the snow.) "Can't sleep. Hester's demon got me better than I thought." (Chuckle) "I still have a bruise on my side from the thing."

(Agatha gulps as she remembers how it broke into pieces and attacked him, but says nothing.)

"How about you? Does the witch have you doing her work for her again?"

(Agatha gasps, surprised by the jab to her friend and at how he figured it out. Tedros's face is mostly expressionless, though he does raise an eyebrow as if to say, 'Go 'head. Prove me wrong.' She relaxes again and shakes her head.) "My room doesn't have a good view of the trees. I bet it's snowing in Gavaldon, too. Harder than it is here, maybe."

"Gavaldon?"

"My village. Where Sophie and I came from. Our home."

(Tedros laughs) "I'm sorry, how long have you two been friends for?"

"Long enough. What about you? What brings the prince of Camelot out to watch the first snow of winter?"

(Tedros's smile drops as he returns his gaze to outside.) "Like I said. I couldn't sleep."

"Why are you REALLY out here?"

(Tedros is silent for a few seconds, biting his lip because he's obviously uncomfortable.) "... Your village. Gavaldon. Do you... miss it?"

(After another second of silence, Agatha responds.) "A little bit. We were better friends there, at least. And I miss my cat."

(Tedros humms quietly as he gives a slight nod, biting back a 'witch' comment.)

"I guess you're used to the attention. Being the prince and all."

(Tedros shrugs and scratches the back of his neck.) "Sort of. Not really. No one ever followed me around like Beatrix. Could you see a maid being on my tail like SHE does?"

(Agatha can't help but laugh, Tedros chucklong with her before his smile drops.)

"I don't know. I mean..." (He leans on the ledge.) "I like being with my mates and all, but... it gets annoying when there's always a couple of girls giggling at you behind the corner. I miss my room, too. And the library. And the court yard. And the garden. And the field."

(His voice breaks at that last one, but Agatha doesn't bring it up. Instead, it's her turn to talk about home.)

"I miss my mom. We didn't really get along, but she's my family, Reaper, too."

"You named your cat Reaper?"

"He took care of our rat and bird problem. You'd be surprised at how many blue jays come to a cemetery." (Agatha's smile drops.) "I miss that, too, the cemetery. It was quiet. And just reading fairytales in my room instead of studying to BE in one."

(Tedros nods at that, no joke or quip.) "It's all fun until you learn how dangerous it all really is." (He is silent for a second, gulping and running his hand through his hair.) "Thanks, by the way."

(Agatha turns to him, playing coy because she's not used to the Evers ACTUALLY being nice to her, save for Kiko.) "For what?"

"The Trial. Saving me. I don't think I'd be here, if you didn't."

(Agatha blushes and looks at her hands.) "No... No problem. I mean... Well... I guess that..."

(Tedros smiles and slips some hair behind her ear and kisses her hand.) "'You're welcome, Tedros. I hope you can repay me, somehow, Tedros.'"

(Agatha almost tells him to forgive Sophie, but instead says something else.) "Can you talk to Sophie? She's sorry about what happened and she really does love you."

(Tedros frowns.) "Love isn't pulling someone down with you when you're under water. And neither is leaving your teammate to fight alone."

"You said you wanted to repay me, this is how. Do you really want to be indebted to a witch?"

(Tedros reluctantly nods.) "Fine. I'll talk to her."

"Thank you."

(Agatha turns and walks back to her room, but Tedros only watches her leave, speaking when she's out of ear shot.) "I don't think you're a witch."

I feel like I could add more, but this will be enough for now.

I hope you guys enjoyed, sorry if this came off as fanfiction-y or any of the characters were a little OP, magic or otherwise. And like I said in my progress post, this is just what I would have done to have Tedros and Agatha fall in love, or start falling in love

Either way, I hope you enjoyed this

Incase you're interested, here's a link to part 2: https://themadauthorshatter.tumblr.com/post/642332442965983232/im-bored-im-continuing-with-that-tagatha

#school for good and evil #tedros #agatha #sophie #sge tedros #agatha of woods beyond #sophie of woods beyond #tedros of camelot #sge agatha #sge sophie

