#???? this is just freeform non-prose fic

[yonpote]

ok i know i answered those hypothetical phivorce asks hours ago but i cant stop thinking about it. congrats anons ive decided i AM gonna jump down this rabbit hole, im gonna 100% seriously take this entire idea to its logical conclusion. this isnt even out of anger anymore i am just insane.

so, i'm gonna say dan would be the one to announce a relationship with another person. i think if phil were in a new relationship, he would not share that, whereas i think dan wouldnt be able to keep it to himself as per the nature of the yapper. are they also continuing to make content in this scenario? like on the gaming channel and as a duo? ok right off the bat, this is already an existing fanfic that was written in 2017. it's called Disturb The Universe so if you'd like to see another person's interpretation of a similar scenario, go read that LMAO. but here is essentially my own fanfic of how i personally interpret this scenario.

they continue to make content and it is the same caliber of gay that it has been since the return, but now with added knowledge that dan (and maybe phil) has a boyfriend who, presumably, doesn't want to be involved in dan's career life. OR is this a scenario in which the new bf DOES want to be involved? is he a fellow Content Creator? or maybe just a guy who wants to support his weird famous boyfriend and his weirdly close ex?

ok let's put ourselves in the mind of the new boyfriend for a second. how would you feel if you started dating this guy, whos really nice and nerdy and cute, but he just cant shut up about all his escapades with Some Other Guy? you go look up his name and find all of the work he's done and continues to do with this dude, and ok lets ignore all the written porn cuz thats just fan nonsense right, but just the sheer amount of content on this guy you went on a second date with, maybe even shagged, and the entirety of his adult life is not only publicly available but also INTENSELY tied up with another person, with whom he is still living and in fact Shares A Mortgage and even FULLY DESIGNED THE FLOORPLANS AND DECOR TOGETHER TO MATCH THEIR COMBINED TASTES AND AESTHETICS. like assuming you're not just gonna dump this guy for leading you on, what are you gonna do, just accept that you're always gonna be second place? and even if this were a scenario which you, dan's unrealistic hypothetical new boyfriend, are totally fine with not being dan's number one man, well that kind of non-monogamous relationship HAS to be something that is brought up before ANY flirting even happens. like dan's bio would need to say "polyam + partnered" or ANYTHING because otherwise dan would be a piece of shit.

ok now stop being dan's new boyfriend, and be you. you watched the twenty minute long announcement instagram reel that was apparently just a teaser for the 3 hour long youtube video that should be released at some point this decade. you'll always be a phangirl deep in your heart so a piece of you is extremely saddened by this, despite how many times in 2016 you said you would be happy for dnp even if they weren't together. but in the announcement, he made it pretty clear that he's not going to stop making content with phil. so wait, what does that mean? are they gonna post another gaming video in which the vibes are exactly the same as before? you wanna believe in your heart that dan's new bf doesn't mean that what he has with phil has suddenly changed, but (again barring this being a polyam situation, and let's say nothing about dan's announcement insinuated any ENM) that is logically not possible. so something in their content HAS to shift with this announcement. but it doesnt appear that they stopped living together, their latest video has none of their flirty antics toned down, and let's say the new bf is not a content creator and dan didn't disclose his full name and even his first name is possibly a pseudonym or so common there would be no way of tracking him down outside of straight up stalking dan, and the only public photo dan has with him has his face covered with a sticker.

so like, what would even be the point of this announcement? in terms of dan's public life, nothing would actually change, other than all of us constantly thinking of this new boyfriend in the back of our heads as we watch dnp consistently flirt with each other. i can understand where that anon is coming from, this WOULD feel like a weird betrayal. it could be a betrayal of us as fans that have enjoyed being in this little "we know you know" bubble suddenly having this sprung upon us with seemingly no benefit to us OR to dnp, a betrayal of phil who seems to be perfectly content with all of this happening but you just know can't be handling a sudden change like this all that well, especially when pertaining to his closest person in the entire world, or a betrayal of this new bae who just has to deal with the fact that dan is just constantly showing off his life-long best friend and self-admitted SOULMATE that he finds so fucking special when, even if new bf does prefer privacy, all he got in terms of public affection is an instagram reel. but again, this is all under the assumption that dan is the kind of person to do something like this, which is the point where all of this scenario is fully destroyed and this just becomes fic.

so basically, everything here falls apart because when it comes down to it, some aspect of this has to involve dan and/or phil being pieces of shit, and personally, i do not like that scenario outside of the realm of pure fiction. but i'll say it was a fun little writing exercise, unironically feel free to steal these ideas for your phivorce / phreak-up fics.

