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limacogo · 4 months

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lupin the III relationship headcanons

ok so no one cares but here's what i consider as canon relationships in the lupin verse. this is not just ships,, but mostly.

even if i do like the gang as a polycule, i am very much convinced jigen is gay (sue me) and i mostly think that about goemon too. oh yeah and fujiko's obviously a lesbian. so lupin x fujiko (wait i never realized i do not know their ship name. is it fujipin? lujiko? i actually remember fujilup. i guess ill discover thru the tags.) could kinda work as lupin is genderfluid (TO ME.) so now that this is established.

jiglup are exes. i didn't even watch lupin zero (i should) but i know they were gay in it so yeah. i can definitely see why people ship them, they have chemistry, but still. they are obviously great friends and platonic soulmates. even if they can't be in love, they will always stay by each other's side. the main reason for this is

jigoe. what can i say. they are married and i will not take any criticism.

i don't mind lupgoe as well but like. their relationship is very peculiar to me. i think goemon really values lupin both as a leader and a friend. one cannot exist without the other. as seen in part 5 (one of the last eps, i don't remember which) goemon is lead to think lupin only uses him as a pawn, and this shatters him completely. but at the same time, he finds time to actually be in the gang, even if he's a lone wolf and is often doing his thing, because he respects lupin as a thief.

so. fujiko. she is a mystery. does she love lupin or is she using him? the answer could be both. but i honestly feel as she doesn't really love him, and apart from taking advantage of him, she could just be doing it for fun, or to fill something she's missing. she often looks as she doesn't care about whether he lives or dies. but can lupin really die? so yeah, she still cares about him, in her own way.

fujigoe. apart from my sexuality headcanons and other ships (i can absolutely be a multishipper), i will never see them as a couple. it couldn't work. their relationship is one of pure friendship. they deeply care about each other and are found together even when you wouldn't think you could. if this makes sense. i feel as they're both very protective of the other.

fujigen? also care about each other, even if it doesn't certainly look like it, but i think they pretend to hate each other because that's what they want people to think, INCLUDING themselves. they are like, friends that always insult each other to show affection, pretend to be disgusted by the other and not wanting to touch them, etc.

about zenigata,, i may make another post cause i don't really feel like it rn so yeah. just the gang for now.

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fiannalover · 3 months

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Pokémon Fic Recs

Because I read a lot of fics and am always on the prowl, so I felt like sharing a non exhaustive rec list under read more. Feel free to add recs on reblog if you want!

Savoir-Faire: To Know and To Do - This is the one. If there is a fic I beg everyone to read it's this. multi-chapter but not that long PLEASE do it. MC of an alternate XY was cursed by rampaging Legendaries with immortality. 10 years later, jaded Marguerite Linden du Bois is finishing her paper on Pokémon World Sociology, taking a newbie trainer for the road. Read for Humanities Things, Ghost-Types, the apathetic weight of immortality, worldbuilding, the workings of Pokémon League, Research Assistant Darkray, Royalty and more. I am begging you to read it.

Ashes of the Past - Peggy Sue fic where Cyrus destroyed the world and Arceus decided the best way to deal with that was send Ash back to the start of his journey (after some Aura training). Saphroneth writes fights *amazingly*, specially around Orange Island, where he took a break and came back with a glow-up. Fic is dead now, but consider reading, if nothing else, the Suicune or the Tobias Fight.

A professor and student + The 48 - I have this unproved feeling there is an overkill amount of “Ash is traumatized after Kalos" but this is The one about it. Kukui takes care of Ash in Alola and helping the boy set some boundaries and stuff. This and the wider “The 48” series are amazing Ash, and you can find great longer fics and one-shots alike here. Adults but not grown-ups (Alola Supporting Cast one-shots) and Left Behind (Ash and a Future Ash end up swapping time places during XY while brock is visiting) are real stand-outs.

You Thought - Aliens invaded and took over the Pokémon World, but actual Pokémons still give them trouble. The premise may seem weird, but it is a means for amazing descriptions of how even the common Meowth could be terrifying and disruptive for an outside-context watcher.

A home can be found - Lillie during and after OG SM, finding a new family with Kukui, Bunet and her friends.

What the Sun Leaves Behind - Hau is inheriting Hala’s spot as kahuna after the latter died, and Gladion shows up to give him a pep talk when Hau runs off into the woods from nerves. It is tagged as Hau/Gladion but it is really a platonic deal.

A Little Bit of Maschiff - Juliana decides that getting a Maschiff of her own is the perfect thing for her friendship with Arven. She gets more than she bargained for, with Arven helping her tame the wretched beast.

The Clues - isshushipping. 5+1 One-Shot Fic of N being In Denial about Team Plasma during BW.

colder in the summertime - One-shot. Morty is cursed. Read for pretty boys in cold fever, nosebleeds, exhaustion, the whole shish-kebab.

Read It Now.

Collateral - Faller!Touya, and the International Police helping him, while his friends try to find him. Sad. Great.

Pinky Promise - Gloria/Hop One-Shot. Hop fighting for dear life to get Gloria a Christmas Gift.

Massive “The Kids Are Doing Fine” energy. Adorable.

The Earth, the Sky and the Sea - An enigmatic narrator retells and expands the Hoenn Weather Trio story. Excellent atmosphere.

HIS2435: Sinnohan Myths and Legends - Cynthia giving a College-level History Class. Chaos Mayhem Etc. Lots of author touches and headcanons and references but can be comfily (and hilariously) read on its own.

Masahop/Train shipping section (I may have a problem)

Do you believe in love at first sight? - Hop getting a crush on Gloria, slowly realizing over the years he’s actually in Love with Victor. Vic is the MC/Champion. The fic has a charmingly unique Victor (chronically ill/frail immune system - Hop gets to care for his health a Lot it’s cute), and feels very Earnestly Adorable in Hop’s bisexual crisis. writer is requesting feedback so please give them some love!

Kiss Your Neo Champion - Hop got his Neo Champion clothes. He has a boyfriend. What is not clicking

Sunshine Riptide - Instead of Words, I’ll put these excerpts here:

#fic recs #fian rambles #fian recs #will I do this for other fandoms? probably #other day

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quietwings-fics · 6 months

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Reboot

Rating: General Audiences Archive Warning: N/A Fandom: Five Nights at Freddy's Ship: Gen (Freddy & Gregory, Michael & Crying Child) Additional Tags: Michael Afton Possessing Glamrock Freddy, but like. he doesn't really know that? being a ghost is hard yall, Recovered Memories, Michael Afton-Centric, Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach: Savior Ending, Character Study, POV Second Person Wordcount: 2221 Summary:

Are you sure it is necessary to boot in [Safe Mode]? Y/N

Booting...

[Safe Mode]

Warning! [Safe Mode] is for diagnostic purposes only! Most functions are restricted in [Safe Mode]. Repeated restarting in [Safe Mode] may lead to software damage and vulnerabilities.

