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wellhalesbells · 24 days

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20 questions for fic writers

Tagged by @piratefalls! Yay, wasting time - I've been doing so much of that today and thank you for giving me another way to! (Seriously, I would've just been watching more Youtube compilations without you.) That's probably why these answers are so long. Procrastination? Wellllll don't mind if I do!

How many works do you have on ao3? 154

What's your total ao3 word count?

1,280,205

What fandoms do you write for?

Primarily Teen Wolf and Harry Potter. HP was my original homeslice and I kind of sharpened my teeth on fic-writing in general there, found what I liked and didn't like, how to engage with fandom, what I found attractive and what turned me off (for characters and plot beats), honed my craft and made my mistakes there and then with the advent of AO3 and the finding of Teen Wolf, I feel like I blossomed and built a home and am hopefully making fewer oopsiedoosles. Though I have also written a fic or so for: Hannibal, The Meg, Mr. Robot, X-Men, Star Trek, and Breaking Bad.

Top five fics by kudos:

There's Monsters at Home, Sterek, Teen Wolf. (15,285)

Time to Eternity, Drarry, Harry Potter. (8,416)

Option C) Some Bad Guys are Werewolves, but Not All Werewolves are Bad Guys, Sterek, Teen Wolf. (7,759)

Of Bananas, Babies and Buzzkills, Sterek, Teen Wolf. (5,134)

Instructions for Dancing, Sterek, Teen Wolf. (5,099)

Do you respond to comments?

Not anymore. Occasionally one that asks a direct question I'll answer, if that answer isn't already somewhere on or in the fic.

Though the last one I answered was someone who didn't read my tags or notes, telling me I didn't warn for something that was in the tags and notes, and I was so polite, like, "How can I make this clearer?" instead of saying, "#!@%^&$@$@#^$%&$^&^&$%^@#$%" like I fucking wanted to and they then said: "Oh yeah, I didn't read any of that, guess you don't need to change anything." Which was exactly what I expected would happen and I took the time to answer because I want more than anything to teach that person a lesson, even though I am absolutely certain they learned nothing from the interaction. But I tried, I did my part, and I wasn't even an asshole about it. (Please, please, please, the amount of times I've been told in the snarkiest damn fashion to tag for something that is already fucking tagged...... like, how do I have to say: read the tags before snidely chastising me for what isn't in them?? And it's not like.... I used different language or anything, they will ask me to tag for the EXACT DAMN TAG already on the fic. My collection of these comments is genuinely getting out of hand.)

And there is one I kind of want to answer that I got in the last month or so because it's one of the nicest and most vulnerable things I've ever been told but there aren't enough letters, or strong enough ones, or big enough ones to hold all the gratitude and care that wants to pour into them so I just... haven't.

What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Hrm, I think these are just the most obvious of those and if I actually had to sit with this and go through my catalogue of fic, I would come up with a way more off-center answer because the angst is much subtler but harder hitting but that sounds like it would take brain power and, wow, is it that late already *coughs*

Either I Smoke My Friends Down to the Filter or But the Mess Prevails. I think maybe the latter because it's kind of triumphant in ISMFDttF, Stiles stands up for himself, but in BtMP they both want to be together but it's just another way for Derek to punish himself if they are.

What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Similar caveat to the one above as I'm not really focusing on ending (because more brain power) as much as just happy overall. Either [Hilary Duff Lyric Redacted] or Instructions for Dancing - they are both just fluff bombs almost entirely from start to finish.

Do you get hate on fics?

Mostly no. There's one fic that I have comments turned off on (THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS FUNCTION, AO3, 10000000% THIS FIC WOULD NOT STILL EXIST IF NOT FOR YOU) because people would yell things at me I already explicitly stated I agreed with? Like I wrote a fic for a fest (back when I wrote in a lot fests, lol), it was a dark prompt and I can't remember if the prompter wanted a happy ending or if it was a stipulation of the fest that it couldn't end badly but it's a dark prompt so while I could get the two characters to the point of co-parenting, I did not get them back together. And the comments I mainly got were: how dare you get them the fuck back together? To which I was like: um, I didn't, also if I was forced to keep going with this fic, this character would end up with this one instead. And then I got a deluge of comments that were like: how dare you get them back together!? And for a while, I explained that you read into it, which is understandable as - to satisfy whomever's requirement - it is an impression I wanted you to walk away with, but as you'll notice at no point are they back together or romantically involved again, they're in the same room and have reached a ceasefire, that's it. And that's as friendly as I see that relationship getting, and no one read any of that and kept yelling at me for the same reason and mentally I was like: fuck all of you, either the fic goes or I do so I turned off the comments so I wouldn't delete it. I find since commenting is off (or "hidden" rather, I can still see it and have the option to approve or nuke it), people have to really engage with a) what I've already replied before and b) whether or not it's worth it to leave a review that will literally only be seen by me. Suddenly everyone has reading comprehension and no one is just yelling to yell because the only one you're engaging with is *jazz hands* me, and I am obviously not the audience for that.

Do you write smut?

Yep!

Craziest crossover:

I have a Hunger Games/TW one that is one of two unfinished fics on AO3 because every time I even think about it, it intimidates me. And since I don't read crossovers, I have no idea how you're supposed to do them or how much of the other IP you can take on without it seeming like you've just rewritten with different characters or how much you should change when everyone knows what you're working from anyway - it's all a mystery to me and I am flummoxed by it.

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

People post my old HP shit that no longer exists on the internet to Wattpad quite a bit and I am not savvy enough to figure out how to get it down. The few times I've contacted people who posted it under my name to take it down, instead just remove my name and fully pretend it's theirs. On some, I've found the people on LJ who have saved the fic in question and are giving it out and quietly asked them to stop because they were ending up as stolen fic on Wattpad.

Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes, many!

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Em and I have started one but never finished - it's me, I'm Mr. Ambrose: "I start, I don't finish things."

All time favorite ship?

I think it's Stiles and Derek, man??? I don't know, I have a lot of niche ones too that I feel like if there were more content/interest, they would be it but there isn't sooooo....

What's a wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

That THG/TW fic - it scares me so much. Like, who was that confident girl who didn't understand things at all and was like: yeah, that's fine? Don't know her. PvW - I have a lot written in the future and for the next chapter, plus an outline, it's just a matter of getting my attention to stay on it and I have the next chapter of WDHGsGA written and an outline for the next two, I just don't want to post it until it's totally finished so I don't have to worry about losing the atmosphere/tone again and, again, I just have to get my focus back to it but the chances of me letting that writing go totally down the drain? Unlikely.

What are your writing strengths?

Um, I think I have a good understanding of how humans work. I think writing is definitely made a lot easier when you have a handle on the psychology and a gut sense for people. It's not hard to craft fake scenarios when you have a pretty decent understanding of how people would react in them.

What are your writing weaknesses?

Grammar-wise, commas throw me completely. I have no idea where they're supposed to go and I do my best, okay?! I really only got Florida public school education on this and it was: wherever you feel like you should have one, do that.

More generally, I also feel like I don't have the same needs to satisfy as a large percentage of readers - I need a relationship at the core of a fic to feel significant and weighty to want to write a story about it, but that doesn't mean it needs to survive to the end of said fic or that characters need to hit certain relationship milestones for it to feel worthwhile to me. I think this sometimes leads me to endings that some people feel are unsatisfying because I got what I needed but maybe some readers didn't?

Thoughts on dialogue in another language?

Totally neutral. Doesn't bother or thrill me to any extent.

First fandom you wrote in?

Harry Potter.

Favorite fic you've written?

Favorite? That's hard. I'm, as mentioned, super shitty at finishing things so the fact that TMaH is completed - even without going into any of its content (all of which is made to order, absolutely my favorite stuff) - makes it a top contender.

