#taob asks

[hella1975]

hello!! I am so deeply obsessed with taob it’s actually taking over my entire life and i spent 9 hours of my day reading it. i genuinely couldn’t put it down once i picked it up. you are an amazing author and i’m lowkey obsessed with you. could you pls link the spotify playlists you’ve made for it? I don’t know which chapters you mentioned them in 😞. Anyways i hope your presentation goes well i know you’ll do great!!!!!

i am giggling a little kicking my feet even 🤭 tysm for reading my love im glad you’re liking it so far. ofc I’ll link the playlists i have MANY so bear with:

so we have the main playlists (ignore the titles they’re too much of a Thing now for me to change them):

taob book 1 playlist

taob book 2 playlist

then we have the oc playlists:

tomkin

nanook

kanut

chena

tulok

aput

tovah

and then i have some general atla playlists that aren’t necessarily taob related but still fun:

zuko playlist

azula playlist

zuko and azula sibling study playlist

i think that’s everything? one thing about me i will make a playlist

#I might link this in my pinned actually i get asked this quite a lot #GODSPEED BESTIE ❤️ #ask #taob asks #OH I FORGOT TO TELL YOU GUYS THE PRESENTATION WENT WEIRDLY FINE? #he only asked one question and it was super vague albeit DUMB but I was able to waffle #and more importantly IT’S DONE NOW

[rjalker]

Failed step one! Failed step one!

[ID: A digital drawing showing someone from above the camera view saying in yellow and black subtitles, "That sign won't stop me, I can't read!". Below is black text floating in the air facing upward that reads, "Warning: Do not poke internal organs!" Below, covered by the shadow of the floating sign and the speaker off screen, is a hexagonal Flatlander with purple insides and a blue exoskeleton, looking towards the left side of the image, unaware of what is happening above him. End ID.]

#described images #leave him alone!!! #The Arts of Being spoilers #I assume. I am guessing #Rjalker reads The Arts of Being #Flatland stories #cosmic horror #it's great #and horrifying #omg #Pollux Codex #TAOB spoilers #ask to tag #flatlander anatomy #fake anatomy #Rjalker does art #Other people's OCs

[ssreeder]

SORRY I KNOW U SAID U DONT WANT TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS AND YOU DONT EVEN HAVE TO ANSWER THIS ASK OR U CAN ANSWER IT PRIVATELY IF YOU'D RATHER i just really cant shut up ever and one thing i cant stand is fic writers getting shit in any capacity like omg what is up with unsolicited 'advice'? in some ways i find it WORSE than if people were just actively rude bc it's so backhanded and passive aggressive that you can't really respond how you want to bc they're not technically being nasty and they say it under the guise of being 'helpful' and it's just YUCK. like shut up!!!! who even asked you!!!!! writing fic is a free, beautiful hobby and for some reason people feel entitled to it in ways they really wouldn't with literally any other hobby and it does my head in, so pls pls dont feel like ur being sensitive. that's the main reason im sending an ask bc i get you've acknowledged that it's annoyed you and why so again sorry if im beating a dead horse here, it's just i hate to see you undermining your feelings about something that IS genuinely really frustrating and disheartening. like it will never not baffle me how oblivious some ao3 commenters are to how much their words can impact a writer. just like you, 99% of all my comments are positive, and yet i can probably list verbatim the handful of not-so-nice comments ive had in the years ive been on ao3 bc they just STICK with me. so yeah. you're very valid and i know you dont need me to tell you but you've got a whole army of people who love your work and have your back, so just remember that when someone decides to be obnoxious xxx

Haha hella I adore you & I don’t ever want you to stop talking.

Yeah I think the reason it irked me more this time was because after I got a few scattered comments I didn’t enjoy I kindly asked people not to do it anymore & then the very next chapter someone did it lol. & even asked if I was getting enough sleep … like…. damn it… really?

again I do think I’m being sensitive because fuck it I’m probably not getting enough sleep haha but damn you don’t gotta call me out like that! Lol. & I get so many wonderful comments and fanart and asks and all that jazz but I can’t help but hyper-fixate on the one not so nice comment haha

& then I over think everything & it ruins the fun hobby I’m supposed to be enjoying lol

I love that you get it, thanks for always being so awesome & now for the second or third time coming to have my back. You’re the best hella :)<3

