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Well, tonight had been a real shitshow. What was supposed to have been a quick clean-out turned out to be more than Roman had bargained for, the group of thugs encroaching on his turf backed up with some real killer artillery. Definitely not some run-of-the-mill gang looking to pick up some parking meter change; it had been a trap and Roman charged in with all guns blazing only to end up against a firing squad himself.
Kind of impressive actually, the simplicity of the scheme in which to draw Roman Sionis onto the street for an easy kill. Targeting his dealers and disrupting the flow of narcotics had been one thing but the joy of making an example out of the culprits, now they knew he'd find that irresistable.
Roman would have smiled had he still had the strength. Scarface knew him better than he knew himself, the vicious little wooden bastard.
However, Roman could only swallow, feeling oddly thirsty despite the strong taste of blood upon his tongue. He’s bleeding out fast and knows it, unable to repress a shudder at his impending demise. Then again it might have been his body beginning to convulse - already he could feel the cold, dark fingers of death reaching out for him like so many others had been claimed tonight.
Speaking of Death, the bastard was already hovering over his corpse.
It wasn't Scarface, much to his surprise. The odd, scratching voice that reached his dimming ears didn't carry the gloating words he'd been expecting, of luring him out onto his own turf that would now belong to him. Similarly the dark frame kneeling above his corpse wasn't chubby like the Ventriloquist Scarface had dubbed his puppet - this newcomer was thin and lanky, their silhouette so tall that overhead lights were blotted out, fanning behind the top of their head like some sort of nightmarish halo.
He'd never put much stock into religion but in that moment, it looked like an awful lot like the Angel of Death had come for him.
Or so he'd thought. Death didn't ask how badly you wanted to live, saying that your luck hadn't run out just yet. Roman swallowed again, coughing wetly as he struggled to get a better look at his saviour's face. It wasn't Batman or any of the other morons stupid enough to try saving the crime lord's life and with a bullet lodged in his lung, even the Bat wouldn't have been able to perform any miracles at this point.
Well, fuck. What else did he have to lose? Roman figured the other person wasn't asking out of the goodness of their little heart, that payment would be involved one way or the other but right now he didn't have the time or energy to lay out the terms of any contracts, the fires of his hot blood now growing cold and dim.
"... F-fuck it. Do what you c-can, n' I'll m-make it w-w-worth your w-while..." Roman spits, his words trailing off as a violent hacking fit overcomes him. The crime lord sighs as his strength gives out, jaw going slack as he fights bitterly to maintain eye contact until his last breath.
He wasn't ready to leave this life yet, especially not by the hand of some two-bit chump he didn't even know the name of.
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WAIT WHERES MIM?!?! PLEASE TELL ME YOU’LL RELEASE THAT ONE AGAIN PLEASE
I need you guys to understand that the reason I took down my stuff was for my own peace of mind because they're my stories and i started feeling unsafe having them out because of how they - and I - were being treated.
absolutely nothing is wrong with mim and I love that fic and I care so much about it which is why - for my peace of mind - i want it to belong to only me rn. I know the fic was only out a month after i finished it and that really upsets me about taking it down. i want to reupload it because i know people like the fic and i love sharing my stuff but also there's that level of how much the fic matters to me and how much more devastating it makes it when people are cruel. and how much it hurts when I, as the creator of something, am treated like I don't matter at all and that my stuff can so easily be stolen or copied. like, it's an extension of me, yknow? You can't separate content and creator in such a small and intimate sphere as fandom. like, you guys all use my first name when referring to me, yknow?? there's that sense of connection. and since it's such an intimate space, having that trust be betrayed or disrespected is so much more potent than if we were in a large fandom with a lot of creators.
the fear of having MiM copied is really immense and real for me rn and i know that's potentially me being overly paranoid but considering the Amount of times this has started to happen - and how blatantly rude and nasty and entitled readers have been getting with me and other creators over the last year - it's definitely not out of the realm of possibility.
MiM wasn't written for readers, it was written for me. and i shared it because i wanted to and that was wonderful. but to have any of my stuff stepped on so much just doesn't make me feel very safe in this fandom space rn and makes it hard to let people have access to something that matters so much to me.
I'm not saying MiM has been deleted forever, I'm just saying i want some more time for it to be mine.
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rank your favourite robins
Anon are you trying to get me killed? All I'll say is that Dick is the top favourite and that unfortunately, I cannot rank Tim at all because I've (horribly) never read a single solo comic of his/read anything that focuses on him rather than other characters (I'll rectify that... eventually).
But I'm not ranking the rest of them, mostly because I love and hate different things about them (and absolutely not because I fear even more anon hate in my inbox ;)).
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— about the author✨🌈
Howdy! I'm Fell (he/they), a queer trans indie author, and one half of the Estraven Homosexual Literature Society writing collective (with @b-a-pigeon.) You can find out more about us - as well as all of our books, both published and in-progress - on our website, homoliterature.org.
I write character-driven, often romantic fantasy for adults, usually set in original worlds. Mysterious gods, magical monster-people, and gay misfortune abound!
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Both Sides of The Moon, my very first novel, is about a werewolf cowboy and an amnesiac vampire falling in love... and the trauma, guilt, and fear - plus one particularly nasty man from the past - that they must overcome to be together.
Poised in Either Eye is a collaborative novel written with @b-a-pigeon. It follows two dragons who have taken human form: Mateo, who has abandoned the monotony and homogeneity of dragon culture, and Zephyr, who intends to prove that he's worthy of his family's name by using his powers to steal from humans.
Taker of the Third Path is a novel currently undergoing revision; the first draft is available to read on Patreon. Directed by the voice on the wind he calls God, the traveling hedge witch Linmiru settles at an old crossroads to watch for the next person to follow the overgrown third path - it is imperative that he find them, as the fate of the world hangs in the balance.
Hierarchy of the Unseen is a collaborative novel written with @b-a-pigeon, about a devout demon hunter and a shiftless demon who have to team up to avert the apocalypse. It just finished serializing on Patreon, and is scheduled for release in early summer 2023. ARC signups for HotU are now open!
What From the Water Rises is a collaborative universe built with @b-a-pigeon. A series of short stories that focus on the inhabitants of Isle Ezu, and the forces that shape their world. The first story drops on Patreon March 29, 2023 - and will soon be available to read for free!
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