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Dead On Your Feet
Happy Ecto-Implosion everybody!
I was fortunate enough to be paired with the lovely and extremely talented @probably-dead for this first year of @ecto-implosion!!! My dear friend and I cannot overstate how excited we are to share what we've been working on, and I hope you all check it out!
Summary:
Danny returns home from a ghost fight, sick, hurt, and exhausted. Thankfully, he's got two best friends to pick him up and get him back on his feet - or even better, into his bed.
#ectoimplosion2023#ectoimplosion#gore#blood#danny phantom#dp#events#ei#phantom#my art#comic#ao3 link in the title! GO CHECK IT OUT ITS EPIC#I am frothing at the mouth over his fic and writing skills#ALSO I LOVE YOU PROBS HIIIII :3
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TSB MIV Week 26 Roundup!
IT’S THE LAST ONE, Y’ALL! And there are so many amazing fills that came flooding in this past week! We’re in the process of getting badges made and sent, so please be patient with us.
We are taking the rest of the month off, but in May and June we will be doing month-long flash bingos! We’ll keep you posted about those, and in the meantime go give some love to these wonderful content creators!
Title: Double the Pleasure, Double the Fun
Collaborator: Politzania
Card Number: 4007
Link: AO3
Square Filled: Adopted: KINK: Threesome
Ship: WinterIron
Rating: Mature
Major Tags: dimensional shenanigans, fluff, fade to black smut
Summary: Thanks to some multiverse experimentation, Bucky now has two genius billionaire boyfriends (and their libidos) to deal with.
Word Count: 717
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Title: A Good Date and a Bad Idea
Collaborator: gottalovev
Card Number: 4077
Link: AO3
Squares Filled: Chapter 1, R5 - Winteriron
Chapter 2, A4 - Justin Hammer
Ship: WinterIron
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: Attempted kidnapping
Summary: Chapter 1: Tony is on what he hopes is a first date with Bucky. He didn't expect it to be so rudely interrupted. (Tony POV) Chapter 2: Justin has waited for his moment, and this is it. (Same events, Justin Hammer's POV)
Word Count: 7918
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Title: Adjust The Pecking Order
Collaborator: camichats
Card Number: 4049
Link: AO3
Square Filled: R5 - AU: western
Ship: Clint Barton/Laura Barton/Tony Stark
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: polyamory
Summary: Tony knew that he wasn't the most adjusted man in the world, but there was something hot about a woman in a pretty floral dress confidently pointing a shotgun at him. There was nothing wrong liking a woman with a gun. The messed up part was where she was surely Laura, Clint's wife. He shouldn't be eyeing his friend's wife, no matter how sure her hands were on that gun. "You with the bank?" she asked. "No, ma'am," he said. Since his hands were already up by his head, he took his hat off, tipped it in her direction, then put it back on. "Name's Tony Stark. I believe your husband sent for me?"
Word Count: 1211
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Title: Finals
Collaborator: hereandnowwearealive
Card Number: 4085
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: R4 - James Rhodes/War Machine
Ship: Gen
Rating: IronHusbands
Major Tags: art
Summary: An image of Tony and Rhodey studying for finals, long overdue for a break
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Title: Something like fate
Collaborator: Gottalovev
Card Number: 4077
Link: AO3
Square Filled: Adopted - Sent to a Different Dimension
Ship: Stony
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: Universe hopping, getting together, CW fix-it but no discourse
Summary: Tony and Steve go alternate-reality hopping by accident (Fine. It's Tony's fault: he touched something he shouldn't have in Reed Richard's lab). It's an eye opening experience.
Word Count: 8411
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Title: DtP —> DtF - Chapter 1
Collaborator: Politzania
Card Number: 4007
Link: AO3
Square Filled: A3 - free space
Ship: WinterIron
Rating: Explicit
Major Tags: dimensional shenanigans, eventual smut, threesome, selfcest, oral sex, anal sex, Tony POV, First Person POV, Present Tense
Summary: Thanks to a bit of dimensional travel, Tony takes the chance to find out if he really is as good a lover as his Bucky says (as well as get another Bucky’s opinion on the matter)..
Word Count: 681
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Title: The Courtship of Death
Collaborator: MagicaDraconia16
Card Number: 4019
Link: AO3
Square Filled: K2 - Tony Stark/Loki
Ship: FrostIron
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: Crack treated seriously, AU canon divergence, courtship and rejection thereof, canonical character death, BAMF Hela
Summary: ...goes a lot easier when you do some research first. Otherwise entitled: "Why Torturing, Brainwashing And Murdering The Father Of The Person You're Trying To Court Is A Bad Idea" (trade mark pending, by Tony Stark)
Word Count: 2351
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Title: Things Develop (in the Darkroom)
Collaborator: 27dragons
Card Number: 4027
Link: AO3
Square Filled: R4 - Photoshoot
Ship: WinterIron
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: AU: No powers, photoshoot, photographer!Bucky, lingerie, budoir photoshoot, oblivious!Bucky
Summary: Bucky was happy to agree to a private photoshoot with his favorite client... at least, until he realized what kind of photoshoot Tony wanted.
Word Count: 775
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Title: The Heartbreaker
Collaborator: fightingforcreativity
Card Number: 4004
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: R2 - Au: Hydra won
Ship: none
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: AU: Hydra won, Hydra Iron Man, Angst, Mark 17 (Heartbreaker)
Summary: Red Skulls voice resonated from everywhere, “Oh might I have the honour of introducing you to Hydra’s newest and strongest agent? Say hello to ‘Heartbreaker’. I’m sure you’ll find the name befitting.” And just like that, the Avengers came face to face with the one man they had hoped to free, wearing an armour they’ve never seen before. “Tony?”, Rhodey’s voice was broken, just as his heart and he could bet everything he had, the other’s weren’t faring better. “Been a while, Rhodes. Nice of seeing you all again, sadly you can’t stay for the party~” replied Tony, voice cold and devoid of emotion.
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Title: Family Date Night
Collaborator: JehBeeEh
Card Number: 4058
Link: AO3
Square Filled: A1 - Drive-In
Ship: Stony, Superfamily
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: fluff
Summary: Date night plans get changed at the last minute.
Word Count: 714
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Title: The Supplicant
Collaborator: 27dragons
Card Number: 4027
Link: AO3
Square Filled: R1 - AU: Royalty
Ship: WinterIron
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: AU: historical/fantasy, warlord Tony, tribute Bucky
Summary: Bucky wondered, sometimes, if King Alexander had not intended Bucky to stand at the throne’s right hand as the kingdom’s general, or at its left hand as chief counselor, why the king had even bothered to sire another child after his first had proven hale and of sound mind. He rather suspected that the king, too, wondered that same thing. But as it turned out, there was a reason for the king to have sired a second child: to be given as tribute to the terrifying warlord threatening the entire kingdom.
Word Count: 2966
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Title: They didn't cover this in the Academy - Chapter 1
Collaborator: camichats
Card Number: 4049
Link: AO3
Square Filled: T2- “Damn it, Stark!”
Ship: Gamora/Tony
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: Alternate Universe - Star Trek Fusion, marriage of convenience
Summary: Tony might be a pain in his captain's ass, but he never goes out of his way to make problems for her. And really, how was he supposed to know that the engineer he spent all last night talking to was a princess? Gamora wants to get off planet, and Tony is willing to help. While heading back towards Federation space, they pick up a distress call from inside Romulan space.
Word Count: 10,206
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Title: Anything for you
Collaborator: Gottalovev
Card Number: 4077
Link: AO3
Square Filled: S3 - Pining
Ship: Steve Rogers/Natasha Stark (universe 3490)
Rating: Explicit
Major Tags: Getting together, porn with feelings
Summary: Steve has one certainty: he has a crush of epic proportion on Natasha Stark, and it's becoming quite a problem.
Word Count: 4083
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Title: The Futurist
Collaborator: periwinklepromise
Card Number: 4053
Link: AO3
Square Filled: T2 - Edwin Jarvis
Ship: Tony & Edwin Jarvis
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: Implied Child Abuse, drabble
Summary: Perhaps it is time to look to the future.
Word Count: 100
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Title: untitled
Collaborator: chel
Card Number: 4011
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: Adopted - Wrong Number/Booty Call
Ship: IronHusbands
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: None
Summary: Moodboard-ish
Word Count: N/A
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Title: Takin’ What They’re Givin’ (‘Cause I’m Workin’ for a Livin’) - Chapter 2
Collaborator: PoliZ
Card Number: 4007
Link: AO3
Square Filled: K3 - Kink: Sex Compulsion
Ship: Stucky
Rating: Explicit
Major Tags: Phone Sex, Identity Porn, Anal Fingering, Dildo Play
Summary: Bucky's little camboy sidegig - where he plays 'Special Agent Jay' -- gets him attention from an unexpected quarter. Chapter 2: Bucky's one on one chat with BrooklynBorn heads in a very different direction than he expected; offering instruction and support as well as release. Can he keep his emotions in check?
Word Count: 3912
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Title: Save My Soul, Spare My Heart
Collaborator: summerpipedream
Card Number: 4045
Link: AO3
Square Filled: A3 - Free Space
Ship: Pre-Stuckony
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: Angels and Demons
Summary: “Are you hurt?” “The jury’s still out on that. Who exactly are you and why the hell are you in my apartment?” An angel and a demon walk into Tony’s apartment. Supposedly, both of them were tasked to protect him. Whether Tony can survive their bickering is another question entirely.
Word Count: 2242
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Title: The Perfect Solution
Collaborator: Fighting_for_Creativity
Card Number: 4004
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: T4 - Kink: Cuckolding
Ship: IronHusbands, Rhodey/Carol
Rating: Mature
Major Tags: AceTony, bisexual Rhodey, friends with benefits, Carol knows what she wants, caring boyfriend Rhodey
Summary: Tony never really enjoyed himself during the more intimate moments in bed. Naturally Rhodey had figured him out and after meeting Carol the perfect solution came to be.
Word Count: 482
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Title: Time Loopy Doopy (Fake News already in 2009
Collaborator: Fighting_for_Creativity
Card Number: 4004
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: S5 - Paparazzi
Ship: (Hinted) WinterIron
Rating: M
Major Tags: timeline- what timeline?, Avengers, Kid bucky(?), fake news, time trouble
Summary: Despite what the News tweet says, Tony and the Avengers all knew the truth and that was Tony trying to protect his current boyfriend’s kid self from the past. Now he just needed to find a way back into his own time with his own Avengers.
Word Count: N/A
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Title: My Darling, you are my poetry
Collaborator: Sagana Rojana Olt
Card Number: 4046
Link: AO3
Square Filled: T4 - AU: Artist/Muse
Ship: WinterIron
Rating: Explicit
Major Tags: NSFW art, nude modelling
Summary: Bucky absolutely didn't plan to go to art classes, but his therapist insisted. So here he was creating nude art of the young Stark heir, while blushing furiously.
Word Count: N/A
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Title: This light that I hold, speaks to you
Collaborator: Sagana Rojana Olt
Card Number: 4046
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: R1 - Kink: Candles
Ship: WinterIron
Rating: Mature
Major Tags: Candles
Summary: A quiet night spent together, playing with supersoldier senses.
Word Count: N/A
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Title: The Wrong Dress
Collaborator: cami-chats
Card Number: 4049
Link: AO3
Square Filled: T1 - Kink: Interfemoral/Intercrural
Ship: IronWidow
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: None
Summary: Natasha's dress might not be good for events, but that doesn't mean she looks bad in it.
Word Count: 933
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Title: They didn’t cover this in the Academy - Chapter 2
Collaborator: cami-chats
Card Number: 4049
Link: AO3
Square Filled: T3 - Kink: Messy/Dirty
Ship: Gamora/Tony Stark
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: Major Character Injury (not fatal)
Summary: Lieutenant Commander Tony Stark of Eden and the continuing adventures of having a ship that’s falling apart around him.
Word Count: 7385
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Title: Nighttime Shadows
Collaborator: Khentkawes
Card Number: 4091
Link: AO3
Square Filled: S3 - Pepper Potts/Rescue
Ship: Pepperony
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: vague discussion of PTSD (very vague), emotional hurt/comfort, nightmares, angst and fluff, Tony Stark/Pepper Potts
Summary: Tony’s nightmares never fully went away. But over the years, Pepper likes to think she’s gotten better at helping him cope with them. She doesn’t always have the right words to say, but she can at least be there for him. And usually, that’s enough.
Word Count: 1555
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Title: Status: Iron Man dead/Tony Stark alive (it’s complicated)
Collaborator: Khentkawes
Card Number: 4091
Link: AO3
Square Filled: A3 - Free
Ship: Pepperony
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: discussions of possible death/funerals, Endgame Fixit, funeral, fake funeral, Tony Stark/Pepper Potts, Canon divergence
Summary: The Avengers ‘accidentally’ fake Tony Stark’s death. And Tony finds it hilarious.
Word Count: 4749
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Title: Spin Me Out
Collaborator: 27dragons
Card Number: 4027
Link: AO3
Square Filled: K2 - AU: Sci-Fi/Futuristic
Ship: WinterIron
Rating: G
Major Tags: AU: Sci-Fi, space opera
Summary: Tony keeps his head down, working on the ships that come through the station, trading on the grey market, listening to the gossip, and quietly planning to reclaim the technology that was stolen from him years ago. His chance may finally have arrived, but is immediately complicated by Winter, an impossible fugitive from a galactic empire that controls its people with forbidden Old Tech.
