#quidam9

[ziusura]

WAIT A MINUTE how long have you had positive feelings about BTS?? 😱

My sister and I impulse looked up kpop to annoy my mother in like feb and it turns out we love it lmao. I’ve been to 2 kpop concerts and will go to another over the summer ✌️(one of which was bts and I spent too much money)

[greaseonmymouth]

quidam9 replied to your post: writing meme- #2, 3? tell me about your fav and...

honestly I’m not sure if we even share a fandom anymore! but I still, to this day, love AUs more than anything… and fake dating (with COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF PINING) is my all time favourite trope ��

i don’t think we do? ahah :’’D 

AUs are the BEST THING EVER. :DDD and pining, and fake dating/fake marriage/PRETENDING TO BE IN LOVE WHILE BEING IN LOVE asdjghsjl MY HEART.

(how would you feel about shitty watercolour paintings?? i’m doing a course and we’re painting a lot of nature things. i could paint you something??)

[greaseonmymouth]

writing meme- #2, 3? tell me about your fav and least fav tropes!

is now a good time to bring up the fact i never wrote that coffeeshop au fic i was meant to write for you for that ao3 auction thing from years ago? aka the reason you and i actually know each other? :’’’D i’ll probably never write that fic (i don’t write for marvel anymore and idk if i ever will again) but i’m happy to honour the deal and do something else for you instead.

1. Is there a trope you’ve yet to try your hand at, but really want to?

i love tropes, A LOT, and i’ve written a good number of them - but the one trope i love the most and that i’ve never written a fic for is i believe….fake dating :’’’D (my all time favourite romcom is THE PROPOSAL. i’m not even sorry.) i’ve done accidental marriage (the vegas fic), but never fake dating. i’m writing fake dating for an origfic romance though! but. for fandom… one day. one day i’ll make it happen.

it could be a lot of fun to write a road trip au sometime? i’ve never done that. (or wait - have i? i mean. i tagged up all night for bucky as road trip though all that road tripping is mostly done by train in europe, lol. which…is the kind of road trip fic i’d write in the first place as i’m not a big fan of long car rides in the first place and anyway trains are better for the environment. I DIGRESS.) *throws up hands* i don’t know! 

2. Is there a trope you wouldn’t touch with a ten foot pole?

oh i dunno. i can’t think of a trope that i hate THAT much. i’m less keen on creature fic (and wingfic) and i can’t see myself writing one of those ever, but i’ve read some good ones despite not being a fan? idk. 

(fic writing meme)

[feedmetodingles]

me & @quidam9 got accidentally into the “robert is too pretty for prison” text post

me:  TOO PRETTY FOR PRISON! he is tho 

j:  😊 😊 😊 😊 😊 😊 god he would be beat up let rob and aaron go to prison together and let aaron defend rob aaron knows how to play the system 

me:   he would have to make friends with someone very large AARON 

j:  Aaron is tough

me:  aaron is good at prison aaron would scowl at everyone and be like "do you wanna fight about this" 

j:  fuck I want a prison au 

me:  and then robert would start running like a trading ring inside the prison 

j:  they learn not to fuck with aaron 

me:  also they would have to bang in public so everyone would know robert was aaron's 

j:  fuck I'm into that

[discussion of the ethics of prison aus culminating in “prison in fic is basically an all day sex party ... with crying”]

me:  aaron getting to beat people up for robert is my JAM though omfg i love aaron getting to protect him for once robert would probably try literally one time he thinks he's tall and can take care of himself like he goes to the gym he has abs literally on the floor in .1 second aaron's hauling the other dude off him going "shut the fuck up robert what have i told you" and then punching the other dude square in the mouth and as robert picks himself up off the floor he's like oh 

j:  😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 

me:  because aaron has really gone for it eventually he's like AARON, AARON and the guards have to pull aaron off and the dude is a gross pulpy mess and robert's like "you didn't do that in your other fights" and aaron's like "they didn't mess with you in my other fights did they" and robert's like AW and then aaron has to go to solitary for a day 

j:  HE'S MAKING A POINT ROBERT 

me:  they can't fuck with you robert!!!!!!! i guess if it's a proper prison au ross is in there too and aaron makes ross look after robert while he's in solitary and ross and robert are both UNTHRILLED but they have a very uncomfortable lunch experience and robert talks him into helping with whatever scheme he has to take over the inner political workings of the prison 

j:  it takes 0 effort ross thinks he's gonna get cut loose and he lives for getting what he wants in theory 

me:  ross thinks he's taking advantage of robert he feels sort of guilty but not really because aaron is so fucking smug so he tries to lord it over aaron when aaron gets out of the hole and aaron looks at robert and robert looks back at aaron and aaron goes "you're an idiot, mate, did anyone ever tell you that" 

j:  AARON IS SO SMART "but I'm not stupid" Aaron tells Gordon AND I BELIEVE IT 

me:  sooo smart he knows exactly what robert is doing and it is part of why he picked robert!!!!! 

