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theyarebothgunshot · 3 years

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ROSE I AM FREAKING OUT HAVE YOU SEEN THE PREQUEL STUFF???? WHAT IS GOING ON, my god... I was literally about to go to sleep, decided to check Tumblr one last time and see this.... what WHAT!! WHATTTT!!!!!! I don't even know if this is good bad or what but just JENSEN IS PRODUCING A SUPERNATURAL PREQUEL AND DEAN'S GONNA BE THE NARRATOR OR Sth LIKE???? -🐸

YEAH i am normal about this <3 (jk i am also freaking out) welcome to: people screaming to me in my inbox about prequelgate ft. j/2 fallout theory. let's goooo!

Another copypasta and suddenly chaos machine is full on gay I love this prophecy

you know whats funny i just checked the j/2 tag and i feel like for the first time in a long time they are starting to realise that maybe THEY should be the ones who are "gutted" *sips tea*

ROSE HOLY SHIT ROOOOOOOOSE ITS HAPPENING HOLY SHIIIIIT

YEAH

Nevermind just read prequel and well good luck I guess but just you know kind of bleh who wants to watch John Winchester well let’s have hope anyways

i know a lot of people are bummed out but i am kind of very excited actually?? i trust robbie and even though yeah j*hn winchester turned into a nasty abusive bastard, it can be interesting to explore how it all started (imo). it's just the first of many stories they can tell.

I can only accept this circus if it’s Dean telling the stories to his and Cas’ kids and then we have a revival to show that the whole finale was in fact the end Chuck wanted there Jensen I fixed it

i would not say no to this

heyloo bee anon here

um- wtf is happening?

jackles prequel series?? why? i want to be excited about this but sheesh im scared

because supernatural is never dead <3

okay, but, jensen... john winchester ≠ jdm, you don’t have to go /that/ hard for him 🙃

true true... though i am waiting for jdm to comment on this, please i need it

WAIT A SECOND J2 FALLOUT THEORY TRUE??

LMAO HELL YEAH BESTIE

Rose you really picked the worst time to sleep for real

bestie it was literally 4 in the morning, what do you expect from me sdfjsfhsf

I can’t literally can’t we were all right LMAO j2 fallout theory is real and cockles (Misha supporting Jensen) is [gunshots] I’m just laughing cause what the hell is this timeline we’re living LMAOOOOOOOOOO

we would always end up here <3

Do we have the copypaste anons to thank for JP basically confirming the J2 fallout? lol 🦚

yes, everybody say 'thanks annoying idiots!'

ROSE, WAKE UP, COME HERE,

THERE'S A LOT GOING ON FFS

YEAH I KNOW BUT I NEEDED SLEEP

Anticipating that there's going to be a lot of yelling about the prequel on here: I am cackling, but also, I mean, the first time Dean got a look into his parent's past, Cas was the catalyst: literally entered Dean's mind and catapulted him to the 70s. So idk, it's not completely unreasonable to expect some Cas cameos, maybe setting up a parallel timeline since Dean is narrating. What I'm saying is, this is Jackles, he's getting JDM and Misha in on this lmao -Honeymoon Anon

you were right lmfaooo also i fully agree. misha's tweet further cemented that thought for me. he knew about this prequel and i dont think he is cas-baiting us, i think he'll be involved. i'd also be obsessed to see jensen and jdm act together again (though idk who jdm could play seeing as it's a prequel and he is way too old to play young j*hn)

longlivethetribbles heeft gevraagd:

Heyyyyyy bestie, are you SEEING the absolute madness going on right now holy shit

well a little late but I SURE AM BESTIE

bestie wake up pls s16 finale just dropped.

- 🍯

and WHAT a great one it was

I love coming home from work to see all of the chaos unfolding on Tumblr and Twitter. I'm absolutely buzzing right now. I'll probably still be here by the time you wake up and check tumblr 😂 - 🐢

lmaooo and were you still awake?? did you see my freak out??

Oooh bestie wake the fuck up, I know you’re gonna be excited for this one jsnsjsj

god i had SUCH a morning like. it's 12:00 now and all i did since i woke up is check tumblr rip

short summary: jen and dee gain the rights, they post on ig/twitter about a prequel ft john and mary that no one asked for, the fandom loses its everloving shit as usual, they trend on twitter thanks to the beloved twt intern who missed us, misha qt’s jen about cas possibly benefiting from being in the prequel, then j*red qt’s jensen abt how his feelings got hurt by him not being told about a prequel his character as no involvement in & he initially throws a tantrum, and the rest is history - 🦋 anon (ps: i hope this helps a little, i’ve been scattered brained trying to keep up with it all night lmao so pls let me know if i missed anything, bug crew !!)

thank you so much darling i figured it out eventually but this is a helpful summary!!!

I hope you enjoyed waking up to all of this XD -🐢

i sure did!!! also that answers my question about you being awake lmao

I WILL NEVER EVER EVER FORGIVE MYSELF FOR SLEEPING THROUGH ALL OF THIS DRAMA AND NOT EXPERIENCING IT IN PERSON I DIDN'T NEED THIS SLEEP - tea anon

well the party was still going strong this morning so im not TOO "gutted" see what i did there lmaooo

Now that you are caught up with the news... So idk if you remember this but...didn't jarpad tell jackles he was up for a reboot in an online panel? And jackles answered that this was news to him??

-🍯

yeah i think you are right but he was clearly joking and didnt expect jackles to actually be working on something already

J2 anon spare more of those anons let's finish this - tea anon

please, we're having a ball in this bitch

I saw a post on tumblr where someone said now that Kripke gave J&D the rights, maybe they’re starting with a prequel just to end on a reboot in years time and honestly ? I wanna believe that so badly. This is tinhatty but what if this is all calculated in a way that makes it so that Jensen is slowly starting to fix everything that was wrong with spn - now that he has the rights and he’s slowly making spn his own story ?! I mean he did say in his ig post he wants to ‘fill in the rest’ - and maybe Mary and John’s story is only the beginning of spn related content from J&D to come ??? Maybe he wants to give spn the justice it deserves ?? Thoughts ??

i dont think this is tinhatty at all i think this is very possible and not that much of a reach. i could see this happening yeah for sure

want to hear something funny. I found out I had a ruptured blood vessel in my eye because I was sending my friend a video freaking out when the prequel news dropped and I noticed the corner of my eye was red af. and when I got back online jared had tweeted.

DJFHSJD ANON THE CHAOS OF IT ALL, HELP, are you okay? <3

rose.. bestie... how are you feeling about The News? nsfshsf being european is a curse </3 🐞

i feel GREAT im living for it i feel on top of the world tbh (and yeah it really is dsjfhs)

What am I waking up to I can't WHAT I rested my eyes for like 5 minutes help *hits reblog button* - anon anon

yep yep essentially djfhs

“Jensen and Misha are Co workers who barley talk”

I can’t be sure of course but I’m fairly certain that this is the copypasta that brought the j/2 fallout theory back to life. Who’s apparently ‘barely talking’ now? skansjsjsj. It’s almost prophetic, these j/2 anons have superpowers I’m telling ya.

-poker face anon

next time we get one of them we should be thanking them lmaooo

ok, but are we gonna talk about the "When Daneel and I formed Chaos Machine Productions, we knew that the first story we wanted to tell was the story of John and Mary Winchester [...]"-quote because the way this is phrased implies they formed CHAOS MACHINE Productions with the intent of telling this story (first), i haven't been in this dumpster long enough but the name just tickles me in that Misha way, isn't it so sus??? am i missing something???? i mean with this announcement they SURE lived up to that name... 🧩-anon

you are absolutely right, chaos machine SCREAMS misha and we are all here for it!!

hey hey hey. joining the clownverse, there's no way THEE cas girl danneel doesn't know just how much the fandom loves misha and cas. so 2 + 2 = misha in the spn prequel!

AGREED

So I think I finally managed to catch up on wtf happened while I was asleep and my brain melted. What a shit show to wake up to.

Anyway thoughts.

I don't hate the idea of a Mary&John sequel. I think it has the potential to be good (It has the potential to be really bad too, so I'm kind scared).

🕯️🕯️🕯️ manifesting Mary being badass and John being kinda useless🕯️🕯️🕯️

As for the Jensen and J*red thing.

I can see Jensen not telling J*red even if they are still friends, because J*red is kinda good at accidentally telling Secrets. He could have told him right before he announced it so, so that J*red didn't have to find out from twitter. He was on the show for 15 years, he is bound to get asked about it. The public twitter meltdown was really unprofessional so. Like you have Jensen's number J*red. You could have sorted that out in private like a normal person, but instead you choose to act like a toddler throwing a tantrum.

Is it weird that I'm actually going to be kinda that for them if the actually had a falling out, even tho I don't like J*red all that much. They seemed to be really important to each other and while I thought before that the might have triefted apart a bit, I didn't think that the where actively fighting.

- 🐌 anon

the thing is, the polite/normal thing for jensen to do was text him before announcing it on twitter. it's weird he didn't, and that makes me believe that maybe yeah they did have a falling out. especially with the way j*red responded to it on twitter. if he had no other reason to be this upset (no prior beef or falling out) you'd think that he wouldn't be responding like this. on the other hand, the man is a mysterie to me so who the hell knows. i'm not gonna mourn about it if they did/do grow apart because j*red is just.... awful imo.

