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[pookaseraph]

Trope Rating Game

Rules: How much do these tropes affect your decision to click on a fic?

-10 -> very dissuaded

0 - don’t care either way

+10 -> very enticed

nope -> if it’s a hard no and you’d never click on a fic with that tag or or you even have the tag blocked or you’d insta click out of the fic if it wasn’t tagged. Bonus points for explaining the rating and whether it’s conditional.

Thanks for the tag @thrud-of-asgard

Age Gap: +8

I’ll put myself out there as that ‘problematic’ bitch. I like age gap, I don’t like require it to like a ship or work, but I enjoy mentor/mentee (no pseudoincest thanks) and a few later tropes that compliment it.

Codependency: 0

Not my thing, not my squick, don’t usually write it.

Obsession/Possessiveness, jealousy: +2

Depends, very case by case.

Opposites (grumpy/sunshine etc): +10

Part of a dynamic I like with age gap, older and more world-weary with a younger sunshine especially. Doesn’t have to be age gap, but it kind of weaves its way with regard to what I like about it. I don’t really like characters with similar outlooks or personalities together. I want them to challenge each other. As a fairly world-weary optimist myself it’s nice when both characters can be a reflection to write or enjoy.

Enemies to lovers, Enemies with benefits: +7

Yup. Doesn’t make or break something, but also feeds into the ‘opposites’ trope. I want these bitches fighting over their deeply held beliefs that are the results of their experiences. None of that ‘he looked at me funny and I took it personally for a decade’ shit unless you’re P&P tho.

Friends with benefits: -5

Meeeeeh.

Sex to feelings: +10

I’m asexual, I barely understand wanting sex, if you’re gonna fuck you better have some feelings even if they are complicated.

Fake dating/relationship: +3

Very dependent on setup. If I think they should have been fucking for two decades already I’m not super interested.

Friends to lovers: 0

Not sure I have a F2L to ship, tbh. Don’t hate it, won’t go looking for it.

Found Family: -3

Dependent, big fan of ‘accidental baby acquisition’, less of ‘wow I found my new family in this weird group of people’. Mostly I want it to be family though, not some pseudoincestuous Friends situation or something.

Hurt/Comfort: +4

Really depends on what’s going on, but I do like people being comforted! And hurt!

Love Triangle: -8

Pretty close to a hard no, I rarely see them for anything but what I see to be lazy drama, it’s always a love V anyway, -50 if it’s abundantly clear the minute both are introduced who is winning.

Poly, open relationships: -2

(Open is -10) I don’t have any OT3s or such I’m not like offended by them if it’s a background ship or such. It’s rare for me to find an A/B/C who I think have the chemistry and I’m more likely to be a multi shipper than a poly shipper in that case.

Mistaken/hidden identity: +10

Yup!

Monsterfucking: +5

I’ll read it, don’t write it.

Pregnancy: +10

Some pairings don’t really warrant it to me but pregnancy and ‘babies ever after’ are catnip for me in certain pairings.

Second Chance: -1

Depends a lot on why. If it’s like some Darklina stuff where the breakup is kinda misunderstandingsy it’s a +10 but if it’s ’we broke up for some legitimate reasons that still exist’ it’s miss me with that shit

Slow Burn: +3

Slow burn cuz there’s a lot to work/figure out? +8. Slow burn cuz they are both fucking idiots who can’t have an adult conversation for 50 chapters? -10. Somewhere in between? +3!

Soulmates: +8

Magic world type thing I’m usually pretty fine with, modern no magic stuff it doesn’t add a lot for me. Modern AU of magic work, yeah sure. Also depends on the pairing. Some of them absolutely have some ridiculous cosmic connection where I believe the universe ships it, others seem like pretty average people who click together beautifully but don’t spark that in me.

Who to taaaag… @sailor-hufflepuff @theplaguebeast @greensaplinggrace

[nifflersfancy]

Runaway Groom - Part 6 (Just Returning Something To Sirius)

You can read it here on AO3!

Here’s Part 5 (Chapter 5 - Consider It Done, You Wanton Sex Goddess) Part 4 (Chapter 4 - Like I Would Grace Your Brothel With My Presence),  Part 3 (Chapter 3 - Speaking of Bastards), Part 2 (Chapter 2 - Listening To Pink Floyd Alone) and Part 1 (Chapter 1 - And I Just Want A Million Pounds)!

