#otp: everything in me gravitates to you

[alastairstom]

Re Follow up to Wessa spicy and loving ur work > CC and long fits Q

I CANNOT WAIT FOR WESSA SPICY, U WRITE SPICY SO FREAKING WELL! I also have never thought about historical spicy stuff. which obviously happened cuz hello folks back then did it as well, it's not just a present day thing haha.

I think I just feel ur engagement is way more motivating and higher than CC's. Obv CC has mad kudos for creating this Universe, but like any author who has made It so clear that she wants to move on from the universe, the fun part is playing within it YK? Not just creating plots and marriages just so that the union and the good ending is the telos of it. The pay off is now seeing them banter about together, have the dynamics shift as they age, see how they view the world and how they continue to problem solve yk? And it gets even more fun when you create ensemble casts, bc THATS why Downton abbey is so long! It's so much fun to see it through, throughout!

An example I use is I follow these two authors who LOVEE their book universes, and also write generational fun family (modern day) ensamble casts with friends, and they spend normally 3-4 books focused on one character's OTP, seeing it through, throughout, and than moving onto another. Not the traditional stickler predictable "one book per pairing" in a series we see too often. AND THAN, when they move on, they continue to write publish 2 bonus chapters, update their interests boards, and talk about everything on their Patreon for like less than 3 dollars a month. there are over 100+ chapters now at this point!

Not to say that's what CC wants to do, but when you have amounted such a huge fandom, a lot of it is not just about making annual deliverables and canon events occur, but having fun just domestically and I feel like she doesn't want to do that. Which is totally fine! I respect that. But obviously the type of fan I am, as you can see, I gravitate towards the way you produce, engage and write (u write for yourself and ur fans, yes u have fans and I am one) more so than her. That's kind of what I was trying to get at in my initial post :-). Bc when CC wants to move on, it feel so lovely and safe, to know my safe space won't go, because ur still leading it. <3 <3 So again, from the bottom to the top of my heart, thank you <3

This made me tear up. Thank you so much, friend.

Messages like this make me feel extremely motivated to write. I really hope you enjoy my Valentine's fic as much as I am liking writing it.

I think I understand what you're saying - Cassie does a really good job of creating characters and telling their stories. I consider her to be one of the best creators of our time, specifically in TID and TLH as well as Sword Catcher (even if that one has less of a hold on me, it's inarguably one of her best works world-building and plot-wise.) But yes, sometimes you just want little fluffy post-canon stories of the characters, which is not always possible for a world-famous writer with tons of ongoing projects. I'm looking forward to Better in Black a lot because of this.

I just write what I want to see and roll with it. I am glad that it's what you want to see, too.

Dear God, I am tearing up a lot. Thank you. From the bottom of my heart, I truly appreciate everyone who has read one of my fics and given me a chance to play with their blorbos.

[thatswhatsushesaid]

Xiyao?

oh!! xiyao is the otp to end all otps for me (@verdantrivers tagging you as well since you also asked about them, even tho you already know everything I'm going to write anyway)

ship it 🤌

What made you ship it? in the novel, it was absolutely the teacups scene. but uhhh this is embarrassing but I came into this fandom backwards, and so my first exposure to xiyao was the show! tl;dr I was looking for a show on netflix to fill the void left in my soul after the depressing end of The Rise of the Phoenixes, and someone somewhere rec'd The Untamed because "it's gay and the gays get a happy ending!!" me, a depressed bisexual, "oh, what a relief, I could use a happy ending for the gays after all that depressing straight people nonsense I just suffered through." (joke's on me, my chosen gays did not get their happy ending, I clowned myself) anyway, /scuffs foot, it was the box scene. their cute little shuffle over the box. the shy yet lingering eye contact. meng yao's eyes doing the thing that zhu zanjin has them do every time he looks at lan xichen for longer than a second, like he's noticing how beautiful starlight is for the first time, and lan xichen looking like meng yao just awoke something in him that he didn't even realize was there until that moment. meng yao's beautiful face journey when he sees lan xichen and rushes to say goodbye to him. like... I feel it bears mentioning at this point that I knew so little about this show or the canon source material that I literally thought that xiyao was going to be the main ship with the happy ending just based on this moment alone, and so you can imagine by dismay once I realized how tragically wrong I was. RIP past me. anyway, while I absolutely prefer jgy's characterization and arc in the novel canon, I will nevertheless die for the way lhk and zzj chose to bring xiyao to life on-screen. they did the reading.

What are your favorite things about the ship? besides the siren call of a decades' long near-romance that is doomed by the narrative, probably that when given a choice (or rather, when jgy believes that he has a choice), jgy and lxc always choose each other, both when the stakes are low and when they are extremely high. one bad faith and garbage take on their dynamic that I often see trotted out by jgy's harshest critics is that he exploits lxc's affection for him exclusively to cement his position within the lanling jin sect and to further his own ambitions, which seems like such a dull and reductive way to view the nearly two decades they spend together in each other's lives. I also just don't understand where this interpretation comes from?? is it just from jgy using the pass token to get the song of spirit turmoil from the library pavilion's forbidden section? because yes, that was a violation of lxc's trust, but also like... would there even have been a forbidden section in the library pavilion for him to steal from if jgy hadn't sacrificed so much of his dearly bought social and political capital upon gaining his recognition from jgs to help the gusu lan rebuild the cloud recesses? this is not me trying to diminish that violation of lxc's trust, but just to emphasize that jgy actually had very little to gain, politically speaking, at the time he pressed his father to provide aid to the extremely vulnerable and weak gusu lan, but he did it anyway, and he did it because he knew lxc needed the help. smaller stakes: given the choice between being in anyone else's company or each other's, they always gravitate towards each other in any space they occupy together, and that does things to me lol.

Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship? with very few exceptions, I don't enjoy lan-furen as a concept 🤷‍♀️ I didn't even fully understand why the lan-furen AUs didn't work for me until I read commentary specifically by you and @fincalinde and @confusion-and-more (I think) about how deeply jgy's pursuit of his birthright with the lanling jin is integral to his character. because I do remember reading objectively good and well-written lan-furen fic that should have been providing me with emotionally satisfying xiyao catharsis after getting hit by the truck that is the canon ending, and instead left me feeling like I'd eaten too many bites of a pie that was good yesterday but has already started to turn. idk that metaphor is getting away from me. also, more fics where jgy is the soft dom in the bedroom, please, that's my favourite jgy flavour.

#asks answered #xiyao #mdzs #mdzs meta #lan xichen #jin guangyao #he did crimes?? good for him 😌 #flute solo 🎶

[sukugo]

Kinda want to ask about A because i love how you talk about sukugo but im very curious about C and D

A - Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) Friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed.

SUKUGO. ofc haha. (im so happy to know u like my thoughts thank u!!!! 💖💓) i really don't know what to say about them, i feel i talk about them enough (well, in all honesty, no, i feel i need to talk about them more jhjfdhfd). yeahh i just love them a lot. sukugo has actually been my fave jjk ship since the beginning, but it's kinda funny how it's only now that i got back into jjk that i have really called it my otp. they're such a good ship and i think the fight has deepened their bond in a way that has left me no choice but go even crazier for them. love, LOVE they're in LOVE aside from sukugo, my main jjk ships u could say are tojigo, yuugo, sukuita, nanaita, tho lately ive mostly been gravitating to yuugo and itagofushi. oh! and sukugoyuu literally just allgojo tbh anon. i dont care who it is. im just interested in gojo getting fucked, and i think about everyone doing it. these last few days i was thinking about nobago. rikogojo strikes me every once in a while. allgo. yeah that's the ship i like

C - A ship you have never liked and probably never will.

this.....is hard to say... i dont think there's any 🤔 im a lover of all ships hahah, i really dont tend to have notps. i think the only proper proper notp i had was gru//via (gray/juvia from fairy tail) but that was ages ago and i dont really keep my dislike towards them anymore (my hate was mostly bc i was team gratsu and annoyed by juvia lol) the only ships i can say i have neg feelings towards are probs sen//gen (senku/gen from dr stone) and sato//sugu, which i wouldnt even say i hate or call notps, im just kinda annoyed by them dfjdfdgfd. and well, i wouldnt say i'll never like them. i mean who knows? maybe i might warm up to them (i actually have liked both ships in the past so) (and now that im seeing the question is a ship i've never liked, so they dont even apply). so yeah. the answer is: none fdhfds im cool with anything and everything :D

D - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t.

hmmmm in line with the prev question, it's hard to say when i dont tend to dislike ships. i mean there's st//sg but it's not like i particularly wish i liked it, i really dont care jdffhjdss. if i did, it'd mostly be bc it's so popular and it'd be nice if i actually enjoyed seeing it Everywhere (like WHY is my personal instagram full of them. i dont want to See. i wamt SUKUGO)

#f.ask #thank u for the ask!!!! 💖💖💖 #jjk #i feel ive rambled too much hehe #but i think that's good #i haven't been rambling enough lately #to sum up everything: give me any and all ships and i will enjoy them. and if it has gojo getting pounded. then im devouring it. 🫡 #im not much of a hater what can i say hahah

[bluesadansey]

🔥 + anything tvdu!

this turned more originals centered since Ik I talk about it the least so less of my opinions are recorded/known so that tracks.

I generally enjoy (the girls) no humanity arcs despite their messiness

my ranking of Klaus popular ships that are some level of canon at this point is probably Klayley>Klaurora>Klaroline>>Klamille, I ship the former 3 to different degrees although none is necessarily otp levels.

I’m really neutral on Camille overall I think she’s unfairly hated but I also couldn’t get properly interested in her, she and Davina are probably the two major female TVDu chars that interest me the least even though I don’t have anything against them but I connected to Rebekah Hayley Freya and Aurora all a lot more (even if I find some of the changes to characterization re: the former two from TVD to TO less compelling esp Rebekah I think we agree on this).

I do think Aurora x Camille served a little

Freya and Klaus had at least top 2 most interesting Mikaelson’s relationships to me (Klaus and Rebekah’s best hits are more insane but I probably liked the arc for him and Freya better).

I sort of bounced around on how I felt about MG x Lizzie while legacies aired I liked them most in late s2 when they had some scenes I thought served but everything before and after was meh and the get together in s4 was embarrassing.

Josie x Rafael was underrated and could’ve been good… they’re like Margo x Quentin for me in that it’s not a ship I’m mad about but it was good and compelling esp compared to canon ships and I think it could have saved us from worse things had it been considered seriously. Anyway that siphon kiss moment goes hard 

This is barely about TVDu but reading the locked tomb has given me ideas for how insanely good the merge storyline could have been if the writers knew what they were doing and (I love the Saltzman twins dynamic this is well documented) how great the Saltzman twins dynamic could be if it was more like Ianthe and Coronabeth…. Like society one of the twins had siphoned the other twins love interest or someone they cared about deeply and ended the merge that way and then the other twin was jealous of not being siphoned from/killed. The s2 not merge is like even more boring to me now that I have this comparison point

I enjoy Elena and Caroline about equally when I’m watching the show or who I gravitate towards more depends on the storyline or part of the show but I tend to find Elena more interesting to dissect when I’m just thinking about the show and also Caroline’s fandom can be… yeah so I think that leads me to gravitate towards Elena more recently/currently.

maybe less unpopular now based on that poll but s2 is the best TVD season. I love a lot of things in s3 and s6 but both also have more issues s2 is when there was a good balance.

