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you are personally and directly hit by a bus¹ and isekai-ed, via resurrection, into the body of the main character your most recent WIP
reblog and tell me: on a scale of 1–10, how screwed are you right now?
¹ this is, transparently, a plot device, so if you are about to tell me "joke's on you, I never leave my fifteenth floor apartment!" then you may rest assured it will have tremendous comedic value when the bus is launched into the sky and crashes through your apartment wall to flatten you anyway
@ mutuals rb this w how tall you are i wanna know
i’m 4’11
why was tomura ever in charge of a terrorist villain organisation… he should’ve been in my lap playing dating sims
thanks for the tag kenzie <333
no pressure tags; @ezra1ezra @feralshenanigans @txri01 + n e one else who wants to join 🫶🏼
here’s a sweet picrew to help you end your weekend on a bright note! open tags, as always 🤍
when your first ever angst post is for touya and you scar your mutual so bad that they become afraid of your other angst fics 😬
i’m sorrryyy i love uuu 🫶🏼
deku & bakugo hug after a victory the way soccer players hug when the win a game
"waow i really wanna be this persons friend.." continues to not talk to them but likes every single one of their tumblr posts i come along
Writing tips for long fics that helped me that no one asked for.
1.) Don't actually delete content from your WIP unless it is minor editing - instead cut it and put it in a secondary document. If you're omitting paragraphs of content, dialog, a whole scene you might find a better place for it later and having it readily available can really save time. Sometimes your idea was fantastic, but it just wasn't in the right spot.
2.) Stuck with wording the action? Just write the dialog then revisit it later.
3.) Stuck on the whole scene? Skip it and write the next one.
4.) Write on literally any other color than a white background. It just works. (I use black)
5.) If you have a beta, while they are beta-ing have them read your fic out loud. Yes, I know a lot of betas/writers do not have the luxury of face-timing or have the opportunity to do this due to time constraints etc but reading your fic out loud can catch some very awkward phrasing that otherwise might be missed. If you don't have a beta, you read it out loud to yourself. Throw some passion into your dialog, you might find a better way to word it if it sounds stuffy or weird.
6.) The moment you have an idea, write it down. If you don't have paper or a pen, EMAIL it to yourself or put it in a draft etc etc. I have sent myself dozens of ideas while laying down before sleep that I 10/10 forgot the next morning but had emailed them to myself and got to implement them.
7.) Remember - hits/likes/kudos/comments are not reflective of the quality of your fic or your ability to write. Most people just don't comment - even if they say they do, they don't, even if they preach all day about commenting, they don't, even if they are a very popular blog that passionately reminds people to comment - they don't comment (I know this personally). Even if your fic brought tears to their eyes and it haunted them for weeks and they printed it out and sent it to their friends they just don't comment. You just have to accept it. That being said - comment on the fic you're reading now, just do it, if you're 'shy' and that's why you don't comment the more you comment the better you'll get at it. Just do it.
8.) Remove unrealistic daily word count goals from your routine. I've seen people stress 1500 - 2000 words a day and if they don't reach that they feel like a failure and they get discouraged. This is ridiculous. Write when you can, but remove absurd goals. My average is 500 words a day in combination with a 40 hour a week job and I have written over 200k words from 2022-2023.
9.) There are dozens of ways to do an outline from precise analytical deconstruction that goes scene by scene to the minimalist bullet point list - it doesn't matter which one you use just have some sort of direction. A partial outline is better than no outline.
10.) Write for yourself, not for others. Write the fic you know no one is going to read. Write the fic that sounds ridiculous. You will be so happy you put it out in the world and there will be people who will be glad it exists.