[quinesone]

Levihan Fanfic Recommendations

Here is a list-no-one-asked-for of my favorite Levihan fanfiction (in fact, I've probably read 70% of these at least 3 times). I made this last year for @hangelove​, but I'd like to share it with you all too (with some encouragement from @micia-posts-stuff​ ; thank you!). I might be editing this as I read more fanfics or when I’m not lazy. (I still have some more fanfiction marked that I haven't read yet hehe.) Feel free to reblog and add to this too if you want.

Things to note:

These are arranged by author and in alphabetical order, under two main categories, Angst, Fluff, and Alternate Universe.

I included word counts too just in case you're specifically looking for a quick read or a long one.

Summaries have been cut to shorten the post, thus the (...) to show there are more words there.

Most of the quick tags are my opinions, also for trigger warnings etc. No spoilers from me!

I don't read smut, so you wouldn't find any of those here. There are some with a mature rating though.

These are just personal picks, but because I had to choose the least I can include, there are a lot that aren't here. Please check out other works by the authors I included here. You might enjoy those too! Edit (22/03/27): Fixed some links and updated author names Edit (24/02/09): Fixed a link and rearranged fics

[ * ] = multi-chaptered/series

Angst

Anonymous

don't let them cut your hair | 2,064 | AO3

Blurb: "You can't put people on pedestals," Levi says, "because sooner or later they'll come tumbling down and you'll end up breaking your fucking neck." Hanji understands. She always liked metaphors.

Quick Tags: Beautiful, slice-of-life-ish. Set at the start of Uprising, when they were in the cabin, with a few flashes from the past. 104th cadets/Levi Squad.

thus friends absent speak | 1,618 | AO3

Blurb: Notes passed between Levi and Hanji (and others) through thick and thin.

Quick Tags: Also has really good humor. Freeform, not prose. Season 1 to 2-ish.

booksong

Compromises | 1359 | AO3

Blurb: Neither of them have the time or the patience for this love thing.     So this might take some creative thinking.

Quick Tags: Short. Introspective.

ConfusedMuse

Memory | 3,481 | AO3

Blurb: As long as one of them was around to remember, that would be enough.

Quick Tags: Concussion and memory loss. Snuggling in the end (angst first then fluff).

gustin puckerman

Bury me in, I’ll make you a home | 6,232 | ffn 

Blurb: "The sun would burn up bagizillion years from now, and I'd probably still love you. What's so wrong with that?" Rivaille learns to adapt and accepts Hange —and whatever comes with her. 

Quick Tags: Levi POV. Starts from when Levi first meets Hange. Non-Canon compliant.

just-quintessentially-me

*A Simple Choice | 13,366 | 5 Chapters | tumblr ; AO3

Blurb: The rain had started up again. Fat droplets drummed over her hood, drenching the fabric. Her horse's reins were wet and cold; though her fingers, numbed from continued exposure to the elements, could hardly feel them. (...)

Quick Tags: Both Levi and Hange's POV. Chapter 115 Spoilers, so also Post-Anime Spoilers. There’s also a short fight scene, so there’s blood.

*Aftermath | 6,850 | 3 Chapters | tumblr ; AO3

Blurb: Levi rushes to the wall in the aftermath of the Armored and Colossal Titans' attack. (...)

Quick Tags: Mostly Levi POV. Also Hurt/Comfort. Worried!Levi, set in Season 2 Episode 6 to 12-ish. also our friend Pastor Nick. Pre-relationship. Getting together, getting all those feelings out and stuff.

For Now It's Enough | 2,431 | tumblr ; AO3

Blurb: She’s fumbling with leather, yanking frayed goggle straps over her head. She has to hold them up, dangle them right in front of her to see. Broken. The lens in the metal frames has shattered, leaving nothing but jagged remnants of glass clinging to the curved metal. (...)

