#mird's writing

[clevermird]

I hope you don't mind the question—please feel free to skip it if it feels too personal. I was wondering: to what extent did your own personality or real-life experiences influence the characters in Silver, Ash, and Bone? For example, do any of their traits, perspectives, or internal conflicts reflect aspects of yourself?

You are the third person to ask me a similar question in the last month, funnily enough (other two were on discord, though)

I think the biggest real-life influence was one that I wasn't aware of at the time I was writing. When I started writing Silver, Ash, and Bone, I was in a really awful job situation. It was just me and my direct supervisor every day, and she used me as a scapegoat for everything that went wrong in the workplace, yelled at me when I messed up, would tell me to do one thing and then get upset when I did it and tell me she actually said to do something else, etc.

I quit with no plan, and started writing SAB a week later because writing is something that takes time without costing money - great when you're unemployed - and because the story had been tugging at me for months prior. But I think a lot of the tension that Jian feels in the early days, the feeling of desperately struggling to make someone happy when she doesn't understand what they want, only that she must please them or else, was born out of that experience

[arliganzey]

Not Again! (this is getting out of hand)

A wagan crumb to all three of my wagan fans. Mwah mwah mwah (1.1k, rated E for everyone, enjoy some old man pining!)

GAR HQ Training Facilities 0900 Hours

To Walon Vau’s credit, not one of the troopers noticed his injury. Not when it happened, and not when he barked orders at them, and not even when he dismissed them and ushered them to the locker rooms to wash up.

Arligan Zey knew better because he felt the tendons and ligaments and muscles in Walon’s ankle scream in pain when he twisted it on the mat. The Mandalorian took it without so much as a grimace.

Vau re-emerged from the locker rooms, his strill worrying at his side. Mird noticed, too, in its own way.

“General,” Vau said, and kept walking. Discomfort bled into his presence in the Force.

“I came to you for some insight.” Zey walked alongside Vau since the man had no intention of stopping to speak with him. The Jedi hesitated, and tilted his head at him. “You hurt your ankle.”

“What insight are you looking for?” Vau asked.

“Walon, you should really—“

Vau turned to the general with a smile that reeked of contempt. “I know how to take care of a sprained ankle, General, thank you.”

Brow creased, Zey spread his hands. “Very well, Walon. I simply wanted your impression of Gravel Company, as I’ve had several notes passed my way for troopers that may need cross-trained. May I show you their files?”

“Later.”

“Yes, of course.” Zey did not let Vau walk out of range, still following him to the lift.

Vau’s annoyance, mired with pain, came and went before he put on a polite sense of tolerance for the Jedi’s presence.

“Was there something else, General?”

Zey, hands folded in the sleeves of his robes, caught Vau’s eye. They stood side by side facing the lift door, only a breath away from their shoulders touching, as Vau had to lean toward the Jedi on his good leg.

“You’re in a considerable amount of pain.”

Vau made a tch sound with his teeth. “It’s only a sprain.”

“You look pale.”

Now Vau shot him an icy look.

The lift doors opened and Vau stepped out. His gait was hitched as he was rendered unable to place weight on his right ankle without falling over. Mird followed, panting and wide-eyed.

“Walon, please. My office is right there. Allow me to have a look.”

Vau kept walking, now braced against the wall.

“Don’t you have more training sessions this afternoon?” Zey asked, keeping the slowed pace with him.

“Don’t you have something better to do?” Vau winced.

Zey walked past him and opened his office door. “You only have a few hours. Bacta won’t fix it by the next session.”

Before Vau could tell Zey to kindly kriff off, Mird—the traitor—bounded through the open office door. With one look around the hall as if to be sure no one was watching, Vau reluctantly crossed the hallway and went into Zey’s office.

“Make yourself comfortable.” Zey shut the door. The obvious spot was the couch with the caf table near the door, but Vau dragged himself to one of the chairs in front of Zey’s desk.

“Make it quick,” Vau said.

Zey lowered himself to the floor and gently cupped the heel of Walon’s boot in his hand. The extent of the injury up close hit him immediately.

“Walon, your ankle is broken,” Zey told him in an accusing manner.

“How astute of you. Call emergency services. Call CSF. Alert the media.”

Zey pursed his lips. Vau’s sarcasm only made him seem more miserable. For as much pain as Zey imagined the Mandalorian has suffered before, a broken bone is still nothing to scoff at.

