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[maria-the-ghoul]

[goblins-riddles-or-frocks]

As tumblr's biggest connoisseur of shitty romantasy tropes, how would you define/exemplify shadow daddies, kylo rens and dracos in leather pants and rhysands within the current publishing landscape?

Great question! So a lot of these have a good amount of overlap with each other, but I think there are pretty firm distinctions in the underlying logic of them. Also, of course, not all romantasy love interests fall into these character types! Currently, the most popular two types are Rhysands and Kylo Rens. Draco in Leather Pants is less prevalent, but possibly experiencing an uptick with all the Dramione fic being published, and Shadow Daddies, imo, aren’t fully codified in trad publishing yet actually, but I’ll come back to this point.

Also, all of these can/do fall under the dark fuck prince umbrella. That’s not a separate thing.

Rhysand: Right off the bat. Rhysand is not Kylo Ren. Taking you by the shoulders and making you repeat after me until you understand in your soul that they are not the same!

There are several things that make up a Rhysand, but not all of these have to be present to qualify. The most notable tells are wholly superficial. Rhysands are smarmy, glib, and very fond of extremely juvenile innuendos that are treated like they’re charming. Their dialogue reads like stuff you might hear in a middle school classroom. They will often have stupid nicknames and endearments for the female protagonist (Feyre darling in ACOTAR; Hearteater, later turned into just Heart in Lightlark). Their default state is being several hundred years old and immortal (Grim in Lightlark; Death in Belladonna) but there are also exceptions with ordinary lifespans (Kai in Powerless; Xaden in Fourth Wing)

Rhysands often have significant tattoos (that the female protagonist could also magically acquire), wings, or a combination of dark hair and light eyes, and descriptions that might sometimes lean vaguely racially ambiguous. When they want to appear aloof they may keep their hands in their pockets (a hyper specific tell, but I’ve seen it!) and when they’re angry or aroused they growl every word of dialogue. They almost always have a random group of friends that love them unconditionally to really cement that they must be great guys. They also fucking love saying “It’s your choice” or some variant, among other generic platitudes that are meant to be empowering.

Frequently their romantic arcs will actually center helping the protagonist work through trauma, or let go of restrictive religious or cultural beliefs that are making her miserable. (Crown of Starlight; From Blood and Ash; Scarlet Veil) They are there to recognize that even the most personality-free protagonist is hiding the strength of a #girlboss— and this strength, and whatever institutional or magical power she is allowed, is of course directly granted to her by the Rhysand who she is wholly dependent on. Their sex positivity, lassez faire attitude, and surface level liberal politics will also often be framed as very unique in their world, like OG Rhysand being the first High Lord to allow his wife the title of High Lady, as opposed to simply being a consort. Not like that seems to mean very much, practically speaking. But how else would we know that they single handedly invented feminism?

They may or may not be introduced as minor antagonists (as the OG flavor was!) or as being ostensibly on the protagonist’s side but with some light conflict to make them seem initially untrustworthy (Kingdom of the Wicked; From Blood and Ash), until the protagonist falls in love with them, where they often turn out to actually be untrustworthy, though this beat is given varying levels of weight. Usually the betrayal has to do with the protagonist’s relationship to them (the OG reveal being that they’re ✨soulmates✨ and he’s known the entire time but apparently had no plans to tell Feyre ever) or it can be more dramatic (“Hawke” turning out to actually be an enemy prince Casteel and also the rebellion leader known as the Dark One who was responsible for the death of someone Poppy cared about in From Blood And Ash; Lightlark having the reveal that Grim erased all of Isla’s memories of their relationship so she could idk… pursue a relationship with some other guy to further Grim’s schemes) but sometimes there’s no betrayal at all. Generally though, anything they do is eventually framed as justified and for the greater good. Because, conveniently, another core tenet of a Rhysand is that he is uniquely self sacrificing, and deserves all the pity in the world for it. And though the protagonist may be initially upset at him, if at all, she will eventually get over it and forget that he is, or has ever been, capable of doing anything wrong ever. These characters, resultantly, tend to occupy a very odd space in their world, because simultaneously the narrative will insist on their physical and political might— they are frequently, explicitly, the most powerful people in their respective worlds, something that implicitly is meant to bolster their moral righteousness— and yet somehow nothing is ever their fault and they are never responsible for anything.

Some Rhysands however aren’t introduced with as much structural power, though this is itself framed as a sacrifice, and power they could have easily taken if not for their sheer goodness. This is typically also tied to some sort of tragic backstory, and possibly sexual trauma, which is mostly kind of just there to make them look noble, sad, and desirable in their angstiness and never matters otherwise outside of said desirability. Even if the tragic backstory means them being forced to hurt or kill other people, still, the biggest victim we must consider is the Rhysand himself. And once they are free of whatever weight of the world was holding them back, they can then take up the mantle as most powerful guy in the entire universe.

Soulmate bonds are generally a pretty frequent occurrence, this can get combined with magical marriages, though it was very much not the same thing in the ACOTAR series. Sometimes there will be some other reason for a bond (Scarlet Veil with its vampire blood exchange enthrallment, for example) but either way, it is magic, and it allows the characters to sense each other’s feelings, or even outright telepathic communication. More broadly Rhysands may have psychic powers of some sort, given the original’s propensity for psychic torture, but that’s a trait that isn’t always carried over. Rhysand magic powers tend to vary, but they usually do have any at all! And along with them there will be the ability to teleport/“winnow” which isn’t a huge tell on its own, but tends to be fairly recognizable.

Critically, the narrative must revolve around a Rhysand. He is framed as being correct in all things. Even if he’s temporarily sided with an antagonist out of necessity, he is morally and ideologically correct, and his primary function is to sexily ferry the protagonist over to a similar status of correctness. This can take the form of intellectually or physically challenging her, sexually harassing her, or just reminding her constantly of his supposed feminist politics. Rhysands are often benevolent overlords who are framed as entirely deserving of having a complete ideological stranglehold on the story, and all of the good characters. Materially disagreeing with him is outright a punishable offense. This framing of his perfect and morally justified control, despite all the liberal trappings of these stories, tends to have intense fascist undertones.