thank u for the tag 🫶🏼 here’s some that are tame
> peter b. parker (spider-man; across the spiderverse)
> wheelie (transformers; revenge of the fallen)
> robin {dick grayson} (teen titans 2003, him in the entire series really but he went hard as slade’s apprentice)
> levi ackerman (attack on titan)
> this phone background that i had for a while, something about it just calls to me (i’ve been told the ruins say loki so that’s cool)
> jason todd [red hood] and roy harper [arsenal] (dc comics) {i’m pretty sure this is fanart but my point still stands}
tagging; @feralshenanigans @leftover-cheesecake @ezra1ezra (i don’t have a lot so any else who wants to join in <3)
okay since we're clearly all bored let me introduce all of my hear me outs. im tagging @seneon , @pinkmirth , @punksrighttit & @punk-o-ween + anybody else bc why tf not
okay so we got maddie hatter from eah, drolta tzuentes from castlevania nocture (i would like to specify the NIGHT CREATURE version ty), loonette from the big comfy couch, rick sanchez from rick and morty, penta from wwe & moe doodle from the doodlebops :)
thanks for the tag 🫶🏼 @chaoslibra
this is the last line in the jason todd fic i just finished writing
“i love you.”
i don’t have that many mutuals so this is great @ezra1ezra @feralshenanigans + who ever wants to join :))
Ahem!
Writing game: Post the last line that you wrote and tag someone for every word of that line.
Thank you @sauron-kraut @cilil and @demonscantgothere for the tags!
“Only if you wish to do so, of course.”
From an upcoming fic featuring Míriel and Ilvananís, an OC created by a friend.
No pressure tags: @batsyforyou @fictionfordays @urwendii @asianbutnotjapanese @niennawept @ruiniel and anyone else who wants to join! (I know I'm three short. Alas 😞)
thank you for the tag @chaoslibra <3 :)
tagging; @ezra1ezra @sexylexy12 (+ anyone else feel free <3)
Quick! Do this Picrew and uQuiz!
Picrew
uQuiz
(Both of these are not mine but I thought it would be fun to do! Credits to the ones who made them.)
No pressure tags!:
@vampires-r-cool, @silvernmoonlace, @lunar-jewels
And obviously whoever else wants to join :)))
Update: apparently the Picrew doesn’t work anymore. But feel free to keep reblogging and doing the Uquiz. Remember to give credits to whatever Picrew you’re doing!
thanks for the tag kenzie!
• favorite color ~ blue, black, red, and gold
• currently reading ~ aot manga and phantasma by kaylie smith
• last song ~ stay with me by jack & jack
• last movie ~ how to train your dragon
• last series ~ supernatural and jjk
• sweet, savory, or salty ~ depends really but mostly savory (& spicy)
• craving ~ motivation to write (and asada fries or nachos)
• tea or coffee ~ tea (specifically raspberry, peach or mango)
tags; @ezra1ezra @sexylexy12 @leftover-cheesecake @reignpage @cherryblossom-heart + anyone else
nine people i want to get to know better
thank u for the tag @moonshapedbox <3
favourite colour: black n pink!
currently reading: aces of spades by faridah àbíké-ĺyímídé!
last song: a house in nebraska
last movie: the matrix revolutions (2003)
last series: the crow girl (2025)
sweet, savoury, salty: hmm.. depends!
craving: fries!
tea/coffee: tea!!
currently working on: college assignments... and part two of a fanfic!
🏷 - @wildflowerdoeeyed @dollaches @maggierheesgirl @necktattooed @pinescent-and-gingerbread @red-doll-face @zloshy
mutuals if i was a cat and i meowed at u, would u meow back at me? be honest
in love with this omg the silly banter between them all ❤️❤️
♪ ༘⋆ drawn to you — t.todoroki smau
♪ ༘⋆ i. stranger danger iii. tbd
ii. shush boykissers (𝄞) m.list
you were already a pretty light sleeper under normal conditions, so it wasn't surprising that the loud creaking of the floorboards woke you up in the middle of the night. at first you just assumed, that tomura had gotten up to get himself a glass of water and were ready to go back to sleep without a second thought. but something didn't feel right. the steps felt heavier, too heavy for someone who had just rolled out of bed.
immediately your chest tightened. thoughts raced to your head about who the intruder could possibly be. one thought in particular clung to you, but you refused to let yourself entertain it. everything rational within you screamed for you to text tomura and get both of your asses out of here. and yet, not a second later you had hushed across your room to hear the intruder better. your ear was glued to the door, trying to make out any sound.
