#arrow s1 au series

[kitkatt0430]

Tommy - I'm not going to judge the vigilante for killing the people who attacked us because I don't remember what happened, but I do think that if he doesn't reserve killing as a last resort then he's never going to achieve his goals because he'll just be contributing to the problem. Oliver - is uncomfortable Tommy - clearly Oliver is thinking of his guilty over Sara's death now, I should back off

Meanwhile Dig is in the background doing his bodyguard thing and getting all the same clues that Tommy is ignoring about Oliver potentially being the vigilante

I'm really enjoying writing this S1 AU series. Tommy's gonna find out the truth fairly soon-ish and then I think maybe I'll finally include someone else's (Oliver and Dig's?) PoVs in this thing.

Tommy and Dig also got to have a nice interaction prior to this when Oliver ducked out on both of them. Trying to set them up to wind up friends and someone they're each comfortable talking to about their reservations with Oliver's vigilantism once they're both in the know.

I think here it may actually wind up Felicity that Tommy has the most friction with at first since she doesn't always think before she speaks and thus has a bit of an accidental innuendo problem. Since the main ship is intended to be Tommy/Oliver, I can see him not being thrilled about about her waxing poetic about Oliver's arms. Once he gets to know her and realizes she genuinely just has no filter (and he and Oliver talk through his jealousy a bit?), he'll be on better terms with her. But since this is still a ways off from Ep 3, I reserve the right to change my mind on this later.

[avatarskywalker78]

It is Thirsty Thursday which means it's time to promote my fics again!! I mainly write for the Arrowverse, Cobra Kai, and Ace Attorney, plus others such as Diagnosis Murder and the MCU. This is my fic blog where you'll find fic uploads, updates, OC information, moodboards and web weaves, and you can find me on:

AO3 (where I mainly post)

SquidgeWorld (my backup, slowly transferring stuff over)

For specific fic series:

The Shieldmaiden Saga - The Flash, focuses on Steph Taylor (OC), her friendship with Eddie Thawne, and her quest for justice regarding the particle accelerator and its' consequences

to fix the timeline (or make it better) - Krypton-centric, OC: Ashley Tanner as a main character

emerald legacy - Arrow AU where it's Oliver, not Tommy, who dies in the S1 finale, and the latter takes up the mantle of the vigilante

flufftober 2021

flufftober 2022

flufftober 2023

Cobalt Blue and The Flash - Flash AU where Malcolm Thawne and Barry Allen are best friends and both get struck by lightning. Malcolm wakes up earlier, reconciles with his brother early, and changes the game

Cobra Kai Mini Rewrites - what it says on the tin!

Nicky Connors, Cobra Adjacent - focuses on my OC Nicky Connors and her somewhat complicated friendship with Johnny Lawrence over the years

bad boy (no more) - Unconnected oneshots focusing on Mike Barnes and his family

Tales of the Koopalings - oneshots about Bowser's kids

Old works - imports from my FFN days

All likes, follows, and asks will be from @goldheartedchaoticdisaster, my main.

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (2-8 Apr 2023)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

🥰 jsyd extras (not playing a part #2) (biblionerd07) - 105K of alt-POV/extra/post-epilogue scenes

😊 The Edification of Steve Harrington (ChronicRabbit) - 44K, steddie post-canon divergent everybody lives slow burn

😍 One of Many Great Fires (delgaserasca, author; , narrator) - 126K, spirk AU; Jim shows up on Vulcan for an arranged marriage with T'Pring to solidify a treaty & Spock ends up tutoring him on Vulcan culture. Excellently written, absolutely DELICIOUS slow burn

🥰👂‍ Cabin Pressure: Molokai (John Finnemore, author; Stephanie Cole/Roger Allam/Benedict Cumberbatch/John Finnemore, cast)

🥰👂‍ Cabin Pressure: The Complete Series 3 (Newcastle to St. Petersburg) (John Finnemore, author; Stephanie Cole/Roger Allam/Benedict Cumberbatch/John Finnemore, cast)

🥰 Put Down in Words (paintedrecs) - 203K, sterek college AU - very slow burn, angsty, lots of emotional depth, plus an adorable dog

💖💖 +109K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

The Adventure of the Opal Necklace (beautifulduckweed) - KJ Charles: multiple ships, 9K - rollicking KJC mashup crack featuring some cursed opals

A Sense of Identity (DaaroMoltor) - DCU: SuperBat, 21K - love love love a good identity porn fic

Deep Sea Diving (AidaRonan) - MCU: shrunkyclunks, 5K - reread, forever fave - never not in the mood for fat thirst trap Bucky & besotted Cap!Steve

🖋️🖋️ plus these articles/essays that were really good 🖋️🖋️

How an Alleged Con Man Tore Apart One of the Nineties’ Biggest Bands

Tracing the Affinities Between Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi and C.S Lewis’ The Magician’s Nephew

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Maine Cabin Masters - s7, e14-16

Moana

Ted Lasso - s3, e4 [x2]

Great Art Explained: A Sunday on La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat

Dirty Laundry - s2, e1-4

Hot Ones - Kieran Culkin Fires Sean While Eating Spicy Wings

Game Changer - s1, e4

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

It's Been a Minute - Fighting back against spams, scams and schemes

Richmond Til We Die - Maximilian Osinski • Zava on Ted Lasso

Welcome to Night Vale #225 - Renegotiations

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Museum of Clean

You Must Remember This - 1989: sex, lies and videotape: Rob Lowe and James Spader (Erotic 80s Part 12)

⭐ The Sporkful - Are You Eating Chipotle Bowls Wrong?

You're Dead To Me - Atlantis

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Arrows Across America

Shedunnit Book Club - The Golden Age Autopsy

Switched on Pop - The Shakira Conspiracy

Reformed Rakes - No Love Lost: Romance BookTok's Dubious Reputation

99% Invisible #531 - De Fiets Is Niets

Vibe Check - Go Outside and Touch Some Grass

Richmond Til We Die - Tackling Homophobia in Football (with Lou Englefield)

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Yellowstone Zone of Death

Ologies with Alie Ward - Chickenology Part 2 (HENS & ROOSTERS) with Tove Danovich

ICYMI Plus - Buying Concert Tickets Online is Still a Hellscape

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Lady Liberty’s Little Sister

Song Exploder - Yaeji "Passed Me By"

Our Opinions Are Correct - Silicon Valley vs. Science Fiction: "Difficult Geniuses"

Into It - Are We Into the 'Barbie' Trailer, Fading Taylor Swift Merch, and a New 'Moana'?

Endless Thread - The Lullaby

You're Dead To Me - The Jacobites

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Fun & Funky

Guitars & Good Times

She Bop: '80s Ladies

Classic Feel-Good Pop

my Greatest Showman playlist

Classic Disco Hits

Presenting Kelly Clarkson

Presenting Miranda Lambert

Elle King

[urlbending]

I MUST KNOW ABOUT THE CHUCK AU

the funny thing about that title is its hilariously broad. I have at least two other chuck aus for different fandoms (Runaways and Sweet/Vicious) lurking in my gdocs in the drafts of other completed works

aside from arrow ones we basically created as a fandom, all my chuck aus have been for f/f pairings, which means the inversed gender tropes from the show are removed, but leaves interesting questions like why was dating the cover chosen for these two women? For the Sarah stand in, how has being gay affected her life as a spy? For the Chuck stand-in, it gets a little hard as i have to divide up the couple's friend group like they're getting a divorce, and sometimes they're much more of a loner than Chuck (see: Ophelia from S/V), so its difficult to find characters to populate their civilian life

For every fandom chuck au I've ever briefly entertained, the first scene i always write is the bomb kiss scene. It's a great way to get a sense of where the characters priorities and principles differ, and also i get the instant gratification of writing the first indication their feelings are very mutual.

Anyways, this specific wip is a warrior nun chuck au.

Of all the ones I've had kicking around, this one has the most solid plot outline and interesting contrasts with Chuck as a series.

Ava's best quality is her love and gratitude for being alive. She's never had a chance at a normal life, and this makes her conflict about desiring one while having an innate need to help people more interesting than Chuck's resentment of having an average life. Complicating things, the Intersect also acts as spinal technology for her, so removing it would very likely be deadly. (Thanks, secret shady government organization for jamming ultra classified technology into her back!)

In this, Ava and Beatrice's cover is roommates, and she's fake dating another of her handlers (Michael), which is a pretty wild decision to make for an au built around fake dating. I felt this was the more interesting take and truer to Beatrice’s very reserved character. Michael has real feelings for Ava, which would lead to a fun love triangle/pining and ramp up the tension

This fic would take place in more of what I would consider the second season, with the previous season being about Ava learning to become a spy and a civilian, with Mary as Ava's handler and roommate. After the s1 finale, Mary goes off on a globe trotting, no-holds barreled revenge mission to track down Vincent. Beatrice, who briefly helped initially train Ava, is brought in to be Ava's handler and she's STRESSED about it.

I feel like Mary and Ava's dynamic is either not explored enough in fic or mostly revolving around Avatrice. They have a great friendship and chemistry, and having Ava learn most of her spy skills from Mary and then learning to work with Beatrice would be really cool, and I'd want to write some prequel case fics about this. Mary takes a more coaxing, laid back approach to handling Ava that is very different from Beatrice’s direct, appraising style.

I don't know if its the same for you, but usually there's one section of a wip that i love the most that keeps me going for the rest. That section is this snippet below:

"Oh thank fuck you picked up!" Ava exhales in a rush, her voice tinny over Mary's shitty burner phone. "I need your advice."

"Ava?" Mary can already feel a headache coming on. "This line is for emergencies only--"

"Beatrice kissed me!"

"What?"

"We thought we were gonna die! Would you kiss me if you thought we were both about to die?!"

"No," Mary scoffed. "You wish."

"Right! So what does it mean? Does Agent Perfect Score have a crush? On me?"

Mary rolls her eyes. "Like your ego needs any more inflation."

"And if so, what should I do? God, I'm so confused. How does she feel. How do I feel? Can you come back and be my handler?" Ava pleads. "Because I don't want to kiss you and I keep thinking about kissing her and it's really distracting."

"Wow, thanks Ava. I'm flattered."

"Hey, you're the one that turned down my very generous "if we're both single and alive by 40" offer..."

"Yeah, I spend every waking minute desperately regretting it." Mary's phone beeps. "I gotta go."

"Wait, Mary, no!"

"Mary? It's me." Beatrice's voice sounds downright uncertain when Mary answers the phone. "I need your help. I uh, kissed Ava."

"Wow," Mary says, looking up to the heavens, beseeching whatever sort of Almighty was out there to put her out of her misery. "This is shocking information."

"I know." Whatever level of guilt/repression/shame spiral Beatrice is down has made her unable to comprehend sarcasm. "I figure, as the person last in relationship with an Intersect, you might be able to provide...guidance."

[likesrandomstuff]

Avalance Fic Recommendations Part 4

The final part of this series. Thanks to everyone who reblogged and liked, and a huge shout-out to @heywhereisperry who encouraged and motivated me into doing this.

