#Metalworks Fanfiction

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//And so a promise was made, far more genuine than it ever was before-

And it's up to you to decide if that promise is kept.

Quick, easy...

Done.

Happy 2 year anniversary/official end of 'Dear Mother', and thank you all for following.💙//

[patternwelded-quill]

Myka's (New) Intro!

I'm going to make me a fresh 

Writblr Intro

Just like revising a story!

I kinda-sorta did before, but not really, so here's a new one. I'll also be rolling the status updates for my fanfics in here for those of you following me for my apparent obsession with Ranma and elves...

My name is Myka, she/her. Nice to meet you!

I'm a trans swordsmith, armorer, jeweler, and watchmaker. I'm also an artist and author, and like all creatives, I have my days where I love my works and days where I hate them and think they're trash. For example, I did the trans flag colors on the rank pips of my PFP, but they're too tiny to see, so I'm planning to redo it out of frustration!

I'm here to build friendships and community. So feel free to send me a message or an ask about metalwork if you're looking for answers or curious. Tag games are great, too, I try to get to them within a day or so of the notif.

Original Works:

Red Angel Saga (Irae, Interitus, Impere): The story of Relarial, an elven mercenary warlord and grandmother, as she attempts to avenge the death of her family, recover from that terrible loss, and return to some semblance of a life she understands. Rated R (for Relarial, hah!) for ultraviolence and the fact that she can't avoid constant profanities.

-Status: Book 1 is being revised/rewritten, book 2 is rough drafted, and book 3 is outlined and halfway drafted.

Blades of Fate (Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove): Captain Malekah Thaynn was a divisive figure, known to some as a hero and others as the 'Butcher of Borderwatch.' The latter helped get her tossed into a dark hole for years until someone thought she'd be useful to their ambitions. But you don't pick up the epithet of a butcher of anything by playing nice with assholes.

-Status: Book 1 is a rough drafted hot mess, but it's my hot mess, I guess.

Fanfiction:

Wet Behind the (Long) Ears: What if Ranma was knocked into the 'Spring of Drowned *Elf* Girl'?

-Status: Chapters 1-6 posted. The rest of the first arc is rough drafted, aprox. 35-40k words. Chapter 7 is a mess but coming together!

The Stone Will Sing: Thematic companion to WB(L)E. Maybe Ranma's so short as a girl is because it was a young dwarf girl who drowned in Nyannichuan. Or perhaps the Khazad didn't die out, but vanished as a distinct race. Worldbuilding crossover with LoTR.

-Status: First chapter posted, linked above. Will add more as the muse demands. If this fic doesn't piss off some Tolkien scholars, I didn't do my job right.

Twice the Curse? Double the Fun!: Ranma discovers that P-chan is actually his old frenemy Ryoga. But somehow the Lost Boy managed to get himself *two* Jusenkyo curses. ...or, did he? One-shot for muffinmoonn.

-Status: Drafting, using as a nice palate cleanser when I get stressed with other writing.

Once We Were Warriors: OC Relarial is isekai'd into a 1996 Tokyo shared by Ranma 1/2 and Sailor Moon. This was prompted by a convo w/ a friend about our OCs as Senshi.

-Status: Book 1 is posted on A03, book 2 is rough drafted, and book 3 is being outlined.

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Ask game time! Thanks for the tag, @filmamir!

1. Are you named after anyone?

I keep saying if I do anything noteworthy enough in my life to deserve a wikipedia page, someone has to add me to List of things named after Bernhard Riemann - Wikipedia, so... yes.

2. When was the last time you cried?

Yesterday night, and also, longer ago than I remember. Are the tears mine if the sadness isn't? It be like that sometimes.

3. Do you have kids?

No, and thank the powers that be (mostly contraception) for that!

4. What sports do you play/have played?

No real sports, unless highschool PE counts. I was a fervent and pretty skilled skier for a while but my partner is afraid of skiing and its too expensive to go on my own, so it's been years since I did it.

