#puzzle pieces anon

[theyarebothgunshot]

jackles con answer hinting at "reasons" for cas not coming back in season 1 of spnwin has got me believing that he's out there not only with his long con but essentially has this whole slow burn arc planned and absolutely needs to make sure that dean will be the one to get cas back (as opposed to prev canon where jack yanked him out and cas is "in heaven somewhere"). that man is as unwell about dean as all of us combined. (i know i am clowning and or projecting, but let me have this, okay. it's the secret good spn that lives inside my head) 🧩

getting my clown nose ready like

#i love the good spn that lives in your head ngl #from your mouth to jackles' ears #puzzle pieces anon

[grammarpedant]

hi! ur meta is v cool n so r u

*looking up from where I sit, studying a tangle of red string*

thank you, dear anon, that's very kind of you to say!

what a lovely way of life you lead, lightening our hearts--

with a few short words you ably make your friends a brighter day.

im touched u think my silly thoughts r cool >.<

#verso answers #gazing at the pins holding down the red strings- almost... i almost have it. i'm missing just one key piece of the puzzle #anon did you know that making meta is mostly just critical thinking in a literary context? #putting together patterns and facts into meaningful conclusions... it's a skill that you can hone and apply in many situations #not unlike the skill of giving compliments and encouraging words #*shifts one pin on the red string corkboard* perhaps one day I'll have the chance to return you the gesture hm? #ahh you must forgive an elderly tumblrite their ramblings ^_^ I've been watching too much anime in my time off

[buttercupbuck]

maddie telling buck “i just think maybe you’re not sure of your feelings yet. if you have something you need to tell eddie, you will. just in your own time,” yeah this line was so loud to me. Like the way she said it it's like not talking about him coming out to Eddie but about having feelings for Eddie that Maddie knows Buck has but she knows he's not ready for that to be revealed to him just yet.

he is soooo not beating the in love with your best friend allegations 😭 like as soon as she found out it was tommy it was OVER for him

#i don’t think SHE knew until the puzzle pieces #of oh he likes men #and oh he’s dating tommy!! #and OH he’s losing his mind over feeling like he’s lying to eddie #all kinda came together #she’s like i’m not touching this gay mess with a 10 foot pole #ask #anon

[basilpaste]

Just reached act 4 and WAHHHH poor Sif is having more and more of a rough time as things continue on! Can’t even imagine how things are gonna continue to get worse for him lol! I almost wanna go back and spend more time in my act 3 save to let him go a lil while longer w at least a bit of shine left in him LMAO

HAH oh no i missed this last night!! yeah. act four is pretty hard for sif. i mean... it makes sense! considering what happened at the very start of the act!!!

(oh hey also! if youre still on act four when you see this, heres a gentle nudge about some content. when youre in dormont, why not check that coin of yours a few times? and dont forget you can show loop souvenirs!)

#asks #anon #basil answers #i!!! try not to backseat. however. this one very easy to miss piece of stuff opens up a really neat piece of the puzzle. #youll know when to show the coin to loop when you get it. #oh also! anon!!! do you have any theories the game hasnt answered yet? i would like to hear.

[pelideswhore]

Wait, what's happening with Isreal and Palestine?

a group of palestinian civilians tore down the apartheid wall in a planned and cooardinated effort. they were unarmed at the time but stole weapons from israeli soldiers then bombed their weapon storages. basically, the palestenians are revolting and some israelis have been killed, but the numbers are no where near the number of palestinian victims over the past 75 years.

#PLEASE FACT CHECK THIS and do your own research #i get really stressed from watching the news so ive been putting together puzzle pieces from what i hear #anon #asks #either way anna dammi falastini 🇵🇸🤍 #the medias reaction to this has been disgusting too so i dont like reading that news

[princessofxianle]

ANOTHER QUICK QUESTION FROM THE SAME ANON

1. How does Shen Liang feel about Jian Lan and Cuocuo? Feng Xin’s selfless enough to eventually forgive Shen Liang for everything she did to him but with how badly the whole Jian Lan and Cuocuo incident hurt Feng Xin, I can’t imagine him forgiving Shen Liang for mocking him about it, which she most likely would :(. That makes Jian Lan leaving bc she wanted to protect Feng Xin’s reputation even worse…

