#waveridden

[leonstamatis]

what is ttwp. the tortured woets pepartment, i assume

it is a silly goofy hermitcraft post office slice of life based off of a famous episode of a scifi television show. this is what I will offer you at this time. neither tswift nor poets appear. i HAVE told you about this one but it was a bit ago. i am not sure you will remember. :)

#tam.ask #waveridden #:)))

[charaznablescanontoyota]

hiiii here are my 2 playlists for @waveridden for the blb fanmix exchange! the first is a fast-paced mix for özlem suttner's can't lose trip around the league, and the second is a ken loser/shannon chamberlain sad ship mix :3

#blaseball #fanmix #blaseball fanmix exchange #waveridden #Spotify

[polyboros]

book asks: 9, 25?

9. Did you get into any new genres?

I HAVE NEVER BEEN A ROMANCE GUY SO IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN I GOT REALLY INTO IT THIS YEAR. i have also never been a historical fiction guy so my foray into historical romance caught me REALLY off guard. it's been super fun though shoutout to all of emily henry's books & also the seven year slip & also the perfect crimes of marian hayes

25. What reading goals do you have for next year?

i have a lot of manga series i have been putting off starting / continuing for a while, & i want to eat through those very badly. otherwise i don't have any particular goals!! my reading stats for this year are frankly insane and i cannot imagine meeting them again or even trying to

#kbitycus talks #waveridden #what reading several doorstopper sanderson books does to a guy's storygraph. its rough out here

[were-changing-cake-vaults]

for wip game: solid, teeth, read

Solid:

The boy jumps down from his spot on the wall with grace that only a goat could have, landing solidly on the ground next to Etho.

No sentences with Teeth or Read

#woosh answers #waveridden #ask game #wip snippet #if this says anything it’s that I gotta finish this damn wip #how do I NOT have teeth. I’m writing a goddamn eldritch horror ficlet #also hi Hayden. didn’t realize you were a part of the hc fandom

[thehallstara]

stephsummers 11?

i got possessed oops

11: …in joy.

There’s anxiety in the pit of her stomach as Steph waits; without even noticing her fingers keep picking at the handles of her crutches. Even with with all the plans (and an elopement between it all), Summers has still been gone for four hard seasons, and things have changed– are always changing, of course.

Still, it’s Summers, and there’s no one she trusts more in the world, really. Whatever has changed, they’ll figure it out, they always do, and if things could survive the shell, a little distance can’t even come close–

“Babe?”

And there she is, in all her glory. Looking up, tears inadvertently come to her eyes, and Steph moves to stand up, but Summers leans in, their lips meeting.

It’s all a bit overwhelming, really; the warmth of Summers hand on her cheek and the delighted laugh escaping her lips even as she tries to swallow it down. The taste of burnt coffee and stale gum and sunscreen on her lips–

It tastes like home.

Steph couldn’t be happier.

#answers #waveridden #stephanie winters #summers preston #blaseball #tysm hayden!! #this is very short and sweet but i got the ask and was like. i need to do this Right Now actually #stara makes stuff

[fourteenfifteen]

wait i want to participate in henterviews!!! hi hen do you have a favorite stuffed animal? what is your ideal trail mix? if you could go back in time and see any artist on any tour in concert what would it be (i know this is a big question you can pass) uhhh if you could learn any one language right now, like snap your fingers and be 100% fluent, what would you pick? what is your favorite pair of shoes that you own? when you go to zoos what animal are you most excited to see? ily that's not a question just a fact <3

shdjfks hiiii good morning hayden mwah

i’m very attached to my mymelody squishmallow i don’t take her home over breaks or anything and when i get back i’m always like. oh thank god she’s here shdnfkg

hmmmmmm i like granola. and like cashews and almonds. and like i’d rather have dried cranberries than raisins tbh. are we all picturing this

oh this is a fun question uh i would love to go back in time and go to lcd soundsystem’s madison square garden show from right before they originally broke up. but also there are many others like p much any artist that is now huge but was once a cool indie artist i would love to go back in time and see at a small show

probably spanish? which feels like a waste since i was. not fluent but def conversational when i was like 17. but the thing is i miss being good at it

i have these new balances that’re like cream colored w blue and salmon accents and they’re very cool and comfortable

i haven’t gone to a zoo in a long time like i couldn’t tell you when but. i do love the snake room. they have snakes in there

and i love you too dr waveridden my beloved!!!

