#nandawrites

[heronchildlove]

People of the Pride

"Is it done yet?" Matthew asked her, barely able to keep himself still in his seat.

"Almost. Now don't talk or I'm going to mess it up." Cordelia chastised him, but kept focused on her task. "Just one more line, aaaand... done! You can look at my masterpiece now."

Matthew almost fell from the vanity seat from turning around so fast, but he caught himself on the table and turned his face from side to side in front of the mirror. Two colourful hearts were painted on his cheeks, one with the colours of the bisexual flag and the other with the colours of the polyam flag.

"It's perfect! Cordelia, you've outdone yourself. You are a true Van Gogh. No, Picasso. No, Frida Kahlo!" He exclaimed his praise when he found the right metaphor, then turned back around and pulled her for a kiss.

"You're welcome, Math. Now move, I need to do mine next. You can go help Jamie put on his shirt without smudging the paint."

"No need. It dried a while ago, so I already put it on. I can help you, though, if you want," he added towards Matthew.

Matthew joined James sitting on the bed and beamed at him. Matching hearts to his own were painted on his cheeks and Jamez already had on the shirt that read "I'm with them" with an arrow pointing to the right, a mirror to Matthew's one. They had argued over who would get to stay in the middle, but in the end Cordelia had won the rock, paper, scissors.

"Can't believe I have the honour to take you both to baby's first pride," Matthew said after his shirt was over his head. "Let me introduce you to a world of love acceptance, hope, and, not less important, debauchery, beyond your wildest dreams."

"Hey, I've been to pride with you before!" James said.

"You have been as an ally, now you are part of the club, Jamie. You get to sit with the popular kids now."

"Pride sounds an awful lot like high-school, I'm not sure I want to go anymore," he teased.

"Too bad," Cordelia interrupted, "our shirts don't work unless we are in three so you have to go now."

"Hmmm, fair."

"Plus, if you don't go I'll cry. You don't want your beloved Math to cry, do you?"

"Eehhh..."

Cordelia saw Matthew hit him across the head with a pillow through the mirror and James laughed.

"I don't! I don't! Careful with the paint!"

"That's better. I'll go get Oscar ready."

He left at the same time Cordelia finished her own make up and got up. One of her hearts had the polyam flag that matched theirs and the other the queer pride flag.

James helped her put on her shirt with "I'm with them <-->" on it and then she did a twirl.

"How do I look?"

"Gorgeous. And happier than I have ever seen you, my Daisy."

"We all are, I believe. And that's also what today is about. Let's celebrate our happiness and the light we found in each other after so long beating ourselves up over something so simple."

"You're absolutely right." James said and kissed her until his phone buzzed in his pocket.

"It's Anna, they are all already waiting outside. We should go."

"Let's. Math, time to go!"

"Me and Oscar are waiting for you in the living room!"

In the living room was an understatement. Matthew already had his hand on the doorknob when James and Cordelia came downstairs. Oscar would have made his namesake proud, with a bandana and leash covered in rainbow colours.

It made Cordelia so happy, her eyes filled with tears.

"Come over here for a second, you two."

She hugged both of them tight, then pressed their foreheads together.

"I love both of you so, so much, and I am so happy we are together."

"Me too," they murmured back at her, and they stayed there for a moment, basking in themselves and their warmth, until Oscar whined.

They all stopped to give him pets.

"We love you, too, of course, Oscar."

Matthew opened the door and past their small yard all their friends and family were already waiting, many of them decked in their own pride colours themselves, the others carrying rainbow flags and happy to display the pride and love they all had for each other.

Cordelia started crying again, overcome with such joy and love she could not contain it. This was what being part of a community meant, this was what being surrounded by people that loved and accepted them meant.

Hate may try to rear its ugly head up from time to time, but love and joy would always win in the end, because they were the strongest forces the human race had ever known.

She took her place in between James and Matthew with a smile full of delight, and all together they walked and all together they marched, towards an always brighter future.

[nandawrites]

Surprise, @raziasark, I'm your Secret Santa for the @inusecretsanta this year! Hope you like it!

