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raven-at-the-writing-desk · 1 year

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What are your thoughts and opinions on the friendship between rook and trey. I'd like to see your analysis

This started off as a single paragraph but then it evolved into something much longer--

Personally, I think we need more Science Club content 😤 I really enjoy how Trey and Rook’s personalities play off of each another; it works surprisingly well.

I think Trey tends to get overlooked because his character isn’t that flashy or grandiose compared to others’, but I also think that this is a strength of his. Because he has a more subdued personality, we have someone that plays the role of “straight man” in funny situations involving his wacky classmates. Nowhere is that dynamic more apparent than whenever he’s with Rook, the epitome of weirdness. Rook could be over here telling some fantastical story about slaying a beast with one hand tied behind his back, and then Trey is somewhere off to the side looking exasperated but still nodding along because man, that’s such a Rook thing to say.

Trey’s one of those rare cases where while he’s still confused by some of the things Rook says and does, he’s never really freaked out or disliked him because of it (unlike most of the rest of NRC). He’s just a lot more forthcoming with how he feels about some of the odd things Rook gets up to. For example, Trey clearly communicates that he thinks Rook’s nickname for him is embarrassing, and that he’d prefer if Rook didn’t refer to him in that way. He also just generally grounds Rook when he’s being too flighty, which allows for his pragmatism to clash with Rook’s theatrics.

At the same time, Trey remains very patient with Rook and tries to serve as the social gap between the huntsman and those typically put off by his behavior. It’s essentially Trey that keeps his group together in Endless Halloween Night; he tries to intervene when Sebek threatens Rook, he explains Rook’s odd habit of breaking out into song to Sebek, and he tactfully changes the subject of conversation when he senses that Rook is uncomfortable with it. Trey has gotten used to Rook’s strangeness, but he understands that not everyone else has, and he consistently goes out of his way to assist with that understanding while also ensuring that Rook feels safe with it.

Continuing from a point I just made, something else that I think is often taken for granted is that Trey can actually read Rook very well. In fact, Trey has always been pretty good at reading others, but he usually keeps the information to himself because either no one asked to know/it’s not relevant to what’s going on, or he’s totally aware that the other person wouldn’t want the information leaked. (Case in point, Trey had suspected that Cater didn’t like sweets because it was always Cater suggesting that Trey use his UM to change the flavor of his desserts.) The same applies with Trey’s assessments of Rook. He understands that, in spite of being so outgoing and flowery, Rook really dislikes divulging personal information--so when their juniors start pressing for it, Trey (who usually tries to stay out of conflicts) diverts the topic to something else to distract them. Trey is also able to suspect when Rook has made up stories or is intentionally trying to trick others (ie Sebek by controlling his own heartbeat to appear scared). He’s aware of just how much Rook is able to lie, manipulate, and deceive others when few other people can; most of them just dismiss Rook as a weirdo.

On Rook’s end, it’s clear that he respects Trey and genuinely thinks of him as a friend. Not only are they both vice dorm leaders, but they’re also in the same club. It gives Rook ample time to observe Trey and to get to know him and his skills, even if we aren’t explicitly shown them going out of their way to hang out with one another outside of classes and/or extracurriculars activities. What’s really interesting is that, through these observations, Rook sees Trey’s worth even when Trey himself doesn’t. Like... Trey’s a humble guy, he doesn’t brag about what he can do and he downplays himself by claiming he’s the “normal” one of the group. But Rook can see Trey’s true worth, and he holds him in high regard because of it.

In Happy Beans Day (Lyre-less Brawl), Rook describes Trey as someone who strives to achieve exceptional marks in situations which could reflect upon his dorm or its dorm leader. In other words, Trey is someone who cares about the wellbeing of the group and its individual members more than himself. In fact, Trey would rather avoid drawing attention to himself and isn’t very proactive (which is also something that Rook states). However, Rook also continues and points out that this doesn’t necessarily mean Trey is a weak player. The huntsman acknowledges that Trey has experience with Beans Day, as well as exceptional leadership skills, which make him a very valuable person to team up with. Rook also notices Trey's general knowledge, such as how he pays attention to presentations given in Science Club, no matter how random the information may be (like catfish fun facts). Through this, we can deduce that Rook not only understands what Trey’s strengths and weaknesses are, but that he also appreciates them and knows when they may become of use. He hid in wait in the Botanical Garden all this time just waiting for Trey to appear for that. He praises Trey when Trey brushes off what he knows as "no big deal". Rook is consistently a cheerleader and a hype man for him.

Rook’s interpretation of Trey, oddly enough, also a far more accurate take than many of what many Heartslabyul dorm members would give to describe their vice. Various mobs, as well as notable cast members like Ace and Deuce, say that Trey is reliable and like a “big brother” that shows them the ropes whenever needed, despite Trey often hinting that he can be mischievous or that he is “not a good person”. No one seems to take Trey’s self-declarations all that seriously because they assume he’s joking or they’re unwilling to see past the usual kindness he projects. (I want to be clear here that I’m NOT claiming Trey’s a secret Evil Mastermind; I’m only stating that even in-universe, people reduce Trey to the “kind big brother” archetype and think that’s his entire personality when it is only a part of who he is.) But that’s what makes his relationship with Rook so interesting--because Rook can see the less savory side of Trey, but he also lets Trey just do his own thing and avoids bringing attention to that part of him, just as Trey does for Rook. They have such a mutual respect for one another, and it’s really nice to see play out in their various interactions.

Anyway, this is me spreading the Science Club agenda 🤡

#Rook Hunt #Trey Clover #twst analysis #twisted wonderland analysis #twst character analysis #twisted wonderland character analysis #spoilers #notes from the writing raven #question

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aotopmha · 15 hours

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At lvl 87 Endwalker quests.

The Venat duty absolutely destroyed me.

I was planning to get Elpis done this weekend, but I struggled almost an hour and an half (maybe even twoish hours, didn't precisely track it) on this duty until I, for probably first time while playing this game, turned down the difficulty of a solo duty, and I'm pretty exhausted, so the rest of Elpis is left for another day.

It's a fantastic encounter because it sells you just how powerful Venat truly is really well, but it's another bit of gameplay proof to me that the difficult content of the game probably isn't something that is for me (and makes me incredibly grateful for the lower difficulty options for solo duties).

(At the very least I know progging some of the Savage content and especially Ultimates would probably drive me up the wall.

Extremes, I do want to give a try because they generally seem less time-intensive and lenient. I won't *completely* exclude tougher stuff, but at the very least I know that kind of content would get unfun fairly quick for me because of what it is by nature.)

It's the orbs that got me with every class I tried; just couldn't get enough of them in time, but as said, I'm pretty grateful for the 'easy' button.

With this out of the way, I think there is actually a good amount to say about all of the lvl 86 and 87 content up to the solo duty.

It can be actually summed up pretty easily: it's all just a lot of characterization, but it is characterization for a bunch of different characters and essentially an entire culture. More than any other zone, I think it is the motivations and perspectives of the characters that matter the most.

You've got the friendship between Emet and Hythlodeus, the father-daughter relationship between Hermes and Meteion and as I see it a student-mentor (maybe?) relationship between the WoL and Venat.

Between these are less focused dynamics like Venat teasing Emet or the cute budding friendship between the WoL and Meteion.

Then we have the individual characterization for all of them, too.

But before I fully go into them, there is a pretty big general thought I have about Elpis:

It is fanservice.

It is such unquestionably, blatantly, unflinchingly obvious fanservice that it should bother me so much more than it does.

For crying out loud, the entire portion of the story starts with Emet filling you with his aether. They're fully indulging the Emet simps.

But it is also substantial and thoughtful every step of the way, and I think really well told, so I really like it.

So, I'll get into exploring all of the characters in their basics. You could probably an entire massive post about every single one of them, but I just want to go into them in the most concise, simple way for now.

I'll start with Emet-Selch. I think my favorite part about Emet in Elpis is how he reacts when he learns about his actions in the future.

He cannot comprehend how he could be so disrespectful towards the sacrifice of his brethren, while all across the questing during the zone, his actions especially show just how much he cares about the well-being of the Star and his brethren, and that is the exact reason why he ends up doing what he does.

The reason why everything happens is because of who he is as a character. It is fantastic character-based plot writing, which is kind of a trend across all of Elpis (and happens to be probably my favorite type of writing, I love it when things happen because of who the characters are).

It is delicious Greek tragedy fodder.

Next, I've talked a bunch about how I no longer think character arcs are the be all and end all of good character writing and I think Hythlodeus is probably the best example in FF14.

He is just a super fun and likeable good (tease-y) friend. And he doesn't need to be more as a character.

(And everyone loves him!)

Obviously he has much less time on screen than everyone else, and he would probably get old after a while if we had him for a bunch of expansions, but I think he is proof that all you need for a great character is a likeable base personality.

His teasing dynamic with Emet is super fun and his presence only emphasizes why what Emet does and believes in the future makes sense.

Next are Hermes and Meteion.

The more I think on it, the more I feel like they're the thematic core of the story. And both are also carrying another type of narrative I love: stories about feelings.

Technically you can argue all stories are to some extent about feelings because stories are kind of there to make you feel.

But to me Endwalker is specifically about mental illness, more specifically perhaps about depression and despair and overcoming it.

It's fascinating, every time I even type about these ideas, I feel an unease, as if it shouldn't be a big deal, as if I'm making a mountain out of a molehill but also as if I was judging people for it. I feel there is still an unspoken stigma to it.

But it is a very serious issue. I myself have struggled with these thoughts, and though I luckily have found my answer and have gotten better, I still see and feel that judgment and disapproval directed at anyone who is suffering.

"Just stop being sad!"

"It's not that big of a deal!"

And in that sense, I feel Hermes is probably the most real of all of the characters in Elpis.

Is he the anomaly for essentially experiencing depression? Is he the anomaly for not agreeing with the norm of just discarding animals, thus other lives on a whim? For not seeing death as "beautiful" as his culture does?

As someone who has been there, dismissing or simplifying Hermes' struggle rings false to me. This is what mental illness does, what depression does. Mental illness makes everything bigger, creates tunnel vision, so Hermes can't see the good around him and so turns to look for purpose elsewhere.

I remember seeing a video title along the lines of "Hermes should suffer more" or again talking points about him "just being sad" and while it might have been for clickbait purposes, I think I've seen sentiments along those lines a bunch of times and I feel like many people just miss the point of his character and maybe even have this opinion towards him because of how they view emotional struggles like this.

Obviously stuff like this is super personal and hits different for everyone, but fictional characters are also not real people; they serve a narrative purpose and in this case Hermes represents someone going through this kind of struggle.

Among other things, he is a general thematic symbol, an idea within the story.

Even if he had the most awful ambitions imaginable, what message would further torturing a character going through this kind of emotional struggle ultimately send?

The idea of fantasy as a filter exists for a reason; were it real life all of these characters, even the more heroic ones, would be morally abhorrent.

But fiction allows us to explore some of these heavy ideas within its safe framework. And you're not obligated to like art like this, either. I just think that's the brand of fantasy FF14 is going for and I fully read most stories within this framework and really enjoy them.

I don't need characters to be morally good for a story to be good, but I actually do also think Hermes is a pretty good example of a narrative distinguishing between the sympathetic and antagonistic parts of a character's actions.

You're not empathizing with him wanting to destroy the world. The entire point is to just understand where his perspective came from. That is the framing I see.

But again, a text can have many reads. In the end I just disagree with a bunch reads on Hermes.

But to move on from Hermes, I think if Hermes is the most "real", Meteion is probably the most tragic.

She is by nature essentially an empath. If Hermes is the adult suffering from mental illness, Meteion is the child feeling the consequences with no say on the matter.

Meteion feels what Hermes feels and those are often negative feelings; and when he sees Meteion suffer from it, he in turn feels guilty. And Meteion suffers from that in turn.

