It has been a while! 🩷 How about Agnes/Antonio for that ship bingo? (And if you want, GoldenRose too?)
ITS BEEN A WHILE 💜 hello friend :3
AGNES AND ANTONIO, my no 1 they both resist it for no reason ship!!! (This is different from taibani, who are basically dating but refuse to acknowledge it.) They could be such a power couple, because antonio has an earnest heart, bold wisdom, and a level head under pressure, while Agnes is sharply cunning, a natural leader, and a great strategist. They fit together perfectly and have good chemistry and would LOVE and CHERISH each other but they RESIST because work and "they dont want it to look like anyones playing favorites."
Also Agnes pegs Antonio and this is canon.
GOLDENROSE i love them my babies im chewing on them like squeaky toys. Annoyed by each other to lovers (who remain annoyed by each other.) Their love language is mutual bullying. Ryan has every Blue Rose album on vinyl in his apartment. Theyre the het and slightly more unhinged taibani. He follows her around like a puppy with separation anxiety but acts aloof about it. They have each other on snapchat and shes constantly sending him snaps of weird shit going on in her day which he responds to with some variation of "guuuuuurl."
I usually wont shut up but ive gotta clock in to.work UGH inlove tjem
KURA LORE UNLOCKED!! IT'S HIS ULTIMATE OTP!!! hi jen
@tieflingfangs and I are AbsoluteControl shipping pioneers from the Dark Times :3
if you are looking at this going huh whu something you NEED. TO UNDERSTAND. Is the N U A N C E. So I've put an FAQ under the cut!!
"kura what do you mean cyrus is idealistic and follows his heart"
the man decided emotions were fake and gay and decided to summon ancient gods to restart the universe and crown himself Supreme God of All, next question
"kura what do you mean giovanni craves attention"
he is a pathetic wet persian yowling in the bathtub, next question
"why is cyrus ~40ish"
the fact that pokemon company decided he was 27 is fake and gay, next question actually it's because that was an age only established in platinum, we jumped aboard our covered wagon on the trail to absoluecontrol oregon shortly after the release of DP, when we (correctly and rightfully) assumed Cyrus was around the same age as Giovanni, Archie, and Maxie. We have constructed an elaborate timeline to make the math work out, which is the Correct canon now we've decided
"kura this ship is problematic"
in more ways than youre probably imagining. next question.
"what is the starly migration board?"
wouldn't YOU like to know
"kura stockholm syndrom isn't real and--"
i dont care giovanni locked cyrus in a closet and then they were friends and then they were traumatized and then they werent friends and then giovanni hunted cyrus down and then they were in pokemon hell and then they were dating I DON'T. MAKE. THE RULES.
anyways as i have returned from my decades-long slumber to reclaim my throne as King of AbsoluteControl shipping, I will in fact be taking questions at this time. Just remember, my word is LAw.
reading ur tags on the sewing machine post and feeling my soul leave my body. my needles break if i look at them wrong what do you MEAN they can go through FINGERS 😨
If I had a nickle for every time my mom sewed straight through her finger while she was teaching sewing lessons in our store (that i am aware of) i would have 2 nickles. Which isn't a lot but its terrifying that its happened twice. We've also had customers do it during class, and my mom's driven them to the ER every time. It did go a little(?) into her bone once and they had to put her ubder to remove the broken pieces surgically.
Unless you have a treadle or a hand crank machine, ur sewing machine has a BIG OL HONKIN MOTOR in it!! And if ur machine is computerized—which is ANY MACHINE that you PRESS BUTTON to select stitches, not just embroidery machines or machines with big screens—it has an EVEN MORE POWERFUL MOTOR!!!
Think of ur machine like a power tool or a car. It is heavy machinery!! So be very careful for me and keep ur fingers away from the needle. Do not tempt fate!! 😔
Late 4 ship meme uhhhh guzma x cyrus AKA parental issues/we need therapy the ship
i had to think REALLY HARD about this one grkjhgld this is the first time ive ever considered this ship!!! which is funny because i have gone down the guzma/giovanni rabbithole beforef hriuehge
please excuse both my handwriting and the weird font, i turned off my tablet and was too lazy to turn it back on again
i feel like i should explain myself for this one too
so like yeah therapy??? they meet in therapy maybe??? like. state-mandated therapy for both of them for their Crimes. And guzma comes in acting like the Big Man in the room like a completely hardened criminal like yeah man im in a GANG i was a GANG LEADER we took voer a TOWN and messed shit up hahaha whatre you here for nerd? >:) and cyrus looks him dead in the eye and says "i summoned an eldritch beast and almost rewrote all of space and time in my image." and guzma doesnt believe it first but then like one day nanus just like yeah no thats basically what happened
anyways they like. get coffee together afterwards while they wait for the bus. and i dont really see them having a big huge romantic affair or anything. im not sure if theyre ace or aro or demi or what but for them as characters i dont usually envision them really getting physical often unless its with very specific people. but i think they would form a very strong bond over their experiences with their families, the isolation they've felt in their lives and so on, and guzma's not the most book smart but despite being loud and wild he's very dependable and like. stable when he's given room to be. especially as they're both very forthcoming characters and guzma isn't afraid to speak his mind to cyrus, and will take genuine interest in cyrus's hyperfixations.
idk they have a lot to bond over i guess :thinking emoji: guzma will always be impressed by cyrus's big brain and cyrus will always be impressed how guzma can be the world's biggest dumbass but also like be very grounded and worldly about some things.
also its not so much that guzma borrows cyrus's clothes, it's more like cyrus kind of insists on him having Decent Clothes to wear when hes hanging around Team Galactic as though they do not all look like galaxy quest rejects
hope you’re doing well!! I’m just about to finally catch up with the latest chapter of moving on in a maelstrom (I haven’t checked my ao3 inbox for updates in a hot minute!!), thank you as ever for writing!
