Tales by Taylor

Mostly fanfic writings. Blog under construction. 

[talesbytaylor]

My non-Tumblr accounts

Pixiv: https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/72887877

Archive of Our Own: https://archiveofourown.org/users/love_fluttershy/works

Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/user/talesbytaylor

Fanfiction.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/u/331804/L-Simpsonjazzgirl --> Home of my older, cringier works from my youth ugh. I left them there to laugh at my own sorry ass.

Deviantart: https://www.deviantart.com/lsimpsonjazzgirl

Twitter: https://twitter.com/talesbytaylor

Will update as needed >.<

Please note: Images used on my Tumblr blog are stock photos and/or royalty-free images to the best of my knowledge, complying with U.S Code Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 107 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use. 

[gathering-of-flowers]

new beginnings.

First off ... I want to sincerely apologize to anybody who had been patiently waiting for me to update my fanfic for so long :(

Secondly ... I am honestly amazed that I still receive views and the occasional message from people who have read my Simpsons fanfic that I started way back in 2015! Though the planning for this story started back in 2013 :)

My life has changed quite a bit since then ... the world changed a bit, too ... so many political movements ... contemporary trends ... etc!

But my candle for Michael D'Amico and Lisa Simpson (and my other shippings from my fanfic hehe) still burns strong <3

I wanted to let you know that my story has not finished yet. Not the least.

Of course, my ideas have slightly changed and grown into other things over the years, but I promise to those who are still following my story that I will post the rest of what I had originally planned to write.

I'm still writing the 5th chapter rewrite. It's coming for sure!

But for this Tumblr blog, I might just use this as a space for posting notes about the fanfic - for example: upcoming plots, extra context for each character, alternate stories (or stuff I meant to use but decided against/deleted), or information on any real life events that I got my influence for a chapter from, etc.

For now, I've password-protected the blog to avoid any weird web crawlers. I only want people who are genuinely interested in reading my notes. (Psst.... it's just "Simpsons" without the quotation marks...and yes, including the capital S )

I can't guarantee how quickly I will write subsequent chapters after the fifth one ... but if there is enough interest/active following, it will for sure motivate me to write more quickly!

So please ... if you do follow, please feel free to message me about it, leave reviews of my chapters, or tell me what your headcanon is regarding Michael and Lisa (which now seems to be a legit shipping category in various Simpsons fan communities!), or if you like any of my weird shippings (I almost gave away a spoiler lol), or what you'd like to see me include in my story ... let me know :)

Thank you again <3

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my (new!) other blog <3

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Does this look like Rouge from SaGa Frontier?

[incrediblethingsbytaylor]

I’ll give you some string You’ll find your way home And I will be waiting When you return.

I can’t steal his heart, but I can steal back mine…

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This was an old post of mine. I forgot this song existed!

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My OTP to the rescue!

Due to some real life stuff, I’ve been feeling quite sad and alone for a while. I don’t do anything these days besides go to work and then come home. Nowhere to turn to, nobody to turn to. I haven’t been online on any social media for months either, so when I accidentally clicked Twitter and saw my Dashboard, I felt all right again.

Just like that. With one click.

It was a New Year’s-themed Rouge x Asellus fan art from one of the artists I follow. The cutest thing ever.

Suddenly the world feels all right again.

But then... when I realize how a random OTP fan art made me so happy so quickly like that, I feel sad again. It’s tough enough being into a rarepair for an equally rarely-known jrpg. And the local fan community not being very welcome to multishippers like me makes it worse. I’m not gonna let a bunch of jerks force me to hide. But I wish I had at least one person I could fangirl with, whom I could talk to in my own language (instead of using Google Translate to talk to the Japanese community, as lovely as they are).

If I post enough about my favorite rarepair, would I eventually attract a like-minded person...? If I pretend that Rouge and Asellus from SaGa Frontier *was* a plausible pair, even if they officially only have one interaction in the entire game? 

For example... in My Hero Academia, somehow Bakugo x Ochaco is sizeable. Those two characters have a handful of interactions in the series, yet there is a horde of shippers for that rarepair.

I wonder if I can make the same happen for Rouge x Asellus. 

Sigh. Nobody reads my Tumblr so it feels impossible. But then again, Meghan Markle meeting and then marrying a real life prince happened. I’m sure that was as unimaginable and unexpected as the concept of Rouge x Asellus. Lol.

I know I’m being a dork, so whoever is reading this, you do not have to remind me... I already know :)

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r/StreetFighter - A day well spent (Kyo from KOF - Sakura from SF)

791 votes and 19 comments so far on Reddit

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Kyo x Sakura exists!!!!!! Crossover pairings ftw! Omg this makes me so much happier than it should xD

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Crossover pairings?

How do people generally feel about shippings created from two different universes?

I’ve often pondered about this as a child, back when I was more ‘with’ the gaming community overall xD

For example, I have this old, old, OLD fanfic from when I was like 13. It’s about Coco Bandicoot (from the Crash games) meeting and falling in love with Spyro (from the eponymous Spyro games xD ). I honestly don’t remember where I was going with it, let alone HOW the two worlds collide, but... I always thought that they would be so cute together hehe. Even though they are technically different ‘races’. But come on, what’s wrong with that! xD

I’ve been so far away from both fandoms forever, but recently as I pondered my SF shippings, my mind drifted back to the time when I was following other games too.

My other crossover ships (for the hell of it):

Kyo (from King of Fighters) x Sakura (from Street Fighter) !

Or Sakura x Terry Bogard (from Fatal Fury) !

Zero (from Megaman X series) x Roll (from Megaman Classic games) !

Hm. That last one counts too, right? Even if they are from “adjacent” universes haha.

