So.... RIP to the Horse Course, I'm guessing? But how on earth could anyone accidentally blow up the Horse Course? It hasn't even got any TNT in it, as far as I know, and the redstone is so perfect!
But if anybody could manage it, my money would be on Scar, I suppose (and possibly Grian.) I guess at least if Bdubs goes looking to anoint a new leader to storm across the server and get his revenge, he won't have to look very far!
Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 💖
Oh goody, today is a very love filled one and I actually dig that a lot 💕
Kings of Kattegat is my very Explicit entry for the VBB22 and I gotta say this is probably one of the most self-indulgent fics I've ever written in this fandom and I love it. I got to have Amma/Ubbe, Amma/Hvitserk and Hvitserk/Ubbe in this poly ship. Pure heaven! Also, Gunnhild got herself someone special too, who is definitely not a potato and so much more...
Death awaits the Rude is a Gen/Mature fic that resolves around Aslaug and her sons Ubbe and Hvitserk. It's very much something I could envision given their bond and love for one another. Kind of a mother-sons character and relationship study?
Of Sharp Teeth and Hunger is Explicit not only due to smut, but also gore and horror themes which are all throughout the series. Yes, I love it, cause I could play with the Ragnarssons as supernatural/mythological creatures and write somewhat of a character study with them as monsters, literally. It was fun to find ways to keep it canon-ish. Also, I got to hop from one characters mind to the others.
Salvation in Gold was the second fic I uploaded in this fandom and I recently edited it and redrew the picture. I liked the idea before and I love the new version even more. The fix-it fic I didn't find anywhere and decided to write myself, tbh.
Gifts and Jewelry is an Explicit Ubbe/Aud fic. The very first time I wrote her as well, so it was an experience to figure out how to write a character we saw so little of. I was unsure of it at first, but once it flowed it was fun to write them together and I'm proud of the outcome.
phew, it was actually hard to pick...I knew one (KoK) and then my brain went blank, but now when I look at this assortment, I'm happy with it. 🥰
I do sort of wish western anime fans would analyze anime and manga from a framework of japanese historical and cultural context. Specifically a lot of works from the 90s being influenced by the general aimlessness and ennui that a lot of people were experiencing due to the burst in the bubble economy and the national trauma caused by the sarin terrorist attack. I think in interacting with media that’s not local to our sociocultural/sociopolitical sphere it’s easy to forget that it’s influenced and shaped by the same kinds of factors that influence media within our own cultural dome and there ends up being this baseline misalignment of perception between the causative elements of a narrative and viewer interpretation of those elements. It’s a form of death of the author that i think, in some measure, hinders our ability to fully understand/come to terms with creator intent and the full scope of a work’s merits