#and Im (supposed to be) working on the cc chapter

[lmelodie]

So for the occasion of my new tablet I spent a good chunk of yesterday just drawing my special lad to get used to the new thing, BUT!!! Past Crystal Springs version!

I have been thinking SO MUCH about the semantics of Kills in CS, especially with the looming figure of Into the Shadows my mind has been GOING. I adore the lore that has already been put forth, but can't stop THINKING!

I think I need like, an actual entire CS timeline if I want to properly figure out overlapping ages/important event points because here's my thoughts:

So, it's possible he was a helping hand in locking up Erebus but the context for how is still a mystery. But it's practically canon that he SOMEHOW willed himself into existence and got himself a body. And I had a delightful thought that he first formed as a shitty, shitty teenager. He is gangly, he is lanky, his face is breaking out and his voice cracks like nothing else.

(I don't think he particularly grew out of some of this teen shittiness, in his maturity, I think he's just lazier, stronger! but also SO tired.)

I would image Sandy is somewhere around the twins' age at this time, not yet a teen, when him and his had (the current Sandman) go about putting Erebus DOWN (and as probably the ONLY time those two have worked together on a shared goal in their LIVES.)

Again, the exact how of his existence is still undecided, I don't think I'm well versed enough in crystal springs world building to make that call. Perhaps the current Sandman at the time gave him a light-life or something similar?? 🤔🤔 (in that specific case, modern day, he lies his ASS off and just says he willed himself into existence.) I don't know! He also could've just formed as a full adult! Anything could be possible!

[lovemyromance]

Elriel is happening whether or not y'all want it to because everything SJM has said recently and throughout her books has pointed to Elriel.

And I came into this fandom genuinely un-biased. I was fully on board with Elucien at the end of ACOMAF, and it was only when I saw every Elucien interaction since then that I realized "Nope, this isn't romance. This isn't going to work out".

And don't tell me "I don't have reading comprehension" or "I don't know SJM". Literally nothing she has ever written has surprised me. No plot twist has had me clutching my pearls in shock and running around gasping for breath.

Aelin & Rowan? Knew it.

Feyre & Rhys? Knew it the minute she saw him at Calanmai in the first book.

Nesta & Cassian? Knew it from their first meeting.

Bryce & Hunt? Knew it from the moment syrinx bit him in the ass (don't ask me why that was my turning point haha)

No couple or even plot point of hers has shocked me or surprised me. Predicted everything in ACOTAR, TOG, and even the entire pack dying in CC and the culprit that was demon summoning etc. Honestly, Elucien was the only one I didn't see coming and even afterwards it just felt random to me. It felt off.

There was no build up for Elucien - before they were mates, when they got declared mates, or even after they were declared mates.

How am I supposed to root for a love story between them when even SJM hasn't rooted for that? She hasn't dropped any positive interaction between Elain & Lucien - why would she take the effort to then put "foreshadowing" hints into the background when she has done the most to send that couple into opposite corners of the continent?

If I had it my way (after Elriel ofc), I'd ship Elain with a Prince of Hel from CC3, and I'd ship Azriel with Eris.

But im not out here digging through the books trying to find random words that could possibly tie those couples together. Azriel has more tension with Eris than he does in any interaction with Gwyn, but I'm not out here saying Azris endgame??

What y'all want vs what is printed in the books is wildly different. And it sucks, but trying to call Elriels delusional because we use canon evidence and not random words taken out of context and stale SJM interviews from back when Tamlin was still "her favorite" and we didn't even KNOW Mor was gay -

Come on. Y'all are using that BC like it's your bible, when you're not even reading the scene with Azriel & Gwyn in the context of the bonus chapter - let alone reading the bonus chapter in the context of ACOSF.

Enoughhhh. I'm tired of this 😭 A ribbon and spark + endless ignoring does not make a couple an endgame over two characters that are already written to have a romantic rescue, a moment of faith, a tension-filled sexual encounter, and endless small moments in the background with each other.

[monetmightexist]

random facts about kyec because im really bored

charlie was initially going to be in a cafe rather than a jewelry store in the second chapter. dont remember why i changed it at first, but it became some decent foreshadowing i suppose

I made the summary before literally any cc drama, so it was originally Forever who was leading the heros under the name “President” and Wilbur who was taken later on. Honestly I prefer Baghera and Tubbo so much more so thank god I waited

I was gonna alternate between the names Charlie and Slime but lowkey just forgot to

I planned on having Angel forcibly unmask Decay while holding a blade to his throat. Didn’t know how to write them in a place where there wouldn’t be cameras though, nor did I have any good ideas for how to end a scene like that

I never actually finished my first summary, though I do know that Charlie originally was going to just say yes during the first proposal. I wanted to do a bit more to make it feel more real though, so we got chapter eight.

Cellbit was told in advance that Decay would be coming into his backyard to throw some files into the fire, he used s’mores as an excuse to have a campfire going. He only dragged Roier into it because he thought it’d be funny. He did, in fact, laugh, as Roier mourned the loss of his chocolate and marshmallows.

Apparently I originally had Tazercraft as their own vigilante duo

Actually wish I did this one: had the idea for a scene where, after Charlie leaves, Angel ends up seeing him out in the open, but he can’t do anything because he’s still in costume. I could have given them both little panic attacks and everything 💔

Despite the fact that Mechanic is the leader of the Soulfire Branch, Bellator is actually ranked #1 locally. Mechanic is either 2nd or 3rd I forgot

I WANT TO WRITE THIS SO BAD BUT IDK HOW. OR IF I EVER WILL. SO UH cellbit used to be a hero, friends with bad. But there was this crazy accident that he caused, and he was so disgusted that the agency was trying to cover it up that he switched sides. Jeidndkxnjeos the cellbit lore goes so hard i just can’t find anywhere to pht it so u just gotta trust me

I had to write down every injury that each character had iver the course of the fic because I kept forgetting. are you sensing a pattern with me

Rust was originally going to have the exact same starting line of “Do you know why you’re here?” But I’m not creative enough to make a scene that works with that and also isn’t as repetitive

Mariana is a White Tern, Jaiden is a Conure, and Phil is a Crow. I got nothin else for ya. Don’t even know if Tina’s a Korat anymore because for some goddamn reason I drew her with white ears. Maybe her codename is a red herring and they paint her ears idk

i still dont know for sure if all of the quotes I used were actually Sun Tzu quotes or if the internet lied to me

jesus christ thats a lot. can you tell that i like my fic a lot.

[qoldenskies]

okay...genuine question before I take my energy drinks and finish my work somehow WITHOUT my Grammarly subscription...

is there anything you would like to see in a cc fic? Like, something that would work no matter what someone would be writing? A scene, a dialogue, an action, like, literally anything.

I know you like to just see people's interpretations and headcanons, and that your easy to please, but idk. I just want to be able to add something, no matter what that is, that you yourself would want to see. (One would might say a little print). It is in the perspective of Donnie. I miiiight change perspectives, but it'll prob be once or twice. I have no idea how long or short it's gonna be. I still haven't landed on the intro, just the ending... but still, I want it to be a love letter to you. A very formal, yet personal love letter that may or may not make you smile or cry or throw up or whatever bodily action it might get out of you-

(I SWEAR if I put all this time and thought into this and ao3 ends up crashing on me or not letting me upload it or somehow not gifting it to you I will RIP MY SKIN OFF)

God knows it's gonna take me like 45 minutes to figure out how to tag on ao3...honest to god that's probably the biggest thing I'm gonna screw up. This is quite literally the only thing I will have ever posted, lol. Anyway, love ya, and I hope you like whatever I end up making. It's prob gonna be pretty out of character, but I've tried to get to understand your thought process and have read most of your breakdowns of his character, so hopefully I get something right :]

HRNGNGHHHH wow this is a lot of pressure!! i do have some ideas for what i would want to see but they're mostly scenes that didnt get put in cc (that i dont plan on ever writing) due to them being redundant or already vaguely explained-- that being the immediate aftermath of CL (it haunts me dawg, both raph or splinter's povs there would be awful and heartbreaking) and the day leo was gone to go ineffectively throw hands with kitsune, because that includes the whole "you have one month left" news broken to donnie, who was Not doing well and calling for leo the whole time, and draxum was watching all of this happen/being filled in more thoroughly about what happened (honestly potential to write from his pov? i originally planned on including draxum more thoroughly in cw after chapter 13 but it never came to pass .... but if anything i could see all of this putting him in the reluctant father figure position more than ever, especially with donnie ngl). i couldnt really twist either of these in a way that felt worth writing them so i leave them up to interpretation! but that's more premise-related stuff and im not sure if you have more fleshed out ideas for what you want to go with. also theyre both coda premises lolol

otherwise its :') youre so sweet!! its hard to fathom that ive done anything to deserve a love letter like that. i am in fact very easy to please i suppose ,,, i find joy in the fact that every style and interpretation of my work is different, and i adore when people put their own spin on my concepts and mold it to make it something their own!! its why i reread cc fics so much. go at your own pace and dont worry about making it perfect, the fact that you want to do something like this at all already means the world to me!

[ladyhindsight]

sorry to bring up character ages in tid again, but i wanted to run a theory by you about something i discovered.

in chapter 1 of clockwork princess, tessa is being fitted for her wedding dress and she says this: “he would look so young. they were both so young. tessa new it was unusual to marry at seventeen and eighteen, but they were racing a clock.”

clockwork princess takes place in september/october (i think??) of 1878, and their wedding was supposed to be in december. what i’m thinking that tessa must be older than what cc has told us (in both the family tree and the “new” canon she established with the 10th anni of ca). based on the quote, we can probably assume that tessa is either already seventeen when clockwork princess starts, or will be turning seventeen sometime between then and december. which assumes jem’s birthday is somewhere in there as well. so will and jem being born in 1860 is probably correct, but tessa was probably born in 1861.

