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Oh hey so I guess I’ve been on Tumblr for a whole year now? Gosh it’s kinda crazy to think about honestly, I was in kind of a depressive funk and feeling like I didn’t fit in anywhere, and then I chanced upon some WLW art on Pinterest that linked me here. I decided to sign up for a Tumblr account, not really intending to post much just to look at other people’s stuff, and then I got an AO3 account as well and started reading fan fiction - and as they say the rest is history. I’d never been a part of any fandom before, never paid that much attention to fan art or fan fics really. But here I was suddenly in this place where other people were actually interested in the same things as me, where it’s ok to obsess over characters and ships and you can find other people just as awkward and weird as yourself but no one judges you for it… and suddenly I felt like I fit in somewhere 🥹

I’d also been in a very long creative dry spell before and in the past year I’ve actually started making art again and even started writing, even though I never thought I would have any stories to tell. Every day I see something on here that inspires me, that sparks my creativity and gets me excited about a new idea.

So if I follow your page, or I’ve liked or reblogged your posts, or if you’ve liked or reblogged any of my posts, or we’ve interacted in any way at all - thank you for letting me be part of this strange little community 🥰

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like real people do

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Trying to write smut for the first time, send help 😬😳

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idk how to flirt but i can make things awkward if you're into that

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“I’m thinking of visiting my mother’s house soon,” Lena murmured. “I want to find out more about her. Where I came from.” “That sounds lovely,” Kara said softly. “Do you want to come with me?” Lena asked. Kara hesitated.

What if Lena hadn't left for her mother's house when Nyxly returned?

In Her Way is a one-shot on AO3.

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Them

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Something I made while dealing with my own stuff and hoping drawing this would pick me up somehow. Maybe it worked.

FT my cat. His name is Mischief

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 Katie McGrath 

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🧭 An alternative title to your/ one of your WIP(s)?

Darn it Mel! I was really hoping nobody would ask me this one! 😂 Alternative title implies I actually have any titles in the first place… I’m soooooo bad at titles!!

However - one of my wips that’s like 75% done currently has two titles because I can’t decide which one I like (or if I like either of them at all). So does that count? You can tell me which one you like better 😁

Title option #1: “The way you wear that dress (baby I’m a mess)”

Title option #2: “Those lips red like wine (I want to make you mine)”

Thanks for the ask!

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It became my favorite SG video 😆❤️

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🤔🤡 !

@kararias you have the honor of being the first person to actually send me an ask! 💙

🤔 What’s a story you’d love to write but haven’t even started yet? - Ooohh man, I have quite a few of those actually. Mostly AU's - so far all of my fics have been Supergirl adjacent, with the exception of "Some Like It Hot," but even that one could easily be worked into the SG universe - so doing a legitimate AU outside of SG is something I'd love to explore. As far as story ideas go, I have one that's my 'white whale', it would be the most ambitious fic I've ever attempted and I don't know if I'll ever be a good enough writer to do it justice. It's an AU based on the book "Fly Girls", which is about women pilots in the 1920's - 1930's and the adversity they had to overcome. So essentially Kara and Lena meet through their shared passion for aviation, but of course there are obstacles they have to face because not only are they women trying to exist in a male-dominated space, they are queer women in a time when that was generally socially unacceptable. (Lena would have enough status to get away with being out, but the weight of her family’s reputation and expectations would discourage her from doing so). Alex is of course there with Kara, probably Winn too, and then Jack and Sam will be along for the ride as well. I've never done a period piece, and there would be more layers and drama than I'm accustomed to writing, so definitely some new challenges for me. I imagine if I ever do decide to start writing it, I need to be prepared for it to consume my life for several years lol.

🤡 How many Wips are you actively working on? - Right now, only one. Writer's block aside, I have been neglecting my fic for SG Mayhem, so as of right now that is the only fic I'm allowing myself to focus on. Typically though (when my brain is creative enough to allow it), I'll be bouncing back and forth between 2 wips at a time, usually with a third floating around in my head that I will occasionally poke a stick at to make sure it's still alive.

