#randomity (a collection of ficlets and fics)

[afterthegreatunknown]

Randomity: Another Surprise Appearance

[Chit-Chat Time Among the Quagmires]

Quigley and his siblings continue to wait for Hector to come out of the post office, sitting on the nearby wooden bench. The three passed the time by telling stories. In particular, stories of one Carmelita Spats. Duncan and Isadora have more stories than Quigley though. And there’s one story that Quigley thinks as the odd one out.

It was a story where Duncan broke his pacifism —Quigley can’t believe he missed it— to punch one of Carmelita’s former friends. Former friend, for Carmelita defended Duncan’s actions to the gym teacher not long afterwards.

“I still can’t believe she backed you up!” exclaims Isadora. “I was so certain Carmelita was going to make it worse by exaggerating what you did!”

“Maybe she thought she was going to get a reward from it,” says Quigley. “Carmelita did do good deeds in the Snow Scouts if she got something from it.”

“I don’t think so,” says Duncan. “I can understand why you think that, Quigley. You and Isadora. I think Carmelita, in that situation, was—”

RUSTLE!

[~What Kind of Animal, I Don't Know~]

“Um…you don’t think we’re being watch, are we?” asks Isadora. She feels her heartbeat racing faster. She truly hopes it isn’t that she fears it could be.

“Well, there are a lot of pigeons around here,” says Duncan, gesturing to the flock of pigeons before them all, cooing every so often.

“Then where’s the pigeon, Duncan?” asks Quigley. “Assuming it’s a bird that took flight, where it is then? There’s no way we just missed it taking off!”

“There’s a simple explanation for this,” replies Duncan, softly clapping his hands together. “It might not be a pigeon, but another animal roaming around. I bet it was a squirrel, or a chipmunk, or maybe a—”

RUSTLE!

“Okay, I’m pretty sure it’s not a small animal, Duncan!” Quigley quickly stands on top of the wooden bench, and starts to hug himself tight. “It’s something bigger! I think it’s a person!”

“I agree with Quigley!” Isadora joins Quigley on standing on top of the wooden bench. “Someone is watching us! What if-what if V.F.D. is watching us!?”

 [You Won 't Believe Who Has a Self-Defense Weapon]

Duncan runs a hand through his black hair, and closes his eyes. He gives a deep sigh, and then reopens his eyes. “I’m pretty sure V.F.D. isn’t stupid enough to watch us this close up. But if they are, to the volunteer listening right behind us, you’re a dumbass.”

Duncan then carefully pulls out the Swiss army knife from his coat pocket. It was given to him by Hector, for Hector deem Duncan the only Quagmire to be trustworthy of it, and carefully pulls out the small blade.

“I’m not sure why you think we’ll join the organization that ruined our lives and got our parents —and others— kill, but let me tell you now: we’re not fucking joining,” continues Duncan, as he takes the long route to get behind the wooden bench behind them, where all the shrubs are at.

“You even ruined the life of the bully who made our lives miserable,” says Duncan coldly. “Carmelita Spats deserves a chance to learn and mature. She has the potential, from what I seen of her. But now? Who knows!”

RUSTLE!

“Show yourself, cowards!” Duncan breaks out into a sprint, and jumps at the shrubs.

But no one is there.

[Running Because Your Life Depends On It]

Carmelita catches her breath. She uses her free hand to keep her standing against the coffee shop brick wall. Carmelita regrets not waiting inside the shop. She should have listened, but NOPE! She wanted to stay outside! She wanted to prove that no harm will come to her when alone. That she will be safe, especially from the organization they’re still hiding from.

Ernie agreed with a compromise: stay outside, but only around the block. And the block is rather small. So, Carmelita does that. What she didn’t except is that within the same block were the Quagmires. Is finding them a total coincidence? Lady Fortune deciding to mess around? Really, the world can’t be this small!

“Out of all the orphans in the world to find and eavesdrop on, it has to be them,” says Carmelita quietly. She leans her back against the brick wall, and slumps to the ground.

As much as she wants to be selfish —to keep it a secret— it’s only fair the Quagmires know that they have family still alive. Carmelita can’t deprive them of that.

It’s best to tell Ernie that his cousin’s children are alive. When is what is on her mind.

[fonulyn]

since I've seen it talked about in several places recently:

if you are going to do a whump- or kink- or ANY-tober or other similar challenges please please please don't post them as one fic with 31 chapters unless it actually is one coherent fic. if they're 31 completely separate fics or ficlets then please just make a collection for them or just post them as separate fics. it doesn't matter if they're only 100 words or if you think they're too small or insignificant to post alone, they're not.

and why this?

because if you post all 31 of them in one fic the tagging is absolutely useless. if I look for things to read on ao3 I'm gonna look at the tags, and if the tags include something that's a dealbreaker for me, i won't even click on the fic. I might not even SEE the fic because I've filtered out the nope-tag! so I'm gonna lose out on reading 30 perfectly nice fics because of one fic that my nope-tag applied to.

ao3 is about archiving. it's about clear tagging and being informative. there is nothing informative about it if the tags in the fic apply to random chapters while others have nothing to do with it. it makes so much more sense to have each work as an individual fic with its own individual tags and warnings, so readers can make informed choices.

of course, you do you. I can't police what other people decide to do. but personally, I find it incredibly frustrating to weed through 31 chapters to find the ones I actually want to read. so I don't. I automatically scroll past all works posted like that. and I know some others do, too.

there is absolutely no shame in posting short things on ao3. there is no minimum word count. no one is going to look at you funny if you post a small ficlet on its own, I promise. it's just going to make some readers very happy when they can actually find the things they want to read.

so, please. at least consider the upsides of posting each work as their own fic.

signed, one very frustrated fandom grandma.

