It seems like everyone is scared to acknowledge the fact that Norton drugged Alice in the chamber and then turned into scary monster Norton.... Ppl look at Norton and all their feminism flies out the window.
ring 4 - patrol is such a good song. least subtle lyrics ever. criticism of the police force as a whole and of the individuals using it to get a sense of power over those weaker than them. it sounds like a crash bandicoot song. it is even the best number. perfect song fr
We had only Season 1, which was still flawed but had a hell of a lot of promise. We only had so much info. So everyone made things up in terms of both lore and future stories!
Things I remember:
Everyone clocked the Alya = Fox and Chloé = Bee thing. Most people had Nino as the Turtle, but some said he'd get the Peacock somehow based on the clothing theme. If people made him the Turtle, then the Peacock user was up in the air(we saw the Peacock in Gabriel's safe in Volpina, the 'last' episode of Season 1 other than Origins. Though no one knew if it was real or just similar because Plagg didn't react to seeing it at all. Which.... is now a plot hole).
Nathaniel was a bit more prominent in the shipping scene. If you were into mlm you had Adrinath(because fandom prefers mlm white prettyboys so since Luka didn't exist yet Nath was the option). And if you were straight then you had Chlonath.
Speaking of, Luka and Kagami didn't exist yet.
Though it was obvious, we didn't know for sure that Gabriel was Hawkmoth. This led to a few different tropes. Sometimes fics would have an entirely different person be Hawkmoth(sometimes random OC, though Alim Kubdel was a popular choice for 'if it's not Gabe'). I saw a few where that whole 'Peacock in the safe' thing led to Gabriel having been a Hero with it before, and with the Hawkmoth thing he breaks it out to try and help keep the new Heroes safe
There was some speculation on Gabriel and Emilie being Heroes before Canon in general because how did they get the Miraculous and what did they do with them?
We didn't have exact powers for the other Miraculous. We /kinda/ guessed that Volpina was correct and the Fox has Illusions, and the Turtle being a shield made sense. But no one knew what to do with the Bee or Peacock. Also no Hero names existed yet so you'll have variations of those.
The Zodiac Miraculous didn't exist. People creating new Miraculous either yoinked whatever animal(s) they like, or used the old concept art.
Up until the Christmas Special, we had no context for how long Emilie had been 'missing'(a plot in the special is that it's Adrien's first Christmas without his mother). So most people had assumed she'd been missing for a while, not just less than a year.
We also had no idea what happened to her! Did she die? Is she legit missing? What's going on?! (tbh we also didn't know her name. If you read my fics from that era I called her 'Felicia'.)
Speaking of mothers, Chloé's mom was unknown! Some wrote her as dead. I accidentally predicted the 'she had an affair that resulted in a half-sister and abandoned Chloé' bit lmao! Though I didn't predict her being as /actively/ awful as Canon.
Lila was in a weird kind of limbo? Technically the end of Volpina implied she'd come back, but most people kinda forgot about her. People who did write her tended to have it that the events of the episode revealed her lies so the class knew her shit was fake. This resulted in either her being the 'opposite Chloé' where she likes Mari but hates LB, or she dropped the nice act all together and started bullying Marinette either with or instead of Chloé(depending on the writer's ideas of Chloé!Redemption)
Fu's ability as a mentor and overall backstory was up in the air. We knew he was hands-off at first, but we assumed he'd be more directly helpful in Season 2. We know he 'made some disasterous mistake', but we didn't know what it was. A lot of people speculated that he had his own team of Heroes that went sideways.
On that note, the Order of the Guardians wasn't known. We had Fu, but no knoweledge of them or other Miracle Boxes
I thiiiiiink there were more tropes, but I cannot for the life remember them. And tbh reading old fics is a TRIP
heheeeeeehoooo i’m a lesbian but honestly she has so much like depth to her in a way that’s not immediately obvious and it’s really interesting as a writer getting to explore that beyond canon
least favorite thing about them
i don’t like that i relate to her!!!! i don’t like the idea of being mean and she is and i’m entirely convinced she and i have the same personality disorder and i am terrified that i’m like her. some people have said it and i just hate that it might be true
but like as a character in and of herself it’s how she uses people for her own gain. that’s not cool boo
favorite line
“boo, you whore” from the movie
“that’s what i keep trying to explain to the president on twitter but he blocked me” from the show
i can’t remember enough of what she says in the new movie rn but i’ll find smth later i’m sure lol
brOTP
damian. she and damian both love taylor swift and they listen to every song together and fangirl together and also damian gets her into musicals. regina likes the dark gritty ones with good music like les mis and little shop and damian likes the classics (obvs)
OTP
post redemption arc i ship her with like every woman in this. like any combo of gretchen and karen, i’m an absolute SUCKER for cadina (like i’m literally on my knees begging for cadina fic prompts please), rejanis is. it has potential not my fav but i do partake from time to time.