Bottom line: cc can’t even keep her own canon straight XD. im gonna try to write my own time line to try to make sense of it sigjdnd.

Waait a minute. Wow.

So, yes. Tessa's birthday is said to be January 28, 1862. Clockwork Princess takes place from October to December, which means Tessa is sixteen and turns seventeen in January 1879, which is still a couple months away from the supposed wedding.

I guess they didn't have any confirmed dates of birth before the 10th anniversary edition of Clockwork Angel, just the birth years, but I found this part with Charlotte and Jem in Clockwork Princess, chapter 13 "The Mind Has Mountains":

You are still a child, Charlotte wanted to say, but she did not. He was only a few weeks short of his eighteenth birthday, after all, when Shadowhunters became adults, and if when she looked at him she still saw the dark-haired little boy who had arrived from Shanghai clutching his violin, his eyes huge in his pale face, that did not mean he had not grown up.

Which, of course, goes along with the whole

“Yes, though Charlotte’s rather fallen off in tutoring us lately, as you might imagine,” said Will. “One either has a tutor or one is schooled in Idris—that is, until you attain your majority at eighteen. Which will be soon, thankfully, for the both of us.” “Which one of you is older?” “Jem,” said Will, and “I am,” said Jem, at the same time. They laughed in unison as well, and Will added, “Only by three months, though.”

part in Clockwork Prince which takes place from July to August, but the rest of what was previously discussed gives the idea that they both have already turned seventeen in 1878, especially when juxtaposed with Gabriel's and Nate's ages and the rest.

Otherwise it does work that Will is born in late December and Jem's birthday is in November, other than that whole mess with being "three months" apart in age. But the language is weird, Tessa won't be marrying at seventeen no matter what, though Jem' would've recently turned eighteen.

Will telling Cecily that:

“You can’t be married, Cecily! You’re only fifteen! When I get married, I’ll be eighteen! An adult!”

Will turning eighteen a week or so after that Christmas when he proposed to Tessa works in that context as well. Though they apparently married two years later in March 3, 1880, according to the bonus content.

Though not exactly on topic, I want to point out that in said bonus content, Will thinks that "It wasn’t strictly a Shadowhunter wedding, because Tessa wasn’t strictly a Shadowhunter. But Will had decided to wear wedding gear anyway, because he was going to be the head of the London Institute, and his children would be Shadowhunters" though, at least according to the comic, James' conception was such a surprise because they didn't know if Tessa as a warlock could have children. And James was born in 1886, six years after the wedding.

Anyway, it's still a bit of a mess because, though some parts do fit, other parts of the text seem to have been written in another frame of reference in any case.

The timeline idea sounds fantastic!

[ellitx]

WAAA I SWEAR YOU NEVER CEASE TO AMAZE ME?? The last two fics were just?? So detailed and thorough and flowed so nicely 🥺🥺😭😭 i better not ever see you bash your writing again or i will spank you >:cc

Ouu thank you 🥺🥺 at this point most of my wips for himmel are just smut and i also wanna try writing some fluff or angst story for him but cant ( ；∀；)

I made an oath this was suppose to be a himmel year but fuck im working on chapter 2 for The Day You Vanished With The Stars ( ･᷄ὢ･᷅ )

ill try balancing these two together along with Love Game but still retaining that it’s mostly himmel getting all the love and attention from me cuz my hubby deserves those love and kithes

If any of you himmel lovers have some soff heartwarming ideas feel free to share in the ask! I might get some inspiration from it 👀

[ipatrichor]

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Minecraft (Video Game) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Relationships: Alexis | Quackity/Karl Jacobs/Sapnap, Karl Jacobs & Everyone, Clay | Dream & Karl Jacobs, Karl Jacobs & Technoblade, Wilbur Soot & Technoblade & TommyInnit & Phil Watson, Toby Smith | Tubbo & TommyInnit, Karl Jacobs & Grayson | Purpled Characters: Karl Jacobs, Sapnap (Video Blogging RPF), Alexis | Quackity, Clay | Dream (Video Blogging RPF), Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF), TommyInnit (Video Blogging RPF), Toby Smith | Tubbo, Floris | Fundy, Badboyhalo - Character, Phil Watson (Video Blogging RPF), GeorgeNotFound (Video Blogging RPF), Wilbur Soot, Grayson | Purpled (Video Blogging RPF) Additional Tags: yall theres a canon polycule am i just supposed to not write for them???, it's the characters tho not the ccs dont be weirdchamp, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Time Travel, Time Travel Fix-It, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Memory Loss, The Egg (Dream SMP), corrupted badboyhalo, Past Character Death, Implied/Referenced Character Death, it's all from the future karl's trying to change dw, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, sometime later when it isnt 3am and im tired as fuck :', Web Series: Tales from the SMP, thats right fuckers purpled gets lore and plot relevancy :3 Series: Part 1 of karl jacobs time travel fix-it fics Summary:

"Don't." He repeats to Tubbo, stuffing the pocketwatch in one of numerous pockets lining his jacket and lifting his goggles to rest on his head. "This is it. This is where it went wrong. Put the disc in the ender chest, Tubbo, now. Please." Through the whole exchange his eyes stay fixed to Dream, whose movement has ceased as he considers the new arrival.

 Or, Karl lives through the Eggpire's victory over the server and the loss of everyone he cares about. Desperate to change the future, he travels back in time to the event he's pinpointed as the beginning of things going irreversibly wrong- Doomsday, the third and final destruction of L'Manberg. As he struggles to keep his time traveling a secret with a failing memory and Dream's interference, allay the concern of his fiances, and maintain an uneasy alliance with Technoblade, the Egg begins to whisper threats and promises in his mind.

[bluemedallion]

So I started the hogwarts au like i dunno, 3 weeks ago? And i wasnt like, sure into dsmp lore by then. I like threw myself into the mcyt fandom shdhs.

I think I was like, kinda in it, finally understanding how to keep up with the lore, but only really paid attention to the ccs I already knew about (the dteam, wilbur and tommy, some others).

So when I made the hogwarts au I like, it was still good. But because I'm me i did it the way i wanted, and decided to center the au mostly around the charas i knew. Idk if i mentioned it anywhere but i made a list of like, the charas i cared about most to least.

The ones near the top were the ones I knew the most about, so I decided to put a list of like 10ish of the ccs i knew the most about and only went into the complicated lore (what their wands were, what their pets were, their patronuses, etc) for those ccs

But heres the problem

Now more stuff has been added to the dsmp, and I'm finally caught up with lore so I'm like, actively here now. I joined around like, ok so I first heard of and was looking at the smp when the s1 finale happened. Then I spent maybe like 2 weeks figuring shit out? I think i started actively watching Tommy's streams (he was the only one i watched at first besides george, now i still mostly do tommy and techno but i also love watching Karl's streams, ranboos, but the rest of the lore is a lil hard for me to keep up with lol @starwither on tumblr is my savior) like, maybe a week before i made the hog au. Ok I'll be honest i dont remember the exact timeline, but luckily for you it's not relevant at all

So the problem is, over the past 3 weeks I got into the lore officially sticking with the streams, exploring different characters, and actually looking at the rest of the streamers instead of the main ones I lister previously

So now, like, for example I did not know who fundy was at all. I had heard of quackity and realized he was super relevant to the schlatt arc cause I think I was catching up to that at the time so he was on the lsit, but I didnt know shit about fundy besides that he was Wilbur's son in canon so I was like "ok I'll make him younger than will but idk him so I wont put him in the list"

But now I've watched more shit and like--- I'm love him🥺🥺🥺

But I already went and added all the random facts and itll be so much work to add fundy and ranboo and the ppl I know better now that i think will be more involved in the stories cause ik them better

But ugh so much workkkkk😔😔😔😔😔

But honestly I'm probably gonna do it

At least for fundy and ranboo (and possibly quig and pete they're not dsmp but they're crazy relevant cause I mean look at their mccs)

I'm p sure there are others but those are the main 2 I can think of that I didnt know shit about before

Ugh the problem is also that I just dont know nobody

Like captain puffy I decided to make a prefect literally last second so thered be 2 relevant chara 5th year prefects, but like, that was a guess I havent seen a single stream of hers. I'm thinking I'm gonna go through mcc vods of diff teams to try and knock off 2 stones at once (learning charas AND deciding their strengths and weaknesses in the hcc and quidditch n stuff)

Last night I went and finally did quidditch shit (I dont know how quidditch works I had to do research shdhshd idk shit) and I didnt have enough charas

I based it on rocket spleef (yall dont even know this yet my tumblr followers yall get sneak peek) and so I had like, maybe 10 charas I wanted for sure on teams. Then I had like 4ish that didnt do mcc but i thought i wanted them on a team (example: minx)

And that sounds like a lot yeah

Then I realized that it equals out to like 3 members per house and theres supposed to be 7----

So I kinda bsed the rest of the team

I went to the list of caring most to least, looked at the least section cause that's streamers that I dont know ANYTHING ABOUT but they're still current mcytbers/streamers so yeah

And I basically just threw all the ones who were in mcc into it 🤡🤡🤡

And I also bsed their houses so bad cause I DONT KNOW THEM HSHDSHS so it's probably fucking awful but I once again do not care

I still only ended up with 5 ppl per team but it's fine I mostly just didnt add some chasers theyll just be Generic BG Character That's Probably A Fandom Character That I'll Yearn For Someone To Comment About

I cant wait to post the quidditch chapter smile

Anyways rant over lmaoooo

Uhhh if you read to the end you get a prize

(Heres your prize!!!!: the temporary title of tHE NEXT IDEA FOR THE SERIES 👀👀👀👀 IM WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOWWWWWWWW)

"Brothers Bond by Making Drugs"

[scorbus-ficrec]

Heya! I was wondering if you can suggest some muggle fics? Where Albus and/or Scorpius are muggle/squib or they left Wizarding world for muggle one or its just all muggle hdhshdsjjz sorry im awkward

I feel likeI’ve missed a couple of essential fics in this list, so if you know a fic thatshould be on this list, tell me!

