I Write Things Sometimes

Weirdo named Eso, He/they, 27, Fic Writer, currently obsessed with Gachiakuta, Project Hail Mary, and the fucking gay mafia sports book AO3: IneffectualOmens

[adventuringanxiously]

Blind!Zanka AU Fic

TLDR: Zanka's blind because of the well. He desperately doesn't want Enjin to find out. Rudo makes this difficult. Then Jabber shows up and makes everything else infinitely worse (or is it better?)

Title: Sight Unseen Rating: Mature, Graphic Violence Chapters: 6/? (Incomplete) Current Word Count: ~41k Relationships: Zanka/Jabber, platonic Zanka & Rudo & Riyo, and Zanka's one-sided puppy crush on Enjin Tags (abbreviated): Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Humor, Self-Hatred, Canon-Typical Violence, Sadist Zanka, Masochist Jabber, Jinki Fucking, Headaches & Migraines

Summary: Zanka’s blind. Has been for years. Most of the Cleaners are oblivious to it, but everyone who needs to know is already aware (and Enjin Doesn’t Need To Know, RIYO—)

So, yeah, baggage there. But with Assistaff’s help his blindness is basically paperwork (it is not) so there’s no reason to tell Enjin. (Or anyone else.) Besides, their fearless team leader is busy training the new kid! No reason to bother the guy with petty bullshit from years ago. He's got too many responsibilities as-is, and honestly, Enjin probably wouldn’t even care so there's no actual point in saying—

Then Rudo finds out.

Rudo, who can barely keep his emotions in check, let alone a fucking secret.

This is going to end fucking terribly, isn’t it? (Jabber's getting involved—of course it will.)

[lemorgo]

don't let go of my hand

[sexy-people-contests-2026]

User asked to remain anonymous

[adventuringanxiously]

As a Protestant I’ll happily argue in favor of this especially if a conservative is griping about it. Oh? You think being trans is a sin? Well, ol’ Jeezy boi was supposed to experience every human sin before his death. And if being trans is a sin . . . Weeeeeeell then he wouldn’t have been very cis now would he? (Wouldn’t’ve been straight either)

Agender God is also a pet headcanon of mine so it’s nice to see other folks had the same thought. Happy Pride anon 🏳️‍🌈

[allegedly-human]

nonsense words such as "blorbo" and "skibidi" are outliers and a minuscule minority and thus do not invalidate that statement

[parkchanwoohoo]

Realizing that I am not employing enough of my free will to become a nuisance at work

[raine-of-auroria]

Me watching this:

[cowboybarbaryn]

I’m not letting this rot in the tags

[dandeliont3aandsageleaves]

While Grace is teaching the Eridians, he mentions how important socialization and pack bonding is for humans. Humans require a community to thrive and get depressed if they're left alone, so it's best to keep them in groups. However humans can pack bond with anything, and Grace is very close to the Eridians, so he's okay.

The Eridians misunderstand him, and proceed to panic because they only have one human. They only have one human but it turns out you need to keep them in packs. They can die if they're isolated for to long and they can't let Grace die this is bad bad bad.

So they send a message to earth, asking if anybody would be willing to volunteer to live on Erid with Grace. They stress that while this is a life or death matter, they need the human to be a willing participant. That all of their needs and wants would be met and that the Eridians would give Earth information and technology in exchange. The volunteer would be given a life of luxury in exchange for living on Erid with Grace.

Unfortunately, there is a mistranslation, and the humans think that the Eridians require a sacrifice otherwise they will use their resources against earth. In order to avoid a possible interstellar war with an alien species, they choose a convict who has a life sentence to be locked in a bare rocket and blasted off to Erid.

That is how Simon, the only survivor of his religious extremist cult, ended up on the SM-13 headed to an alien planet against his will.

[polaneva]

If I had a nickle for every angler fish monster whose lure is perceived as God by its prey, I'd have 3 nickles. Which isn't alot, but-

[adventuringanxiously]

Blind!Zanka AU Janka Relationship Meme Template

so the brainrot continues. Anyhow, I originally filled this out because I wanted to get a better handle on how the Janka relationship in the fic I'm writing would be similar/different to canon . . . though I may have also wanted to fiddle around with character designs/attempt to seriously draw something for the first time in like four years. (Not a terrible result, I think, for something I partially traced off screenshots from the anime.)