As I said in Part 1, feel free to add any more stories you think should be recognised to any of these posts, and my ask box is open if you would like more detail on anything.

Part 1: Bite Sized

Part 2: Snacks

Part 3: Meals

Banquets (Over 75,000 words)

When you do not have anything you need to do in the next couple of days

You're My Miracle by bihexualmess

My tags: Ava is FBI, Sara is a Private Investigator, Rip brings Sara on for a case

This just got updated the other week and ruined multiple nights of sleep for me. At almost 350k words, still going, I don’t know how to explain without spoiling stuff that happens a long way in. There are so many layers to both Ava and Sara here, and the trauma, and the issues, and the fact they will not talk to each other about anything. I jumped on this a bit late, as the title and description didn’t grab me, but oh boy, I was missing out. I did get to read a heap of it in one go, but that doesn’t help the slow burn. I would start this even though it’s still a WIP, just because it will take you a while, to read, and also the storylines need time to settle in, because they are heavy, but just amazing. It is now the longest Avalance fic with the latest update.

this is the way that we love (like it's forever) by CoffeeAndArrows, moonlitprincess

My tags: College Avalance dated and broke up, five years later they meet again, Ava’s dating someone else

This fic had me crying in the lunchroom during my second week of work because I couldn’t not read during my lunch break, and it was hitting me so hard. That was after starting it at 10pm, reading to 2am, sleeping until 6am, reading until 11am a couple of days before. Warning for major character deaths; the funeral for one is alluded to in the description. If anyone says something bad about Jordan, I will not be happy; one of the best original characters I have ever read in a fic. Sara’s not in a great place initially, but she gets there. And there’s some cute flashbacks to college Legends too.

you make me smile (please stay for a while now) by CoffeeAndArrows, moonlitprincess

My tags: High School Rivals AU, Ava’s class president, Sara is the superstar soccer captain, they have more in common than they thought

I just looked at the word count for this, and it must be the first time I have, because wow! It is a journey! There’s a couple of prequel, sequel and interjection stories in this universe too. Ava has to deal with her family not being super supportive when she comes out. Sara has to deal with Laurel struggling and their mum having a clear favourite (Laurel). Most of the Legends have really great arcs in here as well. Ava’s family is great. I wanna hang out with her little sister. Don’t be like 2018 me who gives up after the first chapter because they are mad about what Laurel is going through. She’s fine, and there’s a heap of great Sara and Laurel moments. I recently re-read the last 10 chapters, and I still couldn’t stop myself from reading like it was the first time.

i am who you used to love (and you are just a memory) by justpalsbeingals

My tags: The Vow AU, but Ava makes some better choices early on, they’re married, Ava gets into an accident and loses all memory of Sara

I hate the movie this fic is based on. The movie’s fine, and it was a delight seeing Tatiana Maslany in it while I was watching Orphan Black, but basically it is my worst-case scenario, losing my memory. The fact that this fic kept me hooked despite that, is a testament to the quality. The fic itself says “light angst”, I say it’s much, much heavier than that, but that’s just me. Warning, there are some intense twists in here, and everyone is a bit OOC to me, memory loss being considered, which might not be your thing.

and i will stumble and fall (i'm still learning to love) by lucylikestowrite

My tags: SwanQueen kid fic AU, yes, I know go with me on this, Ava adopted Sara’s unexpected baby, said kid finds Sara years later

In general, as I’ve mentioned before, I don’t like kid fics. Fics with future children coming back to meet their parents, or the couple going into the future? Some of my favourites ever. This has no time travel, but I trust Lucy. This story is under 75k, but the sequel is almost as long, so combined they’re over. The sequel is a WIP. I didn’t watch Once Upon a Time, but it’s the plot of the start of that, except the gay actually happens. There are a lot of issues our girls have to work through here, but the kid is so cute.

and we could try by plinys

My tags: it’s a story mostly told on twitter through fake screen shots of social media, Sara drunk messages Ava, Ava doesn’t block her

I’m sure this format of storytelling is not for everyone, and that’s okay! I was so confused by it at first. I would recommend starting with the shorter one, I can be your hero (in Part 2), just to see if you like it, before jumping into this. I read this when the epilogue, the fic, was released, and I was up until 5am because I couldn’t stop. It became part of my personality. Story wise, Sara and Ava are on different coasts, but both know Nate, Ray and Nora. Ray and Nora get engaged, and Avalance have to deal with planning that wedding, and whatever is going on with them.

take my hands now by plinys

My tags: Another Social Media twitter AU, Sara is The Canary, Ava is trying to arrest vigilantes, Nate accidently gives Ava Sara’s number

Another brilliant twitter story. Some of our gang is trying to arrest the other half. Sara knows who Ava is, Ava doesn’t know that Sara is the person she’s chasing. Everyone has public twitter accounts. Sara actually gets [spoiler villain] to stop an attack by sending them money for a drink.

your eyes, they shine so bright by plinys

My tags: Social Media AU, everyone works for not Buzzfeed, a colab series is pitched, Sara and Ava’s teams have to work together

Ava makes factual videos, Sara does not, they are forced to work together. Nate is everyone’s boss technically, but they do what they want. Nate and Ava are non-biological siblings, and Satan Camp is a running gag. Oh, fake dating is in there too!

right to the top, don't hold back by SJAandDWfan

My tags: American Ninja Warrior AU, Sara’s a veteran and the Legends train together, Ava’s a rookie, rivals to training partners to friends to …

I re-read this every year when the new Australian season comes out. It’s so burned into my brain that when I was watching the speed climbing at the Olympics I genuinely thought “I wonder how Amaya would go in this?”. Amaya’s pre-Ninja experience is rock climbing in this fic. I learnt so much about Ninja Warrior and how the show (at least in this universe) works, and it’s fascinating. Would recommend watching some clips if you’re unfamiliar with the concept. The story goes pretty in detail about the courses. For recommendations, either Jessie Gaff, who was a S1 Supergirl stuntwoman, or Australia’s own Olivia Vivian, who is just stages better than our next female.

biding our time (until tomorrow) by TheTruthAboutLove

My tags: Period setting AU, Ava’s too noble for her own good, Oliver’s dad is the villain

This was a really cool experiment. Basically, told in lots of mini chapters like a soap opera. I do not know much about this period of American history, but it did not matter. A lot of different Arrow-verse peeps show up along the way. I’m sure I complained out loud “you’re allowed to want things Ava!” at some point. There’s an attempt for fake dating, and it’s not the homophobia but the second daughter problem that gets them.

Click here to see all the parts

[daisylincs]

My WIPs

Updated 12/04/2021

The hearts system I had on the previous version of this just... wasn't working anymore as I added more and more ships, so I decided to redo it, and as easily understandably as I could: numerically. Pairings will be denoted in brackets at the end of each WIP title/working title. An asterisk * means it's a series. 

With this new system, if you want to yell at me to write a WIP/are intrigued and want to hear what it's about/or just want to let me know how utterly insane I am, you can just drop it's number into my inbox with whatever you want to say and, bingo. (By the way, you are always welcome to do any of the listed activities, anytime. This is your open invitation 🥰💜)

1x06 AU [Zoey/Max]

5 Times The Avengers Played Matchmaker, and 1 Time It Worked (Sort Of) [Clintasha, Avengers Team Dynamic] 

A Hero's Reward [Staticquake] 

Academy Era Rom-Com [Fitzsimmons]

Affectionate Arguments/Take Care Of Yourself Fic [Dousy]

Ah Crap, My Ex Just Walked In, v1 [Fitzsimmons]

Ah Crap, My Ex Just Walked In, v2 [Staticquake]

Ah Crap, My Ex Just Walked In, v3 [Spideychelle] 

Al Birthday Fic [Huntingbird]

all my loves [FitzSimmonsStaticQuake] 

all the stars in the skye [Daisy-centric, plat!Philindaisy] 

always the same pattern, love [Huntingbird] 

Alya Fluff and First Words Fic [Fitzsimmons, FS Fam] 

and i and i risk it all for this life we share [Staticquake]

and i held your hand through all of these years [Maggie/Mitch, Zoey & Maggie]

Angsty Hair Ficlet [Fitzsimmons] spotlighted here 

Angsty Post-Hive Recovery Fic [Staticquake] spotlighted here 

AoS Frozen AU [plat!Skimmons, Fitzsimmons, plat!Fitzskimmons]

AoS Harry Potter AU [Staticquake, Fitzsimmons, plat!Fitzskimmons, plat!Philindaisy, minor Philinda] 

AoS Merlin AU [plat!FitzDaisy, Fitzsimmons, plat!Fitzskimmons, plat!Philindaisy, brief Staticquake, implied Daisy/Raina]

Arguing About Whether Or Not Skye Likes Disney Movies [Fitzsimmons]

Arranged Marriage AU [Spideychelle] spotlighted here

august sipped away like a bottle of wine [Zoey/Max]

auld lang syne [Fitzsimmons, FS Fam]

barcelona, baby [TripDaisy] 

Beach Flangst [Dekesy]

Best Friends But She's In A Bad Relationship AU [Staticquake]

Best Friends' Wedding AU [Huntingbird, background Fitzsimmons] 

Bittersweet Framework What-If Fic [Staticquake]

Birdie Birthday Fic [Simmorse, Jemma & Bobbi & May]

blonde [Huntingbird] 

Blow Us All Away* [Staticquake]

blue-eyed [plat!Skimmons, minor Fitzsimmons, minor Staticquake]

Bobbi Birthday Fic #1 [Clintasha]

Bobbi Birthday Fic #2 [Dousy]

Bodyguard AU [Simmorse]

Brogrammers + Truth or Dare [Zoey/Max, Leif/Tobin]

'cause you're out of this world [Pipsy] 

Carnival/Friends AU [FitzStaticQuake]

Childhood Friends AU [Staticquake]

Childhood Best Friends, v1 [BioStaticQuake]

Childhood Best Friends, v2 [Mackelena]

Church Camp AU [Mackelena] 

Coffee Shop AU [Dekesy]

Coffee Shop/Baristas AU [Pipsy]

Coming Out Fic [Skimmons] spotlighted here

Concert Canon Divergence Fic [Dekesy]

cute clueless moron [Spideychelle]

Cute, Dorky Friendship Idea [Spideychelle]

Cute Family Zoo Prompt [Fitzsimmons, FS Fam] 

darling just dive right in [Staticquake]

darling just kiss me slow [Staticquake]

Dating Confuzzlement [FitzSimmonsStaticQuake] 

day's eye [Daisy-centric, Dousy, Staticquake, Pipsy, Dekesy, Skimmons, TripDaisy, MorseCode, FitzDaisy, Daisy & Jiaying & Cal, Daisy & Team] 

don’t ask me where i’ve been, or what i’m gonna do (just know that i’m here with you) [Staticquake]

dot dash dot dot [StaticMorseCode] 

Danny Boy & Quake* [Dousy, Astro Ambassadors, Daisy & Team] 

Deke Angst/Introspection Fic [one-sided Dekesy, plat!Dekesy, Dousy, Deke & Team] 

Drunk Kiss Fic [Dekesy]