MUGGLE Fic

Brewed Awakening by halfbloodwitch

Rating: general audiences

Word count: 4833 in 1 chapter

Contains: muggle AU, high school AU, coffee shop,barista!Albus, book store Scorpius, first kiss, summer time, mutual pining,pining

Summary: Albus works at a coffee shop. Scorpius works atthe bookstore next door.Scorpius thinks the guy next door is hot. They meet. The rest is history.

A real treat!

Arabesque onIce - phys_nut/Femme (femmequixotic)

rating: NC-17/Explicit

wordcount: 7100 in1 chapter

contains: Olympics!AU, non magical, drinking,friends to lovers

summary: He’s stillwearing that ridiculous puffy jacket they’ve forced on us, the one with theUnion Flag emblazoned on one shoulder, Great Britain stitched in four-inch highwhite Helvetica on the back. No one looks good in that awful red. No one butAlbus-sodding-Severus-bloody-fucking-Potter, that is.

A very well-written AU with a slightly bitterScorpius and some delicious pining over your (best) friend! This one is also onao3.

Parseltonquinq – Wildcard

Rating: explicit

Word count: 59 808 in 27 chapters

Contains: high school!AU, football (or I guess soccer?),enemies to friends to lovers

Summary: “Scorpius’s attention almost instantly turnedto the boy leaning against the hood of James’s car, typing something on hisphone. It was obvious who he was, though Blaze and Tim’s descriptions didn’t dohim justice. He had the same facial structure as James, but he was leaner andsharper. James was the type of boy who caught you when you fell, whereas hisbrother looked as if he was the one who had pushed you in the first place.Albus had black hair even messier than his brother’s and his freckles dustedhis skin—whereas James’s were bold, his looked like an afterthought; they werebarely visible. Even from several feet away, Scorpius could see Albus’s vividgreen eyes as they rose to meet his, as if sensing the weight of his stare. Asmirk curled his lips and he shot Scorpius a wink.

Just as histeammates had said: a wildcard.” Despite playing for rival soccer teams,Scorpius and Albus can’t help but be drawn to one another. This is a ficheavily based off of my one-shot, Strike.

I still haven’t read this one, but it looksawesome!

A Staircase Love Story by LittleRose13

Rating: mature

Word count: 9728 in 1 chapter

Contains: neighbours, getting to know each other,misunderstandings, pining, oblivious!Albus, getting together

Summary: Albus cleared his throat, completely thrown offby this girl’s sudden apparent existence. “Hi, yes I do. Is, er, is Scorpiushome?” The girl’s expression softened. “No, it’s student night at the museum sohe’s working, he should be back in about an hour. Are you two going outsomewhere then?”  ”No,” Albus squeaked,thinking of the pile of marking he had waiting for him tonight. He consultedthe letter in his hand. “I just… got some of his post. By mistake. I live atnumber twelve, he lives at number twenty-one, it’s an easy mistake to make.”

I know I’m a bit biased since this fic was mysecret santa gift, but god is it good!!!!

Any Colour You Like by sunflow_rs

Rating: general audiences

Word count: 1752 in 1 chapter

Contains: queer teens, muggle AU, good brother!James, POCHarry Potter, Jeddy, sexuality crisis, coming out

Summary: Albus needs a ride to an LGBT meeting and Jamesis the only one in the family he’s out to

Squibs

Portkeys andPhilosophy by violetclarity 

rating: teen and up 

wordcount: 9336 in1 chapter

contains: not cc compliant, alternateuniverse, college/university, squib!Albus, Scorpius in the Muggle World, MuggleUni, discussion of magic, getting together, getting to know each other, fallingin love, vignettes, family issues, academia

summary:  Portkeys and Philosophy (anacademic year in the life of two scholars) // Scorpius wasn’t expecting to seeHarry Potter’s youngest son, the one who was supposed to be in his year atHogwarts but never showed up, on his first day of Muggle uni. That turns out tobe the least interesting thing about his year.

Scorpius’inner monologue feels very true and there is a distinct feel of growth in the relationshipbetween Albus and Scorpius, they really get to know each other.

Leaving Wizard world

Carrying you over by altri_uccelli

Rating: explicit

Word count: 37 588 in 1 chapter

Contains: animagus, firsttime, disappearance, US magic, adventure, mystery, getting to know each other,wolves, paranormal investigation, potions, getting together, miscommunication

Summary: In San Francisco on an errand for his father,Al Potter runs into his old friend Scorpius Malfoy, who disappeared six yearsprior. As the two get unwittingly caught up in larger events involving magicboth old-world and new, Al wonders if some scars are too deep to heal.

I don’t know if this fits the theme exactly,since Scorpius just left the British muggle world, but I wanted to include itbecause there’s a lot of muggle/non-wizard elements in this story. And it’s anexcellent story!

 Coevolution: White Lies by unkissed

Rating: explicit

Word count: 12 602 in 3 chapters

Contains: fluff, angst, first person pov, Hogwarts dropout Albus, established relationship, jealousy, consensual infidelity, muggletechnology, rock star Albus, tattoos

Summary: Albus Severus is a fucking rock star. Albusdrops out of Hogwarts and leaves Scorpius behind to pursue a muggle career inmusic. The strain of separation tests their relationship.

Happy Reading

[jujywrites]

WIP Challenge

I got tagged by @kikithedeceiver to do this!

Challenge: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous.

Here’s the thing. I don’t have many separate WIP files; most of them are in one huge doc. and most of the separate wip files are... pretty dead? but ok whatevs. under a read more since it’s long...... and my ego won’t let me skip snippets hjkhkhk thanks for the idea Kiki

From my main miscellaneous folder:

50 Grades of Steele. 1 and a half chaps of a role-flipped 50 Shades of Grey rewrite (i haven’t read the books so I extra don’t care about the characters lol). why do i still have it i’ve lost interest.... *side eyes her entire wip ecosystem* ...Then I see my interview subject, seated at her desk.

"Mr. Grey. I'm pleased to meet you."

And I stop breathing. [end CH1]

[open CH2) I forgot to mention something: I exaggerate occasionally. But I'm not now. I literally stop breathing for a few seconds. A thousand thoughts are racing through my mind, which doesn't help my chest stop seizing, but the main problem here is that Anastasia Steele is quite possibly the most beautiful woman I've ever seen.

Fanfic idea masterlist. my most active file and where I keep most of my WIPS, unless they get too “large”. Organized by fandom. lotta stuff i keep passing by & may as well be dead but don’t wanna delete. here’s a zero-draft snippet of probably the next chapter of my G-rated yukyoru fic collection

He grabbed a pillow and placed it to his chest, grabbed her arm, and yanked her to him, praying his idea would work.

Seconds passed and he didn't transform. He put his arms around her gingerly. Should he try to immobilize her or would that make it worse?

She made the decision for him. "Mom," she sobbed, clutching him with an iron grip. "N-Need to help...!"

His stomach dropped to his shoes.

Thudding footsteps announced Yuki's arrival. "What's wrong?! Honda-san--"

He didn't say "What did you do?" The thought raced by and Kyo said, "Grab a pillow and help me!"

As Yuki positioned the pillow and himself without having to ask, Kyo said, "She won't wake up. I don't know what to do!"

"Night terror," Yuki said tightly. He was too close but it almost didn't matter. "Not much you can do besides wait."

MayxWard BDSM fic agents of SHIELD. mix of notes and actual writing. kind of a half AU. Melinda climbed into the driver's side and buckled in, then started up the car. "If you've not ridden on the left before you might have motion sickness. It's normal. Just close your eyes until—" She paused as she looked at him; his hands shook so much he couldn't manage the seatbelt. "Here, let me."

"Thanks," he muttered with a sigh, looking rueful.

Modern AU Zelink. What it says on the tin~ Teenage-ish Zelink, with a mash of supporting characters from other games. another mix of notes and fic. Link wasn't sleeping tonight. Tonight was the night he'd been planning for and awaiting for weeks. He was going on a quest: the quest to meet Princess Zelda. 

She wasn't really a princess, of course. That was just her nickname. Zelda Nohansen was Hyrule's sweetheart, the most sought-after young actress in the movie business. And Link had fallen in love with her the first time he'd seen her, two years ago in a tiny theater in Kakariko.

PMMMfic homumado. Madoka Magica. AU, been around since about an hour after I finished the series (5 years yikes, still gotta watch Rebellion). Homura's time power still somewhat involved, but Mami's an adult, everyone's at a boarding school (I think?) where ~things aren't as they first seem~ and Madoka has mysterious powers and night terrors. just notes at the moment.

