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The Red Harlequin's Media Circus

Welcome to The Red Harlequin's Media Circus!

Hi, I'm a Chronic Cryptid Consultant and Social Media Butterfly for hire. (Not a harbor seal in disguise.) But you can call me Harle.

I'm a freelance social media manager, consultant, proofreader, editor, and virtual personal assistant. I work with artists, authors, streamers, and other cryptid creatives to better promote and manage their content!

I work on a monthly commission basis with clear and concise packages, so it's affordable for beginners, groups with a tight budget, independent creators, streamers, and more!

I'm ready to grow with you!

First tier clients are my Copper Cryptids!

For $25 a month, this tier includes:

Management of one social media account

10 posts a month

I will advice you and work out the best way or schedule to showcase your works.

Second tier clients are my Quicksilver Cryptids!

For $50 a month, this tier includes:

Management of one social media account

20 posts a month

I will advise you and work with you to figure out the best ways to promote your content

I will make myself available at any time of day to offer my assistance and answer any questions (my timezone is CST in the US)

Third tier clients are my Goldenscale Cryptids!

For $75 a month, this tier includes:

Management of two social media accounts

30 posts a month (15 posts per account)

I will advise you and work with you to figure out the best ways to promote your content

I will make myself available at any time of day or night to offer my assistance and answer any questions (my timezone is CST in the US)

If your needs are more unique, I am happy to answer any questions you might have for an arrangement that works best for you. I am also able to provide contacts of current clients if you'd like to ask them questions about my work!

For an additional $25 per month, I will offer my Virtual Personal Assistant services. These services include but are not limited to:

Calendar management & scheduled reminders to keep you on track

Sending emails to relevant parties

Keeping an eye out for professional opportunities

Advising on content and direction

Networking on your behalf as available

(Management of groups, such as mod or admin duties, special research, and any other responsibilities may be negotiated separately.)

I am currently the Social Manager & PA for:

@klhiers (Author)

@crimsondomingo (Author)

@somegalsandagame (Streamers)

You can find me here too!

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Sorry about this, but it would help if you all could share this. Really.

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Welp. It's time. This seal is drowning and needs a paddle to keep afloat. Send help.

Sorry about this, but it would help if you all could share this. Really.

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I’ve been tagged by frequent partner in headcanons @sophiainspace for the Last Huzzah To This Hyperfixation fic meme, which is appropriate as I am also likely giving a last huzzah to the Arrowverse! (Incredibly reluctantly, kicking and screaming against my brain all the way, but what can you do)

My first fic for this fandom was Your Move, on 30 November 2019, an incredibly creepy prelude-to-Eowells/Hartley that set the stage for many of my later works

My favorite fic I’ve written is…oh so many choices. The one I go back and reread most often is If You Wanna Fight (We Can Go All Night), which is playful smutty Coldwave—with an honorable mention to With Benefits, in which aro Len and ace Mick end up doing affection at cross purposes

My fluffiest fic is probably Day In, which is a Flashpiper domestic fluff interlude in the middle of a fairly angsty series—I can throw in rest-point fluff sometimes!

My funniest fic is, hands down, Floordrobe Malfunction, which is exactly what it sounds like: Lisa/Cisco/Hartley get caught in the middle of V-polyam shenanigans and end up switching clothes

My saddest fic is Worse When It’s Late, one of only two fics I went into the knowing they couldn’t have a happy ending. (The other is At All Costs, which is just about as bad)

A fic I almost didn’t post was Worse When It’s Late, just because it was so much darker than my usual fare. I’m proud of how it turned out but I was terrified of how people might react to it

The fic I most enjoyed writing is probably still Tam Len, because I loved the worldbuilding and the characters ended up taking on a life of their own, to the point that several plotty things just…resolved themselves in the end, entirely driven by the characters!

My favorite ship is…oh boy. I have loved so many ships in my time in this fandom. Coldwave maybe? What’s not to love about Coldwave—they’re queerplatonic partners in crime who would rather die than admit a Feeling. I adore them

My favorite femslash ship is probably something with Nora West-Allen? Nora/Spencer maybe…or Nora/Spencer/Joss—all of whom I wish I’d written more of (and had more plans for, before the muse forsook me!)