Emma AU [Staticquake] 

every day in between [Staticquake]

Fairytale (Sleeping Beauty) AU [Staticquake]

Fake Dating Friends To Lovers [Spideychelle] 

Fake Dating For Crushes’ Attention [Zoey/Max]

Fake Dating Partyfic [Staticquake]

Fight Fight Kiss [Joan/Ava]

Flower Shop AU [Staticquake]

Fluff and Teasing Fic [Dekesy, Fitzsimmons] 

Fluffy Best Friends Idea [Staticquake, Fitzsimmons]

Fluff Bingo: Affectionate Teasing [plat!Diper, implied Pipsy]

Fluff Bingo: Back Rubs [Dousy] 

Fluff Bingo: Baking Cookies [Mayrobin] 

Fluff Bingo: Friends to Lovers [Mackelena]

Fluff Bingo: Falling Asleep On Your Shoulder [Simmorse] 

Fluff Bingo: First Kiss [Fitzsimmons]

Fluff Bingo: Forehead Kisses [Karaina]

Fluff Bingo: Dancing [TripDaisy] 

Fluff Bingo: Holding Hands [Fitztripskimmons]

Fluff Bingo: It's Cold, Have My Jacket [Philinda]

Fluff Bingo: Meet-Cute [Fitzhunter]

Fluff Bingo: Pet Names [Vicizzy]

Fluff Bingo: Snuggling [MorseCode]

Fluff Bingo: Stargazing [Pipsy]

Fluff Bingo: Tickling [Philindaisy] spotlighted here

FitzDaisy Recovery Fic [plat!FitzDaisy, background Fitzsimmons, background FS Fam] teased here 

FitzsimmonsSparks Fic [Fitz & Jemma & Lincoln, Fitzsimmons, background Staticquake] 

Gloria Birthday/Thank-You Ficlet [Spideychelle] 

good old shake 'n bake [Staticquake, Daisy & Team, Lincoln & Team]

getting to know you, getting to know all about you [Dousy] spotlighted here

Grace Birthday Fic [Staticquake]

Grieving Fic [Past Staticquake]

Happy Family Holiday Fic [AoS Team Dynamic, Staticquake, Fitzsimmons, Huntingbird, Philinda, Mackelena]

heads on a science apart [Spideychelle, Fitzsimmons, Peter & MJ & Fitz & Jemma] spotlighted here

High School AU Idea [Staticquake]

High School AU/Dreamy Sleepover Fic [Pipsy]

Hive Toilet Fic [Staticquake, Daisy & Team]

Hospital Fluff & Flirting AU [Staticquake]

Hotel Room AU [Staticquake] 

i live for you (soulmates AU) [Staticquake]

i never knew you were the someone waiting for me [Staticquake]

i’ll find my way through night and day [Staticquake]

it’s a better place since you came along [Quakerider]

Jade Arrow [Clintasha] spotlighted here

Jemma & Lincoln Post-Maveth [plat!Bioshock, background Staticquake, background Fitzsimmons]

Julia Birthday Fic [plat!Maydaisy, plat!Morsecode]

just let your heart be free (you’ve got a friend in me) [Staticquake]

Kate Birthday Fic [Fitzsimmons]

Laura Birthday Fic [Fitzsimmons]

lights will guide you home [Staticquake, Lincoln & Team]

like an old married couple [Philinda, background Vicizzy] 

Lincoln & The Team Bonding Fic [Lincoln & Team, background Staticquake] 

lunch break [Fitzsimmons]

Maggie Birthday Fic [Fitzsimmons, plat!FitzDaisy]

marleyward01 Birthday Fic [Fitzsimmons]

marvelthismarvelthat Birthday Fic [Staticquake]

MayLincoln Friendship Fic [plat!Mayshock, background Staticquake]

Media Nonsense Fic [Spideychelle] 

meet me half-way [Huntingbird]

Michelle Jones, Agent of SHIELD [Spideychelle] spotlighted here

Michelle Jones, Inhuman [Spideychelle] 

Mission Kiss Canon Divergence Fic [Dekesy] 

Mission/Partners Fic

Modern Royalty Fic, v1 [Staticquake] 

Modern Royalty Fic, v2 [Staticquake]

Modern Royalty Fic, v3 [Fitzsimmons, Dekesy] 

Musical (West Side Story) AU [Staticquake]

my heart will go on [Staticquake]

Natalia [Clintasha]

Ness Birthday Fic [Philinda, plat!Philindaisy]

(Not A) Double Date [Dekesy, Fitzsimmons]

No Hive AU [Daisy & Team, Staticquake, Fitzsimmons, Huntingbird, Philinda, Mackelena] 

No Chill, Nowhere (Biohunter for Libby and Al) [Biohunter] 

Not That Girl Anymore [Staticquake, past Skyeward]

ooh, la la la* [Staticquake, Fitzsimmons]

Oh God Not You [Joan/Ava]

oh, when you kiss me [Spideychelle]

on the train to Glasgow [Huntingfitzskimmons] 

PDA [Staticquake, Daisy & Team] 

Pitch Perfect AU [Staticquake, background Simmorse] 

Post-Hive Pregnancy Fic [Staticquake] spotlighted here

Potential Al Birthday Fic, Still TBD [Scis & Spies]

Potential T Birthday Fic, Still TBD [Pipsy, plat!Diper, Huntingbird]

put that body on me [Staticquake]

Post-3x10 Who Owes Who Fic [Staticquake, Fitzsimmons, Huntingbird, Philinda, Daisy & Team]

quakeout [Daisy-centric, past Staticquake] 

Rain Fic [Staticquake]

Red Thread [Staticquake] 

Regency AU: Marriage of Convenience [Staticquake] 

Regency AU: Arranged Marriage [Staticquake]

reluctantly perfect [Quakerider] 

remember that with every piece of you [Staticquake]

rollercoaster [Huntingbird] 

Rom-Com AU [Staticquake]

Rom-Dram To Co-Write With Kat [LemonStaticQuake] 

Royalty Shenanigans Fic [Staticquake]

Roommates AU [Clintasha, Avengers Team Dynamic] 

S1 Crush Fic [Skimmons] 

Roommates/Best Friends AU [Simmorse]

S3 AU - Daisy, Inhuman Leader [Daisy & Team, Daisy & Afterlife Inhumans, Staticquake] 

S3 AU - Lincoln With SHIELD All Along [Staticquake, Lincoln & Team]

Scarlet Birthday Fic [Quakerider]

Serena Birthday Fic [Pipsy, Simmorse, Philinda, plat!Philindaisy]

Shake ‘n Bake: A YouTube Romance [Staticquake]

Second Child Fluff and First Words Fic [Fitzsimmons, FS Fam]

Shippy Team Mistletoe Fic [AoS Team Dynamic, Staticquake, Fitzsimmons, Huntingbird, Mackelena, Philinda] 

Shippy SPRQPoint Partyfic [Zoey/Max, Joan/Ava, Leif/Tobin]

Shippy Team Snowfic [AoS Team Dynamic, Staticquake, Fitzsimmons, Huntingbird, Mackelena, Philinda] 

Singers AU [Dekesy] 

Sky’s the Limit* [Staticquake, Daisy & Team, Lincoln & Team]

Skaters AU [Staticquake]

Snowed In Fic [Staticquake] 

so baby i’m alright, with just a kiss goodnight [Staticquake]

Soft Family Fic from Chloe Interview [AoS Team Dynamic, Staticquake, Fitzsimmons, Huntingbird, Mackelena, Philinda] 

some dreams do come true [Staticquake] 

Soul Realm [Staticquake] 

Soulmark AU, v1 [BioStaticQuake]

Soulmark AU, v2 [Fitzsimmons] 

Soulmark AU, v3 [Huntingbird]

Soulmark AU, v4 [Staticquake] 

Soulmate AU, v1 [Fitzsimmons]

Soulmate AU, v2 [Huntingbird]

Soulmate AU, v3 [LegacyStaticQuake] 

Soulmate AU, v4 [Mackelena] 

Soulmate AU, v5 [Philinda] 

Soulmate AU, v6 [Skimmons]

Stardust AU [Staticquake] 

Stranded-Somewhere-Cold Ficlet [Staticquake]

T Birthday Fic [Dousy, background Huntingbird]

Teach Me To Fight, Parker [Spideychelle] spotlighted here

Teasing/Introspection Fic [Dousy, Fitzsimmons] 

The Blue Door (Notting Hill AU) [Huntingbird] 

the daughter of thunder and lightning [Staticquake] 

the earth shook and the sky flashed [Staticquake]

The Holiday AU [Huntingbird, Fitzsimmons] spotlighted here

The Hospital Meet-Cute #1 [Bioshock] 

The Hospital Meet-Cute #2 [Bioshock]

The Hospital Meet-Cute #3 [Bioshock]

The Hospital Meet-Cute #4 [Bioshock]

The Hospital Meet-Cute #5 [Bioshock]

The Hospital Meet-Cute #6 [Bioshock]

The Hospital Meet-Cute #7 [Bioshock]

 the ride [Huntingbird] 

The Secret Warriors [Daisy & Lincoln & Elena & Joey, Staticquake, Mackelena, Kevey] The Perfect Fairytale* [Fitzsimmons] 

the she to my 'nanigans [plat!Skimmons]

the stunning adventures of shake, bake and quake [Philinda, plat!Philindaisy] 

The Team Ships It [Fitzsimmons]

then through the shadows, your light appears [Mackelena]

this little light of mine [Mackelena] 

took my heart upon a one-way trip [Staticquake] 

Time Travel Thingy [LemonStaticQuake]

time, wondrous time [Fitzsimmons, plat!Fitzdaisy, background Philinda, background Dekesy]

'tis the damn season [Skimmons, plat!Philindaisy, background Mackelena, background Huntingbird] Chapter 1-3 out now

TV Show AU [Staticquake, background Fitzsimmons, background Huntingbird, background Philinda]

Us Against The World [plat!Skimmons, plat!Fitzskimmons, Fitzsimmons]

Walls Come Down Fic [Pipsy]

V Birthday Fic [Huntingbird]

Watching Hamilton AU [Staticquake]

Wedding Bets [Fitzsimmons, Daisy & Team]

well that works [Quakerider, Fitzsimmons] 

What-Ifs* [Staticquake]

when did it all fall to pieces (can’t we build it back) [Huntingbird]

you are the best thing that's ever been mine [Staticquake] 

you’d be the one i was meant to find [Staticquake]

you’ll be my lady [Skimmons] 

you're just my cup of tea [Simmorse] 

you're the two [LegacyStaticQuake]

Z Birthday Fic [Philinda, Vicizzy, Huntingbird]

ZoeyJess Idea [Zoey/Jessica]

[bisexualeliotspencer]

I have several daydream universes and ended up writing an AU for one of them... it’s and AU of Arrow circa series 1-2 and I will be writing it as long as I’m hyperfixating upon it

If any of that remotely interests y’all check it out on AO3 here: Dying is Easy, Living is Hard

(And yes this features an OC because cringe culture is dead and I am thriving)

Summary and tags below the cut

Chapters: 3/? Fandom: Arrow (TV 2012) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Oliver Queen/Shado/Slade Wilson, Oliver Queen/Shado/Slade Wilson/Lux Twitcher Characters: Oliver Queen, Shado (DCU), Slade Wilson, Lux Twitcher, Yao Fei Gulong, Tommy Merlyn, Sara Lance, Original Character Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés, past trauma, Coffee shop & Club AU, Characters based on s1/2 of the show, slowburn, Other Additional Tags to Be Added Summary:

After The sinking of the Queen's Gambit off the coast of Starling City, Oliver Queen is rescued after floating for five days in a life raft with Sara Lance. One year on, Oliver has thrown himself in the management of his club, Verdant, and has pushed away almost everyone from his old life. After Yao Fei, the owner of the coffee shop next door, gets sick, Oliver and his perpetually irritating bouncer Slade get to know Yao Fei's daughter Shado and her roommate Lux.

