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ON ADA’S LIFE AFTER RESIDENT EVIL 6,
SOME RETRACTIONS / SOME ADDITIONS :
going forward i’ll probably walk back a majority of resident evil 6 canon divergence, for a number of reasons including that i’m too lazy to sit down & rewrite an entire resident evil game but also that as i’ve matured both as a person & as a writer i’ve come to better understand my issue with RE6 is that an it’s an incredibly interesting story told very poorly (where the chance of the characters wrestling with their discoveries is almost always whisked away by an overdrawn, jarring action set-piece that barely advances the plot) & the way to solve my issues is not removing some of the central themes of project ada but to attempt to make good on capcom’s blunder by adequately portraying them . if you were to truly commit to rebuilding the game’s narrative from the ground up with ada in a leading role instead of a background one, then maybe some of my ideas would work but, again, who has the time to write endless drabbles about a stupid action-horror video game ?
joke’s on me, i have time
trigger warning, the following section contains mentions of implied assault, domestic abuse & forced pregnancy
my second reason is that i want to better work ada wong into the themes of resident evil 7 & 8, going in a direction for her character i’ve honestly never imagined myself considering but i think i stumbled onto a concept that’s a bit too good to pass up that involves making project ada just that little bit worse . inspired partially by the series of files on derek’s transformation whose endnote detail the family’s plans to leave him for dead in china & usher in a new heir in his place, their displeasure & disappointment in him over all the wasted resources (& potentially the building of facilities in rival economies, his obsession with an asian woman, the family does exist to ensure global stability through white/western/american hegemony) spent chasing a docile, obedient substitute to a woman who will never love him back . speaking of poorly told, by the by, the fate of the most powerful organization in the franchise after the death of its leader isn’t told to you in-game, you have to go to RE.net for it .
i doubt derek c. simmons was fully unaware that elements of the family were planning to oust him, he is meant to be the franchise’s overarching villain, with an heir prepared to take his role (a collateral descendant, i imagine), & his obsession with ada’s beauty & intellect, their compatibility as partners, tells me that he viewed her as more than just a showpiece to hang beside his throne, his desperation to have her back under his grasp because she, & only she, is worthy of being a mother to his child, of giving him a son that carries on his legacy, a child that bears their best qualities to lead the world into a future he envisions, him offering guidance from the shadows, clinging desperately to his power . without a true heir, the coup would succeed even without derek’s death as him & carla had become a liability to the family’s ultimate goal & he is nothing if not a man made of contingencies .
i think you know where this is going .
of the many secrets ada finds through the lower levels of the quad tower, destroying carla’s final experiment & her research logs detailing neo-umbrella’s plans & operations, everything to do with project ada so that the theft of her identity is erased from stated record (though some reports from tatchi note the presence of two ada wongs based on cross-referenced sightings from BSAA personnel, plus, well one is dressed in reds & the other in blues, kind of hard to change clothing so often when you’re on the run from chris redfield), she uncovers a video diary of her doppelganger, one where she is constantly oscillating between extremes, between the happiness that derek, the one man who loves her most in the world, blessed her with the gift of motherhood & with a child that will show the world the love they share for each other & the other, the inner voice of the woman trapped within that screams to cut that thing out of her, take a knife & rip herself apart & spill its guts to show derek that she won’t allow his legacy to continue . it sets the kernel of an idea she will build onto later, a child of her own incubating beneath the sea bed, a monster much like simmons, one that will destroy the world he’s created .
they stand at odds & fight as the logs go on with the inner voice ringing a hollow victory, carla realizing she can’t rid herself of the pregnancy, she has already done so much beneath simmons’ ever watchful gaze to ensure the world his & his family controls burns to the ground & failing to deliver the child would put her under too much scrutiny, she can’t allow her plans to fail . the final few videos showing her, cradling a baby daughter in her arms, one final struggle between love & hatred that’s only decided when simmons enters the frame, enraged at carla’s failure to give him a son . it’s wasted rage, he can’t afford to wait another nine months as the family accelerates their moves against him & ada averts her eyes the second she sees him raise his hand . she’s seen enough, she knows what awaits in the dark laboratory that still stands in the quad tower & every nerve in her body tells her to run away, let it all burn down to cinders, but a pang of guilt pushes her forward, some kind of sick, perverted curiosity to uncover one final mystery that plagues her need to know everything . a foregone conclusion whose answers & resolve she’s already internalized that she has to see through, for herself, for carla’s sake, for the ten thousand woman that suffered at her & simmons’ hand .
they wait for her, lost in a corner of the laboratory that has yet to burn, a room off to the side where something can be so easily forgotten,
whatever carla’s motivations were, the benefit of studying the offspring of a chrysalid mutant for the development of enhanced c, the strain used to turn simmons into what he always meant to be, or maybe a kind of unwanted bond formed the moment derek rejected his daughter, much in the same way he rejected carla despite her devotion to him in favor of ada (something to speak for a remnant of carla’s humanity), much like her reason for involving ada in her plans, either to see her burn with the rest of the world & pay for simmons’ obsession with her or because carla knows ada will put her life on the line to keep chaos from engulfing the planet, calling upon her as a way to quite literally stop herself, ada can’t parse it, not really . she does like to guess, of course, & she’s the only character in RE6 that shows carla any kind of understanding & sympathy (what the hell did simmons do to you? / i don’t condone your actions carla, but at least now i understand them), aware that she can only really lay blame at the feet of simmons & trying to at least affirm carla’s humanity before she completely sheds it (but it was your conscience carla, that saw you fail. after all, isn’t that why you brought me into this? which is an oddly written & delivered line, but far be it from me to suggest RE6 isn’t the most well considered game in the franchise . ada turns sour on carla the second she becomes an active threat, but there is a solemn goodbye to the carla that was after she starts biting back, some guilt in it too) . which is why she carries out the only part of carla’s plans that should be seen through to its conclusion, ending simmons .
a young girl, two, maybe three years old at most, cowering away from the destruction right above them, left without carla or the scientists that took care of her . the final unknown, the answer ada didn’t want to find . a palpable fear hangs in the air, a dread that settled within her ribcage, she wished that the shadows could hide her, that she would only be a brief silhouette in the doorway that vanishes the second its seen but the flames flicker brighter, her face is shown in the fire, blood & dirt & watering eyes, & the child runs to her, she clings to her & it’s like a chain around her ankle, a weight to drag her down & a single word echoes through the chaos, softly spoken, relief, sadness, happiness, something that sinks ada’s soul, she drowns beneath the waves, in depths of herself left undiscovered—
in mandarin, “ mother ? ”
a sound like shattered glass, sharp & piercing, plunging its way into her heart, a new wound from which to bleed through, whatever & whoever ada wong is now . she closes her eyes, daring not to glance below, tightening the grip on her MP9, placing her finger on the trigger . it was her first thought, how she could end it all right here, project ada, simmons’ legacy, the decade of pain & suffering that led to marhawa, edonia, tall oaks & tatchi, but then she would become a monster too, wouldn’t she ? beyond sympathy, beyond humanity, a hypocrisy that rings in her ear, makes it hard to hear whatever else the child says, the happiness of their reconnection, her cries of an undelivered promise, that they would one day leave this lab together . she recants, a heavy sigh that brings no relief with it, as if from new lungs & she finally looks down, into a mirror of something she’d thought lost . what she sees in that child is not carla, nor derek or the monstrosity that led to her birth, but ada’s own eyes reflected back . an unwanted child born to a woman unfit to be a mother . it’s a shock through her body, a jolt that forces her to act, holstering her gun & grabbing the child’s hand instead, another of carla’s promises she intends to keep .
another mess she has to clean up .
there’s a life out there waiting for them, one of many she’s built up over the years as a contingency, far too many times forced into hiding by those like simmons (as i doubt project ada was the sole outlet for his lust & obsession, why settle for a replica when you can have the real thing ? & derek is a man used to getting what he wants), who would want to claim ada wong & her secrets all for themselves . a small, tight-knit cantonese speaking community occupying an apartment block in singapore, where a travelling business woman returns home once every couple of years, now with a kid in hand . there was a kind of slight heartbreak in hearing how “her” daughter could only speak mandarin, when so much of the ada wong persona is intertwined with growing up in cantonese-speaking hong kong, its culture, its cinema, her youth spent learning & performing cantonese opera, & the disconnect she felt in spite of it all, with a han chinese father & a mandarin name . she wouldn’t expect simmons to have understood that, nor carla, it just lends itself to another way her identity had been perverted, degraded, lessened into a parody of itself that took center stage over the original act . she can’t afford to be ada wong anymore, at least for now, & there is something at stake other than herself for once, a new purpose, a new way to be that has to be learned as she goes, & thus sheng ming hui & her daughter settle into a domesticity that is as much a welcome respite as it is a prison for a woman who has lived her life always wanting to spread her wings .
the child’s name is mei, a reference to the ada wong persona’s chinese name, 黃美芬 (wong mei-fan) & ada resolves to complete it with a flourish of her own, mei-li, something taken from her own mother’s name (judith yuen li-zhen (袁李贞), which, yes, is lifted directly off maggie cheung’s character from in the mood for love, i am nothing if not wholly unoriginal) . though the surnames change as they move around the world in an effort to stay hidden, in time ada does begin affectionately calling her meimei .
there’s very few that know of ada’s fate after tatchi, among them :
jill valentine (@goetiya), her confidant, the only person allowed a peek beneath the veil in their mutual dance, a playful romance that dragged itself out from those precious few months before the raccoon city incident, who ends up taking mei-li under her own care after ada’s survival is discovered by the “ organization ”, the seedier underbelly of the federation of pharmaceutical companies that have begun sinking their teeth into the BSAA, as per my village verse . through her, of course, other characters learn of mei-li, though not her connection to ada wong (subject to plotting, naturally), jill saying she has taken the child of “one of her contacts within the bioterror underworld” under her care, for a time . chris redfield, rebecca chambers, barry burton & most importantly claire redfield, who ends up spotting in for jill as a babysitter when she’s at the beck & call of a darker BSAA . it’s a risk assumed, how ada casts her shadows over jill’s life, forcing her to withhold the truth from the people closest to her .
leon s. kennedy (@knnedy), whom ada drags to singapore one faithful autumn day, two years into her exile, a way to say goodbye, a way to air out the existential horror of carla radames to the man who stands the best chance of understanding it, something they both share, like raccoon city, like spain, yet ada knows her wounds run deeper than his . maybe she’s grown softer, spending time as a mother to a child that shouldn’t have been born, maybe there’s still a few knives she’d like to twist into his back, some blame she would like to place, a way to motion guilt from herself onto him, but there’s an absence of choice here & so she serves him a warning, the cost of his bleeding heart .
mia winters (@terrorgone), an old contact from ada’s days investigating tricell in ‘09, a riskier, more self-destructive side to her that’s shown after jill’s “death” . a tumultuous relationship she holds no pride in that scorched prague for a month, someone she would be happy to forget about as she moves on to new marks & new identities but fate plays funny tricks on people & mia ends up being more significant to the world than she has any right to, in ada’s mind . after dulvey, trading hands between various BSAA safehouses before being settled in romania, mia spots a familiar looking young girl following jill around as she’s interrogated at the BSAA’s north america branch . she’s smarter than ada gives her credit for & she knows her & jill have something in common, peering down ada’s eyes up close . it’s a chance to put a knife to ada’s throat much in the same way she once put a needle to her neck back in prague, to see the woman beneath the mask after ada didn’t give her the right .
anyone else is open for discussion .
some final thoughts, what, did you think we were done ? :
on the surface level the notion of ada wong as a mother is laughable, to me, but that’s usually because the avenue to motherhood people use is her relationship to leon & if this post wasn’t long enough i could list out all the reasons why it wouldn’t work, but like anything regarding the ada/leon romance you have reduce both characters to tropes they subvert in order for it to function & make their dynamic that much less interesting & that much more intense in a way that it isn’t portrayed on-screen .
hopefully i’ve argued my case for taking her character in this direction, because keeping in with ada’s overall subversion of the femme fatale archetype, it’s not the narrative that treats motherhood as the end of her character (as her story goes on well into the events of village), but herself, she views it as a punishment, as a prison, as an end to the illustrious career of super spy ada wong when that’s not really the case, small joys though she finds in playing a doting mother to an unloved child, she can’t keep away from her calling & she continues observing the motions of the world from afar, as well as her side hobby as a grey hat hacker trading in sensitive information to dismantle legal & criminal organizations alike . her inability to reconcile with her new life eventually leading to her capture & her separation from mei-li before the events of RE8 .
i think it gives ada more of an in with ethan winters & a reason to help him over the course of RE8 beyond just using him as a way to get to miranda & her research, as she too, like him, like miranda, is a parent desperate to reunite (or just reunite, in ethan’s case) with her daughter . a woman otherwise unfit to be a mother (miranda, alcina) that does what she can with the broken pieces of herself to make a life for her child (mia) . it also serves to tie an overall narrative between games that feel like they’re from different franchises, RE6 & RE7, through the uniting theme of family & the children who grow up in resident evil’s rendition of our very own global forever war .
anyway, i think that’s my piece, thanks for reading !