Thanks for the ask! 😃

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An ask game for writers to procrastinate working on you WIP(s)

I am also procrastinating actually writing. If you’ve multiple works in progress you can give a different answer every time!

🦈Tell us the name of your/ one of your WIP(s)

🍄Decriscribe your wip/one of your wips in the format of “___ + ___ =___”  

🌍What tags or warnings will your / one of your wip(s) need if you intend to share it?

🧭An alternative title to your/ one of your WIP(s)?

⚠️Which wip your most likely to finish or update next?

💾What is your document of your wip/ a wip called? (not the stories actual title but what you’ve saved it as)

🖍Post Any sentence from your wip

♻️A scrapped idea for your current WIP

🤔What’s a story you’d love to write but haven’t even started yet?

🤡How many Wips are you actively working on?

🛠Is there a scene or anything in the WIP you are struggling with right now?

❤️Not a question, just a second kudos to send.

Enjoy!

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just breathe, lena. it’s okay.

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Even Mxy knew it.

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Human Shield - A SuperCorp fic

I don’t always have time to make complete comics. I work. A LOT. But this was a really interesting idea I wanted to explore. And @luthoring​ encouraged me, sooooo… here you go.

Beyond the cut is the result, expanding on this comic. Written entirely from Lena’s perspective.

Fair warning: there is violence, injury, and angst. 

Keep reading

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Few moments in Alex’s life would stick out like this one. There was a rising panic in her throat, pulsing against her airway. Panic and grief gripped her like icy hands, working to strangle, and she wasn’t sure if what she choked down was a sob or vomit. Her hands trembled as they held the paper. She hadn’t thought of this.

The letterhead read simply, PAST DUE- FINAL NOTICE.

With everything going on, she’d simply forgotten about the matter until she swung by the loft. She should have sent Kelly, should have set up something earlier to deal with this. Kara was six months behind on her rent and she was going to be evicted if she didn’t pay.

Which she never would.

Alex had quietly accepted, about a month ago, that Kara wasn’t coming home, that all their methods had been exhausted, that her sister was lost in an infinite, shattered Phantom Zone, never to be found. She’s finally gotten the martyrdom that she’d been unknowingly seeking since she arrived on Earth.

She was keeping it bottled up, because the others still believed, even Brainy, who had to know the odds.

Alex seethed with a towering rage. There were some nights when, lying awake in Kelly’s arms, she’d fantasize about how she’d punish Clark for failing Kara, or what she’d do to Lex Luthor if she got her hands on him. Sometimes it would even be J’onn she raged at, or Lena.

She saved them all so many times, threw her life and body and soul in front of all them as a shield and took on their misery and suffering on top of her own, and though it was like drops cast in the ocean of Kara Zor-El’s grief, she felt every blow, every loss. Alex’s falling tears stained the letter as she thought of every time Kara paced this apartment, excoriating herself for her failures whenever she couldn’t be in five disasters at once.

Alex didn’t want her to be a superhero. She didn’t want that need to throw herself between others and their own suffering to consume Kara’s life, but it had.

Not for the first time, Alex wished that Kara had just stayed on the ground and let her plane crash. It was a selfish, hateful impulse. Kara would never have let it happen and even if she had, something would have prompted her to put on that red and blue costume and fly. It was what she was for.

Alex raged anyway. Fuck that little shit Wynn for making her a costume. The little pervert probably just wanted to make her try shit on to see her half naked. Fuck J’onn for recruiting her, fuck Clark for abandoning her… and… and…

The paper crumpled and so did Alex, sobbing. This was all her fault. If only…

“Alex?”

She hadn’t heard Lena come in. She’d long ago given up heels. Hell, shed given up. She was a wearing a hoodie that Alex knew was Kara’s and her hair was in a loose ponytail at the base of her neck, and if asked when she last ate or sleep, she’d have lied. Alex already knew the answer: she ate when someone remembered to feed her and she slept on a cot in her lab as she tortured herself.

Lena was the only one that Alex couldn’t rage at because Lena was already punishing herself. Kara would be furious if she knew how they were letting Lena treat her health.