Are you sure it is necessary to boot in [Safe Mode]? Y/N

Are you sure you are st ill ne ces sa r y, M i c h

You are the highest achievement in animatronic technology that Fazbear Entertainment has ever created. You are the star of the show and a good role model for children of all ages. You are a head in the back of a stolen van.

It’s lonely in here. You have gotten used to your companions also spending the night in the van. Them, sleeping, and you in sleep mode, which is not sleeping, which is a noise away from rebooting you, but there was something about the routine that was nice. Gregory would say good night, and you would say good night, and Vanessa would not say good night, usually, but promise something along the lines of I’ll see you in the morning. You would not shut down, but the cessation of movement and the dimming of your external lights allowed them to sleep better. Barring malfunction, you do not ever shut down completely.You have only ever shut down once, before you met Gregory, and you came back.

You’re not sure why you phrased it like that. You will always come back.

You do not shut down. The van’s battery recharges as it drives and overnight, in sleep mode, you don’t take enough of its power to lead to it dying.

You are not in sleep mode. You must have heard something. You listen.

You’re not sure what you hope to hear. Your internal clock says that it is 2:33 AM, far past Gregory’s bedtime. Vanessa wakes at odd times, but she doesn’t seem to like talking when she does, or at least, not to you. She talks to herself, mostly, and you know she’s scared. You would offer her a Fazbear Official Freddy Balloon Animal to cheer her up, like you are programmed to do for sad children, but you don’t have any balloons. Or arms. Even if she is awake now, there’s no way for you to know. She would have to leave the motel room they have for the night and come down here to you.

At least they’re sleeping on beds. Children and adults aren’t meant to sleep on van floors.

But you are lonely. You miss your friends. What is left of them that is still your friends and not Someone Else. And what is left of them that Gregory did not-

Oh, Gregory.

You have limited memory space, but limited for the peak of animatronic computing is still enough terabytes to store what’s important. You did not store most of the recordings made in your own drives. Video footage captured by security cameras was collected automatically by Fazbear Entertainment, as per the waiver signed at the door by all guests. The footage you call up now was never sent anywhere but to you. After all, with no guest profile, you have no way of verifying that Gregory signed the waiver, and as a responsible mascot, you made sure no one would ever see him. Otherwise, that could lead to lawsuits.

(You know Gregory is too young to sue anyone. You know he has no apparent legal guardian to do so on his behalf. You made sure the footage never reached Fazbear Entertainment anyway.)

Playing Gregory20410613437.mp4...

[From the vantage of a security camera, you see a kitchen. It is spacious and occupied by staffbots diligently whirring around, cleaning and keeping watch. They are unbothered by the other animatronic in the room. Chica is eating, though you and Monty both have told her this is not good for her servos.

She does not see Gregory until it is too late, and neither did you, the first time. You can track his every movement now; You have reviewed this footage so often. He creeps towards Chica, hesitates when she pauses, and then charges forward to shove her-your bandmate-Fazbear property-your friend into the trash compactor. She’s crushed, and when Gregory tries to escape, she pulls him down into the trash shute with her. You think you remember trying to speak through his Fazwatch, but you don’t think he could hear you.]

Gregory brought back your friend’s voice box and installed it in you. Gregory destroyed Fazbear property. Gregory is a child, and he was trying to survive.

You gave him a chance to come clean. You asked him where he got the voice box. You tried to be gentle. You remember when you were kids that Evan was always a terrible liar. Gregory didn’t look at you when he told you how he got the voice box. He never said anything about the state your friends ended up in. He still hasn’t. You still haven’t told him you know. You think Gregory has taught you how to lie.

Wait.

You gave him a chance to come clean. You asked him where he got the voice box. You tried to be gentle. Gregory didn’t look at you when he told you how he got the voice box. He never said anything about the state your friends ended up in. He still hasn’t. You still haven’t told him you know. You think Gregory has taught you how to lie.

No. Nothing wrong. That’s how things happened.

Gregory is not a bad child. He is, maybe, as Vanessa says, ‘a little brat’, but his heart is in the right place. He stayed back when others would have run. He saved her, and he survived, and sometimes that exacts a price. And he saved you.

You don’t like that part. Not because of what he did. Because of what you failed to do. Gregory is brave, but he is still a child. You shouldn’t have put him in danger. What if he had been hurt? What if he had been killed? It would have been your fault, all over again.

But he wasn’t. He wasn’t. He’s alive.

You call up more footage.

Playing Gregory20410613.mp4

[From you own eyes, you see your stomach hatch unlock and open. A boy tumbles out, familiar brown hair and brown eyes that stare up at you defiantly. You catch him gently by the shoulders. “There you are,” you say, and you run your facial recognition software. He looks scared, but why would he be? Children love you! There’s no reason for him to be scared.

You know this boy. You remember him. His guest profile is unknown. You have no idea who he is.

“I- I’m Gregory,” he stutters.

“Gregory.” You say, slowly, because it is wrong. That’s not his name. You know that’s not his name. You’ve forgotten so many things, but you will not forget your own brother’s n-

You are malfunctioning. You cannot connect to the main network. Your programming requires you to report him to the nearest security guard. The one who Gregory is scared of, the one Gregory begs you not to alert. Your programming requires you to report him. Why does it require that?

Something moves.

Your programming requires you keep him safe.

In the wires, down to the core, something shifts.

Your programming requires.

A 1 becomes a 0.

Your programming requires you. You are here to protect Gregory.

You do not report him to the security guard.]

You watch these videos. You rewatch them. You try to hold onto something you do not understand anymore. You try to hold onto something you are not anymore.

What are you?

You are the highest achievement in animatronic technology that Fazbear entertainment has ever created.

Correct.

You are the star of the show and a good role model for children of all ages.

Correct.

You are a head in the back of a stolen van.

Correct.

You are Freddy Fazbear.

You are.

You are Freddy Fazbear. This is what you were created to be. Programming cannot be changed. You cannot change. You did not exist before they turned you on. They gave you character. They gave you a purpose. They did not give you history. You are Freddy Fazbear. That is what you are.

Answer this question, and answer it quick before you forget again: who are you?

Playing Gregory19830407614.mp4

[You roll your eyes. Your little brother is such a crybaby. That’s what makes the game fun, sure, but he just keeps crying and crying, even after you pull off the mask and reveal that it’s still just you under there. Now you’re standing here, awkwardly holding the fox mask between your hands, not sure what to do. He’s still shaking, still sobbing. You want to leave the room.

It’s his fault for getting so worked up. If what you did was so bad, Dad would stop you.

Dad’s not home a lot. He doesn’t talk to you. You don’t think he talks to your brother much either, except to get angry at him for going back to the diner. You don’t know why Gregory keeps going-

Gregory? Who’s Gregory?

