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[skyloftian-nutcase]

I would like to hear you elaborate :D

-Sky Floor

Well don't mind if I do! :D (Y'all are spoiling me tonight <3)

The noble families and divisions of Hyrule were like this:

To the northwest of the castle lay the Mountains and Forests of Peace, a land coveted for its sacred history. Legend claims that gods descended from the sky here. (The Breach of Demise is here, but at this stage it’s hidden in narrow canyons and forgotten to the world, except for legend – the Master Sword rests here, and hasn’t been touched since Skyward Sword Link placed it there). It’s run by House Serenne. This land would later be the place where Link, Hero of Power, uses the sword to maintain the seal on one of the pieces of Ganon’s soul, and the Temple of the Sacred Sword will be built there in the future. The area is known for its religious history and attracts many pilgrims. Its primary staple, therefore, is tourism. It also houses the Sages, which gives it a great amount of political power.

Directly north of the castle is the Lost Woods. The forest is mostly left alone, but the area outside of it house several villages, and it has a heavy military presence. The people who live here are used to fighting against the strange creatures of the woods and the occasional beast, as well as hunting or their resources as there isn’t much space for farming. They’re hardy and produce many soldiers for Hyrule. It’s known as the Woodlands, and its run by House Laruson.

Northeast of the castle is Death Mountain. King Ozen foolishly auctioned this land off to a rich Hylian family, infuriating the Gorons, though they didn’t have the ability to fight the entire Hyrulian army. It’s run by House Ishita. Zelda works to break the Ishita hold on the area, as Goron uprisings become prevalent after the war when they see weakness they can exploit.

To the south is Lake Hylia, a massive body of water with a few fishing villages lining its shores. These villages also trade with the elusive Zora. South of the lake are more settlements, but they’re not part of Hyrule. They offer trade with the fishing villages, though. This area is run by House Mabe.

Central Hyrule is still ruled by the king. It houses Kakariko Village and is a bustling place for trade. It also boasts the largest population of wild horses and has a booming horse business as a result. Lady Lon is the richest rancher in the land.

To the southwest are the Wastelands – an area that is mostly devoid of settlements except for the few who managed to make a home there. They are among the hardiest of Hyrule, and they are the few who interact with the Gerudo. No noble bothered to claim this land, and it’s therefore run entirely by the marshal of the area. After the war, this area is heavily reinforced and populated by soldiers, bringing trade and business to the area. A general is in charge of the Wastelands until Zelda places a noble in its care – Lady Muni of House Ishita, who agreed to it when she recognized that Ishita was going to lose its power in the Goron lands.

The Gerudo desert is massive – it spans the southern border of Hyrule in its entirety. It has several cities within its expanses, and its center of trade is in the Wastelands. The largest city is Lagema Town, and the two other settlements are Lanayru Village and Roosen Village. Lanayru is the farthest away, resting in the southeast, while Roosen is directly south and Lagema is the southwest. Roosen deals with Ordon Province, an independent province from Hyrule, while Lanayru sits in what remains of the Lanayru Desert. The magic of timeshift instruments has been lost, but glowing crystals and mysterious discoveries of the past still tantalize the few who manage to make it out there. Lagema has a rough history with the Wastelands, sometimes trading and sometimes stealing from them. Lagema is the seat of authority for the Gerudo people. After the war, all three settlements have been destroyed. Hemisi builds Gerudo Town in the southwest, while a scant amount of Gerudo survivors refuse to listen to her rule because of the actions of her father. She leaves them, protecting the rest of her people. Eventually, the Gerudo rebuild themselves but have a shaky relationship with Hyrule.

The Seven Sages

The Sage of Light – Traditionally a member of the royal family. The sage’s seat has been empty, and King Ozen had planned to fill it with Zelda when she came of age. Zelda does traditionally fill this role, though it’s not made official until the other sages try to put someone in there to get power. Eventually is filled by Zelda’s daughter, Missa.

The Sage of Shadow – Peloz, a female Sheikah who is very powerful in magic. Aunt to Chief Impa. Very strongly in league with the royal family. Did not like the coup, and did not acknowledge Zelda as the rightful ruler until Link married her.

The Sage of Water – Bansen, a Hylian male from the region of the Wetlands, where Lake Hylia is. He has good relations with the Zora, a mysterious water species of people that Hyrule has had trouble having any kind of relationship with. He’s pretty neutral in terms of loyalties; tries to do his duty, but he won’t sway the Zora one way or the other, and he does not want to get involved in the political war brewing, but also doesn’t want his life to be a living hell, so he’ll sway for whoever pressures him the most.

The Sage of Time – Another traditional position of the royal family. Tradition was broken when King Ozen gave it to one of his lovers, Ora. She holds no magic over time, but it was an open position to be filled. As such, she’ll do anything to maintain this position as it gives her prestige and power. Usually does so by sleeping with whoever she needs to. She tries this with Link and it does not go well. However, they can’t just throw her out despite the dishonor she tries to push on Link, and he despises that. It’s another point of contention between him and Zelda. Eventually, Zelda finds a way to get rid of her, and Sonia takes her place.

The Sage of Fire – Kuzu, a Hylian male from House Ishita. Given the fact that Zelda seems keen on giving the Goron lands back to the Gorons, lands which belong to House Ishita, Kuzu is very staunchly against her.

The Sage of Spirit – Ophea, a member of House Serenne. Her family traditionally fills this role, which is another reason they managed to become powerful enough to rule the entire region. Clearly not going to be in favor of Zelda since she overthrew the man who gave her family more power.

The Sage of Lightning – Originally Elkan, a warrior known as the Thunder Knight due to his booming battle cry and powerful fighting abilities. Staunchly loyal to the royal family. Died during the war. One of Zelda’s first tasks is to replace him at the end of the war, and she chooses Elkan’s son, Molik. Molik is not as strong a warrior, but he is just as proud and wishes to do his part. His loyalty to the queen is what earns him this position.

[roomwithanopenfire]

Stats Sunday

Happy March!! Thanks for the tag @nausikaaa! Unfortunately, my goal is to make this banner worse every month, so be prepared—we've only just begun.

Early post for me. I should be sleeping but I started making my graphs and then... well, here we are.

Here's my February Recap loll. Stats and graphs and musings incoming. (this post is so long but i promise there's a snippet in here)

Rest of post is under the cut. It is long. You've been warned.

I've posted two things last month! A valentine's day fic for Ebb/Fiona and Chapter 3 of the Way We Are. (Technically i posted 3 but this stranger things oneshot was posted on the 1st and written in January so it feels like January's accomplishment)

Total words written for February: 14405 (this beats Jan by 460 words!)

Days I met my writing goal (200 words): 20

Days I didn't write or edit anything: 4

Day I wrote the most: Feb 11th with 2249 (this beats last month's high score of 1717!)

Number of Fics worked on: 10 technically, but i have not been consistent with most of them. mainly worked on 3.

Daily Average: 514 words (but like last month i am highly inconsistent and my WC varies wildy depending on the day)

(I really like the little curve in the middle. also two the days that look like zero are actually 1 words, which is my placeholder if i spend all day editing)

And here's a pie chart to show my WC distribution across projects. Tbh a lot of these were fics that i've had in my fic ideas doc and all i did was make a google doc for them and word barf onto it my ideas, that's why there's so many small slices.

some slices are so small you don't even get to know my placeholder names. also i hope the title THTHIPWGI intrigues you, i'm always excited when i can title a fic right away and refer to it by a fun accyromn on my spreadsheet.

Other notable things from February:

I finished writing all of The Way We Are!! (kind of. i have one more scene to write. Monica's fault.)

I took over the @carry-on-sapphic-week event!! Check out the prompts if you haven't yet <3

I've received So Many beautiful valentines from the CO discord servers exchange. my mailbox and my heart has been full

The CO fandom was able to raise $500 for Fandom Trumps Hate!! (and I got to make a spreadsheet bc of this!!!) (also i won two auctions from this, one for each fandom i'm in)

My car battery died and I had to get a new one :/

I started a new journal!

I finally figured out how to spell February

my savage worlds campaign finally got our ship back and made it off this stupid planet that we've been on forever.

i've started watching Yellowjackets and I'm really enjoying it

I read so many CO AU fest fics and each one of them was so good. I think i've read all except one so far, and honestly this fest has been so fun i'm obsessed with you guys, you're are so talented.

SPEAKING of CO AU fest fics, @fiend-for-culture's fic, Everything In Between, is SO good, i've been thinking about it all week. you should read it (and leave a comment so i can read it bc i'm stalking the comments on this fic and there's not enough to sate me)

i have spring break in just one week!!

