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ranboo5 · 2 years

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Songs you associate with c!Technoblade?

[ID: A screenshot of Ranboo (streamer) from the Halloween irl stream, with his face fully buried in his hands]

I actually don't have much tbh like idk if it's just my taste but I can't really think of any songs I listen to that I associate with Technoblade In General (there are several that I associate bc they're in playlist narratives or they fit to specific things, but nothing that I can think of, like, in isolation as a Technoblade Song. Like there's a difference between a song I'd put on a narrative playlist for a character and a character song, yk?). It's odd bc I absolutely have blorbo from my shows disease but like it's gotta have something there and Technoblade is a very particular vibe that isn't really captured in most songs, including even songs ostensibly about him

Like I can't emphasize enough Fansongs About Techno don't always sound particularly Technocore to me in the way that I'd put them in a shitty unsorted YouTube playlist to peruse when I'm thinking like I have for Ranboo or for O5ver. Even fansongs I like and that I think are good fansongs, like The Blade by Thee Unknown (who also wrote the actual best Ranboo fansong that exists, Forget); The Blade is a SOLID song but it captures the mythical Technoblade much more than it does, yk, Technoblade, but idk what I would even look for regarding Technoblade songs in those qualities

Like w/ Ranboo songs I can name some traits that I kind of Look For w/ including like. Sounding dark or empty or frantic a lot of the time, some of that monotony, and even some specific musical qualities like Sleepwalk is a really good example for a song that Sounds Like Him, and the Old Secret/Dance of Thorns mashup is literally a fanmade mashup of two instrumentals from a completely different context but it Sounds Like Him, and I've gone on record he's a waltz music kind of guy, and I'm honestly kind of unsure what I would look for in terms of those qualities regarding Techno. I've also struggled with this while songwriting for him like I feel like there is a sell that exists somewhere in the musicality of the song and I just cannot pin down what it would be and I have these lyrics but the melody I have for them Just Sounds Wrong (and also I can't songwrite)

I suppose it'd be related to the stuff I talked abt in the CG5 song post? Woe to the People of Order by the Shiny Snivy and Injustice (the CG5 song) are kind of the only songs I can listen to and think Ah Yes Technoblade, and they're on kind of different ends of the scale

I think it's very much to do with like. The way they portray intensity? When I think about both Woe and Injustice and why both of them feel Technoblade-esque while The Blade doesn't it's always abt. The way they portray the intensity Techno brings to the table. Bc he does, and honestly, thinking about it, I think the particular intensity Technoblade carries and how he interacts with it and why it comes out and where is really core to Technoblade like, mechanically as a character. And both Woe and Injustice have that core without really that reveling? Like Woe being so solemn and ordered and formally phrased Immediately places you in This Is A Reflective Monologue mode. This is going to be about pain and contention. But even in the Mizz Fish cover which gets much more intense and (hang on I'm crying about Woe again) Produced:tm: at the end, the song never like... I CANNOT EVEN DESCRIBE IT but it maintains the way it handles its intensity throughout that feels a Lot like a Technomonologue in a way I think many things Fail To? Like it doesn't feel like genuine revelry it doesn't feel like mad divine rage it feels like. It feels like Hurt. Conscious and spiteful and lamenting but keeping-composed Hurt which I think is how little accompaniment there is to the whole thing

Both it and the Shiny Snivy original have no instrumental accompaniment, and the only things they do have are vocal harmonies that aren't vocal harmony sections they're single other vocal lines that harmonize and that's all there is to produce/fill it out; there's also Effects such as howling wind in the background which in conjunction w/ the name imply that this is like. Close to being diegetic like this is Very close to just straight up being sung in universe and it makes it feel much more personal and makes the order feel more personal and intentional which works with Techno's own attempt to maintain composure and calm when he's clearly upset in a lot of his monologues especially like yes he yells but he still does the Technoblade vc It's fine. I'm calm (VO: he was not calm) thing more often than not and this just works as gesturing to that

I go into how Injustice handles this in the post I linked earlier but to go further it doesn't

OH I GOT IT

IT'S AS A CONSEQUENCE

IT'S AS A DIRECT CONSEQUENCE BOTH OF THEM HANDLE THE INTENSITY AS SOMETHING HE HAS TO TAKE ON IN SOME SENSES AS SOMETHING THAT IS A CONSEQUENCE OF HOW HE INTERACTS RATHER THAN SOMETHING HE SEEKS I'VE CRACKED THE FUCKING CODE. Neither Woe nor Injustice are apologetically regretful about the violence or consider it uncalled for but it is a perceived-necessary and responsive measure ("blood is the only way" "still my withering heart/Yearns for peace and mercy" "injustice I'll repay" and the ENTIRE PREMISE of Woe to the People of Order of it being A Response) that's it that's the thing that's all of it. That's the key that's the It's Not Revelry Or Rage it's RESPONSIVE. Technoblade's More Serious moments are RESPONSIVE it's not his default or casual state and both of them musically and lyrically Show This

TL;DR: - Techno songs are particularly hard to find or write for reasons I can't pinpoint - The best guess I have, based on the two fansongs I think unequivocally work, is about how they maintain a very particular handling of intensity that frames it as responsive rather than as a goal or a default state - Those two songs are Injustice and Woe to the People of Order and I don't really have anything more to offer I'm sorry :(

#I linked all the songs in the post upon first mention please consider listening to all of them if you haven't they're all very good #and even if yoou have. Listen to them again #the songs I linked for Ranb r also good

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creativenicocorner · 3 years

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Did you ever create a Playlist for your 3 acts fic? Like I know Barb is musical nerd in the first act and you had godsdamn abba running in the background while they were running away from angor in what wouls theoretically be the angor management arc but...curious if you follow an actual Playlist or is it just vibes?