TO s3 was definitely the most engaging TO season for me it’s no secret that I actually struggle to be engaged by TO the most out of the shows, at different points I’ve definitely mused in the tags about why that is but ultimately I think it might just be a me thing without deeper reasoning lolz. But s3 was where I was most entertained. (less sure how popular or unpopular this is since I don’t see a lot of ‘season’ discussions like I do for TVD)

thank you for the ask! might come back and add to this when I’m in a more *yapping about tvdu* mood than I’m in rn.

#s speaks #tvdu #tvd #to #legacies #asks #pinkhysteria #mutuals

[missmorwen]

I'm curious what kind of fic you read when you're not writing it yourself, if at all. Do you gravitate towards BuckyNat fics or other ships? Reader inserts? mostly angst, hurt/comfort, fluff, smut? One shots or multi chapter series?

And what do you consider peak years for BuckyNat fandom?

BuckyNat is my OTP so I mostly read them when reading fanfics (I read and listen to published books just as often, but that's not what this ask is about). I read several Karen/Frank when I watched that show and even have a few bookmarked on my AO3 account, but yeah 99% BuckyNat.

I don't do reader inserts and coffeshop/high school/etc AU, but I will absolutely devoure everything else. Smut, fluff, angst, h/c, character study, slice of life, pining, one-shots, multi-chapter. You name it, I will read it. I tend to reread my faves inbetween new ones, unfinished ones included.

As much as I hate to admit it, I think the 2-3 years after catws came out was awesome. So many brilliant content creators and events. Tumblr's porn ban made a lot of them leave (even if their works were perfectly safe for work), as did aiw and Endgame (don't get me started on them). But it seemes like we've hit a second peak recently. While our corner of the fandom isn't as active as it used to be, there's a lot of brilliant content creator, new and old. Like Bucky's undying love for Nat, we're impossible to kill off ;)

#answers #asks

[perverse-idyll]

5 Things You Never Get Tired of Writing

 Ah, thanks for tagging me, @billsfangearring! I am remarkably witless when it comes to thinking in terms of tropes and personal obsessions. So I’m just going to fake it. Tagging @danpuff-ao3, @titconao3, @liladiurne, @vulnerasanenturmyprince, @squibstress

rules: list five things you never get tired of writing. it can be tropes, themes, characters, phrases, whatever brings you joy. then tag five people!

1. I never seem to tire of describing Severus Snape, eyes, hands, greasy hair - even his arse (that’s for you, @consistentsquash​, but I can’t deny it!). I love inflicting a Pathetic Fallacy on him, making his physical landscape reflect his emotional murkiness, the impact he has on the POV character (usually Harry), not to mention blurring the boundary between imperfectly, unpleasantly human and melodramatically, even mythically larger-than-life. I hope that makes sense. I enjoy translating Snape’s moral ambiguities into the messy human dimension  while also leaning hard on ‘the uncanny’ (a way of othering Snape to make him vibrate at a different frequency than that self-same ordinary human version). I guess I want him to exist in between these two states. That’s the only reason I can think of for persisting in writing the extended version of The Lost World. No one needs this story! But Snape as Faust (or maybe that’s Al’s role?), Snape as Cupid, as Tam Lin, as the serpent in the garden… Ugh, this sounds so pretentious. And not Potterish at all! So much for concision. Anyway. You get the idea. My lavish physical descriptions of Snape act as gateways to the Mystery of the Interior. (Yes, I’m being tongue-in-cheek.) But I’ll stop now before my first “thing” on the list turns into an essay. 🙄 And because this reads as completely incoherent. Ah, one more almost-forgotten note: I love to describe Snape sensuously. To bestow on him an erotic existence and subvert or just plain ignore the penalties visited upon ugliness. So if you don’t want to read about Snape pacing through a story being a bitter, hot, fucked-in-the-head, smoldering, ugly man, avoid my fic.

2. Um, thing two. Bittersweet redemptions. Tragic redemptions, too. Also failed redemptions: see Mine the Gall. I’m using the term loosely, because maybe it's just a recovery or a realization, one earned but at a cost that may or may not have been worth it. This is a divide between reader me and writer me. As a reader, yes, sure, bring on the happy endings. They’re the perfect balm to balance the fics that wring my heart (which I grapple to me with hoops of steel). But when I’m writing, I gravitate toward loss and uncertainty and a more tentative kind of hope. I want the reader to feel a blissful pain. I like catharsis. But I also like the reward at the end, for my characters to reach the shore, weary and salt-shriveled and still together. The redemption may not wash away their guilt (looking at you, Severus), but it will still be more than they ever thought possible. Something they don’t believe they deserve - even if ‘deserve’ is the wrong way to look at it.

3. I love UST. Love, love, love it. Slather it around. Make my faves suffer because of it. Even when my OTP has already been locked in passionate embrace for thousands of words, I still want there to be UST, in defiance of the fact that once consummated, it should presumably be dispelled. And of course it must be soaked in equally unresolved feelings - erotic anguish, erotic contradictions, the incongruity of seemingly incompatible people welded to each other by unquenchable longing. The cocktail of unresolved tension - physical desire may be the glass, but yearning, projection, heartbreak, devotion, hatred, and tenderness provide the flammable alcohol. (Terrible metaphor, but I’m at work and can’t do better than that right now.) I love UST because it heightens everything. Even the most minor gesture acquires more meaning than it has any right to. I am not a subtle writer. I thrive on intensity.