Okay, i promised you words, so here's a snip from my COBB.

“And I’m sorry,” Simon says. “For what?” “Driving you off yesterday.” “That wasn’t your fault. I was being terrible.” “Yeah,” Simon agrees. “But I shouldn’t have dismissed you like that.” I make a face. “I’m not having a heart-to-heart with you, Snow.” Simon groans. “Why do you have to do that?" "What" "Everytime I think we're making progress you say something nasty like that."

sorry this post is so long, thank you for reading if you made it this far

tags, hellos, and apologies:

@alexalexinii @aristocratic-otter @argumentativeantitheticalg @artsyunderstudy @arthurkko

@beastmonstertitan @blackberrysummerblog @best--dress @bookishbroadwayandblind @bookish-bogwitch

@the-beard-of-edward-teach @brilla-brilla-estrellita @cccloudsss @ciescen @confused-bi-queer

@cutestkilla @drowninginships @facewithoutheart @emeryhall @fiend-for-culture

@hushed-chorus @iamamythologicalcreature @ileadacharmedlife @theimpossibledemon @jyae23

@larkral @lovelettersto-mars @meanjeansjeans @m1ndwinder @monbons

@noblecorgi @orange-peony @prettygoododds @raenestee @rimeswithpurple

@run-for-chamo-miles @rbkzz @shrekgogurt @simonscones @skee3000

@supercutedinosaurs @sweetronancer @talentpiper11 @toc-the-scrambled @thewholelemon

@valeffelees @youarenevertooold @you-remind-me-of-the-babe

added some new ppl to this tag list, feel free to share a wip you're working on—art, fic, etc. it does not have to stats like mine is loll. i use wipsdays as my soapbox.

[valeriianz]

hi! in the spirit of Dreamling Week, here is an updated masterlist, now with clickable links to tags to follow along with a series :) welcome to my corner of the fandom, where it's predominantly human aus!

in time, all of my fics will be transferred to Ao3, so if you're interested in that, follow along here! this list will (finally) include (some) links to fics ive tagged on in reblogs that i usually ignore... but not this time! :'D Everything here is complete unless otherwise stated: (wip)

G - T Rated:

tepid - 1.3k canon, Dream can get sleepy, too

Stay - 1.7k hurt/comfort, vague mafia vibes

the date that never ended - 1.2k humor, established relationship

You Know How That Thrills Me - 2.2k The Devil Wears Prada AU, + blog tag which includes fanart, here!

savvy? - 1.2k pirate au! Hob rescues Dream

daydream - 1.1k fake dating, UST, fitting room pining

Exit Wounds - 2.1k hurt/no comfort, infidelity, angst

call me back for more - 2k NYE, strangers to lovers, sexual tension

scratch a little itch - 5.6k neighbors, pastry chef!Dream and professor!Hob

The magic of the mistletoe - xmas fic, canon

Hob grieves over Dream - canon, vague comic spoilers, angst

Cowboy AU (snippet) - aka Charro!Dream, Mexican rodeo vibes + blog tag with lots of art and collaborators :)

spin the bottle - highschool setting, friends to lovers

Reason in the Noise - 3k+ (wip) musician!Dream, companion piece to Bolt in the Blue (but can be read as a standalone)

Retired!Dream with facial hair along with part 2! - canon(ish), domestic, light spice

The Parent Trap AU and part 2! - loosely inspired by the film.

Hob walks in on Dream dancing - musician!Hob and Dream dancing to his music. marshmallow fluff.

Personal Chef!Hob, single dad Dream - what it says on the tin, part two here! and my 'chef Hob au' tag full of art and recipes!

NYE and slightly possessive Hob - another obligatory New Years Eve fic

The Proposal AU and also a part two! - a couple silly romcom things in collaboration with valiantstarlights here's the tag for it!

Bday fic for ambarden - the night before college graduation, pining,

Road Trip - the start of an idea...

ASMR youtuber!Dream - an add on... Hob is a fan. meet cute

Hard of Hearing Dream - pining, bittersweet, friends to lovers

Spicy/NSFW fics under the cut!

M - E Rated:

Bolt in the Blue - 102k+ (wip) the epic band au, slice of life, fluff, touring. see everything related to this fic in the tag fic: bolt in the blue

skipping breakfast - 667w domestic and a lil spicy

obsession - 1.6k canon, making out on the dancefloor

Fin de siècle - 3.2k vampire hunter!Hob and vampire!Dream

parked - 1.1k canon, car sex, PDA

tease - 1.3k Dream has a vulva, Hob fingers him in a car

ushy gushy pussy Dream - and he refuses to get off Hob's cock

Mr. Gadling's Bodyguard - 11.7k The Hitman's Bodyguard AU, action, humor... second chapter does not relate to the film at all and is just smut

Savory & Sweet - 6k+ (wip) restaurant au, unhinged behavior

Let Me Down Easy - 21k photographer!Hob and model!Dream but they're exes. angst with a happy ending

never enough - 7.3k friends to lovers, love confessions, mutual pining

turn the lights off - 3.3k phone sex, side fic inspired by by the minute by issylra

kiss me properly (and pull me apart) - 4.2k Hob wears a butt plug all day (lol) inspired by this incredible art by messmonte

Dream stepping on Hob - power imbalance, PWP

Bathtub shenanigans - a bit of relaxation ;)

Hob as Sexy Santa - and Dream can't handle it

Celebrity Dream and his normie bf Hob - inspired by that 3am photo of Ferdie looking all sweaty and disheveled

One of Your Girls AU - an ask fic/prompt i sent to Gabe and she added on <3

Let Me Down Easy [deleted scene] - they get frisky the morning after

Dream can feel Hob's lewd daydreams

Bi-curious Dream - basically a summary/headcanon of what i think Dream having his bi awakening with Hob would be like. and then hardly-an-escape went and wrote a full ass fic about it. but im counting this anyway lmao

#my writing

btw i am so sorry, yes i did give up on including the word count. i just... gave up. but everything without a word count is most likely under 1.5k.

[drabblesandsnippets]

Snippet #3

Pairing: Bucky Barnes x Plus-size female character (unnamed)

Background: Edited scene of something I wrote for a friend

Summary: All Bucky wants is to make his girlfriend’s day better.

Warnings: 18+ Only. Sexual content. Romance/fluff. Praise.

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From the second she walks in the door, Bucky can tell things had only gotten worse in the couple of hours since they talked. He knows better than to bombard her with questions, giving her space after they share a brief hello, letting her come to him after she changes into her normal oversized shirt and sweatpants. 

He gives her a warm smile when she reappears, the sight of her never ceasing to make his heart race, even with the messy bun atop her head and the t-shirt that’s seen better days. He loves every single part of her, and his favorite moments are when he gets to see the parts of her that she only shares with him. The vulnerable moments, the small pieces of her that she hides from others, scared of their judgements. She gets to let go of all the masks with him, and it’s one of the most beautiful things he gets to witness.

Bucky can tell all she needs right now is for him to listen, without the need to offer any sort of advice, and he's more than happy to be her sounding board. He actively listens to all the silly frustrations that managed to get under her skin today, the stupid things that made her ready to pull her hair out.

By the time she’s released all the pent up feelings, she’s finally beginning to relax, but Bucky’s still not satisfied. He ignores the old-fashioned part of him that wants her to quit her job, leave all the frustration behind, and be a house wife. He blinks away the brief image of coming home to her wearing nothing but an apron, his cock twitching at the thought, and instead talks her into a massage.

It doesn’t take much convincing. Within moments, she’s laying on their bed, Bucky straddling her legs as he rubs the tension out of her back and shoulders. She loses track of time, allowing him to take care of her, happily letting all other thoughts leave her, only vaguely aware of the almost pornographic noises coming out of her.

Bucky’s far from wanting to complain though. He’s getting to touch her, make her feel better, and listen to her moan - three of his favorite things. He ignores his growing erection for now and keeps his focus on the massage, paying attention to all her sore spots while easing up on the sensitive areas of her back. He smiles at the soft sounds leaving her with each movement of his hands, suddenly feeling grateful to have her trust. 

He slowly works his hands back up to her shoulders, leaning forward slightly as he rubs the tension there, telling her, “Thank you for letting me take care of you.” There’s no need for her to speak, her little noises of appreciation more than enough to satisfy him, his hands never stopping their magical touch. She can barely remember her name at this point, let alone anything else that’s happened today, and that’s exactly how Bucky wants it.