2. How did Jian Lan feel about Shen Liang? If JL and FX were in love in your AU, I can’t imagine JL liking SL very much. Even though FX would definitely try to make SL seem like a good sister, JL’s not stupid and would figure out that SL treats FX horribly eventually.

for reference: | more asks | meet the OC's | #fx backstory au

It's about time I talked a bit about Jian Lan :)

1. How does Shen Liang feel about Jian Lan and Cuocuo?

Shen Liang actually doesn’t know much about Jian Lan except that she was a face from Xianle when she was alive. And even then, the last time she would’ve seen Jian Lan was when she was young. Shen Liang is 17 years older than Feng Xin (and comparatively so to Jian Lan) so even if both their ghosts were to have met after the fall of Xianle, they wouldn’t recognize each other by face alone.

Additionally, not too long after the events of book 4/flashback arc #2, Shen Liang makes a run for the kiln that ends unsuccessfully (thanks to some random one-eyed nameless ghost) so it’s unlikely she would’ve run into Jian Lan and/or Cuocuo on her own as a ghost at all.

Even Feng Xin himself doesn’t find out about Cuocuo until 800 years later and, well… lets just say at that point he doesn’t even remember he ever had a sister to begin with.

So, in this life, Shen Liang doesn’t know about them. I would like to think, in a world where she incarnates, she would be proud of how hard Feng Xin tried to protect them, even if Jian Lan didn’t want him to. It’s proof that her brother never stopped trying to protect what he loves even if (in his eyes) he kept failing at it.

2. How did Jian Lan feel about Shen Liang?

2. Jian Lan only knows as much about Shen Liang as Feng Xin tells her. Which isn’t much. But Feng Xin alludes enough about his early childhood for her to know his sister’s treatment of him left long lasting effects. But he doesn’t like to talk about it.

Typically, when Feng Xin visits, the stories he tells are about his time in the palace, how much he hates Mu Qing, and how worried he is about Xie Lian and his family in their current state. Especially when Xie Lian goes missing.

In later visits, he’s scared (terrified) to touch her, flinches if she moves her hand too fast near his face, and for some reason actively avoids touching her chest on the few occasions when they do have sex. Mostly he just likes to hold her, back to his chest, promising he’ll protect her until he can get her out of there.  

When Jian Lan decides to kick him out for the last time, she slaps him. Twice. To get the point across. She doesn’t want to, but Jian Lan knows Feng Xin isn’t a man that will ever give up unless explicitly told to. And she knows his priorities should be elsewhere.

Also, I want to make clear that in this AU yes, Feng Xin and Jian Lan do genuinely love each other. Well, as genuine as the times can allow. But, at the end of the day, how can Jian Lan compare to how Feng Xin talks about Xie Lian?

JL: “I know you love me. But you swore your life to him. He needs you more than I do.” FX: “He won’t love me like you do.” JL: “And you won’t love me like you love him. ” FX: “That’s not fair.” JL: “I know. Because you’ll always choose him. So leave. I’m not anyone’s second place. I won’t wait for you to save me from this living hell. How can I even trust that you can? You can’t even figure out a way to save the person you are already sworn to.” FX: “It’s not like that, I can protect you both I…” JL: “Leave.” FX: “What? I…” JL: *slap* “I said LEAVE” FX: *puppy dog eyes* JL: “Leave. And don’t ever come back.”

to be continued...

#imo JL is arguably the hardest piece in FX's puzzle so a lot of this is yet to be nailed down #second only to maybe mq but thats only because of the pure amount of time theyve known each other #JL is just tricky bc their time together was short AND impactful #also i have a 2nd anon asking about JL too so im hoping this answers some questions if not many #their timelines just dont really align for them to have much interaction #fx backstory au #oc shen liang #brb im grieving SL never knowing her nephew #asks

[wildpeachfarm]

Dream said he would also make a statement after George, and I've been assuming it will probably be about their next steps. Most likely, a hiatus at the very least

I agree with the other anon, at the moment I don't see myself dropping them all (or at least not Dream and Sapnap) in the long run, even if I do intend to massively step back in terms of fandom interaction. Time will tell, I suppose