My favorite OT3 is Coldwestallen, because no matter which way you slice it somebody is getting ganged up on by two people who are too similar for anyone’s good, and the resulting dynamics are impeccable

My favorite non-romantic pairing is…well. If I wanted to rules-lawyer this, I’d say Coldwave, because the aro Len headcanon remains strong. However in the spirit of the question I’m gonna say Barry and his dads, both as they interact with each other and as they interact with Barry’s partners about him. There were a lot of meaty, messy dynamics there that I wish I had explored more (and that I had plans to, before the muse evaporated)

My favorite character to write is Leonard Snart, by a long shot. I vibe with his strange strange brain. He taught me so much in my time writing him. I still want to study him under a microscope. I’m going to hold onto him for a long time even if the hyperfixation is fading

My favorite neurodiversity fic (I love that this is a category, Soph) is Pride In The Little Things, with post-diagnosis feels. It’s rueful, because I think there’s often an element of that following a diagnosis, but it’s hopeful too

The fic I most clearly remember writing is Complication, a Coldflash-to-Coldwestallen fic that was meant to have more to it and got cut down for the sake of making a deadline. I’m pleased with how it turned out, but there’s another universe where it was a much messier slow burn

My favorite written-out-of-spite fic is Unplanned, in which I took out my frustrations with the ‘Mick’s head pregnancy’ plotline of Legends s6 (feat. supportive Gideon who understands what dysphoria is)

My most read fic is No Hero (No Less Loved), one of my older Coldflash fics—one I’m not overly attached to, in truth, but benefitted from being a popular pairing and having a lot of chapters to add to the hit count

My least read fic is Pride In The Little Things, my newest fic with a very rare pair indeed (Lita/Jerrie Rathaway, my and @blueelvewithwings lil ship). I didn’t expect it to get many hits at all, so seeing it with even this much interaction is surprising

The WIP I most regret not finishing is an unpublished sequel to Complication that would have built off the ideas I cut from the original fic, including appearances by Joe and Henry, and also explained why Len was so weird all throughout Complication. I hope to force myself through finishing it eventually!

My favorite gen fic is Found, a Rogues-as-family fic that was meant to set the stage for more in-depth stories that never happened. It still stands on its own pretty well though

My crackiest fic is Critical Fail, a ‘Team Flash plays D&D’ fic written at the behest of an IRL friend (who, to my knowledge, never ended up reading it—ah well, it was still fun!)

And a bonus holiday fic is By Candlelight, with Coldwestallen celebrating both a contemplative Hanukkah and a rowdy West family Christmas

I believe my co-conspirator @blueelvewithwings has already been tagged, but I’m also going to tag @a-redharlequin who has been my instigator, cheerleader, and also partner, who I wouldn’t have found without this fandom. I love y’all and I’m so happy to have spent three years plotting together!

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Happy five years of fic posting to me! 🎉

No but seriously, where have five years gone? They've shot by in a flash.*

*That was a pun. Hope you're proud of me.

On 21st Dec, 2017, I posted The Centre Cannot Hold, a neurodivergent Ray Palmer fic. (After a conversation with @habibialkaysani when she encouraged me to write what I wanted to read. It's all her fault!)

So here's a self-made fic meme to celebrate...

Soph’s Fic Meme

My favourite of my fics is... the rarely-read ColdWave neighbourfic, Mending Wall. There's a cute kid, lots of feels, and far more rambly plot than I was expecting when I started.

My fluffiest fic is... maybe the ColdFlash coffee shop meet-cute Better Latte Than Never - but the sequels are an angst fest (sorry, @blueelvewithwings!). Or there's this coldwestallen ficlet about pillows. (Literally) as fluffy as I get. It will never happen again.

My funniest fic is... the Retired Rogues series. In which retirement is not going so well for our ColdWave, till Mick takes things into his own hands. (I can't do funny, so I'm quite proud of these. I'm also quite proud to have been accused of Problematic Fic, for Mick plotting behind his partner's back. Sure, that's the most problematic thing about... ColdWave. 😁)

My saddest fic is... Rebuild, from deep in the depths of my angst-writing days. But it was hard to choose, for there are too many.