Word Count: 1391
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Title: Secret Identities and Super-dads
Collaborator: Khentkawes
Card Number: 4091
Link: AO3
Square Filled: A2 - Futurefic
Ship: Pepperony
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: Minor violence, post-Avengers Endgame, not Avengers Endgame Compliant, BAMF Tony, BAMF Pepper, Rescue!Pepper, not-dead Tony Stark, Morgan Stark, family, attempted kidnapping
Summary: When armed men attack an elementary school in New York, attempting to kidnap eight-year-old Morgan Stark, no one expects that “Roger the chauffeur” will be the one to take out the bad guys—with some backup from Morgan Stark herself and a very pissed off Pepper Potts. The public have believed Tony was dead for the past four years, and Tony never expected his big secret would get out like this. He didn’t mean to blow his cover as “Roger the chauffeur.” But when people try to mess with his family, they get what’s coming to them.
Word Count: 6104
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Title: Celebration
Collaborator: Ducky
Card Number: 4013
Link: AO3
Square Filled: S1 - Victorious
Ship: IronFalcon
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: Paintball, First Dates, Fluff
Summary: After a victorious paintball exercise, Tony and Sam celebrate on their first date
Word Count: 835
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Title: A Look Into the Mind
Collaborator: Ducky
Card Number: 4013
Link: AO3
Square Filled: S3 - Sent to a Different Dimension
Ship: ThunderIron, one-sided Amora/Thor
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: Alternate Dimension
Summary: Thor and Tony are sent to the Enchantress’s consciousness.
Word Count: 323
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Title: The Stars May Not Accept Us
Collaborator: PoliZ
Card Number: 4007
Link: AO3
Square Filled: S1 - Hot Water
Ship: WinterIron
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: Non-Powered AU, Space AU, amputee!Bucky, fade to black smut,
Summary: People come and people go -- that’s the way a spaceport works. Especially one out on the edge of known space; some stay a few hours, some a few years, but everyone moves on eventually. Bucky knew that going in, but he fell hard anyways.
Word Count: 2790
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Title: Visions, Not Reality
Collaborator: JehBeeEh
Card Number: 4058
Link: AO3
Square Filled: K2 - Nick Fury
Ship: Stony
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: None
Summary: Tony's conversation with Fury at Barton's Farm leaves him second guessing his relationship with Steve - which no one was supposed to know about.
Word Count: 1915
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Title: What, Like It’s Hard
Collaborator: JehBeeEh
Card Number: 4058
Link: AO3
Square Filled: S1 - Movie Retelling
Ship: Stony
Rating: M
Major Tags: Omegaverse, Asshole Ty Stone, Even more of an asshole Stane (in future chapters)
Summary: Omega Tony Stark has it all, until his alpha boyfriend breaks his heart. In an effort to win him back, he follows the alpha of his dreams to Harvard Law School, where he discovers there might be more to being the first omega at the prestigious school. He also meets another alpha that might just make him forget the one he drove across the country for.
Word Count: 1629
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Title: You Should Date My Boyfriend
Collaborator: JehBeeEh
Card Number: 4058
Link: AO3
Square Filled: Adopted - Sharon Carter/Agent 13
Ship: Stony, Sharon/Steve
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: None
Summary: Sharon makes sure Tony knows her boyfriend might be interested in someone else.
Word Count: 1090
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Title: Heart jewel
Collaborator: Sagana Rojana Olt
Card Number: 4046
Link: AO3
Square Filled: S3 - Sucker Bet
Ship: None
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: Magical Jewels, Ravens
Summary: Loosely based on the Cornelius Sigan episode of BBC Merlin.
Word Count: 100
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Title: The Persistence of Memory
Collaborator: Sagana Rojana Olt
Card Number: 4046
Link: AO3
Square Filled: T3 - Art Format: Cubist/Surreal
Ship: none, implied past Stony
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: Reincarnation, Grief
Summary: Stephen Grant, art student and docent at the Smithsonian is doing the last of his rounds, when he meets a wealthy gentleman who looks very familiar.
Word Count: 300
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Title: Would Robot Eyes Rust if They Cried? - Chapter 6
Collaborator: JacarandaBanyan
Card Number: 4064
Link: AO3
Square Filled: A3 - Free
Ship: Stuckony
Rating: E
Major Tags: Established Relationship, Sexual Content, Angst, Robot Bodies
Summary: Steve tries again with Tony. It doesn't go a whole lot better.
Word Count: 2376
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Title: What, Like It’s Hard?
Collaborator: JehBeeEh
Card Number: 4058
Link: AO3
Square Filled:
S2 - Evil Exes
S4 - First Kiss
Ship: Stony
Rating: M
Major Tags: Omegaverse, Asshole Ty Stone, Even more of an asshole Stane (in future chapters)
Summary: Omega Tony Stark has it all, until his alpha boyfriend breaks his heart. In an effort to win him back, he follows the alpha of his dreams to Harvard Law School, where he discovers there might be more to being the first omega at the prestigious school. He also meets another alpha that might just make him forget the one he drove across the country for.
Word Count: 20,611
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Title: Short Drabbles - Chapter 5: Hand holding
Collaborator:
Card Number: 4046
Link: AO3
Square Filled: K1 - Holding hands
Ship: WinterIron
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: summer heat
Summary: Tony enjoys the metal arm keeping it's cool at all times.
Word Count: 100
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Title: Daisies on Your Nightstand
Collaborator: raslbecket
Card Number: 4056
Link: AO3
Square Filled: T2 - showoff
Ship: Stony
Rating: Mature
Major Tags: Rough sex, exhibitionism, choking
Summary: Tony Stark's exhibitionist streak rears its head when he's in the middle of rearranging Steve Rogers' guts.
Word Count: 1462
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Title: The Eye Of A Spy - Chapter 2: Interlude - How Everything Began
Collaborator: Fighting_for_Creativity
Card Number: 4004
Link: AO3
Square Filled: A3 - free space
Ship: IronFury
Rating: Mature
Major Tags: IronFury, movie retelling, MIT Era, Mostly Fury Pov
Summary: Fury gets his mission.
Word Count: 869
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Title: A Fairytale, This Is Not - Chapter 2: All Pieces But No Solved Puzzle
Collaborator: Fighting_for_Creativity
Card Number: 4004
Link: AO3
Square Filled: K1 - shared trauma
Ship: WinterIron, Merlin/Arthur, Merlin/Morgana, Merlin/Gwaine
Rating: Mature
Major Tags: Reincarnation, dreams, visions, canon typical violence, ok Howard, kidnapping, (HYDRA in later chapters), team as family, trauma
Summary: Tony makes some friends, is being betrayed, and keeps dreaming of a man named Merlin, who apparently has magic and that fact isn't known to his friends until he tells the black-haired woman about it. Somehow everything works out ok for them all though.
Word Count: 3584
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Title: Five Tuesdays and a Wednesday
Collaborator: LBibliophile
Card Number: 4090
Link: AO3
Square Filled: Adopted - Fortune Telling
Ship: WinterIron
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: Time Loop, Groundhog Day, Coffee Addict Tony Stark, 5+1 Things
Summary: Bucky is stuck in a Groundhog Day loop. He has many things to achieve, to make right, to try and end the loop - but top of his list is saving Tony from the dreadful fate of terrible morning coffee. Tony appreciates his efforts.
Word Count: 2820
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Title: body getting tense (nothing like the others)
Collaborator: starksnack
Card Number: 4073
Link: AO3
Square Filled: K5 - Dressing Room
Ship: Stony
Rating: Explicit
Major Tags: None
Summary: Steve and Tony steal a quick moment in their dressing room before their next shoot.
Word Count: 1000
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Title: Half of Love’s Duet
Collaborator: ralsbecket
Card Number: 4056
Link: AO3
Square Filled: T1 - Height Difference
Ship: Stuckony
Rating: Explicit
Major Tags: Threesome, Age Difference, Art
Summary: A glimpse of college student Tony and his married professors, Steve and Bucky.
Word Count: N/A
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Title: Clint Gets A (New) Job
Collaborator: celtic
Card Number: 4035
Link: AO3
Square Filled : T1 - Occupational Hazard
Ship: Tony Stark & Clint Barton & Bucky Barnes
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: Modern Day AU, No Superpowers, Mild Angst, Canon Character Death
Summary: Stane Industries has taken over Trickshot Incorporated, which means Clint is out of a job. Until he meets a third player, the man who will build Stark Enterprises with what remains of his father’s legacy.
Word Count: 4236
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Title: Girl’s Night
Collaborator: celtic
Card Number: 4035
Link: AO3
Square Filled: S2 - Darcy Lewis
Ship: Pepperony
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: None
Summary: Tony and Pepper need a babysitter for Morgan for date night.
Word Count: 1635
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Title: Double, Double, Toil and Trouble, Evil Clones Are Such a Struggle - Chapter 2
Collaborator: Cinna
Card Number: 4060
Link: AO3
Square Filled: A3 - Free
Ship: Tony/Bucky/Winter
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: Selfcest (Bucky/Winter)
Summary: When taking down a Hydra base, you should probably avoid touching anything weird-looking and potentially magical. (Or, Bucky and Winter both have the hots for Tony, and a newly-embodied Winter decides to finally do something about it.)
Word Count: 2695
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Title: No Pets Allowed - Chapter 4
Collaborator: Cinna
Card Number: 4060
Link: AO3
Square Filled: R4 - Team Bonding
Ship: background Pepperony
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: Minor warning for non-graphic mention of off-screen animal death.
Summary: Tony Stark is not a cat person. (this is a lie.)
Word Count: 894
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Title: Trouble with a Capital T (And That Stands for “Tiny”)
Collaborator: Cinna
Card Number: 4060
Link: AO3
Square Filled:
T2 - Precognition
K5 - Deaged (Tony)
Ship: background Pepperony
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: featuring Actual Good Dad Howard (not really a warning, but you should probably be aware or you might be confused )
Summary: Tony gets de-aged by magical fuckery, and five-year-old Tony and gets to meet his future self, in AI form. AI Tony thinks this is a hoot. Everyone else is less convinced.
Word Count: 19082
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Title: Six Months Earlier - Chapter 7
Collaborator: Cinna
Card Number: 4060
Link: AO3
Square Filled: S1 - Canon: Armoured Adventures
Ship: None
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: Grief, Medical Trauma
Summary: Tony recovers from the plane crash that damaged his heart and took his father from him, and struggles to come to terms with the aftermath.
Word Count: 1044
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Some useful I found recently for reading cnovels, that work as Readers that provide translations, or Parallel Texts:
zhenhunxiaoshuo.com - A chinese site. has a ton of priest novels, a lot of other danmei novels as well including modaozushi, sleuth of ming dynasty, love is more than a word, etc. I adore this site. I found it by chance when someone recommended it for reading the sleuth of ming dynasty. I deeply appreciate whoever made this site. This site is visually simple and easy to look at, and if you know the titles of the novels you want to read then it is exceptionally easy to locate the correct one. (In addition, if you like any of these novels, please consider buying a copy of the official novels either on the sites they were initially sold on like jjwxc, or their print editions - this is a link to jjwxc, Priest’s Guardian page. jjwxc also has MXTX’s works on it, Meatbun’s 2ha on it, etc).
This is a google doc guide by @anonflail on twitter about how to make an account on jjwxc and purchase the official novels: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ikGyfFiI4SQe2NmrNsJ3sgV71Iv6e5tGqN9i8SZbuSA/edit . If you happen to be reading any cnovel translations, most translation’s include a link in their intro page to the original official cnovel.
In addition, sometimes if the novels are published you can find print copies of them on YesAsia.com. If you find it this way, often they are traditional character book versions so check in the description. Also look up books by chinese title or pinyin, if the english title does not give you results. I got the mo dao zu shi books from this site, and The Untamed Drama OST. You can also find print novels on amazon, ebay, and aliexpress. Forewarning though I really... have no idea if the ones on these sites are official published copies or not. I got Zhen Hun off Aliexpress months ago, having no idea about anywhere else to find it at the time. The book is in simplified characters, and contains most of the novel but I think is missing all of the extra chapters, and my version has an intro featuring Kunlun that doesn’t exist in the jjwxc online version. Again, if you buy a book, check if the characters are traditional or simplified before purchasing. Be aware that often cnovels are more than 1 volume - don’t buy 1 and think you have the entire novel, actually check how many volumes it is... (Like Mo Du by Priest is 3 volumes?) I’ve found YesAsia to have the most genuine looking books...
