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Happy Pride, monsterfuckers.

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Writing Patterns

Rules: List the first line of your last 10 fics and see if there’s a pattern!

WHOOPS sorry @onetwistedmiracle this took me a billion years (9 days) to do, the passage of time is simply not real to me. See twisted's post here and read her stuff, it's good. I will follow her lead and also pic ten fics that I wrote by myself, just to try and keep things easier lol

I'm bad at tagging people because this account is a side blog and I really only talk to twisted on it (is this an invitation to talk to me? Maybe! But please don't be offended if it takes me 9 days to reply), but if you want to examine your own writing style, consider this a lazy tag.

The last ten fics I wrote were for Critical Role and Star Wars (I miss you Check! Please, eventually I work work more on mine and twisted's collab fic and see you again)

1: You could be the one that I love, And now I'm standin' here, hopin' it gets to you

Molly had the feeling that so long as Caleb Widogast’s hand was on the small of his back, he could do anything.

Part 9 in my Molly/Caleb/Essek threesome fic, spicy but they're IN LOVE. I do love to start with a character thought/name.

2: I'm in new territory, somehow, it kinda feels like home

“What?” Padme said, her voice feeling hollow in her own chest.

A rare gen fic for me, I usually write explicit, but this was a fun prequel AU because I love to turn tragedies into opportunities. I also love to start with dialogue, just get RIGHT into things. It's also a short sentence, idk why.

3: Oh, if it's real, if it's sweet

“I’ve made a mistake,” Anakin said, and Luke sighed.

Another teen rating, can you believe I built my AO3 page on writing porn? More dialogue, I just think it's funny. And a short sentence!

4: Wherever you are, we are seeing the same stars

The day after Anakin left, Shmi almost sold C-3PO.

Surprise, it's dialogue AND a short sentence. Am I a two-trick pony? Maybe! Check out this kick flip!

5: Feeling like a face in the crowd

What Molly liked most about Essek and Caleb’s house—besides the fact that they lived in it and he, like, loved them—was just how many nooks and crannies it had.

This is the longest starting sentence thus far, maybe the longest starting sentence ever for one of my fics LOL I usually leave the run-ons for a third of the way through. And it's not dialogue! Shocker! This is also part 8 of my threesome purple wizard series, so the foundation has been laid and I could get a little weird with it?

6: All we got is us now

Ahsoka hadn’t spent a lot of time with Leia Organa.

We're back on the short train with a character driven statement. This is also part 5 of my pretty places series, so, again, there could be something to the already established aspect of it, or nothing at all!

7: Look how you made me

“Jester has questions,” Fjord said with a sigh.

Dialogue, but this time it's not from the POV character. I'm not doing a very good job analyzing things, but I am having a good time.

8: A message in a bottle is all I can do, Standin' here, hopin' it gets to you

Caleb Widoghast and Essek Thelyss lived very different lives from Mollymauk Tealeaf.

Character driven thought! Writing is hard, okay, and you gotta start somewhere. Definitive statements and dialogue are nice jumping off points.

9: I'm reaching for you

The first time Molly had sex with Caleb and Essek, he called himself an Uber right after.

This one is earlier on in the threesome series; timeline-wise it's like...the second story? 1.5 technically, since it happens mid first story? But I wrote it fifth, so. Establishment theory does or doesn't gain traction here, I don't think I know what I'm saying anymore.

10: 'Cause you could be the one that I love, I could be the one that you dream of

“What’re you thinking about?” Caleb asked, drawing his thumb across Molly’s temple, winding a purple curl between his fingers.

And we're back on our dialogue train! Dialogue starters, my beloved.

I don't know that we (I) learned anything, but it was fun to wander back through my most recent fics. Hopefully this will inspire me to write more fanfiction, but right now I am DEEP in the trenches of my own dungeons and dragons character, so. It's gonna be a minute.

XOXO

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The first Falconers game after Bitty and Jack get married, the falconers pull off a big prank on them. In which every player on the starting line (and everyone else) is introduced as [Last Name]-Bittle. Like in that friends episode where Courtney gets married and asked for the opening credits to be changed to CoxArquette to show it and instead they changed everyones last name to Arquette

And they all have jerseys made special for that first game and Jack is laughing the whole game and Bittle’s in the line up just cheering on everyone.