You don’t know why Evan keeps going back there if he’s so scared of those robots. Maybe it’s habit. You both used to go there after school every day while your sister took her ballet lessons, listening to the animatronics sing corny songs and never having the heart to tell Uncle Henry that they were always kind of creepy looking when he asked you if you were enjoying yourselves. Evan loved it back then. Dad used to smile more, too. Maybe there’s something wrong with the restaurant. Maybe it’s not making enough money anymore.

You sit down on the floor in front of your brother. He looks up at you with teary brown eyes, and you feel... bad. Really bad.

“It was just a joke,” you say. “Don’t be so stupid. They’re just robots. They can’t hurt you.”

Evan sniffs. You should lean over and ruffle his hair. Give him a hug. Tell him he’ll be okay. That’s what a good brother would do.

“We’ve still got to go to that party tomorrow, so don’t be such a wuss.”

You weren’t a very good brother.]

You are not you.

Playing Gregory19830407614.mp4

ERROR: No file named [Gregory19830407614.mp4] exists.

Playing Gregory19830407614.mp4

ERROR: No file named [Gregory19830407614.mp4] exists.

You know it doesn’t exist. You try to call it up five more times. This is the kind of joke cruel gods play when the puppets stop dancing for them. In short, it is exactly the kind of joke your father would have laughed at, if there is enough of him left to laugh, if that part of him didn’t rot away long before the springlocks dug into his flesh and caged him forever. Trapped you all down in the wires and screeching metal.

And it’s your fault, Michael. He never would have done it if Evan had lived.

So now you come back. You always come back. Until there is nothing left in you that will remember your little brother, and until all of your father that remains is his fear of death, the last thing he can’t control, until the empire of shitty pizza and robotic performances he helped build stays burned, you will follow him and you will stop him. That is what atonement is.

Playing Gregory20410629.mp4

[There is nothing special about this moment. You watch this one the most. The van glides smoothly over the open road, recharging your battery much faster than you could ever deplete it. Gregory squirms and fidgets and tries to find a new way to sit every minute to pass the time. Vanessa drives, focus intent on going, not on any destination in particular. You are taking the time to clean out storage space to make room for videos, memories, like this.

And then Vanessa swerves suddenly, voice sharp when she yells, “Watch where you’re driving, you piece of-” She cuts herself off, glances at Gregory.

“You piece of shit!” Gregory finishes for her with the absolute glee only a child finding an excuse to say a curse word can muster.

“Language!” You say. “That wasn’t very polite, Gregory.” He grins, and he’s got your brother’s eyes, your brother’s hair, but his smile looks nothing like Evan’s, all feral mischief. Vanessa rolls her eyes. You know, without a shadow of a doubt, that you would do anything for them.

If that part is programming, it’s a code you wrote yourself.]

You are Freddy Fazbear. You are the star of the show.

You are what is left of Michael Afton. You are the kinder half of your father’s curse.

And of course, you are also a head in the back of a stolen van. A van with a limited battery. You don't want to run it dry before morning.

You initiate Sleep Mode. You know you won't remember this when you wake again. (You wonder how many times you've thought this, how many nights you remember and forget.) You will be Freddy's program and Michael's ghost, but you won't know. That's okay. You know why you are here. That will be enough. It has to be enough.

Entering Sleep Mode...

...

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#fanfiction #general audiences #1001-5000 #genfic #evan & michael #freddy & gregory #glamrock freddy #michael afton #michael!freddy

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gaysessuale · 1 year

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9 people you would like to get to know better

Tagged by @affogonellamarmellata who i am currently holding hands with (my beloved tumblr ha fatto una delle sue e non ti ha fatto taggare la gente ti avviso smooch)

Three ships: AHAH you think i'd tell you the whole Colartino bit? You are completely right. I'll add the good ol' Solangelo and whatever Daniele Tinti and Stefano Rapone have going on.

First ship: do you remember mew mew amiche vincenti. do. do you remember the blonde guy and the green girl. that one. i skipped catechismo to watch the episode when they kiss.

Last song: il fatto è che sto ascoltando la musica mentre scrivo qui quindi beh aggiorno mentre vanno le canzoni (Capitale, mio Capitale l Levante; Just One Yesterday - FOB; Noia Mortale - Colapesce Dimartino; Big Iron - Marty Robbins; carmen - Francesca Michielin; Occhiali da sole - Diodato)

Last movie: Noise (shitty movie, stayed for the flemish language but it was the worst horror/psychological thriller I've ever seen)

Currently reading: Centuria - Cento piccoli romanzi fiume (Giorgio Manganelli); Fjarvera þin er myrkur (Jòn Kalman Stefànsson); Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone (Benjamin Stevenson)

Currently watching: Belve, Roar and Cunk on Earth

Currently consuming: Coffee!!! (twinning)

Currently craving: a cigarette and that's why i'm heading on the ballatoio to smoke bYE

i'll tag some people feel free to do it or not your choice i'll still hold your hand tightly so so so nine you said? ill try @thesilvanghost , @ambreiiigns , @emmenai-kalliston , @coileoniamoremi , @omarfor-orchestra , @diari0deglierrori2 , @huge-fuckin-nerd , @tettasinistra , @gender0-0liquid

#ci ho impiegato un sacco e temo si veda dalla quantità di musica #è che non mi veniva in mente una ship #alla fine è stato tie tra daniele/stefano e edo con il ratto milanese #ho scelto tintoria perché alla fine il vero amore è sempre lì a cachemire c'è solo odio atti omofobi e slurs

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evadingreallife · 1 year

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Tagged by @diari0deglierrori2 way too long ago tbh, i got around to it just now sorryyy

3 ships:

Well.... I have to say wangxian from mo dao zu shi bc i am never getting over them. Its been 5 years and im not over them yet sooo...

Then hmmmm ive been on a bnha bender lately and ive been reading a lot of dabihaws fanfics?? Despite never having gotten to the whole hawks drama in the anime?? Lol. I am made of spoilers at this point and dont even care anymore.

Lastly hmmm... you know what, im gonna say cumplane from svsss. Yes the shipname is hilarious yes i love the full meta implications this ship brings to the table about who binghe represents and all. Also they're two buffoons in a trenchcoat and they're hilarious, sue me.

First ever ship

Oooh this is hard. If we're talking first first i HAVE to say nihal/sennar from the Cronache del Mondo Emerso. But, like, i didnt even know what shipping was then. If we're counting conscious shipping time then we land in my twilight era yes i had one yes they were my introduction to fandom spaces and fanfics as a whole. Yes i was team jacob. Also i had a zutara phase at 12yo. I regret so much.

Last song

Cenere - by Lazza (i didnt like him during sanremo week but im listening him way too much now help)

Last movie

Kill Boksoon - on netflix. Weird, but i loved how the actress went from hidden feral in crash course in romance to full out feral in this movie. Also bonus points for the daughter drama ily. Plus, whatever the hell was going on with the triangular table in the boss' office in the last scene? I want that level of chaos.