“You’re always taking care of everyone else,” he continues, the palms of his hands moving down the center of her back, letting up on the pressure just a bit. “But, I know it’s hard to let people take care of you, so thank you.” She turns her head slightly to hear him better, but keeps her eyes closed as a slight blush colors her cheeks.

She loves being praised by him, almost as much as Bucky loves praising her, but it still makes her flustered, especially if they’re not in the middle of sex. Sometimes even then too. She can’t see it, but Bucky’s smile grows at her reaction and he changes tactics, his fingertips starting to lightly trace up her back, sending a shiver down her spine. 

“How about you let me keep taking care of you?” he asks, the tenderness of his voice matching his touch, making her heart flutter. Coherent words left her a long time ago, but she still manages to voice her consent. And the moment she does, he leans forward again, his hand sliding up to rub against the back of her neck. “I’m gonna take my time,” he tells her, his breath warm against her ear, “give you everything you need tonight.”

She’s not even sure she responds, other than with a loud moan of need as her hips lift to reach him, his words making her body pulse with pleasure. Bucky’s body reacts to her desire, his own hips grinding against her, letting her feel how hard she makes him. As much as his cock wants him to just push her pants down and take her like this - she’d be more than willing - he’s a man of his word.

With the same measured pace, his hand slips underneath her shirt, the soft touch of his fingers along her waist causing goosebumps to spread across her skin. He undresses her slowly, his lips touching every inch of skin he exposes, whispering words of praise, leaving her panting for more. When he finally turns her over onto her back, he repeats the process, taking his time to pull her sweatpants down her legs, kissing a trail to her ankles.

“I’m so proud to call you mine,” he tells her once he settles back between her legs, his eyes roaming over her flushed body. She watches as his hand reaches down, almost subconsciously, to grab his cock through his jeans, clearly trying to relieve some of the pressure. She wants to tell him he’s too overdressed, that she wants to feel more of him, but all she can do is look up at him, silently pleading for more.

There’s time for teasing, but not tonight. With a quick pull, Bucky removes his shirt and tosses it off the bed, barely giving her a chance to appreciate his body before he’s on her again, meeting her in a passionate kiss. They lose themselves in the intimate connection, their need for each other growing until they finally part and Bucky rests his forehead gently against hers, breathing heavily. “You’re so incredible,” he tells her. “You’re so strong.”

He starts peppering kisses along her skin again, across her jaw before dipping down to her throat. “Intelligent.” His kisses move to her collarbone. “Kind.” With each word, her mind starts to fully relax again, accepting the praise, her body trembling with need. And just before his mouth closes over her nipple, he reminds her, “And the hottest fucking woman I’ve ever seen.”

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Main Masterlist

[jakes3resin]

Can you tell us about your other fics if you already have an established plot?

I'd love to! So there's quite a number of them I won't lie. I tend to get inspired by the randomest things. These are all in various stages of plotted out and written.

A/B/O fic (technically turning into 3 fics) that follows Bucky & Buck through the war, described below.

Courting Arc (top of my list to finish writing) - Bucky POV as he is anonymously courted during his time in the states just before he gets sent over to England (there's a post I'm basing my writing around I'll link it in a moment) <- published

England Arc- a quick look into their lives as they run missions with A/B/O elements (this will be pretty short I think) mostly snippets of scenes from the show just now with Omega Bucky and Alpha Buck <- published

Stalag Arc - Omega Bucky and his awful time in Germany. Here is where we see what being an Omega in war is really like in my omegaverse. Bucky is the highest ranked Omega in the camp meaning he's technically 'in charge' of keeping those Omegas in line. He's tested by his heats, keeping his pack together, and finally by a German order that could tear Buck and Bucky apart. This is a big fic for me to prepare for, and I'm building up to it by writing the Courting Arc first <- next on deck

Biker Gale AU (my beloved, genuinely obsessed with this AU) - this was inspired by one of hogans-heroes AUs. So, Gale leads an outlaw-esque biker club, and Bucky used to be his right hand (and lover) except one day out of the blue he just disappeared. Gale does everything he can to find Bucky, but there's no trail to follow, no clues to put together, nothing. Fast forward about two years, Bucky arrives on Curt's doorstep holding a small baby with the brightest blue eyes and prettiest blonde curls and begs Curt to watch his baby for 5 days. 5 days later Bucky comes back in town bruised to all hell with the FBI on his tail with their own nefarious reasons for tracking Bucky down. Bucky has nowhere else to turn especially since when he comes back to Curt's he finds Gale holding his little baby. (This could be A/B/O I haven't decided, but it's definitely at least mpreg)

Amnesia fic - this is based off of a post I made about the effects of Bucky getting hit over the head like 3 times in the span of two days, its... somewhere (edit: here). But its about Bucky waking up with no memory of who he is just before he gets interrogated by the Germans and sent to Stalag Luft III where he meets a man that his heart rejoices at seeing but his mind doesn't recognize. Buck of course has to deal with the love of his life forgetting him.

Magic AU - Bucky is a Scamander and its now everyone's problem to deal with it. The tag to find all of my ramblings for it is magic au (not that Tumblr's tag system works), and @getinthefuckingjaeger just wrote the best ever fic of Bucky and Theseus so go read that.

I've also got a few paragraphs written of Foster Kid Bucky somewhere but that might never see the light of day (that's also from a hogans-heroes AU) where Bucky is a jaded teenager just trying to make it to 18 to get out of his shitty foster placement when in comes Buck whose mother finally divorced his dad, got custody of her kids, and moved to her hometown to escape. It's about a Bright Buck meeting a Jaded Bucky (a flip on their usual dynamics)

Blonde Bucky AU - I wrote a blurb on the Twin Cleven AU post, and the idea of Bucky bleaching his hair on a drunken night out with Curt and Bubbles has haunted me since <- published as well

There might be more? But these are the only ones I can remember off the top of my head right now that are plotted out beyond oh that'd be a good fic. I have a lot of time spent sitting and waiting right now, so I have the ability to write a multitude of fics. I'm happy to talk about any of these fics if you want to come into my inbox or my messages.

[theghostofashton]

favorite fandom memories

thank you to @thisbuildinghasfeelings @welcometololaland @reyesstrand @carlossreaders @nisbanisba

@tellmegoodbye @heartstringsduet @bonheur-cafe @herefortarlos for tagging me!! this is such a sweet idea <3

community and friends

i was really hesitant to join this fandom, coming off a bad experience in the previous fandom i was in, but in the lead up to s4, i decided to go for it. i've never been more grateful for a decision, to have spent the past couple of years meeting so many wonderful people and enjoying this show with you all. it was such a pleasant surprise to be welcomed in with so much support. the kindness and warmth from you all has been nothing like i've ever experienced in another fandom, and i'm so grateful.

writing

the first fic i ever posted in this fandom was a coda, a little something i wrote when i was feeling inspired after watching an ep, and i remember being so shocked at how much support it received. so much kindness from people that were total strangers to me, so much love. i think i knew at that point that i'd found something special here. this fandom has inspired me, writing-wise, in ways i could not have imagined when i first joined, and it's been such an incredible feeling to reconnect with my creativity again. so i just wanted to say if you've ever reblogged one of my snippets or commented or left kudos or even taken the time to read one of my fics, thank you so much. you mean the world to me

fics, art, gifs, and more

echoing everyone who's already said this, but this fandom is so, so talented. i'm never able to keep up with my list of fics to read, and the art and gifs, just.... the way this community has been able to take this special show and make it even more special through all these things we've created out of it is so beautiful. i'm so glad we'll continue to have that

live blogging and clowning

live blogging s4-5 has been some of the most fun i've had in the fandom. it's been so good to react in real time with all of you, to share thoughts and theories and analysis. one of my favorite things in the world is Getting Too Deep About Characters, and i've been so happy to find other people who share in that. special shoutouts to the night of 4x16 (the collective breakdown we all had after the soulmates scene, wondering how we'd survive the wedding), all of the wedding bts, the wedding promo, the night 5x01 aired and we had our weewoo show back after over a year...it's been so much fun and i am so looking forward to continuing to spiral as we analyze the show through rewatches

will be a bittersweet night for sure, but i am so excited to liveblog one last episode and have a good time with you all <3

pretty sure most people have already done this so just gonna tag @sanjuwrites @carlos-tk @lightningboltreader @alrightbuckaroo

@eclectic-sassycoweyes @lonestardust and anyone else who wants to share <3

[nancydrewwouldnever]

TBF - past lives trailer wasn’t super exciting either. It didn’t make me go WOW but I too, LOVED that film when I watched it and I am beyond ecstatic for Celine’s career. Past Lives was my favorite script of last year and top 3 movies seen in 2024.