Thank you so much for asking!! ♡(´⌣`ʃƪ)

It sort of depends in a sort of "What came first the chicken or the egg?" kind of way. As sometimes I'm inspired deeply by a song or a music piece for a certain situation or characters. Is the piece situationally appropriate? Character appropriate? Both? - I go into more detail about that here.

Take the Gimme Gimme Gimme (a Man After Midnight) not only is it appropriate (I believe) in terms of the lyrics, in which that man after midnight is most likely Strickler should he ever get his shit together (he will in the future), who is currently acting as their getaway driver while being chased by another Midnight man of a different sort (Angor). But also coincides with Barbara's love of musicals! Its very conceivable of her to have a CD soundtrack of the Mamma Mia musical (maybe even a remastered one at that). Sure it's played as a goof to alleviate the tension, but it also paves the way for other Mamma Mia moments that Barbara could have (The biggest one I'm excited for being The Winner Takes it All. Great potential for a future Walter and Barbara situation. or EVEN, Barbara contemplating her ex-husband James.)

Then there's the song the section is named after Roundabout. Which, is the goofy Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure meme song, but also an incredibly good song when listened to in its entirety - and the lyrics feel incredibly fitting situationally, and leaning towards Strickler some. Not to mention the lyrics are incredibly telling in a Stricklake sort of way...

We the readers know that between the two of them it will be Strickler who remembers Barbara - and it foreshadows Barbara's own change as she starts to deviate from canon.

My plot dictates the music, and sometimes I'm dictated by the music, in a very "chicken or the egg" way haha. Sometimes I have songs set and ready put aside

For instance in ACT II when Nomura and Jim inevitably fight for Gunmar's amusement deep in the depths of the Darklands I know for a FACT I want to use Bizet's "Toreador" from the opera Carmen. As the fight is not only a show for Gunmar like watching a bull fight. But also, to the surprise of no one, Nomura will have a lot of association to Opera. So the piece will be not only situationally but also characteristically accurate. The real question might end up being, between Jim and Nomura, who is the bull? And could the bull be someone not even in the rink? (Gunmar).

What music pieces I have leading up to that is foggy and vague, I have other music pieces set aside, especially for Nomura, but it likewise depends on how the plot will evolve while I write it too! Maybe down the line I'll think of something I hadn't while planning and BAM there's a whole section based on the soundtrack to The Legend of Ocarina of Time or Twilight Princess or something lkgdlkfj (As to me, Jim as a lot of LoZ vibes musically, among others!)

Another one I have planned but am unsure what other music pieces will happen until I reach that point is the dreaded S3 Merlin scene where he tries to convince Jim to become a troll. In my own morbid humor (mainly to cope) I have set aside Neon Genesis Evangelion's "Cruel Angel's Thesis" cause 1 the song fucking slaps, 2 I couldn't stop associating Jim with Shinji when I watched that scene. Specifically the joke "Get in the fucking robot Shinji" Cue Jim and Shinji having a Bad Time Indeed™ ;w; (Don't worry, Merlin is planned to have an even WORSE time afterwards). (ง •̀ω•́)ง✧

And maybe that'll change!! I remember for ch15 I had originally planned on the song section to be Mitski's Crack Baby. As it felt VERY fitting for both Barbara and Walter. Not only for Barbara's memory loss, but also that changeling feeling of missing something that you're not entirely sure about.

And YET Samba Em Prelúdio felt hauntingly right to me, it was soft, delicate, the lyrics are tragic, and the way Vinicius de Moraes ,Maria Creuza, Toquinho sing it gives me goosebumps every time.

