#pyr0clast

[fatalism-and-villainy]

🔥1, 7, 24?

the character everyone gets wrong

I answered this one already, but I'll take another stab at it wrt a particular element of Hannibal's character. Specifically, his response to feeling vulnerable or heartbroken in canon is either to lash out violently (as in Mizumono), attempt to regain his sense of control in some fashion (i.e. his attempt to eat Will's brain in Dolce - yes, Bedelia talked him into that, but it wouldn't have been persuasive if it hadn't spoken to pre-existing impulses), or manipulate (the amount of passive aggressive needling he does to Will throughout season 3B).

Which is to say, I'm not against Hannibal having emotions or feeling vulnerable in fic, but I often find him to be much too mellowed out and too outwardly vulnerable. When he loves someone the way he loves Will, and the way he loved Mischa, it makes him feel out of control, and he needs control and tries to project that outwards at all times. And even in a post-canon scenario, where he likely trusts Will and feels more confident in Will's affection for him than he does throughout 3B, I don't see him dropping the habit of masking physical and emotional pain. And he's definitely not going to ~own his feelings~ and take responsibility for them, lol.

(My most recent fic - No Second Troy - was actually in part an exercise in writing a vulnerable Hannibal that felt right to me, in which he feels insecure in his relationship with Will and is sort of internally flopping around sadly about that, but does NOT show (or, uh, tries not to show) that sad flopping to Will or at all communicate in a healthy manner about that.)

what character did you begin to hate not because of canon but because how how the fandom acts about them?

I genuinely do not hate most characters on this show - my attitude towards the ensemble cast is generally "I love everyone in this bar."

That said - MATTHEW FUCKING BROWN.

Absolute nothingburger of a dude who has a philosophy towards murder that, according to the aesthetic ethics of this show, can only be described as "vulgar" (this dude doesn't even grasp that life is precious, something even HANNIBAL understands) and who Will doesn't even seem to like or respect much. Boring and unpleasant dude all around, and yet gets such an outsized amount of adulation.

(And yeah, I'll admit, I'm petty, because his fanon role, whether vis-a-vis Will or alone, is always a role I want to see other characters put into - Will's gay tryst outside of Hannibal? Jack is right there and has an actual developed relationship with Will in canon. Will influencing someone else vis-a-vis murder? Chiyoh is right there, complete with Hannigram parallels! A minor character who only shows up for a few episodes getting a ton of fanon attention? Give it to Miriam pls. Anyway I'll leave that because this is the most wanky I've gotten in these answers.)

topic that brings up the most rancid discourse

Anything to do with Will's neurodivergence is bound to do this (whether the prescriptivism as to how you headcanon him, OR the straight-up ableism in how people talk about him).

I've also seen a lot of takes on Abigail that uhhh.... REALLY demonstrate a lack of understanding of the psychology of abuse (even, I'd argue, when taking genre conventions into account). Let's just leave it at that.

#pyr0clast #replies #awkwardly memes #hannibal talk

[depizan]

I don't think anyone's going to be surprised to hear that I like the Enemy Mine trope. I generally like tropes that mess (in a positive way) with the friend/foe line. It's a great way to give the main character (and the audience) a different look at an enemy character, or even a whole enemy side.

I think it gets squandered a lot though, at least when it isn't the main premise of the story. One-off episodes of TV shows or other small parts in greater works tend to just write the whole thing off the moment it's over. (Because status quo is god and finding common ground is not the usual plot progression.) I prefer it when there is some kind of lasting outcome of working with your enemy, even if it's just greater understanding of their motivations. You worked together! It should do something!

(Granted, since this is me we're talking about, what I generally want a competently executed Enemy Mine bit to do is lay the ground for a) the character on the worse side switching sides b) the characters involved to make their own side or c) the conflict in general to find a common ground solution. This doesn't happen all that often, except when the trope is the main plot.)

I also enjoy a good Magnificent Bastard, though I think it's another trope that's hard to do well. And, unfortunately, it's got pretty unpleasant failure states, generally ranging from obnoxious to "Villain Sue." It's also very YMMV. (See my decided lack of enthusiasm for a certain wildly popular Star Wars example.)

Done well, though, you get an antagonist/villain who is some combination of fun, interesting, and a plausible threat. Even when you don't want them to win, their temporary victories can be oddly satisfying, even to someone like me who is usually firmly on the side of the heroes. But when the villain is just so damn good at their job, sometimes it's hard not to have a little bit of an "Oh, yes!" before or alongside the "Oh crap!"

(It probably helps that their successes tend to be the result of being clever and I like clever in my fiction.)

