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the fanfiction in my head is soooo good wish you guys could see this

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He never wasted a leaf or a tree. Do you think He would squander souls?

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Sticky Sweet Sin

Yeah, that's right. Another explicit, smut based fic has entered the cannery. Part of the Bending The Rules series. Very, and I mean, very explicit.

So, if you aren't a fan, there's the door. If you enjoy this stuff, I hope you like them sweet. (Icing sweet).

This is also a one chapter, one shot fic. 2.4k words.

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Case Notes for Touching Feels Like. . .

As a good detective once said, the notes you take will help solve the case. Or maybe he didn't say that. Oh well, I did a handful of searches and learning a lot about medieval apothecary and magic potions for the Touching Feels Like. . . story. So it's only fair to share my research.

Rosmarinus Officinalis (aka Rosemary):

This flower is associated with the Virgin Mary due to the blue and white colours of the petals. It was soon dubbed the "Rose of Mary".[1]

It was even considered a love charm to some. To those people, they would wear it during weddings by the bride. There is even beliefs that leaving rosemary on your doorstep (or planting it there) will make a protective barrier against malevolent forces.[2]

Language of flowers: Rosemary speaks in remembrance, love, and loyalty.[2]

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Beeswax & Honey

Way back during medieval times, honey and beeswax were believed to have healing properties. Honey was used as a natural antibiotic. [3]

Beeswax can be used to make so many things. It was cheaper than sugar so many used it to put it in teas or recipes to make them sweeter.[4]

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Gastropoda

More known as the class of mollusks. These include snails, slugs, whelks and those kind of mollusks. According a recipe way back from the ninth century, snails were used to heal cut tendons. [5]

The excretion of a snail could even help with burns. [6]. Research shows that snail slime contains antioxidants, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, etc. etc. Weird, but if science backs it up, it might be worth it.

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Touching Feels Like. . .

It's completed!!! It's all posted!!!

This fic, about how the detectives find a way to feel each other and how it feels to be touched by the other is out! It's finished! No more hiding it within my claws. So, read it if you're interested. Share it with your detective mates.

Just reminder, it's more 18+ due to how chapter 2 & 3 take a lovely take. If that's not your poison then stay away my friend. If you want it, drink it down.

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Chapter 2: Crushed Rosemary Petals

Is now up and live! So, if you weren't subscribed or however ao3 sends notifications about updates, here's your notification now.

Since this is a third-person limited (or attempted) this chapter is Charles's point of view.

Touching Feels Like. . . Embrace of Success and Hope

Since so many have been reading Bending The Rules, I decided to release Touching Feels Like. . . from my claws earlier than expected.

This is a strange one where chapter 1 could be a stand alone and Chapter 2 and 3 could be put together. But I like to be complex and strange, I do the opposite.

Chapter 1 is out now. This is a Rated Teen chapter where Edwin Payne isn't a fan of touching, never has been, realises that he sort of wants to know what it feels like. With a little help of the ghostly rules, Charles and him find out that there's a bit of a loop hole.

If you like it, give it kudos. If you want more, gimme treats comments.

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Touching Feels Like. . . Embrace of Success and Hope

Since so many have been reading Bending The Rules, I decided to release Touching Feels Like. . . from my claws earlier than expected.

This is a strange one where chapter 1 could be a stand alone and Chapter 2 and 3 could be put together. But I like to be complex and strange, I do the opposite.

Chapter 1 is out now. This is a Rated Teen chapter where Edwin Payne isn't a fan of touching, never has been, realises that he sort of wants to know what it feels like. With a little help of the ghostly rules, Charles and him find out that there's a bit of a loop hole.

If you like it, give it kudos. If you want more, gimme treats comments.

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hehe. I should be writing part four of Bending The Rules, but instead here I am, writing some spicy Catwin fic. Will it be one chapter? Will be more? Not even god knows.

ask for a sneak peek. :)

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Writing Master Post

This is the masterpost of all of Shadow's works. Some will be straight up links to Ao3. Some will be links to posts on tumblr. It all depends on if it's a series, an AU, or just some stand alone fic. So, hover over or just hit the link.

Bending The Rules

A series of Dead Boy Detective works on ao3 that all work around the rules of being a ghost. Some are rated Gen while some are Mature. Read the tags and the ratings before jumping in.

As of right now, 2 out of 8 of the works are posted and completed. May you enjoy them.