Kylo Ren: These guys are tricky because they exist on a spectrum of canon to fanon, and those things can be contradictory, whereas the Rhysands are usually recreated from a face value reading of the text without many transformative elements being thrown in. (I find this really interesting in of itself and probably due to the fact that Rhysand occupies a narrative space that fans are happy with, whereas notably no one is happy with the sequel trilogy)

The single most obvious Kylo Ren tell is that the author will describe his physical appearance in loving detail, and the particular emphasis on his features will make it 1000% clear they are picturing Adam Driver. Specific signifiers are emphasizing his height and size, a downturned or broken nose, longish black hair. Sometimes they’ll give him a fun eye color to throw you off the scent, but sometimes not. Usually they will look tired, and maybe have a scar across their cheek. Often, in fantasy settings particularly, they will be wearing Kylo Ren appropriate clothing as well, maybe even a significant mask— which can open things up for an equally significant unmasking scene.

Don’t worry, if the descriptions aren’t enough to go by, there is also a high chance that there will be official author commissioned art, and that it will clearly be referencing Adam Driver. For example! These are all official art pieces for the Lost Ones, Hurricane Wars (originally Reylo fanfiction), Once Upon a Broken Heart.

Another easy way to pick out Kylo Rens is that they will usually be accompanied by other Star Wars characters, to a degree that doesn’t happen as much with other character expies. If there is a Kylo Ren, then there is almost definitely a Snoke, Hux, Han Solo, or Luke Skywalker to be the source of the Kylo Ren’s tragic backstory (Hurricane Wars; Love Hypothesis isn’t romantasy and therefore doesn’t fully belong here but I just have to mention its abusive, rapist Luke Skywalker who takes credit for other people’s academic accomplishments) or sometimes in lower stakes settings Rosehux or Finnpoe can exist as satellite friends who have already paired up, or are about to, that play the part of nonthreatening cheerleaders for the main couple with no other plot relevance (For the Wolf; also going to mention Love Hypothesis again)

In demeanor, Kylo Rens are typically sullen, humorless, and not particularly outgoing. The canon vs fanon divide tends to be in his temper and how in control of his own actions he may be. A lot of Kylo Rens will actually be very self possessed and mature per narrative standards, where the female lead will instead be framed as the temperamental one. Whether or not he’s written against a Rey can vary, sometimes the protagonist is more of an OC. But also I’d venture to say that Kylo Rens are paired with a Rey, fanonized or not, with much more frequency than Rhysands are paired with Feyres.

Because Star Wars is a visual media, a lot of the beats carried over are more literal or visual— like the mask. You can often recognize scenes from the movies as key incidents. Notable examples include the Reylo lightsaber battle at the end of TFA, the one where they fight together in TLJ, the bridal carry in TFA, most of the force bond scenes— particularly the hand touch imagery, etc. I’m frankly not familiar enough with Star Wars to catch every reference off the top of my head, but it’s usually clear that the author is picturing something very, very specific that is cinematic rather than something that is geared towards text and easier to convey.

Another thing that’s common to carry over is the very concept of the force bond. This can be very similar to the Feysand telepathic mate bond, or more visual to match the depiction in the movies. A key point of differentiation though is that the force bond tends to be more mysterious and something the characters don’t know how to navigate as well (for example, the visions in For the Wolf) rather than an immediate channel for communication. Sometimes this can also be more of an ambiguous ✨connection✨ that the characters don’t fully comprehend that can have various in universe explanations (Bastian and Lore in the Foxglove King being reincarnated gods who were once married), but typically it does progress to allow actual communication somehow. Generally both characters will have some sort of opposing magic, this could overtly be light and dark powers (Foxglove King; Hurricane Wars), and sometimes there will be a beat where the Kylo Ren must teach the protagonist or offers to à la TFA.

Kylo Rens tend to be more genuine sources of conflict compared to the other common love interest types, or even seeming to be primary antagonists for a time, though typically this still isn’t given much weight, which is itself how you can immediately tell that they’re actually love interests. And their change in tracks isn’t really given much attention either, because it’s treated as a narrative given. Similarly, as I mentioned before, there is typically a Snoke or some other authority character controlling their actions that is there to absorb basically all culpability of their wrongdoings. (Hurricane Wars; Wicked Saints; Unholy Terrors)

This is distinct from Rhysand tragic backstories, because remember, Rhysands have never done anything wrong ever, even though they may have the reputation for doing so. In the omnipresence of abusive father figures forcing them to do wrong, Kylo Rens actually tend to have more overlap with Dracos. Another distinction is that, compared to the structural patriarchal benevolence of the Rhysand, Kylo Rens are more often aligned with institutions that are admitted to be immoral or oppressive. If there is an evil, ominous empire, then the Kylo Ren is the victimized scion of it, who must either escape its evil or try to idk fix it from the inside once he has the reigns.

In that sense, while Rhysands may be (narrative or literal) princes or kings, depending on where they are in their arcs, Kylo Rens are always princes, or somehow removed from immediate power. Even if they command a Knights of Ren analogue, it’s still not the highest rank of institutional power within the story’s scope.

Similarly, while Kylo Rens are typically older than the female protagonist, or may even be immortal, their relative youth is often highlighted— another point more in common with Dracos. A Kylo Ren is just a boy who is also a monster who is just a boy! (Unholy Terrors; Wicked Saints; all of these books ever tbh) This dichotomy is meant to be heartrending, but the narrative also tends to do very little to prove why this character is a monster or what that means beyond wearing black and being angsty. Because, again, while he may be abstractly responsible for any wrong doing or somehow be a threat to the protagonist, the narrative never allows this to feel real or visceral for fear of making him too culpable for his actions.

Despite Kylo Rens being presented as varyingly older, more worldly, mature, powerful, or literally just larger, to maintain his masculine appeal, I would say that, more broadly, the protagonist is the one who is typically ferrying them towards self actualization rather than the other way around (which is the quintessential mark of a Rhysand). In the larger scheme of things they are more often meant to be wounded, pathetic, and in need of rescue, but how genuine this feels can run the gamut.

Shadow Daddies: So. My hot take is that this isn’t a character type that has been fully codified in traditional publishing yet.

Important context about the history of the phrase is that it was coined on the Shadow and Bone TV show set. Has anybody ever used these words together prior to like 2021? Probably! But the way it’s currently used in the book sphere can directly be connected back to Shadow and Bone, its fandom, and the way that the Darkling has been fanonized. It has now bled into general book fandom parlance and people will use it exchangeably with “Rhysand” as a trope, but I personally feel this is because the character type hasn’t actually broken broader containment yet. Basically I’m saying everyone is using this term wrong. Sorry.