but like aaron would just turn out bad nobody really likes shane or kevin and damian. is gay. so none of the men lol
nOTP
this woman is GAY so again any of the guys lol. also if it’s done wrong rejanis can be real icky and i don’t like that
random headcanon
she can juggle. cady is the only one who knows and regina will absolutely kill her if she lets it slip
unpopular opinion
she is a victim who made the wrong choices and not the monster a lot of people make her out to be. she is not the villain of the story she is the villain of her own life by fault of her own mind which is the fault of her upbringing and she is making the only choices she knows how which just so happen to hurt a lot of people. she absolutely can be redeemed and she deserves it. which is why the bus doesn’t just straight up kill her.
song i associate with them
i think i said this for janis but monster from frozen has very much internal regina vibes to me that she like is terrified of letting anyone else see. also i know it’s about something VERY DIFFERENT but all grown up from bare seems like it would really speak to her. and also just all of renee’s songs bc duh
favorite picture of them
it’s a gif and this is how i lost the post last time but uh
like. holy shit.
DAMIAN
favorite thing about them
i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again but that boy drinks his loving janis sarkisian juice every morning as part of a balanced breakfast. he knows they’re each others person and i think he navigates their admittedly strange relationship really well. 
and also i love that this ~17 year old fat openly gay kid has SO MUCH confidence in himself. could he be overcompensating and actually have a lot internally that he doesn’t like about himself? yes absolutely . but the way he chooses to handle himself with such grace and confidence as he navigates such a complex web of social issues is really admirable to me and i don’t think he gets enough credit :))
least favorite thing about them
some of the stereotypes aren’t like super cool but like they had to come from somewhere so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
favorite line
damian is what got me into this show tbh i have so many
but i thiiiiiink it’s gotta be either “and they are more addictive than opioids and girl scout thin mints combined” (also hot take but i’ve been a girl scout for 18 years and thin mints SUCK)
OR
“did she just leave while i was actively caring about her? no. / she’s leaving! just like my DAD.”
honestly just like all of stop all of cautionary tale just him i love him yes
brOTP
besides the obvious answer of janis again i would say regina. but also he and gretchen get coffee at least once a week and bond over dances and choreography and whatnot and he and karen are joined at the hip whenever they’re together and you cannot tell me otherwise. and cady is basically his little sister
OTP
THEATRE BOY FROM THE NEW MOVIE OMGGGGG but also like. i don’t really know lol
i usually write him as being with aaron but that’s bc when i was writing like three months in i asked and all my (four) readers at the time said they wanted damiaaron it was not my first pick. but it has grown on me a lot and i think they’re super cute together
nOTP
i am terrified of the amount of romantic fic out there for him and janis?? like y’all ran face first into the point and hit ur heads so hard u still couldn’t see it huh
random headcanon
he kicked janis’ front teeth out in tap class when they were five and janis still has a small scar on her lip
unpopular opinion
i know i write about it a lot and stuff but making him trans feels really reductive of his personality sometimes. we need more trans rep obviously and i love people being able to take characters like him and feel seen but i question it with him in particular a lot. similar vibes to people who make matilda trans i just dk. lots of complicated feelings about it
also that he is the best goddamn character in the whole thing
song i associate with them
uhhhhhh for whatever reason 9 to 5 by dolly parton?? and jolene are the first two to pop into my head lol idk why
oh and also better work bitch by britney spears (i think??)
131 works so far ! 97 of them are for haikyuu!! and i cannot wait to celebrate my 100 hq fics hehe
2 - What's your total ao3 word count?
323,624 words :0 i didn't think it'd be that much, i tend to write short things, i'm excited to have written so many words !!!
3 - What fandoms do you write for?
i have posted for haikyuu, death note, bnha, yuri on ice, free, breath of fire iv, and fairy tale for some unknown reason XD but i have unposted / unfinished fanfic for a bunch of other things like hunter x hunter or fma
4 - What are your top five fics by kudos?
chat me up has always been my most popular fic and tbh ? yeah i see why XD it is one of the most fun and chatfics were popular at the time. after that come ...or not, blue like the sky, silent trust and saw my momma dad cheese
5 - Do you respond to comments?
yes !! fandom is a community first and foremost for me, and posting is also a way to interact. comments are immensely lovely to get and answer !!
