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(spoilers for S.W.O.R.D #6)
I’m very worried for Wanda.
Like Magento’s last line makes me think he would try to kill her, and resurrect her. But if it backfires, and Wanda isn’t (still) a mutant, then technically Magneto committed a crime. So all of this could lead on the trial of Magneto.
I can imagine mutants being divided on rather to pardon Magneto or have him punished like Sabertooth. What do yall think of this???
the library from the dreaming always makes me so emotional…. the concept of a place where all the stories i imagined but never actually wrote exist in books…. all the characters from my childhood i ended up forgetting…. the scenes i played in my head again and again but never became a proper script……. i know it’s just fiction but i like to think that place is real somewhere, in another dimension… . it warms my heart
I can’t of anything to currently ask and such, so here’s a bunch of hearts. (I’ll probably ask questions later) ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️And thank you so much for such amazing world building and characters. I have yet to see a fanfiction that lives up to yours.
Happy 10th Anniversary To That Fic I Need To Update
That’s right, today marks 10 years since I posted the first chapter of Gilded Green back on good ol’ Fanfiction Dot Net! The fic itself, of course, is older than that, because it took me over two years to write, but the point still stands.
Happy birthday to my baby!
It wasn’t the first fic I’d published, but it was definitely the one I’d put the most work into at the time. Stingrae was a major support and a fantastic beta, and there’s no way I could’ve gotten the darn thing written without her. She held my virtual hand through brainstorming sessions and writing marathons and that time I decided I’d just have to let the brainwashing be as awful and creepy as it had to be and that time I drank too much tea and she gently told me to stop because my messages were riddled with typos, and ALSO that time she told me to stop obsessing over the calendar and timeline I was creating for ATLA itself and GO TO SLEEP ALREADY. XD
I still remember being oh-so-nervous about posting it, after years of trying to get it right. Feeling kinda bad that I only managed to get it to my liking after the ATLA fandom had started to die down. Wondering if anyone would bother reading it, considering it focused on an unpopular villain, minor characters, and a ton of OCs. Getting all giddy and super happy when the reviews started to come in and people actually liked it!
And people still like it, so many years later! And I’ve kept writing and shared so many more stories with y’all and made quite a few friends ever since! (If you’re a regular commenter of mine I love you and you’re my fandom friend even if we’ve never had a conversation outside of fic comments, I don’t make the rules. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )
Unfortunately I don’t have much to celebrate with. I would’ve LOVED to finally have GG2 ready to go, or even rewrite GG itself as a 10th anniversary edition that’s more in line with my current writing style and some updated worldbuilding/character development that I’ve come up with in the years since, but given last year and this year and everything else that’s going on I just haven’t had the spoons to do any of that. :P
BUT I’d still like to commemorate this kinda-momentous occasion somehow, SO! If anyone is interested, this is an open invitation to come by my ask box if you’d like to:
Ask questions
Make comments
Copy/paste a chunk of text from the fic (GG itself or anything else in the series) for me to leave DVD-commentary-style musings on
Ask the characters any questions
Ask me when GG2 is coming (please don’t ask me when GG2 is coming)
Tell me your favorite character/part/worldbuilding/whatever
Send me a bunch of emojis
Ask me about my Sburb headcanons for my OCs
Ask me about my Hogwarts House headcanons for my OCs
Idk, whatever else you think might be fun
Whether you saw Gilded Green on FFdotnet ten years ago or only just discovered it, whether you’ve ever commented on it or not, I’d just like to thank you for taking your time to read my story. I know I’m slow at writing, and that it’s easy to assume my stuff is abandoned, but I really do appreciate everyone who’s allowed me to share my fic with them. You’re all fantastic, and I love you!
<3<3<3
I love how they’re already getting into their roles. It’s adorable 🥰
Asim Chaudhry (Abel) posted this today.
https://twitter.com/AsimC86/status/1406308783157022728
Sometimes Morpheus just looks *chef’s kiss*
I forgot how good Morpheus looks here.
Oof. I had to search up the definition for that.
*Watches as several Sandman fans pretend they always knew the word “Undercroft” before watching the short Netflix Sandman behind the scenes video.*
I can’t even-💀💀💀
All this talk about Batman reminds me of this quote from Neil Gaiman in regard to Sandman.