#frog anon #bee anon #peacock anon #subtlerainy #honeymoon anon #bestie mutual #honeypot anon #turtle anon #butterfly anon #tea anon #ladybug anon #anon anon #poker face anon #puzzle pieces anon #snail anon #good lord i think i got more anons about this than about anything else before lmao #good luck to anybody who actually reads this <3

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miraculouscontent · 3 years

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Ask Explo--

...you know what, you’re right. Name change effective immediately.

Askplosion #10:

(unrelated to everything by the way but I DEMAND THE ANON WHO MENTIONED “REMARRIED EMPRESS” A WHILE BACK COME FORTH AND ANSWER FOR THEIR CRIMES. IT’S SO GOOD BUT IT’S UNFINISHED AND I’M HOOKED, HOW DARE YOU)

Asks responding to previous posts:

It’s okay! I figured that was what it was but it’s been so loooong.

Ah, wow.

Um, that’s definitely not a part 2; I think that’s more like a four-parter/five-parter or something.

Sorry! No can do!

That’s totally fair!

I think the reason I so quickly agreed with it is like--

I’ve been watching the Inuyasha sequel and it’s not like I don’t think the narrative’s apparent punching bag Moroha (who is fourteen years old) shouldn’t be punished when she does something wrong/sneaky/manipulative, but they punish her as if she’s Miroku (who was eighteen years old).

Basically, I want the punishment to take the age into account, or at least only affect Marinette on a more personal level and not be “Heart Hunter” where they take totally understandable feelings of heartache (remember, it wouldn’t have mattered which miraculous she took because Hawk Moth got the Miracle Box and Fu regardless; even beyond her emotions, I feel like she chose the best option available to her considering which temps she knew the location of) and then punish her for them by memory wiping Fu and taking away all of her temps and giving Hawk Moth the grimoire translation.

Yes!! I really wanted to respond to this one, thank you! (It’s this one and then there was another one talking about Luka and Adrien, then talked to me about how I refer to Luka as “soft” but not in a bad way; I unfortunately don’t remember the whole thing.)

Ahaha, and yeah, I feel you. Anti-salters are a very strange conundrum I still haven’t figured out; like, I get not liking salt, but...

I mean, when I don’t like certain content, I just blacklist it. If I end up seeing it anyway due to cross-tagging or a lack of tagging, then I just blacklist the person themself. You won’t see me going after people for that very reason; I only see what people send/ask me if it’s content I don’t like.

I’m glad you’ve found some peace in this blog! Hopefully it continues to be that way for you in the future!

(and yay, a fellow INTJ!!)

New Asks:

There are female writers? ;P I just assumed they were all locked in a closet until the male ones were like, “okay, pretend to help us here, we need one female writer to claim girl power.”

As for Ladybug all like, “Cute, isn’t she?” I think it was rhetorical (she could also be messing with him but “Glaciator” tells us that she didn’t know he crushed on her so who knows). The writers do this thing where Marinette is all panic-y and occasionally self-conscious as herself, but then as Ladybug, she suddenly gets a bit of an ego. I think it’s meant to be there in order to make Chat Noir look less... idk, “obnoxious” when he starts boosting his own ego; trying to balance the two by giving them both big heads, so to speak.

Honestly, I feel like Adrien needs less screen time. :|

Even when he’s not on-screen, characters are usually talking about him, or you see his face in Marinette’s room/somewhere in Paris. I’m become so jaded by the guy that I don’t even think it’d matter if they remade the series and gave it a “totally good and interesting Adrien.” That’s how badly the show has made him out for me; “Adrien Agreste” the character is just... sigh, I’m so done with him.

And yeah, this whole idea about, “Marinette is [x], we need more AAAAAADRIEN!” comes off really bad, lol, especially when Adrien has very little going for him.

(this ask ends off like there should be a part 2 but there isn’t one in my inbox, so sorry if there’s meant to be something else!)

The exact lyrics according to the wiki:

My wish for a cat who's in love, with our own Ladybug. Is that he'll get what he's always wanted! She doesn't know she loves him, only sees Adrien, But Christmas miracles always happen!

Yeah, especially nowadays, those lines bothers me. Not only does it imply “true selves,” but that it’s Chat who should be getting what he always wanted and Ladybug is the one with a problem.

Like, excuse me?

Probably Stormy Weather, even in the first episode. Ladybug and Chat Noir couldn’t even touch her until they arrived on top of the TV station.

+ With all those effects and shots, it made it feel more action-y than typical episodes.

Marinette, Aurore, Luka, Anarka, Jagged...

basically any name that I haven’t really heard before (”Luka” makes me think of Vocaloid but the Luka there was female), or a name that relates a lot to the character (like “Aurore” for “aurora” since she loves weather things).

dfjbghfkdgfdgnjfdg this anon really like, “I NEED ANSWERS!!!”

It’s as if these characters hit 18 or something and just grow overnight, I swear. I’m hypothetically fine with some more variety in character height (it’s not like the show tries to be realistic, after all), but maybe don’t give us official heights if they’re gonna be this weird/inaccurate.

Especially when they change it just for the sake of a shot anyway. If you watch “Simon Says” when Ladybug and Adrien stand next to each other while looking at the picture of Adrien’s mother, the very next close-up has an obvious difference in their heights from what you just saw.

They’re 3D models!!! This shouldn’t happen!

I... honestly never thought of the “less threatening” thing! Dang!

And yeah, Marinette isn’t helpless or incompetent, but because of the Adrien crush, it makes her that way at times since she’s always falling on him and--

...ugh, actually, yeah, don’t wanna think about those implications. Hard pass.

Gross.

I’m not familiar with that one, though Astruc deletes his tweets all the time (there was one tweet where he confirmed that Luka was poor and it only exists in screenshots now because it didn’t get archived and he deleted it almost like he realized that he was pointing out the blatant classism in the show, oops).

Yeah though, I haven’t seen anything like what you’re describing. Sorry!

It’s okay! Sorry for having you clarify but him choosing and Marinette deciding to never give it back are very different things.

I don’t recall Chat Noir having much purpose in the final fight (in terms of both contributing and actual fighting; I know Cataclysm broke the object to release the akuma but was it needed?) so Marinette might either go cat-less or get a temp. Plagg could also be helpful in his own right because he’s small and blends in with the night, so he could hypothetically sneak up on the bad guy.

Afterwards, there’d need to be a new cat, but Adrien would also have to reconsider his actions and really think about what happened. I could also see Plagg going to Adrien’s house, half to apologize for giving the idea to Adrien that Adrien leave without telling Ladybug, but also half to call him out for giving up without consulting anyone. Adrien is a lot of conflicting things (see Adrien’s passivity compared to Chat Noir’s recklessness) so he’d have to find a middle ground within himself.

Marinette might carry Plagg around in her purse for a while and let Plagg have a say in who he goes to. Plagg might grieve for a bit over not having Adrien around (even if Adrien was flawed, Plagg didn’t ask for any of this so Marinette is doing her best here).

O-oh.

That’s always the rough patch with “endgame ships.” Once it’s obvious to the audience that they’re endgame, no more effort needs to be put into them.

The other thing too is how Kagami, for example, is friends with Marinette. Even once Adrimi sinks, she’ll presumably stay friends with her. Luka, meanwhile, is Juleka’s brother.

They have lives outside of their love interests. Adrien is so into Ladybug that he doesn’t have that; I mean, Nino is Adrien’s best friend like once in a blue moon.

The entire class is just watching an episode and then calling on raised hands to answer what was wrong with what they just watched.

“Everything?”

“I mean, yes, but I’m sorry, you have to be more specific to get credit.”

I think Aeon herself is fine. It’s mostly just her transformed and that transformed name that I have a problem with (she doesn’t even look uncanny so I don’t get it). I heard there was something wrong with the name “Aeon” but searching the name doesn’t give me anything I would qualify as such so I have no idea. I just wish she was given a little less “I’m programmed to--” (makes her seem less sentient) and more “[anything that doesn’t have to do with pushing the love square]” because I feel like they might’ve done the latter to make her more “likable”? I think fans of anything usually like the “matchmaker” character provided it’s for a ship they like. Also strange that they make her a robot but Max and Markov don’t extensively interact with her, but that’s a nitpick and not a criticism of her character.

...I’m rambling, my bad lol.

(Ohhh, she was supposed to be a mummy? Like, foreshadowing her “dying”?? That went right over my head but I guess that’d be where the name Uncanny Valley came from? No clue.)

Best case scenario is probably the middle or the end of Season 4.

And yeah, it really doesn’t matter to me what they do with the love square. Marinette had gone through too much suffering and the show goes out of its way to show how much stress Marinette is being put under (and also keeping Luka away during episodes like “Gamer 2.0″ even when it makes sense for them to be there, as if trying to make sure Marinette doesn’t have enough moments with him to forget Adrien).

Like, ah, yes, I totally believe that Marinette is in a position where she can make reasonable decisions about her love life while all circles of her life are on fire.