Quick Tags: Amazing internal conflict for Hange.

Love, Loss, and the Sea | 1,385 | AO3

Blurb: Levi and Hanji deal with the Corps's latest loss.

Quick Tags: Post-Anime Spoilers. Post Marley arc, specifically spoilers for Chapter 105. Survivor guilt :(

*Times Like These | 36,860 | AO3

These are a compilation of just-quintessentially-me's drabbles and one-shots (some are AU). They're all amazing! Here are my favorite Angst ones:

Toy Soldier (!! character death)

Promises Kept

Moblit the Brave (!! Spoilers for s3 p2)

Sacrifice

I Almost Lost You

MannaTea

*All of Me | 12,353 | 3 Chapters | AO3

Blurb: (…) And all she had with her was one blade and a horse who was about to drop dead of exhaustion.

Quick Tags: Heavy stuff with a nice ending. Non-Canon Compliant. No 104th cadets. Some descriptions of Titan violence/injuries. Has Mike's POV. And Mikenana of course.

Pretty Good | 4,215 | AO3

Blurb: It was finished. And somehow, Levi had lived. Levi and Hange have a look around this new, free world.

Quick Tags: Less heavy. A lot of emotions from these two, but it's because they're coming to terms with freedom. I'm a sucker for Post-canon fics. Happy ending! Exploring past the walls and stuff.

Pristine | 2,362 | AO3

Blurb: Levi makes a habit of cleaning Hange's room...

Quick Tags: Levi POV. Emotional imo, and gets heavier as you read further.

RockSaltAndRoll

*A Brief History of Reluctant Heroes | Mature | 20,866 | 6 Chapters | AO3

Blurb: Exhausted and numb after witnessing the deaths of his friends, Levi now has to struggle to rebuild his life within the Survey Corps. (…)

Quick Tags: Veterans-centric. Beautiful. I wish there was more. Feels like reading a well-written light novel. Post-ACWNR until Fall of Wall Maria. Implied Pre-Relationship Levihan but doesn't focus on them.

Fluff

just-quintessentially-me

Captain Levi Ackerman Cares... A Lot | 12,353 | 3 Chapters | tumblr ; AO3

Blurb: “Fuck it.” The curse was quiet, no more than a mutter, really. Considering the cacophonous melee of sounds around her, it was a miracle she heard it at all. Well, all things really and truly considered, the true miracle was that she was still alive. (...)

Quick Tags: We all appreciate a Worrywart!Levi. Heh.

Made to Fit | 903? | tumblr

Unfotunately, it seems the author has removed it from tumblr.

Blurb: Armin observes Levi and Hanji’s strange, yet (oddly) sweet interactions.

Quick Tags: Looking at our OTP from the eyes of a certain perceptive blonde boy.

The Man Who Could Fly | 2,065 | tumblr ; AO3

Blurb: (...) Shaken free, the steel grappling cable sneaked past, whipping at the air. Beneath it, Hanji fell. Head knocked back and arms dangling loose at her sides, she dropped, unconscious. (...)

Quick Tags: Levi POV. There's a little angst in the beginning but more of fluff. Canon Compliant.

*Times Like These | 36,860 | AO3

These are a compilation of @just-quintessentially-me's drabbles and one-shots (some are AU). They’re all amazing, but to name my favorite Fluff ones:

Proposal

This Isn't My Tea

Jealous

Survey Corps Unveiled: Interpersonal Relations

They Were Always So Careful

Time. And Other Borrowed Things.

I'm In

Alternate Universe

just-quintessentially-me

*A Dangerous Game | 1920s AU | 46,018+ | 12+, ongoing | tumblr ; AO3

Blurb: (...) At the center of the chaos are the Ackermans - one of the most powerful gangs in the city, Mayor Fritz - who is as corrupt as he is wealthy, Erwin - a police commander determined to weed out the corruption in his own department, and Hanji a journalist willing to risk everything to expose their city’s darkest secrets.

Quick Tags: Heavy stuff. Gangs, car chases, and violence. There’s politics (slightly gives Uprising arc vibes). Veterans and 104th. Also has Mikenana and Yumikuri.