there were only a few more creaks, followed by a heavy thud. the steps were a lot lighter now and the floorboards didn't creak anymore. it was safe to assume that the person had taken their shoes off. but why? if they had broken in, why would they bother taking their shoes off? you knew, you should be a lot more terrified, but for some reason you were just confused.
a deep breath escaped your lips before you slowly pressed down the door handle. this was a stupid decision. you knew full well, that you should have probably run the other way the moment you had heard any type of noise. the smartest decision would have been to climb out the window and use the little ledge on the window sill to climb over to tomura's room and wake him up. instead you gently pushed the door open and stepped into the pitch black living room.
you couldn't hear any steps. the sudden dead silence enveloped you like an eery, dark cloak. you had expected to see a figure move through the room, but there was none. there was no way you had imagined all of it, was there? from the door to your room, you could see the entire living room. to see the kitchen, though, you would have to round the corner, because the wall from the entry hallway that connected to the kitchen island blocked your view to it. there was a slight rustling sound again, followed by the fridge being opened? you'd never heard of people going through fridges, when breaking and entering, but in all fairness, in this economy, you couldn't blame them for trying. obviously they didn't know your brother well, though. if they did, they would know his fridge wasn't worth opening. there was never anything worthwhile in there, except for energy drinks, ice cream and half empty take-out containers if you were lucky.
"fuck's sake!" a deep voice hissed.
you were pretty sure now, that it was a guy, but you couldn't place the voice. that was much more relieving, that it should be, but a man you didn't know was very likely to be safer, than the ones you did know. still, you grabbed tomura's keys from the little bowl in the entry way – careful not to let the keychains dangle. you tiptoed over to the kitchen, the cold metal of the keys digging into your skin. you kept close to the wall, so he wouldn't see you, but by the time you reached the kitchen island, he was already walking back toward the living room. you could only hope, that he hadn't seen you yet. you pushed your body into the wall, as if that would make it swallow you.
he stopped walking. you decided to take that second to try and at least make out some features. he was dressed so dark, that his frame almost entirely blended into the pitch black background. he was wearing a hooded jacket, hiding any feature you would have otherwise maybe seen, beneath it. his arm shifted, at least that's what you assumed it was, since your eyes still hadn't gotten used to the dark. that proved unnecessary a second after, because his elbow hit the light switch. the sudden shift in lighting momentarily blinded you and somehow turned off the alarm signals, that should have told you to get the fuck out of there.
"not running off this time?" you jumped back hearing the playful tone of his voice.
blinking a few times to get used to the very bright light, you stared up at him. when you recognized who he was, you felt both relief that he wasn't some psycho killer and a little annoyed that he had obviously noticed you a bit ago and messed with you for whatever reason. you had been right about him wearing all black, though. his thick hooded jacket covered his pitch black hair almost entirely. it didn't however cover the shit-eating grin, that he was staring down at you with.
"to be fair, you were a strange man in my brother's apartment." you crossed your arms in front of your chest. "and i was in a towel."
"fair enough." he laughed pulling the hood of his jacket down.
even though you hadn't really looked at him, when you had bolted out of the room yesterday, you had seen his face a bunch online before. he had been everywhere together with the rest of lov, when their first single blew up. now that dabi's face was lit entirely, you could see the black ink snaking its way up his neck from below his jacket. there weren't any on his face, but he had more than enough piercings to make up for it. just from a quick glance you could see little silver balls adorning his right eyebrow, three more on the left side of his nose and he had snake bites. his black hair was tousled into every possible direction, sticking out in messy spikes. he was taller than you and a good bit broader, too, though that could just as well be the thickness of his jacket.
"didn't mean to wake you up, by the way." he unzipped his jacket and lazily dropped it onto the kitchen island. even though the hoodie that he was wearing under it was baggy and obviously intended to fit loosely, you could see the broad shoulders underneath it. the tattoos from his neck obviously continued under the collar of his hoodie.