[oacest]

oacest scholars, do you have any gcest fic recs for a beginner?

we decided to answer this in brief and limit ourselves to three recs each or, as evidenced by past failures to answer this same simple and straightforward request from other people, we'd spend forever quibbling about our choices and never actually post the dang thing. here, in no particular order, are some good jumping off points:

trill's recs:

1) @snickfic's baby, you're gonna be the one that saves me, aka my fave fic (technically series, it's got two parts) in this entire fandom. in which liam gets knocked up in the mid 90s by someone who's not noel, to noel's intense anguished jealous heartbreak mild dismay. even if you're not really into mpreg this one is well worth it. the characterization is god tier. bal and i insisted that jackie, who staunchly doesn't like mpreg, read it and even she was converted.

2) i could be your lover, you could be all mine, by hapaxlegomena. a collection of unconnected porn ficlets. lots of extremely tasty stuff in here, i reread random bits of it regularly.

3) the D'YA WANT SOME? series by one of our own triumvirate, bal! im sure she's squirming in horror that im including it but it is by far the best, most well-written, most well-characterized, thoughtful, hilarious, hot, fascinating work in this whole fandom imo, and is a perfect intro to the whole concept of pre/early days oasis and what noel+liam might have been getting up to behind the scenes (as it were) before they were famous.

bal's recs:

1) Filmstar, an orphaned fic on Ao3. This one gets recced plenty but for good reason. It's very funny in a deadpan way and the Liam in it is such a perfect little weirdo. It's a great fic to start with, readable even if you don't know all the lore and whatnot.

2) outta sight and outta mind by lustmord. this author writes Trauma and specifically the brothers' trauma in a way I find endlessly compelling. (for all that Everyone Knows about their shitbag dad, it is still such an unspoken and often unpredictable presence in the room; you can't really get into them without tangoing with it in some fashion)

3) Let Me Be The One, by @savageandwise. absolutely fantastic Liam voice, this author just GETS him. I often think about this quote as a literal thesis statement for Noel's whole insane deal:

You think he's perfectly willing to allude to it in public if he's the one pulling the strings. Cause he thinks he's cleverer than the rest of the world. He thinks it's edgy and rock and roll when he does it. It's his brand of anarchy. And when you do it you're just stupid and embarrassing and determined to destroy everything.

jackie's recs:

1) Trying To Find A World That's Been and Gone by @storyshark2005. my colleagues graciously let me be the one to put it on my list because this is Thee fic. as we were all getting into Oasis initially, this fic was our constant companion and teacher, holding our hand as the fixation unraveled within us. it's a present-day fic that beautifully and masterfully unpacks the entirety of their relationship from the glory days to the estrangement and it is so jam-packed with research and details, you can just assume that everything that's being referenced is based on something that actually happened. in my opinion, this is where any new fan should start.

2) If I Had a Gun by @savageandwise. it's probably cheating to put another fic by this author when bal's already done it, but... I don't care lmao. in many ways we're splitting hairs because all this author's fics are worth your time. but I do hold a special place for this one because it so wonderfully captures the tenuousness of their dynamic at any given moment. how they could go from fighting to flirting to hating each other to needing each other in rapid succession. it feels so true.

3) Here's Looking At You, Kid by RedheadAmongWolves. don't be thrown off by the fact that this is one chapter away from completion, it's still totally worth it. the characterizations are great, the vibes draw you in, the UST is delicious. honestly, this is really meant to function as an overall author rec. there were several here I could've chosen. [ETA: this fic is now complete!]

[mercurycft]

𝐑𝐔’𝐒 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 ✧.*

*·˚ !! requests are currently: open!

love, always — RGx

@excpeii - ALT ACC! <3

✧ - 𝐚𝐰𝐟𝐜 𝐱 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫

ruiner (angst) - part 1

— r gets sick of biting her tongue around jonas & the other girls. when things blow up, she threatens to leave the club behind forever. what happens when she actually does?

let me go (angst) READ WARNINGS! - part 1

— r has been struggling with their mental health for years, and the team has always been there. a particularly bad relapse takes a turn for the worst and puts the team in a situation they will never forget.

✧ - 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞

series / universe following reader x leah through their long term relationship & life moments!

leah williamson : a team effort - read it here!

leah williamson : two blue lines - read it here!

leah williamson : first trimester - read it here!

leah williamson : motherhood - coming soon

✧ - 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐳𝐞

captain's sister (18+) - part 1

— a night of celebrations lead to lucy and r carrying leah back to her room, like usual. leah, an overprotective older sister, had set clear boundaries. but what happens when the right-back is left alone with her captain’s sister..

jealousy & invites (18+) - part 1

— lucy was an easy jealous - overly protective and overly agitated. after r and leah have a particularly handsy dance, a very exciting idea springs to lucy’s mind.

is it over now? (angst) - part 1

— keira and lucy had been having problems for a while. no fighting, no arguing. silent problems. after lucy up left unannounced, then shows up uninvited two weeks later. what was keira supposed to do?

three strikes (18+) - part 1 , part 2

— friends, maybe? attracted to each other, absolutely. three strikes is enough to have r right in the palm of her hand. it was just a matter of time.

✧ - 𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐦𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐞

saint (18+) - part 1

— best friends can flirt, can post pictures that make fan’s head spin. but when they find themselves locked in a cubicle after an act of jealousy, can they be just best friends..

too sweet (18+) - part 1

— after katie gets a tattoo from r, a friendship blossoms. until one day they, for some reason, just stop talking. but when katie turns up at r’s house on a random friday. how will they resolve what happened?