#I wasn’t going to post anymore of these but I’ll probably post one more #idk maybe other fanfic writers can see it and know we are all going through it #it doesn’t matter who you are #or what you write #there is always some asshole who has access to the internet #that’s going to give their fucking opinion #but yeah I’m always really nice in my responses because I’m so awkward in those situations #I’m just smiling and laughing and saying wwwtttffffffffff #idk I did tell the last commenter to fuck all the way off though lol #they caught me in a MOOD though #thanks for sending this ask hella #& even the last time I was upset about it you let me vent to you #so that was cool #you’re one of the good one hella!! #& im sorry a you get stupid comments too #but im pretty confident the TAOB following would stab a bitch who was rude to you #as they should #don’t fuck with ao3 writers we aren’t paid enough to take your shit people #(get it…. cause we aren’t paid at all….. haha) #ok thanks again hella #hella1975 #ask

[rotisseries]

THAT NANAMI GUY 😭😭😭

YEAH

#i know him only as tiana's bf and also as the pfp of one of the people in the taob discord #ask #tallytals #hi tals!

[2d-dreams]

okok i know i send a lot of asks about lyrics that remind me of them but

this is so bill and pollux (The Cowardly Lion Doesn’t Write Love Songs)

dont worry i LOVE i still dont get over the fact that you think about them. Gshfhffgdd. Thank YOU. YEAH. IT IS THEM. WOWOOWOWOWOO

#the arts of being #asks #i should make just a nice little tag for TAoB stuff that i didnt make/think of #i cant think of a name

[eiilleen]

#lucemond thoughts:

lucerys notices that aemond doesn’t dance. more accurately, he doesn’t request the hand of ladies of the court nor is he approached by them. sometimes at aemond’s expense, aegon will cajole and tease his brother to approach an eligible candidate. luke can’t tell what prospect his uncle is made more uncomfortable by: dancing or inviting the declination of his hand. luke won’t deny his uncle is handsome but nor will he deny that his uncle’s nature can be… abrasive, even toward himself.

but luke has seen aemond dance. he sneaks down to the training grounds to watch his uncle take up a sword, duck and weave and twirl with his opponent. his footwork is fluid, precise, and masterful. so luke begins to suspect that perhaps it is not dancing that makes him ill at ease.

luke tells himself that at the next given opportunity he’ll do it. then comes next banquet, of those there are many luke notices, the time is upon him. he has to drain a goblet or two of wine to mellow his nerves. and then he’s making his way toward the outskirts of the crowd where he knows his uncle lingers.

then he’s standing before aemond who stares down at him, his lip curled in distaste, and before he can speak and scare luke away, he takes charge.

“Uncle, would you have this dance with me?”

if aemond is offended by the request or thinks it a ploy aegon has put luke up to, he’s not given the chance to question it before luke has taken his hand and leading them into the throng of dancers.

although luke adopts the ladies role, he takes lead of their movements. aemond is stiff but keeps his feet.

“You’re a natural uncle,” Luke says sincerely.

“Do you mean to make a mockery of me taobe?” his uncle asks, a hardness to his tone.

“No uncle,” Luke says. “I only wish you’d enjoy yourself.”

“And you thought I would dancing? With you?”

“You might if you’d allow yourself,” Luke quips.

aemond holds his tongue and to luke’s delight continues to dance with him although he could just as easily walk off and leave me to be the mockery of his mother’s guests. even more so, when the next song begins to play, luke looks up at aemond in question. a breath of hesitation leads him to believe that aemond will excuse himself, only for his uncle to incline his head and offer his hand.

they lose themselves in the folly of dance and music and each other. aemond truly is a skilled dancer, luke thinks. his cheeks are warm and his throat parched from breathless laughter. and as they embrace intimately, ignorant of their audience, luke feels aemond’s hot breath puff against his face, the intensity of his gaze, and he drinks in uncle’s attention and all that’s he’s longed for and more. selfishly - childishly - he wants to beg his uncle he will dance with no other, but luke knows his uncle has indulged him this night and will not do so again.

with this in mind, knowing it shall all end terribly when his uncle will push him away in revulsion, luke lays his head upon aemond’s heart and closes his eyes.

#lucemond #these two are so emotionally constipated I love it #i might write a part two for this. it’s itching at the back of my head #lucemond fluff for the soul #lucerys x aemond #lucemond thoughts

[cybersp4ced]

CY!!!!!!!!!!

hi im CY also known as CYBER MONDAY also known as SIGN HERE also known as SYNAPSE RETROGENESIS also known as SCIENCE RASCAL and a billion other names!!!!

im a Minor [16 !! birthday may 3!] and im a xenogender mexican werestar girl who's pretty genderscrewed

mie/mym/myrself [<-prefered] cy/cyb/cyberself, she/her, it/its, plural they/them/themselves

INTERESTS: Flatland, Nuclear Throne, Rain World, speculative biology, bugs n plants n fish n fungus, Underverse, Hollow Knight, probly more but I forget

