Soaring (Kyung)Soo(n)

90% Kyungsoo, tbh. 9% Kaisoo. The other 1% could be anything.

[hawkland]

“The Greatest of These” - a commission for @doctorprofessorsong for the SPNFamilyRelief auction.

I seriously enjoyed working on this piece, which was inspired by @doctorprofessorsong’s beautiful fic “The Greatest of These” (go read it if you haven’t yet!) I love doing different interpretations of trueform angels, and the imagery in the story gave me so much inspiration to draw upon and try to capture. 

The original work is 20″x 16″ in size, completed in watercolor and gouache. I used a lot of metallic and duochrome paints to try to get the effect of shimmering light on the wings and rings, which you can perhaps see better in the video included beneath the cut.

(Prints and other merch will be up in my teepublic shop shortly—see my pinned post for link.)

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[stonelions]

dean would absolutely lose cas at grocery stores and go around asking people "hey have you seen a little guy in a trench coat? 'bout yea high? [hand at his shoulder] peach fuzz, devastatingly handsome? sensible shoes? just kind of a weird, dorky little guy?"

everybody is on the lookout for some short, questionably dressed mystery man and meanwhile cas, 6' tall, shaped not unlike a shot putter, is standing at the checkout scrutinizing the tabloids like "...i'm not sure there's any veracity to these claims" while the cashier's register throws a fatal error bc she accidentally lasered him with the barcode scanner and it saw infinity

[colorlessjay]

I had to draw it

Cas from Dean's POV VS Castiel to everyone else

[cas-dyke]

every once and a while dean looks at cas’s lips like they’ve personally insulted him

[starofcalliope]

I need an SPN normal au where Cas is just as unhinged as he is in canon. He's just a normal human, but he seems to randomly appear behind people whenever he feels like it. He has a normal job, but he threatens to throw Sam out of a window for drinking the last cup of coffee. He's in a normal, human relationship, but he gives Dean a real human heart for Valentine's Day and refuses to say where he got it from.

[colorlessjay]

An AU where Cas is a normal guy with autistic rizz

[burnhamandtilly]

“I knew that I felt differently for you than I did for Sam, but I had assumed it was because of our bond. Part of me always knew that wasn’t the case, but I clung to the idea because I was… afraid. Once I broke allegiance with Heaven, it was much easier to face. But even after I was able to recognize what I was feeling, I was… unsure of what to do with it.” Castiel pauses and looks away. Dean waits for him to continue, but he remains silent “What’s that supposed to mean?” Dean prompts quietly, afraid of his own voice. It feels like the air has been sucked out of the room, sucked out of his lungs. One stiff wind could topple him. Frustration crosses Castiel’s face, and his eyes meet Dean’s again. “When you are hungry, you eat. When you are tired, you rest. When you are dirty, you bathe. But what are you supposed to do with love?”

↳ from closer (isn’t close enough) by fleeceframe

[lohver]

not to suck my own dick or anything but im such a good lover like when my heart is invested in u i love so hard & i try my best to be mentally + emotionally supportive for u at all times

[cheren1234-deactivated20130706]

people who make you feel bad for liking what you like are the worst kinds of people

[mikeysknobbyknees-blog]

[stridemother-deactivated2014121]

you know what’s really obnoxious

when you show a lot of interest in something and you want something really fucking bad and your parents like

laugh at you

like they make fun of you for liking or wanting something

like holy shit wanna know the best way to knock your own kid’s self esteem

make them feel stupid for the things they like

wow

[soaringsoon]

me: reads fanfic.

otp: "i love you."

me: mutant noise

me: strokes screen

me: flails

me: drops laptop

me: rolls off of bed

me: rolls into space

[sereshaws]

Does anybody start running in circles and jumping up and down after reading a fluffy fanfic or is that just me

[soaringsoon]

Fanfic has ruined proper books for me. I keep reading and I’m like where is all the gay sex.

[fuckyeahdavidgillian]

“When we first got on set and I saw them together, I got chills. They’ve always had a chemistry that’s rare in television. It was like having a family back together.”

Chris Carter, USA Today, Feb 2008

[soaringsoon]

me: cries when i can't go to a concert

me: cries when i can go to a concert

[whatwouldjinkido]

suho obsession

[ao3commentoftheday]

I've often reassured authors that responding months or years later to a comment you received is nothing to worry about because often the reader who receives the reply will return to the fic and reread it and enjoy it all over again.

I think I need to talk more about how wonderful it is to receive a comment on an old fic and reread my own writing because odds are very good that my fic is exactly the kind of thing I love to read and it's been long enough that I forget the details and get to enjoy it too.

