#Pokémon fanfiction wip

[wulffymc]

A WIP for my fic

Father son day + uncles

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Time’s Singing (M(T)PJ: Different Futures)

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky

My (Twisted) Pokemon Journey Masterlist

This is a short thing I wrote a few years ago, and since I am close to getting to finally implement it, I figured that I’d post it. This is my Trainer OC/Player Charcater Crystal/Pearl within the PMD:EoS DS game, at Fogbound Lake and meeting Uxie. It’s not very long, but I liked the idea of the scene going this way instead.

The Time Gear’s light shone far across the lake. Uxie watched us all carefully, but aside from a quick glance at him, I only focused on the far-off Time Gear. And the lovely, soft music. I almost didn’t notice its subtle sound; I only noticed myself keeping time to the music.

     “The music is beautiful,” I said quietly. “Is it from the Time Gear, Uxie?”

     “You hear it?” Uxie asked, surprised. “Only the Guardians hear it.” He paused, but I never looked away from it. “You don’t know who you were before? But you were human?”

     I tore my eyes from the Gear and forced myself to focus on Uxie. He seemed concerned, but not for me. “As far as we can tell. Does it mean anything? Is there a Guardian missing?”

     Uxie stared at me, into me, with an arresting intensity. Finally, he shook his head and said, “I don’t know. Maybe someone else can tell you.” And because of this, I will spare your current memories, and the memories of your Guildmates, I heard in my mind. I nodded wordlessly.

[xoxokirby]

i care IMMENSELY and need to know the teams the gyms the story and all of it my hands are open my listening ears are on please please please 🤲🏻

kendy, kendy, kendy!! sorry, that this took so long it has been an absolutely wildly busy/burnt out point in my life!!!

@reveluving idk if you’re a big pkmn girly, but i feel like you would love this too 👉🏾👈🏾

i actually made teams for like 8 characters for my batman fics so let me know if you want to see another one for my damian/oc wip. 🥺

for jason and my self-ship oc, bella

jason would be a dark-type gym leader by day, and definitely the leader of a violent criminal organization by night.

but what he’s doing isn’t too bad! he controls nightclubs, underground battling rings, and casinos like the ones in the game. just like in canon though, he never lets anybody harm children and he’ll hunt down any trainers in his area that are found to be abusive.

he’s tall, tough and scary but he’s sweet to his pokémon. if a kid loses to him at the gym, he won’t even take the prize money, he’ll just buy them ice cream! if teenagers or anyone older loses to his gym, he’ll just donate the prize money to local homeless shelters and places that house less fortunate children and pokémon. (not like he needs it with all of the money he makes.)

i will leave whether or not he kills people to how dark you interpret the universe to be; he would never harm a pokémon, though. anybody else remember when lance straight up murdered a team rocket member in gold/silver?

anyway this is his team!!

shiny duskull; it’s less of a pokémon he uses for battling and more just his constant companion. it’s his partner, despite being a ghost type because it’s red, masked, represents the grim reaper/death, and is a symbol of scared, crying children.

houndoom: also carries the imagery of death/hell, but it represents and his love for dogs, especially ace the bat-hound!

scrafty: it’s based on street fashion and being a delinquent, rebellious hoodlum, which fits pretty well given jason’s upbringing. duskull is his partner, but scraggy was probably the first pokémon he had.

absol: it’s a protector especially to children but is misunderstood constantly because people think it’s a bad omen of destruction, which reminds me of his reputation :(

honchcrow: it’s a mob boss, there’s not much else to say.

bisharp: wears metallic red armor and the pokédex calls it ruthless and unchanging in expression when it hunts and kills. it also usually has an army of smaller pokémon that do a lot of fighting and cutting down for it.

my oc isabella works at a bookstore, which is where her romance with jason blossoms. she’s down to earth and represents the every day people of gotham in a way that the batfamily can’t, so she would definitely be a normal type trainer; similar to how lenora in bw runs her normal-type gym out of a library in the back of a museum.

the bookstore however wouldn’t be a certified gym by the league, rather it’s more of a training space for people who want to research and practice more - she’d probably limit herself to one battle a day at the very end of her shift as a way to destress and if you win, you can get any book of your choosing for free!

jason won several times and still paid ‘as a tip’ when they first met, just so she would like him more. When she tried to return it, he only agreed to take it back if he could use it to take her on a date :(

here’s her team:

maushold: while in my actual stories, she’s comically afraid of mice, she and jason end up having a set of twins girls! plus maushold is just an inside joke with my sister who helps me develop a lot of my batman fanfiction ideas. 🥰

lopunny: because of the way it looks, people forget that lopunny can kick your ass. which is the same as isabella, who isn’t a trained fighter, but could absolutely sock you out. plus, especially with its mega evolution, lopunny takes a lot of inspiration from dancing, and isabella represents the latin side of my heritage, by being a bachatera/salsera! again, this is a love letter to my sister who’s 2nd fav is buneary!

eevee: she’s adaptable! plus, like jason, she loves puppies!

blissey: for her calming, motherly influence! (if trainers were allowed to 7 pokemon, i’d give her a kangaskhan for this too!)

cyclizar: come on. you can’t marry jason todd, without loving motorcycle rides. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

noctowl: her partner! represents her love for books and she’s a night owl, like everyone in gotham!

[asimplearchivist]

(This has been sitting in my drafts long enough…my fear of mischaracterizing Astarion is lesser than the agitation of seeing this beast among my WIPs. @fangswbenefits I’m affectionately blaming you for giving me pale elf brain rot🫣)

Okay guys this may be a very niche concept that will appeal to maybe like two people total but it hasn’t left my mind since I mentioned the idea to a buddy of mine who convinced me to play bg3…(Cullen and Astarion have a lot of similarities, which I would love to elaborate on later, but…) hear me out—it could be a very interesting dynamic to play with in a crossover.