“Nevermind, General, I’ll go to the infirmary.”

“How? On a stretcher? You’re not walking there, that will only make things worse.” Zey’s hand hovered over the swollen ankle. “At least let me set it.”

“No. I do not need your shab’la jetiise osik.”

Zey didn’t even blink at the mando’a flung at him. They both knew Vau would not make it to the infirmary without creating a spectacle of his stubbornness. “Walon, it will only take a moment.”

Vau glared down at the Jedi general. Mird whined. “Fine.”

Zey eased off the boot. There was no avoiding hurting Vau in the process. The man hissed with pain. Zey rolled up his pant leg and carefully situated Vau’s foot in his lap.

The ankle was swollen, dark red and purple, and hot to the touch. Zey hovered a large hand over the wound and shut his eyes.

Within moments, the swelling started to ease, and with it, the pain. Vau leaned on the armrest of the chair and covered his face in his hand. A strange, itchy sensation plagued his ankle deep beneath the surface of the skin. It was uncomfortable. Almost as uncomfortable as having his foot in Zey’s lap.

Suddenly, the immense pain in his ankle was replaced by a pleasant, cooling touch. The stark and the sudden relief caused Vau to make a small sound in the back of his throat.

He wished he hadn’t done that.

Zey was polite enough not to mention it. Vau ventured a look at him, seeing a bit of color in the Jedi general’s face.

He really, really wished he hadn’t done that.

“Are you finished?”

“One moment.” The cooling sensation faded and the itching returned until, finally, it all ceased. Zey closed his hands around Vau’s ankle before he could pull it away. Then he bowed his head.

Vau wished he did not have to see Arligan Zey on his knees in front of him.

“You’ll want to apply a bacta pack for at least two hours to ease the inflammation,” Zey said. He is not sure why he is giving Vau instructions. But he had to fill the silence, or else he’d keep sneaking peeks into the man’s mind. ”Keep it elevated. You should be all right for your training.”

Vau nodded. He should take back his boot and go. “Thank you, Arligan.”

Zey smiled. “You’re quite welcome.” Then he, strangely, put Vau’s boot back on for him.

The twisted pleasure of the Jedi General on his knees and reverently putting on his boot stirred something in Vau. And Zey, with Vau’s boot in his lap, could not ignore the attention on him. Guiltily, he wanted more.

They still had business to discuss. Zey peered up at Vau and knew he didn’t want him to stay only for business. Before he could allow the thought to attach to his consciousness, he got to his feet.

Vau stood, and so did Mird, and Zey walked them to the door. They both avoided looking at the couch. Then they paused. Vau could only imagine what Zey sensed in him over the past several minutes.

“Gravel Company,” said Vau. “You’ll send me the file?”

“Yes, Walon, on the encrypted channel.” The one that Vau technically should not have, but Zey cleared for him, for situations like this.

“I’ll watch for it.”

“Walon.”

Vau stopped, halfway out the door.

“Would you like some caf?”

Vau put a hand on the door frame and rolled his eyes, even as he turned back into the office. “Please.”

[waywardprintmaker]

@mirdeli Wanted to personally congratulate and say thank for finishing a beast of a fic. It was truly a journey. I feel like an era has ended. Thank you for writing for us and here's to many more! Hymn to the Sea on AO3

[clevermird]

... you're not wrong

a They Deserve Each Other shipping scale where on one end of the axis you have the “no one else is good enough for them” ships, and on the other end you have the ships that need to be together monogamously forever as a quarantine measure. whatever the fuck is wrong with both of them must be contained for the greater good.

[hogwarts-legacy-hype]

I love reading fanfics, but I enjoy the comments just as much, some readers leave the most amazing ones. thoughtful, kind, detailed. Honestly, I’m not great at writing that kind of feedback myself, nestly, but I really admire the thoughtfulness and generosity of those who take the time to write them. Shout out to: Mirdeli, HoldMyMallowsweet, choccy-milky, Animasola, Amberlide, Myokk, CherryBlossom0805, Libellule, Ellicute, Rambling-tam, Galaxiasgreen — I’m mentioning them because I came across their comments in some recent reads, but I know there are many more just as wonderful out there.

What a lovely compliment for our readers in the community!!! 💗Leaving comments can be so inspiring to authors and can be that extra kick of fuel they need to keep them going.

