#an alternate description for this ficlet would be:

[xxbimbobunnyxx]

Being Weird Is Cool Masterlist

(Single!Dad Eddie Munson x Single!Mom Reader)

Summary: When your late aunt leaves you her house in Hawkins you see it as a chance at fresh start and move there with your son. You didn’t expect to meet a caring metal head with kind eyes and his spitfire daughter. You didn’t expect to fall in love. You didn’t expect to find a family.

Warnings: Becoming a family, Single parenthood, A dead family member, Readers son has a speech delay, Reader is implied to be alternative and have tattoos but no other descriptions given besides her clothes, other than that it’s just tooth rotting self indulgent fluff.

A/N: This is just going to be a series of ficlets/blurbs, I’m going to do my best to post them in timeline order but I’m really just writing them as I think of events that would be significant to their story. Also if anyone has thoughts/requests about these four my requests are open. ✨

New Friends and Ice Cream

Purple Houses and Paranorman

[sygneth]

Echoes of Elysium | Disco Elysium AU ...something?

Warnings

General warnings for my blog's content applies. Check here.

This AU is (rather) not very alternative. I am just trying to develop further events and some background for the characters, but even though I'm making research and I try to stay canon-compliant, only to fill in the gaps, I cannot guarantee it will never happen. Especially in this fandom, where many interpretations and paths are equally canon, we may not agree on some things, I hope you'll enjoy my point of view nevertheless. Some episodical OCs will appear too.

INDEX

EOE on ComicFury!

EOE on Tumblr:

Chapter 1: New Beggings -> START

EOE on AO3:

Main plot (uhh still in the process of uploading!)

Ficlet series (additional content)

LORE:

Precinct 41 plans and explanation

Plot outline

After Martinaise things are slowly getting back to normal, but the general atmosphere in the city gets thickens every day, La Retour is hanging in the air. Despite this, Harry is trying to stay sober and make amends. It's hard to say if Kim's appearance on the 41st is making things easier or harder between Harry and his old friends.

The Return happens. In the after-revolutionary mess, everybody tries to move on, but things are changing in almost every aspect of life. And on top of this, a particularly hard case drops and somebody has to take care of it.

The start of the project is directly after Martinaise, so forgive me this vague description, but I would hate to spoil the plot haha.

Okay, from now on additional info, still important but not crushial.

I want to focus on the relationship between the people of Precinct 41 and their internal experiences. Impactful events and thicker action will happen too, but mostly in the later chapters of this.

There are also some important premises of this AU I would like to highlight:

Kim was raised in an orphanage, presumably held by some Dolorian organisation (order?). Some of his old-fashioned manners and vocabulary are remainings after growing up in a religious environment (even if he's not very religious himself).

Eyes died around 9 months before the events from the game. Since then, Kim has been willingly working alone. His superiors were not very fond of that but somehow he managed not to get partnered with anyone.

Harry has no known family members left. At least as far as he and his friends know.

Jean and Harry's partnership started four, maybe five years ago. According to the game, it was "two years minimum" but personally I think those losers were stuck with each other for much longer.

Jean's years-long, unexplained depression has roots in some sort of personality disorder. Also, he is codependent on Harry, probably co-addicted too. He had problem with speed himself, however it's not nearly as serious as Harry's. I see him as more of a weekend/party drug user, as for now.

I assume that since the communist revolution gay relationships were technically legal in Revachol. Technically, because there are still no rights for same-sex couples and the social recognition is poor and rather negative (I got inspired by my own country in that matter)

That's all I can think of now. I will probably just add new information in the description of he pages.

Okay, cool, one last thing. What do you mean by "...something?"? Is this a comic? A fanfiction series? What am I looking at?

The answer is: I don't yet know. I am planning this to be mostly a comic, but I cannot say there won't be some written as fanfics parts or some kind of in-between media. I don't really want to limit myself to one medium only, but at this point, I have no idea what this will evolve into. I honestly just want to have fun lol

[fcthots]

ok so this is clearly self-indulgent but what Reader x canon stuff isn’t?? 😤 anyway I’m finally submitting a thing because your portrayal of him & all these ficlets have done wonders for the world—

Italian!Jason (and/or just Jason Who Speaks Italian) & you have used Italian as sort of a “comfort language” since you were growing up together as teens. Yeah, you speak English, but your nicknames for each other, the curses you tend to use, just a lot of specific words because English isn’t always properly descriptive…& there was always a sweet Italian old lady who made the best bolognese & arancini!

anyway, he dies & you’re obviously heartbroken. Skip to Jason finding you (he might be in costume or not) & revealing that he’s alive. He’s too tall, his eyes are too green, he’s too tired and sad-looking. Not that he’s not attractive, but—what if it’s not true? There’s clones, alternate dimensions, dreams…

Then he’s speaking your language. Just partly because you were never fluent. He’s slowly coaxing you into a hug. (Or maybe this is much less angsty & you went from suspicious to in love & ready for a sexy reunion in seconds, lol.)

anyway, have a great weekend!! ♥️ 👌🏽🇮🇹

I'M SORRY THIS IS LOW KEY FUNNY AS HELL BC I'M ITALIAN BUT I'VE SLOWLY LOST ALL MY HERITAGE LMAOOOO

Also I google translated everything bc despite my last name looking like an Italian masterpiece even I say it the English way.

He rotated through every nickname in the book. You were his "principessa", "Tesoro", "cara", "bella", "mia amata", "mostriciattola", etc (princess, sweetheart, dear, beautiful, my loves, and little monster). He called you every sweet name under the sun, all in the language he said "was more fit for your beauty. It sounds much better in Italian."

And one day he stopped calling you anything. One day you just stopped hearing his voice for what you thought would be forever. One day he's calling you "puttana" for stealing his food and then the next day he's dead, laying in a coffin six feet under. You put a red, green, and white rose by his grave because you think he would have found it funny. You don't go back.

You're not the same after, haven't even jokingly attempted to speak a lick of something other than English. You keep quiet, keep to yourself, and think about Jason's spiel about americanized food when you pass by a Dominos pizza.

This all changes, though, when you're walking home by yourself late at night. You have to pass through the bad part of town and maybe you should have been more careful, but it was too late for that now. There were two men and one had a gun; you stood nom chance of making it if you ran. You attempted to back up, just to put some space, but you backed into a trash can and it loudly knocked over. You assailants don’t seem to have appreciated that: one grabs your arm and the other levels the gun at your head. You're shaking and slightly crying, scared out of your mind.

That is until a tank of a man with a bright red helmet drops in. He takes out the man with the gun first and the other pulls a knife to put to your neck. The Red Hood freezes when he looks into your eyes. After the knife starts digging into your skin, he springs back into action. It all happens so fast, you're not even sure what really happened.

But the next thing you know, there's two unconscious bodies on the floor, and the Red Hood is kneeling before you, taking off his mask.

"Principessa?" (princess?)

"PUTTANA?" (BITCH????)

[alectoperdita]

Here's a Lure Valentine's Day ficlet. It takes place during Year 2, so the month right after the events of Fill me with sweetness and cream. Not sure it's good enough to throw up on AO3 yet, so gonna chuck it here for now.

rated: E word count: 2,092 tags: explicit sexual content, master/pet, oral sex, degradation, praise kink

🔪 🔪 🔪 🔪 🔪 🔪 🔪 🔪 🔪 🔪 🔪 🔪 🔪 🔪 🔪

Kaiba came home with an armload of gift packages, and Jounouchi did a double-take with his phone.

It was February 14th.

Silently, he watched with bulging eyes as Kaiba handed the overflowing shopping bag to Hanako. 

"Please take care of the return gifts," Kaiba instructed. 

Jounouchi boggled at this. Not only did Kaiba get chocolates, but he also accepted them and he planned to reciprocate? What twisted alternate universe had he fallen into? Sure, Kaiba sounded bored to tears by the prospect and was delegating everything to Hanako to handle, but that he bothered at all blew Jounouchi's mind. 

Kaiba turned and smirked. That was how Jounouchi knew he'd been caught staring. The boy plucked a thin box off the top of the stash and thanked Hanako as an obvious dismissal. 

The housekeeper bowed before retreating down the hall and deeper into the house. 

Jounouchi didn't wait for Kaiba to speak before he turned on his heels. He walked, refusing to give Kaiba the impression that he was running away. Kaiba followed closely behind anyway. The bastard radiated smugness without speaking. Jounouchi's skin also crawled as it always did when he turned his back to the other boy. 

He almost made it safely past Kaiba's study before a throat cleared pointedly behind him.

His shoulders sank, almost imperceptibly. But Kaiba must notice. Nothing escaped that jerk's eagle eyes. He turned back toward the other boy, and their eyes locked for a brief second before Kaiba crossed the threshold into the office. Jounouchi followed obediently and shut the door behind him. 

A scowl wormed across his lips as he approached Kaiba's desk. Kaiba placed the gift in the dead center of the table. The box was matte black and carried a fancy-looking logo written in calligraphy. It was secured with a gold ribbon. A small card was attached, which Kaiba barely glanced at when he undid the bow. 

Instead, he passed the card to Jounouchi. "Give that to Hanako later so she can take care of it with the rest."

Jounouchi, the idiot that he was, couldn't help but skim the message inside. 

Kaiba-san,  Please accept this token of my affection. <3 Miki

He snorted. A dark blue gaze flicked toward him. He straightened as he stuffed the paper into the back pocket of his jeans.

Inside the opened box sat three round chocolate truffles.

"That's all she's got to show for a 'token of affection.' Seems cheap," Jounouchi jeered.

"It's from a famous gourmet chocolate shop in Tokyo. I heard they did a limited run for their Valentine's line." 

Kaiba passed him the cover he removed. On its underside was the shop's name and florid descriptions of each of the truffles. Jounouchi fished out his phone and googled the shop. While he waited for their site to load, he watched Kaiba pick up one chocolate, holding it between his pale thumb and index finger as he rotated and examined it.

"I thought you didn't have a sweet tooth," he grumbled, tearing his eyes away as a sleek and flashy site loaded on his screen.

"It's dark chocolate, 80% cocoa. Hardly sweet."

Jounouchi rolled his eyes. Then his eyes widened comically as he read the prices. "6500 yen for three pieces of chocolate? That's insane! Who would spend that much money?"

