#you’re on the air! (ask)

[seiwas]

there is a very specific image in my head of early-mid 20’s iwaizumi hajime

#iwaizumi x reader #and he’s the guy taking on an internship in his senior year with minimum load for his classes #bc he’s planned it all out since starting college #you see him in parties because he has the time & he works so hard it’s only right he plays hard too #every time you lock eyes he gives you a small smile #there’s an air about him that isn’t cocky but isn’t too shy; a comfort that settles into his skin like he’s sure of who he is #—of what he wants & it definitely isn’t hauling up his drunk friends and a few acquaintances up his car #but some of them are your friends and you’re helping him so maybe it isn’t so bad #he drops you off with your roommate and you rarely see him after #until you spot him at some bar (again) and he’s wearing a tight fitting polo (it’s his uniform you later notice) #it’s a year or two after your graduation and when you lock eyes across the room there’s something so familiar yet wholly different #he’s confident now & maybe a little flirty too when he tells you he’s working as an assistant to shadow one of his mentors #you catch up for the rest of the night and your friends have long since gone ahead #he still knows what he wants and it’s to bring you home—not that way (not yet); you’re a little suspicious because #you know there’s /something/ but he drives you home like a gentleman. without really trying anything (and maybe part of you wishes he did) #it’s iwaizumi though and he knows what he wants—to ask you out properly (one he’s been thinking about since chance encounters in uni) #and he’s hoping that when he asks you can tell just how much he likes you #hajime #i want him so bad im crying #there is a whole workd of backstory to this but i got lazy typing it #shotorus.bubble

[shibaraki]

STATUS UPDATES: GOING INTO 2024

2023 has been rough for me in all manner of ways but I will say it has been very fruitful with regards to my writing. I managed surpass my goal of 100k words, reaching an unfathomable 150k at present, and I’ve even managed to hit a big milestone when it comes to my following! I’m extremely grateful to all my readers, both those that have stuck with me and those who are new, and I wish I had adequate words to really express that. but going into 2024 I will likely be writing less frequently than I did this year. this is due to my own health, and a multitude of other problems that I can no longer keep on the back burner.

plenty of you have seen mentions of hospital visits and procedures on my blog, and while I’m not very comfortable oversharing about medical stuff I do want to be transparent about the fact that I will be posting fics less because of it. I’ve been in and out of semi hiatus for the better part of 4 months but I was always awful at sticking to it. next year I want to actually give myself grace, and take care of my body.

please do not fear!!! this resolution actually aligns perfectly with my writing goals for 2024. I want to focus on lengthening my word counts. I’d love to post fewer fics, but to have said fics be 25 to 50k respectively, rather than to post a lot of 1 to 15k fics. mostly I want to work on my own impatience when it comes to writing, and berate myself less for what I think I should be doing writing-wise. I will still be around on here, and I always want to talk with you guys (and read whenever the mood strikes!!), the biggest difference is I’ll have longer projects, and you’ll have to wait for them (though if I’m honest I will likely still post a shorter fic here and there lol).

I appreciate the patience a lot of you have already shown me this year, what with my random breaks and gaps between posting. you have all been so so kind and generous with your praise and I wouldn’t be here, writing and sharing, without that support. I love you all and wish you well going into the new year!!!!!

edited: 18/12/23

#prev tags from original post -> #if you’ve sent me an ask I’m sorry I haven’t answered yet #I am very bad at taking breaks like idk how to chill so here’s hoping this helps LMAO #how many reminders can I fit in my tags #remember to drink water and take your medication and eat when you’re hungry #remember to open your curtains and let air into your space and go outside sometimes if u can #remember to take breaks from ur screen and roll your wrists! especially if you work at a desk #stop sucking in your stomach it’s bad for you and your stomach is hot anyway why lie #remember your friends love you and keep you around bc they love you and not bc of what you do for them #nobody is mad at you and I’m happy you’re here #ok that’s all the ones off the top of my head #I’m the creature on ur shoulder whispering all this to you

[aphidclan-clangen]

Ok, here's an Idea I've had:

U said you coded gravel back into the game right? Well, why not code one of lilacpaw's Siblings into the game! It would Cool to see!

(btw, this is just a suggestion!)