SoubixHitomi.  Loveless. 3 unfinished/dead first-person Shinonome-senseixSoubi snippets, all of ‘em spicy.

yvy abo. Yuri On Ice. Yuri (Katsuki!!)/Victor/Yuko(!!?!), my attempt at. well. omegaverse(!!!!!!!). orignally started as part of a “bad YOI fic” bigbang and now I’m taking it seriously dgdgfg. Alpha Yuko. “Please, please stop,” she whispered, like saying it aloud would make any difference. But the pressure in her head kept building. Her limbs had begun to itch restlessly.

And Victor wouldn’t let go of her hand.

With the last scrap of her control, she straddled him quickly and kissed him awake.

Even in half-sleep he arched to meet her, and when he opened his eyes sapphire blue had already turned stormy with lust.

yvy canonfuturefic. Yuko-focused following of canon, or: how canon can I keep YOI while still rareship OT3ing it. She and Yuri fall in and out of love, in between falling for Victor. Victuri is still my life I swear   

“You have got to watch this,” she tells Yuri. She watches Yuri’s face instead of the video, having seen it at least forty times by now.

Yuri’s eyes transform into beacons of awe, and Yuko swallows around her rapid heartbeat, breaths coming too short. She sees everything she’s feeling and more on his face. She remembers that she loves him, that he’s real and here and more important than the beautiful boy on her phone who’s trying to pull her under to a scary new world.

ZnT ot3 bdsm AU. Zankyou no Terror, 9/12/Lisa. mix of notes and fic, not just PWP. in heavy need of editing bc a lot was inspired by a non-spicy book.

“But it’s not just me. It’s everyone. You need everyone because you have no idea how to need yourself. Or even how to be yourself.”

“You’re wrong.” The force and volume of her voice shocked her and pushed her onward. “You and Touji. I don’t need anyone except you and Touji! Because you both taught me how to be myself-- no, how to find that on my own. I know exactly who I am, and that me isn’t complete without both of you!” She could feel the tears streaming down her face, yet somehow her voice didn’t waver. She felt so full of conviction she could burst into flames. “Don’t you understand, Arata? We’re all meant to be together.”

From my SnK folder:

Cave of the Crystal Maiden (working title). Aruani. Modern AU. MMORPG shenanigans with a dollop of magical realism/supernatural. Just notes. @portraitofa-girl suggested “meeting online” and it’s been there literally for years oh lord im sorry. no fic yet, just notes.

Falling Anthem (working title) Modern AU Levihan, art student Hange and young professor Levi. just notes. fic one in a planned series. also has been years ;_;

Raindrops and Soft Steps. Jearmin. unsurprisingly, modern AU. One morning, when Jean looks out of his bedroom window, he sees a boy dancing across the street. In the street, to be exact. There wouldn't be anything unusual about that, Jean supposes, except it's raining cats and dogs outside.

In my IAMXfic folder (fff i almost skipped this):

2ndPOVCalberto (DO NOT CORRUPT WITH HET) ChrisxAlberto? not much to say?? yes i know they’re real people??? which applies to everything after this oh my god *crawls under desk* Of course she knows; she is annoyingly perceptive when it comes to romance. The only thing preventing you from asking her (like a fucking lovestruck teenager) if Alberto likes you back is emptying that beer bottle. By then the only thing on your mind is ordering another.

CalbertImmi. i can’t even keep my poly shit outta RPF ahaha omhg Imogen has a conversation with her lover's lover. (AlbertImmi, sequel to...) Imogen finds herself in an unenviable position. (emerging CalbertImmi)

Alternate summaries (CC POV, first fic?): Chris loves two people. He doesn't want to choose. Chris has fallen in love a few times in his life. But he's never fallen for two people at once. (Chris also isn't good at choosing.)

ChrisxJ. several self-insert fics bc CC is just that powerful, apparently. haven’t looked at the file in a long time,,,,,

He started calling people to the stage with him, and one by one, my row emptied.

"Come on, yeah, come on," he was saying, waving his hand in an inviting gesture and grinning like a little kid. "Hey, you want to?" I did a double take.

"Me?" I mouthed, pointing at myself just to be sure. He nodded, smiling wider.

So it was that I walked unsteadily down the ramp and waited in line, feeling like I didn’t belong there. Soon I was next in line. What would I say? What would I do? I was sure if I opened my mouth I’d either burst into tears or faint.

Genderswapped IAMX sci-fi. The sci-fi was inspired by a word prompt, genderswapping by my own brain. (play spot the Immi lmao) Across the aisle, Sam rolled his eyes. “Leave Chris alone; she’s nervous.”

“And put on your own seatbelt, Johann,” shouted Jess, two seats back and in Sam’s aisle.

Patrick turned  to look at Chris. “Subspace travel is a bitch,” he said simply, and turned back to his book.

“Oh, I feel much less nervous now,” Chris said with a sardonic grin. “How do you know that, anyway?”

"I'm not exactly what I seem to be." He didn’t look up.

Chriimmi (While I Was Gone inspired). Chris/Imogen, inspired by scenes from Sue Miller’s While I Was Gone.

"You really ought not to do that, you know," he said softly.

"Do what?"

"Sneak up on me."

My eyes slid from his face. "I didn't mean to. It just... happened."

"Mm." I glanced back at him; he wore a lopsided smile. "Not that I minded." The tension was so strong the air nearly vibrated with it, yet I held my tongue, terrified that I was the only one feeling it. He took a breath, deep, nearly rising on his toes. "No. I didn't mind at all." He took my hand, circled his thumb over the back. My breath caught as I felt it, as I watched him looking down at our hands.

Chriimmi bathtub dream. dream inspired Chris/Immi smut.

Chriimmi twitter. twitfic plus some, inspired from an actual tweet iamx made that i’m still not over. 

@ imogenheap Come sing your lovely lyrics with us in London. @ IAMX misses you. CCx

ChrisxImmi main. grab bag of Chriimmi I was too lazy to put into separate docs.

“What do you think?” She grinned, twirling.

He cleared his throat. “Ah, I-Imogen, what are you wearing?”

“Well, I didn’t want to clash with your theme…  Janine helped me. Does it work?”

Scandalously short skirt, midriff-baring top, knee-high boots.

“You’re trying to kill me, aren’t you? You’re trying to fucking kill me.”

Her grin only widened, even though a blush had started.

Fic edit chriimmi ver. yeah. editing someone else’s original fic to be chrimmi. either never posting or editing the frick out of. ~_~

He kissed her neck, whispered into it, “I love you.”

Imogen laughed. “Bollocks,” she said lazily.

”I do!” Chris protested. She looked down at him, nestled on her shoulder. He looked back, open, a little adoring. “I fell in love with you halfway through the show; I sang every note just for you.”

”Oh, please. You couldn’t have seen me.”

”No,” he said. “But I knew you were out there… I knew it had been you the minute I saw you backstage.”

Hospital Chriimmi. In which my guilty feeling over RPF are even worse bc of the inspiration ^_^U “Ms. Heap. What a pleasant surprise.” It’s surprising, how well she remembers his voice.

“Mr. Corner, what have you got yourself into?”

“Oh, just a bit of lingering insomnia. You know how it is.”

She takes a seat in the chair near his bed, crossing her legs. “Well, I’ve certainly had a sleepless night here and there, but I’ve never ended up in hospital from it. So no, I don’t suppose I do know.” Her tone is light, but her smile has begun to crack.

ImmixChris genderbend smut. the my secret friend video is... fertile material. have not actually written the smut yet.

...he saw us as characters– we put on those clothes and become separate from ourselves, removed. Whereas I simply felt like myself in men’s clothes, and instead of feeling what He felt for Her, I just kept right on feeling what I felt for Chris, amplified to a distracting level.

ReluctantdommeImmixSubCC. ...shrug emoji? notes and uh. visualizing.

Vampire Chriimmi. based on a dream. smutty. inspired by True Blood so wow that’s old.

From my Markipairings folder:

demon dream. markiplier self insert...... ughhhhhhhh o///o

"You can have me," I tell the creature. "But this one," I jerk my head toward Mark, "comes with me. He's mine, you see." A bold proclamation to make, but in the moment I know that the truth in those words surpasses everything I've ever said. He is mine, and saying the thought out loud fills me with courage. He squeezes my hand, two short and a long one so strong I think he might break it.

I know we’ll win.

DommeJujY. same as above, same as the next four. smutty.

Fight team AU. i forget where i got this one from. vaguely inspired by loveless i guess.  The first clear thought I had was, He shouldn't have gone ahead of me. The second one was, I should have been able to protect him. But these came later, after the rage went away, after I hugged him and apologized, after I bandaged him…

Gaming meetcute. i win some contest or whatever to secretly tagteam w/ Mark. stuff happens and yeah......

The adrenaline surges through my veins as I take in the scene. Mark's avatar is flailing around, backed into a corner by some Eldritch Abomination and holy shit, the graphics in this game are amazing.

"This is not good, I can't move, I can't move…"

There's a voice in the back of my head screaming to shut the game down, to get that horrible thing off the screen. I ignore it.

Markinpanties. .......smut.

shifter-slight sci-fi AU. shrug emoji.

I looked up from the ground and saw I was heading straight for a brick wall. There was no time to slow down. I braced for impact...

It didn't happen. I opened my eyes and found myself in a café.

What.

Looking behind me, I saw a door. On impulse I walked over and opened it; the tree-lined street I could see through the glass was indeed there. No brick wall to smack my face into. Bewildered, I turned around and looked for a seat, choosing one near a window.

Gouldiplier~. master doc of ficbits of my cracky mccrackship, MarkiplierxEllie Goulding.