WASABI THANK YOU FOR SENDING im hanging in there i hope youre doing good too <3 and i hope you enjoy the latest chapter grelhbqughoeiqg
:') i talk a lot gomen
17. talk about your writing and editing process
so i'm definitely not the kind of person who sits down and outlines their story and all the plot points or does a ton of planning (kind of a bad habit probably!!) and mostly my fics comes from some broad concepts or ideas, vibes, or any sort of vivid scene I imagine up while im daydreaming on the way to work, and then I just kind of run with it. Actually I think from all the fics I've actually tried to follow an outline for in the past, only one has gotten past a handful of chapters (that would be Turning Point, which is shockingly complete!)
And like the scenes or vibes or ideas aren't always related to major plot points or anything either, they're just character moments and either a) do not need backstory to explain the situation, so they get to be a oneshot, or b) are VERY PARTICULAR about the backstory of the Scene and then they end up a full-fledged novella/novel/epic.
So like for example, I started on Maelstrom fic for a very specific scene with a very specific character--and you might expect it to be related to the main villain! Except I didn't even have a design for him until the day I sat down to write chapter 5 (which came to me in a caffeine-fueled fever dream) and wasn't even sure what his NEXT ability would be until chapter 8. Yeah he's the main antagonist. But this entire fic. This entire damn fic. Is a stepping stone. To a scene where Yuri is going insane under house arrest and Barnaby goes to visit him. And it's the funniest fucking thing in my head. Like I want to be so clear this is just an elaborate slide puzzle to a one-paragraph gag and I have no idea if the set-up is even worth it. But then once I get started writing things kind of start to fall into place like dominoes because I spend a lot of time overthinking the world building and the canon orz
Anyways as for editing uhhhh well!!! You have probably noticed!! I have SO MANY TYPOS IN MY CHAPTERS!!! My cat hears me say so many swears after chapters are posted :( I tend to be like constantly reading and rereading and editing... the first half of a chapter. The further I go the more excited I get to post! And the less I end up reading. So uhhh yeah if anyone ever goes back to read any fic I've ever posted EVER and you're like huh I don't remember that or huh I thought it was different yeah. yeah it was. I edited it 3 months later when I reread part and realized I had 15 typos, non-sequitors, and the worst sentence composition known to man OTL
27. your favorite part of the writing process
getting experimental with it! :') i like fucking around with imagery and description and pacing to try and see what kind of vibes i can squeeze out of something. actually i forget how long ago it was but i think my buddy isleofair sent an ask once where I went on a rant about what makes a slow burn a slow burn and ever since then I've REALLY wanted to try and write a slow burn that diagetically takes place in like. one or two hours. i have no idea how it would work but i think it would be really fun to try.
otherwise i think my favorite thing is like world building but through the little background details, like trying to squish in regional dialects or brands or in-universe entertainment franchises. I was really fucking proud of myself for Barnaby's Gatorade ad reel and his promotional coffee in Maelstrom lmfaooo or like getting so fucky with Proton's slang in my pokemon fics. Still trying to figure out how to write an entire oneshot about no one understanding what he means when he says "freezycaff."
28. your least favorite part of the writing process
>:( what do you MEAN I have to have a coherent plot!!! What do you MEAN I should probably plan to avoid plotholes!!! What do you MEAN i have to write through writer's block or take breaks when I burn out creatively!!!!! NO STOPPING ONLY VIBES ONLY GOOFS AND GAFFS!!! ONLY FICS!!!
On a more serious note. My least favorite part really is since I don't do a lot of planning beforehand :( sometimes all I got be them vibes, and getting from point a to point b can be like pulling teeth if I'm not like. manic. A lot of times I feel like I have a big picture with a lot of missing little pieces, and sometrimes I just can't figure out a satisfying way to get over it. Then the perma-hiatus hammer comes out UmU RIP in pepperonis dead fics from 2018.
Rules: Share the last line you've written in your WIP
:') i shall not be sharing my most recent WIP since it's for secret santa, so instead, enjoy the last line from the Rocket Executive Nanu Pokémon fic I've been blankly staring at for a year.
“I'm surprised you're here.” Nanu replied. Sotiris didn't answer. He busied himself with looking around Nanu's empty dorm, pretending to look for something when they both knew there was nothing in there to find.
....ok i realize that is several lines but i have the conch rn so im making the rules >:)
And I'm tagging (no obligation, no pressure!!) @lunadademon14 @ourlordapollo @r0wlets and.... the rest of u...... sorry i have trouble keeping up with who's writing and who's not..... if we're mutuals and ur writing something u wanna share, consider yourself TAGGED!!!!! cause I wanna SEE IT!!!!