On Kaiba?! Why Kaiba, of all people? Sure, he was kind of good-looking. But he was also a massively sadistic jerk! The female student population at Domino University was dangerously gullible!

Kaiba shrugged. That was plainly not his concern.

Unable to let it go, Jounouchi needled him. "Ya know they're expecting triple the return for White Day, right? Better not blow all your cash on 'em."

Maybe that was the answer. These broads were gold-diggers. It wasn't as if Kaiba hid the fact he had money.

"Hanako-san will take care of it. She's had practice."

"You didn't get anything last year." Jounouchi screwed his face in a huff.

"Last year, I had a rather intimidating shadow following me."

Kaiba still held the candy aloft, but his attention was no longer on it, but on Jounouchi. With a growing smile that spelled trouble, he grabbed Jounouchi's elbow with his free hand and yanked him down onto his lap. Jounouchi had no choice but to perch on one of Kaiba's splayed knees, unless he wanted to end up on the ground. Which would probably still happen later, but that was later. Kaiba's hand skimmed up his spine and settled on the back of his neck, ensuring he stayed as well. 

Kaiba practically shoved the chocolate under his nose. The rich, almost buttery scent made his nostrils itch. He could feel his eyes crossing as he tried to focus on the dry violet flakes dusted on top of it. This must be the lavender one. 

"Did you want to try it?" Kaiba asked casually. "That's why you were staring so hard earlier, wasn't it?"

Jounouchi balked, turning his face away. "As if I'd trust anything you brought home after what happened last time."

His skin erupted with goosebumps as Kaiba stroked his neck sensually. "Ah, you're referring to your birthday. Don't worry. I promise I haven't tampered with these. Besides, would it be so bad to have a repeat performance of last time?"

Kaiba blew hot air over his ear, then laughed again. Heat flooded Jounouchi's body. He tried not to squirm. That'd only draw attention to the growing issue in his pants. He refused to make eye contact with the other boy, though. Leaving him with only the option to glare at the box on the table and the remaining two chocolates within it.

"Here. I'll prove it."

Out of the corner of his eye, Jounouchi watched with vigilance as Kaiba brought the truffle to his lips and bit into it. By now, the boy had held it long enough that the chocolate started melting, coating his fingertips in a thin layer. 

Kaiba grinned a shark's smile before swallowing. "See?"

Jounouchi glared harder. Something thorny twisted inside his stomach, but he again resisted the urge to squirm.

"Unless you're jealous?" Kaiba arched a mocking eyebrow.

He rankled. A low growl built in the recesses of his chest.

The other boy dangled the half-eaten truffle under Jounouchi's nose again. Jounouchi was weak to food. He was easy to rile up. He couldn't help himself. Kaiba also knew all that. Kaiba just had a bite, and the boy wasn't going to drug or roofie himself just to do that to Jounouchi (again). At the very least, it should be safe to eat the rest of this one.

God knows it wouldn't be the first time Kaiba hand-fed him.

Saliva welled in his mouth as he gave in. But as he leaned in and parted his lips, Kaiba snatched it away. His teeth snapped around empty air. He shot the other boy a look of indignation. What gives?

"Ah, I can't believe I forgot." The nasty smile on Kaiba's face signaled otherwise. "Dogs can't have chocolate. It's bad for them. I can't have you getting sick. I'll have to tell Hanako-san to make sure you keep your nose out of the rest."

Jounouchi watched with outrage as Kaiba popped the rest of the truffle into his mouth. The nerve! What an ass! Of all the stupid, petty, childish bullshit!

Without thinking, Jounouchi lunged forward, snapping his mouth closed around Kaiba's chocolate-stained fingers. It was pure instinct. But that instinct also warned him against biting down as a part of him desperately wanted to. Kaiba was only lenient to a certain point. Instead, he laved his tongue over the fingertips and sucked on them.

The grip on the nape of his neck clamped down, but it didn't hurt. Kaiba didn't pull him back. Soon he even pushed him forward against the fingers invading from the front. Jounouchi barely registered the dark flavor before the sensation of Kaiba's long slender digits sliding over his tongue and jabbing the back of his mouth completely overwrote the taste.

He gagged on the familiar intrusion. His eyes rolled back after Kaiba eased back, only to shove in two more fingers. Kaiba was relentless. He moved his hand as if he was trying to fuck Jounouchi's mouth with it. And Jounouchi let him, going limp in Kaiba's hold, swaying against his chest as Kaiba touched every nook and cranny. His nostrils flared as he gulped for air, but that only allowed for the drool building in his mouth to escape, running over his lower lip and chin. Even his eyes began to water from the rough treatment. 

And yet, Jounouchi wanted to feel him deeper, somewhere even his long fingers couldn't reach.

When Kaiba extracted his hand, Jounouchi panted. He didn't even complain when Kaiba wiped his damp hand on the front of his shirt.

"Bad dog," Kaiba scolded. It was a good thing he sounded more amused than mad. Then again, he obviously invited Jounouchi into his study for the express purpose of toying with him. 

Without prompting, Jounouchi slid free of Kaiba's hand, slipping between his legs to land at his feet. He couldn't even blame it on an aphrodisiac this time. Taking this kind of action was almost as natural as breathing.

One hand settled atop his head, petting gently. He couldn't help but gaze up at the other boy with longing. Kaiba loomed above him, his eyes darker than the chocolate, widening his stance and sitting back in his seat as he tugged Jounouchi's head forward. Jounouchi took that as both permission and direction to press his face into Kaiba's crotch. He shuddered from the heat and mouthed at the bulging outline between the inseam.

Jounouchi was already fully hard in his pants, but Kaiba required more coaxing.

After using his teeth to undo the fly, something Kaiba always liked based on how his hips twitched, he freed the other boy's semi-erect cock and started licking it much as he did with his fingers. He swept his tongue in broad strokes over the head.

"Chocolate's not what you want, anyway." Kaiba's hand drifted over to scratch behind his ear. "My pet prefers other treats, doesn't he? Namely something longer with a cream-filled center."

Despite the heat building in his face, Jounouchi nodded once before taking Kaiba into his mouth. A low groan reverberated above him. The sound filled Jounouchi with an unspeakable sense of satisfaction. Even more so when Kaiba rocked his hips forward, mashing his pelvis against Jounouchi's nose. 

"Good boy. That's a good boy. Keep sucking and you'll get your creamy treat," Kaiba purred, burying his hand in Jounouchi's hair. It felt even better when he started pulling on his locks.

Kaiba's cock swelled in his mouth. Getting bigger and harder until it filled Jounouchi completely and edged into his throat. Fuck, this was so much better. The taste and texture were everything he craved. As was the quiet, breathy praise that rained from Kaiba's lips. Jounouchi happily drank in the compliments about his tight, hot throat and how cute and obedient he was. How he was Kaiba's perfect pet. He even more happily swallowed Kaiba's cum, barely tasting it but loving how warm and stuffed his stomach felt afterward. 

Afterward, he lingered at Kaiba's feet, whining as he pumped his throbbing erection and warmed Kaiba's soft cock at the same time. Every twitching buck from Kaiba was its own thrilling victory, causing Jounouchi to squeeze himself with need. The wet slap of skin on skin filled the study as his hand, slicked by his pre-cum, stroked his shaft again and again.

Kaiba flipped back Jounouchi's bangs, staring straight into his eyes and soul. "Keep touching yourself, but don't cum. If you can control yourself and get me hard again, I'll give you a cream pie next."

Jounouchi moaned before sucking harder until his cheeks hollowed. His saliva ran down the length of Kaiba's dick. His entire spine bowed from how hard his hole clenched at the prospect.

Kaiba gave a jerky thrust. He sounded winded as he cooed, "You like that idea very much, don't you? My cute pet's such a bottomless pit, always begging me to feed him."

If Jounouchi could speak, he'd plead for Kaiba's cock in his ass. For Kaiba to squirt his hot cum into his needy holes. He was always hungry for it. He'd gladly take whatever was fed to him.

The chocolate, on the hand, laid long forgotten.

[anonymousbeefriendfanfics]

Content & Format Stuff

Fandoms/Characters | Prompt Masterlist | Writing Masterlist

So! First and foremost: the formats! There are three main ones I'll be working with: headcannons, drabbles, and fics.

Headcannnons are the bulleted ramblings on a particular topic. These are the easiest for me to do because I don't have to get into the more official Fic Writing headspace, and it just feels like I have a lot more freedom to explore concepts without forcing them to connect fluently.

Fics are, obviously, the longer, more in-depth writing. They take a lot more effort and, more importantly, require me to find the motivation to write... so while I love them and will absolutely try to do them on request, they'll take longer. Also, I have no specific word limit. I write until it's done, even if that's a few thousand words.

Drabbles or Ficlets are the mini-fics! They'll be written in the style of fics but limited to one scene, typically much shorter. You can request these if you want something more properly written, but not as elaborate as fics. It can be anything from a few paragraphs of dialogue to a page or two of writing!

And now, onto the fun stuff...

What I will write:

Romance/Fluff!

Angst, often Hurt/Comfort

NSFW content (see the sections below for details)

In-Universe and Alternate Universe/AU, especially fantasy/real world genre-switching

Maybe crossovers! I've never written any, but they're not off the table.

Character x Reader

Character x Character

Character x My OCs, if anyone's interested

LGBTQ+ Characters and pairings! All of em. Including polyships!

Good spelling and grammar! Woo! No need to cringe. I hope...

Paranormal/supernatural characters and settings

Family dynamics and relationships (non-nsfw only)

Pregnancy/birth/baby related stuff

Many more things! Send me requests for whatever you like!

What I will not write:

Unhappy endings. Angst is great, but when it's unresolved, it just... hurts. I'll torture the heck out of the characters, but they get their happy endings.

Character deaths are negotiable-- I'm alright "killing" a main character if they get resurrected-- but the kids and animals ain't dying. Not happening.

Content warning tags & NSFW discussions below:

Content warnings will be given for:

Sex scenes, especially non fade-to-black ones.

Any major thing that could be triggering for people, including mentions of it -- severe depression or anxiety, self-harm, suicide, eating disorders, anxiety and panic attacks, excessive violence, death, terminal diseases, etc. I don't believe these will pop up often, but if they ever do, rest assured I will tag them and include them in the warnings at the top.