✧ - 𝐤𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐡

is it over now? (angst) - part 1

— keira and lucy had been having problems for a while. no fighting, no arguing. silent problems. after lucy up left unannounced, then shows up uninvited two weeks later. what was keira supposed to do?

grown - part 1

— keira, georgia and leah. the story of their friendship. the ups, the downs, the fights and the laughs. the three best friends…. and maybe lucy.

✧ - 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐨𝐧

grown - part 1

— keira, georgia and leah. the story of their friendship. the ups, the downs, the fights and the laughs. the three best friends…. and maybe lucy.

ugh (18+) - part 1

— r & leah’s friendship took a turn for the worst after her acl injury, r gave up trying to support someone who was convinced they didn’t need it. r finally snaps and leah’s reaction is… confusing.

'tis the season - part 1 , part 2

— r & leah have been friends for years, since they were 10. not just friends, best friends. but when life, parents and family got in the way forcing r to move away they lost contact. now r is back, and just in time for christmas.

𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢’𝐬!

leah williamson & beth mead : you're still the one - read it here!

✧ - 𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐲

grown - part 1

— keira, georgia and leah. the story of their friendship. the ups, the downs, the fights and the laughs. the three best friends…. and maybe lucy.

𝐒𝐎𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐀 ✧.*

a collection of little social media fics/ficlets for player x reader !!

✧ - 𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐦𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐞

soft launch - read it here! - behind the posts

— this is how i imagine soft launching your relationship with katie would go, and obviously it would have to be whilst you were both on holiday! featuring the awfc girls!

hard launch - read it here! - behind the posts

— you and katie have been dating secretly (not really) for an entire year, and you decide that your anniversary is the perfect time to tell the world! featuring the awfc girls!

✧ - 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐨𝐧

soft launch - read it here! - behind the posts

— leah's birthday posts before and after a team and friend trip to Ibiza get fans stirring up the rumours of a relationship. do they play into it? probably!

graduation - read it here! - behind the posts

— after graduating, you and leah think it’s time the world got to know the news about your relationship, in the form of a little instagram soft launch! featuring the awfc girls & lionesses!

✧ - 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐳𝐞

unlikely pair - read it here! - behind the posts

— after going to see a show on the west end whilst back in london for international duty, lucy meets r and an unlikely romance blossoms between the two!

READ MORE ON MY WATTPAD — bunnilrn 🤍🤍

[irondadfics]

Heyo!

I'm looking for a fic where Tony and the avengers (not all of them but definitely cap, widow and i think rhodey) go on a mission but while out the jet takes damage and they lose contact with the tower.

Peter was rebuilding Jarvis for a birthday present, and when the jet lost contact, he freaked out and got Jarvis to work early to find Tony. By the time the jet is back in range, Jarvis has been searching, and Tony has just gotten comes back up. There's a super cute reunion at the end.

It was a short ficlet no more that 30k words but don't take my word on that.

If you could find it, I'd be super appreciative! I've been looking for jt for the better part of 2 or 3 years now! Thank you so much! <3

Sorry it’s been so long. We found a few fics where Peter fixes Jarvis. Could any of them maybe be your fic?

Collections by Angeeelatin

Peter liked to keep things. Or more accurately, just… never throw them away. It wasn't really to the point that he'd say he had a hoarding disorder. He was just fine with the idea of throwing them away. It's just… what a waste, you know? They’d find some use later on, he was sure. Naturally, this extended to his activities as a science nerd and, later on, his vigilante persona. This may or may not have… caused some problems.  Or: Peter Parker finding things to give to the Avengers in his pile of random things.

Mission Accomplished by Chaeyoung26090

It's Tony Stark's birthday. Peter Parker is in dilemma. One conversation with FRIDAY and he gets the best birthday present idea ever. The only question is, will he be able to do it?

A special gift by Dorthea

When Tony birthday roles around, Peter is invited. But what do you give someone who already had everything? After a few emotional moments in Tony's lab, and a mission were Peter finds 2 old Stark Server, the answer is easy. Even if it takes a lot of work to get done in time. Add some Genius Peter Parker, a sensory overload, some BAMF fighting, and we got a complete fanfic with all the best things.

Consider it an ice breaker by Lequia

In which Peter Parker makes Tony Stark feel things because of a belated christmas present.

[toxic-luck]

30 Kisses - Ifaron Masterpost

A collection of (mostly) random ficlets of Ifaron kissing - I posted them as I finished them, so this is the list "in order"

Obligatory disclaimer - please read the tags on AO3 bc I'm only including AUs on this list if they're there

Cut because this is gonna be LONG

1 - Kissing the Palm

"Hot Springs and Bothered" Rating - Mature 698 words Standalone

2 - Kissing Knuckles

"Breathless" Rating - General 447 words Standalone

3 - Forehead Kiss

"The Proof's in the… Vegetables?" Rating - General 493 words Standalone

4 - Secret Kiss

"Dragon Doth Demand" Rating - Mature 707 words Standalone Dragon Hybrid!Ororon - Medieval Fantasy AU

5 - Indirect Kiss

"Aphids and Apples" Rating - General 561 words Standalone

6 - Covered Kiss

"Rounds on the Edge of Town" Rating - Teen 1151 words Natlan's Hero AU series (Can be read as a Standalone) Heroes and Villains AU

7 - Accidental Kiss

"Untitled Goose Fic" Rating - General 480 words Standalone Soulmate Goose of Enforcement AU