Yeah I am thinking it will likely be a formal hiatus announcement; I honestly can't see Dream leaving content creation on this note after all he has been working on but who really knows at this point.

and honestly the fandom is sometimes its worst enemy, being a passive viewer could be great

#idk man this is just confusing right now i really want georges piece of the puzzle #anon #ask

[theyarebothgunshot]

ok, i thought i was over this, but Dean was looking for his family. trespassing the multiverse for the shot at happiness for his family. which. in the timeline he's in, John's supposedly in heaven "just down the road", Sam is living a happy life with blurry wife on earth. WHY would he look for family, or rather WHO does he consider family, that didn't get a happy ending, that he thinks deserves a happy ending??? (uhmmmmm *raises hand* could it be himself - fvckin rebar'd- and Cas who *studies notes* sacrificed himself for Dean after dropping the "ILY, what i want is what i can't have, goodbye bestie"????). i am FOAMING at the mouth over this. family man Dean, who should be having all the family in heaven (at some point, Sam can take his time), supposedly with the happy ending inbuilt. and he goes "nah, I'ma go looking for family", am i the only one who finds this incredibly sus? 👀 - 🧩

you are definitely not the only one because!!!!! this is SO LOUD!!!! and i wanna kiss jackles on the mouth for this. not just for this, but. still.

#puzzle pieces anon #im glad you are in the same boat!! #spnwin spoilers

[capinejghafa]

hi! idk if you are taking request/suggestions but i loved your kanej+hadestown gifs and i recently came across this quote: "Then I understood the true fate of Orpheus, that love is a constant terror of loss." - Kazimierz Wierzyński & i think it fits kaz really well. have a nice day!

hi!!! i normally do accept request. it's just a little difficult to be motivate to gif, but i saw this ask and i really wanted to gif it so i held off a little bit. for that i am so sorry! and thank you for your kind words. i think kaz would be a great orpheus!

#anon #reply #request #i had this on my project files for a while and it felt like i as putting two puzzle piece that didn't fit together #until i realized hey i can do this later #now is later lol #i hope you like it/still around :)

[craycraybluejay]

Does it bother you if I send you nudes of me? <3

I'm little sis anon. I'm the one who sent you that one question a while ago about the age gap and all that stuff.

Asking because I don't want to seem rude and just randomly send you something without your consent.

Aww, that's considerate of you. It doesn't bother me at all, though <3 I'd be happy to see my little sis <33 give me something to think about on lonely nights

#little sis anon #that was you? puzzle pieces connecting :0 #nsft #anon response #anoutherposting #siscon #brother sister #always happy to hear from you <3

[splickedylit]

wait wait wAIT A SECOND PLS the new drawings post u made about the winter soldier au ..... is it the same one where gamzee goes missing and comes back all fucked up ... like he was in a cult telling him ( and eridan i think ) that hes an angel and he was ordered to always smile..... sorry for dumping this on u but i only read the small pieces of writting u had on your old account and i joined the fandom quite late so i never got to read the whole fic u made.... but with this new post u made im really excited to see new content for it !!!!

Lolololol it is in fact that very old concept! Eridan was also involved, as were Feferi and Equius, and it was sort of a cult and sort of a gang? And the angel thing is complicated, and wasn't exactly Gamzee's Whole Deal but you're not far off base, haha.

Anyway lots of things have changed since I wrote it uhhh back when I was in college I think? I mostly had lots of disconnected bits and pieces of Bad Shit Has Happened To Gamzee way back when, so now I'm cleaning up all that very old writing, and adding in things that were missing, like plot and themes and worldbuilding lol. I'm excited to eventually post it, although it's definitely going to come with some hefty trigger warnings, like most Winter Soldier adjacent pieces of media haha.

#there are themes now! characters have backstory! #My brain hit on ''oh there's some eldritch gotham shit going on'' and once I got that piece of the puzzle writing started to happen #I hope you'll enjoy it anon #whenever I eventually finish it! We'll see!

[ssreeder]

Hi! Thank you so much for posting the new chapter :) I can’t even put into words how much I love your work. It feels crazy because I have been following liab for over a year now and I think I’ve never been this consistent with anything in my life :D i don’t know if it’s a secret but do you have the next chapters already planned out? And do you know how many chapters this part is going to be? Thank you for you hard work!!