I check my phone during break time again. My selfie has been liked and retweeted thousands of times, and I shake my head in disbelief; I don't think that will ever stop surprising me, deep down. To make things even better, Mark's liked it! I'm in the middle of a happy jig when I realize there's a text from him and a squeak of joy slips from me.

hellooo gorgeous

looks like you're having fun. Hope the shoot's going great! <3

I quickly send a reply. it has been. Be glad when it's done tho. Missin u lots xo

Markipicbunnies. fanart of Mark for Gouldiplier insipration. photographer au. 

"Ms. Goulding, I'm really not sure about this…"

"I produce pictures that are intimate because I'm an intimate being, Mark." Ellie looked at him directly, a hint of a smile shaping her lips. "Deep down, I think you are too. We just need to draw you out a bit."

showersexgouldiplier. WELP. IT’S SMUT.

Also I have folders for my 2010/11 nanowrimo novel that are kinda still WIPs but also kinda not

i’m gonna tag.... @kippielovesyou @kiridork and @mistergrass and anyone else who wants to do this can too :3

[stillthewordgirl]

LOT/CC fic: Thief and Assassin (Seven chapters of 12)

Leonard is the head of the Centralis Thieves Guild. Sara, unexpectedly, has found herself the head of the Assassins Guild. To save their city and the kingdom, they'll have to work together-and they might find themselves falling for each other in the process.

So, barely two weeks ago, I was thinking about all the fantasy books I used to read and still love. And the germ of an idea started-what about a CaptainCanary fantasy AU? Thieves and assassins are fantasy staples, after all. What, I thought on my commute home that day, if Leonard and Sara were the heads of the Thieves and Assassins Guilds, respectively, and had to work together to save their city?

And this happened. I'm posting seven chapters now, with four more and an epilogue to come soon. (Three more chapters are done and the rest are close.) I adore this AU, and I hope you do, too!

Many thanks to @larielromeniel for the beta and @pir8grl for reading, encouragement and many tips on useful clothing and setting-type things! For @dragonydreams

I’m just posting Chapter One here, since I posted so much at once. Full chapters posted here on AO3 and here at FF.net.

“Boss!”

Leonard, who’d been leaning back and contemplating the old fire-blackened beams overhead while balancing a dagger on one calloused fingertip, let his chair thump back to the floor, raising an eyebrow as his second in command thundered up the stairs and into his office. Mick tended not to run anywhere for nearly anyone these days, so this must be good…or bad, as the case may be.

His old friend halted in the doorway, catching his breath and grunting as Leonard merely looked at him with an inquiring expression. But Len didn’t speak, and Mick quickly got tired of waiting for his boss to ask.

“There’s a new head of the Assassins Guild,” he said shortly, folding his arms. “An’ she did it like you—the old way.”

That was…not even remotely news Len had expected. He’d admit that his mouth fell open, but he quickly closed it—although not before Mick saw the expression of shock and smirked victoriously.

Len ignored the expression but climbed to his feet, straightening his black tunic and thinking furiously.

“Then Darhk…”

“Is dead.” Mick actually grinned. “As a doornail. Cold meat. All that stuff. I think some of the junior Guild members threw ‘im off the South Gate cliffs.”

Given Darhk’s appetites and what he’d done to the once-respected Centralis Assassins Guild, Len wasn’t really surprised. But he was more concerned about other things at the moment.

“Her, you said.” he frowned thoughtfully. “Someone local?” He doesn’t know of anyone currently in the Guild, male or female, both or neither, who’d be able to take Darhk. If he did, things would have been different long before now. He’d have seen to that.

“Word is no. Newcomer to the city.” Mick paused. “From what I hear, I don’ think she knew what she was doing.”

Len paused in tucking a few stilettos up his sleeves. “She didn’t mean to kill him?”

“Nah. That, she meant. She didn’t know it would make her Guild head.” He shook his head. “Or…so Sarab said. I was down at Saints n’ Sinners when he came in. It’s still quiet…but it will be all over the city soon.”

Len winced, reaching out to collect his dagger from the desk. With a quick spin, he sheathed it at his belt. “That…”

“That could be real good--or real bad.” Mick nodded. “You wanna talk to her, boss? ‘Fore it all crashes in on her?”

Len paused, eyes fixed on the other item on his desk.

He remembered. He remembered what it was like…the determined challenger, the terrible Guild head who seemed hellbent on destroying everything that made the Guild system in Centralis work, the knowledge that loss meant death, and a particularly brutal one--and the realization that, even after victory, the hard work was just beginning.

“Yeah,” he said, picking up his Guild emblem and lowering the heavy platinum chain over his head, wrapping long fingers around the snowflake-shaped sapphire depending from it. “I do.”

Sara A’Stella, Ta-er al-Sahfar, master assassin, newly made Guild head in Centralis, was slowly, methodically, banging her head against the smooth, dark surface of her new desk.

Not hard enough to hurt herself, oh no. But enough to distract herself, from what she’d blundered into here and what she’d done to her future when she did.

She doesn’t regret killing Damien Darhk. She’d spent barely three days in Centralis and had known nearly immediately what needed to be done. But she hadn’t realized what that death, at her hands, would mean here.

Her fingers closed around the chain of the Guild emblem around her neck. The nearly black stone had belonged to Darhk, although Sara would be expected to get her own stone soon. The sooner the better—she hated having something that Darhk had owned on her person.

But what a new emblem would mean…

“Sara!” Amaya A’Zambesi, Sara’s dearest friend, who’d accompanied her to Centralis and thus gotten herself embroiled in this whole mess, too, poked her head in the door and frowned. “Stop that!” She paused, and Sara could very nearly hear her snicker. “You’re going to damage that very nice desk.”

Sara let her forehead rest on the surface. “If I knock myself out,” she pointed out thoughtfully, “I won’t have to deal with anything for a while.”

She heard Amaya sigh. Her friend, whom she’d met while traveling, wasn’t, properly speaking, an assassin, though she was a very talented warrior and mage—where she came from, the traditions weren’t always separated. Still, she’d made it clear to the members of the Assassins Guild that she wasn’t leaving Sara’s side, proper assassin or not, and Sara was beyond grateful for that.

“Well, here’s another reason to stop, then,” Amaya said then, just a bit tartly. “The head of Thieves Guild is here to meet you—to ‘pay his respects,’ he says.”  She paused as Sara lifted her head to stare at her, then smirked. “He’s quite attractive, actually. And very highly respected, from all I’ve heard.”

Sara sat up hastily, running a hand over the pale braids pinned up to her head and checking her clothing. After the battle early this morning, she’d scrubbed for what seemed like an hour and sent the clothing she’d been wearing off to be burned. She still didn’t feel entirely clean.

She wasn’t sure she ever would again.

Amaya’s eyes were sympathetic as Sara glanced back at her and cleared her throat. If something were amiss, Amaya would have said something, Sara knew. But she also understood.

“That was quick,” Sara said after a moment.

“Thieves always have the best sources of information.” Amaya paused. “His second’s with him. You…”

“You’re my second.” Sara stood, trying to sound uncompromising.

“Not an assassin,” Amaya reminded her. “The Guild…”

“Tough. They’ll have to live with it for now.” Sara shook her head. “I’m not taking anyone who had any kind of position of power under Darhk just because ‘that’s how things were always done.’ That’s how they got Darhk to begin with.” She hesitated. “Thieves Guilds traditionally work together with the Assassins Guild. I know we haven’t been here long, but…”

Amaya was shaking her head. “Not here.” She nibbled her lip. “I have done some asking. There hasn’t been that sort of arrangement here at least since Leonard took over the Thieves Guild. No love lost.”

That can only be a good thing. “Leonard,” she mused. “No patrial?” And no patronym, although those are rare, only given by high nobility or royalty to families for services to the kingdom.

Sara doesn’t use hers.

Amaya shrugged. “A’Centralis, I presume, although he didn’t give one.” She eyed Sara. “And you probably shouldn’t keep him waiting any longer.”

Sara waved a hand. “All right. Uh. Do I go down to him, or…”

Of course, Amaya had already found all that out. “I’ll send him to you. But be standing until he gets here, or you’re treating him like a supplicant.”

“Can’t have that.”

Amaya gave her one more encouraging smile, then departed. Sara fidgeted a little, looking around as she stood there in Damien Darhk’s old office, wondering how this had become her life.

She’d come to Centralis to join the Guild here because it was relatively close to Stella, and she couldn’t go back there—not yet. She hadn’t known that a mad man had taken over the Guild, that he was ruling it with an iron fist (and not in a good way), that she’d regret her decision to join nearly immediately and plan to leave—until she’d walked in on him “disciplining” three apprentices early this morning when she arrived to turn in her Guild token.

Two of the kids hadn’t made it. The third was still holding on. Everyone had known Darhk had a touch of magic—many people did. But until then, Sara hadn’t realized it took the form of blood magic.

There was a quiet step at the doorway. Sara looked up, trying to look both receptive and deadly. She knew she was both, but it was different trying to exude that.

The head of the Centralis Thieves Guild was a tall man with close-shaven graying hair and piercing blue eyes, eyes that were looking directly at her with an intent and curious expression. Amaya was right, Sara realized, eying him: He was attractive, graceful and poised with lean but undeniable muscle. Older--Sara put him at about 10 years her senior—but definitely attractive. Sexy, even.

And that was so completely not what she should be thinking right now.

Sara cleared her throat. “Hello,” she said quietly. “I’m Ta-er…Sara A’Stella. And I suppose that you know by now that…” She spread her hands, indicating the office around her. “…I’m the new head of the Assassins Guild.”