A fic I almost didn't post is... The Way Out (Mick Rory and self harm - read the content warnings). Write what you need to write, kids, even if involves stigma or you get ableism for it. Someone will be glad you did. Someone might be you.

The fic I had most fun writing is... Stealing Time & Saving Time. In which Len can't deal with his new powers and the boys can't deal with each other... until Iris steps in and bashes their heads together. (Can't have ColdWestAllen without the traditional Iris head-bashing.)

My favourite ship to write is... ColdWave. Still. Always. Gehenna is the ColdWave headcanon that I will be still talking about in the nursing home when I'm 90. The nurses will ask, of the roguish criminals they think I might have made up, "Did you know them when you were young, love?" and I will smile and nod.

My favourite femslash ship to write is... NewsHacker. They are perfect. The Mystery was fun to write. Zamaya are another fave.

My favourite OT3 to write is... You're expecting ColdWestAllen, aren't you? And you'd be right. But I have a soft spot for Rogue Canary too.

My favourite non-romantic pairing to write is... Len and Lisa. Love a sibling relationship that complicated. Many headcanons.

My favourite character to write is... Mick Rory. Still. Always. (You can tell because I've written 45 fics with him in.) Here's one.

My favourite neurodiversity fic is... Runs in the Family, with ADHD speedsters. I loved writing my ND Legends fics (like Meds) too.

The fic I remember writing most clearly is... Words. Inspired by a prompt/thought from @stungunmilly2 about autistic Mick, who struggles with spoken words but can't stop writing them. And then I couldn't stop writing it for three days. Writer!Mick is a mood.

My favourite 'written out of spite' fic is... Still Queer (Captain Canary)

My most-read fic is Can't Take That Away From Me (ColdFlash). I'm pretty happy to see it in first position, on balance. It was fun to write. (And I'm really sorry about still leaving the sequel unfinished)

My least-read fic is (Getting Past the) Pride and Prejudice - pt 2 of a NewsHacker series that is admittedly not very good, but still - Iris/Zari, okay?

The WIP I most regret not finishing is... Take The Keys (And Drive Forever). Lisa Snart-centric, would have been KillerGold if I'd got far enough with the Caitlin part, and it was going to be spooky.

My favourite gen fic is... Remember. Zari Tomaz's last moments in the timeline.

My crackiest fic is... (Here's To The) Tears and Beers and Wasted Years. ColdWestAllenWave with comedy therapy and time travel and being trapped and phobias and evil doppelgangers and flashbacks and future kids and feels. You're welcome.

And finally... it's Winter Solstice. Have an (old) Christmas fic. It's a (mostly) cute folk tale AU. A Single Matchstick to Light a Fire.

Ask me a fic question! Or say something fic-related! If you want to!

And while I'm at it... I'm going to forget someone here (sorry) - @ing a few beta readers, writing partners, prompters and cheerleaders I'm grateful for - and a few writers whose wonderful fic has kept the muse alive. Tagging you to do the fic meme if you want to: @achangeinpriorities @blueelvewithwings @areyouscarletcold @habibialkaysani @purpleyin @joanthangroff @sproutwings @stungunmilly2 @nixie-deangel @dubiousculturalartifact @peppersandcats @jewishgarygreen @siricerasi @kleptoandpyro @tigstripe @stillnotginger10 @wonderingtheblue @stillthewordgirl @coldflasher @bold-sartorial-statement @callonielb @ginger-canary @kitkatt0430 @eaion @kattahj @robininthelabyrinth @rochc93 @unwittingcatalyst

I don’t know if I’ll write anything else for the fandom now, but you never know what 2023 might bring. But if not, then thanks for an awesome five years. It's been... Oh, think of a Flash pun. Pretend I made it.*

*This is a Buffy reference. You do not have to be proud of me.

I will leave you with my favourite inspirational quote from the Flash (CW TV series, 2014-2023):

"Rule number one of having a secret identity is not taking pictures of yourself in your super suit without a mask on."