Pregnancy/birth related things

If there's anything you would like me to add, please let me know!

And now, what most of you are here for.... my sex scene conditions

NSFW Things I will write:

Sex scenes! Shocker. If you're making a request, you can specify the degree of detail you want me to go into - fade to black, milder/less descriptive, or full throttle.

Mild(-ish) BDSM. I haven't written much of it, so I'm not super comfortable going too deep into it, buuuut... I'm more than willing to give it a shot!

Some examples being: edging, teasing, dom/sub dynamics, brats, mild pain play, restraints... feel free to ask for whatever though~

Up to three or four characters in one scene, or as few as one... nothing wrong with a little solo time~

Toys are great too. So are strap-ons.

Sex anywhere from nervous first-time-together-between-lovers to random-intense-backroom-hookups, and anywhere in between... so long as it fits the character(s) in question.

Please note: I'll often try to write in a gender-neutral way for headcannons, or edit my writing to have two separate versions depending on the genitalia of the reader/oc involved, that way everyone can enjoy the scene :)

NSFW Things I will not write:

Non-Consensual sex. Yes, this includes con non-con. I would be willing to mention it in passing if it's part of a backstory or trauma from a past experience, but I'm uncomfortable writing the scene itself. Sorry.

Severe pain play and humiliation. A little humiliation is fine, but no serious or non-sarcastic/teasing degradation, in bed or out of it. Pain play is great, and can be requested, but not to the extent that characters are in genuine distress.

NSFW content for minors or childlike characters

[thelastspeecher]

Super hero au, baking, After discovering his ability to manipulate flames, Stanley decides to abuse this power by baking the cakes his mother used to make when he was younger. And as it turned out, criminals are less likely to mug people in dark alleys if they're given free food. So now Stan is fighting crime both with and without his mask!

🍰 - baking

In what has become a very obvious pattern, I didn’t completely follow your suggestion nor baking prompt.  Technically, it’s related, and inspired by both those things.  Also, I decided to set this in the Superhero AU where Angie’s a supervillain named Sirocco, bc that was what I got inspired for.  Anyways, hope you like it!

Send in an emoji and I’ll write a ficlet!

              Stan groaned silentlyto himself.

              I hate going to the bank.  Ialways get stuck behind some moldy oldie who insists on paying their bills orwhatever with pennies.  Currently, hehad been waiting for fifteen minutes, and was still at the back of theline.  Stan sighed and looked around thequiet, calm bank.  Man, what I wouldn’t give for a distraction.  Somethin’ to keep me from dying of boredom.

              Crash!  Stan instinctivelyducked at the sound of a glass breaking.

              What the hell happened?

              “All right,everybody on the ground, now!” a voice shouted. Stan’s eyes widened; the voice sounded familiar.  He turned around.  Standing proudly in front of the broken glassdoors was his archnemesis, the supervillainess named Sirocco.

              Fuck!  I don’t have my heroingduds on me.  And even if I did, I wouldn’tbe able to mask up without everyone here seeing.  Stan subtly pressed the “SOS” button on hissquad communicator, kept in his back pocket. Hopefully someone can show upbefore Sirocco takes all my dough.

              “Hey, you!” Siroccosaid, noticing him.

              “Uh, me?” Stanasked.

              “Yeah.  Why aren’t you on the floor?”

              “There’s kinda glasseverywhere,” Stan pointed out.  Siroccostormed over to him.  Stan stood stockstill as she stared directly into his face.

              Shit, shit, shit.  What if sherecognizes me?  Sure, she’s never seen mewithout my mask.  But Shermie recognizedme before I even had a chance to introduce myself as Flamethrower.  Sirocco frowned at him.  Something akin to recognition flashed in herblue eyes.  Stan swallowed nervously.  After a moment, Sirocco took a step back fromhim.

              “You seem familiar, stranger,”she said.  

              “I, uh, I hear thata lot.”

              “Hmm.”  Sirocco looked him up and down.  “Don’t know if I buy that, but whatever.”  She began to make her way to the teller.

              “Hey!” Stan blurtedout impulsively.  Sirocco spunaround.  A hot wind picked up in the banklobby.

              “Are you reallygoing to try my patience?  You know who Iam, right?” Sirocco demanded.

              “Yeah.  You’re one of the Twister Twins.”

              “That I am.  I’m a supervillain.  You don’t want to mess with me.”

              “Okay, yeah, yeah,”Stan said, his mind working furiously to come up with a solution that didn’tinvolve revealing his secret identity to everyone at his bank.  “But…maybe you could, I dunno, not…steal ourmoney?”  Sirocco cracked a half-smile.

              “Heh.”  She sounded genuinely amused.  “You’ve got guts.  But what could you offer me that’s betterthan a bunch of money?”  Stan looked at hisbag.  He didn’t really have anything onhim, except for…

              “Homemadesnickerdoodles,” Stan said.  Heimmediately squeezed his eyes shut.

              Fuck, shit, damn! That was a mistake!

              “Homemade…snickerdoodles?”Sirocco said.  Stan opened his eyes.  Sirocco was completely taken off guard.  She stared at him in confusion.  “What- why would ya offer somethin’ likethat?”

              Hold on, Sirocco has a southern accent? She must cover it up normally. Sirocco’s eyes widened as she realized that she had let her accentslip.  She cleared her throat loudly.

              “Those must be the bestcookies in the world,” she said.

              Aaaand the accent’s gone.

              “Nah, I mean, I made‘em.  I dunno if they’re the best in theworld.”

              “You made them?  You don’t look like the type.”

              “Yeah, but, I, uh, Iam.”  Stan opted to not tell her that thereason he was into baking was due to his heat and fire-related abilities.  Sirocco chuckled softly.

              “You’re aninteresting person, Mr…?”

              “I’d rather not say,”Stan said.  Sirocco raised an eyebrow athim.

              “Oh?”

              Was that the wrong thing to do? Sirocco stared at him for a moment. She nodded, marched back to him, and held her hand out.

              “You amused me, stranger,” she said, emphasizing thelast word.

              Oh, no.  That can’t be good.

              “Give me thosesnickerdoodles, and I’ll be on my way.”

              “Wait, really?”

              “Really.”  Sirocco smiled charmingly at him.

              She definitely knows something. Stan rummaged around in his bag and pulled out the plastic containerwith the snickerdoodles he had planned on bringing to Shermie.  I canalways make more.  He handed her thecookies.

              “Thanks,” Sirocco chirped.  She winked at him, then turned on her heeland exited the bank, stepping daintily through the broken glass doors.  Stan stared after her, dumbstruck.

              How the fuck did that work?

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Six Months Later

              Stan landed at thebrawl just as it was ending.  He huffedand shut off his flames.

              Great, missed another fight. He looked around.  Most of themasks involved had dispersed already, but he caught a glimpse of one of theTwister Twins ducking into an alley.  He ranafter the supervillain.

              “Hey, Tsunami!” Stancalled.  The male Twister Twin froze.  “I know that’s your codename.”  Tsunami, the Twister Twin, spun around.

              “How do you know that?” Tsunami snarled,marching over to him.

              “Sirocco told me,”Stan answered.  Tsunami’s eyes widened.

              Huh.  Gray, notblue like Sirocco.

              “Wha- you know her codename too?  What’s going on with you and my sister, huh,Flamethrower?”  

              “It’s…complicated,”Stan managed.  Tsunami scowled.

              “That’s not goodenough.  Look, buddy, Sirocco might be mytwin, but she’s younger ‘n me.  So thatmeans she’s my baby sister.  I don’t likewhatever weird thing is goin’ on with her and some hero.”  Tsunami was getting upset to the point thathis accent was starting to slip.

              Pretty sure he’d kill me if I told him that we’vehooked up twice.  Masks on, yeah, butstill.  If he’s the older twin…

              “I don’t think you wannaknow the details,” Stan said quietly.  Tsunamifrowned at him, confused.

              “What does-”  Tsunami cut himself off and took a stepback.  “Oh.  Oh, no. No.”

              “Uh…surprise?” Stansaid.  Tsunami slammed a fist against oneof the brick walls of the alley.

              “Consarnit!  No wonder she told me to go easy on ya!”  Tsunami glared at Stan.

              If looks could kill, I’d be six feet under rightnow.  Damn.  This seems like an overreaction to finding outyour sister has an active sex life.

              “Whattaya want,Flamethrower?  Spit it out, so that I cango home and talk to my sister about this,” Tsunami spat.

              “I just- I made hersome cookies.”  Tsunami stared at him.

              “…What?”

              “I, uh, I haven’tseen her robbing banks for a while.  Ipoked around, heard that she’s on some kinda sick leave?”

              “You could call itthat,” Tsunami muttered.

              “And, uh, I mean- yeah,we’re archenemies or whatever, but…I like to think I’m getting through toher.  And even if we punch each other inthe face all the time, doesn’t mean I want her to be so sick that she’s gottatake months off.”

              “Yeah, that soundslike a ‘hero’ thing to do.  ‘Speciallysince ya have a…thing goin’ on.”  Tsunamirolled his eyes.  “Hand ‘em over, BoyScout.”

              “I’m not a Boy Scout,”Stan said, digging the small package of cookies he had stashed out of hispocket.  He gave the cookies toTsunami.  “Pretty damn far from it,actually.”

              “Hmph.”  Tsunami frowned at the cookies.  “These aren’t goin’ to poison An- Sirocco orsomethin’, are they?”

              Wait.  Did healmost slip up on his sister’s name?  Hemust be really putoff by all this.

              “No, they’re normalsnickerdoodles,” Stan said.  Tsunamisighed.

              “I’ll test ‘em justto make sure.”  Tsunami turnedaround.  “Thanks or whatever.”

              “Yeah, no- noproblem,” Stan said.  His heart wasracing.

              I knew I shouldn’t have hooked up with Sirocco.  I caught feelings for her, and she’s agoddamn supervillain.  Stan watchedTsunami walk away.  A sick supervillain.  Really sick.  For three months.  Stan frowned. Yeah, three months.  About a month after we did it the secondtime.  Eh, more like six weeks after thathookup.  Stan turned around and beganto walk away.  He froze, rememberingsomething.  Hang on, didn’t Shermie say something aboutsix weeks, when they had that “surprise” kid?  Ice suddenly filled Stan’s veins.  Itusually takes about six weeks for someone to realize…

              “Shit,” Stanwhispered.