In my opinion, a Shadow Daddy, as the name suggests, is a daddy dom with shadow powers. He is often gruff and overtly paternalistic, with a vague goth aesthetic, but make it more masculine than your typical angsty, emo expectations. Gone are the 2010s era choice feminist trappings of the Rhysand. These characters aren’t liberal or coaxing, they know what’s best for the female lead and are willing to drag her into it until she finally sees things his way— which she probably will. They are a melange of the Darkling/General Kirigan as portrayed by Ben Barnes, and OG alpha male genre romance hero tropes. This is a type that’s crystallized with the most recent iterations of popular characterizations in the migratory DDLG fandom. They have more in common with fanon Halbrand/Sauron from Rings of Power specifically, or even some elements of how people in House of the Dragon fandom have written Daemon Targaryen— though the latter notably does not have shadow powers.

I won’t point to examples as I wouldn’t feel comfortable referring to unpublished fanfic or smaller self published works, so this one’s a bit of a “just trust me on this” thing alas.

But in my opinion the point is overtly eroticizing patriarchy and gender roles. The emphasis is on delicate, young female leads who may be superficially feisty but who otherwise have no real backbone or narrative agency. On how these men will easily throw them over their respective shoulders and force them into compliance.

They tend to be physically the oldest of these love interest types (regardless of immortality) and more rugged. They might have monetary or institutional advantages over the female lead, if so, the imbalance is uniquely highlighted and leveraged in way it simply would not be with either Rhysands or Kylo Rens.

I think Shadow Daddies are certainly downstream of the Rhysand’s benevolent patriarchy, but they’re also distinct from it. In a way, I think the popularity of the term, and how it is applied, points to readers wanting more characters along these lines, even when they do not exist in the mainstream. I think this is also not unrelated to most recent examples of Rhysands leaning a bit darker and more mean spirited in interpersonal interactions.

Given that the first of the show-era Darklina fanfic has been acquired for traditional publishing pretty recently, I suspect we may see more of this guy. And I think he’s indicative of the broader direction romantasy trends are moving in.

Draco In Leather Pants: I feel like a lot has already been written on this, but what’s most interesting to me is the trajectory of fanon Draco over time, and how his resurgence in recent years differs from older iterations.

Draco in Leather Pants was popularized and codified by Cassandra Clare’s Draco trilogy. She took a character who is like the quintessential snotty rich kid and bully and made him into someone edgy, cool, and counter culture in a way that bears very little resemblance to his canon characterization. The trope is, in this sense, closest to the Shadow Daddy in terms of fanon dominance over a textual reading, which makes the character more fluid.

Meanwhile, Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s influence on Cassie Clare’s Draco trilogy was always very overt. She plagiarized entire scenes! And she happened to simply replace Draco with Spike, down to his leather pants, sense of humor, and appearance. And that shaped Draco fanon for most of that early era.

It’s telling to me that fanart of Dramione or Drinny will typically feature interpretations that look like the actresses at all, but Draco hardly ever bears a resemblance to even the most generous and stylized likeness of Tom Felton. I would argue that it’s because James Marsters has bled into the general idea of fanon Draco, even if current gen artists may not even know about this earlier fandom connection. (Takes that aren’t influenced by the movies certainly also exist, but this is about seeing art of what is clearly Emma Watson next to some random guy)

Examples of this OG era in published fiction includes Jace from Cassandra Clare’s own Mortal Instruments series, as well as Aaron from Only a Monster, and Nico from the Atlas series. A more masked variant is Cardan from the Folk of the Air series. (Gasp! He has black hair and he’s more glam than punk!)

Worth noting that slash fic fandom has pretty different conventions and doesn’t bleed into the romantasy sphere in the same way, so I’m not including things like Carry On by Rainbow Rowell or (debated) Red White and Royal Blue, despite their popularity. These books may have Dracos but they’re not the trope I’m talking about.

Anyway, the characters I mentioned above are fundamentally peers to the female lead, that are also meant to seem like they are varying degrees of dangerous to her. They are meant to be dryly witty, and kind of mean, though that is hiding a heart of gold. They are typically pretty averse to vulnerability (often implied to be a result of their bad home lives) and therefore likely to lash out if ever experiencing A Feeling— except if we’ve reached the requisite dramatic romantic moments in the story.

An integral part of a Draco, that has held true over time, is that his family angst is often very dramatic and also the center of the story. As I mentioned above, like Kylo Rens, Dracos typically have overbearing, evil, abusive fathers and possibly either a distant or saint-like martyred mother. Sympathy for a Draco’s trauma tends to overpower the story and often absolve him of most of his cruelties. How egregious this is tends to vary based on individual author skill though. And there are some differences between how the current and older gen variants approach this. While prior Dracos were allowed to be pathetic at all, newer ones aren’t really.

A Draco may be a bully or simply an academic rival, but he will usually be uniquely fixated on the protagonist and vice versa— which itself has always felt to me like a reconfiguration of Drarry lol.

In the vein of Dramione, the female lead will often be a newcomer to his world (this can be magic user vs non magic user, literally just from another country, or in the case of TFOTA fae vs mortal) and also of a different social class.

The newer variant also, curiously, seems to be more removed from the alt/punk trappings of early Dracos of this type, while all his other traits remain. Instead he is more squarely aligned with wealth and privilege. This is, in my opinion, not unrelated to the general cultural rise in fascism and the resultant rise of “old money” aesthetics.

The social power dynamic in more recent works is often also highlighted and intensified in a way it wasn’t really in the original heyday. (Rose in Chains/The Auction, Manacled/Alchemised). This can be at odds with the broader framing of them as peers. And you can often see the authors chafing at the fact that the Draco isn’t older or more naturally an authority figure, even when, like in the case of the two published fics I just mentioned, the story premise itself has been constructed around giving him authority.

If the original flavor was meant to be dangerous in a lower stakes, bad boy thrill kind of way, the newer type is meant to be genuinely formidable. Current gen Dracos attempt to command respect in a way that feels rather at odds with the base character type and therefore is often not particularly successful.

Here is an excerpt from Manacled to illustrate:

All in all, across all these love interest types, I think we are experiencing a move towards even more exaggerated gender roles, in keeping with more general social and cultural shifts.