ANYWHO! I hope that helped answering your question!! Thank you so much for asking!! It really means a lot to me!! ヽ(o♡o)/

#Trollhunters #Tales of Arcadia #Nico Responds #Stricklake #Terpsichore #Anon #Nomura

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dungeonsanddragonsfifthedition · 4 years

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For Ori! Multiples of 10, as well as 27 and 45?

do they have any markings, piercings or scars?

she’s scrappy--lots of scars from slashing/piercing damage all over her. she’s got a large, arcane scar on her left arm that sort of resembles a burn scar? it’s sort of sunburst-shaped and she tries to keep it covered. she’s got a couple piercings--3 in each ear, plus a nose guy. as a kid, she had freckles, but they’re mostly faded? and she has sort of shakily drawn tattoos of spirals all over her upper body.

clothing/aesthetic

Typical Fantasy Melee Fighter Energy + cowboy + goth + forest witch. here’s a pinboard

what’s their family like? who’s in it? what’s their relationship with them?

her family is bad! is the thing. her mother’s name is wren and her father’s name is andrei (the bird thing is maternal), and her brother--two years younger than her--is called sparrow. her parents are (were?) nobles, technically? they belong to the rank just below the royal family in her homeland’s social hierarchy, an order of sort of. knights. for lack of a better word. they’re both profane soul blood hunters--i think fiend or undying pact, but i’m unsure. they were very... intense, and very much--if we’re using alignment, they’re very much lawful.

while ori liked having Approval (she was a very gifted child in terms of both arcane studies, spy bullshit, and combat training), she grew to realize the sort of. terrible violence of her family’s order, and she started to rebel in her own ways. she was eventually initiated into the order regardless, and shit went wrong, and it sort of left a great opportunity for her to run away. she hates her parents, the more she reflects on her childhood, but she. really, really misses her brother.

what was adolescence like?

uh. so. let’s get back to that. like i said, her parents were very intense. her studies & training sort of consumed her life. even w/o her parents’ sorta. extremely repressive influence, she was already, like. a deeply anxious person, so she just like. did not have friends, did not have a look into the outside world. she read a lot of legal contracts between extraplanar beings and the people they make pacts with. and then she ran away!

what time do they go to bed, usually?

late. gotta make sure that everybody she’s Watching Over is asleep and also that she has all of the important details of the day sketched or written out in her journal.

theme song (and a playlist if you’ve got it!)

playlist time, but i can’t pick a Peak Oricore Song! the playlist is sorted in terms of narrative sequence tho <3

what are some motifs associated with your character?

the four elements in excess, communing with nature, ink stains & blood stains, burning alive, animals in general, and bandages.

#dnd talk #oriole #hdfhjdfh Ori Backstory Spoilers Time for neil n tino but also like. i've said most of this ooc already #glass-soldiers

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sekritjay · 5 years

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How about someone from the Mighty Nein for the playlist thing? Dealer's choice :D

(I spent 10 or so hours on this AND I LOVED EVERY BLOODY MINUTE also the meme technically only asks for one character but that doesn’t make any sense oh god what did I do)

Awkwardly I’ve already done something like this for every member of the Mighty Nein. However that was 8 months ago and things have changed since so why don’t we update the list for what we know today? After all, things have changed since these imbeciles were blithely waltzing into trouble wherever they go. No, now they are now well aware that they blithely waltz into trouble wherever they go

Fjord - Country and western is too easy a choice to make and during Oppressive Megasnake era Fjord I had picked out classic post-punk and goth rock for him. Although he still hasn't dealt with his personal insecurities, hey, his new mam is there to give Uk’atoa a good slap when he gets bullied so his playlist would reflect that - we’ll go for post-punk revival instead, a more joyous alternative to post-punk’s occasional excess of miserablism

Evil Eye - Franz Ferdinand

Party’s Over - Interpol

Little Illusion Machine - Arctic Monkeys w/Miles Kane

Fuck Forever - Babyshambles

Exits - Foals

Beauregard - Beau hides her insecurities behind bravado and bluster but beneath her dudebro exterior it’s becoming increasingly evident to her friends and comrades that despite her status as the group’s fleet fighter she’s probably the only one wondering where all the puzzle pieces fall - and what will be the result. Last time I assigned alternative r&b to her, we’ll go for something more introspective this time around and give her something folk oriented instead

What’s it For? - Hannah Cameron

Far Away - José Gonzalez

Wild Fire - Laura Marling

Aristotle Ponders the Sound - L.A Salami

Mind on Fire - Aisha Badru

Caleb - I based Caleb’s playlist based on what he might listen to before everything he worked for went up in flames so why don’t we see what we can do with who he is today? After not-defecting to the Dynasty he now has a goal to work towards - for better and for ill it seems. A little more difficult to find something appropriate but let’s give it a go shall we? Dark and hardcore is the name of the game today, politically charged and ready to burn it to the ground

The Underside of Power - Algiers

Never Fight a Man With a Perm - IDLES

Out of the Black - Royal Blood

DEUTSCHLAND - Rammstein

Riot! - Arrested Youth

Nott - I had difficulty with assigning a playlist to her last time and honestly, despite revelations regarding her background and family I’m still kinda struggling to give Nott something appropriate now. Certainly I don’t want to do a repeat of last time (mostly because I hated what I came up with) so why don’t we skip this one this time? I’m sure you people can come up with something appropriate for her

Yasha - Hard last time, a little easier this time. But not by much, and only because they crammed all her backstory and left it on one of the biggest cliffhangers I’ve ever encountered in popular media. The contrast between her barbarian background and her shrinking violet personality is perhaps the most interesting aspect of her character so like last time I think we can stick with the post-classical theme for her

Mountain - Ludovico Einaudi

Saman - Ólafur Arnalds

In the Light of Air 1. Luminance - Anna Thorvaldsdottir

A Lamenting Song - Max Richter

Ninna Nanna - Ballaké Sissoko

Jester - Finally! In contrast to her friends Jester, always the heart of the group, was never particularly hard to figure out both in terms of music taste and genre association. Since it’s summer why don’t we go down that avenue this go around?