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Hi! So I really like reading your posts and I was curious - how did you start this blog? Like, now a lot of people send you asks etc., but how did you make posts at the beginning? I would really like to make a similar blog for a different fandom I'm in, but I don't know where to start 😔 anyways have a nice day/night!!
Oh yeah! Really it just sorta happened, I started writing fics, then wanted to expand on Headcanons and lore and meet other people who like TG, so I made this account and put it in my ao3 bio. At first I made posts on random Headcanons and metas, tagging them so people would find them, and eventually people got the gist of what the account is and started sending asks expanding on them. A big part of it really is just having fun with ideas until other people see and join in, reblogging from and talking with other people in the fandom you like or have common interests with, and generally just not starting fandom fights (believe me I would like to but they get old fast.) My advice is to be chill with difficult people in the fandom, allow anonymous asks, reach out to other blogs and make whatever memes or drabbles you want even if you think no one will like them. Just go for it and you may find that a lot more people like your niche interests than you thought!
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Can we get some drabbles on Renji’s time with Squad 11 especially his interactions with Kenpachi and Yachiru? Obviously shenanigans with Ikkaku and Yumichika are welcome! Also, how did you think he was promoted to Squad 6 lieutenant? It’s safe to assume he applied (I can imagine his Squad 11 gang even helping him out with this) as that’s part of his “master Get-Back-Rukia plan” but moving from 6th seat to lieutenant is a leap and I imagine that Byakuya is super picky. Imagine his job interview!
I’ll do the meta part first.
#0. For starters, Renji spent 40 years reverse-engineering how to make Squad 6 Vice-Captain. He read every Teen Vogue profile on Byakuya, he clipped Byakuya’s unreadable etiquette column in the Bulletin, he studied Kuchiki military history, he hung out at Shirogane Ginjirou’s sunglasses shop and knew exactly when the guy planned to retire and got a bunch of spilled tea on Byakuya’s pet peeves, of which there are many. Byakuya is not exactly a complicated guy, it isn’t all that hard to figure out what the right answers to his interview questions are gonna be.
#1. I think there is an exam that qualifies you to be a vice-captain, and that Renji vastly over-prepared for it and got an extremely high score. Byakuya loves big numbers.
#2. There is a standard application for Vice-Captain that’s probably about 5 pages long. Renji’s application was 15 pages long. He included a personal essay and a long paean to how much he admired the principles of Squad 6. Byakuya loves Squad 6, and he loves a guy who is really enthusiastic about Squad 6.
#3. Renji is great in an interview. I headcanon that he and Rukia did a lot of con artistry back in Rukongai. Byakuya is a mark. Primarily, Renji gave him opportunities to pontificate, which Byakuya loves. Byakuya talked through 90% of Renji’s interview, and walked out feeling great.
#4. The only thing Renji had going against him was the reference section. Byakuya hates Zaraki and would go out of his way to avoid talking to him. Aizen was still salty that Renji left his squad, and tried to reverse psych Byakuya into not hiring him. (“Oh, I think he’d be an excellent second for you, Byakuya! He’s a bit impulsive, and I’m sure your influence would overcome some of that hotheadedness! His poor kidou skills shouldn’t be a problem, I’m sure you’ve got that covered yourself…”) Unfortunately for Aizen, Byakuya was already 80% on Team Renji and he realized Aizen was trying to play him, and Byakuya hates being played.
Job offer within 24 hours. Regrets came later.
I do a lot of shenanigans with Ikkaku and Yumichika, but not usually Kenpachi and Yachiru, so let’s try that for a change!
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“I have a Special Assignment for you, Abarai,” the Kenpachi grumbled.
Special Assignments could be anything, really. Running around dive bars in the upper Rukon, stapling up posters to advertise their next Recruitment Brawl. Delivering blotchy hand-written notes to Captain Unohana. Helping Zaraki set up elaborate obstacle courses that would then necessitate another Recruitment Brawl. The majority of Renji’s Special Assignments involved helping the captain get somewhere he needed to go. Zaraki was very good at getting lost, but Renji was exceptionally good at finding places. This worked out rather nicely, because there was almost always something interesting to fight in the places that Zaraki wanted to go, and the more Zaraki saw Renji fight, the more willing he was to bring him along.
“We goin’ somewhere, sir?” Renji asked hopefully.
Zaraki scratched his ass pensively. “Not today. C’mon in, I don’t wanna talk about it outside.” He let the way into what was occasionally jokingly referred to as his “office.” It was the place where Zaraki hung out and took naps during the day, in case anyone wanted to find him for fighting purposes. “Chisaka had to go to the Living World last week,” Zaraki explained, rummaging around in his kosode and pulling out a well-thumbed magazine. “She brought Yachiru back some manga she thought she would like.”
“That was nice,” Renji commented carefully. Giving gifts to Yachiru was nearly always an exercise in “no good deed goes unpunished.”
“Yeah, it went over real good,” Zaraki grumbled. “She liked it so much, she wants her hair done up like the kid in it.” He thrust the crumpled booklet at Renji. It was a girls’ manga, the kind with a lot of sparkles and girls in sailor suits. Zaraki poked a gnarled finger at a picture of a little girl with pink hair, twisted up into two little buns, with fluffy ponytails trailing down from them.
Renji rolled his eyes up towards his captain. “What the actual fuck, sir? Isn’t this more Ayasegawa’s department?” Zaraki didn’t like to be called ‘sir’ unless there was a profanity somewhere in the same sentence.
“Dammit, Abarai, I know you’ve let Ayasegawa do your hair. It takes him four fucking hours and he screams at you if you squirm. Yachiru can’t sit through that shit.”
Renji made an uncomfortable face. “Your hair always looks great, can’t you--”
“I tried! She doesn’t want me to use any gel, says it needs to be ‘fluffy’. How the hell are you supposed to do a hairstyle without gel, answer me that!”
“What makes you think I can do anything?” Renji finally whined.
“Look, I started at the top. Madarame ain’t got any hair, and Iba might as well not. You’re pretty fast, and you’re probably strong enough to hold her down, and at least you know how a ponytail holder works.” Zaraki sucked his teeth. “If you do it, I’ll fight you later.”
“Really?” Renji asked, his eyebrows shooting up. Zaraki didn’t usually feel that anyone below Ikkaku merited his time, and Renji jumped at every opportunity to convince him otherwise.
“Yeah, sure.” Zaraki flung open the door to the room where Yachiru sat, scowling, surrounded by an assortment of ribbons and barrettes. “I got help.”
“Wrong Way doesn’t know how to do hair!” Yachiru shouted.
Renji and Yachiru had an ongoing philosophical disagreement about the geography of the Seireitei. Yachiru had zero legs to stand on in this argument, but also, she was the one who came up with nicknames.
“He has a lot of hair,” Zaraki countered.
“That’s boy hair!” Yachiru returned. “It doesn’t count!”
“I… have done girl hair before,” Renji admitted, somewhat painedly. “Hair is hair!” He almost yelled “Gender is a construct!” because he had been reading some of the books Iba’s mom kept leaving in their room, but he wasn’t sure he wanted to explain what that meant. At this point, he just wanted to get this over with, preferably without getting kicked in the nose, which tended to happen a lot around Yachiru. “If you let me try, I’ll let you do my hair.”
Yachiru’s eyes went wide. “Really?”
“You can’t cut it, but sure. Whatever.”
Zaraki was looking over at him with something that might have been respect. “Do you know what you’re doing, you crazy bastard?” he mumbled.
“Absolutely not,” Renji replied.
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“They’re uneven, is all I’m saying,” Yumichika sniffed.
“I love them, he put extra ribbons on!” Yachiru howled, swinging her sheathed sword at Yumichika, who deftly ducked. The ribbons swung delightfully around the sides of her head.
“I’m honestly surprised there were any ribbons left,” Iba commented dryly.
“You can shut it, fucko!” Renji yelled. His hair was styled rather similarly to his vice-captain’s, except that his was in three (rather lumpy) buns, and his ponytails trailed more majestically. The curling iron had been a terrible idea overall, but the big, loopy curls at the ends of both Renji’s and Yachiru’s hair had definitely been worth all the burns.
Ikkaku rubbed his own bald pate. “I kinda like that look on him. 100 kan says it helps him fight better.”
“You’re on,” Iba agreed.
“What’s the hold up?!” Zaraki roared.
“Here I come!” Renji bellowed.
“Ganbatte, Wrong Way!” Yachiru cheered.
There was a loud crunch.
Ikkaku handed over the 100 kan. “It was worth a try.”
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ABOUT G’RAHAS ‘AWAKENING’ AT THE END OF PATCH 5.3
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Introduction.
The mentioned scenario down below is how I’ll personally headcanon everything related to G’raha’s awakening.
While I do not specify the Warrior of Light for this (and that part can still be slightly altered), the core of it will remain the same for everyone.
I am not active on Twitter, check Tumblr-tags regularly or read many Fanfiction; but from what I have seen so far this interpretation down below differs to the general concept of what had happened during the timeskip. Which is exactly why I want to specify and mention this as meta/canon for this blog unless Square Enix will specify the events at a later point.
I will add some side information of why I believe this scenario to be the most realistic one overall – and why I think it fits better than the general concept. This of course, by no means, means that I think everyone’s else perspective is bad in any way, I’ll just not follow it for my G’raha. That’s all.
Feel free to use this information – particularly if you are roleplaying a Warrior of Light – for roleplays! It’s always nice to see that people actually read my headcanons.
The Core of my Meta:
- G’raha of the Source woke up the moment the Warrior of Light opened the Dossal Gate, he was NOT sleeping when the Warrior of Light first found him again inside the Umbilicus
- G’raha was given the choice to merge with his other self while he was awake and NOT in a unconsciousness/sleeping state which means he has willingly accepted it
Now to my explanations.
The fandom’s general perspective is that he was slumbering inside the Syrcus Tower and then awakened by the Warrior of Light – which is definitely, let’s say, a very romantic kind of perspective which I adore as someone who heavily ships them with him. However, as sweet as this seems to be, it would contradict some scenarios we have already experienced in the game’s canon.
Secondly, it always kind of rubbed me wrong to think that – like Beq Lugg had stated – merely the source’s G’raha’s soul recognized the Crystal Exarch’s memories and parts of his soul as his own.
To me it always felt wrong to burden the Source G’raha without giving him this choice – though his soul might recognize the other, I always felt his consciousness might take damage from it nonetheless; perchance knowing deep inside – hence the quick merge – of them being one, but not accepting it quickly enough. Consider that with the merge he suddenly had to bear the memories of an entire being – even if that one was himself – who had lived over one hundred years. Who has seen many unspeakable things. And although I headcanon my G’raha to be no stranger to the concept of sudden death due to his tribe’s origin, it will be a lot to swallow at once.
The G’raha we see in the final scene of the ‘party’, how I like to call it, seems to get along just fine – in fact he even states as much. And yet he mentioned something about the memories of the First – which work just fine for him, to say as much – which kind of made me ponder of how the merging truly happened. To me it simply feels very weird to see G’raha awakening as half the Crystal Exarch at him without having had the chance to accept this new circumstance; without being able to state his own opinion. Even the last short story published by Square Enix he was still given a choice – they asked him if he truly wants to be send to the First.
G’raha always had a choice.
From the moment of sealing himself away to being send to the First. He could always have went another way.
Now, at the peak of his character arc – his redemption arc how I like to call it – he needs to be given such a choice as well. A choice he makes while he’s awake, not while he is sleeping. Saying as much, I consider it somewhat odd to think that he was not given such a choice this time. Which means he should be awake when he decides to accept the Crystal Exarch as himself, just by logic.
