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[kicks door open] what the fuck is up my people,, i have been told about tumblr messing stuff up again! its p much the only reason im giving y’all a sign of life after months of silence, sorry ‘bout that
as it seems even less likely for me to start using this hellsite again now, if you wanna talk to me my (personal) twitter is Evexe_n, currently its 80% me complaining about finding a job, 5% kpop, 10% animals + anime, and 5% random shitposts
(but honestly,, if i ever decide to properly update again, just being subscribed to the ao3 story in question should be good enough)
i guess you could also ask for my discord???? im not putting it here but if you ask i’ll tell you, i just dont actively use that either :’))))))))
remember that turnabout duels thing? heres some more…. B3c
RECAP: kaiba accused of murder a la turnabout goodbyes (maybe abt gozaburos death idk) but is ultimately acquitted thanks to the efforts of mutou and co. this doesnt really add anything narratively i just wanted to draw actual pride interaction LMAO
Your players are faced with an ancient Sumerian curse! However, since the early ancient Sumerian language was only used for recording tax debts, it turns out to actually be an ancient Sumerian bill.
and therefore they need to get hold of some ancient Sumerian coinage and bring it to the ruins of the ancient Sumerian tax office, because the Sumerians had a pleasingly direct way of preventing tax evasion, namely horrifying curses.
well I don’t have any coin but I have these copper ingots, lovely copper ingots, from a very reputable merchant, never heard a word said against him, very thorough with his paperwork, anyway they’re guaranteed pure copper and proper weight, so can I pay my tax with those?
I just want everyone to take a step back for a second and really think about how we’re using the most powerful knowledge tool in history to make jokes about a specific dude who lived almost 4000 years ago.
Ah, last night my poster looked ugly asf so I made a proper one this time. Price list of the upcoming Prideshipping food keychains. When it’s finished printing, I’ll snap some real product pictures.
As a child, you often daydreamed about a world you invented and you would occasionally write about it. 10 years later, you hear many different voices whispering to you. They are the prayers of the inhabitants of your imaginary world. To them, it has been 1000 years since you abandoned them.
Ehm, not at the moment? I still have some from a year ago that went unanswered………OTL
Though I always reply to random headcanons/plot ideas sent my way, and I sometimes end up doing a drabble of lil’ ficlet for it, in general I’m very bad at writing what I’m told/asked to write………
34. What are your thoughts on non-con and dub-con?
YOU HAVE OPENED THE FLOODGATES. IN SHORT, I HAVE ANGRY EMOTIONS™ ABOUT IT (but below the cut for brevity’s sake. Also this won’t be about the YGO fandom so much as a general rant for all of the fandoms I’m in).
Trigger warnings(?) for brief(?) discussion of the way non-con and all related themes were portrayed in some of the less avory fics I’ve read, for lack of a better term.
Ok so let me start this off by stating that I did, once upon a time, not have as strong an aversion to fics with the non-con/dub-con label as I do now. I never actively seeked them out, but I never flat out refused to read a fic for containing these themes either. It’s how I came across many of the things I’m about to sum up. I’m still of the opinion that if you like reading them or they help you in some way, that’s great!
However, over the years I, personally, have developed a strong dislike of 95% of all dub/non-con fics, because I continuously encountered a lot of things that squick me in those stories. Here’s some specifcs:
In case of the non-con occuring between the main pairing:- I prefer reading fics where I don’t absolutely hate one of the main characters. When I love a pairing enough to want to read/write fic of them, I tend to love both characters equally. Having straight up non-con between them is a surefire way to ick me out- Here’s a point that’s going to come up a lot: often it’s just really OOC. And if it’s not OOC then it usually uses tropes like sex pollen/abo/aliens made them do it, which have their own subset of problems. Some people don’t mind OOC portrayals, but I am not one of those people
In case of the non-con happening between one main character + someone else (usually an antagonist):- I get it, you need an evil ex. For plot reasons. But I guarantee you there’s about 99 more creative ways to make this person a douche without immediately going the full-out non-con route. Especially when it’s an established character for whom it would be completely OOC.- Not every villain has to lust after/prey on your protagonist, it’s ok. Sometimes they can just be murderous psychopaths or megalomaniacs without the added sexual predator vibes. I promise you they’ll still creep me out. You lose shock value when you make every villain have the same motivation (namely, subjugating your protagonist by fucking them) so maybe switch it up every so often?- Alternatively: just because ‘rapist’ is shorthand for ‘evil asshole’ doesn’t mean every evil asshole in your fic has to be a rapist.