Headcanons under the cut:

I’m not usually one for crossovers unless they’re in self-contained within a fandom (like Pokémon or Dragon Age, for example—there’s a phenomenal fic called The Half-Life of Element Zero by @unhealthynpcobsession which is a DAI/MEA crossover and safely one of the only “cross-fandom” crossovers I genuinely enjoy and adore bc the story and concepts are contextually sound and professionally orchestrated), but I feel like the sheer numbers of DAI fanfiction that explore the concept of the Breach opening up portals into other worlds (namely our modern Earth, thus the Modern Girl in Thedas trope, my beloved) could include adjacent worlds. I believe I have seen Skyrim before, so why not Baldur’s Gate 3? (Now keep in mind I know next to nothing about BG3 bc I am newly introduced to its lore and everything but) I think one could easily get away with having Astarion somehow slip through the Breach, along with the Sole Survivor at the Conclave.

(Holy shit why did this turn out so fucking long?)

The Survivor wakes—chained, cold, and aching—in the cells beneath the chantry, interrogated by Cassandra and Leliana, and denies her involvement with the Temple’s destruction. Forced to cooperate with the Survivor due to their dire need for the Mark and its potential use related to the Rifts, Cassandra casts a scowl at Leliana. “I will escort the prisoner if you will deal with the pale elf.”

Leliana only responds mildly, “I will continue to deal with him as I have been for the last three days—as well as nurse the migraine that he has caused.”

The Survivor doesn’t meet this esteemed “pale elf” until the battle at the Temple, and she only sees him from afar—he accompanied Leliana’s men to deal with the array of Shades and Wraiths that speckled the cratered grounds while the rest picked away at gargantuan Pride. She notices he is masterfully skilled with his weapons, perhaps even peculiarly so—she also notices that he has far greater strength, agility, and stamina than the average elf, easily surpassing the abilities of his peers.

She doesn’t see him again until well after the dust has settled—the Breach has been patched, Haven is able to reassess themselves, and the new Inquisition begins to construct their foundation. The newly named Herald of Andraste attempts to escape it all, fleeing into the grounds beyond Haven’s gates under the guise of fulfilling favors and errands for the various supervisors in the village, and stumbles across an abandoned cabin in the forest—at least she thought it was abandoned, at first.

She’s rummaging through the things there, finds the passed healer’s notes, but the lightest creak of displaced wood behind her tips her off to the presence of another. She whirls, hand already flying to her weapon, and backs up against the table, sending things clattering to the floor. The pale elf stands there, smirking at her startle.

“Act all the victim when you intrude on my space,” he croons, tilting his head and tutting at her, “my, how manners seem hard to come by around here.”

“You’re that—” She stops, hesitates, starts again. “Sister Leliana mentioned you. You’re the only other one who survived the blast.”

“That is comparatively the least of my problems and only the beginning of my present predicament, yes.” His eyes—as brilliant a crimson as the blood that still crusts the wounds that litter her bruised, battered, borderline broken body—scan her form from top to bottom, pause on her bandaged hand, and return to meet her uneasy gaze with a considerate one of his own. “Although I’m afraid I can confidently say that I ended up with the better of the lots drawn between the two of us.” His expression relaxes, just a little, a thready furrow forming between his silverite brows. “Does that hurt?”

She clenches her fist and clenches her teeth. “It’s dismissible.”

“Considering I heard tell that it is in the process of consuming you, I would disagree—but, I digress!” He flashes her a toothy smirk. “I am just grateful that there are no longer demons spewing out of that torn arsehole in the sky.”

She stares at him for a long moment, uncertain what to say in response. She’s exhausted, sore, and reeling from the last week of utter unfortunate bullshit that had befallen her.

“You’re…rather tall, for an elf,” she finally says lamely.

His brows arch into his forehead in clear surprise before he tips his head back and laughs. It exposes his teeth, and…no, those were not fangs. It must have been a trick of the firelight.

“It does seem that my kindred, however distantly related they are, do not possess as generous of traits as I,” he chuckles, shaking his head. “All so thin and lithe and…well, diminutive…it’s truly a marvel how they’re able to get anything done without breaking their hollow little bones. It’s little wonder that they seem so afraid of everyone else around here.”

She frowns, echoing, “‘Distantly related’?” with some dubiousness.

“Oh, your lovely spymaster didn’t tell you? I’m shocked.” The stranger gestures to himself with his arms extended to either side. “You have my sincerest apologies, my dear, I haven’t even introduced myself—I complain of lack of manners, yet fail to offer them in due turn.” He dips at the waist briefly, eyes glittering through his frosty lashes. “My name is Astarion, and…to put it simply, I am not supposed to be here.”

“I imagine anyone is fortunate to have walked away from all that destruction unscathed,” she responds mildly, narrowing her eyes.

“How cute,” he simpers, straightening and bracing his hands on his hips. “I fail to possess sufficient enough knowledge of magic in order to explain how in the hells this happened, exactly, but I originate from a place called Faerûn—not your delightfully archaic ‘Thedas’.”

He goes on to ramble about his companions, at least two of whom would have been far better suited to hypothesize how to rectify this particular ‘magical’ predicament. He tells her about their unusual circumstances of being thrust together, forced to cooperate and work towards fixing their looming health issues and the threat that faces their world.

She studies him for a long moment after he finishes. “…It sounds as if you and I are trapped in similar problems,” she sighs, rubbing her face. “As incredible as this all sounds, I sincerely doubt such a story could be easily invented on the spot…so you have my sympathies. Do you think that you’ll be able to return home?”

“Sister Leliana introduced me to that lovely gentleman who dresses like a vagrant. Supposedly, he’s the resident authority on this…‘Fade magic’, as it were?” he surmises.

“So I’ve heard,” she responds.

“Yes, well, our conversation was cut rather short at the time due to him being rather persistent in keeping his eye on that little souvenir.”

She flexes her hand and glances away. She’s been doing her damnedest not to dwell on the burning in her palm, thank you very much, and she didn’t particularly want to discuss it, either.

“Nevertheless,” he continues lightly, although his tone tempers into something more neutral, “he promised that he would look into the issue.”

“That’s…that’s good,” she replies quietly. “I hope he finds a way to send you back.”

The pale elf tilts his head at her then, eyes contemplative when she looks back up. He offers her a thin-lipped smile—this one actually reaches his eyes, softening his angular features. “As much as I am grateful not to be in your position, I do apologize. It would seem that the weight of your new moniker is not one to be taken lightly.”