              Tsunami was angry about more thanjust his sister hooking up with me.

[fiadhaisteach]

'Tis Impressed Reader Touting Works - 2021.12.25

I'm starting the new TIRTW format off with one of my favorite stories (and companion pieces) that I read before I was practiced at leaving comments. By the time I got better at them, I could no longer leave them, because the author, taking care of eir mental health, turned them off. (I would have too).

Main Story

Keeping Secrets by ElvenSemi (@elvensemi) - Solas/OFC(e), Sera/OFC(e), minor Fenris/OFC(e) - 593,636 words - HSE WIP (2019-08-30)

Chapters: 111/? (112 is an update about updates) Fandom: Dragon Age: Inquisition Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Solas/Original Female Character(s) Characters: Solas, Original Female Character(s), Varric Tethras, Iron Bull, Leliana (Dragon Age), Dorian Pavus, Sera (Dragon Age), Vivienne (Dragon Age), Male Trevelyan, Cullen Rutherford, Cremisius "Krem" Aclassi, Cassandra Pentaghast, Blackwall, Original Male Character(s), Original Male Character(s) of Color, Cole (Dragon Age), Josephine Montilyet, Original Qunari Character(s), Argent (Dragon Age), Katari (Dragon Age), Korbin (Dragon Age), Original Elf Character(s), Original Dalish Character(s) Additional Tags: POV Second Person, Second person POV, Eventual Smut, PTSD, Flashbacks, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Dream Smut, Slow Burn, the slowest burn, Minor Character Death, Sera/Original Female Characters(s), Plot without Porn (until the porn shows up suddenly and without invitation)

Summary: Just another elf come to serve the Inquisition... That's what you hope to be, anyway. But you're an elf with a secret, and a little bit too much pride to just blend in peacefully.

  Companion Stories

• Curious by ElvenSemi (@elvensemi) - Solas/OFC(e), Sera/OFC(e), minor Fenris/OFC(e) - 46,690 words - HSE WIP (2019-08-15)

Chapters: 31/? Fandom: Dragon Age: Inquisition Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Solas/Original Female Character(s) Characters: Cole (Dragon Age), Solas, Original Female Character(s), Varric Tethras, Male Trevelyan, Original Male Character(s), Iron Bull Additional Tags: Short, tie-in, Solas POV

Summary: Short tie-in stories to Keeping Secrets, from Solas' point of view.

  • Tiny Secrets (small, non-canon prompt requests) by ElvenSemi (@elvensemi) - OFC(e)/whoever's prompted - 67,888 words - HSE WIP (2018-11-08)

Chapters: 50/? Fandom: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Solas/Original Female Character(s), Cremisius "Krem" Aclassi/Original Female Characters, Iron Bull/Original Female Character(s), Cullen Rutherford/Original Female Character(s), Sera/Original Female Character(s), Isabela/Original Female Character(s) Characters: Solas, Original Female Character(s), Cremisius "Krem" Aclassi, Iron Bull, Cullen Rutherford, Crassius Servis, Sera (Dragon Age), Cole (Dragon Age), Varric Tethras, Original Male Character(s), Female Tabris Additional Tags: Ficlet, Ficlet Collection, Non-Canon Relationship, Non-Canon in general, Oneshot, Smut, PWP, Voyeurism, POV Second Person, dom!solas, Teasing, Orgasm Delay/Denial, BDSM, Caning, PTSD, Mild Blood, Bondage, Biting, Panic Attacks, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Self-Harm, sick, sick/comfort, Violence, Oral Sex, Rough Oral Sex, Size Difference, I'm sorry there are so many tags it's because there are so many different ficlets, you can go to the individual chapters to see what's in each, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Student/Teacher

Summary: These are a collection of the small, non-canon prompt requests I take on Tumblr. They go with the primary fic Keeping Secrets. Most are in second person. All are non-canon unless explicitly stated otherwise in the description. Will be updated periodically as I get requests. All works are un-edited and un-proofread. Yes, there's smut. Here for the smut? Look for the * by the chapter titles.

        🔸 One of my favorite things about Keeping Secrets is that Emma, the protagonist, is unapologetically bisexual and has messy, beautiful, complicated relationships on the way to the slowest of slow burns end ship. (Lee's gotten a lot of flack for this, which absolutely sucks, and is why I lead with it because KS is also a HSE WIP and ey doesn't need to hear any more complaints.) All of Emma's relationships, romantic & platonic, are incredibly written. She's a lovable mess who cares.

      🔹 Emma is not the inquisitor. Prior to joining the Inquisition, she carved herself, an elf, in Orlais, a place as a scribe and scholar; before the Red Templars decided to wreak havoc everywhere, that is. Needless to say, she is a force to be reckoned with 😄 and a delight to read about.

      🔸 Uniquely, for a named character fic, KS is written in the second person, which, in addition to the lovely, sometimes comedic, situations resulting from an inherently unreliable narrator; lends an immediacy to the dialogue and action that kept me reading, the first time, almost through the night (multiple times). You get a front row seat to Emma's hopeful, cynical, logical, chaotic, fumbling, yet eminently competent muddle of a brain as she does her best to help while hiding that which she thinks she needs to hide.

      🔹 Oh... and Emma can fangirl with the best of us! 💖

(previous TIRTWs & TIRTW Key/Legend)

[kiara-w]

Rewind - "Exile Arc" au

This is a master post (it's that how they called it?) to help you with the ficlets that form this very f*ck up alternative timeline of the DSMP fanfic Rewind by a-non-ymouswriter.

This is an au within the fanfic. The “Exile arc” au is based around what would’ve happened if Tommy and Tubbo from a very bad future time traveled at the time Tommy was exiled.

TW: Just like that fanfic, these chapters can contain the mention of very dark themes, such as manipulation, physical and mental abuse, Stockholm and Lima syndrome, and some detailed descriptions of injuries.

I'll put TW (Trigger warning) whenever those themes are present. I know this is based on a game of blocks, and we may enjoy angst, but these topics should be treated carefully. Stay safe everyone.

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Don't worry if some chapters appear between others, I'll submit them in an order that is ok for you to read, and you can come back to this post if you're curious about previous events.

Questions 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6

Tommy meets Theo.

Tubbo’s Meeting

Tommy and Dream play chess.

Dream’s plan.

Dream thinks of Tommy.

Tommy finds Phil.

???????

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Now to answer some questions that you may have.

Do I need to be up to date with the chapters of Rewind to understand this?

Being today (04/11) that the fanfic has 60 chapters, you may want to have that whole information, at least to understand the characters of Theo, Toby, and Dream. Since I won't be mentioning certain parts of the fanfic that I trust you know to understand this au.

Does the author know you're doing this?

Yes! I asked if they had a problem with me writing and exploring about this au, and they were ok with it. I'm doing this mostly for fun (and because my mind desperately wants to bring these scenarios to life) and I don't want to make an ao3 page and put this there.

You'll do more ficlets about other au's of Rewind?

Maybe?

Will this au have a happy ending?

That depends on what you consider a "happy ending". 100% happy? Hell no. 100% bad? That's not going to be the case either.

What would you do if future chapters of Rewind contradict your story?

I'm aware that is very likely to happen. In fact, I'm sure of it. Because I'm not taking all the elements of the story. As much as I respect the worldbuilding and many details the author has created on Rewind, this is an au focusing on the idea of Tommy and Theo being together with Dream. The egg won't be a centerpiece, characters will be missing and Dream's fragmentation will be more subtle.

My main focus is the relationships, feelings, and conflicts that these characters have while trying to help each other. I'm planning to end the main events of this au before Rewind ends, but I'll be ready to change some things if it keeps the most important aspects.

[vickyvicarious]

do u have any atla fic recs? all time faves? can be shippy or not

Fun fact, I am incapable of holding back on reclists. In other words: brace yourself, anon. There’s a reason I put most of this behind a cut.

First off, these are almost all Zuko-centric, because I shamelessly play favorites. I’ll sort them by author rec, gen, shippy, and then by other characters because honestly the numbers break down well that way. Within those categories it’ll be more just as I think of it, so no special meaning to the order. I’m not always good about bookmarking even my faves, so some excellent stuff will no doubt be missing, especially since I haven’t read a lot of the more recent stuff yet/forgot some really old stuff, but this will definitely still give you plenty of fic to enjoy.

There’s a good number of FFN links on here so apologies to people who dislike it, but a lot of great stuff is still on there so give it a chance.

Author recs

Everything by @awesomeavocadolove​​  Such hits as Another Brother (Zuko adopted by Hakoda pre-S1), and currently has a Zukka soulmate fic I’ve been meaning to start reading, as well as Unchained Melody, one of my favorite Zukka fics ever. Always quality, you can’t go wrong.

Everything by KimberlyT.  I do not kid. She’s written a variety of ATLA fic ranging from Zutara/other romance to gen, seriously emotional to cracky cabbagebending. I think my favorite is probably Mismatched (S1 Zuko adopts a baby) but honestly just go read it all.

Everything by @emletish-fish​​. She has a very fun writing style and honestly her end-of-chapter notes on why she’s made the choices she has are fun minimetas worthwhile in their own right. Some of her top fics are the Stalking Zuko series (S3 suspicious Katara to Zutara) and The Worst Prisoner (the Gaang kidnaps Zuko in S1 and can’t get rid of him). I think there’s still a good amount of her fic that can only be found on FFN so check there too.

Everything by @botherkupo​​. Especially her Undying Fire series (healer!Zuko) but also just literally everything she writes, it is all so great. Tends toward Zutara but strong gen fics as well sometimes and a lot of fun. Check it all out!

Everything by @muffinlance​​. Loves to toy with her readers’ emotions in the best of ways. Tons of fantastic gen Zuko-centric AUs, I have adored every single fic I’ve ever read by her, can’t praise them enough. Very productive as well, her tumblr is a hub for the ATLA renaissance and her fics inspire lots of others. Has also organized a fanmade ATLA coloring book for charity so get that once it’s out. In the meantime read everything she’s written.

