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fruityfroggy · 12 days

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Vertin cat blob in a comically large hat

With a big strawberry cake

Have a good day

#my art #her eyes may look a bit wonky #the colours also look a bit off #but who’s to blame but me haha #mixing custom underglaze colours are hard #anyway #they’re finally back from getting baked #!!!#or whatever that’s called #reverse 1999 #r1999 #vertin #vertin reverse 1999 #reverse 1999 vertin

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appalachianapologies · 2 years

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There are many new friends on the archive, and many are young and have only known social media, which is why I wanted to say something!

Ao3 does not have an algorithm! It isn't a social media site, it's an archive.

Posting fics on Tumblr isn't the same as posting fics on Ao3

Ao3 is like a giant virtual bookshelf, and everyone is able to add their own stories to the bookshelf, all stored with different tags and different fandoms. Works are automatically sorted by newest to oldest, but filters, looking at bookmarks, and using the search function can change that.

Certain works are not pushed to the top like social media posts. More kudos and reads don't push a single work to more viewers by some algorithm. Unless otherwise filtered, works will be at the top of the page based on how recent it was posted.

Smaller fandoms get less views, less kudos, less bookmarks, and larger fandoms get more simply because of the number of people inside the fandom.

Ao3 is a giant virtual bookshelf- there is no algorithm, and there is no man behind the shelf pushing certain books forward.

Happy reading, and if you'd like to have more people notice a fic, why not share it with them! Send a dm to a fandom friend and it might turn into one of their favorite fics!

#ao3 #archive of our own #organization for transformative works #i have admittedly only been a member of the committee for a couple of years BUT ive been a member on ao3 since i was much younger #and it took me a hot second to understand how ao3 works; so i wanted to write a lil post about it after seeing this comment #no shade or blame to the person who wrote this by the way!#after being on social media so much it's a completely understandable mistake and i totally get it #and in fandoms populated by younger ppl typically it's even more understandable!#so absolutely no hate no shade no passive aggressiveness #but i do think it is important to learn how the archive works #so if you'd like to share this it would be greatly appreciated! <3 #okay have a good day sorry this post/tags became so long haha

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ncutii-gatwa · 5 months

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NCUTI GATWA as THE DOCTOR Doctor Who | The Church on Ruby Road

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even-disco-baby · 8 months

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YOU — “No. There is still a chance.”

DOLORES DEI — “You think so?” Her voice is weary.

EMPATHY — Everything about her is weary. She is the Innocence of weariness, of heroically borne suffering.

CONCEPTUALIZATION — That is the picture you have painted for yourself, at any rate.

YOU — “You looked back. That’s the memory, the moment, that I can’t stop returning to. You looked back. I had a chance, for just that moment…”

DOLORES DEI — She meets your eye, gaze still forever cast back over her shoulder. Time stops. The stars are stilled, the ocean silent. There is *nothing* beyond this memory. Nothing at all. All of infinity is contained in this single moment when anything and everything was possible.

“Oh, Harry…” She sighs, soft as eiderdown. “We never had any chance.”

And just like that, the wave of time collapses under its own weight, obliterating everything. This moment was six years ago. She is gone from here. Gone, gone…

PAIN THRESHOLD — You cannot leave. There was nothing outside of this moment, and now there is nothing at all. It’s all gone. There is no point. I’m sorry. I can’t do this any longer.

VOLITION — Please, don’t say that…

“Okay. Well, fuck me, then.”

“How would *you* know?! You gave up! You didn’t even try!”

“We *must* have had a chance, at some point… Doesn’t everyone get a chance, if nothing more?”

“How could you say that…?”

DOLORES DEI — “Because it’s true,” she says, matter-of-fact. “There is no moment in time that you can turn back to, no branching paths, no infinity. There is only what happened. I looked back… and then away.” She closes her eyes, turning her back to you.

“The moment ended. *We* ended. That is all.”

SHIVERS — A wave crashes against an unseen shore, ocean spray tickling the back of your neck. You shiver, but no one shivers with you. You are alone in this intersection. Why are you here?

“Why can’t *I* end?! Why can’t this all just stop? Please, make it stop…”

“Ended? I’ve barely even started! I got a chance to start completely over as somebody new! I don’t need you anymore! You’re just dead weight to me now.”

“No. That wasn’t the real ending. We’re a part of something so much bigger than this intersection, telling a story that encapsulates all of history! There’s *more* to this, it *means* something.”

“Then… What am I supposed to do now…?”