Some might say now – well, in that case he could still be asleep when the Warrior of Light arrives and be woken up by them personally and then asked whether he wants to merge or not. This is of course true, but now let’s get to my second point. The point of why I believe that G’raha was already awake when the Warrior of Light found him.
The most prominent examples would be Amon, Xande and even Unei and Doga – all of those awoke again once the entire Crystal Tower complex was awakened. No one had entered the Crystal Tower yet as well; it was the activity and the Tower’s appearance after the Calamity which made them to wake up. We can easily assume that G’raha used similar means to slumber inside the Tower; and I believe that anyone entering the Tower would result in his almost instantaneous awakening. Yes, we see the Dossal Gate closing behind the Warrior of Light again, but this might just be a defensive mechanism and not even related to its caretaker’s current condition. If any kind of activation worked for Xande, it might as well work for him as well. In the very end, it would also make very little sense if – let’s say – an intruder entered who could just straight murder his own caretaker silently.
Now some might even say again that the Warrior of Light carried the Crystal Exarch’s blood, hence the Gate recognized the Warrior of Light as him and opened for them. However, even in this case, I believe it’s unlikely that the activation of the Crystal Tower didn’t take place when it clearly did by opening up. Thus, in my humble opinion, it does not even matter. Which the Warrior of Light opening the Gate, the currently slumbering G’raha would awake by the sudden activation of the Tower.
Another important thing I want to add now is to give an idea how much time passed until the Warrior of Light finds him. I personally headcanon G’raha to be slumbering inside the Umbilicus, which is the heart of the Tower as we know from the main scenario quest. We also know, thanks to the many cutscenes in the Tower and brief mentioning, that the way to the Ocular involves many stairs and might take some time – and for those who are not used to find their way, they might even get lost. Suffice to say, the Warrior of Light can not magically reach him within just a minute.
It is truly had to estimate how long it takes, but I believe about three to five minutes might be realistic here. Ultimately I also think that the Warrior of Light has a very good idea where to find him, after so many visits to the Ocular in the First and knowing of its importance – let alone the fact that the Warrior of Light themselves had conquered the place thus knowing its inside quite well already.
Which means that G’raha has a few minutes to himself – slowly coming to senses, not knowing how long he has even slept. Due to this not knowing much – and I personally headcanon the slumbering process to also affect his own body at least for a few minutes even with this advanced technology – he merely remained where he was. He had no way of knowing who he would met; and once he sees the Warrior of Light entering, he will be confused. Confused, because he knew that it was impossible – though he truly believed in his friend’s genius – to awaken him as quickly. In fact, and I’ve mentioned as much in my headcanons and drabbles already, he had always expected to awaken decades, centuries later if ever. He was prepared to die by never awakening in the first place.
Suffice to say, this moment alone will be awkward – and the atmosphere be even quite dramatic by seeing the facial expressions of the Warrior of Light after seeing him. This part can of course be altered to other people’s personal interpretations, but to me it makes the most sense (and I consider this canon for my own characters), that they all looked at him in full disbelief. That they were relieved and at the same time hurt – seeing him alive and well again, just like he had promised, but at the same time knowing this is not truly ‘him’ just yet. G’raha is – despite being an eccentric who had, according to my personal headcanon very few friendships over the course of his life – not dense. Of course not, he’s an Archon and one of the most brilliant minds. He’ll notice, and he’ll ask.
He will ask why the Warrior of Light is looking at him in such a way – because to him it still feels like less than a day when he had last seen them. And, of course, he would like to know how they managed to wake him up so quickly, already catching that just very little time could have passed since he had sealed himself away.
And I feel at this point the Warrior of Light will need to briefly explain it to him – despite G’raha still being somewhat fatigued, although it is not as bad as it is for the Scions who were separated from their bodies completely. It won’t be an easy task, this is true – but one which G’raha deserves to know and I believe it is part of the Warrior of Light’s promise to the Exarch himself. At the end of the explanation he will be given the choice to merge with his other self.
A choice given not by the Warrior of Light who is merely the messenger of such – but as final plea of the dead Crystal Exarch, the G’raha Tia of another timeline.
Of course such revelation is hard to swallow at first – and also most certainly not what G’raha would have expected to find in the moments of his awakening. But it is a given choice, this as much he understands. And truthfully, he had already accepted the moment he fell into the slumber he would accept any given fate from this point on. Whether it was to die or to live.
In my personal headcanon I imagine that G’raha also noticed that the Warrior of Light indeed wants to see his other self again – for whatever reason this might be – which makes the choice ultimately just much easier. It is not only for the one oath he had sworn to himself, but also for his friend and for everyone else who seemed to believe in his other self that he is more than willing to accept his soul as his own.
And this is how he merged with the Soul Vessel of the Exarch – inside the Umbilicius while the Warrior of Light is present.
It will not be visible – similar to the moment when Unei and Doga lend him his blood – but once the process is done and the empty soul vessel’s light silently grows dim, he’ll open his eyes again and be more than just the G’raha of the Source.
And his words will be: I am finally home.
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6, 30, & 38 !
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Munday Asks - Open and accepting
6. is there any other muse in this fandom you’d like to RP?
Oh wow, do I ever.
I actually have other characters in the fandom that I RP like Nohara Rin (who I have to get posts done for.), but there's probably 2 characters whom I want to try RPing again, try to see if I can do them justice. Back then, when I picked them up, there were very little information to be had so I had to go with what we know and see of them from both anime and manga. That time, back in the early 20's, I dont believe canon-divergence was a very common thing because the moment you stray away from the meta, you're automatically persecuted for being out of character even when you technically arent. RPing these days is great because you have more liberty to take your character where you want them to go based on your headcanons and interpretations without them being less of who they are. Because people are more understanding that a difference in interpretation doesnt necessarily make the character OOC (unless it's really apparent that they are. And people can tell.)
So going back, these two characters are-- well, I guess you could say they are actually three:
Pein, Nagato, and Konan.
I had the chance to RP both Pein and Konan back when forum RPing is a thing. Nagato wasn't a thing then so we just knew Pein as this orange haired Akatsuki leader who was out there trying to gather all the Bijuu. Because there was so little to go by, I really feel like I didnt do either of them justice so I hope to be able to play them again some day, albeit after more research. But first and foremost, I want to try and RP Nagato because I do find his character interesting. I like the way he interpreted how the concept of pain makes a person grow, and how he sacrificed everything for that ideal, and ultimately in order to protect those who meant the world to him...which eventually branched out to the citizens of Amegakure.
Lol, apparently I also like characters who carry deep trauma and who gets lost along the way, so there's that aspect.
30. what are your favorite RP tropes to play? (angst, hurt-comfort, etc…)
Angst is definitely at the top here. In my private roleplays with friends, as well as in my fanfic writing, I do give Kiomi a lot of angst...mostly because my main interpretation for her which follows the anime/manga timeline deals with her having A LOT of regret. Having ran away from herself, deciding to let cowardice fester in her heart, she's stuck in a limbo and can't move forward. So she does a lot of things to try and recompense thinking that it'll bring her peace, but it doesnt. She can't let go of the past, she cant forgive herself, and so she ends up pretending that she's alright with how things turned out. Lies however can only go so far. Which is why, which is why, which is why, I do enjoy my current dynamic for her in terms of her interaction with Kashin Koji. (I'll definitely write a drabble at some point.) Because he helps her make sense of herself. Life lessons part two at the hands of someone a little more unforgiving. She has a hard time lying to him because he calls her bluff and bullies challenges her to quit being such a wuss. I really do hate the fact that this girl often gets bullied into action, but I found her morale is boosted when she's rallied to a cause by a rival or someone who thinks rather little of her. Because she's a pretty sore loser at the core, so she ends up working her butt off to prove them wrong. In this case, she doesnt want Kashin Koji’s approval, she just wants him off her back.
I also like fluff, but it's very hard to RP that with Kiomi because she's so... eh with her emotions when it comes to people. Which is where the slow burn tropes come in. I enjoy building relationships for Kiomi so that everything feels more organic for her. Almost everything with her starts with a lie, and eventually, depending on how things pan out, becomes a truth. It also gives me more drama to work with when she realizes she's grown attach to someone. I do enjoy it when she learns about her own feelings, how that side of her that got buried with her family comes rushing out the surface. Because despite everything, she's a pretty good girl. Just raised in less forgiving circumstances that doesn't afford her the luxury to be kind all the time.
Frenemy tropes. As much as I love giving Kiomi good friends who she share intimate, almost familial bonds with... I really like toxic friendships that starts from being enemies to eventually being comrades with mutual benefits (nothing sexual, she's gonna run). Like for example, how her odd, normally one-sided rivalry with Sasuke turned out to them becoming friends somewhere in Boruto's generation. I say friend, but she has never ever given up on her quest to defeat him (which she hasnt been able to accomplish at all), but at least it's evolved to "I'll beat you up one day!" from, "I'll kill you!". They're at a level of comfort where Kiomi can jab a sarcastic joke at Sasuke and she doesnt end up getting barbecued by him. I'm 100% certain he thinks she's a nuisance, but at least one whom he can sort of leave his back to. (Of course, Sasukes whom I do not know do not need to share this interpretation if we do interact, unless they too agree to it. But one thing is always constant with Kiomi, and that she will always have hate and envy for him because of being Orochimaru's favorite.)
Top of my head these three are my favorite tropes.
38. what’s the best inspiration for your muse?
Jiraiya and his teachings inspired her so much the real her got dragged out.
Kidding aside, this is a good question. She doesn't really find a lot of things to be too inspiring, but if ever one existed, then it's probably anger and fear. The self loathing she feels for not being good enough inspires her to do better so that she'd be good enough to be someone's first choice. Because ultimately, she just wants to be useful in order to feel like she earned her place within her lord's ranks. And at the start of her adventure, because she owes Orochimaru her life, all she really wanted was to be the perfect shinobi tool that’d serve as his sword and shield no matter the circumstance. Alas, not so.
The fear of having to go through the things she experienced as a child inspires her to grow stronger so that she'll never have to go through it again (but she does). She dislikes loss, that's why if Kiomi can help it, she wont form too many attachments that can hinder her judgement (but she ended up gaining them anyway). She believes that being an emotionless tool is the best course of action (but she still has so many emotions that she cant keep under wraps). This girl has quite a bit of contradiction, which is fun to play out because it leads to her true personality showing, the one at least, that's not always shrouded in lies.
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Bonus Question Answers! (anime heat 3)
I asked a silly question! You gave me incredible answers. SO VERY MANY INCREDIBLE ANSWERS. If yours is listed below, you’ve earned an entry in a random draw to win a GIFTENING liveblog OF YOUR CHOICE
SURPRISE EVERYONE WHO ANSWERED THIS ONE GETS AN ENTRY (with extra entry if you pulled a specific line). This has been such a struggle for me for the past ... you know, million years or something, and each of you made me feel so good, thank you. ♥
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Q: This is reaching back into the memory a bit, I know, but what's your favourite of my fanfic? (BONUS BONUS ENTRY if you pull a specific line!)
* i cannot remember a specific line off the top of my head but i remember the post-S series dealing with usagi's trauma from pharaoh 90 (sound of silence?) was a gut punch and a half -- anewconstellation
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* "Blue shirt. Pearl buttons." I think this was the first time I read you writing the Outers, particularly Neptune and Uranus, and, uh, holy shit. Absolutely note-perfect dialogue and dynamic, particularly for that period of Sailor Moon S when Michiru and Haruka used intimacy of speech and gesture as an instrument of distancing and obfuscation (of their goals to the Inners, of their hearts to themselves and to each other, of the heli-pad to the staff at Mugen Academy, etc). It was so clear, and so clearly *them* that I could actually hear the intonations of their respective seiyuu. And then to deploy such spot-on character elements in combination with the stakes and the maturity the anime never reached for, my WORD, are you trying to kill me??? The pacing, the restraint! What an absolute gift. You're a wonder.