8 - New Year's Kiss

"To A Year Without the Abyss!" Rating - Teen 665 words Standalone

9 - First Kiss

"To the Victor" Rating - General 363 words Standalone

10 - Last Kiss

"Second Chance?" Rating - General 397 words Standalone

11 - Goodbye

"Just One More" Rating - General 780 words Standalone

12 - Goodnight Kiss

"Goodnight in the Morning" Rating - General 550 words Standalone

13 - Neck Kiss

"Willing Victim" Rating - Mature 800 words Standalone Vampire!Ifa

14 - Kiss on the Lips

"Lips" Rating - Mature 741 words Standalone

15 - Drunk Kiss

"Rumours and Spells" Rating - Teen 1047 words Standalone Modern AU

16 - On the Cheek

"Look Over There! (I Have No Ulterior Motive)" Rating - General 354 words Standalone

17 - Heat of the Moment

"In The Moment" Rating - General 868 words Standalone

18 - To Interrupt

"Like Capybaras" Rating - General 368 words Standalone

19 - On the Wrist

"Scares" Rating - General 408 words Standalone

20 - On the Back

"Moments in the Morning" Rating - General 369 words Standalone Human AU

21 - Kiss on the Foot

"With Odds" Rating - Mature 1228 words To The Herald of Death series Gods and Goddesses AU

22 - On the Stomach

"Stomach It" Rating - Explicit 600 words Standalone

23 - Dreaming of a Kiss

"Dreams of You" Rating - Teen 542 words Standalone

24 - Stealing a Kiss

"Peck" Rating - General 413 words Standalone

25 - In Public

"(No) Approval" Rating - General 857 words Standalone

26 - In the Rain

"Like in the Movies!" Rating - General 557 words Standalone

27 - Kiss and Dip

"Good Ol' Kiss and Dip" Rating - General 626 words Standalone

28 - Against the Wall

"Against the Wall" Rating - Mature 462 words Standalone

29 - Leaving a Mark

"Not a Honk" Rating - Mature 400 words Standalone

30 - Upside Down

"Like Bats!" Rating - General 444 words Standalone

[lcvebuckley]

introduction to my blog ! ♡

hello everyone! i'm nana and welcome to my blog <3 i write, edit and doodle sometimes so i will make a list of contents and tags under this post if anyone's interested! i'll also list all my other socmeds if you want to reach out :)

feel free to send me asks and messages, i'd do a writing or drawing prompt or get song suggestions for edits once in a while so yeah <3

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social medias : AO3 | insta

fics — #nana writes | #nana ficlets | #nana fic ideas

edits — #nana edits | #nana pic edits | #nana gifs

doodles — #nana draws

bonus : me yapping (#nana rambles) shit posting/silly edits (#nana in shambles) asks (#nana answers) fic recs (#nana reads) tag games (#nana tags)

if you reached here, send me an ask with a 😼 emoji somewhere and i'll respond with a random pic from my cat meme/reaction pics collection :>

[twistmusings]

500 Follower Celebration!

Hey! It's that time again!

Thank you all so much for 500 followers! So, this time around, I'm going to be doing some things a little the same and some things a little different from the last time I had a milestone event.

So, same as the first time, I'm going to be doing a drabble raffle! Same rules as last time:

You must be following this blog. While I appreciate everyone who reads my work but doesn't follow, I am doing this to celebrate my followers!

Like this post to enter into the raffle. I will be using a random number generator to pick one person from the likes on this post to be the winner.

I will reach out the winner via tumblr dm from my account. The winner will have three days after the initial message to reply before I reroll a new winner.

The only rules for the drabble are that it must follow my blog rules. However, since this is a raffle prize, the winner can specify the character's pronouns, genders, anatomy, etc.

You have until October 31st to enter the Raffle! Winners will be drawn November 1st.

If you would like to read the first time I did a drabble raffle, that is this post!

In addition to that, as I tested out the first time with my Azul drabble, I'll be doing a community poll ficlet, where the polls will be posted to my blog! If you were around for the polls for that fic, then you already know how this will go, but for those that are new to the blog, here's how that worked:

I will start with a round of three polls to determine the kind of fic and the Character you would most like to see in the fic.

Once the results of that poll come in, I will create a second series of polls: one to pick a character from the top six of the last polls, and two additional polls to gather what sort of content everyone wants in the fic itself! (Typically it looks like this, BUT depending on what is picked in round one, there may be more or less than three polls.)

Once all of that information has been collected, I'll be writing that fic and posting it!

The first round of polls are live!

Once again, thank you so much everyone for all of your continued support on my writing and character analysis! It's been great to be a part of the TWST community, and I appreciate all of you for sticking with me through this wild ride and helping me have an outlet for how crazy life can be!

[phanfictioncatalogue]

Fic Titles Named After Locations Masterlist

after japan (ao3) - graydar

Summary: the aftermath of japhan 2.0

a little bit of california, with a little bit of london sky (ao3) - twelfthnlght

Summary: (alternatively, dan and phil go outside.)

on an impulsive road trip dan plans right before their high school graduation, the truth will out.

@AmazingPhil: Landed in Vegas! (ao3) - snsk

Summary: “It’s his birthday,” Phil said brightly, pressing his knuckles to Dan’s cheek, and the man smiled again. “He’s twenty-five!”

An Island in the Mediterranean - secretlywritingstories

Summary: A holiday just for them and their friends. A little break filled with calmness by the seaside. Five precious moments shared on Instagram. September 2017

berlin (ao3) - waveydnp and dizzy

Summary: dan and phil meet at a hostel in berlin.