I also still really love A Fine Foray into Fashionable Fellatio, the last Harry Potter fic I wrote, which was Draco/Ron. I love that to kick my brain into gear, I would start mentally painting the scenes, from oranges and reds to beiges and cool winter blues - I don't know I've ever used color so much in anything. It hasn't worked since and I think it's because - having been away from those characters and that fandom for so long - I had such a crystal clear image of them and because Draco, especially, was so different from how he's usually pictured in fic/fanart (curly-haired, absolutely swank as fuck Muggle style) that the lines were so defined it was easy to paint within them.

And I think my favorite writing piece right now is He Speaks in Petals. It's such a short fic and I reread it in the last year or so and it's so much more lyrical than I remember. I knew that was what I was going for and I did not think I managed it but it's got some really soft, kind whimsy to it that I like a lot and find very calming and reaffirming.

No pressure tagging @kikiroo, @rosieposiepuddingnpie, @literaryoblivion, @yodas-yo-yo, @clotpolesonly, @callunavulgari, @andavs, @i-sveikata, @alocalband !

#sterek #drarry #dron #teen wolf #harry potter #my writing #meme #meme answers #thanks for the tag kel!#i probably talked way too much on here but like...... i really am just a ball of DOING NOTHING on my couch today soooo

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blondie20000 · 2 months

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Possible hear me out?

Live action Tangled.

Rapunzel:

Meg Donnelly

Second choice?

Florence Pugh

Flynn Rider:

Fabien Frankel

Second choice?

Dylan O' Brien

Reasons.

Meg:

There's this video of Meg when she auditioned for Zombies and omg she gave off such Raphnzel energy. Link is below if you want to check it. Also this would be a big career opportunity for Meg like it was for Halle Baliey in The Little Mermaid. Sometimes the least known actors and actress are the best choices!

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Florence

I mentioned Florence because I know she's a popular fan casting and yes I'll admit she does resemble Rapunzel however at this point I don't really see it I can't imagine her as a innocent 18 year old Princess.

But then...I did see a clip of Little Women where she played like a 12 year old? Florence looked so cute in that scene. "I'm Amy." 🥺 so who knows maybe Florence might surprise me and of course I will watch it if she is Rapunzel because I love Florence.

youtube

Fabien

Fabien I've seen the fan casts the comparisons of how similar he and Flynn look and I agree they look similar.

I mean look at him.

He can so do the smoulder 😏 again my point on least known actors. I didn't know Jonah until The Little Mermaid and I absolutely adored him as Eric. 💜💜

Dylan

Dylan I see as more of an underrated choice. I think he could channel the sass and humour of Flynn. If you ever watched Teen Wolf you would know what I mean. Dylan is great with action as well and emotional drama. He is a versatile actor.

I can just picture him bickering with Pascal. Lol

#fancast #rapunzel #flynn rider #tangled #disney tangled #disney #tangled live action #dylan o'brien #fabien frankel #florence pugh #meg donnelly #Youtube

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mastermindlor · 8 months

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tag nine people you want to catch up with/get to know better

tagged by: @jjsstars @thiamsxbitch @outcastpack @hemlocksandfoxgloves and @bellatrixxmarierose 💖 thank you for the tags!

last song: it’s embarrassing but it’s the trespasser — dark solas theme by trevor morris from dragon age: inquisition 😭 it’s my favorite video game battle music

last movie: umm i actually don’t know it’s been a minute…lowkey i think the meg with my family 😵‍💫

currently reading/last read: take my heart (and put it somewhere safe) by not_carrying_on! i just started it and it’s soooo good (i accidentally read the sequel first and it was incredible so i had to read the original work)

currently watching: a lot of different shows with various combinations of my family members. but on my own teen wolf season 5!

current obsession: theo raeken, of course. and thiam. but also BALDUR’S GATE 3! and ASTARION!

no pressure tags: @bendystrah @idkthisusernameistken @moths-in-hats @theoceanismyinkwell @junejuly @th30ra3k3n @elisastales @river-runs-dry @ksbbb

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stilinskiderek · 1 month

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📕: top 5 books

Warm Bodies - Isaac Marion - i read it for the first time when i was 14 and now have two tattoos for it so its always 1 <3

The Mediator - Meg Cabot - I'm counting the entire series as one book bc it has been so influential to me I love it so much

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte - I read it for fun . it was not assigned. I love you Mr Rochester you weirdo

Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn - I love all her books but Gone Girl was something soooooo special to me

You - Caroline Kepnes - I . Listen . The show is fine. But book Joe is someone i want to study under a microscope.

🎥: top 5 favorite tv shows

Teen Wolf . This one is in order.

New Girl - I have never related to a fictional character how I relate to Nick Miller. We're the same guy in different fonts. But like not that different.

LOST - I started rewatching it last year and everyone who says it's confusing is LYING on the INTERNET. LOST is not confusing and it is GOOD.

Superstore - Unironically one of the best sitcoms I've ever seen in my entire life I want everyone on earth to watch Superstore

Glee - i cant lie . its glee .

👻: if you died right now what’s your ghost outfit? Michael Myers shirt but additionally i forgot also my WWII locket so like im ready.

🤬: what’s a non fandom related unpopular opinion you have? not totally unrelated to fandoms but i think if you go to a concert and you record the entire thing on your phone you should just not go :) Or I should be able to smash ur phone with a rock :)

#answered #raisesomehale #ask game

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nerd-chocolate · 1 year

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So because I was bored and my creative spark came back. I decided to make this post because not only have I been watching a lot of horror movies lately but also for fun. So here are my top three picks of what type of horror movies the science kids and the Austins love! Enjoy and sorry for the long intro. @artzychic27

Marc: Saw, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and The Invisible Man (2020)

Zoé: Jennifer’s Body, Carrie (1976), and Deathgasm

Jean: The Love Witch, Little Shop of Horrors, and Teen Wolf (Because werewolves are hot)

Aurore: The Black Swan, Midsommar, and Suspiria (2018)

Mireille: She doesn’t really have that many favorite horror movies to be honest but She loves Freaky

Reshma: Ready or Not, Scream (1996), and The Craft

Ismael: Gremlins, Child’s Play, and Carrie (1976)

Lacey: Tremors, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, and ZombieLand

Cosette: Trick ‘r Treat, Candyman (2021), and American Mary

Simon: Reanimator, Alien (1979), and Cube (1997)

Denise: Not a big fan of horror movies like at all but they read spoilers about them, they’re like movie so probably Us (2019) for now

Austin T: Bodies Bodies Bodies, The Babysitters, and Society

Austin B: Pet Sematary (2019), Cat’s Eye, and Creepshow (1982)

Austin Q: Jaws, Sharknado, and The Meg

Austin A: He absolutely is scared of horror movies to the point where he would literally pass out from watching one.

#miraculous ladybug #miraculous #miraculous ocs #marc anciel #zoé lee #ocs #aurore beaureal #jean duparc #mireille caquet #ocs headcanons #the austins #the science kids

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clumsyclifford · 1 year

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2022 Writing Evaluation

hi i dug this up from the archives of this time last year because it was fun to do and i wanted to give other writers a chance to reflect if they’re so inclined! so here is my 2022 writing self-evaluation. point of order, i’m mostly filling this out specifically for my bellawritess ao3 and all the rpf stuff i write, not my other secret ao3 where i put fics written about fictional media. okay, onward.

1. number of stories posted on ao3: 23!

2. word count posted for this year: 117,763

3. fandoms i wrote for: 5sos, atl, and 1d (but also teen wolf, mcu spiderman, hawkeye, and daredevil)

4. pairings: cake, lashton, malum, jalex, narry, halex (you know that very popular harry styles/alex gaskarth ship), and mirry.