#ask tag #waveridden #but also yes i would go back to the late 70s and shoot my shot w bruce springsteen #hi mr springsteen ik the women love u but have u ever considered: men #who perhaps have some feminine traits. wink

[adjit]

book asks 2, 5, 17?

2. Did you reread anything? What?

I mentioned before I don't track these but by my memory:

I reread Pride and Prejudice as I do every year because I believe in love. Reread Howl's Moving Castle at one point, and reread parts of Scum Villain's Self Saving System (Vol 4) and Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation (Vol 4 and 5) because of the official English translations release. (I'm pretty sure I read those at the beginning of this year?) (Don't know if those are 100% rereads because the translations I had read before were different and lower in quality, but, y'know.)

Also I read all of the Murderbot Diaries for the first time this year, and then reread them a few months later.

Generally speaking, other than P&P, I am not a big rereader. My brain just doesn't stick on anything that it thinks it already knows what happens next.

I want to try a Percy Jackson reread for nostalgia and I read those books as they were being published i.e. almost 20 years ago for the oldest ones, and even then I'm not sure if I'll be able to do it.

5. What genre did you read the most of?

Sci-Fi and Fantasy is overwhelmingly the winner here. It will always be the winner with me I'm predictable as hell.

17. Did any books surprise you with how good they were?

My initial impulse is no, but if I had to say something, I thought I would struggle more with A Memory Called Empire than I did, simply because it's a big thick scifi book and those often tend to intimidate me with too much worldbuilding. But it was actually super engaging throughout, including all the worldbuilding and politics, even without me in the perfect focused headspace.

#ask game #waveridden #do I ramble too much in my answers? yes. I love talking. #I didn't put any authors with titles in this one but I've decided to be lazy. oops

[astralscrivener]

for the fic title meme: inhale, maybe we'll be equal

oohhhh...

i know you don’t go to vld but this would be like, a season 1-era klance fic. like that whole genre of “keith and lance end up stranded on a planet together and have to learn to work together and maybe fall in love along the way” fics...

i am a Sucker for near-death experiences and nursing each other back to health. thinking about keith being severely injured and this ends up kind of leveling the two of them...up to now lance has always kinda felt like second-best, always thinks of keith as being ahead of him and almost kind of untouchable, and it’s devastating that it takes seeing keith almost on death’s door for him to go, “oh, shit, he isn’t untouchable he isn’t some god...he’s just a kid. we’re both just kids”

and keith who hates being helpless being forced to rely on someone else for what feels like the first time in forever. and especially lance. he doesn’t necessarily think lance is useless to the team or anything like that, but up to now lance still has his strong goofball tendencies, tendencies not to always take things seriously, and this combined with keith just not knowing what to do with someone caring about him because everyone either leaves him or dies on him...it’s a bit of an emotional rollercoaster for him

and so the two of them slowly learn to rely on each other and trust each other...they begin opening up to each other and seeing new sides to each other they’re not used to seeing, especially the longer they’re stranded together (lance sees a funnier, goofier side of keith, even if his wit is dry and humor sometimes morbid) (keith sees a more serious side of lance who takes charge and is able to think reliably on his feet)

can u tell i’m normal about this. i’m normal about this

anyway thank u for the ask!!! i’m mentally ill

send me a made-up fic title and i’ll tell you what i would write to go with it!

#ask meme #eileen answers #waveridden #klance

[haunthouse]

hi popping in to the poetry conversation as someone who has just this past year started reading poetry and is excited to realize i have opinions about this. sending as an ask bc i am too wordy for replies <3

i dearly dearly love kaveh akbar and everything he does, stories about alcoholism and war and loneliness. his first collection, "calling a wolf a wolf," is one of my absolute favorite things i've read recently. recommended poem: "despite my efforts even my prayers have turned into threats"

also chen chen, whose poetry is all whimsical and thoughtful and wonderful and about odd types of love and hope. recommended poem: "poplar street"

i've yet to check out any of their collections but i adore everything i've read by danez smith, in particular my poem rec for them: "i'm going back to minnesota where sadness makes sense" (this is the only one that isn't on poetry foundation but it floats around tumblr/elsewhere online)

final rec: poetry foundation has a poem of the day newsletter! if you go to the newsletter tab on their website, it's listed as something you can sign up for. the poems are always selected for a reason (in honor of anniversaries and birthdays, because today is national tiger day and this poem is about a tiger, things like that) and they send a wide range of poems/poetry so you can read a lot of different things, AND they give the poems straight to you! would definitely recommend, i just signed up like a week ago and it's already a highlight of every day