“It is what it is,” she grits out. “They will believe what they wish regardless of my input.”

“That doesn’t make it any easier.” He leans in, holding her stare. “…I think it best to remain nearby, for the time being. Sole survivors of a devastating explosion still under scrutiny by those newly in power ought to stick together, yes?”

She relaxes, just slightly. “As long as you’re not the one who caused all of this.”

His expression sobers enough that it jars her. “I am the least inclined to cause spontaneous combustion among my compatriots,” he tells her, attempting humor, but there’s something in his eyes that contrasts his words entirely—a lingering fear, apprehension, borderline horror, if she has to place a name on it. “But no. I did not. And I think I have a few choice words—and daggers—on reserve for whoever did cause all of this devastation. I never asked to be thrown into the middle of this refuse burn.”

“Neither did I.” She offers him a bow in return and gives him her name. “I would say it’s been pleasant to make your acquaintance, but…I think we both are allowed to say that we would rather not have met at all.”

“Agreed.” He stoops to pick up the papers Adan had sent her to find and hands them to her. “I trust I will see you again soon?”

“You do intend to stay?” she asks, brow furrowing as she tucks them into her pocket.

“I’ve nowhere else to go,” he begins, “and fleeing from an investigation would provide rather damning evidence for the prosecution, even if misused. For now I’ll lend my particular set of skills and…services to this delightful little collection of vagabonds. I think you need all the help you can get, given that poor, overworked general of yours is relying on farmers and pilgrims to become your armed force.”

“I don’t speak on behalf of the others,” she says, “but I thank you. You’re greatly appreciated.”

“It’s my pleasure,” he purrs. “Now…do go get some rest, my dear. You look positively horrible for someone who has slept for nearly six days.”

His nonchalant sincerity startles a laugh out of her—the first in what felt like an age. He seems pleased to have done so. She departs the cabin feeling slightly less isolated than before.

[sarcasticsciencefictionwriter]

✏️"what are your current WIPs about?"

Thank you! Normally I'd gush about my writing, but I have 28 WIPs, so....um.... I'll just list the document titles. 😅

Fictober 2023 Sanctuary Fic (published as Enigmatic Confections)

Stargate Brain Damage Fic (published as Mind Over Matter)

Sanctuary Island AU

The Pigeonkeeper Chronicles (partially published as Couple Bonding)

Sanctuary Royalty AU

Stargate Apocalypse Fanfiction (published as The Tau'ri: Fall (Our Mutual Destruction).

Sanctuary Fanfiction (published as Bleeding Through the Blue)

Tesla's Moving Castle

Sanctuary Clans and Marriages Fanfiction

Sanctuary Stargate Crossover, 1 (published as Come Now, Little One)

Gregory + the Five

Demonic Roommates AU

Hitman AU

Family Just Happens

Sanctuary Fanfiction (Girl's Night)

Sanctuary Swapped Powers Fanfiction

Sweet Shippy Sam x Jack

Magnitt Coffee Shop Crimes

Sanctuary Pokémon Crossover

Stargate Fanfiction (Carter and Jonas)

Sanctuary Fanfiction (Watson, 1)

Fictober 2021 Prompt Sanctuary Fic

Five Times James Watson Was a Father and One Time He Wasn't

Sanctuary Black Cat Fic

Stargate Professional Dancer AU

Sam/Jack Post-Janet

Bird Cage

Febuwhump 2024

So yeah. Um.... runs away. Thanks so much for the ask and if there's any interest in any of them, great, but for now we'll leave it at that.

[nowandevermore]

Introduction

I see that my other writer friends have this, so I guess it's time that I make my own.

First off, hello hello. I'm Maybe.

Not quite 30. Yet. 🥲

I'm a fanfiction writer for the Pokémon fandom, specifically under Ash/Goh right now. Currently working on a Pokémon Ranger series that focuses on a mix of anime and game material.

Previously worked on an original work titled, Legends Zero, but it has been abandoned for the time. Maybe I'll work on it again one day. 🙃 However, I still continually use one of my main OCs from the series, Hailey Tockett.

Completed works:

Conference Blues (2.1K)

WWDD? (307 words)

Five Years (357 words)

Battle of the Year (4K)

At the Age of Now (1.4K)

Standing Here (1.2K)

As it should be (1.7K)

Home is Wherever You Are (1.8K)

Over and Over (1.1K)

In the City of Canalave (1.8K)

Sparks (2.9K)

Whatever the Weather (2.3K)

And I am Home (910 words)

Everything Changes, Everything Stays the Same (2.5K)

Ranger Series Completed Works:

Secrets of the Fiore Temple (17.1K)

Answers Buried in Time (59.2K)

In the In-Between (9.3K)

Current WIPs:

I met you in a dream (3.8K)

God in the Midst

Untitled Rangers prequel

I will try to update my current WIPs with new chapters on here, but I do also post each new work as its own post.

Ask to be added to taglist if you'd like. :)

[l56895]

Get to know your fanfic writer

Thanks @jamilas-pen for the tag!

When did you post your first ever fanfic?

It would have been some time in early 2005 on Fanfiction.net

I’d essentially been writing fanfiction in notebooks in the 90s but before then our computer was in a shared computer room and we had 30 minutes of dial up allowance per sibling per day so I never browsed the internet enough to understand what fanfiction was and that people would want to read things. I was just having fun!

Then Livejournal (and later AO3) happened and the rest, as they say, was history.

First Character(s) you wrote for?

Ash and Misty in Pokémon (largely unpublished and just for fun until 2007) and then my first published fanfic was for Paine and Nooj from Final Fantasy X-2

Main character(s) you’re currently writing for:

I do still love a bit of Pokémon fanfiction. But mainly nowadays I’m writing David/Patrick (Schitt’s Creek), Nick/Charlie (Heartstopper) and, occasionally, Tim/Lucy (The Rookie). I’m also working through a very long (for me) story based on a series of books I read as a child (Animal Ark) so we can add Mandy Hope and James Hunter to the list even if I take massive hiatuses on it.