If the Sonic movie of all things can have an interracial couple, there’s no reason why this show can’t, just saying.

And, even with Marinette, she’s white-passing (according to what basically everyone says, I’m really awful about recognizing race so this isn’t my field; I wasn’t aware that Ondine was Asian, for example).

Does Nadja count? Manon’s dark-skinned (I’m still not over the fact that all the kids in this show are dark-skinned; it’s not like it’s a problem from a representation standpoint - though all the kids are also all generically bratty/whiny so there’s that - but the percentages in this show are weird) while Nadja is really light-skinned, meaning either a dark-skinned husband or Manon is adopted.

Though I guess the problem then is that we don’t know, so there’s no established couple there.

Non-Miraculous Asks:

w-who gave you the right to say such things????

Uhhhh, that might be too broad of a question, I’m sorry!

I know this isn’t satisfactory, but I will say that my favorite genre is Fantasy/Romance (it’s why I adore Red Shoes so much; by the way, an anon asked for my opinion on that a while back and I will get to it! I’d need to watch it again to get screenshots) and my least favorite is probably Tragedy/Horror.

I don’t think I’ve watched enough to really be able to say? I’ve kind of been all over but I’ve never fully gone through any of them outside of Miraculous. I’ve seen bits of Sailor Moon, Tokyo Mew Mew, Star VS the Forces of Evil (don’t know if that counts), and I meant to watch Yuki Yuna is a Hero but never got around to it. I saw the entirety of Puella Magi Madoka Magica but you guys know how I feel about that one.

Maybe Cardcaptor Sakura by default then? It was definitely not perfect but I liked some of the character dynamics (I also have a clipcut of it - basically where I go through a series/movie and cut out parts I don’t like so it’s only good stuff - so I’m cheating a little) and the male love interest was a tsundere type that I actually ended up liking, which is really rare.

!!! That sounds sweet~ I know Sailor Moon is popular so I’ll definitely take your word for it on that one.

I would also accept a “reincarnated”/”destined lovers” trope if maybe the ship themselves are the one who set it up in the first place. I have a Lukanette AU, for example, where they basically got together and then prayed to the shrine of the renewal god that they’d “always be together,” which ended up allowing them to reincarnate over and over (as if they set up their own soulmate AU ;P) and continuously find each other.

Though I guess that’s not technically a “meant to be trope,” but still, it’s a form of it but where it was totally consensual on both sides.

Also, I finally thought of a show that ended with the ship I wanted: Gargoyles. I didn’t see the entire series, mind you, but I saw most of it and Goliath and Elisa were just... quality, I adored them.

+ With Beauty and the Beast being my favorite Disney movie, they fit right in with my tastes.

I forget that AangToph (I think the “official” name for the ship is Taang, but don’t quote me on that) exists sometimes, maybe because I’ve never shipped Aang with anyone; I’ve got no problems with the ship though.

Ugh, and this is what I mean when I talk about people who set up these reasons behind people shipping something based on what they saw a few people do. It’s like, “you only ship Adrimi/Lukanette to spite Adrienette!!”

Meanwhile, me having shipped all three at one point and then dropped off the love square.

Also, me shipping Zutara has nothing to do with it being dark/edgy because I’ve never seen it that way (intriguing, sure but dark and edgy? lol) and also avoid dark/edgy ships like the plague.

I still laugh at people who are like, “you can’t ship it because it’s not endgaaaaame!” as if shows can dictate how and why I enjoy something. Like sure, if you want to let a show/movie spoonfeed you how you’re supposed to feel, then by all means, go ahead.

I suppose people may be theoretically happier that way, but it doesn’t make for an analytic mind.

I legitimately thought that “AssClass” must’ve been the actual name for something until it registered with me what it actually meant.

And eh, I guess it depends on the comparison and how accurate the comparison actually is? Like, comparing Puella Magic Madoka Magica to Miraculous... they’re not really close at all, but comparing... idk, Bunnyx to Homura or the concept behind “backfiring wishes”... maybe?

(note that the rest of this post is more Puella Magi Madoka Magica salt so you can stop reading here if you’re not interested in that; I’m not sure if this is all the same anon but I don’t mind letting people vent so I let them go off~)

why can’t we just have nice things

I agree, and I give a little eyeroll every time it’s like, “oh, this person had [miraculous]”

+ even just in general, I feel weird about any show that mentions/implies that real world famous people are [x] or [y] in their show. It breaks my immersion; real world locations are one thing but when it’s specific people (unless they’re made up characters like Santa Claus) or games just--break me.

I also don’t know what to think when there aren’t magical boys but you have these magical girls in this frilly outfits/skirts. The demographic is girls so I presume the reason must be like, “you can look pretty and still beat people up” (;P) but having so many magical girl shows without a hint of a magical boy makes me suspicious that it’s for fanservice. Sailor Moon has Tuxedo Mask but I also don’t know what that guy did outside of the meme of him doing nothing so I’ve got no clue.

(edit: I should correct myself that I’m not talking about Sailor Moon specifically; I don’t know magical girls that well, though I do know there are ones clearly intended for fanservice (you could say that for anything, to be fair, but still). It’s just that I see things like super short skirts or very “questionable” shots and I’m just like, “hm”)

Hmmm, good question. I feel like there has to be a lot but I’m also the type who doesn’t watch a lot of TV lol. I’m just familiar with cliches and tropes and such.

The reason I try not to use “ism”s of any kind is mostly because it’s too broad. Like, you know how the English language only has one way of saying, “I love you,” but other languages like Spanish have multiple?

It’s like that, and sometimes I think it’s too easy to throw those words out there. A “small” (possibly completely unintentional/misunderstood) offense is sexism, and then a “large” offense is called the exact same thing. I’d rather go into why something is sexist than just call it that, y’know? The only exception I make is “classism” because I feel like that’s not as... I dunno, divisive?

Anyway, for that same reason, I can’t answer firmly that, “Madoka Magica is sexist.” I will however say that it makes me uncomfortable with how the show makes out the girls being emotional because they’re young and female and then proceeds to make their life a living hell before they’re old enough to properly answer to it (I know that’s the point but that kind of makes it worse?). It doesn’t help with how all the girls have different personalities, so it’s not like you have only “crybaby girls” who are being taken advantage of; it’s basically like... all girls.

Not helped is the fact that their soul gem not only deteriorates naturally, but it can also do so faster if the girl falls into despair, which then turns them into a monster (and I know it’s kind of like an akuma thing, but the fact that it’s only girls is... I dunno, it comes off wrong?). It seems cheap that the soul gem deteriorates no matter what so it constantly needs fed even if the girl is consistently happy.

I would probably opt for the show being centered more around Kyubey being new to this or something - like, magical girls are a new thing - and then have Kyubey being surprised because they presumed that the soul gem would deteriorate naturally since “emotions are powerful but destructive to the person having them,” but then all the girls team up and help each other work out their problems. Maybe the reason magical girls are usually alone isn’t even because of the grief seed (I think that’s what it’s called?) thing not being able to be shared, but because Kyubey intentionally separates magical girls so they can’t do what the main group is doing, but Madoka is so into the idea that, “We shouldn’t have to be alone,” and so she’s constantly pulling all the girls together, which keeps them healthy.

Maybe Homura’s backstory could be that Madoka originally was more sheepish and more afraid to put herself out there, especially since she was a magical girl (who are encouraged to go it alone), which is why their soul gems were both deteriorating; they were friends but kept more of a distance, or maybe they were a team but that’s all they were. Then Madoka gives Homura the last grief seed to save her and that’s what inspires Homura and makes her see Madoka as something more than a teammate, which is why Homura actively tries to save Madoka specifically (which then encourages Madoka to want to keep everyone together as friends).

In the case that Kyubey doesn’t separate them out of concern of fRiEnDsHiP, but for another reason altogether, and then it’s ultimately their own downfall when they allow the girls to hang out and realize that it’s doing a lot of good for them.

“cute and innocent”

That was exactly it. It’s on Kyubey’s trivia section on the Puella Magi Madoka Magica Wiki.

Before the anime's first dark plot twist aired, head writer Gen Urobuchi said on his Twitter account that the "Kyu" in Kyubey's name comes from the English word "cute". This was a lie meant to further mislead fans into thinking that Madoka Magica is an innocent happy show. In a later episode, it was revealed that "Kyubey" is, in fact, short for "incubator".

In my personal opinion, a spoiled plot can’t be “ruined” if it’s a good plot. If you told me that Kagome was trapped in the Modern era for three years and then decided to stay with Inuyasha at the end of Inuyasha, it wouldn’t/shouldn’t decrease the value when I finally see it for myself because it’s good. That’s not to say that everything should just be spoiled right out of the gate, but it’s saying that maybe your plot isn’t good if you have to rely on shock value to make it work??

I FEEL THAT “ASSIGNING IT TO THE WHOLE GENDER” THING SO BAD. It just adds to my “the girls all have varying personalities so it’s not like Kyubey’s only after emotional crybabies or anything” salt.