T-Shirt Weather - Circa Waves

Baby Blu - Nilüfer Yanya

Pretty Shining People - George Ezra

No Pressure - Mahalia

Side Effects - Jade Bird

Caduceus - Caddy Shack seems to be having a hard time lately and the only thing that seems to keep him going is his unwavering dedication to his god, destiny and oh my god these kids are like a couple of paths away from an existential crisis. Or two. Last time I assigned reggae but on reflection this is A - too easy, 2) too obvious and iii. evidence that I was getting impatient. So what shall we pick this time then? I’m still feeling the light touch so we’ll go for some classic porch plucking blues and tie in his apprehension at y’know, facing death directly for the first time

Goin’ Down Slow - St Louis Jimmy Ogden

I Got to Cross the River Jordan - Blind Willie McTell

Walking Blues - Rory Block

Grinnin’ In Your Face - Son House

Delta Getaway - Eric Bibb

Mollymauk - I did one last time but erm... listen I don’t want to introduce a bit of gallows humour here but I think it’s safe to say that it wouldn’t make any sense to do a Mollymauk playlist this time because he ah, shall we say, hasn’t had any character development since the last playlist

#ferociousqueak #music #critical role #meme tag

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ofstvtches · 5 years

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ROCKY LYNCH, MASCULINE NB, HE/HIM & THEY/THEM. — looks like SAMHAIN SKELLINGTON is attending AURORIA UNIVERSITY in auradon. they're the TWENTY year old child of JACK & SALLY SKELLINGTON, which means they're from THE ISLE. heard they're NURTURING & GENTLEMANLY, but can also be INFLEXIBLE & SELF-PITYING ; we all have our bad days. people normally associate them with SEWING NEEDLES REPAIRING A BROKEN DOLL , A BAG FULL OF BANDAGES, TRYING SO HARD TO BE TOUGH WHEN YOU’RE SOFT , SOFT HAIR HELD BACK WITH A BAT-SHAPED PIN.

❛ when you saw that little girl , and she was in the sandbox and she was crying , and you gave her your toy truck and I told you we couldn’t afford to get another one. you said , ‘ she should have it because she’s sad. she’s sad , mommy. ’ ❜ playlist. pinterest. to listen as you read.

lol u guessed it it’s me , again , by unpopular demand - i am so sorry. third muse already bc i can’t keep myself away from playing absolute CINNAMON ROLLS so that’s what u can expect from sam w/ a pumpkin spice twist. bc nightmare is my absolute favorite movie and ... halloween, motherfuckers. so as usual this will PROBABLY end up long bc i love writing sam so much so yeah , more below !

HISTORY

So as we know , Jack & Sally were sent to the Isle w/ the rest of Halloweentown for trying to steal Christmas ! And unlike Christmas , Samhain was not born in Halloweentown. In fact , he wasn’t even born - he was made.

Magic wasn’t a huge thing on the Isle - but a resource of science was Dr. Finkelstein , and despite the limited resources and technology on the Isle , the couple begged the mad scientist to create another child for them. And from Sally , it took a lot of convincing , but Jack was able to talk him into it.

It took even more of an effort to pull off , again considering the state of the Isle. But a good few months into the project and Jack & Sally were greeted with the cries of a tiny ragdoll baby boy. Keeping up with the holiday themed names , he was named Samhain - Sam for short.

He grew with multiple touch-ups from the doctor to simulate an actual boy growing up - every year , a check-up making him taller , stronger , etc. And in that process he started to look more and more like his mother , with her big eyes and stitched smile and patchwork clothes. But he grew up loved by his brother & parents - though it never quelled the fact he always wanted... more.

He was loved , he was coddled , and as sheltered as a child could be on the Isle. So , much like his mother , he took a habit of sneaking out frequently and trying to fit in with the other Isle kids , even though he knew he didn’t.

He just wanted to fit in. That was it. And it started off with him wearing large hoods and heavy clothes to hide the stitches on his body as well as masks to cover facial stitches. And while some other Isle kids found him odd and sticking out like a sore thumb , some found him cool. Some found him interesting. But nobody really knew what he was hiding - and it added mystery to someone so NICE , because Sam’s overall sweetness could rival that if sugar’s.

Curiosity only reached dangerous points though when Sam snuck out on night to camp out with friends - and when everyone else was asleep , one removed his mask , and of COURSE did Samhain immediately wake up. He didn’t stay to see the reaction of the other when revealing his stitches , too afraid that he’d be seen as scary or repulsive for what he was. And he ran. He ran back home , locking himself in his room , and those friends he routinely hung out with . . . well , he didn’t talk to them much after that. Because what if they knew , now ?? What would they think ??