Currently reading

Way too many fanfics tbh. Also ive been rereading the 2nd erha book waiting for the official release of the 3rd one EVEN THO ITS BEEN PUSHED BACK WHAT GIVES???

Currently watching

Nothing much tbh. Ive been feeling like a black sails rewatch tho. Ill probably get around to that soon.

Currently consuming

Chocolate eggs, the last crumbles of colomba and one (1) last fiadone. And im making some tea rn (check out my Best Tea poll and get angry at my absolutely correct tea opinions! I love to sow chaos)

Thanks for tagging me, now im tagging @tonfea, @ladyunderthemolehill and @casual-asexual, and whoever wants to join in is welcome to!

#the askening #thanks for having me for the tag game!#i love these!#feel free to join in or not #whichever you prefer

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rose-coloured-angel · 1 year

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Was tagged in a tag game by @grayeyedandroid let's goooooooo

Three Ships:

Susie/Noelle (Deltarune) -> they're perfect for each other and if Toby Fox does anything to hurt these children I will sneak into his home and replace his furniture with exact replicas of said furniture made of butter so it melts when he wakes up cold and turns on the heat, leaving his floor a greasy mess

Alphys/Undyne (Undertale) -> Another work by Toby Fox but still my favourite video game of all time, so sue me. It's MY mental illness and I get to choose the coping mechanism/special interests

Katara/Zuko (ATLA) -> I know, I know, it's controversial, but I still think they had way better chemistry than Aang/Katara or Zuko/Mai (and Mai broke up with Zuko in the comics so...yeah. That's rough buddy.)

First Ship:

No idea how far back to go, so...Beast Boy and Terra from Teen Titans, I guess. Loves the OG Teen Titans on Cartoon Network as a kid and I wanted them to be together so bad. It broke my heart when the series got cancelled...and the last episode legit made me angry lol.

Last Song:

Whoops it's "I Hope You Die in a Fire" by the Living Tombstone, Haha. I thought I was totally done with FNAF but nope they just announced that Shaggy from Scooby Doo is playing the villain in the movie and I got back into it again.

Last Movie:

Shrek the First baby, I've watched that movie 20,000 times and I WILL watch it 20,000 more there's nothing anyone can do to stop me

Currently reading:

Not really reading anything right now...unless my own writing counts. (I'm trying to get a children's book published...) The last thing I read was "All Hail the Pumpkin Queen", which is supposed to be the "official sequel" to The Nightmare Before Christmas (Tim Burton can burn in hell but that movie will always have a special place in my spooky heart)

Currently watching:

The first 100 episodes of Sopngebob Squarepants on DVD :) I got the box set for Christmas and I haven't watched Spongebob since I was, like, 7 years old, so I'm super excited to see it again

Currently eating:

Chocolate-orange macarons. I'm gonna make coconut ones tomorrow! :D

Tags: (tag game be upon ye)

@bailey1rox @eroshiyda @dat-soldier @imagine-papyrus @luvbopz @nerdgul @cchipk @extravagantnonbinary @mangopeachfuzz

#i dont know some of you nearly well enough to tag you but sorry i did anyways

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originaldouble · 2 years

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My big brother, best friend forever

#why do i keep doing this to myself #i love them so much #you have no idea #bnha #mha #lov #mva #my art #twice #himiko toga #toga himiko #jin bubaigawara #bubaigawara jin #if you tag this as ship ill sue you #the league of villains #drawing

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agentfaust · 1 month

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MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!

answer these for me <3

A1, A6, A8, A9, B4, B5, C1, C3, D6, D8, D10! 🥰

MARMALADEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

ok hiiiii it’s been a hot minute BUT IM BACK!!! long post so in goes a cut

A1: When did you start reading fan fiction?

uhhh around two years ago!

A6: What is the first fic you bookmarked?

a random benthan fluff fic lol

A8: What was your first fandom and are you still in it?

i guess i would be pjo? i still read a bit bc i have some friends that write for it but not as much as i used to i must say

A9: First ship?

percabeth. sue me.

B4: Who is your current favorite author and what is their best story?

i feel like it’s so unfair to pick one out of all the favorite authors because there’s so many that have written just one or two fics for the fandom that are absolutely amazing. that being said, i do have so many awesome writer friends!!!!!!

B5: Which story have you read more than any other? How many times?

“this tired mind just wants to be led home” is an ilsaethan fic i’ve read more times than i can count. i think i know it by memory lmao

C1: What trope are you tired of reading?

i don’t know if i can think of one off the top of my head, i always feel like even if i’m not into a certain trope my mind can be changed if there’s one author who does it right yk?

C3: Is there anything that makes you nope out of a story? What is it?

if there’s “out of character” written right there in the tags. soryr :(

D6: How many bookmarks do you have?

120, i think, but not all of them are public so on my profile theres only about 80 i think

D8: Which fandoms do you read fic for?

i think mostly mi and top gun, but occasionally the jack reacher 2 found family rips me to pieces so i read fic for that too. whenever i watch a movie ill look it up on ao3 to see if there’s anything

D10: Story idea you want to read that no one’s written yet?

i made a post a while back about an ilsaethan knight and day au and honestly? it still haunts me

#moon talks too much #ask box #ask game #THANK YOU MAR

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aliensunflower-fics · 3 years

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In Defense of Salt AND Sugar: Aka ML Fandom pls chill out.

So I don’t talk much as those who follow me will say I tend to just stick to myself and my own things. HOWEVER, Ive gotten a lot of asks about why I write both Salt and Sugar for Miraculous Ladybug.

The short answer: Both salt and sugar are valid, fun, intriguing things to read and write and the point of writing is to entertain and be entertained.

The long answer: Salt isn’t inherently someone hating on your fav show and sugar isn't someone necessarily giving it a free pass either. Ya’ll are just dramatic as hell.

The LONGER answer:

I write salt because I LIKE Miraculous Ladybug, BUT the show has not lived up to its potential AT ALL. The show could be so much better and the characters are so flawed or full of holes that occasionally I feel FRUSTRATED and mad!

I hate that Alya a character who I was so excited about, gets shafted ignored, sidelined, or written like a jerk! She could have been this great detective working alongside her friend to unmask the villain, but instead she often comes across as pushy, obsessed with Ladynoir or Adrinette, and so damn easily tricked. Not to mention how when shes not gushing over her ‘ships’ shes pushed to the side and ignored. [or you know... LILA]

I hate that Marinette’s crush makes her do things that are so cringy and awkward i feel ill I hate that she’s constantly the only one making mistakes and ‘learning lessons’ when the show has all these other great characters that could use the spotlight and be the ones learning lessons. I hate that she’s so jealous and that she cant ever seem to catch a break as if the show is punishing her constantly.