Also, if I’m going to get nitpicky... if you want to guarantee you are reading a version of the cnovel with all the extra chapters - the official release is your only guarantee. I personally like to have some notepad copies of the txt to edit and look at, and often unofficial txt downloads will be missing chapters, be the older unedited and therefore less finished versions of chapters, and will be missing later chapters and sections. So if you really enjoy a story, you might as well enjoy the full thing by supporting the author, and getting their most complete official versions of the novels.
daomubiji.org - If you’re a fan of The Lost Tomb series (the books or the multitude of dramas), this website seems to have most or all of the novels. Its absolutely huge. Like the last site mentioned, you can read them on here. If you’ve never read daomubiji, here’s a quick intro: its real well known sort of like Harry Potter. It’s very Lara Croft/Tomb Raider/Indiana Jones/Uncharted/The Mummy kind of stuff - with the fantasy elements being generally similar to other chinese-tomb-raider genre stories. So think adventurous tomb exploring plus some horror fantasy. It has a ton of drama adaptations you could check out if you wanted a visual introduction to daomubiji - some adaptations are better or worse than others. A fun fact - the two male main leads are probably the biggest ship/CP in the fandom, as far as I can tell. Despite them not being explicitly canonically romantic - compared to the danmei novels listed on the site above lol. I think its a tragedy tbh... that it is so hard to find daomubji fanfictions in english, given how huge this novel series is and how many adaptations it has, and how huge the chinese fandom is. There are some chinese fics on ao3, but I know there are some epic length well written fanfics for this series somewhere in the chinese internet. (Edit: here is the ao3 daomubiji tag). I just can’t find them lol ToT. Also there are tragically FEW english fanfics for daomubiji, despite how accessible the story is for english speakers (the first 6 novels already have official english translated books, and most of the drama adaptations have easily accessible english subs). If you know what chinese sites I can read daomubiji fanfic on, please let me know! I know some fanfics for this fandom are so HUGE, and well known, they have txt files floating around and are 100+ chapters and were once-upon-a-time recced on baidu (but the links are broken now :c ). Anyway, back to this site. You can use a dictionary/translator to lookup unknown words, use the free Zhongwen chrome extension to hover over words for a definition, or view this site in the Pleco WebReader/Chinese Zero to Hero reader/Idiom app, and click words for definitions as needed. Again, if you like any of the daomubiji novels, the author’s written a ton! Go support them! The Lost Tomb is actually published in english too up to volume 6, under the name The Grave Robber’s Chronicles (if you wanted a print english copy).
mtlnovel.com - useful in general as a way to read novels roughly-translated into english, if no existing translation is already being done. It’s also useful if, for example, the english translation you are reading is unfinished but you’re desperate to read more even if it’s machine translated lol. It has a large number of cnovels on the site. I feel this site’s coolest feature though, is the ability to enable ‘RAW.’ If you do that, at the top of the chapter you’re reading, then you will see the traditional character paragraphs above the english machine translated ones. This allows you to use any novel on the site as a parallel chinese-english reader. Right now you can only enable RAW if you are logged in. An account is free. If you run into unknown chinese words, you can look them up in the dictionary/translator of your choice. Or, if you have the free Zhongwen chrome extension, then you can just hover over unknown words for a definition on the same page. (If you like any of these novels, support the author’s official releases).
https://dictionary.chinesezerotohero.com/#/reader - I’ve seen the site Chinese Zero to Hero before and its quite helpful. I think there’s paid areas, but this area is free. In the Reader, you can paste in any chinese text and it will provide pinyin above the hanzi, along with dictionary definitions if you hover over a word/phrase. I’m testing it right now, and their translations are pretty good! (This Chinese Zero to Hero Reader, or LanguageTools.io are free alternatives I would suggest instead of LingQ, for a reader). In addition, this site also has a lot of free graded readers with all these same features plus accompanying audio. I read The Monkey King on this site before. This site in general also has a large selection of grammar points, and a nice dictionary that breaks down words/characters by radical, includes links to related words, includes pictures of the word’s meaning (in case you’re a visual learner or are making flashcards), includes mnemonics (which I just realized!) and example sentences. It looks very useful and I should start using their dictionary more... (mnemonics seems to be the big benefit of this that Pleco doesn’t have).
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Arrow FanFic | Dinah x Laurel | A Christmas Miracle
Part 4 – The Miracle (AO3 Link)
A vicious chill threads through the alleyway outside the Carmine Kanigher Shelter, sending waste detritus of modern civilization skittering in every direction. Mice and rats flee for cover as fat flakes of snow begin to fall. Soon the entire area will be blanketed in a carpet of fluffy white powder. A Christmas Miracle for Star City courtesy of a recently reunited father and daughter duo of certain...arctic talents who are in town for the first of what will become the annual Team Flarrowgirl – a universally reviled portmanteau courtesy of one Ralph Dibney – Christmas extravaganza.
Pushing off the cinder block he’s occupied for the second time tonight over the past few minutes, Marv adopts a toothy grin. He already worked his seasonal miracle, which if his best friend Nora’s spotty accounting of history unrelated to her dad can be trusted is taking place right about...now. Nervously, he lifts the sleeve of his jacket to check the vitals monitor on the modular biometrically keyed device wrapped around his wrist, finding all readings back within ideal parameters whereas only hours before they were fluctuating wildly. Just to be sure his efforts were indeed successful, he pinches himself in several places to ensure his central nervous system is still functioning correctly that he is still corporeal and has not disintegrated due to a seismic shift within the causal domino chain that will eventually result in his birth less than six years from his present location in spacetime.
As a reward for a mission accomplished, he sifts through the menus on what Nora calls their Vibe-rators – bless the innocent, adorable, perpetual child that she is, Nora has yet to grasp why nicknaming the gadgets that in honor of their esteemed inventor, their beloved Uncle Cisco, was not quite the honor she thought it was – and quickly deactivates the artificial aging matrix produced by some seriously shway tech that, savvy as he is, even he doesn’t fully understand. He also unilaterally decides to never adopt the pseudonym Marv ever again.
Honestly, what was I thinking going with that? Quen shakes his head, chuckling ruefully as the answer dawns on him. There is a longstanding Christmas Eve tradition in his house of watching Christmas movies all evening until everyone is too tired to keep going, and this year they are breaking out amongst other titles both of Macaulay Culkin’s Home Alone films. Double-dipping those gems before bed is, in his opinion, just about the perfect way to cap off a perfect Christmas Day with his family. Which is why he has to get a move on or he’ll be late and his Moms will not be happy. Nor will Aunt Sara and Aunt Ava, who are actually supposed to drop by this year instead of ducking his Mom’s invite with some lame explanation of a temporal anomaly that needed fixing like, pronto. Come to think of it, Maya, his older sister by a year and a half, is coming back home from a work thing in National City for the annual Lance family Christmas and will almost certainly use his tardiness as another excuse to hit him. And Quen can’t have that. She has enough reasons as is without adding valid cause. Plus, his damn shoulder has been abused enough by his sibling’s iron fists, thank you very much!
Glancing back toward the street he’d watched a younger, more hardened version of his softer mother approach him from, the familiar tug of welcome memory pulls him under its sway. His Ma is still a knock-out according to all his friends, who often break out an ancient acronym he chooses to ignore so as to not require a bleaching of his brain, so the age difference was not that jarring. But it was beyond weird to see her so restrained and world weary.
Of his parents, his Ma is the positive one, the tactile huggy, kissy, slightly smothery mom who sings while she cooks, dances as she cleans, and who cried – on camera! – at his graduation...every last one of the four so far. So many wonderful memories of her flash by that he can hardly sort through them all. Her singing him to sleep while he was little and really, really sick while his Mom cradled him close to her chest and rocked him in her favorite rocking chair. The absurd, bonkers, overboard, birthday bashes she organized for both him and his sister every friggin’ year until they were old enough to insist she dial back the adorable insanity. The way she would stand to the side giggling uncontrollably at his ultra-competitive Mom once he got old enough to regularly beat her at basketball or soccer or video games. How a few stern words from her spoke volumes more than a profuse tirade from his Mom ever could amongst one of the many lectures he endured regarding the vital importance of taking responsibility for one’s own actions. How she always smells like an amazing blend of vanilla and cinnamon and can with a single enveloping hug and a lingering forehead kiss banish every iota of hurt, confusion, pain, and fear plaguing her children, even when they are fully grown adults. His Ma is a lionhearted woman who loves with every last ounce of her strength, and it was more than a little disconcerting to witness her holding that ferociousness ransom in the obviously fading hope that a rescuer might appear to set it free. Thankfully, he is a devoted son who is willing to brave her wrath to secure her happiness, which he did by pushing her toward a certain irritatingly complicated blonde.
The various images of his Ma, heartwarming as they are, mingle with one of his other mom as he watched her first set foot in the shelter. Looking for all the world like she didn’t know what the hell she was doing there, all the while unwilling to surrender an inch to fear or doubt, she was yet so fragile he was afraid to even breath in her general direction lest she shatter into a million pieces. He had to get to know her first before he risked ingratiating himself to the point she would grant him permission for one stilted hug.
He’d like to say that it shocked him to see her so walled off, the woman who carried and nourished him inside her body for nine months and then endured unspeakable pain to deliver him safely into the world, but it didn’t. His Mom has always had trouble letting people in, which in combination with her frightening dark side could make her a foreboding person to approach. From his first memories, he can recall glimpsing fleeting specters of what he’d witnessed in earnest while on this escapade in the past: a simmering rage and innate cynicism fueled by pain that only his Ma can assuage. Once or twice he was the unlucky target to bear the brunt of an outburst that scared him witless, and scared his Mom even more – so much so that she would sequester herself in the bedroom or the spare bathroom until she calmed down or his Ma intervened to soothe the offended beast back into her thick iron mental cage. He never really understood why his Mom got that way sometimes until just last year, about five months after his eighteenth birthday, when he learned about Black Siren. That wasn’t a happy time for him, or for his Mom. He had always known she had a troubled past, but that...that shook the foundations of his essential being, made him doubt his own moral and ethic core, and worst of all caused him to doubt his Mom’s ability to love. It took both his Ma and his Uncle Ollie teaming up to knock some sense into him for him to get his head out of his ass and to stop avoiding and start talking to his Mom again.
And now? Well, now he’s glad he knows about Black Siren, because if nothing else, this trip into the past has given him a reality check as to just how awful his Mom’s life was to have molded her into the hateful person she was before his Grandpa took a chance on her that his Ma later picked up and ran with. Once, and fortuitously, she got to the shelter early enough to join in a group session with the therapist that visits the facility once per week. He had to sit there silently and listen as she got roped into sharing, then grit his teeth through the empathetic agony of her divulging a lot more than she had originally intended. The things she went through before she met his Ma...Quen shudders at the very thought. The silver lining to that intolerable experience is that at least he has a reference to work with dealing with her occasional mood swings.
Also, this foray has given him a new, unique perspective into how much his parents love each other. To have overcome so much adversity just to be together is, quite frankly, astonishing. Nora has told him so many times that his Moms’ love story rivals that of any epic parental romance within the group of kids belonging to the venerated members of the Justice League, but he never quite believed her. How could he when they were competing with the likes of Superman and Lois Lane, the Green Arrow and his Overwatch, the Flash and Iris West, and Supergirl and her mysteriously broody governmental handler all the kids simply know as their favorite Aunt Alex. But those precious hours surreptitiously watching them interact in the kitchen and during the post-dinner clean up operation afforded him a view that, while slightly biased, was able to recognize that same divine spark between them that he sensed whenever he was around his friends’ folks. It was nice, so nice that his heart is still soaring high in the clouds above, to be given the immense privilege of bearing witness to the event that will begin an inevitable spiral into his – and his sister’s – future conception upon a recovered Kryptonian Genesis ship. And come what may, be it unavoidable tragedy like Nora’s Uncle Wally getting imprisoned outside the timeline by Abra Kadabra, or some catastrophic event like Darkseid himself descending upon his Earth tomorrow, he won’t be forgetting this adventure any time soon. It has ignited in him a flame of hope that cannot be quenched and solidified a belief that will endure until his death that love really can conquer all.
“Well, I guess you guys will see me in five years and twelve months on the dot” he says, his gaze turning instinctively to the apartment in which he knows his parents to be making the first baby steps toward a future they have both risked life and limb to protect multiple times. “Good thing it’ll be sooner for me. Just hope you guys don’t kill me when I tell you where I’ve been for the past month...”
And with the press of a button upon his Vibe-rator – he snickers at the thought of the name – Quentin Nicholas Lance disappears from view to join his best friend for their return trip to the future. He is not seen again until many years later. Twenty-four years, ten days, seven hours, and thirteen minutes to be precise, which is two minutes late and of no consequence to anyone but Maya, who uses that as an excuse to hit him.
Damn that punchy brat.
Quen rubs his sore arm, but the smile on his face remains until he is engulfed by two pairs of arms that officially ring in another Merry Christmas for the Lances. To his unending delight, in addition to a new Quantum Tablet, his Moms pulled some really big strings to get him into the Air Force Academy. He can’t wait to tell Nora! And as he rushes to dial his bestie up on his Vibe-device, he gives them both the biggest hugs he can muster up. He doesn’t see how their eyes catch over his shoulder, glowing with love for each other and pride for their child and happiness over his happiness, but then again he doesn’t really need to. He sees it every single day. Nor would it have registered even if he had caught it. He is far too excited to think of little else than realizing his dream of becoming a pilot.
Merry Christmas to me! He thinks as he hears Nora’s voice chime through the tiny, nearly impervious subdermal implants designed by his Uncle Cisco that were wired into his ears after a childhood accident his Mom still hasn’t forgiven herself for rendered him deaf.
“Hey! You’ll never guess what I got for Christmas!”
Nora does guess, the know-it-all brat, but his enthusiasm doesn’t diminish one iota. This is, after all, the best Christmas ever. And not just because he got everything he wanted, but because he got to watch his parents take the final steps in their journey falling in love. How many kids get to make that boast? Not any he knows of besides Nora.
Quen has an extended family that loves him, a bright future ahead of him, a sister that would fight the world for him, and Moms who love him – and each other – more than he could ever begin to describe. And that makes him the luckiest kid alive.
THE END
#dctv#arrow#arrow fanfic#dinah drake#laurel lance#dinah x laurel#laurel x dinah#aka Dinahmite!#or:#dinahsiren#merry christmas y'all!
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Plans For 2019
Hello! We’re not dead! Thank you, future reader, for reading this. Here is what you can expect from us in 2019.
First, an official announcement for the record: Janna Vs. The Forces Of Evil/Darkness is going to be its own book series! In addition to revising the first season to meet the standards of the second (see below), I’m going to be working hard to transform it into its own work.
My current hopes for a launch date are mid-to-late summer of this year for the first season (AKA book 1). The new title (name TBD - most likely Anna Russo & The Magic Book or something to that effect) will have changes for coherence and readability ranging from minor to groundshaking, but my hope is to further refine what’s made JVTFOE great and derive something new enough from it, that there’s still reason for a fan of the story to reread the original title.