(also your drabbles are fuckin peerless, and the BTL concept is such a clever series framework) -- @rasiqra-revulva
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* This was so hard to pick from, but I finally settled on "Cause and Affect" - it's such a heartbreaking story, but the juxtaposition between the clinical lines of information from the computer to the memories Ami is dealing with to the horror of the visuals around her... it's so bright and sharp and PRESENT. It keeps me in the story, that mix of tones and feelings. And the final line? Perfection. "Number of regrets: none" What an amazing take on Ami and how she processes information and how she deals with the situation she is in. I still get chills up my back when I read the story. -- @amberlilly
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* I love your Between the Lines series, it's how I found your Tumblr and liveblogs back in the day -- @amboato
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* Author Alert. “So never, ever, going to live this down.” -- @crunchbuttsteak
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* "Of her word" quote "But for all that, it remained sand. Rei erased it with one swipe." -- Dei
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* Between The Lines. Adding further character/emotional depth to canon is YES PLZ. I really liked the whole idea of Usagi having trauma post-Pharaoh 90 and all the chapters that hit on that. On a less serious note Chibs' circus-related PTSD and freaking out when Hotaru wants to go to the circus kills me every time. ("But your precious dreams Hotaru-chan!") -- forgottenfae
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* This is probably the obvious choice, but "The Sounds of The Silence" has haunted me in all the best ways since I first read it. The way you write Rei, Usagi, and Rei and Usagi hits me right in the heart every time. This particular fic, with Usagi so traumatized, and Rei being as soft and gentle as Usagi needs, will always stick with me.
I pulled up the fic to try and narrow down a single line, and ultimately there's no real debate. "She would never stop trying to do more, but for now, she simply did this."
That line is, at its core, the essence of Rei Hino. And it is perfection. -- gatorsandglitter
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* I don't expect this to win at all, just sharing,, but I just super fondly remembered the goggles and all the amazing content, meta, and fic those inspired, both from you and others -- @goosebytrade
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* "You Win or You Die" my favorite line is "She and Rei WOULD have The Moment, they WOULD get their thousand years of bliss, and they WOULD be making out after all this was over. Like, SO HARD." -- @i-needa-nap-please
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* I'm always really bad at answering questions like this because my mind has pretty much become a goldfish in my old age and I have a hard time remembering specific fics; it all sort of starts to jumble up in my brain and things get lost. But I have always loved reading your writing, it's what got me onto this godforsaken website in the first place -- it was just before Crystal dropped, and we were all foolishly full of hope and excitement, and you were going through the Moon Pride video and waxing poetic about the FRIENDSHIPS and I was like, "YES! Finally! Someone who understands why I love this stupid kids' show!"
I think I sent you an ask saying this before, (but who knows if you ever got it, Tumblrs being what they are - indifferent) but I tried reading fanfic and even published novels based on properties, like the Buffy novels and Star Trek and Star Wars novels, for a long time, and mostly found it frustrating and annoying and just... wrong. It always had this awkwardness and clunkiness to it that didn't do anything for me and just constantly screamed "THIS IS A FANFIC IT IS NOT REAL WRITING" at me. Didn't like it. But, I liked yours. Yours didn't feel awkward or clunky. You have never written any sentences like, "Rei watched the blonde stand up" where "the blonde" is Minako, and I don't know why fanfic writers think that calling characters "the blonde" or "the redhead" or whatever is sexy or cute but it ain't (sorry, pet peeve tangent). So, when you were writing stuff more, I would read it like it was going out of style, and you led me to Doc's writing, which had the same natural, "this is real writing" quality, and I loved hers, too. Anyway, my favorites of yours have always been the Between the Lines stuff. I just love the "hidden" moments that we didn't get to see. The Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead bits of Sailor Moon (speaking of fanfic that actually works) that bring so much depth to characters we know and love already or to characters we see only briefly. Also, the Shadow Senshi, because FUCK. Just... Kill Me. In any event, I know that writing has been difficult for you of late, and I know how that feels, so I hope that people who are actually able to answer this question have given you some places to go and draw strength from so that it can become part of your life again. TBH, I've been using the bonus questions on your Giftening surveys and Doc's 8 Days surveys as an excuse to try doing some small bits of quick, no pressure, nobody's gonna see it unless you or Doc actually LIKE it, don't think about it writing, and it has been helpful. I hope you can find something that gives you the same opportunity. Now that I've written you a novel that doesn't even answer the question you asked (goldfish, remember? *sigh*), have a gorgeous Tuesday! -- @incorrecttact
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* The one with Pluto and Queen Serenity, where Serenity is selfish in a very Usagi way, but her arrogance combined with that selfishness makes it a fatal flaw? I liked that one a lot. -- Jules
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* the bit you wrote to 'fill in' a gap for why during r did mamoru act like a distant jerk. My favourite parts were Rei coming to see the same dream, and despite being the one to have the biggest reason to believe in these kinds of prophetic visions, Rei still doesn't believe fate is set in stone. -- just... a fan. a well-baked one
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* Make It To New Year's -- @kaleidodreams
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* ahhh, where is a link to all of your fanfic? It's the series you started after S, with Rei comforting Usagi, because like you I was let down by the fact that they never followed up on what Usagi saw, or even how she dealt, with the end of S. runner up: the one where Usagi is about to give birth because everything you write with Rei and Usagi is amazing. -- kari
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* There was a drabble/draft/something that you used one of my prompts for, and I prompted you with Usagi and Rei, but you did it from Luna's perspective and THAT WAS SO UNEXPECTED and it turned out SO GOOD cause like!!!!!! You made Sailor Moon both someone Luna cares for, because still the legacy of the moon, and someone utterly discouraging for her because *this should not be*, and wow what a way to make it both about Usagi herself and about her powers. -- katrani
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* I love the btl fics, they fill in the missing gaps, add depth to the story, and sometimes smooth over things (SuperS) when canon is just...blah. One line I really liked was:
“I was listening, at first, but then I started thinking about how hungry I was, and how a pork bun would be really good right now, and then I wondered what makes a thing a bun, and like, if you put ANYTHING in a bun, does it become a Thing-Bun, so could you make a bun out of another bun and would it be a Bun Bun, and wouldn’t that be the greatest thing to– Rei?”
It's a great run-on, stream of thought sentence that just really catches Usagi's voice, is hilarious, and such a natural progression. -- @kumeko
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* “HUG,” Usagi demanded again, because dammit, she’d been promised a hug and SOMEONE was going to deliver.
(The one where Michiru has the hiccups. Because it's fun HaruMichi stuff, because it weaponises Usagi in a useful way, because it manages to (gently) make fun of both perfect!Michiru and saint!Usagi without being mean to either character, and also because I get hiccups a lot and I haaaaate them.) -- nerdy-flutterings
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* I can't remember a specific fic, but I LOVE your Shadow Senshi headcanons and they're the main reason I started writing my own Shadow Senshi stories. -- @notesfromtheidiotbox
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* The Figuarts saga is the Sailor Moon fic I never knew I needed -- Raye
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* Special Delivery is a delight. So much Rei Certainty (that ends up being misplaced). So much Usagi being The Most Usagi About Pregnancy. So much Comedic Hijinks, because why the hell WOULDN’T ‘the Senshi get blindsided when Usagi goes into labor’ end up going full screwball? There’s a lot of great lines there (Rei’s theory about Chibs taking control of the Gate of Time and manipulating things is fantastic, as is the ending,) but my favorite is definitely “Rei Hino if I give birth to my daughter on the side of the road I swear I will go back in time and tear all the pages out of your favorite coloring book! [...] I’ll break the crayons too, Rei-chan!” Delightfully specific and childish, especially since Usagi sticks with it, and that particular brand of comic specificity is definitely a highlight of yours. -- Regalli
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* Fire on Mountain!!! When I got to “Her voice was deeper than most expected when facing the certainty of her. It was rough, sandpaper running over cherry. She’d been a singer, once. Nobody would have believed her.” I was like oh. OH! -- Sasha
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* My favorite of your fanfic, one one of the first I read is 'Hard to Break'. And my absolute favorite line is Usagi's panic when Minako tries to smoke: "Minako who was almost certainly dying, the cigarette had spread its evil and killed her instantly oh god." -- @shavedjudomonkey
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* Tonight Ami would grieve, and wish she understood why.' This Between the Lines about Ami getting her mini computer both haunts me and brings tears to my eyes. -- @shonasof
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* I can't remember the title, but it's the one where Minako realizes that Rei's been writing Sailor V fanfic under the name Red Bow -- Somariel
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* You would think Mako-chan's Happy Ending, but nope, this one goes to Hard to Break (although I had to look up the exact name.) This thing is filled with such great lines. How am I supposed to pick out one?
"[Watch out, boys,]" Minako said in smooth and entirely unnecessary English. "[Lady Super Cool is on the prowl.]" -- Ultrace
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* I forget the title, but it's the 'last senshi standing' fic where Ami is reflecting on the battle that took the others from her.
Detatched and cold as she analyzes Rei Minako and Mako and finally Usagi's death with a medical efficiency, going through her Visors readout and then reflecting that the clinical words were nothing compared to what she'd actually seen. following up the method of death of the senshi with a statistic in relation to her friendship with the girl. Number of milkshakes shared, number of conversations lasting well into the night, number of hugs, number of smiles that brightened the darkest of moods.
Describing how Rei's heart was pulped in a monster's grip, Minako's once beautiful face smashed against the rocks, Mako's lightning that outlived its mistress as she and Usagi ran off, and then finally that one last attempt to protect Usagi failing as 'Cervical Fracture' flashes on her visor. And From there she just... accepts death. sitting beside where Usagi had fallen and waiting for the end.
it's dark af but it's the first one that always comes to mind when i think about ur fics :> -- Vega
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* I am extremely predictable here with two of my choices, as you know that I am obsessed with Fire on the Mountain and Blue Shirt, two things you wrote when you "definitely couldn't write" (Sidenote: My new year's resolution is to be harder on your about writing) We all know why I love blue shirt, it's basically an underhand pitch to the face for me, but Fire on the Mountain has a quality of regret and longing that I really connected with, something that really struck me in a way that was powerful. It's different from a lot of your inners work, and I think about Mina posing as Rei, in her disguise magic in the woods, and all the reasons why, fairly often.
Something that MAY come as a surprise to you, is I really wish we got more ofyour overwatch stuff, and maybe I'll just keep asking for this for my birthday for the rest of our natural lives, but I think of like, the one you wrote on 7/14/20, with Pharah longing to have a man to shoot in the face because that would be easier than the emotions around whatever's going on with her, and I'm utterly tantalized. And I loved that hurt/comfort you wrote for me, where Pharah had this single minded drive to find out what had happened to Angela, and Tracer's trying to, well, comfort her, on some level, and the way you described Pharah's "animal cry" was FANTASTIC, and as always I am deeply jealous of your Tracer voice and IF YOU WOULD WRITE IT MORE IT WOULD HELP ME. -- WRITE, BITCH.
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* The one were Hotaru confronted Michiru and Haruka about how they had tried to kill her in order to stop the Silence. Such a good little moment =w= -- zorrito
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AND THEN THESE WERE UNSIGNED SAD FACE
* Chosen. I like your Overwatch stuff but Chosen was a goddamn masterpiece.
* Operation: Heart Angels. Senshi going after Mamoru for his bullshit was something I didn't know I needed.
* The entirety of Beggars Would Ride, including every single line of Anya's dialogue.
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I’ll be drawing for the bonus liveblog around the start of THE GIFTENING 2020 (currently looking to be Monday, 11 January 2021). Each bonus question is another chance to earn an entry! I CAN ABSOLUTELY AND SHAMELESSLY BE BOUGHT.
#THE GIFTENING 2020#THE GIFTENING 2020 admin stuff#THE GIFTENING 2020 bonus q#in which jw gets a fuzzy#jw writes stuff
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007 Fest - a brief persuasive post on why you should most definitely consider taking part in this amazing event organized by @mi6-cafe
If you have been following me for a while or you're new and you've scrolled through my blog, you most definitely know that when it comes to fandoms, I'm like some kind of mad butterfly flying from one flower to another.
I have many ships, made many friends and participated in plenty of fandom challenges but the one that will always be my favourite of all is the 007 Fest - why, you may ask? I could give you a lot of reasons and ramble for some time but it all boils down to this: it's the most inclusive fandom event I have ever taken part in: you're a reader? You matter, every comment tallies up points. You're a writer? You matter, every drabble, one shot, piece of poetry, fic tallies up points. You're an artist? You matter, every sketch and drawing tallies up points. You're a giffer? You're reccer? You love making fan mixes? You have a wealth of headcanons and meta to share? You love cooking and have themed recipes you want to show off? You just want to hang out and watch movies or play games? Everything tallies up points - every single fan who chooses to sign up in one of the competitive teams matters because every type of fancreation and involvement in fandom is worthy of recognition.