Between Home and Tokyo (ao3) - umbre0n1

Summary: A small snippet of under 704 words of wholesome moments featuring Dan and Phil on an airplane.

Birthdays in Vegas (ao3) - thatsthephan

Summary: In honor of my squishy son’s birthday, I have written a Vegas fic!

Dan and Phil’s Stroll Through Japan (ao3) - cafephan

Summary: When Duncan and Mimei have to cancel on their plans with Dan and Phil for the day, they take it upon themselves to stroll around Japan by themselves.

From all the way across the Atlantic (ao3) - Archive (Curlylinguist)

Summary: Phil’s away on a family holiday in Florida leaving Dan to man the radio show alone (almost).

Glimpses of Portugal (ao3) - adorkablephil (kimberly_a)

Summary: Dan and Phil went to Portugal together May 27-June 3, 2010, but very little is known about the trip. This is a random collection of ficlets that take place during that trip, occasionally incorporating some of the few actual tweets and photos from the trip. They aren’t in any particular order, but they all take place during that holiday in Portugal.

how to survive a flight to australia - softiejace

summary:inspired by “will dan and phil survive australia?” in which dan suffers through horror in the form of planes, noise, and other people. but hey, at least he’s in it with phil.

Iowa 80 - realityisnoplacetolive

Summary: In which Phil is stranded in Iowa.

It’s Good To Be In Manchester (ao3) - danrifics

Summary: Dan and Phil are in Manchester visiting their friends Ian and Lauren Ian and Lauren’s daughter draws a cute photo of Phil.

(Based on a Phil insta story, link in notes)

Manchester (ao3) - ahappyphil

Summary: 13 March 2010 @amazingphil- “Looking at apartments in Manchester:]”

Moscow to Berlin (ao3) - outphan

Summary: What happens when they get horny on the plane?

new york, new york - gorgeousdan

Summary: It’s Dan’s eighteenth birthday, and Phil has a special surprise for him.

On the Manchester Eye- twowrongsmakemewrite

Summary: They make a Valentine’s Day video with the intention of trolling the Phan shippers, but Dan realizes he doesn’t want it to be a joke.

Under Vegas Lights (ao3) - LunarLoverrr (orphan_account)

Summary: It’s the last night of their Nevada road trip, and Phil has the perfect date planned for his boyfriend. However, he hopes this date will be a stand out among the rest.

Vegas (ao3) - justhavesex

Summary: When Dan turns 30 and Dan makes a video titled ‘Vegas’, a short home made video with him and Phil at the alter in Vegas. Not when they were younger, but the current them. He wanted to live out everybody’s fantasies about them getting married in Vegas, just a tiny bit.

Vegas Lights - softiejace

Summary:2012 is not going as planned, but phil still takes dan to vegas for his 21st birthday, the city that is said to hold adventure, risk and fortune – and maybe a flimsy hope for conciliation?

[afterthegreatunknown]

Randomity: Ask ANOTHER Silly Question...

(A short follow-up to Ask A Silly Question...)

“Hey, did you know as a kid I accidentally ate paper?”

Again, Fernald admits that this is one of the dumbest conversation starters he ever had to make. And again, it’s because the silence between him, his stepfather, and Hector is finally taking its toll. They been sorting papers between being recyclable, needed to be black out with a marker, shredded, or combination of option two and three, for the last two hours.

The silence wouldn’t be bad to Fernald if it they were doing this at night, to avoid waking up Fiona and the Quagmires. But they’re doing this at nine in the morning, on their rare day off together, with no fear of waking Fiona and the Quagmires up, because they were at school.

Hector slowly lifts his head up, looking away from the envelope with their address on it, ready to black it out with the marker in his hand. “No.”

“…I do,” says Stepfather, looking up from his sorting of the recyclable papers. “Your mother told me in my very early days of babysitting you. Aye, to make sure you wouldn’t do it again.”

“What did you do that had you accidentally eating paper?” asks Hector, now setting the marker down. “It must have been food related, considering your stepfather before becoming your stepfather knew about it.”

“My dumbass as a child failed to realize there was a slip of paper in a chocolate candy,” answers Fernald. “I only knew because I complained about the taste to her. I never felt so embarrass before in my life.”

“There’s no reason to feel embarrass about it,” says Hector. “I feel like we've all done that at least once, and told someone about it.”

“Have you done it?” asks Fernald.

“Not me, but I’m sure other people did,” replies Hector.

“Aye,” says Stepfather, nodding his head. “I ate it too—”

“See?” Hector makes a brief gesture to Stepfather. “Living proof of others doing it.”

“On purpose,” finishes Stepfather, scratching the back of his neck, almost awkwardly.

“…What?” asks Hector.

Fernald gives out a groan. “Stepfather, what the hell?”

[Bonus Image that is the Original Incorrect Quote Prompt:]

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i read running blind some time in early autumn last year and it singlehandedly made me go from casual enjoyer of sniperscout to almost completely obsessed with it and honestly i have no regrets its one of my favourite tf2 fics ever and is one of my go-tos whenever i need to wait awhile for something and want to pass the time its a great fic and i love the rest of your works as well

i remember when i was in my writing-fanfiction-to-pass-the-time-on-my-shifts era i would sometimes flip through the ficlet collection at random and just like read random shorter stuff i did since my short term memory is bad enough that i earnestly forget about stuff i’ve written until i’m rereading it

i used to reread some of the longer stuff too pretty often, persistence in particular, but i think i scrubbed through them too often and they started to turn to mush in my brain a little. i’m always glad to hear they vibe with other people though, especially since nowadays they have like hundreds of thousands of words of backlog if they really wanna buckle down

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Heya! Hope you're doing well. This is a combo fic masterpost and "tags I use" sorta pinned post.