Coding a character in seems to me like a much more involved and complicated process that id rather not bother with at all, as opposed to literally just changing “dead: true” to “dead: false” in the games files. I really don’t wanna bother lol

#aphidasks #also I only have two characters that are the alder x Titania x pigeon kids #sometimes it’s like you guys expect me to have an entourage of other characters that I haven’t shown you yet #and I do have lots planned that you haven’t seen yet! #but never in the areas you guys ask me about #and it’s like #‘there’s nothing there. there’s only going to be vapid air there for the rest of time’ #‘I’m not hiding some new surprise over there and i really don’t want to do all the work #of creating a whole ass new character and storyline around them #to fill the void you’re searching for’ #new characters will come when they come man idk #I don’t have anything else to offer you guys in terms of throuple kittens #oleander and lilac are the only ones I’ve ever written and created #there’s never gonna be any others in the comic #that’s like #the one area I can confirm is a dead spot to search #that’s all speaking in general it’s not pointed at you specifically right now for this ask #all this to circle back around to the actual ask itself: even if I did want to code in a character #I literally have nothing to code in so what is the point

[canon-gabriel-quotes]

im also floridian. this weather is too suspicious its not meant to be winter weather in march! summer will kill us all

It’s starting to heat up. But then it’s going down again?

LOWS IN THE 60S AT THIS TIME OF YEAR IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD..? That ain’t right. No. It can’t be. No way.

It’s going to be a constant 102* in June-September because nice things aren’t allowed here and we must suffer. We’re supposed to get our designated 2 weeks of nice weather randomly in dec-feb and THATS IT. We have been too greedy. The end is coming.

*for non swamp dwellers, the actual temp stays between 80-95 mostly, but humidity makes it feel like you’re being steamed alive. Which is fun! (government mandated propaganda)

#okay this will be the last Florida post for a bit I am alienating the normal-ish people #crazy people: wow you’re so lucky you guys have amazing weather #me when it’s ‘only’ 85 degrees in the middle of the night but if you stepped outside you’d feel sticky within 1 minute #it’s 87 rn which is what you’d expect #I’m down. down there. in the bad place. #I see up north is in the mid to low 70s which is Not Normal #you guys being: non swamp dwellers #you guys don’t understand what it’s like to step outside and the air doesn’t feel like someone mouth breathing on you #looks around nervously #WHATS COMING. HOW MANY STORMS #HOW HIGH WILL THE FLOODS BE THIS YEAR #ask #asks #non voice post #insanely off topic asks (not mad it’s just funny lol)

[thepersonalquotes]

“Kiss me like you don’t need air. Hold me like you can’t let go. Love me like you’d die without me.” - Sarah Doughty

#quotes #words #author quotes # “Keep your face always toward the sunshone- and shadows will fall behind you.” - Walt Whitman “There are so many beautiful reasons to #not 2 in the morning when you’re lonely.” - Unknown “Feelings are just visitors #let them come and go.” - Mooji “It’s become very apparent to me that the older you are the less praise you’re going to get. When you’re 3 #they give you gold stars. When you’re 10 and you score a goal #they take you out for ice-cream. But when you’re 17 and struggling to fit in #no one gives you a hug just for making it through the day. And when you’re 23 and pulling long hours at the office #no one asks if you’re alright. And you start to wonder if you are #if there’s a point to any of it. The answer is yes. Because good work #real good work that shapes your character #doesn’t need to be acknowledged. You grow in the silences #in the reflections #in the inhales and exhales that let you know you’ve made it from one moment to the other.” - Unknown “Kiss me like you don’t need air. Ho #and that I’ll die yelling and laughing.” - Jack Kerouac

[thatsrightice]

All of the flyboys thinking Croz is a virgin only to find out he did quite a bit of experimenting in college.

#UNRELATED TO PART 7 #turns out he just doesn’t feel comfortable broadcasting his love life without a few drinks first #like ‘damn take me to dinner first before you go asking stuff like that Dougie’ #AU where everyone is gay (so basically nothing changes) #what else is there to do in IOWA??!?! #<- SO SORRY IM FROM WISCO AND I HAD TO AT LEAST YOURE NOT OHIO #Croz is a selfless lover confirmed ✅ #You’re a rock Croz 🫡 #mota #masters of the air #harry crosby #mota musings

[tuneonin]

"ohhhh fucking hellll!"

@damian-morningstar

"—and you are...?"