I have severe ADHD though so I tend to be very flighty with fandoms. The ones that have stuck around are ones that I have essentially trauma bonded myself to (I can date my periods of stress to when a particular piece of media came out because I’m still obsessed with it decades later!)

Character(s) you haven’t written about before but plan on writing about soon:

I’m not sure there are any… I tend to just throw myself in!

EDIT: I never did write the Basil/Polly Fawlty Towers fic I outlined in 2010 while camping at work when I was snowed in. I have also considered writing a Daphne/Niles Frasier fic but have never got round to it. Because I am 50 at heart.

Fandom(s) you’re currently writing for:

Schitt’s Creek

Heartstopper

Pokémon

Animal Ark

Platonic pairing(s) you currently write for:

I don’t tend to write a lot of platonic stuff. I did enjoy recently writing Patrick Brewer & Ronnie. I have also been known to write tiny snippet stories set in the Discworld and they always involve something platonic.

Romantic pairing(s) you currently write for:

Nick/Charlie

David/Patrick

Ash/Misty

James Hunter/Mandy Hope

Your top 3 tags on AO3 (if you post your works on AO3):

Friends to lovers

Canon compliant

Drabble

Your current platform where you post your works:

AO3

Post something from a wip:

I’m stuck on a scene that needs to go between the most recently published one and this one so have a random scene from the Animal Ark fanfiction that I am writing purely for my own enjoyment:

The photo he had landed on was one she hadn't seen in years; she remembered when she flicked through the facebook album when they got home that it hadn't even registered as something she should dwell on, the trip had been full of too much safari excitement. But now… she dwelled. The two of them were sat, questionably close, on a bed in a wood panelled hotel room; his chin propped up on her shoulder as they read a book together- the title had been lost to memory- and his arm braced behind her. She remembered a kid from their travel party, young and excitable like she had once been, taking the photo before either of them realised she was there and it ending up nestled in a photo album that was otherwise posed and purposeful. A little secret anomaly. After, when the flash had made them jump and they broke apart, she remembered the feeling of guilt, of being caught in the act of something that she couldn't quite identify. He hadn't ever come away with them again, life had got busier, and she never told him about the hot, quivering feeling that had overtaken her in the seconds before they were interrupted. How, if he had come just a little closer, she would have closed the gap and kissed him. It would have been a first for both of them, and it would have been clumsy and awkward, but she would have done it without a moment’s hesitation if she hadn't been startled by that camera. She had forgotten about it, truthfully, for a long time, but now the memory of that unfamiliar heat rising up in came flooding back when he stepped closer to her.

And, just in case, another from a little Heartstopper scene I started in lieu of getting up and doing anything productive at 8am this morning:

Charlie’s voice, more like music in his ear than the sounds he had just created, played somewhere nearby. Close, but not close enough until he stepped forward and peered down at Nick. From this angle, the glow of the neon sign cast shadows across the angles of his face; highlighted the fullness of his lips in a way that made Nick feel hot. He looked away, tried to inject something that would sound like humour in to his voice.

“I’m trying!”

“Here, budge up, let me help.”

I always feel awkward about tagging anyone so, I tag anyone who wants to answer!

[folkloristico]

2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12 and 13 👀

2. What is your least favorite trope to write?

Cheating. Whenever I’m writing about a non-canon pairing—that would be, most of the time—I prefer breaking up the canon pairing(s) or even glossing over them altogether. I do enjoy toxic relationships in fiction, but only when it brings interesting conflicts to the story and not for the sake of shipping drama.

5. The fic you’re most proud of writing?

As for now it must be All the Old Places. I’m still on chapter 6 (of… I don’t even know anymore), but I’ve already written most of it already and outlined the rest, and I’m very proud of it for all the work I did, and because it’s the first long thing I’ve ever written that actually feels good to me. (I do have some old long-ish fics, but they’re quite terrible to say the least.) 

7. Favorite ship to write? 

I’m very much enjoying writing Gen fics lately, but ofc I love shipping as much as the next person. It heavily depends on the spirit of the moment, but I think I can safely say Shinichi and Shiho because of how long I’ve been a fan of them, and writing about them feels like going back to my roots. At the moment, however, I’m having lots of fun with Cassunzel, so honorable mention to them. 

8. Least favorite ship to write? 

How much am I exposing myself here if I say Ran and Shinichi? I just can’t get a knack for them, Idk.

10. Best/funniest comment you’ve ever gotten on a fic? 

‘Not enough gay sex for me.’ I guess some people might find it rude, but I straight up snorted lol. 

12. First fic ever written? 

I don’t remember if it was my first ever because I’ve been writing fanfiction since before I knew what it was, but the first I ever posted was a Pokémon/Naruto crossover lmao. Zero plot, just self-insert OCs and vibes.  

13. Latest fic written/latest WIP?

An Adult Adrienette OS which is a half-rewrite of Duetto spaccato—that it because that’s one of my favorite MLB ideas, but I’m not quite happy with how that fic turned out, especially the last chapter, and because I’ve matured a lot as a writer, I want to give it another try. 

Thank youuu for the ask <3

[ko-rai-don]

[ ABOUT ] welcome here. my name is kuroh [read: crow] and I'm a 31 years old transmasc nonbinary person. I'm autistic, asexual and gay. I've been into pokémon since the age of 7 and it's been a life long special interest. my first pokémon spin-off was stadium, and first main game was emerald.

this is a pokémon sideblog for ocs and fanfiction related things. I've been working on two pokémon fanfics for years now. they're set in the same universe, where pokémon is much darker than the usual happy-go-lucky games, manga and anime. but don't worry, there's no gore and no one sleeps with their pokémon in my little universe!

[ MORE INFO UNDER THE CUT ]

[ LINKS ] main blog ; nsft selfship blog [no minors!] ; nsft manga caps sideblog [no minors!] ; nsft general sideblog [no minors!] ; personal sideblog ; animal crossing sideblog ; boyfriend's tumblr.