I HATE that Adrien is a mary sue, how the writers say hes perfect and treat him as such, I hate that he gets to guilt Marinette into fixing everything and dealing with bullies, I wanted a funny, Ron Stoppable, naive boy who learns about real friendships and grows into a great partner. Instead he gets to be pushy and downright a jerk as Chat Noir ignoring his responsibilities, guilting Ladybug with his feelings, never taking no as an answer. He’s not a good role model for kids.

I hate that Chloe got built up to have a redemption arc several times only for the writers to decide that Chloe a teenage girl who needs some serious therapy [and actual reasonable punishment for her actions] is worse than Gabriel child abuse Agreste. She could have been a great lesson on compassion and growth and dealing with your own pain without hurting others. Instead the writers wrote her off completely.

And dont get me started on how the show treats Nino, Kagami, Luka and the rest of the cast. They may as well be a backdrop for the forced love square that we NEVER get a break from. Seriously I’m a sucker for romance but does it need to be EVERY damn episode?! Can’t we just get some wholesome friendship between everyone including Adrien and Marinette at this point like COME ON.

And i’m not even touching on the white washing, awful lessons on responsibility and forgiveness, awful lessons on well so much other stuff really, the guilt trips, the teacher, the fact that she show could be used to teach kids how to better handle negative emotions and the importance of open communication and not keeping quiet about injustice and/or your feelings but instead decided that the main priority should be a love square that gets force fed to us EVERY SINGLE EPISODE.

My point is the show has FLAWS. That doesn’t mean its the worse show ever and it doesn’t mean its not fun, and has a great premise and characters, and so when I write Salt I write it because i’m frustrated! Im frustrated with the show, with the characters, with the writing and so I vent that out with salt I write those characters as their worst selves because I cant stand how the show has decided to treat them and Im ANGRY and disappointed.

It feels good to write salt and to read it. It’s nice to see characters get called out for bad behavior, its nice to read about Adrien not getting the girl. Its nice to occasionally indulge in salt because it validates that the show is flawed and lets you get out that frustration.

BUT ON THE FLIP SIDE

Miraculous Ladybug is a lovely show. It’s a show that decided to give little girls a FEMALE HERO. And not just as a side kick or background character! No they made her the protagonist! Its so important to me that little girls see good well rounded female characters in media.

And even if the show is clumsy about it they are TRYING to build an expansive lore that tickles the theorist brain. And gets people invested in the world.

The show also made Marinette shy, and awkward, and clumsy something a lot of girls deal with during puberty as growing up can literally make you clumsier as your body adjusts. Having a character who tries to be positive and tries to find solutions who solves things with creativity instead of pure violence. Thats LOVELY for young girls to see.

Growing up I loved and admired Kim Possible, and probably would have loved Marinette, even if the shows not perfect I can admit its trying and I can see why people love it as much as they do! And why they write these fluffy sugary fics its the reason I WRITE fluffy sugary things.

Because even though I am frustrated and angry and disappointed with the show, I still see Alya’s potential and how great she is as representation to little girls who want a black female superhero so I write fluff where Alya’s loyalty, compassion, cleverness and her pursuit of justice are center stage.

I see how Adrien could be better and I want him to be better and I WANT him to be the naive funny comic relief the Ron Stoppable to Marinette’s Kim Possible. I want Adrien to grow and learn and spit in his dad’s face I want him to overcome the abuse and be happy. To show people that neglect and abuse doesn’t mean you will get stuck like that forever, that you can overcome that and be a better kinder person.

I want Nino and Kagami, and Luka and Chloe and the class to grow and get attention and have funny moments I want to laugh and make other people laugh! So I write prompts focused around comedy and shenanigans and where the characters get to be fun and silly and make decisions for themselves!

SO IN CONCLUSION:

I write salt AND sugar. I see the value and merit in both sides of the coin, and I respect how other people see the show. I know its easy to get angry with other people in the fandom who see the show differently then you do but please can we put down the weapons and just BREATHE.

Someone who writes salt might LOVE the same show as you, and they might in fact love it so much that they vent their frustrations in angst and salt and cracky fics. Let them vent about how they wish the show was better, leave their tags alone or block them if you cant stand to see it. But dont attack salt writers for ‘hating on your show’ when they might love it just as much as you do but want a way to vent out their feelings.

On the flip someone who writes sugar might NOT be forgiving the show for its flaws, they might see all the same flaws as you but decide to take that frustration and write fluff and fix it fics and sugar because they want to indulge in a version of their favorite show where everything is just... OK. Where everyone is well written and happy and the character development sticks. Stay out of their tags let them have their sugar, they aren't writing it to hurt you just like you don't write salt to hurt them.

So ENOUGH. Enough hunting each other down, enough sending each other hate, enough filling each others tags. Let people write SALT if they feel angry and vengeful and disappointment, let them have their tags, let them explore the dark side of the characters, let them rant and rave and be HURT when the characters they love upset them with their actions. Its not your place to tell them to stop, to tell them their feelings are invalid, to tell them that ‘adrien is sweet sunshine boy how dare you’ or ‘alya would never’ or ‘i hate your marinette leaves dupont au’. Just leave it be, heed the tags, and let it go.

AND ENOUGH. Enough hunting each other down, enough sending each other hate, enough filling each other tags. Let people write SUGAR if they just want something to feel happy about. Let them makes coffee shop au’s, let them make fix it fics where everything is just happy without needing 8 pages of backstory for why everything is just happy. Let them squeal and gush and talk about the ship they like and the fluff they see. Its not your place to argue with them that the show is flawed, its not cool to ruin their fun by accusing them of not understanding the flaws, to tell them ‘umm actual this character shouldn’t get to be happy’ or ‘wow this is so shallow’. Just leave it be, heed the tags, and let it go.

PS: Now with that said and done. I do have one final message for everyone - If you write/enjoy pedophilia, if you sexualize KIDS. Then get the fuck out of fandom spaces, stop fucking following me, and do everyone salt and sugar a favor by LEAVING. Your pedophilia and child sexualization aint wanted, aint ok, and I will fight you.

PSS: IF YOU HATE WHAT IVE SAID ABOUT SUGAR AND SALT FINE OK I RESPECT YOU REGARDLESS. ENJOY THE SHOW, STAY CLASSY, DONT HURT PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION.

#its just me #ml salt #ml sugar #adrien salt #adrien sugar #alya salt #alya sugar #chloe salt #chloe sugar #miraculous ladybug #marinette dupain cheng #adrien agreste #alya cesaire #class salt #class sugar

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bookofmirth · 2 years

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Elain Week is going to be on september hosted by the same people that organised it last year... I guess the elriels are salty and needed to do something about it. Az week is on september too. I dont think is a coincidence after what happened today. I hope they don't get as much hate as Sue. Who's inmature and petty now? agh i can't stand them... they tagged the post as "fanged beast and trembling fawn". Are they talking about Tamlin and Elain? wth?