5. story with the most kudos/bookmarks/comments: the answer to all three of these criteria is a change of heart and a silver lining, my winter 2021-22 fic exchange fic, which makes me very happy. i cannot believe that fic was from last year, january feels like forever ago but i love love love that specific work so much, in large part because of how much i was able to tailor it to meg as reciprocation for all the times and ways she tailored things to me.

6. work i’m most proud of (and why): i’m gonna say a three-way tie between (1) i got a radar for trouble (and you’re a renegade), (2) between all the gasping i finally breathe, and (3) play it again and again and again. #1 is the cruel summer prequel fic that i always half-jokingly said i would one day write and then surprised myself by actually writing, and i am incredibly proud of how well i managed to recreate the vibes of cruel summer fic but also write a prequel that made sense with the direction the actual cruel summer story took. #2 was one of the first legit fics i wrote to break myself out of this big 5sos fic slump i had been in (consequence of a perfect storm of a lot of small things), and i may have gotten lost in the metaphor sauce but i maintain that the metaphors are really fucking good which was gratifying to me as a writer who had felt like maybe i’d lost my real writing skill before then. #3 is the christmas fic i wrote for hazel, and what i’m most proud of there is that i fuckin actually wrote that. my love for my friends carried me through the warfields of attempting to romanticize christmas, and in so doing i think i actually learned something about christmas, ugh i feel like i’m getting less jewish every second i spend talking about this but i really am proud of myself for writing that and even moreso because i think i tailored it pretty well to hazel’s taste and that made me happy. it was like an extra challenge i set myself and then i did it well.

7. work i’m least proud of (and why): pretty much all the prompt fics from this year’s batch, tbh. this malum roommates one is really funny if you imagine you’re a fly on the wall of mine and megs’s dorm room but it’s the most nothing fic on the planet otherwise, and you’re my whole house is cute but again, literally nothing. unfortunately these were written while i was binge watching seinfeld which probably contributed to how much they were About Nothing but that’s no excuse.

8. share or describe a favorite review you received: i’m super terrible at remembering comments and stuff that people leave me but a few days ago i got a comment on yssdf saying it was one of the best love stories they’d ever read and that just about knocked my socks off

9. a time when writing was really, really hard: from aboutttt february to september, which is pretty obvious when you notice that i didn’t post a fic (on this account) between march 18th and september 27th of this year. i hit that aforementioned slump in a big way and i was also busy with life stuff and i was also just. unmotivated and uninspired! but in that time i wasn’t really doing a lot of writing to struggle with. something that was actively hard to write was definitely parts of the jet lag songfic i wrote for the fest. megs and hazel both experienced various aspects of my intense battle with Plot and Characters. it was not pretty.

10. a scene or character you wrote that surprised you: luke in the muke college beach fic!!! he was so much more gutsy than (a) he’s usually written and (b) i expected him to be. and tbh, michael in that fic also kind of surprised me, although less so because he was based on a real guy i know, so it was more like trying to delve into the fictionalized mind of a real human being i go to school with and understand what it is that makes him only APPEAR to be an asshole and in reality maybe actually have a heart of gold. if that makes sense. character work but the character is based on a real person who is based on a real person. meta af.

11. a favorite excerpt of your writing: ill be the first to admit im a sucker for when there’s a song playing in the in-universe fic scene and then the lyrics tie into the moment. i have that in two fics that i can think of, so here they both are:

(1) from everywhere, everything:

Luke is trembling when he looks up at Ashton, but he only nods. Tilts their foreheads together.

Say it’s me that you’ll adore— Sinatra sings, and then there’s a scratch and a crack, and the whole record player crashes through the glass tabletop.

(the end of that lyric is “for now and evermore” !!!! HOW FUCKED IS THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

(2) from faith in a stolen car (the jean jacket songfic i just wrote for the fest):

Calum’s rumbling laugh shook both of them as Springsteen vowed I’ll love you with all the madness in my soul, and Ashton sang along in a silly voice so Calum knew he meant it with everything he had.

[and]

He turned up the music, and ‘No Surrender’ blared out of the surround sound. The lines that had been stampeding around Ashton’s brain since Calum had first swept him up in tonight’s teenage delinquency now screamed against the wind in his ears.

Ashton smiled wider than his face could handle and screamed right back.

“WE MADE A PROMISE WE SWORE WE’D ALWAYS REMEMBER,” Calum’s voice joined his, and together they beat back the deafening gales; “NO RETREAT, BABY, NO SURRENDER!”

12. how did you grow as a writer this year? this year i learned the importance of conflict. “hey bella, didn’t you learn that in seventh grade english?” YES but then i IGNORED it and now i have relearned it in a fanfiction context and in the broader sense that i now understand every story has a conflict and more than that, a story needs a conflict, because that’s what drives it. after i finished writing those prompt fics, i thought, damn, these are fun but nothing is fucking happening in any of them. i wonder why that is! and then i realized. there was no conflict. i was writing “scenes” but nothing interesting within those scenes, so there was nothing pulling the characters from point A (the start of the scene) to point B (its conclusion) and as a result they all became meandering blocks of text with no goal or direction. anyway. point being that i have embraced conflict as a necessary factor in storytelling and i hope this will mean no more seinfeldian fics, prompt or otherwise.

13. how do you hope to grow next year? yes <3 jk but i sincerely have no idea, i don’t have any current ideas on how i plan to grow next year i just very much intend to grow. how it happens is anyone’s guess

14. who was your greatest positive influence this year as a writer (could be another writer or beta or cheerleader or muse etc etc)? gotta be a tie between megs @igarbagecannoteven and hazel @allsassnoclass. obviously megs is my #1 rubber duck roomie, whether she likes it or not, and she has helped me solve more problems than i am comfortable admitting. actually i’m very comfortable admitting it megs has untangled a myriad of fic knots on many occasions this year she is the best rubber duck in the world. and hazel has become my virtual rubber duck which is great because it means i have all my bases covered! truly these two are a dynamic duo because they will both just let me sit there and complain and yet always have the right thing to say.

15. anything from your real life show up in your writing this year? as always, a great many things. make the same mistakes ‘til the morning breaks and the muke college beach fic are both inspired by things that happened with this one guy i know from school (yes, the same guy, and yes, he is represented by michael both times, and no, i do not know why it happened like that). the latter came from just a single snap i saw on his snap story, and none of the fic is actually based on real events, but the former is HEAVILY based on real events between this guy and one of my good friends at school. lmao!

i’ve been wishing i could breathe underwater is based on my experience scuba diving, which is to say, pure unmitigated terror, 1/10, do not recommend except to say that you did it. tequila shots from the dark scene of the crime is chock-full of baseball talk, specifically about Worst Team In Baseball the Washington Nationals (affectionate), so those feelings are straight from my heart. the concept of tell me what to see has not happened to me but it was very much inspired by my experience of getting in the habit of working out and realizing your muscles are literally increasing in size. the christmas fic has all my jewish disdain for christmas. that’s the shortlist, i think!

16. any new wisdom you can share with other writers? honestly, nope! i think other writers are thriving on their own fic journeys, as i am on mine. you guys seem to have a handle on things. i can reiterate my vehement loathing of comma splices or otherwise incorrectly-placed commas, but other than that i don’t have much to offer in the way of wisdom.

17. any projects you’re looking forward to starting (or finishing) in the new year? yes!! i am really excited to (hopefully) finish this fic ive been intermittently writing that is based on back together by tss. well, actually it’s based on the specific energy that was created in the world when back together and 2011 were released on the same night. it’s a tss!5sos au. it’s going to be really good okay. it’s tasty. and as always i hope to finish summer camp au i am dead fucking set on finishing that fic there is no question in my mind that it will be completed someday sooner rather than later i hope but definitely eventually. aside from those, i can’t think of any other fic plans i have! just gonna see where the winds of fic fate take me.

