Humanity is premiering, you jags!

corissa's my name, writing fic and obsessing about television shows is my game. she/her, early thirties.   ao3 // my edits

[catty-words]

sorry I'm late but I see that anon questioning a Daxton v. Benvi first time and raise you Ben & Paxton putting aside their differences (and perhaps indulging in some underlying attractions) to give Devi the first time - slash - threesome of her dreams

I'll see myself out lol

oh ho ho, i don't get nearly enough excuses to rec watching you kiss her but it's right up your alley, anon. please enjoy!!

and, if you please, the hypothetical title and summary of the fic i'd write myself if i were currently allowing myself to be distracted by one-shot ideas, which i'm not -

recommended: biting off more than you can chew, or - after a peculiar first time, ben and devi both seek the council of their only friend who knows anything at all about sex: paxton hall-yoshida.

[catty-words]

the sophistication pervading you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love (2026) has cemented my affection and my respect for olivia rodrigo's artistry. since i picked up her music back in 2024, i've found her clever & talented, but my enthusiasm was always tempered by the fact that i was not out-of-my-mind ravenous for either guts (2023) or especially sour (2021).

i'm ravenous for you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love (2026).

truthfully, "stranger" from guts (spilled) deserves a lot of credit for opening the door to olivia's actualized artistic voice. listening to it the first time, i felt so instantly and irrationally proud of her as young woman AND as an artist. the track reflects so interestingly on sour (2021), that listening to the album becomes a different experience altogether. and olivia deftly capturing the joyfulness and the sorrow of that self-actualization carries over to her third album so naturally.

the narrative is tight, all the parts complementing each other. the motifs of that which is good is sickening ("drop dead", "maggots for brains", "what's wrong with me") inverting into that which is painful is good for me ("the cure", "begged", "cigarette smoke") ultimately resolving in the singer reclaiming herself. the fucking bops ("drop dead", "maggots for brains", "u + me = <3", "expectations")!! it being the first album she's released that doesn't drag despite being about 15 minutes longer than either of her previous releases.

top-shelf record. i'm so excited to see what artistic ground she'll cover next.

[inadvertently-biblical]

HACKS - 5x10

[catty-words]

hacks is a show ultimately concerned with the interaction between material circumstances and the making of art. talent management being the b-plot stars of the show so the audience is forced to contend with the gears of the industry and not just the shiny finished product, deborah starting her journey in a place of material comfort but artistic stagnation, and the constant tension surrounding who most controls deborah's legacy - be it male executives, the media in their pockets, deborah's past naiveté, or deborah and her team - all contribute to a pervading sense that artistic expression is a hellish endeavor, at least if you want to do it well and sell a worthwhile product to an audience. there will be unfair constraints and devastating setbacks, and sometimes meeting that pressure head-on forces the best possible art from the artist.

having deborah ready to meet death with grace and certainty throughout the finale serves this theme so well. we've watched her toil again and again to reach new heights of creative expression, watched her set goals and meet them despite those who stood in her way. she'd be leaving the mortal coil personally and artistically fulfilled. there are no more mountains of material circumstances to climb, no more puppets of villainous misogyny to circumvent. may she rest on her laurels in perpetuity.

and yet.

deborah having a moment where she realizes that, regardless of the bigness of the creation, she's not ready to step away from the creative process subverts our expectation of her ultimate need. being an artist, at its base, is not about control or grandiosity or how long or short of a cultural shadow you cast. art is about seeing other people. it's about seeing yourself.

tinkering with her art suffuses deborah's life with meaning. of course her story ends with her alive! there's no material circumstance in the world - not even the inevitability of an end - that could stand in the way of art being made, experienced, and enriching everyone involved in its process.

[catty-words]

take this, you’ll need it for the journey ahead *tucks a pocket tree identification guide into your hand*

[outtagum]

"G...is Hannah a virgin?"

OFF CAMPUS 1.04 "The Breakup"

[catty-words]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Never Have I Ever (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Paxton Hall-Yoshida/Devi Vishwakumar Characters: Devi Vishwakumar, Paxton Hall-Yoshida, Trent Harrison Additional Tags: i've played pretty fast and loose with canon for this little ditty, goes divergent after season two though i imagine season three took a similar shape in this universe to canon, the one thing that's for sure is that season four is not canon to whatever this fic is Summary: The first time Devi sees Paxton Hall-Yoshida emerge from the water looking like freaking Poseidon—powerful, commanding, and dripping wet—it awakens something in her.

or, three times Devi finds a soaking wet Paxton compelling only to be disappointed + the one time Paxton finds a soaking wet Devi compelling

[jeaniefranklins]

Sex scene as character study is so good. What is your relationship to your body? What is your relationship to your partner? What lessons have you absorbed from the culture about yourself as a sexual being? How much do you have to trust someone before being comfortable with intimacy? What fears and insecurities come to the fore for you when you take your clothes off? It's so good.

