ilya rozanov character of all time. he’s bisexual. he’s a momma’s boy. he’s good with kids. he’s a needy top. he loves grabbing his boyfriend’s tits. his love language is physical touch. he’s playful. he loves swimming. he does handstands underwater. he can’t not be the center of his boyfriend’s attention. he looks up words that he doesn’t know. he wears his mom’s necklace every day. he has a loon tattoo. he wears patterned button ups. he’s sarcastic. he loves pasta. he can talk shane off the ledge in like 30 seconds. his best friend is a girl. he said i love you first.
my @ofmdbigbang fic with dreamy, beautiful art by @hamletisabitch and @mystictrashmoon is out today: https://archiveofourown.org/works/73569036/chapters/191786516
this one is set in the canon era but with a twist - some people are able to manipulate the drawing of maps to create magical effects. I don't want to give too much else away but some of my inspiration was Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, A Very Short History of Life on Earth by Henry Gee, and Greek myth - and of course, the poem A Map to the Next World by Joy Harjo.
Thank you to my betas - @epersonae @petrichorca @ghostalservice and, on bsky, knivesinfeet.
I’m paying to force seven thousand strangers to see a photo of my late husband having fun with his dog. Tumblr Blaze is totally worth it. XD
Thank-you to all of my new Internet stranger friends for being so gracious about having my post shoved onto your dashboards. I loved reading all of your kind tags and comments! Both Martin and Bosco have been gone for several years now but for 24 hours, they felt very present in my life. I greatly appreciate this gift. ❤️
Reblog to have your dashboard be visited by the spirit of joy that death can end but not erase.
Love that this is well beyond 7000 people now and still going
@leavescrown Exactly! It’s a beautiful gift. Martin and Bosco out there travelling around the Tumblr community, continually making new friends.
Wrote a song to cope with the show getting canceled. Full song out this Friday!
Vocals: @ferventrabbit
Art: @enabuns

Some musings on how to write Stede. He's genuinely a tough one to pin down because his voice is very him, he'll say things like "methinks" just as readily as "here's the deal, buckos." But I think I've got a few things nailed down and wanted to share in case they help anyone else.
- Biggest thing: if you're struggling with getting Stede's voice right, his voice is a hell of a lot closer to Ed's than it is to the Aziraphale-brand "generic posh British" voice. If he's been surprised, Stede's more likely to say "oh shit" than "good heavens," you know what I mean?
- My guy is not going to say something like "good evening! I was wondering if you would be interested in doing intercourse with me this fine evening" unless, and this is crucial, it would be funny for him to say that. Sometimes when it comes down to him using a fancier affect your judgment call needs to be based on how funny that line is going to be. Like, that line isn't in character if it's meant to be an example of just how he talks but if it's Stede trying to awkwardly flirt over text then it's fine.
- I think that's important so it bears emphasizing: if you're going to have Stede talk overly-posh and use unusually fancy words, it's okay if it's funny. This seems to be the main rule the show uses, too.
- Stede is usually polite but he's not timid. He has very few qualms about being a bitch to someone if he knows them well already or if they were rude to him first. Think about him telling Jim that they're "welcome to borrow [his suit]...or, well, look at it." Let queen bitch over here be a bitch!
- Stede is ruthless. This doesn't mean he's unkind; it means he's very good at seeing exactly how to get from Point A to Point B and he will commit himself to getting there. The threat Ned Low posed is already neutralized? Doesn't matter. He hurt Ed, he's going down.
- Stede's voice is much more formal and flowery when writing than when speaking. Think about "we're joined to one another, intertwined. We wrote our names on each other in permanent ink" in his letter compared to a more simple "I love everything about you" when speaking.
- Let 👏🏾 Stede 👏🏾 Say 👏🏾 Weird 👏🏾 Things!👏🏾 This guy is weird, he's a weirdo, he doesn't fit in. If you're thinking to yourself "why the fuck would you say that" you're probably onto something. Let him make weird choices. Stede, especially after a bit of character development, is very himself - if he's a college professor, let him drag a full comfy armchair up to his fifth-floor office. If he runs a sex toy shop, let him proudly show off his invention called "the Cervix-Slammer 9000" that'll leave Ed very satisfied but also unable to walk for a week. Let him be enthusiastic and weird!
GAKE NO UE NO PONYO (2008) dir. Miyazaki Hayao