At the end the Falconers social media channel posts a picture with everyone in their Bittle jersey and the caption is like “The Falconers and their husband, food network star and author Eric Bittle”

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number one sees an opening, he lines up the shot...

inspired by

@notallthosewhowander jack: backhand forehand backhand aaand that’s a slapshot— redirected on smith’s blade— goes in glove side! *shoves peas into laughing toddler’s mouth* (x)

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no, because - famous person starts dating less famous person and is then gradually overshadowed is a trope. a trope often used to bring external conflict into stories. but jack and bitty are carefully constructed as the opposite of that, and I'm fucking feral over it.

we joke about how jack will eventually be bitty's trophy husband and be thrilled about it, but it definitely has a giant grain of truth in it. it's how they're characterized. bitty is an extrovert; jack is an introvert. bitty reached out and built himself an online audience to deal with his trauma; jack shut himself out and started avoiding the public to deal with his.

bitty finds comfort in being able to talk to others and (as seen in spotlight on eric bittle) considers being a public figure a sort of healing experience: coming out and being a public person (in every manner of speaking, not just sexuality wise) and putting himself in the limelight is such an important part of his journey because he sees it as a way of helping others who were in his situation.

jack grew up in the spotlight as the only son of two prominent figures. he grew up as a child with anxiety with the media's eyes on him as he was compared to his father. he grew up as an overweight teen featuring in trashy gossip columns as he was compared to his mother. he got into rehab in part because of this attention and it only attracted more attention to him. a lot of jack's anxiety stems from the notion of people looking at him and thinking about him and talking about him and judging him, and it's unfortunate because jack's dream is to play hockey, and that comes with even more attention.

but that's the thing: jack and bitty's story is (once again) a demonstration of two people making each other's lives better.

jack's fame thrusts bitty into the spotlight post-cup, and it's a giant push forward in helping him reach a bigger audience and thus grow his independent fame. bitty's growing fame slowly overshadows jack, to the point where ngozi says they'll one day be Eric Bittle and his Athlete Husband. and that means jack gets to play hockey, and win cups, and achieve fame in his own field, but the media's attention slides off him to his husband, and the fans on the street gradually approach bitty more than him, and jack is free to have his success with less of the personal scrutiny.

it's not that jack becomes less important than bitty. it's that bitty gets to stand in front of the direct sun and flourish as a result, while jack gets to stand in the shade bitty creates and flourish as a result. it's symbiosis. it's beautiful.

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Imagine: Bitty keeps vetoing all of Jack’s clothing options because he knows Jack dresses like a robber. Jack eventually just lets it go and asks Bitty for his OOTD and tries to assemble his own outfit accordingly, but he keeps sending the messages to the wrong chat -  SMH Group Chat Jack: Hey Bits what are you wearing today Jack: wrong chat Shitty: brah keep it in your pants Holster: noiCE Ransom: getting that bitty booty and its only 1:30 in the afternoon Bitty: honey…. Jack: for the dinner! tonight i mean! with my parents! I’m not sexting rn Holster: LOOL not “right now” but theres othER TIMES??? Jack: stop  Falconers Group Chat Jack: Hey Bits what are you wearing  (”Jack: for brunch tomorrow” - message not sent) Marty: kid Poots: holy shit zimmboni’s getting freaky Thirdy: wrong chat lol Tater: booty shorts and heels)))) very sexy u like Jack: :/  Tater: can u tell b more pie please im finish last one(( Family Group Chat Jack (out on a run): Bits what are you wearing Jack: nO wrong chat im asking for clothing options Alicia: sweetie it’s ok Bob: v neck and dark wash jeans and an apron Jack: …. Bob: we flew in a day early we’re in your apartment im standing right in front of Eric Bob: we are making apple pies Bob: surprise!!!!!!

[sunshineandalittleflour]

no, because - famous person starts dating less famous person and is then gradually overshadowed is a trope. a trope often used to bring external conflict into stories. but jack and bitty are carefully constructed as the opposite of that, and I'm fucking feral over it.

we joke about how jack will eventually be bitty's trophy husband and be thrilled about it, but it definitely has a giant grain of truth in it. it's how they're characterized. bitty is an extrovert; jack is an introvert. bitty reached out and built himself an online audience to deal with his trauma; jack shut himself out and started avoiding the public to deal with his.

bitty finds comfort in being able to talk to others and (as seen in spotlight on eric bittle) considers being a public figure a sort of healing experience: coming out and being a public person (in every manner of speaking, not just sexuality wise) and putting himself in the limelight is such an important part of his journey because he sees it as a way of helping others who were in his situation.

jack grew up in the spotlight as the only son of two prominent figures. he grew up as a child with anxiety with the media's eyes on him as he was compared to his father. he grew up as an overweight teen featuring in trashy gossip columns as he was compared to his mother. he got into rehab in part because of this attention and it only attracted more attention to him. a lot of jack's anxiety stems from the notion of people looking at him and thinking about him and talking about him and judging him, and it's unfortunate because jack's dream is to play hockey, and that comes with even more attention.

but that's the thing: jack and bitty's story is (once again) a demonstration of two people making each other's lives better.