The man regarded her another moment, then inclined his head, those remarkable eyes still holding hers.

“Thank you,” he said quietly, his voice low and intense and every bit as attractive as the physical aspect. Damn.

Still, the words weren’t what she was expecting. “Excuse me?”

“For taking out Darhk.” The man shrugged, a one-shouldered gesture, as he took one step into the office, pausing before going far enough to connote any sort of threat. “I’d dreamed of doing it myself, but….” He let his voice trail off, then shrugged again, smirking at her.

“Anyway,” he drawled, spreading his hands out before him just like she had. “Leonard. Head of the Thieves Guild. A’Centralis, but I generally just use ‘Len.’”

Sara lifted her chin, watching him, wondering what he was thinking. “Len,” she returned. “And why is that?”

The question was imprecise, and she regretted it immediately, but Len zeroed right in on what she really meant—and chose to answer it.

“Because he was bad for the guild and bad for this city,” he said flatly, looking her right in the eyes. “Really bad. I did whatever I could to counteract it. But there was only so much, and…” He let both shoulders rise and fall. “I had my own to watch out for.”

“Your own.”

“My guild.” For the first time, there was a crack in that smooth façade. Sara, watching, saw anger and determination and even a touch of regret in those ice-blue eyes. “I took it 10 years ago. In the old way—same as you.”

The old… “You killed your predecessor.”

“I did.” Len dipped his head. “And for much the same reasons. But…I knew what I was getting into. I don’t believe you did.”

Was it that obvious? Well, to anyone who hadn’t been there when a Guild member had moved to give her Darhk’s chain and emblem and Sara, still covered in blood and with a sword in her hand, had recoiled?

There seemed to be no point in denying it, though. “I didn’t.” She tipped her head to him. “In…in most places I’ve been, there would have been a vote after the dust had cleared. I figured I’d just…remove my name from contention. I didn’t realize Centralis went by the old ways.”

There was…no, not sympathy, thank gods…in Len’s eyes. Understanding, though. “Then why,” he asked quietly, “did you do it?”

If he knew as much as he had shown so far, he probably knew this too. But Sara can understand why he would want to hear it from her.

“I walked in on Darhk practicing black magic,” she told him bluntly, folding her arms, watching him carefully. “On three apprentices who’d flubbed a mission. Because of his shoddy training practices and handling of Guild matters, but that didn’t matter to him. He was taking their life energy.” She sighed. “Two of them are dead anyway. We’re not sure about the third.”

He had an excellent card-sharp’s face, did this Leonard, but he either let her see his thoughts or didn’t care to hide them at the moment. Satisfaction, regret, and a cold, cold fury chased each other across his features until they resolved into determination. He stared off into the distance a moment, then nodded firmly and transferred that blue gaze back to Sara.

“The Thieves and Assassins Guild traditionally work together, in most cities,” he told her. “That hasn’t been the case here since I took over--and then refused to deal with Darhk.” He nodded. “I’d be honored to try to reestablish that alliance…with the Guild under you.”

Despite the seriousness, was there something suggestive in that tone, in those words? Oh, Sara thought there was. But to her own surprise, it didn’t anger her or even annoy her, although by all rights the presumption should.

She liked Leonard. Liked him with an instinctive and surprising thoroughness. He had a thief’s caution, but her instincts told her that he’d spoken truth to her and, what was more, shown her truth in his own unconcealed expressions.

She made her decision right then and there. But he didn’t need to know that yet.

Instead, Sara lifted an eyebrow at him. “You don’t even know me,” she returned.

A quick smirk, and Len leaned forward. “I’m a very good judge of character,” he drawled.

Sara, trying not to smile, smirked back. “We shall see.”

“I look forward to it.” And then, with a wink, Len rose again to his full height and became serious again. “You know you’ll have to be formally presented to King Hunter and the captains of the Triple Guards,” he told her. “Soon: within the next 48 candlemarks.” He paused. “I’ll sponsor you, if you wish. But if you don’t, they’ll presume you might not be planning to abide by the usual set of rules.”

Sara stared at him, then sighed. She hated court functions. But he didn’t need to know that or how she knew it. “And Darhk did?”

“He knew how to play the game. It gave him a measure of safety.” Len hesitated, eyes still serious. “Trust me when I tell you that Hunter will be pleased. Even a monarch can’t just remove a Guild head. And there had been threats made to his son…”

Hunter? Sara didn’t realize she’d murmured the name out loud until Leonard lifted an eyebrow at her. She shook her head. “I’ll never get over just how…how mainstream the so-called Lower Guilds are here,” she told him. “You call the king by his patronym?”

Len’s lips twitched, and Sara saw mischief in his eyes. “Mostly that’s just to annoy him,” he told her. “But, yes.” He shrugged. “Thieves and assassins happen. Especially in any sizable city. Best to have them regulated and trained and policing themselves. It’s worked here for a long, long time.”

“Until a Damien Darhk happens,” Sara reminded him.

Len tipped his head to her. “Until then,” he agreed, then changed the subject. “I’d be honored to sponsor you in front of the king. You took power this morning; if you are going to play by the rules, we should probably go to court tomorrow afternoon, if not tonight.” A look of distaste crossed his features. “I’m not a fan of evening court; too much posturing. Afternoon’s bad enough.”

“Tomorrow is fine.” If she can’t find a way out of this by then, she never will.

“You’ll need court formal garb.” He rather too obviously avoided studying her worn leathers, perfectly serviceable for every day, but hardly impressive.

Sara rolled her eyes, inspecting his own unrelieved black. The starkness of the outfit contrasted with the cut, which she knew perfectly well was tailored and would not have been cheap. Her fellow Guild head knew he looked damned good—and may have been trying to impress her.

“I can handle that,” she informed him. Or, more correctly, Amaya would. “And…thank you. I do appreciate the offer.”

A flicker of something in those amazing eyes again.  “Believe me when I tell you, Sara…” Argh, the way he said her name! “…that it’s my pleasure.”

For all the suggestiveness in the tone, there was a very real thread of sincerity too. Sara dipped her head, agreed to wait here for him at two candlemarks after noon the next day, and watched as he turned for the door.

She didn’t realize that she was going to tell him until she did it.

“Someone put him into power. Darhk,” she said, watching those impressive shoulders under the night-black tunic freeze. “Someone’s been pulling strings. There’s something rotten going on in this city.”

After a long moment, Len looked back at her. “I suspected that,” he said quietly. “But…we’ll talk?”

“Yes.”

And with that, the head of the Centralis Thieves Guild left her office, more questions than answers in his wake. Sara thoughtfully watched him go—and wasn’t ashamed that she admired the ass in those tight black pants—then sank down into the chair with a sigh.

“This is either going to be a lot of fun,” she murmured, thinking of Leonard and his sexy voice and his friendly innuendo. “Or an utter disaster.”

Keep reading here at AO3 or here at FF.net.

[qoldenskies]

Hey! I hope you're doing well and having a good day!

I wanted to ask if you have any tips for outlining a story with a bunch of chapters? I struggle with making a good outline and I absolutely adore your works. ♡♡

Make sure you drink some water, eat something, and get some rest today!<3

my outlines are generally very disjointed bghfhghfhg but i think a good first step to fill space is to make sure that Something Is Always Happening,,, i leave a lot of holes where i basically tell myself "address/progress this" so some scenes/progressions kinda come to me on the fly, although style varies for some people, there are a lot of people who usually prefer to be more intricate. which i do suppose helps if you're planning on developing a more tightly-packed narrative, it really just depends!!

there are some mistakes in the outlining of cc that i do plan on rectifying with my next large project, generally just a desire to box things in a little more/combine chapters so things dont feel more winding. sometimes things do need to be drawn out for the sake of more satisfying pacing but still something's always gotta be happening, even if its just a key conversation. generally i just get the whole story i want down and start segmenting it into smaller and smaller parts before i think things work, and things can change on the fly!!

sorry im not sure how helpful this is, im a bit unorthodox with my methods bghfhghfhg

[ohgygia]

been reading a lot of klance fics lately so i thought i’d share it w you guys!! here’s 14 of them and definitely my favorites. comes with the title (duh), description, a review by yours truly, and link to the fic. the writers of said fics also have some gorg other masterpieces so be sure to check those out!