- Barry Allen

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Sorry about this, but it would help if you all could share this. Really.

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Do you write fanfiction? Do you write fanfiction with characters on the aromantic and asexual spectrums? Are you 18 or older?

If you said yes to all three questions, please participate in this survey about aromanticism and asexuality in fanfiction writing for a master’s thesis project at the University of Texas at Austin.

The purpose of this survey is to better understand how fanfiction writers of aromantic/asexual fanfiction engage with canon and how their own identities play into the stories they create. Aromantic/asexual fanfiction has a space with fanfiction, and the writers of this fanfiction should have their voices heard and projected to other fans for us all to have a better understand each other.

You DO NOT have to be on the aromantic or asexual spectrums yourself. You just have to have written fanfiction with characters on those spectrums. And your fanfiction does not have to be published or posted anywhere. Even if your fic has never let your notes app or google doc, you are still able to respond to this survey.

This survey will take you around ten minutes. There is also an option to continue your participation with an interview. Responses will be collected until November 20th.

For questions and comments, please email sidney.garner@utexas.edu with the subject line “Aromanticism & Asexuality in Fanfiction Writing Help”.

Thank you so much for your help!

survey link: https://tinyurl.com/AAFWsurvey

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Arrowverse Rarepair Bingo 2022

Ok I know I'm announcing it a month later than last time, but I don't care. It's my event and i do what I want. That being said, here is the card for this year's Arrowverse Rarepair Bingo!

Some common questions from last year:

Can I write NSFW fics for the event? Absolutely! As you would with any NSFW, just make sure that everything is tagged properly (i.e. violence, sex, etc.)

How long does it run? The event starts on November 1st and officially ends on November 30th, but will still be open for late submissions until December 5th

Where can I post my submissions? There will be a collection on AO3 that I'll post the day before and then it will open for submissions on November 1st. You can also post your works here and tag them with #arrowverse rarepair bingo 2022 I try to check the tag when I can, but if it's something you really want me to see, you are welcome to tag me in it

If you have any other questions, you can send me an ask and I will answer as soon as I can.

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I was tagged by @sophiainspace - thanks Soph!

slow burn or love at first sight // fake dating or secret dating // enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers // oh no there’s only one bed or long-distance correspondence // hurt-comfort or amnesia // fantasy au or modern au // mutual pining or domestic bliss // smut or fluff // canon-compliant or fix-it // reincarnation or character death // one-shot or multi-chapter // kid fic or road trip fic // arranged marriage or accidental marriage // high school romance or middle aged romance // time travel or isolated together // neighbours or roommates  // sci-fi au or magic au // body swap or gender bend // angst or crack // apocalyptic or mundane

Tagging @a-redharlequin and @deafeningnightcollection-things - may this spur the muse a little!

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Tagged by @kitkatt0430 - thanks!

slow burn or love at first sight // fake dating or secret dating // enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers // oh no there’s only one bed or long-distance correspondence // hurt-comfort or amnesia // fantasy au or modern au // mutual pining or domestic bliss // smut or fluff // canon-compliant or fix-it // reincarnation or character death // one-shot or multi-chapter // kid fic or road trip fic // arranged marriage or accidental marriage // high school romance or middle aged romance // time travel or isolated together // neighbours or roommates  // sci-fi au or magic au // body swap or gender bend // angst or crack // apocalyptic or mund

Tagging @achangeinpriorities @habibialkaysani @kd-heart @nixie-deangel and anyone who wants to have a go!

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Sorry about this, but it would help if you all could share this. Really.

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IT’S ALMOST TIME...

Good evening, lovely people!

It’s almost time…. 

Tomorrow marks the day we’ve all been waiting for—Day 1 of Cool For The Summer, our Coldflash Summer Weekend event. 

I’m very excited for everyone to start revealing their creations 👀

In case you missed the memo, here’s a quick rundown of the details for the event!

The event runs from July 30th–31st. The list of prompts can be found here.

1.      Remember not to start posting until the event begins! You can start sharing your contributions on July 30th. If you’re a little behind schedule, don’t worry—I’ll continue to monitor the tag for a short time after the event is over in case anyone misses the deadline!