All that means is it’s going to be half a rewrite, half a revision - and, what’s more, if you’re a fan of the story as it is, I would LOVE to give you a free review copy once I’m pushing to publish it. Drop me a message if that’s something you’re interested in, and I’ll keep you in mind :)
Second, JVTFOE is also getting a revised edition, and is now being posted to AO3 as well as Fanfiction.net! Although fanfiction will continue to be updated with new chapters, I find updating old ones to be an absolute chore, and so, if you’re interested in reading my revised versions of older chapters, please please please check out the AO3 link. You can find it by clicking here.
Alternately, the full link is here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17421428/chapters/41011073
The first chapter (now with an actual chapter name!) is already finished, and accompanied by a new Foreword.
In terms of ART, we’re continuing to commission, by which I mean, SKL is continuing to commission, and one of the cool things about AO3 is that you can put art right in the chapter! We’re aiming to get a piece done for at least every 2-3 chapters from zoratrix, but that might change.
Finally, here’s a rough schedule for 2019 in general. No promises, but I can at least try to keep myself accountable. As you can see, we’re going to be aiming for about a chapter a month.
All chapter concepts are WIP, as are titles.
January: It’s half gone already, but a lot has happened as well. The revision of the first chapter is already done, as is the new link on AO3. My remaining goals for this month are to get as much of Season 1 revised to the current standard as possible, and release the next chapter (Pinkslipped) of the official work on Fanfiction.net (AO3 will be updated as well once it’s current with the remainder of the story).
Chapter teaser: (from fanfiction.net): Janna’s adventuring dry spell continues, but magic has a funny way of messing things up on its own! Not only is Janna’s mom out of work, but a training session gone awry ends up swallowing the Russo household - literally! Fortunately, the Diazes are more than happy to host a spare family for awhile, but will Marco and Janna be able to adjust to going from friends to roommates?
February: S1 revisions finished by the end of the month at the absolute latest.
New Chapter - Unfiltered.
With Janna having mastered her personality magic, Marco’s tired of being tongue-tied around his crush. Unfortunately, a spell to help remove that filter ends up going a little bit too far.
March: S2 revisions (if appropriate - changes will likely not be nearly as needed) will be done and concluded.
New Chapter - Results
After the events of Unfiltered and Wave of A Wand, Marco and Janna are sucked away to various consequences.
April: Compiling of S1 into original work will take a lot of my time. Also have a trip planned in the center of things. Aiming for at least 40% editing/etc. progress towards finalizing book for publication.
New Chapter - Montage
After an intense skirmish, Marco’s really feeling the burn. Janna’s advancing all the while, while his karate training’s stagnated. Can he balance a performance improvement with the rest of his life, or is it time for an even more dramatic shift?
May: Hoping to have the remaining editing finished for the book at this point, and be looking at things like a cover, printing services, and setting aside funds to market the launch.
New Chapter - Magic Schmagic
Marco, with the help of some friends, goes after a magic McGuffin to help him in his quest for self-betterment.
June: My birthday, and Janna’s! Hoping to be taking steps towards publishing, and putting together a review team from those of you who are interested in helping make my launch better.
New Chapter - Helicopter Adventuring
Janna’s mom, now with a bit more time on her hands, is finally able to spend time with her daughters! The problem: what kind of teenage girl wants to hang out with her mom? But can Mom Russo maybe contribute a bit more than it seems?
July: Publishing time! Should have a cover ready and the book live on Amazon by the middle of the month, but if it overlaps into august, I won’t be particularly torn up about it.
New Chapter - Rebels, Part 1
Meanwhile, on Mewni...
August: Seriously, should be published at this point.
New Chapter - Disturbance
*Insert epic chase music here*
September: New Chapter - Rebels, Part 2
Time is such an odd thing. It seems like it will just keep going, until suddenly, there’s no time left at all...
October: New Chapter - Rebels, Part 3 - Starfall
The explosive S2 finale.
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Happy Fanfiction Writers Appreciation Day!
It’s another fic rec list! Here’s last years, which includes a link to my 2016 recommendations. They are all amazing, so you should definitely check them out, but in the mean time, here’s some more. I tried to tag most of the ships and/or fandoms, so if you ship any of those or are in the fandom, check out the recs below the cut. Of course, there are plenty more amazing fanfictions/writers out there, and to them, I give a huge THANK YOU! Finally, for the shameless plug, if you have any interest in any of my stories, links can be found here.
Arms Extended (Gen, Bandstand) AO3 [Complete]
a remix of “welcome home (finale)”
(or: the moments that inspired the lines of julia's poem)
Bandstand on the whole deserves more love, attention, and fanfiction, especially because the relationship these people build is so beautiful and there’s so much to be explored. This fic does it BEAUTIFULLY, and I can’t stress it enough. TW: I mean it’s Bandstand so anything that applies there applies here
Cut, Print, Moving On (Gen, Smash) AO3 || FF [In progress]
An imagined third season, starting approximately two years after the Tony Awards.
This fic is perfectly written and explores all of Smash’s complicated, messy, great relationships, romantic and otherwise, beautifully.
Epic Love (Han x Leia, Star Wars) AO3 || FF [Complete]
Here is what is believed: that Leia Organa has been abandoned by her husband and her brother, the two men who loved her best, in her time of greatest need. But things are not always as they seem. A TFA fix-it fic about family, the Force, and the love that could save the galaxy. Again. Also features Luke, Chewbacca, Rey, Finn, and mentions or cameos by several others.
I love the new Star Wars movies, I do. But this fic treats Han, Leia, and Luke so much better than TFA does. Please go read this pure perfection of a work and give it all the love it deserves. While you’re at it, check out... Everything else @lajulie24 has written; it’s all golden.
Everything I Never Knew (Emmett x Rosalie, Twilight) AO3 || FF [Complete]
Because sometimes a split second decision changes a life… One night, Rosalie Hale walked a different way home. Because of this, she didn’t meet Royce on the road and the worst night of Rosalie’s life happened to someone else. So what happened when Rosalie was never hurt, never turned vampire, and got everything she had always thought she wanted?
I love a good AU, and Rosalie and Emmett seem the best suited for one. Their connection is amazing and well-written and honestly, everything makes sense to me. I lowkey wish things could have played out this way for them, but alas, they didn’t, so let’s read fic instead. TW: Spousal abuse, bear attack so like blood and stuff
hey baby (i think i wanna marry you) (Donna x Josh, The West Wing) FF [Complete]
Josh goes to dinner with his old law school study group. He ends up defending the institution of marriage, before going home to Donna. Set in the Santos administration.
It’s just such a cute, fluffy little piece. How could I not, you know?
in a storm in my best dress (Percy x Annabeth, Percy Jackson and the Olympians) AO3 || FF [Complete]
"Point is, Percy's not used to being swamped in friends.
So you can bloody well imagine his shock when he wakes up one morning and looks impulsively at his arm and there’s one, two, three, four, five, six, seven Marks on his line and holy crap the seventh is a soulmate mark."
or, Percy finds it difficult to make friends and Annabeth is the popular girl with a heart of steel. Soulmate AU.
Not gonna lie, this is a behemoth-- two chapters that come out at like 70k which like, damn, most of my one-shots aren’t even 1500 words, you get props for that alone. However, every word is perfect. There’s lot of pining, and hey, Percy Jackson with anxiety? Works. I saw my own anxiety reflected all over the place which... Was not the main reason I fell in love with this fic, but it’s nice to be recognized, you know? No, I fell in love with this fic because it’s about falling in love and making friends and growing up. And it’s beautiful, so go read it. TW: Anxiety attacks (Is that a tw? Oh well)
Miracles, etc. (Wanda Maximoff x Vision, Marvel Cinematic Universe) AO3 [In progress]
Wanda Maximoff’s life has been a set of frightening miracles: living in a war torn country as an orphan, escaping her anarchistic biological father, and surviving the American foster system with seven older foster siblings. Now 26 and working as a hotel waitress, Wanda has very distant plans for love and for a child. Unfortunately, her complicated life is about to get more complicated when a medical mix-up leaves her artificially inseminated with a stranger’s sperm. That stranger? Her boss, with an equally dark past.
Now pregnant- and possibly falling in love- Wanda finds herself with only nine months to rethink her entire future. Because the only thing more frightening than a miracle… is parenthood.
Did you know that a Jane The Virgin AU is EXACTLY everything you ever needed for this fandom, and specifically this pairing? My depression is cured, my skin is clear, and my crops are thriving, especially now that there’s new chapters again. Read this fic, please. It will not disappoint, especially if you enjoy JTV’s tongue-in-cheek style humor. Also dad!Clint.
My Beauty, My Baby (Gen, Downton Abbey) FF [Complete]
Cora and Sybil share a moment on the eve of the birth of Sybil and Tom's child. This story takes place in Season 3, sometime between Episodes 4 and 5. This is a bit of a departure for me, but the title words were an inspiration.
This is just so lovely. Sybil and Cora’s relationship is, I feel, kind of unexplored, so this was such a lovely treat.
people can surprise you (or not) (Anya x Dmitry, Anastasia) AO3 [Complete]
He's a poor joke of a journalist, she has something to prove to her family, and they're in here for a hell of a ride.
(“You’re asking me to be an asshole to some random woman just to prove a very sexist and offensive point like I’m some guy on Reddit who has no idea women are actually people?”)
(“Next Wednesday. I bet you can’t find a guy tonight, in this bar, and keep him until next Wednesday. Prove me wrong and introduce him to Nana during the gala. As your boyfriend.”)
OR, the reversed How to lose a guy in 10 days AU nobody asked, but everybody gets.
Angst, fluff, pining, misunderstandings, this has got it ALL. And it’s written flawlessly to boot.
Take Me Back To Me (Mary x Matthew, Downton Abbey) AO3 || FF [Complete]
When heiress Mary Crawley finds herself in the headlines for her third scandal of the year, Cora decides that it is time for Mary to turn her public image around. The solution? Hire humanitarian lawyer Matthew Crawley, whose new charity just happens to need a new donation, to play Mary’s boyfriend. (Modern Mary/Matthew!Fake Dating AU)
Were you aware you needed a modern fake dating AU for these two? No. But you do. It cleanses the soul with its perfectness. Go read it. TW: Descriptions of past not quite rape but I think it’s still classified as sexual assault
The Only Crime Is To Lose (Gen, Game of Thrones) AO3 [I think in-progress?]
The series doesn’t have a description, so here’s my attempt at one: The major houses of Westeros are crime families at war. This author expertly adapts the plotting and relationships into this scenario, which takes place after the Red Wedding-- which, in this world, involved Robb getting arrested and put away for life-- and most of the action surrounds the kidnapping of Jaime Lannister, though no one knows who did it. I’m not actually certain if this series is finished or not, but it leaves me reeling from unanswered questions and its overall beauty every time I finish the last story, so you should check it out so we can all share the pain. TW: I mean it’s Game of Thrones so like a lot of that stuff still applies
Treading Water (Annie x Finnick, The Hunger Games) AO3 || FF [Complete]
They don't tell you when you go into the arena that the lucky ones are those who die.
I don’t think I can state enough how amazing this fic is. The beautiful relationship between Finnick and Annie, the breathtaking way Catching Fire is woven into the story, and seeing the Games from the mentor’s perspective is fascinating. Go read this fic! TW: It’s the Hunger Games so anything from the books applies
we got the world (Jesse x Beca, Pitch Perfect) AO3 || FF [Complete]
"They say you're a freak when we're having fun, say you must be high when we're spreading love, but we're just living life and we never stop, we've got the world." Beca/Jesse, post-Kennedy Center flop. A series of missing Jeca moments from Pitch Perfect 2. COMPLETE.
Did you wish there had been more Jeca in Pitch Perfect 2? Then read this fic. It’s perfect in every way. (Written before PP3 though, so not canon compliant for that).
Willow (Anya x Dmitry, Anastasia) AO3 [In progress]
In a city by the sea, Anya and Dmitry find their footing.
Beautiful, happy Dimya, plus dashes of you know, revolution and angst and history. It’s gorgeous and perfect and go read it.
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Steal My Heart (steal my whole life too) 28/28
Genre: Chaptered, fantasy AU, Prince!Phil, Thief!Dan, romance, enemies to lovers, angst and fluff, slow burn (like serious slow burn)
Warnings: some violence, mentions of death (no main characters), dark magic, descriptions of wounds/blood, some hints of sexual scenes (but no actual smut), murder, dangerous situations, stealing/thievery
Summary: Captain of the Royal Guard and Prince of Morellia, Philip Lester has never been given the chance to find love. Instead, he’s run from a system that works to end class differences and improve equality for its citizens. Happy as he is to make the world a better place, Phil can’t help feeling bitter towards his ancestors for making it impossible for him to find someone who will actually love him for more than just his title, and strives instead for a life of justice and doing good - only to meet his match in the King of Thieves, a man who will change everything he once thought he knew in life. Together, they must depart on a quest to save the kingdom, and, in the process, destroy their differences and find their own form of love.
Word count: 240,000+
Updates: Sunday
Thanks so much to @botanistlester for betaing this giant monster, as she’s been super helpful and encouraging with her little comments and endless excitement. We couldn’t have done it without you <3
Disclaimer: In no way do I claim that this is real or cast aspersions on Dan or Phil
For reference, @snowbunnylester is Phil, @ineverhadmyinternetphase is Dan
A/N: And… we are here. Final chapter!! I’m honestly so emotional, this story has been such an incredibly long journey but one I’m so incredibly proud of and I know Elizajane is too. Thank you so, so much to everyone who has been along on this epic journey with us, to everyone who has left us feedback on AO3 or tumblr or even just liked a chapter, everything means so much to the both of us and the reception of this story has been fantastic.