You can call me opti (she/her). I write a lot of fanfiction! My AO3 profile has all my fanfic at the moment. It's mostly BG3 fic now, and nearly all of it is femslash. Most with a focus on trans women. I want to see more people like me in fic! 💜

I primarily write Shadowheart/OC works with my Tav, Asheera. I do write other ships, but I have a bias for my beloved trans woman half-orc paladin.

Where to start?

Light Casts a Shadow is the "core" series for my Shadowheart/Asheera fics.

Blades in the Night is my ongoing longfic. It covers the immediate aftermath of BG3 as Shadowheart and Asheera deal with a group of Sharran assassins, an old enemy, and eventually (hopefully?) find their happily ever after.

Nightsongs is my completed modern/band AU. Shadowheart is in a metal band with a humanized Shar, featuring a modern version of Asheera who works as a mechanic.

My series page contains event series as well as ficlet collections and other ship-centric series!

Tags on tumblr I use for fic-related things:

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art of asheera where I post/reblog others' beautiful renditions of Asheera 💜

Other various tags I use:

fandom tags I use: bg3, dos2, da posting, pathfinder wotr, pillars of eternity, signalis, malazan, tlt. I have other fandoms, but these are the most common atm. Will I remember to update this? Hopefully.

hey you can ask me things! for ask responses.

random rambling about writing for, well, exactly what it says on the tin.

non-spooky scheduled posting is my queue tag.

I don't track any personal tags so @ me/message me if you want me to see something!

Oh, and if it's not obvious by now? Fash and bigots of all stripes should not-so-kindly fuck off.

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Echoes and Mementos (Spider's introduction)

Summary: An introductory ficlet, post-Death Angels, about Spider and his life in a world without sound

Word Count: 1.9k

Tags: introduction, gen fic, non-romantic, OC focused, light angst

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Spider missed his tapes.

Granted, he wasn't entirely sure what he'd do with them if he had them. He couldn't play them anymore, not in this too-silent world filled with beasts that hunted by sound. It was too much of a risk.

But just seeing them, all lined up and organized in their boxes, having the collection in front of him, would be comforting to him. It was something normal, at least to him, and there was a shortage of normal in this new world.

He imagined looking them over, running his fingers along their smooth plastic cases, pulling one out just to peer at it. Or opening up his laptop - most tapes had multiple sounds recorded, and most a very random assortment, which made it impossible to truly organize everything perfectly with an analog system - and pulling up the spreadsheet he'd finally gotten finished days before he flew to New York, searching for a particular sound by label and finding it amidst the crates.

DoorSlamClick 4 - box C, row three, number seventeen or eighteen down the row. That was one of his favorites. He'd taped it while staying in an Airbnb for a film trip, and it was one of the most intensely satisfying sounds he'd ever had the pleasure of memorializing on film. It was a heavy oak door with an old-fashioned lock, and there was something about the solid fshh-thud-click that he thought would be perfect for an animated period-Medieval piece someday.

DogWhineTrill - box 2F, row one, the very first in line. He'd encountered that one while walking past a line of houses in residential Los Angeles - some small yappy dog straining against the chain-link fence that surrounded its house, making a strange warbling sound that seemed like it couldn't decide whether to be a growl or a whine. Spider wasn't sure what he'd end up using that one for, but it was a sound he didn't think he could replicate. And that was the point of his collection. The tapes were only pointless until someone needed a sound they couldn't produce in a studio.

StunGunSlowed - box 2B, row five, and the fifth one in line. The symmetry of that one made it easy to remember. Spider had gotten his hands on a stun gun in the studio one day, and had digitally slowed the sound until each individual click could be heard - intended for the echolocation of a massive, monstrous bat in a B-list Dracula spinoff he'd worked on. It was digitally saved on his computer, but he'd recorded the sound on tape too, just to be safe. And he swore up and down, that one would be downright perfect as monster-bait in this new world. If only it weren't on the other side of the country.

BrokenFaucetHiss - unboxed and uncategorized, a brand new sound still waiting to enter the collection. He'd found it the night before he left for New York: his kitchen faucet had gone faulty and spat water whenever he turned it on, accompanied by a fascinating staggered tch-ssss-TCH-ssssh. The pitch changed when he cranked the handle to different positions. He'd played around with it for a while, finally recorded something he was happy with, then vowed himself two things: that he'd one day use the sound for a snakelike alien language in a sci-fi piece, and that he'd get the faucet fixed the instant he got home from New York.

Neither of those really ended up coming true, in the end.

And now he was two and a half thousand miles away, his beloved tapes gathering dust in their mouldering cardboard boxes, and that broken faucet no longer mattered. The BrokenFaucetHiss tape still sat on his cluttered desktop, waiting endlessly to be placed with its brethren.

The thought saddened him more than he expected. Spider tried not to anthropomorphize his tapes, he knew they were just inanimate objects at the core of it all, but... each sound just had such personality, and it was hard just to see them as things when they were so close to his heart.

He wanted to return to his collection. If only to see it again. If only for that closure.

The world is different now, he thought, I can't play you anymore. I have to say goodbye. But thanks for all you've done for me.

It sounded a little saccharine, even in his own head. The tapes hadn't really given him his career- he wouldn't even have the tapes if it weren't for his fascination with sound, and that was what gave him his success. But they'd played a role in it, without question.