Villain & Auradon kids coming together was a new chance for Sam to try and fit in - be more in his element. He was immediately acquainted with a magic-practicing individual ( could be an AK or a VK - this’ll be a wc ) who struck a deal with him to offer him glamours so he could look less scary. Of course , these glamours would have to be applied and would wear off until the next application , but it’d make him feel more comfortable - even though he WOULD technically be hiding who he is.

While Christmas , the elder sibling , would be sticking around in Auradon Prep , Samhain would prefer to move immediately to Auroria University to try and figure out who exactly he wanted to be , and how he could do that. Currently he’s majoring in Nursing , given he’s always had a rather NURTURING and charitable nature - never turning down someone else’s request to help.

CHARACTER & FACTS

So lemme get this one thing out of the way bc if I don’t I’ll be itching about it - but all my resources for ( the love of my life ) Rocky were made by me , and while they’re all from multiple eras from both R5 & TDE , I imagine Sam to resemble how Rocky looks around the post-Louder , Heart Made Up On You & Sometime Last Night eras ( basically from like 2013-2015 ). Here , here , & here for some references. I’m nOT DONE GIFFING THOUGH bc frankly I find giffing him therapeutic.

Now I don’t have a drawn reference or anything for this next part so we’re gonna have to use our imagination here but unglamoured , Sam basically looks like his mom in terms of the fact he’s a little ragdoll baby. Putting on a glamour doesn’t change his appearance much save for the fact the stitches disappear and he looks more human.

The glamour is an enchanted bat charm he wears around his neck that can also be used as a hairtie. And it has to be refreshed every so often , so he has to keep going back to whoever provided him with it so it doesn’t lose its effect.

He still has a backup mask just in case , and he’s been practicing with makeup if need be.

Personality-wise , the best one can describe Sam as is sweet and polite. I included tht Stranger Things quote at the beginning 4 a rEASON bc he’s honestly such a sweet kid and will give anything to anyone.

And also bc I imagine Sally as Joyce mom-wise so yEAH bt I digress.

He knows his manners and treats everyone with the UTMOST amount of respect , which makes it extremely easy to get along with him . He’s also maybe a tad bit too giving for his own good , since it’s incredibly easy to use that to one’s advantage and he’s so inclined to believe people have the best intentions. An optimist , even if it’s to a fault. And then when he gets hurt he just sits to the side feeling sorry for himself like “ :’’’(. ”

Now when I say he’s inflexible , I mean that Sam is a very ORGANIZED person who likes things to be done a certain way - like , he can never do anything without a plan , and if even something slightly goes out of what the plan pertains of , he panics. He’s a goody-goody and he’s afraid to break the rules , which is why he’s still hesitant to even do things with the friends who are more “ bad ” than he is.

Everything has to be done BY THE BOOK and if it isn’t then something is bound to go wrong and Sam’s too worried about that happening.

He’s also incredibly insecure about his appearance but I think I’ve hammered in that fact enOUGH ALREADY

But if he takes his glamour off in front u that’s like. A Major sign of trust. So beware.

Again as I mentioned he tries to hang out with kids with the lesser reputations because :

1.) He wants to give them a chance

2.) He wants to make sure they have a friend to look after them

and 3.) He’s so used to trying to fit in with the other Isle kids that he’s trying to be ‘bad’ himself but it never works out bc he’s so sweet and he can dress in skinny jeans and leather and shit as much as he wants but at the end of the day he’s still Sweet Lil’ Samhain.

One thing he’s always had a fascination with would be angels - he’s always believed in them , always though he’s had his own guardian angel watching over him somewhere , he’s always loved the idea of them. He has lots of angel decorations around his dorm as well as ornaments and stuff for the holidays. It’s also pure irony that he just so happens to be just as angelic in nature.

He’s also a big holiday person like the rest of his family and loves helping to decorate for events and stuff !!

One of his greatest talents is his ability to play both the piano & violin , and he’ll often do that if there’s a piano in common areas or so on. He’s also a talented singer , but he’s so used to putting that to the side , making him lack confidence in his voice.

i v much encourage u to listen to the song i linked i find his voice so....soothing.

Like his mom he’s also very good at cooking , sewing , etc. !! Often has to stitch himself back together if he gets hurt - you know , Sally style.

More basic facts are that his final height clocks in at 6′4 , he’s homoromantic homosexual , and identifies as masculine non-binary who doesn’t really care how you address him. He’s very chill. And sometimes he has to walk with a cane of sorts if his stitches are loose or if his legs are feeling especially weak.

but yeah that’s it on that end !!!

WANTED CONNECTIONS

So obviously - the person who provided him with the glamour. Only requirement is that ur character’s good at magic or something of that sort.

AND ALSO - I’d love the person who initially removed his mask !! Sam didn’t stick around to see them react to how he truly looked , so it’s all up to you on how this character feels. But he’s avoided them since that scenario.

Also , his group of friends around the time that scenario happened on the Isle. Maybe they’re a little more rough around the edges than him , but this group was always tight-knit. And then Sam lightning mcghosted bc he wasn’t sure if now they knew what he really was.