I also really like how the movie shows it was truly written by a woman 🤭

But of course to each their own. I think what I liked about the trailer was the unicorn comment and then the way Celine wrote to say “I want to grow old with you.” The line sounds corny when you read it but the way he spoke it in the trailer it actually got me a little 🥺

I feel making trailers for movies which aren't packed with action or something like a murder mystery is inherently difficult. Especially with a small film about interpersonal reactions, how do you cut that in a way to get people interested in it? Films like this always benefit more from scene snippet releases and reviews. But, yes, I'm going on faith that Celine earned from me for her first movie, and because Pedro could read me the phonebook and I'd be happy. I'm just going to grit my teeth and get through Dakota.

[fayedartmouth]

Well since it’s okay please share some info about your upcoming projects sorry but im too curious and excited for my own good and i genuinely love your work read every single one in only a week

Well, in truth, I have like 20+ fics that are technically WIPs, all in various stages of development and completion.  I tend to get way more plot bunnies than I can write, and my WIPs range from rough concepts to like 30k words or more.  So it's just a wide range.

As per usual, I can't shut up, so the details are below.

For the record, some of those WIPs I really really love.  Like I have a whole series of Shoupe and preseries JJ that I'm super excited about (their first meeting, the first time Shoupe realizes JJ's getting beaten, JJ taking all of Luke's pills as a teenager, and a few more).  I have one very well developed with a preseries JJ getting kidnapped by one of Luke's associates and Luke blowing off the ransom (spoiler alert: it goes badly for JJ).  And I have a few now completely AU takes post S3, one with Rafe getting revenge on the Pogues by going after JJ (forcing him to take an overdose of drugs, and it's so convincing that almost everyone believes he did it himself) and a Sarah and JJ as siblings fic.  That's just a sampling.  There are so many more that I can't even remember them all.

One idea that just got hold of me this week is an AU with JJ and John B in the military.  There are a few other takes on this on AO3 that intrigued me, and the brothers in arms thing could be so fun to play out with those two.  And I mean, the whump. I may have wrote a few scenes....

However, the fics that I'm actively writing right now.  I'd say there are four (beyond the car accident fic I'm posting snippets of and the town council AU I did a snippet of last weekend).

1. Best of a Bad Deal part three.  This one is still in the works though technically kind of on my backburner.  I have completed quite a bit of this fic, which spans five-six years after JJ goes into remission.  I think I have a cohesive narrative at least through the third year with a lot of bits and pieces completed after that -- including the ending, which I really love.

2. My long fix-it.  I have been actively plotting this with woudsohfiv and currently have probably 70k done.  It starts around the mid point of S4 and maintains everything we see in canon -- but adds a secondary plot that manages to subvert it completely.  LOL, I don't want to spoil too much, but it heavily involves Luke.  The Pogues will still (mostly) think JJ is dead while JJ hits absolute rock bottom.  This fic is planned to be the first of a series.  We've been a little ambitious with our plotting and have sketched out plots for three additional fics.  The second one will really dig into JJ facing his trauma and dealing with his family heritage and Goat Island.  I'm really excited about this one!

3. I write fics for my friends for Christmas, and this year, I have two friends getting JJ fics.  The first one is for woudsohfiv, and she requested an AU of the S1 ep where Barry robs the Pogues.  IIn this take, JJ goes for the gun and gets shot for his trouble -- and the Pogues are faced with the reality of what they were willing to risk.  My goal is to make it eventually fit back into canon, however.  It's probably 15k in and is maybe half done.  It will (hopefully!) be done for Christmas.

4. For my other friend, I'm going on one of her favorite tropes:  seizures.  It's a fic set in that happy 18 months of Poguelandia 2.0 where the Pogues get sick -- and JJ ends up getting very, very ill.  This one is a pretty simple straight up sick fic where the Pogues have to confront that they're not quite as together as they thought they were, and wherein John B and Kiara have to face the reality that JJ isn't really as okay as he seems to be most of the time. Again, my goal is to finish this by Christmas, and I think I can pull it off. This should be relatively short hopefully in the 10k range.

Feel free to ask more questions or specifics! I'd even post snippets if you wanted. I only do completed fics on AO3 but I'm a lot looser here.

[many-gay-magpies]

Hey it's Quill! 😘 Happy New Year! For the Director's Cut game, can you share anything about "Le Chéile, Cloachlaithe"? 😜

Hi hi hi @shadowquill17!! Happy new year to you too!! And yes I absolutely can 😉

That was yet another fic that began as a big giant “yes, and” conversation in the payneland party discord server, heavily inspired by @jube-art’s art of the orb boys, particularly their comic of Charles storing Orbwin inside his chest. From there, we got to talking about CHARLES in EDWIN’S chest and the fact that he would ABSOLUTELY take ever opportunity to be a little shit, even as an orb lmao. The idea of exactly WHAT he would do came about as a sort of joke/crack idea (I don’t remember who proposed it first, it might have been me?), and I think Jube actually wrote a snippet for it first, but I got possessed by the idea and gradually went… hey I don’t think this is a joke anymore.

I actually started the fic from one of the middle scenes/bits in the notes app on my phone, then pasted it directly into the nsfw channel solely for the purpose of making the server lose its shit LMAO. I didn’t start out intending to post it (partly because at that time I was still not very used to publicly posting smut), but in the end I’d put so much work in and was so genuinely PROUD of it that it seemed like a waste not to. And I do not regret it one bit <3

A bonus fun fact about the title: when I was getting close to finishing/posting the fic, I actually almost made the title Into the Flesh (a lyric from Kate Bush’s The Sensual World), but the final decision ended up being made by my synesthesia lmao. Both titles fit very well thematically, but the colors of Le Chéile, Cloachlaithe (lots of golds, oranges, some rusty colors, a bit of bright blue accenting, maybe some light pink- overall kind of the vibe of light coming through stained glass) suited the Color Vibe of the fic itself (very warm, sunny and bright) way better than Into the Flesh (more dark/muted colors; greys, some soft/muted reds, flesh-toned pinks, maybe a bit of dull/sagey green?). However I still might use Into the Flesh as the title of a fic (very probably a smut fic) in the future because it hits and my girl Kate Bush deserves it

Thank you so much for asking!!

End of year director’s cut ask game

[gothamstreetcat]

3 +13 ÷ 30 !!

3. how do you feel about your current wip?

Honestly, it is mixed some days but yesterday I was working on it at 3am and I was really enjoying myself and getting emotional during parts. I think it is very long and I have honestly been working on it for three years - some of the context of the story has honestly changed given my mood or current circumstances. But I really think this is one I will end up being super proud of. To be honest, I think I have always been fearful of sex - like I never wrote about it and always had warped views about it, BUT I feel so safe with Wesley and Lilah, and they're such a comfort for me. Sex is their love language and I have two sexual scenes planned. I am honestly really proud of myself. I even bought a book a long time ago so I would know what I was writing about (like I'm Bruce Wayne or something! Lol).

Anyway, is it okay if I post a little snippet??? I was getting a little emotional working on this part:

He takes photos of her with his mind so he won’t forget her when she leaves. He thinks about how complicated everything is between them but also how it doesn’t have to be. He wonders if they will still be together after all this - if they will be, after everything is said and done. But right now, all he wants to do is kiss and touch her while he can. Unsure of what it is that draws him into her so. What it is about her that makes him go mad.  He takes his time, starting with her lips - her tongue finds his so easy. Moving gently together - soft, slow motions take up their movement together. His hands trailing her body while her fingers play in the curling ends of his hair.  Wesley kisses her brow, her cheek and her chin all the same. He kisses the hollow of her throat where he had once grabbed her, and the stretch marks faintly lined on her breasts that she’s never let anyone else see. There are faint traces of her perfume hidden on her skin just for him to find while his fingertips brush across parts of her he knows will make her squirm.  Her laughter is so human it makes his heart flutter. Even as she pretends to stop him, she relaxes into his touch just as easily. Letting his mouth trace the curves of her body and the creases of her belly. He wishes he could photograph her - a black and white shot with grey filling in all the empty spaces. Her genuine smile, her bare chest and knees, and the little sparkle she gets in her eye when her walls come down. 

I have honestly been feeling really anxious these last few days, but working on this story replaced some of the ache of something I can't control with tenderness and love (it was originally titled "sex and vulnerabilities" but then I changed it to "a love letter to lilah" and I honestly think I am going to keep it.) There is literally going to be a bit of a strip tease with Lilah wearing Wes's clothes!! I'm so happy for them.