Everything by Haicrescendo. My favorite is What We’re Given (the series where Zuko finds more air bisons and raises them), but there’s a lot of good Zukka fic too. I tend to steer away from explicit works in this fandom unless it’s a smaller part of a much longer plot-centric fic, so there are a number I haven’t read, but I really like the Pokemon!AU Zukka.

Everything by @gaycinema. I really love the EK fight club series (Zuko fights in Rumbles/etc.) but all of it is a good read. Some Jetko, mostly a lot of introspective or emotional oneshots. Which isn’t really a great depiction of how good they tend to be, you’ll just have to read them and find out. You won’t regret it, trust me.

Everything by @captainkirkk. So far eight stellar fics, starting with kind Fire Lord Zuko and ranging to Floating Tea Shop!Zuko who doesn’t want to hunt the Avatar. I love her style and have laughed out loud at multiple of these. 

Gen Zuko fic

Bringing Out the Blue by maguena1. [unfinished, long] Definitely worth the read. The first ATLA fic I ever got really sucked into. The Blue Spirit never gets knocked out so Aang doesn’t know his true identity; he joins the Gaang on a recurring basis, while Zuko attempts to tell himself this is only for information on how to catch them, they definitely aren’t his friends.

It’s Impossible by Sandra Phillips. [abandoned, long] One of the earliest Avatar!Zuko fics (sort of) and a really interesting take on some spirit stuff.

Embers by Vathara. [complete, long] A landmark fic in the fandom, and for good reason. I didn’t love everything about this fic, but it is very well-written and an absorbing read certainly worth the praise. 

the art of description by incandescens. [oneshot, short] Five descriptions of Zuko and Toph’s field trip from various perspectives. Short, sweet, and funny.

Breaking Point by Kryal. [oneshot, short] Zuko isn’t banished but instead sent to serve in the Home Guard. I love Zuko loving his people, and alternate canon explorations, and this is exactly that.

The Alternative by Lunatique. [oneshot, short] The reason Zuko is so determined is because he fears what will happen if he isn’t the next Fire Lord. An idea I support in canon, to a degree, written well.

Hands and Knees by gigerisgod. [oneshot, short] Zuko reflects on the choices he’s made, and experiences he’s had, when joining the Gaang. A nice introspective fic.

Relative Misery by peroxidepest17. [oneshot, short] Toph complains about her family and Zuko takes her on a field trip. Not a fic I take too seriously, but funny in a sad way.

Second Nature by lazyartisan. [possibly abandoned, long] An AU stemming from Zuko’s capture at the North Pole. Well-written and characterized, an old favorite that I actually find needing to reread to give you more detail, but I can promise it’s good.

Year One by peroxidepest17. [oneshot, short] Lessons Zuko learns in his first year being Fire Lord. I really like explorations of Zuko’s journey as Fire Lord and this is a lovely little window into that.

Soft by PenPistola. [oneshot, short] Zuko and Toph bonding after the Ember Island Players. Short and sweet.

The New Phoenix King by JoeMerl. [oneshot, short] Fire Lord Zuko is overthrown, and no one but him is bothered at all. In fact they help. Hilarious crack.

First Name Basis by JoeMerl. [oneshot, short] There’s some popular posts going around Tumblr lately about Zuko not knowing the Gaang’s names, but this fic did it first back in 2008. As amusing as you’d expect.

Male Bonding by glamaphonic. [oneshot, short] The original ‘Zuko and Sokka bond and are also dumb idiot boys’ fic. Katara is permanently rolling her eyes.

it’s not the waking, it’s the rising by isamagicdragon, thegracious [ongoing, series, medium] Azulon tells Ozai to kill Azula instead of Zuko, which leads to heartwrenching fire sibs adventure. I haven’t caught up on the last chapter yet but god is it fantastic and also just a really interesting and new perspective on what could have happened.

Doe-Eyed by Anonymous. [complete, medium] Zuko is a baby, Azula is a loving big sister. More fire sibs and a great exploration on Azula’s POV of turning against Ozai.

kintsugi by discordiansamba. [ongoing, series, long] Zuko doesn’t have Iroh after being banished, and winds up hired as a guard to protect the frail Beifong daughter. Fantastic preseries Zuko+Toph found family fic.

Legacies by WildInkling. [ongoing, medium] Far in the future, a historian studies the journal of Fire Lord Zuko. Also, he was secretly a famous author but no one knows. A funny and poignant outsider POV.

#UndercoverZuko series by naggeluide. [complete, series, short] A completely cracky concept written straight enough to be actually quite touching in parts, but also just really funny. Zuko goes Undercover Boss on his ship pre-series.

Avatar Ficlets by JaggedCliffs. [series, oneshots, short] An ongoing series of disconnected oneshots, mostly post-canon and mostly Zuko-centric. Some a pretty fun, one is a great view on Zuko and lightningbending, all worth the read (and follow for when more come out).

The Blind Leading the Blue by BrusselsSprout. [ongoing, medium] An epic Zuko and Toph field trip set in S2. I love them and this.

half in the shadows, half burned in flames by r_astra. [oneshot, short] Iroh dies, Zuko gets caught on the Day of Black Sun, everything ends up all right but damn does it hurt getting there.

A Tale of Earth and Fire by chiiyo86. [complete, medium] Zuko and Toph are married for Politics in a FN Wins AU, and follows them slowly bonding as friends to beginning a revolution. They’re married but it’s not romantic, just some good friendship.

Eight Principles of Yong by psocoptera. [oneshot, short] An exploration of immediate post-show FN politics (sort of), calligraphy, and Zuko. Also has some lovely non-fighting firebending; I always love when people explore other uses of bending.

Healing Properties of Cinder Sage by Dawen. [oneshot, short] Zuko gets very sick in the Western Air Temple. Some good interaction when he’s new to the Gaang, and Toph+Zuko friendship.

We Ourselves Must Walk The Path by WinterSky101. [complete, medium] The Gaang agrees to make Zuko their prisoner in the WAT. Speaking of new-to-the-Gaang, tension, this fic has plenty of it, and also features some good Toph and Zuko.

Frozen by Aris Merquoni. [oneshot, medium] Zuko is captured in the NWT. Some politics, lots of angst, and eventually, healing. Also actually makes me somewhat like Hahn? Incredibly enough.

Reluctant Hero by PAW_07. [ongoing, long] Avatar!Zuko fic. I got to beta it way back when for a little while before I got too busy, and have always been a huge fan of this fic. Great concept, one of the best executions of it I’ve seen, and also one of the first. Definitely read this.

Morality Chain by Pureauthor. [abandoned, long] Azula and Zuko were always on each other’s side; how this changes canon. I love this concept and would happily read a lot more fics with it (please guys, I need more fire sibs).

A viper-lizard’s tales series by Yumi_Take. [ongoing, long] The world needs more of Zuko adopting pets and small children, and those are just facts. This only has one of the two, but it’s a EK baby! Jet plays a big role in this fic as well, a weird kind of uncle-ish to the baby/friend/murderer Zuko needs to watch closely and hold back kind of thing.

(life happens) wherever you are by howlikeagod. [ongoing, long] Katara doesn’t find Zuko and Iroh in the teashop, and canon takes a sharp left turn. Excellent Gaang fic.

The Best Path series by EudociaCovert. [series, ongoing, long] Zuko meets Jet in ‘Zuko Alone’ and winds up getting claimed as theirs by the remaining Freedom Fighters. Really really well-written, I got quite emotional over some scenes.

Shippy Zuko fic

Balm by Thyme In Her Eyes. [Maiko, oneshot, short] A sweet little fic about Mai’s thoughts on Zuko’s lightning scar.

The Black Games by Mrs. Pettyfer. [Zutara, complete, long] Hunger Games-esque AU. It’s the first in a series, and I lost interest after this one but I remember enjoying the fic and it was more personal preference rather than a drop in quality that had me leaving.

Lie To Me by Inkcharm. [Toko, oneshot, short] I’m not actually a fan of this pairing romatically (at least until years down the line), but this little fic of Toph and Zuko bonding through lying to one another is sweet. I choose to ignore the more shippy parts and enjoyed it.

Zutara? What the heck is that? by Ryxl. [Zutara, oneshot, short] Complete crack, have a good sense of humor and I think you will enjoy. Just the mental image of the Gaang finding a Zutara propaganda flyer had me chuckling.

The Three Chores series (1, 2, 3) by Fandomme. [Zutara, threeshot, short] Zuko and Katara slowly bond as he helps with chores. I will admit it’s been years and I barely remember this, but what I do recall is lovely and I always appreciate people lightening Katara’s load.

read the inscription by suzukiblu. [Zuko/Song, complete, series, medium] When Zuko is banished, he is left alone in the Earth Kingdom to fend for himself. Very touching, and I love Song in this.

Hooked by TGP. [Jetko, complete, long] A classic ‘Jet didn’t see Iroh warming his tea’ fic. They’re almost all this premise but so many well-written and very long ones. 

Something To Hold Onto by Wildgoosery. [Jetko, complete, long] The EK fell and Li stayed to fight with the Freedom Fighters to protect the city during its foreign rule. Jet didn’t see the tea fic that goes very AU from canon.

Foxfire by Rahar_Moonfire. [Jetko, ongoing, long] Zuko loses his memories Jetko fic, but with heavy spirit influence and lovable EK OCs, both of which I adore and should be in far more fics.

Once Upon A Teashop by anaer. [Zukka, Jetko, ongoing, long] Cracky Ba Sing Se AU that gets gradually more and more serious. Jet hits on Zuko a lot and Sokka gets a job in the teashop to keep an eye on both of them. Endgame Zukka but heavy Jetko, and both pairings are handled pretty well, not a love triangle that makes me too mad, although as always bear in mind Jet’s messed up. 

Names by TGP. [Jetko, complete, long] I feel like I’m forgetting some more excellent Amnesia!Zuko fics, but this is one I do know of. To be honest I don’t remember it super well because it may be mixed up with other Jetko/amnesia fics in my mind, but I think it was really good. I’ll have to reread myself.

