October, 1 - Ot3tropetober

Modern vampire vs classical vampire

“How long have you been outside my door? Come in, or else you’ll frighten all my neighbors.”

“I couldn’t until you invited me. Such is the rule of vampirism my dear.”

“I have never had to deal with that ever, maybe you caught the bad vampirism. I just haven’t come inside yet because it’s rude to barge into other’s homes.”

More stories deserve love triangles with no rivalry

Like the protag has to decide between A and B, and A is like "you should get together with B, you look so cute together", and B is like "noooo you"

It's so dumb and wholesome hhhhh

"they're like if rock paper scissors was a ship" is such a funny way to describe any ship

Best ot3 dynamic

Three ppl absolutely hated each other and killed each other if get closed in lore but has good synergy in terms of gameplay

Shoutout to ship pairings that only work well as exes. Sometimes romantic and platonic dynamics just aren’t the vibe. Sometimes characters have too much chemistry to not be drawn to one another romantically but also the idea of them actually being together long term just doesn’t feel right in your soul. Two people who really wanted it to work but didn’t and now they’re dealing with the fallout. Show me the bitterness. The civility through gritted teeth. The alimony checks. You’ve seen the rawest, most vulnerable part of me and now you’re walking around the street as if we’re strangers. Maybe they stay friends and that unspoken resentment lays dormant just beneath the surface, both of them refusing to look it in the eye. Maybe they don’t talk at all and trail each other’s memory like a shadow. Maybe they never fell out of love but got hurt too badly the last time to try again. Maybe they kill each other

draw your otp and the third wheel who’s sick of their bs

the only trio dynamics that matter:

third wheel / cheerleader who's just kinda there

and innocent bystander to homoerotic violence

bonus points if they're both at once

[image IDs: two digital drawings featuring simple characters, one purple, one blue, and one red. in the first, purple holds and umbrella over the three of them as red and blue make out. in the second, red and blue are embracing and staring intensely into each others' eyes while covered in blood, and purple is walking by surprised in the background while eating a meatball sub. end ID]

“We survived!” A cheered with both arms in the air, as B retched in a bush somewhere behind them.

“A,” C said calmly, dusting themselves off, “You’ve been stabbed.”

A looked down at themselves and made a tiny sound of surprise. “Oh, look at that. Gnarly.”

Okay because it was briefly mentioned in this post speculating on Roy's parents I really want to hear people's thoughts on Keeley's parents/childhood and why she had no prior family obligations on (Sexy) Christmas!

Similarly to Roy we only get very brief mentions of their existence in canon (and they're notably just about her mum, never her dad):

"I did used to worry I was gonna end up like my mum. She spent years tirelessly working at the same company just for a man to take all the credit. She wasn't brave enough to dream big. So I decided to do things very differently" - Keeley "We didn't open [the champagne] when your mum moved back up North" - Roy

The headcanons I've got are:

Keeley's parents are divorced and she isn't particularly close with either of them. Her mum irritates her literally every time they see one another. Her dad has a new wife and (step)kids he treats as his "real family," and Keeley is always the afterthought; she rarely sees him.

Her mum is extremely conventional and thinks Keeley needs to fit into that same box. She was appalled by Keeley's choice to do nude modeling, refused to talk to her because of it (which Keeley was thrilled by, and once her mum realized that she got even more upset and immediately started calling Keeley up again) and has never treated Keeley's modeling career as a real career.

Keeley moved out of her childhood home asap, like age 17/18 after taking her first modeling gigs. She rented a cheap flat with a bunch of other girls.

Keeley has made some of her choices in part just to spite her, whether its subconscious or not. For instance, if her mum was complaining about her first topless photoshoot, where her nipples were strategically covered by liquor bottles, Keeley made sure the next shoot she signed on for was tits out, no coverage. When her mum complained about that she did full nudes, etc.

When Keeley started working for AFC Richmond it was a backhanded "finally you have a REAL job, thank goodness" instead of "congratulations, I'm so proud of you." everything with her mother is like this

It is even worse with relationships. Her mum thinks Keeley needs to settle down, get married and have kids in that order - none of which are things Keeley has ever intended to do with her life.

her mum was thrilled when Keeley introduced her to Roy because "finally my daughter is in a serious relationship and they will give me grandkids soon" she completely dotes over Roy because of this while asking increasingly intrusive, prodding questions about the status of their relationship. Roy of course sees right through this but is trying his best to stay polite because this is Keeley's mother. The whole thing slowly infuriates Keeley until she's had enough and abruptly informs them they're leaving. this is how roykeeley have the "I never want kids" conversation very early on in their relationship

with holidays like Christmas, at first Keeley would use the other parent as the ~reason~ she couldn't be at theirs for the holiday. Like, she'd tell her mum "sorry, i told dad I'd go to his" and she'd tell her dad the opposite. of course this only works a few times before it's "why do you spend every holiday with the other parent instead of me," and which point Keeley remembered that wait, actually she doesn't give a fuck! and straight up told her mother she isn't coming because she doesn't want to and already has plans with her boyfriend/girlfriend (whoever it was at the time) 🤷‍♀️ slay queen

