#will likely be talking abt this series for a long time

[filmografo]

series intro - BIRTHPLACE

genre: space opera, sci-fi, litfic (a bit)

status: drafting / “outlining” book 2/3.

pov: third person limited, present tense.

tropes / themes: the unbearable weight of mortality, the terrifying realization of Want, space lesbians, growing up / apart / back, lgbtq+, exes to rivals to whatever it is austrakit are currently, found family, finding oneself, (space) war era, ambiguity, subjectivity, capital p Pining (+ more tba)

summary: After finding out her ex-girlfriend is training a ten men crew for what is essentially a suicide mission to map a planet Earth that’s been left behind, Kit Nikon desperately tries to give her life a new meaning.

tags (more TBA): #: birthplace #[we] have the sun in common

Space station gardens, neon green & blue, roots taking place, the smell of damp earth, bright unflickering lights, starfighters, healing bruises, hands against cold metal, sea water, warm sunshine, home in the valley of someone else’s ribs.

characters:

nalkita “kit” nikon (23 - she/her?) | 🌱

emigrate, novo amor

de selby (part 1), hozier

glossover, afternoon bike ride / lowswimmer

strangers, ethel cain

austra andante (23 - she/her) | 🌊

repeat until death, novo amor

i wouldn’t ask you, clairo

the end of love, florence + the machine

there’s nothing left for you, mitski

excerpt:

To know something is to be in constant battle with it: the plaguing of a garden, trying to disinfect a never-healing wound. Being near Austra, hands dripping with blood that never belonged to either of their bodies, means Nalkita has to fight against her own humanity, fight against desire. Close up her throat so the words I wish you would, Lieutenant don’t come out, raw and real. Kit understands so little about herself and knows Austra so much — the feeling of her expressive eyebrows against a fingertip, the weight of every responsibility she carries. Who is she to add another sandbag to Austra’s already aching shoulders but a soldier, a sinning one, at that? Refusing to give up on something that was never hers to begin with.

rambles / more about the series under the cut! :D

this was born from a fanfic/short story i wrote 2 years ago when i wasn’t ready to face what came after the events of what is now book 1 of the birthplace series. i took inspiration from novo amor’s birthplace album, which re-enlightened me about the meaning of “home”. i still hold it extremely close to my heart and will forever.

for book 1 of this, “astro-garden”, the journey kit goes on is extremely personal, quite lonely, quite difficult. titles never meant something to her until austra got one. there’s not much i can say except kit is a firecracker of a person and she’s going to need a lot of luck (she’s strong, she’ll manage)!

book 2 “roots in infertile soil” is as chaotic as i can possibly make a book. there’s more pining (for reasons...), more action, more drama... the characters are all a joy to write and flesh out, and the mercury ii crew are the type of found family that i’ve always loved to read about <3 i’ll introduce each and every one of them with tags in the near future so stay tuned for that!!! :)

book 3 is still in its early earlyyy development stages but hopefully i’ll have something cool to say about it sooner rather than later !

feel free to ask me about anything birthplace-related seeing as this is the only project i am currently (actively) working on!!! i would love love loooove to chat more about secondary characters, locations (the spaceships are Alive), discuss the plot / themes more in depth, etc!

i will be making a taglist with everyone who wants to get updates from this (i'll post more abt that later!) so send me an ask if you’d like to join it :D !

thank you for reading this (kinda long?) intro post for my silly little still unwritten novels hehe! i hope to hear more from u soon

#: birthplace #austra #nalkita #writing wip #wip intro #my writing #writeblr #writerblr #scifi #space opera #lesbian #woooo its here!!!! #will likely be talking abt this series for a long time #cuz im a slow writer!!!! #but!!!!! #i am soooo excited to tell everyone everything abt it #excited to reenter the writing community on here <3 #i love them.. little lesbians #austrakit #[we] have the sun in common

