#ask liliy

[greyliliy]

What attracts peri and dale to each other as you hc them?

Depends on the fanfic. LOL.

But on a more serious note, I think Peri admires Dale's good qualities: He's dedicated, clever, hard working, and inventive. It's mainly a matter of keeping those qualities from turning into his downfalls: greed and overworking.

Dale, I think, likes Peri because he can see all his flaws and still likes him anyway.

[greyliliy]

Hello I just finished reading through all of your Saiyuki fic "Raising Kouryuu" and I had a few questions if that's alright? 1. Why make Sanzo into Kouryuu to begin with? It seemed as if Ni just made him back to his original age and brainwashed him - I'm not sure what having Sanzo become younger actually accomplished in regards to Ni's goals? And 2. I honestly really want a happy ending 😢 I was wondering if it would be okay to write like, an AU or something regarding your main story?

Hello! It's been a while since I wrote that one! It was honestly one of my favorites.

Nii did making Sanzo young to reset him, in a sense. He wanted to influence Sanzo as a child (as Kouryuu) so he could better win him over as an adult. He wanted the Devotion that Sanzo gave to his master to him.

As for the ending, sorry! I wrote a little gag ending for that fic to lighten the mood, but it wasn't meant to be a happy story.

(But if you want to imagine a happier ending in your head, that's fine. Lol. I'm not going to stop you. XD)

[greyliliy]

I don’t mind fandom elders but being a fresh 18 I don’t know when it’s alright to befriend fans so much older than me and who have more life experience. Should I wait a while longer? Maybe when I feel more confident as an adult?

I think that’s always going to depend on the adult you’re talking with and your own comfort levels. I mean, you’re talking with someone who’s almost forty right now. XD

In most cases, if you’re just talking about fandom things--it’s not going to matter how old the person is. Gushing about your favorite characters, fanfics, art, or story plots isn’t going to change much no matter what your age. I have fun fandom conversations with people ten years older than me and ten years younger.

The age gap shows up once in a while (like when personal topics come up, like spouses and kids and whatever), but it’s no different than when I’m talking with people older or younger than me in real life.

When it comes to discussing more mature topics in shipping, that’ll be a personal call. Most reasonable adults are more than happy to set boundaries about what topics are okay to discuss and what aren’t, and then respect them--no matter what your age. Just because someone is older (or you’re both the same age) doesn't mean that they are okay with mature topics.

Last of all, trust your gut. If a conversation is making you uncomfortable, there’s probably a reason. 

On a side note, I do think that a lot of modern fandom culture has warped some people’s senses of interacting with those older or younger than you. It’s very common in the real world to be around people much older and younger than you in many situations. Your coworkers, your friends, your friends’ friends, your friend’s parents, activities you join, classes--there’s a wide range of people with different life experiences.

Example: I’m in a local, hobby orchestra and most of the people in it are twice or three times my age--making me the young one around others with more life experience. But for one concert, we had some high school students getting extra credit for some class or another, so I shared a music stand with a bright and fun teen. We talked music and safe subjects, with a bit of “In my day we didn’t have snapchat” thrown in for fun (and I in turn get the “In my day we didn’t have mobile phone” conversations from the older members lol).

The end point: It’s your call. If you found a super cool older person in fandom to chat with and interact who doesn’t pressure you, that’s great! Have some fun!

Just remember that regular internet safety rules apply to all: Don’t give out too much identifying personal information, if you do choose to meet make sure it’s in a public place and people know where you are and who you’re with, keep topics in your comfort zone, feel free to drop out of conversations that make you uncomfortable.

And if you find you’re still unsure talking with older folks, that’s fine, too! Be polite and find some friends closer in age. A well adjusted adult will understand and respect it (and likely remember being that age too!).

[greyliliy]

How are you feeling about transformers these days?

I will always find robots and cars attractive. Sentient ones even more so. Lol.

Uh, but the more serious answer is I have no idea what’s been going on with Transformers since I stopped reading MTMTE (There was a lot of stuff I enjoyed in that comic, but how they changed Rodimus’ character just...it was too much. I got too far and it ruined the entire comic for me.). I’m just totally out of the loop to whatever the current cartoons/comics/games are at the moment.

I think I stopped by the TF toy aisle the other day and didn’t recognize anything and went “Ah, yes. I’m behind.”

I still feel fondly for the shows I have seen, though. I’m always a fan of G1 and I liked the first couple of Seasons of Prime. Animated is always a classic. I certainly don’t mind seeing Transformers stuff on my dash at all.

Transformers has always been one of those fandoms that I’m in and out of ever since I started watching Beast Wars as a kid. I’m sure it’ll come back (heck, I even opened up a few old fanfics and wrote some notes for updates later...probably next year, but I wrote them!). XD

[greyliliy]

I love AO3 but, I feel so uncomfortable knowing that full blown p*d* stuff is there too. That’s the one thing I want gone from the site.

Everything permitted on AO3 is legal, and tagged like 90% of the time--and in this specific case, it’s required to be (albeit “Chose not to warn” may be the tag in question).

They have an awesome “Exclude” section in their search now to help you avoid anything you don’t want to see.

The problem with blanket bans of content is it will always end up hurting more people than it helps.

(On a side note, there’s very little on AO3 that hasn’t already been published in classic and modern literature for a wide variety of reasons from trying to help people understand their trauma to genuine attempts at shock and disgust. And human beings are very, very bad at telling which is which sometimes, which is why--again--blanket content bans don’t really work.)

[greyliliy]

A transformers AU where You get SI'd on to Cybertron during the infant stages of the Civil War but instead of choosing a clear side, you operate a nightclub/neutral meeting location where in you use it to aggressively ship your Transformers OTPs under the guise of keeping relations civil between the two main factions while flipping the bird at the Noble Elite who are clearly responsible for the Civil War happening in the first place.

Sentinel Prime can kiss Unicron's Rusting Aft.

Sentinel Prime x Unicron is an interesting OTP. XD I’ll give it that. Lol.

You see, I’m torn about this ask because the War itself is my favorite part of Transformers. Lol. I tend to be most invested in storylines where the Autobots and Decepticons are ripping each other apart.

That’s what makes crossfaction ships exciting in the first place. XD Lol.

Who needs peace!? XD

(To clarify...in the fictional setting. I want the Warmonger!Decepticons in Fiction only. XD)

[greyliliy]

MHA / Hazbin Hotel Crossover where the Hazbin crew finally get redeemed and reincarnated but by chance they all end up being reborn in the city of Mustafa where they all end up reuniting thing to their mutual 'friend' Izuku. Their quirks are all based off of either their demon forms (Husk, Sir Pentius, Angel, and Vaggie) or their demonic powers (Alastor, Niffty, Cherry, and Charlie). All the while it's Izuku and Charlie who have to act as the groups moral compass in a world of heros and villains

The Hazbin crew as Heroes is definitely interesting. XD (Though “Anti-Heroes” feels more accurate. Lol.)

[greyliliy]

MHA AU where All Might chooses, of all people, Bakugo Katsuki as his successor.

Mirio would probably have some words to say about that.