How is it possible that The Endless have parents when they came into existence once first sentient lifeforms were capable of having their aspects?
Because there was Night, and then there was Time, before there were any sentient things.
I think everyone has forgotten that the most important thing about the casting of Death in Netflix’s The Sandman is that she can successfully bounce a loaf of bread off of Tom Sturridge’s head.
For the love of god, share this around. Death can and is going to be portrayed as a black woman. In the Dreaming: Waking Hour #6, we see her as a black woman, so it completely valid for her to be portrayed by a black woman. (The Endless can be portrayed in whatever forms they wish to)
Last one @caelum-in-the-avatarverse
I also need to post individually each video, since Tumblr only allows one. @caelum-in-the-avatarverse
So I created new memes... @caelum-in-the-avatarverse I’m sure you can tell which of your ocs are my favorites
^^^god, this meme is 100/10!
@persononplanet replied to your post @persononplanet replied to your post Okay but if…
Oh definitely, being a Dai Li agent that tortures definitely does not help the entire ‘I like walking over people and feeling superior to them’ part XD.
And one of my assessments was quite right! Yay! He likes the power and control he has over others (because of vague handwave yong doesnt know and will not just stop a sec for self reflection)
And yup, i’m very certain yong is overall disliked by the entirety of re-education because of that little stunt he pulled, woop.
And yes, actually, if due to some reason Tuan, Yong, and Shirong were stuck together, then Shirong would out of plain annoyance of them and pure boredom just continue thinking and analyzing the situation and then just sigh and try to solve a bit of the issue.
Cuz your work may be torture and dark stuff, it’s no excuse to be an overall dick. (Which Shirong, coincidentally, is a perfect example of. That man is a psychological torturer. In a way, it’s worse.
He drives people to insanity, watches, pushes his victims some more, and then manipulates them into trusting him so that he can do whatever the feels like. It’s dark, terrifying, and its really underplayed in the overall atla fandom how fucking terrifying and terrible brainwashing is.)
And despite that all, Shirong isn’t an asshole. He can make friends (sure he got like…one…but thats more than actual friends Yong has) and he can treat people with more respect and care than yong.
Plus, shirong is a wholesome godfather. Cuz eventho he overall dislikes to be surrounded by people (like banquets etc etc) he likes that little family so he’ll put up with them and try to be nice to his friend’s little kiddo.
Yong has a family, we see them briefly in that winter solstice party fic, but I doubt Yong would be a good and loving husband and father. He has literally never shown any semblance of caring about anyone or treating anyone with respect,
So i kinda feel bad for her, living with the Head of Investigation, a man who doesnt care about anyone but himself and has a big time hunger for power and, more importantly, a feel of having power, musn’t be a happy home situation.
Then again we’ve never really seen yong’s home situation, who knows, maybe his wife is literally the only person he actually cares about but personally I doubt it. If many, many years of being dai li partners can’t make him care even a tad bit about tuan,
Then why would yong care for the wife that was higher in status than him and - probably - has some wealth and power as well? He probably doesnt. And while thats alright in a society where arranged marriages and political marriages take place, you *are* supposed to treat her with some respect. Which i doubt he does.
But the most sad part would be the daughter. His poor daughter.
Her father is basically the biggest jerk in the kingdom and only the jade emperor knows what she has seen happen between her mother and father…
If yong is how yong always is, even at home, then i feel so damn bad for that child. I know exactly what its like to feel unloved, alone, and forgotten and I wouldn’t wish that to this innocent little kiddo.
At least tuan’s her godfather and her mother -probably- tries her best
*coughs* Actually you don’t have to worry about Yong’s wife and kid at all.
Like you really don’t.
Not like that, anyway. I mean maybe worry about them a little? But not like that.
Keep reading
Damm, I didn’t expect to get more backstory on Yong and now his family, but now I really glad we did. (Oh, you have no idea how happy I am whenever I see a notification telling me you posted)
@persononplanet replied to your post @persononplanet replied to your post Okay but if…
Oh definitely, being a Dai Li agent that tortures definitely does not help the entire ‘I like walking over people and feeling superior to them’ part XD.