Sigh. I feel like nobody will ever understand these pairings (which is understandable, as crossover pairings are the most niche of all niche shippings lol). 

Perhaps I dare to dream though......... ^_^

Omg. What about Morrigan (from Darkstalkers) and Orlouge (from SaGa Frontier)!? I feel like both would get along so well lol!

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When cherryboy Blue meets the beautiful Emelia ... an older, sexier woman xD

Besides Silence x Mesarthim, this is another favorite Saga Frontier rarepair that i’ve discovered in the Japanese fan community! There is also an audience for Blue x Annie too, but I think I prefer Emelia over Annie, just because I secretly ship Red with Annie xD

I’ve talked with someone about how they came to ship Blue x Emelia, and it turns out that their friend had played as Emelia as their first SF character and got Emelia’s BAD ending as their FIRST ending. 

Which then cemented the fact that Emelia would be moving on as a single, bereaving woman, canon-wise (for that friend, of course). 

And then the second SF character they played as was Blue, who then happened to venture out on the Arcane Magic quest, and tada... the very first female character that they recruited in Blue’s story was Emelia!!

And just like that ... a new ship was born ^_^

For my part, I read some wonderful Blue x Emelia fanfics (from the person I talked to) which cemented me as another shipper! I’ve also found some Blue x Emelia art as well, though regrettably, there aren’t as many of them as Rouge x Asellus. (Oh ... and that person also is a huge RouAse fan too ^_^)

I’m currently working on a Rouge x Asellus pic I drew long ago, but still trying to get through the digital parts of it x_x but after that, I’m thinking a Blue x Emelia pic is next! (We’ll see though, because I also really want to do something for Silence x Mesarthim T_T )

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July 2022 in JP Romancing Saga RS! 

I can’t wait until the Global version gets this.... probably a year from now x_x

I love Ildon’s cameo right after White Rose though ^_^ I wish Zozma was included though... I feel like he is the most forgotten character when it comes to Asellus’ quest T_T

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“Kiss Me, Zozma”

Note: I posted this on AO3 and wrote a very short and stupid story to go along with this pic! Please check it out (see my Pinned Post) ^_^

The background is the bar in Facinaturu. 

Zozma, in a valiant effort to cheer up Asellus before her final battle with Orlouge, took her out to the bar before they headed for Chateau Aiguille. 

Obviously they’re drunk, that’s why they are about to kiss as drunken friends (who are secretly crushin’ on each other) doooooooooooo ^_^

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Queen Asellus and her loyal servant men.... ;)

I wanted to add Virgil as one of her worshippers bahaha. But... his sprite was TOO LARGE! He would’ve overshadowed all of them!!

I wish I had Zozma in the pic though. He definitely would’ve been on the ground with Rouge and Ildon, worshipping the ground that Asellus walks on <3

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My first art since forever x_x 

I love Johnny Tightlips so much... I was SO demotivated and depressed while making this, so please excuse the shoddy attempts at the highlights and shades. 

That Deviantart watermark is very distracting though... I’m sorry ;_;

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Classic love triangle tropes (ramblings)

Do people still enjoy reading about love triangles in fanfics?

I feel like those were way more popular in the early 2000′s, up to maybe early 2010′s...

Maybe it’s because I’ve been listening to a lot of cheesy love songs from late 90′s/early 2000′s, but... 

I really want to write a cheesy love triangle fanfic concerning Asellus hehe 😊

Not Asellus x White Rose x Gina though. Sorry. But it’s because there already are so many of those on AO3!!!! It’s too commonplace >.<

Nothing against yuri. But if you really know me... I love my rarepairs in SF <3

I thought about Ildon x Asellus x Zozma (based on this old doujinshi I saw on sale last year... it was published in 1999 I think ;_; I didn’t get to buy it thoughhhh).

But I love RouAse so much... it will probably be Rouge x Asellus x Ildon instead ^_^

Oy... this blog is slowly becoming solely focused on SF multishippings xD

I might work on my Simpsons fanfic later today. I have some ideas in mind.

Also working on some art for the first time in 100 years! Simpsons related though... but if I can muster up the courage to draw anime-style, I will post my SF art here as well ;_;

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Note to Self

サイメサ - Silence x Mesarthim

レドアセ - Red x Asellus

ゾズアセ - Zozma x Asellus

ラスアセ - Rastaban x Asellus

イルアセ - Ildon x Asellus

ルーアセ - Rouge x Asellus  <3

ヒューアセ - Fuse x Asellus, after the Remastered version/Imperial Saga ^_^

I have also seen someone mention a Lute x Asellus before, but.... that one is very obscure, even for me xD 

Also, Lute would be perfect for anyone! He is literally the friendliest guy in SaGa Frontier ;_;

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Suuuuuure, Ildon! Keep using Rastaban as an excuse to why you keep stalking Asellus :p You’re worse than Zozma, at least he’s honest about being a creep xD

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*~*Taylor*~* on Twitter

“@reuniverse_en Asellus goes for a splash in the sun with her summer boys 💖💦🕶👙 ID: 141220829696 #SaGaRS”

The first ever time I’ve ever tweeted to another public account >.< 

This may not be anything out of the norm for most people, BUT it is a BIG step for me because I have a high functioning social anxiety that unfortunately rolls over to online interactions as well! So, yay!!!! GO ME!!!!!

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1) Zozma watches Rouge watching Asellus.

2) Zozma follows Rouge walking with Asellus.

3) Asellus: Hey Rouge, do you feel like somebody is stalking us?     Rouge: Yeah, kinda!

4) Asellus: Ugh, it’s Zozma, that creep. Let’s hide behind that house over there.

5) However, Zozma gets the last laugh ^_^

(Zozma is a RouAse shipper! Who knew! 🤣🤣🤣)