1. ) Smile for the Stars by maIikcutie

description

Though he's been dealt many bad cards, Lance isn't sure he can handle this one: winding up stranded, a million lightyears away from home, with only Keith to keep him company. The universe is cruel.

review

amazing a+++ fic but i strongly advise not to read this unless you are willing to live the rest of your life broken hearted and Sad. i promise ur heart will be wrecked but in the best way possible!!! a buncha artists on tumblr made art for this so be sure to check those out & also there’s a epilogue-ish thing for this that dulls the pain a lil less and its called The Stars Smile Back in case yall were interested

2. ) Dirty Laundry by Gibslythe

description:

"Two whole months of free laundry in exchange for two weeks of being my fake boyfriend. Deal?” Keith hesitated for a moment. Was this really worth it? Hardly. Lance was an asshole, and he wasn’t sure what fake dating would entail. But, free laundry was free laundry, right? “Alright, it’s a deal.” Or: Lance makes the mistake of telling his Mom he has a boyfriend coming home with him for Christmas. Keith makes the mistake of agreeing to be Lance's 'fake boyfriend'.

review:

if u love slow burn then BOY ur gonna love this !!!! mama lance is so warm i luv her !!! fake dating aka one of my fav tropes so 11/10 and i just rly love this ok im in tears

3. ) call me, beep me by safra

description:

(00:31) Do you think she gave me the wrong number on purpose? (00:31) Or was it a genuine mistake? (00:32) Like maybe she writes funny and I misread it? (00:32) Some of the numbers do look a little dodgy... (00:33) Cause, you know, her threes couldvery easily be poorly formed eights? And maybe she writes her sevens like her ones? (00:45) What (00:46) The (00:46) Fuck?? (00:47) Oh good, you are awake! where lance messages the wrong number and things kind of snowball from there

review:

i love through-chat fics therefore i am so in love with this!!!!!! your everyday "wrong number" trope but so so so much better!!! cute and happy

4. ) Seasons by fairietailed

description: 

“Do you think we’ll be together, still, by the time we make it home?” Lance is quiet for a moment, thinking. Then he says, “That depends. Do you plan on going somewhere?” Keith laughs, threading his fingers through Lance’s hair. “No, I suppose I don’t.”

review:

their relationship is just SO PURE AND SOFT and so well written i'm in luuuv but the open ending will shatter and will most likely rip u apart

5. )  Don't Break Connection, Baby by princedeadend

description:

Keith works part-time as a phone sex operator and receives a prank call from Lance. This does not go as planned for Lance. Thus begins the adventure of our dear sweet idiot continuing to call Keith to fuck with him (but not like fuck fuck with him...at least not yet). And y'know, eventually having legit conversations with him and getting attached and growing on Keith. aka the phone sex operator fic no one asked for

review:

this is soooooooooo cute and adorable and wow i luv ittttt!!! made me smile so hard it hurts

6. ) He Who Fights Monsters by magisterpavus

description:

In a world where monstrous dragons terrorize humanity daily, the Garrison trains valiant Knights to slay the evil beasts and defend Earth. But when Knight cadet Lance Espinosa is kidnapped by a strange red dragon who kills its own kind, certain truths are revealed...and so are the true monsters.

review:

oh my god the buildup may be slow but i promise it's worth it like everything just falls perfectly into place !!! and its so adorable and creative and just wow not ur usual klance fanfic and that just makes it 1000x better and also,,, dragons !!

7. ) Bonding Time by magisterpavus

description:

“Shiro, I fucked up,” Keith blurted, wringing his hands. Shiro paused mid-punch, shooting him a quizzical look. “What? What happened?” “I think,” Keith whispered, “I think I accidentally roofied Lance. With my dick.”

review:

galra keith will always and forever be my fav au so this is a definite fav for me !!! i love the other 3 sequels it comes w too!! and nsfw content too dont even lie ik u guys are thirsty for that

8 .) Just Static by Jessadilla

description:

--Static---- -iro, Hunk, Kei---, nybody? I’m---- -static-- --I’m sorry guys. This is all my-- --static--cc-- ---I found my coordinates. They’re-- -stttcc- -guys. I hear something--- --scccc- -end transmission- Alone on a hostile planet, transmissions aren't getting through. How did it come to this?

review:

this fic got me sad and crying in the middle of the night )': wont leave u too sad tho the ending is pretty nice

9. ) What a Healing Pod Can't Repair by Remember_Me

description:

The compromised wormhole was ripping apart at the seams, sending everyone spiraling away in completely different directions. Lance could feel himself being pulled and bent in ways he was definitely not supposed to be. -- Stitching the team back together after everyone is separated is difficult, and for one Paladin rescue wouldn't be coming for a very long time.

review:

no words. literally no words. this was so painful and just wow the buildup will shatter u i swear )’: also poor bb lance i sob. comes with cool-looking art which makes it a whole lot better

10. ) Seen: 5:29 by SpeedOfSins

description:

AU where Keith is some important guy who has a business suit, and lance is a good housewife. (tha ts a lie, i honestly dont have a summary but this fic hurts, i have been told by at least 3 people) Written in text format

review:

will wreck u, beware!! may be short but enough to bring u to tears honestly

11. ) On Thin Ice by Minadora

description:

Once upon a time, two Canadian nerds decided to start a figure skating au about their two space sons and their wonderful misfit friends. Ten pages of headcanons later we finally put electronic pen to electronic paper and created this monstrosity. This multi-chapter fic chronicles the lives of a hockey player named Keith who gets forcibly enlisted into figure skating lessons by his brother, Shiro, to "work on his footwork". There he meets a pompous - yet talented - figure skater named Lance and gets swept away by both the sport and the skater. Enjoy the ride because it's only just started.

review:

the description says it all !!!!! a fic beloved by the vld fandom and gosh whats not to love honestly???? also the whole gang is so happy !!! (sidenote: this is unfinished and its killing me)

12. ) I bet you look good on the dancefloor by xShieru

description:

"So like in 'Step Up'?" Allura shrugs. "Now that you put it like that - yes. I guess it's just like in 'Step Up'." The smile that she sends Shiro's way - followed by a shy wave, eugh - is sickening to say the least, and Lance still doesn't believe in dance camps. - Lance McClain's dancing career begins and ends with Keith. Keith just wants to find out what Lance's deal is.

review:

if u love step up ur gonna LOVE this !!!! i love it so so so so much can i just say and wow keith is so hot ffs

13. ) thunderstruck by xShieru

description:

Lance doesn't pine for anyone ever, Keith's never been to a dance, Hunk tries his best to be supportive, Shiro is very done, and Pidge steals a car.But hey, it could've been worse.

review:

space prom!!!!!!! and cute pining gays!! whats not to love about that?

14. ) In English, Please

description:

Lance thinks he can get away with flirting with Keith if it's in Spanish. Lance thinks if he says the words angrily enough no one will catch on to the ruse. Lance thinks his secret crush is safe. Lance, my friends, is very...very wrong.

review:

two words - too. cute. i can't even with this fic

[thespace-dragon]

Psst you got any good sick or injured Keith fic recs?

OK! finally getting around to answering this. sorry it took so long but ive like literally had to go through all of my bookmarks to find some, and even then the ones im about to rec are pretty loose on the sick/injured Keith.

Needless to say, theres lots of angst, some have happy endings, some dont. Ill add the warnings in for each rec

Finding Home by spacegaykogane

Warnings: N/ASummary: After the wormhole collapses, Keith finds himself stranded on a strange planet. Alone. Until Lance comes along.With their lions dead and resources limited, Keith and Lance need to put aside their differences and work together to get home.Wherever that may be, now.WC: 26966 (6/6)General Notes: Its the typical fic of Lance and Keith getting stranded on a planet post s1 wormhole collapse. From what i remember its told mostly through Keith’s pov and I enjoyed it for all its worth. 7/10

we’ll make it, you and me by asexualrey

Warnings: Major character injurySummary: "Keith, if we make it out of this alive, I'm going to kiss you." WC: 6421General Notes: I really wish i remembered more of this one, i can only tell you that it was good. Lance is the one that ends up hurt the most, but like both of them are pretty beat up. 8/10

The Six Gun Sound (Our Claim to Fame) by Mytay

Warning: N/ASummary: “We’re not robbing the bank of the biggest crime lord here, Lance. Do you have a death wish?!”“Let’s just do our damn best to not die. I am too gorgeous to expire this early, dude — I haven’t even hit my prime yet.”Six weeks after crashing landing on this miserable world, the Red and Blue Paladins are on the verge of losing everything. This is how Lance and Keith turned it all around and earned their badass reputation as The Two McClains: Mercenaries That Get The Job Done.WC: 13181General Notes: They both get pretty scuffed up in this one, and its more of that dynamic duo action. i really love these two as space mercenaries/pirates. 8/10

Keith’s Scar by 61feathers

Warning: N/ASummary:Keith and Lance comfort each other later after Keith tells everyone he is Galra.Lance didn't get the chance to tell Keith his scar is actually really sexy though.WC: 1134General Notes: Short and sweet post ep8. You know that shoulder injury he gets, all about that. 8/10

all we have to do by akinghtley

Warning: N/ASummary: Keith gets hurt during a mission, and Lance is not sure how to handle that.Lance wakes up on the floor outside of the medical bay, jerking wildly, body a mess of aches and twinges.WC: 19418General Notes: summary pretty tells all there is to this fic, and its pretty much all this, and Lance not knowing what to do with himself really. I loved it. 9/10

Don’t Forget to Remember Me by CamelotQueen

Warning: N/ASummary: Keith recognizes him immediately. Alarm bells go off in his head. This person is important, he thinks. He wishes he could remember.“Keith!” he exclaims, “Look who’s finally awake. How are you feeling today?”Keith falters. His mind is working a mile a minute trying to recall this person’s name, what he is to him.“Um… who are you?” he asks dumbly. He immediately regrets it._______Keith suffers from dissociative amnesia.WC: 4107General Notes: a;sdkjgnasah this fic, holy shit, keith with amneisia kills me. my heart hurt the whole time, ust ughhhh. He’s not necessarily hurt but Lance is there taking care of him and boy, the domestic life suits them, but damn does it hurt. 10/10

Homecoming by Thesis

Warnings: Major Character DeathSummary: Two deaths and one funeral. Keith has trouble readjusting to Earth and Lance has trouble dealing with Keith. WC: 9845General Notes: I’m emotional over this still and i havent read it in forever ok/ thats all i gotta say. 9/10

bruises by Chaosandthecalm

Warning: N/ASummary: "Show me how much you hate me.”Keith wants to know what Lance's problem is. The answer might surprise him.WC: 3632 (3/3)General Notes: Boys being boys and being idiots. What can you do. 7/10