4. The cocktail above reminds me - imagery. I’m not sure I could write without it. Periodically I try scraping the barnacles off - but there you go, the first thing I reach for is a metaphor. The elusiveness of meaning is a not-so-secret vice of mine, and imagery brings up those layers. I'm pretty convoluted in my mental processes anyway (not an approach to writing I recommend), and images in fic can evoke complex reactions without resorting to infodumping. Readers - all of us - interpret even the plainest, most straightforward prose through our personal filters, but images can sneak in on a more visceral level. Sometimes, of course, all those pretty phrases just clutter up the scenery. But if I find the right words, it can be the one indelible line, the one haunting moment a reader remembers long after they’ve forgotten what the fic is about.

5. I will keep this short. I like broken characters. I don’t enjoy breaking them myself, but I feel compelled to write about the way other characters cut themselves on those jagged edges. I enjoy mapping out their coping mechanisms, the degrees to which they’re able to heal (although not completely). How little they trust, how devastating their need for comfort can be. How cruel they are, how good at drawing blood, and how they see love as a force that can utterly shatter them. And more in that vein. But I’ve rattled on long enough!

#5 things I never get tired of writing meme #ugh so much blather #my obsessions are pretty obvious

[infinite-orangepeel]

9 & 13 for the writer asks, please :)

bobbie, hi ! lovely to see you here, my friend <3 hope you're having a great start to your weekend :) thanks so much for submitting these ones !

and thanks to @lordoftherazzles for creating this tag game 💌

9. have you ever made yourself laugh with something you've written?

short answer: yes.

long answer: usually when i'm writing some intentionally awkward flirting between steddie, i won't be satisfied UNLESS it makes me personally smile or giggle (that's like my litmus test for if it gets included in the final draft).

also, whenever i get to write ensemble scenes with the whole gang (bonus points: if it's steddie 'parenting; the kids), i find myself laughing. i recently wrote these few lines for it's rotten work and they make me smile:

“Uh, no. That’s okay. Thanks, though,” Steve’s mom-brain is running at the speed of light as he tries to do the math on how to accommodate everyone, explain everything, and deal with the potential fallout–all while getting the kids to go to bed at a reasonable hour, “Why’d you guys come here, anyway?”

“To drink alcohol and kiss our boyfriends–at least that’s what Max said earlier,” she says in a distorted imitation of a regular teen–one who hasn’t lived through years of unethical lab experimentation, multiple apocalyptic events, and attained telekinesis. 

“Do you and your boyfriend kiss with alcohol, Steve?” she wonders aloud and he stammers around trying to generate an acceptable, PG-13 answer. 

“Well, you know. I don’t–I think that it’s best–” 

“Oh, they’ve definitely kissed,” Dustin jogs over and Mike tags along on lanky legs. 

“Definitely,” Mike confirms, like he might be able to apply the scientific method to prove it, “Just look at the hickeys on Steve’s neck! Either a vampire attacked him in the woods or he and Eddie have been having sex in Hopper’s cabin–which ew–” 

“Oh gross!” Lucas exclaims from his perch across the room, “I bet there’s dude jizz all over the cabin. I’m probably sitting in some right now, aren’t I? Actually don’t answer that–”

“Okayyyy. Sounds like mama bear needs some help getting her ducklings back in line. That’s my cue, Red,” Eddie ties off the intricate braid he’s weaved into Max’s strawberry colored hair and leaves her giggling with an unintelligible comment he whispers into her ear. 

13. multichapter fics or one shots?

ahh don't make me choose ! jk, jk.

as a reader, i have a slight preference for multichapter fics.

i'm def one of those people that gravitates towards works with over 100k words (or even 200k tbh) and some seriously fucked up tags (what can i say? i like the dark stuff. the more fucked up/toxic and crazy the better sometimes lol in fiction at least). like the fact that each installment of @azrielgreen's fics tends to be over 20k words is the best to me lol. I live for it ! also I just live for her writing in general, wow.

but tbh if it's steddie, i'll read anything under the sun. and bc i'm constantly writing and working on my own wips, one shots do bode well for me due to time constraints !

and as a writer, i have a HUGE preference for multichapter fics. bc if i'm obsessed with a pairing (and steddie is seriously my otp forever) i want to stay immersed in that universe for as long as possible. and bc I like to torture myself with writing slowburns and/or angst with a happy ending, i find that the multipchapter/giant word count format works best for plot and character development.

to me, it's rotten work and i wore his jacket are both heavily character driven. it's rotten work was born out of the idea that i wanted to explore steve's trauma in the whumpiest/brutal way possible. eventually, that transformed into addressing and exploring eddie's trauma, as well. and in order for a fic like that to work and to see any real healing take place, i think the story needs time to breathe and develop for it to be believable/feel realistic enough for the reader.

anyways !! sorry that was a way too long answer but I had too many thoughts in my brain on the topic. if you read that all, I seriously adore you <3

#marissa's asks #this one is a long answer and i'm sorry i'm so wordy ahhaah #thanks bobbie !! much love to you #writer asks #steddie asks #steddie #steddie brainrot #steddie au #steddie fics #steddie fic recs #steddie fluff #steddie my beloved #steve harrington/eddie munson #eddie munson/steve harrington #steve harrington headcanon #steddie ficlet #steddie excerpt #steddie ao3 #steddie headcanon #steve harrington character analysis

[andywinter16]

001 + Kingsglaive

Hi! @starryredflames Thank you for your ask! For me personally is so hard to choose one (so there´s lot of honorary mentions XD) Also sorry it´s that long, kinda lost track of myself. XD 

001 | Send me a fandom and I will tell you my:

Favorite character: Can I chose them all? No?  Well ... sorry, I just love them all XD

Least Favorite character: Tredd Furia (I feel that I need to explain that one somehow) It is not like he´s my least favorite. He´s just insuferable, cocky bastard who I want to punch, then kiss passionately, and for good measure punch him again. It´s love/hate relationship for his character ... And I am also still pissed at what he did. (Jury´s still out Treddie)

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): Crowe/Pelna there was definitively something unexplored ( I think they compliment each other with their personalities, sue me for that), Nyx/Cor ... The fics that I read were wrote brilliantly, I can see the relationship happening. (I am also little sad cuz many Nyx/reader are so fine)  Axis/wife!reader it was that one fic that changed everything. For me at least. (The most realisticly written relationship ever) Sorry, can´t think of anythink else.