Now, we have a slight proposition to run by you guys. This is the first story that Elizajane and I ever wrote together, and as such it is very close to both our hearts. Also, we spent so much time editing each chapter and piecing the story together for posting that it has grown into something we’re really very proud of, and us such, we have been considering possibly reworking this story into something we could self-publish together.
So we’re asking you, our readers: how would you feel about us taking this down to turn it into something we could self-publish? I know some of you have already said in the comments that we could do this, and this means the absolute world to both of us, but please be honest with how you would feel if we did this as your opinions are important to the both of us
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Chapter 28
Four Days Later
Standing in front of the Royal Hall at Cornelia and Martyn’s wedding reception this time around was a very different experience. For one, neither Phil nor Martyn had been certain they would ever get here, and for two, Phil was very much so not alone for the first time at a public appearance.
Next to him stood Daniel Howell, proud and resplendent in the royal blue robes that Phil had dressed him in, hair styled back and face painted over in makeup that only enhanced his features, but changed none of them. On their fingers lay two matching pairs of rings -- the rings they had gifted each other, and the royal betrothal rings Phil had promised Dan they could get rid of once they were married.
They were two ghastly looking purple and green stained metals that were given to every Royal betrothal, and while neither male could wait to be rid of it, custom demanded that its presence be included if Dan or Phil ever wanted their betrothal to be taken seriously.
Phil’s mother had given them the two a mere few hours after they’d returned from their mission to save the Princess, offering them both a quick wink before scurrying off to take care of whatever else needed to be taken care of in the Royal City.
It had been an honest relief to receive them so soon, and while Dan had put up a fight at wearing them, he’d given in at Phil’s insistence and promise that they’d be rid of them soon enough. This way, no one could fight them on their status as betrothed, which Phil thought was secretly the real reason that Dan had given in so easily in the end.
Now, they were stood among all the finery of a royal wedding, watching on as Martyn and Cornelia had their first dance.
The last four days had truly been hectic, and Phil still couldn’t quite believe everything that had happened. The music around them was almost too cheery for all that Dan and Phil had been through, and yet Martyn and Cornelia seemed happy at least.
Having Dan’s hand in his was definitely helping to make Phil happy as well, even as he thought back to all that they had been through.
After Cornelia had been saved that night, much had happened. Dan and Phil had been rushed to Phil’s bed chambers for a much needed bath and a rest, and while they’d soaked together in the tub, relaxing for the first time in the last few days, a healer had come to look at Dan’s wounds. Dan had forced Phil to cover his private bits with some bubbles while he himself climbed out of Phil’s tub with no shame, bearing his left side to the healer as if it were the natural thing to do.
Phil had been relieved when the healer had reassured that there was nothing wrong with the cuts; no dark magic, poison, or infection, and they would heal up into three very nice scars soon enough, and might have dragged Dan into a rather enthusiastic and relieved kiss the minute the man was gone. Dan hadn’t complained, climbing into Phil’s lap in the tub, and having his way with him.
They’d retired to Phil’s rather large bed not long after, Phil’s mother sneaking in only once to drop off their rings for them, and then sneaking back out.
That night they slept fitfully, unused to the comforts of royal life after so long living out in the wild, and when morning came, they were thrown back into the chaos and mayhem of palace life.
Dan… had not been enjoying it very much just yet, not that Phil could blame him. Being in the Palace meant adhering to the Palace customs, and that meant no more parading around in his dark brown cloak, or scuttling up to the rafters whenever he pleased. No, this time, Dan actually had to attend to the royals around him, be polite to the people he’d been stealing from for most of his life, and make easy and polite small talk with them while Phil went about his business.
It was driving Dan crazy.
These were people he’d broken into the houses of countless times, stealing their most precious possessions and running off cackling into the night. Never mind that when Dan did reveal himself in public, it was usually to incite fear. Threats fell far more easily from his tongue than polite epithets.
But this was Phil’s world, now. And Dan wanted a place here. He was just going to have to learn how to be polite.
Perhaps one of the most difficult things was the change in his appearance, though. As soon as they’d finished their first bath and Dan’s cuts had been checked, Phil’s next order of business had been to sit Dan down and get to work on his face. He’d trimmed Dan’s hair and painted gentle patterns onto his skin, hiding some of the more visible scars, skillfully applying touches here and there to soften Dan’s face from the battle-wearied, sun-drenched life he’d led so far.
They’d also decided it made sense to let Dan’s hair fall in its natural curls, rather than Dan’s usual attempts to have it lying flat and straight. Much to Dan’s displeasure.
All in all, every time Dan caught sight of his reflection, he startled at this person he did not know. It also made him look younger, closer to his real age, and for a while Dan worried that people would think him too immature for this, not yet ready for Phil.
And yet, Phil showed him off at every possible moment, leaving Dan in no doubt as to his feelings. They were meant to be together, and if they had to put up with the occasional judgement of others, then so be it.
They’d hardly had a moment alone since they’d arrived home, far too exhausted by the time they went to bed to do much more than curl up together and share a quick peck or two, and it didn’t help that Phil had constant duties to attend to.
One of his first orders of business, however, was to set up the counsel to began dealing with the mountain people, explaining what had happened and demanding that something be done about the dragon before any more innocent lives were taken, sacrifice or otherwise.
With a newfound roughness from having fought on his own in the wild, there was something wild in his eyes that prevented any man from arguing against Phil’s case, and the King, Martyn, and Phil signed a bill into action declaring the dragon a national enemy.
Shetler would be given to the mountain people should they seek it, while the dragon was taken care of, and their punishment to be put off for a later time. First, Phil needed to make things right for them.
After that business was taken care of, Phil moved on to gathering his best advisors to start looking into the matter of the witch. Once the dragon was taken care of, she needed to be disposed of as well, though very little was currently known about her.
Phil was certain that it would get done, if he had to lead the head of the chase himself.
For now, though, nothing could be done until a lead was found and research was done, and, because of the nature of being a royal, the second Royal Wedding took precedent. As before, Phil was swept up in the planning, only this time, Dan came with him, and while Phil hated every minute of it, Dan made it that little bit more bearable.
After four days of nothing less than chaos that left Phil longing for his and Dan’s days in the desert, the forest, the mountains, they were finally here, at the Royal Reception, with Martyn and Cornelia finally married.
If nothing else, that was something to smile about, even if Phil was itching to finally go -- where? Anywhere but here, if he was being honest.
Tonight, after the reception, would be the first time Dan and Phil had been alone together in a long while, but before that, Phil had a toast to make, and a few royals to greet. Then, he could whisk Dan away.
As Martyn and Cornelia’s first dance came to an end, Phil smiled and raised his champagne glass into the air, Dan awkwardly following his lead, and shouted a loud toast with the rest of royals at the reception. Everyone clapped, and laughed, sipping at their champagne, until Phil brought it all to a stop by taking his spoon and tapping it lightly against the side of his glass to get the large hall’s attention.
Once everyone had gone silent, Phil grinned, and tightened his grip on Dan’s hand.
They were both still stood at the front, with the King and Queen, ready to sit down and eat as soon as the toasts were given.
"To my Brother, your Crown Prince, Martyn Lester, and my new Sister, your Crown Princess Cornelia Lester. May all the blessings be heard upon your marriage today. I stand before you with my newly betrothed, Mr. Daniel Howell, and seek your blessing in return, so that both our marriages will be praised and heard of over the whole of the Kingdom."
Hearing Phil proudly announce his betrothal to Dan, using Dan's own full name, had more of an effect on Dan than he had been expecting. He was so happy he thought his heart was going to burst. As much as Dan didn't feel much like himself -- not dressed up in these robes, with his face painted and the gaudy ring on his finger -- but despite all that, Dan couldn't help but beam.
The wedding was far more spectacular than Dan had ever seen, if a little boring. In fact, Dan had spent the majority of the service muttering under his breath to Phil, regaling him with stories of how often he'd broken into the houses of basically every one of the distinguished guests. Phil had snorted too loudly on a couple of occasions, which Dan was personally proud of.
Now, he was standing at the head table with Phil at his side, getting congratulated by all the other royals, as everyone cheered on the toast, screaming “Long live the Lesters!”
Turning to Dan with a large grin spread wide across his face, Phil leaned in close and pressed a kiss to Dan’s cheek, laughing when Dan’s cheeks went predictably red.
The King gave his toast next, and then the Queen, and Dan and Phil stood throughout all of it, raising their glasses of champagne and drinking when appropriate. All Phil really wanted then, however, was to sit and finally get dinner done and over with, so that he could retire to his rooms with his thief. He had a lot of lost time to make up for, at that point.
Finally, when all the speeches were done, Martyn and Cornelia joined the rest of the Lester clan at the front table, and everyone sat down to enjoy their meal.
Dan was on his best behaviour the whole time, thanking all of the royals gratefully and meekly, playing his role as commoner perfectly, as they approached the front table to congratulate both Martyn and Cornelia, and Dan and Phil. Dan didn't know much of the customs, but it was okay -- apparently, he hadn't lost his charm.
Dan was kind of itching to get back to Phil's room, though, so he was more than relieved when the feast finally came to an end, and they just had to say their goodbyes before disappearing.
Finally, finally, they were back in Phil's bedchambers with time to themselves for the first time in days. Dan wasted no time in shoving Phil down onto his bed and slowly but surely removing every single one of their rather posh Royal robes.
Defiling the Royal bed sheets was just as much fun as Dan had always thought it would be, as it turned out.
Phil didn’t once complain; in fact, he grinned so wide at the way Dan expressed his own eagerness for the very first time in pushing Phil over, and accepted Dan’s kisses with a very open desire of his own.
Somehow, this moment was so much better than the first time Phil had ever brought a suitor back to his rooms.
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Afterwards, Dan lay back in his favourite place -- wrapped up in Phil's arms. He nuzzled at Phil’s hair, kissing him softly and sweetly and more happy than he'd ever dared to allow himself to be.
He'd caught himself a Prince, and Dan was loving it.
"So how am I doing?" Dan murmured into the peaceful quiet, stretching out luxuriously on the bed. "Is Daniel Howell a good enough mask to be your betrothed, my love?"
The romp in Phil's bed was a much needed, pleasant activity that had left Phil good and sore, but also pleasantly relaxed. His arms were once more securely wrapped around his thief's body, and he was pressing soft kisses all over the top of Dan's head just because he could, when Dan spoke up.
"Mm, you did wonderfully, Dan," Phil whispered, possibly still flying a little bit high on his orgasm. He was beyond glad to have been in a bed for all that Dan had done, taking full advantage of it, clearly.
His thighs ached with the love bites sucked into them.
"And your persona is definitely the perfect mask, my love," he added, unable to help himself when he giggled at the small pet name. "My love. You really are all mine, now, aren't you?" he asked, eyes wondering as he stared down at his thief. It all seemed so much more real, now that Dan had actually attending a royal function with Phil, and Phil had been able to announce his intentions towards him to, essentially, the entire kingdom.
All that was left was for Dan to cut the chains from his wrists and make off with him, and then Phil would truly feel like he’d accomplished everything he’d wanted to in coming home with Dan.
He was ready to be free.
Dan smiled up at Phil, dimpling, a reflex reaction to that look, those words. He reached up and touched Phil’s cheek just once, softly, staring straight at him and wondering again just when this Prince had stolen his heart so completely.
“All yours,” Dan promised softly, and leaned in for another kiss. “As you are mine, my Prince.”
They kissed a moment longer before Phil pulled back again, fingers threading gently through Dan’s curls. "And you looked amazing in that makeup, if I do say so myself. I think I did a pretty good job of cleaning up the King of Thieves," Phil teased for good measure, ruffling Dan's hair and laughing as Dan moved to look up at him, completely affronted.
"Excuse you," Dan huffed, mortally offended. He propped himself up on his elbows, leaning over Phil with a narrowed gaze and hard eyes. "I think you'll find the King of Thieves needed no cleaning up at all. At least, I didn't hear you complaining any of the times I've had you before, as myself." He nipped at Phil's ear, drawing the lobe between his teeth, and pressing his finger into one of the many marks he'd left scattered on Phil's skin.
"I hardly even feel like myself," Dan added, laying his head on Phil's shoulder after a moment and collapsing fully on top of him, despite the fact this bed had far more space even than their two giant forms could take up. "I had fun, though. Socialising with the people I've stolen from is really quite enjoyable."
Phil was still laughing even as Dan took his ear into his mouth and bit down playfully, trying to make a point of things as he also pressed one hand against a mark on Phil's rib cage. The sensation of Dan pressing into that made Phil's hips twitch, and he laughed again as he caught a very cuddly Dan as he fell back into Phil's arms, choosing to use Phil's body as his bed rather than the down comforter of Phil's actual bed. He didn't bother to complain, resting his arms around Dan's waist and just enjoying the way it felt to have their naked skin pressing together again.
"I'm sure you enjoyed yourself. You seemed quite pleased. It's a good thing the royals were looking for you to be pleased with yourself sitting next to me or I reckon they might have cottoned on with the way you kept smirking at everyone," Phil teased, but he didn't care what the people around him thought. Dan being smug and cunning was everything Phil needed him to be, and the royals would soon discover that with Dan at his side, Phil was a force to be reckoned with. It was good for them to see Dan so sure of himself already.
Dan glanced up at Phil, that same smirk back on his face. “Well, I don’t have to please your people. They already love you enough to accept anyone you tell them too, I think.” He chuckled, leaning into Phil’s touch and encouraging him to begin petting his hair, right where Dan really liked it. “I'm glad your parents seem to approve, at least." Dan's eyes softened further, growing almost melancholy. "My father would have loved you. And my brother -- oh, he'd have been so thrilled. A real Prince -- his dream come true. They'd be so happy for me, I think."