5. Do you use sarcasm?

Not as much as you'd think. I'm a painfully sincere person much of the time.

6. What's the first thing you notice about people?

I hate to be *that* person, but... their vibe. Fake car salesperson smiles, awkward "haha we will ignore that!" silences, confrontational high-schooler convo style... Some people just have fucky energy, idk what else to say. That said, my actual opinion of people takes a while to form -it's like a committee vote more or less.

7. What's your eye colour?

Blue-green

8. Scary movies or happy endings?

Happy endings all the way. I can watch unhappy endings if the movie is aesthetic(TM) or it's more about the art or history of the film than the narrative, but if I'm immersing myself in a story-story, the person(s) the narrative makes me root for better fucking make it to a happy end.

I'm very selective about scary movies: they need to be aesthetic, and satisfying.

9. Any talents?

... not... really? I kinda struggle with linking my qualities to "talents". I don't have many (if any) things I'm just "naturally good" at; even skill sets I'm now proud of were not something I ever had a natural aptitude for, and if I developed a skill it was 99% of the time out of necessity rather than enjoyment.

I guess I have... shockingly broad bandwidth for other people's issues. Like... interpersonal exhaustion? I don't know her, man. Mostly due to a combination of voyeuristic enjoyment of knowing and understanding things about others, my sense of empathy being almost entirely generated through fine-grained psych analysis rather than instinct, and the *very* odd given that my own personality temporarily stabilizes when exposed to interpersonal input. I'm not sure that's a talent so much as a condition, though xD

10. Where were you born?

Belgium

11. What are your hobbies?

At the moment, mostly writing Tron fanfiction. I also draw (sometimes), paint and kitbash Warhammer 40k minis (been a while), do metalwork (I need a new welding helm T_T), do gothic and fetish modelling, thrift and collect things for my house, etcetera. I cycle through hobbies mostly. Writing is my most stable one -I dare say I keeps me sane.

12. Do you have any pets?

I have a cat! Her name is Meoi (Quenya for "Cat", in honour of Huan and terrible Feanorian naming traditions -retired Silmarillion fan here)

13. How tall are you?

1m70 but most people assume I'm a good bit taller because I'm broad-shouldered and always in 17cm platform stilettos.

14. Favourite subject in school?

Oof. Tough one. I've been out of school for a good long while. The person I was in high-school would have picked physics, followed closely by math. Leaving the following period in the middle (lalala), at uni *in the major I actually graduated from*, my favourites were Architectural Theory, Medieval Image Culture, and Visual Analysis.

15. Dream job?

Oof again. Opinions divided on this one.

I like to say my dream job needs to meet the following criteria:

- I am competent at the job and reasonably regularly get this confirmed by others

- Every day at work I know largely what is expected of me, and what is expected fully falls within my capacity to deliver.

- I have tangible, well-described tasks and goals and never have to "be proactive about finding more work" or "try to look more productive".

- I have good coworkers I get along with, at least professionally.

- No extraneous admin tasks or timesheet micromanagement.

- GOOD PAY

If I'm really ambitious, I would add to that:

- I'm an expert (or just really, really good) at it.

But let's be honest, actual dream jobs Riemann over here has dreamed of having or pursuing? Interior designer/stylist, professional fetish performer/pro-domme, and Enterprise IT Architect.

Yeah.

You see why I stick to bullet point lists.

Tagging... @bowiesinspace @inquisitor-gayfax @clevermird @et-novum and everyone else who feels like it!

[madreckdoesrandomstuff]

If there's any MetalWork (Teacher × Khan) fanfiction or comics that I could read, pls give me the links cuz I'm in desperate need of them since I've having massive MetalWork brainrot lately

[i-drew-artz]

POLLS!! OPEN!! GRAAAHHHHH!!! SYMMETRIC CONTROL POINT POLL:

To Summarise, i am writing a longrunning TF2 Fanfiction series. Each chapter will be a slice of life scenario taking place outside of the mercs battle duties in a different location.