[underwhelmingalchemist]

So apparently the version of the "Isn't It Bromantic" interview that gets passed around isn't the full thing

So after seeing a tumblr post I can't find, about two and half hours of intensive internet digging, and one purchase from a sketchy second-hand site later (full story under the cut, I promise it's interesting, but also long), I got the physical magazine and scanned it

So here you go: the full "Isn't It Bromantic?" TV guide interview with Robert Sean Leonard and Hugh Laurie

Feel free to repost wherever you want- I want people to be able to find the full thing

Also, I am admittedly very late adding this to the main post, but @glossglamour has a full transcription of the interview that can be found here! Massive s/o to them!

SO, as for how I found it:

I saw this tumblr post forever ago that I can't find anymore because tumblr is just Like That with a cropped screenshot of an interview with Hugh Laurie and Robert Sean Leonard. In the interview, they're asked about the "bromance" between their two characters. Leonard makes an annoyed comment about how "everyone [is] obsessed with homosexuality", followed by the interview apologizing and Laurie immediately jumping in with, "No, no, let's talk about it. Wilson and House have an unusual relationship so you have to explore…" and the screenshot cuts off there. Cue funny comment from the OP about the interaction, roll credits.

Except, as these things tend to do, it ended up becoming a bit of a brain worm, and I wanted to find it again. But I couldn't find the tumblr post. I looked absolutely everywhere, and in the process of looking everywhere, I found what I thought was the original interview- a blog post with the full quote from the actor. I didn't think too much about it, I figured it was just a short quote given to a popular blog in 2008. There's a magazine cover above it, but I don't think too much about it, because I'm focusing on the quotes in the article instead of the rest of it.

So I send screenshots to a couple friends to make jokes, and it probably should have died there.

However, late at night I end up thinking about that interview again, because of course I did. I start to think about how it's weirdly formatted for, what I assumed at first reading, was just an entertainment news blog reaching out for comment and getting a response. So I pull up the screenshots of the article (because weirdly enough, the old-ass blog only loads on mobile) and look at it again.

This is when I realize that this isn't an original piece from a blog interviewing these two after reaching out for comment. This is a blog post quoting and commenting on a full interview from a magazine, which I had originally thought had just been the inspiration for the piece.

So naturally, I go looking for the magazine.

Luckily, the name of the magazine is displayed on the cover, and so is the title of its main piece. This should be easy to find, right?

Wrong.

This is an interview in a physical magazine. From 2008. October 13th, 2008, to be exact.

I know this exact date because searching the article title and magazine name leads me to an archive on the TV Guide website.

Of covers.

And nothing but covers.

I spend like forty-five minutes searching everywhere I can think of on the web. Internet Archive, the TV Guide website, any search result that comes up when I search any combination of the words "House" "Interview" "Bromantic" "Bromance" "TV Guide" "Archive" etc. Over and over, all that's coming up are that original blog post and the cover from the official gallery.

The only things I could find online were:

The cover and date of the issue on the TV Guide website

The original blog post that was screenshotted in the original tumblr post

Another blog post that had a much shorter version of the quote, references something Leonard says from later in the article, and makes a comment on the nature of his reaction to the term "bromance"

An entry on Leonard's IMDB page's "interview" list mentioning it in title only

And:

5. A single listing for the issue on what seemed to be a second-hand site that looked like it hadn't had its UI updated since the mid 2000's, with a listing with no date or additional information besides what issue it is.

This is the only listing anywhere. I checked every other second-hand site I could think of, and then some that only came up through google searches. There's not a single listing for that issue on any of them. There were plenty of listings of TV guide magazines, including one that seemed promising because it included issues from that year, but it was missing all of October.

It seemed like the only listing for this issue on the entire internet was this one copy on this one obscure website. For all I know, this was listed in 2008 and abandoned, and just never got marked inactive. It could also be a complete scam.

A few quick google searches show that that website seemed to be legit, albeit a bit loose on quality control (which makes sense, this website seemed like the kind of thing you'd have to use the Way Back Machine to access). It also had an option to pay via PayPal, which meant I could file a chargeback if need be.

It was $11.50 when you include shipping.

So at about half past midnight, I bought the listing.

Naturally, about an hour later, I manage to actually find a scan of the interview. I had to follow a link in the comments of a post on FanPop, taking me to an old wordpress blog, and I'm sitting in front of the damn interview at last.

But something doesn't make sense. Why would their cover story only be two pages of text that aren't even full pages, and why would it cut off so strangely? There was no concluding sentence or paragraph, even though it started with a fairly long lead-in. It also led right up to the edge of the page, which felt like there should be more to it. There were more images in the interview than text, and the fact that there are so many of them and they clearly did a whole photoshoot indicated that they had them on hand for a while. The silly string one, for instance, I imagine probably had to require a couple takes, which means cleaning off Wilson's hair and face, adjusting makeup, etc. for it. Meanwhile, the conversation itself seems like it could have taken ten minutes total. I could have been totally wrong and that was where the article ended, but I couldn't shake the feeling that there might be more.

So I hold tight. A couple days pass with no update, and then the PayPal purchase gets updated with a tracking number. Promising, but it could still be a scam. Whether or not I get the actual magazine becomes a source of anxiety for the next week.

Until today, when I get told it was delivered. And when I opened the envelope it was sent in: there it was.

When I tell you I was happy stimming in my bedroom just holding the damn issue in my own hands... And then opening it and finding out that I was right, there was a missing page... I was elated. I still am, just typing this.

So I spent half an hour getting my scanner to work, and I give you the above issues.

Like I said above, feel free to repost however and wherever you want. I want all this to mean something.

In the meantime, I have two more House-themed TV Guide magazines coming to try and get articles from.

[gillyeowalters]

In defense of Victor Gideon ('s personal hygiene)...

Ok, so thankfully I haven't seen this often on tumblr, but the opinion that Viktor is unhygienic and gross seems to be pretty popular on tiktok. And as someone who a) often was bullied by people claiming that I was unhygienic (not the case, I have always had health anxiety and was obsessed with hygiene) and b) has a degree on maintaining other people's hygiene I think that its bullshit.

Before I go through the main reasons people mention, I want to say this: bad hygiene is not a moral failing and not something anyone should be bullied for. Me trying to disprove that this character is gross has nothing to do with me having a bad opinion of people who cannot or want not meet my personal standards of hygiene. I just hate it when people can't read character design and end up being fatphobic and ableistic.

I. His teeth. The one that gets mentioned most. And rightfully so, I mean Leon tells him that his breath smells bad, right? Yeah, thing is the ol' ex-twink says and does a lot of shit when the day is long. If I was a villain and Leon S. Kennedy told me that the moon is out, I would check my alarm clock and then prepare for the worst time-based one liner I have ever heard. And mocking people for bad hygiene is pretty popular, no matter if its actually true or not.