Can they help pull Oliver from his self-imposed purgatory or will the playboy billionaire lifestyle drive an impossible rift between them?

[faejilly]

tag game

Fic Writer Edition (tagged by @silver-latin-and-salt​, tagging, idk, whoever is writing atm? @twistedsinews​ @leahazel​ @junemermaid​, anyone who’d like, no one who doesn’t, etc.)

Fandoms: atm, primarily Shadowhunters. But also BioWare: Dragon Age and Mass Effect and maybe someday I’ll post some Jade Empire.

Also the occasional other game or TV show or Yuletide inspired one-shot. It’s a wide and ridiculous range of things, from a Georgette Heyer regency epilogue to Code: Realize and #7kpp to Firefly & even some Sleepy Hollow ficlets from back in s1 before we realized how terrible TPTB were going to be.

Number of fics: I have 158 works published on AO3.

This includes a couple of fanmixes that are linked on there to companion fics/series, two collaborative fics which are not just mine, even less so than most writing that is, and four WIPs: two of which I am still working on, one of which will absolutely 100% NEVER ever get more, and then that last one will probably not get more but who knows, maybe in ten years we’ll do a reunion and try again (it’s one of the collabs).

AS WELL AS: forty-seven different ficlet collections, sorted by fandom and pairing(s), because otherwise I would honestly have almost 1000 things and never be able to find a single damn one of them when I wanted to (and neither would anyone else). Like, ten of them are just for Shadowhunters because I split up the coda-fic by season and then also I put the porn in its own thing and Clizzy is kind of a post-canon AU so they’re on their own too and spin-offs of a particular fic setting get their own collection so they’re all together and etc. etc. etc.

Fic I spent a lot of time on: Do we count time actually writing? Or just the amount of time it hung out in my head before I finished it? Because I probably spent the most actual physical writing time on Lost For Words, which is a frothy cotton-candy experiment in long-fic for Mass Effect that I posted chapter by chapter as I wrote it and actually finished. (I have never successfully repeated the experience, tho I suppose a couple of my Shadowhunters fics will sort-of qualify in terms of length when they’re done, but they didn’t get posted semi-regularly and in progressive chapters in at all the same way.)

In terms of time between debut and completion, that would probably have to go to Cruel Intentions, which took over five years between initially going up on the Dragon Age Kink Meme and actually getting a conclusion.

i am for you and if broken hearts were whole have both been lingering WIPs for over two years at this point now, though, and a couple other DA2 fics were pretty close to that five year mark as well. 😅

Fic I didn’t spend a lot of time on: ashes of angels because I was coming up on my bingo deadline so I just pounded it out in a day. (It’s actually quite good tho! I think so, anyway! I am very proud of it! Read part one first, if you haven’t yet!)

also Impossible, (DA2, Bethany/Sebastian, confessional!porn) which mostly wrote itself in pretty short order, which was delightful. (Tho I also had a very astute beta for that one; don’t think he’s on tumblr anymore tho, or I’d yell at him in thanks again.) I told y’all I had a priest!kink problem. Not that you hadn’t all noticed on your own, anyways...

Longest fic: Finished? The aforementioned Lost for Words at just over 62k.

In limbo? Persephone Rising is literally three times longer than my next longest fic (and still not done!) but it is also a collab fic with three authors, so I suppose that sort of evens out?

Active WIP? i am for you at 59k. I’m not sure how much more is left of that one, tbqh... it will probably end up a bit longer than LfW, tho maybe not by much.

Shortest fic: I have no fucking clue, 47 ficlet collections, remember? In terms of a thing that I forgot to collect, apparently it is Consequences, which is my Brosca after the Landsmeet in DA:O.

Most hits/Most kudos/Most bookmarks: ALL THREE FOR i am for you! (Wonder how it’ll do when it’s no longer marked as a WIP?)

Total word count: On AO3: 1,137,609 !!!

(Sorry, you can see why I had to make that big tho, right?)

Fic I want to rewrite/expand: Except for the revisions to what is now Maleficar, I much prefer to leave fic as is, once it’s up there, so nothing on the re-write front. It was what it was when I did it, and it’s important to remember that, even when you move on to new stuff, imo.

But! I have potential/hopeful sequels in the WIP folder for and breathing is wishing, out of some dreaming tree, with an if in its soul, and several assorted ficlet collections & prompts I’ve sort of teased over the years. 

Favourite fic of mine: At the moment, they have hung the sky with arrows because it’s a thing I’m not sure I ever really thought I was going to write, and then I did and I surprised myself a little, but it was fun and it ties together a lot of my thoughts on the Shadowhunters finale in a way I really enjoyed. (Also it has an actual plot! I don’t do that terribly often, I’m usually very introspective in my fic.)

Sneak peek of a WIP/Share an idea? I started a Shadowhunter!Magnus fic for a bingo square, but then scope creep! so I made a moodboard, but there is maybe a fic on the way... eventually. After my Bangs. 🤞🏻

The first time Magnus Bane met the High Warlock of Manhattan it was during his "travels", the two years after graduating from the Academy when most Nephilim wandered from Institute to Institute, seeing how things were done differently around the world, how they were still so often the same, learning about all the things you couldn't see in a classroom.

He wasn't actually in New York City in order to meet the High Warlock, of course, not as a 17-year-old foot soldier, that was well above his pay grade, as the mundanes put it. But when all the full-fledged Shadowhunters had work to do, he was assigned escort duty when the High Warlock showed up to do his yearly wards inspection. 

Magnus met High Warlock Lightwood at the main entrance, and almost swallowed his own tongue at the sight of him, a broad shouldered, long-legged white man dressed in a conservative but very well-tailored suit, with heavy eyebrows, even heavier eyelashes, and a complete and utter lack of anything resembling an expression on his face. 

A shiver went down Magnus' spine as he met the High Warlock's gaze, and he refused to think too much about why.

Magnus managed to introduce himself reasonably coherently, he thought, offering a hand to shake, but the High Warlock just raised an eyebrow at him. "I thought I'd talked them out of this nonsense last year."

"Uh." Magnus swallowed. The man was both terrifying and ludicrously attractive, and Magnus resigned himself to being a slightly stuttering idiot for the next four-to-six hours. "Not my call, I'm sorry to say. Sir."

The High Warlock rolled his eyes, and stepped forward. Magnus barely managed to dodge out of his way, and followed along behind him as he stalked towards the Angelic Core, where all the Institute Wards were anchored.

He never once acknowledged Magnus' presence as he worked, never asked for directions, or needed any sort of assistance. Magnus followed him anyway, and couldn't even bring himself to be upset about the waste of his time because damn, that view. He could see the shift of Lightwood's shoulders beneath the line of his coat, the tension in the muscles in his arms as each tiny motion correlated to whatever he was doing with his magic. There was so much power there, constrained and under his complete control.

The High Warlock never took so much as a wasted step in his clearly perfectly planned spiral of a route through the Institute's halls, circling out from the Core, stopping at each node, hitting all four corners of the building, before reaching the main doors again several hours later. 

Once there he finally turned and looked at Magnus directly. He dipped his head in some slight acknowledgement, straightened his cuffs, and his face shifted into something that was merely neutral and professional rather than granite. "There were no concerns to note, Mr. Bane. The wards have been refreshed, and the contract terms have been met."

"Thank you," Magnus managed, though he had to cough to get his voice to cooperate. 

The High Warlock's face softened, a hint of something that wasn't quite surprise in his eyes, but Magnus wasn't sure what to call it instead. "You're very welcome."

He nodded again, slightly more sincerely, perhaps, though there still wasn't enough of an expression on his face to properly qualify, in Magnus' opinion, and then he turned and left. 

Magnus blinked at the doors as they shut behind him, and let out one long slow exhale. His shoulders relaxed, and it was only now that his posture sagged that he realized he'd been extra tense the entire time, as if waiting for an attack that had never come.

[intrepidmare]

Since I skipped doing this a few weeks, today I bring you a longer selection of must-read, A+ rated fanfics that are the best example of how talented people are in these fandoms. There are 2 special mentions: the first is a story written by my own hand (if I rec other people's works why not mine as well, right 😉), and the second is from a fandom I read just occasionally but this story in particular touched a very personal fiber.

Without further ado, here it's my recs of the week. Hopefully, some of these will help you to endure better all this isolation we're forced to be in. Stay healthy, stay home, and wash your hands.

Click on the title to go to Ao3 link.

Olicity

The Thirst by @felicityollies

Mature | one-shot | vampire au

Felicity is the leading vampire expert and vampire/human ambassador in Star City (and surrounding area). The police have asked her to speak to the master of the city in relation to an ongoing case, but first, she must speak to the master’s second in command, Oliver Queen.

You Used To Be My Friend (But I Learned My Lesson) by @tdgal1

Teen | WiP | angst, canon divergence

Arrow skims over feels so this is my fix it fic for season 1-2. Lots of canon but it is an AU so events may be out of order. Tommy and Felicity friendship. This is my idea of how these characters felt during these scenes and how they may have acted differently. Not a great summary but read and let me know what you think. Exploring deeper feelings that the show won't.

The Old King Is Dead (Long Live The King) by @lucyyh

Teen | one-shot | alternate universe

My olicity entry for "Olicity clue challenge. Nanda Parbat AU.

Happiness by @hope-for-olicity

Teen | one-shot | light angst, fluff, canon divergence

Thea and Felicity go out for a girls night at the new night club Happiness, set in Season 3. Olicity Clue entry.

My Smoak Girl by me

Teen | one-shot | fluff, light angst, spy au

Oliver takes steps to protect Felicity from an assassin. Piece for Olicity Clue.

Braime

Modern Lion Pride by @ddagent

Teen | WiP series | Fluff

University professor Jaime, museum curator Brienne, and their three children Catelyn, Brynden, and Joanna.

Fell Heavy In Your Arms by @lionoflannistarth

Teen | one-shot | fix-it, hurt/comfort

Jaime wakes up from the horror that was ep 8,05.

Maybe, Perhaps, Almost by @lionoflannistarth

Mature | complete | fix-it, hurt/comfort

“You haven’t visited the Maester yet, have you?” Brienne asks.