Top 2 most voted-for maps will make it into the fic's first 12 chapters, the 3 runner up maps will be in the next batch of votes later down the line, and the rest will be unconsidered unless highly suggested or i personally like the map enough to have it put in the polls again.

(Coldfront was suggested when i first presented the idea, so its happening by default. Summer Maps later down the line)

VOTE NOW! IF YOU LIKE TF2 AND FANFIC N ALL THAT I APPRECH UR VOTES AND EVERY SINGLE ONE COUNTS! YUMMY VOTES!! GIMMME UR VOTES! GRAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!

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Camp Halfblood Funding

You know how Camp Halfblood is funded by its “Ambrosia Strawberries” Business? I kind of want to see some expansion on that, at least in fanfiction. I get that it’s not exciting enough to be in any of the books but it could be a cute way for characters to find demigods in street kids looking for food or to do a normal meet-cute. Plus I feel like the other cabins could offer a lot more than just strawberries, especially if the money could earn them a more stable New Rome type structure. All the cabins could probably do/sell something:

- Hephaestus: Metalwork/Glasswork Art/Sculptures, Commissions, & Gadgets

- Athena: Crafts, especially textiles and woven goods like baskets, tapestries, knitted/crocheted clothing items, commissions, etc

- Apollo: Music & Home Remedies

- Aphrodite: Makeovers, Haircutting, Hairstyling, Perfumes, Soaps, Makeup, Face-painting, Love advice, etc

- Demeter: Plants, Gardening Supplies, Strawberries, other crops

- Dionysus: Wine, Grapes

- Hades: Authentic Spirit Medium stuff, letting people talk to dead loved ones, exorcisms, etc

[doberbutts]

You can riff on Rings of Power for a lot of things but claiming it's homophobic because it didn't include your bisexual Sauron headcanon or your favorite Annatar/Tyelpe ship is just nonsensical when also complaining that it's fanfiction. Tolkien did not write that Sauron was in any form sexually attracted to anyone and his "seduction" of Celebrimbor was regarding power, flattery, and metalworking, not sexual seduction. Same with Sauron fucking the Witch King, that's a popular fandom ship and has absolutely zero weight on written canon.

And you know what else is a popular fandom ship? Sauron/Galadriel. That's been an underground thing for ages because people loved the idea of a dark lord/bright queen hatefucking relationship (holy shit I *literally* read one of those for the Zelda games). Galadriel mentions within the PJ movies that she had, actually, considered Sauron's plan and making her own tweaks but realized that it would still be evil regardless of her good intentions. In the books she mentions that he is constantly searching for a way into her mind, which she keeps guarded and hidden from him. It's probably as romantic as Sauron hanging Celebrimbor's broken body up in a flag pole to use as a battle banner so you can't really say there's nothing in the original text to imply they don't have some form of strong feelings about each other.

Sauron's offer of a place at his side isn't anything new- it's manipulation and had zero romantic weight behind it (confirmed by their actors). Y'all watch GoT and then forget that political, loveless marriages are a thing in Tolkien's universe too. And the offer would not have actually been what he presented, he's called The Deceiver for a reason and famously has control issues so ultimately they would not be equals (also confirmed by their actors).

It's not "incel" of him to make a manipulative offer once after an entire season of telling her to leave him alone. And he's not mad because she turned down non-existant romantic interest, he's mad because his manipulation tactics aren't working (because she's supposed to be able to see through them) and he knows he's been caught and can't afford to be compromised in a place where he is grossly outnumbered by a bunch of people who hate him. Sorry you guys suck so hard at literary and narrative analysis though.

Y'all claim to be Silm fans and want to say this story is stolen from Star Wars when the truth is that Tolkien's writings dramatically predate anything Star Wars which means if anything, Star Wars stole their Reylo plotline from *Tolkien*, not the other way around. Also how can it be a "Reylo plotline" when we know for a fact that she not only said no but also is married to decidedly-not-Sauron, has a kid with decidedly-not-Sauron, and continues to hate and work against him at every opportunity? They didn't get together at the end and they're not going to? He isn't thirsting after her body, he wants the power and influence that would come with an alliance with her.