I have no idea about any of the stuff about the writers so I can’t confirm or deny them. I will very much agree on the target audience thing though, especially with the whole “keeping the dark plot a secret” because really? Who is this for then? Like, the first two and a half episodes are for one demographic and then the others are--???

I dunno. Me personally, I just like feel good stories. I do like some good conflict and drama (for context, Remarried Empress is basically a webtoon that gives you things to feel salty about and then makes its own salt fic as its plot, allowing for endless streams of feels and catharsis, so I’m definitely not against drama), but there are other times where I just want to feel good watching something.

I feel like the show expects the characters to be selfless/perfect and then punishes them even though it’s their writing that’s causing them to act out. I can’t really talking about “out-of-character” but sometimes it’s just obvious where “we did this because we needed a plot/conflict.”

Like, hello? We don’t need the main characters screwing up; why can’t we just have some feel good thing where they take the day for themselves (seriously, imagine a Miraculous episode where Chat Noir actually tells Ladybug to take a couple days for herself, like maybe someone else gets the earrings for a few days as a temp while Marinette gets to breathe; IMAGINE IT). Not everything needs to be high-stakes to be interesting and you need those calmer moments so that the action-packed ones feel more intense.

SAYAKA DESERVES BETTER.

I feel like the magical girl genre as a whole can be way more complex than it’s made out to be. I think people hear the word “magical girl” and think “cute girls in short skirts talk about girl problems and fight evil with the power of friendship and accessories.”

Ugh, just the mention of Rebellion makes me sigh internally.

Congrats on working on your own magical girl story! I hope it goes well for you!

I know it’s not technically a magical girl show, but there was also Totally Spies that Astruc worked on to some degree (I think there was some characters who were based on/a loose reference to the mains from that show but I don’t remember exactly).

The thing about the female characters suffering is that they could make for good lessons on positively directing one’s emotions (like Usagi from Sailor Moon, for example, maybe having a problem with taking her anger out on her friends, but learns that she can save that rage for the bad guys; “Gamer 2.0″ from Miraculous could’ve done that, honestly, by having Ladybug absolutely WRECK all of her gaming opponents in “violent” (cartoon violence obviously) fashion). It’s just a shame that it’s not taken advantage of.

Sayaka??? Selfish???????

*does not compute*

(Also, I wasn’t tired of them, don’t worry! It was a little overwhelming in my inbox but it’s me who’s allowing all the asks to flow in so the blame isn’t on you lol.)

I’m not sure where this obsession came from with, “you have to be selfless and you’re not allowed to use your powers for yourself.” It’s like the world’s going to end if a character leaves to go Self-Care or something. I think what happened is that shows got this idea that promoting only the giving of others is great and it’s not important to take time for yourself (even with “Gamer 2.0,” it was still Marinette playing games with everyone else, and they treated her dedication and seriousness like a bad thing when she literally did not have time to waste and they didn’t give a reason why it was good for her to take a break, only that she should).

This usually leads to the “demonization” of characters who sport a lot of self-confidence or any sort of ego. It works on both sides; Marinette is a punching bag because of her anxiety and occasional lack of confidence, but if she had an ego as Ladybug, there are parts of the fandom who deem her “obnoxious” (i.e: “Reflekdoll”). There’s a delicate balance between “be confident” and “be humble” and it’s a tightrope act.

#((Yes! This strategy works for not losing asks.))#((In other news--))#((I gotta test out this new microphone so I wanna do a ''Voiced Askplosion'' where I record my answers instead of writing them))#((Anyone who sends me a 🎤 alongside their asks will get a voiced response next time!))#((I probably can't answer everything but you know how it is~))#(((i swear that someone is going to do it just to see if they can get me to swear when I read out their asks)))#((or... like--))#((''ok i don't actually have a question''))#((''but plz say the words 'adrien and marinette are meant to be' because i want to hear how much u struggle to say it''))#category: salt #other: non ml talk #category: ramble #character: Marinette Dupain Cheng #category: fandom #episode: Evillustrator #character: Chat Noir #character: Ladybug #character: Adrien Agreste #character: Stormy Weather #category: me myself and i #category: staff #relationship: Adrien Agreste & Marinette Dupain Cheng #character: Aeon #character: Uncanny Valley #relationship: love square #MC's Renders #render: persona

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lesmismignon · 3 years

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replying to anon messages

In this post I shall reply to the messages that have been sitting in my inbox for a regrettably long period of time. (It is loooooong. Please click “keep reading” at your own risk.)

I’m not a very good correspondent. I’m very sorry. I never know what to say right off the bat, and then during 2019 and 2020 when I was mostly on hiatus, I would just post a chapter or two and poof back out, and on Tumblr I would browse a few things and then poof back out. I do not have a good track record with social media and online presence in general. And with real life problems (mostly due to work), at worst it was impossible to muster even the strength to write. It was maddening.

But there is something about Hellsing and its fandom that reels me back in even when I am far away. Excuse me if this sounds cheesy, but for me fandoms are like the orbit of a comet. If it is something that you loved, and will continue to love even when you are not “active” on it, you will come back to it, someday, somehow. I’ll always be grateful to Hellsing, for being an inspiration to write, for being a bridge to some of my dearest relationships, for some of the kindest messages I’ve ever received in my life.

you freed yourself for a job that was not good for you and related to toxic people (Integra-like – demanding the respect you deserve). That is badass brave – and that doesn’t become less by that fact that maybe the next job you got is not the end of the journey but still part of the way. And you are brave by sharing your work, sharing your stories revealing parts of your emotional world to the outside – that is totally bad as too. I think you can be very proud of you, really. So maybe right now, you might be in situation that does not yet make you happy in way you deserve it. But you know- there is big chance that this is part of your journey to this place – imagine, in some time from now, you may be a successful (brilliant you are already) author and in an interview you say something like “yes, back there in 2016/17 I went through some tough times, that influenced the work very much I got this price for today”. So just in case you maybe cannot see it right now yourself – please allow me to tell you – you are brave and wonderful. And re. the brave decision you mentioned – I know I am not in the position to tell you anything – but please do not do any harm to you. So, thank you so much for your work you share with the world, my life is better with it. Take care for yourself, you deserve the best. (so sorry, I am really not good with words, hope you get my point….)

Anon, this was the kindest thing you could have ever done for little 2016/17 me. Oh God. Time does fly by so fast. I want you to know that I read this message a long time ago, and it gave me strength to go on, even though I’m not sure if I am so brave, to be compared to our lady Integra >< I hope you are happy and safe, wherever you are. I hope you know how brave and wonderful *you* are. Thank you so much.

just wanted to drop by and say I love all your fanfictions! You capture Integra and Alucard's characters so well; I LOVE it. Take all the time you need updating. You deserve it. And good luck at your job! <3

Ah, I probably changed jobs like twice since then. But they have been all good and meaningful in their own ways. I really did not mean to take THIS long in updating but I hope that you enjoyed the recent updates if you are still reading, thank you so much!

Why can I not write here? I just wanted you to know I am grateful for the reading joys that are 'Snow White' and 'Satis'...

Thank you Anon! I am so glad you enjoyed them!

I LOVE SATIS SO MUCH YOUR WRITING IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND FLOWY AND IT MAKES ME CRY PLEASE KEEP UP THE BRILLIANT WORK!!

Thank you Anon! You give me too much praise, but I shall indeed try to keep it up!

Hey so please don't take this as me pressuring you but I absolutely adore Satis! Is there any chance we might know when the next update is coming in? Totally understand if not- it sounds like work is taking a lot out of you and I understand that you're writing fan fiction purely for fun but DAMN IF I DON'T WANT TO READ MORE OF YOUR FIC OMG I LOVE IT SO MUCH ASDFGHJKL!!!

I’m sorry it’s been ages! I’ll tell you my schedule(???) for this year instead! For this year of 2021 I really hope to average maybe at least 1 chapter a month but I don’t know how I’ll fare during the busy months. I hope you enjoyed the recent chapters if you are still reading!

@fierce-little-miana Can you believe that I have just noticed that I had given you any kudos for Snow White or Satis?! Sorry! Your stories are really worth all the praise we can give them. (so I corrected it) Have a nice day!

Thank you! I’m terribly sorry for this late reply. You’ve been so kind and sent so many lovely messages. Thank you again for each and every one of them!

@sinish-tem Hey sorryy for bothering you but. That ALutegra fic was AMAZING!!I LOVE IT!Amazing job sport<3

You’re not bothering me at all! Thank you old sport!

So I don't mean to rush you or be annoying or anything, but is Satis still happening? (plz plz say yes)

You’re not being annoying! I’m sorry it took so long! Yes :)

Hello! So, um, I have to ask... is Satis going to be updated? It’s just that it’s one of my absolute favorite stories by my absolute favorite author!

Thank you! I’m honored! I hope you enjoyed the recent chapters if you’re still reading!

Hi! Are you still around? Are you doing ok?

Yes, I am fine now, thank you :) I hope you are doing well, too!