“Oh come now,” Jaime just shrugs, looking up at her with a boyish grin, “you’ve seen me worse.”

Her blue eyes are shining, brimming with life and for a second he feels a mad abandon. She is alive. So is he.

He should just fucking kiss her.

A Good Match by @nire-the-mithridatist & @slipsthrufingers

Explicit | WiP | angst, canon divergence

Renly’s new bride was the talk of the castle.

All The Things I'll Never Have by @nightreaderenigma

Mature | one-shot | canon compliant, fluff

In their tent in the cold of the North, Brienne bravely shares with Jaime a vision of her ideal future.

Which happens to include marriage to him...

The Mandalorian

Forces Beyond Our Control by tamehistorian

Mature | complete | hurt/comfort, post s1

Another planet, another dead end.

Beside him, the child let out a quiet, concerned noise, his small claws clutching at his sleeve. He brushed a finger over an ear in the hopes of soothing him.

“I’m alright, ad’ika,” he said softly. A blatant lie. “We’ll get out of this.” A promise.

*

Din searches for the child's kind.

Redemption by RewriteTheStars5218

Teen | WiP | hurt/comfort, angst

I am a sucker for hurt/comfort so I wanted to write/expand on when Mando gets injured from the E-Web generator exploding. I’m also changing what happens after IG heals Mando because I think he should be a little more messed up after getting caught in an explosion and getting tossed around by a TIE fighter.

One foot in front of the other by @shaicarus

Not Rated | one-shot | hurt/comfort, post-s1

It felt as if the air itself had turned into tar. He eyed the last few dozen meters back to the Razor Crest with the same gritty determination with which he’d brandished a vibroblade at a charging mudhorn.

Bits of Beskar by @coffee-quill

General | one-shot | fluff

“He may be too small for such weight,” she says. “Any decent protection may be too much.”

“Not full armor,” he says. “I was thinking vambraces. Enough to show, but not real protection. Thinner, lighter. It would have to be redone if he still grows, but it would be enough.”

“Hm.” The Armorer looks at him, then nods. “I see what you mean. I will see what can work.”

-----

The child receives his first beskar armor.

You're Not Alone In This by itsagoodthing

Not rated | WiP | hurt/comfort, canon diverg

While struggling with the lingering injuries sustained from the battle on Navarro, Din's a little floored when he gets a hand from one of the last people he would have ever expected to.

Stucky

Let Me Hold You Close by icoulddothisallday

General | complete| angst, mpreg, alfa/omega

When Steve went down with the Valkyrie, he'd only just started to wonder if he might be pregnant. But there's no way a baby could have survived 70 years in the ice. Right?

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More fic recs

[olicitytropes]

Olicity Tropetastic Awards: Season One

Hoods, Dark Archers, earthquake machines, and OTA. From red pens to elevator shafts, here’s everything to love about Arrow’s first season ;)

@msbeccieboo’s recs:

The Hood asks Felicity for help and Gets more than he asked for - srmiller

What would have happened if it had been the Hood, instead of Oliver Queen, who brought Felicity a bullet-ridden laptop.

What the Hood doesn’t take in to account is Felicity Smoak doesn’t like mysteries. They need to be solved.

**Award: Best Sleuthing Felicity**

Owned - @olicitysmoaky

Tommy and Felicity are friends, but Oliver doesn’t know it… until now. A moment in time at their favorite restaurant joint. Circa season 1 timeline. Lightly-canon. Felicity is Oliver’s assistant and works with him as the Hood.

**Award: Best Oblivious Olicity**

@allimariexf’s recs:

Impressive, truly - @icannotbelieveiamhere

Felicity Smoak is delighted and scared out of her wits. She and Oliver rescued Walter Steele and discovered that Malcolm Merlyn arranged for his kidnapping. Felicity doesn’t know what to do next. She originally agreed to help Oliver find Walter. With Walter now safe and recovering in hospital, should she go back to her job in IT, or continue to help Oliver with his mission to save Starling City?

**Award: Best Use of Oliver Finally Fulfilling a Promise to Felicity**

I’ve waited so long for this. - @icannotbelieveiamhere

Oliver Queen doesn’t know what to do. His team are very close to stopping The Undertaking. Should he rekindle his old relationship with Laurel or give Tommy and Laurel a chance to get back together.

**Award: Best Use of Last-Minute-Self-Awareness Oliver**

@smoaking-greenarrow’s recs:

And Then a Butterfly Flapped Its Wings - oyhumbug

Sometimes the destruction of the individual can be more powerful than the decimation of the collective.

**Award: Best Oliver Helping Felicity Heal**

Knight in Dented Armor - Serendipity16

10.

That’s the message that was left on Felicity Smoak’s car that started the downward spiral that has become her life. Sure, she has her amazingly gorgeous-I mean muscular- I mean supportive best friend and CEO, Oliver Queen to help her through this strange time. But will Felicity’s past finally catch up to her? And what happens when the countdown runs out?

9.

8.

7….

**Award: Best Scary Situation Makes Olicity Realize They Love Each Other AU**

@memcjo’s recs:

You Used To Be My Friend But I Learned My Lesson - @tdgal1

Arrow skims over feels so this is my fix it fic for season 1-2. Lots of canon but it is an AU so events may be out of order. Tommy and Felicity friendship. This is my idea of how these characters felt during these scenes and how they may have acted differently. Not a great summary but read and let me know what you think. Exploring deeper feelings that the show won't.

**Award: Best Use of Dense Oliver FINALLY Waking Up to the Wonder that is Felicity Smoak~ All Thanks to Tommy Merlyn**

When You’re Out Of Faith (i’ll give you some of mine) - @alexiablackbriar13

After Oliver experiences a panic attack post being confronted by his family and friends about his instinctive actions at an attacked QC gala, Felicity is the one to offer him support and advice, and finally get through to him.

**Award: Best Use of Felicity Helping Oliver Begin to Understand His PTSD With No Brain-to-Mouth Filter Whatsoever**

The Gold Dress: Part One and Part Two - @hope-for-olicity

We found out yesterday from an old interview with Emily Bett Rickards that Oliver actually bought Felicity the gold dress Felicity wore in the Dodger episode. This is a little fic told from Felicity's point of view, Pretty Woman style, on how that came to be.

**Award: Best Use of Oliver Being Felicity’s  Protective Fairy Godmother in the Best Possible Way**

@tangled23works’s recs:

I know I can't lose (As long as you follow) - Nerdofmanytalents

When Oliver seeks refuge in Felicity's car after being shot by his mother, it turns out she wasn't the only one there. 

**Award: Most Adorable Addition to OTA**

Bartenders Make for Good Listeners (But Sometimes You Just Need A Friend) - layalee

A one-shot set in 1x17. What happens when Felicity confronts Oliver about being late? How will she handle the news? And will talking to Tommy Merlyn help clear up a few things?

**Award: Best Tommy-Is-An-Olicity-Shipper Fic**

@it-was-a-red-heeler’s recs:

Ready for the fall - @callistawolf

Taking place directly after the events in “Sacrifice” (the season 1 finale), Felicity tries to pull Oliver back from the edge. But is Oliver ready to be pulled back? Or is he ready for the fall?

**Award: Best Hurt/Comfort—Oliver+Felicity+Isolated Cabin= Yes Please!**

@blondeeoneexox’s recs:

(i want to) save that light - @callistawolf

What if one little thing changed in the history of Arrow? What if, instead of going to Laurel's apartment after discovering the extent of Merlyn's plans for the Glades, Oliver stayed at the foundry and talked to Felicity instead? This series of short vignettes explores some of the ripple-effect changes that could take place throughout the next season as a result of this one, fortuitous change.

**Award: Best Change of S1 Olicity Canon**

Secrets Don’t Make Friends - @felicityollies

Felicity stumbles upon the lair after getting drunk at Verdant. She meets the Hood, but it doesn’t go as she expects.

**Award: Sexiest Season One Turn of Events**

[avatarskywalker78]

AO3 Masterpost

even if we can’t find heaven (i’ll walk through hell with you) - Part 1 of The Shieldmaiden Saga, focusing on Steph Taylor - Eddie’s childhood best friend - as she gains powers from the particle accelerator, and soon finds out she’s not the only one, gaining new friends...and discovering that the accelerator was flawed.

love, you’re not alone (cause I’m gonna stand by you) - Part 2 of The Shieldmaiden Saga and a direct sequel to the above, with Steph Taylor continuing to gather friends, help metas, and build a case against Wells as another meta starts making a name for himself in Central City.

to save the world (with a friend by my side) - Longfic for SyFy’s Krypton, where Adam Strange and his friend Ashley Tanner travel back in time to save Krypton. Currently has 8/11 chapters.

flufftober 2021 - A series of (mostly) short fics I wrote for flufftober 2021, complete at 31 stories.

emerald legacy - An AU spanning from Arrow’s S1 finale, where Oliver was the one who died saving Laurel, not Tommy. In the midst of dealing with Oliver’s death, plus the revelation that Thea’s his sister, Tommy decides to take up Oliver’s mantle. Currently has 2 parts.

of legacies and lies - Alex Thompson, Jack Thompson’s granddaughter, goes on the run after the SHIELDRA reveal, and has to deal with the fact that her entire career in SHIELD has been a lie. Meanwhile Jack and Sarah - his wife - are making sure she’s going to get a fair trial when she reaches the US.

a god’s reflection - Loki’s POV after his initial imprisonment post-Avengers as he thinks about his actions, and regrets that he’ll never really have a chance to make amends because he’ll likely be imprisoned for the rest of his life.

when one door closes (another opens) - On Earth-4 in the 22nd Century, Brianna Thawne (Eddie’s distant descendant and her generation’s Cobalt Blue) takes Sara Lance up on her offer to join the Legends.

now we have (the freedom to choose) - an AU of Legends’ S1 finale. Kendra isn’t the only one dealing with destiny, but Carter too - and since he’s the one who always remembers first, it’s unlikely he’s ever had much chance to be with other people like Kendra has. Featuring a more self-aware Carter and a heart to heart with Sara Lance.

you’ve always been (a part of me) - A Seg/Adam fic set 40 years after Krypton’s S2 finale, where they’ve been together almost as long - and Seg is hit with the realization that he’ll eventually outlive Adam.

speak (and i’ll listen) - a short MonWinn fic set in an AU of Supergirl S2 (the AU being that they’re together, and not Mon and Kara). Winn stresses over not being able to stop Music Meister. Mon does his best to comfort him.

to new beginnings - A Westhallen short fic written for Polyam Shpping Day #14, set in an alternate season 2 and featuring the three of them discussing New Year’s resolutions.

brothers (lost and found) - the first part of Cobalt Blue and The Flash, where Barry Allen and Malcolm Thawne have been best friends for six years, with Barry essentially taking on the role of big brother due to Malcolm’s estrangement from his own brother. When Malcolm gets struck by lightning while trying (and failing) to prevent Barry from suffering the same fate, he wakes up five months later with speedster powers, and unbeknownst to him this changes everything.

doubt (and the bonds of love) -  Another short MonWinn fic, set in an alternate S3 where Mon-El never left Earth. Mon-El has become distant all of a sudden and Winn is determined to find out why.

to live and rise (and hope again) - longfic about Eliana Kent, Clark and Lana’s daughter from an alternate universe, as she experiences a massive power boost, becomes a hero, and joins the DEO, while still dealing with her family’s loss and having to work with two of their counterparts.

the future (is ours) - a short Thallen fic, set in a AU where Iris is the Flash, Eobard got defeated without any casulties, and Barry and Eddie are dating - Eddie second guessing his relationship with Barry after Eobard’s manipulations.

right here (is where i’m meant to be) - A lazy morning Segdam fic set post-canon.