[captainderyn]

[Fictober] 10. “It’s my name on the line!”

Prompt: 10. “It’s my name on the line!”

Genre: Fanfiction (LOTRO)

Rating: T

Pairing: Raenor/Wulfwryn

CW: None

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Raenor had never seen Wulfwryn this restless. 

This was a new kind of unease, characterized by her pacing the room like a caged animal. She raked her hands through her hair. 

The heavy canvas flaps of the rounded tent they’d been given in Aughaire rustled with the cool breeze blowing through the camp. Through the fire burned bright it didn’t bite through the chill seeping in. 

Despite this Wulfwryn was flushed, unbuttoning her overtunic and tossing it aside. She interlocked her hands behind her neck, loosing a string of curses too quickly to follow. 

“Wulfwryn…?” he broached hesitantly. 

“We’re getting nowhere!” she exploded, and though it wasn’t towards him he still winced, “They’re sending me on all these ridiculous quests to ‘prove’ myself to them and they won’t even give you the time of day!” 

It was true, while the people of this land would give audience to Wulfwryn they scarcely would give him a second look. Except for the young children and the teens not pulled away, who wanted to gather round him and marvel over the stories he could spin and the intricate metalwork of his elven jewelry. 

“They’ve granted you many honors in our short time here, it seems their way of assuring you can actually offer aid.” 

“Bah!” Wulfwryn dropped her arms to her sides with a sharp smack, “Corunir should step in and set my feet on the right path. How is his company meant to help us find the true evil that drives all of this?” 

Raenor crossed his arms over his chest, leaning back. He was walking on very thin ice, that much he knew, “I’m certain you would’ve heard something from Aragorn if you were beginning to stray from what he foresees for you.” 

That sent her pacing again and Raenor made a face. He had gambled as to whether it would soothe or ruffle her and he had gambled wrong. 

“That’s exactly it! I shouldn’t need him to hold my hand.” Wulfwryn growled, throwing herself onto the bench next to Raenor with enough force that it rocked unsteadily. 

“I need to prove that I can handle this.” She buried her face in her hands, “I’ve already failed so many times.” 

Though she still kept many details of her time before Rivendell close to her chest, Raenor knew enough of her tragedy to sigh in sympathy. Platitudes and reminders of exactly what she’d accomplished since leaving Bree and what they’d accomplished together in the Trollshaws would not ease her mind. 

She just needed to let it out. 

Wulfwryn pressed her palms against her eyes, “I don’t know what I’m doing. I feel as though I’m just following a wild hare and eventually I’ll lose the trail. I can’t fail, I can’t. It’s my name on the line here, my chance to prove myself to the one I left everything for.” 

Her shoulders drooped and Raenor dared to rest his hand on her upper back. She learned into his touch, collapsing against his shoulder. He allowed his arm to slip around her, for her head to rest in the crook of his neck. 

“Promise you’ll stick with me?” she whispered, spent, “Please.” 

“I’m with you.” Raenor murmured, “Through to the end.” 

[ultraglittercat]

Drabble 97

Blacksmithing

Varian liked going to Xavier’s forge for a couple of reasons. Xavier had been one of the first people to welcome him back after the Saporian takeover, whereas many other residents still harbored some resentment towards him. And he had promised to listen to some of Xavier’s legends, and Varian took promises seriously. Plus, the forge was a place where Varian could work on projects in secret, like the one he was currently working on: a special shovel for his Dad’s birthday.

Varian began with an 18 gage steel sheet that was large enough to match the shovel blank pattern he’d drawn and Xavier had agreed was fine work. He made the first bend at the back of the shovel (65° outside angel, 115° inside.) Next, he bent one of the edges over 90° using a vise and a heavy bar to support the bending. Xavier helped, all the while talking of how working in the forge reminded him of the legend of the Burning Rock. Varian bent the second edge to match the first, then Varian deburred all the edges and corners of the vertical sides. He rotated the shovel on the bending bar so that the back tab bend would be square with the back of the shovel.