Ppl who think his whole sweet thing is fAKE bc we know it isn’t but it’s so easy to THINK it is.

Also would love some folks he routinely cares for maybe in the aspect of like. Bein their shoulder to cry on. Patching up a wound. Just being There for them.

Folks who in general just wanna know more abt him bc he is kind of a mystery !!

Would lOVE sb who his glamour wears off in front of and he begs them to keep his secret but instead they want him to try n be more comfortable w/ himself and who he is. Bc he’s a cute ragdoll let’s b honest he just. Doesn’t see himself that way.

Ppl who Sam crushed on at the Isle and deffo broke his heart bc life just b like that sometimes

Also present day folks who r just ready to break his heart bc again thats so easy to do

also once more i’m open 2 ANYTHINNNNNNG sam is my Baby(tm) and i’d lov any plots thrown his way !! will probs make another wc page for him like i’ve done w/ luke and am in the process of doing w/ trixie !!

#usoa:intro #abt tag tbd #and nOW i hop 2 do replies !#i hope u guys like this tho sam is like. one of my fav muses to write ever.#he's the perfect man bt also not a man.

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fheythfully · 6 years

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fanfic author meme

my friend tagged me to answer all the questions in a fanfic author meme, and it is primarily for the Final Fantasy XIII fandom, so it’s located under a read more. :)

Fanfic Ask Meme

A: How did you come up with the title to [fic of your choice]?

Most of my fic names come from lyrics in songs that have to do with the story content, no matter how vague. Poetry also makes its way in there, and on the very rare occasion, something I come up with that sounds pleasantly appropriate.

A Series of Firsts was the only one in the past five or so years to get a title that accurately and simply described the story, something which I typically never do.

B: Any of your stories inspired by personal experience?

No, actually. I write primarily angst and I have a very satisfying and healthy life, so… it all just comes out from somewhere? I am not entirely sure where.

C: What character do you identify with most?

Most recently, maybe Makoto from Persona 5? Growing up I felt that I had all these expectations on me from my family and the adults in my education (which I totally dug myself into by being smart and eager to please) and I always wanted to just say “fuck it” and stop caring about pleasing others and being the perfect student. Which took me until my third year in university to actually achieve but hey, better late than never.

D: Is there a song or a playlist to associate with cause I’m a vampire smile (you’ll meet a sticky end)?

The title comes directly from the song ‘Vampire Smile’ by Kyla La Grange and it entirely fits so well for that fic. I definitely had it on replay the entire time I was writing.

E: If you wrote a sequel to Serendipity, what would it be about?

EDITED because I wrote for A Series of Firsts instead oops.

Serendipity would have a much shorter sequel - just lots of the gang being happy, of Fang and Vanille traipsing around the world, Yeul living in a big city and being amazed by all of it, Serah and Snow in a small French village with rose bushes and a kid or two and Light living in the same village with Hope being the Cool Aunt. Snow would have a motorcycle (and try to modify it to have a baby seat). Sazh would have a farm with chickens and livestock and live with his son and finally get the life he deserves. Maybe he runs into the reborn version of his wife and she remembers him. And live happily ever after.

F: Care to share a favorite hurt/comfort fic?

I don’t have one :( I even went through my favorites on both FFnet and AO3. I just like anything that makes me cry, and I cry easily, and sad fics make me happy.

G: Care to share a favorite crack fic?

I rarely read crack but an amazing one I’ve been reading is Sincerely, Me by Ignis_Sassentia and SharkbaitHooHaHa on AO3. It is a FF15 texting fic and just phenomenal.

H: How would you describe your style?

Lots of run on sentences and disjointed narration. I prefer writing drabbles because I feel like that format lets me get away with using the style better. I like using metaphors and a good balance between simple and more flowery language.

I: Do you have a guilty pleasure in fic (reading or writing)?

Angst. All the angst. Also, if a fandom has some sort of divine figure in it, then you can bet it’s gonna be worked into my fics – usually as either a passive or active antagonist. This is a big reason why I still love writing for FF13 so much, because thank you, Bhunivelze. And Etro. Mwyn too. I need to write more Mwyn.

J: Write or describe an alternative ending to any Bhunivelze!Hope and Etro!Light fic.

I said to the sun, tell me about the big bang is my favourite out of the few (two?) I’ve written where both take after the divinity. Alternate ending to that one would be, their friends catch on and end them before they can succeed in destroying and recreating the world.

For just Bhuni!Hope, of which I wrote more, eve as my latest one – I considered Light actually realizing what’s happening within the fic itself and being the one to kill him. She would realize this in the midst of a relationship Bhuni!Hope has succeeded in constructing with her, and there would be lots of tears, and horror, and the symbolic knife stuck in Hope’s torso.

Gosh, I just can’t give you guys happy things, can I?

K: What's the angstiest idea you've ever come up with?