Whatever is your preferred way to interact with fandom, it has a place here - your involvement will never not matter in this competition.
It's, quite frankly, beautiful.
And if you're not the competitive type but you still want to take part in this amazing event, breathe in an atmosphere that's full of support and openness (I should know, I love force-feeding everyone my rare ships during the fest) and make friends who will literally last years? Our amazing mods have thought about something for you too: team civilian - all the cool stuff without the stress or anxiety that being in a competition might cause you.
You don't believe me yet? Here are my masterposts for the fests I've participated in, so you can check out exactly how much stuff you can do (nothing artsy, I'm sorry: this gal can't draw to save her life):
007 Fest Masterlist 2017
007 Fest Masterlist 2018
Why didn't I take part in it last year? Turns out writing a thesis is a bitchy, time-consuming thing to do - rip. I was all heartbroken over it, believe me.
Now I'll stop bothering you but seriously, think about it: I can promise you that you will never regret joining - here is the link to sign up! 💛
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THE POSITIVE & NEGATIVE; Mun & Muse - Meme.
fill out & repost ♥ This meme definitely favors canons more, but I hope OC’s still can make it somehow work with their own lore, and lil’ fandom of friends & mutuals. Multi-Muses pick the muse you are the most invested in atm.
My muse is: canon / oc / au / canon-divergent / fandomless /
Is your character popular in the fandom? YES / NO. ( Within the community my muse is? Fairly popular? But overall in the fandom a lot of people dislike him. )
Is your character considered hot™ in the fandom? YES / NO / IDK.
Is your character considered strong in the fandom? YES / NO / IDK.
Are they underrated? YES / NO.
Were they relevant for the main story? YES / NO. ( Apart from giving two surviving characters scars, he has no real impact on the story ).
Were they relevant for the main character? YES / NO / THEY’RE THE PROTAG.
Are they widely known in their world? YES / NO.
How’s their reputation? GOOD / BAD / NEUTRAL.
How strictly do you follow canon? — I’d say pretty closely, in the sense that I don’t erase any parts of his canon, and I try to analyze and ‘ make sense ‘ of the different things he does in canon. There are some parts of his canon that have been re-written though. Like his relationship with Grimmjow, thanks to their chemistry. Oh, yeah, and Nnoitra is also alive in my canon. But other than that I try to keep him as canon as possible.
SELL YOUR MUSE! Aka try to list everything, which makes your muse interesting in your opinion to make them spicy for your mutuals. — Oh gosh where to start... Nnoitra is a very deep character. He is typically disliked by those who only see his exterior, but there is so much more to him. He is brave beyond compare. He is not the typical ‘ pretty-boy-sassy-villain ‘. He is harsh, rude, violent, sadistic and carries a heavy sadness inside him. He has strong believes and won’t back down from anything. Ever. He is someone who doesn’t hold back his true self and while he can be very challenging to interact with - isn’t that part of what’s fun with interactions? That they’re not all supposed to be easy. And, of course, one of my favorite parts about my Nnoitra is the big modern!au story that I have created for him, where he has a completely different life, while still maintaining what I hope is a legit translation of his canon personality into a human!au. Another thing that makes my Nnoitra interesting - in my opinion - is that I’m in it with him for the long run. I’m here to build long-lasting relationships of all types. I’m here to write stories for him with others.
Now the OPPOSITE, list everything why your muse could not be so interesting (even if you may not agree, what does the fandom perhaps think?). Nnoitra is very difficult to get along with for most muses. He’s rude and sexist and also a bigot. These things really put people off, but I’m not going to water down my muse for anyone or anything. In canon verse he is very set on killing more or less anyone who approaches him, which can mean that a lot of interactions turn into fight-threads which some people aren’t interested in writing. He is also rather anti-social so.. Yeah, not the easiest to interact with for sure.
What inspired you to rp your muse? — I originally found my inspiration for him when I started drawing him way back in the days. I randomly drew him and got hooked on how inspiring he was to draw. I never experienced an art-block ever again. After over a year, after I had gotten into rping ( I was rping different characters ), I eventually wanted to try my hand at writing Nnoitra, and it’s been the best decision ever. Now I’m stuck with him forever ahahaha.
What keeps your inspiration going? — Nnoitra IS my inspiration. He is my muse. Definition of ‘ muse ‘: a person or personified force who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist. I can’t imagine not writing him. I never have a problem with inspiration when it comes to writing him, since writing him gives me inspiration.
Some more personal questions for the mun.
Give your mutuals some insight about the way you are in some matters, which could lead them to get more comfortable with you or perhaps not.
Do you think you give your character justice? YES / NO.
Do you frequently write headcanons? YES / NO. ( The inner monologue that I always write is filled with headcanons, but I hardly ever post ‘ headcanon posts ‘, because I don’t like writing meta - and I don’t like speaking for Nnoitra. )
Do you sometimes write drabbles? YES / NO.
Do you think a lot about your Muse during the day? YES / NO.
Are you confident in your portrayal? YES / NO.
Are you confident in your writing? YES / NO.
Are you a sensitive person? YES / NO.
Do you accept criticism well about your portrayal? — Yes and no. If I ASK for criticism, then I’m happy to receive any kind of criticism. However, if I’m not prepared for it, and get random criticism out of the blue, then eh, I’m not really into that.
Do you like questions, which help you explore your character? — Oh yes! I love headcanon questions! I always answer them IC, unless the question is specifically aimed at me, like: “toby what do you think about...”. I feel really flattered when people show interest in Nnoitra!
If someone disagrees to a headcanon of yours, do you want to know why? — Not really. I don’t like discussing meta / headcanons about Nnoitra. If people disagree with my headcanons, they are free to make their own Nnoitra blog and do their thing.
If someone disagrees with your portrayal, how would you take it? — People have different opinions and that’s fine. I would prefer that if people who disagrees with my portrayal just unfollow me. I take my portrayal of Nnoitra very seriously and put a lot of effort into it. However, if I ASK for criticism, then I am completely open for it and would like to hear people’s disagreements on my portrayal. In general though, I don’t like discussing it. I don’t like discussing meta or anything like that, because I’m not open to changing my portrayal of him.
If someone really hates your character, how do you take it? — If a mod hates Nnoitra, I don’t mind that at all. I don’t mind if they post hate-content about him either, as long as they tag it, so that I don’t have to see it. I don’t like seeing Nnoitra bashed in public. For example, I block blogs that post hate on him to the #nnoitra gilga tags on here. I just think it’s unnecessary and I don’t want to see it. My followers and mutuals are free to hate Nnoitra, and it can often be interesting to have your muse interact with someone who hates them / they hate, so I totally understand. Nnoitra is not a very likeable character after all, and people are free to hate him.
Are you okay with people pointing out your grammatical errors? — Absolutely! I am not a native speaker, so I am sure I make a lot more grammatical errors than I’m aware of. If people want to point them out to me, I see that as a favor to me.
Do you think you are easy going as a mun? — Yes, I think so. I’m chill even if I am very slow at answering messages. I always try to be kind and understanding and I hope people don’t feel intimidated by me even if I play a very mean character.
That’s about it, congrats for filling out!
Tagged by: @elxfi , @meishutori and @xyuuken ( thank you guys for tagging me, and thank you Snu for making this awesome meme! )
Tagging: @spottedsoftpaws , @trafalgar-bleedingheart-law , @xdiez , @tenyxshx ( tagging some people in the op fandom to get the meme going over there as well! )
#ᵃ ᵗᵒᵇʸ ᵖᵒˢᵗ ;; ooc.#[ this was a lot ahaha ]#[ very fun to fill out tho so thank you guys for tagging me! ]#longpost //#ᵍʳᵃᶠᶠᶤᵗᶤ ;; dash games.
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Writer Meta Meme
I decided to do all the questions on this meme :)
1. Tell us about your current project(s) – what’s it about, how’s progress, what do you love most about it?
My current project is Concubinage, my gaiwin arranged marriage AU. It started as a random, entirely self-indulgent idea, but it has since grown into an actual project. Progress is good, I’ve managed to do bi-monthly updates and I have 30k in my drafts so far.
What I love the most about it is that, since it’s an AU, I’m pretty free to do whatever I want. I don’t have to be too careful of timelines and so on. Plus, in this AU, Gaius and Wingul are able to get closer than they otherwise would, due to the different circumstances. They have their own trials, but it’s different than in the canon timeline.
Another current project is Tales of Xillia Week, but I didn’t get much inspiration for it so I think I’m gonna do meta/headcanon posts more than fics ^^;
2. Tell us about what you’re most looking forward to writing – in your current project, or a future project
I’m looking forward to getting to the part where it’s just domestic fluff haha. It’ll take a while to reach that point though.
3. What is that one scene that you’ve always wanted to write but can’t be arsed to write all of the set-up and context it would need? (consider this permission to write it and/or share it anyway)
Not just one scene ig, but I’ve been wanting to write one-shots showing how the Chimeriad survived, and... haven’t gotten around to planning it. So it’s pretty low on my project list tbh.
4. Share a sentence or paragraph from your writing that you’re really proud of (explain why, if you like)
I have... a few, but they’re all spoilers for future chapters XD;;
5. What character that you’re writing do you most identify with?
I don’t... really identify with characters. I mean, they’re pretty different than me in personality, life and circumstances...
6. What character do you have the most fun writing?
I love writing Gaius and Wingul of course, but Agria’s probably the most fun. She’s completely unrestrained, which makes her pretty easy and fun to let loose XD
7. What do you think are the characteristics of your personal writing style? Would others agree?
Exposition and worldbuilding XD
I can’t help it, I always need to develop the setting...
8. Is what you like to write the same as what you like to read?
Yes. I would love it if more people wrote gaiwin XD
9. Are you more of a drabble or a longfic kind of writer? Pantser or plotter? Do you wish you were the other?
I used to be more of a ficlet writer, but I’m currently doing well with a longfic XD
As for the rest, it varies. I like to plot and outline a bit, but it’s often rather loose and I let inspiration guide me.
10. How would you describe your writing process?
Wait for inspiration time, energy and motivation to align.
11. What do you envy in other writers?
Those who update super long fics every week. How do you do it????
12. Do you want your writing to be famous?
Naah, I’m fine in my corner of fandom. Though I wouldn’t say no to a few more readers, if only to know that the ship still sails xD
13. Do you share your writing online? (Drop a link!) Do you have projects you’ve kept just for yourself?
Yep, I post on AO3. And all projects are meant to be posted one day, but some aren’t simply because they aren’t finished.
14. At what point in writing do you come up with a title?
The beginning, usually, but I might change it
15. Which is harder: titles or summaries (or tags)?
Tags are easy. Titles and summaries are hard, and I always end up with something boring but heh, as long as they get the meaning across...
16. Tried anything new with your writing lately? (style, POV, genre, fandom?)
It was last year, but I tried first person pov with my Agria fic, because that fits her well. I’d like to try poetry, maybe.
17. Do you think readers perceive your work - or you - differently to you? What do you think would surprise your readers about your writing or your motivations?
I have no idea tbh. When I write, I like to imagine what my readers will think (especially like when I write funny scenes, I hope they’ll make people laugh), but idk if it’s exactly like I think.
18. Do any of your stories have alternative versions? (plotlines that you abandoned, AUs of your own work, different characterisations?) Tell us about them.
In Concubinage, I considered adding a plotline where Arst met an ex and had to deal with complicated feelings about it -- being reminded how it was to be in a loving relationship vs political marriage, craving intimacy like he used to have with said ex, etc. I ended up scrapping the idea though.
I also have... two or three possible ways things can play out in a much later plotpoint, and I think I’m pretty sure of which way I’ll go already, but the other possibilities exist. Maybe I’ll make a post about all abandoned plotlines one day...
19. Is there something you always find yourself repeating in your writing? (favourite verb, something you describe ‘too often’, trope you can’t get enough of?)
“And, but, and, but...” XD;
Also characters often find themselves doing something before they knew it...
My style is probably pretty repetitive. I’m not a native speaker, and I feel limited sometimes...
20. Tell us the meta about your writing that you really want to ramble to people about (symbolism you’ve included, character or relationship development that you love, hidden references, callbacks or clues for future scenes?)
Concubinage is the result of watching too many sageuk and taiga drama. No I’m not sorry.