j:  also his best friend is married to rob's sister,  that helps 

me:  and then aaron goes and touches robert's face in public and is like "nobody touched you right" and robert rolls his eyes and is like "no they did not, ross protected me" ross, in the background, preens slightly 

j:  adam and vic double date with them in visiting hours 

me:  "not that i needed him" robert adds adam and vic :))))) they bring pictures of puppies and equipment for robert's plan to take over the hierarchy of the prison

[ziusura]

quidam9 replied to your post “quidam9 replied to your post:i should just calmly accept that i’ve...”

a few others i follow have been posting a lot of dragon age so I'm picking things up there too. my origin story is warrior but I was thinking abt trying it as mage too. dragon age wikia has been helping me make some of the major decisions though...

the dragon age disease is spreading eheheheh. 

human origins then? they’re the only one with 2 choices--noble or mage origins--i can think of. there’s 3 diff elf origins (mage, dalish, city elf) and 2 dwarven (noble or casteless) too and I recommend playing through one of the dwarven ones (especially noble) just bc it makes going to orzammar a completely different experience. granted each origin makes a different part of the game more interesting so it’s a hard decision. mages are a lot of fun! i think warriors are easier to fight with for a first time video game player tho, so good choice there haha. 7/10 times i’m playing a rogue tho bc i hate not being able to pick locks myself. 

I look up some of the choices too. I’m weak and too scared of screwing things up and I always play my games long after they’re out (I think inquisition is the only game I’ve gotten within a year of the release date and I got it in...may I think?) so there’s always plenty of stuff for me to look up ha. 

[ziusura]

quidam9 replied to your post:i should just calmly accept that i’ve turned into...

I have recently started playing origins (it’s my first video game ever!!!! if you don’t count dr mario and duck hunt on the NES) so I’m avidly following & making mental notes on everything being posted ahaha

!!!!!!!!!!!!!

which origin story did you do? my first play through I did the mage origins (elven one, but outside of some racial comments there isn't much difference between elven and human mange origins). 

it was def not my first video game, but dragon age 2 was my first ever bioware game (unless you count the first 30min i played of knights of the old republic before it crashed when i was like 10). i liked mass effect more bc i’m a scifi nerd and i self inserted so hard (I’M THE SAVIOR OF THE GALAXY), but that game is difficult if you’re terrible at shooting games. 

i’m so glad you’re playing it! as much as the fandom eats each other alive (though if you’ve been in any big fandom this will be par for the course ha), the game is so so fun and the characters are great. the series is a heck of a lot of fun because of how involved you the player feel, though I definitely struggled with making some of the choices (even if I was treating the character as it’s own separate entity from me with their own thoughts and choices bc I struggle to make any mean or super pragmatic choices even if the character would). and origins has my very favorite character in the entirety of the series (leliana)!!! inquisition does too so she’s got super amazing graphics face on top of being my fav haha.

i mostly complain and reblog pictures of my favs so i can’t imagine i’m offering much other than “love your dwarves” and “please look at this beautiful character” haha.  

[myriadofbees]

names meme: anastasia

I don’t think I’ve ever known someone of that name irl. Right now all I can think of is that bit from the movie with the auditions and the “Grandma, it’s me, Anastasia” but with that gif of Obi Wan taking off his coat.

[nonmodernists]

Hello! I watched part of your jam-making adventure on periscope today - sadly for me, work meant I was unable to stick around for the whole thing, but the finished product looks great! I was wondering if you might be willing to share your recipe :)

hi! i’m so glad you enjoyed my dorky periscope adventure!!

i’m happy to share the recipe :D but be warned that i eyeball most of my measurements so this is not a very structured recipe

peach thyme jam

peaches! (i used 3 and got a pint of jam. you could definitely use more)

sugar, to taste (with a small amount of fruit, start with a quarter of a cup and add more if needed)

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 teaspoon thyme (or to taste)

dice your fruit and put it in a saucepan or a frying pan if you are super into real ~jam~ texture. add lemon juice, sugar, thyme.

heat over medium until the fruit starts to break down. 

at this point, i use a potato masher to mash my fruit into smaller bits.

taste and adjust sugar and thyme as needed.

cook till jam-like. if you really care, you can test the set on either a cold spoon or a plate. thicker = better.

if you just want some jam, stick it in a jar and keep it in the fridge for a few weeks.

if you want some jam that’ll be there for you in the cold months of winter, water bath can that shit

that’s it!! lemme know if you have questions