Some people also claim that his teeth look 'rotten' and, sorry darling, I don't know on what 144p video you are basing your opinion, but these are not rotten teeth. These are metallic.

"Oh, so he got implants, so he must have bad dental hygiene!" I hear someone diwn the road yell, who got their braces as a fashion statement. Nope. You can get implants for any kind of reason. Genetics. Bad diet. Or, you know, being infected by a virus.

What's even more interesting is, that they seem to be copper-plated. And yes, that is or may soon be a thing. Why? Because of the bactericidal properties of copper. His teeth literally would kill off the number one reason for bad breath - bacteria.

So, next.

II. His hair.

More than once have I heard people call his hair greasy or unkempt. No, you just didn't grow up in the 90s. (Or whenever that particular hairstyle was ok to wear in your country). I could not find the specific name for it in English, but I have heard it referred to (in my language) as 'crushed waves' or 'foam waves'.

My mum had these! Basically you take naturally wavy or curly hair and put in a special foam lotion, that works similar to hair gel but does not disrupt the natural flow/curliness of the hair (I am bad at describing hair styling processes, it seems). Since it is similar to gel, it will make hair look glossy. Especially dark hair. But glossy isn't greasy. To apply the foam you actually have to wash your hair first. And the effect gets lost after two to three days, so Victor would have to wash his hair regularly.

III. his skin

"His skin is bloated and glossy!" Its...supposed to resemble the scales of a snake...

Yes, he is pale and slightly glossy. Neither is a sign of bad hygiene. And guess who else has the complexion of a dry wall that has just started its journey to become moldy and is wet like a naughty little slug?

Zeno. You know, tumblr's newest sweetheart and pathetic little looser extraordinaire.

Look how glossy that guy is. They had to give him an extra texture mat for that, I bet!

When that guy isn't smoking, he is sweating, in a full suit, may I add.

I think I know where this is coming from, though; Skin variances (through illness, skin damage, etc.) sadly still get read as a sign of someone not "taking care of themselves" enough. Which is bullshit. A lot of illnesses that change the skin happen regardless of hygiene. There were people who believed my partner's burn marks would go away if he just washed himself better. Stop being ableist.

IV. his body

Some people genuinely seem to think that Victor is fat. And like, a) no he isn't, it becomes quite apparent when you, I don't know, look at him, and b) fatness is not an indicator of bad hygiene.

Ok, I have to admit, I can understand why some people might read him as fat when glancing at him. Because his clothes are made to make him look like he is bursting at the seams. The collar of his coat, his vest not fully closing over his chest and abdomen, heck, even the metallic "teeth" across his mask not fitting into each other. This is a) an indicator of his snake theme, which can also be found in his pants. They are too big and saggy, like old shedded skin. And b) that he actually is a huge fucking Nemesis-type BOW.

Victor isn't fat, he is average, with low muscle definition.

And again, body fat does not equal unhygienic. I am quite fat (aka the adventure movie sidekick body type) and I am very hygienic, because in my job I have to be (and I love to soak in the bath like the old prune I am).

V. Snakes are smelly

The dumbest, and thankfully rarest "reason". No, snakes don't smell bad. Their excrements do! Like yours! A snake is nearly odorless, actually.

Now that I adressed the five main points, let me add some more personal opinions! Viktor doesn't strike me as someone who would neglect his personal hygiene. He is a doctor for one and he likes to decorate himself, which both are pretty good indicators for someone enjoying a good hygiene.

If he smells like anything unpleasant (I personally think that he probably doesn't smell at all), it is because of the virus. But then a lot of people the fandom usually finds really, really sexy would smell bad too, wouldn't they?

So, yeah, my two cents. I just wished people would stop seeing bad hygiene as an indicator for bad morality.

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The “Why Aren’t People Writing Wilson Character Analyses” Analysis

When you ask someone who their favorite House M.D character is, there are three incredibly common answers: House, Wilson, and Chase. All three of these answers make sense; House is the protagonist, Wilson is the best friend to that protagonist, and Chase is one of the original deuteragonist's with the saddest, most fleshed out backstory. While, of course, there are political, societal reasons that these three are the common favorites—all three of them are white men, who we have been conditioned into feeling more empathy for than their non-white, non-male counterparts; Wilson and Chase are both able bodied and conventionally attractive; House, while disabled, is the protagonist, making him far more sympathetic than he would be otherwise—there are just as many solid, textual reasons for this happening, including how the show itself handles the other characters. I am not making this post on a high horse; I got into House because of Chase-centric fanfiction, and Wilson is my current favorite character in the cast. But it has got me to think about something… odd, with these three characters, particularly in the fandom.

House, being the main character, is an infinitely interesting character to dissect. We follow his perspective for most of the episodes, and understand (or are made to think about) the decisions he makes on a more intricate level than most of the other characters. We know far more about Chase and his backstory than we do almost everyone else, and he’s around on and off for a majority for the series, so of course people will pull apart the things he does and why he does them. While I am upset that these two get far more attention than some of the other people in the cast, I get it. I understand why there are so many people out there talking about House or Chase and why they were written the way they were.

But do you know who I don’t see getting these character analyses written about them (at least on Tumblr)? Wilson. If they exist, they are very few and far between, and are never enjoyed enough to show up on my dash. This to me, is very, very interesting. It’s not for a lack of content, a lack of things to talk about when it comes to Wilson; I have gone on multi hour long rants and tangents to my friends about his character, about the things he does and why he does them. And neither is it for a lack of people interested; he is one of the most popular characters in the show, after all. So why is this? Why do people not talk about Wilson?

To me, the answer is obvious: because Wilson is seen as accessory to House, both by the show itself and the fandom.

Of course, every character in House is seen in a similar light; everyone has some sort of connection to House, and since we rarely ever follow a perspective that isn’t his own, we really only see them the way House sees them. But with Wilson, it’s far more apparent. There’s a reason I, despite his importance to the narrative, described him as the “best friend to the protagonist” rather than the solo descriptions I gave House and Chase.