DOLORES DEI — “No, Harry.” She turns back to you again now, and she looks… sad.

“We were not metaphors. We were people. Our narrative was not intelligently designed. It simply followed the patterns of history, because those are the only patterns we *know.* We tried to create something new, but we failed. There is no narrative reward for our failure, no satisfactory ending. There is only the immutable past and the unknowable future.”

RHETORIC — There is no assurance of what is good or deserved or what may bring relief. There is no assurance of punishment, either. There is no assurance of anything. Not even of a future. I don’t know what to say to make this bearable.

VOLITION — Even so… As long as you live, *something* is promised. Can you live with that?

I can’t, I just can’t do this anymore…

I can. It’s enough.

I don’t know. I just don’t know.

I can at least try for a little longer…

VOLITION — That’s all I ask. That’s enough.

#disco elysium #harry du bois #dolores dei #suicide tw #ummmmm haha *twirls hair*#sorry this isn’t more of the dolores saga im really trying to get back into the swing of things 😭#this is smth that won’t make it into the saga but that i was thinking about nonetheless #im not too fond of the whole ‘’dora is literally dolores dei’’ thing tbh #i feel that the mundanity is what makes their story impactful #and also just. makes it feel like somebody is kinda going overboard on projecting onto their proxy ex. lmao 😭#idk like the metaphor gets a little TOO metaphorical for me. but that’s just my onion. im an rgu fan so who am i to judge #anyway this is more my take on the harry/dora story #which is that dora was Just Some Guy and ultimately we have to live w the fact that we’ll never get the full story #because she literally exited the narrative #we can speculate about what her and harry’s relationship was like and how much of the blame is on each of them #dora’s lack of class consciousness vs harry’s violent misogyny etc etc #and like. it’s not that there’s no value in examining those things bc there definitely is value in it #in examining what patterns you DO see repeating in your life and in the world around you #that is what politics is really… examining the system and all its moving parts #but ultimately the past is immutable… our perception of it changes as we gain new context and understanding but what’s past is past #and there is no way of knowing with any certainty what the future holds #that’s where the overlap of all of these political and personal conflicts is for me #and why it comes back to harry questioning whether it’s worth it to even live #it’s about whether or not you can live with the grief of the past and the uncertainty of the future #i want to learn to live with it… to work toward building a future that i want to live in #anyway. coughs

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justcommander · 2 months

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Just Kidding, CQC would break a demon's ass exactly like it breaks Skulls'... whatever thing they have instead of bones.

#faith the unholy trinity #mgsv #my art #venom snake #john ward #sad men #fucking sad men who blame themselves for stuff that wasn't their fault #haunted by phantoms #haha #it'd be funny if it wasn't sad enough to make me cry just thinking about it #they're friends btw #tho if V knew what John was going through he would have broken Gary's face like you think he cares #this man faced a giant fucking mecha shooting missiles and swatting a fucking anime sword at him #that little fork you got there is cute mister

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theotherrichardpapen · 5 months

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AU where Josh manages to grab onto Nigel’s hand at the last moment that night on the train and both of them fall out. AU where Nigel has been dead the entire time but Alex Forbes doesn’t know that; where the trauma of watching his friend fall to his death combined with the realisation he was complicit in the death of another causes his mind to fracture.

He doesn’t remember making it back to his dorm room that night, only remembers waking up to the news that Josh and Nigel were was dead. All of Nigel’s things have been moved to another room, of course they have, because Nigel was gone, dead, all his fault, his fault trouble.

AU where Alex takes the train one night to the Colbie house because Nigel asks him to, because he feels this innate and intense need to try and better understand this boy he got killed; where he finds the card and the books and Nigel’s red bible, and begins to understand.

AU where the body of Susan turns up one morning, and the police question Alex about it, but there’s no way it was him, because he was late; he was late, and by the time he showed up at the cinema, she was waiting for him still, sweet Susan, with her kind eyes and kinder heart, she had waited for him and she didn’t even suspect anything until the very second before he struck gone.

AU where Alex finds the letter he wrote Nigel wrote, inviting him to his house that night, where Alex sees the Colbies arguing through the window; where he wrestles the gun from John and shoots him to kill him because he read the journals, knows that this man has been hurting Nigel his whole life and he wanted him dead protect Nigel.

AU where Nigel confronts Alex at the train yard that night, where he forces Alex to remember everything he did, everything Alex did; where he forces Alex to pull the trigger and kill off the version of Nigel he’s been carrying around in his mind, where Alex dies that night right along with him and Jack is born instead.

