#gushing about WIP

[lycorogue]

"seduce with caution" sounds interesting!

Ask is in reference to this WIP Title tag game. I have a whole tag just based around me gushing/raging/tearing my hair out over this project. 😅

To start, it's a fanfic within the Miraculous Ladybug fandom. For those not in the fandom, here's a quick primer: the show focuses on the teenage superhero Ladybug and her partner Chat Noir as they save Paris from supervillain Hawk Moth. Neither Ladybug nor Chat Noir knows their partner's secret identity, which makes things interesting since Ladybug is actually Marinette, classmate and friend to super model Adrien... aka Chat Noir. These secret identities have caused a bit of a complex romantic plotline the fandom has dubbed the Love Square*.

Now, the elevator pitch for Seduce With Caution is that, over the course of the 6 years since they've met, Chat Noir has developed the habit of visiting Marinette on a nearly-nightly basis. They have become best friends within these two personas - Chat Noir and Marinette - and one of their main topics of discussion is their failed love lives. One night Chat Noir proudly proclaims that he's sorted out how to get Ladybug to finally fall for him. Marinette playfully dismisses him. To prove his point, Chat Noir decides to try out his new flirting tactics on Marinette. Neither of them expected his new seduction moves to actually work. When they do, chaos ensues.

So now, 19yo Marinette is trying to sort out her newfound sexual attraction for 19yo Chat Noir and what that means for both her love for Adrien and her partnership with Chat Noir as Ladybug. Meanwhile, Adrien is also trying to figure out why Marinette swooning over him is such a huge turn-on. Is it just the swooning? Is it because it's swooning over his superhero persona instead of his model status? Is it because it's a friend of his instead of a random stranger? Is it because it's Marinette specifically? Can he get her just as hot-and-bothered as just plain old Adrien? Would it be as much of a turn-on if he could? What does ANY of this mean for his friendship with Marinette (both as Chat Noir and as Adrien) or his supposed undying love for Ladybug?

The story does progress into a MariChat (Marinette and Chat Noir) romance... aaaaand there's some smutty moments spliced in there.

Honestly? The story was originally going to be this crack smut one-shot. I had read the 4th and 5th chapters of Dressed to Confess by @zenmisery back in the summer of 2020. I was caught up in the MariChat make-out session, but also the fact that the two literally couldn't do much more than heavy petting due to Chat Noir's costume being magically incapable of being removed. He has a sort of magical chastity belt that he can't get around without detransforming and revealing who he is to Marinette. Well, my pervy brain had Marinette create a work-around, and I was simply going to write that scene: the two aged up and getting their little smut on thanks to Marinette's characteristic ingenuity.

My first attempts included Chat Noir doing a pole dance strip tease to get Marinette all riled up, and then she would reveal her master plan for him to actually disrobe without revealing who he was to her. I tried writing just that scene about 4x over the course of the next year. None of them worked.

Fast forward to August 2021 and I finally wrote a more subtle flirting/seduction scene. It was more sensual. It built up the tension better. It was accidental flirting. This was the scene I have been meaning to write! Huzzah! Eeeeeexcept... the whole point of Chat Noir "accidentally" flirting with Marinette was because he was practicing for Ladybug. I couldn't just have him and Marinette shack up! I had to have him get over Ladybug first... and Marinette get over Adrien.... and THEN get to the original smut scene!

It's the transition from regular Love Square to Reverse Love Square that has been holding me up since flippin' 2021! I have the first 3 chapters of this story pretty much locked in, I have a concept for the 4th chapter that I've been tweaking, and I have a few more scenes/chapters further along the plot that I have already sorted out/written. I'm excited for the bits I have actually put to paper (as it were), but it's the bridging moments that have been eluding me. I've attempted 9 different plotting strategies, and this final one seems to be working the best (especially if used in conjunction with a few of the other plotting tactics).

One of my New Years Resolutions was to have this story ready to publish by August... but it's not looking very likely. I HAVE been steadily** working on it, though... so there's that.

If you don't mind spoilers and want more info on this story, I have my latest plot outline attempt available here. Still needs lots of tweaks, but it's a start.

*For those who might not know what I mean when I say Love Square, here's the basic breakdown: Marinette is in love with Adrien, but he doesn't see her romantically because he's in love with Ladybug (but can only get the chance to tell her so as Chat Noir). Ladybug doesn't see Chat Noir romantically because of her love for Adrien, but she can't tell Chat Noir that because she fears it will somehow reveal her civilian identity. Ladybug also can't tell Adrien she loves him because she fears putting a civilian (Adrien) in danger if the Big Bad found out she liked him (think Mary Jane being targeted to get to Spider-Man). Adrien doesn't let Marinette (or really anyone) know he's in love with Ladybug because either (a) he fears people will pick on him for having a crush on a superhero, or (b) it might give away that he's Chat Noir.