18. tag some writers whose answers you’d like to read: @igarbagecannoteven @allsassnoclass @kaleidoscopeminds @burstingsunrise @cringeycal (?) <3

#stuff #tag games #fic talk #it's 3:20am im going the fuck to sleep #tomorrow is going to stress me out so much #ive been experiencing low-grade but slowly-growing levels of stress for the past week or two about this trip #and now it's. now i'm leaving in TWO DAYS and jesus christ im nervous #i am so stupid for this #for everything #it's going to be fine #ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh gay fucking fear!!!!!!!#goodnight

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ryoryeonggu · 3 years

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Stolen from @alyssaslahey lol xD

1. My First Ship: Violate (AHS)

I watched American Horror Story even before I even knew what the heck ship was. My first thought, apart from “Wow, this Tate guy is really horrifying” lol, was “their love is so beautiful.” Despite being a monster, he truly cared and loved her with all his heart. His relationship was so pure, regardless of their capricious situation, he never once hurt her, respected her and always was sweet and gentle toward her. They were my first and my always OTP.

Damn, the chemistry was so good that I wish Evan and Taissa actually were together.

2. Current Ship: Guzmuel (Elite)

HAHAHAHA GUY I DON’T EVEN WHAT THE HECK GOT INTO MY HEAD SO DON’T ASK ME xD

But seriously they have been on my mind lately. Watching a whole season where Samuel endlessly suffering from Guzman being a jerk was totally painful, and the way the writers treated their relationship quite horribly, but the fact that after everything had been going on, they still stuck by and chose each other in the end melted my heart. Their chemistry was so good that even better than the actual gay couple on the show (sorry not sorry lmao) and the actors doing questionable gay things didn’t make it better 😂🤣

3. My Ship Since The First Minute: Cherik (X-Men)

It wasn’t easy for me to be hooked from the first sight, but these men... right on the first time they shared the scene, I already thought, they had to be together.

Same with Hannigram - Murder Husbands xD

4. I Wish They Had Been Endgame: Megstiel (SPN)

DEAR WRITERS, YOU HAD ONE JOB!!!

Like everything was right there. Everything was perfect. The chemistry, the ultimate trope enemies to lovers, the love story of an angel and a demon, she loved and cared for him more than anything else, even sacrificed her life for him while she’s supposed to be a fucking demon, he thought she’s beautiful even he’s able to see through her meatsuit, he used “Clarence” - the one she used to call him - as his cover name, The Empty used her imagine to torture him because it knew “who he loved”, etc.

Then you brought back the empty using Meg’s vessel but not ACTUALLY her and just let her stay dead, then had Cas confessed his one-sided feelings to his long-year abuser before dragging him to hell? WHAT THE F*CK MAN!!?

5. I Wish They Had Been Canon: Sterek (Teen Wolf) & Klayley (TO)

I adore Stalia, I really do, but I have been shipping Sterek from the start and wish that the writers actually gave them a chance. Dylan and Tyler had brilliant chemistry, and they had very fun chaotic dynamic in the show. They saved each other repeatedly, cared so much for one another, shared so many meaningful moments and deep connection, to the point that Stiles was actually Derek’s anchor. Seriously we had been queerbaiting till the end but still falling so hard for it :(

Same with Klayley, with the whole married couple things and wasted potential. Even they did have sex one time, but only just for the baby plot then nothing more than “former one night stand” while they could have been so much more than that. They inspired each other to change for the better and the way they looked at each other was too intimate for just “mother/father of our child” and better than their own love interests.

6. Most Of The Fandom Hates, But I Love: Rizzy (Shadowhunters)

When she said she didn’t care about sex but only him when he came out as ace, that’s where they got me. I no longer cared about anything else. Just wish they had last longer.

7. Don’t Watch The Show, But I Ship Them Anyway: Villaneve (Killing Eve)

8. I Wish They Had A Different Storyline: Handon (Legacies)

They are wonderful as separate characters and together, their soft scenes really have my heart. And their chemistry and their kisses are just like... wow, beautiful. But the fact that the writer just gave them codependent dynamic where they couldn’t reach full capabilities of their own, and their relationship were hated by most of the fandom really upset me. Since they broke up now, I hope both Landon and Hope can develop themselves as a character before finding way back to each other. Because I just want them to be endgame.

9. A Background Ship That I Wasn’t Supposed To Ship, But I Do: Golan (TW)

I wasn’t supposed to care at all about them because they’re pretty toxic, but it was true that they once cared deeply for each other (enough to shot up a house then murder people for the other lol) and I liked the “us against the world” “go gay do crime” kind of dynamic, so yeah xD

10. My NOTP: Destiel (SPN)

THANK A LOT JENSEN!

I swear there’re no other ships in the world make me despise than this pairing. Forced fanservice, no chemistry, ABUSIVE AF, even Jensen Ackles himself hated it. Dean had been horrible to Cas for most of their time and for YEARS, took advantage of him, used him, tossed him aside when he’s no longer needed, abused him both physically and emotionally, blamed Cas for everything went wrong in his life, tortured Cas’s son to the point this kid was suicidal and so on, there’s so much things wrong with this relationship that I couldn’t ever count (but if you really want to know then go to this post pls: https://ryoryeonggu.tumblr.com/post/189698174685/as-heartbreaking-as-castiels-departure-was-last). But the worst part is that the ship justified Dean’s shitty behaviors and neglected Cas’s pain just for that delusional “love” which was clearly one-sided and not even close to a normal brotherhood. So NO! I will kindly send my “fuck-off” blessings to that ship till the day I die.

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thelittleboyfromloveactually · 3 years

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Innocent hug

Dylan O’Brien x reader

Warnings: mentions of rape, sexual assault, cussing, mentions of smut, Dylan being sweet (this can be possibly triggering!!!!!!) angst

Promt: when Dylan finds you crying after an uncomfortable interview, the two of you find your selves admitting things you never thought you would say again (y’all i just, I don’t even know, I can’t write freaking descriptions hahaha)

Word count: 2712

Disclaimer: so basically the interview is for maze runner, just pretend that you play another character in the movie that was like Thomas’ best friend and newts love interest (also y’all pls send some requests)

Not my gif! Credits to @dyobrien! <3

“Hi I’m Dylan O’Brien!” Started Dylan trying to control himself from his laughter, before the cameras had begun rolling Dylan had cracked a joke that he was still trying to recover from.

“I’m Y/N Y/L/N” you said smiling

“I’m Thomas brodie sangster” Thomas said giving the camera a small wave

“And we’re the cast of maze runner” you said still smiling, also trying to control your laughter

“Or at least some of it” Dylan added on making everyone lose it again. Dylan practically fell out of his chair, Thomas giggled and you just kept laughing. Dylan had a habit of making you laugh, it was one of the many things you loved about him. You and Dylan had been best friends since you met on the set of teen wolf. You were a guest star who was quickly killed off. You and Dylan hit it off immediately, you two just got each other. You had the same sense of humor, same interests, and generally you two just felt normal around each other. The two of you stayed connected even after you left the show. Then you were lucky enough to land another part with Dylan in maze runner. Dylan played Thomas, and you played Y/C/N, Thomas’ best friend and Newts love interest. You had become extremely close with the cast, they were like your family. Since the release of the scorch trials you and Dylan had become quite the hit. Though you weren’t together in the movie, everyone shipped it. Two years after scorch trials, you and Dylan were in another movie together! American assassin, Dylan played Mitch Rapp and you of course played Y/C/N, Mitch’s love interest. Everyone wanted you two together, and it was not secret, the two of you were constantly teased on set for “flirting”.

You were doing this interview for the release of your latest movie, Maze Runner: The Death Cure. You were very sad that this series was coming to an end, you were definitely gonna miss it, everyone was.