I also wrote this line which I really think is beautiful: "The sounds she makes for him is like a symphony and their bodies are an orchestra."

13. a fandom you are thinking of writing for?

Honestly, I don't think there is another show or people I love as much as these two - so for now I'm not really thinking of writing for any other fandoms.

30. share a fic you're especially proud of.

I am still so proud of mundane things (and a crossword puzzle), I even sent it to my grandmother because I wanted her to read it.

i'll show you how to keep warm: gotham/batcat - I am literally so proud of the last line of this story. I don't know what I was on when I wrote that - like I might even get it as a tattoo.

eat the rich: another gotham/batcat fic I am oddly proud of but I can remember why. I think something about reading it made me realize maybe I am a good writer and I'm too hard on myself.

[suddencolds]

sending u a star!! ⭐️ sorry i wanted to go thru and pick a specific fic but im too sleepy lol but any yvescent piece u had thoughts on :D

[from Fanfic Writers - Director's Cut]

hello!!! THANK YOU N, IT MADE ME REALLY HAPPY TO RECEIVE THIS 🥹🥹🥹

I also realize am responding to this like 2 months late :') I thought for a long time on which fic to comment on, and now that I've posted Atypical Occurrence pt. 2, I thought I might as well write out my thoughts on it while they're still fresh and bc it's close to my heart (I hope that's okay hehe)

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⚠️❗️ Warning that I will be attaching snippets from my deleted drafts below!! Please read the published installment before you proceed to read this post. This is a little embarrassing... all I can say is that those drafts were deleted for a reason 🥴

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There’s a grocery store that’s a ten minute drive from Vincent’s apartment. 

I rewrote this scene... 3 or 4 times? It gave me sooo much trouble 😭 I think in the first draft Vincent actually tears up tasting Yves's cooking. (I know, Vincent, I want Yves to cook for me too 😭❗️)

Terrible (ugh 😭) first draft screenshot under the cut (screenshot = old draft, indented quote = current draft):

(Yves pulling up a chair at the end... you can tell he is totally at a loss on what to do 😭 and I, too, was at a loss on what to do)

I wrote this ^, and I was like... this moment just feels unearned? I personally despise outlining + I love going in (mostly) blind. Sometimes the first draft works out of the box, and in this case, the first draft (and the second draft, and the third draft) were all soooo bad that I literally had to take a month-long break to regain my confidence 😭

Anyways! I knew right away that Y was going to cook something for V (it's mentioned here and there throughout the series that he is a really good cook 😭 And in part 3 of Fool Me Twice, Yves promises to make Vincent something more ambitious than hot chocolate. He's finally kept his promise now, 12 installments later 🙇‍♀️ )

From draft 2, there was only one scene which I was sure I was going to include in the final draft, aka, spared from the recycling bin. (But I just checked the final draft and it's nowhere to be seen?? Interesting.)

I would have managed fine on my own.

On this (deleted) scene, and more broadly: I think it's important to me that Yves recognizes that Vincent is self-sufficient in many ways: when Vincent says he will be fine alone, he is telling the truth. Yves doesn't have to stay—he recognizes this too, when he heads for the door in the published draft.

Still, Yves stays, of course—initially, because he insists, and later, because Vincent asks :)

“…You won’t leave unless I eat, then,” Vincent says. He says it evenly enough that it barely registers as a question. Yves smiles at him. It’s not a wrong conclusion. “Exactly,” he says.

It was really, really fun writing the differences between caretaker!Vincent (in Fool Me Twice pt. 5) and caretaker!Yves 😊 I usually don't like to say too much on the end of character analysis, bc I like my work to be interpreted as it is: the text is canon, and everything I'm saying here is just me yapping on about my headcanons. (I have been roasted for saying this by a dear friend of mine, probably rightfully so:)

With that disclaimer: Vincent to me (I can only speculate, etc) is a very no-bullshit caretaker (he likes to enforce whatever will lead most directly to the person's recovery; he actually worries a lot, but his worry often manifests as frustration/snappishness), whereas Yves is a lot more permissive and, for the most part, manages his stress—he is the eldest sibling, after all! I think he does what he can to make it a more tolerable experience :)

“So this is just a Yves thing.” “What? Showing consideration for my friends?”  “Showing consideration is one thing,” Vincent answers. “You could have left after dropping off the files. You would still have been showing your consideration.” “I guess that’s true. But at that point, I was already here,” Yves says, with a shrug. “It seemed logical to check up on you.” “Well, now you’ve checked up on me,” Vincent says. “So you can go.” Yves supposes this is true.

Vincent takes things very literally (and I think he's actually quite aware of the social niceties around these kinds of things, which is in part why he is so skeptical to assume that Yves means anything more.)

There’s a hand on his sleeve, tugging. Yves goes very still. When Vincent notices what he’s done, alarm flashes through his expression, and he pulls his hand away as if he’s burned.  “Sorry,” he murmurs, again. And just like that, he’s back to how he always is—his expression perfectly, carefully neutral, in a way that can only be constructed. “I’m sorry.” But Yves doesn’t forget what he’s seen. “You can go.”

This scene means a lot to me!! It took a loooot of editing to hammer into place (the doc I wrote it on is titled "fixing this scene would FIX ME" haha). I think this is the first time Vincent has actively sought out Yves's comfort 😭 And he regrets it almost as soon as he's said it, because he does not do things without a good justification, and wanting something—even wanting it badly—does not feel like a sufficient justification to him. But give Yves an inch and he will take a mile!! He will take a hundred miles!! That is just the kind of person that Yves is.

I was talking with some friends previously about how I wanted to write Vincent reaching out for Yves. How I wanted Vincent to, through the haze of fever, cross a line that he'd previously not allowed himself to cross :') I think it is a time-old trope to have someone, in their feverish delirium, utter something embarrassing and utterly uncharacteristic of them, or divulge something that has been difficult for them to say.

This whole time drafting, I was thinking, how can I set up a moment like that and have it feel earned? How badly would he have to be feeling? What kind of setup would justify getting past his 590859 mental defenses? (I do not like to outline, but sometimes I do have an emotional beat that I have in mind, and then I have to work backwards to figure out the setup. This took SO much working back from, and I really thought about it for very long). I was almost sure that Vincent would regret it immediately after too 😭

Yves opens his arms out in offering, tries on a smile. “I’ve been told I give good hugs. Good enough to cure all ailments, obviously.”

Ahh, so Y offering V a hug is inspired by a fic I read 6 years ago, where a character offers another a hug as a joke and then the other character surprises them by taking it. Yves is really offering here, but I think he recognizes that joking about it will make it easier for Vincent to accept 😭

Yves has hugged a fair share of people in his life. He doesn’t think he’d be able to list them all if he were asked to. It’s different, though, being so close to Vincent—so close that Yves can reach out and let his hair fall through his fingertips. He can lift up his palm and feel the rigid line of his spine, the slope of his shoulders; he could reach out and trace the dip of his wrist, the form of his hand. Vincent’s chin digs slightly into his left shoulder. His nose is turned slightly into Yves’s neck—like this, he is almost perfectly still. Yves can feel the warm brush of air against his neck whenever Vincent exhales. He is so close that Yves is afraid, for a moment, that he might hear how badly his heart is racing.

I have nothing to say about this paragraph except that I edited it for like 40 minutes straight.

Last thing!!

“We had a habit of keeping the heat off, in the winters, and closing the windows.”

The scene near the end (where Vincent tells Yves about his childhood) is actually the scene which came the most easily to me. I also did not write it last; I jumped around. It took me around 1.5 hours. (By comparison, simply editing the scene before it took 11 😵‍💫)

I did always intend for Vincent to disclose... well, /something/ about himself. (You can tell that when I plan, that's really as far as I plan LOL)

Anyways, when Vincent wakes Yves up (after Yves falls asleep at his desk), I initially wrote it so that Yves wakes Vincent from a nightmare.

But (as direct a link to vulnerability as that might have been,) Vincent would not talk about his nightmare 😭 So I switched gears.

I also specifically wanted to write about Vincent's experience being cared for growing up. I think something that's culturally resonant with me (as an Asian American, and the eldest daughter to immigrant parents) is like, the ways families can and cannot say I love you—the quiet things that are done in place of a more direct expression of it. The way that while unspoken consideration can speak volumes, it can just as easily be invisible. But even now, writing this post, I feel like it's difficult for me to untangle the feelings and experiences I've had into something that feels sufficiently multifaceted.