Basically, the Love Square is this (complete with the couple names):

Reverse Love Square is exactly what it says on the tin.

**By "steadily"... well... I haven't really written MUCH at all the past three years. Depression is a beautiful thing, isn't it? I have kind of poked at it about once a month though... so... I guess that's steady. Right?

[thesoulforgeorder]

I really wish there was a forum/site similar to choice of games for Twine games. I love using that website to find new Interactive Fictions to fall in love with and see what people are working on.

It is really difficult to find the equivalent of that for Twine besides reddit, which is more focused on coding advice (which has helped me greatly).

Itchio is great for publishing and their filter system makes it super easy to find a game you could be interested in but it doesn't have that community feeling where you can see people talking about games and recommending them.

The choicescript community is what got me interested in creating my own IF, and I hope one day Twine can have something similar.

[wikiangela]

fuck it friday

tagged by @theotherbuckley 💖

can't believe im still not done with this fic but this week has been *a lot* and so chaotic and i just want sunday to have a day off to write lol (I had to check like five times to make sure it is, in fact, friday even tho the episode aired last night on thursday, what is time anyway lol)

so, more 7x06 buck's pov, and hopefully the last snippet before I post this lol

prev snippet

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As soon as he sees Tommy walk through the door, he feels heat and want and desire mixed with affection and endearment consume him. Because this man – this gorgeous, cool, interesting man, with the most adorable cleft, and so smooth and charming he makes Buck turn into a blushing blubbering mess – this man is walking in, still in his turnout gear, completely covered in soot and ash, hands held up apologetically, a remorseful, worried look on his face. Tommy seems to have rushed here straight after work, clearly not even stopping by the station to change or shower, or even wipe his face, goddammit. And he looks hot. Buck’s seen firefighters look like this, hell, he looked like this himself many times, but there’s something about Tommy, in his gear, all dirty and disheveled, and here – something about this image takes Buck’s breath away, and he can’t help the smile spreading across his face. 

“Sorry I’m late.” Tommy apologizes, as if him being here at all, instead of passing out in bed after a long, exhausting shift, wasn’t making a thousand butterflies come to life in Buck’s stomach. “That fire was a beast.” he adds, and Buck-

Buck can only respond with a simple “So are you,” and crash his lips against Tommy’s. Because Tommy is. God, he’s such a beast.

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no pressure tags: @elvensorceress @thebravebitch @shortsighted-owl @eddiebabygirldiaz @watchyourbuck @eowon @loserdiaz @evanbegins @ladydorian05 @wildlife4life @diazpatcher @lover-of-mine @monsterrae1 @weewootruck @spagheddiediaz @rainbow-nerdss @epicbuddieficrecs @pirrusstuff @alliaskisthepossibilityoflove @nmcggg @rogerzsteven @bidisasterevankinard @giddyupbuck @sunshinediaz @honestlydarkprincess @911-on-abc @jesuisici33 @steadfastsaturnsrings @buddieswhvre @fortheloveofbuddie @daffi-990 @hoodie-buck @aroeddiediaz @thewolvesof1998 @tizniz @exhuastedpigeon @underwaterninja13 @spotsandsocks @hippolotamus @your-catfish-friend @diazsdimples @dangerpronebuddie @loveyouanyway

btw should i make a separate tag list for snippets and/or fics for bucktommy? bc I know it's not everyone's thing so if anyone wants me to stop tagging them for bucktommy, just lmk - and if anyone wants to start being tagged, also lmk! (I am still writing buddie, and I'll be back to posting them soon-ish but rn this is more fun for me sns haha but whenever i do, bucktommy is not going anywhere anyway 😝)

[dayurno]

do u ever think about riko at psu. if things were different slightly. maybe kevin and jean and riko all. it’s kind of funny :-) most horrible little fox title goes to riko moriyama‼️

I DO i do think it because gracie ao3 kevjean has this insanely good wip about the perfect court in psu and it lives in my head rent free how much a (medicated) riko in that position is similar to medicated andrew……… it’s such i think an interesting concept because he would make such a wreck out of everything in new and exciting ways……. nuclear bomb (riko) vs coughing baby (the foxes) they’re not making it past the first round of eliminations of the championships at all

[loserifer]

mfw i want to talk about hazbin (lucifer) so badly and share my art and discuss my character analysis but this show is notoriously known for being triggering so no one i know has watched it and all the discord servers are for roleplays or full of really little kids 😭😭😭😂😂😂

[13eyond13]

I'm getting paranoid that all highly finished painterly digital fanart is AI generated now

[the-void-writes]

Poolside Chat

This is just a small thing because I really wanted to write Will and Alvie interacting, their banter is precious to me.

