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Kaiden | 30s | he/him pronouns | Enjoys Clexa, Monochrome, Faberry, Sleeping Warrior, Trimberly, Rositara, Palex, Jori, Korrasami, Shoot, Sashanne, Kuina/Ann, Bishova

[mostbelovedqueer]

Most Beloved (non-canon) Queer Ship Tournament - Round 1 - losers' bracket - 2.1

Which queer ship do you love more?

Kate Bishop/Yelena Belova (MCU)*

Nuala/Lucienne (The Sandman)*

how dare you make me choose

Remaining time: 2 hours 58 minutes

Disclaimer: This tournament is based on submissions! Please respect all identities, characters and fandoms! Hate or aggressive language (even if jokingly) will get you blocked instantly!

[mailenskygirl]

[bluewlf]

the most alive i've ever been

kiss me and i might drop dead

happy pride and something something bishova rooftop kiss!

the concept of kate kissing yelena right before her dramatic fall back and both of them feeling so thrilled is sooo 🛐🛐🛐 and you know rooftop kisses became their thing 👀

this was inspired by olivia rodrigo's song drop dead. highly recommend hallucinating bishova scenes to it

"kiss me and i might drop dead" -> "kiss me and i might do i really cool drop off the building to show off??"

[donnamissal]

[parasect]

Thanks, tumblr mobile, for unintentionally making this even funnier

[po-acus]

Just as I said, “is this ever going to load?” One gif loaded and honestly it answered my question perfectly.

[sternenhimmel-mond]

Together they create the full set.

[bartziefluff]

saw this again on my dash after reblog and…

[tuntematonkorppi]

tumblr black out poetry

[kagedtiger]

Why The Worst People You Know Love AI

Everyone who's ever worked even tangentially in a creative field has met an Idea Guy. They're fairly universally insufferable: the guy who comes up to you and unironically pitches, "I have a great idea for a [game/book/movie/painting/stuffed animal/whatever it is you make]." This is not a story about a great opus they are excited to embark upon, it is a suggestion for something *you* should do, which they are certain will make you rich and famous (and indebted to them for the favor of sharing this brilliant idea).

This man operates on a fundamental misconception about the nature of creative endeavors: that the Idea is what's important, and the act of implementation is a matter of grunt work; an unimportant trudge from start point to finish line. To him, the most valuable thing is not to make art, but to *have made* art.

The thing is, as any artist knows after making even a few simple works, the implementation *is* the art. Artistry, the artist's voice, is found in the cumulative effect of a thousand tiny decisions during the process of creation that communicate your point of view, your priorities, your vision. The way to become good at an art form (and indeed the only way to become good enough to recognize the difference between a good idea and a bad idea in the first place) is to gain experience with the nuances of the craft, the implementation of it. You must make these little decisions over and over until you understand the impact of each one and why you might make one choice over another.

To the Idea Guy, AI is a Promised Eden. It removes the "boring" and "unnecessary" implementation steps and takes you straight from your billion-dollar idea to the final product. Never mind that the AI is the one making all of those vital decisions for you; the Idea Guy does not have enough awareness of art to even understand that the final product doesn't match his initial vision, because he never had an initial vision in the first place: just an Idea.

People like this love AI because they fundamentally do not understand art. Ideas are cheap. Art is in the making.

[mustyoudothat]

If you take nothing else from this, remember that ‘idea guys’ don’t want to make art, they want to have made art.

Ever heard the phrase ‘a classic is a book everyone wants to have read but no one wants to read’?

It’s not a quote I overall agree with but it does (unintentionally perhaps) describe a similar mentality.

Someone who thinks like this is an incurious and lazy person who thinks they’re smart and proactive, because they want to have done something.

[smallandsundry]

life is for the wicked, not so heaven-sent

a lot more on patreon and a ficlet by the incredible @xkatebishop under the cut

"You just wait," Kate says with a smile as she watches Yelena secure the harness around her hips. "I'm gonna surprise you."

"By learning how to say, what was it? Strap me down? In all the languages I speak."

Kate's trying to focus, trying to remain calm and cool (she's totally calm and cool), but it's hard when Yelena just...looks like that. "I can do it, I'm a great student, especially when the rewards are baked right...oh." The words die on her throat as Yelena starts to move her, making Kate turn over onto all fours. "So we're just getting right into it then." Yelena leans down and whispers into her ear. "Неужели нужно ждать?" The tone, the vibration against her skin, the feeling of the strap sinking into her, it's all too much. "Let's see how good you can be, hmm?" Yeah, Kate's gonna learn how to beg for more in every language she can.

