I apologize for blorboposting with a prokopetz quote but it wouldn't leave my brain.

(insert obligatory "well stop sucking it like an idiot then" joke here)

Happy birthday to @batneko ! Have some mumarou in the same verse as last year's gift!

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences 

Relationships: Garou/Satoru | Mumen Rider 

Summary: Satoru, aka Mumen Rider, hosts an overnight radio show. It's fun, and he has some great regular callers. But what he looks forward to the most is the twenty minute trainride home, when he gets to meet a certain someone...

Notes: Belated fic for @wanpanmas ‘Keep Warm’ prompt. (This is the fic I started instead of the fic I was going to write, which I ended up finishing before this one, lol. Also it’s currently unbeta’d and unedited, because I wanted to post before the end of the year. So right now this is 100% free range organic GM-free fanfiction, plucked fresh from the earth, from field to fork, yadda yadda)

Mumar got a new fancy icon 👀 (New / Old)

You've accidentally created a "who can make the most cursed Scarbo shipname" congrats

I offer Mumar to the conversation, enjoy :)

OH MY GOD. THATS SO CURSED STOP

LMAO Johnny is SUCH an asshole. His lines when you get the gig from Mumar to klep a shipment are so fucking funny.

Salty ask - 14, 19

Hello, Wonderful Anon! Thank you so much for dropping me a note <3 I always get ridiculously happy when I have something in my ask box. Perhaps you've figured out the theme by now, which is "if I hate something, it's probably a Me thing."

Salty Asks Done Nicely

14. Unpopular opinion about your fandom?

90% of the OPM subreddit needs to quietly sit in time out until they learn to play nicely with other kids. Although I don't think that counts as an unpopular opinion.

As an avid consumer of meta and fan-made content, I think that having disparate interpretations of characters/scenes/events is usually a Two Cakes problem.

[[redacted/Blorbo]] is Ace/Aro? Love it. I'll be in my bunk.

[[redacted/Blorbo]] is a Sex God? 100%. Fabulous. I am curled up with my tablet and covered in cracker crumbs as we speak.

Do I sometimes catch myself giving the side-eye when someone portrays a character differently than I normally imagine? Yes--I am human and my opinions are strong. But at the same time, I try to remember that this person is giving their time/effort/energy/love to create something--almost certainly for free--and then has the courage/gumption to release their baby out into the aether for others to enjoy (because formatting for ao3/tumblr/etc is its own other beast!)... seriously, I'm figuratively kissing y'all on the mouth right now, and/or handing you a proverbial soup bowl with a side of undying admiration. I think it's fantastic that I have different types of content to choose from, in addition to canon, and that I have diverse options depending on my mood. Or, who knows! You might even change my mind :) To be honest, I did not understand Mumarou at first, and while it's not my OTP it is one of the ships in my armada. :) I'm grateful for any content that features my faves.

That being said... on Reddit in particular, I noticed some (actually a lot) of readers reacting in a strongly negative way to the relationship between Saitama and Genos, or just outright being mean to Garou or hating on Genos... I don't really understand that. I mean, I do, but... I've largely curated my fandom experience to avoid those people. Life's too short, you know? I'm really grateful to the Tumblr community for being such a chill and supportive place.

19. What's the thing you hate most about your fandom?

Writing for a small fandom is really hard.

I have yet to fully uncouple my desire to create with my desire for attention (it's an ongoing struggle). And because I mostly write genfics (no romance), that makes it really, really hard. And when I do write something that features a romantic relationship, I do so for an OTP that runs counter to the two most popular fandom ships, that makes it really, really, really hard.

Sure, I write meta stuff too, but I haven't been blogging very long, and I don't have much of a following so I don't get much engagement/asks/etc. I'm always a little surprised when people want my opinion on things.

I put a lot of work into everything I write, particularly my fics, so it's hard not to get down about the near-radio-silence sometimes. I accidentally wrote 100 words of Batarou for Wanpanmas 2020 and it was easily the most popular thing I'd ever done... until I briefly stepped into the Jujutsu Kaisen fandom with a Gojo x Reader sickfic. But that was better, because I did it on purpose--specifically, I did it for a friend who (like me) laments the lack of SFW/smut-free x reader stuff. Same writing style, similar character (white-haired & insufferable pretty boy), but very, very different experience. I do have some JJK fics drafted and occasionally I fantasize about switching over because maybe I wouldn't feel so left out. Then I take a deep breath, check my feelings, and close out my Sukuna x Reader drafts. (don't worry, I'm not planning to switch fandoms any time soon. I have enough OPM stuff to keep me busy for years... and if i hesitate to share my fannish work with IRL friends now, imagine having to explain "canon-typical cannibalism" to people.) There's a saying song from the musical [title of show] and it goes like this: "I'd rather be nine people's favorite thing than 100 people's ninth favorite thing" and that's sort of my mantra when it comes to creating these days. I wouldn't be as confident in my work if I hadn't had this little fandom detour on my writing journey--it's pretty much necessitated that I dig deep into my motivations and confirm, "yes, I'm doing this because I love it," and "yes, I am 100% at peace with this finished product even though nobody's actively patting me on the shoulder right now," and actually I do have quite a few people that regularly interact with/entertain my ideas (I've jokingly used the term "emotional support mutual" but I feel weird assigning titles without consent... but if you have to ask, you probably are <3).