Character I find most attractive: Nyx Ulric like have you seen him?!! What a hunk of a man! I mean I already made post for him, so I will keep it simple there. For that let me quote Brooklyn Nine-Nine “ You can punch me, kick me, pull my hair, I am a-ok being stabbed, biting and scratching are on the table, you can use fire.“

Character I would marry: Pelna Khara cuz he´s husband material. (Funny, caring man who will lay down his life for you. He just reaks of domesticity and love) When I saw him at the bar scene my thoughts went "Oh, what a ray of sunshine" to " I must protect him with my life, marry me handsome glaive". Honorary mention to Luche Lazarus. Under that stiff yet charismatic demeanour is tender soul who desire to be worthy of love and affection. ( But sadly my senses are telling me, that he´s little bit manipulative to get his way, sooo second place babe) I would still marry him.

Character I would be best friends with: Those people doesn´t trust easily, I can respect that. And I somehow feel like Pelna, Crowe or Luche would be my best friends. Pelna is generally the friendliest out there and welcoming, so I naturally gravitates towards it. Crowe would be like “Now you´re mine, you can´t get ride of me”. So instantly snatched and tucked under her wing.  And Luche ... well, he´s similiar to my best friend/flatmate. So I will probably smile his way, and bam we somehow ended as friends for life. (He´s my braincell and I am his idiot, probably would want a refund next day)

a random thought: Dunno if this counts but Kingsglaive should have been a serial. If only for the reason that we will find out more about our favorite characters and their intentions. (especially Luche´s and Titus´s) And I would love to see Galadh.

An unpopular opinion: The traitorous glaives had right to be angry. When we consider their life in Insomnia and how badly they were treated.(which should be showed in the movie more, in my opinion) It was really only a matter of time before something like this happened. Regis´s decision only spurred it into action.  

My Canon OTP: I am sorry, I don´t have one for Kingsglaive. Yet.

My Non-canon OTP: Crowe/Pelna as stated in favorite ships.

Most Badass Character: I am really torn between Titus Drautos and Nyx Ulric. Because the fight at the end was EPIC!  Still little sad we didn´t see all the glaives and their abilities (like what can do Sonitus and Axis? And no, the answer isn´t stabbing us in the back, I can hear your thoughts readers)

Most Epic Villain: Hands down, it was Glauca/Titus Drautos! The second he showed on screen I was like: "Oh, shit´s going down! I should brough more popcorn." He delivered what was promised. The villain with a stabby twist. (and handsome one at that) The desing of his armours he wears *chefs kiss* And the final battle was masterpiece, I enjoyed myself perhaps too much. (Like when I was playing Episode Ardyn, I guiltily admin that I loved to trash Insomnia with him)

Pairing I am not a fan of: Interestingly enough, it´s Nyx/Lunafreya. Before you stone me here let me explain. I just don´t get necessarily romantic vibes from their interactions. More like siblings vibes, you know. Nyx as a big brother is reminded, thanks to Luna, of his sis Selena (so BIG BROTHER mode activated) (Also Luna means moon, Selena is a moon goddess, concidence? I think not)

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): CROWE ALTIUS!!! Need I even say more? And one honorable mention: The battle on the aircrafts, that one glaive that gets stabbed by Sonitus and then blowing the ship up. WHAT´S HIS NAME!? IS HE FRIEND OF SONITUS?! HIS LOVER?! I NEED ANSWERS, DAMMIT!

Favourite Friendship: Nyx-Libertus-Crowe-Pelna-Luche dynamic You can´t talk me out of thinking that Luche isn´t The Mom of the group. Nyx is the Troublemaker, Lib is The Loud One, Crowe is the Fashionable One and Pelna is The Sunshine.

Character I most identify with: I am vibing with Libertus and Pelna the most. Pelna is my chill everyday personality and Lib is my brash decisions and RAGE! ( and protective nature towards my friends and sibling)

Character I wish I could be: Uuuu, tough one! I am tempted to say Titus Drautos, but on other hand I was always weak for Libertus in Comrades. ( he fucking CARES! and that letter he wrote for Nyx? My poor heart can´t take it) Yeah, I am going with Libertus Ostium. In my eyes he redemed himself for all his actions. (Also I need to be part of shenaningas with Nyx)

#ffxv #ffxv kingsglaive #ask game #ffxv comrades #KINGSGLAIVE #nyx ulric #libertus ostium #crowe altius #luche lazarus #pelna khara #tredd furia #axis arra #sonitus bellum #titus drautos

[awesomeuchuu]

Name: 

Nickname/s: Gottis

Pronouns: She/Her

Preference of Communication: Discord or asks

Most Active Muse: Kanata, Tatsumi, Hinata, Yuuta, Eichi

Experience / How many years: durrrrrrrrr 2001-ish? Earlier? ~.~ Your local grandma’s OLD

Platforms You Use: Discord, Tumblr, used to frequent Insanejournal and Livejournal

Best Experience: Having an OTP going strong for 3 whole years was AMAZING (my one and only time where I’m 100% exclusive; I will NOT ship my this one muse with anyone other than that mun’s version of his husband. >.>)

RP Pet Peeves: If you don’t give me something to properly reply to. I don’t care if you write a one-liner or a novel, as long as I can reply ♥

Fluff , Angst , or Smut: A balance? I gravitate toward angst the most, I find smut is easiest to write for me... But there needs to be a balance and that’s where the fluff comes in.