He bent the tab over onto the side, then drilled rivet holes through the tab and shovel side. Then he forged a handle with a bend in the middle. This was going to be an ergonomic shovel and easier on Quirin’s back than the one he currently used. The handle was riveted on through the bottom of the shovel.

“Very nice work. Did you want to break for lunch?” Xavier asked as Varian finished attaching the handle.

Varian nodded. It was hot, hungry work forging. Varian was used to welding and forging projects in his lab, but Xavier’s forge was much roomier and better equipped. It did get hot in there, just like in Varian’s lab.

Varian had brought a ham sandwich and an apple to eat. He coaxed Ruddiger over with the offer of food. (Ever since the automatons, Ruddiger had been a little wary of Varian doing metalwork. But food always won over fear in the little raccoon’s mind.)

“He’s very hungry. Reminds me of the ravenous beast in the legend of the Bog Creature.” Xavier chuckled.

“You told me that one yesterday! I thought we established it was probably a snapping turtle.” Varian replied.

“Oh, Varian. You must open your mind up to possibilities you cannot see. There are many mysteries in this world. Even as we speak, a mysterious force is at work, the Moonstone whose power flows through the black rocks, and Cassandra as well.” Xavier told him.

Varian bit his lip. He didn’t like to think of Cassandra being associated with the black rocks. He still didn’t fully understand their alchemical nature, and messing with them had led to the worst year of his life. He’d just gotten his Dad back, he didn’t want to think of what could happen if Cassandra mastered control of the rocks and marched into Corona.

Xavier saw the troubled look on Varian’s face. “I am sorry if my talk distressed you. It is not an easy fact, knowing Cassandra is blinded by rage, and powered with a cosmic force we cannot hope to ever fully understand. But I believe, just as Rapunzel does, that Cassandra can be convinced to relinquish that dark power, and join the heroes’ side once more.” Xavier said gently.

“...Maybe. I sure hope so.” Varian mumbled. He knew what it was like to be that angry, and he knew how hard it was to admit you were wrong, and switch sides. He hoped Cassandra would find the inner strength to give up the Moonstone. They hadn’t seen her in awhile, perhaps she was reflecting on her poor choices, even now. But it was also possible she was just biding her time, waiting to lash out at all of Corona.

“Do not overly trouble yourself with concern about the future. Focus on the here and now. It is a fine shovel you’ve made.” Xavier redirected Varian’s attention.

Varian smiled. “You think my Dad will like it?” he asked.

“I’m sure he will.” Xavier replied confidently.

The End

I’ll admit, I wanted a bit more of Xavier and Varian friendship on the show. They are an odd duo, but I think they’d get on well, as Lost Treasure of Herz der Sonne proved.

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What Little Boys Are Made Of by Ysabetwordsmith

Marvel Cinematic Universe/Complete/Chapters: 4 Words: 9,132

According to canon, Tony Stark is a blacksmith. This is how that happened. // Aside from the delightful imagery and meticulously impressive detail Ysabetwordsmith put into this fic–you should definitely check out their other works–seeing Tony really getting his hands dirty without tech–and his passion for learning–is super cool.

[imdoingaokay]

Fallout 4 companions as Youtubers

A/N: Personally, I think the only ones that would actually make a channel and post to it would be Deacon and Hancock, so I guess this is sort of OOC, but hey, why not?

Cait

Self defense youtuber, not like the ones everyone makes fun of, she actually gives solid advice.

Ends up running a dojo or something, makes a lot of videos inside it.

Her merch is all self-defense related, ranging from knuckles to some cute accessories that she made (with Sole, of course). Her items are expensive, but they are totally worth every penny.

She ends up opening up about her drug use later on, once she grows a following, but telling people about it isn’t a separate video. Like she says “yeah I used to do drugs a lot” and then proceeds to drop kick a training dummy or her sparring partner. 