There are so, so many episodes and plots surrounding him and his life in comparison to the rest of the cast—a large portion of the Tritter arc in s3, the end of s4, s5ep17, s6ep10, the latter chunk of s6, etc.—and yet we still know so, so little about him as a person. Cuddy, while having a somewhat mysterious backstory throughout a large portion of the series, is a character we become incredibly familiar with familial-wise during the House/Cuddy arc, and we also follow her life adopting and taking care of Rachel as well as her relationship with Lucas in seasons 5 and 6. We meet Chase’s father; get two whole episodes surrounding him, and learn about his mother and his sister, his life in seminary, his love life with Cameron, etc. We see Foreman’s mother, father, and brother multiple times throughout the series, and he, like Chase, has a whole arc surrounding his relationship with Thirteen. We meet Kutner’s parents following his passing, and Thirteen’s parents are often alluded too—hell, Taub has entire episodes centering around his personal relationships. Sure, we see Wilson’s relationships with Amber and Sam, we meet Bonnie in s3, and we learn about Danny throughout the series. But his unnamed parents and his unnamed brother, or any friends he may have outside Tucker (who we only meet because he’s relevant to a medical case, in the episode that centers Wilson)? We know nothing about them.

And this lack of knowledge, in part, is why I believe Wilson is treated the way he is by the fandom: as accessory to House. I can name on two, maybe three hand the number of Wilson-centric fics I’ve read (as someone who has read maybe over a thousand House M.D fics at this point) that don’t have House actively in the narrative. The only ones in that list that don’t mention House are the ones where Wilson is too young to know who he is. With fanart, it’s a lot easier to draw just Wilson on his own, but the moment he’s put in a scene with another character, 9 out of 10 times it’ll be House. And this is, in and of itself, not a fault of the fans, or even a fault at all; but this insistence on including House in everything Wilson does, in everything Wilson is, has become a problem.

There are many, many pieces of fanfiction that center around Wilson and his issues (in part to patch the fact that the show almost never addresses them) but I’ve noticed that so many of them always wrap back around to House at the end—usually with the two getting together romantically. Which leads me to the second part of my hypothesis as to why Wilson is treated the way he is in fandom spaces: House/Wilson. As someone who has written works surrounding this ship and has actively talked about it ad nauseam to people, I am not bringing it up to bash it. I love Hilson. But I’ve also had direct conversations with people about this show, trying to talk about its contents, only for them to tell me they’re not watching the show for the medical content, or for the direct premise itself; they’re watching it for Hilson. They skip scenes; episodes; entire arcs and plot points, just to see the dynamic House and Wilson have. And that, to me, shows exactly why Wilson is treated the way he is: he’s not his own character with his own agency in a narrative, but the less interesting, less important, pretty boy half in a hollow “old man yaoi” carcass, devoid of plot or importance.

To the fandom, Wilson doesn’t really matter. He’s pretty and he’s tragic, but there’s no reason to think about why he’s tragic or what it means for the narrative, what it means for him and his actions. The only traits people care about are the fact he’s attractive, he’s attentive, and he loves House. Why would we need to treat him like his own character?

[nyxs-blank-canvas]

Hey everyone...

✨Hello y'all! My name is Nyx and you are watching Disney Channel-✨

[BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP]

Alright m'bad let me try this again, I'm not completely sure how to start this so uhh

What's up boys, girls, and squirrels, mutuals old and new.

"It's sad, but sometimes moving on with the rest of your life, starts with goodbye."

I'm Nyx, as you may already know, and you're probably wondering why I'm posting after over 100 days of absolute silence on my blog. Well most of you already know the gist-I'm not really in the mood to explain it, but in short-family found my account.

DM ME FOR MY CONTACT INFO PLEEEEEASE

I have discord and pinterest!! (If you already have my pinterest, GET IT AGAIN BECAUSE I HAVE A NEW ONE)

apparently I joined this tumblr place at 3/17/24, 1:29:51 AM. (Why am I not surprised by the time...)

It sucks, I really miss you, I miss the late night conversations, I miss posting about small unimportant things, and starting random conversations in the comments, I miss the tumblr-inside-joke reblogs, I miss this sort of family we've built, I miss you all, I miss the tag games, And coming home to notifications, I really really do. You guys proved that the found-family trope can be real.

We laughed, we cried...and now it's time we say goodbye

^ Heh I made that one up, I think, please let one thing I say be original

I don't know when my account's going to be deleted, but it's going to be soon, I'll come on every now and then before it is, but soon? Yeah guess who's going to have a 'deactivated' beside her name.

Yep...It's me

"Sometimes, special people come into our lives, stay for a bit, and then they have to go." "But that's sad." "It is, but the part that they were here for was happy! Wasn't it?" "Yeah, we had a lot of fun together!" "Maybe that's what makes it all worth it"

You know what they say: "Goodbyes are not forever, they are simply the start of a new chapter." Who knows maybe y'all will go on to do great things, but uh, don't forget me when you're famous, will ya?

If you're not a mutual of mine who was tagged, I'd say avoid clicking 'Keep Reading,' this gets pretty long. If I didn't get a paragraph for anyone, words will not amount to how sorry I am.

Now without further ado...

@diino8081 - Okay wow, how do I begin. You're my first mutual, the literal OG. I remember that notification, getting a real human follower (I'm sorry cheezbot, you were a real one) and you said in your intro that you're not completely SFW which made me go 'hmmmmmmm', but almost everyone swears on here anyways so screw it, and followed you back-that was one of the best decisions I ever made. You're a really good artist, and a really interesting person, I consider you a friend, and honestly brace for a long ride whenever I see cookie clicker. I rely on you for mumbo jumbo updates too. I'm going to miss you Diino, I hope art fight goes great for you! "Happiness will be the richest thing we'll ever own." Well Diino, you made me happy, I ain't forgetting that.

@telugxrl13 - Hasini salutations! This is one of the hardest ones to write out for me. We met very late at night (of course we did), and I believe one of the first conversations we had was about Bluey. (of course it was) No regrets there lol. I always found you so very cool, like you're popular, you like the Riordanverse, Bluey and you genuinely seem awesome to know irl. Alas, my only regret is never being there to see you listen to EPIC, no more harassing. I believe you sicced your followers and mutuals onto me that one time I expressed joy at having 3 mutuals lol, I met a lot of good friends from that, thank you. “Friendship...is born at the moment when one man says to another 'What! You too? I thought that no one but myself...'” And that's exactly how it went. :)

@thespideysavvy - Ray, hello! I met you pretty early on in my journey, you were so supportive of anything and everything, you carried everyone’s problems on your shoulders, but had no one to do the same. You’re smart, funny, kind, your posts make me smile, and well most of all: You’re a great friend. In my completely honest opinion, you’d make a great politician mate, I wish you the best of luck on your endeavors! You know what they say? “True friends are families which you can select.” Well you know who I chose on this webbed site? Well yeah, I chose you. Insha Allah we will meet again someday, for now, stay safe Spider-person. :D

@cassieisinthebasementt - CASSIEEE! Hello user of chaos :) Whew it’s been a while. You were one of those who came from Hasini’s spawn I believe, my most notable memory of thou is the once-in-a-blue-moon-spam and very interesting story about the girl named Cassie. I also recall you helping me with generative AI hate and trying to explain it all to my very…interesting brother. Ya know, when I first met you, I actually thought you looked like Marella, but alas I was incorrect with that assumption. “Life is nothing without a little chaos to make it interesting.” Thanks for making my life interesting Cassie.