Just general things about dub/non-con fics that squick me out:- Please, I’m begging you all, stop using rape as a plot device to create drama and prolong the resolution of your fic. This is aimed at those fics that are going along nice and steady, nearly all loose threads are resolved when suddenly, oh no, kidnapped by the abusive ex/someone got taken advantage of after they got drunk at a party/etc! Fics where rape is treated as nothing more than another bump in the road that the couple needs to overcome to be together is just, yikes.(This does NOT refer to the fics where the author has a story to tell specifically about dealing with (sexual) abuse and and trauma. When it’s the entire focus of the fic, it’s usually treated with due respect instead of ‘ok and then A got raped by C but B still loves A so they’re all ok again in 2k words bc true luv’)- I heavily dislike power imbalances/abuse of authority, and this can be played up beyond belief in non-con- So often I’ll see the ‘dub-con’ tag used for something that, by all means, should be labeled non-con. I’m willing to accept ‘these two idiots are pining for each other but think it’s unrequited, both get drunk and make out/sleep together while intoxicated oh no’ as a dub-con, maybe. If only one of them is drunk? If both are drunk but one is explicitly saying no? If they’re under the influence of outside forces (ye olde ‘sex pollen’ trope)? That moves from dub-con into non-con territory imo, because either only one party could give full consent, or none could. I don’t care how enthusiastic they were about it Deborah, your a/b/o heatfic still has a total lack of clear-minded consent- Here’s the big one that I wish I had never encountered, but I have: fics where non-con/rape is described in detail, as in, it’s treated as if it’s just a run-of-the-mill PWP fic and written as if I’m supposed to find this sexy????? UHM??? I’m pretty sure I’m supposed to find this traumatizing to read, and I am, but for all the wrong reasons.
There is the remaining 5% of fics tagged dub/non-con that I CAN read, and even love sometimes though, just to be clear.
Fics where the dub/non-con happened in the past, off-screen. The further removed from the act itself, the more likely I am to be able to read it. I don’t have a problem with reading about trauma aftermath, I have trouble reading romantizations of non-con.
I can read PWP fics involving bdsm scenes of rape fantasies, but even then it has to be established that the two people about to engage in this scene are all on board or I’ll close the tab in 0.001 seconds flat
Fics dealing with the aftermath of canonical abuse/rape/trauma/etc. If only because these fics are often written by salty fans, so they rarely glorify the acts that were depicted in canon and include a fair amount of knowledge (or research at the least) on both the characters and their traumas. These fics I do seek out sometimes to get closure for something canon glossed over. If you think this point is about comics, it is. Specifically about Dick Grayson (Robin I/Nightwing). I’m willing to throw hands about both the Mirage and the Tarantula incidents they put him through and then handwaved away. Don’t get me started on that Deathstroke and Terra thing back in the day either.
Tl;dr - I prefer my fics consensual, that’s the baseline here.
37. Talk about your current wips.
...................suffering. That’s it that’s all my WIPs thanks for coming to my TED talk.
On a more serious note, I think most people that follow me know that the big WIPs are the 5SOD one and WDMC. WDMC is next in line to be updated as of now, but fuck if I know when I’ll get around to writing the end of that chapter. For a fic where I already know the entire plot, writing it sure isn’t going smooth =-=
38. Talk about a review that made your day.
I don’t think I could name a singular review that made my day, so much as all reviews do that for me? And this does include tags on reblogs for fic updates on tumblr, those are amazing to read.
Basically I just crave validation and feedback, so I thrive on every single comment I get. The YGO fandom especially spoiled me with this, because y’all just seem to love leaving comments??? I’m so happy with it, but it was one hell of a culture shock when I wrote stuff for other fandoms afterwards & comments came in less often.
here’s a fun little comparison, because I love analyzing my fic stats!
YGO, sorted by kudos:
vs my other stuff sorted by kudos
(I’m not shaming the other fandom btw, they are rly generous with their kudos and I love them for it, it just took some getting used to because of the different levels of feedback that I got. Unless it’s chaptered fics, that one did really well for some reason :’) )
That being said, I get really giddy when people comment on fics that I consider personal favorites. For YGO, Hypnagogia is one of them, as is The Flower Speaks (for the sheer amount of effort I put into it haha).
Thank you for the questions!! This sure got long haha, I’m going to have to put most of it under a cut :’)
4. How many fic ideas are you nurturing right now? Care to share one of them?
Oh boy, I think I mostly just need to focus on the ones I already have… But in case the last replies didn’t make it super obvious, I’d love to do a fantasy AU oneshot or something (bc long fics stress me out too much atm) or a haunted house bit haha.