*License to Science and Kill | Spies AU | 68,750 | 22 Chapters | tumblr ; AO3

Blurb: When International criminal organization, TITAN, successfully steals an arsenal of missiles along with their encrypted launch codes, Code Blue is initiated. It is up to Agent Levi Ackerman, a spy in a class of his own, and research scientist Hanji Zoe, the premiere authority on the organization, to halt a global catastrophe in its tracks. (...)

Quick Tags: Spy action of course. Car chases! Bad guy mastermind Zeke. Marley warriors and 104th. Also hilarious tech-dinosaur Levi. Oh, and another fan is making a fancomic of it!

*We Who Found Home | Mad Max AU | 11,888 | 3 Chapters | AO3

Blurb: (...) Behind her, the Wistvern car spun, losing traction on the thinning sand. Beneath those dirty goggles, he could see brown eyes. For a fraction of a second, he saw nothing else. And then her car jerked back, caught up with the Wistvern car sliding over the edge. (...)

Quick Tags: I haven't watched Mad Max but thankfully you don't need to do so before reading this. Beautiful. Angst. Also a lot of action. There's a prequel to this too.

[haloud]

Fanfic Writer Asks

tagged by @chasingshhadows and @alexanderlightweight ^-^

Author Name:

haloud on ao3, but anyone who wants to can just call me hal :)

Fandoms You Write For:

Roswell, New Mexico right now! But in the past I’ve written for some anime (that i’ve all but completely lost interest in) and some video games (that I still love but don’t have much drive to fic for rn)

Where You Post:

Ao3 and Tumblr. I’m really bad at crossposting. I don’t crosspost E-rated fic to Tumblr (anymore) because I worry that properly tagging it could incur the wrath of the nsfw ban (even though it shouldnt but when has tumblr ever worked properly). Anything shorter than 1k doesn’t usually get posted to Ao3.

Most Popular Oneshot:

Keeping it to RNM, that would either be tuck my hair behind my ears and touch my soul, the first mylex fic I wrote, or getting all bothered and hot for something not in a series.

Most Popular Multi Chapter Story:

The 5+1 dancing fic, take a chance and don’t ever look back. With my only other multi chapter fic being a WIP and an AU, it’s not surprising!

Favorite Story You Wrote:

It’s honestly reeeeeally hard for me to pick a favorite. I think I’d have to say that I enjoy my own writing the most when I’m leaning into poetic prose, so my favorite fics would be a sky full of lights and none of them stars and peregrine, cormorant, starling

I also really love the mythology au heather, hawthorn, and steel, and I hope to continue it sometime but probably won’t commit to it until after Victorian AU is done.

My favorite non-RNM writing would probably be the things I wrote for Octopath Traveler, especially the olberic/erhardt one-shot the light of our armistice day

Story You Were Nervous to Post:

Honestly, I...don’t get nervous to post stories. I get anxious about whether or not they’ll get ignored...I worry that I’m annoying people by advertising my writing on my own blog or by posting too many stories too often...but I don’t think I’ve ever written anything where I was nervous that the reaction would be negative.

I still get a little self-conscious writing smut, though, haha. Though sorting my own stuff by kudos to find the most popular did show me that smut does numbers lololololol

How Do You Pick Your Titles:

I usually have a song lyric in mind for the title by the time the fic is done. Sometimes a non-lyric title comes to me by divine providence, and that’s always fun haha. Sometimes I have a particular model for a title and I find something that fits it--like with the original Victorian AU, i knew I wanted to model it off of titles of actual Victorian smut pamphlets, which is why it’s so long, haha. So that didn’t get a title until it was done, because it’s almost a summary in itself.

Yeah, titles don’t bother me. It’s summaries that kick my ass.

Do You Outline:

I do for longer stories--which I don’t write often, so it’s an underdeveloped skill. And I’m terrible at sticking to them. But even if, like me, you have a pretty freeform approach to writing, it’s always good to have benchmarks and an end goal in mind when you go into a story.

How Many of Your Stories are Complete:

Oh gosh, almost all of them. as the marigold to the sun’s eye is my only currently-publishing WIP.

In-Progress:

Also a lot!