#damianmorningstar #you’re on the air! (ask)

[chilapis]

I love posts that are like “imagine your f/o picking you up” because they’re meant to be so sweet and gentle but every time I get picked up by a friend my brain just… shuts down. Like for whatever reason my brain physically fails to compute the situation. I cannot imagine what it would be like with Ajax

#For context I’m the shortest at my law school. Not by exaggeration; I mean ‘we have like a dozen class photos to highlight this fact’. #<- 5’0’’. #So everyone in my friend group has picked me up at least once. #Well. Almost. #The first time it happened this girl literally had a sprained arm but she kept me in the air for a good few seconds and my brain just. shut #Because it was my first time like how the fuck do you respond to that. #I just stood in place and stared at the ground for like 2 minutes after. #The most NOTABLE one was the second one because she was like. Can I pick you up. Let me pick you up. #and I was Iike have you seen yourself? no you’re going to get hurt. #she’s maybe 5’2’’? 5’3’’ only slightly taller by an inch or two. #and she’s like No I hit the gym can I pick You up. Yes or no. so I said fine but I was fully expecting failure. #and then I’m suddenly in the air. #and I was almost so borderline embarrassed after that that I stumbled and fell moments after being put down. #so like. if I have been so absolutely mind-scrambled by that I? don’t think I’ll survive. #Not even in a romantic way I think my brain would just liquify if Ajax picked me up. #Don’t ask me a single thing; don’t tell me a single thing; I’m literally useless for the entire duration of that experience. #🥀

[foli-vora]

The anon button gives some cunts way too much fucking audacity on this hellsite. If you don’t have the nerve to send some judgemental/mean shit with your own fucking name on it, maybe don’t fucking say it at all and take your cowardly ass off this site. Kindness is free you fucking animals.

#if you don’t like something—don’t read it #if you don’t agree with how someone writes a character—don’t read it #just don’t fucking read it?! #how hard is that?? #but no #you gotta air your bullshit like it’s your god given right to be a fucking idiot #these writers work their asses off #and don’t need you bursting their bubble of happiness just coz you’re miserable #sick of seeing so many writers get unnecessary bullshit in their asks #you guys are doing amazing

[kedsandtubesocks]

<clears throat> hi, I’m jo, super shy and in these parts I’m sometimes a menace in inboxes. a secret bird @julesonrecord told me you were so lovely (and you really seem it too btw) and said you’d like a bit of menace in your inbox.

so, I’ve just enjoyed book!joel 🥹 but I also see you also like cowboys ;) so, would you rather (with the cowboy of your choice: but please tell me) like to enjoy a night in a tent in the middle of nowhere, horses outside that you can ride to a river the next morning OR a ranch cabin that you two can explore, ride horses and have your wicked way with one another in many places 🌶️

HI HOWDY JO 🥹💕 oh wow it’s so wonderful to meet you!! I read your Javi P Coming Home Fic and absolutely ADORED it (literally probably embarrassed myself with how badly I rambled about it omg pls forgive me) so I’m extra giddy and excited and honored that you enjoyed writer!Joel and wanted to come chat with me 🥺

And omg Jules is the real lovely one here, I’m a simple gremlin so I’m honored she said that about little ol me wow 😭 Really grateful she guided our directions to each other!! (ily @julesonrecord) I LOVE little having a little sweet menace in my inbox and plus from a lovely new friend like you I’m welcoming it with open arms!!! 🥹🌹✨

But also -

JO WHY!!! My poor little heart heart maybe can’t handle all the MENACE LOL

But ugh what utterly beautiful choices to pick from and I’m crying (in both tears of joy & pain LMAO)

So I’ve been missing our dear Din and especially because cowboy Din just hits differently, and even though my Texan Joel Miller heart is screaming at me to pick the cabin - I’m gonna go for that first option because can you imagine it?!

The tent that he set up for you? The absolute tender way Din is always making sure you’re protected and given shelter even within the watch of the wilderness?? Plus I’m also blaming the eclipse making me feel so in awe of the cosmos but getting to enjoy the stars with and feel so small yet so grand with a sweet gruff cowboy like Din?

Also let’s not forget how tender he would unravel and cherish you within the safety of his watch and under the protection of the vast desert sprawling all around you with its magnificent wildness? You and him simply melt into that and become one with the wilderness and its just so Din and so pure cowboy 😭

Plus I’m such a sucker cliche water sign wanting to always be near water so that plus the steamy adventures that can happen in the river is just so 👀

Wow why did I ramble so much about this pls ignore me svgsgsvsusisjwdgyd

But JO! AHHHH!! Now I need you to tell me which one would you pick so we can suffer together thinking about cowboys lol 😤

Thank you so much beautiful for taking the time to drop by and have such an adorable chat! You’re so lovely and brighten my day with your presence! Here’s to more giggles and chaos about the Pedro boys lol

I’m wishing you the most sweet and kind rest of your day take care!! 🌙🌹✨

#I know how scary it is to message ppl so I really do appreciate you and this honey!! #you’re an absolute treat and this message was ADORABLE!!!!! 😭😫🥹🩷💘💓💗💝💖💕 #I’m gonna go make us cowboy cookies now so we can giggle more together!!! #blowing a large thankful air kiss your way!!! 🩷🌹 #sweet things 🌻 #asks and such things 💌

[napping-sapphic]

my boyfriend is trans, mtf but doesn't like that i consider my sexuality sapphic. what do i do? doesn't sapphic also apply to trans men?

