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Reminder.

The most interesting thing about Ash and Yut-Lung's relationship to me is the potential that never got realized and the regrets that may come from that.

They were so alike and could have helped each other but that didn't happen. Instead Yut-Lung teamed up with Dino and tried to ruin Ash's life out of petty jealousy. And I have a lot of sympathy for Yut-Lung and I know why he logically would choose to side with an already established powerful person if he wanted his brothers out of the way, and I know how his bitterness toward Ash and Eiji comes from how hurt he's been in the past. But he still did those things and kept going after Ash despite how he'd done basically nothing to him.

And the thing is that Yut-Lung gets to survive. He has Sing who cares about him and wants him to do better. And I wonder if in the future, when he's older and a potentially more sensitive person, if he has regrets. Does he think about how he could've had someone else who would understand him and maybe even care about him? Does he regret burning that bridge before he even noticed it was there?

Simply put, so much could have happened but none of it did and that's the tragedy of it all.

I had to do so many drafts for this it's ridiculous. (Tell me if you want a speed paint of my struggle I guess-)

Alts beneath the cut

Tried something with the second ALT. Tell me if it's actually showing the watermark or if it's broken

getting ideas for fics at when im about to fall asleep is so funny because i will think of the most developed plot one night and then banana fish ash develops allergy the next night

"The lackluster fight turned in the third round when Paul landed jabs and a few combinations as Tyson looked every bit of his 58 years of age.

The near-capacity crowd booed the final decision and even walked out at the final bell. The best Tyson did was stalk Paul, 27, in the first round and landed a handful of punches. But for the rest of the fight he moved around, bit the thumb of his boxing glove and watched as Paul beat him.

According to Netflix’s statistics, Paul landed 78 punches to Tyson’s 18. Paul kept his distance by using his jab and combinations but in the early going he clinched Tyson several times, expecting the Tyson of old’s knockout power."

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Happy dead dove do not eat birthday!

A proposal

Sometimes, in fandom, we just want to write id-tastic fic that rolls around in tropes that might be viewed as problematic. But we don’t want to address the problematic side of things in this particular fanwork; we just want to roll around and wallow.

It is considered courteous to give readers a heads-up via use of AO3 tags. I propose a tag that signals that a given fanwork is for rolling around, not giving a measured evaluation of anything. The MCU has carved out a space for this sort of fic with the “HYDRA Trash Party” tag, for which I commend them. Trash Party is a bit too specific to cover all of the ground I’m thinking of here, though; I propose “Dead Dove: Do Not Eat.”

For those of you not familiar with Arrested Development, Michael Bluth finds a paper bag in the freezer labeled “Dead Dove: Do Not Eat.” He opens the bag, finds a dead dove, and reacts as follows:

[gif of a white man saying “I don’t know what I expected” in a deadpan manner]

The “Dead Dove: Do Not Eat” tag would essentially be a “what it says on the tin” metatag, indicating “you see the tropes and concepts tagged here? they are going to appear in this fic. exactly as said. there will not necessarily be any subversion, authorial commentary condemning problematic aspects, or meditation on potential harm. this fic contains dead dove. if you proceed, you should expect to encounter it.”

(more at KnowYourMeme: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-dont-know-what-i-expected)

got tired of Acrylics in the middle of this 🥲

She had to be a jellyfish