Fanfiction is a labor of love, done for free on people's personal time. These writers are brave enough to share what they've made with YOU!!! Either big or small, short little drabble or a 500k chapter fic, we should always be showing our love! It's also important to note we should be supporting authors of all hit/kudo counts and regardless of if their fics are finished or still in the process of being updated.

Fan fiction is a garden. You have to tend to it if you want it to grow🌷

Thanks to all who support fanfic authors in their efforts. Kudos all around!

[jurakan]

Fun fact?

Today You Learned about the origin of the name 'Merlin'! Maybe.

In medieval Welsh legend, there was this bard/madman named 'Myrddin', who is commonly accepted to have been the figure eventually turned into Merlin by being incorporated into Arthurian lore. How did we get from 'Myrddin' to 'Merlin', then? Well, French medievalist Bruno Gaston Paris had a theory.

See, 'Myrddin' is pronounced differently in Welsh, I believe, as the 'dd' is pronounced as 'th'? I think? Regardless, a lot of people who aren't Welsh aren't going to know how to pronounce it. Bruno Gaston Paris's theory was that Geoffrey of Monmouth, writing and hoping that French people would read his work, had to change Myrddin's name because, looking at it, they'd think it's pronounced something like 'Mird-in'.

Which, uh, in French, sounds an awful lot like 'merde'.

Which is 's***' in English ("feces").

So it's entirely possible that his name was changed to avoid sound like 'crap' in French.

An alternative theory is that Merlin's name is meant to invoke 'merle', or the French word for blackbird--which would be a fitting name for a guy with mysterious magic powers.

[the-invisibility-bloke]

Thanks for the tags, @wolfpants, @chiquita-3, and @galaxostars! Sorry for the delay; I’ve been avoiding socials to write. 🥲 Your pets have each added one (1) year to my life.

3 ships I like: Sirry, Heddy, and Drarry (but Harry/Albus has a chokehold on my soul)

First ship ever: Embarrassing and will age me horribly so consider this a trust exercise: Niles/Daphne from Frasier.

Last song you heard: I don't remember but the Pink Panther theme popped out of a black hole earlier and crash landed in my ear.

Favourite childhood book: What does it say about me that I craved the angst… Velveteen Rabbit, The Giving Tree, Lad: A Dog (THE DOG DIES). Anything animal-themed. Little House on the Prairie.

Currently reading: Babel by R. F. Kuang and about to start Aciman’s sequel to CMBYN.

Currently watching: The incest scenes from White Lotus (obv) + just finished the first season of Your Honor and will never recover.

Currently consuming: Fresh mountain air (on my 10th anniversary trip 🥰)

Currently craving: A sense of purpose. Writing without a deadline. A new brain and body. Cake.

Pets: RIP, void. <3

I’ll tag my new mutual @allesfresser but I think everyone else I’m not too shy to tag has done it? @fastbrother? @1ficklesickle? @mirdeli @gargoylegrave @crime-in-progress how about you gang

[bardan-jusik]

traviss didn't put it in the books but after the war vau started a space etsy business knitting sweaters for strill. mird is his model and brand ambassador

source: I said so because it's funny

/scratches out her notes about bardan marrying arla and darman kidnapping venku and writes this in instead

and atin manages the holonet page for him cause one of them knows how to code and it isn't vau

[slytherinlives]

My Year in Fic 2024

Thank you to @mirdeli for the tag! (love you and your writing <3)

First of all, I can't believe how much I've actually written this year until I sat down and took it all in. When I first started actively writing for the legacy fandom, it was a very different experience. I wrote my first fic as a fun continuation of the main story. I thought about where these characters might go and how their relationships would change in the wake of their choices. Then I hated it, deleted all 30 chapters from the internet and then re-wrote it. Then I started a second story with a new mc and new dynamics, that at the time I was really proud of. But then as I'm sure you all know, there was this person that went around accusing the adults who wrote with more mature themes and aged up characters of being foul things. Including but not limited to leaving cruel comments on art or fics that had anything above a T rating. It got so bad that it discouraged me from writing with mc content completely, which really broke my heart because I loved what I was creating with it.

But even after all of that, I couldn't stop creating stories. A big thing that resonates with me as a person as well as a writer is wanting to tell stories with characters that people already know and love but introduce themes that feel authentic to a human experience. Such as things like sexuality, anger, tense family dynamics etc.