Phil moved one hand in a slow sweep up Dan's back, and dug his fingers into Dan's hair, scratching lightly and laughing when his thief immediately went limp on top of him.
"I would have loved to meet your family," Phil agreed quietly, voice going solemn. "I would have treated them with the greatest respect they deserved. I would have asked your father for his blessing before I asked you to marry me, and I would have made certain your brother had anything he could have ever wanted... I am truly sorry that they can't be here with us, Dan."
Dan stared up at Phil, more grateful than he could even articulate that Phil had answered in just the most perfect way he could have. In a different world, maybe Phil would have had a chance to meet Dan's father, to see his brother having everything he could ever have wished for and more. It made tears prick at the back of Dan's eyes, though he blinked them away quickly, instead leaning down to give Phil a long, affectionate kiss, trying to express all the emotion that he couldn't quite put into words.
"They'd be proud, that's all that matters," Dan mumbled, tilting his head into Phil's touch and nestling down against him. He'd never been this comfortable -- as much as he might not want to admit it, there was something nice about having an actual bed under them. That, plus privacy, was quickly making Phil's bedchamber one of Dan's favourite places.
"You know," Dan murmured into Phil's shoulder, "Somehow, you manage to be more comfortable than your bedsheets. I hope you know I don't plan to give up using you as a pillow just because you've got soft silken sheets here." This was despite there being a giant space next to Phil where Dan could be lying, but Dan was much happier curled up exactly where he was: on Phil's chest.
Phil closed his eyes and breathed Dan in, more thankful than he could say that, at the very least, Dan Howell had survived where the rest of his family had not. Phil didn't want to imagine a world without Dan, didn't want to imagine his life without Dan, and held the man tighter in his arms. He pressed another kiss to Dan's head once Dan had re-settled on top of Phil's chest, and went back to carding his fingers through thick curls.
Laughing happily, Phil shook his head. "I'll be your pillow for as long as you like," he agreed softly. "Whether there are silk bed sheets at our sides or not. I quite like feeling your presence on top of me," he admitted sweetly, glad to finally be alone with Dan again.
Planning for the first royal wedding had been no less stressful the second time around than it had been the first, and Dan had finally seen first hand why Phil hadn't been chasing him around and giving Dan the attention he'd begged for before the first wedding.
"So," Phil started. "On the topic of weddings," he continued, realizing belatedly that they hadn't been speaking of weddings, Phil had just been thinking of them, "How about ours, then?"
There was a brief moment of silence, and then Dan snorted with laughter, pressing his face further into Phil's shoulder. "Only you, Phil Lester, could sound so casual about something so huge." Dan shook his head, his voice full of fond, and his eyes soft and warm as he finally glanced up to meet Phil's eyes.
A wedding. Their wedding. Dan Howell, self-proclaimed King of Thieves, was actually getting married, and to a Prince. A royal wedding. Dan had found the first one dull enough, how on earth was he supposed to sit through a second? Even if it was his own. The only good thing would be formally tying himself to Phil, so that everyone could see that Phil was Dan's and Dan's alone.
He might have been enjoying watching all the hearts breaking throughout the Palace when they saw Prince Philip was no longer for courting, but, well, Dan wasn't planning on telling anyone that.
Dan's answering snort of laughter only made Phil grin fondly, knowing even before Dan had said it that he wasn't laughing at the idea of them getting married, Dan had already made it very clear that he didn't consider Phil's proposal a joke of any kind, and so Phil didn't fear that at all.
"Well," Phil replied, amused himself. "I am the Prince. Why shouldn't I be casual about my own wedding? The Prince gets whatever he wants, after all," he teased, shaking his head at himself to assure Dan he was joking. Dan's eyes were soft, happy, as he looked up at Phil, his dimple popping from the force of his grin, and Phil loved that look so much.
Phil reached up and cupped Dan's cheek with his hand, smiling sweetly back at him, intending to drag him into a kiss until he got distracted at the way the rings on his hand looked against Dan's skin. It was a remarkable feeling, that realization hitting him again that they were engaged.
"I think I can cope with a wedding," Dan whispered into Phil's skin. "Even if it is royal. As long as I get you at the end of it." Dan's eyes were bright, and he lifted a hand to cup Phil's cheek, leaning down to press another warm, loving kiss to Phil's lips.
Phil turned his attention back onto Dan, eyes going soft and bright as Dan leaned up to kiss him again. He sighed against his thief's lips, drew him closer with a laugh when Dan tried to pull away, and kissed him again and again. He'd never get enough of Dan, but his thief was swatting at his shoulder now, so Phil let him go.
"I'll tell you a secret, though," Dan murmured with bright, mischievous eyes, "I want to steal you away in the morning. Pretend it's some custom from my family, I don't care, I just know I want to whisk you away on a proper adventure -- one where we aren't fearing for our lives. Before your mother never lets me leave with all the planning she wants to do. You know she tried to discuss flower arrangements with me earlier?" Dan looked faintly disgusted. "There are more important things. And she didn't like magnolias, so I can't pay her at heed at all, I'm afraid."
Phil’s mouth curled into a delighted grin as Dan voiced Phil's thoughts exactly, and he moved to roll them over, ignoring Dan's very undignified squeak in response, to press his own body over Dan's.
"Yes. Yes, yes, a thousand times yes," Phil replied, the words muffled against Dan's lips as he kissed him again, laughing at the ridiculousness of the situation. It was like Dan had just proposed to Phil this time with how jubilant he felt, and he pressed close mouthed kisses all over Dan's face as he drew away. He wanted those chains cut from his wrists so bad, wedding be damned, and Dan was going to give just that to him.
"I was hoping you'd agree to postpone the wedding," Phil finally explained, what with Dan looking up at him in delighted confusion. "I wanted to run away with you first. I want to see at least part of the world before we get dragged into more wedding planning and more speeches and long drawn out ceremonies that no one wants to attend. I just want you, to be with you, just you, before we both find ourselves drawn back into my world. I've had enough of my world. I want to be a part of yours," Phil explained and swooped back in to kiss Dan all over again.
"Besides," Phil murmured when he drew away just enough to speak again. "It's our wedding. If you want magnolias, we'll have magnolias," he determined, and then swept Dan back up into his arms for another delightful round of defiling Phil's royal bed.
"Definitely having magnolias," Dan agreed through a little laugh, until he rolled under Phil and was thoroughly distracted for the rest of the long, comfortable night in Phil's bed.
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In the morning, the servants entered to find Prince Philip's room empty, the window open, and nothing but a note intended for the eyes of the King and Queen alone left on the desk. The servants were astonished, but took it straight to the Queen, who read its contents with a small smile on her face.
She resigned herself to waiting a little while longer for her second son's wedding.
At the same time, out in the desert, two cloaked forms were making long strides in the sand, hands firmly entwined, with the entire world spreading out before them.
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Fanfiction Questions!
A great big thank you to @tohavealifetimeoffun for letting me use these! 1. What was the first fandom you got involved in? Heartland. 2. What is your latest fandom? White Collar! 3. What is the best fandom you've ever been involved in? The best? That's tough. That's really tough. But in the end I have to go with White Collar. 4. Do you regret getting involved in any fandoms? Nope. Not a single one. 5. Which fandoms have you written fanfiction for? Mainly White Collar because I only started posting just before getting into that fandom seriously. Before that, it was Avengers. 6. List your OTP from each fandom you've been involved in. Heartland: Ty/Amy Iron Man: Pepper/Tony Avengers: Tony/Steve Supernatural: Dean/Lisa (judge me all you want, destiel shippers) White Collar: Neal/Sarah but hell, its hard to choose between that and Neal/Peter because COME ON that show is practically throwing it at us! 7. List your NoTPs from each fandom you've been in. Hoboy... Heartland: Amy/Soraya Uncharted: Chloe/Nadene Iron Man: Pepper/Natasha Avengers: Clint/Laura (I'm sorry but I can't. I will die for Clintasha) White Collar: Neal/Jones (I've seen it, I respect it, I admire from a distance, but I can't. Same with Neal/Diana) 8. How did you get involved in your latest fandom? Well, it started when I stumbled upon it on Netflix and thought one of the guys on there looked cute (I'll let you guess which one) and so I started watching it only to get bored partway through and I went galavanting in the Avengers fandom for a few years before coming back like "Hey I never finished that". And here I've stayed ever since. Stuck. Thanks, Jeff Eastin. 9. What are the best things about your current fandom? Even though the show has ended, the White Collar fandom is still alive and active. Its like we all still stick together and keep track of what Matt Bomer is up to these days like "hey, The Last Tycoon! Also I just wrote another White Collar fic haha pry this show from my cold dead hands". 10. Is there a fandom you read fic from but don't write in? Nah, I don't stray far from White Collar. 11. Who is your current OTP? Gotta be Neal/Peter at the moment. I just love their bromance though. I know those two are like THE ship but I usually prefer Neal/Sarah, which for some reason isn't very well liked, I hear??? 12. Who is your current OT3? Um, the only OT3 I've ever had. Peter/Neal/El 13. Any NoTPs? Neal/Jones, Neal/June (what?), and I don't wanna say its a definite no, because I miiiiight consider Neal/Mozzie. And I have written Neal/Diana but I don't particularly like it. 14. Go on, who are your BroTPs? Peter/Neal of course, Neal/Mozzie 15. Is there any obscure ship that you love? Well not really. Neal/Kate, but I wouldn't call it obscure. 16. Are there any popular ships in your fandom which you dislike? Ehhhh not really. 17. Who was your first OTP and are they still your favorite? Ty/Amy from Heartland and yes, I still love those two to bits. 18. What ship have you written the most about? Steve/Tony. Funny since I started out HATING those two together and it was EVERYWHERE all up in my face but then next thing I know I've got like fifty stories about them 19. Is there a ship you wish you could get behind but you just don't feel them? Neal/Mozzie. 20. Any ships which you surprised yourself by liking? Peter/Neal/El, like I said. I like it, I do. I've just never had an OT3 before and I think that's what threw me off a bit. 21. What was the first fanfic you ever wrote? That would be a Heartland fic that took up an entire notebook. 22. Is there anything you regret writing? Eh... Sometimes. I regret writing things that I don't finish. 23. Name a fic you've written that you're especially fond of and explain why you like it. Neal Caffreys. Oh man I want to continue that little project forever. There are so many possibilities. 24. What fic so you desperately need to rewrite or edit? Ummmm probably Take Me Back To Normal. I need to offer more explanation and reason for my torture haha 25. What's your most popular fanfic? I haven't checked in a while but I believe it's Neal Caffreys. 26. How do you come up with your fanfic titles? Sometimes song lyrics or they just... come to me? 27. What do you hate more: coming up with titles or writing summaries? Summaries oh god... 28. If someone were to draw a piece of fan art for your story, which story would it be and what would the picture be of? Oooooooo It would be for a story that I'm currently working on (actually a chapter for Neal Caffreys but I really want to make it a full story) where Neal is a horseman. The picture would be Neal standing next to his horse, and the horse would look all badass and everything AGH! Please somebody. Also hey I do have a piece of fan art for my story Tale Me Back To Normal done by @kanarek13 and I love it so much 29. Do you have a beta reader? Why/Why not? I do not. I am very good with English and writing so I can edit my own stuff. In fact, I prefer to. It just kinda feels lazy to pass a piece off to someone else to do that for me. 30. What inspires you to write? Well watching the show helps. Also reading fanfiction. 31. What's the nicest thing that someone has ever said about your writing? Oh gosh, that they go back and read it all the time so I should never take it down. That just made me so happy to hear. 32. Do you listen to music when you write or does music inspire you? If so, which band of music/genre does it for you? I cannot listen to music when I write. I like to have quiet so I can picture what I want better. If I have music on, I just end up drowning it out anyway. But music itself does inspire me sometimes. 33. Do you write one-shots, multi-chapter fics, or huuuge epics? Oneshots are what I try to stick to, but the multi-chapter thing is also okay. Huge epics? Lol not so much 34. What's the word count on your longest fic? Oh man I gotta go look this up... 35,038 ...Holy crap 35. Do you write drabble? If so, what do you write them about? Hmmm I think I've written maybe two drabble fics? I don't do them often because I like my h/c action torture awfulness. But I do like to get in Neal's head. 36. What's your favorite genre to write? Everybody whose read any of my stuff already knows it's hurt/comfort and angsty things. 37. First person or third person- What do you write in and why? Third person preferably. I just like to get a wider perspective, but with third person, you can also hone in on individuals and their thoughts. 38. Do you use established canon characters or do you create OCs? Both? Obviously my fics are always almost 99% canon characters but I do have OCs that I like to slip in there. I have OCs that I use for RPing but you can find Finnigan Roderas here and there as well as Victor "Vito" Odell in For Your Entertainment. They're a couple of mine. I am a proud parent to at least three more. 39. What is your greatest strength as a writer? The way I can put myself in a scene and imagine all the details, mostly emotions, that go with it. 40. What do you struggle with the most in your writing? Well like I mentioned, I tend to write stories around one small thing I want to get out, and once that thing is out and I've created a mess, I just go "...what now? I didn't think this far ahead..." 41. List and link to five fanfics you are currently reading. Oh man I usually only read one at a time... But I'll put that one down and then add four that I read before it. Enemies http://archiveofourown.org/works/2290154 You Look Like A Koala http://archiveofourown.org/works/2329949 Somehow, Sundown http://archiveofourown.org/works/6159619 Wrong Time, Wrong Place http://archiveofourown.org/works/2435216 Love Lift Me Up http://archiveofourown.org/works/2503781 42. List and link to five fanfiction authors that are amazing. Now this I can do. pooh_collector http://archiveofourown.org/users/pooh_collector/pseuds/pooh_collector Sholio http://archiveofourown.org/users/Sholio/pseuds/Sholio Huntress79 http://archiveofourown.org/users/Huntress79/pseuds/Huntress79 Ashley5627 http://archiveofourown.org/users/Ashley5627/pseuds/Ashley5627 NYWCgirl http://archiveofourown.org/users/NYWCgirl/pseuds/NYWCgirl 43. Is there anyone in your fandom who really inspires you? Definitely @kanarek13 and @archivistsrock Also @hirunoka and all the anons who keep encouraging me to write and keep writing~ 44. What ship do you feel needs more attention? Mozzie/Gina 45. What is your all time favorite fanfic? A week ago, I wouldn't have been able to tell you, but then I found Out of the Wastes by Sholio and I can't tell you how much I love it. Seriously. Go check it out. 46. If someone was to read one of your fanfics, which fic would you recommend to them and why? Mmmmm... I don't know that I'd recommend any of them, but I guess Neal Caffreys is my pride and joy. That one. 47. Archive of our Own, Dreamwidth, LiveJournal, Fanfiction.net, or Tumblr- Where do you prefer to post and why? AO3 for sure. I like the setup and everyone on there seems nice so far (barring one strange incident). I used to post on FF but eh... A couple people on there really pissed me off. I'll leave it at that. 48. Do you care if people comment/reboot your writing? Why/Why not? I'm not sure what that means. Comments on my writing in a separate post? Rebooting my story to make a better version themselves? Idk I've never really experienced either of those things, if that's what this means. I guess maybe I wouldn't mind. Not sure. 49. How did you get into reading and/or writing fanfiction? I got into writing it first because the idea came to me all on its own and I thought I was a genius. Then I believe my dear friend @tfwhancock was like "let me show you FF" and I was stuck there for months. 50. Rant or hush about one thing you love or hate in the world of fanfiction! Go! I LOVE THAT IT EXISTS OH MY GOD YES I love that I can use characters that I love and write them and make them do what I want and just AGHHGGH I LOVE IT SO MUCH. It's so fun and exciting and just reading what people come up with is the most amazing thing! When you have to stop reading and just appreciate a line or a phrase like "oh that's good" Mmmmm love me that feeling~ Tagging: anyone who wants to do this!