[baeshijima]

your e2l time travel married future-esque idea .... kneels ...... SCREAMSSSS ..... that's so delectable user baeshijima thank you for the food mhm mhmm mhmm will be thinking about it for the next few years <333 no but like your (annoying) husband sulks over the fact that you have been avoiding him for the past few hours or even days and he's like ??????????? what did i ever do to my amazing spouse ???? *proceeds to thoroughly contemplate over his past actions and internally slaps himself over it* and you on the other hand youre wondering how you got here 😭 like isnt it that you were partying your life out and getting drunk bcos you dont want to see that prickly bastard nd suddenly youre married to him ?!?!?!?! oughhhh you want to punch his annoyingly stunning face ... with your lips WHAT WHO SAID THAT your idea is so comedic and cute pleaseee i just imagine your husband trying to cuddle you for the past hours but it's just that youre avoiding him out of confusion mainly of your feelings 😭 thank you for the brainrot

NONNIEEE U SEE THE VISIION AARGRHGHAGHG

NO BC ???? imagine as you're distancing yourself from him while he quite literally contemplates his entire existence and forcibly sifts through his memories from the last week or so in search for what he did to warrant the fearsome cold shoulder™, he makes a dejected connection to the current you reminding him of how you were three years ago before you kiss kiss fell in love wedding bells woohoo'd. (which, of course, actually is the current you right now, but he doesn't know that.)

if it wasn't for the fact you are quite literally batting away his advances and acting as though he defiled you in some way, he would have coo'd at your cute behaviour he fell hook, line, and sinker for!

...and then there's you. lol. while he tries his damnedest to undo whatever it is he did, you're also having just as much — if not, even more — of an existential crisis as he is. mainly because:

???? what do you mean you're married to this fucker? what you mean you fell for him?? the one that made you get so hammered you time-travelled into a life where you're happy and... and married?!

were your standards that low — that limited — for him to be the only acceptable option???

aeons this is quite possibly the most soul-crushing news you have ever received. you swear to all that is mighty and divine and holy and omniscient above that you will save your future self's life by stopping whatever this... this is! and no, you will not be swayed by his suspiciously warm smile, and honeyed eyes, and sickeningly loving words, and his comforting scent, and his warm and surprisingly soft lips... oh fuck.

(alternate prose: you're severely indenial and your husband thinks it's cute and reminiscent to the old days lol. now please stop, he can't function without your cuddles and kisses...)

#omg a convo !? #nonnies !! #sophie talks : concepts <3 #STOP NONNIE THE WAY I GOT SO EXCITED WHEN I SAW U SENT THIS ASK ABT THE E2L TIME TRAVEL MARRIED FUTURE-ESQUE AU #LMAO IMAGINE THE SHOCK IN SEEING UR COUPLE PHOTOS AND WEDDING PHOTOS 😭😭 #it would also be so funny when u get shocked at how he knows ur favs like 🙄 ofc he would know he is smitten u dummy 🙄 #PLS U HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I WANT TO WRITE THIS #EIOTHER AS A LONG (and i mean LONG) FIC OR A MINI SERIES #OURHGJKRG

[bucksbisexual]

warning: men would rather do anything BUT express their feelings for u

(but if u know where to look you’ll get there before they do)

#the eclipse #the eclipse series #asianlgbtqdramas #thai drama #asian drama #roa*gifs #uhhh how do i tag this #it's been so long actually #like. im pretty sure i was jobless the last time i giffed a bl #just how fast the night changeeeees #i cant find the wiggly line on my laptop god i hate it here #ANYGAYS! will catch up tmr dw #also. the colouring.. lets not talk abt it #ive been giffing anime only for the last like. 6 months. i forgot how skin tones work

[cloudyskies25]

My modern Four design inspired by the heist au by @cerame

#ok so here’s a lil tidbit about this design #I was originally on the discord when we created the au #like the whole series of fics was inspired by a like 3 hour long conversation between a bunch of peeps in the discord back in 2020 #and I was one of the people in that convo talking abt the au #so I’ve been trying to draw hacker four for THREE YEARS #and every time I tried to draw it it just didn’t work #it never looked right #so I finally did it! #three years later!! #modern four is really hard to me #cause his outfit is so ridiculous #it’s like how do you make it look fashionable #so I gave him a slutty lil tracksuit #anyway thanks cerame for writing the au!! #it’s so fun to read and look back on the wonder that was the 2020 discord #linked universe #lu four #linkeduniverse #my art #Rosewing speaks