And with that in mind, I started testing the waters with a silly little au for one of my favorite disney films Sleeping Beauty. Only this time featuring a love story without "mc". Then I did another silly au that was centered around one of my favorite superheros, Spiderman. (Both remain unfinished, but I plan to focus back on those this year)

In doing so, I found this corner of the fandom where everyone had been nothing but accepting and encouraging each other with their art and I finally started to feel more comfortable in posting my works again.

So, before I make this entirely too long, let's get into it:

My fics written in 2024: (I've published nearly 30, but I'm only going to share completed fics and the one's I'm proud of.)

Growing Pains Ominis/Sebastian 26k -single father/self discovery-

Tell Myself I Wouldn't Feel Things Ominis/Sebastian 32.3k -enemies to lovers/fake dating-

Open Yourself Up to Me and Surrender Ominis/Sebastian 2.7k -age insecurity/body worship-

I Hold You Close (In progress) Ominis/Sebastian 27.1k -friends with benefits-

Pepper Me Up Ominis/Sebastian 7.8k -sick fic/crack-

The Greatest 'What If' Sebastian/Garreth 7.8k -friends with benefits/prequel spin off of I Hold You Close-

Side Effects (On Hold) Sebastian/Fem!MC 56.3k -Reuniting/Mutual Pining/Friends to Lovers-

Across The Stars Sebastian/Fem!MC 1.6k -one shot collection with the same characters from Side Effects-

I know I'm mostly known for writing Sebinis/Weaslow now, and I love that because the friends I've made and the fun I've had over here I would never trade for anything. But I do hope one day I'll feel the drive again to finish Side Effects. (maybe even my first ever mc fic that's still up but that one more complex) I do love those characters so much and I miss them. Maybe one day.

With that said, I can't wait to share more stories (after completing some active ones first.) Maybe I'll even feel more confident to start posting my backlog for other fandoms.

Anyway, I'd love to see that everyone else has been up to this year! So I'll pass this along to @shyamanuensis , @pr0serpinas, @sunsetplums, and anyone else who wants to participate, consider yourself tagged!

See you all in 2025! <3

[clevermird]

I keep thinking I'm writing Marazhai's dialogue way too melodramatic, and then I read his actual voice lines and decide I'm doing just fine

[dandelionsandderivatives]

Tagged by @valiantarcher to list six books I want to read this year! Hmm, I don't usually plan out my reading too carefully, but here are a few that I've been planning to read: 1. The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson

I bought this when it first came out. When it arrived, I was in the midst of end-of-semester crunch time and busy trying to transfer to a different research group. I keep remembering that I haven't read it and then forgetting again! 2. I think it's time to revisit the Thrawn trilogy by Timothy Zahn. I'm back on a Star Wars kick, and it's been years since I read these. 3. Tithe by Holly Black. I currently have it checked out of my library, and I know nothing more about it than that it's a Tam Lin retelling and that the author was half of the writing team for the Spiderwick Chronicles.

4. Chalice, by Robin Mckinley. @clevermird suggested this one, and I'm excited to read it! I've had mixed feelings about Robin Mckinley's works in the past, but I'm hopeful that this will be one of the ones I like.

5. Imaginary Lands, an anthology of fantasy stories. Another Mird rec!

6. I think it's also time to revisit Elizabeth Goudge. I read The White Witch last year, and really enjoyed it, and I'm curious to try, say, The Dean's Watch, and see if I get more from it than when I last tried it (in high school!).

Mostly fantasy, as you can see! I don't usually keep very strict tbr lists, but I'm always happy to get book recommendations. Does anyone have nonfiction/nonfantasy recs to add a little variety? Tagging: @clevermird, @desert-anne, @melliabee, @lurking-latinist and @mathmusic8 (but only if you want to!)

[holdmymallowsweet]

Thank you @mirdeli for the tag 💕

3 ships I like: Sebinis! and also still Jackdaw x Mc. Other than that, there's a bunch of ships I like every now and then, usually when I come across good fics or art for them (Tomarry and Jeverus, among others)

First ship ever: Oh god, I'm not sure, that was so long ago. Orojira from Naruto, maybe?

Last song you heard: Washing Machine Heart by Mitski. Someone used that in a speedpaint over on youtube and I've been obsessively listening to nothing else for days because it actually manages to put me in a writing mood. I hope it lasts, pray with me.