The feeling of a warm body pressed up against his shifting was the first thing that Remus noticed as he woke. His brows furrowed slightly, not yet opening his eyes as he felt the weight shifting against his chest. "Rem.." A croaky voice murmured against his neck. Remus hummed in response to show that he was awake. Well, awake-ish. "Someone's at the door." "You're dressed." Was all Remus mumbled in response, although tightened his previously limp grip over Sirius' waist. "Your flat. Your door. Probably for you." Sirius responded. Remus knew that he had a point but he was far too comfortable. "They'll go away in a sec. Just sh." Remus grunted, burying his face further into the crook of Sirius' neck. "Stop arguing over who's opening the bloody door and just get up!" James' voice boomed through the door.

They both groaned but reluctantly got up. Remus slipped on a pair of black tracks and chucked Sirius a jumper to wear as well as his boxers. It was such a shame to do so as Sirius really did have a wonderful body, now with several more tattoos than he had had when he first arrived. He had been living with James and Lily for almost seven months now and he and Remus had celebrated their four month anniversary the day before. It made Remus feel a bit silly but it was a big deal to Sirius and made the other man happy so Remus agreed. "We're coming!" Sirius groaned, pulling his hair up into a messy bun, hoping that it would disguise his sex hair. Remus left the room first and merely shook his head with a grin as Sirius slapped his arse in passing.

"Nice hickeys, mate." James smirked upon seeing the door open. Remus rolled his eyes and leaned tiredly against the door. "Good morning, James. I'm fine, thank you for asking." Remus responded sarcastically, hearing the kettle start up beside him as well as the clinking of mugs and spoons as Sirius prepared them both a cup of tea. "Just returning something to Sirius. Apparently he forgot it when he left Paris." James said vaguely. Now that Remus looked at him properly, James appeared to have just woken up, his hair as messy as ever and only wearing pyjamas. He felt a presence beside him and glanced over, seeing Sirius stood there with a frown. "What do you mean?" He questioned, tilting his head to the side slightly, something which Remus had quickly realised that he did when he was curious or confused. James stepped to the side and another man took his place. Remus hardly got to look at him before Sirius threw himself at the other lad, hugging him tightly and speaking rapidly in French. It wasn't often that Sirius spoke in French anymore so Remus was unable to suppress his shiver, ignoring James as he laughed softly at Remus' reaction. They spoke back and further for a few minutes, eventually pulling out of the hug, although Sirius kept the other man within arms reach, keeping his hands on his shoulders as he looked at him. Now that Remus had the chance, he observed the newcomer and realised that he must have been a relative of Sirius'. Most likely a brother. He remembered that Sirius had a brother - although he was a very touchy subject for Sirius so Remus knew very little about him. Remus also noticed that he was in a similar state to how Sirius had been when he first arrived. He wore a casual but clearly expensive suit, which was torn at one of the sleeves. There was dried blood around his nose and his lip was split. It wouldn't have looked too bad if there wasn't a large amount of dried blood on his previously white shirt. Clearly he had stopped bleeding, although it looked like it hadn't been long. "This... Ah, this must be James, yes?" It was now clear that Sirius' English was a lot better than his brothers. "Yes, yes." Sirius spoke, although his accent was stronger now. Whether it was from being around someone else with an accent or just because he had just been speaking French, Remus didn't know. But if it was Regulus' influence then Remus would be willing to let both of them move in with him. He just managed to hide his shiver this time. "Yes, this is James. James was my best friend in Hogwarts. And this is Remus, my boyfriend. Remus, James, this is my brother, Regulus. He went to a school called Beauxbatons in France. My parents didn't want him to turn out like me so they sent him to a boarding school. When they moved me out of Hogwarts, I went to Beauxbatons as well." Sirius explained. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Regulus." James spoke, sending him a warm smile that Remus knew could calm anybody on their worst day. "Yes. Yes, likewise. It is a pleasure to meet you also." Regulus nodded, reaching out a hand to James. the other lad appeared confused by the formalities but shook his hand firmly. It was clear that despite being brothers and being raised by the same people, they had very different upbringings. Although it was most likely that they had the same upbringings but Sirius just didn't listen and rebelled. "Nice to meet you, Regulus." Remus said, doing the same as James by shaking his hand and giving him a warm smile that would let the younger lad know that he was safe with them.