“So my first question is for all of you actually, out of the three of you, who is the funniest?” The interview met asked

“Dylan and Y/N are both quite hilarious, especially when they are together, they are always cracking jokes and laughing” Thomas said looking at you and Dylan

“We do have fun” you agreed “honestly though I think we are all pretty funny, but Dylan I would say wins this one” you said looking to your right at Dylan

“What can I say? I’m a true born comedian” said Dylan

The questions continued, Dylan and Thomas were asked a lot about work and their new projects, whereas you seemed to be getting the clothes questions, the personal life questions. Things like, “where do you recommend buying clothes?” “How was your trip to Italy” “what are you wearing today”. Sadly that was fairly normal.

“Alright Y/N your up again, now the buzzing question everywhere right now is, are you single?” The interviewer asked

“Yes I am single” you smiled even though you were generally annoyed inside “Im that girl at the family reunions who gets introduced to the 3rd cousins, and who always gets told by the grandmas, “see honey this is why you are still single”” you said

Next to you Dylan weesed and began laughing hysterically. Thomas again just giggled his sweet laugh.

“Well do they know the men you work with? I mean your standards must be pretty high huh?” The interviewer pushed

“Yes yes I guess they are” you said, Dylan laughed next to you

“Why aren’t you with any of them Y/N?” He asked

Your eyebrows knitted together at this question, was he really asking this?

“Well blondie over here” you said gesturing to Thomas “is taken as you know, and taken by one of the nicest people I know, so”

“Well what about you Dylan, I mean the media definitely wants you two together, you two are like Tom hanks and Meg Ryan, and hey if I were you I would totally hit that” he said to Dylan

You froze at this, wtf was this guy doing? Dylan’s eyebrows shot up and his jaw clenched, and Thomas glared at the interviewer.

“Really man?” Dylan asked, you adjusted yourself in your seat, moving your arms to cover your body, you suddenly felt exposed and uncomfortable.

“I was just kidding with you guys” the interviewer said laughing it off

“Wasn't very funny” Dylan said

“Sorry man, didn’t mean any harm” he said putting his hands up in defense

You were shaking, you had a past. A past no one knew about, a past that would be easily triggered by a comment like that.

“Maybe think before you speak next time” Thomas added

“Ya, not cool man” Dylan said

The tension in the room was deadly. But still the interview continued on with only two questions left.

After the interview everyone was checking to make sure you were ok, Dylan kept saying that he’d beat his ass and Thomas just repeated that he is a dick. On the way back to the hotel you were all staying at, the consern eventually died down. Thomas and Dylan were planning on meeting up with ki Hong and kaya at a bar somewhere. They asked if you wanted to join but you kindly refused saying that you needed some me time. They were hesitant at first but then gave in and left you in your hotel room. Once the door closed you ran to the bathroom, looking at yourself in the gold rimmed mirror. Then suddenly you were crying.

“No!” You yelled at yourself “don’t cry, stop it Y/N!” You told yourself, but the tears just kept flowing and they wouldn’t stop.

Dylan’s POV

I swear I was gonna murder that man, who the fuck makes comments like that? I knew Y/N, I knew how this was going to go. I could talk she was shaken up and uncomfortable, but she would never admit that. She never let people in, she claimed she didn’t want to bother anyone with her personal problems. Leaving her alone in her hotel room felt wrong, I knew she wasn’t okay. I could see it in her face. As we walked away from her door, down to the lobby I felt the sudden urge to go back. To run back to her and take her in my arms, stroke her hair and tell her it was ok. Then I decided that that was exactly what I was going to do.

“Hey man I think imma go back, you know how she is, I don’t think she should be alone” I told Thomas, he looked back at me with understanding eyes

“Ofcourse mate” he said nodding, “I think that is a brilliant idea”

“Tell kaya and ki Hong I’m sorry I missed them” I said already waking back to Y/Ns room

“Will do!” He responded

Then I burst out into a run, running back down the hall and to the elevator. I clicked the 6th floor and the second the doors opened I was out, running to Y/Ns door.

Once I got there I took the liberty of unlocking it with the extra key she had given me. She said it was only for emergencies, but I thought I could make an exception. I walked quietly into the hotel room, I opened my mouth to yell for her but then shut it again. I heard muffled cry’s coming from the bedroom. Shit, I hope she’s watching some random soap opera, I hope that’s not her crying.

“Hey Y/N?” I said opening the door to the bedroom

Your POV

When you heard Dylan say your name you quickly sprang into action. Because you were still in the bathroom he wouldn’t be able to see u for at least a few more seconds. You wiped your eyes and tired to put yourself together before walking out to greet him.

“Hey Dylan” you said smiling, keeping up your act

Dylan studied you, he saw your smile, but he also saw your red rimmed eyes and your fidgeting hands, he heard the slight crack in your voice and the tiredness in it as well.

“Are you alright?” He asked stepping slowly toward you

“Ya ya I’m fine! What are you doing here?” You said, way to quickly

Dylan looked at you with sad eyes, it broke him to know that you were hiding from him. “I was worried, I wanted to make sure you were ok”

“We’ll hate to break it to ya, but um you came back for nothing, I am totally fine, faaaaaantastic!” you said smiling at him even more

“You can talk to me” he said stepping closer to you again

“There is nothing to talk about” you said

“Y/N, I know you, I know what you are doing, your not ok, and your hiding it, your shutting me out again”

“Dylan you need to calm down! I. Am. Fine!” You said, he was right though, and you both knew it “you should really go have fun!”

“Y/N-“ he started before being cut off again

“I insist Dylan, please, don’t worry about me, ok?” You said smiling sweetly

“That’s a lot easier said than done” he said looking down, then an idea came to him, it was horrible and he knew you would hate him, but he needed you to let him in “but if that’s what you want, then I’ll leave” he said

“Yes! Go have a good time!” You’d aid practically pushing him out of the bedroom

“See ya later!” You said closing the bedroom door behind him

Dylan walking over to the front door, opened it, and then closed it, still standing in your hotel room. Meanwhile you were listening to hear him leave, and when the door shut you began crying again. Then suddenly strong arms were tapped around your body, pulling you in close. You jumped.

“Hey hey, it’s just me” Dylan said stroking your hair

“But-but you left” you said looking up at him confused

“I didn’t, I’m sorry angel but I needed you to be honest with me” he said looking at you in your eyes. His heart breaking into a million pieces, he hated seeing you like this.

“I-I’m so sorry” you said beginning to cry even harder

“Don’t be sorry angel, it’s ok I’m here” he said hushing you and continuing to stroke you hair. He held you in his arms and never let you go. He held you as you cried, though he was also breaking inside.

After what seemed like forever, your tears ran out and you began to calm down. Dylan still holding you close.

“You wanna talk about it?” He asked sweetly

“Not really” you said sniffling

“You know I will go back and kill That guy if you want me too right?” He said pulling away from you so he could see your face

You didn’t look at him in the eyes, though his tried to find yours

“No it’s ok, really. That guy was a Douche bag, it’s not his fault I have shit” because you had just been crying and weren’t thinking strait, those words just slipped through your mouth. Dylan’s eyes widened and he moved your chin to that you had to face him.

“What kind of shit?” He asked

“Nothing” you said

He widened his eyes saying “really?”

You nodded in response to his action.

“Come on Y/N I’m here, please just talk to me” he pleaded

You stood up and out of Dylan’s grasp. “Listen Dylan, there is a lot you don’t know about me, and it’s all for good reason, ok? I recommend leaving it alone” you said

“I have left it alone for long enough Y/N!” He said standing up as well

“Whatever Dylan” you said waving away his statement

“No! Do not shut me out!” He said walking over to you again grabbing you hands, you could tell he was getting mad, but when he grabbed you it scared you

“No stop! Please! I’m sorry!” You pleaded, Dylan let go of your hands. His heart broke. He looked at you with concerned eyes.

“I’m sorry” he said, he noticed you were shaking, he was so confused, your reaction wasn’t normal. “Please just talk to me, please?”