Weirdly enough, it ends up being memed quite often. People take screenshots from her videos and they end up exploding. She never really discusses it nor capitalizes on it, but she does once mention how stupid she thinks they are when someone asks.

Curie

ASMR youtuber. No, I will not be taking questions.

Totally, 100% has the voice for it.

She starts off with low quality videos of her messing around, but she likes the tingles ASMR gives her so she keeps doing it.

Ends up growing her channel and gets new equipment, her production value skyrockets.

Green screen? We don’t know her. Curie makes sets, and they’re always beautiful. (Think Latte ASMR)

People lowkey get caught off guard when she does her “Medical Examination” ASMR video and she’s like… really educated? Then she kinda just drops the fact that she’s basically a doctor??? 

No merch or a patreon. She never shows her face too, nor does she do collabs. She just drops a bomb video and dips.

Danse

Initially starts out with some really cool metalworking/restoration videos. Like, he cleans old objects of rust and then restores it to its “former glory”

Has a very small following while he keeps uploading, and his uploads are few and far between. His editing sucks too, but he learns as he goes along.

Eventually drops a video or community post describing the fact that his entire life has changed and he’s thrown in for a loop. Shows his face in the video for the first time and it BLOWS UP.

He ends up moving out to a more rural area and definitely becomes a cowboy. Makes videos in his free time when he’s restoring old items or taking care of the animals on the farm (because of course he does)

Deacon

COMMENTARY CHANNEL

He makes REALLY funny videos.

Like, the rewatch value of each of them is phenomenal. 

He edits really well, and has a very loyal following that he names the “Dust Bunnies” for no reason, just cuz he wants to.

Most popular videos are the ones that, out of context, make NO SENSE.

Goes on rants often. Like, hardcore rants over something stupid, but he still makes the video funny. 

Has a series of him playing bad mobile games and rating them

Gage

You know that guy that shows up on a lot of videos, makes a comment that’s pretty funny, and then dips?

That’s Gage.

Don’t get me wrong, he has 0 videos.

He just comments.

And everyone comes to expect him on videos.

Nobody knows who he is behind the screen. And Gage doesn’t want anyone to know.

Channel name is probably “Steve” or something.

Hancock

Also a commentary YouTube channel.

Does a hotbox once or twice with Fahrenheit, it’s really funny.

Absolute ally. Drinks his respect women/LGBTQ+ juice EVERY DAY.

Has said more than once “Of the Trans, for the Trans” when he streams

Did I mention he streams?

He streams. All the time.

His Twitch Channel is really funny, actually.

Ends up doing a collaboration with Deacon, and everyone freaks out. Think Danny Gonzalez and Drew Gooden.

They end up making a podcast together, it’s called “Two Dumbasses Talk” and it’s really popular.

They do make a video where they read fanfiction of each other.

MacCready

GAMING CHANNEL

Absolute KING of almost every video game, but he excels at shooters.

Refuses to play Fortnite because he doesn’t want to engage with a younger audience. Even though his videos are fairly clean

Streams rather than records and edits videos, which leads to some really funny encounters.

Once Duncan walked in while he was streaming because he was thirsty.

10/10 dad stopped playing and got his son a drink. 

After gaining a shit ton of money and ends up living in his dream house with his family, he does a lot of charity streams. Most of them are geared towards helping children. He has a soft spot for childhood cancer since his son nearly died.

Nick Valentine

You guys see those “Lawyer Reacts” videos? That’s Nick. Except he’s a “Detective Reacts” instead. 

Wholesome Old Man.

His videos are few and far between, and normally he reacts to whatever someone sends him. Tells people about shit he’s seen in life, and rates the accuracy of shows and movies.

His most popular series is him going through crime shows like Law and Order, NCIS, etc.

Wholesome Old Man becomes Annoyed Old Man.

“Why the hell aren’t they wearing gloves?” Becomes his catchphrase, that and “What the-” In the most frustrated/incredulous voice.