Hermes very clearly cares for Meteion, but he also ends up using her for his own ends just like the other ancients do creations. His entire reason for creating Meteion was for his wish to see other civilizations to be fulfilled. It's selfish. Hermes is not immune from his culture's principles.

And while it hurts him to hurt her, he still does it. It's a crazy good complicated relationship.

As I said, I think there is so much more to say, but I think I'll move on to the final pair.

Truth is, I'm not 100% sure what to label the Venat/Azem/WoL relationship because while teacher-student is a strong sense I get, I also get a very strong "simple friendship with a fellow traveler" feeling out of it.

I can see why the Emet/Hythlo or Emet/Azem/WoL ships are so strong, but I never got that sense out of Venat.

And I don't see the parent/child parallel that strongly either despite all of the mommy jokes.

I need to think on that more.

But what I do love, is characters that *love* the world.

Who unconditionally, fiercely love it.

Life is a miracle to her and so she aims to protect it with all of her being.

And she didn't use to think that way. It is the pursuit of knowledge that lead her to that conclusion.

And to me, that makes her a fantastic meta parallel to me as a player because that is how I grew to see FF14 as I saw more of its story and then got to eventually play it.

Because at first I wasn't interested in doing any of the side content, only the main story, but as I went on I became interested to the point of wanting to do the blue quests, then yellow quests, then tribe quests, and any of the side content.

My plan for Dawntrail is to really take my time and really take in literally all of it, down to eventually the least significant yellow quests.

It'll take time, but that is my eventual aim with the entire game currently.

I grew to love this story, this world and all of the characters in it.

I'm not sure if this is the meta intention with Venat, but that is how it worked out for me as a player.

"Has your journey been good? Has it been worthwile?"

She asks and while my most immediate thought is "gotta get that audience survey in there", a split second later, all can I think of is "yes".

At this point I have about 700+ hours in the game and the only bit of content I've disliked is traversing the ARR, HW and a bunch of the SB zones.

But going back to Venat, I like that despite being so graceful in image, she has fun and joy in her.

Her being the previous Azem is very fitting in that sense and is another aspect of her character that makes me view her as a adventuring friend.

My overall thoughts about Elpis so far are really that I love how well-defined the characters and the relationships between them are; it is a feast for someone like me who loves character-centric stories.

I look forward to what is coming next; really nearing the final stretch here and I look forward to covering it as I go through it.

#Final Fantasy XIV #Final Fantasy 14 #FFXIV #FF14 #FF #Final Fantasy #Endwalker #EW

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khaleesiofalicante · 8 months

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Bye, Augayst.

As Augayst comes to end, I wanted to talk to y’all about something that has been bothering me for a while. For a long time actually.

This month was incredible. And what made it incredible was not just the amazing queer media we were able to consume, but also the way we were able to do it together. As a community.

If the representation we see on screen cannot be celebrated and lived offscreen, then we’re doing it wrong.

So, yes, it does break my heart that in some countries movies like red white and royal blue were not available. I hope we’ll get there one day. But for now, I’m incredibly grateful for the online communities we’ve created where we can consume this media together and enjoy it and celebrate it.

Anyway, my problem is this.

Augayst was incredible. But there was one thing lacking.

Women. Queer women, to be specific.

I’ll come out and say yes Bottoms is about queer women and it’s going to be fucking fantastic and I’m so excited to watch it!!!

But you and I both know this movie didn’t even get quarter of the marketing or promotion (despite the protests) that red white and royal blue got.

And one movie is not enough. The amount of movies and TV shows about queer men is way higher than those with queer women.

I feel that the problem is two fold here.

Firstly, the production and availability of this content itself is already lacking. Whether we’re talking about movies or TV shows or books or even fanfics, the content we have available on queer women is lacking. It’s severely lacking.

Not to mention how TV shows with queer women as leads have historically been more susceptible to getting cancelled (poor views, reception, and simply not giving enough fucks) when compared to shows with queer men.

Secondly, even the ones that make it out, don’t get the same reception as the ones with queer men do. Perhaps this is because of the large market of straight women who consume media with queer men, but not with queer women. Perhaps this is because of the biases within the queer community itself. Perhaps this is because queer women, at the end of the day - unfortunately, are all queer women got.

I feel the reason why this lack of representation bothers me is because I work in advocacy and human rights and in LGBTQ spaces and I see this happening there too.

Men (cis or trans) in queer spaces have more power and opportunities and reception (and even funding!).

This power dynamic is inherent. It's structural. Please understand that.

I think we (myself included) need to do better. When we celebrate pride and queerness, it’s important that we don’t leave anyone behind. Especially people who are marginalized already. This includes women. Queer women. Queer women of colour. Queer women with disabilities.

I really hope we can see more queer women. Not just in augayst. In general.

More women, please.

Give. Me. More. Queer. Women. In. Media.

I want to see them. I want to see me.

#lgbtq #queer #queer media #augayst #pride

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theprice-cffreedcm · 3 months

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Name: Illy (she/they)

Age: 30+

Time Zone: PST

Erratic sleep schedule due to a sleep disorder so posting hours are all over the place.

More than twenty years of roleplaying experience, and almost as much experience in writing in general.

Most posts are done on mobile which may result in me missing weird autocorrects. My apologies!

I have no particular skills with graphic design so I prefer to write simply in text.

If no plot is pre-planned I will often try to guide towards something, though I always encourage open discussion if we hit on something and you have ideas!

Multiship, polyship, and kink friendly.

You can also find me @zemothethirteenth (Zemo, my main) & @ashadowinwhite (Yelena)

I am incredibly uncomfortable writing with OCs most of the time due to bad experiences in the past.

If your formatting is very extravagant I may struggle to read it and therefore may simply choose not to interact - I'm sorry. I understand people preferring certain aesthetics but if the aesthetic interferes with my ability to read something easily, I may simply pass.

Because I prefer darker and more adult-themed content, I would highly prefer not to write with underaged characters and it's why I prefer to write with those who are 21+ - both Mun and Muse.

I have ZERO interest in writing with characters who are children - this includes both underaged, and characters who are children of Steve regardless of their age. I have no interest in playing a parental role to anyone in or out of character.

I apologize to Peggy Muns but I am incredibly uncomfortable writing with Peggy.

While I don't mind threads being dropped, if I'm the only one who is ever starting them and you are continuing to drop them, I will assume you're not interested in writing with me and I may break the mutual to keep my timeline clean.

I will tend to do alerts every couple of weeks where if a thread hasn't been responded to in two or more weeks, I may archive it. I encourage you to reach out if you'd still like to continue it, but me checking in isn't meant to guilt anyone; if you want to drop the thread it's all good! I just want to make sure we're communicating that.

I do actually enjoy reading other peoples' threads, so it's very possible that I'll follow you just to read along with your threads; there's no pressure for a return follow or interactions, though if I'm following you then you're welcome to shoot me a message etc.

Because I read along with threads, I may choose not to follow back MuMus with many characters or characters from various other media; it can make my timeline really messy and may result in me losing threads I'm reading along with.

There are some characters I find easier to figure out a dynamic with than others due to in-canon connections; if I'm taking a little time to respond it's because I'm taking the time to think over a response or waiting for my head to be in the right space for it.

My comics knowledge is not up to date, but is also not nothing at all. I may need some updates on recent storylines, but I do have a general gist of 616 and am happy to be corrected on details or more updated info if we're doing a 616-MCU thing. Just note that I write MCU Cap exclusively - even HYDRA!Cap is based on headcanons more than the storyline (cuz phew I do not wanna think about that storyline thanks)

If it's taken me more than a week to respond, feel free to shoot me a message! I always do my best to draft things I can't respond to immediately, but sometimes I'm a dummy and queue them instead, or just miss them!

While I don't write other languages with any comfort or fluidity, I think roleplaying is a fantastic, fun way to learn English and I encourage those who may still be learning the language to interact if they like! I'm happy to be a mentor or just a play partner.

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alphinias · 1 year

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SO GLAD YOUR ASKS ARE OPEN! I have a lot of thoughts lol and this is going to be super long and all over the place but I definitely need to just get it all out! Sorry in advance!! Firstly, I excitedly hopped onto the jiara tags after finishing and was surprised that so many people had problems with jiara?? Is that the majority or am I just seeing it randomly? Also I keep seeing people say they aren’t together in the end? But I don’t see why people are assuming that? They sat next to each other and kie looked down and smiled lovingly at j… also I’m hearing people complain about how jiara felt rushed but I definitely don’t see it that way. I think over all it was amazingly portrayed and angsty and represented their relationship so well! Keep in mind that they have known each other for yearsss, they have both deep down had feelings for each other and have spent weeks on an island being around each other 24/7 and bonding. I think for a friends to lovers trope, it was perfect because for them to decide to take the next step in their relationship and make the choice that it’s worth pursuing they obviously have to be in love! I will admit that I slightly missed their married couple banter but for people to be saying that they ruined jiara bc of the lack of banter is odd to me. Kie has always been soft with jj whenever they’ve been alone and away from everyone else… it’s definitely not a new behavior. Also, kie knows jj, she knows how he’s struggling and her being soft with him was her way of showing him that she cares and loves him which I think JJ really needed this season and she def knew that. He definitely didn’t need people banging on him like they usually do. He needed to be shown that he is worthy and that he’s understood, appreciated and loved. I absolutely loved the kiss and leading up to it! It felt like jiara! I just wish they had better lighting! (What’s up with shows always doing this with our fav ships?) also, it definitely ended a bit early but that’s my bad for assuming we’d get a full make out lol. (I might be slightly bitter that cleope got a good lighting and zoomed in kiss lol even tho I love them) JB’s dad’s storyline was really dragged and boring! It took up way too much screen time for sure! I actually ended up skipping a few parts after ep 5, and I didn’t care for him in general! He was a selfish ass I think. As far as the time jump, I definitely hated it! It felt like a rushed/lazy way to tie up loose ends which was unnecessary since we’re getting a s4. Like I get wanting to bypass some stuff and show us that the pogues won but by doing so you skip over the real rewards of seeing how they react/handle the next steps in their lives! We want to see all of jiara’s firsts! That’s the most rewarding part! And I hate when shows do this bc it just feels like a disconnect! They better serve us some good content to make up for it next season!

I agree with pretty much everything you said!!

From what I’ve seen, I think most people seem to have generally liked the Jiara. But I also think the finale petering off the way it did left a lot of bad taste in everyone’s mouth, and it was the last thing everyone watched. I think it’s going to settle with everyone a lot better after a few days have passed and we can better appreciate all the stuff we got.

I don’t think Jiara felt rushed. I had my concerns for a split second that they were acknowledging their feelings too fast, but the angle they were going for really settling in to Kie knowing in 2x10 and being so happy on the island worked. And the emphasis on JJ’s struggles of accepting that kind of love rather than a journey to those feelings really worked imo! I also missed Jiara banter, not gonna lie, but the angst was fantastic, and in the happy moments like the fishing scene we did get that more classic Jiara dynamic. So it’s still there. I think part of the reason this also felt lacking was because of the lack of good fun group scenes in general; that’s almost always when their banter shines because it’s more relaxed and not directly about them and their relationship.

And of course, a lot of people have had this ship getting together playing out in extremely specific ways in their heads for three years. The show is never going to hit all of those on the head exactly, and that’s also an adjustment period when a slow burn gets together I think.

#jiara #ask #obx spoilers

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fortes-fortuna-iogurtum · 2 years

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Man, you're so cool. I adore the way you ramble about Dr Who and ACGS, it makes me smile :) I hope your college financial situation gets sorted out soon! I'm so excited for you to be in a good place for you.

ohhhhh Robin, this is just the sweetest ask!!! thank you so much!!! I smiled so big when I opened tumblr during my lunchbreak today and saw this message ^-^ ^-^ ^-^ I'm so glad you get a smile out of my rambling!! sometimes I worry that it's annoying to people who might not know about the media it's based on, or that I should be thinking and talking about more relevant or meaningful things than stuff like DW and ACGAS... so it's really really nice to hear that's not the case, at least for you :) <3 <3

and thank you!! I'm hoping for the same!!! (and, fun fact, but I should have actually hit the halfway point for my projected savings goal today!! but since my boss forgot to put the hours for my paid vacation last week into the system, I got much much less money on my paycheck than I should've :') but it's all going to be ok, I've already spoken to him about it and he's going to submit the proper forms and get everything cleared up and the money I'm missing will get to me somehow. and when it does, it'll go straight into my college fund.)