And one of my assessments was quite right! Yay! He likes the power and control he has over others (because of vague handwave yong doesnt know and will not just stop a sec for self reflection)
And yup, i’m very certain yong is overall disliked by the entirety of re-education because of that little stunt he pulled, woop.
And yes, actually, if due to some reason Tuan, Yong, and Shirong were stuck together, then Shirong would out of plain annoyance of them and pure boredom just continue thinking and analyzing the situation and then just sigh and try to solve a bit of the issue.
Cuz your work may be torture and dark stuff, it’s no excuse to be an overall dick. (Which Shirong, coincidentally, is a perfect example of. That man is a psychological torturer. In a way, it’s worse.
He drives people to insanity, watches, pushes his victims some more, and then manipulates them into trusting him so that he can do whatever the feels like. It’s dark, terrifying, and its really underplayed in the overall atla fandom how fucking terrifying and terrible brainwashing is.)
And despite that all, Shirong isn’t an asshole. He can make friends (sure he got like…one…but thats more than actual friends Yong has) and he can treat people with more respect and care than yong.
Plus, shirong is a wholesome godfather. Cuz eventho he overall dislikes to be surrounded by people (like banquets etc etc) he likes that little family so he’ll put up with them and try to be nice to his friend’s little kiddo.
Yong has a family, we see them briefly in that winter solstice party fic, but I doubt Yong would be a good and loving husband and father. He has literally never shown any semblance of caring about anyone or treating anyone with respect,
So i kinda feel bad for her, living with the Head of Investigation, a man who doesnt care about anyone but himself and has a big time hunger for power and, more importantly, a feel of having power, musn’t be a happy home situation.
Then again we’ve never really seen yong’s home situation, who knows, maybe his wife is literally the only person he actually cares about but personally I doubt it. If many, many years of being dai li partners can’t make him care even a tad bit about tuan,
Then why would yong care for the wife that was higher in status than him and - probably - has some wealth and power as well? He probably doesnt. And while thats alright in a society where arranged marriages and political marriages take place, you *are* supposed to treat her with some respect. Which i doubt he does.
But the most sad part would be the daughter. His poor daughter.
Her father is basically the biggest jerk in the kingdom and only the jade emperor knows what she has seen happen between her mother and father…
If yong is how yong always is, even at home, then i feel so damn bad for that child. I know exactly what its like to feel unloved, alone, and forgotten and I wouldn’t wish that to this innocent little kiddo.
At least tuan’s her godfather and her mother -probably- tries her best
*coughs* Actually you don’t have to worry about Yong’s wife and kid at all.
Like you really don’t.
Not like that, anyway. I mean maybe worry about them a little? But not like that.
Keep reading
@persononplanet replied to your post Okay but if you want to know some truly cursed…
I mean it fits a lot with who Yong is. A man who loves torturing and walking over other people that he feels like he can walk over. Tuan’s one of those and Tuan’s letting it happen because he’s not coming up for himself, at all. So he’s the most simple of the directors to bully. Yong wouldn’t dare do it to Long Feng, Shirong (oh yeah definitely bully the man that will brainwash you in the night), If Yong gets too close to Delun, Delun’s going to bore him to death with history,
And Quy…well Quy is just a chill dude no one really seems to mind. But Quy would stand up for himself and he knows how normal relationships should work.
All of which yong does not.
Tuan, all in all, is the easiest to bully.
Why does yong bully? Well who knows, we certainly dont. But some guesses? Probably a bad childhood wherein he might’ve been abused by his family, leading him to turn bitter and only know how to deal with people in a violent way and with disdain.
It may be insecurity, a fear of people not respecting him or something like that, which he tries to fill by feeling superior than them. Which obviously isnt exactly the right way to solve such isssues but its the only way he knows how to.
He definitely seems to enjoy it, so it might also be that he has a mental illness that screwed something up inside to the point he does nothing but what he always does, except when he needs to appear all formal and nice. (psychopathic perhaps?)
All in all, for whatever reason, Yong is an abusive little shit to Tuan because Tuan allows it. Tuan doesn’t stand up for himself, he doesn’t defend himself, doesn’t do anything, because he, just as Caelum pointed out, longs for that brotherly companionship that many Dai Li have with their assigned partner. But he doesn’t.
Plus, he might think that if he just sits back and takes it, it would be less bad than actively pointing out his former partner’s behavior.