HI i posted that poetry ask right before i went to sleep and said i would reply to things in the morning and then: forgot that i had posted/said that and completely forgot. whoops!

anyways!

thank you for the recommendations omg! i'm linking them all here so anyone else who wants them can also find these poems easily: despite my efforts even my prayers have turned into threats, poplar street (this one absolutely killed me holy shit), i'm going back to minnesota where sadness makes sense (i've def seen this one floating around on here before and i love it. "i know something that doesn’t die can’t be beautiful." man.)

i am also absolutely signing up for the poem of the day newsletter right now! thank you!!! <3

#kaylee.txt #poetry #answered #waveridden

[polkadotpatterson]

ao3 wrapped 6 and 10?

6. Favorite title you used

I think a lot of my titles this year were on the boring side but commissioner vapor's pogtastic existential crisis certainly was not!

10. What work was the quickest to write?

Probably the obvious answer bc it's the shortest one, but I wrote the long cat of the law in one sitting and then just... let it sit in my drafts for a while. There were some that were written and posted quicker, but I didn't make any major edits to this one, so I figure it counts.

#ty hayden! #woke up enough to answer these tonight. who woulda thought #I'll take more if anyone is so inclined! #answering moistly #waveridden

[shadowofmoths]

neck tattoo that's just vampire fang marks

holy shit. holy shit. hayden. i have to quit my job immediately and find a profession that will let me get a neck tattoo . oh my god.

suggest a tattoo for me based on what u know abt me :}

#not a joke i dont think ill ever stop thinking abt this idea. #asks #waveridden #jamie now im like. i rly need a good suggestion for you. bc thats RLY GOOD.

[leonstamatis]

top five comic storylines (like short contained things) that you’ve read this year

OH OKAY. GREAT.

Green Arrow: Quiver

Batman: Under the Red Hood (sorry.)

Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia

Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood

Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters

#i would put supergirl woman of tomorrow on this list but that was last year #it should be here. but timing. #I’ve read so many comics this year but most aren’t limited runs actually #honorable mention to the one batman black&white issue about scars. I still think about it. #tam.ask #waveridden #ask meme #💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[polyboros]

made up fic title: a fireworks show at the end of the world

declan & guy (and the others, but they fade into the background of light and sound and the world falling apart) say some things that will only be goodbyes in hindsight. guy wasn't exactly declan's other half but she might as well have been for how hard declan pushes against the glass in his hands, trying to hold hers. sometimes the ghost in the mirror is your bestie

#kbitycus talks #waveridden #this is. this title is genuinely the thing that ended sauce smp s1. fireworks at the end of the world. its making me giggle #sauce smp

[tiktaalic]

spotify wrapped 25 50 75

25 - wuthering heights, Kate bush

50 - saint elizabeth, kaia kater

75 - sons & daughters, the Decemberists

#ask #spotify asks #waveridden #💖❗️

[thehallstara]

spotify wrapped ask game: 33, 66, 99?

33: suburbia – noso

66: every pretty girl – andrew barth feldman

99: opening: songs for a new world – 2018 revival

#answers #waveridden #33 is fully gob's fault oops #and you managed to get one of the few musical theatre songs on my list this year #ask meme

[fourteenfifteen]

ao3 wrapped 11 16 19?

hi bestie ty !!

11: What work took you the longest to write?

that honor goes to write it and send it, the raven cycle fic i published back in january, which had been in my google drive for a full 2.5 years before i actually got around to finishing it 😇

16: What’s your most common “Additional Tags” tag?

“Chicago Firefighters (Blaseball Team)” at 7 fics lol (the lift and tigers are right behind it at 6 and 7 respectively actually)

19: What’s one pairing you want to explore next year?

oh gosh that’s a hard question. esp bc blaseball being what it is means i never know what i’ll be excited about in a couple weeks lol uh pass bc the future is a mystery

#ty again #shoutout firefighters #ask tag #writer meta #waveridden