(I'm putting the rest of this post under a break now, because I started typing and then accidentally vomited up a whole entire spiel about my complicated emotions towards college stuff, and no one wants that cluttering up their dash lolllll) (cw for emotional turmoil and general complaining/bellyaching/worrying/stressing about the future)

tbh, every time I talk about my college situation, I feel guilty. because when I step back and look at everything, I really am in such a sweet spot right now. I live at home with my family, which is (mostly) a fantastic situation--I get to eat my mom's cooking and hang out with my siblings all the time, which is great. I get to basically always bring my lunch to work (and it's usually leftovers of my mom's cooking) while my coworkers have to rush to buy something from a fast food place and swallow it down before our break is over. my family dynamic could be so much worse than it is. we attend a really sweet little church whose congregation has been so kind and welcoming to us (even if the style of the worship and teaching isn't quite what I'd like to find for myself someday). I have my own cosy little bedroom and all my books and my car and knitting and TV shows. I make seriously decent money for the kind of work I do, and most of it goes into savings for college while I have coworkers who can barely scrape by between rent and groceries and daycare bills and vehicle repairs. things aren't perfect, there are some pretty significant things I'd like to address (about myself and my brain and how it works, and some ideas about the world that I think got turned a little bit sideways at some point and need to be straightened out before they get too firmly cemented). I don't actually have any close friends who live near me (the nearest ones are at least 2 hours away and I rarely get to see them face-to-face). but honestly, I have it so good. I should be so content, I should be basking in the blessings I have right now.

yet I still complain about not being at college and talk about how badly I want to get there.

and as if all that wasn't enough, I'm petrified by the idea of things changing. I feel so weary and discouraged when I think about the idea of having to be brand-new in a brand-new place (again), not knowing anyone or how to do anything and constantly fearing that I'm messing it all up and I'm the only doofus who doesn't understand and there are all these secret common knowledge rules that everyone knows but me and if I admit to not knowing them I'll be labelled as an outcast but if I mess one of them up I'll be expelled from planet earth for having failed at humanity.

(and then also on some level, I'm terrified of moving on from the place I'm at right now, because things could be so much worse.)

I don't want to take what I have now for granted. I don't want to be unthankful for what I've been given. but I also can't be fully at peace here, because I just really really really am looking forward to the next thing. which of course makes me feel really guilty (and I tend to worry that when I do get to college, it'll all be terrible and I'll realize how wrong I was to want to hurry to that stage and my life will turn into one big Aesop's Fable and the Twilight Zone guy will appear to announce the moral of the story to everyone so they can use me as an object lesson to their Sunday school classes).

and of course, none of this makes sense and it's all one big jumbled ball of weird emotions and fears and dreams and I'm doing my best to ignore it and pray that God will just lead me where I need to go and not let me get distracted by silly things that will drag me off-course or waste my time along the way. which I guess is all I can do. but it sure doesn't come easily to me.

anyway, you didn't ask about any of that, but it just sorta... all fell out when I started typing :') I am excited to go to college, especially the college I plan to attend. it's my dream college, and I went from thinking I'd never be able to attend there to seriously planning to move into the dorms next fall. I think I'll learn so much there, and I'll meet other people--both mentors and peers--who will both affirm and influence me in meaningful ways. I can't wait to see how God uses all of this to write a grander story for me than any I could ever imagine!! but I do worry so much about pretty much everything, so even though I instinctively feel that this is the right thing to do, there are so many what-ifs and silly questions that plague me, simply because I cannot give a definite answer to them and unknown variables bother me.

#gurt says stuff #personal #college #asks #brown-little-robin #long post

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A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland

this got long so i put the opinion bit under the cut, spoilers are right at the bottom of the review

read: sep 2022

rating: 3.5 stars (edit: dropped down from a 4)

goodreads page here

summary:

kadou is crown prince of the mahisti empire, and in charge of far too many things in the wake of his sister, the sultan, giving birth to her first child.

when he drops himself into hot water during his attempts to investigate a break-in at the harbour, he is assigned a new guardsman, evemer, and must now deal with his judging gaze along with what is quickly becoming clear is a much larger conspiracy than any of them first thought.

content warnings:

kidnapping, death, anxiety (big, big warning for anxiety), a short scene which can be read as dissociation. (if there’s anything else let me know)

opinion:

tl:dr; i enjoyed it, i don’t think it’s a bad book, but there’s a few issues with it that hamper the enjoyment in retrospect for me. if you’re here for fanfiction-style royal (kink) romance, give it a go, i really think you’ll get something out of it. if you’re here for plot, go elsewhere.

(i use fanfiction-style with love, don’t @ me)

i’ve written and rewritten this review a few times over the past few days now, and i’m finding coming to a conclusion difficult.

on the whole, i enjoyed the time i spent with this book. it took a while to get going but once i got used to the world and the style (about a third of the way through) i devoured the rest. the characters were fun, the dynamics were engaging, the banter was enjoyable.

(the following paragraphs up until “there was plenty to like” are from my original review, pre- more negative rewrite)

it moves back and forth in tone very neatly, from very anxious moments with kadou (both alone and with company), to bright humour (mostly via tadek), to lovely romance.

the characters are fantastic, they all felt very distinct and bounced off each other well. tadek especially had a lot going on with where his relationship to kadou now stands, and his job in general (edit: we’ll come back to him).

but of course our main characters, kadou and evemer, are the most well-developed and they really carry the book (plus the kayhalar as a concept). they’re all imperfect people, very much so, and it’s fun to read them interact and change each other’s world views.

(more melek and tenzin in my life please yes and thank you)

which, speaking of power dynamics, they feel well handled to me in this book. there’s a lot of care shown for how people’s relationships with each other change depending on the situation (kadou and his kayhalar), or across time (kadou and evemer), or even within scenes (kadou and zeliha). (…we needed more evemer exclusive content i think). plus, the characters are conscious of this.

they don’t just dance around the very difficult topic of falling in love with/having sex with your immediate subordinate/superior, they directly talk about it with each other, often. they also talk about it again as people’s positions change around, which i appreciate.

(does it go into kink? maybe probably a little bit. does this fall off in the last third? sort of.)

oh and there’s another thing, communication in this is great, both in terms of the way the actual dialogue is written and how characters approach each other. any time they’re not communicating, it gets addressed by the characters, or at least the narrative. plus they can go to therapy if they want! promotes healthy relationships, and is just, pleasing to read.

(well, therapy, it’s called unburdening and ig is more like a cross between therapy and catholic confession, but to me it definitely leans a lot closer to the therapy side of things, from the brief bit we saw).

the plot felt a little (cough very) weak to me, in that very little would happen for a while, then we would get a lot all at once, and then very little would happen and so on. plus, it was incredibly obvious to me who the perpetrator of the conspiracy was, to the point that i was expecting some kind of twist for who was responsible that never came. plus it drops the plot on you right at the beginning, but it’s so buried in everything else that i didn’t realise until much, much later than i think i was supposed to.

it really does take a while to get going too, i had to reread the first chapter or so cos i got completely lost. it just throws names and stuff at you and expects you to immediately get it, which works in some cases but here it felt a little too much, y’know?

but there was plenty to like!

and as much as i stand by those positive feelings - they didn’t come out of nowhere - the more i’m thinking about this book as the days go by, the quicker those feelings are going away.

why? two main reasons: one, trans erasure, and two, tadek.

(and also kind of a third and fourth but the third is more minor and the fourth i don’t feel comfortable speaking on)

first off the trans erasure.

i’m gonna start this by saying i hope it wasn’t intentional. i hope the author wrote the things they wrote in complete ignorance and that seeing others bring this up they have learned and grown from their mistakes.

for the most part the queer rep in this book is good. there’s a distinct lack of homophobia in the general populace (seems to negatively affect royals, but as much as kadou was worried about it it seemed more about marrying someone he didn’t love? idk, it was inconsistent. anyway), and nonbinary existence is so normalised that it’s kind of heart-warming to see tbh.

however.

there’s a conversation that really sticks out at me, where kadou and tadek are talking about kadou’s probable need to marry for duty rather than love. kadou assumes it will be a woman, says he’d prefer the hypothetical brother, etc. then tadek asks, jokingly “if it’s the cock that’s the problem-” and then kadou gets annoyed at him for being improper or smth and it never comes up again.

…

that’s…hm. i don’t know what tadek would have said. maybe it would have been positive. but it didn’t feel positive, i felt icky reading it at the time and feel icky thinking about it now.

actually thinking about it now, a potential non-binary character isn’t even suggested here. hm.

plus for sultans, it’s mentioned a few times that it’s a person’s ability to give birth to children which is valued (and the person who impregnates is always a body-father which, hm) and though the author tries to work round this by saying that it’s okay for anyone of any gender to be sultan, it really falls flat for me. this obviously doesn’t just affect trans people, but with the tadek thing and the general lack of visible trans people in general (or for that matter any sort of wlw content) it doesn’t add up well.

second, tadek.

tadek starts off as a character with a lot of depth and (i think) the only side character with any kind of side plot. he and kadou were a fwb kind of thing, but kadou was his direct superior, then they’re no longer a thing now cos it’s not possible, tadek has been essentially demoted, it’s a whole thing.

i loved this! it felt very interesting to me and improved both tadek and kadou’s character. it basically informs a good chunk of kadou’s decisions in the first third or so, and the entirety of tadek’s character for most of the time he’s on the page.

but then there’s some conversations, an off-screen thing, and all of that just, goes away?

now, i get that tadek puts on a face around people. i do, and i’m happy we get to see that and how it affects both him and the people he’s around.

but as the romance picks up and the plot meanders along in the background, tadek gets completely sidelined? and his development really suffers for it. he becomes very two-dimensional and only regains any sort of depth when it’s for kadou or evemer’s benefit. i still like his character, but it could have been handled a lot better.

the other two things are that this is probably a converted mo dao zu shi fic which, fine, sure, not my fandom, other people can weigh in on this; and that this is set in an ottoman empire inspired world, and i’ve seen native turkish people uncomfortable and upset with the way it’s presented. i’m not turkish, i know nothing about the ottoman empire, i won’t add an opinion here.

anyway this is getting way too long.

i don’t think this is a bad book. there’s clearly a lot of love in here and there’s some really excellent scenes.

but there’s also some unavoidable issues with the book that i don’t want to ignore.

in conclusion, i don’t think this is a book worth going out of your way for, but if you’ve spent any amount of time on the m/m tag on ao3, you’ll absolutely get something out of this.

SPOILERS BELOW

spoilery bits

they got married? they got fucking married????? honestly this was a bit unbelievable for me, if just cos nobody was there to officiate or anything? so they just needed to say the words and believe them and it would have been fine? who knows, i’m weirdly okay with it.

presumably the sequel is going to be sitcom level shenanigans, cos nobody knows they’re married (well except tadek) so that can only go poorly (complimentary).

#book review #bookblr #a taste of gold and iron #alexandra rowland #lgbtq+#fantasy #apparently this is SFF but i didn't get any SF #so make of that what you will #this got very long and i'm sorry #but i needed to think it over some more #do other people agree?#am i being too harsh?#scheduled

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my ultimate guide to thiam fic !!

( as a new teen wolf stan )

the classic post war, long ass (multi chapter) fic !!with great development that genuinely made me laugh out loud, they have the best friendship in this & i love it very much. ( like theo teaches liam to drive and i just *happy sobs* ) a fundamental in thiam fanfiction !! all stans have probably already read it but if you haven’t this is in fact a threat ,, go show this vv iconic story some love !!