~~**~~

Something just like this

It was a quiet and peaceful night, and still Inuyasha could not sleep.

Nightmares plagued him like they hadn't since he was a child, turning shadows into monsters and the sounds outside into warnings. He pressed himself closer to Kagome but not even her scent was enough to quiet the sense of discomfort deep within him.

Too restless to lie still any longer, he got up as quietly as he could and walked the couple of steps across the room to where Moroha slept. She seemed safe and sound, but he still knelt by her side to check her breathing, anyway, sighing in relief when her blearely blinked her eyes open at him. She was the picture of easeness, but the knot within him seemed to coil even tighter as he got back up.

Anyone, anything, could ruin this bubble of happiness they had built. The kindness of a priestess had brought forth an horror like Naraku, who knew what other evils could be spawning in the world as they slept? How could he ever guarantee they would be safe?

Two arms wrapping around him from behind pulled him out of his spiralling thoughts. He brought a hand up and held Kagome’s hand against his chest.

“What’s the matter, Inuyasha? Can’t sleep?”

He shook his head.

“It’s nothing, sorry. Did I wake you?”

“Yes, I could hear the sound of you worrying all the way from over there,” she teased. “So, please, tell me what’s wrong.”

He sighed, looking over Moroha one more time. Still sleeping, still safe, but for how long?

“One day, I might not be able to protect you. The both of you,” he said softly, and turned around to face her. He knew there was fear in his eyes, but he hadn’t been ashamed of sharing it with her for a long time now. Her brow furrowed.

“Why do you think that?”

“I know I learned a lot while we were searching for Naraku, but there will always be someone stronger out there, a new evil, and when that happens I don’t know if I-”

“No,” she cut him off. “I mean, why do you think you need to protect us?”

“Kagome, you know I know how strong you are and what you are capable of, but if some disaster happens I’ll want to keep you as safe as possible.”

“No, that’s not what I meant, either. It’s the middle of the night, just gimme…. She rubbed her eyes as she gathered her thoughts. “What I meant is: why do you still think you need to do everything alone? The world isn’t on your shoulders, Inuyasha. If anything were to happen again, we will, we all will, deal with it together like we’ve always done.”

He could understand, in a sense, what she was trying to say, but the coil of anxiety was still within him.

“But what if…” He started and then took in a deep breath to keep his voice from trembling. He knew how ridiculous he was being, but he couldn’t shake the feeling that he world was about to come crashing down on him at any minute. “What if that’s not enough? What if everything gets ruined because I am not enough? I need to get stronger, be always stronger, so that nothing happens, so I don’t lose you both.”

In a moment, Kagome had his face gripped between her hands and was giving him one of the fiercest looks he had ever seen. Some would say the inherited spirit of Midoriko still lived within her, but his knew this fierceness and bravery had always been all Kagome.

“The only thing you need to be is my husband and Moroha’s father. That’s it. The only thing you need to do is stay here, help me with dinner, rub my back when I am tired, take care of Moroha when she cries and teach her how to climb trees. We don’t need you to be a hero and save Japan or the world. Just be here and hold me, just like this, and all will be fine.”

His eyes widened and then softened. He really had managed to get the most amazing woman in the world to be by his side. She always knew exactly what he needed to hear.

“I think I have some other things I need to do, too, like hunt or warm the bath or keep snakes away.”

“No, you only need to do what I said.”

“Only that?”

“Yes.”

“That’s an easy life I’ll have.”

“Yes, you deserve it. We deserve it.”

He laughed, knot finally loosening, as did the tension on his shoulders. Kagome’s eyes softened dreamily and she hummed.

“Actually, there’s one more thing.”

He raised an eyebrow.

“What is it?”

“You have to kiss me.”

“I can do that.”

He kissed her in the now welcoming darkness and quietness of their cabin. He kissed her until a soft crying and whimper rang in the night.

He turned around and picked Moroha up, holding her with one arm against his chest.

“What is it? Did we wake you? I’m sorry.”

Her whimpers had turned into happy coos, though, and she reached her hands to his face. When he ran the back of his finger through her soft cheek, she got his finger and held it tight, waving it around like a prize. Kagome chuckled.