#Mac vs tropes #pyr0clast #Enemy Mine #Magnificent Bastard

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

great news!! i DID finally get my executives to function, and i sat down and journaled about writing things for AN HOUR AND A HALF, and i feel SO MUCH BETTER with all that word vomit OUT, and WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS WORK

#text #personal #writing #journaling #lol like i KNOW it works that's why i've been meaning to do it for AN ENTIRE MONTH #and YET!!! #anyway #pyr0clast ur immortal wisdom about breaks and breaks from breaks has been Canonized lol thank u friend #i wrote four fucking pages and my wrist is Tired XD #WHAT A NIGHT I SHOULD BE IN BED TWO HOURS AGOOOO

[swtorpadawan]

9 people you'd like to get to know better (Tag Game)

Tagged by @rajakaen - I am also old enough for Kerrigan and Raynor!

3 Ships

Canon Ship: Oh boy. This is where my age shows… you know what? I'll throw out Age of Apocalypse Wolverine with AOA Jean Grey. (NOT their 616 versions; that ship has issues.) I just liked the idea of these two being partners first, and then a couple second.

OC Ship: My Jedi Knight / Outlander, Corellan Halcyon, and Kira Carsen. I can't tell you how much time I've put into them.

Ship of the Week: I actually can't tell you this, because its the core of my "current" WIP! All I can say is that they are both minor characters from SWTOR, and they've been living rent-free in my head for awhile!

1st Ship NO ONE remembers back then. We didn't even have paper; we used papyrus. But since rajakaen put Mulder & Scully in my head, I'll roll with that. (Certainly better than Ross and Rachel from Friends. It took me years to see how toxic that got.)

Last Song: Britt Nicole - Welcome to the Show (I have eclectic music tastes.)

Current reading: Its been awhile since I actually finished a book…

God Emperor of Dune - Frank Herbert

Light of the Jedi - Charles Soule

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - John le Carré

Kith & Kin - Marieke Nijkamp

God i need to finish one of these….

Last Film: Oppenheimer. I only count films I've actually watched in the theater; not films I've rewatched via streaming.

Craving: My addiction to Dunkin Iced Coffee is my own business and no one else.

Tagging: (no pressure!) @rikki-roses @eorzeashan @raven-of-domain-kwaad @queen-scribbles @luchadorbard @voidendron @pyr0clast @grandninjamasterren @berriku

#swtorpadawan asks #rajakaen #swtorpadawan talks

[xivu-arath]

RULES: Post the last sentence you wrote (fanfic / original / anything) and tag as many people as there are words in the sentence.

tagged by @bramblebea <3

"It is only fair I remind you properly."

at last a short enough sentence I can reasonably tag people with:

@eri-223 @synnthamonsugar @flowers-of-io @cappurrccino @pyr0clast @wonderwafles @seasaltmemories @moirainessuspenders

#just grabbed at people as I thought of them #if you feel strongly about posting your last written sentence consider yourself tagged as well #writing memes #most of my writing is bound up in exchange stuff atm but I did do a bit of the rkorya and kurawi fic so

[bengesko]

Was tagged by @thembohux

Make a color palette of your name using this!

I don't mind mine.

Tagging @nebulousmistress @xannerz @raverenn @corpsegods @knucklechuffed @mamakitty187 @pyr0clast @lindwurmkai and anyone else who wants to do it!

[swingingliveaway]

I was tagged by @pyrchance thank you <3

rules: tag 9 people you want to get to know better

last song: Dirty Laundry by All Time Low, I just saw them live last Friday so I'm chasing the happy feelings from that as long as I can

last show: Leverage Redemption

currently watching: Carnival Row which I got into way too late but at least in time for the 2nd season

currently reading: I'm between books atm but I recently found a super pretty edition of The Picture of Dorian Grey so I'll start that one next

current obsession: Dice and vinyl, I guess? or at least these areboth something I spend too much money on

I’ll attempt at tagging 9: @chieana, @robinyourcreator, @starrypawz, @thatwitchrevan, @pyr0clast, @queenlunaposts and whoever else feels like it

#ask games

[oh-my-hubris]

"I put the MAN in Mandalore, if you know what I mean."

-- @pyr0clast

[lordviridis]

I need better pictures, but I did go outfit shopping for Yirûn. He also has mythosaur hunter’s glaive, thanks @pyr0clast for the suggestion.