Mylex (open up my eager eyes) is always in progress

marigold chapter 4

A new series about the childhoods of the main cast and the adults in their lives

that malex and echo epic fic I pitched a while back will hopefully be given life for NaNo this year!!!!!

a Michael and Rosa conversation piece that i’ve been working on for months .-.

an Alex character study in a similar vein to a sky full of lights that i’ve also been kicking around for a while

Im probably forgetting some stuff tbh haha

Coming Soon:

The first in the childhood series should be the next thing I post.

Do You Accept Prompts:

I do, but I reserve the right to veto if I feel like I’ve got too much on my plate.

Upcoming Story You’re the Most Excited For:

Very excited and nervous to start NaNo.

Tag Five Fanfic Authors to Answer These Questions

I don’t like tagging people, but I have so many great writers following me that should consider this as me tagging them if they want to do this!!

[scatteredmoonlightt]

Dear Creator [Darkest Night]

AO3: scatteredmoonlight

Dear Creator,

Thank you for creating something for me! I'm really excited to read anything you write and can't wait! I've listed by DNW and Loves below, and included some prompts for each request.

General Things I Love: I really love winter, rain, nature, forests, snow, autumn, autumn leaves, sweater weather, hurt/comfort relating to cold weather. Mission fic, case fic. Competence kink. When characters are being smart, using their skill sets (especially as transferable skills). When characters communicate to each other and bypass misunderstandings. Loyalty. Trust. Action/adventure. Thriller, suspense. Explosions. Wilderness survival. Journeys/epic quests. Espionage. Secret identities, identity porn. Rescue missions. Angst. Hurt/comfort. Purple prose and characters being turned on by clothing, military uniforms, uniforms, anything to deal with clothing.

Romantic Things I Love: Fluffy possessiveness like sharing clothes. Working out problems as they arise and communication. Get together. Obliviousness. Pining. Best friends pining and afraid to ruin the friendship or feeling out of their league. “Oh no, they could never love me!” Sharing a bed. Mistaken for a couple. Trapped in small spaces and feelings occur. Kissing to avoid being seen by the enemy. Resolved sexual tension.

Smut Loves: More on the vanilla-ish side of things than hard kink. Dirty talk. Teasing. Vaginal (fingering, PIV). Pregnancy (getting on off on how you COULD get pregnant but won’t this time, especially for historical/quasi-historical fandoms), dirty talk, smut after huddling for warmth, morning sex, angsty pining sex, blowjobs, cunnilingus, belly buttons, coming without being touched, coming too quickly

I Love Dark Themes, Too: Wilderness survival, vanishing hitchhikers, urban myths, folklore, demon deals, hauntings, vengeful spirits, Phyrric victories, necromancy, accidentally opening up Pandora’s Box when you thought you were saving the world, political backstabbing, conflicted loyalties, curses

DNW: All the AO3 archive warnings. Vomit, urine, shit, other bodily fluids like urine, feces, vomit (sexually and non sexually, including any kinks relating to it as well as toilet humor). Mpreg, pregnancy, kidfic. Rimming. Internalized homophobia. Biphobia. Omegaverse, A/B/O. AUs not requested by me. Using the word “bitch” outside of dialogue. Mental illness. Insomnia. Suicidal thoughts. Eating disorders. Unrequited pining/unresolved sexual tension.

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Game of Thrones (TV) Jon Snow/Sansa Stark (GOT)

Carrying (One Character Carrying Another)  Orotective!Jon carrying a whumped!Sansa, or a Sansa who isn’t strong enough to carry a wounded Jon, but there’s no choice unless she wants to leave him to die.

Confession of Love Ends Disastrously I feel like they’d have a lot of reasons to resist getting together (incest, politics, Jon/Dany, emotional baggage, so much more). I’d love this with anguished pining.

Hypothermia Sansa isn’t used to the cold at the Wall, the Long Night is more frigid than either are used too, they get lost and one is succumbing to the cold and needs some hurt/comfort.

Incest - incorrectly believe they are related/more closely related than they actually are I’d love if they never find out they’re not siblings, or they find out they’re not siblings once it’s too late.

time loop can only get broken by kissing love interest/confessing their feelings I like the potential for angst and pining, resisting their feelings, and the horror once they realize what it will take to break the time loop, especially if they weren’t aware of their feelings before the time loop.

