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promise not to get mad at me if I move blogs one more time? :pleading_face:

anyways, I think sideblogs are annoying and a hassle, I'm putting both my IF and my video game and my cheesy OC talk stuff on @fanheral now

[marshalortega]

promise not to get mad at me if I move blogs one more time? :pleading_face:

anyways, I think sideblogs are annoying and a hassle, I'm putting both my IF and my video game and my cheesy OC talk stuff on @fanheral now

[marshalortega]

promise not to get mad at me if I move blogs one more time? :pleading_face:

anyways, I think sideblogs are annoying and a hassle, I'm putting both my IF and my video game and my cheesy OC talk stuff on @fanheral now

[marshalortega]

promise not to get mad at me if I move blogs one more time? :pleading_face:

anyways, I think sideblogs are annoying and a hassle, I'm putting both my IF and my video game and my cheesy OC talk stuff on @fanheral now

[marshalortega]

promise not to get mad at me if I move blogs one more time? :pleading_face:

anyways, I think sideblogs are annoying and a hassle, I'm putting both my IF and my video game and my cheesy OC talk stuff on @fanheral now

[marshalortega]

promise not to get mad at me if I move blogs one more time? :pleading_face:

anyways, I think sideblogs are annoying and a hassle, I'm putting both my IF and my video game and my cheesy OC talk stuff on @fanheral now

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danny assigned babygirl (gn) by groupchat ft. @marshalortega‘s carver + carver’s boyfriend-coded jacket

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thinking of a vampire and person dynamic that is really funny to me hold on

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“Have you seen this funny video-“ I SAW IT. PERFORMED LIVE AT THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE. IN 1889. GO. AWAY.

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WIP Wednesday

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Tagged by the wonderful @cleverblackcat - thank you lovely person, I'm glad you're writing again!

I've been working on all and sundry; here's a glimpse of a lil something.

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I keep running around (I'm currently in Spain!) which is wonderful and a needed distraction because I have been over thinking my writing recently. Determined that June-July will be my no-edit months - time! To loosen! Up!

Tagging ahhh a mess of people, I'm sorry if I've forgotten you - please consider yourself tagged. @thee-morrigan @ejunkiet @agentnatesewell @serenpedac @thelionheartedo3 @sealriously-sealrious (I know you just shared a WIP but <33333) @wayhavenots @agnt-sexysuavewell @kirnet @nerdierholler (hope you've had a bit more space to write again, I would love more Ethan <3333) @serial-chillr @nelkenbabe

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Put your height in the tags

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First rule of reincarnation is to have insane sex with the guy who killed you last time

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i have to say i haven't stopped thinking about how wayhaven handles the detective's knowledge of non-english languages.

"how good are you at languages"

"yes"

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Hii, can you recommend TWC writers? I'm new to the fandom so I dunno many writers (for any detective).

Thank youu 💓

Hi anon! Welcome to the fandom ^^ This was a great ask, it was fun to get a chance to talk about the amazing writers in this fandom! 

Some notes:  If someone writes for multiple pairings, I mention the one that is my favourite of theirs first. This list only has writers who post their work on Ao3, since that’s my preferred place to read fic. Some of the people on this list are not (as) active in the fandom atm, but their work is still very much worth reading! One final caveat is that there are many other writers that I love, but argh, this list was already getting very long haha

Alright, enough rambling, here’s a list! I hope you’ll have fun reading <3

SerialChillr (@serial-chillr) – Detective/Mason, Detective/Nate – Amazing writing, obviously, but I wanted to highlight the way Serial writes relationships. The gradual development of intimacy, opening up, ah, just everything. Also, excellent smut!

firebreathing_bitchqueen (@thee-morrigan) – Detective/Nate, Adam/Nate, Detective/Ava, Detective/Morgan, Detective/Felix – First of all, I love Katie’s N-mancing detective Holland. Self-reliant and sarcastic, she plays off of Nate really well. Other than that, Katie’s prose is always a joy to read and her writing feels very immersive!

cryptidlibrarian (@vryptidart) – All pairings (ignoring gender options), including Detective/Farah and OC/Nat – What I love most about Salt’s writing is how they bring their stories and characters to life, whether that’s in their stories that expand on the world of Wayhaven or in their various AUs. Their stories always feel imaginative and vibrant!

aeruh (@sealriously-sealrious) – Detective/Felix – This writer currently only has one TWC fic online (though I saw a WIP snippet for another one), but oh, the way they write F is so good! Nuanced and with a great character voice. I’ve also read a few of their works for their other fandom, which were also very good, so I’m happy to recommend them.