Vincent has a different childhood from I do (it is probably worth noting that I do not project onto any of my characters, nor do I use them as a vessel to get my own experiences across). I think I'm just drawn to writing tricky/non-straightforward expressions of love, in general :) Sometimes that is the kind of love that resonates with me most.

[tadpolesonalgae]

Hello Hellooooo!

This most recent chapter of cbmthy is... it's everything to be honest. I got the notification that you posted while I was at work (you're forever catching me while im doin things), and I hid for a lil bit to read.

I love the little snippets of reader's interests that we see while Az is still carrying her through the sky. Especially because it makes me pretty excited to see their trek through autumn and summer as their relationship develops. I can easily imagine reader wandering away from Az's side and having him find her hunching over a lizard somewhere. Then she info dumps on him the second she realizes he's behind her because she's just SO fascinated and can't help the word vomit.

"His hide pattern is super unique, his dorsal stripe is broken up in ways that aren't natural to their species- my books mentioned occasional genetic mutations but nothing like THIS" and then a tasteful amount of 🤨😐😑 from Az

I loved watching their trek through the coastal town as well, the descriptions of everything really just plopped us right into the thick of it. I loved the colorful houses but I'm hesitant to believe Malachite's place would be particularly colorful 🤭 I wish we could've been in Az's head just to see what he thought about reader butting heads with Malachite.

I imagine it would be along the lines of 🤨😬🥴😅

Bas- oh my darling Bas.

I can't say im surprised, there had been too many mentions of him specifically being far from reader that I had a feeling SOMETHING was up with him going to winter. Can't say I expected him dead before ever getting there though, I thought maybe reader just wouldn't be able to track him down or that he'd change his mind about forgiving her because it hurt too much. This is better though.

I loved the way you wrote Azriel calming down reader too. It's such a small display of care from him in the way that he calms her that means so so much in as a turning point for their relationship. He doesn't turn her down which sparks relief in her, then uses that relief as a stepping stone to get her to calm down enough to sleep. Poor girls been through so much that I don't think much else would have been able to work to be honest, (if you DID have to change his approach, what would it look like?).

Reader holds a special place in my heart, sick human girl turned fae who can't quite outrun her mortality like her sisters did. Having Azriel's emotionally constipated ass as a love interest is the cherry on top.

chefs kiss, can't wait for whatever you write next :3

-🤠

'This most recent chapter of cbmthy is... it's everything to be honest. I got the notification that you posted while I was at work (you're forever catching me while im doin things), and I hid for a lil bit to read.'

RAHHHH I LOVE YOU <3

And I'm sorry - I think ch. 24 went up between 23:00 - 00:00 for me so I'm guessing we're in different time zones unless you work a night shift

You Hid! Cowboy anon <3 🙄 (Thank you, I'm incredibly flattered)

'I love the little snippets of reader's interests that we see while Az is still carrying her through the sky. Especially because it makes me pretty excited to see their trek through autumn and summer as their relationship develops.'

Thank you! I'm torn between excitement for what the scene will ultimately look like but so stressed over actually having to write it :')

I'm so so happy you liked those stretching paragraphs from reader's pov, though!! I think generally speaking I tend to be more comfortable writing interactions of some kind, so getting to write such a long section where reader is just thinking her thoughts and observing the things she likes (that one part about Azriel) was both refreshing and kind of me testing the waters and seeing if I liked what the end result looked like?

But yes, I'm so excited to write their trek through Summer!!! All the heat and the smells and the bugs and the colours and the food and the clothing!!!! So excited!!!

'I can easily imagine reader wandering away from Az's side and having him find her hunching over a lizard somewhere.'

omg stop peering into my brain!!

'Then she info dumps on him the second she realizes he's behind her because she's just SO fascinated and can't help the word vomit.'

Az standing there a little stiffly because he's never heard her speak so much so quickly <3

'"His hide pattern is super unique, his dorsal stripe is broken up in ways that aren't natural to their species- my books mentioned occasional genetic mutations but nothing like THIS" and then a tasteful amount of 🤨😐😑 from Az'

Haha I actually love the idea of contrasting their views and the way they observe things? I'll probably stress about it for a while but since Azriel is a spy I think it would be kind of cool to just see the rainforest in each of their perspectives and seeing what comes out?

'I loved watching their trek through the coastal town as well, the descriptions of everything really just plopped us right into the thick of it.'

Thank you thank you thank you!!! I really like the descriptive sections in ch. 24 but they also took so much time to write! With dialogue I kind of get a sense of where I'm trying to go with it, but with description it's kind of for the sake of establishing a firm context so there isn't really a direction to take it in? Unless there actually is and I just haven't had enough practice to know what works best for me

'I loved the colorful houses but I'm hesitant to believe Malachite's place would be particularly colorful 🤭"

Haha, yeah, I think his would probably have been a little more like that one that was more like a hut and had nets draped down the walls to look more weathered! Then again, he does kind of make his living out of fashion, if you think about it a lot and really twist his occupation. Maybe he enjoys a splash of colour here and there and actually has some pastel pillows up in his own quarters!

'I wish we could've been in Az's head just to see what he thought about reader butting heads with Malachite. I imagine it would be along the lines of 🤨😬🥴😅'

I kind of wanted to have it turn out that way, so Az would see more of her bickering, but I really like the sections where she's only a little vicious to Mal behind Azriel's back. It just made me laugh a little, like Az was the only adult in the room and the other two knew they could only argue when he wasn't really paying that much attention because otherwise he'd just shut it down with work-talk

'Bas- oh my darling Bas. I can't say im surprised, there had been too many mentions of him specifically being far from reader that I had a feeling SOMETHING was up with him going to winter. Can't say I expected him dead before ever getting there though, I thought maybe reader just wouldn't be able to track him down or that he'd change his mind about forgiving her because it hurt too much. This is better though.'

I have to say I am GLAD you didn't see it coming! I was stressing a little over the market scene where she was thinking of him because I kept worrying that if I made her worry too much it might sound too obviously like foreshadowing? I suppose a little bit of 'huh, this character is being mentioned a suspicious amount of times' is good to get the suspicion arising though :)

'I loved the way you wrote Azriel calming down reader too. It's such a small display of care from him in the way that he calms her that means so so much in as a turning point for their relationship. He doesn't turn her down which sparks relief in her, then uses that relief as a stepping stone to get her to calm down enough to sleep.'

I'm sending you so many affectionate hugs and kisses through the screen rn <3

Again, like with practically every other scene in that chapter, it was stressful to write in a way because I wanted him to comfort her (because I don't think I would be able to redeem him if he just left her to cry on her own) but I still wanted him to feel kind of walled off? Showing an amount of care and attentiveness, but not so much that it would feel weird or out of character for how he's been acting so far in the series?

It was also very soothing though? Personally I find the idea of listening to someone else's heartbeat incredibly intimate, and the idea of falling asleep to the rhythm of someone's heart? Reader needed a little break from misery and it felt like an appropriate amount of comfort. Like Azriel doesn't have to deal with any internal conflict about being emotionally vulnerable with someone through speaking and I feel doing things for someone feels more in line with who he is? And reader gets the physical comfort of feeling him holding her together, which means a lot to her but relatively little to him? But Az does it anyway because he knows it will mean a lot to her?

idk you just got me to ramble there :')

'(if you DID have to change his approach, what would it look like?).'

Whoooo you had me thinking about this for a while but I'm sticking to him being a do-er so I think if I had to think up a different approach for him to take, it would be similar to what he did that one other time? I think he would soothe reader into completing a task for him - like counting backwards from 100, or giving her something to temporarily focus on - and having his shadows watch her while he goes out to find hot meals and something to drink.

I think eating a midnight meal together on the sofa, with reader slumped over while she eats and Azriel keeping a little closer to her side than usual? Just sharing time together and again, with him finding something for her to focus on while calming down.

WHY DID YOU ASK THOUGH

'Reader holds a special place in my heart, sick human girl turned fae who can't quite outrun her mortality like her sisters did. Having Azriel's emotionally constipated ass as a love interest is the cherry on top.'