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

Finest girl I ever met in my whole life Want to take her home, make her my wife Knew she was a freak when she started talking She said, "Fuck me like we fucked Bin Laden" (ooh, whoa) That girl was freak She said she wanted me to fuck her harder than the military

Fucked Bin Laden Fucked Bin Laden Fucked Bin Laden She wanted to fuck me harder than the US government Fucked Bin Laden

Uh, she was a freaky kind of girl Kept up with current events from all around the world More specifically, one event The time Osama Bin Laden got shot in the head She said, "Do me like that" But I couldn't track the metaphor That said, I can see you horny like a Stegosaur That said, again your request is so irregular She put on a beard, I started looking at the exit door Then a turban, then a tunic She said, "Invade my cave with your special unit" I said, "He wasn't in a cave", but there was no stopping She demanded that I fuck her like we

Fucked Bin Laden Fucked Bin Laden Fucked Bin Laden She wanted to fuck me harder than the US government Fucked Bin Laden

This girl requested intercourse to bring her to climax With the clinical efficiency of the assassination of Bin Laden You're harboring a fugitive (that ass) And my justice will be punitive (I'ma smash) Night-vision, they can see us through my GoPro She tried to negotiate, I said that's a no-no Now I'm creeping in her bedroom like go-go She tells me to go low, then looks down and says I gotta "Terrorize that pussy" "Gotta terrorize that pussy" So I did it, improvise some crazy shit Seal Team 69 sexecuting the hit She said, "You've finished me off, now throw my body in the ocean" I yell, "Geronimo, " then took some pictures for posting The President called, he said "congratulations Connor" I said, "Mr. President, to what do I owe this honor?" He said, "Come give me the deets in the White House Garden I gots to know how you fucked her like we"

Fucked Bin Laden Fucked Bin Laden Fucked Bin Laden I still can't say that I see the appeal But she wanted me to fuck her like we fucked Bin Laden Oh, this girl insisted that the way we did it was merciless and exact Just like the now world famous attack That fucked Osama Bin Laden

I didn't write the OP, so I'm pretty at a loss when it comes to interpreting the joke. If it were me, I guess I'd try looking for similar things (e.g., "I'll cut off your balls and feed them to Osama," "I'll make you watch the assassination") and then trying to pair them with some event that can't be handily linked in any other way, like "the end of the Cold War" or "the election of the first black president" or whatever. (This is of course pretty inexact and involves a lot of trial and error.)

I'm not sure this really works?

I did find "a girl I wanted to take home, make and wife" in a set of songs about sexual fetishism, and this reminded me about this song, which uses the same image and has the same kind of silly joke:

She said, "I want to go home, and fuck your wife

Like we've fucked Saddam Hussein"

I said, "You've got a lot of nerve

That's a terrible thing to say"

She said, "I want to go home, and fuck your wife

Like we've fucked Saddam Hussein"

I said, "You've got a lot of nerve

That's a terrible thing to say"

I said, "I said, "Fuck you," and made a run for it

I'm in the mood for some fun tonight with my men

No one will tell, me what to do

By the time we get to Baghdad I'll be so fucking bored

She said, "I want to go home, and fuck your wife

Like we've fucked Saddam Hussein"

I said, "You've got a lot of nerve

That's a terrible thing do"

That's a terrible thing to say

I said, "Fuck you," and made a run for it

I'm in the mood for some fun tonight with my men

By the time I get to Baghdad I'll be so fucking bored

I said, "Girl, I think you've read too many thrillers

Where we've captured all the bad guys

It looks like we're gonna go home covered in scars

It's been boring, why don't you try my cock?

I said, "Girl, I think you have a crush on a dude like me

So I'm gonna show some special brand of mercy

I'm gonna give you exactly what you want

You've got a lot of nerve, you're really crazy"

I said, "Come on now, I don't want all that mess

I'm in the mood for some fun tonight with my men

I said, "Girl, I think you've read too many thrillers

You wanna have fun, should go see Saddam

He's got a few tanks left over from the war

So maybe we could go get a tank of our own?

I said, "Girl, you've got a lot of nerve

I don't think you really got the picture

You know, I don't think you really get the picture"

I said, "I said, "Fuck you," and made a run for it

I'm in the mood for some fun tonight with my men

By the time we get to Baghdad…

#long post #verysleepyfrog