Without a word, Lena gently grasped the letter and Alex released it.

Lena read it, frowning.

Then she pulled out her phone.

“Jess, I have a task for you. I’m going to send you a pic of an eviction letter. I want you to pay off the back rent.”

“Lena,” Alex began.

Lena waved her off.

“I want the building. Set up some shell companies. No one can know it’s me. Try to negotiate so it looks legit, but they can name their price. I want it done by tonight.”

Lena hung up.

“This is her place,” Lena said, softly.

“You didn’t have to do that,” said Alex.

“Yes, I did. This is her place. She deserves to come back to it,” Lena dropped onto the sofa beside her. “I will never give up. I don’t care if I’m still trying to bring her home when I’m old and gray, it’ll be worth it to see her one more time.”

Alex felt a wave of grief overwhelming her.

“Besides,” Lena forced cheer into her voice. “I spent a billion dollars so I could hang out with her at work. What’s an apartment building?”

Alex jolted. It was as if she watched a wine glass, which had toppled and shattered and cast its contents across the floor, leap back into position. As if the shards of crystal returned to their proper places and the cracks sealed, and the wine splashed back to its proper place, not a single shimmering golden drop lost. When the understanding snapped into place, it was like a lightning bolt. She felt too large for her skin, and the fine hairs at the back of her neck stood, as though bearing a charge.

Holy shit. Holy fucking shit. Lena was in love with Kara.

She could see it now. The love radiated from every pore of Lena’s skin, undulled by the grief that draped her like a nighted cloak, as gold shimmered untarnished beneath dust. Alex’s heart was about to break again.

“I have to get back to the lab.”

“Why are you here?” Alex said, softly.

“I was… I’ve been spending the night. I should have asked. I’m sorry.”

“Kara would want you to.”

Kara would want you to move on, Alex thought. She would want you to find someone and be happy and think only of her in fond memories. She would gladly martyr herself for you, too. You above all. She never stopped defending you even when…

Now there were two wine glasses, side by side, almost touching but not quite, promising a toast unsaid.

Oh.

Oh God.

Alex launched off the couch and threw her arms around Lena, holding her tight. Lena recoiled a little; she seemed to dislike hugs, almost like she didn’t understand them, even as she’d melted in Kara’s embrace dozens of times.

How had she been so blind?

“We’ll get her back,” Alex said.

“We will,” said Lena.

Later, Alex stood off to the side, her veins singing with unbridled joy after Kara released her from a full on, no-powers bear hug. She watched as the others embraced her and slapped her back and welcomed her home while Lena stared at here like she couldn’t believe she was real.

Limping, haggard, Kara suffered their joys with quiet reserve, pushing a little closer to her ultimate destination with each one until she stood in front of Lena.

The hug was awkward, tentative, but Kara thrust herself into it after a hesitant moment and Lena molded against her, the pair standing cheek to cheek a beat too long. Lena pulled back and Kara pulled after her, leaning in, only to dance back and do that awkward little shift.

“Kara,” Alex blurted. “For fuck’s sake, just do it.”

Kara looked at her, wide-eyed and a little betrayed. Kara was beyond honest to a fault: Alex knew that after Kara nervously told her about the infamous “I flew here on a bus “ incident. Kara was honest to the core of her very being, sickened by the act of lying.

To Alex’s surprise, it was Lena’s hands on Kara’s shoulders that turned her away. Kara looked back and her and Lena brought her hands to Kara’s cheeks, resting her palms against the abnormally pale skin of her face. Kara froze for two heartbeats and then gently put her hands on Lena’s sides and pulled her in, there bodies slotting together as their lips found one another, Kara leaning over Lena a little more with the added height of her boots as Lena collapsed into her, tears glittering on her cheeks. The kiss carried on until Alex cleared her throat.

Everyone in the room was stunned save Alex.

“Guys,” she said, “let’s give them a little privacy, huh? We can celebrate later.”

As the others filed out of the room, Lena raised her head from where it had lain on Kara’s shoulder and mouthed a silent thank you.