6 - What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
ooh probably love me right ?? it's kinda the angstiest i've written... ever. but some nights is also. bad end. solely by virtue of being post apo and not very optimistic about it. i wanna rewrite it someday because i actually really liked that AU and it's not the best right now hmmm
7 - What is the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
honestly hasetsu tour guides (which is a series but shhh) is the happiest thing i've written ?? it's not the most fun in terms of plot but everyone is content with their life in a way i've not really written a lot
8 - Do you get hate on fics?
nope, not well known enough XD and i'm not complaining about it
9 - Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
i do ! i have no clue if there's a specific kind i stick to though, most of it isn't even posted or even written past heavy planning. trans cyborg smut is on its way though @notsuchasecret :3
10 - Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?
i have written or co-written a NUMBER of crossovers. most are not on ao3 yet (or... ever...) but i have posted death note x snow white and hxh x little red riding hood, so. however i do think that owari no seraph x the frog princess (the russian fairy tale) is the wildest one so far !
11 - Have you ever had a fic stolen?
not to my knowledge, but that'd be kinda funny tbh ? imagine coming across your own obscure niche things in the wild. i'd almost be more disappointed it's not a new fic for my teeny fandom corner lmao
12 - What's the longest you've spent working on one fic? And the shortest?
the shortest would probably be a couple hours, for guardian of his king (written in a fugue state at like 3am, after Syb shared the drawing that inspired it. two of us fell in a trance btw, this was a POTENT artwork). the longest... i don't dare calculate... but it is measured in years and i haven't even started writing yet <3
13 - Have you ever co-written a fic before?
if you count detailed planning and extensive oral storytelling, many !! my best friend and i are very prolific behind the scenes, to her dismay XD. i thiiiiiink she is the only co-writer i have had ? but i LOVE doing group fics and i'd love to do it with other people
14 - What's your all-time favorite ship? From all fandoms?
"you ask questions i have no answers to" is what i was gonna say and then my brain went "well apart from bokuaka which has to be out of the competition-" so i may have an answer actually hahaha
15 - What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
oooh my god that naruto fountain of youth AU is never gonna be written. i have so so so much planned and i sift through and add more from time to time, but like... i pick my battles a little more wisely than this behemoth
16 - What are your writing strengths?
i'm not sure ! i do think writing dialogue is easier for me than most other things, and i love doing fun formatting / narrative constraints
17 - What are your writing weaknesses?
i forget to put down half of the words on the paper so my sentences make no sense and it's horrible to edit <- loves editing. doesn't love when i reread myself and every five sentences i have to think "who tf wrote this and what the hell does it mean. how do you go from here to there ??? oh wait i forgot a sentence again"
18 - Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?
english isn't my first language. i write dialogue in another language 99% of the time. i don't think this question really takes into account the amount of ESL writers who are basically always doing this
to stay closer to what the question was meant to ask though, i have written sentences, in the middle of english fics, in languages that me or most readers don't speak. it is usually either a LONG process of looking up grammar rules, vocabulary, existing sentences etc... or what i did once, "write with mistakes because the person is learning the language still"
it is good imo to have characters speak their native tongue, or to add your own HCs onto characters and make them speak in their new native tongue, but it can be done more or less respectfully and more or less clearly. how do you include a translation, if at all ? is it jarring in the flow of your fic ? what about inserting song lyrics in another language ? it's a case by case basis for me tbh, and as a reference i really love how yuri on ice did it during the anime
19 - First fandom you wrote for?
i don't recall what i first wrote for exactly but i first posted for death note in 2015 :0 a while back !!
20 - Favourite fic you've written?
i don't have one at the moment, my criteria isn't defined enough these days. maybe some will jump out more later as they did in the past but for now i can say i love most of my children equally lmao
it took me a while to answer, sorry, and i'm too tired to tag anyone but DO feel free to say i tagged you if you wanna do it !!!!!!!
she's gonna be one of the few people who comes and checks on the rocker. loves him like a big brother! plus he helped her get into her current job as a high end burlesque dancer (she dances at the black sapphire every few months tbh).
she's there at his place most weekends to 1. make sure the man is still alive and 2. make sure he has some meals stocked up for the week since he's a horrible cook
she just loves her dumb old man who needs a little care and a cuddle once in awhile
7. What fic did you spend the most time on this year?
Ohhh, super difficult to quantify since there are some where I wrote lots of words very very quickly and others where every word was pain lol.
But I thiiiiiink if I count all the thinking and researching and obsessing I definitely spent the most time on the vampire draft. Probably both in thought and actually writing stuff.
As for published stories I think it must have been You crave the Applause / Yet hate the Attention.
15. What was the most unusual tag you used this year?
No matter how hard I think about this and check again... I really think my tags are very generic tbh lol
Tagged by @barbiezal and I thiiiiiink @hinakyuu ??? Here we go.
Last Song: Sideways by Carly Rae Jepsen
Currently watching: the final season of Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Making the Team :(
Current Obsession: my little USB fan that is preventing me from losing my goddamn mind when I have those hormonal/period hot flashes. Also hockey again.
Currently Reading: back on my fanfiction bullshit tbh. I read nothing but books for the first like five months of the year but now I can't stop reading fic again.