Ah.

Another advice ask😓

Yall i appreciate that some of you feel comfortable asking me for relationship advice or that you might be comfortable here since im an anonymous stranger etc

HOWEVER, let me be straight up honest with you— i havent ever been in an actual relationship, im a MAJOR shut in so i’m not at all up to date with all the minutiae of the queer community, full on i have averaged leaving the house one (1) single time PER MONTH for the last FIVE months

I do not want to give you bad/naive/shortsighted advice

And i promise you do not want my bad advice

I am begging you Please do not ask me for advice i am so stressed

#asks #im so sorry i dont have a response to this #it sounds like something you and your partner need to discuss #i really don’t know what to say #giving ​advice is something that i honestly take pretty seriously #and i really just don’t like doing it when i don’t know much about the topic or situation #so while i DO appreciate people feeling comfortable asking me things #i unfortunately DON’T feel comfortable answering #and this goes for pretty much any advice ask #if you want tips for like how many blankets to use or like how to write an essay that’s about all i got here #airing out all my current major flaws to show yall how unqualified i am #srry i am not a beautiful bookstore customer meeting your eyes across the room #i am at home being Depressed™️ #yall do not want advice from me i am BEGGING you to realize you do not want advice from me #also putting myself down to make a Point™️ promise im good!! #also also very sorry i couldn’t give advice AND it’s a late response anon i hope you find what you’re looking for soon!

[compacflt]

I know you said that you aren't the pinnacle of military knowledge that people think you are but know a damsite more than I do about the US military than I do, so I have a question. Do you have any idea how long the Darkstar project would've been going on for in canon? It can't have been a few months but I also don't know if it would be years and years? I know Mav has an award for being a test pilot that I think is dated 2007 (I may have imagined that) but that doesn't mean the Darkstar project was going on for over ten years? I think the F-18A took 8 years from testing to being approved, so it can't be far off. Just wanted your opinion. Thanks :-)

awright here’s my opinion (not an expert)

the darkstar is canonically a Lockheed Martin “skunk works” (super duper secret) surveillance and reconnaissance (SR) spyplane, as evidenced by the skunk works logo on the vertical stabilizer (left is darkstar, right is me with the SW logo on the SR-71 blackbird at the udvar-hazy museum this summer).

we can look to see how long other SW projects have taken to develop in the past. the SR-71, for instance, was first suggested as an “undetectable spyplane” idea in 1957. the lockheed A-12 oxcart, which would provide the framework for the SR-71, had its first flight in 1962, five years later. the finished SR-71 was introduced into USAF and CIA service in 1966. so a 9-year development for the fastest-ever air-breathing jet, with 4-ish of those years being flight testing (ish because the A-12 had to be heavily adapted into the SR-71 which had its first flight in 1964).

Lockheed’s been teasing its blackbird successor, the unmanned aerial vehicle the SR-72 “son of blackbird,” on its socials recently. i saw someone say: “soft-launching its new death machine like an instagram influencer with a new boyfriend”

leading many to believe this is what happened

note however that the SR-72 son of blackbird is an UNMANNED aerial vehicle (UAV) which is why in my fic I specifically said this

note also that most of aircraft development is just that—development. Flight testing (i.e. where mav would get hands-on involved) doesn’t come until very very late in the development process. For the plot of my fic’s sake I had mav go out to NAWS china lake in 2003, but in TGM during the Hard Deck scene Penny says something to the effect of “you got sent out to the desert three years ago for pissing off that other admiral” and mav goes “that was three years ago? 😀” (cute!) so that’s the longest mav could’ve canonically been involved with the darkstar project. (For my own purposes i made it like a year, for those two sections of the story to neatly flow into each other—from 2015ish to 2016. I know TGM takes place in 2020 [i know but idfc] Maybe LockMart has had this tech [probably not high hypersonic like in the movie] for that long anyway and it’s just been so heavily classified that we didn’t know about it till very recently. Definitely possible.)