When writing AU, I always like to include “cameo” of the original storyline (for example, as the plot of a book, or treating the canon games as a fractured dimension in Chimeriad Live AU’s, etc)
In Fractured Lives, I try to alternate Wingul and Gaius’ pov. It’s probably gonna bite me in the ass when some plot points work better in one pov but the chapter requires the other. I’ll probably have to come up with some fillers or something...
I have extensive headcanon about Auj Oule’s geography, history etc, which pops up in a lot of (planned) fics. Even if it’s different fics/AU’s (ex. Concubinage vs my pre-game gaiwin project vs the Wingul fic I was writing for the big bang), I reuse the same settings and OC’s. Most of those aren’t written/posted yet so it’s pretty self-contained for now, but if I ever get to completing those projects I hope it won’t be too confusing to readers who don’t follow all the stories...
21. What other medium do you think your story would work well as? (film, webcomic, animated series?)
If I had the art skills, I’d love to turn some of them into comics ;A;
22. Do you reread your old works? How do you feel about them?
Sometimes. Usually because I need to refresh my memory before writing a new chapter XD
23. What’s the story idea you’ve had in your head for the longest?
That project to write the whole pre-game Gaius & Wingul history, that’s something I’ve been wanting since forever. Well, I originally wanted to read it, but since no one’s gonna do it, I started thinking I should write it. It’s gonna be a huge project though...
24. Would you say your writing has changed over time?
I honestly have no idea. I do sense a difference in that it’s much easier for me to just write now; I guess habit helps. But I have no idea if style changed or anything lol.
25. What part of writing is the most fun?
Filling the tag with my OTP XD
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anonymous asked: hey there! i came across your G.O.T verse drabbles last night and they are all so amazing! i just finished reading your last one. do you plan on writing any others? also do you put hints or clues in your writing or do you keep thing more secretive? i hope this doesn't come across as weird! i love how you RP laira :)
transmissions || { always accepting }
Hello, dear! Thank you so much for the message! I always enjoy reading others thoughts or messages. Feel free, at any time, to send your thoughts, questions, requests [ headcanons, metas, drabbles ], etc. I love getting them when I do.
Thank you so much for the kind words! I’m glad that you enjoyed reading them. I’m assuming the drabbles that you mentioned are the ones that go along with my [ v; fire cannot kill a dragon ] group verse. If not, please let me know which particular verse you’re referring to. I have several group verses for AS.OIAF / G.O.T.
As for the verse that I’ve mentioned, I do plan to continue on with the drabbles for it. I’m still working on Part 11 currently. I’m uncertain how many total parts I’ll do, but there will likely be several more still to come.
I have done some foreshadowing / hidden some Ea.ster eggs throughout the drabbles. Some of my favorites [ so far ] are below the cut.
Part 1
Should anything happen to her before Daenerys’ return, the Seven Kingdoms will be without a queen and without an heir to ascend to the throne. And, without a queen or an heir, open war is likely to erupt between the already fragile peace that exists between the kingdoms.
Part 2
Something might happen if he leaves her side. It’s what she hears whispered in her mind. She hears all the gruesome and terrifying things that may happen should he depart from her side.
“When have I ever doubted your word?” Hal asks her. The words are murmured to her, chin braced against her shoulder. His hand abandons its place in her hair, dropping so that his arm can join his other and link protectively across her middle.
‘Never,’ Laira thinks to tell him. Such a thought startles her in a way. Her husband has always held her word in high regard.”
“I will keep you safe,” he promises her. “Both of you. Nothing is going to harm you. Not while I am here with you.”
Part 3
She grows leery of the maids that frequent her apartments within the Holdfast… grows leery of the food they bring her to sate her hunger through the day. It is unlike her to be fearful of such things. She has never allowed such thoughts to plague her before… not even when in exile across the sea where the Harpies played their malicious shadow games.
“I do not want you to leave,” Laira admits suddenly. There is no discussion of her reaction in the Small Council chamber, no discussion of her fleeing and hiding within their apartments. There is no discussion of her uncharacteristic reactions to matters. It doesn’t seem to matter to her… or to him. What matters most is that he hears her now. What matters most is that he listens to her. “Please do not leave,” she begs him.
Part 4
The remainder of the afternoon is uneventful. Laira sips at her tea –lemon and mint– as afternoon fades to evening. Nymeria departs from her earlier than in previous evenings. Laira does not complain, fatigue beginning to weigh heavily upon her. When she retires for the evening, she drinks the last of the tea from her cup before slipping into bed. There is little more than a quarter of the original pot left that had been brought to her and, she finds, she has no desire to finish it.
‘There are no innocent dragons,’ the voice growls.
Part 5
Her voice falls short. Blood gathers in the back of her throat and as she chokes on it, she sees nothing except for a lone crow perched upon a branch of Winterfell’s weirwood heart tree, its three red eyes blinking back at her.
Out among the trees within the garden, Laira hears the call of a crow. All at once, her head feels as though it is going to split open. She fears she may turn herself ill the pain is so much.
Viserion turns her head with an angry sounding growl, spitting flame into a nearby pear tree. The tree catches flame with ease. There is a final panicked crow’s call before everything goes quiet.
“This city is a sickness,” Viserion growls, her melodic voice clear. She returns her head to the balcony, molten eyes pools of gold in the bright moonlight overhead. “We should leave,” she tells her little golden dragoness. “I will keep us safe,” she vows. “I will take us somewhere out enemies will be unable to reach us.”
Part 6
‘A foul beast has been tormenting you,’ the soft voice whispers. ‘He continues even now. He has turned his attention to your husband now that you are beyond reach.’
Had she still been trapped within the walls of the Red Keep, such whispers would have seen her dissolving into tears. There is something different about them here. The voice is different… the very tone so entirely different from the one she has come to know over the last weeks.
‘Call him here,’ the voice urges. ‘He will be safe here. This is where he should be. You must stay until the Bleeding Star rises and the stones splinter open.’
Part 7
Daenys wonders if her mama is being truthful in her story. It’s hard to imagine Mama crying over anything. It’s even harder imagining Papa doing so.
Then she remembers that Papa says Mama never tells stories… not even when things are hard to say. She remembers that Papa says that if there is no one else he can count on, he can count on Mama and trust her with anything that he might need. She wraps her arms tighter around Mama’s neck with the thought and lets her head rest against her shoulder… just for a minute.
If Papa can count on Mama with everything, then Daenys can too.
Torrhen leaves his daughters to their chatter and their play, confident in their protection within the godswood. Few came into the woods and those who did often came early in the mornings.
‘Aegon only ever seeks anything from me if it is of benefit or if it is of convenience for him. It is how he has always been.’
It is her chosen bit of reading from the previous night that inspired her dream, she knows. The oddity of the dreams is not lost upon her, though it is not the first time that she has dreamt of the Conquering Queen and the King Who Knelt. Why her mind is dwelling upon them of late, Laira cannot say. It is a preferred dream, though, when compared to those that haunted her within the walls of the Red Keep.
For a few moments, Laira lies awake, eyes looking over into the soft flames still lapping at the remnants of wood burning within the hearth. As she begins to drift back into slumber, she watches the flames and shadows dance along the dark stone. Once, she nearly convinces herself that she sees the likeness of a dragon dancing within the flames and along the smooth expanse of the stones that hold it. The likeness is gone within the next moment and never appears again as the queen begins to drift back to sleep.
Part 8
As Daenys looks up at her aunt, small hand brushing softly against Fyrebloom’s crimson scales, she frowns. Daenys can’t see any of her mama in Aunt Rhaenys. Mama’s eyes are dark violet where Aunt Rhaenys’ are pale lilac. Mama is tall where Aunt Rhaenys is short. And, Mama’s skin is the same pretty olive color that Daenys’ is while Aunt Rhaenys’ skin is paler. Even her aunt’s hair is different from her mama’s. Aunt Rhaenys’ is more gold while her mama’s looks like threads of spun silver.
Aunt Rhaenys reaches to rest a hand against her head and, when she does, Fyrebloom turns on her with a vicious snarl and a snap of her jaws. Her aunt just barely avoids having her hand snapped up in the small dragoness’ jaws.
“I don’t want to be Queen! I don’t want to marry Aenys!” Daenys shouts it back and, immediately, Fyrebloom is hissing and snapping her jaws towards her aunt. Daenys wants Aunt Rhaenys to go away. She wants her to go away so, so bad.
Visenya laughs at that, the sound low and dark sounding. “Is that your attempt at a threat, sister?” she questions, dark amethyst eyes staring down at her youngest sibling. “What will Aegon do?” she challenges. “Take my titles from me? Fly to Winterfell with Balerion? I dare him to try.”
“Visenya…”
“Balerion is old,” the eldest Queen continues on, her voice overtaking her sister’s. “She is difficult to rouse. Or, so the dragonkeepers tell me. She is prone to laziness now. She is slow.” Visenya steps closer to Rhaenys then, “I dare our brother to try some underhanded attempt against my family,” she admits. “If he does, Vhagar and I will rip the Black Dread and her rider from the skies.”
The threat is there, laid bare for Rhaenys to take as she wishes. Visenya cares not if she runs to Aegon to tell what has been spoken. She will hold true to her spoken words should the necessity arise.
Part 9
Taking the book from her husband, Visenya turns it to face her, eyes glancing across the words on the page and those detailed along the top of the page in onyx and golden lettering. “The Great Other,” she reads aloud, body shifting nearer to his when she feels the slip of his hands under the edges of her chemise and up along the backs of her thighs. “A Northern tale?” she questions. There is no true interest for her in the text or its origins. It keeps her game alive, though… no matter how short the time.
“One from across the sea,” he tells her, fingers drifting along the backs of her bare thighs. “It was among my mother’s collection. She always claimed it was given to her by an Essosi trader at White Harbor,” Torrhen explains. As he speaks, his hands roam higher, sweeping in until he can press his fingers along the inner plains of her thighs. There is no denying the flutter of the muscles as his fingers drift along his wife’s skin. “It is, supposedly, a text from Asshai by the Shadow. Given its translation, though, I am doubtful of its origins.”
For a flicker of time, Visenya focuses less on what Torrhen speaks in answer to her and more on the press of his fingers trailing along the backs of her thighs and then up between them. “I am unfamiliar with it,” Visenya tells him, eyes glancing briefly across the words scrawled upon the page. “A tale linked with the Red God of the Asshai’i,” the Queen murmurs. As she speaks, eyes still drifting across the page, several phrases seem to jump forward.
Lord of Darkness.
God of Night and Terror.
Soul of Ice.
“I do not want something to happen to you,” Visenya tells him, voice little more than a whisper. “Something could happen,” she goes on.
Aegon had grown selfish and petty in recent years… had always been so, yet the conquering of six kingdoms had only amplified his nature. It would not be above him to strike Visenya at the points where it would hurt her most. As it was, there were three of them: her children, her husband, and Vhagar.
Her brother will not be so foolish as to make an attempt on her children… not after their most recent discussion. He will not strike against Vhagar, either. Not when the dragoness is producing clutches of healthy dragon hatchlings. Aegon will not be above striking at Torrhen, though. He would do so just to make a point… just to hurt her in some unimaginable way.
Nothing more is said regarding Viserion’s observations. The dragoness slips into a quiet slumber while Laira keeps her seat along her garden bench. Dragonkin lies forgotten in her lap, page still open to the very one that she had ceased reading when Viserion’s questioning had begun. Much the same, her copy of the Jade Compendium still lies alongside her, having never been opened during her tenure out among the gardens.
Part 10
Listening to his response, Laira keeps her fingers busy against his skin. She hears him say more, yet struggles to discern what he says. All at once, her attention is drawn across her and Hal’s apartments to the paned windows on the opposite side of the space. She catches sight of something out beyond the glass. It is dark, moving about along the outer windowsill. Covered in shadow, it seems to be animal-like as the Queen watches it in its movements. Suddenly, a shadowed head snatches to look through the glass in her direction, three points of red light shining bright in the darkness.
And, just for a brief moment, it feels as though a blade has been shoved through her temples.
“How many eyes does Lord Bloodraven have?” her voice mocks, fingers drumming along the arms of her chair. “A thousand eyes, and one, the answer goes. And yet, Lord Bloodraven, you have been blind.”