Hiii aww I’m so glad you liked the new chapter! & yeah wow I’ve been writing this fic for like 2 years I think, shiiiit what is time ahhh. Thanks for sticking with me so long <3

I actually have pretty much all the chapter planned out until the battle begins but my problem is I do them by events so it’s like I want this this and this to happen in a chapter but idk how long it’ll take to make that happen but I know what I want to write lol.

(& sometimes the characters don’t LISTEN & I say be nice and make this an easy talk and they’re like no fuck you author I wanna fight right now and the convo takes 1.5k instead of idk 500 words lol. )

I just posted chapter 15 & I’m going to GUESS we are about halfway done. In my mind we are halfway through the last book and that means we have roughly 15 chapter left to go then the epilogue.

I’m pretty good at estimating chapter count but horrible at word count estimation haha.

Thanks for the ask I hope you have an awesome day!!

#hellloooo anon #I have to give a tag shout out to my buddy bestie lifesaver friend who helps me organize my thoughts #seriously she helps me so much #so hiii thank you friend <3 #anywayyyy the healing arc in BSS is my fun time to idk smush characters together and make them talk #so I plan to have a little fun #honestly I think 5 more chapters of chill BSS gearing up for battle and growing and preparing and chilling and then 10 chapters of #everything that happens with ALLLLL that haha #I’m tense just thinking about it lol #but I love writing battles and chaos and tension so Woho bring it on #but also I’ve been looking forward to the fun drama of just the boys being a mess and everyone trying to piece together their puzzles #too bad sokkas eating the pieces hehehe #(I mean we all know zuko isn’t eating them stubborn guy) #I hope I answered your question #yall can always ask me stuff I love asks #I won’t spoil anything I’m good at avoiding the spoilers haha #alright thanks anon #wow I can’t believe liab will be done this year #what will I do next???!!! #*peeks at poll I have in my drafts with new fic ideas* #I guess we’ll see! #thanks for the ask anon #YOURE AWESOME #liab #ITF #ask

[mxtxfanatic]

I just wanna say you're really good at analysis. I was wondering if you have any tips? I feel like I kinda suck at analyzing whether it's connecting themes or character intentions.

Awww, thank you anon! I happen to have taught intro to Creative Writing courses, so this is right up my alley lol.

I always say that the first step of analysis is connecting with your emotions in how a particular work makes you feel. For instance, let’s say I read a story and I felt bad for the main character. From there, I can then move on to figuring out 1) why I, personally, felt bad for said character, 2) if the creator intended for me to feel bad for this character and how do I know, and potentially 3) if not then why did I feel bad despite the author’s intentions?

Because we as humans are storytellers, we recycle a lot of story beats and themes. This is not a bad thing, just a neutral fact. This allows us to make social commentary by either driving home certain points like societal morals or who we in society should look up to or disparage, and it also allows us to challenge the ideals society upholds since we would all be inundated with then through various stories. Now this is very general, but obviously these ideals may change in some ways from society to society and throughout history, and when we get into genres, the ideas expressed there will also naturally have their own specific commentary and commonalities. If I’m in the romance genre, I’m looking for what x society has to say about romantic love, how permanent/fleeting it is, and how that society defines it. If I’m in the scifi genre, I’m looking for social commentary on the future and how our current day trajectory will affect it.

Ok, so now let’s be specific: let’s discuss Wei Wuxian in mdzs. He is the protagonist, and we know this because the narrative mostly follows him. However, the POV is not in 1st person; why? Well, mdzs is a novel about gossip and mob mentality, how victors can rewrite truth to paint themselves as heroes and deny their wrongdoings. How do we know this? The story repeatedly tells us about what people say, then it shows us their actions that don’t align. Why is the story not in 1st person? Because then we would be left with wwx’s character bias and be unable to verify what others have done through a neutral narrator. Without a 3rd person perspective, we would not know what Jiang Cheng had been up to for the last 13 years as fact, but we do know this in the story because we see it from multiple character’s thoughts, his included. Without the 3rd person, we would be left in the dark about what really happened with Qin Su and some of the more intricate parts of Jin Guangyao’s villainy, since it only happens with the two present.