@bookworm-fangirl1 - Ali! Alisha! Friend hi! If my memory serves me correct, you were also of Hasini's spawn, (Love you Hasini) and man am I glad I met you. You're funny, kind, smart, and so much more! Anyways I love you (/platonic) like Muffin likes cowboy hats (see what I did there?) I've always enjoyed our conversations and I hope you have a great time! I recall a time when you asked if anyone would like a cameo in your story, and I asked so you said you'd put me in! "Distance means so little when someone means so much." And to me Ali? You mean the world.

@i-am-a-duck-collector - THESS!! Thess hi how are you doing!? I've enjoyed our interactions, however concerning they may be lol. You'll live forever, so I hope you have a great life, and thank you for being my friend all those times. You've taught me many things, and I have so many memories with you and Lemon, I have not forgotten the bodyguard alliance to prevent any accidents with you! Thess, you've been such an important part of my tumblr journey, seriously, I mean every word I say. "Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies." And I couldn't agree more.

@sevsalio - Hi Sev! How've you been? Honestly for me, being followed by the Solangelo artist was such a big thing. I had to walk around the room a few times to process if this was actually happening. You're art always makes me smile, and the Sev lore is always very...interesting to read lol. It's been a heck of a ride, and I'm glad that I knew you during it all. I met you after you said you changed and apologised, and said you were still getting death threats, I mean it when I say if anything like that happend again I will personally get involved. Stay safe mate. "Chaos is a friend of mine." <- I think you'd like that. :)

@to-watch-it-all-burn - Hellooo Pippa!! Sorry I haven't checked in on you lately, this past month had been quite the rollercoaster. I've enjoyed our interactions more than anyone will ever know, I've found great comfort in your posts and every time I saw you in my notifications, it made me smile. You also seem to be quite the user of chaos and honestly I admire that about you. I wish it didn't have to be this way, and who knows? Maybe this isn't goodbye, maybe it's just see you later... "Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting." <- I'll see you around Pippa. :)

@lemoncatssss - Hi Tobi! How's the bodyguard alliance going without me? There's so much I want to say, and so little time to say it all. When I first met you, I thought you were a cool kid. Now that I've gotten to know you; I still think you're a cool kid. I've enjoyed your reblogs, the snippets of Lemon Lore, and the occasional OC post. I've loved it all, and I'm a bit sad to say that I'll miss it all. But what I'll miss more than all of it honestly is...you. I'll miss the random comment chains we started, the panic when Thess vanished, I'll miss tagging you and being tagged by you, I'll miss us yelling at each other to go to sleep. I'm really, really going to miss you Tobi. "Friends are like stars in the sky, you may not see them, but you always know they are there." <-I'll always think of you, and I hope you have a great day forever and ever.

@manicali - MANIC HI!! Oh lord what to say, how to begin! Honestly, I'm going to miss you. I already have your pinterest and discord I know, but I'm still going to miss you so darn much it doesn't even make sense. I guess I've known you for so long, the late night conversations, and all your random posts and the many tag games, that leaving one connection I have with you feels so much more. You bring me so much joy, so much light whenever I'm feeling dark, you are one of my best friends, and nothing will ever make me forget that. ""A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked." I love you Manic. /p

@lemedstudent2021 - Ah Kindred! Hello beloved. It's been quite a ride, hasn't it? I've loved knowing you, I've loved our random interactions, honestly I'll miss yelling at you to go to sleep-if it is sleepytime for you at time of posting this, go to sleep! I'm going to miss you so much, you brightened my day everytime I saw you post. I'm listening to Rewrite the Stars as I write this for you lol, Kindred, I wish you the best of life and in med school, and know that you will always be in my dua'as. "We’ll be the old ladies causing trouble in the nursing home." <- We better be hehe, and when's that mutual Umrah trip happening?

@hijabi-desi-bookworm - Esme, hi. How have you been? I've enjoyed our time together, knowing you and being able to call you my friend is an honour I would accept every. Single. Time. I'll really miss you, and sorry for the million notifications you must have gotten when you came back from your break. I hope you have a great time wherever you go, and receive joy from those you love, just like you made me happy. Please know that I care about you and I will never forget you, don't forget about little old me, will ya? "Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would I'd never leave." <- I'll miss you a lot Esme, I think about you every day.

@brokendarkfairyempressforever - Ah Sabreen! How are you? I know these past months have been especially rough on you and I'm sorry to be adding to that. I don't want to go, but some things are just meant to happen, and there's nothing we can do about it. Know I will always be here for you no matter what, you can come to me for anything and everything, even if I'm not on tumblr anymore, I'll still miss you so so much and will always remember how happy you made me every tag game, every funky little post-everything. I love you Sabreen (/p) and nothing will ever change that. "A true friend is the greatest of all blessings." <- Thank you for being my blessing Sabr.

@rins-batcave - Hiya Rin My discord is here to stay this time lol. You are one of my most popular mutuals, honestly seeing you follow me was a shock-possibly a heart attack-but it made me really happy. You're a nice guy, and your posts make me smile. You do archery-WHICH IS SICK DID I EVER TELL YOU HOW MUCH THAT AMAZED ME? You like a lot the same music as me, and talking to you has been really nice. You're a good friend and I met so many other friends though you. Thank you for being so inviting, kind, and for just being there all the time. It's been amazing knowing you Rin, and now I bid you adieu. "Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave and impossible to forget," No matter what happens, I'll never forget about you.