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“What do you think?” Alvie said, pointing towards a dark-haired boy at the edge of the pool. “Do I have a chance?”

Will smiled and shook his head. “I hate to break your heart, but I saw him kiss his girlfriend in the lobby.”

“Girlfriend— There’s no way! He’s got an Exoskeleton t-shirt.”

“Are you implying that straight people don’t listen to punk rock?”

“You’re not straight, and they’re your favorite band.”

Will snickered into his hand. “That doesn’t mean anything.”

“My point is— I can tell he’s not straight.”

“I’m pretty sure that’s just wishful thinking.”

“Maybe you’re just jealous.” Alvie kicked some water towards him. “You’re driving me away so you can swoop in and claim him.”

Will scoffed. “Right, you know me so well. Will Shapiro, renowned-Casanova. I don’t think I’d ask him out, even if I was single—”

He quickly shut his mouth. Alvie gasped and leaned forward, nearly throwing them both into the pool.

“You’re dating someone, and you didn’t tell me?!”

“I don’t think I can call it dating.”

“Did you kiss them?”

Will shrank his shoulders and scratched his neck, causing Alvie to laugh.

“You’re dating, man. You can say it.”

“It’s… weird, isn’t it? I never would have predicted it.”

“That just makes it better!” Alvie propped his head up in his elbows. “So what’s their name?”

“It’s Colin.”

Will pulled out his phone and showed Alvie his background image— him and Colin standing in front of a waterfall. They had found it while walking in the woods after testing, and it became their new quiet place, their refuge from testing. The smile on Colin’s face that day had been brighter than the sun itself.

“He’s so cool,” Will said. “His power is heat manipulation. He could boil this whole pool in seconds, and never break a sweat. He uses it to cook sometimes— He’s an amazing chef, I have to save you some leftovers to try.”

Alvie’s jaw had practically hit the ground as he readjusted his glasses. “You lucky dog… He’s gorgeous.”

“Please don’t fall in love with my boyfriend.”

“I won’t, but— damn, dude. How much can he lift?”

“A lot, actually. He’s the top student in our weight-training exercises, right next to Jin.”

“Holy shit, he could snap me in half.”

Will rolled his eyes. “Okay, I’m not showing you any more.”

“No— I’ll behave, I swear!”

[wierdfanficwriter]

Don’t know how to properly gush about people ‘cause my vocabulary goes📉📉📉📉📉 when trying to talk about my boyfriend. Too wonderful. Words can not describe. So now if you will excuse me i will either be back here with a sonnet, song lyrics, a drawing, or a poem in 3 to 4 business days

[manwrre]

i need to see way more harringrove in extreme sports! fics. i’m talking about billy and steve in cute ass motocross gear and the freaking helmets and being longtime RIVALS (because we love enemies to friends to lovers / hate fucking to omg i’m in love with you fucking).

i want freaking pre-race AND post-race tension. i mean, steve being bitchy and hot and billy being infuriatingly pretty. and i want them to be neck and neck for every race because they’re just that good.

steve can take a hit and is always pulling out new stunts, even if he ends up with a fucked up ankle. and BILLY is aggressive— he shows off with the gaudiest tricks and the crowd loves him.

and they’re screwing, you guys. like, they’re both half hard from the adrenaline and competition because this is like foreplay for them. and they have nasty, sloppy sex and somehow, that becomes them actually getting to know each other and being super soft and vulnerable. so anyway, that’s the general idea of my new wip fic. please stay tuned.

[patrice-bergerons]

WIP Wednesday

Here was the building that once housed the Heaven & Hell Coffeehouse. ‘I am not going up to Heaven again,’ Crowley was protesting some time far away, arms crossed at his chest, his beautiful features twisted in a childish pout, ‘that’s where we sat last time and the time before that. And speak of dull.’ He made a face. He was referring to the coffee parlour’s upper floor, decorated to resemble Heaven. The artist or the shop owner’s impression of Heaven, that is – there were no sunflower lamps with cherubs’ faces in the actual upstairs, where sterile white lights glared undimmed through eternity.

‘What an abomination,’ Michael had said on a rare visit to the earth in 1957 as the two of them walked past the coffee parlour, her voice dripping with disgust. Two prostitutes sauntered past them, men on their arms, giddy, and Michael asked, ‘are you sure this den of iniquity is an appropriate location to set up Heaven’s embassy on earth?’

The bookshop of course had been there first, though Aziraphale did not mention this.

‘No one needs God’s grace – our help – more than those who are lost in sin.’