Airplanes - Captainmintyfresh

Summary: After the Anuk-ite and the hunters are dealt with Liam needs a break. Cue Theo and a road trip that Liam should know better than to think will be peaceful.

Not Rated, No Archive Warnings Apply, Completed, 43/43 Chapters, Words: 236,875 (236k)

okay okay so this one is also post 6B !! but ,, now we introduce fighting monroe & the hunters again ,, so we get the boys & a new mission !! so if you like an intresting plot 11/10 would recommend !! just to be clear this ISN’T complete ,, if that turns you off i understand but definitely give this one a read !! it litterally have theo doing crossword puzzles & fighting zombies

Vacancy Signs - LovelyLittleGrim

Summary: Theo and Liam are in Manhattan negotiating a pack allyship when the zombie apocalypse breaks out. Now, the two of them have to find their way back to Beacon Hills without getting eaten by zombies or killing one another.

Rated: Explicit, Graphic Description of Violence, Not Completed, 15/17 Chapters, Words: 89,605 (89k)

Royalty AU !! I REPEAT ROYALTY AU !! a fantastic au where i stan their moms more than i stan them !! genuinely so good at the childhood rivals to lovers trope !! i’m genuinely obsessed with this one. has made me cry more than once ,, hurts in a good way <3 the ending is just *chefs kiss* also one of the tags is genuinely: # theo and liam make bad choices for over 130k straight !! if that doesn’t sound appealing i don’t know what does !!

Artificial Love - songbvrd

Summary: Prince Theo and Prince Liam are forced to spend every Summer together from age five onwards. They hate each other, and usually find ways to make each other miserable as much as possible in their six weeks together. But when they're reunited because of intended unions as adults, things change. They're both supposed to be married to noble women, but neither of them is as interested in anyone else as they are with their childhood rival.

Rated: Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply, Completed, Chapters: 32/32, Words: 172,935 (172k)

so if you are in the mood for a crack fic that’s not explicitally a crack fic this is for you !! okay so i’m really hit or miss with AU’s ,, sometimes i feel like they don’t quite capture the characters right but this story have the BEST dramatic liam i have ever seen in my life !! basically they all live in the same apartment building & it’s fantastic !! i saw this one floating around a lot but the summary didn’t really unrest me until i have it a shot !! so go read it rn !! also nolan & brett are genuinely fantastic and make me wheeze ,, LIKE ACTUALLY VERBALLY LAUGHING !! all i’m gonna say is that my fav characters are scott & the beetles but that won’t make actual sense until you read it !!

The Neighbors Song - TheodoreR

Summary: “I always hear you singing on your balcony every morning, but suddenly you’ve stopped?”

Or the one where Theo annoys Liam every morning with his awful singing until he doesn’t anymore and Liam is even more annoyed. Liam hates every single thing about his mornings -the fact that they happen in the morning alone is enough. The thing Liam hates the most about his mornings though is the terrible voice of the guy who lives below him. He can’t sing for shit and Liam tried to politely let him understand that by throwing flour and water on his balcony, and also by shouting it to him, you can’t sing for shit!, and then by writing it into a note he proceeded to attach to his door, but this Raeken guy just keeps doing it, every single morning, like a fucking rooster. Liam did nothing to deserve this. He probably didn’t do anything to deserve better either to be fair, he doesn’t expect to open his window and be welcomed by some angelic voice singing him good morning, he’d just be happy with nothing. Silence. That’s something Liam can appreciate in mornings. Just some bark from his dog and the sound of his misery and that’s it. But no, god forbid the new guy lets him have that.

Rated: Explicit, Creator Chose Not to Use Archive Wanrings, Completed, 8/8 Chapters, Words: 42,814 (42k)

me: i’m not a big fan of AU’s ,, proceeds to talk about ANOTHER au… OKAY BUT THIS ONE !! it’s not complete but the author has been updating regularly ,, vv slow burn !! but in a REALLY intresting way !! i lOVE LIAM IN THIS SO MUCH ,, he is such a diaster of a person and it’s wonderful !! they have a great dynamic & i’m sucker for general puppy pack content ( and erica reyes being a badass ) !! also theo plays lacrosse in this & i really like it ahhhhh ,, also liam is just being an artic monkeys stan the whole time & theo is like *que confused repressed gay noises*

Inglorious Roommates - honeyscape

Summary: A roommate is defined as “a person with whom one shares a room.”

Theo would say a roommate was more along the lines of, “The person who's the bane of his existence. The weirdo that sleeps for days. The spaz that exercises at 3am. The guy with a revolving door of annoying friends. An insufferable human being that Theo has no control over living in his room.”

Example: Theo hates his roommate Liam.

okay okay i hate myself but i have another WIP for y’all !! this one is jUST FANTASTIC. i’m genuinely so upset it’s most likely not going to updated again *incoherent screaming ensues*. for this story ,, it’s very theo-centric bUT thats bc it ends right before liam becomes a concrete member of the story !! ANYWAY: basic plot = theo & acquiring not one but two children ,, so #dad theo but he is still crusty & homeless and i love him very much. it’s just so GOOD !! just read if you want to experience my fav theo coming out story & him etching high school musical

Look who's talking - Captainmintyfresh

Summary: Theo had been labeled many things in his life. Evil, failure, monster. He'd never thought Father would be one of those things but as he looked across the table to a six year old with blue smears of bubble gum icecream across her face trying to coax the first words out of her sister. Finger jabbing towards Theo's face as she repeated 'Daddy' again and again he couldn't bring himself to dispute the label.

(Theo accidentally adopts two young werewolves)

Not Rated, Creator Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings, Not Completed, Chapters: 16/?, Words: 48740 ( 48k )

so here me out: post-canon ( poetry like angst ) summer get away !! just the boys doing cute little domestic things together whilst pining !! theo’s guilt in this is just so powerful & aGjffkgkkfkvkdlv !! i think it’s so interesting to see how they interact in this one, it’s just very heart warming !! and it features one of my favorite niche teen wolf tropes of theo being great with like seven year old girls- it’s just so good ,, very much a wonderful little one shot that just makes your heart happy.

(next time i see you you'll show me) a hundred different ways to say the same things - cherrysprite

Summary: “...You deserve good things,” Liam says eventually. He makes sure not to look at Theo even though he can feel his eyes turn on him. Somehow he can already tell that Theo doesn’t believe him.

Liam instantly makes that the goal of this summer - making Theo believe him.

Rating: Teen and Up, No Archive Warnings Apply, Chapters: 1/1, Words: 28875 ( 28k )

okay so this next section of fic recs is a bit different !!

two of my favorite authors !! and a compilation of fics i’ve read by them both !!

for context: these two have written some genuinely gorgeous fics, like pure poetry, they explore the real gritty & scary side of our boys relationship in such a wonderful way. they’ve both used some of my favorite tropes & i love them very much !!

whenever i need something soothing but so genuinely intresting & enticing these are my go to !! ( also they both write a lot of good nolan angst & some vv good fics with hayden )

go check out:

eneiryu

as well as fallingforboys

here are some of my favorite fics by them ~

darling i want you here in my arms (kiss the pain away, i know you can) - fallingforboys

even before you touched me, i belonged to you (all you had to do was look at me) - fallingforboys

memories linger like tattoo scars (but your touch on my skin is just as permanent) - fallingforboys

skin, bones, a stolen heart, and an ugly creature lurking underneath -fallingforboys

i don't know how to breathe in the place i called home - fallingforboys

whisper your gossamer truths into the shadow, maybe you'll find the answers you're searching for - fallingforboys

between the mountains and the valley we built a monument to our regret - eneiryu

cracked the hinges of the cage and waited for you - eneiryu

okay and finally: since i am a self centered whore

my own fic: an rendition of the # elevator scene

it’s basically my version of post canon if we did get the kiss in the elevator. we got a classic liam pov in which he is has 12/10 for extreme bi diaster energy even whilst being shot at !! so go him ig…

Fuck Off, Fuck This & Fuck It! - nefelibata_peach

Summary: Liam thought to himself heart rate climbing, they were bound to be dead by morning. So he thought with everything but his brain and he kissed him.

Where Liam Dunbar is very confused, slightly traumatized, and just a bit scared but hey, aren't they all! Bad decisions ensue as two boys fight in a war they never did sign up for.

Rating: Teen and Up, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Chapters: 1/1, Words: 3558 ( 3k )

#this took me so long #please go read these or i’ll cry #fan fiction #fan fic recs #teen wolf fic recs #thiam fanfiction #thiam fic recs #thiam #theo raeken #liam dunbar #theo x liam #teen wolf fandom #teen wolf gay #teen wolf #ao3 #fuck you fuck this & fuck it #thiam fanfic rec #thiam fanfic #thiam is endgame

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Why I Ship Stalkyoo

I think today is the day.

I think I’m going to finally write about why I ship Stalkyoo.

There will be FP spoilers, because this current arc is just reigniting a lot of my feelings, so here is your warning. This is going to be a mess but I’m going to do my best to a. not write the illiad in here and be. go all over the place but it’s me so what do you guys expect? (Spoilers no more! All mentioned content is now released.)

Without further ado: LET’S TALK STALKYOO/AEGI.

The more I’ve been dwelling on Alyssa and Nolyssa in general (and the potential of Nol indefinitely saddling himself to Alyssa), and the general trajectory of this arc, the more I’ve been coming back to a certain point: why is it that I ship Stalkyoo so fiercely and am not into the idea of them as platonic soulmates? I LOVE platonic soulmates - friends whose bonds transcend your typical expectations of friends, who understand each other so inherently and just get each other in ways other people don’t. Often to me a platonic soulmate pair complements the actual ship - the elements that the ship lacks, the platonic pair fulfill. In my own personal life, I love platonic soulmates! I’m convinced my best friend is my soulmate, someone I was fated to meet who fulfills relationship needs that other relationships don’t.

So why can’t I see Stalkyoo as platonic?

Ultimately I think it’s just a matter of taste. To me, the kind of relationship Nol and Shinae have shown to have (until, you know, Nol started sabotaging himself, and I guess even then still lol) is my ideal when it comes to pairings, and it’s the kind of ship I always gravitate towards. We all have our own favorite tropes and dynamics and Nol and Shinae fulfill so much of those for me: the emotional connection and understanding, the people who make each other into better versions of themselves, the gravitational pull towards one and other, the moments of tender intimacy. I’m going to speak of Stalkyoo as though we know for sure it will happen lol because I guess that’s how we all ship, right? And in that case, Stalkyoo is set up as one hell of a slowburn, and god am I a SUCKER for characters who quietly fall without realizing it until one day they wake up and the truth sits on their chest like a 20 pound cat, paralyzing and maybe even, dare they say, lovely? Characters who slowly become afflicted by the other, moments of tender intimacy that build up over time until they realize that somehow, all of those moments lead them to this realization.

I’ve already written at length the foundations of Stalkyoo, which was so long ago that it doesn’t even include some painful but fantastic reveals seen in our current FP episodes, particularly ep 170. The continued parallel stories and trajectory of Stalkyoo absolutely is a big sway in my shipping, I think (which is funny, because I don’t particularly ship Kolyssa, even though they, too, are a mirrored pair). I guess there’s something about two characters on a similar journey that makes me push them towards each other, because who better to understand you and the darkest, most secret parts of you than a person who has been through something similar? Shinae has not been made to feel worthless and degraded by her family (to some extent), but she has been made to feel worthless and unimportant in general through the bullying she went through and society in general. She was made acutely aware from a young age that her background makes people look down on her - she was listening to her bully’s mom yell at the principal “Do you know who my husband is”, listening as the boy’s mom all but said the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, that she won’t amount to anything. Shinae is a nobody and the world made sure she knew it.