If you've ever commented on one of my old works, I hope I've replied and told you what a treat it was to be reminded of my own story and share your excitement in reading it for the first time. 💗

[veeaziel]

every day i am percieved™️

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

There is a reason for this though!

The original tweet summarizes it pretty well. Fanfic tends to be popular among certain types of neurodivergent people (aka people most likely to read excessively as a child, and have burnout as an adult) for the same reasons that we tend to hyperfixate–neurochemical signaling (I hope I’m using that phrase correctly). What I mean is, for people who are really dependent on changes in dopamine/serotonin/neurotransmitter levels, who have low levels or wonky neural reward systems (perhaps the most common types of neurodivergence)…people like us rely on dependable external sources of those neurochemicals. In order to function, we spend a lot of our free time trying to level out our brain chemistry using things that can reliably bring us a steady stream of joyful moments (rewards) without costing too much of the mental effort that is already in short supply. 

significantly: the investment of reading has to be balanced with a steady “return on investment”–and this return has to start fairly quickly. because again, we don’t have a lot of attention/energy to invest on tiring things. we have perpetual “low batteries” in that regard.

that doesn’t mean these stories are “simple,” or that they lack complexity or value–only that the reward has to come in short regular intervals, and it has to have a low “upfront cost.” these stories are only “easy” to read in the sense that the effort we put into them is rewarded in a timely manner. which is why fanfic stories are so perfectly formulated for neurodivergent readers–they are often beautifully written, but skip a lot of the upfront costs (of introducing new characters, of world-building, of getting the audience emotionally connected to the story elements).

the nature of fanfiction is that the reader has a pre-existing relationship with this world and these characters. that–combined with the shorter average length of fics–means that fan fics very quickly start rewarding the reader in a way that traditional fiction struggles to. that’s not a bad thing! and maybe it’s something more traditionally published writers should be paying attention to.

Fanfic, as a genre, has been uniquely helpful and accessible to many neurodivergent readers who would otherwise struggle to immerse themselves in stories. I’m glad so many of you have found a way to love and enjoy reading again! The important thing is that you are spending time inside stories you love–the way those stories are published or presented to the world is just one detail. The fact that you find joy in the process of reading (or listening!) to stories–that is what matters.

[attackofjak]

I feel understood 🥰

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

a bunch of people have reblogged this with the default “i feel called out” reaction….and i know when we say that we mean it tongue-in-cheek….but this comment sorta blew my mind & shifted my perspective up and to the left a little thank you♥

[veeaziel]

every day i am percieved™️

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

There is a reason for this though!

The original tweet summarizes it pretty well. Fanfic tends to be popular among certain types of neurodivergent people (aka people most likely to read excessively as a child, and have burnout as an adult) for the same reasons that we tend to hyperfixate–neurochemical signaling (I hope I’m using that phrase correctly). What I mean is, for people who are really dependent on changes in dopamine/serotonin/neurotransmitter levels, who have low levels or wonky neural reward systems (perhaps the most common types of neurodivergence)…people like us rely on dependable external sources of those neurochemicals. In order to function, we spend a lot of our free time trying to level out our brain chemistry using things that can reliably bring us a steady stream of joyful moments (rewards) without costing too much of the mental effort that is already in short supply. 

significantly: the investment of reading has to be balanced with a steady “return on investment”–and this return has to start fairly quickly. because again, we don’t have a lot of attention/energy to invest on tiring things. we have perpetual “low batteries” in that regard.

that doesn’t mean these stories are “simple,” or that they lack complexity or value–only that the reward has to come in short regular intervals, and it has to have a low “upfront cost.” these stories are only “easy” to read in the sense that the effort we put into them is rewarded in a timely manner. which is why fanfic stories are so perfectly formulated for neurodivergent readers–they are often beautifully written, but skip a lot of the upfront costs (of introducing new characters, of world-building, of getting the audience emotionally connected to the story elements).

the nature of fanfiction is that the reader has a pre-existing relationship with this world and these characters. that–combined with the shorter average length of fics–means that fan fics very quickly start rewarding the reader in a way that traditional fiction struggles to. that’s not a bad thing! and maybe it’s something more traditionally published writers should be paying attention to.

Fanfic, as a genre, has been uniquely helpful and accessible to many neurodivergent readers who would otherwise struggle to immerse themselves in stories. I’m glad so many of you have found a way to love and enjoy reading again! The important thing is that you are spending time inside stories you love–the way those stories are published or presented to the world is just one detail. The fact that you find joy in the process of reading (or listening!) to stories–that is what matters.

[attackofjak]

I feel understood 🥰

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

a bunch of people have reblogged this with the default “i feel called out” reaction….and i know when we say that we mean it tongue-in-cheek….but this comment sorta blew my mind & shifted my perspective up and to the left a little thank you♥