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By the way, guys, just, something I’ve noticed—

You know you guys can add to anything I post, right?

I notice that a lot of you newcomers, especially, have been using the [reply] feature to respond directly to me — which is much appreciated, don’t get me wrong. But I’ve noticed that a number of you haven’t been using the [reblog] feature — not with me, and not with anyone else’s posts, either (I check your blogs from time to time lol). What reblogging does is that it basically allows you to circulate posts you like or wish to respond to directly through your own blog, and it’s often used to open up conversations to a wider audience.

Like — okay, to me, my Tumblr blog is basically the equivalent of gathering around a campfire to swap stories and ideas about the characters we all like. Whenever I make a post, that’s like me opening up a new story that other people can add to as they wish. When you reblog, it’s like you adding to the story among the group in a way that allows anyone else to easily see your addition and perhaps even give their own take. When you reply, it’s like taking me aside and telling me something that others can reply to if they want to go through the effort of actively listening in, but that’s mostly meant for my ears. (And as an aside — sending me a private ask with your own ideas is basically you whispering something to me that you want me to bring up to the group in your stead, lol.)

And don’t get me wrong, I’m not dissing replies or asks or anything like that, I appreciate those too! But by reblogging, you…kinda take the onus off of me to keep the conversation going, and — I dunno, maybe some of you would like to give it a try?

Also, just so everyone is aware: there is no time limit on when it’s appropriate to respond to posts. I understand that this is a thing on sites like Instagram or w/e but it’s REALLY not a thing here. We’ve got shit from 2013 that’s still circling around and nobody thinks it’s weird or unusual. So, if there are some posts/ideas/fanmade ifs that you wanna bring up again or add your own ideas to or whatever you like — there’s nothing stopping you from doing that. (In fact, a lot of those IFs I put on pause specifically because I wasn’t sure where to go next. So, while I can’t promise anything…by adding to it, you might inspire me to pick up some stuff I haven’t touched in a while :) )

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Out of all of your IFs, which Subaru is having the best Christmas?

Pffft, alright that’s fun. I’ll keep this limited to the ones that are significantly different from canon:

Crusch IF: Assuming this is post-Whale and not that crack fic prompt I wrote last year, it’s…honestly it’s a pretty good Christmas. He’s practically the darling of the Crusch Camp at this point, so like at least half of those people have decided to get him at least something small. This is especially the case since they still haven’t actually publicly acknowledged his contribution to the Whale/Sloth fight due to him being in no condition to receive that sort of recognition, and even though that was absolutely the kindest thing they could have done at the moment a lot of them STILL feel pretty guilty about it. Then there are people like Crusch, Wilhelm, Ferris, Julius, Reinhard, the Pearlbaton triplets, Ricardo, Joshua, Emilia, etc. who actually have a personal relationship with him of some sort and very much want to help this psychotic mess that he’s devolved into regain some semblance of holiday spirit. —Plus, if we’re taking that crack fic as canon, them celebrating Christmas this year is in and of itself a bit of an inside joke and a way to try and nudge him into participating in something that he’s already demonstrated a level of real joy towards.

Of course, from Subaru’s POV he’s still surrounded by all his murderers/living echoes of the loved ones he watched die fuck knows how many times, so. There’s that. But…this is a level of genuine affection that’s actually genuinely difficult to misunderstand as a threat, so…there’s a good chance it actually breaks through after all.

If it does go well, then Subaru is both incredibly touched and also mortified at the realization that he didn’t get anyone any presents. Everyone points out that they didn’t get HIM anything last year, so, it kind of evens out. He probably cries. When he sits down to eat with everyone, it’s the first time in months he can actually taste his meal.

Back to Zero IF: …Look. They TRIED. They really, REALLY tried. But everything went to hell at some point or another — the meal got completely fucked up, a bunch of gifts got destroyed, someone set the tree on fire, another Mabeast somehow got loose across the Estate — and now they’re all scrambling to make sure they don’t somehow murder Subaru via this abomination borne from the holiday spirit. Julius shoves a handful of snow down the back of his shirt at one point in an attempt to cheer him up. At one point they take their eyes off of him and he falls into freezing water, and now he gets to spend the rest of the season bedridden with a really bad cold while Wilhelm angrily berates the poor landscapers about the pond that everyone had previously thought couldn’t possibly kill anyone. Subaru is not having a great Christmas.

