Zoobazoo

fanfic writer on ao3 @zoobazoo Frequent writer for: Bungo Stray Dogs, Supernatural, Detective Conan, DC Comics

[musubi05]

10 people I'd like to get to know ✍️ thank you for the tag @officallyunstable

Last song: Headed North by Noah Kahan

Currently watching: Love Island, SPN again with friends (so proud of myself for getting them hooked), whatever anime I can get my hands on

Current obsessions: Video games

Currently reading: I swap between books A LOT since I can't focus on one, but right now it's The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Currently working on: A half-sister fic that was requested, but Sam and Dean don't know about her

Currently wearing: 1967 Ford Bronco car shirt and some sweatpants (i just woke up)

Last Google search: Baby Bratz movies (I was going down the rabbit hole of past childhood movies)

Flower: Hibiscus

Taglist: @samlou @amentiaewrites @ambiguous-avery @captonite @studiogrimm810 @winchesters-favorite-girl @redbird-tf @jasmines-library @marvelfanfn2187a113 @k-winchester

[ambiguous-avery]

Aww, thanks so much for the tag, L! I love tag games to pieces! Also, Hibiscuses are my favorite flowers too!!

🎵 Last song: Twice by Arrows in Action (seeing them in October! I'm so excited!)

📺 Currently Watching: Supernatural (still working my way through it... very, very slowly), Criminal Minds, my 100th watch of Project Hail Mary

💜 Current Obsessions: Oh god, what am I not obsessed with? Always building my characters in Genshin, writing my dozens of WIPs that I still need to finish. I kinda go all out or not at all with my stuff. So I'm either fully obsessed or not interested in the slightest lol

📖 Currently Reading: I'm so far behind on my reading list. As far as traditionally published books, I'm not currently reading anything. But fanfic-wise? Uh... I'm gonna say @h0lym01y's headlock series. Eagerly waiting for the next chapter of it :D

📝Currently working on: Again... what am I not working on? I've got an office AU Sam-fic in the works, several short smut pieces that have been floating around in my head, but the thing that's currently open in the tab next to tumblr (the thing I should be working on instead of this lol) is my very first Spencer Reid piece. I'm broadening my horizons lol

👕 Currently Wearing: My homemade replica of S1 Sam's purple dog shirt and jeans. I had to be a person earlier than usual today which means I had to put on real people clothes

🌐 Last Google Search: Mac and Cheese powder bulk (thanks to @kblognar for reminding me that this is a thing)

🌸 Favorite Flower: Like I said up above, hibiscuses are my favorite flowers in the world :D

Ten people I'd like to get to know better (no pressure, of course!): @jollyhunter @sorryitsmyfirstdayonearth @h0lym01y @zepskies @bettystonewell @reginaphalangelobster @sweetbabygirlsworld @kblognar @chevroletdean @voodoochildthings

[reginaphalangelobster]

Oooh ty for the tag Avery!! I too adore tag games 💜

And I was listening to Twice the other day, tysm for the rec on that one, it's so good lol

Last song: What A Time - Julia Michaels & Niall Horan

Currently watching: Supernatural (slowly), Criminal Minds (on hiatus atm but hopefully back to it soon), The Vampire Diaries (same as previously lol), Chicago Fire (rewatching with my dad, surprisingly fun lol)

Current obsessions: Writing. I adore it lol, that's it atm but I love making graphics when I have the inspiration

Currently reading: We don't talk about that. I need to read more. Like desperately. I'm just sooo bad at it but I have a longer Clint Barton fic saved to my drafts to read soon, so hopefully I'll get to that next!

Currently working on: Far too many things. I'm somewhat coming back to my Destiel x reader series, still working on it but with some great tips, in getting better at dealing with series lol. And for fics, trying to finish random drafts, a bunch of requests and get a jumpstart on Kinktober

Currently wearing: Matching with you accidentally A, my Sam Winchester get up but I have the wrong jeans sadly, close enough though! Op shop flannels may not fit right but they're the coziest 💙

Last google search: Chicago Fire Chicago PD SVU crossover

Favourite flower: I do love a good Hibiscus, a fav is hard but I do like how dramatic black calla lilies are

Npt: @islaymonsters @casanddeanswife @i-gotta-go-so-much-bigger @froggibus @cantchooseafav @saltnburnbaby @l4racr0ft @iwantmyobitwrittenbyapoet @aegonslut @s0urw00lf

Also side note, you don't know how excited I got when you said what fic you're working on now Avery, I cannot wait to read it!!!