Now let’s bring feelings into it: I personally like Wei Wuxian because I think he is a charming, good person. I like underdog characters who come out on top in the end. Does the story support this? Well, we are shown multiple scenes where wwx in his first life is surrounded by people pre-ssc, and in his second, the juniors all flock to him before and after his identity is discovered. So him being charming is supported by the writing, itself. How about him being a good person? Well, we start off the story finding out that he’s a mass murdering villain who finally gets his due after attempting to kill off the other clans with his evil cultivation. However, this beginning narrative is undermined by:

1) being told almost immediately upon meeting the “hero who ended wwx,” Jiang Cheng, that jc is actually a mass murderer who imprisons and tortures people. Later, we find the other clans are also corrupt and willing to participate in and turn the other way in the face of actual evil. So not “heroes”

2) being told and shown that the people under wwx’s protection were not disciples but actually the powerless remnants of a fallen clan that were forced into a labor camp for sharing a surname with an already deposed tyrant

3) being told and shown that what the cultivation clans were actually after in murdering wwx was his cultivation tool so that they can oppress the other clans. Wwx’s death was necessary because he refused to conform to this corruption.

So is my feeling that wwx is a good guy justified by the narrative? Yes it is.

This is, of course, a very, very simplified crash course on analysis that takes me a semester to drive home with my students. It also takes a lot of practice in 1) learning how to recognize and state your feelings on a work (even “I don’t know” is an opening for parts 2 and 3 of an analysis: “what don’t you know?” “where are you confused?” “is this intentional?”) 2) not judging your opinions harshly i.e. thinking that everyone else is “sooooo much smarter” than you and discounting your ideas before they even fully form, and 3) learning to discuss these ideas with others in honest discourse, being open to learning something new and being mistaken in equal turns without shame or judgement.

I still miss things when I analyze, and that’s why I love discussion, because I learn something new. I also notice things people I discuss with miss, so I get to impart something that others may appreciate. We’re not infallible, but the goal should be to grow and create community around something, not be stuck and stagnant in our individual thinking. And also, have fun!

#anon #hope this helps #like i said: reeeeeaaaally simplified crash course #but these are some steps #it takes time but before you know it #it’s like second nature #like graduating from only being able to do 5-piece puzzle #to waking up one day and realizing you’ve been putting together 100-piece puzzles with little effort #and you’re looking forward to tackling the 200-piece puzzles next

[coldercreation]

Hey heyy, this is for the lovely anon who was curious to find out more about the C-PTSD tag on CYE!<3

I came across these on pinterest and felt like they summarise things pretty well. It's always worth it to talk to a professional and look at multiple sources, but hopefully this could be a good start for anyone looking to find out more about this! I'd also suggest looking into CEN / Childhood Emotional Neglect, as it often goes hand in hand with this and will keep popping up if you end up reading up on this stuff!❤️

I'm pretty sure I never directly used this term in-story (Nat was still pretty early on in his "healing journey" by the end of CYE) but I modelled a big part of his character and backstory - inner world / reactions / past / struggles - based on research and reading I did on Complex PTSD.

#Sorry for the long post #If I use the 'keep reading' thing that hides part of the post #the photos won't stay in a row / collage #hopefully it's a bit more compacted like this! #Thank you anon for the sweet message #I wish you the best luck<33 #research #writing #brain stuffs #cptsd #it's just a part of the puzzle for Nat specifically #but it's a big piece #xx

[elliesbelle]

super random but puzzles are so fun i recommend everyone do one please

yesss i love puzzles, i’ll spend two hours on a puzzle fr

#on one of my anniversary’s with my live-in ex #(that or v day) #i gave her this 2000+ piece puzzle that was romance related #it was so fun to put together #whenever we go on vacay with her family during the summers they always bring puzzles too #we get thru like two or three big ones during the trip #anon #belle answers

[theyarebothgunshot]

ngl the con drama about misha not selling etc is highly entertaining. i know it'll likely not happen but can we start manifesting nesnej doing just oneeee lil tinyyyyy remark about how mish draws a crowd everywhere, at the upcoming con???? y'know, just for a bit of extra spice? 🧩

i love the way you think

#also thank you for your other ask <3 you're right there are a lot of reasons someone can be late with replying #idk i guess i will just have to be patient lmao #puzzle pieces anon