I DO: drawing, gaming, animations and animatics and memes, writing fanfic, 2d specbio, writing poems that dont rhyme and are bad, knitting, taking pictures, programming

THINGS THAT ARE MINE:

@2d-dreams my flatland sideblog and its related blogs: @messiahdev my gamedev blog where i make flatland games n other stuff like shimeji and ukagaka; @the-arts-of-being my fanfic's Ask/Send-the Characters-Anything blog

@ants-colony my gimmick blog abt ants [they hibernating]

TAG SYSTEM:

usually dont tag anything other than own ramblings and spiders, bugs never tagged many bugs here

#cyber.txt - general chatter from me, sometimes goes along with other names like yv.txt or cipher.txt etc.. but always use this

#cy art - cy art

#pinboard - things that are important to me like resources etc

#treasure cove - things that are like emotionally important? like "#fave"

#cookie jar - nice things

#hall of fame - funny posts i want to see again i think

THINGS IVE DONE OR AM DOING:

The Arts of Being [TAoB], completed fanfic of a guy in a 2d world. Also Memories of a Broken Plane [MoaBP] section TBA

#cyber.txt

[the-laridian]

Postcards info, please!

Postcards from New Vegas started when I sent a real world postcard, writing as Gunnar, to @theartofblossoming, as Vin. TAOB suggested we write it as a story, via Discord roleplay. That's not my usual way to cowrite, but I gave it a go and we ended up with a somewhat epistolary story (temporarily on hiatus due to real world health stuff for both of us).

Gunnar, Ponix ("Phoenix" - ruler) of New Vegas, sends letters to whatever North American communities and societies he's heard of, hoping for trade and communication. Vin responds and thus cross-continental trade begins. Yes, it takes a while. Both parties have things the others need or want, and there's a lot of discussion about family, kids, how things ended up in each of their locales, and wow isn't it weird we both kinda came from the same time? It's like if a couple of expats met up in a foreign city and discovered they were both from the same town, even if they never met before.

It culminates in Vin, Mac and their kids coming to Vegas for a vacation and finally meeting with Gunnar, Arcade and their family. (Yes, Arcade finally caves in to Gunnar's wish to adopt a couple kids.)

Thanks for the ask! :)

#fallout new vegas #laridian writes #gunnar volk #answered

[the-arts-of-being]

the ask game! for any oc

💛- how many languages does your oc speak? what language(s) are they learning, if any?

🍰 - what is/are your oc's favorite sweets)/ dessert(s)?

🤔- what are some of your oc's quirks/ mannerisms?

Long post ahead ::3 Answered for Pollux mostly with some other characters sprinkled in for one.

No art this time, sorry. Might reblog with some later !

💛- Pollux is the only character where this answer is interesting, ignoring Cy who is a self insert and speaks/is learning everything that I speak or am learning.

Pollux's family from his father's side are immigrants from another region of Flatland, hence the odd last name "Schwarz" that sticks out from between "Campbell", "Carver", "Smith" etc. Schwarz just sounded cool, there is no actual reference nor reason there. I do not think that they speak German or anything - German and English don't precisely exist in Flatland.

But different languages do exist, though mostly have been assimilated or only differentiated by their sound, and Pollux knows some of his family's mother tongue, though Hunter is much more fluent and Madelyn learned a bit of it to impress him. Pollux possibly quite regrets not learning more of it. Might know some bits of old dead tongues and ways of writing because he loves history! On that topic, he probably talks very awkwardly, more so than originally depicted, because he really loves those ancient styles and they mess with how he talks.

He also learns [post-TAoB] English and many Planiturth languages, also learns or helps create Exwhylian/Ypwherenian/Zetwhatian and other dimension's languages, and Thought Beyond Words for communication with those languages he doesn't know. He especially likes to learn old languages even now, even if that means older than time - would be funny to see the lil guy suddenly speak in the eldritch whispers of Voidspeak.

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🍰- Pollux loooves anything he can bake. Well, except most normal types of cake. He prefers stuff like tres leches, cheesecake or flan over regular cake. He loves those! He also loves making them. While he'll gladly eat a slice of birthday cake or one or two cookies, I think he really prefers things with some moisture to them. Crunchy or dry things sadden him. He's a chocolate chip cookie enjoyer too. But I don't think he's fond of adding fruit to desserts unless its blueberries.

Bill isn't my oc but I gotta note that this guy considers pieces of drywall, entire handfuls of specifically powdered sugar, and gasoline as "desserts".

Madelyn loves anything with strawberries [sadly Pollux can't stand them] and possibly the same cake preferences as her son. Hunter thinks sugar will rot your beak.