jack's fame thrusts bitty into the spotlight post-cup, and it's a giant push forward in helping him reach a bigger audience and thus grow his independent fame. bitty's growing fame slowly overshadows jack, to the point where ngozi says they'll one day be Eric Bittle and his Athlete Husband. and that means jack gets to play hockey, and win cups, and achieve fame in his own field, but the media's attention slides off him to his husband, and the fans on the street gradually approach bitty more than him, and jack is free to have his success with less of the personal scrutiny.

it's not that jack becomes less important than bitty. it's that bitty gets to stand in front of the direct sun and flourish as a result, while jack gets to stand in the shade bitty creates and flourish as a result. it's symbiosis. it's beautiful.

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If the timeline could drop some dinluke fic recommendations I would be eternally grateful

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Oh! It me! Hi!

Most hits, most kudos, most bookmarks, second most words, and second most comments: All the pretty places that feel like home (Pretty Places series, DinLuke, E, 23,367 words) 

“Would you be more comfortable if I called you something else?” Luke asked, and it should have been teasing, but it was genuine, the soft freedom to be who he wanted in this place. And that careful gift, that offer of being who he wanted, uncontrolled and unfettered, filled Din with a lot of hope and a little bit of terror. Who was he without the creed? His people? Who was Din Djarin, standing in the halls of someone who had once been his people’s greatest enemy? Din shook his head, hearing his own breathing echo inside his helmet. “No. You can,” he faltered briefly, then took a deep breath. “You can call me by my name.”

Most comments: The start of all things that are left to do (Brunch is series, Check! Please, Zimbits, E, like really truly E, it’s a smut series, 4,352 words)

“You’re lucky we aren’t here on a Sunday, otherwise I would take you to church, Jack Zimmermann.” Bitty rolls back and kisses him, the two of them smiling so much it’s hardly more than a press of lips and smiles. “You should take me anyway,” Jack mumbles, thinking about the ring in his bag and the lube packet in his pocket at the same time. Priorities. “You’ve somehow convinced me to have sex with you in my childhood home,” Bitty says, fishing Jack’s shorts off the floor and tugging the lube packet from the pocket. “We might as well go to church afterward.”

Most words: These broken skies, leaving the past behind, I would for all the pretty places (Pretty Places series, DinLuke, E, 27,840 words)

It took Din approximately four months to fully regret coming to Mandalore.

Fewest hits, fewest kudos, fewest bookmarks, and fewest comments: The farther you run, the more you feel undefined (general sad Star Wars nonsense, purely self indulgent and my only “unfinished” work because it’s where I throw things when they don’t really have a place, Gen, 1,426 words)

Next most kudos: All the pretty places pull us away from where the pain is (Pretty Places series, DinLuke, E, 17,088 words)

“I have to tell you something.” Luke looked up and smiled at him, and Din almost changed his mind, almost went back to his ship and shoved the darksaber back into the darkest corner of his weapons storage. But he stayed on his feet, the weapon clutched in his hand, because they were out of time. “I,” Din said, slowly, cautiously, “might be the current king of Mandalore.”

Next most bookmarks: No star is lost at all from all the star-sown sky (DinLuke NASA AU, E, 12,904 words)

Dr. Luke Skywalker, youngest astronaut NASA had ever hired, looked at him expectantly. Din wet his lips in the hopes that it would encourage his brain to come up with an answer, but nothing came out. He just kept staring at Dr. Skywalker, his brain stuck like a scratched CD, singing the same line of the same song over and over again: Astronauts aren’t supposed to be this hot.

or, another NASA AU but shifted slightly to the left

Fewest words: My twin sun burning in a sky already red (general sad Luke and Leia feels, Gen, 793 words)

“But his name,” Luke said, a thought that sat heavily in his mind, finally finding a weight lifted in having said it out loud. “It means—”

“I know what it means,” Leia snapped.

If you like Star Wars, Check! Please, Critical Role, or one really smutty kind of embarrassing Dungeons and Daddies fic, give me a shot! 

I unfortunately don’t know as many fic writers as I’d like, so here’s my lazy ‘if you wanna do it go for it!’ tagging ;)

fic rec friday

Rules: Share your top fics no matter how big or small - give us the links to your wonderful words with the Most hits/Most kudos/Most comments/Most bookmarks /Most words/Least words

Also share your fics with the fewest hits/kudos/comments/bookmarks to give them some love!

My addition: if one fic would by rights hold multiple spots, go to the next one on the list!

Most hits, kudos, comments and words!!!: Appearances (Harry/Draco, E, 103k) - Lucius Malfoy has come up with the perfect way to put the Malfoy family back in the sun. Draco will simply have to do as he is told.