Nect Reveal IF: Julius wanted to do something nice for him, and also Subaru is apparently just a couple months old and therefore the baby of the Anastasia Camp. It’s not as over the top as Crusch IF but everyone is having fun. The Pearlbatons have decided that Subaru makes for the best chair, whether he wants to be a chair or not. He’s not as annoyed by this as he pretends to be and everyone knows it.

Runaway IF: Assuming that Subaru actually figures out the date, he manages to celebrate by stealing a little more bread than usual — and even some berries! He looks so pathetic that the shopkeeper just lets him, even though he really could have stopped him very easily. Holiday spirit for the win I guess.

House Arrest IF: Absolute chaos. Tonchinkan, Subaru, and Felt all set the Astrea Manor on fire somehow while they were trying to put together a holiday surprise for the rest of the camp. It was Subaru’s idea, and the other four are going to be very loud about that fact once Reinhard gets back from running errands.

Nameless Wanderer IF: Schwartz and Julius are going on a date. Neither of them realize that this is a date.

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I think you said you don't focus too much on romance, but just wanted to say that the Emilia Subaru dynamic in Crusch if is actually so cute (it's just so nice and normal), for the one conversation that it lasts for anyways lmao. I feel like, had things not gone so badly, after the initlal teasing there would've been two factions in the Crusch camp regarding his crush.

Bro she's a literal princess you gotta calm down

Look at Wilhelm over here dude, he married the sword saint, don't let your dreams be dreams

Not sure who would fall under which though

Pffffft Wilhelm is absolutely in that second camp. Post-Whale Wilhelm (if the Whale did not go so badly) is going to get Subaru on a date with Lady Emilia if it kills him. Wilhelm keeps trying to instruct Subaru on how to court a lady, and it either goes really well or disastrously wrong. Nobody in their right mind is going to tell Subaru to stop trying to court Emilia because Wilhelm is right there and ready to fight them over it.

Though honestly, Subaru very clearly has a chance, because Emilia was willing to be alone with him and have a nice private talk in the courtyard and keeps smiling whenever she sees him or hears about how he’s doing. It — helps that he’s also the only one currently attempting to court the half-elf. Unfortunately this also means that Subaru now has a reputation as The Guy Who Thinks The Satella Look-Alike Is Prime Marriage Material, but the Crusch Camp is doing their damn best to make sure this does not crush his dreams.

(Someone calls Subaru a nightmare fetishist in front of Wilhelm once. Once.)

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omg, hi, ADORE your Au's, the IF's, and made a fic inspired by the runaway portion of the Crusch IF! I linked the specific post of the fic's based on, and credited you in the notes ofc, and here's the link of the fic 'cause I couldn't gift you on ao3, haha! Just love your stuff! (´꒳`)♡

Lemme know if I left out anything, and link's this: https://archiveofourown.org/works/64206835

Just rlly thought the AU is so cool ⸜(*ˊᗜˋ*)⸝

I SAW IT. Oh my god it’s SO GOOD, thank you so much! Holy shit I loved it!

And yes, you did everything right! :D This is the one time I actually do want you to link my Tumblr and you did all of it correctly, so thank you very much for that!

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Hello really loving reading your writing and i have a few questions.

Aside from your three main fics will u ever start writing any of your if fics, because personally I really want to see a fully developed runaway if because seeing people try chase down a time looper is hilarious.

In your no refunds fic to just be sure will it start at the start of arc 5 and culminate into your omelas fic as a result of Subaru placing pressure on himself as everyone knows about rbd so he would feel like he would be blamed for any casualties.

If your no refund fic if it does go the way I think it does what will be people’s reaction when they realise he rbd’s. Can they tell from the slight zoning out, or will it be Beatrice telling everyone about miasma increase. If Subaru asked Beatrice not to tell, do you feel like she would listen or would she prioritise getting Subaru protection by telling people he’s rbd’d.

Ik I asked a lot of questions but with your more practical and realistic way of writing I think all these would be very interesting plot threads

W yap ?

Thank you! I hope you continue to enjoy! :D

1) Considering it, but I think I’m about at capacity for the moment lol. Runaway IF is definitely under consideration, but — god, I don’t know how I’d even get STARTED with writing something like that lmao. I will say — aside from my Re:Forgotten spin-off, which I’ve already written a bit for — Runaway IF and Crusch IF would probably be the ones most likely to get actual fics, if only because they’re the ones with actual plots that I can imagine myself writing in some form or another.