[iwantmyobitwrittenbyapoet]

Thank you for the tag, Lobster! I just read Sit And Stay A While and it was brilliant and beautiful. I knew you’d execute the prompt flawlessly!

Latest Song: ALICE by PEGGY (I wanted to hear the song the title of the fic was from, of course!)

Currently Watching: From* (my favorite horror show I’ve ever come across), BTVS (rewatch), Interview with the Vampire* (very slowly, but surely… I’m in the trenches trying not to get spoiled), Three Body Problem (rewatch), Supernatural (rewatching select favorite episodes and seasons), Doctor Who (also very slowly… can you feel my guilt…?), Jujutsu Kaisen (at the request of ALL my friends… I counted…). *Current hyperfixations will have a star*

Currently Reading: The Phantom of The Opera by Gaston Leroux, Antigone by Sophocles, Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo, Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree, and Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Currently working on: My series of horror short stories ranging from gothic to urban to sci-fi to “it looks like slice of life until you get sliced”, my psychological fantasy novel Broken Jewels (working title) which is set after the main “action” of the plot, instead opting for a gentler, kinder recovery plotline punctuated by the protagonists memories of his traumatic past

Currently wearing: blue and white striped nightgown… but earlier today, I was wearing a new pair of red bell-bottom jeans, heeled leather boots, a black long-sleeve blouse borrowed from a friend, leather accessories (small choker, belt, bracelet)…

Last Google Search: “tumblr” followed by “song that sounds like english but isn’t in 1970s” (Thinking of “Prisencolinensinainciusol”… please look it up if you don’t know about it, everyone should know this story methinks…)

Favorite Flower: I don’t usually like flowers very much since I’m near deathly allergic to most of them, but I’ve been really into pictures of Peonies lately, and I included a green and purple Cattleya orchid in one of my short horror stories somewhat recently.

tags: @derelictcorpse @empty-headed-corvid @mqyhlkahu @zoobazoo @vinc3ntb1t3z and anyone who sees me on their dash who’s interested!

[zoobazoo]

Aw, thanks for the tag! I haven’t done smth like this in a LONG time

Latest Song: Crave by Paramore (I’ve been listening to their 2023 album recently)

Currently Watching: Um, Actually (do game shows count?), Detective Conan (always watching lol), rewatching Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, and The Boys (finally get to watch the last season IM SCARED)

Current Obsession: prob Heated Rivalry if I’m being honest to myself

Currently Reading: The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien (rereading with my sister) and The Court of the Dead by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro (solangelo my beloved…) and for manga, Steel Ball Run (jjba)

Currently Working On: soo many fics, but most predominantly my BSD reaction fic, In Flux, and a Justice League meets Tim Drake fic thats semi-canon compliant for Robin vol 3 that I have yet to give a title to

Currently Wearing: pajamas lol

Last Google Search: jjba keychains on etsy! I crave for jjba merch rn

Favorite Flower: Celosias!! They’re so soft. Jasmines are a close second tho, I love how they smell

Anyone who wants to join in, feel free to do so!!

[zoobazoo]

This is gonna sound so weird, but does anyone ever have the sudden realization that animals DON’T look like pokémon?

I saw a picture of a pangolin today and was just like….🤨 that’s not a sandshrew. Why does it look like that and not a sandshrew.

[zoobazoo]

Reminder that Dean Winchester heard “the very touch of you corrupts” and “when Castiel first laid a hand on you in hell he was lost” and took it as a personal failure, a sign that he really was a poison to those he loved most

Meanwhile Cas said “I cared about the whole world because of you” and in his final moments (if u believe in the lie that is the finale being canon) forced Dean to reconcile the image he had of himself with the one Cas had of him, realize he saved him from a future of apathy and that having him in his life made Cas better, not worse. That Dean Winchester’s mere existence made an entire immortal being’s life better.

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Trying to recommend people watch Yu-gi-oh is always an insane pitching experience because the basic premise, what the show's about, and the actual meat-and-potatoes plot mechanics are all extremely different from one another.

The premise for DM is that some kid has an amnesiac ancient egyptian ghost haunting him and various billionaires are going to try to divest him of his jewellery. What DM is about is platonic devotion, staying true to your friends, the all encompassing power of love, and the eventual burden of moving on from death. This entire thing is painted in the aesthetics of 90's punk and visual kei.