And even though she has a loving father, he kept things from her that ultimately made her life more difficult and literally put them in danger of eviction! His pride and shame conflicted with his parental duties and even though they didn’t end up evicted, Shinae still wound up in a dangerous situation because she was desperate enough to get tangled up in something awful. Realistically, she never would have reached out to Kousuke for a job had the situation not been so dire, and Yui would never have ensnared her in both the formal attendance and the job where at she feels unsafe. And that’s not to touch on the fact that her mother left her and took her sister, making her as a child worry that she had done something wrong, that she wasn’t good enough for them, that something was wrong with her. Internalizing this from a young age coupled with the bullying she received and we can see how she’s not that far off from Nol’s sense of worthlessness, too. One is clearly worse than the other but the takeaway point is that their experiences are similar enough that, were they to actually open up, they would be able to understand each other, and why they feel the way they do.

And in addition to that understanding, I think it poses them as characters who are able to have the most influence over each other. We’ve already seen it in Shinae, who found herself wanting to emulate and develop certain traits Yeonggi had and felt the effects of those traits. Yeonggi’s dogged persistence in being a shoulder to Shinae helped her to understand that leaning on people isn’t weak. Sure, she’s leant on the wrong people in the past, but when you lean on the right ones, isn’t it nice, to know you’re not so alone? That you aren’t a burden, because these are people willing to be a shoulder, who want to be.

Both Shinae and Nol have gone through the experiences of feeling unwanted. Nol thinks (or knows) that most people only clamor to him because of his money and his family’s influence, and they want to make nice with him. Later, they continue because they fear that if he finally snaps, at least if they were nice to him maybe he’d spare them. Shinae, too, thinks that her friends aren’t friends with her for legit reasons (and she’s not entirely wrong). Learning that Maya was only her friend at the request for Minhyuk was a shattering revelation of something she’d already suspected.

So for these two to find friendship in each other - in people who genuinely reach out to them time and time again and want to be there for each other and want to help - is a really special kind of bond. Forming friends of your own volition - not because they have ulterior motives or they’re doing it as a favor or because they are burdened to do so - honestly makes everything about their friendship all the more special, and it’s what makes 151 hurt so MUCH. Shinae, at this point, is coming to grips with just how important Nol is to her, and to finally open up and trust someone who throws you aside the way you’ve always felt people do, that you mean nothing to them? Is absolutely PAINFUL. And it’s obviously painful to Nol, because he wouldn’t have dropped his Nolan mask to hug her that way if that wasn’t the case. And man I will never EVER stop howling about that moment, how he’s literally trying to throw his friends away but also cannot bear for Shinae to think the whole thing was fabricated and meant nothing. It obviously meant everything to him, to have someone on his side who reached out to him and cared about him.

He cares so much that he struggles to resist his friends, too. When he looks at his spam messages and sees the messages from the friends he’s blocked, he turns right around and throws everything to the wind. Nol throws back drink after drink because he wants to forget, he wants to be numb, he doesn’t want to deal with the guilt and the hurt and the aching longing. He wants to be with his friends and he all but says it when he tells Alyssa he doesn’t want to be here and he wants to be somewhere he actually wants to be. He’s miserable and having to stay away from his friends just compounds that misery.

I’m not saying this is about Shinae in particular, but I think it’s worth acknowledging that as the person who is arguably fighting hardest, that’s a factor. (I’m not saying Dieter isn’t fighting hard, but rather, I think Dieter is trying to respect Nol’s decisions but Shinae struggles to accept it and keeps hoping that maybe, maybe he’ll change his mind.) What we can say for certain though is that Shinae is amongst the few people who Nol wants to be around, and I think that’s significant. The juxtaposition of being her with his actual girlfriend but yearning to be elsewhere... I think that alone says a lot lol.

In fact, as I’ve said time and time again, Nolyssa and Stalkyoo are major foils, which to me, illuminate both that Nolyssa is not a healthy relationship and that Stalkyoo fills in those gaps. I don’t call Nolyssa an unhealthy relationship because of what I ship, either - in fact, the foiling pushes me to ship Stalkyoo because of what it illuminates about Nolyssa. If they aren’t meant to illuminate how RIGHT Shinae and Nol are - how she says and does the things Nol wants Alyssa to do, how she sees the things Alyssa doesn’t, how she CARES - then why bother to foil them? Why set them up to contrast each other if we aren’t supposed to compare them and see the ways that one is better than the other?

If there were ever feelings between Nol and Alyssa, they’re long gone. Alyssa has, for a long time, been taking Nol for granted, and maybe there was a time when he was okay with knowing Alyssa was busy but it probably wasn’t as bad as it is now. But she never stops to consider if this bothers him. Never stops to think maybe he’s not actually okay. It’s convenient for HER, so she carries on. Nol’s feelings are an inconvenience for her. Does Nol know that whenever Alyssa is “too busy” for him, she seems to be busy with Meg? That she has no time to text him a hey I miss you how are you doing but has time to make cupcakes with Meg? And that’s the other thing - a conversation doesn’t have to happen in the moment? Alyssa could respond to him hours later - but she doesn’t. She shows no signs of interest in Nol or how he’s doing or what he’s doing. Again, for her, he’s a matter of convenience and she’s not going to get rid of him while he’s still useful, but she’s not going to expend any effort, either.

And that’s what’s particularly sad. I’ve thought for a long time about what Nol’s “benefit” of being with Alyssa is. The general belief seems to be that she affords him protection from his family - that having a famous girlfriend is the one good thing he’s achieved. But how much protection is it, really? Especially when Yui could just as easily destroy Alyssa’s career! I think more than that, Nol’s relationship was meant to make him feel less alone. He even tells Alyssa that “you know I’m already invisible to my family and all their friends” - a girlfriend is supposed to be someone who puts him ahead of the others, who SEES him and cares. One of he major aspects of who Nol is is his profound loneliness. He is nothing. And he desperately wants to be more than that. He desperately wants to mean something, to have people who care about him.

(Ironically when he does have this, he pushes them away. His want is at odds with what he thinks he deserves, which is likely why he continues to shackle himself to Alyssa. He isn’t really receiving a benefit the way she is, but he believes he doesn’t deserve better, so maybe he can go on pretending.)

Even though Alyssa doesn’t engage in the conversations he wants, Nol kept trying, and to me that reads less as he still likes her and wants to make the relationship work as much as, yes, his benefit was supposed to be the feeling of feeling seen and so he kept trying in hopes that it would finally work out. And it never really does, does it?

Obviously, this is heavily in contrast to Shinae and Nol, although there’s some interesting parallels. Like Alyssa, Nol is being stand-offish with Shinae, trying to keep a berth of space between them, but it’s not a matter of taking Shinae for granted, which is what makes it different. But like Nol to Alyssa, Shinae almost doggedly chases down Nol, reaching out to him over and over when she feels like he’s avoiding her, pulling a Nol and stalking him !!! at work when she thinks he feels out of reach and she’s trying to pull him back in. But that’s where the parallel ends, at the surface, because the intentions and meanings behind their behavior are ultimately different. Shinae isn’t chasing down Nol to keep up a ruse - she’s doing it because she’s genuinely afraid of losing him and wants to reach other and be a real friend to him. Nol isn’t taking Shinae for granted or just stringing her along - he’s pushing her away for her benefit, because he thinks himself a dangerous person who doesn’t deserve her. These parallel dynamics are starkly in contrast with each other, and seeing that illuminates what Nol and Shinae mean to each other.

Isn’t it ironic, that Nol stays with Alyssa because this is what he thinks he deserves and pushes away Shinae because he believes he doesn’t deserve her? Love that foiling, baby!

And this is such a STRONG element of what makes me ship them. It’s that Shinae cares SO MUCH and that Nol SO BADLY wants to accept and reciprocate but won’t let himself but that EVEN AS HE TRIES TO FIGHT IT he still caves. Time and time again he caves! In the locker room he goes from angling away from Shinae to angling in, at the Wacdonalds she’s able to convince him to stay until her break, he returns phone calls he tried to ignore, he shows up to take her to work when she’s late (AND SHOULDERS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT), he defends her behind her back, he relents to a break together at work and reveals that he’s a person who wears masks.

Shiane disarms him! Even in the moment she shows up at his school, when he tries his damndest to evade her, he still breaks. And though he ultimately still walks away from her, it’s not without wordlessly telling her that she never meant nothing that she was never nothing and only because he recalls the pool incident (only because he’s reminded of how he’s hurt her) is he able to resume his mask and complete this task.

There’s a reason Nol has his friends blocked and won’t see them. There’s a reason he starts to drown his misery in alcohol. Avoiding everyone isn’t easy, and he knows that seeing them would likely undo all of his decisions.

Shinae disarms him - he cannot allow himself to face her.

And idk about you, but god that means everything to me? People who are just so important to each other, who have SO MUCH SWAY and influence. People who have carved a space in your heart that is impossible to fill, impossible to avoid. How am I to NOT ship that? How am i to NOT root for them?

This is my answer to why I can’t envision them as platonic soulmates: because how could they have any other romantic partner when they regard each other in such a high degree that they undo each other, disarm one and other so completely and wholly? How can a romantic partner “compete” with that kind of relationship? There’s something so incredibly poetic about them, to me, these parallel lines running the same course together, drawn to one and other, unable to resist one and other. Nol built trust in Shinae where it didn’t exist! He helped her to feel worthy of peoples’ feelings! He convinced her to open up and give others a chance and showed that it feels good!!! To have people care!!! To notice!!!! He provided her a sense of security, because they’ve endured danger together and he carries her secrets and most importantly, she’s felt safe with him. Even if Nol tries to fight against it, a part of him wants to let Shinae care, he wants her concern. Where Alyssa never asks him how he is or shows worry, Shinae does. Where Alyssa doesn’t apologize for hurting him, Shinae does! Where Alyssa makes him feel just as invisible as his family does, SHINAE SEES HIM AND SHINES A LIGHT ON HIM. We are meant to see this and compare them. We are meant to see that Shinae fulfills a role Nol wishes for.

Nol doesn’t even know!!!! That whenever Shinae runs into Dieter and Soushi, she asks about him. Until she shows up at his school, I’m not sure if he even realized how much he’d grown to mean to her - he spent so long pushing her away and trying to pawn her off on Dieter I don’t think he ever lets himself believe he means that much to her. Seeing her at his school is a legitimate shock to him!

God, they just ILLUMINATE each other, both people used to living in the shadows of others, used to being overlooked and passed up. They are also able to see in each other the strengths they mutually share: though Shinae tries to fight it, she does care a lot and she doesn’t like to see people taken advantage of or bullied or mistreated. Nol time and time again reaches out to lonely people who could use a friend. We’ve seen Shinae echo Nol’s words back to other people, because she doesn’t like them feeling upset or beating themselves up. (They also turn this on each other a lot, because who better to know what they need to hear than someone who mirrors them?)

Nol is heavily responsible for being the push Shinae needed to grow and soften her harsher edges - for opening up to people and letting down her guard and talking about her problems and proactively trying to be a better friend to those around her and for valuing herself - and I think we will see the same in time, because as mirrors, what one does ought to follow with the other. Nol has been on a self-sabotaging journey, but I want to hope that his pool dive has rebirthed him as a version of himself ready to accept what he deserves. I think that’s a bit too simple, given that he’s got a lot of baggage he’s internalized and fears himself a dangerous person. But still. I want the Nol who resurfaced to be someone who is ready to fight back against his family and do it by not giving them the satisfaction. Not giving them the satisfaction of denying himself what he wants, of making him feel invisible, of making him feel worthless.

Obviously the Nol who resurfaced seems a little devil may care and yeah that’s worrying lol but I hope, at the very least, he’s someone who is willing to listen to his deeper desires? As a person who denies himself what he actually wants as self-punishment, he has effectively been playing into his family’s hand. They already treat him like nothing, to embrace nothing in that way only reinforces them.