[ DNI ] basic dni criteria, proshippers, comshippers, rpf anything, real like people "kinnies", self-harm culture, eating disorders culture, anti healing, anti kin, anti selfshipping, anti educated self diagnosis, anti therian, fatphobes, sexualization of age/pet regression, harry potter fans, vivziepop fans, attack on titan fans. I don't care if you support j.k. rowling or not. if you're a harry potter fan go away, thank you.

please do not steal my ocs, trace my art, etc. I put a lot of work into all of this. thank you for understanding.

if you want to draw my ocs, please do! I'd love to see them in your style.

fanfics, ocs, etc info here. it's a wip for now, oops. :p

[tina-mairin-goldstein]

For fic truth or dare! 🍓🕯️🔪🌻🪲 please! (Any or all)

Thanks for the ask!

🍓How did you get into fanfiction writing?

My sister started doing it first and I wanted to give it a try (if one of us tries something, the other usually tries it too). My very first fic was based off a small detail I noticed on the edge of a panel in a Pokémon manga, and I wanted an explanation for that. It got in my head, and I wrote it, because I wanted to put it out there and see if anyone else had noticed the detail (I still actually don't have an answer to that).

🕯️On a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you enjoy editing? Why is that?

I'd say a 4 or 5. I see editing as sort of a chore. I don't actually READ when I edit, I just sort of skim and do my best to find any typos. On the one hand, it means that I have something to publish and that's exciting. On the other, it means I have to take half an hour or even more than an hour (depending on fic length) editing when I sometimes want to do something else or have a time crunch.

🔪What's the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?

Okay, well, this works for both fanfiction and original writing, because I did it for the latter, but it applies to both:

Styles of men's underwear to figure out which one could hold a sanitary pad comfortably. I'm an omega verse writer and do go with the biologically male omegas have vaginas and therefore periods, and I figured not every guy would want to use a tampon, just like women.

🌻Tag someone you appreciate but don't talk to on a regular basis.

@keepmeinmind-01. They were the first fic author I really connected with. At the moment I am just having some trouble connecting with our mutual fandom, so it's been a bit since I read their story or we've talked, as many of conversations are spurred by the story. They wrote such a lovely review on one of my stories that I had to go see if they had a story I could read and review on.

🪲Add 50 words to your current WIP and share the paragraph here.

Dang it, Zelda, that requires me to fact-check, since I have like six WIPs and default to the last one I wrote on! All right, three minutes of fact-checking and one minute to kill a hornet later, here it is more than fifty words:

It started with Anthony Dimmond. Hannibal had met him in France, under the identity he had used there. The man bore an unsettling resemblance to Will Graham, if in a classier, more polished, English way. But that was not what caused fear to strike Bedelia. It was the fact that he knew Roman Fell. She discovered all this when Hannibal invited him to dinner. It had been a blissful few weeks, settling into the new routine they were building now that both of them were pregnant, but one day, when she went to meet him so they could walk home together, he told her they were having a guest over for dinner.

This is from my Hannibal/Bedelia omega verse story, La Sposa del Mostro, set during their time in Italy.

Thanks for playing!

[mk-writes-stuff]

WIP Folders Game

Rules: post your WIP folders and people can ask questions if they want

Thanks @kaylinalexanderbooks and @modernwritercraft for the tags!

I don’t really have expansive WIP folders so y’all are getting my Stories folder which contains my old and abandoned stuff in addition to current WIPs, I hope you enjoy :)

Arda Tomorrow

Castlevania Stuff

Character Profiles

Discovery Stuff

Ellesmera’s Dark Tower

Good Omens Stuff

Grishaverse Stuff

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Stuff

Legend of Zelda Stuff

LOTR Stuff

Magic: the Gathering Stuff

Mainland Island

Merlin Stuff

Mistborn Stuff

Pokémon Stuff

Prompts, Drabbles, Etc.

Short Stories

Shovel Knight Stuff

Sky City

Star Trek (Non-Discovery) Stuff

Stardell

The Masks We Wear

The Seven Station Chronicles

The Three Islands

TLOS Stuff

Underwater

Wacky Stories

Witch Hat Atelier Stuff

Words

In case you can’t tell, I’ve written a lot of fanfiction (any folder ending in “stuff” is fanfiction, the rest are original pieces). I’m happy to talk about any of it if y’all have questions but keep in mind most of these are dead WIPs. I can also share doc names of folder contents if people are interested.

(The Pirates’ Roost and To Kill a Dead Thing are both in Magic: the Gathering Stuff btw)

I think you’re supposed to tag equal to the number of folders but there’s 29 of them so I am Not doing that. I think I’ll just leave this one as an open tag :)

[talysalankil]

Fic writer interview

thanks for the tag @terresdebrume

How many works do you have on AO3?

123, which is. a funny number i guess. to me if no one else

What's your total AO3 word count?

849,723.

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Which. Hm. Not surprised but not super happy about it. This is why I don't look at my statistics if i can avoid it

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I try to! sometimes i don't have the spoons

What's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending?

Gonna say this one

Since it's the only one that has a completely unhappy ending. someone actually decided to write their own ending to it, which, good for you but also no thanks. that wasn't the point.

What the fic you've written with the happiest ending?

Doesn't any smut fic have a happy ending :3c

Seriously I don't know how to measure that one lol.

Do you write crossovers?

If I get an idea for it. I just did Hades x FFXV, so.

Have you ever received hate on a fic?

The only one I remember was one of those "vanven are brothers you're disgusting for shipping them" on fanfiction dot net.

Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

honestly surprised it's not the largest category. though i do have a few more in the pipeline so it might just be a matter of time.

answer to the second part: the hot kind

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

i hope not, idk

Have you ever had a fic translated?

no

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

the closest i got was an artist i admire asking me to do a collab and then me flaking out due to brain worms.

What's your all-time favorite ship?

vanven

What's a WIP that you want to finish but don't think you ever will?

i think i've really only got one properly unfinished wip.

which i technically could finish. i know where the story is ending. i just don't have any of the willpower to go back to it. i thought The Sun And The Stars or the pjo show might rekindle my interest but…no not really.

What are your writing strengths?

don't know, don't care.

What are your writing weaknesses?

Idem

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

i once struck an online friendship because someone put gratuitous french and i, as i'm led to understand is common among french speakers and uncommon everywhere else, couldn't resist telling her about the mistakes she made.