#types out the most incomprehensible batshit thing ever and posts it: haha you get what i mean?#this would've been a fic but i know i don't have the motivation to commit to that right now and it would've ended up abandoned #anyway . blame the crowded room for inspiring this . and then the dynamic between the narrator and tyler from fight club #and joe and rhys from s4 of you for driving it #does this actually even make sense ? to anyone that is not currently sharing the braincell with me ?#who knows #like minds #murderous intent #nigel colbie #alex forbes #doing some serious handwaving as to how this au would work for like . 60% of the movie. youd have to scrap the sally interview basically #also doing some serious handwaving as to whether josh's death is enough of a stressor to trigger a dissociative episode #especially one that results in development of DID #dont look at this post directly . only from a side angle . corner of your eye. thank you

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lemonyinks · 7 months

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ALL legion reboots miss out on how useful (and funny) it would be to have two invisible kids' on the team.

It would be hard enough to fight ONE guy while he's invisible, but having TWO of them going at you? Infinitely harder.

But also, they would be so good at pulling pranks

#and then pushing the blame onto each other #and no one has any way to disprove if one or the other did it because they were invisible who is going to say 'no that wasn't jacques/lyle'#yeah this is just me being sad that they aren't writing together more often #i miss lyle #and jacque is such a fun character #and dc doesn't utilize EITHER of them well anymore #it seems like recently all they do with either of them is pull the 'haha there was someone here the whole time you just didn't know!' gag #which is exhausting #lyle norg #jacques foccart #invisible kid #invisible kid ii #legion of super heroes #losh

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fratboykate · 1 year

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KATE x YELENA AUs: FRAT BOY (1/?)

The FBAU visuals are hereeeeee.

I've mentioned in the story/in our conversations quite a few times that Derek basically spit out clones of himself when it came to Kate and her siblings and thanks to AI...I could just...do it??? It's a whole thing that they all look alike. Now you can see what I see in my head :)

The three kids are AI combinations of Kate & Yelena. Well, except for Maks. Maks kept the Bishop Gene Juice™️ cloning power alive and well.

Will I do this for all eleven (so far 😮‍💨) of the AUs we've got going on right now? I can't promise that I will. But I at least started a tag for visuals so it's not out of the realm of possibility that it could happen at some point. We'll see.

[NOTE: Click on the images to see the full res versions. Tumblr makes them look shitty and small if you don't.]

#bishova #bishlova #katelena #kate bishop #yelena belova #kate x yelena #y'all asking about who the would kids date and...here we fucking are...#i was like 'ive never thought about them growing up' and then immediately started thinking about it #i blame you all for like 4 hours of work haha #i mean...also because i felt bad that i delivered a shit pile as an excuse for graphics last night #couldnt let the newbies believe that's the level i operate on lol #'but where are the other nurseries papi? why only alex?!' its the only one we've established in the story chill and let me live lol #kyfbau #kyfbaup #kyauv #kyfbau ref #long post #myposts

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feydfuckernation · 2 months

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opla fans after atla live action dropped on netflix probably idk:

#for legal reasons this is a joke #lion.txt #opla #atla live action #to be perfectly blunt i only Kind Of have a dog in this fight #i wasn't really invested in one piece prior to opla (although i'm inherently biased about pirate media so it already appealed to me)#but this isn't a haha one piece is inherently better than atla king of thing #because i wasn't even invested in it until AFTER opla dropped and THEN i got really invested in it #but it seems like people aren't all that happy with atla live action #and that makes me sad for the atla fans who were really looking forward to the show #but as it stands it seems like the only truly good western live action anime adaptation is.......one piece???#like correct me if i'm wrong but that's??? the list???#anyway.#posting this when i'm sick as a dog rn so u can blame the ricola #one piece live action #avatar the last airbender live action

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the-bi-space-ace · 10 months

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not to be a downer but I am suuuuuuper worried that because Hunter is going through it and is pissed he's going to say something to Echo blaming him for what happened to Tech.

I am not prepared for that kind of pain.