Of course, he might go a whole other direction than I’m hoping, in which case BIG SIGHS lol

What I AM confident in, though, is that no matter what direction Nol ends up on, he and Shinae will return to each other, whether it’s somehow in the near future or if it has to happen after a time skip, after they’re both older and more ready to face things. I do worry that an edgier version of Nol will make Shinae uneasy (she specifically told him she wants the Yeonggi back she made friends with, and Nol has abandoned him for now) and they may butt heads for awhile. I think there’s also a lot of hurt to reconcile with and while Shinae may be willing to accept Nol showing up she will still want him to EXPLAIN himself eventually. Will he be willing to do that any time in the near future? Do we have to wait and see a reconciliation post-jail, at Shinae and Dieter’s graduation? Idk, but what I’m CERTAIN of is that even if there are roadbumps and turmoil ahead, Shinae and Nol WILL ultimately make their ways back to each other, because as we know, they are magnetically drawn to each other, compelled to return to one and other, on parallel paths.

Like, hello, the entire pool scenes?! The both of them with their own pool experiences, both coming out (hopefully?) stronger and for the better? For Shinae, it was the moment that lies came to truth and revealed even more truths (Yui is DANGEROUS) and made her see those around her a little differently. It ended her more naïve arc and brought out more of a fight in her. I think we could argue something similar for Nol - he’s pretty naïve to keep thinking that Yeonggi could be a protection for him, or that he can continue to shoulder and endure things. He, too, comes out less naïve, perhaps ready to fight back harder. Their mutual rebirths will, hopefully, bring out the best in them. After all, not that I’d say it’s DUE to her fall, but we do see a Shinae who tries harder after her fall, who opens up more. Will we see the same for Nol? How much will this particular parallel reflect each others’ experiences?

(This doesn’t even begin to TOUCH on how Shinae may react to his jump - to such a risky dangerous act, and how she might be the one to read it for what it was: a cry for help. While I think she’ll probably be angry and upset about it, I think it would be in the way that you get angry at a friend for degrading themselves, angry that they would do something so scary. Angry because she cares and because knowing he hates himself so much hurts her. I think she would be the person to express the concern Nol needs.)

But again, it’s these shared experiences combined with their tender, intimate moments that just make me ACHE for them to open up to each other more, for Nol especially to let down his guard. He’s seen her go to bat for him - LITERALLY up against Sangchul who drugged AND TRIED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HER - in his defense. I want him to finally accept!!!! That it’s okay for him to let people care!!! That he doesn’t have to cut off everyone and isolate and live in the shadows, invisible to all!

Like, not to be TOTALLY ME or anything but I’m back ruminating on the Wacdonalds scene of 117, where Nol opens up, JUST a bit to Shinae, JUST ENOUGH, and how he immediately shakes off her attempt to comfort him... only to lead into another tender, intimate moment. Even romantic implications removed, Nol sharing one of his favorite songs with someone like Shinae like that? GOD got me bark bark barking at the MOON. What am I supposed to do with this scene, with their heads tucked close together like this, shared earbuds tethering them to one and other (THEY ARE TETHERED TO ONE AND OTHER), the way she just TAKES IN HIS FACE like that and gets flustered? What IS this if not a moment of absolute TENDER intimacy, of something secret shared. Nol sharing his favorite song is akin to sharing a part of himself, exposing something vulnerable. The entire episode is him divulging small pockets of truth that he’s been holding close - that maybe he should go along with everything, that maybe he deserves all of the bad things that happen to him and nothing will ever change, that it’s nice to know someone cares. Even without viewing it as a romantic scene, it’s hard to read it as anything BUT a foundation for their mutual understanding of each other, their shared trajectory, the way they gravitate to each other and open up parts of themselves to one and other. Shinae doesn’t know what Nol is going through or the burden he’s shouldering, but she knows he needs comfort, and she’s one of the only people who gives him that. Hours later, at home, Shinae can’t get the song out of her head and plays over the memory, unable to shake the experience!!!! It meant something to her, and even if not romantic, it was significant enough to burrow into her heart.

Pardon me while I HOWL AT THE MOON.

Going back to my earlier point about the benefit of Nol staying with Alyssa, I hope he’s able to start seeing that what he’s been looking for is actually in a totally different place. Maybe he already knows, and that’s why he kept pulling away from Shinae - again, he struggles to accept that he deserves more than he gets, so it’s easier to accept what he receives from Alyssa. But if what Nol craves is for someone to shine a light on him, for mutual shared comfort, to have someone who reminds him he’s not invisible... he doesn’t have to look too far, does he?

I guess that’s the other thing about shipping - it WOULD be a beautiful friendship, people who fulfill those needs. But it would also be a beautiful romantic relationship, too - people whose souls have imprinted SO STRONGLY upon one and other, people who so INTIMATELY understand each other and see things that others don’t. Shinae asking “You don’t hate yourself, do you?” because she’s been there, she, too, has hated herself and blamed herself for things that weren’t her blame at all, she knows what that awful aching is like and she doesn’t want it for him, she wants him to know what a good person he is. He’s someone who reaches out to and collects lonely people like her and helps them become better versions of himself. He’s someone who cares about others’ feelings and thinks everyone deserves respect and kindness. This is the stuff that makes me ship it so ARDENTLY - because the moment these two let down their walls and let each other in all the way, they will become SO powerful. At every turn, they lift up each other and elevate them into better versions of themselves. And most importantly, they carry so much CARE for each other. They hold one and other with such HIGH regard, what is it if not deep affection each other? If Nol didn’t care so much, it would be easier to face Shinae and walk away. But she’s taken everything he ever said and did for her (EVERYTHING HE PROBABLY WISHED OTHERS WOULD DO FOR HIM) and served it right back to him. HOW CAN HE RESIST THAT? Of course it disarms him, to have someone offer exactly what he’s always wanted. Every time he’s ever reached out for her, having to stop himself from what he thinks he doesn’t deserve - but instinctively wants anyway?

IS THAT NOT LOVE? To provide for each other the things they need? To fill in their gaps? To be drawn to each other want to give and receive comfort? To reassure them that the lies they believe are just that - lies?

And while yes, Nol has a lot of internalized bagger that he’ll need to learn to let go of, I do sincerely believe Shinae will be the person to make Nol see that he is not nothing- that he is more than others have convinced him he is, that he deserves the things he covets, and that he’s a better person than he believes. He did it for her and that means she will likely be the one to do it for him. It is her ardent belief in him that will ultimately help him embrace that part of himself, I think.

Obviously, a lot is in the air at this point. Is there any possibility for Nol to go see his friends before the night is over? Do we have to wait until graduation, or worse, the big time skip? Will we see Shinae try to let go of Nol and have to contend with how much he means to her in the future when he reappears? Will we want him go on a quest for revenge and slowly start to lose himself in the process?

No matter the route their story goes, I think they will continue to mirror each other and share parallel events, and that ultimately Shinae will be one of the people who helps bring Nol back to himself. Even in a worst case scenario, where Nol’s quest for revenge turns him into the very monsters that broke him, I think it’s Shinae who will ground and tether him, remind himself of who he is - not who his bitter resentment has turned him into. That’s the power I think they have on each other - that no matter how much they stray, they ultimately will return to each other, and bring out the best in one and other.

Like, at this point, they ARE tethered. At the Kim formal, Shinae saved Nol as much as he saved her, and I hope one day she knows it. I hope one day she knows that they are equally important people in each others’ lives, and that without the other, they wouldn’t be the people they are now! Nol literally might not be here if not for her! Shinae may never have learned to open up, to try to become a better friend! They are irrevocable forces in each others’ lives, and how can they not ever come to see that, to know that? How can I NOT ship people who continue to be drawn back to one and other, time and time again? How can I not ship people who are SHOWN to us via foils to be SO VERY RIGHT for one and other? How can I NOT want them to help fill the holes in each other’s hearts in the unique ways that they know best?

LISTEN I’M SO FULL OF FEELINGS

#I Love Yoo #Stalkyoo #Shinae Yoo #Aegi #Nol #Yeonggi #Nolan Oliver T. Lochlainn #Alyssa Cho #Nolyssa #ILY Brainrot #I DID IT HOLY SHIT I DID IT #and it's still not as good as i'd like it to be BUT I DID IT AND I'M PUTTING IT INTO THE WORLD #there's so many scenes i didn't talk about but at that point i'd just be dissecting things rather than demonstrating what elements make me #feel the ways that i do #and ultimately i have come to the conclusion that:#i cannot accept these two people as platonic when they mean so much to each other and are such important INTEGRAL parts of each others' live #and that's the thing #they are INTEGRAL #nol is realizing that it's not that easy to just remove her from his life #and i think we could see a trajectory that if he continues to do so he'll stray further and further down the wrong path #that it's only when they are together when they are working together that they both can become better versions of themselves #AND GOD THAT'S FUCKING ROMANTIC TO ME OKAY?#THEY BRING OUT THE SOFT IN EACH OTHER #THEY ALWAYS GO TO BAT FOR ONE AND OTHER #EVENW HEN NOL WAS PULLING AWAY HE WAS STILL DEFENDING SHINAE AND SHE GOES AGAINST HER ABUSER ON HIS BEHALF?!#THEY ARE EACH OTHERS' WEAKNESSES THEIR SOFT SPOTS BUT ALSO THEIR STRENGTHS AND LISTEN THAT JUST MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME #I LOVE THOSE PAIRINGS THE MOST #WHEN IT'S SO TENDER AND LADEN WITH MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING WHEN BOTH PARTIES MEAN SO MUCH AND BRING OUT EACH OTHERS' BEST

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final month recap

wow, everyone. we’re here. we’ve made it. we’re reached the end of our bingo time, and i’m absolutely floored by the sheer creative output that i’ve seen over these last four months. everyone, take a moment to give yourself a pat on the back!!! no matter if you made 1 piece or 10, there’s now a work of art out there in the world that wasn’t there before. and truly, that’s super heccing rad no matter how you look at it.

so let’s celebrate! for this recap, we have a total of 20 new pieces, bringing the total amount of ninbingo pieces up to 50. in the span of four months, this little event has created 50 individual works (five of them in the last day!) holy cow ya’ll.

i’m putting out this recap now, but don’t worry, it’s not the end yet! any submissions made to the end of the 30th still count and this post will be updated accordingly :D

fic:

all the things i’ve never done by @sa-you-na-ra. tumblr || prompts: competition and teasing

It’s always a funny thing when the ninja realize new things about each other. Even though living with each other meant they had to see each other all day, there were still small habits or actions that amused the others.

(mod comments: all these little interactions made me smile so much :D looking forward to the rest!)

error 404: answer not found by @m-aster-of-spinjitzu. tumblr || prompt: memories

Akita and Zane talk after the battle in ‘Awakenings’. The conversation… doesn’t go as either of them expect.

(mod comments: the nuances in this fic are fantastic! also Akita is always a win :D)

Five times kai was a good brother by @/master-of-fluff. tumblr || ao3 || prompts: nightmare and brother

I'm writing kai centric stuff again.

(mod comments: kai IS the big bro of the team!!! i support him all the way!!)

How Garmadon became a chauffeur by @master-of-fluff. tumblr || ao3 || prompt: driving

"um...Kai? Don't you think we should go Slower?" Garmadon asked nervously trying not to panick as they raced down the road at what had to be over the speed limit.

(mod comments: who let Kai drive? no but honestly this is canon alskdfj)

little things by @/rosiehunterwolf. tumblr || ao3 || ffn.net || prompts: hugs and crying.

"Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you'll look back and realize they were the big things." -Kurt Vonnegut

Lloyd’s tired of being left behind. How is he meant to be the green ninja when he always has to work harder, train better, and wait longer to go on missions with his team? He wants nothing more than to be their equal.

At least, that’s what he thought he wanted.

(mod comments: a post-ep-18 resolution scene? SIGN ME UP!)

Neither Snow Nor Rain by @fangirltakesall. tumblr || ffn.net || prompt: post-fight

After their return from the Never Realm and all its troubles, Zane is quiet and Nya is incredibly worried. A call to action to a peculiar sort of battle might be enough to change both of those things.

(mod comments: the concept of these two on their own mission together is just so good! excited to see how their dynamic plays out!!)