#I wish I'd found black - gold dye but apparently that's not a thing #so we manage with the black - pale yellow one #also thexan's pants are very tight #today was definitely more barbie playing day than actual playing day

[vultures-and-scavengers]

I was tagged by @uldren-s0v​, and of course, gotta do it for calumnia.

tagging (only if y’all want) @pyr0clast​, @transgendersauce​, @ct-hardcase​, @gracelingdesolate​, and @villainship​

SEASONING: cinnamon

WEATHER: rain and lightning storms

COLOUR: gold, red, black

SKY: dusk

MAGICAL POWER: force illusions, force drains, force stealth

HOUSE PLANT:

WEAPON: she has a lightpike that she built, and she also wields Kallig’s lightsaber

SUBJECT: psychology, history, political science

SOCIAL MEDIA: none. she is Big Sister, watching it all. as a dark councilor, she might have, like, an official pr account, but she would never have any personal social media

MAKEUP PRODUCT: eyeliner

CANDY: chocolate

FEAR: failure, not being enough. later, being too much.

ICE CUBE SHAPE: cubed

METHOD OF LONG-DISTANCE TRAVEL: fury-class imperial interceptor. later, the harrower dreadnought Hungering Vengeance

ART STYLE: architecturally... bauhaus/minimalist. art style-wise? geometric, surrealism, or like... she’s from nar shaddaa, so bright lights, electronics, neons, sort of cyberpunk-y

MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURE: siren

PIECE OF STATIONERY: none. holo-messages, very precisely formatted and worded.

THREE EMOJIS: 🔪☕👀

CELESTIAL BODY: dromund kaas/hoth/oricon (they’re technically celestial bodies, lol)

#oc: darth calumnia

[shiro-tora3]

thank u for the kitties they are adorable <3 here is a reciprocal cat

:D a baby!

Edit woops @pyr0clast

[fatalism-and-villainy]

zhou zishu for the character ask meme?

Thank you for enabling me to talk about fandoms you're not in!

one aspect about them i love

He kills children. (No, really, this was the thing that made me straight-up love him when i read Qi Ye. Sometimes I'll see people say "oh, wow, he's so problematic... I guess I can love him anyway though" whereas I'm like "all these things are good actually.")

More seriously, he's so opaque about everything. He is repressing and compartmentalizing all over the place, and is so used to hiding his true feelings and intentions for court intrigue and espionage purposes that those things become obscured even to himself. (There's a part in TYK where he casually brings up Jiuxiao's name for the first time since his death, and it's noted that this is a big deal for him, and then it says something like "it wasn't a big deal, it was just that part of him was hollow on the inside" like buddy?? you okay there???) Like, he's very prickly, and a lot of his warmer feelings towards people come out through his actions and reactions, which makes him very fun to read about. (Like that scene where he's trying to act all nonchalant about Wen Kexing's sexual exploits while it's clear he's extremely flustered by the topic of conversation.)

But he also has such a playful side! He's very cool and controlled and measured throughout Qi Ye, but he is a Gremlin at heart and seeing him start to joke around and enjoying being a shit-stirrer is one of the joys of reading Faraway Wanderers.

one aspect i wish more people understood about them

*gestures upward at "he killed children"* Like I feel like I keep harping on the stuff that happens in Qi Ye, but he very much did arrange for a kid to be raped and murdered for politicking purposes. I think a lot of characterizations of him that feel jarring to me are based on his Word of Honor characterization, and fair enough, I can't fault people for wanting to work off the show if that's their preferred (or only) canon, and even this fic of mine is borrowing some elements of that version of canon, but. Sometimes I'll see people characterize him in relation to morality or specifically sexual violence/exploitation in ways that just... do not line up with what he's actually done.

Also, this is relevant to Wen Kexing as well (who I also have to answer an ask for), but I'll put it here - he's actually pretty similar to Wen Kexing in personality and morals. Again, I think the show allows more room to interpret them as having contrasting personalities, but one thing I love about their book dynamic and characterizations is how much it's impressed upon the reader that they are very similar, and process the world very similarly, and this is why they have such an intuitive understanding of each other.

one (or more) headcanon(s) i have about this character

This doesn't work if one takes them as having a more itinerant lifestyle post-canon, but - given Zhou Zishu's approach to the people close to him being "irritation and standoffishness --> reluctant affection, I think he should adopt strays. Let him have cats and dogs, and complain about how much work they are while secretly growing very attached to them. It just makes me happy.