In a love triangle for someone's requited affection only to fall for the seemingly unrequited rival I’d love if it Jon is at the center, he has feelings for Dany and it’s mutual, Sansa loves him too but it’s seemingly unrequited (incest, political!Jon going undercover for the sake of the North).

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Shadowhunters (TV) Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood (Shadowhunters TV)

Badass in Distress They’re both such badasses, I’d love them broken and whumped and needing help.

Honeypot Seduction Magnus is a spy for the Downworlders during a Cold War-ish situation, and so he spies on the Shadowhunters by seducing the closed, broody Head of the NY Institute.

Hypothermia  Hypothermia that magic can’t fix.

time loop can only get broken by kissing love interest/confessing their feelings They’re on two opposing sides, very different people on the surface, Alec repressed his feelings, Magnus has good reason to avoid Shadowhunters, they never got in each other’s orbit without Clary... so much to make this time loop agony for either of them. I’d love it especially if they’d never met before the time loop started, and a slight preference for Alec being caught in it.

Haunted Houses I’d love something creepy for a mission.

Folklore & Urban Legends Similar to the show Supernatural, in the first season where the cases are based on urban legends. I’d love if Magnus and Alec are solving cases/completing missions based on folklore and urban legends like the hook man, la llorona, haunted paintings, seven sisters, etc etc.

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The Vampire Diaries (TV) Damon Salvatore/Elena Gilbert (TVD)

time loop can only get broken by kissing love interest/confessing their feelings I don't mind any particular setting for this, though I would be partial to season 1 or season 2, and for Elena to be stuck in the time loop.

Bodice-Ripper This is asking for shameless smut, but Damon seriously needs to rip those Founders Day dresses off her. 

Blood Kink Damon feeding on Elena. Pining, hurt/comfort, angst, whumped the hell out.

Choking I'm choosing this more for smut that anything. Manhandling, choking, etc especially if Damon feeds on Elena.

Marriage as Consequence Neither Intended of Winning Ritual Combat Against The Other Maybe Elena has to evade being hunted by Damon or it's a shoot out of sorts. As long as Damon doesn't punch Elena or there's any violence toward Elena specifically like that, "combat" can be whatever strikes you! I'd love some sort of AU where vampires have a more powerful presence in society.

Twisted and Fluffy Feelings Fluff that's just wrong somehow. Maybe some fluff where Damon is feeding on Elena or Elena gifts him with blood from a fresh kill.

unresolved issues from their past They both have so much baggage and angst I'll never grow tired off.

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Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV 2018) Harvey Kinkle/Nicholas Scratch (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) 

Badass in Distress Neither of these two will won't want to admit to being in so much danger that they need to be saved by the other one. Maybe there's banter, denial of how serious their injuries are and then needing to be slightly carried out, trouble in the mines and only magic can get Harvey out, Nick in danger over something only mundane human abilities can save the day.

Caught in the Rain I'm thinking of kisses because I love kisses in the rain -- but the dark version of this.

Character Discovers They Aren't As Human As They Thought They Were Harvey has magic.

Common Cold can be Fatal for Nonhuman(s) I want more of Nick pushing past the pain/downplaying how seriously ill he is, then after much whumping, Harvey comes with comfort.

Dependent on Enemy for Survival I loved the episode with the witches attacking first borns in Greendale and how Nick wound up having to save Harvey, and he needs Harvey’s help to do so. I’d love more of that push and pull dynamic where they wind up having no choice but to rely on each other for survival.

Twisted and Fluffy Feelings I love fluff SO MUCH, and I’d love the darkfic version. Maybe Nick tries to court Harvey the warlock way and it’s all kinds of fucked up... but it’s weirdly sweet of him.

Wilderness Survival Harvey’s a hunter and been in the mines. Nick is familiar with the woods very well. I’d love to see them tested in the wilderness.

Dark Magic & Magic Curses & Witchcraft I coupled these three individual freeforms together because I like the relationship between them all. I love the style of magic in the show so much and would love more of it in fic.