The premise for GX is a kid attends card game high school and goes on wacky adventures. What GX is about is growing up, about seeing the world get more and more dark as you get older until you don't think you are the same person anymore, and having to hold onto the things that make you you. The later seasons draw heavy inspiration from lovecraftian cosmic horror.

The premise for 5Ds is a street punk has to team up with new friends and old enemies to fight on behalf of ancient south american space gods. What 5Ds is about is classism, and tools of oppression in a hi-tech futuristic society that is literally powered by magic. The visual language ping pongs between classic cyberpunk grunge and ultra sleek hypermodern.

The premise for Zexal is a different kid with a different amnesiac ghost that lives inside his necklace team up to find his memories. What Zexal is about is human connection, about reaching out a hand into the dark, about not being alone, and the pointlessness of war. This entire thing is themed with elements of the christian bible.

The premise for Arc-V is a theatre kid who travels the worlds spreading cheer and smiles with his circus performances. What Arc-V is about is child soldiers, and indoctrination into the military industrial complex, and the emotional dissonance that forms between events of trauma and day-to-day survival. One of the characters is inexplicably a traditional japanese shinobi.

The premise for VRAINS is a depressed highschooler cybercrime-ing his way through the internet so he can find answers to why he was kidnapped and tortured when he was 8. What VRAINS is about is the future of corporate greed, about healing, about what makes a consciousness, and the poisoning power of hate. A solid 50% of the story is just really good goofs on modern internet culture.

But if you just throw on a random episode of any one of those, the actual construction of any given one are going to be pretty much the same: It's all Card Games babeeeey

[zoobazoo]

Thinking thoughts about Clark “just be normal” Kent and Lois “be extraordinary” Lane in that lois is in a competitive, misogynistic, eat or be eaten world and needs to yell to even let her voice be heard to survive it while clark is an illegal immigrant who might be white-passing but Knows that the moment someone finds out he’s different, not only will he be treated differently, he’ll actively be feared

+ the fact that both of them (in most universes) choose not to ignore the hate and corruption that fills the world but instead call attention to it using their respective positions in order to change it for the better and spread messages of love and peace when it would be so easy for both of them to keep their heads down

[arbitriumart]

Tousled and Tamed

Where yo getting yo hair done at homie

[zoobazoo]

Ran and Shinichi would love calling each other my wife/husband when they finally get married

YEARS of their friends teasing them “oh your husband’s playing soccer rn” “oh your wife was looking for you a second ago” back when they weren’t together and unable to join in with the nicknames caught up to them and now they refuse to call each other anything else

“Hello my darling wife, how was work today?” “Oh there goes my husband again, poking his nose in the police’s business” “Yes beat him up!! That’s my wife!! She’s so— oh, yikes. Pls don’t call the cops on her I promise that was a criminal she just knocked out…”

Bonus points if they do it so often that their friends start getting annoyed and they’re just like ?? You’ve been annoying us for YEARS by calling us married and suddenly we can’t do it back??

[zoobazoo]

Is Joseph Joestar my favorite Jojo or is Caesar Zeppeli simply my favorite character and Joseph just happens to be his extended person

[zoobazoo]

So my friend has been showing me jjba parts 2-5 and we finally decided to go back and watch part 1 before we continue….

What do you MEANNN Dio is just Like That what do you mean this is how it starts WHAT IS GOING ONNN he’s not even a vampire yet and he’s insane 💀

I knew he was a hater since day one but WHAT DO YOU MEANNN

(Rlly interesting to analyze Giorno now that I know more about Dio tho)

[zoobazoo]

The Chronicles of Narnia — Books vs Movies

Ok, no one asked for this, but I just finished reading The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and I had no one to talk to, so.... (Prefacing this by saying this is all just my opinion!! Please don't come at me! Also, despite how this might read, please know that I truly do love the movies)

First up, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe:

Movie > Book (Is this a hot take?)

The book was really decent, but the movie just expanded on so many of the ideas that the book put down. A throwaway sentence from the book about the war became an extended scene and setup in the movie + really set up how the Pevensies' relationship dynamics worked, from Peter and Susan's responsibility of their younger siblings while also struggling with being children themselves to Edmund's decisions throughout. The emphasis on the siblings' dynamics and relationship was also so lovely in the movie.

