#maimaktes

[piracytheorist]

I see you're enjoying WHA! Did you notice that Olruggio and Qifrey swapped they hat decoration? (Qifrey wears Olruggio ribbon and Olruggion, Quiffrey's tassel.)

For the first time I'm the one in the know because I've read the manga through.

My answer is yes. I did notice. But read further and you'll understand the gif :)

[dnscully]

I'd say: Keep your blog up, it's a lovely place and I love to lurk here, see your stuff, your random thoughts, and your love of MSR <3 Take care,

aww, thank you so much. will def think about it!!❤️

[johnaeryns]

What's Liebestod? I'm curious. (Yeas I read your tags, I'm shifty like that :3)

dflkjasdfkas i’m glad someone does honestly. it’s a spuffy fic! liebestod by iamblichus. the sequel (the eternal return) is probably my favorite spuffy fic of all time so high recommend.

[bettsfic]

Heyo ! Me again. FYI, Netflix released a timeline and a map for The Witcher, it's quite handy. I discovered that Jaskier was supposed to be 40 in the Dragon episode, for example. I'd paste you a link, but Tumblr being Tumblr, heh. But a quick search should lead you to it :D

oh thank you! i went and looked for it and found it and made the mistake of reading the comments and now i am Upset. people are such idiots istg.

apparently i’m wrong in thinking *no one* ages, it’s only enchantresses that don’t age? even though geralt, jaskier, calanthe, and eist also do not appear to age.

i think it also means that season 2 can’t have the same pacing, because everyone would be dead. so it has to happen over a shorter time frame.

[olivieblake]

I'm sorry people were "not so nice" in your reviews and that writing for this fandom kinda stopped being fun because of that. I'm sorry your spirits were dampened so. It's a horrible thing. People are dicks, sometimes. I, for one, find your writing delightful, and I treasure each and every of your fic. Stay strong and awesome.

to be fair, I can’t say I remember any specific examples of dickishness (unlike with other fics where I definitely can) but I know it was this fic in particular where every time I got a notification of a review or an ask my whole body tensed, to the point where I would stop reading them if I thought it might disrupt my productivity or go as far as to ruin my day—and it often did. so I’m just... recovering, I think, from that. unsure if it will actually change, because the advent saw a lot of dicks as well and I really didn’t expect it. kinda makes me feel I’m no longer welcome here no matter what I do. but I do appreciate your reassurance, thank you for your positive vibes, they matter

[stargazing121]

I swear, each chapter of Fuck, Marry, Kill is better than the precedent. Your style keeps surprising me with its depth and diversity. This makes for a very compelling read! I was just wondering, on a scale of 1 to 10, how bittersweet is the ending going to be ? 1 being "this is going to be harrowing, but HEA will happen" and 10 being "they could have been happy and together, but life sucks, they're not and YOU'LL CRY, READER." Thanks for sharing this story with us <3

Thank you for reading, and I am so pleased you are enjoying FMK -- it is a joy to write. So, I don't know if I can scale the ending, however, I can promise two things. 1) they do end up together! 2) there will be 'I love yous' -- perhaps, snakily put and with a touch of Malfoy ire, but they will be there.  

[piracytheorist]

I chose violence ! So, ask 22. <3

22. your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores

I am really choosing violence here because I recently got the Family Portrait light novel book and I (re-)read the story of Anya and Damian getting lost in the woods and I am so amazed at how people miss how their dynamic can be funny.

Look at how Anya completely dismisses him and tell me she deserves to be reduced to an "I can fix him" narrative for Damian's uwuification. She's not playing "hard to get", she's standing up for herself while Damian is being too stubborn to confront his own conflicting emotions.

To be clear, this is far from my "favourite part of canon", but among the "parts of canon everyone else ignores", this is probably the one I feel people miss the most about. It's not funny when Damian bullies her (yes I have seen that take before because some see the bullying as "teasing" between equals and sorry but it very much isn't), it's funny when Anya ignores him or one-ups him and he's just left there pouting and grunting.

I cannot comprehend people seeing this and taking it seriously. It's just funny because Anya only challenges him when she's not trying to. She tries to help him, or impress him, or do anything positive, and she gets the cold shoulder. Then she gives him a funny look and Damian's entire world is shooketh. But saying that Damian was never a bully, that somehow his intentions were always noble, or that he never considered her lesser is just... biased, for starters, and second, it removes from the equation how funny it is that the girl he tries to avoid at all costs even by insulting her - or her father - to their faces keeps coming back to haunt him because he has a crush on her. The uneducated pleb actually helped me! The horror!

It's just funny and I cannot comprehend taking it seriously. You work with kids for a few years and you only see that stuff as funny antics you'll laugh at with your friends, and nothing close to something you'd get invested in. Like fr there's a girl at the school I work at always complaining about one certain boy and I joke with my friends about how people are only so obsessed with others when they have a crush on them - but it's just that; a joke between me and my friends, and something I would never even dare to think to utter in front of any of my students. And the thought of giving one (1) iota of shit about my students' romantic relationships makes me wanna barf. Let alone doing that for six-year-olds, even if they're fictional.

Idk I just feel that amatonormativity has just poisoned the public opinion so much that only romance is important and all other fictional character dynamics are merely an afterthought, if even that, and that can only make discussing fictional stories less interesting, more limited, and more shallow. And honestly, it can be unfair to the original material (yeah yeah I know death of the author but sometimes you gotta separate canon from headcanon and fanfiction). There's so much fun to have with fictional stories if you set romance aside for once.

(Anime only fan here and not interested in debate on this. Don't spoil me and don't try to sell this ship to me)

[dnscully]

Hello! I just wanted to thank you for your X File Binge Diagram, it is SOOO helpful. I started a rewatch from Scratch last month and I've been using your awesome diagram to know what I have to look forward to. I'm currently starting S6, and while the whole Fowley Fuckery is not my cup of tea, I'm soooo looking forward to the rest of the great eps. I've printed & taped your diagram next to my desk so I can look at it. THANK YOU again, this is the BEST. THING. EVER. Much love, Maï.

hi, i cant believe i just saw this! that’s awesome. i love that you printed it out 🥺 thank YOU