You're so sweet, thank you <3 <3 <3

Reader's just a girl who wants mutual and devoted affection, and Azriel's just a guy who rejects the concept of emotional intimacy all together (But secretly craves it anyway)

'chefs kiss, can't wait for whatever you write next :3'

Thank you so much!! I loved getting to chatter with you here <3

I'm hoping to get some more of part 25 written tomorrow and roughly map out where the chapter is going to go so fingers crossed! <3

[imaginativeworks]

Hi! I recently just followed you for your OTP posts, and I love them a lot!! <3

I was wondering if you have any OTP dialogue with one of them comforting the other one? Like, one of them finds something unpleasant and tries to forget it but they can't, so their partner decides to cheer them up with something! It would be a cute scene, I think. If you already have a post or more about this, I'm so sorry to bug you with this! 😅 Let me know about that ^^

I'm hoping to do some drawing from your prompts, but time and motivation are rather rare! :C So, a little sad thing happened and I found out that there is this one thing I enjoyed in a fandom. I found out that it's one of those hated ones... I'm surprised that it's the most disliked in most of the fandoms. In my opinion, it's cute... But I guess it's not everyone's cup of tea... :')

Anyway, I hope you feel better soon! 💕 May you have a good day and week! ✨

Sorry if my English isn't so good...

Aww, thank you so very much, you’re so very kind and sweet! And don’t worry you could never bug me with asks and you wrote perfectly. 💕🥰

Also I’m so happy to read that even any of the prompts I wrote inspired you to draw them!

As for the asks I have written some prompts of the like but I will also add a new one so I hope you like it!

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Person B has noticed for a while now but something has been troubling Person A as of late. They would never want to make them feel they have to tell when they aren’t ready but they want to do something, anything to help them with it. After all Person A should never have to shoulder any of their burdens alone. When an idea came to mind…

As Person A is sitting on the couch trying to process the newest of their troubles. It feels as if a new storm was overtaking them, when they begin to hear a faint music in the air. Drawing them out of their haze they lift their hands from their face and sit up to see Person B move away from the music player.

They stand in front of them with a slight bow and hold out their hand for their beloved to take, asking. “Would you do me the kind honour of joining me in a dance, my love?” Person A’s eyes switch from looking at Person B’s kind, hopeful smile and their outstretched hand and take it. As they begin a light sway to their dance Person B starts going more loose and having more fun with it, bringing a soft smile to Person A’s face and even a few laughs out of them. Only causing Person B to perk up even more.

As the dance slowly settles back into its original pace they bring Person A closer and gently tell them. “You know you can always rely on me whenever you feel troubled. Even if you aren’t ready to talk about it, I want you to know that I’ll always be here for you…” they pause and look into their eyes “So please, don’t feel like you have to carry your troubles alone.”

Person A stared back at Person B when their eyes begin to water, in a quick worried panic from Person B steps away to give them a bit of space and looks over them like a stressed mother hen. Person A lets out a light chuckle for them to see that their tears were not of sadness but happy ones. Person A puts their hand over one of Person B’s that rest on their upper arms and replies “Just knowing that I have you’re here with me, supporting me. No matter what storm comes, even if the feeling doesn’t immediately go away, means the world to me, just having you at my side.”

Person B lightly moves their arms away from Person A to hold them out for a hug. To which Person A gladly walks into, as their arms enclose around them. Making them feel safe, that it’s going to be okay. They smile when Person B says “I love you~”

“I love you too.”

————— Here are a few previously shorter prompts of a similar vibe:

01, 02 , 03 , 04

Also sorry if this new prompt is too long, in the process became something more akin to a snippet. It just flowed out and I felt to bad to cut it too short.

[myloveforhergoeson]

ok everyone i have the thing for you i mentioned last night. don't read if you haven't read chapter 31 and are planning to! <3

alr. sorry for the rames fight everyone. it hurt me so much to write that i couldn't do it the first time. i let the scene pour out of me and made them makeup so i could be happy before i wrote what i actually wanted to loll

so i have that little snippet for you. NOT CANNON, NOT AN EXTENSION OF TASW. some of this will probably recycled into their actual makeup later, so if you want to go in blind don't read this either <3

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"We... need to talk?"

“No!” The girl cried, heart pounding so hard he could probably see an outline of it poking through her chest, but that only confused her more. Both of them were too riled up to have this incredibly important conversation at this point in time, but something needed to be said, James needed to be reassured that her messages weren’t about them. “I mean, yes? Maybe? Baby, I don’t know! We- We just need to calm down and breathe for a second.”

Looking back up at him to try and decipher anything else on his face, Roxy realized James was so blurry he was nearly beyond recognition. When she blinked a few times to try and focus her vision, that didn’t help, and as she went to rub her eyes, she pulled her hand back the moment her knuckles grew wet. 

“Wait, fuck, no, no, no,” James repeated, brows shooting to his forehead, noticing about the same time she did that she was beginning to cry. Be it from frustration or confusion, neither of them had a clue, but everything Roxy had been holding that evening finally bubbled to the surface, manifesting in the tears beginning to streak down her face. The sight seemed to sober him, snapping whatever funk he’d found himself in out of his body entirely. Finally, he stepped in toward her, both of his hands cupping her face, allowing the warmth of his palms to heat her frozen cheeks while his thumbs swiped away her tears as quickly as they fell. “Oh, Songbird, please, please don’t cry. I’m sorry, I’m so, so, sorry. The messages I- So worried.”

Hands circling his wrists, begging for any kind of physical contact he’d give her, Roxy tried her hardest to make the tears go away at his request, but the culmination of emotion was far too much for her to take. So she wept and wept and wept, openly, letting her ugly sobs echo off the alley walls. 

“No, I’m sorry!” Roxy fought, as best she could through her uncontrollable sorrow, “This was such a bad idea, I didn’t want any of us here because it would only end in disaster, and now look… God, look at me… What a mess…”

Her face was in his chest again, sometime after she’d apologized, and he whispered his apologies into her hair over and over again, not caring that she clung to him for dear life, only because he was doing the same. The way his fingertips dug into her sides was welcome, reminding her that he was there to hold her through things like this and help her feel better at her lowest points. 

“The day got to us all, Roxy… I can’t believe I was so worried you were going to break up with me. The thought of losing you was too much- I didn’t mean to scare you, I just…”

Able to loosen her grip on him momentarily, Roxy lifted her head, wet, glassy eyes meeting his. Slowly, she propped herself up on her tiptoes, hands balled in his shirt for balance as she kissed the streaks running down his face.

“Never,” She worked up the courage to promise, against the better judgment of the butterflies in her stomach, sealing it against his lips. “You are never going to lose me. Not to some shitty band guy, not to a new job, not to anything.”

James kissed her back with a newfound fervor, selfishly licking his salty tongue into her parted mouth in his own special vow, hands trailing down the sides of her body and backside until he jolted, seeming to remember where they were. 

“We’ve really got to stop doing this in alleyways, don’t you think?”

Hands slipping into his back pockets, Roxy smiled, pressing a few more kisses to the smooth underside of his jaw before sharing, “I don’t think I care, actually. We could be at the pool… “ Another kiss on the chin. “The back of the movie theater…” A few down his throat. “In a room full of news reporters…”

This time, the singer beat his girlfriend to the punch, finger finding the bottom of her chin and tilting it up for one more kiss, before asking, “Like the room waiting behind that door?” 

“Especially like the room waiting behind that door… But unfortunately for you, I’d rather die than be photographed with red, puffy eyes.”

A new sound echoed off the alley walls - James’ perfect, perfect laughter. “Good call, baby doll.” When he kissed the top of her head, Roxy could still feel his smile. In return, she had to bring her cold fingers to her face to cool down. “How about we focus on surviving the rest of the night and revisit the reporter thing later? Nothing sounds better than a night out on the town and getting to tell everyone that I’m taken.”

[true-blue-sonic]

Hmmmm. D, E and J for New Beginnings? And also F in general :3

D: Is there a song or a playlist to associate with [insert fic]?

I don't have a full playlist, but One Way Dream by DESERT STAR and Jay Cosmic is the quintessential Espilver song for me still ^-^ I'm not really that much of a playlist maker, haha! I've tried it with Genesis and also in general for Sonilver, but then I don't return to it and I don't use it as inspiration for fics, so it feels like a bit of a waste of time at times. But maybe I should try it more!

E: If you wrote a sequel to [insert fic], what would it be about?

I did have an idea for that once: it was a bit more zany than New Beginnings and it grounded slice-of-life-ness, but I wanted Espio to somehow get Silver's psychokinesis, and then for Silver to lose it/have it weakened in turn. And they'd have to find a way to reverse that, with Silver physically feeling ill due to losing half his powers and Espio needing to learn how to utilise them. I have bits and pieces written, but nothing for a full fic. One of the most concrete details I have is that it was going to take place in winter, haha!

J: Write or describe an alternative ending to [insert fic].