@aniphine Hi! First off, I want to say that I absolutely love your writing style and am so looking forward to diving into all of your fics! I just finished Satis and it’s definitely in my Top 10 Fanfics ever, which is saying something! Thanks so much for writing it. On that note, I wanted to ask if you had plans to update it? If not, that’s totally cool - what you’ve written already is fantastic. But if so, I’d pledge my life to you in order to get a chance at reading more. 😆 Anyhoo, you’re awesome! 👋

Thank you so much! You are awesome too! I’m honored that Satis is in your top 10!!

@dontfuckingfollowmeifpornblog You still around?

I am now! Thank you!

@comixqueen Hello have I told you that I really love your Hellsing fics? ;u;/ They're among the best out there and I reread them often!

Thank you very much. That means a lot to me from you. Thank you for rereading, I’m always wary of my earlier writing but I’m glad if people still enjoy them.

I have never squealed higher than when I received the notification for the new chapter of Satis. You are a true blessing <3 thank you for your words

You are a blessing! Thank you so much!

Hello! I know you're not very active around here, but I just saw a trailer for a movie based on the letters of Vita and Virginia, and I was immediately reminded of Satis and the quotes you so expertly used in the narration, and I thought I might tell you in case you're interested in the movie (the title is literally Vita and Virginia) <3

Thank you Anon! I did see the trailer! I haven’t seen the movie yet though, but I will, eventually! I am so glad you think I did the quotes justice! It’s such a beautiful quote.

Not sure how to start this, might be a little bold, and yet; let me simply say that I am in love with your written works. In fact, so much so that I read it all again, and again. It never ceases to amaze. And as for you, the person behind it all, you do seem immensely precious as well. I hope that you have the most fantastic day, you deserve no less.

Anon, you are so very kind. Thank you so much for your lovely words. I am just an ordinary person unusually invested in a particular set of fictional characters xD and I am often late to things and a bad correspondent, but I must be doing something right if you’re sending me a message as lovely as this. Thank you again, I hope you are having fantastic days as well.

Honestly ive read your snow white fic years ago but I loved it insanely much and im about to read it again today ^.^

Thank you Anon! Ah, Snow White. I am very glad you still enjoy it. It is so old, and I wish I had the courage to edit it and spruce it up, or even update an extra or two...

Are you ever planning to continue Satis? I’m in love with that piece of work.

Thank you Anon! Yes! I hope you enjoyed the recent chapters!

My literal text to a friend of mine that's also a fan of Satis when I got the AO3 mail about the new chapter was: "NOW THEY'RE FINALLY STARTING TO BE *HAPPY* HOLIDAYS"

I am very glad I was able to bring you holiday cheer. Would it be bold of me if I say I aim to bring you non-holiday cheer as well, now? xD Thank you so much!

HEY JUST CAME HERE TO SAY I LOVE SATIS, OKAY BYYYYE

HELLO ANON! THANK YOUUUUU

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panelshowsource · 5 years

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hi anon i’m sorry if you missed me! i didn’t think many people would notice if i put 50% less effort in but 40 asks later it turns out people CRAVE the PANEL SHOW tumblr CONTENT. i’m working on making a big backlog of gifs and things so there’s stuff to post even when i’m busy/lazy/don’t feel like looking at this blue hellsite. i went pretty hard a week or so ago bc an anon asked me and it reminded how much effort it is to do this! i ended up staying late at work two days for three hours both days. my boss thought i was working very hard :) sometimes i just don’t have all the time and energy i want to do this anymore, but i’m working on correcting that again. thanks for being sweet!

i honestly need to make a frankie boyle giggling compilation *adds to my imaginary to do list*

i don’t think i’ll take any non-panel show-related requests right now but feel free to dm me if you really need help with a specific icon you want and i can probably make it for you (even though it won’t be very good haha)!

dfkgjhsldf anon did you recover. i need to know you’re okay

omg without a doubt THIS!!! my boy literally got an ovation before one of the most serious moments of unholy injustice i have ever witnessed!!!

i haven’t but i will work on that to post this week for u!! even though requests aren’t open atm you sent this a while ago and i apologise for being a little slow 😪

i honestly don’t know who tony law is and i’m not sure i want to

I WROTE THIS!!!

*THIS ASK* — PANELSHOWSOURCE, 2019

any excuse to repost this gif!!!!!!!

you and 90% of the anons in my inbox agree with you lmaooo you guys should form a squadron

i’m sorry to report there were no acaster outfits before or after 👏 this 👏

it sure is! 😊😊😊

i am not an angel i am a——

a;dhgksfd why am i being interrogated!!!

ummmmmmmm holly walsh, jessica knappett, roisin conaty, catherine tate, sandi toksvig. this, this, this, this, and this. um this, this, this, this, and this. political comedy is pretty tiring for me so do you mind if i skip that one? and it’s definitely this and then i suppose this, this, this, and this?

but if you knew me well you would know i hate quantifying and ranking things and this is more of a shoutout list than nay kind of definitive favourites list :((((( i love everything :((((

i tried for a long time to find this for you anon and if you were confffffident it was a miles ep then i would have scrolled through all nine of them to see if the moment popped up, but bc it’s a little on the fence i’ll just leave this here for any kind user to respond to if they can! sorry i couldn’t be of help this time :’(

f.a.q. // tags // watch links masterpost

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Has Chuck ever talked about why he brought Cas back? I'm watching The Man Who Would Be King and it's a massive point of contingency. Cas is clearly important to God, has that ever been brought back up?

Hi there... I don’t really get what the second message has to do with the first, but I’m gonna try to reply to both of these things, because these are two fundamentally unrelated issues. At least, I believe this is also a message from you, but please correct me if I’m wrong. Sometimes it’s really hard to tell if two messages are supposed to go together in the inbox when they’re both from anons:

In that same season Let It Bleed shows Dean asking Cas to erase the memories of Lisa and Ben and that's like Cas' ultimate skill as an angel Stripping Memory and he did for Dean Just Like That. My Chuck has anything been addressed for Cas since season 6?

I think this is the only thing that Chuck has canonically said about the fact he kept bringing Cas back, and it was uttered during one of his lil tantrums in 11.20, while Metatron was prodding him into Doing The Right Thing for all of creation:

Chuck: You know I love those guys, but the world would still be spinning with demon Dean in it. But Sam couldn't have that, though, could he? And so how is Amara being out on me?Metatron: It's not. But you helped the Winchesters before.Chuck: Helped them? I've saved them! I've rebuilt Castiel more times than I can remember. Look where that got me.Metatron: So you're just gonna let Amara win?Chuck: Eh, it's her time to shine.

Chuck was still actively deflecting any responsibility for the Darkness. As if this ENTIRE problem didn’t directly spring from his initial act of locking her away in the first place. Granted, we wouldn’t have had Creation at all if he hadn’t, but he’d been willing to just sequester himself off in his little private bar at the end of all things while the rest of the universe crumbled around him rather than confront any of that. It was easier for him to just blame everyone else for... everything else... as if the problem hadn’t been his own refusal to deal with the fact that he was only one side of this Creation Coin, you know? It took the catalyst of Dean Winchester to bring those two sides together eventually in 11.23.

But getting back to your point... No, Chuck has never said directly, “I specifically and factually continued to resurrect Cas for these explicit purposes,” and then given us a bullet-pointed list.

Because your second question (and I think it’s yours, again) refers to something in 6.21 as being in “the same season” that Chuck resurrected Cas... but he first resurrected Cas in 5.01, after Raphael had exploded him in 4.22 (which happened offscreen, but we were TOLD it happened, by Chuck in 5.01.

Given what we know about the Empty, and the fact it’s where angels go when they die, and the fact that we know now that Jimmy died in 4.22 and went to Heaven and has been there ever since despite Cas having been resurrected in a replacement Jimmy Suit in 5.01... I think it’s safe to assume that Chuck (since he’d been literally standing RIGHT THERE when Cas went kablooie) held Cas in some sort of stasis, waiting to see what happened next. Remember, they’d been making it up as they went. NONE of what happened at the end of 4.22 and after that had been part of Chuck’s Grand Plan. It wasn’t in the script. It was something he hadn’t expected, and yet... it happened.

I don’t think he initially had a definite plan to resurrect Cas, but it had been one of the options he’d held open for himself. Cas had done something INTERESTING to him. He was an angel who demonstrated an act of rebellion and free will-- not the way Lucifer had by wanting to destroy and corrupt humanity, but out of love for Humanity and creation itself. Cas wanted to save the world from Chuck’s destined apocalypse. And Chuck being a shrewd creator, he plucked Cas out of the air before he could be zapped off to the Empty, knowing that such an Angel was an anomaly, and that he might just have a bigger part to play in the salvation of Creation.

In 6.20, I believe the scene you’re referring to is this one:

CASTIEL I was...done. I was over. And then the most extraordinary thing happened. I was put back. (Castiel stands behind Dean, beaten bloody by Lucifer) And we had won. We stopped Armageddon. (Castiel heals Dean) But at a terrible cost. (Castiel heals Bobby)(flashback to very end of 'Swan Song')EXT. OUTSIDE OF LISA BRAEDEN'S HOUSE - NIGHT(Sam stands under the streetlight, which flickers and dies, watching Dean inside Lisa's house. Castiel watches Sam.)CASTIEL And so I knew what I had to do next. Once again, I went to Harrow Hell, to free Sam from Lucifer's cage. It was nearly impossible, but I was so full of confidence, of mission. I see now that was arrogance...Hubris...Because, of course, I hadn't truly raised Sam -- not all of him.(flashback to 'Unforgiven': Sam is beating a cop unconscious; flashback to 'Live Free or Twi-Hard': Sam watches Dean being turned; flashback to 'Appointment in Samarra': Sam raises his dagger to stab Bobby) Sometimes we're lucky enough to be given a warning. (back in front of Lisa's house, Sam turns and walks away- directly past Castiel) This should have been mine.