2.      Make sure your work includes the prompts! There’s plenty of room for creative freedom, so hopefully these suggestions will spark something for you… pun intended. And if not, free day will allow you to post whatever your heart desires. Time to dust off those plot bunnies!

3.      The tag for this weekend is cfts2022. Remember to tag all your works so that I can share them here on the blog, and post them to the AO3 collection here.

4.      Please use appropriate tags. If your work is nsfw, or contains themes that might be upsetting or triggering, please make sure to tag it as such. We want everyone to be safe and enjoy themselves during this event, so be mindful of your fellow users and make sure to leave warnings if necessary!

5.      Have fun!

If you have any questions, let me know! 

I’ll be here, waiting (im)patiently for the fun to begin…

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COOL FOR THE SUMMER: A COLDFLASH WEEKEND EVENT

Hello everyone, and happy Saturday!

Thank you all for sending in your votes on the prompts for this year’s Coldflash Summer weekend event in July.

Voting is now closed! I’m pleased to announce that we have our six chosen prompts for the event.

The winning prompts are…

Day 1:

Trapped together.

Truth spell.

Secret relationship.

Day 2:

Protectiveness.

Pining.

Free day.

The dates for the event are July 30—31st.

You can post as many creations as you would like. You could make work inspired by one prompt, or all of them, or combine the prompts in weird and wonderful ways! We’re here to spread the Coldflash love and make as much new content as possible, so all contributions are welcome!

You could write fanfiction, draw fan art, create a mood board or a playlist, a fan video, or any other form of creative work. All contributions are welcome!

This is a pretty casual, lowkey event, with no commitments or sign-ups. The only rules are as follows:

1.      Remember not to start posting until the event begins! You can start sharing your contributions on July 30th. If you’re a little behind schedule, don’t worry—I’ll continue to monitor the tag for a short time after the event is over in case anyone misses the deadline!

2.  ��   Make sure your work includes the prompts! There’s plenty of room for creative freedom, so hopefully these suggestions will spark something for you… pun intended. And if not, free day will allow you to post whatever your heart desires. Time to dust off those plot bunnies!

3.      The tag for this weekend will be cfts2022, so remember to tag all your contributions! When we get a little closer to the time, I’ll also start an AO3 collection where you can share your works with the world!

4.      Please use appropriate tags. If your work is nsfw, or contains themes that might be upsetting or triggering, please make sure to tag it as such. We want everyone to be safe and enjoy themselves during this event, so be mindful of your fellow users and make sure to leave warnings if necessary!

5.      Have fun!

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to drop me a message!

Thank you everyone, and let the coldflashing commence!

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Happy birthday, @sophiainspace​! Here for your entertainment is some background-Coldwave, angsty kink, with a heavy dose of ‘what are emotions’ from both players involved: 

Gideon knows what hopelessness looks like. Right now, it looks like Leonard Snart, alone in his quarters for the first time since he said he would ‘handle’ Mick Rory. Out of respect to the human need for privacy, she says nothing at first. However, after watching him pace and fret and fidget, hands running frantically over his cropped-short hair, she can no longer do nothing. She’s coded to look after this team. She intends to do just that.

“Mr. Snart, you appear to be in distress. Is there anything I can do to alleviate this?”

He lets out a ragged, too-sharp laugh. “Gideon. Should’ve known you’d be watching me. Even after I put the team before my partner, Rip still doesn’t trust me.”

Gideon doesn’t rise to the comment about Rip, dear though he is to her. She understands why this hurting man would hate him. “My presence is not a matter of distrust,” she protests, her tone as close as possible to what humans would call ‘soft.’ “I exist to ensure the team’s well-being, whatever that looks like.”

Read the rest on AO3

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Pls do not reblog anything with the old disability pride flag, it does cause seizure and migraines, please use the new one which was created by the same person with the feedbacks of many other disabled people.

This is the safe one:

Dont use the zigzag one, your making disabled space inaccessible for a part of the community.

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Moodboard: Mark Mardon + aromantic flag colors, requested by @blueelvewithwings