He couldn't count the number of times a director, or sometimes even another foley artist, had approached him utterly stumped for a sound. And each time, he'd done a little searching, pulled options from his records, and there was almost always something that worked out. And then that director spread the word, and he landed more jobs, and the collection grew, and the cycle repeated all over again.

Spider knew his collection made him distinct. Maybe distinct erred on the side of eccentric at times, or even downright weird at others, but the film world thrived on people who could bring something utterly unique to the table. Rick Baker had his Change-O-Heads. Matthew Mungle had his gelatin. Irmin Roberts had his dolly zoom.

And Souriya Prakash-Cooper had his tapes. A vast collection of sounds spanning everything from AppleCrunchBite to ZooTrolleyDing, and thousands more in between.

He owed his livelihood to his collection. Perhaps it had gotten out-of-hand after a while, boxes and boxes of random scraps of sound cluttering his apartment, but he couldn't bring himself to get rid of a single one. And he never taped over them - not unless he absolutely had to, and even then he tried to stick to sounds he stood a chance at recreating later.

Only about one in every hundred tapes ever ended up used, and even that was generous. But he could never guess which ones he might need in the future, and so he couldn't bring himself to get rid of a single one. According to his spreadsheet, the total tapes amounted nearly sixteen thousand, and he couldn't even count the amount of individual sounds that contained. He'd been building his collection for over fifteen years, and never went anywhere without his tape recorder. He thought eventually he'd have his own studio, his very own library of sound - millions of them.

And now... he had four. Four precious sound-filled tapes still tucked into his pockets, six more blank ones ready to record. He was saving those. He wasn't sure where he'd get more, now that the entire world had crumbled around him.

He had three full boxes of blank tapes back home. He bought them in bulk. He never knew when they might be discontinued, and he always used the same model of handheld tape recorder - what good was his collection if he couldn't access all the tapes? Backwards-compatability was a must.

But he didn't have those tapes. He had six blank ones and four that he'd already filled.

Needing to feel them in his hands, their blocky plastic, their comforting size, Spider dug them out of the deep pockets of his windbreaker.

Six blank ones. One, two, three, four, five, six, back into his pockets for later. He didn't want to damage them, especially when they were so beautifully new and fresh.

MonsterBait - that one wasn't technically in his hands. It was still in his tape recorder, rewound and ready to play at a moment's notice. Unlike many of his other tapes, it only contained a single sound: a full side, 15 minutes, of various snippets of the clicking sounds he'd recorded from the creatures. Collecting those sounds was the most terrifying thing he'd ever experienced, but it had paid its dues a dozen times over. The B-side was still in progress, intended as a collection of all the creatures' other, non-click noises. Most of those were rather gruesome.

BullSnort1-8/DoorCreak3/FootstepsGravelCrunch/CarDirtRoad/... - he'd grabbed that one largely at random, and it turned out to be a session from when a friend had dragged him out to his aunt's farm for a weekend. He was intending to use it as a demonstration of his collection when he got to the crew meeting. And then... that crew meeting had never happened, and the tape sat useless in his pocket.

ElevatorDing/IntercomSquawk/TrollyRumble/CrowdBabble12/... - he'd been working on that one on the way to New York: the airport, the flight, even the taxi back to the hotel. It was, he realized, the last sounds he had before the silent apocalypse. They were utterly mundane, commonplace sounds, just the average cacophony of the urban crowd - even then, he doubted he'd ever end up using them, they were such easy sounds to replicate - but now it felt like the last little bubble of humanity left in the world.

He still had room on that tape, but couldn't bear to fill it. He couldn't mix pre-apocalypse and post-apocalypse. That would... tarnish something about the past. He wanted to keep it intact, at least in his own mind.

Mixing the past and the present generated too many unsavory thoughts. It reminded Spider that he still didn't know what happened to his parents, his sisters, his friends and extended family and everyone else he cared about. As long as he kept those two worlds separate, he could convince himself they were still at home, silent and safe, rather than tormenting himself with gruesome realities.

That tape was filled with the voices of the dead. He knew that airport was now silent, for one reason or another, only broken by the heavy, crunching steps of the beasts that now infested the world. But he couldn't bear to tape over it.

And then there was one more.

The Best Sound in the World.

He'd struggled with the title for a while. StormPoemRead would be more accurate, or RainVoiceEric or any number of other descriptions, and it would fit with how he'd categorized every other sound in his collection. Even with his collection now obsolete and gathering dust, the consistency would be a comfort.

But it felt too clinical. There were so few sounds in the world anymore. He couldn't stand to lump this one in with the rest. It was special. A snippet of speech in a near-speechless world.

Perhaps someday the world would recover. He wanted to believe, if he held out long enough, the beasts would starve or be eradicated and the world would gradually resume its normalcy, though that seemed like an impossible concept when looked at the wreckage of the city around him. Even if the world at large recovered, there would be no more New York City. Hell, he was sure his career would be toast - when it came to repairing all the damages, entertainment would certainly be one of the last steps.

But it would be worth it, if it meant he could once again live in a world with speech and music and simple little noises again. It was exhausting to be hypervigilant of his every move, to fear making any sound.

He hoped he would live long enough to reach that world again.

But until then, he missed his tapes.

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Welcome to the Nebula

Hello! I'm Nebula (she/her) and I write a lot :) I'm in my early 20s (not giving the exact number so I don't have to update lol). Currently working on two majors in anthropology and music, so writing is a fun hobby for me. If you ever can, please send me some matcha ice cream-- I'll be forever grateful. 🍵💕

I hope you enjoy the madness that is my rarepair obsession, my childhood media obsession, fluff, and some angst. I tend to focus a lot on TFP and The Penguins of Madagascar as my main muses (since they were my childhood obsession that persists). But, you'll see a ton of other fandoms sprinkled in.