Hmm... The most radical ending I can think of is that Silver doesn't permanently go and live in the present, and he instead settles into the future and regularly goes to visit Espio instead. But I didn't go with that because it felt a bit unsatisfying for Espio: he's got a house and a job and friends he lives with. For Sonilver, I think Silver and Sonic spending time in different eras every once in a while works out just fine, since Sonic is always travelling and on the move, but for Espio that isn't the case at all. So I'm happy with the ending I wrote for NB, wherein Silver stays in the past for good!

F: Share a snippet from one of your favourite dialogue scenes you've written and explain why you're proud of it.

Oof, that's a tough one! I gotta think that over for a second XD

I settled on a scene from Great Days, that I put underneath the cut because it's quite a long one. I loved writing it, because there's so much softness in it: Espio's met this little toddler Silver who is four years old and who just nearly died and who is also 100% willing to give up his most-beloved treasure (an Emerald) to Espio to find his friend (older Silver). And he tells Silver that he's special, and that it's special that they met, and that maybe it was meant to be. And Silver on his end is both his very suspicious and inquiring self, yet he's grown really fond of Espio in turn. But he's also a kid, a four-year-old who's been on a grand adventure and who now needs to rest. But he still notices Espio calling him his name after using terms of endearment the whole time and realises he's never told Espio that. It's just the combination of Espio figuring him and little Silver meeting has to be special and Silver being an adorable child, but still a really sharp one, that I found very fun to write! <3

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“Oh, tenshi,” the chameleon chuckles, carefully curling his fingers around the stone and taking it from Silver's spycic grasp before crouching down.

As he rubs away at his eyes to get the sleepiness out Silver hums. “What’s that mean?”

He really can’t place Espio’s expression, but it does make him glow inside only more. “It’s a word for the most special person out there,” the chameleon murmurs, Silver’s head tipping to the side.

“Isn’t that your friend?”

“Most certainly. But, though I might not have found the friend I was looking for precisely… I did find you. And that’s something very special in itself, I would say.”

“Oh.” Silver’s eyes flick over to his hands, and the glowing symbols on there. “Am I special if it’s special you found me? Spycokinesis is special, but…”

“Oh, small one,” Espio smiles. Silver can’t find it in himself to snap at that. “You’re the most special person I’ve ever met.”

With a suspicious leer Silver peeks back, or at least as leery as he can manage it despite the yawn he needs to suppress. “We met just today, and not even for long,” he can’t help but point out.  

“And yet there was something quite remarkable about it,” the pensive response comes. “Like it was meant to be, perhaps.”

“I don’t know what that means,” Silver huffs at the chameleon; or he tries, very hard, except a big yawn slips past his lips when he tries to growl fiercely to chase the tiredness away. His eyes sting at him in protest; he doesn’t want to go to sleep yet. “When you go to your friend, will you come back here afterwards?” he stalls… though his heart sinks at the slow shake of Espio’s head.

“I do not think so, dear one. I am sorry.”

That… smarts. Silver doesn’t know why, but it does. Maybe because Espio, despite being old and finding everything Silver does very amusing, did help him protect the treasure. Or because he talks to Silver like the grown-up Silver almost is, and his hands are warm and he gives nice pets. “Can I go find you with the Emerald, then?” he inquires next, staring at the stone most pleadingly. If they fulfil dreams and create miracles, this is the dream he wants fulfilled next!

But also that makes Espio shake his head. “Perhaps it is for the better that I send the Emerald on its way, tenshi. I don’t want you to get attacked by more robots.”

“I can take them!”

“I know, brave one. But I worry, and I don’t want you to get hurt. Even if the Emerald will be gone for now, I have the fullest faith that one day, when you’re older, you just might find one again and use it to come to me,” gets smiled at Silver; wistful and so warmly, so fondly, so lovingly Silver just can’t make sense of it. Surely Espio isn’t so happy with him just because they’re both friends with the wind… but what else can be there?

A tender hand trails over his quills before Silver can ask, the chameleon leaning in to pick him up in full again. With the wind blanketing Silver too, snug and comfortable, it suddenly is a whole lot more difficult to keep his eyes open. “But then I’ll have to wait,”  the hoglet mumbles into Espio’s chest in protest; anything to stay awake now. “I don’t want to!”

A laugh follows. “Patience is a virtue. I for one will be waiting patiently myself, and I will be most happy when that day arrives. But until it does, take care, young Silver. I’ll bring you back home.”

“Hmh,” Silver pouts back…

Before freezing.

“Wait- How’d you know my name?!” he gasps, quills spiking up as much as he can make them in his tiredness. “I never told you!”

“I am a knower of many things,” Espio’s chuckled response comes, gentle fingers stroking over Silver’s head. Once, twice, thrice, and again and again, until Silver’s gone quite bleary-eyed trying to stare at the motions passing by his vision. “And one of them is that you should very much go to sleep.”

[disgruntledkittenface]

✨️ Twenty Questions for Fic Writers ✨️

Thank you @allwaswell16 and @haztobegood for tagging me! I love reading everyone's answers to these <3

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

60, including one cowrite

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

831,513

3. What fandoms do you write for?

One Direction. I use the BBC Radio 1 RPF tag for pairings with Nick Grimshaw, and I used the Shawn Mendes (Musician) one a few times, too.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

you came into my life, caught up in your love affair, baby, you're the end of june, an honest mistake and tell me what you need

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Yes! I love replying to comments, even when I feel awkward about it. I really like getting replies from authors, I find it discouraging not to, so that's partly why. But a nice comment really makes me day, and I want to let people know I appreciate that. But I might miss one occasionally, and sometimes I don't reply if I think the commenter is being rude.

6. What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

It's probably my first fic, This Town. The whole fic is Niall processing Zayn leaving the band – but more importantly leaving him, and they don't get back together in the end. It's not my fault, Niall wrote a sad song! But also I was in the thick of grieving, so. That's what happened.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I almost, almost always write happy endings, so I could really pick this one at random lol, but I'll go with enough to make a girl blush. I really love how far Louis has come at the end of that fic and how happy she and Niall are together and how good they are together. Plus, I wrote a happy little timestamp for Harry and Zayn (count me in).

8. Do you get hate on fics?

I've gotten comments that don't sit well with me, but not really. I did post a fic set at the beginning of COVID before I knew how bad it would get, and someone messaged me to say they were sorry about the hate it was getting... but I didn't see any?

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

yes! I write smut that I find hot, girl direction and boy direction. When I started writing, I felt like I wrote absolutely terrible smut and I worked really hard to figure it out. Practice makes progress, baby.

10. Do you write crossovers? What the craziest one you've written?

I've written a couple of reality show AUs with the actual people from the shows in the fic – you came into my life and you wanna be on top? Nothing too crazy!

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I think someone stole a shiall one-shot and posted it on Wattpad. Weirdly, I feel like I haven't made it because that doesn't happen to me more often.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

yes! Most recently, someone asked if they could translate pink like the paradise found into Russian and they were so lovely.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

I took part in a round robin for Nic's (@louandhazaf) birthday a few years ago! (Louis referring to merlot as the basic bitch of wines was me!) Co-writing has come up as an idea a couple of times, but the timing or idea etc has never been right.

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

I kind of have to fall deep for a pairing to write them, so I love a lot of pairings! Aside from larry, I think gryles might be my favorite. Something about the pining best friends who can't be together because of... REASONS just gets me where I live.

15. What's a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

I had an idea for a lilo exes to lovers AU based on bennifer and I wrote a snippet that I really liked for it, but I felt like I was white washing Jennifer Lopez, if that's the right word? Like you can't separate her from the fact that she's Puerto Rican, so casting Louis in that role didn't feel right. I could try to figure out another way to approach it, but I don't really think I'll feel inspired enough.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I think I'm really good at continuity, and writing scenes with lots of people and involving all of them.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I always feel like I start sentences with "Niall did this" and "Harry did that" (sorry, writing narry at the moment). So, narration that's not action? Does that make sense?

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

I think it can be done effectively. I liked how the French worked in Darling, so it goes. It made sense to include because Harry moved to a country where he didn't speak the language. I tried to make the meaning of the French clear when Harry understood it, but I didn't include translations in the notes because Harry didn't understand a lot, and I wanted the reader in his shoes. I worked really hard on the French because I don't speak it, but I asked @somethingwittyorother to look it over and their feedback was incredibly helpful.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

One Direction!

20. Favorite fic you've written?

It's usually the last fic that I posted, so right now it's Suddenly Last Summer. I had the best time writing it and it was such a fulfilling creative outlet, and I just love it.

I'll tag: @crinkle-eyed-boo @uhoh-but-yeah-alright @neondiamond @kingsofeverything @louandhazaf @absoloutenonsense @homosociallyyours @nouies @onlythebravest