But this was actually his SECOND resurrection. He was also speaking from a place of desperation, at his lowest point to date, knowing he was about to make A Huge Choice and desperately looking for ANY sort of guidance. It’s like he KNEW he’d already made a mistake, and couldn’t see any way out of this dire, horrific circumstance other than to just... keep pushing through and hope everything worked out in the end. He was trying to save the universe, again, single-handedly. And EVERYTHING was failing. He’d failed to protect Dean, he’d failed to resurrect Sam properly, he’d failed and failed and failed.

Like he said in 12.19, he NEEDED a win, he needed to return to Dean already having secured a win, to prove his own worth. He’s been dealing with this issue, this personal struggle, since he first discovered those Doorways To Doubt way back in s4.

In 7.23, also at a place of Lowest Depression, he had this to say about his continued resurrections:

CASTIEL: If we attack Dick and fail, then you and Sam die heroically, correct?DEAN: I don't know. I guess.CASTIEL: And at best, I die trying to fix my own stupid mistake. Or... I don't die – I'm brought back again. I see now. It's a punishment resurrection. It's worse every time.DEAN: I'm sorry. Uh, we're talking about God crap, right?CASTIEL: I'm not good luck, Dean.DEAN: Yeah, but you know what? Bottom of the ninth, and you're the only guy left on the bench... Sorry, but I'd rather have you, cursed or not. And anyway, nut up, all right? We're all cursed. I seem like good luck to you? [CASTIEL stares at DEAN.] What?CASTIEL: Well, I don't want to make you uncomfortable, but I detect a note of forgiveness.DEAN: Yeah, well, I'm probably gonna die tomorrow, so...CASTIEL: Well, I'll go with you. And I'll do my best.

He was in such a low place that he sincerely believed he’d been repeatedly resurrected as a “punishment,” because he couldn’t see past his own guilt and trauma. But again, Dean held out a hand and offered him a different viewpoint. It was the first step toward Cas being able to forgive himself and move forward. He could finally begin “redeeming himself” in Dean’s eyes, which he’d promised back in 7.01. And that’s sort of the journey he’s been on ever since.

He’s been through a number of rough patches along the way, leading him to say Yes to Lucifer in 11.10, leading him to try to spare Sam and Dean from having to kill Kelly in 12.15-12.19, ultimately leading to his death (again! but the first death that Chuck hadn’t been standing by to catch him from and stop him from ever reaching the Empty) in 12.23.

For the first time, it was Cas HIMSELF that fought for his own resurrection, in which his own agency is what brought him back. He fought for HIMSELF.

*scrolls back up because I can’t even remember the question at this point...*

Aah, right... “Has anything been addressed for Cas since s6?” Um.. yes? Loads and loads? Which is why I have no idea how the second half of your question relates to the first...

I’ve barely scraped the tip of the iceberg here on that ONE issue, so short of writing a thesis on the narrative evolution of Castiel as a character that could probably span at least a trilogy of scholarly tomes, I don’t really know what else to say here... I’m honestly baffled that anyone could suggest that they’ve just not addressed Cas’s issues since s6, and wondering if we’re watching the same show.

#spn 6.20 #spn 4.22 #spn 5.01 #spn 6.21 #spn 7.01 #spn 7.23 #spn 11.20 #spn 11.10 #spn 12.15 #spn 12.19 #spn 12.23 #spn 13.04 #spn 13.06 #and i didn't even go into the s14 stuff that has Cas becoming the master via his education of jack i mean...#you learned it from the goats #castiel winchester #i am an honestly baffled mitten #if you say 'mysterious ways' so help me i will kick your ass #Anonymous

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Um. Sorry for the unnecessary anonymous, but I’m honestly really anxious about sending this ask so... Uh. I’m starting to write this Harrymort fic. It’s been getting a ton of positive support, and I’m super happy with that, but I don’t know shit about writing, really, especially the kind kind I’m trying to do. You write really well, and you’re kind of a really big inspiration to my work, so I’d really appreciate it if you’d hit me with some writing advice, particularly Harrymort writing advice.

Oh, no need to apologize at all! My inbox is open to everyone, especially for writing advice. I like to help whenever it is that I can. (please don’t mind my typos.)

I am very flattered I am inspiration.

Let me preface by saying this. Many writers don’t really know what they are doing when they start (and even after they’ve long started, for that matter). That is perfectly normal. I myself only started writing Harrymort in May. I haven’t been in this fandom very long, but I’ve made a home here.

First, you don’t have to be like any single writer in this fandom. You don’t have to mimic me to write an amazing story because only you can tell this story. It’s your muse, your imagination, your energy and your hard work that will go into that story. Not anyone else’s.

I am not sure what kind of writing advice you want. Do you want advice about characterizations? About transitioning from one point to the next? About plot? About dialogue? About balancing what you want to get from this story versus what needs to be included to make it all make sense?

There’s a lot to writing that you are doing already. There are things you don’t even realize. But let me just address some things I think may be of use.

Alright, grammar. That gets better with practice. If that is your greatest concern. It wasn’t something I improved on overnight. I wrote, and wrote, and wrote until I my brain hurt. I shared my writing with other people to scope out the tenses and the grammar issues. I read manuals, looked at examples of something and played it by ear. I sort of just flew by the seat of my pants and hoped it would work out for me.

Writing is a muscle you work out. And the only way to work it out is simply by writing. And not stopping even when your brain is yelling at you to stop. Don’t let yourself be cowed, write. Endlessly. Don’t stop to edit. Write your ideas down, you can fix that glaring error after you’ve finish getting the scene you’ve envisioned down.

I spent days rereading the same things to make sure I caught my errors (and often, I did not catch them all!). It’s nerve-wracking and that’s okay. No one is born out of the womb with amazing writing skills. You work hard for that, and you’ll see as you progress that it gets better. (Though, often, what I do to ease the strain in my eyes and defamiliarize my brain with my writing, I change the color background of the writing document. It really helps you catch the errors you might have missed in your first look-through).

Also, it’s always nice to have a beta to discuss things if that’s an option for you. They aren’t in your head, so they may be able to point things out to you that you hadn’t considered before. It’s always nice to have a second opinion.

If it is dialogue that you struggle with, I often just listen to conversations. You’d be surprised just how much you get out of people when they’re in their own little world as you eavesdrop. Their facial expressions, the way their bodies shift, the way their tones waver: these are all things I look at. I read different stories and see how other authors do it.

I use the world around me in the hopes that I can make these characters human. Or at least, more human than they already are. I just want them to be someone my readers can or could relate to, and the best way is just to sit back and watch other people live their lives. I used to have trouble with dialogue (still do in some respects), but it’s these observations that have helped a lot.

Now, if it is characterizations. It took me a long time to figure out how I wanted to write Tom and Voldemort. Even Harry was a bit of a mystery. I read the Harry Potter books to get a better sense of how I could write Harry. I tried to find bits of myself in him and extract those characteristics to put them in my writing.

I treated Harry as if he were a real person. A boy talking into my head and whispering his thoughts and dreams. I would only channel him when I wrote him. I would ask myself “What would he say?” or “what would he do?” I would look at my friends and observe them to find the Harry Potters in them.

It involved a lot of introspection and observation. A lot of reading, both fanfiction and canon, to acquaint myself with Harry. (Just going to say, you don’t need to do all of this, but this did help me).

Voldemort, however. He is definitely a challenge at times. I don’t write in his perspective very often because I am still trying to acquaint myself with his mind. I have a specific way Harry sees him and way of writing him when he’s interacting with Harry, but I am still working on how he thinks when Harry is not in the same room.

I have to channel a part of myself that isn’t very pleasant when I write him. I have to put myself in his shoes, imagine how he would behave in the circumstances I’ve placed him in. The books themselves did not give much to work with, but that’s not a drawback for Voldemort.

In fact, it gives you more freedom to write him. We know Voldemort after he lost his sanity. We know Voldemort at his most unstable after splitting his soul one too many times. We know this information, but nothing about how he was before. We get bits and pieces of that. The Halfblood Prince only grazes the surface in how we arrive to the Voldemort Harry is more acquainted with.

My advice to you in writing either Harry, Voldemort, or Tom is simply to write out what you think they are like. Make a list of what you believe are their quirks and qualities. Identify the ones that J.K. Rowling herself fleshed out. Include all of these things and try to listen for their voice. What does your gut tell you about the scene you want to write? Will Harry fight and shout expletives? Will Voldemort chuckle at the stupid things coming out of Harry’s mouth, or simply curse him?