Never Put Off Until Tomorrow by @/rosiehunterwolf. tumblr || ao3 || ffn.net || prompts: video games and chores

…what can be done today, yada, yada, yada, we all know the saying. So do the ninja- when Master Wu is drilling it into their heads every minute of every day, it’s kind of hard to forget.

Naturally, it only takes them a week (and the biggest new video game in Ninjago) to do so.

(mod comments: this is so in character that it’s frustrating lol. also Pixal ftw!!)

oh take me back to the start by @/rosiehunterwolf. tumblr || ao3 || ffn.net || prompts: comfort and 3 am

The past should be left in the past. Or, at least, that’s what Jay keeps telling himself. Nadakhan is gone. It’s not logical to still be afraid. But he is, and now everything that he left behind suddenly feels like it’s never going to be the same again.

Cole isn’t so convinced.

(mod comments: Cole is truly the man we all deserve in our lives.)

On Our Own by @redefine-your-identity. tumblr || prompt: home

It’s been a few weeks since Kai and Nya’s parents disappeared without a trace. Needless to say, they’re struggling.

(mod comments: OU C H no poor babies 😭 the relationship dynamic here is great!)

orange and gold by @/m-aster-of-spinjitzu. tumblr || prompt: cooking

...I just need more Cole and Vania content, they seem like they'd be great friends.

Basically it's just 'Cole goes to visit her there, they almost burn down the kitchen, and make way too many puns', lol.

(mod comments: I also always need more Vania content!! the puns in this were breadful!)

permafrost by @/rosiehunterwolf. tumblr || ao3 || ffn.net || prompts: loss of control and promise

It’s not like this is the first time this has happened. It’s not like none of his teammates have ever suffered this kind of guilt and pain. It’s not like Zane himself hasn’t walked through hell before and come out the other side (mostly) in once piece.

Except, this time, it is. It shouldn’t be different, but it is.

(mod comments: super sweet moment between two ninja who deserve more interaction like seriously!!)

Precautionary Tale by @/fangirltakesall. tumblr || ffn.net || prompt: protective

Fighting is different now, and Zane doesn't know why. Yes, he is titanium now, but why should that change anything? It seems to be changing everything, although is all really as it seems?

(mod comments: a great start to a zane-centric fic! interested to see where it goes next :D)

Star-Ninja! by @rosiehunterwolf. tumblr || ao3 || ffn.net || prompts: siblings and competition

What happens when the loveable gremlin the ninja adopted off of the streets introduces them to Starfarer comics?

Chaos ensues, of course.

stuck with you (through bright and blue) by @/rosiehunterwolf. tumblr || ao3 || ffn.net || prompt: protective

Kai only wants two things: to protect Lloyd, and to give him the best birthday ever. Unfortunately, Lloyd seems hell-bent on making that as difficult as possible. Kai’s always prided himself on achieving the impossible, but dealing with human emotions is much more complicated than beating up Garmadon’s generals or shooting enemies with fire, as he quickly learns. Movie!verse

(mod comments: happy birthday lloyd!! look at him getting the love he deserves uwu)

Take a walk in the rain. by @/master-of-fluff. tumblr || ao3 || prompt: rain

Cole had always loved the rain, the way it smelled, the way it felt on his skin, and especially the mud! Whenever it rained his Mother would put on his rain coat and boots And they'd both go out and splash around in the puddles and make mud cakes and do all sorts of things.

(mod comments: this fic made me smile a lot :D loved the way it was arranged!)

the hues of an empty sky by @/m-aster-of-spinjitzu. tumblr || prompt: crying

Missing memories, or having two of them for one moment - not quite the same, but if there’s one thing Jay’s leant over the last few weeks, it’s that literally nothing makes sense anymore.

Or, some Skybound aftermath, Zane actually expressing emotions about his memory switch being turned off for all those years, and what was supposed to be a ‘they tell everyone about the erased timeline’ fic, but it turned into a 'two characters who barely interact on screen talk at like one am in the morning, and don’t actually tell the other what exactly they’re alluding to the whole time’ fic that I wrote at like one am-

(mod comments: Skybound resolution? SIGN ME THE HECK UP YES)

The Make-Cole-Realize-How-Much-We-Love-Him Competition by @21st-century-ninja. tumblr || ao3 || prompts: bets and competition

Jay and Kai share a horrified look. “He really doesn’t get it,” Jay says.

Kai shakes his head. “We need to show him somehow.”

“Show me what?” Cole asks, exasperated again.

“How much we love you!” Kai exclaims. “Somehow, it’s not getting through your thick skull that we want to sit next to you because you’re you, so I’m gonna have to just prove it to you.”

(mod comments: a silly little movie fic!)

twitter was a mistake by @/21st-century-ninja. tumblr || ao3 || prompts: teasing and birthday

Kai 🔥 @flaminhotninja ☑

so who was gonna tell me that Jay used to be a game show host huh

🌺✨ the Gift of Jay ✨🌺 @zaptrap ☑

Replying to @flaminhotninja

NO WHO SHOWED YOU

(mod comments: twitter was a mistake)

two halves of a broken whole by @/rosiehunterwolf. tumblr || ao3 || ffn.net || prompts: scars and post-fight

The Sons of Garmadon have been defeated. Garmadon is in prison. The city has been saved.

In the aftermath of the battle, Nya is more than ready to take a much-needed break. But the life of a ninja is messy. Recovery is never that simple. Although the wounds may have healed, the scars still remain.

Zane’s scars seem to match up, though. And maybe together, they can begin to heal.

(mod comments: aggressive care is my jam, and this is it!)

wait by @rosiehunterwolf. tumblr || ao3 || ffn.net || prompts: home and memories

Lloyd’s not so great at being patient. It’s not his fault though- maybe he would be better at it if waiting didn’t always end up being so disappointing- if people actually kept their promises. But this time’s going to be different, he knows it. His father will come back for him. And Lloyd’s going to wait.

As long as it takes.

(mod comments: baby. baby boy. baby. protecc him plz.)

#ninbingo #recap #long post #but i don't want to hide anyone's work yk #ninjago #ninjago fic

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In Sickness and in Health

Requested by @milk-leaves!

Warnings: A very brief and non-explicit sexual implication

Summary: Slytherin catches the flu. Luckily, her husband is there to help. However, her stubborn nature and insistent claim that “she can’t be sick because she’s never been sick in her entire life” makes it a little difficult for Hufflepuff to assist her. Marriage isn’t always easy, but with the proper amount of love and patience, everything works out in the end.

Slytherin grabs the garbage can just in time to vomit into the basket. When she finishes, she wipes her mouth with a grimace and rests her forehead against the bed.

“Honey?”

She looks up and sees Hufflepuff standing by the door, his forehead puckered as he takes in her appearance. Her hair unruly, she’s slumped on the floor of their bedroom, looking tired and pale.

Usually, Slytherin would be happy to see her husband. However, all she feels is irritation in the wake of his presence, and she leans against the side of the mattress once more.

“What are you doing here,” she croaks, eyeing him as he approaches her and kneels down. “I thought you had to go to the Ministry today.”

“It was a minor emergency, so I left early.” He regards her carefully. “Are you okay?”

“I’m fine.”

Hufflepuff frowns. “But you threw up.”

“Yeah, I’ve been doing that a lot today,” she murmurs weakly. Noticing his eyes widen, she snorts. “I’m not pregnant if that’s what you’re thinking. I got my period today.”

He gives her a sympathetic look. “I imagine it’s been a very fun day for you.”

“The best I’ve ever had, actually.”

Leaning in ever so slightly, that’s when Hufflepuff sees it—the faint flush on her face, the way she folds her arm around herself, the tinge of hoarseness in her voice.

He reaches out and touches Slytherin’s forehead. Her skin feels hot and cold at the same time. She bats away his hand in annoyance. “What are you doing,” she snaps, scowling at him. Her anger immediately falters when she notices how his eyebrows rise, a look of surprise mixed with hurt spreading onto his face.

“You have a fever,” he confirms quietly.

Slytherin resists a frown. “But I never get sick.”

“Well, it happens to the best of us.” He gets up. “Wait here, I’ll get some medicine.”

“I don’t need it,” she calls after him but he’s already in the kitchen, rummaging through the cabinets. He returns with a bottle and a small cup. Taking a seat before pouring red liquid into the cup, he ignores her when she says his name in a tone of indignation, insisting that she isn’t sick.

Hufflepuff hands it to her. “Drink,” he says firmly. When she juts her chin out and pouts, he lets out an exasperated sigh. “Honey, I know you don’t want to, but it’ll make you feel better.”

She still doesn’t move. This time, he returns her unyielding stare with one of his own. His tone is hard and demanding as he warns, “I’m not gonna repeat myself.”

Slytherin grudgingly brings the cup to her lips. If she didn't feel like complete shit right now, she would keep pushing his patience for fun. She’d even be a little turned on by his authoritative voice. Probably both.

She immediately makes a face as the medicine slides down her throat. “This tastes like ass,” she grumbles, pressing the back of her hand against her mouth and setting the cup down.

He chuckles. “Medicine tends to taste that way.” He stands and offers his hand. “Come. I’m sure a warm shower sounds perfect right now.”

A faint smile twitches at the corner of her mouth. “How’d you know,” she asks, taking his hand. A wave of nausea sweeps over her when she gets up, and he quickly plants his hands on either side of her.

“I’m your husband,” he pulls her closer, “I know these things.”

Slytherin wraps her arms around him. “Will you carry me to the bathroom,” she mumbles into his sweater.

He presses a kiss to the top of her head before picking her up bridal-style with care.

“Do you even have to ask?”

A couple of hours pass. Feeling drowsy from the medicine, Slytherin took a long nap before waking up to the smell of homemade soup. Hufflepuff cooked something for her while she was sleeping. To her dismay, he also gave her another cup of NyQuil, but she drank it without any resistance. Afterwards, her headache subsided and was diminished to a dull pain, which is nothing compared to before.

Now, she is laying in bed, feeling comfortable and content as she snuggles with her husband while he reads her favorite book out loud. She’ll probably never openly admit it but she loves when they cuddle. Listening to the smooth drawl of his voice, she catches a few words while dozing in and out of sleep. Her lips curve into a smile. He’s getting to her favorite part where he speaks in a ridiculous voice when reading the dialogue of an ancient wizard.

Hufflepuff had read the book to her before when they were dating. He used the same wise and raspy voice as he uses now. At that moment, as she attempted to hold in her laughter, she knew he was the one. Funnily enough, he ended up proposing to her a month later.

Feeling the familiar tug in her heart that can only be classified as complete adoration, Slytherin musters enough strength to pull herself out of the cozy arms of sleep. She shifts around so that she can properly see his face and says his name tenderly.

“What is it,” he asks, putting the book down. “Is your headache still bothering you?”

“A little, but...I’m sorry for being mean to you before. I was angry at you for no reason, but it might’ve been because of my period, and you already know how bad my PMS gets sometimes, but I still feel terrible about being so rude because you’re so great and sweet and you were only trying to help but I was being so difficult and I think I’m just not really used to people taking care of me, so I was trying to handle this flu on my own but I still shouldn’t have acted that way—and I literally hit your fucking hand and I hate myself for it because you don’t deserve it at all, you deserve so much more than whatever I have to offer...” Words continue to spill from her mouth as she rambles on and on, not bothering to pause for a breath of air.

Hufflepuff says her name and she finally stops, staring back at him with a contorted expression as if she were trying to back tears. He cups her cheek, to which she leans into his warm touch. “Please don’t worry about that anymore, honey, it’s okay. Honestly. I’ve been with you long enough to know that there’s no one else I would rather be with but you. Even with your stubbornness, I love you all the same. Maybe even a little more.” He gives her a reassuring smile as she looks back at him with watery eyes. “Just focus on resting for now, okay?”

She nods and tries to smile back, getting a little choked up in the process. His words are laced with so much endearment that she realizes just how lucky she is to have someone like him to spend the rest of her life with. She puts her hand over his.

“Thank you,” she whispers, “for loving me as you do.”