Cobra Kai Mini Rewrites - a series of unnconnected oneshots that are rewrites on certain scenes in the show that annoyed me. Complete at 18 stories.

bad boy (no more) - my collection of Mike Barnes redemption fics, which are all standalone, but have the consistent elements of Mike’s wife Leah and his three children, Sarah, Elaine, and Alex. Currently has 5 stories.

flufftober 2022 - my collection of stories for this year’s flufftober spanning various fandoms. Complete at 21 stories.

the truth (long overdue) - a Spider-Man 2 fix-it fic where Peter actually explains things to Harry instead of rushing off and leaving him alone, and this changes everything.

looking for america (coming through your schools) - the first part of the Nicky Connors, Cobra Adjacent series, which focuses on Nicky Connor’s friendship with the OG Cobras, particulary Johnny. This fic is set on New Year’s Eve 1983, with the six of them reflecting on the year past and being hopeful about 1984.

[beckytailweaver]

Avatar: The Last Airbender (fic stuff)

Since I’m trying to work on something (ANYTHING!) and I seem to be in an Avatar mood of late, I’ll throw this up here.

These are fics, potential fics, and mostly-concrete ideas that have existed in the back of my closet for a very long time, since the good old days of watching ATLA when it was shiny and new and cool. Most of them are also so old that LOK didn’t exist yet or was in its infancy.

Note: These are mostly gen fic. If pairings come up they are not the central goal of the piece; they will be mainly canon as it existed at the time the fic was outlined. Treat them like the scenery (no ship war drama allowed in my workroom, that’s what stopped me participating in the fandom years ago).

I’d kinda like to put some feelers out and see what folks think would be most interesting to work on.

Read on:

The End of the Circle Post-canon continuation, my oldest ATLA fic, conceived and outlined before comics or LOK existed. Does some headcanon worldbuilding based on what was available at the time of the original series. Dragons and spirits and legends coming to life, oh my!

Status: outlined, some scenes written, firm endpoint, world built.

Summary: Roku warned Aang that he could not die in the Avatar State, or the cycle would end. Azula’s lightning killed Aang in the Avatar State. To their good fortune, Katara’s spirit water was able to bring Aang back to life, but there are Consequences—for the Avatar and for the world.

Wild Fire Canon AU/semi-rewrite. Also born before LOK was a thing so Druk doesn’t exist. It borrows some concepts from the idea of Toph and her badgermole family. It breaks some TLA canon around the edges but it’s all in good fun.

Status: outlined, many scenes, ending fully plotted.

Summary: The young Fire Prince was burned and disowned by the Fire Lord, cast away and abandoned on the hostile shores of the Earth Kingdom before his kindly uncle could aid him. Disfigured, angry, and lost, young Zuko finds solace in the wilderness when he is taken in by a most unusual protector: A dragon.

Phoenix Legacy Not-a-time-travel “time travel” fic. It was born after seeing Season 1 of Avatar LOK and...kinda liking it but not? (I mostly lost interest in LOK after S1.) And wanting to add some more classic feel to the season. No information from subsequent seasons was used to outline it (thus there is no Druk) but recently I have gone back and “fixed” Zuko’s daughter (giving her the correct name and appearance), and added her nameless daughter (Iroh II’s sister) for lulz. Basically a rewrite of LOK Season 1 with a TLA character along for the ride to shake everything up, because at the time I was disappointed that there was only Katara and no other Gaang members out there kicking the new Avatar into shape.

Status: outlined, a few scenes written, ending plotted; not to be a rehash.

Summary: A phoenix cannot die by fire—it can only be reborn. When Ozai claimed the title of Phoenix King, he had no idea what sort of spirit he might be invoking. When he lost his ancestor’s war and his crown, the spirit’s blessings were unknowingly conferred upon his heir: The hapless Fire Lord Zuko, determined to bring his nation to peace. Seventy years later, there’s a tragic explosion in a tea shop in Republic City, and exiled traitor Fire Prince Zuko wakes up to an unfamiliar world full of unfamiliar faces. The last thing he remembers is an Agni Kai under a Comet, catching lightning to protect a friend.

The Prince’s Prisoner Another ficling born before the comics or LOK were really a big deal and/or I didn’t know about them. Basically during TLA S1, rather than fleeing Prince Zuko’s clutches, Aang decides to remain his prisoner. The original reasoning for this was a kind of modified Peggy Sue: Aang effed up his final battle with Ozai for reasons, his soul is sorta sent back in time to do-over from his iceberg wakeup. The problem is that this is not a perfect process and he doesn’t actually remember everything, only some very important faces, feelings, and concepts. The idea of Zuko as a dear friend/teacher/trusted person is one of these things. Thus, in defiance of all visible logic, Aang trusts S1!Zuko with his life and keeps his promise to go with him. In spite of his Water Tribe friends continuously trying to rescue him, Zhao continuously trying to capture him, and Zuko himself continuously trying to avoid being befriended by his ticket home. (”I’m your prisoner, not anyone else’s.”)  Intended to be a funny and heartwarming friendship/journey story taking a different angle at the series.

Status: tentatively outlined with very few scenes skeleton’d out, season 1 definite, endpoint undecided but can continue throughout the series. The premise mechanic is a bit flimsy; it’s less concrete since it’s supposed to be fluff, angst, and friendship.

dragon!Zuko AU fic Everybody has to write one of these, it’s like a law. Here’s mine: Ozai’s cruelty during the Agni Kai with his young son invoked the wrath of Agni, bringing down a magic from a time before memory and no one knows if it’s a blessing or a curse. When Zuko’s face burned, the fire didn’t stop there, and when the flames went out a young dragon was left on the floor of the arena. Uncle Iroh came to his rescue before the rest of Court could gather their wits, and then had to get him on a boat and out of the Fire Nation before Ozai could decide whether to make him into a pet or a trophy. Part 1: Rather than going on a mission to hunt the Avatar, Zuko and Iroh are on a road trip to keep Zuko alive and secret from the world (Ozai wants to usurp his brother’s title of Dragon). Iroh and his crew end up raising this stubborn angsty dragon prince; since he can’t turn back into a human he has to come to terms with being a dragon most of the time (which can’t talk), and he can often be Very Dramatic about it. Part 2: Years later, there’s rumors of the Avatar’s return and Zuko (who has sort of learned to take a human shape again) sees an opportunity to spare his own life and go home by offering his father a bigger prize than a dragon’s head...

Status: very general outline, some scenes conceived and a general plot/endpoint. Part 1 is in the 3 years pre-canon, Part 2 is during canon, including the grumpy dragon hiding out in Ba Sing Se.

Years Gone/Avatar kids AU S1/pre-canon rewrite. Some whim of fate cracks open Aang’s iceberg three years early (a storm, a passing boat, pure chance?) and he tumbles out into the world in the same year that Prince Zuko was banished. Despite befriending some Water Tribe children who would love to go adventuring with him, he’s got to get home to the Southern Air Temple and that’s where he runs into young, angry, raw-wounded Prince Zuko on his first visit. The tiny chase ensues up and down the entire temple. Aang will of course be friendly but escape. And this begins a probably-ill-advised adventure with a lot of kids who are entirely too young to be camping across the world on a bison (but it’s exciting!), chased by another kid entirely too young to be leading a manhunt. The Comet is three years away so there’s plenty of time for adults to tear their hair out over this. Zuko is a tiny ball of determination, rage, and tears. Aang feels bad for him and tries to make with the befriending even as he’s dodging the fire tantrums. Occasionally during adventures Zuko just gets scooped along for the ride in Appa’s saddle, no one’s sure how these weird truces get called, but Iroh sips tea and directs the crew on a new heading and they’ll pick up their prince at the bison’s next stopover most likely after the kid pendulums back the other way and remembers he’s trying to nab the Avatar again. So Zuko spends 50% of the time yelling and chasing the Avatar and 50% of the time sitting in Appa’s saddle learning tentative smiles and being offered berries and seal jerky, all the way from the South Pole to the North. (It’s slightly terrifying to realize that Aang and Zuko are currently the oldest kids in the party and are actually in charge of this terribly irresponsible expedition.)

Status: general outline, a couple of scenes written, particular S1 plot points, no endpoint yet. Possible bonus content: Toph and/or Suki come along for the ride because why not.

The Blacksmith of Ba Sing Se This is a very old Lu Ten Lives! story. Lu Ten always knew Uncle Ozai envied him, but secure in his position he didn’t really care about it until he took an arrow in the back during the final battle of the Siege of Ba Sing Se. With unknown assassins among his own ranks and no safe place to retreat in the melee, the wounded prince decides to fake his own death by hiding in the rubble, and then swapping clothes with a slain Earth Kingdom soldier half crushed in the ruin. At first, it’s only to get to safety until he can get to the bottom of this. But Lu Ten is picked up by the EK medic teams after the surprising withdrawal of the Fire Nation troops, and ends up spirited away into the heart of Ba Sing Se—where he discovers that it’s hard to escape. He also discovers a whole new world, and a whole new perspective, and, keeping out of the authorities’ notice, eventually manages to make a life for himself as Chang the Blacksmith, a humble craftsman with a wife and kids. This...is much nicer than war, death, and Court politics. Years later: refugee Zuko walking home from his job at Pao Family Tea Shop runs across a little boy crying over his broken toy in the dusty street...

Status: nebulous outline with a few particular sketched scenes. Takes place mostly in Ba Sing Se, outcome indeterminate. It could be mixed with the Lineages concept from below.

Lineages / not Ozai’s kid AU Not really a concrete plot so much as a campy idea from long before the Avatar comics blundered through Ursa’s backstory. There was a phase in the fandom (I think the Search comics drew off of that) where it was popular to imagine almost anyone else than Ozai as Zuko’s Secret Real Dad (the boy deserves a better father) and Iroh was often selected as primary candidate. (I know, Iroh is already the real dad and stepped into Ozai’s cold empty shoes like a pro.) Me, deciding that I had to be different, decided to offer up Lu Ten on that altar. Justifications: Iroh and Ozai looked to have a pretty extreme age difference and there was no solid age for Lu Ten at the time of his death, but his picture looks mature enough. Deals with family secrets and the political issues of muddying the lines of inheritance in the middle of a war. Also takes a crack at Ursa having a clever hand with Azulon’s last will and testament on Ozai’s behalf, with provisos.

Status: nothing really more than a vague concept without enough plot to stand on its own. Without a viable framework, it could work better/well folded into The Blacksmith story, above.