I always think about the potential sequence of events when I write a scene. I consider their personalities and their values. I listen to them, write them in the way that I think they will be. Harry is all contractions when he speaks while Voldemort speaks endlessly, without pause. He goes on and on and on, giving us a monologue that goes for decades.

These are just a couple things I think about. I don’t know how helpful this ramble is. But if there’s one thing I want you to take from this. I want you to know that your story is your story. No one else can or will tell it. Your writing doesn’t have to be perfect. It doesn’t have to look like anything you see in the fandom, it just has to be your writing. It just has to be your voice, your message, and your tale.

And, most of all, you have to have fun writing it.

I hope you have a lovely weekend, anon. Hope this was helpful :)

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palteringcecutiency It is a result of my being a chimera one of a few. There are quite a few fickle connections in my pan and the ones governing sight are among them.

twinaudacity oh! okay 2o why are you playiing *bliind*

palteringcecutiency Because this has been a thing for my entire life both of them and it has never been a hindrance. I see through my psionics and my other senses. Most do not even realize this happens.

twinaudacity how do you u2e p2iioniic2 two 2ee?

palteringcecutiency I spread out the fields as far as they will go faint and undetectable to anyone without psionics themselves and even then. I can feel where things are how they are shaped down to fine details. If I am trying to read something I can send electrical charges through it and tell where things hitch at different rates indicating ink or graphite on the surface.The list goes on.

twinaudacity holy 2hiit ..ii2nt holdiing the fiield liike that for long periiod2 of tiime hard?

palteringcecutiency Not if you practice enough. c: It's second nature to me now has been since I was barely a wiggler.

twinaudacity that2 ju2t really really cool

palteringcecutiency c: I've been known to be on occasion.

twinaudacity ehehehe

palteringcecutiency I do admit I am remarkably curious to know if your ancestor had the same annoyance in his life. One would think he would tell a quadrant at the very least but I am unsure.

twinaudacity ii have no iidea, iit2 never been mentiioned iin any of the rambliing2 from eiither ampora

palteringcecutiency Very curious.

twinaudacity although ii know ed doe2nt thiink much of my attentiion 2pan ii thiink he would have brought iit up though

palteringcecutiency Does he think much of anything not relating to him? One would agree but it seems a rather big difference between us if he didn't.

twinaudacity ii thiink, iin partiicular e2peciially wiith u2 becau2e we're chiimera2, that the genetiic grab bag miight be more randomiized

twinaudacity becau2e liike um okay 2o half alt liike2 po2tiing piicture2 of hii2 junk and whatever riight? miine2 not liike hii2

twinaudacity 2o there are 2ome diifference2, whiich mean2 we've got tiimeliine2 that are parallel but not exactly the 2ame? ii gue22?

palteringcecutiency ...that would certainly explain a lot of things. If you are correct. And I do not doubt you but. Fuck if that isn't bizarre.

twinaudacity all ii know for 2ure ii2 that he need2 two 2top takiing diick piic2 and iit2 not what ii look liike pretty 2ure no one want2 more data than that

palteringcecutiency I. Am sure he's. Quite within his rights to take said. Pictures. But if I could ask a favor for this to not be. So central. To this topic. Please. Last Monday at 6:57 PM

twinaudacity oh yeah 2ure, of cour2e uh. 2o anyhow he miight not have been conditiionally bliind Last Monday at 10:06 PM

palteringcecutiency Thank you. I cannot say your timeline gets less bizarre when a new discovery is found to almost an impressive degree. Perhaps a touch reassuring but otherwise curious. Yesterday at 3:11 AM

twinaudacity 2orry ii got pulled away agaiin rea22uriing?

palteringcecutiency It's quite fine. Ah. Despite my best efforts it's been. Rather difficult to look at your timeline and not wonder if I did something wrong while looking for a split off point. But if your Psiioniic was not me the search is less. Pointed.

twinaudacity well ii mean liike. arent all P2iioniic2 you though?

palteringcecutiency In theory and in examination of the multiverse as a whole yes they are. But comparing us together on a personal level we are remarkably different for being so similar.

twinaudacity doe2 thii2 mean half alt ii2nt really me eiither?

palteringcecutiency No he is not and never has been. You two are remarkably similar for being alternates or half alternates in this case but you have never not been yourself and he himself. Alternates are not interchangeable no matter how close their timelines relate.

twinaudacity ii mean. ii diidnt really thiink he wa2 me "me" but liike, he could have been me?

palteringcecutiency He might have if all the variables were the same but in that case he would no longer be him he would be you wouldn't he?

twinaudacity ..ii gue22 2o

palteringcecutiency ...these sorts of things are tricky to think about. No one is prepared for the concept of alternates.

twinaudacity iit2 really a triip hone2tly

palteringcecutiency I am unsure anyone truly gets used to it. I certainly haven't.

twinaudacity iit doe2 make you 2ort of ii gue22 thiink about the thiing2 you do and diid when you can 2ee how iit miight have gone diifferent?

palteringcecutiency It does and unfortunately gives you another scale to compare yourself against. It comes with benefits of course but lord does it complicate everything as well.

twinaudacity a few of miine are liiteral god2 and rebel2 ii'm liike fuckiing. you know friiend2 wiith gz and ff? and ii have the company more or le22 only giiven two me becau2e a really old fii2h man ii2 ea2iily entertaiined

palteringcecutiency Perhaps your acquisition of it was lackluster but you have certainly used it to your advantage. A free for all for a genius to advance wherever he'd like. ...I do not measure up to many of my alternates either so I can sympathize with the feeling.

twinaudacity ii thiink you're great

palteringcecutiency And I think you are as well. c:

twinaudacity :D

palteringcecutiency Lord that much cheer is practically blinding.

twinaudacity iit2 ju2t an emote :p

palteringcecutiency Am I incorrect about what it represents?

twinaudacity me beiing deliighted?

palteringcecutiency That is what I had inferred yes.

twinaudacity :p :p

palteringcecutiency Pardon if this is unwanted but you are quite frankly adorable.

twinaudacity ii'm the cute2t, the magziine2 all thiink ii'm hot 2hiit and mourn the fact that ii'm mo2tly taken ;) who wiill be the lucky troll who 2tand2 between me and a bad piitch encounter! iit could be you ju2t look at thii2 hot grey 2tud a2h* you know what ii mean

palteringcecutiency Lord that sounds frustrating. I cannot imagine having my relationships or lack there of under a microscope. Or at least moreso than they already are by my brother. But at least that isn't a stranger.

twinaudacity ii'm not 2ure aa'2 goiing two put up wiith beiing bothered by pre22 over me much longer, e2peciially not cha2iing tv'2 taiilcoat2, 2o they'll probably have lot2 two 2ay about my pale quadrant 2oon two

palteringcecutiency I'm sorry to hear that.

twinaudacity we've been kiinda growiing apart for a whiile, iit happen2 2he2 a 'reaper roady and ii'm not that exciitiing

palteringcecutiency :c

twinaudacity hey no 2hh iit'll be okay, ii promii2e, ii'm not 2ure what two do but iit2 probably fiine yeah? 2he ju2t really love2 two watch the world burn and ii'm not a de2a2ter anymore

palteringcecutiency If she was only with you because of your personal chaos... that does not sound like a strong relationship to begin with. If it was deeper than that and you love her still why have you not discussed this with her?

twinaudacity ..becau2e 2he2 never around anymore. 2he wa2 alway2 re2tle22 two begiin wiith and ii woudlnt want two weiigh her down

palteringcecutiency This still remains something to discuss instead of something to weather. You might have assumed incorrectly or missed something vital.

twinaudacity ii miight have? but ii thiink iit ha2 more two do wiith me 2ettliing down and her 2eekiing her next adventure

palteringcecutiency Why are you so reluctant to speak to her on this?

twinaudacity becau2e ii'm pretty 2ure when we have that conver2atiion 2he2 goiing two confiirm 2he want2 two move on

palteringcecutiency And you would rather hold on to wisps of smoke than finish the separation?

twinaudacity ..ye2

palteringcecutiency Even if it means risking chasing her off by being silent and distant about your problems?

twinaudacity ):

palteringcecutiency There is a chance you are too focused on the worst that could happen and grasping at what you think you have left and missed something positive something you can fix.

twinaudacity that tiime when you dont know whether iit2 anxiiety or prophecy

palteringcecutiency Even if it was prophecy it does not mean that you must automatically lay down and take it.

twinaudacity ii'll thiink about iit, we 2hould probably talk anyhow

palteringcecutiency Good. c:

twinaudacity thank2 for talkiing two me, ii notiiced you werent on the da2h twoniight

palteringcecutiency Of course I enjoy speaking with you. c: ...ah. Yes. I have been avoiding posting. A friend of mine has been anonned into a younger version who will deal with my existence even worse than he does now. I'm... trying to save him from dealing with that. From being too curious for his own good.

twinaudacity ): ii'm 2orry two hear about your friiend, how doe2 uh 'anonniing' happen?

palteringcecutiency The anon function on the inbox allows some variety of magic to be weaved through it one that can do a great number of things to its targets. The downside to connecting to the multiverse I'm afraid. They are usually cruel creatures though I have heard tale of them being useful. I've never seen it but I suppose anything's possible.