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"Monochrome" by stayseated (E)
Fandom: Game of Thrones
Pairing: Missandei/Grey Worm, background Brienne/Jamie and Daenerys/Drogo
Title: Monochrome
Author: stayseated
Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/5228363/chapters/12056927
Rating/Warning(s): E, Warnings for mentions of past sexual abuse, frank discussions about sex trafficking and trauma and mental illness
Word Count/WIP?: 480,0007/Yes
Recced on LiveJournal By: super_tricie (LJ) | blackestglass (tumblr)
Why This Must Be Read: Oh man, this story. I’ve been sitting on this rec for a while, trying to figure out how I want to talk about it. Can I be real with you, fam? As a fan of color, anytime I spy a ship where both people are of color, it means A Lot to me. But after nearly two decades in fandom, I kind of know the score about those ships. They will get little to no fanfic written about them, and if they’re tagged in a story, they’re usually a background ship.
With season 7 underway and this ship in Full Bloom on the show, I decided to go back and check out what’s been written for them on AO3 since the last time I checked about 2 years ago, and this story was at the top of the search results. At that point, it was at 428k words and 114 chapters.
It gave me pause. There’s no way, I thought. There’s no way someone has devoted these many words to this tiny ship. It’s probably not very good and one of those stories that should have ended a long time ago but keeps on going. You know what I mean? But I was Thirsty so I gave it a shot.
I didn’t go to bed until 10 AM the next morning. Then I took a nap and finished the rest of the story. Y'all, it’s that good.
It’s difficult to talk about why I love this story so much because I just…have so many emotions and thoughts about it. I love that it’s unapologetically Black and ethnic. Fandom can be so very white sometimes, and to read such an authentic POC voice after so long was just…it made me sit straight up from the very beginning. When I read it, I knew a POC had written it. It was that obvious.
I love that the author doesn’t write saints. Everyone in this story is flawed and messy and they’re allowed to be. The author doesn’t pull any punches, doesn’t attempt to romanticize these characters or gloss over mistakes and fucked up behavior. They write with a brutal honesty that’s real and genuinely beautiful. This isn’t just a story about how two people fall in love. It doesn’t end with the exchange of “I-love-you-s” or the wedding. It covers 10 years in the lives of these characters, from college to their 30s. It’s about the compromise and the humility and the patience and the love you need to make your shit work with the person you’ve committed to. It’s about the honest-to-god WORK you need to put in. It’s about the community and the support system you build. It’s about the pressure society puts on you to be a Real Adult, to get a Real Job, to get married and buy a house. It’s about how to cope with living with a mental illness and at the same time, how to cope with loving someone who has a mental illness and trauma. It’s about the curveballs life throws at you and how that can make or break a relationship.
I don’t mean to make this sound like a joyless slog because that’s very much not solely what it is. Most of all, this story is about Life, with all its attendant highs and lows. This is an incredibly romantic story about a kind of love I’ve never had the chance to experience, but is so beautiful and heartbreaking and hopeful to read about. The friendships in this story are a source of endless joy, especially Grey and Jaime’s Epic Bromance. But most of all, this story makes me think because it gets into the realest shit. I kind of want it to never end because I’m invested in these characters now and I just want to know what happens to them next. Luckily, the author updates regularly. And I understand that the wordcount and the WIP status is daunting, but y'all…it’s really worth it.
Originally Posted At: http://het-reccers.livejournal.com/1133642.html
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Okay but like, can someone PRETTY PLEASE draw League Champion Obito and his Chandelure (who's name I bet is Kamui lol). Because I have a SERIOUS yearning for Pokemon League Champion Obito and his Chandelure. You can't tell me it wouldn't be EPIC.
((Well I can’t draw but you can view this as your fault if you like.))
Title: through every challenge along the way AO3 link [with formatting]
Fandom: Naruto, pokemon fusion … Rating: General audiences
Summary: Obito has always believed he would be a pokemon champion someday, but it’s still a slight shock when Hashirama loses.
Hashirama’s Chesnaught sways in place, takes a half step forward, and topples to the ground with a resounding thud.
Obito freezes.
The teenager watches with baited breath as the champion’s armored tank of a pokemon shifts, groggily moving around on the arena floor as it tries to drag itself up and move through its injuries. Kamui bristles tiredly, flames flaring as Obito’s irritated and exhausted Chandelure gears up for yet another attempt at making the ludicrously strong Grass-Fighter stay down.
Except then it stills.
The entire stadium seems to pause: all the trainers and spectators poised on the edge of excitement as the announcer starts the ten second countdown. At six seconds, Konoha - and there’s a small part of Obito’s brain that’s still incredulous that the Elemental Archipelago’s regional champion named his first Grass pokemon ‘Leaf’ - tries to get up again, but it fails even as Kamui circles the battleground, eyes glowing a familiar eerie purple-red as Obito’s favorite girl prepares a Hex.
And then the countdown hits zero and the world goes wild.
“I did it,” Obito whispers, screaming crowd fading into the background as he stands in shock, shoulders loosening as he stares across the field at Hashirama. The older man - the former champion - gives him a wide friendly grin as a familiar blond woman with two pigtails trailing down her back storms forward to check on the injured Chesnaught, followed by a beautifully healthy Blissey and—
Kamui bumps into his shoulder demandingly, half-substantial body badly scuffed up from the half-effective but brutal Wood Hammer Chesnaught had landed on her earlier. That attack had nearly been it for them, had nearly been the end, and yet…
Obito stares at his first pokemon and bursts out laughing.
“YES!” he whoops, jumping into the air with a victorious punch. “We did it! Kamui, we did it!”
Kamui squeals indignantly as Obito lunges at her, dropping them both halfway to the ground as he tightly hugs the tired Fire-Ghost pokemon against him while laughing. The Chandelure gives him about thirty seconds of free hugging to celebrate their win and then goes cold, making Obito shiver as she starts draining little bits of life energy out of the air around her.
“Alright, alright, I know you’re exhausted!” Obito laughs defensively, unable to stop grinning as he shakes out numbing arms and stands back up. “Let’s go greet the champion and— and Kamui! We won the CHAMPIONSHIP!”
Obito spins around, scanning the audience eagerly. He finally finds Rin and Kakashi sitting a few rows up from the front, behind the seats reserved for the any regional gym leaders, like Madara and Izuna, who had chosen to attend in person.
Rin is up and standing on her seat, voice lost in the crowd but clapping so enthusiastically that there’s no question that it’s her volume making Kakashi cringe next to her. Bakashi - once Rin kicks him and he finally notices that Obito is staring - looks down at him, expression hidden under the weirdo’s omnipresent scarf.
Obito grins widely up at him, tossing an arm around Kamui as he waves at the normally smug jerk. It might have taken Obito until he was seventeen to finally make it past the Elemental Regionals and thus qualify for the Championship League unlike Kakashi who had done both at thirteen, but Obito had done it! And he’d WON!
He and Kamui had even managed to beat the exact same Chesnaught that had wiped the floor with Kakashi and his dog pokemon! Hashirama’s Konoha had resisted everything Kakashi had thrown at it four years ago. It had beaten Kakashi’s Granbull despite the type disadvantage, and it had beaten Kakashi’s strongest, Jolteon, who had been with the other teen since he and Obito had been tiny brats bickering over how Kakashi’s Eevee kept knocking Obito’s Litwick off his head.
Hashirama had been champion for over a decade… but Obito had won.
Kakashi gets to his feet beside Rin with his Jolteon in his arms and inclines his head towards Obito as he holds up a hand. Obito grins, waving harder even as Kamui gets impatient and holds up one of her candles near his head, silently threatening to set Obito’s hair on fire again. Bakashi’s shoulders jerk, familiar enough that Obito knows he’s being laughed at, and then the complete dork lifts up his Jolteon and grabs one of its front paws to make Chidori wave at Obito.
“I’m gonna laugh when that idiot gets himself electrocu—” Obito chokes as Kamui finally loses patience, hooking an arm around his neck and dragging him over to Hashirama while Obito scrambles to stay upright.
“Well done!” the older trainer greets him, as Obito coughs and catches his breath, rubbing at his chilled throat as Kamui finally lets go. “Congratulations on winning the Championship League, Obito. It was a really interesting challenge! I’ve been looking forward to fighting you since I saw the list of the regional trainers who had qualified.”
“It was? I mean, you have? I mean, yeah, me too!” Obito splutters, grinning sheepishly and rubbing the back of his head as he shakes Hashirama’s hand.
“Alright, your Chesnaught’s going to be fine, Hashirama. Just bring it by later today,” the blond woman says, startling Obito who had completely forgotten about— shit, gym leader Tsunade. She stands up, crossing her arms and giving Kamui a narrow-eyed stare that abruptly reminds Obito of the match he’d had with her once and all the deceptively cute and terrifying Normal pokemon that she had practically clobbered him with. “Is that Ghost of yours alright for the closing ceremony, kid, or do you need to hit the stadium’s pokecenter first?”
“We’re ok,” Obito answers quickly. Kamui bobs agreeably, flaring her fires for emphasis as Hashirama recalls his knocked out Chesnaught into its pokeball.
Tsunade seems supremely unconvinced but exchanges a look with her Blissey before patting its head and walking off.
Blissey utters a delighted sound, bounce-walking up to Obito and patting him on the arm before looking at Kamui. With a sing-song trill and an abrupt pulse of sparkly golden-pink light, the happy pokemon spreads a Heal Pulse through the nearby area, wafting Obito and Hashirama’s hair up as it spreads over all three of them, causing scrapes to fade and putting more color into Obito’s pale face.
Kamui shoots backwards, startled at the sudden Psychic move before abruptly chilling the entire area, glowing dark purple in irritation as the indefatigable Blissey simply bounces off after her trainer, completely unmoved and unaffected.
“Why did it hit us with the healing move?” Obito asks, looking incredulously at Hashirama. He stokes Kamui’s side as she cuddles next to him, still glaring after the pink pokemon.
“Well, it’s Tsunade,” Hashirama explains matter-of-factly, patting Obito on the shoulder and gesturing towards one of the arena openings before briefly waving up at one of the cameras filming the competition. “She has absolutely no faith in anyone’s assessment of their own health. It, uh, might have been a result of growing up around a lot of stubborn people. Besides—” Hashirama sends him a kind look “—you looked like you really needed it.”
“I’m fine,” Obito says surprised. Hashirama’s eyes flick tellingly over towards Kamui on Obito’s other side and the younger Uchiha stiffens before deliberately laying his hand flat against the blue-indigo sphere of the Chandelure’s body. “I’m fine,” he stresses, daring Hashirama to comment on Kamui or Obito’s frequent physical affection towards the Ghost.
Ghosts pokemon aren’t really well known or popular among trainers, and Litwick aren’t the most common to begin with. As a result, there aren’t a lot of people - especially in the Elemental region - who are closely familiar with Litwick’s evolutionary line. Most people had just thought Obito was weird as a kid when he walked around the big city with Kamui on his head. They hadn’t known all the stories about Litwick, and Kamui had been cute enough in her first stage that most people had dismissed how their own pokemon hadn’t liked the candle-shaped Ghost.
Frankly Obito prefers being overlooked compared to the other reactions that occur from informed individuals. He can still remember the hard, vicious look in Madara’s eyes when he had visited on Obito’s eighth birthday and caught sight of Kamui hanging around the house. Obito had had to tackle the twenty-year-old gym leader with all the force he could bring to bear to keep Madara from deploying Houndoom to kill her.