Alright, step one was figuring out my opinions on "canon" so here's that. Long story short, Zanka never forgets Jabber's "I wonder if I woulda had more fun if I picked a different Cleaner" line. It haunts his ass even after Jabber admits that he has the most fun fighting Zanka (even if he's kinda weak). Between being young and the poster child for imposter syndrome, it's gonna take years for him to chill out. Luckily Jabber likes him crazy :P

Relationship Notes: Blind!Zanka is somehow even more committed to being Independent and Useful than his canon counterpart, effectively taking what I would originally call a switch4switch relationship into a top4switch one. He will be in control of himself forever . . . until Jabber comes along and makes him realize being in control of other people can be a lot more fun. Zanka's still suffering from his need to exceed, but he's a bit more confident than canon. Mostly because he's had to be. You have to trust yourself to be able to advocate for yourself--something Corvus has been insisting he do for years. On Jabber's end, he's had an extra year to get his shit kicked in by Zodyl and random strangers, which means an extra year to get fucking sick of it. Already perceptive by nature, pure boredom/hyperfixation gave him a sufficient kick in the ass to actually, like, try with Zanka. To understand him to some extent. The main result of this, hilariously, has been Jabber rediscovering that he is capable of feeling shame. He Is Not A Fan. And also that he has non-horny emotions. And Shit. Don't get it twisted--by the time they're actually together-together Jabber wouldn't trade Zanka for anything. But that doesn't make this "being a manic-depressive murder goblin but also a person sometimes" thing any less weird. Design Notes: Long hair Zanka my beloved. Pierced to hell and back Jabber my beloveder. Both of them have their hair up/back because of practicality and I wanted a change of pace. (In Jabber's case I've decided someone sliced off that one front loc and turned it into a bang, a loss which killed years of hard work. His fastidious ass has yet to get over it, so he's been living in ponytails and half-ups ever since.) Anyways, my hot take is that if one of them is gonna have a 12-step skincare routine it'd be Jabber. He has his nails painted in the post-apocalypse. He's taking care of 2-foot dreads in the post-apocalypse. He has fistfuls of meticulously cared for jewelry in the post-apocalypse. Whereas I postulate Zanka rolls out of bed, washes his face, puts on deodorant, slaps on enough hair gel to weather a tornado, and then walks out the door.

Bonus: Christ almighty Tumblr made that crunchy. Anyways, My favorite Zanka still edited into an approximation of what his hair looks like when it's fully down. We're kinda going for wolf cut vibes, but it's anime so just about anything at that length is probably gonna end up like that. As for why it's my favorite, the answer is simple--he looks like such a grumpy bitch I can't help but laugh every time I see it. End Note: It looks like the user who originally made the template (now Gibbarts) has changed usernames but they did upload another version on Twitter: Link

[stereosonicanimatronic]

ryland grace is aroace. however he is also stratt’s dead wife, rocky’s red string of fate starcrossed soulmate, & intensely violently homosexual for mark “simon iron lung” iplier. all things are true & all things can coexist. peace & love on planet erid

[godkissedme]

It’s important to me that my nonsense remain high quality

[goldenjuniper]

janka ❤️

[corpse-toy]

plausible deniability remains highly erotic

[corpse-toy]

let's convince ourselves that this is okay. let's rely on technicalities to exonerate ourselves. let's avoid looking what we're doing in the eye. let's live under its shadow, both aware of what this is but unwilling to say it out loud, since that will shatter the careful illusion we've built

[shhet444]

[cloudabserk]

grace is like rocky be honest am i too clingy? and rocky is like grace i would mind meld with you if i could.

[wildminti]

Rocky was going to say "fans of PHM" but Grace panicked! 🏳️‍🌈

[tendebill]

[part 1] [part 2]

rocky learns about the Denmark incident :]

[adventuringanxiously]

What do you mean I blacked out and now the sun is out and there’s 2k more words in my Scrivener file