I may not have hundreds of followers--I'm, at best, midway through the double digits slightly over 100 but I'm grateful for everyone who's ever commented on/hearted/reblogged anything I have written, even if it’s a silly one-liner. Quantitatively, I don't get much interaction but qualitatively my heart is overflowing when I consider some of the exchanges I have had... Like it really tickled me that enough people actually wanted to play OPM bingo which started out as a silly joke, or joined in my Toaster Prayer Circle… any time the ship name I made gets used, my soul leaves my body (that’s only happened three times, but when your soul escapes your physical form, it’s a real bear to make it go back in…) little things like that seriously means a lot to my ADHD/Autistic Chaos Brain, which has always struggled to connect with people.

Any advice for someone thinking about getting into the mercenary business?

"Find your local Fixer. Every district'a Night City has a Fixer. Watson's is Regina Jones. Wakako Okada handles biz in Japantown. Mumar Rayes has Rancho Coronado. Dino Dinovic is the Fixer for the city center. Want work in Heywood, talk to Padre. If you're looknin' for work in Pacifica... don't. But the Fixer there goes by Mr. Hands. You don't find him. He finds you."

"Then there's Rogue. The head Fixer in NC. Runs a club in Watson called the Afterlife. Best mercs get jobs directly from her. Word was, she was puttn' together jobs back in Silverhand's day. Even rolled as part of his crew during the attack on 'Saka Tower in 2023."

Musée de la Machine Agricole et de la Ruralité (le MUMAR)

Dear God,

Thankful and blessed today. I woke up early with the help of my alarms. I prepared myself for 24 hours duty. I drank my vitamins. I am with Maam Gemaima and we arrived at our patient’s house safely. I ate breakfast which is boiled kamote. We cared and monitored our patient with the help of you Oh God. I scrolled my social media accounts, chatted my family and friends. My lunch was fried chicken. Wr also had a lot of chit chats because Gemaima is a marites. We laugh a lot. I also got a call from my parcel. I ate snacks which is chapati with cheese. I am also sad because my weight is 72kg. I also knew that Mumar is here in UAE. Suzee told me when we had chats on Instagram. I felt a little heaviness in my heart because I remember the pain I felt before. Mumar and Melhan are coworkers, that is the reason Why I let Melhan come into my life. But he cause me too much pain. Anyways, please heal me completely Oh God. I read few pages of the Bible. I ate my dinner which is shawarma and samosa given by the family. I am full after. I will drink my medicines. Have mercy on us Oh God. Guide us always to the right path. Remove sickness, danger and negative things in our life. Answer our prayers in your perfect time. Thank you and I love you God.

BLOG ENTRY NO.6: Children's Story

Written by: Erna Diane Macatuggal Lubrico

"Y. Diane Rhodes"

You're supposed to be the reasonable one!

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Just posted a little ficlet in honor of @batneko. How do yall feel about some canon compliant mumarou?

Chapters: 1/1

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences 

Relationships: Garou/Satoru | Mumen Rider

Summary: Mumen has learnt the best way to communicate with Garou. He's also learnt to hide his feelings. Then one winter's night, he learns that Garou has been hiding something too.

Notes: @wanpanmas 2023 prompt: Keep Warm (this is the fic I said I wasn’t going to finish lmao)

Kinda want to do some musings on Lucy’s thoughts on the Fixers of Night City, just because I can:

Regina Jones: Respects her skills as a media and her concern for those affected with Cyberpsycosis. Imagines she would have done a lot to help David if Smasher hadn’t flatlined him. Always awkward to visit during 2077 since she set up shop in Kiwi’s old apartment.

Wakako Okada: Finds her a bit standoffish but gives her reverence as someone who can at least put some control on the Tyger Claws. Dislikes going to Jig Jig street often mainly because assholes keep assuming she’s a doll or a joytoy.

Mumar “El Capitan” Reyes: Decent guy from Arroyo like David. Good with vehicles, no nonsense when it comes to business.

Dakota Smith: Little contact as most of her work is in night city, very rarely does Lucy travel to the badlands. At least is cordial with her based on the few times they have spoken.

Sebastian “Padre” Ibarra: Wishes he’d keep the Valentinos on a shorter leash, respects the fact that he maintains any form of faith in a place like Night City where that shit gets washed away real easy.

“Mr. Hands”: About as little contact as with Dakota, namely because he keeps anyone at arms length and rarely hands out contracts. Seemed to have gotten along decently with David though.

Dino Dinovic: Weird rockerboy, tends to avoid corpo plaza work because of bad memories, but is cordial.

Rouge Amendaries: Trusts her as a veteran solo and Fixer. Feels sorry for what happened to Johnny, makes her think of herself and David. Limited interactions though.

i added 800 words to my mumarou fic tonight and broke 6k!!