His gaze is so unimaginably soft that, for a split second, Slytherin wonders how it’s even possible. He leans in, and she happily closes the distance.

One might think that as time passes for a married couple, the love begins to stale. This is not true in their case, for the flutter in her stomach intensifies as they kiss. She can only focus on how soft he feels against her lips, how he invades all her senses in the best way possible. Her fingers grip the front of his shirt while his hand rests against the curve of her neck when they finally pull apart. Their noses brush against each other as they lock eyes.

“I love you,” she breathes.

“I know,” he murmurs. “And I love you.”

“Good. Because we’re stuck with each other forever.”

“I’d be sad if we weren’t,” he replies with a grin, retrieving the book. “Shall I continue reading?”

She beams at him before laying her cheek against his chest. “Yes please.”

Hufflepuff flips to the page he left off from. While he reads, he traces patterns around her stomach, as if he's painting a beautiful masterpiece over her skin.

A couple of chapters in, Slytherin momentarily closes her eyes as his melodious voice washes over her.

The sound of his steady heartbeat lulls her to sleep.

FIN.

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AUTHOR’S NOTE:

Hello everyone! I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. It took me a while to come up with an idea for this (also, to the person who requested this, I hope you are satisfied :D). My friend had the idea of “a vacation gone horribly wrong”. It was a fantastic idea - I even made a google doc for it and everything, but I did not write out a sufficient amount of general details for it because nothing solid came to mind. Then, when I was trying to go to sleep, I came up with this idea and I am very happy with how it came out!!

I modeled Hufflepuff after Steve Rogers to some extent. He has that gentle giant type of vibe. He is kind and loving, but he’ll be stern if he needs to. I have to admit, the thought of making a series about slytherpuff married life has crossed my mind while writing this one-shot. I am still contemplating it. If I do create the series, it won’t be restricted to this couple specifically, but I will consider writing more stories about them because I really do adore their dynamic! Anyways, if I were to write that series, it would be different stories with different couples. It might not even be classified as a series but more as a collection of slytherpuff married life stories. Also, there would probably be at least one nsfw story included in that collection, but I will not be writing any smut until after my birthday, which is in April. *HI THIS IS JESSICA FROM THE NEXT DAY, aka the day that i’m gonna post this and im just going over the fic. while i was sleeping, i just thought of ANOTHER marriage fic so i think im going to make a married life collection of storiessss :D :D :D!!! however, im still wondering about whether i should write it, because the story idea is a little eh. if anyone has any other marriage life ideas, please feel free to let me know! before, i was a little hesitant on making a collection because it was hard for me to think of ideas for this fic when the request came in. hopefully, that will change in the future. also why do i keep coming up with good ideas for stories in my sleep lmao*

Writing this story was fun. I stayed up until 2 am for four straight days while writing. Lmao how odd is it to see those two sentences right next to each other? In all honestly, I didn’t feel like it was 2 am because I was in the zone. I just kept writing until I told myself to go to bed because the future morning me will regret it--and lemme tell you, she really does. Anyways, I used my own experience with medicine for fevers. I absolutely hate the taste of NyQuil; I remember when my mom would make me drink small cups of it whenever I was sick. Also, when I was writing Sly’s rambling bit, I did not put any periods in the paragraph because I wanted to make it seem like she’s going on and on and isn’t stopping. However, I thought it to be weird and so I put the paragraph into the “translate to english” thing so that I could press the audio icon and hear what it sounds like. I’m happy to report that it was one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard in my entire life because her monotone voice saying all that was very amusing.

There is no telling what fic I will post next. Last week, I was all over the place and working on several fics, moving from one to another when I got bored of the story. Also, my mental state is not the best at the moment. I’ve been feeling self-conscious about my writing recently, and I’m probably gonna go through another episode of that because this is gonna be the first fic that marks the end of tag lists and so this is probably gonna be an underrated fic because fewer ppl will see it. I came to realize that it’s not me who’s writing bad fics; even though I tag people, there’s a noticeable lack of interaction, so it’s likely that some of my followers just aren’t active anymore. There was a fanfic writer who I really like because their loki fics are amazing. A few weeks ago, I found their other blog that I was not aware of beforehand and they made a post 3 weeks ago saying that they would no longer be writing fics because there were barely any people interacting with them. She seemed really upset, saying stuff like “I guess my fics just aren’t good enough”, “no one can save me anymore” (I know that sounds very ominous but she was insinuating “no nice comments will make me change my mind”), and “I feel like deleting my blog because there’s a sense of failure in just leaving them there”. This made me really sad, and a part of me was afraid that one day, I would adopt a similar mindset. However, I know that there’s a group of people who will always be there to read my stories, so I’m gonna try to hold onto that idea and continue writing to make you happy and myself happy as well. Also I just realized that I always include one part in my author’s note that’s just sad for some reason :’)

ANYWAYS, I remember making a post a longgggg time ago that said “I promise that I will finish the slytherpuff series if it’s the last thing I do”. That has changed; I plan to post all the chapters leading up to their requited love at last (aka the part in which they actually get into a relationship together). After that, there’s still a bunch of chapters but they’re just fluffy bits, i.e. rainy day, they bake together, oop it’s one of their birthdays, etc. In other words, they aren’t essential to the plot. I could turn them into one-shots and stuff, but some of the chapters relate to the characters’ lives. In addition, it’s sweet to see their relationship progress. For those chapters regarding fluffy bits of their relationship, I won’t feel incentive to write them right away because their love is already requited and I also have two big series that I would rather work on. However, I’m not gonna start another series yet because I don’t wanna leave you on a cliffhanger in Chapter 3 and suddenly start writing a whole other series. The plan is to post all the chapters for the slytherpuff series leading up to the moment when they start dating (Chapter 7 or 8 will probably be when they actually get together). That way, there’s no rush to complete it because it’s just easy and sweet since they’re already in a relationship and readers aren’t anxiously waiting to see what happens next. After that, I will probably begin writing the other series, which will be different from the original slytherpuff series. You’ll see why. Once in a while, I will go back to the original series and write for that when I feel like it.

I’m trying my best to finish writing Chapter 4 :( It is gonna be long - I’ve already written about 7 pages and I am thinking of splitting it into two parts. If I do, I might be posting part 1 soon because it’s kind of already done. Then again, I like the idea of just posting it all at once. We’ll see! I’m gonna try to work on that after this. My desire to write is sporadic, but comments and interactions from readers are very impactful in terms of my motivation to write, so be sure to leave feedback if you can! I’ll see you all again the next time I post a fic. Thanks for reading!

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cherry-valentine · 2 years

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Fall 2021 Anime Season

Here’s what I’m watching this season!

86 Season 2 is probably the series I’m enjoying most this season. A surprisingly dark sci-fi series following a small group of teen soldiers who pilot mechs against a mysterious threat called the Legion, season two finds them taken in by a neighboring country who actually treats them well (unlike their home country, who used them as disposable pawns against the Legion). The first few episodes have them taking a stab at living normal lives, pursuing hobbies, getting regular jobs, taking classes, etc. But they’re soldiers at heart, and none of them are content to live in “peace” while a war is going on right outside their doors. The show has a lot to say about war, violence, PTSD, trauma in general, and found-family dynamics. While season one was almost evenly split between Shin and the 86ers fighting the Legion and Lena’s attempts to help them through political and military machinations from inside the Republic, season two is much more strongly focused on Shin and his group as they fight the Legion for a new country, one that has shown them kindness and respect. It’s been interesting to see how other countries are dealing with the Legion, and just how other countries are governed overall. It’s a bit of world-building that the series really needed. The music remains powerful and affecting. The battles are glorious to behold, with gorgeous backgrounds and impressive mecha designs. I’m warming up to the character art, which is still somewhat generic but at least it’s drawn well. Highly recommended.

World Trigger Season 3 is a lot of fun so far. Though I prefer the large-scale invasion arcs we saw in seasons 1 and 2, the smaller tournament arcs between teams have been good, especially when they involve upwards of four teams at a time, creating a somewhat chaotic but exciting feel. The show continues to balance a huge cast very well and has the right mix of action, humor, and emotional moments. The art and animation aren’t the most flashy but they do the job well enough. The show is getting pretty long by this point, so it’s getting harder to recommend it to new viewers, but if you’re looking for a shounen action anime to try, you can’t really go wrong with this one (provided you skip the filler arcs that took up the later episodes of season one). It has plenty of strong lady characters, doesn’t rely on fanservice to make us like them, and has a main protagonist who is more skilled in strategy than actual fighting (in fact he’s one of the weaker fighters in the entire series at this point), which gives the story a fresh take on the genre and avoids predictability.

Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 2 is starting out by adapting the Mugen Train arc again, this time adding in some scenes that the movie didn’t have time for. To be honest, I kinda wish I’d just waited and watched this version. Sure it’s broken up into episodes, but it’s basically an extended cut of the movie that’s much more enjoyable. In particular, the first episode of the season is almost entirely new content that wasn’t in the movie, and I really wish they’d found a way to cram even a few minutes of it into the film. It’s actually Rengoku’s introduction, and it does far more to make him likable and endearing than the entire movie did. So if you somehow haven’t seen the movie yet, at least watch the first episode of season two before doing so (and if you have seen the movie and are planning on skipping these episodes, also watch the first episode, since that’s where the bulk of the new content seems to be). It’s hard to talk much about the animation/music/etc. because most of it was taken from the movie, which had a much higher budget. Of course it looks gorgeous. Of course it sounds fantastic. The new arc starts soon, so there’s that. In general, Kimetsu no Yaiba’s strength is in its execution. It’s proof that you can take a fairly simple (even somewhat generic) story and elevate it to something amazing by giving it an incredible presentation. That’s not to say the show is all style, no substance. The characters are fun and there are some truly heartfelt moments. Recommended to anyone who wants to enjoy some beautiful animation.

The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window is the only brand new show I’m watching this season (and I’m going with the English title because it sounds so cool). It’s a BL (Boys Love) series. I think. The BL stuff is definitely on the back burner as the series focuses on its supernatural plot. The basic idea is that a young man named Mikado can see ghosts/spirits/whatever, which have always terrified him. One day he meets Hiyakawa, an exorcist who recruits him to work for him, with the promise of helping him to not be afraid all the time. There’s also a girl named Erika being forced to put curses on people by some shadowy group, and the plot so far surrounds Erika and the boys helping her escape. Right away, you might notice something odd: the fact that a female character has such a big role in a BL series. I was very surprised by how important Erika is. It’s nice that she’s there and has her own story and is not exclusively used to make one of the boys jealous (there’s a little of that, but it’s definitely not the only, or even the main, reason she’s there). She’s an interesting character for sure. But I do wish the BL elements were a little more present in the story. Another interesting character, and my favorite, is the police detective (or whatever his title is) named Hanzawa. His super power is not believing in any of this supernatural shit, which effectively makes him immune to all of it. His disbelief is so strong, in fact, that his blood or saliva can be used to make barriers to protect others from supernatural attacks! He’s a somewhat cranky older guy, middle aged and married and having no time for nonsense. I love him. Other than that, the art is decent. The character designs look good but the animation isn’t exactly high quality. The opening and ending themes are pretty good.

Note: There were several shows airing this season that looked interesting, but I’ve been so busy with holiday-related stuff that I didn’t get the chance to try them. If I watch them later, I might add them to later write up posts for future seasons. In the meantime, if you know of a good anime that’s airing this season, please let me know so I can look into it. I hate harem and I’m not crazy about isekai. Otherwise, I’m open to anything.

Carry Over Shows From Previous Seasons:

Shaman King

Best of Season:

Best New Show: The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window Best Opening Theme: Kimetsu no Yaiba Best Ending Theme: Kimetsu no Yaiba Best New Male Character: Hanzawa (Night Beyond) Best New Female Character: Erika (Night Beyond)

#Anime #Anime Reviews #Anime Recommendations #Seasonal Anime #Fall 2021 Anime #Text #86 #World Trigger #Kimetsu no Yaiba #The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window

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