Epistles by Lady_of_the_Flowers. [Zukka, ongoing, long] I love epistolary fic and I love Zuko and Sokka bonding earlier in canon. I will be honest I haven’t read this in a long time and been updating all the while, but the premise alone (Zuko and Sokka become messenger-hawk-pals in S1 and then fall in love) is fantastic. 

Ozymandias, King of Kings by Think_of_a_Wonderful_Thought. [Zukka, ongoing, long] Zuko rebels earlier and actually is sent to the mines, until he is ‘rescued’ by the Water Tribe. Dark but getting lighter over time, and more reluctant-to-rule Zuko which always wrenches my heartstrings. I prefer super loyal and dutiful to his people Zuko but this trope always makes me feel things.

Crossovers

Fallen Drops of Fire by Chasmfiend. [Fullmetal Alchemist, ongoing] Young Azula and Zuko somehow appear in Amestris, and encounter Roy Mustang. I adore the fire sibs, and their relationship in this strange situation is the star of this fic for me, but it’s also fun seeing the FMA perspective of these two.

The Dragon-King’s Temple by Kryal. [Stargate SG-1, long, complete] The best crossover fic out there. Zuko and Toph get stranded on the other side of a Stargate. I don’t know anything about SG-1 but it didn’t matter, the fic was fantastic, they were badasses, it explored language and culture from an outside perspective, and it was just a ton of fun. Must-read.

Other character fic

Loyalty by Julia451. [oneshot, short] The ship captain didn’t misspeak when he called Iroh and Zuko “prisoners” in the start of S2. A lovely look at a nameless character, giving depth to a small moment and humanity to a FN soldier which I always love.

The Only One by HarlowR. [oneshot, short] An excellent exploration of Azula’s mindset regarding Zuko, her desperate need to be loved and jealousy of him matching his own. I think Azula was one of the greatest tragedies of the show, and this fic makes me feel it.

Blood by theAsh0. [oneshot, short] Katara-centric thinkpiece on bloodbending and healing. Dark but really interesting.

Touch and Go by Cadence. [oneshot, short] After Iroh’s struck by lightning, Toph doesn’t let Zuko drive them all away. A momentary alliance and the seeds of friendship. More Toph-focused but still heavy on the whole Gaang.

Shortcomings by Menamebephil. [oneshot, short] Iroh thoughts during his imprisonment, on the theme of mistakes. I love this man and don’t understand why I am so drawn to fic about him that makes me sad.

Watch And Review, Please by Becca Stareyes. [oneshot, short] The Ember Island Players receive some constructive criticism... sort of. Funny and quick.

Azula Redemption Trilogy (1, 2, 3) by Mistress of Sarcasm. [threeshot, short] Second person and deeply introspective, three short little fics delving into Azula’s head and bringing her closer to redemption.

Echoing Refrains by catie_writes_things. [oneshot, short] I really like nuanced explorations of the whole FN royal family. It’s perfectly fine to write Ozai as pure evil bastard, but exploring  what might have been or how he got there, or even as in this fic his talent for music being inherited by Zuko is really interesting too. Iroh-centric.

our curse by ohmygodwhy, and the last dragon by thesometimeswarrior. [twoshot, complete, short] Stay away if you don’t like to cry. In the first Zuko learns Ozai is executing Iroh, and isn’t able to stop it; the second is even worse because it’s Iroh’s POV. I put this in the other characters section because honestly I adore the second fic even more than the first, but they are both fantastically written and will hurt you a very great deal.

Finally, I’m not quite bold enough to put my own fic on a reclist, but just shameless enough to mention I’ve written a few Avatar fics I quite like if anyone feels the desire to check them out on my AO3. ;) But seriously give love to all the rest of these, they deserve it. (And as I said, there’s lots more excellent stuff, this fandom is so prolific and well-written!)

[scorchieart]

Tea Party Part 2 - The After Party

Hello there! This is where I will post info and updates about my writing and ask box. Please give it a read before sending any requests.

You can check out my masterlist post here.

Requests (as of 09/18/2022): CLOSED

If you would like to be added to my tag list, please send me an ask or a DM along with what you'd like to be tagged on.

(Examples: fics, headcanons, memes, etc.)

Same thing if you'd like to be removed. (No hard feelings, I understand not wanting to get cluttered with tags!)

Regarding requests, I am insanely honored to receive them, but please understand the following guidelines I have (subject to change):

What I will write:

Ficlet and headcanon requests. Be as descriptive as you want in the requests, I'll try to accommodate as much as I can!

Please keep the list of characters included in the request at a maximum of 3. It doesn't necessarily mean I won't accept your request, but having too many characters to include adds time to the process and will mean you'll have to wait longer, I'm afraid.

At the moment, I am only writing for IkePri. I feel comfortable writing for all eight of the Rhodolite princes (Jin, Chevalier, Clavis, Leon, Yves, Licht, Nokto, Luke), but I can be persuaded to include the others.

Depending on the request and my knowledge of the character(s), I am open to writing about any point in the timeline (childhood, just before the Belle selection, during route events, post-route), alternate universes, or just anything inspiring! I believe characters are the backbone of story, so if you've got a cool scenario to put them in, I'm all ears.

What I will not write:

Anything mature/18+/NSFW. This includes smut and related material, graphic violence or gore, explicit self-harm or abuse, foul language or dialogue, etc.

At the most, my works may only include references or implications of the above list, but never anything direct or descriptive of the acts.

At the moment, I will not accept any pairing requests (Character x Reader or Character x Character) for the simple reason I do not feel comfortable/confident in my abilities to write that.

Final notes:

If you do choose to send something to my ask box, you have my ultimate respect and appreciation, but please understand I have the right to refuse any request that I do not feel comfortable writing.

I mainly write 1st and 3rd POV, but if I'm feeling particularly inspired I can be persuaded to try 2nd POV.

Every writer is different, so I may write your favorite character differently from others, or interpret a request differently from what you intended, or take a while to respond to your request. Please understand that mistakes happen and life can get in the way, but know that I will read and appreciate every single one of your submissions ❤️

Thank you so so much for reading till the end, you have my respect, buddy. See ya around *Fist bump*

[rafaelblackbird15]

Teen Wolf Fic Recs Part 1: Steter

These took me awhile to put together, so please enjoy them. And if there's a problem with any of the links, (as this is my first time making a fic rec) just comment and I'll fix it.

These are Steter, Stiles Stilinski/Peter Hale fanfictions. Just skim through them and give them a try at your own will, I really enjoyed these.

Read the tags on the actual fics for appropriate reading.

And check out my other Sterek fic recs [Part 3] and [Part 4] and my Steter fic recs [Part 2]

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heartbeat (hide your lies) by wolfscrow on Archive of Our Own

Words: 7323

Chapters: 2/?

Summary:

What he doesn’t expect, stupidly he should add, is the fucking werewolf that bit Scott.

Stiles runs into a clearing when a hush falls through the forest, spooking him into stopping just at the edge of it where the werewolf stands on the other side. He’s gigantic on two legs, feet twisted like an actual animal's are. And the arms hang on both sides brush the ground with their length, claws thick and black like Stiles remembers. His snout is long and formed into a loose snarl, eyes crimson bright and pupils narrowed into pinpricks.

Stiles stops breathing at the sight, goosebumps rattling up his skin and eyes catching on the blood that drips down the beast's fingers. He doesn’t see how this thing could be human at any time, so monstrous and terrifying as it is.

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don't tell me you wouldn't like this (watch this with me) by ladywinter on Archive of Our Own

Words: 845

Chapters: 1/1

Summary:

So Saucery was talking about Peter/Stiles in her tumblr and I'd mentioned wanting, in ep 11 or 12, for them to interact while Derek was watching and which caused her to mutter endearments to which I started to comment... and then it got out of hand.

I'm sorry, but I'm not sorry.

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Stumbled Into Faith by orphan_account on Archive of Our Own

Words: 2315

Chapters: 1/1

Summary:

The first time Peter Hale offered Stiles the bite, he declined.

The second time, he didn’t. But he didn’t exactly consent, either.

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a savage such as i by ahab2692 on Archive of Our Own

Words: 6645

Chapters: 1/1

Summary:

“So what, are you taking me out to the woods to whack me? Is this the part of the movie where Al Pacino stares at the baby in the church while all of the henchman go out to slaughter his enemies? Because I kinda don’t want to die, and I definitely don’t want to be in pain. I’m not really a pain person. Well, okay, there was that one website that- No. Never mind. Shutting up now.”

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you know what this road is paved with by darthjamtart on Archive of Our Own

Words: 902

Chapters: 1/1

Summary:

Peter's grip is bruise-tight around Stiles' wrist, reeling him in when he tries to jerk away.

[alternate scene from the season 1 finale]

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Little Monster by covarla on Archive of Our Own

Words: 13108

Chapters: 3/?

Summary:

“I hate to bother you with this,” Scott began hesitantly. Stiles felt his stomach drop. Those words never meant good things. “There’s been some murders.”

There was the crunch of gravel behind him and Stiles turned. “Hold that thought one sec,” Stiles said as the redcap he’d been tracking lunged at him.

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Drabbles & Ficlets series by asarcasticwitch on Archive of Our Own

Works: 5

Complete: No

Description:

A place for all of my fics with five hundred words or less.

All works are completely unrelated, and none will be continued or expanded upon.

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Too Many War Wounds, But Not Enough Wars by neglectedtuesday on Archive of Our Own

Words: 26077

Chapters: 1/1

Part 1 of the Irresistible series

Summary:

The Nematon is dying. The once bountiful tree is withering, a husk of it’s former glory. It’s skeletal, shrunken and wilted and no one knows how to fix it. It’s supposed to be the height of summer but you wouldn’t know it. The Nematon isn’t the only tree that’s falling apart. Peter folds his arms. His eyes narrow as Jennifer, the emissary from Kali’s pack, tries to communicate with the sentient tree. She’s waving her arms around and chanting but so far all she’s managed to do is look like a complete imbecile. She’s the sixth emissary in as many months and still the tree decays.