(Though to be clear…if anyone wants to write something based on any of my IFs, I would genuinely be fine with that. Ecstatic, even. My only two requests would be that 1) you credit me for the idea (this is one of the only times when I would consider posting a link to my Tumblr to an alternate, public site not just acceptable, but outright appreciated) and 2) you send me the link, because god knows I’d want to read it.)

2) It does indeed start at the beginning of Arc 5, but that ficlet isn’t the climax of the story, lol — I never would have posted it if it was. It’s more like…the halfway mark? Or a bit before that, even. It’s definitely A climax, but it’s not the big finale.

3) The reactions wouldn’t be…great. It’s kind of a devastating thing to realize. But y’know, if they’re only realizing it in the middle of a fight, then they don’t even really have the time to digest what they just figured out, so… And as for how they’d figure it out, it’s very context-dependent, but also Subaru really isn’t subtle about that sort of thing lmao. And Beatrice — that would depend a lot on what’s going on, where they are, who’s around, and what answer she believes would be in Subaru’s best interests there in the moment. What would help him most in one scenario might not help at all in another, so it’s really not something she can apply a hard and fast rule to, and she’d know it.

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Posting one more time after fixing a couple errors — just out of curiosity, to my followers:

Favorite Fan IF?

Nameless Wanderer AU

Crusch IF

House Arrest IF

Kintsugi IF

Whale IF

Runaway IF

Back to Zero IF

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Voting ended onAug 12, 2024

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On the topic of Crusch IF: poor fucking Wilhelm, man.

Cause like, he just defeated the scourge of the past 14 years of his life. The beast is dead, his wife is avenged, his Lady has risen in the rankings (even with her current. Situation), and they managed to do it all with a shockingly low death count to boot. This should be the happiest he’s been in over a decade. This should be GREAT.

Except that new grandson he just acquired last month has suffered so terribly from the very thing that allowed the boy to pass him the keys to that victory that Wilhelm is starting to wonder if it had been a pyrrhic one.

Subaru is such a mess. Physically he’s already doing terribly, with burn scars from the stomach acid and a slight limp and all sorts of stress-related health problems, but mentally he’s just broken. He vacillates between putting on the worst fake smile in the world and snapping at everyone in earshot and hiding somewhere that he thinks is private to cry so fast it makes people’s heads spin, he’s constantly either on the edge of a panic attack or tripping face first into one, Ferris is starting to suspect that he’s developed some sort of psychosis (almost certainly involving paranoid delusions, with how he talks sometimes), and nobody knows what the hell happened. There are theories — oh boy, are there theories — but it’s all unsubstantiated because there’s nothing that was left behind that anyone can investigate, and Subaru clearly cannot say a thing.

The nightmares are the worst, though. The first time Subaru had one of those he screamed and cried for his dad until Wilhelm came rushing in, only for the boy to look at him with as much terror as he would an intruder and do everything in his power to prevent him from getting close. He kept crying for his dad or his mom, the whole time, and no matter what anyone did he wouldn’t accept anyone else — except these parents of his weren’t there and so he was left all on his own, and when Wilhelm finally woke him up he startled so hard and scrambled to the other side of the room and wouldn’t let Wilhelm or anyone else near him at all.

He has no idea what to do in this situation. First he tries to keep up with Subaru’s sword lessons — except now Subaru is terrified of sharp objects, and even if that wasn’t the case his new plethora of conditions make moving difficult and painful, and Wilhelm is forced to call it off entirely when they’re not even a quarter of the way through their first post-Whale lesson. Then he has Subaru help oversee the daily training regimen of the soldiers and knights under Crusch’s command in the hopes of it reassuring him that, even if HE can’t fight, he is safe in their care (and growing safer by the minute, as training has become much more intense recently due to the hypothesized cultist break-in), but for some reason this just makes Subaru more and more jittery? Then at Ferris’ suggestion he tries to get Subaru to just — avoid all mention of war or violence and act as an errand boy and get some fresh air, alongside a couple of guards to keep him safe and help him if it starts to look like his legs might give out, but even THAT doesn’t seem to work because he’s still miserable and flinching away from the very people assigned to look after him. Wilhelm goes with him most of the time out of concern, but even that doesn’t really help.

And to top it all off, sometimes Subaru gets this Look when Wilhelm is around. It’s dark, and bitter, and almost hateful, and— Subaru has never looked at him like this before. Wilhelm thinks it’s because Subaru knows he failed him, and he can’t even really object to that.

He’ll make it right. He’ll find whoever did this, and he’ll make it right.

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