#moodboards instead of writing

[faejilly]

not a study in scarlet

Works-Not-In-Progress 2/∞ 

So sometimes the best inspiration for fic is spite. But then sometimes we I don't actually write the spite!fic, because wtf, I don't actually know how to plot a mystery?

so please enjoy this nonsense instead. (Yes, I did put Toby in my collection of evidence photos/moodboard, mostly because I love Toby, but also because I love Magnus and cats. Yes, there's also a Paget illustration and cigarette ash, and NYC stuff because NYC is legit a character in Shadowhunters, even more so than London is for Holmes imo, and there's a pentacle for Magnus' magic and an archery target for Alec, and idk, I have lost my train of thought here?)

ANYWAY: spite!fic

Once upon a time, I ran across several Sherlock AUs for Shadowhunters in a row, and every one of them had Magnus Bane as Sherlock Holmes and that is, just. Not Right.

Like! I understand the impulse, when trying to translate soldier and power dynamics and etc. that you'd put Alec in the Watson/respectable member of society role, and Magnus 'never met a question he couldn't deflect with a smile' Bane in the vaguely incomprehensible detective role

But I counter!

WHICH of our heroes is in fact:

socially adept

extremely skilled at his preferred profession even though it comes up less often than one would expect in canon

has a completely incomprehensible romantic history

is ride or die two seconds after meeting someone because they are both smart and pretty

hates war and conflict (has been grievously wounded by same and yet always keeps going)

and yet, is in fact deeply petty and ready to throw down at the slightest provocation

can effectively (metaphorically) murder someone with a look or a phrase

can also literally murder someone but usually doesn't

is incredibly loyal but hates to admit it

is very compassionate and incapable of not helping someone in front of him (unless you have previously landed on the grudge!list, see above re: incredibly petty)

is perhaps the world's MOST unreliable narrator but no one ever calls him on it!

That would be Magnus Bane, and that would make him Watson, sorry, Watson is deeply unhinged but fakes it so well that people think he's the sane one.

AND THEN, of course, for Alec/Sherlock, he:

has only made a good first impression one single time in his life, but it was the time that mattered

is brilliant and tactical and very few people are able to keep up with him (and yet almost no one appreciates it, they're all, oh when you put it that way it's obvious, even tho none of them could do it on their own)

is abrasive in company; he's CAPABLE of walking the fine line of polite behavior and proper etiquette he just thinks it's stupid

(he will tell you to your face if he thinks you're an idiot, but if he needs to, he'll do it in such a way that you don't realize that's what happened until much later)

clearly has a traumatic backstory he does NOT want to talk about

partly given away by how aware he is of the way people around him can be hurt/persecuted whether anyone else wants to admit it or not; he is good to people no one else bothers to believe

has less than no patience for perceived stupidity in the people around him who ought to know better and will yell at them to get out of his way so he can do their jobs better than them

(unless he has taken responsibility for you and then he is delighted to explain every possible way he can make things better regardless of whatever you did that might have exacerbated the situation)

effectively intimidating when called for

effectively violent if that didn't work

secretly a marshmallow and if you tell him you like him and he did a good job he probably won't actually cry but if you know him well you can tell it was a close call

So yeah, pls enjoy jilly's unhinged Holmes feels despite her complete inability to write a Holmes!AU in fic?

[thesistersarcheron]

where we gonna go? i whisper in the dark, wherewegonnago? i think he knows...!

— the devil's in the details by miss_belivet

[jamieroyjamieroy]

All my stories in the Tales of Ruca series now have moodboards

[eusuntgratie]

after hours firstprince, E, a little less than 3k

Henry’s on the precipice of an anxiety attack when he finally sees it–a small building up ahead with an old weathered sign that says “Diaz Automotive.” This must be the place the woman from the horrible parking lot told him about.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/55492108

thank you @bigassbowlingballhead for the title, the inspo, the help, and the beta 😘😘

sequel coming soon!