What was the first fandom you wrote for?

percy jackson is the one i consider my first ~proper~ fanfiction. earlier attempts were a final fantasy x retelling with pokémon but i only went through the first chapter and hated it, a guild wars fanfiction which was about my own characters which i abandoned after a few chapters, and fanfiction of a (likely) troll fanfiction. i consider them disqualified for various reasons. others may not.

What's a fandom/ship you haven't written for yet but want to?

the hollow folk books. only had one fic on ao3 last i checked. deserves more. the problem is i don't see any angle for a fic with that cast and that world other than the story that is already in the books. so.

What's your favorite fic you've written?

toss up between

and

my first fic in each fandom, maybe i peaked early lmao

Tagging @kevin-sedai for vengeance

[multicolour-ink]

Writing Masterpost

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Super Mario/Mario Movie 2023

General

Don't Let Go

Carriage Hold (a gift for @peaches2217)

* * *

Series

Mia & Pio series (ongoing)

Daemon AU (full series)

On Land And Sea, Is Where We Embrace (Mario Mermaid AU)

Once Upon A December (Mario x Anastasia AU)

The Broken Kingdom (WIP)

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Prompts

Needing To Be Looked After

Comforting Hugs

The Jester

Scared of Thunderstorms

The Darkness Shows When You're Not Here

Carry You

The Little Things

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Ficlets

Temporary Accommodation

Luigi's Nightmares

Baby Toads

Little Toads

Pulled Apart

What Happened in the Three Seconds After Mario and Luigi Grabbed the Power Star

A Quiet Space

Firebrand and Thunderhand (movie verse idea)

Dream's Deep Idea (movie verse)

After the battle: baths and body care

Sharing Dreams

A Literal Ramble

Baby Bros separated by the NICU and one of them is sad :(

Journey to The Underwhere (Mario Dæmon AU)

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Non-Fiction

Mario Bros and Separation Anxiety - a character analysis

Something I noticed about Mario during the fight with Bowser: An emotional analysis

Mario Initiates the Forehead Touch

Is Papa Mario a Twin?

Mario's Hat

Never Mock Mario (or Luigi)

What if "Destiny" is Daisy?

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Pokémon

The Aura Kingdom (WIP)

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Sonic the Hedgehog

Fanfictions

Comfort

Gifts

The Lost Light

Chaos Unbound (series)

[ofeliiiiaaaa]

Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest and Kid Icarus: Uprising are 3DS games.

Also my Pokémon Sword And Shield rewrite was started in 2021 (to be fair I actually made enough progress to publish the first part back then)

I start many projects, stop when I am no longer fixated on them, then pick them back up later!

Oh I see!!! I liked Pokemon Sword and Shield bc of the designs but I never looked into the lore tbh,,, my interest for Pokemon was already fading when that game came out, bc that's when I discovered my new favorite anime lol

I start many projects, stop when I am no longer fixated on them, then pick them back up later!

OMG SAME I have so many unfinished AUs and longfics!! I had a Pokemon B&W au fanfic back in 2019 and I think. I think I actually want to continue it even tho it's been like a million years,,, I bet the readers forgot abt it already

my fanfiction folder gets a little bit confusing since I have unfinished things from like 2016 right next to files from 2023 so... wtf...

bc of that I started making a wikipedia-esque document where I write down the name and data of every wip since. I seriously lose a lot of things like this!!! I even made an aa fanzine once and I've NO CLUE where the hell it is now lmao. don't be like this everyone

[insecateur]

2022 fic wrap-up!

Here it is, my 2022 fic wrap-up! I'll divide it in three parts: general rambling about writing, month-by-month discussion of what I wrote in more detail, and a conclusion about what I'd like to get done this year a.k.a. 2023!

(I wrote so much I'm sorry.)

   

General Thoughts and Rambling about Writing

I've had multiple times when I'd say I stopped writing. I wrote a lot when I was younger, both fic and original, always in my native language (French.) I also roleplayed a fair amount. Back in 2011, after a very bad time in my life, I stopped writing. My last attempts were roleplaying posts; I think by that time I hadn't written fic in over a year. 

For a little while, I focused on drawing exclusively. I even created an original webcomic that's currently discontinued. Then, in 2013, Pokémon X&Y came out–

I'd planned to write posts about my main X&Y fic series on Tumblr, but only wrote one and then never got around to writing the rest. I still want to, though! It probably covers most of what I'd want to say already, so I'll be brief: I got back into writing fic in 2013, for Pokémon X&Y, in English this time, and then lost steam the next year for a variety of reasons. I got back into writing again in 2015-2016, writing more or less exclusively for myself without sharing it except on dreamwidth and password-locked blogs. At the time, I think I felt self-conscious about posting fic on AO3 that I didn't think was "up to par," not to mention I felt guilty about my lingering WIP...

In late 2017, I got into a brand new fandom, Yakuza, and for the first time in four years started to focus my creative energy in something that wasn't Pokémon X&Y. I still thought about it a lot (Lysandre especially) but I was able to get into new ships that I was excited about for reasons that weren't "this reminds me of my ultimate blorbos." In 2018, I started working on a Yakuza fic that I then gave up on, until (encouraged by one of my friends) I got back into working on it in 2020.

I don't know what did it; I'd guess it was having someone who could cheer me on and who was also a writer, maybe, but in 2020 I really started finding pleasure in writing again. I finished the fic around the end of the year and got very sweet feedback (which I was surprised about because the topic of the fic isn't something I expected people to care about haha.) I was itching to write more but I was also kind of exhausted. I figured maybe this was going to be my fanfiction swan song, which I was pretty happy about, honestly. I still think it's a pretty good fic.

Then, in 2021, Pokémon Masters EX grabbed me by the throat–

It felt kind of eye-opening. It felt like I was back in 2013/early 2014 and suddenly I was fueled by the raw power of OTP. I reread my unfinished WIP, that I'd continued further from what was posted on AO3, and thought: I can finish this. Not only that, but I can make what I've already written better. It doesn't matter that it's been almost eight years, it doesn't matter if nobody cares to read it. I can do this, for me.