Long or Short Replies: Usually one to two or three paragraphs, but I can do everything from one-liners to novella.

Best time to write: Evenings.

Are you like your muse/s: PFFFFFFFFFFT NO

Tagged by: Yoinked from @shxtteredwxngs​​

Tagging: YOU! YOU THERE! DO IT

#dash games

[daniraevys]

I posted 36 times in 2022

That's 36 more posts than 2021!

36 posts created (100%)

0 posts reblogged (0%)

I tagged 36 of my posts in 2022

#mcu - 18 posts

#marvel - 17 posts

#ao3 - 8 posts

#fanfiction - 8 posts

#disney plus - 7 posts

#star wars - 7 posts

#fanfic - 7 posts

#peter parker - 6 posts

#spiderman - 6 posts

#archive of our own - 6 posts

Longest Tag: 96 characters

#bruce and tony just gravitate towards each other as if it is the most natural thing in the world

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

She-Hulk Ep 8 Ending:

What do you mean the episode ended with She-Hulk being seen as a monster in a disastrous gala? !

Nah it ended with Matt's walk of shame.

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147 notes - Posted October 8, 2022

#4

Eternals has way too many ships, but only one matters to me!

Me: Watches Eternals movie 3 months late on Disney+

Surprise: Somehow manages to avoid spoilers!!!(Probably cuz never read the comics, nor watched the movie clips)

Watches all the new characters: faints

Spends 2hrs organizing thoughts on movie and recollects everything.

Goes to YT: Watches Breakdowns and explanations of the movie(instead of doing homework)

Mentally organizes all the ships in the movie and decides favourites:

Sprite x Ikaris : NO!!

Sersi x Ikaris : Meh

Thena x Eros : Interesting😏, needs more time

Sersi x Dane Whitman : Interesting

Thena x Gilgamesh : Heartbreaking, please give them a happy ending😥

Phastos x Ben Stoss : Perfection, they deserve to be happy together

Druig x Makkari : OTP! Perfection! Incredible! Amazing! Eternal pairing! Unstoppable! 

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158 notes - Posted January 14, 2022

#3

Why is Martin Freeman so damn shippable?!

Three of my OTPs are just him with other people.

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224 notes - Posted October 16, 2022

#2

Me: Watches She-Hulk Episode 1

Everyone: Talks about anger issues and sexism, Badass Jennifer Walters, Bad CGI, Steve Rogers Fuc--

Me: Bruce and Tony. Tony and Bruce. Bruce and Tony. Tony and Bruce. Bruce and Tony.......(on loop)

...

Bonus: Those damn initials!

They remind me too much of romance movies where people carve their initials to showcase their undying love.

324 notes - Posted August 21, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Science BFFs

Bruce Banner and Tony Stark have such beautiful friendship and I'm just tearing up everytime I see Bruce being sad about Tony in She-Hulk Ep 1.

From the moment they meet they finish each other sentences whether it be about science theories or just quips.

Tony (to Bruce when they first meet): Finally someone who speaks English.

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374 notes - Posted August 20, 2022

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[southslates]

Do you consider yourself a multishipper for any fandoms or do you tend to gravitate towards a certain pairing per character?

what an interesting question! I am a multishipper in most fandoms. purely at a ship level I can get behind literally everything. the only ships I will never consume content are the ones whose fandoms have terrified me so much I feel a viscerally terrible reaction to their content (basically zvkka. like that's the only ship I will never ever consume content for, sorry to the nice ones.)

even the ships I dislike, I'll still consume content for--like sometimes I dislike common ways ships are interpreted but I've been in fandom since I was ten, so my imagination is really open. take darklina as an example. on the one-dimensional plane of thought that's twitter, I'm a darklina anti or whatever. but I ship it. I've written fic for it, too. I just don't like the romanticization of some canonical aspects of the ship, but I acknowledge that yeah maybe if things had gone differently it could have worked. same thing with reylo. and like even if it's dysfunctional, I really enjoy openly unhealthy content as long as it's tagged properly and not romanticized. like basically my issue with darklina has never been the ship which does scratch my itch even when it's toxic, it's people who start harassing others over not shipping it & think stuff like him putting a collar on her was healthy... like you can ship it without it being healthy, don't act like it is when it's not...

same with Kataang and Maiko. like in my imagination there are definitely ways they would work because I believe pretty much anything can work if a few people in a relationship put in the work to make it work. but I've had bad run-ins with the fandom (nothing as bad as zvkkas though!) & I just tend to avoid it. but also if I'm reading a tyzula or jetko fic and it comes up, I just keep going. I'm also a wholehearted zutaraang shipper so that's that.

but yeah I will consume anything. back in The Days of Fandom Old (for me when I was like twelve LOL) I helped moderate & participated in some Harry Potter fan events where you would get assigned random characters to write fic between. like I think I wrote, back then, for like Thorfinn x Parvati & Lavender x Tonks fic. it was wild but it opened me up

& even with Zutara which is my to die for OTP next to maybe percabeth, yeah I ship & will consume Azutara content and Jetko content and Ty Luko content and Sukitara stuff. I'm open as long as it doesn't bash my ship & I usually won't write it (if I want to I'd probably write OT3s including Zutara)

in PJO I love percabeth and jiper & pipabeth all at the same level lol

this is a long winded way to answer a simple question and it's Yes I basically ship everything under the sun, I am a multishipper, but there are ships I feel varying levels of affinity for <3

#oof i am sorry #anon asks #atla #pjo #star wars #grishaverse #personal #dee rants

[lupaeusarc]

munday meme - 2, 6, 10, 13, 18, 20, 21, 24

munday meme .