I’m open to opinions and/or asks about these. Trying to get a spark going! (I need to be working in a fandom, ANY fandom at this point! ^_^;; )

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (22-28 May 2022)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

😊👂 Black Coffee (Hercule Poirot #7.5) (Agatha Christie, playwright; Charles Osborne, adapter/novelization; John Moffat, narrator) - you can definitely tell that the bones of this were a play; still an entertaining listen/read

😍 Differently Okay Local Idiots series (One-EyedBossman (desert000rose), SecretFandomStories) - 137K series, Stucky no powers D/s AU - absolutely LOVED this!!!! both are recovering vets with many jagged edges and they see how they fit together - the narrative structure on this was great: dual POV, very tightly overlapping/interlocking (which could gone badly so easily but I really think these authors pull it off). Can't wait for more.

🥰 Daddy Issues (His Boy Next Door #39) (RJ Moray) - novella - the next chapter in Jack & Channon's story

😊 K'diwa: A Steamy Novel of Interspecies Romance, by Jim Kirk (branwyn) - 103K, Kirk/Spock - tagged 'Jim is a sweet sad bottom and Spock can't stand it' and that's really what you need to know

💖💖 +128K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

It's A Very Distinctive Family Resemblance (copperbadge) - Leverage, MCU: Gen, 1.6K - I love every iteration of 'Eliot Spencer is related to Bucky Barnes'

Put It on Repeat, It Stays the Same (giselleslash) - MCU: Stucky, 20K - reread; love this story of these two pining FWB getting stuck together by a snowstorm and then ~~feelings~~

Rockin' and Rollin' (musette22) - MCU: Stucky, 3K - shout out to Minnie for taking up the challenge and writing some fucking delicious fic inspired by that mechanical bull riding video

fish in the sky (alby_mangroves, chaosmanor) - MCU: Stucky, 37K - http://ao3.org/works/27969167

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Legends of Tomorrow - s4, e6-16; s5, e1

The Great Pottery Throw Down - s5, e6-10

Supergirl - s5, e9: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One"

Batwoman - s1, e9: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two"

The Flash - s6, e9: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three"

Arrow - s8, e9: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four"

Legends of Tomorrow - s5, e0: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five"

🎧 PODCASTS🎧

Lingthusiasm - #25: Every word is a real word

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Carhenge

99% Invisible - #492- Inheriting Froebel's Gifts

Partners - Sarah Schneider & Chris Kelly

Richmond Til We Die: A Ted Lasso Podcast - Ted Lasso S2E8, Part 1: This Was Not A Date

Hit Parade - The Lullaby of Broadway Edition

Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - Ghosts in the (Hit) Machine

Still Processing - Sweat Equity

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The Livestock Living at the End of the World

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Leaning Tower of Niles

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Père Lachaise Cemetery

Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - Copyrights & Wrongs

Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - Stop… Collaborate & Listen

This is Good for You - Ep 32: Romance Novels Are Not a Guilty Pleasure

Strong Songs Bonus Episodes - Sonny with a Side of Max

Lingthusiasm - Bonus 9: Is X a sandwich? Solving the word-meaning argument once and for all

Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - Progression Obsession

Hit Parade - The B-Sides Edition

Lingthusiasm - 43: The grammar of singular they - Interview with Kirby Conrod

Hit Parade - The Feat. Don’t Fail Me Now Edition

Lingthusiasm - Bonus 17: Homonyms, homophones, and homographs

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Doo-Wop

The Essential Kenny Loggins

Presenting The Go-Go's [The Go-Go's]

Beauty and the Beat [The Go-Go's]

Vacation [The Go-Go's]

Talk Show [The Go-Go's]

God Bless The Go-Go's [The Go-Go's]

Peaceful, Easy Feeling

The B-52's

Best of Rent: Highlights from the Original Cast Album

Broadway's Biggest Hits

The Wrecking Crew

Presenting Depeche Mode

The Very Best of Pure Prairie League

The World of Journey

[dragonydreams]

Fic Year in Review 2019

I seem to be writing a bit less year over year since S1 of LoT, but I still wrote, which is the important thing. Fic Written in 2019 All links and stats to/from AO3. January Fandom: Arrow Fic: Rose Colored Memories (Sara Lance/Nyssa al Ghul) Mature Summary: Sharing a quiet moment.

April Fandom: Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Arrow Fic: Some Things Are Meant To Be (Sara Lance/Leonard Snart, Barry Allen/Leonard Snart, Barry Allen/Oliver Queen) Teen Summary: What happens when Leonard Snart gets a date with Barry Allen, the hottest boy at school, who until recently was dating the most powerful boy at school, Oliver Queen? Nothing good, if you ask Len's best friend, Sara Lance. (Some Kind of Wonderful Movie AU) July Fandom: Legends of Tomorrow Fic: Letters Unsent (Sara Lance/Leonard Snart) Teen Summary: Sara and Leonard are reunited. Sequel to Pen Pals. September Fandom: Killjoys Fic: Breaking Promises (Dutch, Johnny Jaqobis, Lucy) Gen Summary: Johnny's and Dutch talk about the future after Cherchez la Bitch. December Fandom: Legends of Tomorrow Fic: Sizzle, Pop, Hiss (Sara Lance/Leonard Snart) Teen Summary: Leonard teaches Sara how to make latkes for Hanukkah. Total word count: 20,485 (according to AO3) Fandoms written in: Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Arrow, Killjoys Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you’d predicted? About what I expected. I knew that I wouldn't be able to keep up with the sheer volume that I did in 2016. What’s your own favorite story of the year? Definitely Some Things Are Meant To Be. This is a story that had been in the back of my mind to write for well over a year before I finally sat down to do it. Did you take any writing risks this year? Not really. Do you have any fanfic or profic goals for the New Year? Just to keep writing. My best story of this year: According to the Kudos on AO3 it would be Rose Colored Memories My most popular story of this year: Going by the Hit Count on AO3 it's Some Things Are Meant To Be Story of mine most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion: I only wrote 5 stories this year, and I don't feel like any of them are under-appreciated. Most fun story to write: Sizzle, Pop, Hiss Story with the single sexiest moment: Rose Colored Memories Hardest story to write: Some Things Are Meant To Be - Movie AUs can always be hard to adapt, even when I do use most of the dialog from the movie. Biggest Surprise: That I didn't write more. I had other ideas, but no compulsion to write them. Best lines: "Life with Johnny Jaqobis is always better than life without him," Dutch said. "I speak from personal experience." - Breaking Promises Story/stories I haven’t yet written, but intend to: This hasn't really changed from the last couple of years. I still haven't written these. * Sicily story - post Destiny with meta!Leonard. (Been slowly working on this one but it still needs an ending.) * Next part in Finding Home series. (Sara and Leonard move in together.) * Next part in Unfamiliar Dreams series. (Wedding!) * Alternate Earth with seaQuest crossover.

[lronhusbands]

Tony Stark Bingo Round 2 Masterpost

just in case there’s any confusion for the @tonystarkbingo mods (bc I changed my tumblr url and my discord name)

tumblr: anthonystarhk ------> lronhusbands

discord: #anthonystarhk ------> #chel Fic Masterpost:

Title: Crossing A Line Square: S1 Sharing a Bed Rating: G Pairing: ironhusbands Warnings: n/a Summary: Mob Boss James Rhodes (War Machine) sets his sights on Stark Industries, more than ready to expose the corruption of Obadiah Stane. He enlists the help of Tony Stark. It doesn't take Obadiah Stane very long to catch onto what Tony's up to and is tragically quick to do something about it.Rhodes will do whatever it takes to get Tony back and tear Obadiah down in the process.

Title: Confessions Square: T2 Confessions Under the Influence Rating: G Pairing: Tony & Wanda Warnings: alcohol, unhealthy coping mechanisms Summary:  During training Wanda digs a little too far into Steve's mind and uncovers one horrifying secret about the Winter Soldier and Howard and Maria Stark. Unable to believe her Captain would keep such a secret she tells Tony Stark. Many nights later she and Tony have confessional with each other.

Title: If I Should Lose You Now Square: A3 Free Rating: G Pairing: ironhusbands Warnings: n/a Summary: “You’re in an alternate universe,” Magic Man said calmly, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. The faceplate flipped up. “I’m in a what,” “Alternate Universe,” Tony blinked a few times, considering what Magic Man had said. Logically it made sense. No Steve Rogers, he only recognized half of the Avengers, they knew Frank Castle as the Punisher, JARVIS wasn’t responding to him, and they had no idea who he was. “How do I get back?” -- Tony Stark lives in a universe without James Rhodes. James Rhodes lives in a universe without Tony Stark. A white mist forces Tony into Rhodey's universe and then rips him away all too soon, and Tony will do whatever it takes to get back to the universe where Rhodey is.

Title: Sacrifice Square: K4 Conflicting Obligations/Oaths Rating: G Pairing: Gen Warnings: n/a Summary: Tony Stark visits Vormir alone. The Soul Stone demands a sacrifice. Tony insists he's sacrificed enough. The Stone puts him up for evaluation.

Title: Ghosts Square: T3 Gardening Rating: G Pairing: Tony Stark/Matt Murdock/Bucky Barnes Warnings: n/a Summary: “I don’t trust him,” Matt said shortly. Next to him, Tony shrugged. “He’s cute!” On Tony’s other side, Rhodes sighed so hard that Matt felt it. “Matt you don’t even know him,” Tony added. “He always finds a way to be in the same room as you, I don’t have to know him to not trust him,” Matt shot back. “Maybe he thinks I’m cute,” “You are. But I doubt that’s his reason,” Matt replied, smirking as Tony’s heart beat audibly quickened.A series of events lead up to Tony Stark, Matt Murdock, and James Barnes at MIT. As expected, shenanigans ensue.

Title: Connected Square: T1 Tony sitting on Harley’s couch in IM3 Rating: g Pairing: Harley & Tony Warnings: n/a Summary: The last thing Harley Keener needs when he's home alone is someone breaking into his garage, even if it is Iron Man. A few white lies, a broken water tower, and number of panic attacks later, Harley's life flips upside down.

Title: You’re Making the Typical Me Break My Typical Rules Square: R1 Bucky Barnes (chapter 1) K1 First Kiss (chapter 2) Rating: G Pairing: Tony Stark/Clint Barton/Bucky Barnes Warnings: n/a Summary: Toni Stark knew she and James Barnes were soulmates the moment she saw him. The electric blue lines of the arc reactor seemed to glow against his skin, just like hers did. But she kept her mouth shut and she made him a new arm and even engraved his old soulmarks onto his new metal arm. James Barnes knew he and Toni were soulmates nearly a year after they met. She’d been neck deep in one of her car engines and it was impossible to miss the red star on her arm- his star on her arm. Clint Barton knew he, Toni Stark, and James Barnes were soulmates the second Toni had flipped over her arm to show him a purple arrow that stretched from the crease of her elbow to the palm of her hand. The same arrow he had been born with. Alternatively, where Toni tries until she doesn’t, where James keeps his distance until he doesn’t, and Clint won’t let himself fall until he does.