Though, not gonna lie, if I could ever make a viable YGO superhero AU I would do so in a heartbeat.
7. Share a snippet from one of your favorite pieces of prose you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.
Welcome to Dissect That Fic, with your host, Eve! Today, we have this little ‘nightmare’ tidbit from Hypnagogia:
[Atem] was standing on polished tile, he was buried in sand.
Referring to both the tile of Kaiba’s research lab and the desert respectively, to reflect the two parts of his soul/connection to Earth: Kaiba making his likeness with the AI, and the Puzzle(’s pieces).
It would pass, it always did.
That fact didn’t calm him down when he felt a presence other than himself draw near. Exhaled air rushing from lungs, a snarled reply, an unexpectedly gentle warmth on his cheek.
Again, this is Atem’s warped dream-perception of Kaiba’s interactions with the AI. Yes, I’m 100% implying Kaiba caressed AI Atem’s cheek.
Something crawled along his scalp.
Yes, Kaiba ran his fingers through AI Atem’s hair (this one, I think I mentioned before)
Pure sensation gave way to still images of places both familiar and not. One day he saw stone and sand, another he looked at stained glass. There was no set pattern between image and sound.
Stone and sand: the excavation site/puzzle pieces location + Stained glass: the church virtual reality construct
Cold - cards - drilling
Stars - birdsong - falling
He jerked back awake.
I’m proud of this part of prose because I like how it’s vague but (hopefully) still makes some sense. It’s meant to invoke the unease from Atem’s POV, while it’s probably pretty mundane from Kaiba’s.
8. Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.
Atem heard himself ask, “How long are you staying?”
Kaiba’s eyes narrowed. Suspicion, possibly confusion at the change in topic.
(…)
“I improved the system,” The other spoke up at last, “So I should have a another hour before I need to return.” He had moved to cradle his chin in the palm of his hand, elbow leaning on his knee. It did nothing to hide his smirk. “Why? Want a rematch already?”
Atem ignored the obvious provocation.
“No, it’s because you still look like you’re slowly falling apart.”
- from What Dreams May Come!
Atem is asking about the black particles that seemingly break off of Kaiba while he’s in Aaru, but it can also be taken as Kaiba’s current condition in the fic: he has finally reached Atem, but he’s not doing much better when it comes to dealing with loss etc. -shrugs- I just enjoy writing things that carry double meanings, so I’m pretty proud of this one.
2. Is there a trope you’ve yet to try your hand at, but really want to?
Hmm that’s a tough one… maybe a fantasy AU? If that counts as a trope…. Like, actual dragons and centaurs and mermaids n stuff. I really like those, but somehow never write anything for it haha.
If we need more of an actual trope-trope, I think I’d go for the ‘snowed in together because of this fucking blizzard’ trope, with all of the yugi-gang + kaiba bros. Hell, maybe the entire battle city finalists crew for Extra Drama.
15. If you could choose one of your fics to be filmed, which would you choose?
DSOD Probably the Stepping Stones ‘verse because that’s the type of rom-com drama I need and should write more of soon gdi me
16. If you only could write one pairing for the rest of your life, which pairing would it be?
I’m gonna assume this means one pairing per fandom or I’d just die instead, so for YGO, obviously it’d be prideshipping ♡
29. If you could write the sequel (or prequel) to any fic out there not written by yourself, which would you choose?
Oof, risky question, because as much as I love theorizing about what would happen next in WIP/abandonned fics or what the characters are like in that fic-verse, I don’t think I’d ever write something based on another person’s fanwork.
To explain a bit more properly: I do headcanon a lot with others / run over fic ideas with friends / collab sometimes (just ask @yugihell who so graciously listenened to my ramblings and inspired a good few details in the StSt-verse back when I actually managed to write ygo stuff regularly) but for me personally, there’s a difference between working with your friends, whom you know share more-or-less the same ideas about the characters, or trying to add onto a fic written by someone you’re not really close to. I’d just be terrified about somehow offending the original author, or making them dissapointed that I viewed a certain character this-way instead of the way they intended.
Yes, I know most people don’t actually make a big deal out of it/would be flattered. I myself would be too. But does my brain get this? No, it does not.
Tl;dr - My anxiety won’t let me consider the idea in a realistic manner :’)
35. Would you ever kill off a canon character?
Depending on the AU, yes. Can’t write haunted old mansion + new inhabitant murder mysteries if you’re not willing to kill a man or two (wait, that’s another trope idea I’d really like to write sometime haha).
Also, I dabble in comics fandoms, where everything is made up and the deaths don’t matter. So. There’s that. (￣∇￣;)