[thwackk]

i saw some guy on youtube talking abt the messiah themes in superman movies and i didnt listen to the rest of it because i was too busy ranting in my own brain abt how wrong that is and how it goes completely against everything superman is and stands for

that’s the problem with the movies. they all try to play him off as this godly being, above humanity, the savior of earth if you will. this is so extremely and utterly wrong it hurts me so much when i see it

#superman #clark kent #it’s depictions like that that make people think he’s boring and unrelatable and too perfect to like #the point of superman is that he’s more human than most of humanity despite being an all powerful being from another planet #this is what superman the animated series did so right #i could talk abt this for SUCH a long time

[colorfulatlas]

So insane. Unless you count Aggretsuko as an anime, Dungeon Meshi is as of now the very first anime I've finished binge watching that I actually really really like. Its craaaaazy

#atomic talks #I was never ever an anime liker before. I've tried to watch some but everytime I ended up dropping it due to lack of interest #I was very close to finishing Kill la Kill one time #and I couldn't bring myself to watch long lasting series like Dragon Ball One Piece and others because of length and sheer amount of lore #I heard very good things abt the series enough to bring me some interest and I can say Im not dissapointed. it's very very good!

[biolums]

kinnporsche ft:

anonymous / a.j., vulnerability / nicole homer, underbelly / anne carson, H of H Playbook / the crane wives, the garden / natalie diaz, these hands, if not gods / salma deera, letters from medea (2015) / michael cunningham, the hours (1998)

#its finally here!!! #i spent a very long time on this #note i did like. attempt to tell a story through this #basically its just kinnporsche is love that is violent AND soft and that is the scariest love youll ever experience #because you get this intense and powerful love but also this soft and careful love that leaves you terrified to lose it #and in loving you have to be vulnerable in ways youve never been before #is the vulnerability rewarding? a thousand times yes. #is it terrifying and does it hurt them numerous times? also yes #ok analysis over this was weird to polish and post after the literal romcom episode 8 #bc it was full honeymoon and this post is not exactly talking abt honeymoon era lmao #anyways hope you enjoy im very proud of this :D #kinnporsche #kinnporsche the series #kinnporscheedit #kpedit #web weaving #my post #crazy using these tags im not like a /creator/ so this is like woah!!! #if ur still reading these just know i have a huge note on my phone of just quotes that fit kinnporsche so if u want more i have More

[filmfactors]

why did u dislike stand by me? other than the art style

While you said aside from art style, I'll say it's worse than I thought it'd be. I hate when the characters open their terrible no tooth mouths, they do it so much it's hard to ignore and it's awful to look at. Aside from the uncanny factor though, the backgrounds and scenery look nice.

As for the movie itself, I feel like it just highlights everything I don't really like about the Doraemon series? From the Nobita and Shizuka """romance""", to the weird perverted jokes at Shizuka's expense. I'm also in general not a fan of the 'Doraemon leaves/April Fools' story they used at the end, so I wasn't happy to see it again and in a movie I could care less about.

It doesn't feel like anything changes or progresses, it doesn't make me believe Nobita ever grows to be his own person that can take care of himself, that they don't set anything up for any of the payoff it gives...

They throw in some dialogue about Nobita being depressed, they use sad lighting, and they use tears but they never are actually saying anything meaningful. It just feels like tools to cheat you into feeling sad but it really had the opposite effect on me, I just felt annoyed because the emotional moments do not feel earned.

When Nobita drinks the juice that makes people hate him and Shizuka fights against it to comfort him, that should be a moment that moves you... a triumph and instead I just sit there and don't feel very moved because it didn't feel like there was any progression in their relationship to earn this? Like the idea I like, it's sweet inherently but it doesn't play out in a way that makes me engaged in the story.

Everyone takes a backseat for Nobita's obsession with Shizuka which I think, is the worst thing you could make the focus. I know it's an important part of the plot but I've never liked it, I've already discussed how Shizuka doesn't feel like her own person but just a prize to be won by Nobita in the end... when movies, episodes, etc focus on it so much- it makes me believe in their relationship less and less.

I'm sorry but putting her in a weird outfit for your benefit, trying to force her to fall in love with you via imprinting, up-skirting her in public.... it doesn't make me root for him. Those things in the series have done the opposite of make me root for them, especially contrasted with how Dekisugi treats her. It makes me wonder why on earth she'd pick Nobita in any universe, but specifically this one?