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Watch My Enemies Get Destroyed by fur_claws_and_eyeballs on Archive of Our Own

Words: 5216

Chapters: 1/1

Part 1 of the Watch My Enemies Get Destroyed series

Summary:

He looks exactly as Peter had seen him last. Except everything is all wrong, the clothes too baggy on his thin frame, face gaunt and drawn in grief. Unnaturally bright eyes rimmed in black glare against pale skin. There is a fiery determination there, but all warmth is gone from his expression. He holds himself with equal parts stiff exhaustion and predatory grace. Peter is enthralled...and filled with trepidation.

“Stiles?”

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What Goes Around by KouriArashi on Archive of Our Own

Words: 71451

Chapters: 16/16

Summary:

“Well,” Stiles says, “if they’re going to hunt werewolves, I’m going to hunt them.”

It’s a ridiculous statement from a ten-year-old, but he’s obviously one hundred percent sincere. For the first time since the fire, Peter feels life stir inside him, feels purpose. It’s kismet, clearly. He’ll never meet the child he would have had with Olivia. Instead he’s met this boy, this brilliant, determined, cynical child with a world of potential.

Peter kneels down in front of him so they’re at eye level. “How do you feel about doing that together?”

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(baby) maybe that matters more by lavenderlotion on Archive of Our Own

Words: 16610

Chapters: 4/10

Summary:

“Well, well, well,” drawls a familiar voice that Stiles hadn’t even considered he might ever hear again. “The token pack human, left all alone?”

This is my personal favourite, I think it's beautiful and I always thought about this scenario myself. So this is, just wonderful.

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[ziamhaze]

Jess, I need thank you for your faves! Found a few recommendations I will go through - so happy because I didn't have any left. Have a great day! Also, always looking forward for your writing, no pressure though! :) (I'll go read now, bye!)

Glad to be of help and I hope your day’s great as well!

If anyone’s looking for ziam reclists, feel free to check them out at this link (:

As for my writing...

I’ve literally just finished massive applications for a PhD program which I’ll be starting in the fall, so I haven’t had time to churn out anything original in ages.  A moment of silence for my 2 year creative streak.

Thank you.

I’ve been accepted on a practice-based PhD program which means in order to prove my idea, I’m going to be producing a piece of work, not necessarily a long 100k word thesis like you normally would for a regular PhD.  That said, my project will be an LGBTQ+ alternate history romance novel.  I’m super stoked about it tbh.  The concept actually came to me about 2 years ago as an 80k ziam fic, so to any aspiring authors currently writing fic - YOUR IDEAS ARE NOT CONFINED TO AO3.  Now, don’t get me wrong.  This isn’t easy.  You have to practice practice practice like fuck.  You have to open your eyes to different styles of writing.  What works and what doesn’t. 

A friend once told me: writing is reading.  And she IS NOT.  WRONG.  I constantly cycle what I’m reading and listening to.  Yes, I highly recommend audiobooks for nonfiction reads.  It feels like you’re just listening to a long ass podcast.  Put it on while you’re cleaning, while you’re walking the dog, while you’re shopping, while you’re on public transport.  Broaden your subject horizons this way!  Pro Tip: use your library to check them out instead of paying for audible!  I have library accounts in both the US and the UK and each give you the ability to loan audiobooks via ‘Libby’, so go ahead and check your local library bc it’s an international thing.  As for physical books, my rotary looks like this: travel literature (90% of the time centred around the Middle East/South East Asia), classic, LGBTQ+ fiction, travel literature, classic, regular fiction.  Repeat.  The things I’ve learnt about description through travel lit, you’d never believe.  And when I throw in the rogue manga???  Dialogue ideas for days!!!  Everyone’s rotation is going to look different.  Point is, it’s putting one together that will show you various ways to write.  My larger point, however, is this - ideas that start out as fic don’t need to be written as fic; some have the ability to hold up in the big bad literary world as something else.  Take the time to practice development and it’s crazy where you can go.

Sorry, that was a rant I couldn’t shake off.  I’m going to go back to editing the book that I finished last year and hopefully get in on shelves soon.  If any small ficlet ideas come to me in the meantime, trust me, I can’t shake those off either.

[morwensteelsheen]

Chapters: 12/29 Fandom: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Éowyn/Faramir (Son of Denethor II) Characters: Éowyn (Tolkien), Faramir (Son of Denethor II), Boromir (Son of Denethor II), Denethor II Additional Tags: Not a tragedy despite what is implied by the title, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Impatient author tries her hand at slow-ish burn Summary:

Two years before the War of the Ring, Éowyn is sent to Minas Tirith.

CHAPTER 12 ENDNOTES BELOW xx

Gondor heat based off of this weather map and also my years of having survived Washington DC summers. You cannot convince me that the W h i t e  C i t y was not acting like a massive heat sink in the summertime.

The descriptions of the streets of the third circle is inspired by Dickens’ Hard Times.

‘Ferthu baecere hal’ is old English for like, ‘blessed by thy spirits, baker’ or whatever. Sorry, I promised myself that I wouldn’t be the kind of LOTR fanfic writer to shove old English in despite literally not remotely knowing it, but they do use that phrase in ROTK (I think) and I thought it had kind of a nice ring. Forgive me.

The cake Éowyn’s after is based on Hevva cake from Cornwall! Recipe here.

The name “Entnasí” is a Sindarin compound of the words for “they” “are” and “here”, which is roughly how  Hevva cake got its name!

Gandalf coming to Minas Tirith is timestamped in the books as around the summer or autumn of TA3017.

Éowyn’s scepticism to him was actually not something I initially expected to write given that she would have been out of Edoras for so much of Wormtongue/Saruman’s manoeuvring re: Gandalf. However, I do think Wormtongue calling Gandalf Stormcrow (and it having been picked up so readily by others in Edoras) is indicative of some extant seeds of distrust. I don’t buy that everybody in Edoras was so easily swayed by Wormtongue’s shit — as evidenced by both Éomer and Éowyn seeing right through it — so I think it must have had some legitimate basis in Rohir attitudes towards Gandalf before, say, 3018. Also I think Éowyn would have very much been put off by the sometimes-curt way that Gandalf chooses to engage with people who aren’t immediately useful to him.

If you know anything about sales or trade deals or contract law please God do not look at or judge me. I’m so sorry. I made my partner explain it to me and it made no sense, so I just said things that felt like they had good vibes lol.

The book magic trick is a reference to Altariel’s beautiful ficlet.

[meikuree]

fic writer interview

tagged by @lightdescending -- tysm, this was really fun and i enjoy elaborating on things about writing/the writing process!

putting this under a read more because of my trademark verbosity (AGAIN)

name: meikuree

fandoms: actively writing for snk, tempted to write for the locked tomb

two-shot: oh i've not intentionally done these! twenty years of snow accidentally fits the bill, but only because it's on an indefinite hiatus

most popular multi-chapter: of aubades, my pieck-centric ficlet series, by some metrics

actual worst part of writing: when I get stuck in a loop of perfectionism and excessive self-scrutiny and rewrite… and rewrite… and rewrite again. my solution to this is to send it to a friend and ask for them to tell me just one (1) nice thing about it and put me out of my misery, or do freewriting where the point is to write whatever immediately pops into my head. usually then I’ll bump into an epiphany in the middle about how to Make It Work.

alternatively: fic writing is at times such a solitary, obsessively recursive activity and that’s one tension I dislike/have to negotiate with, because part of why I like art is to share it with people or at the very least engage in some kind of reciprocal conversation about it. community in art is very important to me in general, and I try to cultivate it in my online presence in small ways!

how you choose your titles: i'm a fan of grabbing titles from poems and songs/song lyrics (like you!) -- and drawing them from regina spektor songs in particular, bc she’s by some metrics my all-time favourite musician and i’m very familiar with her discography

do you outline: usually, yes. i don’t confine myself to it, but at minimum I outline pivotal moments and turning points. my process tends to start with a compelling scene or character interaction popping into my head and then goes on with me thinking about how i can use it as a vehicle for communicating a certain concept/philosophical idea/insight about XYZ characters' relationships somehow. that becomes the core idea/endpoint I want to reach by the end in a fic, so then i'll outline the main emotional or introspective beats i want to carry across in service of that

ideas I probably won’t get around to but wouldn’t it be nice: wow, um... /gestures vaguely at my unending list of wips/ that said, one idea i'm tickled by is an obnoxious, utterly random M-rated pieck/lady tybur fic involving painplay and knifeplay, the plot for which is literally just… lara tybur stabs pieck with a knife, but make it sexy somehow… with a dash of political intrigue and a complicated ambiguous relationship where two women use each other in a decidedly callous but also self-aware and self-indulgent way. the idea for this just came from me going "ah yes... the inherent homoeroticism of being stabbed by another woman..." and wondering about ~scenarios enabled by being a titan shifter, when you can regenerate your wounds and such! (partial inspiration also came, I will admit, from the locked tomb fandom and its lesbian body horror influences)

callouts @ me: sensory details are one of my biggest weak points. i've been ironing it out through concerted practice, but when i first started out writing fic i tended to be more comfortable dealing with metaphor, introspection, and mental states than... writing about actual, corporeal things happening in corporeal textspace. it can create the impression while reading, I suspect, that the characters are stuck a lot in their own heads. one of my earliest and favourite ao3 comments i've gotten said in passing that i used "very little dialogue and description" and i'm still tickled by... how true it is as an MO. it also amuses me because it seems to parallel the same issue i had with essays i wrote at university, i think (!) -- my professors would tell me, “you have a great grasp on the theory but you need to include more concrete examples." and i'd go "what? i was supposed to use examples?? ?__? isn’t the point self-evident from the theory?” for me, shifts in relationship dynamics and the negotiation of one's worldview underlying an event ARE the plot! -- and everything else tends to become subservient to that when i write

the other thing, which is somewhat related to the above, is just... self-confidence! i can be very insecure about my writing style, as my partner and poor friends I’ve whinged to can attest. mainly because i always fear that reading it feels like wading through a thick, unappealing swampy bog of someone's thoughts. but i think the solution is to just take a grounded, balanced view, like: there are some things i do well, and some things i do not-as-well in writing, and that's fine! that's normal! and in the moment i can be very hard on myself, and wring my hands thinking OH MY GOD THE UTTER CRINGE OF ME WRITING ANY OF THIS but i find that somehow, i always end up enjoying rereading what i write.

best writing traits: the most consistent comment i get, i think, is that my writing is beautiful and poetic (and one time: "this is one of the most poetic things i've ever read." which -- ?!?!). I’ve also been told that i characterise people well or with nuance, and write about them sensitively and with depth. i'm grateful, always, to hear these bc these things constitute the one niche i CAN do, imo!

spicy tangential opinion: hm… from what I’ve observed, many fandoms have a tendency to flatten character motives and complexities into easy, tidy and dare i say, sometimes bizarre, labels and categories. it’s not surprising it happens, but sometimes there’s space for people (a big, vague, nonspecific ‘people’) to go beyond simplistic assumptions about characters and one-dimensional portrayals (and to give writers who achieve it their due! I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen an incredibly well-written fic that was relatively undernoticed and gone, “why, fandom???”) sometimes you write to fix canon, and sometimes you write because it’s fanon that needs fixing instead.

tagging (no pressure): @ebbet @noxcounterspell @leksaa90 @minoan-ophidian @frumpkinspocketdimension @acerinky @rose-gardens @chocochipbiscuit @whiteasy @ochen @kallistoi  anyone else who wants to join in!