[boyneptunee]

we made universes out of bitten lips and broken hands on AO3

(Harry tries to write his own future, fuck prophesies and mastermind darklords and evil teachers. He will live his life, and he will enjoy it, dammit.)

(Oh, and there's also Tom Riddle.)

[ilkkawhat]

don't get me wrong, i do truly love re-reading my old fics but at the same time it just...saddens me when i remember just how like. easy it used to be for me to write. to write sometimes thousands of words a day. to have posted so many individual fics (even if some of them were less then 1000 words) and to still have all these ideas for chapter fics, sequels, new fics, etc and just....not being able to keep up with my past self just reminds me of what i've lost to deteriorating mental and physical health...and now i'm lucky to write even 100 words in one day

[georgieluz]

sheriff luz | modern au | 'dearly departed'

george luz lives a quiet life as a local sheriff, but everyone knows that hiding from your past in a small town never ends well

you and i both know that the house is haunted, and you and i both know that the ghost is me

cowboy collab: #easy ranch #easy company cowboys

[kitkat13001]

wowieeee tysm for 400 followers to me that is crazyyy 🥹🥹 trying to imagine 400 people in a room saying hey yeah u r cool!! insane to me!! much love from kitty!! 🩷🩷

[thistlecatfics]

Narcissa Black/Lily Evans

"It was rare, I was there, I remember it all too well"

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

current editing moodboard, please send help

[glassmermaids]

𖡼 ⊹ ˚. reader moodboard for sore loser (circa 2007)

"But you know what I do know?" he asked. "What," you said, a command for him to continue rather than a question. "I know that you're a bitch," he started, "and that you get off on using people." You scoffed, but the smile on your face betrayed you, eyebrows raising at his words. "That's not true," you said, refocusing your attention on Art, but it didn't deter Patrick. Not much could when he had his mind set on something. (ch. 6)

[lins-creations]

i will never be dirt-free

[xbook-bunnyx]

˚˖𓍢 🦇 ✧˚.🔮⋆Caregiver!Addison Montgomery Halloween Moodboard˚˖𓍢 🦇 ✧˚.🔮⋆

I started watching private practice because I can't watch the last episodes of House yet (not emotionally ready) anyway I watched s1 ep 8 and Addison called the baby batgirl and I went insane and this was born.

[theopteryx]

a special privilege for the resurrected (56k, E, steve/eddie, complete)

"I'm heading back in," Eddie says, finishing off his cigarette and using Steve's shoulder to balance as he pulls his legs out of the pool and stands up. His hand is cool, even in the warmth of the sun, but Steve still feels it like a brand on his shoulder. Steve stays behind a few minutes to sit and finish his coffee and smoke another cigarette, ashing into Eddie's empty mug. He squints up at the sky; low clouds are rolling in overhead. Another spring storm is on the way and the sunshine's already getting softer, diffused. He stands, brushing the dirt off the back of his shorts, and collects the mugs to head back into the house. There's almost a moment, right when he turns, when he sees the open sliding door to the house out of the corner of his eye and it doesn't feel like a door; it feels like the mouth of a creature, lying in wait for him. The clouds begin to pass overhead, dimming the illusion, and Steve feels like an idiot for startling at it. Christ. He could use some time at a beach too, he thinks. He's still too fucking jumpy.

it's been a year since i finished posting this fic after i spent a decade thinking i was never gonna write again so it has a very special (and bloody) place in my heart ❤️ i genuinely appreciate that s4 made me so feral i had to unzip my id and throw it at the internet and then like, rip apart a couch cushion with my teeth. thank u to everyone who's read, and if u are looking for a spooky-season-appropriate fic, i hope u enjoy 🫡🩸🗡️

[stellewriites]

i think i’m finally gonna branch out to writing for other fandoms & reader fics so the cod stuff might slow after the next two fics are released

[mowru]

i feel so uncreative these days no matter what i do