Also something, something... how marrying Jaiko was not the issue and Nobita's misery is his own fault, but yeah sure let's focus on what wife this ten year old gets in the future.

It's especially horrible hearing her say, during the blizzard in the cave, "You need someone to take care of you." As a reason to marry Nobita, as a reason to say yes to the proposal... SHE'S TOO GOOD FOR HIM IN THIS MOVIE! Sorry to say. That is not a wife, that's a mother- it's not love it just feels like pity.

Nobita needs to learn some actual self love and not betting all his happiness on a marriage years from now. Putting all his points into one person for some distant goal is a bad idea, what about the now? What about building bonds with his friends, his family? What about fixing himself as he is now.

I get the point is that somehow earning Shizuka's love will help him, make him a better person, but it doesn't feel like it. It also just feels.... not good. I would talk about the reliance on gadgets instead of self help in any way, but that's always been a thing.

Anyhow, it's a movie that exists for people who are already a fan of the franchise to trick you into thinking it's emotional because your knowledge and feel for the characters already give you depth for them. It feels like it's trying to get cheap and easy tears out of you and I don't really care for that.

It's also a whirlwind of stories I already know, done a bit worse for some in a bad art style. It was doomed to be a movie I don't like. I just can't think of anything positive I felt from it that I couldn't get better in any other Doraemon movie, chapter or even episode.

#doraemon talk #its not even just about how suneo and gian are barely in the movie and how i feel about their contributions #its that the important central focuses of the plot- shizuka doraemon and nobita all just bother me and i cant enjoy it #i didnt even feel a reason for doraemon and nobitas bond in this bc all the moments just blow right on by its just like okay i mean #i can easily imagine why bc i KNOW the series but it doesnt make for a very good movie ykno? #but the shizuka stuff is what gets me down the most its the pinnacle of what i tend to hate about the series sometimes #and it sucks i was rly hoping i could find anything in this movie i like but i didnt #at the very least i appreciate some bits with suneo and gian but thats more so out of them being my faves then liking the movie #nobita feels so bad abt himself its almost suicidal is like... i could relate if it didnt feel so forced in? just a cheap tearjerker #like not saying that isnt interesting IT COULD BE this movie COULD BE good but it feels so... eh #anyways for my final thoughts adult suneos design is bad also bc it doesnt even feel like him and not just bc of the hair #its in his outfit and energy that isnt my boy... #annnnnd young jaiko looks like carl wheezer that isnt a downside i just laughed a rly long time with the friend i watched this with #when they pointed it out to me

[moomeecore]

ok ill bite. what the fuck do people mean when they talk abt "disney adults"? ive seen ppl throw it around as what seems to be an insult, so casually like i should know what it means??

and bonus points if you can tell me if it has abelist implications or not, and how strong they r based on the origin of the term and intents of its use

#yes this is abt that One Post i got fucking lambasted for #where i DARED to say that abelist rehotoric is bad even if u direct it at harry potter fans 🙄 #& then everyone took it as me defending hp a book ive never even fucking read LMAO when i was just saying this specific #way of adressing the situation w the series' problematic creator comes off as very abelist and that u can easily be even #so strongly anti hp that u think its immoral to even like it or whatever ... and u can STILL not be abelist abt it. #its not an inherently abelist opinion by a long shot. so find a non abelist way of defending it kay #& then someone was like NO ITS OK THEY WHERE JUST TALKING ABT DISNEY ADULTS like i know wtf that is??? like its a universal term #and anyway i saw someone use it again and it triggered this memoey #which anytime i think abt this i get filled w an unhealthy ungodly rage that is just so so overwhelming #help i have anger issues...if any of those anons where purposely trying to troll me it worked so fucking well its unbelievable #one time i wasted a whole therapy session ranting abt it and still wasnt done by the time the hr was up #text

[mycological-mariner]