[aliearte]

I’m sorryyy lots of Bishova lately🙂‍↕️

[intosnarkness]

Here’s the thing: authors know when they get a rec on an older story. There’s a telltale uptick of kudos (with a 10-15% comment rate if you’re lucky) in your digest email.

The thing is, there’s no way to know where these people are coming from. In the before, when fandom was more in the corners we all knew about, you could search LJ or a message board or whatever social bookmarking site we were using. You could join the community and participate.

You could get a little dopamine hit by seeing someone tell their friends why they loved your story.

Anymore, those recs are hidden in discords, or in tiktoks or instagram slideshows that you can’t search for. They’re inaccessible, not discoverable unless you’re already there. You may never know why 27 people left kudos on an old story of yours, what they liked and found in your writing. You just get the thumbs up and a kinda lonely feeling, cause these could be your people. You could like them, maybe. You could be friends.

But you’ll never find out why they stopped by, or what people are saying about you behind your back, and that’s sad.

So thank you to the people who still do public rec lists on this webbed site. You are my sunshine, and I’m appreciative of all of you.

[saathi1013]

If you are recced a fic and enjoyed it, leave a comment telling the author where you came from! We like to know!

[catbellybuttons]

writing the first half of a fic: yaaaay! wooo!!! 🌈💝 fun ideas 😊💖✨️~

writing the second half of a fic: I am in a fight with god himself and he is winning

[catbellybuttons]

lads is it good when your document starts to look like this:

[luxfuxxvii]

not now kitten. daddy only planned the first half of his wip, and now he has to figure out what the fuck to do for the other half.

[a-tangled-mermaid]

Sigh. At least I have this.

[uncleasad]

[Image ID: two-panel Drake meme. In the top panel, Drake is turning his head away and has his hand up opposite his head. This panel is captioned “I'M NOT A REAL WRITER BECAUSE I'VE HAD WRITER'S BLOCK FOR 6 MONTHS.” In the bottom panel, Drake is facing the camera with his eyes closed and a pleased expression on his face. This panel is captioned “I AM A REAL WRITER BECAUSE I WON'T USE AI TO WRITE FOR ME NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES.” /end ID]

[shigure]

i'm sorry i never did your tag game. i love you

[mostbelovedqueer]

Most Beloved (non-canon) Queer Ship Tournament - Round 1 - losers' bracket - 1.1

Which queer ship do you love more?

Kate Bishop/Yelena Belova (MCU)*

Zachariah Trench and Casper Darling (Trenchling) (Control)

how dare you make me choose

Voting ended onMay 24

Disclaimer: This tournament is based on submissions! Please respect all identities, characters and fandoms! Hate or aggressive language (even if jokingly) will get you blocked instantly!

[luxfuxxvii]

not now kitten, mommy needs to get up off her ass and overcome her fear of writing poorly because it's better than not writing at all.

[the0fi]

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

Chapters: ¼ Fandom: Hawkeye (TV 2021), Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Yelena Belova/Kate Bishop, James “Bucky” Barnes & Yelena Belova Characters: Yelena Belova, Kate Bishop, James “Bucky” Barnes, Lucky the Pizza Dog (Marvel), Minor Ava Starr, Minor Cassie Lang, Minor Agatha Harkness Additional Tags: Post-Movie: Thunderbolts (2025), Song: Somewhere (Vincent Lima), The author is projecting their quarter life crisis, Bucky Barnes and Yelena Belova are Like Siblings, POV Alternating, But mostly Yelena POV, Canon Compliant if you ignore Daredevil Born Again S2 Summary:

Yelena squares her shoulders and lifts her head up, ready for a fight. There’s a hundred arguments on the tip of her tongue, but when her eyes lock with Kate’s every single one of them falls away. What she sees on Kate’s blue eyes is so familiar that she had never seen it anywhere but in the mirror, and it feels like diving head first into ice cold water.

She takes a step back and raises her hands as a sign of peace much like Kate had done a few minutes earlier, choosing to deescalate the situation before Kate draws her bow and she finds out if third time really is the charm.

“You really should’ve just given the flash drive to us,” Yelena says with a tired sigh. 

“You should’ve asked nicely.”

Or: Set after the events of Thunderbolts*, Kate and Yelena are searching for their purpose when they cross paths and find that maybe they’re more similar than they once thought. And maybe they don’t have to search alone.

[justburnitwithfire]

When I decided to lean into the Sorrow Saturday/Sorrow Sunday title for fun, it was just meant to promote my silly little fanfic.

Not to receive the results from all the tests my mom had over the course of the week confirming that she's got advanced liver cancer. 🙃🙃🙃

Happy Sorrow Sunday, I guess.

[chilewithcarnage]

maybe putting some awesome sauce on this nothing burger will do the trick

[chekhovs-raygun]

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