[headspace-hotel]

How do they communicate? How do they expect others to communicate? How well do they understand their body and their own capacity for pleasure? What do they tend to do to make their partner feel comfortable? How comfortable are they showing emotion in front of others? How much insight do they have into what their own emotions mean and are connected to? What are they focused on during the encounter? How conscious are they of exchanges of power and vulnerability? very very very good

[kyraneko]

People sneer at sex scenes in fiction as pointless prurient fluff but this is a really intimate view of characters at the extremes of their interactions, their desires, their fears, their revelations and concealments, and the meat of their interactions and relationships. You can do so much with it!

[stellanslashgeode]

Sex scenes done well are like action scenes. There should be pauses in action, negotiation, turnabouts, revelation. Backstory is included, how does past trauma affect how a character wishes their body to be celebrated? How does their experiences together affect how they want to treat their lover's body?

[likeweareinparis]

This fic by @catty-words (actually all of her Ben x Devi sex fics, absolute perfection)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/42539559

[bethanyactually]

Nancy Drew + text posts (91/?)

Happy birthday, Kelsey!!! ✨🐜🐜🐜✨

[catty-words]

Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: Riverdale (TV 2017) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Betty Cooper/Jughead Jones Characters: Betty Cooper (Archie Comics), Jughead Jones Additional Tags: Season/Series 03, Season/Series 04, Canon Divergence - Season/Series 05, i'm using these tags but let's be serious, this fic engages very little with the fact of canon, because that would require the author remembering what the heck happens in this show, this show where everything happens too much, anyway. did you know there's a Darkness within Betty Cooper? Summary: Betty leans in. Jughead smoothly inserts the book into her path, bringing her nose-to-spine with it, but not before she catches the mischievous expression on his face.

He’s deliberately stalling.

or, three times Jughead refuses to give Betty what she wants as quickly as she wants it and the one time she doesn’t mind that he takes his time

[bethanyactually]

Nancy Drew + text posts (90/?) || Nancy x Ace + text posts (18/♡)

feat. tags I love by @pressdbtwnpages 💜✨ Happy birthday, Kelsey!!! 🥳

[sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog]

hahahahahahahahahaha suck it JD Vance.

[catty-words]

7, 19 & 22 for the music asks

7. a song to drive to

i find sick scenes (2017) a great driving album for the way it pumps me up, but especially the opening and closing tracks "renato dall'ara (2008)" and "hung empty".

19. a song that makes you think about life

gosh, so many tbf songs but especially "twin size mattress", "hello world", and "leaf pile".

22. a song that moves you forward

i wonder if this question intends to be taken physically or emotionally. i'll answer physically, though, with "cut to the feeling" by carly rae jepsen. impossible to sit still while listening!!

music asks

[catty-words]

1, 8, 17, 28! (also, hiiiiii, it's nice to see you on tumblr!)

(hiiii, thank you. i love you!)

1. a song you like with a color in the title

"wild blue yonder" by the amazing devil, on my mind because supposedly their next album is forthcoming & i'm excited!

8. a song about drugs or alcohol

"l.g. fuad" by motion city soundtrack!!!!

17 can be found here.

28. a song by an artist whose voice you love

"tell me how" by paramore - miss hayley powerhouse williams

music asks

[catty-words]

hi there <3 15 and 17 for music asks?

hiii, friend <3

15. a song that is covered by another artist

ooh, i mean, "wait so long" covered by motion city soundtrack and originally by trampled by turtles is one of my all-timers. i've loved that song for a long time.

a cover that's more recently come into my life and generates a similar amount of joy is "spin" covered by the front bottoms and originally by bad bad hats.

17. a song that would sing a duet with on karaoke

i assume this question wants me to pick a song i would sing as a duet for karaoke, but i'm taking it to mean i'd pick the song as my duet partner to sing a third song because that kind of personification appeals to me.

anyway, the answer is "more than it hurts you" by the front bottoms. all around pal, great karaoke partner i'd reckon.

for a legit duet, i feel a deep connection with "coney island" by taylor swift and that's, like, comfortably in my range. i've never done adult karaoke so i don't have any go-tos, but i think i could avoid embarrassing myself too hard with that one.

music asks

[catty-words]

Number 5 for the music ask

5. a song that needs to be played LOUD

forever a fall out boy nerd, but i can never resist turning "irresistible" up to full volume and shouting along

music asks

[benedictervention-deactivated20]

MUSIC ASKS these are actually pretty fucking hard but why not.

1:A song you like with a color in the title

2:A song you like with a number in the title

3:A song that reminds you of summertime

4:A song that reminds you of someone you would rather forget about

5:A song that needs to be played LOUD

6:A song that makes you want to dance

7:A song to drive to

8:A song about drugs or alcohol

9:A song that makes you happy

10:A song that makes you sad

11:A song that you never get tired of

12:A song from your preteen years

13:One of your favorite 80’s songs

14:A song that you would love played at your wedding

15:A song that is a cover by another artist

16:One of your favorite classical songs

17:A song that would sing a duet with on karaoke

18:A song from the year that you were born

19:A song that makes you think about life

20:A song that has many meanings to you

21:A favorite song with a person’s name in the title

22:A song that moves you forward

23:A song that you think everybody should listen to

24:A song by a band you wish were still together

25:A song by an artist no longer living

26:A song that makes you want to fall in love

27:A song that breaks your heart

28:A song by an artist with a voice that you love

29:A song that you remember from your childhood

30:A song that reminds you of yourself