FreakOfNerdsher

4 year old me: why must we do this

Fantastic old woman in the leopard print coat: "Why yes, my tooth IS real silver! Nobody ever asks me that. Do you like cats?"

C'Mon, You Know You Wanna...

reason 1 million why i love zukka: how extra insane it makes hakoda's family tree

So some fanartist drew a “sexy” (read: booby) version of a (cartoon) character who is traditionally very non-sexualised. Fans of the character got mad about it because it’s kind of groundbreaking how that character is written and portrayed and this art totally ignores the entire point of the character. They demanded the art be deleted. In response to that other people said, well what the fanartist did may be distateful but they have every right to draw what they’re into. The two sides fight for days and each starts a harassment campaign and even report their “opponents’” accounts.

So far so typical. But things eventually come to a head and they decide that this will be settled by votes - not through a poll. Through donations to a children’s education charity via each side’s portal. Whoever can get the highest amount of donation wins.

Also for anyone curious, the character is Luye from The Legend of Hei II. Official design vs. the fanart under the cut:

Last song: Uh Huh by Fenne Lily - "love should be described more as a climb than as a fall" is a lyric that has taken up permanent residence in my brain.

Currently watching: Markiplier and co's playthrough of Chained Together, aka my last three braincells on any given day.

Last movie: Project Hail Mary! I had the chance to go see it with my sibling who had also read the book, it was a pretty good time :)

Currently reading: assorted fanfiction; as for traditional books, my last one was Network Effect by Martha Wells. yes, I'm still working my very slow way through the Murderbot Diaries... it's been a while since a book series hooked me like this, but they go incredibly hard. if you somehow haven't read them, this is your sign to go do it right now. 🫵

Currently playing: Star Wars: The Old Republic

Sweet, Spicy, or Savory? Yes. (scuttles away greedily with my arms full of pad thai and General Tso's chicken)

Current obsession: Star Wars: The Old Republic, same as it ever was

Last Google Duckduckgo search: the incredulity of st thomas

Currently working on: torturing the blorbos by means of writing >:)

Idris had always thought his first Sith kill would be grander, somehow. It would take place in red-draped noble halls, quiet and elegant, with hardly a blood splatter to mark his target’s swift passing. His lords would be pleased with the blow to their enemy’s power base – and he would be left strengthened by righteous emotion, proud of a job well done. Out on the cold, harshly lit plain, all he could think was that his hands were freezing, his warblade was too heavy, and he really, really didn’t want to be here.

Last Song: I had just put the Beyond Beyond Beyond album by The Crane Wives on vinyl! It wasn’t my favorite album when it first came out (ha), but hearing it live and then in vinyl format just totally changed my initial opinion and now I’m obsessed

Currently Watching: Chef and My Fridge! It’s a Korean cooking show I watch with my dad and it’s one of my favorite shows of all time. Honestly I consider it a comfort show nowadays, as it never fails to cheer me up :)

Last Movie: Rogue One! Technically Project Hail Mary was my latest movie seen in cinema, but I was on a Star Wars kick recently and had to watch some of my favorites haha. I have been wanting to rewatch Pride and Prejudice though so I might watch that tomorrow

Currently Reading: Lots of fanfic ☺️ I recently read this modern au Percabeth (pjo) fic and it totally blew me away, would absolutely recommend!! I also recently read Project Hail Mary (phenomenal, would also highly recommend) and am trying to sit down and read Way of Kings next :)

Currently Playing: It’s not really me that’s playing, but my best friend just started a Witcher 3 playthough and I’m spectating their progress since it’s literally my favorite game of all time haha. As for me personally, I think the last game I played was Silksong! I’m terrible at it but I want to get back into it now that I have some more free time ☺️

Sweet, Spicy or Savory?: Ohohoho. Honestly a toss up between Spicy and Savory! It honestly depends on the context haha

Current Obsession: …..the Witcher 3 (if my mass reblogs haven’t given me away, mutuals I’m so sorry)

Last Duck Duck Go Search: ‘what is parboiling in Korean Cuisine?’ It was a cooking technique I saw on Chef and My Fridge that I wasn’t very familiar with, so I wanted to look it up ☺️

Currently Working On: sooooo much scheming for my DND characters. Now that I actually have free time I can finally start (or perhaps resume) properly world building for them which is nice :D

Last Song: tot musica english cover by amalee. she pulls off the intensity and desperation really well, and her gorgeous vocals tickle my brain!

Currently Watching: i'm currently trying and failing to catch up with both the flight smp and bannerfall smp. the only way it's been even remotely manageable is by sticking to a single pov for each, though i do intend to branch out eventually

Last Movie: project hail mary! i went to see it last weekend with my partner (loved the book) and their brother (really into science), and it was incredible

Currently Reading: i had the bright idea to reread the skullduggery pleasant series from the beginning to refresh my memory, since i never finished it the first time. i think currently i'm partway through the third book?