Keeley is out and proud and always has been, but her mum treats her being bi as another lie she's telling for attention, even though Keeley has literally brought girlfriends home to introduce to her mother before. No matter what she does, her mum maintains that Keeley is only doing it to piss her off and basically doesn't believe her or acknowledge her sexuality, which is understandably very upsetting to Keeley

Bonus ot3: Not to make everything about ot3 but I have a very distinct scene in my head where Keeley introduces Jamie and Roy as her boyfriends and her mum is forcibly polite to Jamie (whom she is meeting for the first time) but then pulls Keeley aside to be like "enough with your stunts, Keeley, how could you put Roy through this nonsense, after he took you back and all, this is how you repay him, by dating someone else?" (because 1. she's adamantly ignoring the part where Keeley told her all three of them were dating, royxjamie included and 2. she acts like Keeley obviously did something to "cause" Roy breaking up with her). Keeley for once is totally speechless and all the retorts she wants to and would usually say die in her throat and she just wants to cry because she's tired of this. Roy and Jamie overhear the conversation and Roy steps in like "okay, that's enough, we're leaving." Keeley has a breakdown in the car before they've even gotten out of the driveway and after that she basically cuts off contact for a long while with her mother, with Roy & Jamie's full support.

October 5th -ot3tropetober

Ghost & human

“Huh, looks like you found the cure to immortality after all.”

“I’m dead dipshit.”

“Still talking though. Could definitely be worse.”

You aren’t a real polycule unless one you has a sword for sweeping large groups of foes, another an axe for breaking enemy shields, and the third a ranged weapon for sniping stragglers. Smh dudes. 

Hi JFK. What is orv?

im so glad you asked. im still reading it (chapter 459 so please no spoilers in the notes). omniscient reader's viewpoint (shortened to orv) is a korean webnovel about a man named kim dokja. and his life completely SUCKS. he has no friends, no family, he's abused under capitalism and is a contract worker for a shitty office job. the only thing he has in his life is a webnovel called "three ways to survive a ruined world" about a man trying to survive the apocalypse. he's been reading this novel as it updates for YEARS but it ends and he finds he isn't entirely satisfied. he looks forward to the epilogue, but on the day it is supposed to be published, the novel is instead deleted. he finds that the author has emailed him a pdf of the novel with a message saying "good luck". from then on, the events of the novel start to happen in real life, with him meeting his favorite characters and attempting to get a better ending for all of them. as the sole person who read through the entire novel, he thinks that he is best suited for steering them to the ending, but can you really know someone just from reading about them?

it's a huge meta-commentary on reading, writing, trauma, dissociation, finding out that you want to stay alive, capitalism, and stories! it basically asks the question: what if the stories and characters we loved loved us as much as we love them? if you've ever been chronically online, obsessed with a character, or suicidal i would absolutely recommend this novel. it even has time loops and vague polyamory. it has very simple prose that stands out because of how plainly it's written. since january, ive been reading at least a chapter a day and im heartbroken that the end is in sight for me. as soon as im done reading, i want to begin again <3

4.01  /  4.02

Behind every disaster gay couples there’s always a short level-headed,angry, 100% tired girlboss (or a girlfail in disguise) who keeps everything in check whenever their divorce made it into everyone’s problem. And behind every girlboss is their emotional support bimbo who make sure their partner didnt explode for dealing with that said gay couple shit. This is my favorite ot4

OT3 FIC REC FRIDAY!

An extra long list rounding up the remaining recs that you guys have sent me for our very last fic rec Friday! Next Friday, I'll be posting a list of blurbs for fic in the collection in advance of reveal date on December 17th, so shoot me a quick blurb/summary of your fic(s) if you'd like to participate!

make your move on me by tabris | Seb/Jenson/Lando, 6k, E

Get a little fancy with some grapeseed oil by Danubius | Seb/Charles/Lance, 9k, not rated

say you want a good time (here I am baby) by sirjaythegay | Lewis/Seb/Lance, 2k, E

beware of their appetite by fanatic4f1 | Kimi/Seb/Lewis, 19k, E

Feeling by Nimernuet | Lewis/Seb/Valtteri, 3k, not rated

For Every Action There is an Equal and Opposite Reaction by LilShiro | Fernando/Lance/Pato O'Ward, 3k, E

lewis/charles/seb (series) by dropdeaddeadass | 13k, E, incomplete

Cherry Wine by amarynas | Charles/Max/Danial, 11k, E

make me human again by bulletthestars | Jenson/Nico/Seb, 3k, E

Draw your characters like this