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How about with yourselves? This is your fault, because you just wrote 'Willis/Fem!Willis' several times.

And we not only have Crazy Fire Power Twistey available (hem, hem), but also Willis: The Neshomeh Interpretation.

So how would Willis feel about Twistey/Twistey/Willis/Willis as a 'ship? >:)

(As the person who did a full on Hunger Games with versions of himself and his wife, I have experience in these matters.)

hS

I'm male, bisexual, 25 going on 26, Asian, and of an average build with a little tummy pudge and love handles, messy black hair and VERY dark brown eyes, usually with glasses. I have quite a lot of stubble which grows FAST, and my right index fingernail is cracked in two from an accident in my youth. I dress in business casual when out in public, but at home I can more often be found barefoot in a T-shirt and either boxers over briefs or comfy slacks, drowning my woes in diet soda.

I'm available for any ship that doesn't involve minors. Any gender is fine, though be aware that I'm emotionally sensitive and probably won't be okay with being yelled at, scolded, or worse.

One last thing: If you want to get really literal, you can also write me as a Skarmory whose armor plating has a silvery sheen. Be aware though that in this guise I won't be comfortable with being paired with a human, so if you choose to use my Pokemon self, I must humbly request for my partner to be of avian form, preferably in the Flying egg group.

Have fun!

...Ix/Scape except you're both Pokemon-human hybrids. Or one is a human-Pokemon and the other is their trainer. That'd be kinda kinky and quasi-badfic, I love it.

-Twistey

Okay, so after I opted in, I talked to Willis about my opt-in and learned that he found it uncomfortable for me to be shipped with anyone but him. At first I objected, but then I was like, "y'know, this is his first Shipfest, I can understand why he feels that way." And I decided I could honor that. So *talking off to the side* hey Moon, you might as well just write us down as a single entry in the list because we're only shippable with each other, *talking at the camera again* and I'll just be content to await the cute Twistey X Willis fics and ship other people. :D

And no, you can't ship me with Willis and someone else simultaneously. Past experience tells me that he finds the idea of a third person being introduced into the relationship to be creepy.

Finally, try to keep it light and wholesome. For example, if you're doing a supernatural beings AU, make it more along the lines of "Twistey is a guardian angel assigned to Willis/Fem!Willis" rather than "Willis/Fem!Willis is the dangerous demon boyfriend/girlfriend". Catch my drift? This is once again to keep things from getting uncomfortable.

These restrictions may sound like no fun at all, and like I'm just coddling my boyfriend, but the bright side to them is that you don't have to spend time and energy thinking about who to pair me with, and a premise could come easily. If this is your first Shipfest, why not pick this pairing so that you have an easy way to get started?

Happy shipping.

-Twistey

"In the Land of Mordor, where the Shadows lie."

Explorable map

Noooooo idea whether this is the last teaser map update, but it's looking like a firm map of the early Third Age. At a guess, the fact that the Great North Road goes to Fornost, not Annuminas, means that we're after the division of Arnor - ie, in the run-up to the Fall of Arthedain and the ending of the Line of Kings in Gondor.

I have wanted this for quite some time.

A Fall of Kings episode would actually work really well with Young Aragorn. It explains both why he isn't a king (his ancestors lost their kingdom) and why he could become one (the Gondorian king went missing). It lets you introduce the Nazgul as a sort of hereditary enemy (the Witch-King is directly responsible for the fall of Arnor and the death of the last king of Gondor), which means you can use them as a threat during the series. Plus, 'army from the frozen north led by an undead sorcerer' has a certain... resonance with another big-budget fantasy series. ^_~

hS

Answering the following questions from the original thing from last year:

- What was up with Huinesoron? No, it wasn't just jokingly bad characterization.
- How'd they finally spork the badfic?
- What happened afterwards?

Etc.

-Twistey

Or something? I'm not really sure why it would do that . . .

But anyway, PoorCynic has created a new link on the Wiki, so go ahead and try that method again.

—doctorlit, online too rarely to have done this in a timely manner

—doctorlit, on the next episode of Hoarders?

Guy, twenty five years old, a little under six feet, average weight, curly brown hair and blue eyes, not minding any ship you could think about. Go wild, and get the details wrong if you want to.

Description: White woman, tall-ish, thin-ish, hair in an overgrown bob. Usually found in jeans and flannel.

Restrictions: ehhh... Please be careful when it comes to physical scenes with trans bodies? There's a lot of nasty history of trans bodies being exploited for cis audiences. By all means, poke me, we can talk details if you're not sure about an idea. (The usual shipfest silliness has been totally fine, but better safe than sorry.)

Faramir is my favorite character. His refusal to take the ring, because he pledged to not, and his ride to Osgiliath, Sometimes you just need a character that does the noble thing without fail, like something to aspire to.

Victini
Gliscor
Lucario
Ninetales-Alola
Scizor
Chansey

Substitute: Crobat

I'm 5 10', wear almost exclusively jeans and a gray hoodie, and have a mop of orange hair (think the teenage Ronald Weasley but with a longer face). Like Twistey said, I'd be alright with genderbending. But please don't ship either of us with other people (meaning not Twistey and I); I'd find that extremely uncomfortable and awkward.

I have a personal dislike for D&D for a variety of reasons, but don't let that stop you from writing that instead of Generic Fantasy if you have a good idea! I'm interested to see what you can cook up.