You sighed and sat down on the bed, putting your face in your hands. Dylan sighed, giving up he began walking away when suddenly you began talking.

“I was 20, it was the first week of my sophomore year of college, my best friend at the time was bugging me about going to some frat party for back to school, the guys she liked had asked her to come and bring a friend. I told her I had to study but she didn’t believe me because it was the first week of school. I wasn’t a party person but I gave in. We got there, and she was drunkenly talking to the guy. I only had one drink, that the guy, his name was Brandon gave me. I started to feel sick and I went to go lie down. I was not thinking strait and when Brandon offered to help me I accepted, he carried me to the bedroom and put me down on the bed. By that time I was confused but barely conscious. He um…” you hesitated, Dylan stared at u in disbelief “he rapped me, he fucking rapped me. I tried to tell my friend but she just accused me of being jealous and not happy for her, saying Brandon would never do that. She never spoke to me again. Then a year later my boyfriend, who I had only been dating for a month or so wanted to ya know do it and I told him I wasn’t ready, I lied telling him I was a virgin. He was fine with it and he said he would wait. He asked again a month later and I still said no, this time he was more angry. We fought and I told him what happened and he called me a slut. We didn’t technically break up but we didn’t really speak. I felt bad so one time I decided to surprise him in his dorm. He was there with another girl. He cheated on me. I never told anyone else about what Brandon did to me. Not my parents, not my friends, not the police.” You finished in tears again

Dylan’s heart was in a million pieces, his best friend was raped and he didn’t know about it. Ofc it was a few years before you met him but he still kicked himself for not protecting you. He loved you! He loved you so damn much. He walked and he wrapped you up in his arms.

“It’s okay angel” he spoke softly so he would scare you. He let his emotions take hold of him, he no longer had control of what he said, “I love you so much and I will never ever leave you or hurt you, I will always protect you.” He told you

You looked up, he just said that he loved you, “what?” You asked

Dylan then realized what he had said “oh um ha” he said scratching the back of his head, screw it he thought. “Ya I love you Y/N, I have loved you for a long time, and and I feel bad telling you now, I don’t wanna take advantage of you but I do. I love you and-“ he was cut off by your lips on his. They were soft, moved as if they were meant for each other.

“I love you too” you said as you smiled

Dylan let out a breath of relief and kissed you again. When Dylan met you, you were nervous about your new job next to big actors, Dylan hugged you trying to comfort you. You never forgot that hug.

You layed in his arms, and for once in a long time you felt light, happy, and safe. And it was all because of one innocent hug.

#dylan obrien #the maze runner

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meggie-stardust · 1 year

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Happy Steter Valentines @msridcully!!

Here is your @stetervalentines2023 fic. I am so sorry this is posting so late in the day, but today just got away from me, and I was only able to get this up now. You pretty much gave me free reign to write whatever as long as it didn't include a few things, and this idea kinda just popped into my head fully formed. I hope you enjoy it!

A Notorious and Well Documented Disdain Pairing: Peter Hale/Stiles Stilinski Rating: Explicit Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Werewolves Are Known, Alternate Universe - Law Enforcement, Idiots in Love, Banter, Canon-Typical Violence, Partners to Lovers, References to Clueless (1995)

Peter and Stiles hate each other, which is unfortunate since they are partners at the Supernatural Response Agency. No one else at the SRA is buying it. Or: the one where Peter and Stiles are both assholes, and they only way they can deal with their feelings is by continuing to be assholes.

#steter valentines exchange #steter fic #steter #meg writes fic #meg watches teen wolf

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wheredidhiseyebrowsgo · 4 years

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Do you know any fics where they all hide the fact they’re werewolves from stiles and stiles is mad that no one told him :)

EHere’s some werewolf reveal!

First Impressions Are Overrated by Leslie_Knope

(1/1 I 14,463 I Teen I Sterek)

In Stiles’ defense, he didn’t deliberately ram his grocery cart into the (evidently precarious) pyramid of oranges.

Growing Up With You by WhereAreTheBreaks

(18/18 I 22,716 I Teen I Sterek)

It all started with a strange scent in the grocery store, and now Derek can't imagine his life without the hyperactive little shit that is Stiles Stilinski. He didn't know why he always felt the need to be close to the boy but his mom's knowing looks certainly weren't helping.

Maybe There’s Blood in This Stone Yet by Batwynn

(6/? I 32,414 I Teen I Sterek)

Stiles and his dad move into a small town just in time for his junior year in high school. His dad gets the cushy sheriff job, presumably all desk work and less being shot at, and Stiles gets to meet new people.

Like the thing that chaises him through the woods his third day in, or the group of teenagers who call themselves a pack, or Deputy Hale, who has the most amazing eyes Stiles has ever seen, and who also knows weird things about him without even asking. All in all, Beacon Hills is turning out to be anything but boring.

When You're Close I Feel the Sparks by Leslie_Knope

(4/4 I 39,671 I Mature I Sterek)

The guy is hot as hell, sure—leather jacket and glasses, Jesus, be still Stiles' poor, bisexual, beating heart—but more importantly, it must really suck being new on the first day of senior year.

“We’re adopting him,” he decides, tugging Scott and Kira by the elbow in that direction. “Let’s go.”

Suspicious Minds by HaleHole (SweetFanfics)

(1/1 I 40,105 I Explicit I Sterek)

“Don’t feed Balto your pizza,” Stiles mildly warns his daughter.

“Derek.”

Stiles pauses, mouth open and cheese sliding off the pizza as he parrots, “Derek? Who’s Derek?”

His daughter rolls her eyes, like Stiles has just asked her the dumbest question ever. “The wolf, Daddy!”

“You changed his name?” Stiles asks in surprise. Usually she’s pretty set about naming things. Her doll’s name was decided two seconds after receiving it, the car has been Alonzo for three years now, and the toaster ‘Pop’ for the last six months.

Meg nods, prodding the sliding cheese back on top of her slice. “Yeah. He told me his name is Derek. And that he doesn’t really like Balto.”

“Is that right?” he asks, eyeing the wolf who seems far too interested in watching a pair of animated moose arguing. It’s official. This wolf is weird. This whole situation is weird.

--Separated from Laura after being cornered by some hunters, an injured Derek finds himself being rescued by Stiles and his young daughter. In more than one way.

Sleeping through time by thingwithfeathers

(14/? I 65,142 I Teen I Steter)

Peter runs away from home after a falling out with his alpha. She has done something to his mind, and he doesn’t want to stay for her to do more damage. He finds himself in front of a giant tree stump deep into the preserve and thinks it’s a perfect place to rest for the night. Before falling asleep he wishes for something better, for someone who could care about him.

You should be careful what you wish for. Sometimes wishes come true.

Stiles is running through the woods because he can’t sleep. Maybe exercise will work. It feels right. And nothing happens in Beacon Hills.

It feels like he has miscalculated terribly when he hears the first scream. But he runs towards it anyway.

Just the Same by ericaismeg

(7/7 I 68,066 I Explicit I Sterek)

Something is seriously up with the captain of the lacrosse team. There's just no way Derek Hale is human.***“I was wondering if you're even human. You move so quickly. I mean, it's ridiculously fast. No human should be able to move that fast, y'know? It's unfair for us. I mean, it's obvious you work out, and I don't, so that could be why, but like...I was just wondering if you were human, that's all.”

“Stop talking, Stilinski, or I'll—”

“Put me on the bench all season?” Stiles asks knowing full well that Derek Hale can't threaten him with shit.

One life stand by Vendelin

(6/6 I 84,278 I Explicit I Sterek)

Stiles is used to selling himself to make ends meet. But it's getting harder to keep those ends meeting, and there's only so much of Stiles to go around. Until a too-fancy car shows up in his neighborhood, and he meets Derek Hale.