Of booty shorts and Injuries by Queerklancing

Warning: N/ASummary: Keith is sure that he’s having a heart attack. Or that he hurt his brain when he fell earlier. Because it’s simply not possible that the boy who’s sitting next to him is not a hallucination. How could someone so gorgeous just sit in an emergency room at night?"Keith and Lance unexpectantly meet at the emergency room in the middle of the night.WC: 23862 (4/4)General Notes: lmao this one is great, def not as heavy as the others, but both of these doofuses get injured. keith is a hockey player and lance has legs for days. enjoy. 10/10

Prison Bonds by GriffinRose

Warning: N/ASummary: Keith and Lance are captured and stuck in a cell together, but it's not the Galra. They almost wish it was. These Cordalians feed off of emotions, and their favorite emotion is sadness. Worse, they've found a way to make their victims relive their worst memories to make that pain fresh again, and Keith has a lot of terrible memories he'd rather not relive.WC: 18925 (8/8)General Notes: just read it. please. 10/10

Heroes by battleshidge/Amiria_Raven

Warning: Graphic Depictions of ViolenceSummary: “My mom always hated the Garrison and what we were supposed to do there. I never got it. How can you despise the idea of being a hero?” Lance laughed a little here, dryly. “But I think I understand now.”He took a shuddering breath.“Because heroes aren’t meant to survive,” he choked, and then buried his face as the tears started falling again.WC: 8463General Notes: askgjnafbab, lance breaking down in this fic hurt my heart. 8/10

of florists and tennis shoes by venpast

Warning: N/ASummary: 'Lance wasn’t sure if he’d imagined the brief tremble at the corner of Keith’s lips or not, that slight stutter that promised a smile. But before he could guess further, Keith gave his knee a shove and got to his feet. He reached out to him, “I’m done here, and I’ve still got some daisies to sell you.”“Yeah,” Lance agreed, looking down at the extended palm, noting the little Saturn tattoo on the inside of Keith’s wrist where the sleeve hiked. He took the hand, “better not overprice those too, you asshole.”'(in which lance is a broke university student trying to impress a pretty girl with flowers, but ends up falling for the florist that sells them instead.)WC: 63774 (11/11)General Notes: This isn’t the kind of physical hurt that most people think of, but Keith does get emotionally hurt in this one and it just breaks my heart. i really loved this, its wonderfully written, and its just, wow. 10/10

Echoes of the Past by Gigapoodle

Warning: Graphic Depictions of ViolenceSummary: It was his fault. He shouldn’t have retreated – he should have ran after them, Galra forces be damned, and ripped the red paladin right out of his weaponized hands, shooting the commander dead on the spot.But he hadn’t. Lance stood there, frozen with adrenaline and fear, before backing out with tears in his eyes, justifying it to himself by saying, ‘he won’t get far, we can easily get him back once I have Voltron with me.’He’d forgotten they didn’t have Voltron. He’d forgotten that without Keith, Voltron was nothing.Keith is Galra. Keith is gone. Keith is Galra. Keith is gone.WC: 28197 (yes one chapter)General Notes: this is more along the lines of keith finding out he is galra and hence running away its still one of the best fics in this fandom imo. 10/10

i can’t help but want by aknightley

warning: N/ASummary: Lance deals with the aftermath of being sucked into a black hole and stranded on an alien planet.When Lance wakes up, all he can see is blue.WC: 16921General Notes: more of klance being stranded on a planet post wormhole collapse, and just yes. 10/10

Just Static by Jessadilla/wobblyarms

Warning: N/ASummary: --Static-----iro, Hunk, Kei---, nybody? I’m-----static----I’m sorry guys. This is all my----static--cc-----I found my coordinates. They’re---stttcc--guys. I hear something-----scccc--end transmission-Alone on a hostile planet, transmissions aren't getting through. How did it come to this?WC: 84141 (16/16)General Notes: just holy fuck. this fic made me cry, like straight up. it is more than likely one of the few fics that have made me cry, and i dont cry easy. 100/10

[imisswonho]

(same anon who asked about transferring) ohh I see. can you elaborate on your college experience? Im in my third year of high school and Im worried already,,,

omg sure I’d love to!!! honestly I LOVED cOMMUNITY COLLEGE SO MUCH LIKE?? ok wait let me back up and break it down for you (this might be a long post sry lol)

SOOOO i graduated high school 2012 and went to cc right away (bc I honestly didn’t get in anywhere and I was bummed bc all my friends were going to high ranking uni’s lol) and so my first year was really really hard for me?? Like I tried so hard but the classes were completely different than it was in high school (although funny enough that was when I had the highest GPA lol) and I didn’t make any friends bc all I did was go to class and then go home 😕😕😕

then second year I somehow?? convinced my parents to let me study abroad for a semester in London!! and it was the best/worst decision of my life (that’s another story lol) and when I came back I was super closed off bc I actually didn’t go to class over there whatsoever and the next semester I was actually on academic probation… like my GPA was 1.5 i think HAHAHAHAHAH

third year I was suppose to apply to transfer but bc of my grades I couldn’t?? so I worked my ass off and got back to normal standards (but I was still miserable bc I still had 0 friends on campus and all the friends I made abroad were fake af oops)… but that was the year I needed to get my shit together SO I spent like 5 hours a day in the library with a tutor in all and any subjects lol which actually helped and boosted my GPA way up!! fast forward summer school, I got on the Deans list (that was the first time I saw my dad cry lol) and he was so happy about my progress he let me study abroad again in Paris!! at which was actually the highlight of my life bc france changed me (again that’s another story for another time haha) AND I WAS SO EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY I PROMISED MYSELF I WON’T FUCK UP AGAIN!!

fourth year was the start of my academic changes bc I was accepted into Phi Theta Kappa (which is an honors society) and i started taking honors classes! and I got to renew all my grades (bc I had like 4 F’s and 8 D’s lololol) so my GPA went back up to where I was confident enough to apply, but I didn’t, bc I changed my major for the third time (again - another story which I’d be happy to tell you if you want!!). And I accidentally joined the student senate (literally changed my life though, I never thought i would join anything like that lol) which led me to my last year…

2016-2017 (aka my last year) was the best year of my life so far??? I ran for student senate president and won somehow?? and I was prez of another club on campus?? and I was nominated for 3 scholarships?? and went on 6 different student senate conferences state wide?? and got 6 different medals for graduation??? THEN I GOT ACCEPTED INTO THE UNI I’VE BEEN DREAMING OF FOR 3 YEARS!!! and to top it all off I was commencement speaker lol  and graduated cum laude with honors this june with 2 associate degrees!!

SOOOOOOOOO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION that was my college experience!!! I’m really excited for my next chapter at a university though; can’t assume it’ll be the same as community college BUT I HOPE THIS HELPED?? although idk where you’ll be applying for next year (4th year right?) - cc saved me so mUCH MONEY and helped me network and improve my people skills bc it was a smaller campus (and by commencement literally most faculty/admin knew me by name) so it was amazing!! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

[ipatrichor]

Chapters: 2/? Fandom: Minecraft (Video Game) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Relationships: Alexis | Quackity/Karl Jacobs/Sapnap, Karl Jacobs & Everyone, Clay | Dream & Karl Jacobs, Karl Jacobs & Technoblade, Wilbur Soot & Technoblade & TommyInnit & Phil Watson, Toby Smith | Tubbo & TommyInnit, Karl Jacobs & Grayson | Purpled Characters: Karl Jacobs, Sapnap (Video Blogging RPF), Alexis | Quackity, Clay | Dream (Video Blogging RPF), Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF), TommyInnit (Video Blogging RPF), Toby Smith | Tubbo, Floris | Fundy, Badboyhalo - Character, Phil Watson (Video Blogging RPF), GeorgeNotFound (Video Blogging RPF), Wilbur Soot, Grayson | Purpled (Video Blogging RPF) Additional Tags: yall theres a canon polycule am i just supposed to not write for them???, it's the characters tho not the ccs dont be weirdchamp, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Time Travel, Time Travel Fix-It, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Memory Loss, The Egg (Dream SMP), corrupted badboyhalo, Past Character Death, Implied/Referenced Character Death, it's all from the future karl's trying to change dw, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, sometime later when it isnt 3am and im tired as fuck :', Web Series: Tales from the SMP, thats right fuckers purpled gets lore and plot relevancy :3, Protective Sapnap (Video Blogging RPF), Protective Alexis | Quackity, Protective Karl Jacobs, Protective Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF), Protective Phil Watson (Video Blogging RPF), Karl Jacobs-centric, Karl Jacobs Needs a Hug, everyone does let's b real, Angel of Death Phil Watson (Video Blogging RPF) Series: Part 1 of karl jacobs time travel fix-it fics Summary:

"Don't." He repeats to Tubbo, stuffing the pocketwatch in one of numerous pockets lining his jacket and lifting his goggles to rest on his head. "This is it. This is where it went wrong. Put the disc in the ender chest, Tubbo, now. Please." Through the whole exchange his eyes stay fixed to Dream, whose movement has ceased as he considers the new arrival.

 Or, Karl lives through the Eggpire's victory over the server and the loss of everyone he cares about. Desperate to change the future, he travels back in time to the event he's pinpointed as the beginning of things going irreversibly wrong- Doomsday, the third and final destruction of L'Manberg. As he struggles to keep his time traveling a secret with a failing memory and Dream's interference, allay the concern of his fiances, and maintain an uneasy alliance with Technoblade, the Egg begins to whisper threats and promises in his mind.

chapter 2 is up!

karl remembers the future he’s trying to change, and talks to his fiances.