@please-be-nice-im-sensitive - Hey there Daisy! Yeesh this one was quite difficult to write, I nearly sighed out loud because I didn't know where to begin. Mate, you've been there for me for the highs, the lows, and all of the in-betweens. You're genuinely one of the kindest, sweetest, and most caring friend I've ever know. You're also so patient and so generous it astounds me. I hope your book is going well, I'd love to read/proofread it when it is finished! You' always make me laugh, and finding someone likeminded to me has been amazing. I've loved knowing you and I m proud to call you my friend. ""A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow," Thank you so much for not being deterred by my odd-nature. :)

[raqi-marr]

Can you explain what Sheepwave did? Most people stay mum about anything and everything she does because she's dating all the most important popular HDG authors and essentially made herself the most important individual there. I'm interested in the specifics of what she did.

at this point i don't actually think i can remember the entire list. it's like; god, what hasn't she done:

shortly after joining HDGcord she invited a shitton of her friends years ago and proceeded to sleep with every single mod and admin and generally spread her roots everywhere

she is single-handedly responsible for the addition of allosexuality to the setting (she invented the concept of affini genital grafts)

she, apparently, has a secret channel in the server just for her to vent into

she wrote Esper Maculatum explicitly as a spitefic, but pussied out before writing the ending; which was originally supposed to be that the main affini gets told she can't have her floret, class-B's her to forget the whole thing, and they are miserable forever. this was because she was mad about canon rulings

has done more than anyone else to flanderize the setting and bring umpteen quadrillion not-really-very-invested people to HDG. like, she shills her patreon and advertises so goddamn much on all of her work, she made such a thing of people telling their therapists about her story Good Sensory, she will not fucking stop linking her work and advertising it

the most recent thing she did is write a wiki article for the in-progress HDG wiki then publish it without going through any of the other mod team first (and i think some of the mods now quit because of this?)

once explicitly said that if mainstream media people wanted to interview someone about HDG she'd offer to let it be her, because i think in her head she is like, The HDG Spokesperson or some shit (it would certainly explain all the 1458712047 posts she makes in which she acts like the central authority in the community)

tied with cadence for person who has spammed the most about "guys HDG is just smut you shouldn't be taking it so seriously", while also complaining about people who roleplay on tumblr or do things she doesn't like

that probably isn't even everything, i'm almost certain that i'm forgetting some stuff. there is also the fact that, as you say, she is fucking half the mod team and so is impossible to argue or disagree with on the server

just an absolutely incredible human being honestly, i don't know how she does it

[gaikurose]

-Fracture (PPT FanFic) FAQ-

Read Fracture Here: A03

First off, I just want to thank you guys SO MUCH for the massive support on Fracture! Although it may not be as popular as most other Prototype fanfics out there, the fact that 300+ of you enjoy my story means so much to me! You have no idea~ 🥰

Before we begin, at lot of these were asked in a now deleted post regarding Fracture on Reddit that I figured I answered them here (Reddit is a cesspool, I tell ya 😵‍💫)

Disclaimer: Writing Style Change-

l've been doing this polished, academic style thinking it looked professional, and while some of you may have liked it, it's just not me.

It's been stressing me out and it looks a bit repetitive in certain areas. I thought it would work and I was taught to write like this, but no.

From here on out the writing will be more natural and true to my voice. The quality isn't going anywhere, just the style. It'll continue to grow and improve over time too, so bear with me.

-FAQ-

I'm considering opening up Tumblr Asks for questions, headcanon submissions, and possibly one-shot requests for characters and fandoms I'm familiar with. If enough people are interested I'll open the ask box.

The toys are children! Why would you do this, how dare you!

......Please read this post. I'm not discussing this crap any further. Click here

Will this be a Christian story since you have a cross in your bio?-

No. There's nothing inherently Christian about it — though it does explore themes like forgiveness, love, and healing, which anyone can relate to regardless of faith. If you're looking for explicitly Christian content, you're welcome to wait for my original projects, though those are a long way off. Just because I'm Christian doesn't mean I have to preach or make everything Christian 24/7. I have hobbies and interests outside of the Bible. If you want to be preached to, then find someone else or go to church. I'm not your preacher and it's not my job to preach to you. I also won't be pushing my beliefs on anyone, especially not in fanfics. Maybe in original content, but even then it won't be preachy nor forced (think of LOTR and Chronicles of Narina). I ask for you to please respect and understand that. If you have a problem with it, that's on you, not me.

This story reads familiar. Was it inspired by anything?-

Yes and no. It was inspired by two fanfics - though I dropped one because it was mostly NSFW, which just isn't my thing (I'm sorry).

The premise and tone of Fracture are entirely my own. It's going to be heavy, dark, and angsty - very different from the inspired fic I dropped. I don't know exactly how long it'll be, but it won't be short that's for sure. I just don't want to drag it out unnecessarily. As for One Good Thing — that's a concept I had planned long before Fracture. Someone else ended up doing something similar as a comic, so l'd call it semi-inspired, but the premise is entirely its own. It's also heavy, dark, and angsty with a depressing but bittersweet ending. It'll also only last 15-20 chapters with the word count only being 1k. I'm a sucker for angst in case you couldn't tell lol.

What happened to Remnants? Did it get deleted?-

Unfortunately yes. With AuDHD I have a tendency to rush into ideas without thinking them through, which leads to burnout tast.! had to cancel it, but I did move some of those ideas into Fracture, so they're not gone entirely. Once Fracture is finished I may revisit it — though it likely won't be an x Reader story anymore. What I have planned for it doesn't fit that format, so it'll probably feature an original character instead. Hope you guys are okay with that. I promise she won't be cringe or a Mary Sue.

Will you ever write smut?-

No. I feel like I've answered this many times, but apparently it still needs to be said - I do not write smut and I never will. I can write suggestive content that stays within the rated 13 boundary or pushes the boundaries a little bit, but never explicit nor smut content. I know it sells and I know it would probably get me more attention, but it's not something I'm comfortable with and not something I want to fall back into for personal reasons. There's plenty of it on AO3 and Wattpad if that's what you're looking for. I also want my stories to be accessible for teens and write real YA stories.

Please understand and respect this boundary.

This is the last time I'll be addressing it.

Will you write fanfics for other series and franchises?-

Yes! For now I'm focused on finishing my PPT fanfics and PPT in general as that's my hyper fixation at the moment, but once those are done I'd love to write for Kpop Demon Hunters, TMNT, Arcane, Sonic, Mario, and more — both one-shots and full stories. Stay tuned! 😁

That's everything! Thank you all again SO much for the support. I really do appreciate it and I'm glad you all have been enjoying what I'm putting out. I can't wait for you to see what's coming next. 🖤