Old Longfellow

Fishing channel.

Old man chilling on a boat, catching fish.

ALL OF HIS VIDEOS ARE EDITED THROUGH IMOVIE.

Wholesome Old Man 2.0 (sort of)

Has some videos of him just sitting down and drinking, chatting about random shit.

Gets popular for how much of a grandpa he is.

Like, seriously. People ask him to make a video where he says “I’m proud of you”

AND HE DOES IT. Albeit, he’s confused, but why not? A couple shots of whiskey, and he’s good to go.

Piper

Becomes her own news channel. Kind of like All Gas, No Brakes… not as funny though.

Every crazy thing that has happened around the country, she was there. Interviewing people. Cult meeting? She’s there. Major death of a celebrity? She’s there. Raiding of Area 51? She’s there.

She ends up becoming more political as current events get a bit more serious. 

Ends up getting a pretty good following who support her on patreon.

Probably starts a podcast.

Preston

His videos are weird. Like, they aren’t for an audience, they’re for him.

A lot of them are short, vertically filmed videos of him outside in nature and experiencing life.

His most popular video is one where he lowkey becomes a Disney princess and pets a baby deer.

X6-88

He doesn’t have one.

Sorry.

[lovelywingsart]

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//He really does try his best despite it all, and at least he has a point...

For now.//

(I'm tired and this took *alot* more energy than I thought, but it's done... One or two more to go.)

[kalopsia-stars]

Oh god I had this shower thought today and I can’t stop thinking about this,,

Genshin Automaton AU

Could be Genshin x reader or just Genshin fan fiction in general (I wanna write this but I can’t pick—thinking about drawing the fanfiction side and writing the x reader on separate accounts) where some characters are like androids but in a sort of steampunk setting.

In the x Reader version, reader is like this engineer or person working in some shop downtown in some steampunk-like city named along the lines of “Gears Workshop” or something like that, either the owner or another staff who often works with automatons and any other kinds of robots

Using the game storyline as a base, Reader probably has an assistant (despite whatever role they have) named Paimon, a child-sized and very human looking android she found in the nearby scrapyard that they later became partners in crime, who one day finds another android that is just as human looking as her. When Reader has time on their hands, both they and Paimon visit the very same scrapyard she was found, searching for any items that Reader could use in projects or to fix so that they can make money off of in the workshop.

Paimon calls out to them, well, more like shrieks in surprise, gaining Reader’s attention to see what she found. Laying on the piles of mixed garbage and metalwork and partially covered by some is a human looking boy with blond hair (I’m so sorry I have an attachment to aether), seemingly abandoned and forgotten. Reader then takes him home to try and fix him, only to find how similar his mechanisms are to Paimons, thus repairing him quickly.

Upon waking up, he introduces himself as Aether. He says he doesn’t have much memories other than being separated from another android like him named Lumine by an unidentified person, but doesn’t know how long ago this had happened (at least he says, you on the other hand knowing better and that he’s still hiding information).

you two work together to find his counterpart, or sibling as you soon start calling their relationship, find more androids like him and Paimon, and perhaps find more things about his past than even he thought he knew.

I might actually start writing this

sorry sagau friends, I’ll post my latest work and then I’m going to get so distracted on this

[crowleysnaketattoo]

Dwarven Yule

I was doing some research the other day instead of doing my math homework and I realized that A. The dwarven calendar is a lunar calendar. and B. They began their year far earlier than everyone else as seen by Thorin’s conversation in Rivendell in Unexpected Journey- 

While in Rivendell, Thorin declares: “The first day of the dwarves’ New Year is, as all should know, the first day of the last moon of Autumn on the threshold of Winter. We still call it Durin’s Day when the last moon of Autumn and the sun are in the sky together.”

And so while the concept of writing a yule/winter holiday fanfiction around this time of year is always popular, if you’re writing about Dwarves celebrating yule it would more culturally line up with Durin’s day.