(( Obito can still hear echoes from the hours of worried screaming about life-force consuming ghosts and reckless brats playing chicken with death via potentially being stranded in the Ghost World.
That really hadn’t been fun. Madara is a terrifying asshole when it concerns his family. Kamui still won’t go near him or any of his pokemon to this day. It had turned Obito’s multiple challenges at the Naka gym into a giant obstacle. ))
“Kamui is a great pokemon,” Obito tells Hashirama, unwilling to budge from defending his oldest friend outside of Rin. “I didn’t need healing.”
Hashirama considers them both seriously as they arrive at one of the stadium’s field entrances before nodding. “I believe you,” the man accepts simply, brushing his long brown hair back and facing forward. “You would know her best. And you obviously have a very close bond considering how unique your fighting style is. I’ve never even heard of someone training a Ghost pokemon to deliberately open a otherworld gate! And during an actual battle, too!”
The Senju grins widely, sending Kamui an honestly impressed look. “That was extremely well done. Thank you for both for bringing my Trevenant back quickly, by the way.”
“You’re welcome. It’s not like we would ever leave another pokemon in the Ghost World after a fight has ended.”
Kamui makes a sound that can’t be described as anything but a disappointed mewl before clearly beginning to sulk, and Obito flushes as Hashirama laughs.
“Kamui!” Obito hisses, ears burning. “We would not leave someone in the Ghost World!” His Chandelure slowly rotates around in mid-air so that’s she’s facing away and Obito grabs her arms, quickly spinning her so he can look straight into her solid yellow eyes. “Kamui, you can’t just say things like that in front of a league champion!”
Hashirama’s boisterous chuckles echo through the hallway. “That’s alright. I’ve run into enough Ghosts to know that they aren’t all as nice as people would prefer. My Trevenant still likes to use Forest’s Curse on any fire pokemon in Tobirama’s research center whenever I send him to stay there temporarily. He thinks the best way to keep Fire pokemon from burning trees is to curse them with a temporary Grass type and then he laughs if they get burned from their own body heat. Your cousin Madara nearly strangled me with his bare hands once because of it after visiting the Valley.”
“That sounds like him,” Obito says flatly. “Why was he in River Valley?”
A strangely pained look flashes across Hashirama’s face. “I think he decided to drag Tobirama out early for their annual month-long vacation because of some persistent trainer on Naka Island. I try not to ask questions when my brother looks content. It usually involves answers I don’t want to know or dangerous research I wish he wouldn’t find interesting.”
Obito stares into thin air, trying to put ‘vacation’, 'content’, and Madara together with the reserved, intense professor who runs the River Valley Research Center. It doesn’t really sound plausible. It sounds even less so when he adds in Senju Tobirama’s second role as the water specialist in charge of the hellhole that is RVRC’s current pokemon gym.
(( Obito can always tell which of his fellow trainers have tried and failed to earn the Katon or Suiton badge within the last decade. Not a single one of them ever believes he earned either badge until they see them for themselves. ))
“So,” Obito says abruptly, trying to stave off any flashbacks to red eyes, slight smirks, or nightmarish water-themed obstacle courses, “what happens now?”
“Now we wait about thirty minutes until the closing ceremony starts, and then you’ll be given your own champion badge at the end of it regardless of whether or not you accept the title. Everything else in the ceremony stays the same as was described in the pamphlet you received at the tournament’s registration desk.”
“Do I need to do anything as champion?” Obito asks, looking at Kamui and feeling another minor rush all over again at their victory.
Hashirama waves a hand. “The only thing champions are required to do after the ceremony is to return to Summit Plateau every three years to participate in the Championship Conference and potentially defend your title. If you don’t accept the title, you don’t have to return though.”
There is no way in hell Obito would ever not accept, but: “It’s a little strange to think you won’t be in the tournament anymore.” He rubs his neck, looking up at Hashirama. “Some of your fights were really incredible. I still have a recording of your one with Madara when you were both in the finals of your own Champ Conference.”
Hashirama hums, remembering that fight years ago. “You know, Obito - and don’t tell Hiruzen this since he was an Elite Four member at the time - but I think Madara was the hardest fight out of that entire tournament. I probably wouldn’t have won against his Fire pokemon at all if I hadn’t grown up with him and known him so well.”
“It was a really satisfying battle to watch,” Obito compliments, fighting back a smirk.
And it was! Not because Madara had lost (although Obito will admit to having rewatched that fight a few times out of petty spite rather than studying their strategy), but because it’s always amazing to see a high level specialist manage a win against someone who specializes in pokemon with a type advantage. It takes a lot of skill and strategy to do that when both trainers have pokemon in the same power bracket. Madara’s fights against Tobirama’s Water pokemon or Tobirama’s against Izuna’s Electric types are just as impressive.
“Well I’m sure there will be several interesting battles in the next Conference, and you’ll be able to see those in person as a tournament participant.” Hashirama opens the door to a small employee break room. “How does getting a snack sound?”
“Sure. Although…” Obito trails off, holding the door open for Kamui who decides to just phase through it and him because his girl is a little shit sometimes and likes to make him shiver. “Does that mean you plan to compete in the next Conference?”
Obito will get to be champion for a very short period if so unless he continues to work his ass off.
“No, but I’ll be a member of the Elite Four next time. Donut?”
“Who’s leaving?” Obito asks, accepting the paper box and picking up a chocolate covered Long John as Hashirama takes a bite out of a pink, sprinkle-covered monstrosity.
The older man swallows. “Indra and Ashura want to step down so they can go on a longer travel trip and maybe move to another region. We were actually going to ask you if you wanted one of their positions so long as you defeated Minato’s Flying types and Hiruzen’s Fighters during the championship, but since you won, I’ll take one of the empty positions instead.”
“You, you wanted to ask me? Right away? Before the tournament?” Obito stares, a smear of chocolate stuck unnoticed at the corner of his mouth.
“Of course!” Hashirama declares, eyes crinkling from the force of his wide smile. “League rules require any new Elite Four members to have defeated at least two prior members before the league can offer them a full-time employment contract given the prestige and responsibility of the position. Since you won and I’m no longer champion regardless of whether you accept it or not, I can now fill an Elite position instead. However, there aren’t a lot of trainers in the Archipelago who meet those qualifications. And several of those that do don’t want to sign up for a different league career.”
“Right,” Obito nods, mentally thumbing through the list of all the past competitors that he remembers. A lot of Championship Conferences tend to end after the first Elite battle rather than making it all the way to the champion. Especially if the randomizer draws out Indra or Ashura’s name for the first slot. It’s why tournament publicizes the elimination matches between the Regional League’s winners and runner-ups: a single competitor losing a single fight doesn’t make for good television even if the fight is amazing. A few challengers manage to get to a second or third Elite round if the draw picks Hiruzen or Minato first, but Obito’s pretty sure Kakashi was the first challenger since Senju Tobirama to get past both the Ōtsutsuki brothers.
Given that the last person to manage that before Tobirama was Madara - who stopped competing in tournaments after he took over the Naka gym - the League really must have a short list of possible candidates for the Elite.
“Why me though?” Obito questions after he finishes off the last of his donut. “Wouldn’t I have the least seniority of anyone who qualifies? Kakashi for example—”
“We don’t choose based on seniority,” Hashirama interrupts, offering Kamui a glazed donut when she investigates the box. “We go by the number of victories first - whoever manages to defeat the most Elite Four - but after that the offer is a group decision. We tried offering it to Madara months ago because he’s certainly champion level, but he laughed in my face at the idea of leaving the Naka gym before he had a decent successor and then refused to pick up any more League calls until we dropped it.”
“I’m pretty sure I can convince Tobirama to take the remaining position if I ambush him correctly,” Hashirama continues, speaking more to the ceiling than Obito, “but only if it doesn’t interfere with his research at the RVRC. We might actually get more people applying to the Regionals with Suiton badges if he passes on the gym leadership. You’re the first person in a decade to have every badge from the Elemental Archipelago, you know? It’s really impressive actually. It’s why we wanted you for an Elite position.”
“I’m what?” Obito yelps. “But! But how?”
“A lot of people stop at eight badges that are needed for the Regional requirements. It’s an amazing sign of dedication and will that you achieved badges from all the currently accredited gyms.”
“It’s a sign of Madara being an asshole!” Obito flails loudly, immediately getting an enthusiastic trill of an agreement from Kamui. “Do you know what he did! It’s not bad enough that he neatly avoids any challenging trainer for a solid week before agreeing to battle them, but every time I lost trying to get the Katon badge, that— that jerk said 'better get more practice’ and then had his Arcanine use Teleport to dump me in a completely different city in front of a gym I hadn’t fought yet! He taught an Arcanine Teleport just to be an asshole! Who even teaches non-Psychics TELEPORT!”
Hashirama smirked. He smirked, Obito thinks, speechlessly outraged as he catches the Senju’s brief expression before the Grass specialist rapidly switches to friendly reassurance. “I’m sure he wasn’t doing it to be an asshole, young Obito,” Hashirama soothes as Obito remembers and then rapidly reassesses what it means that this guy is Madara’s best friend. “Teleport is a very convenient Move! My brother Tobirama taught it to his Cloister when he was only twelve and Madara’s Arcanine has known it almost as long. I’m sure Madara was only trying to help you in his own way. Look at how far you’ve gotten!”
“…Are you actually trying to convince me that my cousin doesn’t enjoy being an asshole?” Obito asks flatly. “Because you can’t tell me he doesn’t enjoy making trainers wait a week in his gym doing chores whenever they want a Katon badge.”
“He’s testing their patience,” Hashirama claims with a charismatic smile that Obito is no longer sure he trusts. “Lots of gym leaders test for more qualities than simply having powerful pokemon. Hiashi tests for attention to detail, Gai tests for enthusiasm, and Tobirama tests for a trainer’s willingness to work hard independent of their pokemon. You see what I mean!”
“You’ve never gone through your brother’s obstacle course, have you?” Obito questions dryly, remembering Madara’s surprised pride when Obito had bared his teeth at him a month ago and presented a case with every last badge in the region outside of the Katon badge.
“Anyway!” Hashirama goes on earnestly. “Since we haven’t had more than a handful of trainers achieve both the Katon and Suiton badges since Tobirama and Madara took over, never mind the entire set of Elemental badges, we decided you were our first choice if you qualified. And the offer will continue to be open to you in the future if you ever step down as champion. Even if the positions are all filled, you’ll always be qualified to challenge an Elite for their title.”
“Right…” Obito murmurs, patting Kamui’s smooth arm as the Chandelure nudges him, trying to imagine what it would be like to be an Elite working for the Elemental Pokemon League. He’d always wanted to be champion, to achieve the highest recognition a competitive pokemon trainer could attain, but champion is more of an honorary title. A champion has to sign an individual contract if they want to work for the League, but an Elite is an actual job with a variety of possible duties and different kind of respect because of it.
It’s kind of strange… Obito had always thought about being champion but never about being an Elite. If anyone his age was going to become one, he’d always imagined it would be Kakashi. Rin, too, of course because Rin would never be anything less than awesome, but Rin had always been more interested in the traveling part of a pokemon journey rather than the competitive fights and—
Wait.
“You said I was the only one with all the badges,” Obito says, eyes narrowing in thought. “Didn’t Hatake Kakashi have them all when he challenged you three years ago?”
“No, he registered without the Katon and Doton badges,” Hashirama answers absently, opening a bottle of tea. “Persistent fellow though. Apparently he showed up on Naka Island at the beginning of Madara’s vacation and proceeded to question every person who might possibly know how to contact the Fire gym’s leader. I still don’t know how he managed to track down my phone number to ask me about it. He probably would have waited the entire month on the island if he hadn’t accidentally annoyed Izuna one too many times and gotten Emolga sicced on him for a week.”
“We are going to Kick Bakashi’s ASS,” Obito declares, clenching his fist and staring at Kamui with fire in his eyes, remembering the cocky tilt of Kakashi’s head when they had been twelve and how the Hatake had claimed he’d found Madara an irritating challenge but not a fight worth remembering. And then he’d taunted Obito, betting that the older brunet boy wouldn’t collect anything more than the standard eight badges and probably just the ones from easy gyms.
Obito had spent years putting up with Madara dumping him all over the region, determined to get that Katon badge before his first tournament so that he could match Kakashi’s record, even after Izuna had laughed and told him it was okay to wait a few years to get more experience like most Uchiha do, and that silver-haired asshole hadn’t even had the badge!
“-lure, -lure, chandeluuuure,” Kamui sings in her creepiest tone, swinging back and forth like a pendulum as her indigo flames dance and wave hypnotically, eerie purple energy pulsing around her ghostly form.
“Great idea!” Obito agrees fervently, forgetting about Hashirama as he turns to leave the room. “We’ll wait until night and then get him. So attend ceremony, find grandma, thank Rin, and then punch Kakashi in the nose with more to come later!”
… I think I see a bit of a family resemblance, Hashirama thinks silently, following the angry teen and his unnervingly delighted Fire-Ghost back out into the stadium.
At least they won’t be filming anything live after the ceremony concludes.
~.~
AO3 link [with formatting]
#naruto#pokemon#uchiha obito#senju hashirama#MadaTobi#it's in the background#my writing#anonymous#asks
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2019 Queer As Folk Gift Exchange
IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR...YOU KNOW THE ONE...THE GIVING TIME
Welcome to the 2019 GIFT EXCHANGE!!!!!
Calling all writers, drawers, photoshoppers, vidders, layout makers, fanmixers, giffers, cartoonists, or whatever other medium you work best in. Sign-up to give a Queer as Folk gift and get (at least) one in return! Plus everyone benefits from all these contributions to our fandom!
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