“You as well.” Regulus nodded, releasing Remus’ hand and then stepping back into the safety of his brother’s side.

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It didn’t take long for Regulus to get settled, seeing as he didn’t have many belongings with him. He would be staying with James and Lily for the time being until he and Sirius could get their own flat. It would be a struggle, money-wise but they couldn’t live off of the others forever.

Whilst Regulus now had Sirius’ old room, Sirius was going to be staying with Remus. He basically lived there anyway and slept there almost every night so it was no different to usual but it just felt like a step ahead. It was exciting but scary.

After Regulus had showered, changed clothes and had something to eat, he seemed a lot more relaxed. Both couples, as well as Regulus and Peter all ate dinner together, a simple pasta dish that James had made, they had settled down to watch a film.

They had put on Love Actually, a classic that everyone knew and loved. They had even put French subtitles on it so that Regulus could keep up easily. By the time the film finished,  Regulus had fallen asleep beside Sirius, Peter had gone home and Lily had already retired to bed.

“Reg? Reggie, come on. Va te coucher, petit frère.” Sirius murmured softly, smiling warmly as he saw Regulus;’ eyes open, blinking and furrowing his brows in sleepy confusion before he relaxed, clearly remembering where he was. “Je viendrai ici le matin pour le petit déjeuner. Du repos.”

He knew that Regulus’ English would be terrible in his sleepy state so it was easiest to speak French to him. Twenty minutes later, Regulus was tucked up in bed, as was everyone else. Feeling like a weight had been lifted off of his shoulders, relieved beyond words to have his brother back with him, Sirius got into bed beside Remus with a smile on his face.

“Look at you, you can’t stop smiling.” Remus mumbled, wrapping his long arms around Sirius’ waist and pulling him closer. Sirius could tell that he was exhausted and on the verge of falling asleep. He smile fondly and lovingly stroked Remus’ hair back.

“I’m happy, mon amour. So, so happy.” He saw Remus grin sleepily at the nickname that he often gifted Remus with and it made him chuckle softly. “Sweet dreams.” He whispered a few seconds later but it was pointless. Remus was already asleep and Sirius followed mere minutes after.

[TRANSLATIONS

“Va te coucher, petit frère.” - “Go to bed, little brother.” “Je viendrai ici le matin pour le petit déjeuner. Du repos.” - "I will come here in the morning for breakfast. Rest." “Mon amour.” - “My love.”

Again, I do not speak French so if any of these translations are wrong or sound wooden or anything, please let me know in the comments!

This has not been edited because I am a useless sack of shit. Sue me. (I'm kidding, pls be nice. although I wasn't kidding about it not being edited. It hasn't even been double-checked. Maybe I am just super lazy)

I got so many lovely comments and messages about this the last time so I have decided to continue this! Thank you to everyone, you're all worth your weight in gold! My ego is satisfied but that doesn't mean don't continue to comment lovely stuff bcos I need it!

I have not had a loving relationship in many moons but this was my attempt at fluff. I apologise.

Taaaagging: @holy-shit-its-wolfstar @rosielupin @nagemeikenu @grey-mae@blitheringmcgonagall @psychedelisch because they asked

If any of you have changed your minds, let me know! And if anyone else wants to be tagged in future updates, also let me know!]

[byjillianmaria]

25 Questions!

Tagged by @sincerestaffect :)

Is there a story you’ve been holding off on writing for some reason? Well ... I’m waiting on writing most stories until I finish draft 3 of Songbird. Once that gets to beta readers (hopefully by July!) I’ll work on ... something. Right now I’m torn between finally starting the first Fair Folk book, or working on a little project I haven’t talked about here yet called Morning’s Edge. The only reason I’d pick that one over the Fair Folk is because FF is a 5 book series that I need to give more attention to, so I’m trying to take my time with it and make sure I know what I’m doing.

What work of yours, if any, are you embarrassed about existing? Oh man, there’s writing from middle school floating around the internet somewhere. 

What order do you write in? Front of the book to back? Chronological? Favourite scenes first? Something else? I tend to write from front of the book to back. It feels odd to do otherwise.