Also the ask box and fic requests are always open!! Please send me things, I collect asks like a dragon hoarding gold >:3

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LINKS AND SIDEBLOGS

AO3 @pure-penguin-gold (POM) @laser-raven (TFP)

CURRENT WIPS {AS OF 2025}

Standalones

Astrolabe (TFP): Arcee, Bulkhead, and Smokescreen are stranded on an island, building trust and family bonds as they try to find a way off and remember how they got there in the first place. (In progress)

There's No Love in February (STH): Amy Rose and Shadow are forced to spend 3 months together after a blizzard traps them in the same cave. (In progress)

Time Stopped For Us (BOTW/TOTK): Zelda's not the only one who has traveled back in time... (Not posted)

Operation: Pride and Pebbles (TPOM): A Pride and Prejudice Skilene "AU" that's set within the Madagascar movies and TPOM show canon. (Not Posted)

Series

Rebuilding Anew (TFP): A series of ficlets taking place after S3 and Predacons Rising (In Progress)

Hydroshock Years (BOTW/TOTK): A collection of Riju/Sidon fics based on YOTOTP 2023 prompts (In Progress)

Icon Credit: Me || Banner credit: Mune: Guardian of the Moon

[zealouswerewolfcollector]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

@sallysavestheday and @grey-gazania, thank you so much for tagging me! This seems like fun.

1. How many works do you have on Ao3? 55 non-anon works under the username HewerOfCaves. (122, counting anon fics and my previous usernames).

2. What’s your total Ao3 word count? 168.204, but if I count my previous lives on Ao3, probably around 400.000

3. What fandoms do you write for? Silmarillion. I'm an one fandom kind of writer.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

Idea Dump - 20-chapter collection of random ficlets and drabbles

For the World's End - My very first fic in the fandom! Post-canon Maedhros angst

We Live a Lie - A slightly disturbing ficlet about Fëanor in Arda Unmarred

A King Uncrowned (A King Enthroned) - Maedhros and Fingolfin on the day of Fingolfin's coronation

Ages of Secrets - Russingon and the people who knew their secret through the ages. Tbh, I'm still baffled that this is among my more popular fics.

5. Do you respond to comments?

Yes! I can't rest easy until I've responded to all my comments.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? Heh, I thrive on angst, so this is a very hard question. I can't choose just one. It's a tie between Monomachy (Maedhros and Fingon cross paths during the Third Kinslaying), Happy Ending (Maedhros daydreaming, it's just... bleak) and Alone in the Unknown (Maglor reaches his breaking point, Maedhros reached his a long time ago; this entire series is angsty, but this part is the angstiest of all).

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? I went looking and was surprised to discover that I've written fewer happy endings than I thought :D But I still have some!

Peculiar Spiritual Connection - QP Russingon and their happy, carefree post-canon ending with just a smidgen of angst.

Greetings Without Farewells - Teenage Maedhros and Maglor, kid Celegorm and Fingon are happy in the bliss of Valinor.

What's in a Name - Debatable because the protagonist, Turgon, is decidedly not happy, but everyone else is, so...

8. Do you get hate on fics? Hasn't happened yet, thankfully. I hope it never will.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? I actually started writing smut and am actively trying not to be embarrassed about it. As to what kind... What kinds are there? :D So far, I've written two kinds - wouldn't this be fucked up and wouldn't this be hot. Here's what I have:

Proxy - Maedhros/Fingon, unrequited Maedhros/Maglor. Wouldn't this be fucked up kind of fic. All characters are definitely fucked up.

The Hunters - Maedhros/Aredhel and they are both women. Wouldn't this be hot kind of fic. It would.

Kaleidoscope - Fingon/Sons of Feanor, M-rated but still fucked up.

Purification - Maedhros/Thingol. Actually, I think this is both wouldn't it be fucked up and wouldn't it be hot.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written? My only attempt at writing a crossover crashed and burned. It was supposed to be SPN/Silm :/

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? I hope not! I'm not aware of it at least.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? Yes! Very nice people have translated some of my fics into Chinese and Russian.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? Once, in a different fandom. It was a reincarnation AU, and me and the other author took turns writing each life of the characters. It was very fun.

14. What’s your all time favorite ship? It's Russingon. No contest. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? Every WIP is a WIP I want to finish but doubt I ever will. If seriously, it's probably my Maedhros on the Thangorodrim fic. I started it about five years ago and haven't finished it yet. And it's not a long fic! If I finish it, it'll be 5k at most, I think. I don't know, I'm just over Maedhros suffering. I want him to be happy. That's a lie, but I just can't deal with the whole Thangorodim torture.

16. What are your writing strengths? Dialogue. Twist endings. Breaking people's hearts.

17. What are your writing weaknesses? Descriptions. Beautiful comparisons and metaphors. Also, I have a very narrow focus, meaning that there is only one fandom, one ship and very few characters I write for. I rarely diversify.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic. Not a fan. A few words are fine, but entire lines are too much for me.

19. First fandom you wrote for? I shan't say.

20. Favourite fic you’ve written? It changes all the time. Right now, I'm fond of To Evil End. Fingon lives, but will it change everything for the better? The answer may surprise you but probably won't.

Tagging @eccentricmya, @runawaymun, @echo-bleu, @searchingforserendipity25, @undercat-overdog