That post about 30 year old coming of age stories?

I’ve been thinking about it all morning. What would the plot points be for that? What makes a 30 year old coming of age story?

Old folks sound off in the comments

i know minato's infamous 1000-kills-in-a-single-battle moment is supposed to just be a "wow, how cool and badass" moment, but i love it because it paints a very specific image of minato, as like. a person.

Let's compare and contrast, shall we?

Here's Kakashi, fighting Zabuza. Note how he has Zabuza effectively pinned and helpless. Instead of instantly going for the kill, he talks to Zabuza for a moment here, and tries to convince him to stop going after Tazuna, because he is beaten and he is going to die. The clear underlying tone to this is "I will kill you. I'm tired, and I don't want to kill you. But I will, unless you stop. Make your choice." Kakashi is offering Zabuza mercy here. It's a very sharp, pointed mercy, but he gives Zabuza enough time to know he's beaten, and enough time to realize he will die if he doesn't surrender.

and then in contrast!

Minato does not care.

The reason he was able to personally kill 1,000 people is because their deaths were utterly irrelevant to him.

divinity kink in less of a "fuck me in a nun habit" way and more of a "put me on my knees and rewrite my understanding of faith and show me what a loving god's hand feels like and give me mercy and wrath and splendor and leave your communion dripping from my lips and teach me how every part of my body was meant to worship you"

People who do story outlines before you start writing... how? Serious question. How do you do your outlines? Is it like a bullet point list, do you write descriptive previews...?

KHR

For those who have no idea what KHR is, it is an anime staring Tsunayoshi Sawada as he is forced kicking and screaming(literally) into being the 10th Don of the Vongola Family. Which is the strongest mafia family in Italy(possibly in the whole underworld, I forget). Accompanying poor, civilian Tsuna is his demonic hitman tutor Reborn who is not only the World’s Number 1 Hitman, but also does all his shenanigans in the body of 2 year old. No I will not elaborate.

Also this is not the normal mafia. No, this mafia has magic rainbow fire powers. As you do. That is, the color and power is based on what appears to be some odd combination of genetics, personality, and near death experiences. I will now give a brief overview of the phenomenon that are Dying Will Flames.

Sky Flames- The Orange Flame and acts the most like fire according to the Wiki. It’s trait is Harmony. Collects Guardians (usually 1 of each different Flame type). Are typically shoehorned into being the bosses and is considered some form of spiritual glue. Is the rarest of the Flame types. Poor Tsuna has this Flame.  “ Sun, Lightning, Storm, Rain, Mist, Cloud– He envelops them all, he accepts them all. That is the Sky’s purpose.”  -Cervello

Storm- The Red Flame and it’s trait is Disintegration. Self explanatory. An example of a Storm user is Hayato. “Continuously at the heart of the attack, the furious Storm that never rests.” -Belphegor

Rain- The Blue Flame and it’s trait is Tranquility. It can slow attacks or even an opponents movements. AN example of a Rain user is Takeshi. “To square away conflict and wash away the blood spilled. The Requiem of Rain.” -Mammon

Sun- The Yellow Flame and it’s trait is Activation. It can speed up the body’s natural healing abilities and can “activate” muscles and joints, increasing someone’s strength. An example of a Sun user is Reborn. “Destroying the misfortune that attacks the Famiglia with their own body, they become the Sun that brightly shines upon an area.” -Reborn

Lightning- The Green Flame and it’s trait is Hardening. It can increase the firmness of objects. It’s very defensive in nature. An example of a Lightning user is Lambo. “To draw damage to himself and away from the rest of the Famiglia, serving as a lightning rod.” -Reborn

Cloud- The Purple Flame and it’s trait is Propagation. Meaning if you have 1 knife you can use it to suddenly have 7 or increase your strength. Is the 2nd rarest Flame type. An example of a Cloud user is Hibari (also me according to some quizzes). “A drifting Cloud, whom cannot be bound. Protecting the famiglia from an independent standpoint.” -Cervello

Mist- The Indigo Flame and it’s trait is Construction. Not only can Mists craft illusions, the powerful ones can also bend and warp reality. An example of Mist user is Mukuro. “Creating from nothing into something, turning something into nothing; bewildering the enemy, so making the famiglia untouchable.” -Reborn

And that’s my basic overview! If I have piqued your interest instead of boring you, Crunchyroll has the anime (admittedly the first arc, the Daily Life arc, is a bit of a slog, but the action really picks up in the next one and doesn’t slow down), or my favorite, Fanfiction. KHR fanfiction is fabulous because we don’t actually get many details on how Flames work beyond the bare minimum(don’t believe me? Check the Wiki, it’s only barely more informative than what I’ve typed above) so that means each author tends to put their own theories on how it all works and the worldbuilding tends to be amazing. Special shout out some of my favorite authors: Secret-Engima has some great KHR fics, the fabulous duo of wolfsrainrules and northpeach, and a very special mention to Umei no Mai for “Black Sky” which sits at a whopping 334 chapters of fabulousness. That last one is also a crossover with Harry Potter, but the worldbuilding for both is amazing and even if you’re not really a Potter fan, is very much a worthwhile read and you don’t really need to know much about either considering the liberties Umei no Mai takes with said worldbuilding. 

Strawberry Morning

My grief cannot be measured. Yuri on Ice has been part of my life since it aired in 2016 😭

I hope that we can keep the fandom alive.

Twitter announcement here.

isekai about a nyc apartment block getting teleported into a fantasy realm, and how this group of people who previously have only had incidental contact with one another come together to build a vibrant community in their new circumstances. there's a season-long arc about introducing bagels and pizza to the fantasy world that gets into the details of sourcing ingredients, developing new technologies, and learning how to work with supernatural substitutions.

Hi everyone!

This is the prompt survey form for 2024. We are all very excited about this years KHR Rare Pair Week. Please vote what you guys would like to read/write/draw about.

-Mod Hallen

someone I follow on the bird app just announced they're starting a very exclusive private fic server because they and a bunch of other people want to talk about how much they love the fics they're reading, and as an author can I just say that a really great place to talk about a fic you love is in the comments for that fic

I understand that people are trying to create safe spaces, but as the number of comments that I get on my fics dwindles with each passing year, knowing these spaces exist where my fics are being discussed, places that I am excluded from, makes me want to write fic LESS

I mean I guess who cares, right, because if I stop writing, there's 10,000 other people that will continue...but if you participate in a fic "book club" server and you say nice things there about a fic you loved, maybe copy and paste that into a comment on AO3?

the only thing fanfic writers are asking for in return for hours of hard work is attention. please don't rob us of the one thing that we hope for when we hit "post"

ok wait i saw my friend’s ao3 page the other day and they had like a thousand bookmarks and i have… like thirty. so im curious now please tell me how many ao3 bookmarks u have in tags

Incorrect sayings that I use so often I’ve almost forgotten that they’re not the originals:

I have bigger fish to fight

We’ll burn that bridge when we get to it

You can lead a horse to water, but if you drown it you have to walk home

Opening a can of whales

You made your bed, now shit in it

Combining the latter two into the phrase “you opened this can of whales, now lie in it”

I just made this and figured I should share it with the world, not just one discord server.