The main thing the movie was missing (for me) was 1) Peter's whimsy and 2) the magic that was affecting Edmund. For the second one, I honestly forgive it, because although it villifies Edmund a bit, the book's allegory/suppository is a little on the nose sometimes, so it's kind of nice to have something to analyze without it being spoonfed to you. I don't forgive Peter's whimsy being erased, though; he's so funny to me in the books lol

Next, Prince Caspian:

Book > Movie

The movie makes it so that everything that happened in the first movie is just repeated in a different font. Also, the way they set up all the conflicts and Caspian's introduction was just bland in comparison. I love how in the books, Peter wasn't affected by Caspian's presence, because obviously the man who has been king for YEARS wouldn't be badly affected by someone new, especially when he knows he won't be in Narnia for long. Peter knows he's high king, king of all kings of Narnia. Of course he wouldn't be jealous. I just think the movie mischaracterized him badly. Also, I love how in the book, Caspian has time to be settled in with the Narnians and is already essentially leading them before the Pevensies arrive. The movie honestly didn't give him enough credit and just thrust him into it. He's already a leader, he just needed help getting his position back.

All that said, I really do love how Caspian's single throwaway line of 'Señor' in the book was taken and ran with in the movie to truly make an allegory to the conquistadors. I'm sure that's what the book was trying to do, too, but it was far more clear in the movie.

Lastly, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader:

Book > Movie (??)

Okay, this one I have mixed feelings about. I think the movie got rid of all the things I didn't like about the book, but I also didn't like the random quest that doesn't exist in the book (the whole swords thing instead of the search for Caspian's father's advisors which was already set up in the previous book) + Edmund and Caspian's conflict that the movie introduces. In the book, the whole gold pond/lake(?) scene is meant to be an allegory for man's greed, whereas in the movie it lowkey made both of them just seem a bit petty, idk. One thing I don't like about the book that I'm glad the movie got rid of, though, is the commentary on progressivism. While for the most part I was ambivalent to it, there's one part of the book that Eustace makes a comment about the misogyny Lucy lowkey faces on board the Dawn Treader, and since the message of the book is meant to look down on Eustace's progressivism, it truly just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. All in all, though, the book's setup of events was better than the movie. Though I rlly loved Eustace's relationships with everyone in the movie, specifically with Reepicheep, and how it was showed, more than in the book.

I think the hottest take I have is that the first movie is better than all of the books and movies LOL (between those three specifically/not including the books that didn't have movies made)

[zoobazoo]

Ilya Rozanov strikes me as the kinda guy who watched and loved Naruto as a kid and then rewatched it as an adult and suddenly unlocked the true meaning of life

[zoobazoo]

Jack’s first parent-teacher conference, he takes Sam and Dean

The teacher starts saying how incredibly kind Jack is, what a wonderful student he is. It’s only when they’re saying their goodbyes and are getting called Mr and Mr Winchester that Sam realizes they made a grave mistake. Like oh! No! We’re brothers 😅

Teacher is SO embarrassed. Jack’s always gushing about his dads, so it was truly an honest mistake

To avoid this, next time, Jack takes Cas and Sam. Dean’s busy, anyway. Different teacher, but she has notes on Sam from the previous teacher. ‘Mr. Winchester, it’s so nice to meet you. And this must be your partner, Mr…?’

Sam is So Flustered but also thinks this is hilarious. Cas is so confused until he gets it. They quickly correct her once they stop laughing.

Next year, it’s Cas and Dean’s turn. Sam is already mentally prepared for what’s about to happen. He’s so ready to laugh at Dean’s face when he gets home.

Turns out the joke was on him when the two come home holding hands. Cas is just like, ‘Explaining our relationship last time was too embarrassing. I thought it was easier to just agree that we were husbands.’

Sam: ‘And you’re still holding hands because…?’

Dean’s face is SO red. Sam truly does have the last laugh

[zoobazoo]

“Castiel was nerfed” this, “Castiel was nerfed” that. Can we talk about the beauty of Castiel, angel of the lord, leader of a garrison of angels, a being who only knew how to be a soldier and experience war, CHOOSE to use his powers mainly for healing??

s15e06 is so important to me. When his grace was nearly depleted and quite literally flickering, he chose to heal that boy even when it wasn’t a fatal injury. He continuously chooses to use his grace for matters more meaningful to him than battle and I truly wish more people acknowledged the beauty in that 😔

[zoobazoo]

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