Also, given the fact that he invented the nails, I want to see him come up with other magic inventions in his free time. He just likes tinkering. It's enrichment.

one character i love seeing them interact with

Wen Kexing is a given, of course, and really does bring out some of his most delightful qualities (the bantering and the little games they play!), but I'll put Beiyuan here as well. Just weird gay friends. Also Liang Jiuxiao, because of the codependency and tragedy of it all.

one character i wish they would interact with/interact with more

I'm always hungry for more interactions between him and Jiuxiao, haha. I suppose I'm also curious about the backstory of how he met Helian Yi, as well.

one (or more) headcanon(s) i have that involve them and one other character

Ah, this one I seem to struggle with each time. Okay, I'm inspired by the show's exchange between Wen Kexing and Gu Xiang about playing cards (and the entire concept of scary crime organization leaders playing cards), so I'm going to say that it was Jiuxiao's wont to regularly cajole him into playing cards with him (sometimes with alcohol involved). Zhou Zishu put up a fuss about being busy but always indulged him.

#uhhh mentions of csa under the cut #because of you know. That Thing in qi ye #pyr0clast #zhou zishu #tyk talk #qi ye talk #awkwardly memes #replies

[depizan]

Oh man, their mutual concern/relief/concern over each other's childhoods is one of those things I want to write/work into fics at some point. Kyrian grew up in an Imperial orphanage and Jezari grew up in the criminal underworld. Their initial imaginings of the each other's childhood aren't going to be good!

Of course, as they hear more about each other's childhood, sometimes it will be something that's reassuringly better than they'd imagined...and sometimes it won't be. Sometimes they'll guess very wrong about how a story from their past will sound to the other, or realize partway through telling a story that maybe they should edit it a bit.

Though talking about childhoods can get a little tricky on a ship crewed by orphans and near/possibly orphans, even without adding in cultures with really different ideas of child rearing.

Jezari doesn't talk about her mom, or the death of her dad, that often. But if she talks about her childhood much, it becomes pretty obvious that her mom stopped being in the picture at some point. And that her dad is dead. Kyrian will know at least that much, whether or not he's learned the details, before her mom reappears.

#asks #pyr0clast #Jezari Solarin #Kyrian Nessar

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

okay okay so i'm looking at What I* Have Named Creature Companions In My Fiction, and here's my list so far:

Vanya (Newfoundland doggie)

Mangle* (orange cat with a temper)

Kiss (fluffy grey kitty, pink board fluid dyed tail)

Tam-Tam (raknid, beloved)

#*pyr0clast named mangle i just kept it lol #text #personal #writing #in btw #tr #aw #fl #i don't think i have a faultlines tag huh #vanya #mangle #kiss #tam-tam #anyway yes her name is kiss the cat and yes i love her with my whole chest #unfortunately my ONLY narrator in that story was. the wrong one. #literally everyone else was so much more interesting. dear echo i'm sorry but. you're not it lol #anyway i think this is my lineup of little buddies so far #need more little buddies going forward

[xivu-arath]

perennial wip post go! post your first line/last line/favourite line/literally anything from a wip. fandom neutral, could be original, could be poetry, could be art, Literally Whatever. this does not expire! if you dig up this post from your likes three years later you can still consider it a valid tag. whatever works for you in all forms

tagging @eri-223 @synnthamonsugar @euxiom @wonderwafles @titan-mom @cappurrccino @warlordfelwinter @flowers-of-io @endivinity @illumynare @pyr0clast

if you are not listed but want to show off something from a wip you count too!

#ask memes #wip memes

[bengesko]

Tagged by @d0z0 ♥ I'm tagging @pyr0clast @thembohux @nebulousmistress @awwnutbunnies @xannerz @thefoulbeast and anyone else who wants to do it!

1. Are you named after anyone? I named myself Nikolai, a spelling variation of Nicolae Carpathia, the Antichrist from Left Behind (out of spite to my egg donor)

2. When was the last time you cried? After my top surgery ♥

3. Do you have kids? Have a step-daughter and I love her.

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot? Never. Not at all. Absolutely NOT.

5. What sports do you/have you played? Does marching band count?

6. What’s the first thing you notice about other people? Scent, tbh. I go about ignoring people in public, and they all kind of blend together, but if someone smells bad or good? I notice.

7. Eye colour? Green

8. Scary movies or happy endings? Scary movies

9. Any special talents? I can wiggle my ears!

10. Where were you born? -vaguely mentions to an area north of the Atlanta metropolitan area-

11. What are your hobbies? Art, writing, gaming, and sleeping.

12. Do you have any pets? A 34 year old cockatiel named Gino ♥

13. How tall are you? 5’1"

14. Favourite subject in school? Biology, especially human anatomy.

15. Dream job? Mortician or anatomy book illustrator.

#tag memes