Siiiiiiigh fine

I’m taking this as my cue to finally start Kidnapped

#‘this’ being this guy I’m talking to #he’s a Stuart apparently! and we were talking about uhhh. something nerdy #when I said I had this book on my shelf for nearly a year about the Appin Murder and this guy #bless him. ‘what’s it called??? oh it’s personal’ #and now we’re talking about Jacobean history (a subject I’m quite lacking in) #anyways he’s gonna go read it now and I mean. nows a good a time as any! #he recommended outlander to me. as well as the new poldark (unfortunately everyone knows abt me and Cornish history at this point) #I saw the original series but I’ve never seen outlander. #he’s got it on disc so he’s gonna lend me his copy #I heard someone describe it as Scottish Black Sails?? we’ll see lol #anyways guess I’m reading this now #I don’t sound excited I am #I just nervous. what if this is another hyperfixation. why do you think I’ve put it off this long. #I just want everyone to know this is the same man who sang Jacobite songs in an English pub and who sends me pictures of mushrooms #and who has a similar love for Antarctic exploration. #lovely lad #we exchange folk songs like they’re cards lol #I did recommend Flight of the Heron and so we’ll also be swapping CDs lol

[satellitesunset]

myle.txt

#Uh rant/introspection coming up #gotta love pre birthday existential crisis #my cousin just had a baby girl. and im like thinking abt kids #might be baby fever. might be the hormones. might be this series on tiktok where a dad talks abt like weeks in fatherhood #nut like for the first time im thinking abt like gender roles and parenthood in regards to myself yk? #like i want to be a dad and that's just a very uh realisation #like idk man the realisation that if #(and thats a big IF) #i do have kids #ill be just mum and thats like just hitting me yk #i know on a conscious level that its complicated and whatnot but like yk in general its a v peculiar feeling #im also thinking abt words a lot and i wrote a whole poem/piece about it thst i like and its been so long since i wrote least smth im happy #with #but i have s good feeling abt this one #anyways words words words huff #im also thinking abt growing up and how different everything esp myself is from last year #like last year feels like an eternity ago but also feeld too soon and its just weird #insert smth abt friends snd loss n memories m growing apart n adulting that i do not want to or knoe how to articulate #uh anyways yes if u read all this have a cookie #on a good thought! uh im making a playlist which always puts me in a better mood #tldr im like fine just thinking #uh what was the tag #myle mummers #there was another one but i cant for the life of me remember it 😭

[klonoadoortophantomile]

ohh i can feel a category five autism event on the horizon

#thinking. abt warrior cats a lot again <//3 #part of me wants to reread the books but i need to do actually productive things with my break shgdfgshdghsj #wc bums me out so much though cuz like theres some geneuinly fun ideas. and so many things i loved abt it btu the books are just so baddddd #/silly #anwyas i love when people like really extrapolate on the world building in their fanworks... its my favorite part of the series probably #i remember like Nothing from the later half of tallstars revenge cuz i was so like.. interested by the stuff windclan had going on #also dawn of the clans made me soooo mad becuz the clans are only 'properly' formed at the VERY end #i enjoyed all the messy world building and the process of getting to that point #but i wanted to see more earlyclan life.... #OH AND ALSO ALSO i LOVEEDDDD skyclan they were so cool to me #and the new prophecy... i literally didnt care abt all the boring traveling cuz it wa sso interesting seeing the clans like. staus quo #be just conpletelyflipped upside down and also learning abt the tribe of rushing water was so cool #(especially cuz my friend was reading thru dotc at the time so we would both talk abt it andlike fill in the gaps ..) #okay i need to stop before these tags get unfathomably long shgfdgshjka #inquisitivewaltz.txt #man i havent actually read wc in forever.. whats even going on in the current arc #is there a current arc?? i dont fucking know

[burinazar]

I was thinking “haha it’s so weird and silly i got soOOO into this one very specific part/arc/related minor-ish character group of a franchise, i haven’t done that before have i? this is a new weirdness for me isn’t it?”

and then suddenly vividly remembered my inconvenient and untenable and frankly quite extreme obsession with the romulan star empire all throughout middle school, with such force and clarity that i had to put a hand to my face