All Derek wants is Stiles's time, someone to stay on his arm for events and smile for the cameras. It's the easiest job Stiles has ever had, the best-paying one he's ever had, and he's more than happy to sign up.

Derek is everything and nothing Stiles expects him to be, with his tailored suits, sharp mind and his quiet way of caring. But it's just a job and Stiles never meant to fall in love.

Hallowed Grounds by damnfancyscotch

(16/16 I 109,578 I Mature I Sterek)

Everything in Beacon Hills is the same when Stiles comes home from college.

Well, except for the fact that he's a published author now, Scott is halfway across the world with a travelling circus, Erica's epilepsy has been cured, her boss offers him a job too, and there's this weird black dog that seems to be following him around just to judge him.

Oh, and the murders, of course.

But other than that stuff... totally the same old BH.

The Moon Lives (In The Lining of Your Skin) by Quixoticity

(28/30 I 130,261 I Explicit I Sterek)

Stiles is doing fine. Okay, so he didn't expect to be a single father to an infant daughter at the tender age of twenty-three, but it's working out great. And no, he didn't expect to be a curator in Beacon Hills Museum, where weird things happen with no explanation, but he's rolling with it. And he seems to have acquired a new brother now that his dad's gotten engaged, which, odd, but hey, Stiles is flexible, and there's no such thing as too much love, right?

But then the next twist comes in the form of mysterious new neighbour Derek Hale, who is both insanely angry at the world (it's possible he's murdered people with his eyebrows alone), and adorably good with children. He's also in possession of a truly excellent butt.

Stiles is doomed.

#teen wolf #sterek #steter #stiles stilinski #derek hale #peter hale #werewolf reveal #anon #Anonymous

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ijustdontlikepeople · 3 years

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for some reason i thought i sent in an ask for the favorites game but then i realized i didn't so! if you're still doing them: favorite verb, favorite berry, favorite trope, favorite music video (any artist), & favorite ancient civilization? -megs 💙

Hi Megs!! All good!

Favorite berry: strawberries!

Favorite Trope: I’m a big fan of enemies/rivals-to-friends-to-lovers. Like start with some tension and anger get to a playful banter with trust and then get together. I’m blanking on an example in a real book other than The Deal by Elle Kennedy which not a ton of people have read. Maybe, sort of Percabeth from PJO? What Bellarke from the 100 and Sterek from Teen Wolf should have been.

Favorite Music Video: possibly a weird admittance, not a big music video person. Generally I watch them when they come out for artists I really like, but I don’t really go back to them after. The first thing I thought of is Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran. (Which first off I really love Ed Sheeran). It’s a pretty simple concept. Just Ed and a pretty woman ballroom dancing to the song, but I’m a sucker for a really good dance and they killed it. I loved the vintage feel. I love the costumes. I love the choreo. I watched the behind the scenes and Ed was so dedicated to being the dancer in the video. He practiced for months. He changed his diet. He lost a ton of weight. And he did a really good job. And it all fits the song so well.

Favorite Ancient Civilization: wow, that is not an easy question (and a great way to start some fights amongst classicists). My education was largely Roman and Greek based. I did my capstone/senior thesis on (broadly) Romano-Egyptian Religious Syncretism. I also really enjoyed learning about the Celts, Ancient Norse, Indus River Valley Civilization, and the plethora of civilizations in the Fertile Crescent. I wish I had gotten to learn more about other cultures like China which has such an incredibly rich ancient history that only got touched on briefly in my program because it was largely Mediterranean focused. I think my favorite one to learn about is Egypt. But my favorite civilizations is probably Rome. I think the foundations of Rome coming from Magnae Graeca, Etruria, Latium etc. created a really interesting melting pot of cultures that slowly develops into its own identity which is really cool to watch. But I also studied Ancient Latin and my heritage is Italian so maybe I just feel extra connected 🤣.

Thank you so much for sending me this ask! It was cool to think about this stuff. I didn’t have a ready answer for any of these questions!

Ask me about my favorites!

#Megs 💙#igarbagecannoteven #annie responds #favorite asks #these were fun!

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dreamingofawolf · 3 years

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Re: Criminal Minds being weird from the start

I feel like any series that lasts over 5 seasons (3 if it's on CW) is doomed to go off the rails. But it shouldn't be a debate over when such and such show got crazy. It probably started that way. The question is at what point you had to wuss out.

And at that point you have two options:

A. Be bitchy and avoid everything to do with the show or whine about the creators

B. Get some popcorn and watch everyone else's commentary (i.e. me and the supernatural fandom)

I mean I love the show, I’ve seen the whole thing. I think I’d just somehow forgotten how odd it starts out. Which given that it’s from the same dude who gave us the batshittery that is Teen Wolf… Makes a lot of sense.

I do think though that when a show goes off the rails it has to embrace that (Legends of Tomorrow, embrace the insanity, have a giant blue bear thing hug a demon to death…) and I think the cast of Criminal Minds definitely did that… mostly.

I often wonder if the CW start pouring extra drugs into the coffee supply when a show hits a certain point though.

My Supernatural experience is… I can pinpoint the exact moment I noped out of that show (Meg’s death in S8) and watching the fandom has been amazing. It’s absolutely the perfect fandom to get popcorn for. The writer’s room on that show just seemed to hate everyone. Including themselves. As they revved up the generators to shock life back into the stitched together corpse they were trying to present as ‘The Plot’.

#quinbi #reply

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itslaurenmae · 3 years

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the sun the moon the truth

1222 words, Rated T for canon-typical violence, language

Read on ao3 here.

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, the truth.

Bleeding out on the ground, Hamish remembered the first time he read those words in a very old book back in England as he was being educated at boarding school.

He’d been a boy of thirteen, and the book certainly hadn’t been intended for the pupils like him to read, but it hadn’t been locked up or hidden away and was sitting open in Master Leonard’s study. While Hamish waited for his instructor to return and begin their French lesson, he’d taken the book into his hungry hands, run his fingers over the yellowed pages, feasted on the small, inky words on the page. There were other sayings, too, but that one caught his eye and arrested his attention and etched its way into his memory, latched itself into his mind and onto his heart, the way the Bible said Scripture was supposed to - and there they stayed.

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, the truth.

These were not the words of the Christian faith, ancient or current. They weren’t the words of Catholics or Protestants or Cathars or Anabaptists. They weren’t white men’s words, they weren’t from the Q’aran or the Torah or any of the other religious texts he’d seen, but they struck Hamish Goames just the same.

No, these words came from some other system, from another way of believing, and in them, something profound resonated.

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, the truth.

He’d always remembered those words, still found them making their way into the margins of his notes for the Company - notes he’d tear out and put aside for himself in another book. Or burn. Notes no one should see.

One time, Yvon did see.

“Where did you find those words, Hamish?”

“In a very old book.”

“It’s no poetry I’ve ever seen.”

“It is not,” Hamish replied, grinning slyly. It was not often that he was familiar with words that Yvon was not already familiar with. His old friend was the most well-read man Hamish had ever known, exempting only his own instructor back in England.

“Where are they from?”

“The Buddha.”

“The Buddha?” Yvon smiled. “I didn’t know you’d studied the Eastern religions.”

“I didn’t,” Hamish responded. “Not in any great depth, anyway. I found it, in a tome I wasn’t supposed to be reading. When I was a boy.”

“Always curious.”

“Yes, Yvon. I saw it on a table, while waiting for the headmaster to return. I don’t think I was meant to be looking, but my curiosity - ”

“It always gets the better of you,” Yvon completed the thought.

“It does.”

“I like it,” Yvon said.

“I do, too.”

This was an acceptable thing for Hamish to admit to Yvon now, years after he’d first seen those words, away from the strict tutelage of his instructors and the clucking disapproval of his sister. She’d never heard him utter the words, but Alice was very devout, and Hamish knew she wouldn’t like it.