twinaudacity they do what how the fuck doe2 that work

twinaudacity ii'm turniing off anon

palteringcecutiency I do not blame you. Mine is off as well. I've gotten two so far and both were absolutely miserable.

twinaudacity why would anyone let that happen?

palteringcecutiency Sometimes the results are fun. Sometimes one wishes to provide normal anonymity to people asking questions. ...sometimes one forgets it was open for the latter and was not closed afterwards.

twinaudacity that2 faiir forgettiing ii2 a cur2e

palteringcecutiency It is yes. When it is not a blessing.

twinaudacity ii feel liike that 2econd one happen2 le22 for me than you

palteringcecutiency ...I doubt that considerably. It is more. Wishful thinking.

twinaudacity ii'm 2orry two hear ..all the bad thiing2 are over riight? ii dont need two liike kiidnap you here or 2omethiing?

palteringcecutiency That is sweet of you to offer. c: But I am alright so far.

twinaudacity good iif you need a place ii have no iidea how two get you here but you can come here and liike buiild 2hiit wiith me iit'll be fun

palteringcecutiency I have access to transportalizers if it becomes necessary. And if it is a way back would probably not be needed. Either way the idea of building with you sounds delightful. c:

twinaudacity ..talk two me about tran2portaliizer2 what are tho2e?

palteringcecutiency They're a specific kind of teleportation device ones that connect to a network to prove easy of transport.

twinaudacity a network? do they u2e actual locatiion tag2 or do they u2e locatiion2 on the network?

palteringcecutiency Both. The most common use is to plug in a specific set of coordinates and they will take whatever's on the pad to those coordinates. The network allows for different tricks and lower If one has one with sufficient power one can connect to the multiverse's network instead of just the host universe. [[ fuck ]] [[ ignore that I'll resend as less of a mess ]]

palteringcecutiency Both. The most common use is to plug in a specific set of coordinates and they will take whatever's on the pad to those coordinates. The network allows for different tricks and ease of selecting a pad to a point. If one has one with sufficient power one can connect to the multiverse's network instead of just the host universe at which point choosing a pad off the network becomes quite impossible as there are too many to comb through with trollish methods. Yesterday at 2:42 PM

twinaudacity how doe2 iit briidge the two poiint2, do you know? Yesterday at 8:40 PM

palteringcecutiency I might, I'm rather familiar with technology as a whole, and could find out if I was incorrect. Curious about them for any particular reason?

twinaudacity iit2 ea2iier two make 2omethiing when you have a better under2tandiing of previiou2 de2iign2

palteringcecutiency I thought that might be your goal, though I can hardly blame you.

twinaudacity ii'm really hopiing they're not at all liike the popular tv 2eriie2'2 tran2porter2 becau2e tho2e are ghoulii2h

palteringcecutiency The ones that send one bit at a time? Or has your timeline created something worse?

twinaudacity the one2 on the tv 2how work by ..ba2iically kiilling you and makiing a copy at the new locatiion

palteringcecutiency Oh lord. No, transportalizers do not work like that. The bubbles would be overflowing otherwise.

twinaudacity yeah ii wa2nt really eager two explore that avenue of iin2piiratiion

palteringcecutiency Quite understandable, for a multitude of reasons, good lord.

twinaudacity are we talkiing about foldiing 2pace or piierciing iit

palteringcecutiency Insistent little thing, aren't you? Not that'd you'd be a Captor without it.

twinaudacity ..ii wonder iif you could do iit liike the 2ylladexe2, captcha 2omeone iin one 2pot and uncaptcha them iin the other, iit2 ba2iically ju2t moviing them briiefly iintwo a pocket diimentiion..

palteringcecutiency Is this a personal project that you'd keep to yourself, or would you be using your company to achieve it?

twinaudacity iif iit2 a problem II can fiigure iit out my2elf wiithout cheatiing ;)

palteringcecutiency I have no doubt. c: But I think that's for the best. Your timeline is not prepared for the technological leap of instant transport. The time it takes for you to unravel it, especially if you use your company to do it, will allow for people to find the problems and solutions to them on a greater scale.

twinaudacity iit2 goiing two be iinvaluable wiith keepiing iin contact wiith the colony planet2, 2o ii need two get on iit

palteringcecutiency Ah, yes, that would be a problem for you, wouldn't it. Perhaps wise, then.

twinaudacity we do have ftl driive2 but that2 a liittle liimiitiing and iinterceptable

palteringcecutiency How so? Forgive me, but I'm rather curious about that field of study.

twinaudacity a 2iingle or multiiple ve22el2 can only carry 2o much and you have two plan ahead for what2- a periigee2 journey at lea2t? II thiink? and you cant get emergency 2upplie2 out fa2t enough plu2 ii hear we're 2tartiing two get 2ome piirate raiider problem2, or we already had them and iit wa2 kept hu2h

palteringcecutiency Good lord. I'll certainly keep opinions of that to myself as I'm sure your engineers are doing their best with what they have, but fuck that sounds infuriating.

twinaudacity they're workiing wiith thou2and 2weep old genetiic 2ample2 that have been copiied countle22 tiime2 gue22 who they really want two talk two ii'm currently iignoriing memo2 from my own company urgently a2kiing me for 2ome genetiic te2tiing ju2t becau2e ii feel petty about them wantiing my gene2

palteringcecutiency I can hardly blame you. c: I believe I'd do the same.

twinaudacity on the other hand when ii 2top iignoriing them and deciide two giive the engiineer2 a bone and fool around wiith our current engiine de2iign2 we'll be the top of the market agaiin

palteringcecutiency A commodity needs to be shared at the right time for maximum reward, after all. They've been using grown genetics for power though? A curious thought, possibly one with potential.

twinaudacity yeah iit2 ju2t cloned biioma22, iit2 iinf uckiing

all of our product2 2o ii really 2hould 2top iignoriing them and let them update theiir genetiic profiile and get riid of the copy error2

palteringcecutiency A very curious thought, one I believe I need to play with some. Ultimately that is your choice. One's body and self is a precious thing, and not to be given out lightly. ...though I may be more biased about that than others might, pardon.

twinaudacity ..how fa2t 2hould our 2hiip2 be, out of curiou2iity

palteringcecutiency Ah. Well. I suppose it is more 'could be.' I am unfamiliar with using a cloned biomass in place of... our power source, and do not know how they would compare. And there was a variable length depending on... power, and size of the ship, but. The idea of the Battleship taking perigees to get /anywhere/ is ridiculous and almost insulting.

twinaudacity obviiou2ly we need two retool 2omethiing, iif tho2e 2peed2 are po22iible. although we're obviiou2ly not goiing ah. the route you're talkiing about

palteringcecutiency Yes, as... effective, as it was, I would be horrified if you gave it a thought. It is not worth it. Not at all. But it is certainly possible. Incredibly possible in fact. The jumps I made were not small ones, and made quickly. ...if you'd like to stop speaking on this, please let me know. I am. Far more used to this topic, more than most everyone really. And sometimes I forget that, so please, remind me.

twinaudacity ii'll let you know iif ii get two bothered ii promii2e jump2? ii under2tand goiing 2o fa2t you pha2e 2hiift and 2top iinteractiing normally wiith matter

palteringcecutiency Thank you. It was a different method than that, one with literal jumps. The ship would hop out of reality for a moment, to another place, and then hop back in at its destination. Not an easy thing to manage, and quite draining as well.

twinaudacity ....ii2 telliing me how you do that cheatiing

palteringcecutiency Why, yes it is. c:

twinaudacity diick2

palteringcecutiency But I /can/ tell you that you will need a hell of a power source and a great deal of quick math to accomplish it, which is why helmsmen were so appealing. Two for one deal, and for a low cost over all. Again, not recommended, but some place perhaps to start.

twinaudacity ii wouldnt even know where two 2tart wiith that 2hiit becau2e all that re2earch wa2 de2troyed, 2o iit2 a good thiing ii'm not iintere2ted. math and power huh?

palteringcecutiency I'm sure there's places you could get it if you truly wanted it. I have a remarkably intimate knowledge of the Battleship and my rig for being in it for so long, and I plan to use it as inspiration with my own mechanical dabbling. And while I would not give you detailed plans again, I trust you with the knowledge enough to lay things out for you, explain how it worked. And yes. Leaving one's universe takes a great deal of energy, let alone taking an entire ship and all its contents with you. And there is an extraordinary number of variables to keep track of to make sure nothing goes horribly, horribly wrong, and a great many places to apply them to make what you want actually happen.

twinaudacity we already 2tore thiing2 iin liitle 2mall generated pocket uniiver2e2 ii can fiigure thii2 out

twinaudacity iit2 ju2t. much much larger

palteringcecutiency c:

twinaudacity god2 now ii have a miilliion thiing2 open famiiliiariizing my2elf wiith the 2pace program and ii blame you

palteringcecutiency I cannot say I am sorry, for quite a number of reasons.

twinaudacity II already had wo many project2

palteringcecutiency Did you? Consider me shocked, I would not have guessed.

twinaudacity :p

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