I'm not tagging anyone because I'm the worst and it's almost bedtime 😂
I thiiiiiink so? it's been AGES but I got a little bit from an old fandom that I don't pay attention to anymore lol. I can't remember what it was about but it was hilarious
11: is there an unpopular character you like that the fandom doesn't? why?
I.......actually can't think of any, tbh. with comics it seems like every character has their own lil section of fans, so there aren't any characters who are like. Widely Disliked by anyone, y'know?
14: unpopular opinion about your fandom?
listen I respect and admire people who create fanworks for their blorbos but I genuinely don't understand people who create comics fanworks without.......reading the comics. like?!??! I've literally never seen that in any other media before and it just blows my mind. I'm not trying to gatekeep, per se, but it's insane how people like. write fanfic for something they've never even seen/read. like?!? they read other people's fanfic and then write their own and it's like a cursed game of telephone and that's how some of the worst, coldest takes I've ever seen have formed lmao! I just....,,,,,...kudos to writers who have that kind of balls, but if I see an author's note saying they've never read comics before, I yeet myself outta there faster than Barry Allen on leg day
i thiiiiiink i got sarcastic chorus mixed up with another person because i was not expecting this guy but tbh i agree with most of what he said on TDP s4 so . 42minutes well spent lol
* @fukenzena sent a message : “ It’s getting crowded. Here, hold my hand. ” akaashi!
↳ 𝐒𝐎𝐅𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 / 𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐄𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 !
it isn’t the first time someone has left something behind on the bus, and keiji is certain ( given the reputation of some of his teammates in particular ) it won’t be the last. as he was the closest to the exit at the time, keiji had offered to retrieve the missing bag despite the protests of the rather sheepish owner, insisting it wouldn’t be a problem. there was still plenty of time before they’d have to begin warming up prior to their match starting, after all.
as he turns to leave the gymnasium in search of the elusive bag, one of the first year managers — yamagishi yukako, he remembers faintly — falls into step beside him, apparently determined to accompany him. keiji bites back a sigh, disguising it behind a quiet exhale as he pulls the zipper of his jacket up to his chin and squares his shoulders in preparation for the throng of teams he knows to be swarming the entrance, each waiting to sign in.
while he’s used to the franticness of volleyball tournaments by now, keiji still finds the sheer size of the crowds to be somewhat daunting — highly unpleasant, even. for all he appears calm and collected on the surface, it’s hard to pretend he’s not bothered by the sea of bodies that stand between him and his goal.
as if sensing his growing discomfort, yukako ( who had been little more than a silent companion up until this point in their journey ) suddenly announces, ❝ it’s getting crowded. here, hold my hand. ❞
while surprised by the unexpected proposal, keiji’s expression remains carefully impassive as he attempts to graciously refuse, ❝ that won’t be necessary, yamagishi - san— ❞
in blatant disregard of his protests, a warm hand firmly claims one of his own before he can finish his sentence. keiji stiffens, inhaling sharply through his nose. the initial instinct to jerk his hand free is reluctantly suppressed the moment the pair of them are forced to squeeze their way through the multitude of volleyball players congregated around the entranceway, his palms immediately breaking out in a mortifying sweat that’s all too indicative of his stress. if yukako notices, she says nothing, for which he’s thankful.
while it takes them a few minutes to weave through the bodies barring their way before they’re out in open air, keiji hates to admit that he feels significantly calmer than he would have done had he attempted to make the journey alone.
keiji clears his throat once his hand is finally released from yukako’s impressively strong grip, chin dipping towards his chest in lieu of a bow as he murmurs politely, ❝ . . . thank you, yamagishi - san. i apologise for the inconvenience. ❞
i’ve been working on resident evil moodboards for basically the past 24 hours minus the time it took me to sleep/shower/eat
and occasionally pinterest would questionably show me pins of bill skarsgard and christian slater in the “more like this” section - two actors who, after watching castle rock s1 and dr death last month, i am currently obsessed with (yes i know these are weird shows to get me attached to them, but their most famous characters are a fucking murderous clown alien and a teenage psychopath, so) (and okay the kid/alt hd might also be a monster but he was cute and sad and i believed his story) (and the fictional version of randall kirby is just a fucking treat)
ANYWAY i eventually gave in and made a board to save pins of them and any other people that i decide belong in there (a single cute picture of young tim robbins???? yep, saved that, i just rewatched shawshank this week and somehow pinterest knew)
anyway instead of my homepage being 90% aesthetic pins and 10% miscellaneous like it used to be, it’s now 30% aesthetic pins and 70% christian slater and bill skarsgard and i can’t get ANYTHING done. every time i see a new pin of one of them i add it to their board and end up scrolling for twenty minutes because my algorithm is fucking destroyed and i am weak