But we don’t even know that they do celebrate what we or even in world peoples would recognize as yule. Hobbits are recorded as having a yuletide that lasts multiple days which was a new years celebration, as are men and elves both having new year days and celebrations in midwinter, lining up with our own expectations for winter holidays. 

Obviously writer-tolkien brain would say, the dwarves are partially inspired by the norse and so they would celebrate yule same as everyone else, but especially because they are dwarves. It’s also well known that most cultures in our world have some sort of celebrations mid-winter because it’s just so depressing in the middle of dark cold winter months. 

But think about the in world reasoning. Both having a lunar calendar and Durin’s Day as the new year opens up possibilities for many different types of celebrations. Perhaps they may still have a form of a Great Hunt occurring in the winter, as the need for furs and meat would likely eventually lead to a ceremonial holiday as well. 

I think that they do celebrate a type of yule around Durin’s day, just calling it Durin’s day instead. I think also some of the traditions may be different as the season is still changing at this time, so maybe more fall type things where they celebrate saving enough crops for the winter and perhaps have something like a craft show but more hardcore. 

Along with this, during the times when Erebor and Dale were occupied, I could definitely see the dwarves happily participating with the men in dale in any celebrations, even if their holiday had passed. 

My own thoughts- I feel like every single culture celebrating yule is a bit of a stretch when it comes to cultural diversity. While I can see the elves and men and hobbits all having effect on each other in some places, the more separated groups of men and elves, along with the obvious separation of the dwarves, could lead to some different types of holidays that really give us the opportunity to be creative.

 Most of all, with Dwarves being so secretive and the Durin’s Day new year, we have a lot of power to create what we want. For example, in a fic that I wrote recently, I created a festival of Mahal, which was essentially a fall harvest festival where there were lots of different types of competitions, between fighting and cooking and metalworking and of course, a night of drinking and eating in the great hall. 

Also, this would be great fuel for a fic where Bilbo brings Thorin home for the holidays, and Bilbo gets to teach him about the hobbit’s traditions as Thorin mutters about the new year starting two months ago. A nice reversal of the typical Bilbo learning dwarven culture in erebor trope. 

Anyway, I don’t have a main point I just thought this was all very interesting

[yamayuandadu]

This is a very long term project but ideally i'd like the "Mesopotamian goddesses" Wikipedia category to have an equal or similar number of pages as "Mesopotamian gods" since at most points in time the ratio irl seems about even; rn the difference is around 20 pages The ones who have no pages who I am fairly positive have enough material to warrant them would be, for example: Lammashaga (Bau’s sukkal), Haburitum (guess which river she personifies), Belet Shuhnir & Belet Terraban (2 for one deal), Ninmug (goddess of metalworkers), Kilili (Ishtar’s owl themed minor courtier), Urkitum (theos eponymos of Uruk), Sadarnunna (wife of Nuska, possibly in origin, quite literally, a goddess of women), Las (Nergal’s most recurring wife) There are also many pages which are incredibly low quality, where based on outdated sources and pure fanfiction every goddess becomes a “fertility” or “nature” goddess, these are obviously a target too. For example. NIN.SAR - read likely to be read Nin-nisig, not Ninsar - was consistently labeled the “butcher of Ekur” (as in, she was responsible for meats, she does not seem murderous); wikipedia equates her with Ninmah, lol.

[mumble-muse]

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so some little ideas that may never make it into a full fic but I would love to write about:

Gwen and Elyan teach Merlin some metalwork so they can add protective charms to armor. Insp @lit-beyond-measure 's tags here.

Me massively projecting and writing a phd student modern AU - I think I've seen a Merthur version, but maybe a Merlin/Elyan or Merlin/Gwen fic? I can totally see Elyan or Gwen getting an engineering PhD or something hahah. A chance to really push that STEM / arts dynamic...

Rewriting episodes from Leon's perspective - just chill lawful neutral dad vibes y'know?

Put “📓” in my inbox and I’ll explain the plot of a fanfiction that I haven’t written but daydream about.