It’s definitely an issue of insecurity for Tuan. And we see it all the time in the written works. Tuan’s a Dai Li director, he’s in charge of all the patrols, he’s scary and terrifying to everyone, except the rest of the Directorate. They all don’t take him that seriously and Yong outright bullies him. Tuan’s self esteem and self-assureness must be rock bottom at this point for this situation must’ve been going on for several years now, and that with Yong even longer.
My conclusion? Tuan deserves some actual care and friendship, someone should put Yong in his place, and I really need to stop pulling a re-education agent and psychologically analyzing people/characters, and get back to the mother’s day present im making.
thank you all for listening (err reading) to my tedtalk
-the totally not a weirdo re-education agent, ahlyae
OH HI AHLYAE I DIDN’T REALIZE THAT WAS YOU!!!! Thanks for the novel, lol.
Nice analysis! Reeducation would like their hat back.
I would like you to rest assured that there is no dark secret or tragic backstory or anything else in Yong’s background that could possibly be cause for sympathy, however. He is very much just a dick. A solid middle-turned-upper class asshole with a penchant for power trips, who sees human beings as numbers and statistics and capital that only exist as a resource to boost him up. One of those people who, at their core, is fundamentally just kind of a jerk, and instead of allowing basic human decency and their relationships with the people they care about to temper that, turns and goes in the other direction to just become an even bigger jerk. The kind of jerk who doesn’t see why human rights violations are such a big deal.
I mean okay maybe there was something that might’ve set him down this path, but like *gestures at Yong’s everything and also the Dai Li’s shadow police practices in general* we are well past that. A few decades and multiple torture victims past that, really.
Tuan is pretty much just living with it at this point, as he has been for years. I’m very glad that I got That Time Tuan Got Plastered published; in GG Tuan was comic relief and I appreciated him for it, but in TTTGP I got to show how he’s competent and also overwhelmed. Dude needs a vacation or ten and also a friendship detox but idk when that’s gonna happen for him.
Really is a shame auspisticism isn’t a thing in this universe. I’d nominate a Reeducation agent for their middle leaf.
…….Maybe someone should lock them in a closet with Shirong, if he’d would be willing to cooperate. Yong is low-key frightened of Shirong. He learned the hard way not to disrespect Shirong.
👁👄👁... My god...I searched up the terms that you used and....this really puts their relationship in a bit of a different limelight.
Okay but if you want to know some truly cursed Tuan & Yong information--
What Tuan wanted from his Dai Li partner was a nice moirallegiance
What Yong decided on was a really one-sided kismesissitude
What they actually need is a goddamn auspistice but that’s never gonna happen because there’s no cultural context for it and also no one else wants to touch their weird antagonistic relationship with a 100ft pole
@caelum-in-the-avatarverse I love Tuan, and he, for some reason, reminds me of this meme.
Omg, thank you so much for sharing this. I love u ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
But I was wondering about GG2. I know that you have a hard time getting the writing done, but I’ve always wondered how the fanfiction is. I also understand if you wish not to share anything about it, and keep it away from daylight.
@teutonischeritter replied to your post loopy777 has invoked my WIPs folder by tagging…
I can’t think of which one to choose 😭. They’re all soo good!!
*pat pat* There, there. How do you think I feel when I open up the darn folder and stare at them all? Except it’s less like “omg these are all such amazing ideas how do I choose which one to work on??” and more like “RISE AND SHINE BRATS, WHICH ONE OF YOU PLOTBUNNY JERKS FEELS LIKE COOPERATING WITH ME TODAY??” and then closing the tab in shame when none of them volunteer.
@teutonischeritter replied to your post loopy777 has invoked my WIPs folder by tagging…
All right, I think I made a final choice after thinking about it. “Dai Li vs FN over Airbenders”
Congratulations! You actually managed to choose something that I’ve worked on relatively recently (last update Nov 21, 2019, aw yeah that is totally fresh by my standards), so the writing inside is still perfectly viable and not in need of a massive overhaul.
That said, there’s not much in here to begin with, but fuck it, have a snippet. Bonus points if you can remember who these characters are, you’ve heard the names of three out of four of them. Also, you should know that a significant chunk of this story was inspired by this fantastic sketch.
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