The premise in A Series of Firsts, where Hope and Snow have to come to terms with failing the world, and Light dying and becoming the Goddess, and then having to witness Light and Serah as children and then take them in, and do all in their power to prevent Orphan, and having them be family and Hope has a child with Light and then… they fail. And have to start all over again.

I’ve always appreciated time loops.

L: What's the weirdest AU you've ever come up with?

I discussed an idea with RainbowSerenity about a texting crack fic in the new world about the gang placing bets on how long it will take for Light and Hope to get together, and just being little shits in general (with a very liberal use of emoticons) and then Light and Hope are just there, like… should we tell them? When do you think they’ll realize we’ve been together for months now?

Also, an appearance by Bhunivelze via repeated friend requests to Light’s Facebook through a multitude of accounts. The sentence “how the hell does he have service in the deep ass of space!?” is written down in my phone.

I have to be in a very specific mood to write something of this sort, haha.

M: Got any premises on the back burner that you'd care to share?

The AU fic above. Hope finding the temple with Light’s statue in 13-2, and ritually visiting it before it becomes inaccessible. Also, a fic I will shortly be releasing on – once again – Bhuni!Hope.

Outside of the 13 fandom, I have further ideas for my 14 OCs and how they meet, fall in love, and then go their own ways. An idea for an original fantasy story I’ve been sitting on (I have the entire plot written out, too…).

N: Is there a fic you wish someone else would write (or finish) for you?

If someone could read my mind and finish that one FF8 fic I started in 2007 and never finished, despite rewriting like three times, it would be a miracle. The OC I created for it has grown alongside me all this time and I treasure her deeply, even though her story will never be properly finished.

O: How do you begin a story--with the plot, or the characters?

I usually start with a plot idea I want to write about and then the characters usually write themselves.

P: Are you what George R. R. Martin would call an "architect" or a "gardener"? (How much do you plan in advance, versus letting the story unfold as you go?)

The way I write my oneshots, the most planning I ever do is I have the final sentence in mind and then I have to write to get to that point. When I write (wrote) multi-chaptered stories, I typically had the plot mapped out and sometimes things would just write themselves in the process.

Q: Do you have any discarded scenes/storylines/projects?

That FF8 fic. I don’t even want to talk about it, haha. Also a Narnia fic I was writing and had like, two sequels planned for. I am just horrible at finishing things.

R: Are there any writers (fanfic or otherwise) you consider an influence?

Not really? I always write however and whatever I want. I really admire attica on FFnet, though – their writing takes me breath away.

Also Sylvia Plath and E.E Cummings make my heart skip a beat.

S: Any fandom tropes you can't resist?

Bhuni!Hope, and Etro!Light. As has been made obvious.

T: Any fandom tropes you can't stand?

Whenever Snow is being written as useless or dumb. That’s my biggest one.

U: A pairing you might like to write for, but haven't tried yet.

…Light and Snow, very brief in the original 13. I actually had something written down when the game first came out, but never properly wrote it.

Don’t kill me. It would be very sad where they share their angst over Serah and then realize what they’re doing and part ways.

V: A secondary (or underrated) character you want to see more of in fic?

Yeul. YEEUUULLL. I love Yeul. So much.

W: Do you like more general prompts, or more specific ones?

Specific ones.

X: A character you enjoy making suffer.

All of them. Primarily, Light, Hope, and Yeul.

Y: A character you want to protect.

All of them. From me.

Z: Major character death--do you ever write/read it? Is there a character whose death you can't tolerate?

I love reading it if it’s written well, and I’ve never written specifics just background plot. There aren’t any deaths I can’t tolerate, because if done well, it can throw things into a nice twist.

#aloice #here u go #non ffxiv

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Rules: tag 20 followers you want to know better

Tagged by: @principessabel; sorry took me so long XD; I kind of forgot until I remember vaguely I got tagged something and I got scatter-brained but yeh haha;; also I remember very vaguely I got tagged for something similar by I thiiiiiiiiink (was it you @aochii9113, i thinkkk? I remember you did tag me but i just can’t remember what ‘tagged meme’ thing it was ;w;;; so so sorry) but anyway yeah moving onnn

Name: Jasmine

Nickname: lord where do I begin XD uh Jas, Jassy, Jazzy, Jaz, Jas Jas, Jasmine the flower, Jasmine tea, Jasmine rice, flower, tea

Gender: female

Star sign: Gemini

Height: 160cm - yas I is smol XD which reminds me I think bout as small as Chuya even

Sexual orientation: Biromantic asexual. Took me a while to really come to terms.

Hogwarts house: I.....actually do not know because I haven’t watched Harry Potters for so long so XD really..not sure.

Favorite color: Blue, sky blue, purple, maroon and lime green (strangely).

Favorite animal: UNICORNS AND DRAG-- I mean, I like all animals! I really do XD Except...except.... *thinks* Yeah actually I like all animals. But specific favorites would be cats and horses.

Time right now: 11:26AM

Average hours of sleep: depends; if insomnia hits, 1 to 2 hours maximum. But my usual would be around 2 to 4 hours. Longest I had was 6 hours. Which may explain why I’m more like a forced early riser because much as I want to go back to sleep, I just can’t. So I wake up very early but very tired/drowsy.