There's not much to say about myself without getting a plethora of appearance complexes involved but if you need a description, I'll bullet-point some of the key features:

- 5'10"
- Basically looking like [THIS]
- Skin white like a miller’s son, full of moles (I’ve counted 85). Hands covered with burns and cuts from previous work at McD’s.
- Inability to grow any decent facial or body hair.

And if any of you say "it's what inside that counts"... well, my organs are in a bad condition too, so yeah I win! :P

But sure, SHIP ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT!

I was very unconvinced by the whole "female Night Fury" stuff I'd seen in the trailers, so having the reassurance of someone whose judgement I trust (Looking at you, "Crimes of Grindelwald was great!" mother) has gotten me curious again.

I'm probably going to cry, aren't I?

I didn't think it'd be so many messages.

I am currently hanging out in a Discord room dedicated to a particular fandom (Lucifer. If anyone wants to come obsess over it with me and a few others, let me know.), so I can get into Discord overall. I used to turn on Discord and it had me automatically in the PPC room, but when I logged in to get to the fandom room it wasn't listed anymore. I had to reset my password, because it had been a long time since I logged in, so I thought it was just something to do with that, except then the link on the Wiki didn't work.

So I didn't want to go here, but my IP isn't blocked is it?

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So it turns out that the offspring of a Night Fury and a Light Fury are referred to as Nightlights. This pleases the Scapegrace.

Also Mel has a Light Fury plush from Build-A-Bear and it is just the cutest thing ever ever ever.

Look, I was that into Tolkien. I read it, but it went over my head. I was probably too young? I'm not sure. Maybe I'll go back and still won't like it.

But man, I am in awe of the guy. Middle Earth is a kind of insanely well-developed setting and I genuinely do understand WHY there is such a fandom for it. It's utterly fantastic.

Anyways, the one thing I DID get into was Tolkien Fanfic. However, I only know the classics that anyone already invested in the PPC or Tolkien fandom is already aware of. So, allow me to proselytize to you young'uns... who are my age. I am also a young'un.

-OFUM. The Official Fanfiction University of Middle-Earth was funny then, and it's still funny now. It's a wonderful snapshot of the manic spirit of the PPC/fandom Back In The Day, and I love it so much for all of its insane goofiness.

-Suedom. I'm going to disagree with the authors here, and tell you that Suedom is pretty great. Yes, it's goofy and weird in places, but it's also amazing, and probably the single darkest and bleakest thing to ever be written in the PPC setting, while still being funny in places. And frankly, the tinge of darkness makes it really interesting and special and just that much more real than anything else of its era. If the PPC is a lighthearted workplace comedy, Suedom is the adjacent grim look into a hostage situation.

It could also be considered subversive, but I don't think it's quite as subversive as the authors might think: the PPC (well, now at least) is generally more broad-minded then we're painted. Although I don't think we've recruited a lesser Sue in a while... maybe we should bring that tradition back.

-Finally, if you haven't... you need to read Mostly Harmless. It takes the "girl sucked into Middle Earth" trope, subverts it, and then proceeds to do everything with that subversion you could conceivably do. There is nothing left to do now, because Mostly Harmless has done it all already, and done it better than you will. Yes, that was a joke, but it is legitimately that good.

My combatants are as follows:

Young Volcanoes (Heatran)
Rubberband Man (M-Venusaur)
Back in Black (Greninja)
Stay Frosty Royal Milk Tea (Mamoswine)
Magia (Magearna)
Icarus (Tornadus-T)

A sub may come along soon, however today is not that day.

The world of Tolkien is so rich and vast, and so perfectly put together, that it's simply breathtaking. For a Tolkien newbie like me, there is always something new to discover - some other fascinating detail to fit into the puzzle.
My favorite scene from the books - so far, at least - is anything involving the Ents. In the movie not so much, but the way the Ents are described in TTT, and the sheer power of their last march, impressed me a lot. From the movie scenes, though, nothing will ever compare in my eyes to Boromir's last stand. I would say he's my favorite, but it's so damn hard to choose when there's also Aragorn and the hobbits and Gimli and Éowyn and all the others. Which yet again points out the sheer richness of this world.

My favourite scene in LotR is and always will remain the coming of the Rohirrim to Minas Tirith. RotK-M made a valiant effort, but it really didn't do it justice.

My favourite thing about Tolkien's writing is the sheer depth there is under it. Middle-earth always feels like a world that we're only seeing a small part of. In contrast, something like Harry Potter or even Discworld feels much more like a soundstage or a theatre set - yes, there are background details, but they feel like they exist in isolation, not as part of a coherent whole.

One way this manifests is in how even the smallest characters have a whole lot going on. Take, for example, Rosie Cotton, pretty much a textbook example of a featureless love interest. Except...

‘Hullo, Sam!’ said Rosie. ‘Where’ve you been? They said you were dead; but I’ve been expecting you since the Spring. You haven’t hurried have you?’

...

‘Well, be off with you!’ said Rosie. ‘If you’ve been looking after Mr. Frodo all this while, what d’you want to leave him for, as soon as things look dangerous?’

That's practically all the lines she gets, but in just that much, Tolkien paints an entire character for us. You could write Rosie Cotton, as a living character in her own land, and be sure you had her pretty much as Tolkien intended, entirely on the basis of that quote. And I think that's pretty fantastic.

hS

Oldbie Shuffle SLASH. hS/Phobos and Kaitlyn/Nesh.