"you're good." you smiled, awkwardly shifting your feet.
he just nodded and slumped onto the couch. you assumed that to have been the end of your conversation and where just about ready to leave, when he spoke up again. "i'm dabi by the way."
it was kind of funny that he felt the need to introduce himself, when you both knew, that you were aware who he was. maybe he just thought it was the polite thing to do.
"y/n." you said quietly. you weren't sure if tomura had mentioned your name. himiko had told you earlier tonight, that tomura had never mentioned you, so you probably were right to introduce yourself. dabi just hummed, resting his feet on the coffee table next to three open cans of monster and the bag of chips tomura had opened sometime before you had moved in. his eyes turned to you again, looking at you, almost as if he was trying to remember something.
"wait, i know you." you furrowed your brows looking back at him. "didn't you say you didn't like lov on twitter bout a week ago?"
if only you had taken the advice of the smarter part of your brain and climbed out the window when you had the chance. you laughed awkwardly, wishing you could be anywhere but here – preferably somewhere six feet under ground. and not right in front of the bassist of the band, you had publicly claimed hating, even though it had been for a joke. the whole thing had blown up completely with their vicious fans literally blowing up your phone with hate comments and threats. you remembered vividly that somehow dabi, of all people, had found your post and even commented. tomura had found the entire thing hilarious, because of course he did. but he had never mentioned to dabi that the person who had made that viral post, was his sister.
"i didn't actually mean that." you choked out an awkward laugh. dabi's head tilted to the side. he stared at you so intensely now, as if he are genuinely curious about the explanation. you just then noticed how brightly blue his eyes were. which was only accented with the black color that was smudged all around his eyes. and it looked like he was wearing black mascara as well. "i honestly just wanted to mess with tomu. never expected that shit to blow up the way it did."
he looked at you for a good second, as if he was processing what you had just said. and then he just straight up snorted out a laugh.
"so what i'm hearing is you don't actually think we suck?"
"didn't say that, did i?" you decided to be petty and mess with him a little. as payback for him messing with you earlier.
from the way his eyebrow raised, you assumed that he hadn't expected that answer.
"wait for real?"
you just shrugged, trying your best to keep a straight face. he kept his bright eyes on you, trying to gauge your expression for any sign if you were being serious or not. he gave up a few seconds after.
"come on, you're killing me here."
you laughed seeing how invested he seemed to be. it was kind of nice to see, how serious he was taking this, especially since you know how much the band meant to your brother. you decided to make him suffer no longer.
"i'm kidding." it was funny to watch the actual relief on his face. "most of your stuff's actually really good."
"just most, huh?" he leaned back on the couch very quickly switching to his grin from before.
you stared at him with a deadpan expression, which of course, he found even more amusing.
"obviously not what i meant." you rolled your eyes.
dabi let out a soft chuckle, still actively amused by annoying you. even though, he was sure, that you weren't actually as annoyed as you tried to look. and he would've been right. "you have a favorite?"
"hm?"
dabi grinned seeing your head tilt, not understanding what he wanted from you.
"favorite song, i mean."
the question left you more stumped, than it probably should have. you had been honest with dabi, you really did like all of their music. both the heavier rock songs they played and the very few slower songs they had – even their covers were usually very nice to listen to. even though, tomura usually asked you for your opinion the moment, they released anything, you had never really been able to pick a clear favorite. though you had been able to give him an answer earlier, that was usually heavily influenced by the way you were feeling on that particular day.
"don't think i could pick that easily." you shrugged. "but i've been listening to blue from the new ep a lot."
something lit up in his eyes, when you said that. it was subtle enough, thought for you to not really register it as out of the ordinary. dabi just hummed in response, not commenting on your choice at all. silence befell the two of you. the realization hit, that it was probably well over four am in the morning and though, tomura had the ability to sleep through five fire alarms blaring at the same time and would not be woken up by the two of you just talking, you should probably sleep at some point, if you wanted to at least pretend to pay attention in your 8am class.
"i should probably head back." you said, already turning on your heel, when dabi stopped you.
"hold on." he got up from the couch and was now standing barely two feet away from you. "give me your number."