Currently Playing: honkai star rail. i didn't have the leftover focus to play for a while after getting sucked into bannerfall, but i started the 4.1 main story quest a couple days ago and it's been a lot of fun so far

Sweet, Spicy or Savory?: i don't tend to do well with strong flavors, so it basically goes medium savory -> mildly sweet -> spicy. unfortunately my spice tolerance is insanely low, which is devastating because spicy food always smells so good </3

Current Obsession: surprising probably no one, it's unstable universe and specifically torchflower duo. listen all the protagonist & deuteragonist duos are awesome, but torchflower will always hold a special place in my heart

Last Online Search: ‘chicken nesting box filling' for a single line in the fic i'm currently working on. it's been a while since my family kept chickens, so i wanted to double check the material instead of relying on my memory

Currently Working On: the second chapter of a missing scene fic of lomedy being stuck on the ice spike for days, slowly losing hope of being found. this is an excerpt i literally just finished writing

Flame features in a lot of the dreams. Or- maybe features isn’t the right word. He’s just there. He stands under the tree and catches the fruit Lomedy tosses down to put in a basket. He follows the tug of their joined hands to Lomedy’s favorite stalls in Merchant City. He doubles over laughing when Lomedy falls into the pond, and yells when getting tackled in himself. Dreams are pale reflections of reality. Flame’s laugh in a dream isn’t even a tenth as warm and bright as in real life, but it’s so much more than the groaning ice and distant wind that greets Lomedy when he wakes.

Last Song: Song of Durin (Complete Edition) by Clamavi De Profundis

Currently Watching: Going to watch Iron Lung today, but am also watching Murdoch Mysteries with my mom!

Last Movie: Project Hail Mary, which I have watched at least 3 other times

Currently Reading: SVSSS, I was finally able to get the physical copies so I have been reading it!

Currently Playing: Hollow Knight, I got the game years ago but kept not playing it so I decided to fix that! Currently in the city of tears

Sweet, Spicy or Savory?: Sweet>Spicy>Savory, I have a sweet tooth and can never say no to a good spiced meal

Current Obsession: Project Hail Mary…the man and his best friend the alien rock got to me okay. I love hopeful movies and sci-fi ouuuuuugggggggghhhhhhhhhhh

Last Online Search: (my city) weather report. I think this is self explanatory

Currently Working On: a drawing that was supposed to be complete for mermay, but now is going to be for pride month

Last Song: Are You Listening? by Lydia the Bard! Actually the artist who I’m rotating in my brain the most rn their songs are so good

Currently Watching: pffhh nothing actually. Idk i dont have any streaming services readily available so I’m

Last Movie: Swapped on Netflix. I watched it with a friend recently and was actually impressed bc it’s a fun watch

Currently Reading: So many fanfics. I need my found family fix somehow

Currently Playing: Resident Evil 4 Remake and i am. So fucking bad at it. I’m sure I’ll get better as i play more but i got my ass beat on the first fucking chapter (I didn’t die tho!! Was just at like 1 health with no healing items💀)

Sweet, Spicy, or Savory?: Savory -> Sweet -> Spicy

Current Obsession: in the fucking RE trenches…….. help

Last Online Search: if the movie I was thinking abt was actually called swapped or if I was imagining it

Currently Working On: plotting out a silly self indulgent everyone lives/infected au for re bc I love body horror and it gives me an excuse to go wikipedia diving on animals :) also working on not being a little bitch abt my interest and talking abt them

Currently Watching: the roommate and I are watching Elementary, by myself I’m doing rewatches of Leverage: Redemption and the Great British Bake Off

Last Movie: Encanto, I needed something familiar with music to wind down before bed the other day :)

Currently Reading: fanfiction, all day every day 😝 although my sister keeps pestering me to read the rest of the Heated Rivalry books (I’ve read Heated Rivalry and watched the show, but none of the other books although I’ve ignored all the spoiler warnings and know a lot of the main plot points for the rest) so that’s next on my list when I can scrounge up the energy to read something new

Currently Playing: I’m not a video games person but I am a phone games person, mostly Killer Sudoku and Spider Solitaire

Sweet, Spicy, or Savory?: I’d like to think I’m sweet > savory but in all honesty when given the choice I want salt so savory then sweet. I’m not a spice person at all, I’m white and my taste buds reflect that

Current Obsession: Leverage, specifically the OG series though the reboot was better than I expected and even more specifically the Leverage OT3. They gave me in a stranglehold and I love them ❤️

Last Online Search: I believe it was to look up what a bobcat looks like

Currently Working On: Nothing? I’m not a creator—I don’t write or draw. I enjoy crocheting but as a very low skill level hobby, it’s not something I’ve ever wanted to make a big project at

Hey, so many of you are familiar with fix-it fanfiction, the superglue which holds together the hearts canon has shattered, right? Well, I have a point to make. As of right now (1-28-2020), there are 6,659 fanfictions in the Leverage category on AO3. You know how many of those are fix-it fics? 25. A measly 0.38% of Leverage fanfiction is tagged as fix-it. For comparison, 2.20% of MCU fanfiction and 1.25% of Supernatural fanfiction are fix-its.

So yeah, Leverage is so amazing that hardly anything needs to be fixed. But we already knew that. No, it gets better. Of those 25 fix-it fanfictions, 16 (64%) of them are actually fix-its for OTHER fandoms. Leverage has been used in fix-its for White Collar, The Walking Dead, Coupling (UK), The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Kings, Person of Interest, Pacific Rim, Once Upon a Time, The Losers, Merlin, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the actual 2016 US election (yeah, that).

In the Leverage (US TV 2008) fandom only (so not including US TV 2008 & Related Fandoms or Redemption) there are currently 12,309 fics. (Nearly double Jan 2020, go us).

Filtering for “Fix-it” brings us down to 85 or 0.69% (noice).

Excluding Crossovers puts us down to 27 fics total. That means that out of the 85 fix-its, only 32% are to fix the Leverage Canon itself and out of all 12k Leverage fics, only 0.22% are to fix Leverage Canon itself.

Meanwhile, Supernatural is sitting at 8,657/320,089 or 2.70% and the MCU is 13,675/635,920 or 2.15%.