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Bending The Rules

This is a series in the Dead Boy Detectives fandom. Each story is based on one of the rules that the detectives know. They find loopholes or ways to bend the rules. There will be 8 stories within this series. At the moment, 2 of them have been published and completed.

Some writing may not be suited for some viewers. Pay attention to the rating and the tags before diving into the stories.

Pros and Cons of Being a Ghost

Complete. Rated Gen. with 1,091 words.

Tags: Edwin Payne, Charles Rowland, ghost rules, ghost weaknesses, referencing the DBD comics, not beta read

There were rules in life and rules in the afterlife. Edwin finds some of them out, Charles finds out another handful.

Building Boundaries

Complete. Rated Gen with 3,847 words.

Tags: Crystal Palace, Edwin Payne, Charles Rowland, ghost rules, Referencing the DBD comics, Ghost weaknesses, Past Crystal Palace/Charles Rowland, Invisible Wall, Charles Rowland's Sister, Magic

One of the first ghost rules is that they can walk through walls with ease. Nothing seems to stop Edwin and Charles from sliding through solid objects. Though, Crystal realises with this ability, she loses her privacy. She couldn't have her best friends waltzing through her bedroom walls unannounced, but also she couldn't completely deny them access. So there has to be something in between, luckily Edwin has walls of books about everything in the spirit world (or mostly everything).

Chapter 1: Learning Boundaries

Chapter 2: Magic and Mirrors

Touching Feels Like...

Complete. Rated Mature with 6,239 words.

Tags: Edwin Payne, Charles Rowland, Crystal Palace, Touch-Starved, Pining, Touch-Starved Edwin Payne, First Kiss, Fluff and Smut, Oblivious Charles Rowland, Smut, First Time, POV Third Person Limited

Edwin Payne hates being touched. He hated as a child. He hated when alive. So he believes it's a blessing when he can't feel when others try to hug him or something. Though, that blessing becomes a curse when he meets Charles. So, is there a way he could ever feel a proper hug from Charles? Maybe even understand what a kiss feels like?

Chapter 1: Embrace of Success and Hope

Chapter 2: Crushed Rosemary Petals

Chapter 3: and Sparks of Lust

Case Notes. - These are detective notes about materials and historical bits that are used in Chapter 2 and Chapter 3.

Sticky Sweet Sin

Not released. Rated Explicit.

When the boys finish the Case of the Baker's Dozen, they are gifted recipes that allow the ghosts to taste.

Stories 4 through 8 are in the works for names and summaries.

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FAQ - Ask Me

I said I was gonna make one. Look at that.

What's Allowed:

Commentary. Gushing. Begging for more writing. This shit feeds my ego. This is what makes me want to write more. So please. Give that to me. This is allow encouraged on the stories on ao3. So spam me with love.

Requests. This is gonna get it's own post, but I send your writing requests. Give me characters. Give me plot. Give me dumb dialog you want them to have. I don't care. I'll do my best and write it for you.

Questions about AUs. So I got some AU cooking now (this would be edited when I post it) and if you got questions on some things. Ask away. I'll do my best to answer them. I'll try to even fix some holes or whatnot in future chapters and shit.

Fics and art. If you got a fic you want me to read or something, send it my way! I will read it. I'll even give you some letterboxd kind of review on both the work here and on a03. I'll repost your art too.

Not Allowed:

Do not give me personal information. This is the internet let's be anonymous.

Threats/hate/ negativity. Bro. We are supposed to be cool species. Let's spread love and not hate. Thanks.

If I forgot something. I'll probably add it or something in the future. So, yeah. Hopefully this helps!

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Welcome. Welcome. Welcome.

It seems you have stumbled upon Shadow's tumblr page. Well grab a cup of tea, maybe a biscuit or scone and make yourself comfortable. This might take some time.

This is your basic introduction message. The user behind this tumblr is also the same behind the shadow_tricks ao3 account. Could call me Shadow.

The reason of this account is to tease and share ideas of what might be coming up on the account. Now, be cautious much of the content over there is a bit. . . spicy and interesting. Not your taste, don't go. It's that easy.

Another reason why we made this account here is because, some people might wanna ask some questions or send some requests. Yeah I'll take them. There's a FAQ post about what can be asked and stuff. So before you jump over there, read those. Thanks.

Writing Master Post is where you can find all my writing. All works will be linked to ao3. Another post in the works is a "yes / no for requests" for writing. Yeah, yeah. We get we you write.

Anywhore! Hope you enjoy your stay. Hope that tea was good. May you enjoy what you find.