Arcane_Apparition (@agnt-sexysuavewell) – Detective/Nate – I’ve some catching up to do on this writer’s fic, but ones I have read have been wonderful. The feels! The turns of phrase! I also feel they have such a good understanding of N’s character. 

evil_bunny_king (@evilbunnyking) – Detective/Nate/Ava (poly as well as LT), Nate/Ava, Detective/Nate, Detective/Adam – Listing my favourite pairing here was a bit of a struggle, as all Bunny’s writing is gorgeous. The atmosphere, the beautiful prose, the insight into different characters and their relationships to one another. Masterful writing!

forest_creatures (@whalesfall) – Detective/Nate, Adam/Nate – Again, beautiful prose, but I also really like how their writing goes into a slightly darker direction at times, focusing on the vampire’s need blood. Because, let’s be honest, there’s something very sexy about drinking someone else’s blood. Seeing this writer return to the fandom when book 3 came out made me very happy!

plasticdodecagon (@wayhavenots) – Detective/Nate, Detective/Morgan, Detective/Ava – Great dialogue! Seriously, PD’s character interactions are so well-written, whether they are lighthearted or more angsty, they always feel very realistic. Just a heads up, I think she has a couple fics here on tumblr that are not on Ao3.

Lykegenia (@lykegenia) – Detective/Nate – Lovely writing that just flows wonderfully  and is a delight to read. The relationship dynamic between Nate and her detective, Leah, is so good, but what I love most is how she captures Nate’s character.

shahrazade (@ava-du-mortain) – Detective/Ava, Detective/Morgan, Detective/Nat, Detective/Morgan/Ava (LT), Detective/Farah – Very varied writing, from angsty snippets to sweeter ones to horror, and all of them have some very poetic turns of phrase in them. Also, Nairuz captures all members of UB really well!

narrativefoitrope (@narrativefoiltrope) – Detective/Mason, Detective/Nat, Detective/Ava – The soft angst of Erin’s Winter/Mason pairing hurts so so good! They explore what a detective choosing to remain human means in such a heartbreakingly intimate and thoughtful way. On a more general note, I really like the dynamics of all their pairings (narrative foils indeed).

Ejunkiet (@ejunkiet) – Detective/Mason, Nate/Adam, Detective/Nate, Detective/Ava, Detective/Morgan, Detective/Falk – My favourite thing about EJ’s writing is how the trust and intimacy comes across so well. There is some excellent smut in here, always with feelings shining through, whether those feelings are spoken (or even acknowledged) or not. I very much admire how EJ makes me feel those, ehm, feels!

qbrujas (@queerbrujas) – Detective/Nate, Detective/Morgan, Detective/Nat, Detective/Ava, Detective/Felix – Stunning prose that always feels so intense. As in, the emotions are felt very strongly, pulling me along, and I’m here for it. Silv also has great interpretations of N in general.

natehsewell (not on tumblr anymore?) – Ava/Nat, Detective/Nate, Detective/Ava, Detective/Adam – The kind of writing that makes my heart ache, because it’s so beautiful. It’s like poetry that makes you want to read it over and over.

In case you’re interested in recs for individual fics, here and here are my End of Year Fic Rec Lists from the past two years. 

As a final, gentle note, I’m sure these writers would be overjoyed to get a comment if you’ve read and enjoyed their writing.

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i think that– :)🩸 

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more fun sketches. I also am in love with Lady Argent <3 <3

yes pls ignore my avoidance of sketching the snack bags. they are what they are

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Memory and Pasts wip

Tagged by @evilbunnyking (thank you friend!) to share a WIP and I've been working on the next chapter of Routine Body Maintenance (Mason/f. Detective) and thinking about memory and pasts and how there's some interesting parallels between a detective who is cut off from their family and friends and Mason's memories being blocked. (And having feelings about these two having quiet conversations in the middle of the night in bed...)

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She tells Mason about her grandmother, Mimi, and the adventure quilt. 

“The patchwork one I had. It was all scraps from other things—shirts and curtains and stuff—and she’d make mountains with her knees and we’d invent stories about the different patches like they were different countries.”

“The quilt you had on your boat?”

“Yeah.”

“It’s gone now?”

“Yeah.” Washed up on some far shore, or buried in unknown waters.

“Fuck. I’m sorry.”

She whispers her thanks and thinks about how they’re both missing their pasts now. Not in quite the same way, hers hasn’t been erased from her head, but in some ways, it has been erased. All the things she thought were true are slowly being dismantled. Her mother’s job. Her father’s death. Her very existence as just some small town nobody. Friendships she used to have and can barely maintain now because of all the lies she has to tell.

Is she even still the same person since she found out about her blood and this whole other world? Kat Before and Kat After. Neither are fully realized—how can she make sense of who she is without knowing who she was, but so much of the past still remains hidden? Maybe she can see how having a clean break would be easier. Sweep away everything else and just live in the present. 

Except eventually the present becomes the past. And you have to hold onto something. 

Like him.

Like this.

Tagging forth to @serenpedac @agentnatesewell @writer-ish @crackinglamb @mogwaei (I know not your fandom, but I wanna see what you're working on!) @demarogue (poke poke, art?) @sausagesquirrel @whalesfall (I am so into your weird and horny WIP) - and - I know everyone says this and I always think 'but surely you don't mean ME?' but I do mean you, if you're reading this, and want to share something (old or new - especially Wayhaven stuff!) then please do and tag me 💚