Cat or dog person: I have both XD 7 cats and a dog. And I hate/love all of them but ultimately love all of them. They’re all fluffy demons. ALL OF THEM I TELL YOU.

Favorite fictional characters: Mmmm hmmm... well, if by ranking honestly it’s Chuya, Dazai and Sebastian. Otoge rankings would beeee Impey, Toma and Dui. This is kinda hard because for me Chuya is top and king husbando, everyone else are boyfies and waifus in the harem XD. But aaanyway my other fictional biases include: Hakurei Reimu, Marisa Kirisame, EE.VE.RY.ONE from Bungo Stray Dogs, Toma from Amnesia, Impey Barbicane, Saint-Germain, Van Helsing and Arsene Lupin from Code: Realize (goodness me I am still working on that essay LOL), Genjyo Sanzo and Kougaiji from Saiyuki, Kiryuin Satsuki from Kill la Kill; Gouda Takeo, Makoto Sunakawa and Yamato Rinko from Ore Monogatari, Shizuo Heiwajima from Durarara!!, Kotobuki Reiji and Ichinose Tokiya from UtaPri. Fukuyama Jun from Devil Lady, Midou Ban (Get Backers), and..... whoa quite a lot honestly. Especially mostly the ones named are the ones that have a lot of impact through my childhood and life. Everyone so far named are either queens, princes, princesses, dukes and duchesses but CHUYA IS KING AND EMPEROR WHOOPS LOL.

Number of blankets I sleep with: One, because like @principessabel mentioned how it’s hot in Phil, it’s like daily inferno and walking in oven here in MY. I’m a roasted potato here.

Favorite Singer/band: I can’t answer this for sure because I have so many to name so I’ll just say my entire itunes playlist consisting of 68,950 songs is my life source.

Dream trip: Mmm I’ve been to Seoul for a month and it was quite enlightening as well as life learning experience - plus it was during the autumn season so GOD YES THE COLDDD - there had been talks about going there again so that’s one. However, there’s a definite plan on saving up and planning to go to Japan this year - so hopefully if I’m starting my degree very late, health in decent condition and financially well I’ll be able to go to Japan with my sister, because really if I don’t travel to Japan sooner I have a feeling when I get older my health will be in decline to go anywhere and do anything within limits. I also aspire to visit as many European countries >w<

Dream job: Writer. That’s about it. Although I also aspire to be an educator. ... For writing. XD

When this blog was created: Four years ago. Around September 2013.

When did your blog reach its peak: Took me some time to remember this because I think what it was my ‘Voltage Inc text messages’ that took this blog to its peak - I started accepting requests, and then later it was the fanfics for Voltage Inc otome. I’m mostly not too involved with the fandom community as much due to a lot of fall outs and some personal disputes but I still love otome so I mostly just really enjoy it by myself in this blog and with closer friends rather than mixing around like I used to - But I admit I’ve met great people and great friends, some stayed and some drifted. When I got into Bungo Stray Dogs, I’ve never really paid much mind to think how I’d socialize around here again but ever since I posted some Chuya and BSD here and there, wrote fanfics, and started to self-indulgently post pics of my merch and especially my beloved Chuya shrine, I’ve got acquainted with many of you lovely people (including the ones who tagged me in this) so again I just want to say that honestly, my blog wouldn’t have reach to any peaks without a lot of you - followers, friends, mutuals and even just visitors of this blog alike. So once again, thank you so much.

What made you decide to make a Tumblr: I’ve always like blogging ever since Livejournal era but I haven’t found something that could really make me stay. When I got into mobile otome gaming aka start of voltage inc love, I saw so many cute and funny to serious and thought-provoking posts on Tumblr, I decided I wanted to make my own and there we go XD. Now this Tumblr is like my main go-to blog for any blogging to non-creative and creative writing plus a lot of shitposting ahem

why did you choose your URL: I started this main blog as ‘sunnydewdew’ but due to, as I had mentioned, personal disputes and some fall outs plus I just didn’t want to be closely associated to the kind of messy dirty history with ‘sunnydewdew’, I changed to ‘euphorica-smiles’. ‘Euphoria’ has always been my favorite word (another is mellifluous), but it felt weird to put ‘euphoria-smiles’ XD;? Euphorica is nonexistent but I wanted something that goes well with ‘smiles’ because smiles don’t always mean happiness - it can mean sadness or even ambivalence, which is what this blog is made of as well. So I was like ‘Ah okay nevermind, euphorica-smiles would sound nice I think’ andddd there we go. Was thinking of possible url name change but like ehhhhh I don’t wanna confuse people and it would be really annoying to keep changing urls for wtfs really.

Not gonna tag anyone because too many of you lol so uh if you guys wanna do this, feel free! :3 consider yourself tagged

#tagged meme #tagged #personal #misc #ES-misc #this was kinda fun haha #though I need to learn to downsize my written thoughts a bit lolol #thanks for tagging meeee

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