SO MANY PLS I'M THRIVING okay answers under the cut 🤍

2 . who was your first muse ?

it was either an oc i had or elena gilbert , i can't remember exactly it was a long ass time ago lol

6 . OTP for your muse ?

i genuinely don't think i can answer this as it's supposed to be lmao she has so many incredible ships , but a few of the more developed / plotted / expanded on ones that come to mind are derek hale ( dalphahale ) , colby newman ( carp3diems ) , dean winchester ( guiltye ) , sam winchester ( stanfordprepped ) , and stiles stilinski ( stilesstylelinski )

10 . would you be friends with your muse if they were real ?

100 % i would lol i hope i could get her to chill out a little just in general and she could teach me to be more brave

13 . what's one random headcanon about your muse that people might not know ?

she's actually a really good painter and singer . i had posts about this on her first page when she was still a tvd muse but that page is long gone lol both are things she doesn't really talk about much or even really allow most people to know , but when she does let you in on it you find out she did not come to fuck around lol

18 . are there any au’s you’d like to explore but haven’t had the chance to yet ?

i kind of want a singer au where someone helps her get over her fear of showing people her singing voice and she kinda thrives with it

20 . how do you overcome writer’s block ?

i just follow the muse tbh i used to be really worried about getting everything done really fast in order but at this point i've just kind of accepted that that isn't sustainable lol i feel like there's generally at least one reply one of the muses is willing to do each day and if there's more than that then great , if not it'll get done eventually

21 . are there certain characters that you gravitate towards ?

like to write against ?? i do sometimes tend to have muse more quickly for replying to teen wolf and obx characters , but it really depends on the day tbh

24 . what about your muse are you most proud of ?

i'm really proud of her flaws and layers tbh i think even transitioning her to a teen wolf muse i've been able to keep a lot of the layers to her personality intact and make sure that for each positive trait she carries there's a decent balance of struggle / difficulty too . it makes for way more interesting threads and a really dynamic character that i just love so much she's my broken lil babygirl 🤍

#{ thank you for all of these !!!! } #୧ ‧₊˚ ☁️⋅♡𓂃 ࣪ so when my thoughts take off may i breathe deep ⌗ ooc . #୧ ‧₊˚ ☁️⋅♡𓂃 ࣪ the intersection got a target and they’re calling it downtown ⌗ headcanon . #୧ ‧₊˚ ☁️⋅♡𓂃 ࣪ stayed on the line with you the entire night ⌗ answered .

[rogue-durin-16]

MATCHUP FOR:

Anonymous

Straight, 20, she/her. I'm kind and helpful, people come to me to vent or for advice and comfort. I'm also smart and ambitious, I love being the best at everything I do. I'm fairly introverted and it takes me a while to warm up to people. I'm very outgoing, fun and talkative around the people I'm comfortable with. I love learning about new knowing a little bit of everything. I love mischief and pulling harmless pranks but I do (unwillingly) play the role of the responsible adult sometimes. I adore adventures, witty and playful banter, joking around and having indepth discussions on anything and everything. I also daydream a lot and I'm quite the hopeless romantic!

I'm pretty competitive and I'm deathly afraid of failure and disappointing the people I love. I'm quite stubborn and dramatic and I get frustrated and agigated easily. I have a tendency of holding people at an arms length and I get very distant sometimes. I'm in my head a lot and this makes me a little clumsy and careless.

I love reading, my room is filled with stacks of books. My favorite genres are poetry, Russian lit and mysteries. I also enjoy true crime a lot. I find cooking and cleaning up really relaxing. I adore all forms of art and have quite a few creative hobbies, my favorite being interior design! listen to a lot of modern rock and I love watching psychological thrillers and romcoms. I have a lot of course work so my past times currently only consist of taking as many naps as I can.

I'm 5'9 and I have long and curly dark brown hair and brown eyes. I have a fair skin tone, I'm slim and I've got full lips and large eyes. I have prominent cheekbones and dimples that I really like! I mostly dress in relaxed suits, blazers and coats and I love the occasional dress or sweaters layered over a white button down. I almost always have a red lip on and I love wearing blush. Infp, 4w3.

Love language: Quality time and physical touch. Big three: Taurus sun, gemini moon and scorpio rising. Insecurities: My broad shoulders and the dark circles under my eyes and I do struggle with self esteem issues. Hogwarts house: Ravenclaw.

From Stranger Things I Ship You With:

Jonathan Byers

Ship Dynamic:

Forced Proximity Turned OTP™

Quote:

«The intimacy of being understood like a muse understands a painter, like a reader understands a book.»

When I say forced proximity, I mean forced proximity as in you two are completely unconnected to each other. You and Jonathan wouldn't end up together under any regular circumstances.

However, due to your curious nature and your thirst for adventure (honestly, having to be the best at everything might play a part too), you were in the wrong place at the wrong time (or should I say right?)

You find yourself joining Nancy, Steve, Jonathan and the party completely by accident. They quickly assess that you're a good asset to their gang, so you stick with them and save the world. Hell, the group is already odd enough, why not add another member?

So there's how you start to interact with Jonathan. I don't think you and Nancy would particularly get along at first, and Steve is... Well he's a jock, so you naturally find yourself gravitating towards Jonathan.

I feel like he would serve you a pretty acceptable yet unexpected banter. First it may come off as dry bc introvert+trust issues x introvert+trust issues, but the more you two warm up to each other, the more playful and loose it is.

Cue flirty banter as a form of communication.