“I think Moroha is also saying all she wants from you is for you to stay here.”

He buried his face on Kagome’s hair once more and thanked the darkness of the cabin as he quietly did something he was still too embarrassed to do in front of her:

He cried.

[aqours]

Mademoiselle is the doll of one of the characters and she is the cutest! Said character also uses her as a ventriloquism doll so she talks to the other characters when she is around, to the point the character's group mate calls her mademoiselle nee-san. In spite of being a doll she is also the least unhinged character in the whole game, so overall Mademoiselle is just the greatest. (She appears more in event stories, but even so this is my "you should play enstars" pitch btw)

you and rory are doing an incredible job selling me on enstars ngl

[mayarab]

1 and 4 for the fanfiction asks!

1. Do you daydream a lot before you write, or go for it as soon as the ideas strike?

Both XD I daydream if I'm away, but if the idea hits, I just put it to paper as soon as I can.

2. How do you choose which fics to write?

I don´t 🫠They choose me by completely consuming my every thought XD

[caparrucia]

1 and 23

1. favorite fic you wrote this year

The best fic I wrote this year is resurgence (Malos-centric, Malos/Jin, Xenoblade Chronicles 2), which I know is a niche fandom and a niche story, but it's dear to my heart just because it really IS the best thing I've written in quite a while, like prose-wise.

But my favorite fic as far as "this is my baby" feelings, it's gotta be so we made the hard decision (Regis/Aulea/Titus, puppyverse AU, FFXV), which is a fic no one asked for, and therefore not a lot of people cared about, but goddammit, I've been meaning to write about that OT3 for literal YEARS and I finally got around to it. It's my favorite ship and my favorite OT3 dynamic and there's a lot of fun thoughts about disability, polyamory and just a ton of biting from three dysfunctional dipshits that, nonetheless, really fucking love each other. They deserve their happy ending even if their happy ending is full of biting each other til eternity.

I'm currently very happy with maelstrom soul, heart of stone (Zhongli/Childe, dragonheart AU, Genshin Impact) and a lot of it is "current fic" syndrome, but it's shaping up to be one of my favorites, too.

23. fics you wanted to write but didn’t

I'm treating this as a haven't yet, as a opposed to a didn't and never will: but there's companion fics for the other Genshin regions, that take place in the sake universe as the Zhongli/Childe fic. I started on the Zhongli/Childe fic, but once I'm done with that one, I'll pick up any of the other four.

The 4ggravate polycule fic I'm really looking forward to, mostly because Wanderer+Kaveh friendship is hysterical and Wanderer accidentally forcing the polycule to include Alhaitham without really realizing that's what he's doing is hilarious. It also includes my favorite scene which is Kaveh wholesale defenestrating Alhaitham right in front of Cyno, who always really thought if he ended up arresting a lover, it'd be Tighnari's ACAB ass.

There's an Inazuma fic I've been chewing on that's mostly Ayato casually dismantling the tricommission system to basically bully Ei to actually do her job and actually fucking RULE for once, and it's mostly a back and forth between him and Yae with the entirety of the Inazuma cast unwittingly or unwillingly playing the role of chess pieces. It also features a really fucking hilarious Ayato/Kokomi political marriage subplot and no one can't tell who started it or if they're pro or against it or if at any given time they're working towards or against it, and it's driving Gorou and Kujo Sara to drink heavily.

I have a few ideas for a Fontaine fic, but I'm waiting for the archon quests to wrap up before I start figuring out where the pieces go. Mostly it's about Neuvillette needing quite a few hugs, Wriothesley and Clorinde being the definition of BBF (Bisexual Besties Forever), Furina getting to be a person and failing miserably before she gets the hang of it and an eventual sappy, ridiculously saccharine Navia/Furina that triggers the "must protect!!!" instincts of anyone who happens upon it.

And there's of course the MondsDONT polycule shenanigans which is halfway done, and it's mostly Diluc navigating the codependant mess that is his partners, their partners, and Venti. Oh god, Venti. Fuck him. It's a mess. Beds are literally set on fire. Twice. It's fine.