I hope they don't get as much hate as Sue.

I just wanted to point out what you said here, because you didn't have to, anon. Honestly if you hadn't, I might not have posted this. I know that some people consider turnabout fair play, but I don't. Just because certain people were rude to Sue doesn't mean that we have to do the same thing to others (who may not have been involved, I have no idea who is organizing this event). I don't blame people for however they respond because HOOOOO BOY I am holding myself back right now. I get it. But I also appreciate when everyone can extend a bit of understanding to one another and not assume ill intentions, even if the same was not done for us.

I mean this for real, but I hope that the event goes well. The timing of the announcement is sus, I'm not going to pretend it hasn't raised multiple eyebrows, but I guess we will see how it goes. I am not sure if I would be able to participate in September because that's the start of the semester and I'm really busy with training and stuff, but more power to them. I hope that this goes well for them. I have Elain posts in my drafts and headcanons and stuff but we will see. Also idk if I will be inspired by the prompts. TBD! It will be great seeing more Elain fanart floating around, either way!

Re: the tag, that's the book of breathings talking to Feyre, so I'm not sure how it's related to Elain? Just in terms of how many descriptors are used, it doesn't make sense to apply it to the sisters because there are three sisters and five metaphors - sweet thing, lady of night, princess of decay, fanged beast, trembling fawn. Feyre and Rhys seem like a more likely pair being referenced there, if it's even about any pairing. To me all of that is just about Feyre, considering the Book is talking directly to Feyre to persuade her to use it. Why would it talk to Elain, when Elain doesn't know how to use it and is human? Either way, I can see your question marks about using that tag. (Thanks @mystical-blaise for the reminder of Rhys's beast form haha.)

So yeah, if we could all just go back to enjoying things and not trying to prevent other people from doing so because of who they ship, that would be great! Gatekeeping is not great!

#acotar fandom #elain #ask #anon #and no #blocking people from your blog is not gatekeeping #*gordon ramsay voice* let's get that straight!!!

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snickertoodles · 4 years

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Megalist of Tropes and Themes to Tag Your Story With

If you’re prone to staring at your tags on AO3 wondering “what the hell do I put here?”, knowing you want to add a tag like “friends to lovers” or “found family” but not remembering all the popular tropes and themes everyone is into, this is for you. I basically spent an entire night on this so I hope it helps.

Notes:

I tried to keep it general and avoid really obscure tags no one would ever use.

This is made for AO3 and thus there’s a lot of fandom or fannish stuff in here.

I didn’t include any “inappropriate” tags. Feel free to make your own list.

Romance tropes and themes at the bottom. (Not all of them have to be romantic, but if they’re generally associated with romance and there are very few gen fics with that tag, it went there.)

Under cut because I’m probably going to edit this often and I’d like reblogs to be up to date. Please suggest any ideas you have.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Apocalypse/Post-Apocalypse, Contemporary, Comedy/Humor/Parody/Satire, Coming of Age, Crime, Cyberpunk/Steampunk, Drama, Dystopian/Utopia, Fairy Tale, Fantasy/High Fantasy/Low Fantasy/Urban Fantasy/Isekai, Family, Friendship, Gothic, Historical Fiction/Alternate History/Period Piece, Horror/Slasher, Mystery/Murder Mystery, Paranormal, Philosophical, Poetry, Romance, Slice of Life, Supernatural, Surreal, Suspense, Sci-Fi/Science Fiction/Space Opera, Spiritual, Thriller/Psychological Thriller, Tragedy, Urban, Western

Genre (Fandom): Angst/Light Angst, Case Fic, Crack Fic, Crossover/Fusion, Dark Fic, Fix Fic/Fix-It/Deconstruction, Fluff/Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Hurt/Comfort, Kid Fic, Podfic, Missing Scene/Gap Filler, Self-Insert, Shipping, Sickfic, Songfic, Whump

Length: Drabble, Ficlet, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Novella, Novel, Epic, One-Shot/Two-Shot/etc, Series/Duology/Trilogy/Saga/etc, Long, Short

Pairing: M/F - F/M - M/M - F/F - F/F/M - You get the idea. Also [Character] x [Character], Slash, Yaoi/Yuri (if people still use those...)

POV: POV Alternating, POV Multiple, POV First Person, POV Second Person, POV Third Person, POV Outsider

Ending: Happy Ending, Sad Ending, Bittersweet Ending, Ambiguous Ending

Diverse Characters: Gay Character/Nonbinary Character/Asian Character/Disabled Character/Autistic Character/Jewish Character/etc.

AU/Alternate Universe: (I do not have the time to list out Coffee Shop AU/High School AU/Canon Divergence/What-If/etc, I assume if you’re writing one then you already know to tag it lol)

Abuse

Adoption

Afterlife

Aftermath

Aged Up

Alcohol

Aliens

Amnesia

Androids

Angels

Animal Transformation

Anti-Hero

Awkwardness

Babysitting

Backstory/Origin Story

Band of Misfits

Best Friends

Betrayal

Blood

Bodyswap

Bodyguard

Bonding

Bounty Hunters

Bromance

Bullying

Canon Compliant

Character Development

Character Study

Childhood Friends

Children

Chosen One

College/University/Higher Education

Corruption

Criminals

Crying

Curses

Cute

Death

Delinquents

Demons

Depression

Destiny/Fate

Disability

Domestic/Curtainfic

Dragons

Dreams/Dreamscape

Drugs

Education

Ensemble Cast

Epilogue

Fanon/Headcanon

Father Figure/Mother Figure

Feelings

Feels

Fights

Flashbacks

Forgiveness

Found Family

Freedom Fighters

Frenemies

Future

Genderswap/Gender Change

Ghosts

Gods

Good Versus Evil

Gore

Grief/Mourning

Growing Up

Healing

Heartwarming

Heroes to Villains/Villains to Heroes

Holidays

Homesickness

Hospital

Hurt

I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping (A very legitimate tag.)

Imprisonment

Injury

Introspection

Illness/Sick Character

Immortality

Isolation

Jealousy

Kidnapping

LGBTQ/LGBTQ Character/LGBTQ Themes

Light-Hearted

Locked In

Loss

Love

Mafia

Magic

Magical Girl(s)

Major Character Death/Minor Character Death

Manipulation

Medieval

Medical

Melancholy

Mental Health Issues

Mentors

Merpeople

Mind Control

Military

Misunderstandings

Modern

Monsters

Morally Grey/Ambiguous Characters

Murder

Mythical Beings & Creatures

Mythology

Neighbors

Next Gen/Next Generation

Nightmares

Original Character/OC/OCs

Orphans/Orphanage

Out of Character/OOC

Parenthood

Past Lives

Peggy Sue

Pen Pals

Pirates

Platonic Relationships/No Romance

Platonic Soulmates

Plot Twists

Politics

Possession

Post-Canon/Pre-Canon/Mid-Canon/Bad Ending/etc.