And I did!

Not only that, but it kickstarted me into getting back into writing for real. I posted the finished, rewritten (in parts) version of the fic in November (I promise I'll talk about this in more detail soon,) and then in December I posted another fic about them. Which then brings us to, of course, what this post is actually supposed to be about: 2022.

   

What I Wrote in 2022 (And Other Considerations)

I started out still riding that high from having finished my long fic, and posted two fics related to it in January, turning it into a series:

* The Pangs of Disprized Love: This one is an outsider POV taking place between two of the later So Long as We Can Say chapters. It was really fun to write, despite the subject matter! The last SLaWCS chapter is actually probably my favorite, as a post-canon aficionado, so getting to write more of that was a treat.

* And With Your Hands Your Hearts: This one is a more or less direct sequel. A marriage proposal... How corny. It felt like what the characters needed after everything they'd gone through, though. I had very strong mental images for this one and I'm still pretty happy with the result.

After that, I got to work on the sequel to Et Surtout Mourir de Langueur, the first part of my mutual pining saga. At the time, I ran into two issues:

— I was embarrassed by the idea of writing and posting smut on AO3. (Yes, this seems insane to me too now.)

— I was worried people would be put off by me writing Lysandre as submissive more "aggressively." (As in, actually making it clear that was what I was going for, and not just implying it.)

Because of this, I started getting writer's block, and found myself stalling after deciding to actually include explicit scenes in (what would become) Le Bien l'Ennemi du Mieux. But something very special would happen to me that month...

Indeed, February is the month I came to know Noah a.k.a. @jonphaedrus. Which seems both so long ago and way too little time. I will refrain from gushing and just say that had we not met, I might have never started posting E-rated works to AO3 and I might have even given up on writing that second mutual pining fic. So there.

Thus, in March, thanks to Noah (and Grey!)'s support, I finished and posted:

* Le Bien l'Ennemi du Mieux: They continue pining, but this time they fuck explicitly. A lot. Way too much if you ask me. The romantic tension does not resolve in this fic and did not resolve period in 2022 but it will in 2023 I promise.

My SLaWCS energy had not left me however, and so after taking a short break I started work on a direct sequel to And With Your Hands Your Hearts, where I'd explore Augustine and Lysandre's backstories at last. This quickly became a multi-chapter project, which I was anxious about because SLaWCS (the original fic) had been my only successful attempt at that, but the fact that I had been successful once – and now had support from a fellow prfr appreciator and author – helped carry me to victory.

So, in May, I successfully published:

* Wisely and Slow: Definitely one of my favorites from the year. A three chapters story about dealing with your demons and finding a new place to belong to in the world. I could talk more about it but I won't... for now. This is the last (plot-relevant) SLaWCS story I've posted so far; the next one is going to be the wedding one and I'm SO excited to work on it. SOON.

Taking a break from longer fic writing, I wrote this treat for Noah:

* That Give Delight and Hurt (Not): I feel like this was the first step toward me going full self-indulgent when it comes to publishing smut. It still has feelings, but there's no pretense of a plot, just two characters engaging in D/s fun. It was my first time posting actual PWP on AO3... emotional...

In June, struck by a sudden bout of inspiration at the very end of a challenge from a Discord server I was in, I wrote 20k in a week:

* Perfect as a Statue, Unadorned: A Xerosic/Lysandre fic where Lysandre is a robot. It's also one of my favorites from this year! Very underrated imo. It's long, it's an AU, it's for a rarepair... so I'm not really surprised, but I do wish more people would give it a try. Oh well.

And then, finally embracing my id fully, I wrote and shared what is probably still the most unhinged thing I've written in 2022:

* All in a Day’s Work: Also known as "Rocket Lysandre free use" which tells you all you need to know. Truly just pure bottom Lysandre PWP. I think about the tag "I Want That Pokémon Villain Obliterated" regularly. I originally wasn't even planning on posting it but doing that freed me from any kind of worry about what I was "allowed" to post on my AO3, because nothing else can come close to it. Also very underrated imo but not for the same reasons LMFAO.

I was slowly getting into the habit of writing regularly, so in July I decided to try my hand at writing short fics/ficlets based on prompts I found or that were sent to me. This way, I successfully wrote five ficlets:

* Phototaxis, Show Off, The Precious Time That We Have, Then We Shall Need Each Other & Aspectabund

I also participated in BDSM Exchange, with a fic! Which was my first time writing fic for an exchange – before that, I'd only done art.

* Viens Me Libérer de Mon Sommeil (Je Suis à Ta Merci): An OT3 (Diantha/Sycamore/Lysandre) fic for Noah! It has all of our favorite things: D/s, Lysandre getting run over, BDSM therapy... I nearly finished it in time for frenchflagshipping day, too, but missed it by three days. Alas.

Powered by pure hubris, in August, I decided to try my hand at Writer's Month... and couldn't pull it off (in parts because I got very, very sick mid-way through.) I'm not going to link all of my fics for that separately (they span from August to December) but I will namedrop a few I especially like. Otherwise, you can check them all out in my series! (Shout-out to the series-within-a-series specifically for the bodyswap storyline, too. I'll finish it in 2023! I swear!)

My favorites from August were:

* My (M37) friend (M32?) keeps alienating everyone we know with the way he presents his opinions: Absolute classic. A reddit post parody. I'd still like to write a sequel/spin-off someday.

* A Comedown of Revolving Doors: Kind of a weird one; I just caught a vibe and followed it without being completely sure where I was going with it. I do enjoy the result though.

* It’s a Mechanical Bull, the Number One: Bottom Dom content for the soul. I still think this one was very big-brained of me. Also the title does not get old.

* Hit Me With the Way They’re Flaunted: It sure is over 3k about Lysandre getting his tits tortured/played with. What else can I say.

August was also the month we started posting courage is the most foolish thing in the world a.k.a. roleswap! I am not involved in the writing (as in, I don't write it; I am definitely involved in the ideas and concepts) but I couldn't not give it a shout-out. 