[nandawrites]

5 things you'll always find in my writing:

Bisexuals. Everyone is bisexual.

Polyam relationships.

Dysfunctional situationships.

Codependent best friends.

Problematique TM characters.

tagging @cultoficarus @fallenidol-453 @nekrotikon and anyone that wants!

5 things you will always find in my fics

Tagged by @cromwelll thank you!

Shipping

Present tense

Song lyric titles

Pop culture references

Exact word counts

Now I want to write something that includes NONE of these lol </3

Tagging five fellow fic writers: @0nelittlebirdtoldme @complicitsacrilege @goblins-riddles-or-frocks @udaberriwrites and @17panicattacksinatrenchcoat or anyone who wants to play :)

[roseyspectre]

Decided recently to give voice acting a shot. Tested it with a cute little Cordelia/James/Matthew fic by @nandawrites

Sometimes, Cordelia still couldn't believe this was really her life. That she could be sitting in the couch of her home, running her fingers slowly through James' hair with one hand and Matthew's hair with the other, as they both lay on opposite sides of her lap.

[nandalikesstuff]

Hello! My name is Nanda and I'm a fangirl that likes way too many things and that occasionally writes fics or makes aesthetics for said things.

This is my free-for-all, reblog-anything-I-like blog. If you'd like to see only my writing without the extra things please follow my writing/writeblr blog @nandawrites!

I'm mainly interested in urban fantasy and anime. Some of the fandoms I've written for in the past are The Shadowhunter Chronicles, Inuyasha, Six of Crows, Ensemble Stars and Outer Banks, but I'm into a dozen other things, too.

You can find my writing tag here.

And my AO3 account here.

My aesthetics/edits are here and my Pinterest account is here (though warning it's 95% TSC and 5% my OCs).

IMPORTANT

I do NOT give permission for any of my writing to be used to feed any kind of AI model, ever. My AO3 account is currently LOCKED to users only to prevent scrapping from third party AIs or bots.

To make it clear: AI sucks, I hate it, and if you are putting other people's writing on AI then 1: I hate you, too, and 2: fuck you.

Always feel free to: make podfics, translations or fanart of my fics, just please use the inspired by feature on AO3 or tag me on Tumblr so I can see it! Also always feel free to come chat to me about any of the fandoms you see me posting about at any time or to send prompts for fics or aesthetics!

[heronchildlove]

James and Matthew in Edom | requested by Anonymous

"Then you must choose, I suppose," said Belial. "Your life, your parabatai's life - or the world." "The world," said Matthew, and James nodded in agreement. "We are Nephilim," he said. "Something you would not understand. Every day we risk ourselves in service of the lives of others; it is our duty to choose the world." "Duty," said Belial dismissively. "I think you will find little satisfaction in duty when the screams of your parabatai are echoing in your ears."

(I meant to post this together with the fic I'm writing; and also to finish the fic during this holiday. But I barely had 10 minutes to myself these past few days and couldn't write anything at all 😭 So hopefully this can serve as reassurance until then. Have a sneak peek under the cut, the fic starts right after the quote from Belial above!)

It happened before James had even had time to think. A sickening crash echoed from the wall behind him at the same moment Belial disappeared from his view.

He heard Matthew cough and gasp and whipped around. Belial was holding him against the wall by the neck and even though Matthew was trying to claw and pull at the hand, he had no strength left to move it. He barely had had strength to stand.

James started to run, but was abruptly pulled back. Belial's demon companion had taken hold of his arms with two insect-like claws, its gaping maw dangerously close to James' neck.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you, mate. I can rip your arms out, I can, and the boss wouldn't like to have a body with no arms."

"I really wouldn't," Belial chimed in. "But I am sure we can come to an agreement without needing all that."

[nandawrites]

The writer

I hear the voices.

They tell me what to write.

It starts as a whisper, then comes a crescendo.

Myriads of voices pleading, begging.

They want to see the light.

It's lonely and scary to be forgotten, to never have lived at all.

It's hard to follow one, it hurts to leave the others behind.