Prompt Fill/Prompt Fic

Protectiveness

Rags to Riches

Rebels

Recovery

Redemption/Redemption Arc

Regret

Reincarnation/Resurrection/Rebirth

Rejection

Relationships

Religion

Rescue/Rescue Missions

Restaurants

Reunion

Revenge

Revolution

Rivalry

Road Trip

Robots

Roommates

Royalty

Sad

School

Secrets

Secret Identity

Self-Discovery

Self-Harm

Shapeshifting

Siblings

Single Parents

Slow Build

Soft

Spies

Spoilers

Substance Abuse

Suicide

Superheroes

Sweet

Sympathetic Villain

Teamwork

Team as Family

Team Bonding

Team Dynamics

Teenagers

Tension

Time Loop

Time Travel

Training

Trapped

Trauma

Travel

Undercover

Unreliable Narrator

Vampires

Villains

Violence

War

Weapons

Wedding

Wilderness

Witchcraft

Worldbuilding

xxx to Friends (Rivals to Friends/Enemies to Friends/etc.)

Zombies

ROMANCE TROPES

Battle Couple

Blind Date

Breakup

Confessions

Dating

Divorce

Dorks in Love

Drunken Confessions

Established Relationship

Eventual Romance

Falling in Love

Fake Relationship/Fake Dating/Pretend Relationship/Pretend Couple

First Kiss

First Love

Forbidden Love

Heartbreak

Idiots in Love

Long-Distance Relationship

Long-Term Relationship

Love/Hate

Love at First Sight

Love Confessions

Love Potion/Love Spell

Love Triangle

Marriage/Accidental Marriage/Arranged Marriage/Marriage of Convenience

Marriage Proposal

Mutual Pining/Pining

OTP

Pregnancy

Rarepair

Secret Relationship

Sharing a Bed

Slow Burn/Slow Romance

Soulmate/Soulmate AU

Tsundere/all of the other -deres

Unrequited Love/One-Sided Attraction

xxx to Lovers (Enemies to Lovers/Friends to Lovers/etc.)

#tagging #archive of our own #ao3 #tumblr #tropes #trope list #tag list #tag ideas #writing #writing resources #toodles talks

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imstuckintime · 3 years

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Hiiii Julian @unknowndeadsoldier thanks sm for tagging me I love these!!!!!!

8 songs 8 people- Answer the 8 song prompts, then tag 8 people.

1. Favourite song at the moment: woah hard question ill say Boys Do Fall In Love by Robin Gibb!

2. A song you associate with your favourite ship: omg for this ill say Mulder and Scully and Suddenly from Xanadu (Olivia Newton John + ELO)

3. A song that could be about you: Sax and Violins/Don't Worry About the Government by the Talking Heads

4. A song you find overacted: hmm dont want to be under fire here but I think Physical by Olivia Newton John is suuuper overrrated compared to like. every other song she did in her solo career...

5. A song that reminds you of a good memory: Whatzupwitu by Eddie Murphy and Michael Jackson!

6. Last song you listened to: Smoke from a Distant Fire by Sanford Townsend Band

7. A song that makes you laugh: The Devil Went Down to Georgia by Primus and also Its Been One Week by the Barenaked Ladies it doesnt get better than

Chickity China, the Chinese chicken You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin' Watching X-Files with no lights on We're dans la maison I hope the Smoking Man's in this one Like Harrison Ford, I'm getting frantic Like Sting, I'm tantric Like Snickers, guaranteed to satisfy Like Kurosawa, I make mad films, 'kay, I don't make films But if I did they'd have a Samurai

8. A song you want your mutuals to listen to: Highwire by Sue Saad and Mr. Melody by Teresa Carpio and Lam bc theyre sublime and noone seems to know them!

Ooookay im going to tag @gavinstrick, @theend, @antsypoindexter, @velocidaixxtor, @homewithyoubyfkatwigs, @autistictrophywife, @cowgrl, @awhozier, @sewerfight!!! also any mutual/follower who sees and wants to do this <333333

#livie speaks #thanks sm these are literally so fun and also. DE LANCIE AND METALHEADS OH MY GODDDD #ur taste. ur KNOWLEDGE

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jurijurijurious · 3 years

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Writerly ephemera meme

I was tagged by @thisbluespirit in this rather intriguing meme!

Find five bits of yourself that you gave to your fiction (memories and places and phrases and things into our stories), post and tag five or more writers to share as well.

Now I know I do write bits of myself and my experiences into my stories, one way or another, I think everyone does, but it doesn’t half put you on the spot when you have to try to remember where you’ve done it!

1) I know that recently I wrote Walsingham passing out at the end of a scene in “Mea Culpa”. The entire description is based on personal experience. I went through a scary few years as a young teen where I would pass out for little to no reason, usually at school where there were lots of people watching to cause me huge embarrassment, which then almost gave me a form of PTSD. I was constantly anxious about fainting, it was not good, and we never found out why it happened. But that’s another story... I still occasionally pass out but it’s usually for a reason, after having a vaccine or blood taken or something, but the whole process of fainting, though horrible, is like an old nemesis to me, uncomfortably familiar. I generally feel intense sickness in my stomach, my vision is puckered increasingly with white dots, my entire body comes out in a sweat, and I hear a high pitched whistle-type noise as I lose consciousness. And so since that is my experience, it became Wals’s too:

His palms sweated, his pulse raced... He shuddered and emitted another strangled breath, fingers white where he clutched the window sill, body trembling. He needed rest. Ursula's voice was becoming distant, the room was swaying like the deck of a ship caught in a storm. He felt a sudden nausea in his stomach, could hear a high pitched sound in his ears, a siren's wail beckoning him into the abyss.

“I am sorry. So very sorry,” he whispered, though he knew not exactly who he was addressing. His own voice now sounded as if it was coming from underwater, far away; he was drowning and could resist no more, slipped where he stood and descended into the open arms of oblivion.

2) This is another Walsibeth example I’m afraid because I haven’t written anything else for about a decade! So... Though the pandemic and my lack of funds has put a temporary hold to my hobby of horse riding, I am a half-capable rider and love tearing across country if opportunity allows on horseback. I can thus write people riding horses (English style, anyway) with a degree of accuracy. So in my smutty one-shot fic “In perpetuum et unum diem” (the one which is mostly a pastiche of the raunchy finale of “The Tudors” season 1, and also an excuse for me to write shameless sex), I began the ficlet with a bit of a horse-race between Bess and Wals to get the blood up (a scene that in itself mirrors Elizabeth’s racing with Raleigh in TGA, I later realised). Though I personally haven’t raced a person on horseback per se, I have done beach rides and also ridden on a horseback safari in Africa where you gallop as a group, and “giving your horse its head” is the order of the day! So a lot of this passage is me:

She turned her head back over her shoulder and caught Francis’ eyes. His lip quirked slightly at the corner but otherwise there was no change to his countenance. But that was enough. Her smile deepend as if to invite him to race her and she turned her head back around, gave her dappled grey mare its head and pressed her calves to its flanks. And the beast responded, driving its legs harder, faster, into a gallop and flew like a falcon through the trees.