"huh?" you couldn't help but stare at him for a couple seconds. the surprise on your face was palpable and probably really obvious, but you had genuinely not expected him to say that. especially not as demanding as he did. he just smiled, completely ignoring how you had reacted, which you were sure he was doing purposefully.
"you live here too, now. 's only fair, i give you a heads up when i'm coming over." he explained.
that made a lot of sense, actually. and it was really considerate of him. you quickly hushed into the kitchen and grabbed a little piece of paper from one of the cabinets. you quickly scribbled your number on it and handed it to him. he thanked you and haphazardly folded it before letting it slip into the side pocket of his pants. it didn't really occur to you, until then, that you had given an entirely strange guy your number, but you figured, that it wasn't that much of an issue, considering that tomura was close to him.
"it was nice to meet you, dabi." you smiled at him. " good night."
"night, y/n."
♪ ༘⋆ backstage pass
⋆ everyone in the band is a boykisser.
⋆ himiko leans more to women, but she's had crushes on boys before (she just loves love).
⋆ touya is the only one of the guys to have had been with women before. though unlabelled, tomura and spinner have both only dated guys.
⋆ tomura will deny it, but him and touya have kissed before (on multiple occasions).
⋆ the band practices under the basement of the black wing, that keigo let's them use for free, since they play gigs in the bar for free and that brings in a lot of people
⋆ keigo actually hadn't intended of having y/n work a full shift, but she did well enough, that he decided to skip the trial shift and immediately hired her
⋆ rumi and y/n immediately clicked within ten minutes of working together. on that note, rumi spent about twenty minutes teaching y/n about the bar and the rest of the day relentlessly bullying keigo and bitching about shitty customers
⋆ himiko immediately forced both y/n and rumi to stop working when she and the band ( - dabi obviously) walked in, because she was so excited to meet tomura's sister.
⋆ they spent an hour getting to know each other and it would have been more, but spinner came up from the basement to drag her to practice
⋆ y/n had fully expected ochaco to leave, when her friends called her to go out for ice cream with her and had not at all expected to be invited. himiko tried sneaking out with them, when they went down to say bye to the band, but spinner caught her
⋆ ochaco calls all her female friends muses. she has a folder dedicated to each one, full of pictures she took (with consent ofc). himiko’s folder was already twice the size of the average when the two were still friends.
[ taglist open ]
tags: @fictionalcharactersownmyheart @hktfbuo @commonmisery @lsunncy @kyiyoko @seijuroww @themultifandomgirl @samm1e13 @kalulakunundrum @porusuniverse @oddball08 @starseclipsing @jlly1 @softasshadows @peachesvault @starzzworld @starrmage @letsgolulu @cristy-101 @brixmeeler
ignore the timestamps
reblog or reply with your love song. you know, the one that you think is what love sounds like
the way i’m so ready for this. sat and waiting to be updated, will jump as soon as i get a notification for it
♪ ༘⋆ drawn to you — t.todoroki smau
in which tomura shigaraki’s sister is forced to move in with him. she knew of his band already, but she never expected to become close to any of them, especially not her brother’s best friend.
cw: use of alcohol, drugs and substances; illegal activities; overall very stupid, messy decision making; mentions/depictions of domestic violence; suggestive language (no explicit smut); will include written parts
♪ ༘⋆ ongoing
♪ ༘⋆ playlist
♪ ༘⋆ meet the band
♪ ༘⋆ meet the entourage
♪ ༘⋆ online shenanigans
i. stranger danger
ii. the bar for men [upcoming]
iii.
iv.
[ taglist open ]
tags: @fictionalcharactersownmyheart @hktfbuo @commonmisery @lsunncy @kyiyoko @seijuroww @themultifandomgirl @samm1e13
i wish i didn’t know anything about omegaverse but i fear that i know too much sometimes 😭😭
i know im safe on the internet bc i have been chronically online and writing fanfics since i was 12 probably and i still dont know jack shit about omegaverse
first time reblogging something in years and it’s to say that this is what’s it like having a chronic illness and i completely relate😀
fell asleep w migraine woke up with tummy ache i actually wish i just perished in my sleep actually