“Isn’t that how you dealt with Daemon?” she accuses. When he takes another threatening step towards her, her fingers reach to rest along the leathered grip of the sword resting along the top of her desk. A distraction. Nonetheless, Dark Sister is warm underneath her fingers. There is a comfort in that. “You have always been a coward. A coward and a kinslayer.”
The feel of Dark Sister being ripped from her flesh is far more painful than the initial strike. Shiera screams, crumbles into a mass of bloodied silver and pearl colored silks and shaking limbs. Blood has already started to gather in her throat. She feels herself choking on it, gasps for air. Above her, Bloodraven is now standing, the shaft of the broken arrow she’d used to attack him still protruding from his eye socket. His own face is a twisted and bloodied mess.
“Did you truly believe that you could kill me so easily, Shiera?” He sheathes Dark Sister in her scabbard, the blade still bloody from her newest victim. “There is no place that you can go that I will not find you and put an end to you.”
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Following A Roleplayer: Etiquette Basics
Whether you’re a new roleplayer yourself or a personal blog who followed because you saw a gif/photo set or some other post from me in the public fandom tags and decided to follow, there is well-known etiquette for following and interacting with a Roleplayer that new followers might not be aware of, I’d like to share them with you so there isn’t any confusion when interacting with our community.
What is Roleplaying? Roleplaying is taking on the perspective of a specific character (canon or original) and writing stories called threads (not unlike fanfiction) with partners who play the role of other characters from every fandom imaginable. Some people write multiple characters on one blog, those are called Multi-Muse, and others like myself write one character. Our content (with the exception of gifsets, graphics, and meta we share in public tags) are not meant to be reblogged. These are private interactions between us.
How do I know who is a roleplayer and who isn’t? Identifying a roleplayer is pretty easy of you check their blog before following. We have some variation of ‘ _____ character from ______ fandom’ in our description. Our themes are also kind of telling, very aesthetic and based on the character we portray. You’ll see links to our various info pages.
What is an out of character post? Any post that is the writer (the Mun, short for Mundane) makes that is not in character is called an out of character post. these posts are tagged as #ooc or #out of character. Some roleplayer like to have a special tag but they are always clearly marked as ooc.
What is a thread? A thread is a story being written between two roleplayers. Each partner takes a turn writing their part via reblogs to continue their story. There are usually written in third-person format with dialogue between the characters. These can be fun to read for non-rpers too, because they are basically a fanfiction. We love to hear from you and we’re flattered you enjoy our writing. It is always ok to like a thread and even comment on it but do not reblog threads. Roleplayers use the notes on threads to track whose turn it is to reply. When you reblog it, those notes get broken and the methods we use to track them no longer work.
What is a headcanon? A headcanon is the roleplayers individual interpretation of canon. We will often write a series of collective headcanons or a very detailed headcanon based on canon that we call meta. Roleplayers are protective of these posts because they are very personal to us. They are where the character becomes our own interpretation. It’s ok to like these posts and comment, but please do not reblog them without asking the Mun first. Often times non-roleplayers turn these posts into long fandom discussion in hopes of conversing with us, but most roleplayers dislike it. If you would like to talk about the character with us, please send asks, on or off anon, asks are always welcome.
Speaking of asks. . .
Can I interact with your character if I’m not a Roleplayer? Yes! Anyone and everyone is welcome to send us asks on or off anon. We frequently post memes and writing prompts that you’re welcome to send in.
You mention tags a lot. How do roleplayers use tags? We use tags for organization. We tag our posts to make them easy to find on our blogs or for fellow roleplayers to find us. Tumblr’s algorithm only shows your post in the first five tags you use, so we will not tag anything we do not want to be public using those first five tags. If you see a post with #whatever fandom tag that is tag number six or more, that post was not intended to be shared publically. If we have posted a gifset or meta that we want to share with non-roleplayers, those posts will have fandom tags in the first five spots.
I’m new to roleplaying, how do I start interacting with you? First off, welcome! We’re glad you’re here. Every Roleplayer has different likes and dislikes when it comes to interacting with fellow roleplayers. Some of us have welcome posts to help you get acquainted with how we operate. It’s best to check the rules page on their blog to learn how they like things done or send them a message if you need clarification or help with anything. The majority of us are happy to answer your questions.
Ultimately, we’re all here for the same reasons. We love a character/fandom and we want to have fun. Roleplayers do not expect everyone to know everything about our community or their personal prefrences. Sometimes mistakes are made and you might reblog a thread thinking it was a sharable drabble. You might share a headcanon someone is attached to and those roleplayers will message you privately to ask that you delete it. We’re not trying to be rude or make you feel bad. Just delete the post you shared, apologise, and more often than not both parties leave the conversation amicably. These mistakes happen a lot and sometimes we feel a little exasperated having to explain this etiquette when it does. It isn’t uncommon for roleplayers to block personal accounts that follow or share their content because they do not want to deal with any future misunderstandings. It’s not personal, we promise.
I hope this post helps you to understand more about how rolepayers on tumblr operate their blogs and what they expect from the people following them. If you want more information on roleplaying and roleplaying etiquette there are some great resources here on Tumblr and on Google.
#rp etiquette#roleplaying etiquette#rp resources#roleplaying resources#psa#etiquette post#signal boost#Too much ooc#i am really proud of this#if there is a topic you think I should add please message me or add it in your reblog#thank you for reading and sharing!
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THE POSITIVE & NEGATIVE; Mun & Muse - Meme.
fill out & repost ♥ This meme definitely favors canons more, but I hope OC’s still can make it somehow work with their own lore, and lil’ fandom of friends & mutuals. Multi-Muses pick the muse you are the most invested in atm.
My muse is: canon / oc / au / canon-divergent (the mere existence of a post-canon verse is diverging from canon)/ fandomless / complicated
Is your character popular in the fandom? YES / NO. It depends on what you mean as popular. Whoever has ever played DA2 knows Orsino because he’s important to the plot (especially in act 3) but the opinions on him are conflicted. like they are on any morally gray character. Still, he is a side character who has like 5 scenes in the entire game, so I believe he’s not getting the attention he deserves.
Is your character considered hot™ in the fandom? YES / NO / IDK. Orsino certainly is not everyone’s cup of tea, I can say that much. Physical appearance-wise he is very attractive for what he is: a stressed/depressed middle-aged DA2 elf who has seen SomeShit™ in his life. He has aged way more graceful than what he could have, but still, he is in his late 40s/early 50s, which can be a deterrent factor to some; also, the elves in this game have distinctive inhuman-like features that people either love or hate. Personally, I think that there is harmony and beauty in his features, which makes him weirdly pretty to look at and i love the fact that they gave him an hourglass body shape. However, Orsino’s true beauty lies in his personality and his calm, collected, polite demeanor. His voice is another huge bonus.
Is your character considered strong in the fandom? YES / NO / IDK. I mean... he’s a First Enchanter who keeps his knowledge on blood magic and necromancy a secret, there are hints that he’s a somniari mage throughout the game, he has some very badass scenes where he kicks the asses of bigger/stronger opponents than himself when he’s outnumbered AND he has one of the 2 boss battles in the finale of the game. There is no doubt that he is a force to be reckoned with in battle.
Are they underrated? YES / NO / IDK. I think he’s criminally underrated not just by the fandom, but even the creators of the game, who gave him no backstory, only a handful of scenes and butchered his character just to add another boss battle.
Were they relevant for the main story? YES / NO. Meeting him along with Knight Commander Meredith and Viscount Dumar earns you an achievement (the “friends in high places” one). He is one of the main antagonists in the third and most crucial part of the game and you can either choose to side with him or oppose him.
Were they relevant for the main character? YES / NO / THEY’RE THE PROTAG. Lots of elements in the storyline depend on the protagonist’s political views on what’s going on in Kirkwall, and since Orsino is a prominent political figure, he is relevant to the protagonist’s views. He can be either an ally or an opponent, depending to what the protagonist’s views are. Also, he had been involved to the protagonist’s tragic loss of their mother -albeit indirectly-, since he was an informant of the murderer.
Are they widely known in their world? YES / NO. He’s a controversial but VERY well-known public figure, to the point where he can be recognized in the streets -even if people have never seen him before, they can recognize the staff he carries, his distinctive robes and the fact that he’s an elf (an elven first enchanter is news in itself, so he doesn’t go by unnoticed). The protagonist has heard of him -along with rumors and gossip surrounding him- before he had the chance to meet him in person. He has such influence and people skills that he even carried out a rally to overturn the Knight Commander’s rule of the city and almost succeeded.
How’s their reputation? GOOD / BAD / NEUTRAL. Depends on who you ask. Mage sympathizers see him as a brave advocate of his people’s rights who wouldn’t hesitate to put his life on the stake for them. The common folk and the city authorities see him as a potentially dangerous troublemaker and rebel.
How strictly do you follow canon? — I try to follow canon mostly in my canon verse, while taking some artistic liberties due to the lack of a concise backstory. In post-canon verses and au’s, I have taken all the insights on Orsino’s personality, views and way of thinking and I have adapted them to fit each verse’s context.
SELL YOUR MUSE! Aka try to list everything, which makes your muse interesting in your opinion to make them spicy for your mutuals. — For him ‘mage’ is not just a term describing his abilities, it is also a term describing his personality as a whole. He has that elegance, cultivation and mystical charm about him; he is morally grey yet charismatic; witty yet cunning and certainly not one to be toyed with. Despite the exterior of a powerful yet restrained scholar he maintains , however, there are many layers to him and each is darker than the last. He can be both the erudite conversation partner you’d like to have an existential conversation with over a glass of good wine, a trusted advisor you’d confide your problems to and a force to be reckoned with who would obliterate you or your enemies in battle, depending on the situation. Still, the First Enchanter has some very vulnerable sides too, but he tries to keep them to himself.
Now the OPPOSITE, list everything why your muse could not be so interesting (even if you may not agree, what does the fandom perhaps think?). — In the main verse he’s a minor character; with not as much involvement in the protagonist’s life as other characters (such as the companions). He’s also kind of secluded and not in touch with whatever happens in real life -not just because he lives in the Circle, but because he has been institutionalized, like any other person who has been brought there from a very young age. Also, there is the age gap which can make him a bit harder to reach than someone younger.
What inspired you to rp your muse? — When I played DA2 for the first time, Orsino piqued my interest because he was the very definition of a tragic figure. He was the only voice of reason in the madhouse that is Kirkwall; yet he was fighting alone for a just cause that was doomed. He had the whole city and the authorities against him; still, he did not give up trying to protect his people; and he did his best to refrain from violence until the bitter end. His death -a suicide, no matter how you cut it- was equally tragic as the life he led; it was seeing the bringer of hope for mages losing all hope himself and deciding to go fighting and not on his knees. That, combined with his sarcasm and sophistication convinced me that I had to do justice to this poor underappreciated soul and dig deeper into his character -even try to write an alternative ending for him. Hence, this blog was created.
What keeps your inspiration going? — My amazing roleplay partners with all the good work they put into their characters and the love they have shown me and my character so far. I love you guys <3
Some more personal questions for the mun.
Give your mutuals some insight about the way you are in some matters, which could lead them to get more comfortable with you or perhaps not.
Do you think you give your character justice? YES / NO / I SINCERELY HOPE I DO? i have my doubts sometimes, but i think i do ok. Still, I would love to have more feedback to see how i can improve even more.
Do you frequently write headcanons? YES / NO / SORT OF Headcanons, metas, the works.
Do you sometimes write drabbles? YES / NO. I am not sure what is meant by ‘drabbles’ but sure, I’d love to write more of those.
Do you think a lot about your Muse during the day? YES / NO. All the time, especially before going to bed. That is where all those rp ideas come from.
Are you confident in your portrayal? YES / NO / SORT OF? Again, i don’t really get much feedback, so i am not that sure if I am doing any good and if my Orsino sounds genuine
Are you confident in your writing? YES / NO / SOMETIMES. I like how i have written some threads more than others, I’m not gonna lie.
Are you a sensitive person? YES / NO / SORTA. I am a sensitive person in general, but not someone whose feelings are easily hurt/triggered or someone who takes things that are not my business to heart.
Do you accept criticism well about your portrayal? — Criticism is welcome only when it is constructive; in the sense that there are clearly stated arguments as to what I do not do right and suggestions on how to improve. If someone sends me an ask like “i don’t like x just because” or anon hate, I am just going to ignore it.