Favourite character you’ve written? They are ALL my children!! I would never pick favorites.

Character you were most surprised to end up writing? The Poetry Women in Songbird weren’t really intended to be characters in the first draft as much as they were plot devices. They still don’t have a huge role or anything, but now they’re being held in captivity which shows [redacted] regarding [redacted], which I think really fits into the theme of [redacted].

Something you would go back and change in your writing that it’s too late/complicated to change now? If I came across something complicated to change, I’d change it anyways ...

When asked, are you embarrassed or enthusiastic to tell people that you write? Depends on the person and the circumstance.

Favourite genre to write? Few, if any, of my novels are straight horror, but I think horror elements sneak their way into most of my novels anyways.

What, if anything, do you do for inspiration? I go on Pinterest, make pages on tumblr, attempt playlists, reblog memes ... and talk to friends!!!

Write in silence or with background music? Alone or with others? I prefer silence and alone, maybe with some white noise of like a fan or something. But if there are people around, I’ll put on rainymood and maybe some piano music or one of my instrumental playlists.

What aspect of your writing do you think has most improved since you started writing? Hmmm ... Probably, like, length and overall story structure? I’ve always had a knack for characters and dialogue, it was just fitting them into a story that I struggled with lol.

Your weaknesses as an author? Descriptions are hard. Also, passive voice is my enemy.

Your strengths as an author? Creating relatable characters, if feedback is any indication :)

Do you make playlists for your work? I tend to!! Ironically though, I don’t usually listen to them while I’m writing — but if I have to do chores or a tedious job that I don’t have to focus on, I listen to them to cheer me up.

Why did you start writing? I honestly don’t remember.

Are there any characters who haunt you? Hmmm ... There’s one rp character who I miss, but due to a bad experience with a partner I doubt I’ll ever return to him.

If you could give your fledgling author self any advice, what would it be? You’re doing great, sweetie!! Keep it up, just ... just maybe don’t share that online. What? No, I didn’t say anything!

Were there any works you read that affected you so much that it influenced your writing style? What were they? As a kid my writing basically mimicked R.L. Stine lol. These days I think there’s a fair amount of Stephen King in there, but at this point I do think that I’ve sort of developed my own voice? It’s not perfect and I spend more time than I care to admit jealous of my writer friends’ voices, but ... it’s mine, and I hope that I’ll be able to continue writing in it and working with it for years to come :)

When it comes to more complicated narratives, how do you keep track of outlines, characters, development, timeline, etc? Scrivener is bae. I do also like realtimeboard, and sometimes excel spreadsheets are useful, too! I’ve also been using OneNote to try and plot out the Fair Folk’s series arcs a little better.

Do you write in long sit-down sessions or in short spurts? It tends to be short spurts over a long session? Y’know, ten minutes on, ten minutes off.

What do you think when you read over your older work? A lot of my older work is some cringey fanfiction, so ... cringey, usually. I don’t regret doing it because it got me to where I am today, but ... GEEZ. Also, it’s really funny to read my earliest queer writing, which happened well before I came to terms with my own sexuality. A lot of, “I can’t like ~her~!!!!! We’re both ~girls~!!!!!!!!! LE GASP, WHAT COULD THIS POSSIBLY MEAN!!!!” And a lot of “well I like boys but with this ONE SPECIFIC GIRL ONLY, IT’S OKAY.” Like no, honey. No.

Are there subjects that make you uncomfortable to write? Hmmm ... Honestly, I’d never say never to anything? There are things I shy away from, but I’d do just about anything if the plot called for it.

Any obscure life experiences that you feel have helped your writing? Certainly.

Have you ever become an expert on something you previously knew nothing about, in order to better write a scene or a story? Ummm ... not particularly, yet? 

Copy/paste a few sentences or a short paragraph that you’re particularly proud of. (This is rough because I’ve shared a lot of what I’m proud of, lol! But have this.)

Velvet-choked air forced its way down my throat, clogging my nose with the stale scent of mothballs. The space between the fabric and my skin seemed to get smaller the more I pushed forward, and so did the space between my heart and my ribs.

I taaaag @lady-redshield-writes @theguildedtypewriter @incandescent-creativity aaaaand .... I got lazy but feel free to do this if you want lol