#i took a picture of the A-12 oxcart at the intrepid museum in NYC but it’s not a selfie so not posting it #i saw it and i was like ‘uh you’re not supposed to just be able to see these’ #they have the enterprise space shuttle too it was just fucking insane #military aviation #sr-72 #pete maverick mitchell #top gun maverick #edts notes #thank you for the ask! really not an expert but talking about planes is fun for me #the hypersonic race is very interesting… Russia famously has its hypersonic kinzhal missiles and i think CN has them too #but the U.S. has never openly done hypersonics which is why IMO it would be crazy to start off with a manned jet like in TGM #and it’s not clear how useful or effective hypersonic missiles actually are in warfare #* i think I mean specifically air breathing jet hypersonics #obviously icbms and rockets (which fly at hypersonic speeds) are different

[the-burgundy-on-my-shirt]

Wait how do we know that’s bosas Venmo account?

it’s his name and picture and he has payments to his mom so I think it checks out

#nfl #49ers #nick bosa #football #sports #ask #playoffs #I feel like a lot of people forget venmo will just air your business out unless you’re on private lol

[yeetlegay]

i CANNOT get over fort's beauty. i am notoriously not attracted to men but Something about those doe eyes and his soft arms. boy. when sky digs his thumbs into prapai's soapy tiddies....... i could rewatch that moment. forever. is this a good time to mention i've never watched an ep (should i lol)

YOU’VE NEVER WATCHED IT????? ANON GO FIRE UP IQIYI THIS INSTANT IT’S AN EMERGENCY

Prapai is my squishy little smoosh and I just adore him. I know he’s supposed to be a bit older than Sky but he just reads so Babie to me that thirsting over him comes secondary to my need to pinch his cheeks and coo over him. I mean look at this lil munchkin 😭😭

Babie babie babie babie babie

#he does have positively magnificent bongos tho anon you’re so right #prapaisky #love in the air #yeetle asks #why don’t queue stay

[poebrey]

gonna write a whole thing someday about how characters of color who clearly have a history of trauma or mental health issues aren’t given consideration or acknowledgement in the fandom imagination

#this is first and foremost about yennefer being canonically suicidal and it being never brought up in fandom #but people can talk about how they think she’s a bitch just fine like we’re all stuck in 2005 #but also applies to like just about every character of color who has a prominent role in sci/fi fantasy genre space #because they sure get made to suffer a lot by these writers but in the white imagination that’s not noteworthy at all? #but also Scott McCall #who deadass attempted suicide on screen in one ep? #suicide tw #which I have moved on from teen wolf but it for very obvious reasons another great example #or Michael Burnham who canonically had a fucked up childhood that gave her a lifelong martyr complex #but if you ask who clearly has ptsd on the show it’s not her because it needs to get spelled out even though she is the main character? #Or even Culber; they bonded once over how they both died! #but we don’t do that with white boy side characters 5-7 #they try to hate crime someone on screen and people are making shit up to justify before whatever media it is finishes airing #we talk about diversity in media #but one of the catch 22s is that more diverse media tends to be genre media #because that’s allowed to push boundaries #but as a fan of color you have to mentally prepare yourself for witnessing trauma every time #meanwhile the silly no stakes fun shows get majority white or entirely white casts every time #so you get this fun thing where if you’re white and want a fun escape you get a buffet of laughs #and if you’re a person of color at best you *dont* get to see yourself die on screen #anyways this has been a middle of the night that no one should be taking seriously #*rant #gotta make sure everything referencing tw isn’t in the first 5 tags or I might wake up to a whole essay crying in the inbox

[thepersonalquotes]

“It’s about who you miss at 2 in the afternoon when you’re busy, not 2 in the morning when you’re lonely.” - Unknown

#quotes #words #author quotes # “Keep your face always toward the sunshone- and shadows will fall behind you.” - Walt Whitman “There are so many beautiful reasons to #not 2 in the morning when you’re lonely.” - Unknown “Feelings are just visitors #let them come and go.” - Mooji “It’s become very apparent to me that the older you are the less praise you’re going to get. When you’re 3 #they give you gold stars. When you’re 10 and you score a goal #they take you out for ice-cream. But when you’re 17 and struggling to fit in #no one gives you a hug just for making it through the day. And when you’re 23 and pulling long hours at the office #no one asks if you’re alright. And you start to wonder if you are #if there’s a point to any of it. The answer is yes. Because good work #real good work that shapes your character #doesn’t need to be acknowledged. You grow in the silences #in the reflections #in the inhales and exhales that let you know you’ve made it from one moment to the other.” - Unknown “Kiss me like you don’t need air. Ho #and that I’ll die yelling and laughing.” - Jack Kerouac