#like in a moment out of anger and I don’t think he will mean it #but still #Like I don't want it to happen #but I can see it happening #saw plenty of people blaming Echo for even coming to see them and coming for help with intel #and now I have a new fear that is unlocked #I would probably lose my mind with absolute sorrow if this happened #It's just like... how separate Echo was from Hunter and Wrecker at the end in the last scene #it got me thinking #and the thoughts were not nice #haha this would never happen #right?#someone tell me it won't happen #pls #he's already probably feeling so guilty #and so sad #and having a part of his family blame him and say it out loud to him would break his heart and I can not handle that #honestly maybe it is because I am a writer who loooooves angst #and my current series contains so much family drama #the bad batch #tbb echo #tbb hunter #tbb tech #echo bad batch #tech bad batch #hunter bad batch

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selidra · 2 years

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Kamioka, wiping a tear off her eye: my little girl’s all grown up...! QvQ<3 Minami: can you not

#bokura no kiseki #omg i haven't posted on this account in 6 years #but god i missed this series #will minami make it out of this with his head intact #clickbait title: my bff who kept me sane turns out to be my ex-husband who destroyed my kingdom #also we are dating our respective bodyguards #but there's also this *twirls hair* grumpy-faced priest #who knows if my lover in everything but name will pop up out of nowhere haha #oh yeah and certain things in my head are going to kill me in a few months time you can blame the ex for that #haruko: i have a bat for a reason

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greenerteacups · 8 months

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Ok. First of all, I am obsessed with Lionheart. You are amazing and I could sing your praises for hours. However, I have a question regarding Wolfstar. Your fic was actually the first time I came across that ship. (I know now it's really popular). However, I would love to hear more about your thoughts on Remus and Sirius. Whether it's canon or your interpretation of them. I always found Tonks and Remus to be a strange couple in the HP books. Was that your impression as well? How do you think a romantic relationship between the two characters changes them, if it does at all? Thanks!

Totally! Thanks for the ask!

I think Remus and Tonks getting together suffers from the same thing that a lot of canon relationships do, i.e., that JKR doesn't really know how to write romantic chemistry. There are very few times in the books where it feels like there's genuine sexual or romantic tension happening on the page. So that's layer 1.

Layer two is that Remus and Tonks aren't themselves on the page for most of Books 5-7, so their "love story," as such, is 90% exposition. The only scenes we get of them as a couple are Tonks scolding Remus for not dating her and Remus guiltily shooting her down. It also seems out of character for Remus, who is defined in many ways by his attachment to the past and who has been living out of Sirius's pockets for two years, to show little or no apparent grief at the death of his best friend of twenty years, not to mention one of the last people alive who loved James Potter. Harry grieves Sirius more than Lupin seems to, and Harry knew Sirius for about five minutes compared to Lupin. That's not to say that grief always looks the same — it's different, and I'm sure Lupin compartmentalized it for the war effort — but it should, in theory, stop you from jumping into a high-intensity relationship with your dead best friend's niece. (If you look at the timeline on Tonks and Lupin's relationship vis-a-vis Sirius's death, it is absolutely wild.)

The Wolfstar in Lionheart is subtle, but as overt as I thought was realistic for two men who hadn't seen each other in years and are also, by necessity, only seen by the reader in the presence of their thirteen-year-old godson. I wanted to capture the energy of "closeted on-again off-again lovers in the 70s and 80s before having a VERY messy breakup" (which, believe it or not, is a broader demographic than you'd think), both because I think it's a fun way to write them (the vibes! the possessiveness! the old-married-couple meets shy-first-relationship of it all!) and because it explains why Lupin is totally alone before Prisoner of Azkaban — in particular, why he never made an effort to contact Harry. It's hard enough to be a closeted man in Britain in the 1980s; throw in a case of lycanthropy and an insane amount of personal trauma, and what you've got on your hands is the kind of guy who'd go totally radio silent on everyone he knows for 13 straight years.

#the fact that harry never once wonders why lupin didn't reach out to him before 1993 is 'haha dumb funny' until it's 'oh fuck me sad'#because you realize. harry thinks it is totally reasonable for people to not want to talk to him or see him.#harry does not ever question why people in his life leave him because in his mind he is not worthy of being kept #why would he be? he was raised by people who couldn't wait to get rid of him #he probably doesn't blame lupin for trying to pass the buck #i go into this a little in The Climb (my severitus novelette)#but basically i think dumbledore puts harry with the dursleys because it's predictable and dumbledore can control them #he can intimidate petunia and he knows for a fact both dursleys are afraid of magic #whereas once the marauders are gone dumbledore doesn't have any leverage over lupin #none that he's willing to use anyway — the werewolf thing is probably a non-starter #but the werewolf thing also means lupin's location and occupation is unstable and he would always be scrutinized by the ministry #and dumbledore knows that it is a Very Bad Fucking Idea to let the ministry know where harry is #until it's time for him to come to hogwarts where dumbledore can protect him. ANYWAY

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sysig · 8 months

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