For September, I'll cite this one:

* Something in Your Head You’ve Been Fighting All Along: It's cakeverse. I found out about cakeverse completely randomly and have not stopped thinking about it ever since. I'll probably write and/or draw some more at some point... It's still at the back of my mind.

I also participated in another fic challenge: to write an AU fic of no more than 5k words. It turned out a lot more difficult than I expected; I apparently do not do well with max word counts. Still, I managed to post:

* From the Throat, I’m Tied to You: A very horny soulmate AU. I just decided to write the kind of soulmates I'd like to see in fic, heh. Despite how hard it was for me to get the words out, I do enjoy the result, and it was fun to work on!

In November, I posted a fic for the exchange Fic In A Box! I feel like I've already talked about this one a lot LOL, so I won't get too into it.

* do let the old enmity be: A recursive fic for Noah's main prfr series. It's all in-universe stuff, and probably the most fun I had working on a fic this year. I was very pleased to see so many people enjoy it!

I also kept working on my late Writer's Month prompts, and my favorite for that month is obvious:

* Let Your Backbone Slide: My first time writing trans porn... finally, I can put what I want to see into the world (Dom trans/cis sub, in case that wasn't clear.) I like this one a lot, tbh. I'd like to write a sequel/related fic sometime soon.

Finally, the last month of the year: December! My end of the year was really busy. I had a lot on my mind. Still, I managed to post a few more Writer's Month fills and one very special fic:

* De nouvelles saveurs: My last fic of 2023! And it's in French! It's 12k words of flirting via baking croissants. Before writing a short thing for my FIAB fill, I hadn't written in French in over a decade... so it was an interesting experience. I am pretty happy with the result though! The croissants (quaso) got baked and that truly is all that matters. 

I'll finish this off by giving a quick shout-out to the old fics I posted throughout the year. These are the fics I wrote back in 2016, as mentioned in the introduction of this post. Noah slowly encouraged me to post them on AO3, even the ones I was the most embarrassed about. Since they've all been backdated, I don't remember the exact month (of 2022) they were posted on, so I'll just give them to you in their original chronological order:

* Fighting With My Weak Hand: A post-canon story about Lysandre trying to earn forgiveness. (Yes, it was already my shit in 2016.)

* Status Symbol: Car sex.

* A Lesson in Self-Control: Omorashi. 

* This Is the Finest Game, It Ain’t Even Got a Name: Spy AU. Very self-indulgent.

* Midas Touch: Lysandre doesn't masturbate. Augustine investigates.

* Give Me Fire, Burning Hell: My original soulmate AU.

Phew. Okay, now that that's all out of the way–

   

What 2023 Has In Store (Hopefully)

I have a lot of WIPs.

See, at the beginning of 2022, I told myself I'd only have one WIP at a time. That way, I could focus on one thing, and get things done at a good pace. Unfortunately, as I began writing more and more, and chatting with Noah about ideas, I started listening to the devil on my shoulder telling me I could just work on multiple things at once.

...and I could! At the end of the day, "a lot of WIPs" isn't actually even that many WIPs. Still, I have a bunch of stuff I'd like to get done in 2023, writing-wise:

— I have an unfinished SLaWCS smut spin-off that's like two scenes away from being done and has been for months. I really need to get back on that.

— I have, of course, part 3 of my mutual pining series. I'm nearly 10k into that and Arceus knows how long it'll get. But I'll finish it this year for sure!

— I have the few prompts left from my Writer's Month, most of which I have ideas for if I haven't already started them. I will complete it this year (and not give the prompt list for this year a try, I'm sorry–)

— I have a few challenge fics I started and never finished that I might or might not go back to. (One I'm fairly confident I can finish; the other I have no idea where to go with so it might stay unfinished forever. Maybe I'll share what I have at some point.)

— I want to write in French more!!

— And, last but not least, I'm desperate to write more SLaWCS. I want them to get married!! I spent most of the latter half of 2022 writing shorter fics, and I really want to get back to longer works. I want to drop 60k of wedding planning that only five people will read. This is all I need to stay alive.

As for the rest... I'm still itching to participate in exchanges and other fandom events, so I have plans in that vein, but I don't want to give it away too early. I'm very grateful for the support I've gotten this year, no matter the content... Thank you for all your comments, asks, tags, kudos... I wouldn't have written this much without you! I don't know if I can aim for more than I did in 2022, but I'd like to keep at it, at least. 

So here's to another year of Pokémon fics... and art! If you've read this whole thing, thank you, too! I appreciate it! 🙏

[sarcasticsciencefictionwriter]

WIP Tag Game 📖✨

Tagged by @tina-mairin-goldstein thanks for the tag! :D

Rules: In a new post, post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous they are. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it and tag as many people as you have WIPs (or as many as you can).

Here we go. I'm dividing it into fandoms because there's so many.😂 (Listed in order of last updated)

Sanctuary WIPs

Fictober 2023 Sanctuary Fic

Sanctuary Island Fic

Febuwhump 2024

Five Times James Watson Was a Father and One Time He Wasn't

The Pigeonkeeper Chronicles

Sanctuary Royalty AU

Sanctuary Fanfiction

Sanctuary Clans and Marriages Fanfiction

Sanctuary Stargate Crossover

Gregory + The Five

Tesla's Moving Castle

Demonic Roommates AU

Fictober 2021 Prompt Sanctuary Fic

Hitman AU

Sanctuary Fanfiction (Girl's Night)

Sanctuary Swapped Power Fic

Magnitt Coffee Shop Crimes

Sanctuary Pokémon Crossover

Sanctuary Fanfiction (Watson,1)

Stargate SG-1 WIPs

Stargate Brain Damage Fic

Stargate Apocalypse Fanfiction

Sanctuary Stargate Crossover

Professional Dancers AU

Sam/Jack Post Janet

Family Just Happens

Sweet Shippy Sam x Jack

Stargate (Carter and Jonas)

Bird Cage

No pressure tagging: @lanistas , @tinknevertalks , @chartreuseian , @theleotorrio , @misscrazyfangirl321 , @electricrogue , @truedairship , @romanaisalive , and @enigmatic-mystery-777. (Trying to spare some Sanctuary mutuals for the others to tag, sorry if I missed you!)