[livesincerely]

3, 9, and 14!

3. How much do you edit?

I edit a fair amount, I think? I find that dialogue stays almost exactly the same from start to finish, but some of the interstitial descriptions between dialogue can change WILDLY over the course of a project.

I’m also super guilty of continuing to edit and edit long after a story was published 😅 Mostly just super small things, but it seems like whenever I go back through and reread things, I always find at least a word or two that I want to change.

9. Do you switch POVs in your stories?

I do not! I find that when I’m coming up with a fic idea, it’s usually built around a specific character’s pov, and trying to tell it from anyone else’s perspective kind of breaks the premise.

Like, take a shot wouldn’t be at all the same if it was told from Davey’s perspective, and the same thing the other way around with writing tie fic from Jack’s pov. Because most of the tension/anticipation in those fics is that you don’t know what the non-POV character is thinking, except that you’re almost positive you could make a close guess at it because of how they’re acting, but also they could still surprise you!!! Because you’re not 100% certain!!!

There’s also the pain-pleasure of being acutely aware of how oblivious the pov character is being, without ever needing the secondary perspective to confirm what you’ve already picked up on—its kind of like, “dude, I’m working with the exact same info you are and I figured it out, how can you not see what’s right in front of your face????”

I guess what I’m trying to say is that the absence of the other pov is intrinsic to the narrative? Or something.

Plus, I think having to imagine just how loudly Jack’s pining after Davey in tie fic, or just how badly Davey’s hurting in take a shot is a lot worse than if I showed it in-story with an alternating pov.... :)

But I do love the idea of having extra, post credits, here’s-what-this-character-was-thinking-during-that-scene, type things after the main story is written, just because it is fun to explore those alternate povs. But they’d probably be their own separate ficlets/one shots in the same vein as Keepsakes/Trinkets.

14. How good are you at predicting how long a story is gonna be?

Oh, it varies wildly!

Everything in the domestic au has turned out exactly how I initially thought it would when planning them! The letterman fic and most everything in the tease series has turned out right on track! Tie fic has stuck to my initial outline to an almost miraculous extent. A true mvp.

Invisible strings followed my outline perfectly, but ended up having a waaaay longer word count than I thought it would. Don’t know if I just didn’t think it through or if I seriously overestimated my ability to keep my word count in check lol.

And then, my problem children: take a shot and the run away with me fic.

Take a shot suffers from “Ciarra, these you cannot fit all these scenes in one chapter, you’re gonna have to bump half of them into the next chapter” disease. The run away with me fic is an untamable beast. I honestly get overwhelmed just thinking about it sometimes because I love it so much but it’s literally going to be so long.

But anyway... 😅

[tamiettitami]

INSPIRED BY @alamborghini

In the last week, I have spent a majority of my time on Archive of Our Own reading Twyla and Alexis fics. In lieu of that, I thought I would create a recommendation post of my favorites, eight of them to be exact. I've wanted to do fic recommendations for awhile, and this seemed like the perfect place to start! Because the community is small, as I mentioned previously, there will be some author repetition, but they're all incredibly talented writers who I encourage you to support.

Check out Justine's list, too, it's linked at the very beginning! Theirs is a bit more extensive considering they've been here for longer and I've just recently dipped my toe in, however, this was a lot of fun for me to put together and I hope you enjoy nonetheless <3

All word counts, ratings, tags, and descriptions are taken directly from the stories themselves. Credit goes to the original creators for the information provided. Also, I've colored the titles according to the length of the fic. Here is the system I've devised to help you easily find stories within a certain a range of words without having to read too much while also helping to separate the titles a bit: PURPLE >2,000 words, BLUE 2,500-5,000 words, and PINK >5,000 words.

Posts marked with * are also in Podfic format. If it isn't underlined, the Podfic is apart of the work hyperlinked in the story's title.

tuck you in, turn on your favorite nightlight by @alamborghini and @anniemurphys

WORD COUNT: 843

RATED G for GENERAL AUDIENCES

TAGGED with Future Fic, Canon Compliant, Post-Canon, Children, Children's Stories, (that aren't always appropriate for children), alexis and twyla have just Seen Things ok, Alexis Rose travels for business and pleasure

DESCRIPTION: Twyla and Alexis' daughter adopts her mother's' stories in the interest of elementary school coolness.

I Offer You My Heart by @landofsonlali and @sunlightsymphony *

WORD COUNT: 10,347

RATED G for GENERAL AUDIENCES

TAGGED with Alternative Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés, Slow Burn, Tea Leaf reading, Flirting Via Coffee and Pastries, Pining, you know it's an AU because of the seasons, Baked Goods, Podfic, Podfic Length: 1-1.5 Hours, Let Alexis Rose Eat, Twyla Sands' Freckles

DESCRIPTION: Twyla is the owner of a coffee shop in Schitt's Creek and Alexis is a frequent customer, featuring pining, flirtation, and a whole lot of baked goods.

never saw you coming, never be the same by @alamborghini, @anniemurphys, and @landofsonlali *

This is a MUST READ series for any Twylexis fans. I started my journey through the Alexis Rose/Twyla Sands tag with these ficlets and I recommend beginning here as well.

WORD COUNT: 1,938

RATED T for TEEN & UP AUDIENCES

TAGGED with Pride, Post-Canon, Canon Compliant, Coming Out, Twyla Sands' Freckles, Supportive Siblings, Pansexual Alexis Rose, Cuddling & Snuggling

DESCRIPTION: Three different perspectives of Twyla Sands and Alexis Rose's first Pride spent together as a couple.

i didn't know that i was starving (til i tasted you) by @turningtimeinthetardis

WORD COUNT: 12,885

RATED M for MATURE

TAGGED with Character Study: Twyla Sands, Character Study: Alexis Rose, Episode: s04e12 Singles Week, Singles Week Rewrite, Ted is great, But Twy and Alexis are meant to be each other's soft girlfriends, Fluff & Smut, Pining

DESCRIPTION: Twyla knows her natural penchant for kindness can sometimes be a problem. She knows it can sometimes be used against her by people who are more willing to chase their desires than she is.

Normally, she's at least a little ok with being naturally passive, with allowing her desires, her wants, to skate past her, untouched.

Maybe it's because she's gotten accustomed to serving customers at Cafè Tropical and taking unwarranted abuse with a fake smile. Maybe it's because she had grow up faster than any eight or nine year old should. Maybe it's because, well, secretly she's a multi-millionaire and, materially, she doesn't want for much of anything. And she'd be hard pressed for saying she wants anyone in Schitt's Creek.

But once she gets to know Alexis Rose?

Yeah, Twyla wants her.

to be your harbor by @doublel27

WORD COUNT: 4,007

RATED E for EXPLICIT

TAGGED with Post-Canon, Sugar Mama Twyla Sands, Praise Kink, Sex Toys, Strap-Ons, Light BDSM, Light Dom/sub, Service Top Alexis Rose, Sweet/Hot, Tooth-Rotting Fluff

DESCRIPTION: Twyla uses some of her money on things that are special to her. Alexis is special to Twyla. Luckily, Twyla is precious to Alexis.

your body's poetry (speak to me) by @anniemurphys

WORD COUNT: 19,599

NOT RATED

TAGGED with Alternative Universe - Ballet, adventures at youth america grand prix, baby ballerinas in the corps de ballet, oh my god they were roommates, Twyla Sands' Freckles

DESCRIPTION: Ballet has been at the center of Alexis’ life since she was three years old, the first time she saw New York City Ballet perform The Nutcracker. She pulled on her mother’s sleeve, much to Moira’s displeasure, pointed at the stage, and said, “Me!” It was the very first time she felt like her mother saw her. That feeling was intoxicating enough that she couldn’t help but chase it.

She’s seen some of the world's most celebrated ballerinas perform. But she’s never seen anyone dance like this girl, whose name she doesn’t know. The stage lights turn her auburn hair burning red. Her pirouettes are perfectly landed; there’s no struggle at all in the way her leg lifts behind her in attitude to tap against the tambourine she holds above her head. As she flits across the stage, her tambourine extended toward the judges like an irresistible invitation, there is something real in her smile, something seductive in her eyes.

Alexis forgets to breathe.

searching for a sound we hadn't heard before by @hullomoon

WORD COUNT: 867

RATED T for TEEN & UP AUDIENCES

TAGGED with New York City, Kissing, Coda, of sorts, Episode: s06e13 Start Spreading the News

DESCRIPTION: Twyla visits Alexis in New York.

Ladies Night Inn by yeah_alright

WORD COUNT: 15,848

RATED T for TEEN & UP AUDIENCES

TAGGED with Canon Compliant, Alternative Ending to The Canidate (season 2 episode 7), ladies night, Spa Night, slumber party, Female Friendship, Friends to Lovers, really more like, acquaintances to friends to potentially lovers, if we're being accurate, Teen rating is for makeouts and a few refrences to very specific and crucial body parts, No Smut, No Sex, Fluff and Humor

DESCRIPTION: What if Twyla had accepted Alexis' invitation to a ladies night at the motel after her breakup with Mutt?

If you happen to indulge in any of these, let me know you're thoughts as I'd love to chat about them and make some new Twylexis friends. Happy reading! (SOURCE)