The undeniable chemistry you two expose your friends to has them slack jawed. Do they root for you? Yes, are they baffled by it? Also yes.

Communicating with just glances and expressions.

Sharing humor full of inside jokes.

Finding things you have in common as soon as you loosen up around each other.

Excitedly commenting books you've read. Getting exponentially more excited the more you talk because you find out you read the same books.

Ending up at your house so Jonathan can see the dangerously big amount of books you have.

I do not make the rules okay yes I do, but you end up kissing oop-

MOVIE NIGHTS AT HIS PLACE MOVIE NIGHTS AT HIS PLACE MOVIE NIGHTS AT HIS PLACE

You being his muse when it comes to photography. He gets immense pleasure from taking photos of you while you're distracted doing something you like (designing for example).

You drag him into doing stupid and reckless shit like pulling pranks. He freaks out the first two ti but eventually loves it because you're so fun.

Being Jonathan's rock. He's always playing the parental figure in his house, so he'd definitely does that with you too, but he soon realizes you're more capable of taking care of him too.

Not Jonathan having a breakdown over that because he can finally reach out for help whenever he's drowning.

That said, you find out you don't have to play the responsible adult role if he's around, so it's a win-win situation for the both of you.

Getting along with Will straight away. You him develop his artistic aptitudes, jokingly bitch about Jonathan with him, offer him a confidant persona outside of his family, which is pretty much needed for kids his age who went through a lot, etc.

Big sister vibes.

Jonathan loves to see you interact with Will without interfering. He gets such a warm, comforting feeling, because it feels like you belong there, in his family.

Keep in mind that family is the most important thing to Jonathan, so this is like, A Big Thing™.

Random but Jonathan gets a silly little grin on his face whenever you kiss his cheek in a public place/when he's about to go out because having a red lipstick stain>>>>>.

Holding/brushing hands at all times, even before you date.

He boosts your self esteem in a big logical way, so it's not only sweet, it's also funny because why would you start with "you know objectively speaking-" or "it's proven that-". BOY YOU'RE COMPLIMENTING SOMEONE NOT SPITTING FACTS.

Jonathan is NOT a hopeless romantic but he IS hella thoughtful and has a knack for remembering the tiniest details about you, so you bet this boy is going to fuel that hopeless romantic side of yours.

#stranger things i ship you with #jonathan byers

[shenergyx]

on the topic of OTP, and how we moved toward having OTPs:

I think the definition of that is kinda like, “In this specific show/book/movie this is the pairing I most care about/ believe is the central force to this story”. So then it’s possible to have many OTPs, because it’s per franchise.

But I had a revelation when The Untamed snuck up and punched me in the face 😅

I’ve had many different thoughts on the idea of self-insert since. Having characters you identify with so much that it’s easy to feel their feelings in whatever media you consume with them in it. 

I’ve never had two characters I understand more than Wangxian, actively in a very canonical relationship. Wei Wuxian was an immediate self-insert for me. But Lan Wangji snuck up on me and I realized that I identified with many of the things he deals with, and exactly the way he loves.

Over the course of my time in this fandom it’s been clearer and clearer why I gravitate to certain fanfics over others and how I prefer to see their relationship. They’re exactly the pairing I’ve been waiting for, that is 100% the fantasy version of the torrid romance I’d prefer to be in because I can see it perfectly from both sides. 

I’ve lived WWX’s martyrdom that gets him ostracized from a community. I’ve lived LWJ’s strict upbringing that makes him observant & repressed. I’ve been convinced of my ‘undeserving monstrosity’ the way WWX is. I’ve loved absolutely the way LWJ does. I should never get any super powers or else it’s a one way trip to Yiling Laozu for me. My presence on the dance floor or on a stage is a very Hanguang-jun experience, I’ve literally been nicknamed Sunshine Baby in my burner community. Lo and behold these two strains of my personality are in love, married, and fucking about it.

On top of it all is a certain queerness that is hard to come by. A gay man and a bisexual man in a literal canon relationship. You can make either of them trans or non-binary without changing much about canon. The canon kink factor is a god send. Again, LWJ’s repression was literally my experience. I kept myself on a tight leash not because I was uncomfortable with sex, but because I super very much was hyper sexual and everything told me that was wrong. I knew once I started, I wasn’t going to stop, so best to just...not, even when it made sense to try. This is LWJ fleeing from WWX at every turn in order to protect him from all the ‘shameful’ thoughts in his head. Every LWJ POV’d smut fic, I'm like “oh dear lord, it’s me”. I’ve never found that brand of intensity in a character before.

So yea, all of that to say, I found them, they’re my One True Pairing. Nobody else compares. And when I realized this I had like...a wash of feeling. Like the moment you confess love to someone and they love you back too. 

We play around with the term for a reason I think. We are kind of searching for an OTP, a pairing where we feel most safe, most seen. But it’s kind of a needle in the hay stack situation. So fuck it, right? Why not have a dozen. But when you find the ONE, oh my. 

MXTX has my heart, I didn’t even realize what I was getting when I got it.

#thanks for coming to my Ted Talk 😅 #this also makes feel rather naked saying all of this #alas it is tumblr.com and this is what we do #here - have a piece of my soul #OTP #wangxian my beloved #one day i'll not be a coward about this and actually tag this excerpt 'about me' 😅😂

[lockinspo]

                    I'd walk through a town I could only have dreamed

                                     But the beauty surrounding means nothing to me, it's YOU

#forwood #tyler lockwood #caroline forbes #otp: everything in me gravitates to you #music

[severusnape]

you have a place in my heart no one else ever could have - f scott fitzgerald

happy birthday, nai! @lizortecho

#[*] #aes* #otp: everything in me gravitates to you