[musicalpancakes77]

Extremely interested in Ghost AU (the title so nice you say it twice lmao)

Hi Indigo!! omg the ghost au... god I haven't thought about it in so long, but as soon as you asked this and i saw it this morning I did indeed have so many thoughts about it 🥰 Thank you for asking!! This is gonna be slightly long I'm so sorry but stick with me LMAO

So the Ghost AU is a rather generic AU based off the peanut gallery from the movie Stardust- you know, the 2007 hit movie Stardust?? Surely we all know the one- but I say generic because I'm pretty sure at least half of the Ace Attorney fandom has individually, on their own time, went "Hey, what if Phoenix could see ghosts??" so like. It's really not THAT unique LMAO

But that's kinda what it is when you boil it down: an AU where Mia dies, befriends Greg in the "ghost world", and together the two of them have fun peanut gallery moments over the course of the OG trilogy. This is all possible by the magatama that Phoenix carries around of course; at first it's just their hushed voices, maybe a cold touch, but it develops into something more. By the time Phoenix starts cases from game 3 he begins to develop a more literal Sight for the deceased- I don't think the magatama cares who is using it, it doesn't discriminate, hell if Miles had it on him for long enough I'm sure he would have developed an ability to see them too. But in this AU it's just Phoenix dealing with joyful heckling from two more experienced (albeit dead) lawyers, Maya who complains it's so unfair that she's the spirit medium but she can't see them, Miles who would never believe this if you told him, and Pearls who is so happy to just be here LMAO

I never wrote more than about 7 pages in my document for this one- I barely got past the end of Turnabout Sisters 😭 I do still love the idea; if I were to ever come back to it I think I'd write it on a smaller scale than what my brain typically tries to achieve with fanfic (cough slowburn 100k stories COUGH) and I'd put a heavier importance on dealing with grief between all the comedic heckling 🤔

This is already one of my longer posts, but since you asked so kindly I can even provide a snippet or two, since I haven't talked about this AU in so long and there is an unfortunate chance it may never see the light of day again,,,

She wakes up to adrenaline, buzzing through her veins, with breaths that shouldn’t be choking in lungs that don’t exist. Her mind screams that there’s supposed to be pain- a single, blooming, unbearable pain in her temple- but miraculously, there is none. It’s just her, sitting in the dark, feeling like she’s having an out-of-body experience as her mind reels and reels over why she thought she was in pain, what she remembers, why she remembers being scared.  It takes a few moments of hushed breathing for it to hit her.  A hallowed clock, a wiretap, and a snake. 

“I would ask how she can watch that episode for the seventh time in a row, but that would be redundant since I know for a fact that Miles has watched it at least twenty times.”  Mia raises an eyebrow while Mr. Edgeworth hovers over the Wright & Co. office couch. Miles Edgeworth? Watching the Steel Samurai? At the same interest level or more than her literally obsessed younger sister, Maya?  “Miles Edgeworth, your son, the Demon Prosecutor? Watching the acclaimed children's show The Steel Samurai? I’d sooner think he’d die than watch a show like that.”  “Objection, Miles would rather die than admit to watching a show like that.”  Mia sits on the statement. “... You’re fucking with me.”  Maybe it’s the bluntness, maybe it’s the uncharacteristic use of language, but Mr. Edgeworth laughs to the point his hand meets his chest. Mia can’t help but giggle herself. Miles Edgeworth likes the Steel Samurai, who would have known. 

That's about it; thank you again for asking!! It was a joy to explain <3

[shinmiyovvi]

I bet everyone's not ready to see a Lena x Nikolai comeback and I am now cooking really hot yet sweet food with me

[clearcutcasualty]

[xryosakeyx]

Damn this gym leader art is taking too long lmao but it's soo worth it!! Anyways I really like how I have almost every one of them in something that obscures their faces, whether it be shades, masks or heavy makeup. It really ties back to the general themes of the fic and what their involvement in the storyline is actually going to be like ^^

[fleurie3am15inspo]

Somebody ask me about Diana and Aulali or Isidrae or Yenciel pleaseeeee!!!!

[this-geek]

WIP Game

Rules: In a new post, post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

OK, I saw @kadi219 tag anyone who hasn't done this so I'm taking that as a green light. This looks like so much fun. My WIPs are as follows:

That Mysterious Pull

Diary of a 'dead' woman

Because I binged Call the Midwife (R&T)

A Different Kind of Ex

Tropes on Tropes

DZ-BD Trope Masterdoc

Pebble Dashed

The Council of Janeways (?)

I'm going to open tag anyone who sees this post. Do it. Seriously, if you haven't done it, do it now. This is your sign!