Lastly, Marianne actually really enjoys just fruit of any sort with unhealthy amounts of chamoy. Yeah she's the kind of girl that eats flaming hot takis like her life depends on it.

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🤔- Haven't thought of this much, considering they're. Literally just. Shapes. I figure that Pollux isn't great at talking- he tends to try to talk too fast or say many things at the same time or accidentally misuse words because he's attached to old language styles. So that's one thing. Also, when he's alone or nervous he likes to repeat words that sound nice to him, or the letter x (remember he loves how it sounds?) or just clicking. Even now that he can speak with words, sometimes he mumbles things to himself in Flatland's language, that nobody knows anymore except for him, so chirping and stuff.

He also tends to keep his hands clasped together because having them hanging around feels weird, or when he's using his cane, he'll have one hand holding the arm that's holding the cane. Also avoids eye-contact. (Oh and I don't know where to put this, but he's ambidextrous. Why not? Guy's pretty much a demigod)

#asks #the arts of being #long post #all text

[hella1975]

I come here today and bestow upon thee memes I made at 2 am after binging taob, except they’re all from the office.

HELP I LOVE THESE

#TAOB MEMES ARE MY LIFEBLOOD YOU ARE AN ANGEL SENT FROM THE HEAVENS THANK YOU FOR THIS <3 #the zuko ones are all so funny but i did snort at the tomkin earring joke one #ive had so many comments asking about the entirety of that joke. it's its own mystery at this point. no one will ever know #ask #taob asks

[dreammthief]

do you let people bind The Art of Betrayal? I just need this fic on my bookshelf so bad!! xx

you are more than welcome to get TAoB binded!! thank you for asking, i’m so flattered you love it so much 🥰❤️

#this made my day wow #mine: writing #taob #the art of betrayal

[hella1975]

hello okay so i have been solely in the world of harry potter fanfiction for like five years now, ive dabbled in other fandoms here and there but never fully. well i just binged watched atla for the first time the other week and IMMEDIATELY went scouring for zuko fanfics and got pushed towards taob. and when i saw i am utterly and grossly obsessed with it i mean it. i haven’t been enamoured with a fanfic like this in a long long time. your zuko has even managed to take the title of my fav character of all time. if you know me (you don’t but) you know i don’t say that lightly. i am simply in love with this entire fic. i have a tiktok account where i recommend harry potter fanfics and have spent all of today spamming it with taob content. just wanted to lyk how much i am adoring this fic.

it is also the first non harry potter fic to make my god tier list, and i fear it’s becoming my fav fic of all time.

also the sheer britishness of your authors notes gives me life (as a fellow brit).

actually adore you and your writing <3333

hold my hand. you dont need that man (harry potter content) in your life. i can show you the world. dont look back

#GIGGLING AND KICKING MY FEET. WDYM TIKTOK. WHAT ARE YOU SAYING OVER THERE #im very happy you liked it so much bestie <3 #ask #taob asks

[hella1975]

hella i want u to know that my roommate and i had the following dialogue today

them: bro i just read ATLA fic for the first time. it was amazing. it was the most kudosed fic about zuko being ado—

me: was it salvage by muffinlance

them: what the FUCK dude. yes it was. what the hell

me: listen to me. i am possibly about to change your life. did you like the vibes of zuko being adopted by the water tribe?? be honest

them: yeah, it was great. the only thing i would’ve wanted differently is for zuko and sokka to have Flirt Dynamics rather than siblings

me, vibrating like a cold chihuahua: ARE YOU READY TO HURT SO FUCKING BADLY

them: …sure?

me: GOOD TIME TO READ THE ART OF BURNING

you're doing god's work <3

#FREE ADVERTISING LETS GOOOOOOOOO #i love how this fell into place lmao #hope they like it! #ask #taob asks

[hella1975]

Just a heads up if you kill Nanook, Tomkin or Hakoda I will have no choice but to hack into your ao3 account and change it 🤗

babe you can have my ao3 account for free. finish taob too while you're at it im TIRED

#selling the rights to hella1975 on ebay for a fiver who wants it #ask #taob asks

[hella1975]

ZUKO AND YUE PARALLELS YOU'RE COOKING 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

GET ME OUT THE KITCHEN 😂

#no seriously i started a pan fire #ask #taob asks

[hella1975]

what are these tomkin death threats. i cannot offer bribes i can offer two pennies and a piece of lint but PLEASE. let the boy be happy

honestly idk where it even came from 😭 people woke up today CONVINCED that im gonna kill tomkin

#rip tomkin u will be missed 😔🕊️ #ask #taob asks