Fewest hits: Rufus Wainwright in your trousers. (Harry/Draco, G, 100words) Harry has a mobile and Draco has agreed to a coffee date.

Next most kudos: Will the Circle Be Unbroken (Eric/Jack, T, 6k) - part four of the Folk Songs series. Uncle Thomas and Eric finally get a chance to sit down together and talk.

Fewest kudos: Brazen (Harry/Draco, G, 100w) Harry's back from the USA and everyone comes to the airport to greet him.

Next most comments: Tainted Love (Harry/Draco, E, 31k) First Mother wanted her wand back. Then Harry returned his hawthorne wand, but it didn't really… work. Not well. So he went to France and bought a wand from the very best French wandmaker. What the hell is he supposed to do when that one doesn't work right either? The private Healer had better be able to help him with his sluggish magic.

Fewest comments: Don't Look Back. (Harry/Draco, T, 425w) Draco's fled from the war and is now hiding in the Muggle world. Draco can't think about anyone other than HIM. Will he even know when the war ends?

Next most bookmarks: (Everyone Wants the) Happy Ending (Harry/Draco, E, 36k) Harry is trying awfully hard to do the right things in the wrong place, but no one is listening. Draco is in the right place doing the right things, but no one is paying attention. Something is messing with Hogwarts, and only Harry and Draco ever seem to notice. When things start to fall apart, can Harry and Draco manage to do the right things, in the right place, at the right time? Together? Art by shiftylinguini Text by twistedmiracle

Fewest bookmarks: A Difference of Opinion, Argued and Resolved. (Harry/Draco, M, 203 w) Draco is studying and Harry wants attention.

Next most words: Remaking Him, Part 4 of Breaking Him. This is a story of brokenness, pain, sadness, manipulation and hope. It contains enslaved prostitution and lots of explicit sex, both heterosexual and homosexual. (mostly Harry/Draco with plenty of Harry/Pansy and a little Charlie/Pansy as well. Explicit. Part 4 is 54k, series is 76k) Summary: Harry has claimed his two favourite prostitutes. Now what?

Fewest words: Sentimental old Fool (Harry/Draco, G, 100w) They've got kids and I feel sappy. Summary: Who knew you could be such a sentimental old fool?

tagging: @justlookfrightened @ejwriting @theorangedead @sunshineandalittleflour @shiftylinguini

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are you on any discord servers? love your fics!

hi! first off, thank you so much!

I was on the first dinluke server for a while, but haven't joined any since that one. I'm a little hesitant about joining big servers, since the enormous amount of messages and interactions kind of stress me out, but I do miss the conversations and collaborations!

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a holster who sees jack talking to his mom on family weekend (he's telling mrs birkholtz what a wonderful asset her son has been to the team), instantly assumes that jack is trying to seduce his mom, and makes it his life mission to sleep with jack's mom as revenge

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nursey almost hit george w. bush with his car after an andover alumni event and dex looked him straight in the eye and called it the hottest thing he’d ever done

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ao3 wrapped [writers edition]

How many words have you written this year?

How many works did you publish this year?

What work are you most proud of (regardless of kudos/hits)?

What work of yours has the most hits?

What work of yours got more feedback than you expected?

Favorite title you used

If you use song lyrics, which artist’s songs did you pull from the most?

Pairing you wrote the most for this year?

Favorite pairing you wrote for this year?

What work was the quickest to write?

What work took you the longest to write?

How many WIP’s do you have in your docs for next year?

What’s your longest work of the year?

What’s your shortest work of the year?

What WIP are you taking into next year with you?

What’s your most common “Additional Tags” tag?

Your favorite character to write this year?

The character that gave you the most trouble writing this year?

What’s one pairing you want to explore next year?

Which work of yours have you reread the most?

How many kudos in total did you get this year?

Which work has the most comments?

Did you do any collaborative works this year?

Did you write any gifts this year?

Did you receive any gifts this year?

What’s your most common category?

What do you listen to while writing?

Favorite work you wrote this year?

Favorite line/passage you wrote this year?

Biggest surprise while writing this year?

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Lardo is looking for people to draw at like. 11:23PM & Jack’s like “you could draw me?” but she’s so stressed & also borderline slaphappy and says, “break your nose so it’s interesting and then we’ll see”

fast forward 4 years & he’s in the NHL & just played a shitty chippy pushy game and got checked too hard and his phone’s blowing up when he gets off the ice but the first text he sends is a photo of his bloody nose and the words “interesting yet?”

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goalies are hot!

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hc that tango is not clueless hes just nosey, loves gossip, and lardo pays him 5$/month to keep her up to date w/ smh shenanigans that ppl r too embarrassed to share in the gc