Do you like questions, which help you explore your character? — YES!!! YESS!!! YESS!!!!!!! I cannot stress enough how helpful it is for me to receive suggestions and questions that help me explore sides of my character i have not thought about so far! Even if your questions are the randomest things ever, i’d still LOVE to answer them. I have received some asks like “what would Orsino do in x situation” in the past and they were SO fun to write!
If someone disagrees to a headcanon of yours, do you want to know why? — Of course! As I said, so far the opinion is supported beyond the ‘just because’, I will be happy to consider it. Anything that helps me broaden my perspective is welcome.
If someone disagrees with your portrayal, how would you take it? — same as the above.
If someone really hates your character, how do you take it? — I do not really mind; i am the first person to recognize that Orsino is a controversial figure and people may hate him for whatever reason. I might not agree with the hate, but each to their own I suppose.
Are you okay with people pointing out your grammatical errors? — If they do not do it in the typical ‘grammar nazi’ style i’m chill with it. Grammatical errors tend to happen more often than not, just because i almost never proofread. *shrug*
Do you think you are easy going as a mun? — I think so, yes. As I said, I am not easily annoyed, triggered or have my feelings hurt, and i am very excited to interact with new people. Still, i do recommend reading my verses/about/rules pages, if anything, to know what to expect from my portrayal and activity patterns.
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1. Tell us about your current project(s) – what’s it about, how’s progress, what do you love most about it?
Well, I’ve got Better Late Than Never, Double Crossed, and my novel series that are the big three focuses right now.
BLTN is an AU/AH Klaroline fic where five-year-old Henrik kind of plays matchmaker, and then becomes kind of about the battle for custody of him between the brothers Mikaelson and their criminal parents. Meanwhile it’s also about Klaus letting down his boundaries to love Caroline, and her getting past her history of abuses to love him back. I think, actually, he’s the one being more open to letting himself love her in this fic and that’s a really fun and interesting angle to write from. Most of the time it’s about Caroline fighting to get him to accept his love for her so this has been different for me. Also writing fluff instead of angst has been a big shift.
Double Crossed is the third installment in the fic series in which I basically rewrite canon from the point of...oh god, was it season three? I believe it’s post Dangerous Liasons. I sent Caroline off to Italy with the Originals, where she forms a bond with them all, but then there’s drama when Bonnie gets kidnapped, Klaus’ bio dad comes into play, along with a super powerful OC witch who hexes Klaus. It’s unintentionally a super slow burn but I happen to like it that way. I think the thing I love most about this one is that it’s basically become my headcanon for the what if scenario. It’s also probably some of my best Kalijah!
Annnnnd then there’s my novel series. For reasons beyond rationality I’m not going to go into detail about it, really. It’s an ensemble series with characters trying to make it in all areas of the art world - art museum, art business affairs, actress, writer, photographer (possible fashion or musician characters coming into play later too) and it’s based in NYC. There’s drama, scandal, romance, and the big underlying theme is the flaw of humanity, how we’re our own worst enemies, and how we can pick ourselves back up from the mistakes we’ve made. It’s my baby and very few have seen any part of it, but it’s sentences away from being finished and ready to start editing so stay tuned!! [Sidenote: I used this for a pitch project in my screenwriting class and the producer who heard it said it sounded like Grey’s Anatomy in the art world. ;) Talk about ego boost!]
3. What is that one scene that you’ve always wanted to write but can’t be arsed to write all of the set-up and context it would need? (consider this permission to write it and/or share it anyway)
Like 99% of my fic/drabble ideas? xD This is usually me with smut scenes, if I’m being honest. I love to write foreplay, banter, all the build up. But when it comes down to the brass tacks of it all, I’m like eh.
4. Share a sentence or paragraph from your writing that you’re really proud of (explain why, if you like).
Let’s see if I can find one from each...
“She seemed almost ethereal in her sleep, every feature of her face that had been hardened by the travails of her life now softened. Except for her lips. They were still that same plump pout that weakened warriors and beguiled thinkers. He was damned for eternity to the mercy of those lips.“ - Double Crossed
I will forever be proud of and in love with this line. I don’t know where it came from but it just came out so beautifully, and really encapsulates how besotted Elijah is.
“Tatia had issues. So did Klaus." She looked down, her finger tapping her knee. "Nobody blames Klaus for her death." Her finger stopped but she didn't look up. "But it's not like he took her keys away from her either.” - Katherine, Better Late Than Never.
There are a lot of lines in BLTN that I love, but the thing I like about this one was that it gave me actual shivers when I wrote it. There’s a bitter anger in her voice, a certain shock value from the admission that kind of takes your breath away. Especially considering at this point, the entire story of Klaus and Tatia’s relationship is still relatively unknown.
8. Is what you like to write the same as what you like to read?
Yes and no. I like to read realistic fiction, drama, fantasy, historical fiction, romance, medieval, some YA. I think I mostly write in the realistic/YA dramatic genre(s). I also don’t like to write smut as much as I like to read it.
10. How would you describe your writing process?
Methodically disorganized. I don’t follow proper outlining processes. I generally get hit with an idea for a scene or conversation and build around that. Eventually I do have to sit down and organize everything because it gets a little overwhelming, but there’s always a method to the madness. I’ve always told my readers that I never do anything in my writing without a reason, it’s never sheer shock value or guessing games with my writing. I also research the hell out of the tiniest minuscule details to retain authenticity. It’s one thing that I’m a big stickler about.
Send me fun meta questions about my writing!
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Masterlist Part 2!
Again, so much love to @shmoo92 babe.
Here's the link for Masterlist 1
Tim-centric, cont:
Red Robin tweaks: BatDad & Boomerang | Fallen (ëWhat if Dick didnít catch Tim when he fell through the windowí; see also "DickTim Angst") | Kon catches Tim
Tim Angst:The Wrong Robin (for 800 Followers) | Broken Trust 1 & Broken Trust 2
Tim Drake Week: Day 6 (Firefly fusion) | Day 7 (Injury/Healing)
Whirlybird!!!! BABE MADE ME A WHIRLYBIRD & HC
Tim!X (AUs): Coffee Shop!AU | Tim the twisted Oracle | Superpowers | Trans!Tim
Temperance: Temperance's Temptations on AO3 and art ! & Just Desserts
Vampire!Tim HC & for 600 followers! & Bite Kink (it's naughty) | in the future
Mute!Tim: One & Two & Three
Mer!Tim: Ideas & Scaring Dami & Damian & Art & Titans
Silver-Snow's Mer!Tim: Natant & Ideas
Kid!Tim:
De-Aged!Tim: Trusting not the BatFam ... but the Titans
Tiny!Tim (In which Tim joins the Bats earlier): Kid!Tim is discovered & Window Seat & the Fever & the Secret (for 500 Followers!) & The Wrong Bus
Home for Tiny Birds (Convergence w/ NHFDB!Tim): One & Two
Jason's Death (HCs): One & Two & Three
Justice is Blind (Blind!Tim AU): on AO3 and some amazing art by the incredible poison-basil!!! | One
Asks: Who All Knows & Ra's, Tam & WE, & Jason & Ra's & Tech & Tech and Tam
Two ("BatFam") | Three ("Waking Up") | Four | Five | Six (slight NSFW SuperBats)
Converging the AUs:
"Feels" by iphoenixrising , a graphic by Miss Coco Chips | Convergence
Home for Tiny Birds: NHFDB!Tim visits Tiny!Tim
Fracture!Tim meets Talon!Tim & Dr!Tim | Sated (NSFW HC)
Fracture: the Multiverse & Future!AU
Boy All the Bad Guys Want:
Want | Battle for the Cowl, ScareRobin | Lex Luthor
Prime: One & Two & Domestic Syndrome
Pamphlets: One (based on this ) & Two
Joker Junior: One & Two
Jean Paul One & Two
Talon!AU: in which Tim is a Talon & RR without Tim & Mindfuckery & Titans on the Hunt | Gray Son must Die (in which babe wrote most of the thing) & Functionally Immortal & Brainwashed, Hurting, Dissociating, Angry, and Lost & the Assassin & the Talon | Refuge w/ Shiva & A Killer | Rebuilt & vs Fracture!Tim
Dr!Tim (DickTimJay; where Tim is a surgeon and DickJay are vigilantes)
Meta: on AO3 | Art IíM FUCKING SCREAMING WITH JOY! | How it all Began (light NSFW) | Follow-Up
The Mentor; The Suit; Med School | Hobbies & Tony (HCs) | Dickís Acrobatic Talents (suprise!, it's smut!) | Steph & Batgirl | The Joker | Integration (HC) | Roof Rat | Wicked Way
The Submissive & Safeword (HC) & Safewords Out & Sub-Drop
London Bridge: is Falling & (Missing Scene) & Afterward w/ guest star, Tony Stark!
Four Times the Bats called Doctor Drake | What's in a Name (HC) | Ultimate Fanboy | Pet Project & Ra's (HC) | Dancing | Meet and Greet | cute!Tim, overwraught!Dick (NSFW; adult themes)
"Hi, Honey" (JayTim) | Moana (w/ Layla!) | Jay/Tim Smut (for 300 followers!) | Communication | Drake Industries (HC)
Arkham Riot: One & Two
Convergence w Fracture!Tim | "Crucial Body Part" (HC) | Suicide | Overly Protective!Robin & DamiTim: Crush & warming to each other | PTSD (for 500 Followers!) | Date night (for 700 followers!) | Doctor/Nurse Roleplay | Birthday Present (for 400 followers!) | Robin (for 500 Followers! very NSFW; Iím absurdly proud of this and Dr!Tim getting one night in the cape. Bad ass Dr. Drake is no slouch. Also with the help of THIS ASK !)
The Surgeon, The Captain, and the Soldier (for 600 followers!) | SteveTonyBucky (for 700 followers!)
BatFam Prompts, Drabbles, & Thoughts
BatFam headcanons: BatDad | Characterization | General & Dami | Robins & their Other Selves | Outlaws & Titans | Slade/Dick | Terry McGinnis | the Sads
Misc Ficlets: Accents & Motherhenning | Bats & Birthdays | Concussion Confessions | GenderBend | Robins & the Cold | Staypuff | Training ("Hilarity Ensues") | DickTim & a fight & Robin Cuddles | "Let Sleeping Robins Lie" (for 100 followers!) | BatFam & Tim with a Cold
Interest (see also "DickTimJay: Destroyed")
Soulmates (Robinpile)
SuperBats
BatFam Big Bang: on AO3
Day 1: Cuddles | Day 2: Sick | Day 3: Fight! | Day 4: Vacation | Day 5: Nightmare | Day 6: Best Rescue | Day 7
Fic Recs:
Funeral & Dr Oz by awkwardbluefish
Calling It by reallyautomaticvoid
Damian
Headcanons: on Tim & Shiva | Characterization | as a Boyfriend and NSFW specifically w/ Jason and also with Dick
Dami and ...: Dick & Tim at the Arcade | Tim & ìDonít panic, butóì | Comfort | Robin's Redemption (for 400 followers!)
Fic Rec: DamiTim by hauntedlittledoll
Jason
Jason Todd's mouth & Languages (HC) | Jason's Accent & its inspiration
v. the Pit and then I saw Counting Bodies like Sheep
Misc: Jason, the Outlaws, and the Joker | Crochet | RHatO #25!UA | Silence
Heavy in your Arms: One & Two (Angst; Based off the song with the same title by Florence + the Machine)
Connected things
DickTimDami: Lazy Morning | Left Standing | Raís al Ghul gets the memo | Dami Feels
Night Sky: One & DickJayTim (HC) & "Gotham and Explosions" (for 100 followers!) & "Poke" & Two & Three & Finale | (Terry: One & Two )
Marvel
Forward Momentum (MCU; Steve/Bucky; eventual Steve/Bucky/Tony): on AO3
Nice Things | Steps | Family | Why aren't you an Engineer? | The Situation | Coffee | Observation | Hurt/Comfort (for 100 followers!) | Medical (HC)
Marvel AOB Attempt: One | Two | Crossroads | Three | Tony & Omegas | Tony & Heat
Misc
Miraculous Ladybug Play | The Way to His Heart
Fic Rec: crossover w/ BatFam by miss-choco-chips
Voltron (They all stink, please see @satire-please for better stuff): Team Dynamics | Left Behind | Waking | You, Not the Lion
#masterlist#part 2!#wintersnight#iphoenixrising#fic list#this shit looks gucci#thanks babe#my fics#my writing
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