...

As the wind flew in Elizabeth’s face, making her eyes water, a great whoop of exhilaration escaped her. There was nothing but her and the horse, and the knowledge that her blackguard of a lover galloped behind her. This was what it should feel like to live, even in tragically brief snippets; to feel the blood in your veins, the air in your chest, and the sun on your face, wild and free.

They then jump a tree trunk which I’d love to say I’d do, and I might, but most of my falls have been from jumping so I’d probably wimp out and go the long way around... ;)

3) Annnd another one from my Walsibeth fic “Mea Culpa”, just because it’s fresh in my mind. When I was driving to work last winter, there was one Sunday morning which had a jaw-droppingly beautiful sunrise. I tried to take a photo of it but could not do it justice. I did find a photo of Lincoln Cathedral on instagram from the same morning though which captured the sky perfectly. It literally looked like the sky was on fire, or something, and I immediately worked this memory into my story! I felt that a sky like that would make the perfect backdrop for a single, forlorn, broken bastard riding his horse in a clear, freezing morning:

There was a strange light in the sky as the sun began to make its ascent. It turned a deep crimson then lifted to shades of rich amber and gold; this combined with the few grey clouds passing overhead gave it the illusion of a huge fire, as if a great furnace now filled the heavens. Some might have called it beautiful, others would see a grim omen.

4) I had a look in my dreaded old fic archive, so full of cringe, and I found this from the end of my Doctor Who fic “Choices”, which I reckon I wrote between 2005-2006, possibly finishing it later than that. This scene right at the end (told from the perspective of Rose and the ninth Doctor’s daughter, Hope) is literally my old senior school - the class length, the finish time, the uniform was what I wore, and my history teacher was Mrs. Gaskin, and my mum would be waiting in her car to pick me and my sisters up:

By a quarter-to-three in the afternoon, she was in another History lesson with Mrs. Gaskin, and was spending another forty-five minutes hearing about the Black Death, the plague doctors, and the red crosses that were painted on people’s doors. It was fascinating, but Hope’s concentration wasn’t there. She kept looking out of the window at the school yard, noticing the little details that other days she would take for granted - like the way the trees swayed in the wind, the way a crisp-packet rolled across the concrete, and the pure azure-blue colour of the cloudless sky. Something was afoot but she had no idea what it was, or why she was feeling this way.

The bell rang finally at the end of the lesson, as the clock read three-thirty, and the class disappeared swiftly out of the door. It was home time! The voices of myriads of children echoed and shrilled down the corridors, and desperate feet, eager to get home, pounded down the stairs, making for the exits. White shirts were un-tucked from trouser and skirt hems, blue-and-red ties were loosened from about shirt collars, and black blazers were thrown off and carried over shoulders as the mass of pupils took flight.

Hope, however, took things slowly, almost as if she might never see them again, picking up on every smile, every individual laugh, and every joke pulled on every unsuspecting victim. She waved goodbye to friends, hitched her backpack over her shoulder, and made her way out of the school gates toward the spot where her mum or Uncle Jack would usually be waiting to pick her up. As she turned the corner onto Petunia Grove, though, she stopped and sighed. The car - either her mum’s or Jack’s - was not there.

Hope pursed her lips and shrugged, taking another good look around just to make sure that she hadn’t missed it, but there wasn’t a familiar car in sight. She thus let her bag slip off her shoulder, and she perched her backside on the street sign, swinging one of her feet back and forth as she waited for the arrival of her escort.

In the meantime, she couldn’t help but let her mind wander again, as it had been doing often throughout the day, and looked around the street. There was a blue tit on the hedge over the road, stood near a couple of sparrows and a robin. The front door of house number five was a brilliant shade of red, something which she had never really noticed before, and there was some graffiti on the road sign on the opposite side of the street. It read ‘Bad’ something or other, but she couldn’t read the other word since it was blocked off by the blue box.

Hope blinked and slowly rose to her feet. It couldn’t be…

5) And for number five, this is a short extract from the an unpublished Star Wars fic I wrote around 2010, where I tried for what must have been the third time to re-write the Star Wars nonsense I wrote as a teenager, all starring my very Mary Sue OC, Nadia, who became Vader’s apprentice and was mentored by Veers. I have here again worked my experiences of passing out into the story - a psychologist would have a field day with me. Nadia’s thoughts about showing weakness were also real fears of mine - I never liked to be weak, to be ill, to be a burden, and my character was the mouthpiece for my own self-disgust. It’s written in the first person with Nadia narrating in this scene where she accompanies General (Maximilian) Veers to the Kaminoan’s cloning facility to review further batches of troops and is taken ill by the experience of seeing the thousands of farmed foetuses:

Max nodded whilst I remained breathless and shaky in his shadow. I could not get those tiny, wriggling foetuses out of many head - they floated upon my consciousness, their inhuman eyes glaring into my face and their tiny hands reaching out toward me. I tried to rid myself of these infantile phantoms, but I could not, and I suddenly felt quite ill.

“We shall need many more in our next delivery,” Max told the creature, who began to babble on about the problems of this request, but was halted mid-sentence when Maximilian wheeled about and grabbed me, saying my name over and over. He disappeared amidst the snowstorm of white dots that littered my vision, however, and I collapsed upon the floor.

The next thing I knew, I was waking up in a bright, white room. The walls dazzled me for a moment and it took my eyes and my mind time to adjust and to recognise reality. I looked slowly at the plain walls, finding myself alone upon a bed with my hands by my sides and a drip feeding liquid into my arm. This seemed quite surreal - I knew I was not ill enough to warrant this - but I resolved to stay put until someone came to me. I felt extremely tired and I thought that I may as well take advantage of the rest.

I fell back to sleep again and, when I next woke, I saw Max sat in a chair beside me. I glanced about the room - we were alone. I looked at him uncertainly, my visage undoubtedly betraying the signs of my mortification, for he first said: “Do not worry, Nadia, I am not angry with you. It cannot always be helped.”

...

I wanted to defy him, to be strong, but no, I just showed him weakness and insecurity. What indignity was this?

Thanks for the tag, that was fun! I can’t think of 5 writers to tag but off the top of my head: @feuillesmortes, @robins-treasure and @captainofthegreenpeas? Have a go if you fancy.

#memes #writerly ephemera meme

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