(For now)

They shout. They want to come out. They want to be free.

I hear the voices.

I'll tell their stories.

Bleed them out of my chest myself.

Until they are silent and I

Am hoarse.

[anisaanisa]

Music! Game!! My fave. I was tagged by @valenshawke to make a playlist from the letters in my URL, and that was a challenge. It's the repetition, whoops. But I'm happy with this list:

Africa – by Toto Notion – by Tash Sultana It Took A Lot To Get To This – Dylan Fraser Serotonin – by Darci Almost (Sweet Music) – by Hozier Adore – by Cashmere Cat feat. Ariana Grande New Cydonia (Alternate Version) – by Starcadian Inhale Exhale – by Nao Speed Boat Theme – by Arcis Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked – by Cage the Elephant

All bangers! I'm going to tag: @inussunflower @meadashaw @sin-and-punishment @nandawrites @ridiqlumdrum and anyone else that wants to join!

[clearwillow]

🛼 ⇢ describe your latest wip with five emojis

Ok this is gonna be hard to pick just one, @nandawrites so I'm gonna try to list the three wips I've been rotating for weeks.

Mercury's in Gatorade:

🙎‍♀️🤦‍♂️🛒🛀🩲

Untitled 500+ years fic:

🛏🎁🥂🍽🍋

Two of Cups:

💏🍑🚿🧼😴

[caparrucia]

1 and 2

1. What font do you write in? Do you actually care or is that just the default setting?

I am deeply Boring: I write in MSWord, in the default body font, calibri, at 11p.

I've been using MSWord since MSWord existed, that's how I know to eyeball how much I've written and how fast. I had a crisis of faith when they made calibri the new default, instead of arial. And 11p, instead of 12p! But that's firmly behind us, thankfully, and I adapted.

2. If you had to give up your keyboard and write your stories exclusively by hand, could you do it? If you already write everything by hand, a) are you a wizard and b) pen or pencil?

I type because I'm faster and it's more convenient, and also because my actual handwriting is awful and unreadable to anyone but me (and sometimes not even me).

So yeah, I could write exclusively by hand, but then no one would ever see it because fuck transcribing into a redable format, lmao.

[heynikkiyousofine]

1 and 8

Hi @nandawrites Happy New Year! 🥳

What are three shows in your watchlist that you’ve been meaning to get to? To be completely honest, I don't think I have three haha. I know I've been meaning to watch Apothecary Diaries, but other than that, I tend to rewatch some of my favorite shows (Inuyasha, Cardcaptor, The Nanny, The Bold Type, etc.)

8. Do you collect anything? If so, what? I collect many things actually. I collect Starbucks cups, ya know the tumblrs they put out every season? I think I own over 50 at this moment. And I also collect stickers. I have a cork board that I pin them too. (@brain-rot-hour has some in her shop right now that I just bought and am so excited to get them!)

Thanks for asking me! ask game.

[ark-inkweaving]

Match the Quote Tag

thanks so much for the tag @houndsofcorduff (go check out her post and vote)

Rules: choose a quote from your wip and make a poll so people can guess which character it's from

so, have a quote from Elegy to the Desperate Stars:

❝No. Whatever you’re thinking, you’re not allowed.❞

tagging no pressure @elkieselkiewrites @write-with-will @nandawrites and @lizardperson, plus open tag for anyone who wants in

[cultoficarus]

Music Game!! I was tagged by @nandawrites to make a playlist from the letters in my URL, so here it is:

C-ara Violência (Dead Fish)

U-ma Só Voz (Vowe)

L-oser (Falling in Reverse)

T-ime's Up (3Teeth)

O- Sol Dela Brilhou (Bula)

F-aith (Ghost)

I- Hate Everything About You (3 Days Grace)

C-atálise (Bullet Bane)

A-merika (Rammstein)

R-ebelde Sem Causa (Raimundos)

U-n Show (Estelares)

S-ó Poesia (Vespas Mandarinas)

I was a little shocked that it turned out like this actually sksjk I can't think of anyone else to tag but I'm curious what @virginiadre 's music library looks like :3c