He hadn’t considered himself much of a Christian for some time now. Even bleeding out in the woods in the cold, hard sun, he didn’t find himself thinking about the benedictions or creeds he’d memorized. The words of the Bible didn’t affect him the way they used to, if they ever had - save for a few passages in Psalms and Ecclesiastes. But that phrase, those words - they stuck even after all these years.

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

He saw them in his mind’s eye, pictured his dirty hands scribbling them one more time into his overlarge leatherbound field journal. Sometimes, when he wrote, it was just those words - the sun, the moon the truth - sometimes it was just “cannot be long hidden” - but the phrase crept its way into his mind, into his hands, onto his words on the page.

The bullet had entered his chest somewhere. It missed his heart directly, so he was able to continue drawing on the words that had inscribed themselves there. Every breath, every thought a beat of his heart, every inhale a reminder.

On the ship from England to New France, when he woke up from an uneasy sleep. Alice’s voice. “It is not long until the morning now.”

The sun.

In the woods, Randall Cross bleeding out at his feet.

The moon.

“Who do you serve, Mr. Goames?” Bouchard asked.

The truth.

We are all animals.

It cannot be long hidden.

He closes his eyes and tries to focus on more specific times those words were true, drawing in a painful lungful of air. Is that what the bullet had pierced, his lung? He couldn’t be sure.

He crawls away from Ratasenthos, tries to focus on making distance, spits leaves and dirt away. Closes his eyes, thinks about…

How those were the words that came to him to after he finds the girl Renardette in the woods. She can’t or doesn’t want to speak, and that’s okay, because those words are true. Three things cannot be long hidden …. She can have all the time she needs. Hamish is not in a hurry.

They’re the words he thought as he and Yvon left the company’s office in Quebec City on their way back to Wobik. He doesn’t like this, doesn’t like the man Cooke he’s supposed to be working alongside, doesn’t like that he didn’t know where his brother in law had fucked off to. But the words remain. It cannot be long hidden.

He thought the words as he held Cross’s body to himself and drove the knife into his gut. Hamish had seen, and in the light of the moon, he’d been reborn.

The sun, the moon, the truth. It cannot be long hidden.

Ratasenthos has him on his back now, and he’s going to deliver the killing blow at any moment. Hamish lifts those words up in a silent prayer, to whatever is waiting for him on the other side of his consciousness. This is the end, and he is dying. Maybe one day, truth about him will be uncovered. He closes his eyes and surrenders.

It might be the next breath, it might be the next heartbeat, the new gush of blood ebbing out of his broken veins, the flow of his thoughts red and running and then...

Renardette standing over him, the sun behind her, knowing that at any moment he would bleed out onto the forest floor. Ratasenthos falling away from him due to her stab to his neck, and the blood, so much blood. She smiled. It was dawn, it was dusk. Thesunthemoonthetruth - they all blended together then, a confluence of things he could not hide from anymore.

Yes, he was dying. Yes, he wasn’t wholly human anymore. And yes, this was the way things were meant to be. Him and her and in the woods and blood, so much blood. Pro pelle cutem, a skin for a skin, a life for a life, a debt is repaid. And as his human body healed itself and his skin changed, the howl from deep within leaving his lungs in an involuntary release, he remembered them again. The sun, the moon, the truth. An anchor.

It cannot be long hidden.

Thank you for reading this piece. It's largely headcanon and a bit meandering on purpose.

I first became familiar with the saying "Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, the truth" when I watched Teen Wolf back in 2016. Some of the characters adopt it as an anchor, a motto that keeps them from shifting at inopportune times. I took the idea of having an anchor and kind of shifted it around here - what if someone used those words not as an anchor to staying human, but as a mantra to pass from one form to another? What if it was something Hamish had repeated to himself in the past, and maybe didn't know yet that it was keeping the creature at bay, and that thinking it as he's dying makes it an admonishment, an atonement, a releasing of who he once was and allowing himself to be the animal inside?

As always, thanks to Meg aka @jeynepoole for this screencap, feedback, and forever engaging with me in my headcanons.

I can't stop thinking about this show and these characters. Truly was my favorite from 2020.

#barkskins #hamish goames #my writing #blood cw

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Another year, another reading challenge completed! I set my goal at 50 and beat it to 100, which is still the least amount I have read in the last several years. This year was a lot more fictional than usual and I reread a lot of favs as an attempt to bring comfort to myself. This year I got back in deep with TRC series and honestly, it’s been probably the best thing to happen to me this year. It’s brought me some amazing friendships and I’m back to seriously writing for the first time in ages. I am so grateful for everything books have given to me this year and I’m looking forward to another year of reading!

(Is there any way to write these that doesn’t make me sound like a PTA mom? lol)

The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Killing November by Adriana Mather ⭐️⭐️

The Chalk Man by C. J. Tudor ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Dissecting Death by Frederick Zugibe and David L. Carroll ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Dress Codes for Small Towns by Courtney Stevens ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Goldblum Variations: Adventures of Jeff Goldblum Across the Known (and Unknown) Universe by Helen McClory ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup ⭐️⭐️

Lethal White by Robert Galbraith/J. K. Rowling ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James ⭐️⭐️

Useless Magic by Florence Welch ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Trust Exercise by Susan Choi ⭐️⭐️

To the Bridge by Nancy Rommelmann ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Ghost: A Cultural History by Susan Owens ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Lock Every Door by Riley Sager ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Still Waters by Alex Gabriel ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Bunny by Mona Awad ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Diviners by Libba Bray ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Before the Devil Breaks You by Libba Bray ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The King of Crows by Libba Bray ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Toil and Trouble by Augusten Burroughs ⭐️⭐️⭐️

One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda ⭐️⭐️

The Girl in Red by Christina Henry ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Rape of Tutankhamun by John Romer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

D-Day Girls: the Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win WWII by Sarah Rose ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little ⭐️⭐️

Miracle Creek by Angie Kimi ⭐️⭐️

The Prized Girl by Amy K. Green ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Dead Queens Club by Hannah Capin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Whistling Vivaldi: and Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us by Claude Steele ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Five: the Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Other People by C. J. Tudor ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Dark Corners of the Night by Meg Gardiner ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Tenant by Katrine Engberg ⭐️⭐️

House of Trelawney by Hannah Rothschild ⭐️⭐️⭐️

A Cosmology of Monsters by Shaun Hamill ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Final Girls by Riley Sager ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Dry by Jane Harper ⭐️⭐️

The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Stranger by Albert Camus ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Jack of Hearts by L. C. Rosen ⭐️⭐️⭐️

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russel ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley ⭐️⭐️

Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Plague by Albert Camus ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Hello Girls by Brittany Cavallaro and Emily Henry ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Watching You by Lisa Jewell ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Return by Rachel Harrison ⭐️⭐️⭐️

There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Everything You Want Me to Be by Mindy Mejia ⭐️⭐️

The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Opal by Maggie Stiefvater ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Library of Legends by Janie Chang ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Teen Titans: Raven by Kami Garcia ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Teen Titans: Beast Boy by Kami Garcia ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Guest List by Lisa Foley ⭐️⭐️

Beach Read by Emily Henry ⭐️⭐️

The Shadows by Alex North ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

People Like Us by Dana Mele ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People Who Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Pretty Things by Janelle Brown ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Granted by Mary Szybist ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Incarnadine by Mary Szybist ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Afterland by Lauren Beukes ⭐️⭐️

The Apparitionists: A Tale of Phantoms, Fraud, Photography, and the Man who Captured Lincoln’s Ghost by Peter Manseau ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Lakewood by Megan Giddings ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Nanny by Gilly Macmillan ⭐️⭐️

Point Pleasant by Jen Archer Wood ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Shiny Broken Pieces by Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Violet Bent Backwards Over Grass by Lana Del Rey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#personal

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