Favourite childhood book: I honestly don't remember. I used to read a lot as a kid, but nothing really sticks out as a favourite... let's just say Harry Potter

Currently reading: Fics! But if this is about books, technically I'm still in the middle of What the Hell Did I Just Read by Jason Pargin, I should probably pick that back up someday

Currently watching: My School President. Gay schoolboys being adorable and in love and it's just the sweetest, goofiest, wholesomest fluff

Currently consuming: Too much coffee

Currently craving: Strawberries🍓(so I went to the store and bought some)

Pets: Three kitties!

I'm so sorry, my brain isn't working properly right now and I'm blanking on who hasn't been tagged and who'd like to do this, so anyone seeing this can feel themselves tagged ❤️

[nocturius8015ficore]

Fi's datapad: Memes and funny thoughts 2024

Wanna laugh? That's pretty much the spot!

Masterlist published in 2024 **update 3th January 2025** Classic Memes Format usually made with a meme generator or shamelessly stolen from someone.

TBB finale

Fi's very healthy coping mechanisms 1

Gru template: daddy

Hug your vode (if they want to)

Three headed dragons template

Day without...

Look like?

Goat template: Grenade?

Blorbo alignment chart

Why we have hands

Safe space from

Drake format: Inhibitor chips

Santa wish

Silly Draw-on Picture I drew poorly something silly on and make it funny

Poké-Ordo

No sexist-osik

Kamino training ground 1

Mird

Purrfection!

Kamino training ground 2

Mird's fur

Bunny

Mando ladies

Nuggets

Old timey picture: fangirls

49+1

Intrusive thoughts

Double drinks, double episode!

Party hard

Fi-Core on the holonet

I write osik on my social media, thank you.

Hello?

Datapad entries Fi's logs on his 'pad very philosophical stuff. (or not)

Cooking with Fi

Next level self-acceptance

Body pillow

Just a lil' di'kut

Corr's cybernetics arms 1

A clone apart

Mother's day

Bacon

Never say no to bacta 1

Medical advice!

Shab, I'm on tumblr

Hot mess

It's Spring!

Pet on Kamino

Silly noises

Babygirl

Learning slang

Fi cares about you.

Red shirt

Menu

Corr

Fi stands for... 1

Gossip

Black matte

Cat girl?

Peak-a-boo

Too hot

Leitmotiv

Drool

Halloween 2024

Fi stands for... 2

Encrypted journal 1

Mirror clone

It's gone

Kitties and Kal

Cheerful message by Fi

Bag of nuts

My Voice

New word on the holonet

Can't say I remember...

[jamiemoonymarks]

Snippet Sunday 7/14

Sharing because I'm finally writing again, and I'm dying to get this one finished and published on ao3.

James took a short breath, Sirius eyes falling open in anticipation. “Well, to put it bluntly. You’re the hottest lad in Hogwarts, and you’re my best friend.” Sirius lit up in a grin. “Prongs, do you fancy me?” He raised himself up to look at James. “Is this a confession?” James chuckled. “No, Pads. If I liked you, I would have told you ages ago.” He smiled. “But I do see it’s very fitting the two hottest Gryffindor’s are best friends.” He added, winking. Sirius burst out laughing. Wiping away a tear, he replied “I do so agree with that.”

tag list

@noxxytocin @mirdeli @gargoylegrave @the-invisibility-bloke @steve-black-hl @trappezoider @impishtubist

Feel free to ignore if you don't want to participate

[hogwarts-legacy-hype]

Shout to @mirdeli for writing one of the most iconic pieces of fiction in the fandom. Stay golden, never stop!

Shout out to @mirdeli for their iconic fics! Go check them out on ao3 👇

[stardustloki]

trick or treat! :D

(for the ask game, if you feel like it!)

Thanks for the ask :D

Treat!

Here's how 'Breaking the Cycle' originally opened, with Skirata finding de-aged Vau instead of Atin and Darman...

Uncomprehending horror filled Kal Skirata.

Mird snarled before him, hackles raised, ready to tear his throat if he even looked as if he were about to make the wrong move, shielding the small figure that stood ramrod-straight behind the strill.

The child’s dark eyes stared at him, unblinking, fear and trepidation shining through, despite the determined set to his pale, aristocratic features.

So. There was no mistaking who this child was related to. After all that osik about never having children, Vau had knocked up some woman and hadn’t even bothered to mention it before dropping the child in their apartment in Coruscant and then fucking off to who knew where. And, with how petrified the ad looked, well, Skirata could just feel himself itching to give the old barve another solid right hook.

Trick or Treat writing ask here