#i would absolutely have made a Discord For Romulan Likers #that was still a bit different though since a portion of that came from an instinct to subvert #bc i felt like what some of TNG era canon did with Romulans basically being pre programmed to Do Betrayal was silly needed deconstructing #(and at the same time was intrigued by how a society of people like that COULD function if taken at face value) #whereas my hangup on the village arc and Ganja is bc i rly rly rly like the story + characters (also feel Longing (tm) instilled by tragedy #and wanted to talk about them a lot and nearly all english language spaces for MiAbyss were just crammed with the s1/movie parts/characters #and not my Special Sillies #like obviously theres no ‘hey ONLY talk about season two of the show’ rule on the server. that would be unhinged #but i made it because the rest is always getting discussed everywhere else so i hope that focus is ok with everyone and hopefully that’s no #uncouth of me to acknowledge that i personally made it for that specific reason. wait this got off topic. THE ROMULANS…. RIGHT #anyway i remember i was kinda grumpy at how much stuff Klingon Likers had in comparison #you can learn Klingon #you can’t learn Romulan!! (real ones know its called Rihan and not Romulan though) #(the Romulans call themselves the Rihannsu. i believe thi is 100% extracanonical material though) #(ebil did you really get tipsy on a tuesday night and start rambling about Romulans???? yes. yes i did. ) #(look i had a difficult appointment today i deserve it) #anyway it’s actually insane that i never read Diane Duane’s series abt them #i didn’t really have internet purchasing power and was restricted to what was at the library and easily available online #i should read those books eventually #i still have a soft spot for them pointy eared maniacs

[iratusmus]

what is one peice.is it like. a bathing suit. insert panel where sally acorn is cutting up film reels here

one piece is the best selling manga of all time and it damn well deserves it

#im not sure if you meant this as a dumb joke or a genuine question but im going to answer it seriously anyways #bc if you give me the chance to talk about this series i fr will never shut up about it #im going to sum it up as best as i can given that its a 1000+ chapter ongoing manga but Basically #one piece is a long running shounen manga about friendship and freedom and adventure. and also pirates #the mc is a guy named monkey d. luffy who gets rubber hose animation style powers as a kid and wants to find the One Piece #there are many very stupid and very serious shenanigans #the humor can only be described as wildly stupid but lord its so terribly funny #and the tone of the store oscillates back and forth between #''genuinely who hurt you author . why did you feel the need to rip my heart out and stomp on it and then tear it to pieces'' #and #''real question wtf am i reading (but in the stupidest funniest possible way)'' #but not in a way thats jarring or try hard edgy #the main cast is... spectacular. like theyre so well done and such great enjoyable characters and their dynamics are just DELIGHTFUL #the mc is probably my most favorite mc of all time #the worldbuilding is insanely good and so extremely fun and flexible #there is a massive and sprawling cast but they are juggled so well and when you stop to think abt how many moving parts there are #esp in the later arcs. its like. real question author why are you so good at this #and most shockingly of all i think. is that after 25 years there is no series decay. the most recent arc is one of my most favorites #regardless if youre interested in checking it out rn is literally the best time because we're on a month long break (2 weeks in) #if you need a site i have one. also dont watch the anime unless you really just dont like reading manga bc the pacing is ABYSMAL #ask #scatman-world #also it would be SO absurdly easy to make an archie sonic crossover with it. like. so so easy. #one day ill run into somebody who likes archie and op and then we can talk about judge and locke basically being the same guy #but until then

[cptnbeefheart]

really trying to resist buying tlou1 again but the remastered for ps5 screenshots look so beautiful.. my little heart cannot bare the pain of replaying it again.. but i must ... 

#when all my favorite pieces of media are deeply disturbing and depressing and tragic... #tlou series .. it hurts so good #daddy issues game all time #i could talk so ooooo oo long abt why i think the second one is really good if you dont like it YOURE JUST A HATER

[butterflypistolking]

sometimes i remember the youtubers i used to watch when i was tiny and i havent seen anything from them in full on years and sometimes ill find them and watch their most recent stuff which could be anywhere from a month to 8 years old but in the case of it being a month its so weird to hear how their voices change

#smoke.txt #im talking specifically abt poketon96 he does streams sometimes now but used to post lets play content like 9 years ago #i watched a bit of one of the streams and then his pokepark 2 series from all those years ago n like man #you were probably just a teenager then because your voice is so entirely different now #i think i remember him getting frustrated at a boss in a sonic game and saying 'your family never loved you lazers' #i remember him spending idk a long fucking time just trying to glitch thru the door in that one silver section in sonic 06 #and also during another quest cutting the video to a screen that said '29473 warp portals that will send me away in a flash later' lmao