Title: Trial and Error Square: R5 Harley Keener (chapter 2) K2 WTF (chapter 4) (chapters 1, 3, 5 posted from ironhusbands bingo) Rating: g Pairing: ironhusbands, Tony & Harley Warnings: n/a Summary:  Rhodes and Harley watched Fury step into the elevator. Tony stood there for a moment, his back to them before he turned and pointed directly to Harley. “You lied to me,” “Only a little!” “Do you even have a sister?” “Ok maybe I lied about that too,” Harley admitted. “Unbelievable,” “I did tell you we’re connected,” Harley pointed out. -- Where Tony Stark tries to figure out how to be a dad, how to not be in love with his best friend, and what to do when his kid figures it all out.

Moodboard Masterpost:

Title: Untitled Square: R4 Supernatural Rating: G Pairing: Ironhusbands Warnings: n/a Summary:  Where Tony and Rhodey are convinced Mothman is real, and go to Mothmania in hopes of seeing the legendary cryptid for themselves.

Title: Untitled Square: A1 Abandonment Issues Rating: G Pairing: Ironhusbands Warnings: n/a Summary: Where Tony and Rhodes buy abandoned buildings, rebuild them, and have their own magazine.

Title: Untitled Square: S2 Dragon Rider AU  Rating: G Pairing: n/a Warnings: n/a Summary: where Tony has a dragon and generally he’s a badass

Title: Free to a Good Home Square: K5 Attacked by a Creature Rating: G Pairing: Ironhusbands Warnings: n/a Summary: Rhodes stepped into the kitchen to find his fiance with a kitten on one shoulder, two climbing his leg, and one sitting at his feet. “Tones?” “The timer for feeding time went off and they started yelling,” Tony said. “Oh Tones,” Rhodes said quietly, picking off the two kittens climbing Tony’s leg, they yelled at him. “I’m not prepared to be a mother,” Rhodes laughed.

Title: Untitled Square: A2 pic of Tony and Natasha in IM2 Rating: G Pairing: ironwidow Warnings: n/a Summary:  Summary: Tony and Natasha meet at a party, perform a number of heists and then retire to live the life of the rich and fabulous. (Ft. the one photo of them the police managed to get before they vanished)

[daisylincs]

WIP Folder Game

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Send me an ask with the title that most intrigues you and interests you and I’ll post a little snippet of it or tell you something about it!  ← part of my trick or treat now :D

Thank you so much for the tag, @eowima​​! You know, I think we should officially update you to the role of clairvoyant or something, lmao, because you won’t believe how well this fits into my ~master plan.~ (I’ll explain in a second, lol.) 

But before I start, um... letmeapologiseinadvancefortheshitshowthatisabouttofollow. My WIPs folder is, er, simply put, a mess. Chaos. A nightmare. 

I have an explanation!! I’ve always loved fanfiction and fandoms, and I’ve spent many happy years reading other people’s things - but I’ve never actually been inspired to create something myself. I don’t know, I always had tremendous respect for the creators who were already out there, but I never felt the inclination to join them, you know? 

Then I started watching AoS this lockdown, and... well, let’s just say that everything changed. For the first time ever, I woke up in the middle of the night and I had a fic idea, one that was demanding to be written down if I ever wanted to sleep a wink again.

And the more I got into the fandom, the more the fic ideas kept coming, until there was a point where I couldn’t read or watch anything without thinking, “ooh, AoS AU!!” So... into the WIPs folder it went. And as you can well imagine, there’s a lot there now. Like, a lot. 

Fitzsimmons was the ship that gave me my first fic idea, so of course there’s stuff for them. Then Huntingbird is the ship that actually pulled me completely and wholeheartedly into the fic verse. And then, of course, Staticquake, the ship that actually got me past my but I’m not good enough fears and, er, got me completely obsessed. I am still not over that.

And last but definitely not least - and, actually, you’re to thank for this, Océane, because it’s your fic that got me hooked on these two awkwardorable idiots - my brain decided that, you know what, if I’m going to write now anyway, I want to do Spideychelle.

So that’s the (long) story of me and my chaotic WIPs folder, and now with no further ado, I’m going to jump right in and give you a list of titles. *coughs* I am, however, going to put a cut here, because... well, you’ll see why. *cringes*

Key: 

💜 - Staticquake

💖 - Huntingbird

💚 - Fitzsimmons

🍋 - Dekesy

💗 - Pipsy

🤍 - Dousy

💕 - Skimmons

🧡 - Quakerider

💞 - Simmorse

🤎 - Mackelena

💙 - Platonic/Family Centric

❤️ - Spideychelle 

💘 - Clintasha

* - a series

(Ones with two or more hearts mean that all these ships feature prominently.) 

The List:

💜.  A Hero’s Reward

💜.  and i risk it all for this life we share

💜.  Angsty Post-Hive Recovery Fic

💜. barefoot on the grass, listening to our favourite song

💜. Best Friends But She’s In A Bad Relationship AU

💜. Bittersweet What-If Fic

💜. Blow Us All Away*

💜. Childhood Friends Fic

💜. darling just dive right in

💜. darling just kiss me slow

💜. don’t ask me where i’ve been, or what i’m gonna do (just know that i’m here with you) 

💜. every day in between

💜. Fairytale (Sleeping Beauty) AU

💜. Fake Dating Partyfic

💜. Flower Shop AU

💜. good old shake ‘n bake

💜. Grieving Fic

💜. High School AU Idea

💜. Hive Toilet Fic

💜. Hospital Fluff & Flirting AU

💜. Hotel Room AU

💜. i live for you (soulmates AU)

💜. i never knew you were the someone waiting for me

💜.  i’ll find my way through night and day

💜. just let your heart be free (you’ve got a friend in me)

💜. lights will guide you home

💜. Mission/Partners Fic

💜. Modern Royalty Fic

💜. Musical (West Side Story) AU

💜. Not That Girl Anymore

💜. PDA

💜. Pitch Perfect AU

💜. Post-Hive Pregnancy Fic

💜. put that body on me

💜. Rain Fic

💜. Red Thread

💜. Regency AU: Marriage of Convenience

💜. Regency AU: Arranged Marriage

💜. remember that with every piece of you

💜. Rom-Com AU

💜. Royalty Shenanigans Fic

💜. S3 AU - Daisy, Inhuman Leader

💜. S3 AU - Lincoln With SHIELD All Along

💜. Shake ‘n Bake: A YouTube Romance

💜. Skaters AU

💜. Sky’s the Limit*

💜. Snowed In Fic

💜. so baby i’m alright, with just a kiss goodnight

💜. some dreams do come true

💜. Soul Realm

💜. Soulmark AU

💜. Stardust AU

💜. Stranded-Somewhere-Cold Ficlet

💜. The Daughter of Thunder and Lightning

💜. the earth shook and the sky flashed

����. took my heart upon a one-way trip

💜. TV Show AU

💜. Ward-Confrontation AU

💜. Watching Hamilton AU

💜. What-Ifs*

💜. you’d be the one i was meant to find

💜💙. Lincoln & The Team Bonding Fic

💜💙. MayLincoln Friendship Fic

💜💙. The Secret Warriors

💚. Academy Era Rom-Com

💚. Ah Crap My Ex Just Walked In AU

💚. Alya Fluff and First Words Fic

💚. Angsty Hair ficlet 

💚. Cute Family Zoo Prompt

💚. lunch break

💚. Second Child Fluff and First Words Fic

💚. Soulmate AU

💚. The Perfect Fairytale*

💚. The Team Ships It

💚💜. Fluffy Best Friends Idea

💚💜. ooh, la la la*

💚💙.  AoS Frozen AU

💚💙. FitzsimmonsSparks Fic 

💚💙. Us Against The World

💚💜💙. AoS Harry Potter AU

💖. Al Birthday Fic 

💖. always the same pattern, love

💖. blonde

💖. meet me half-way

💖. rollercoaster

💖. Soulmate AU

💖. The Blue Door (Notting Hill AU)

💖. the ride

💖. when did it all fall to pieces (can’t we build it back)

💚💖. Best Friends’ Wedding AU

💚💖. The Holiday AU 

💚💜💖💙. No Hive AU

💚💜💖💙. Post-3x10 Who Owes Who Fic

🍋. Angst/Introspection Fic

🍋. Beach Fic

🍋. Coffee Shop AU

🍋. Concert Canon Divergence Fic

🍋. Drunk Kiss Fic

🍋. Mission Kiss Canon Divergence Fic

🍋. Singers AU

💚🍋. Fluff and Teasing Fic

💚🍋. (Not A) Double Date

💗. ’cause you’re out of this world

💗. Coffee Shop/Baristas AU

💗. High School AU/Sleepover Fic

💗. Walls Come Down Fic

🤍. Affectionate Arguments/Take Care Of Yourself Fic

🤍. Danny Boy & Quake*

🤍. getting to know you, getting to know all about you

🤍. T Birthday Fic

🤍💚. Teasing/Introspection Fic    

💞. Birdie Birthday Fic

💞. Bodyguard AU

💞. Roommates/Best Friends AU

💞. you’re just my cup of tea

🧡. Abby Birthday Fic

🧡. it’s a better place since you came along

🧡. Reluctantly Perfect

🧡. Scarlet Birthday Fic

🧡💚. well that works    

💕. Coming Out Fic

💕. S1 Crush Fic

💕. you’ll be my lady

🤎. Childhood Best Friends AU

🤎. Church Camp AU

🤎. Giorgia Birthday Fic

🤎. Soulmates AU

🤎. then through the shadows, your light appears

💚💜💖🤎. Shippy Team Mistletoe Fic

💚💜💖🤎. Shippy Team Snowfic

💚💜💖🤎💙. Soft Family Fic from Chloe Interview

❤️. Ah Crap My Ex Just Walked In AU

❤️. Arranged Marriage AU

❤️. cute clueless moron

❤️. Cute, Dorky Friendship Idea

❤️. Fake Dating Friends to Lovers

❤️. Media Nonsense Fic

❤️. Michelle Jones, Agent of SHIELD

❤️. Michelle Jones, Inhuman

❤️. Océane Birthday Fic

❤️. oh, when you kiss me

❤️. Secret Santa Fic

❤️. Secret Santa Thank-You Ficlet

❤️. Spideychelle Week Day 5 - Roommates AU

❤️. Spideychelle Week Day 6 - Enemies to Lovers

❤️. Spideychelle Week Day 7 - Only One Bed

❤️. Teach Me To Fight, Parker

❤️💚. heads on a science apart

💘. Bobbi Birthday Fic

💘. 5 Times The Avengers Played Matchmaker, and 1 Time It Worked (Sort Of)

💘. Jade Arrow

💘. Natalia

💘. Roommates AU

💙. all the stars in the skye

💙. blue-eyed

💙. FitzDaisy Recovery Fic

💙. Happy Family Holiday Fic

💙. JemmaDaisy Friendship Fic

💙. see the line where the skye meets the sea

💙. Soft-Fluffy Philindaisy Tickle Fic

💙.untitled angst war fic

💜🤍💗🍋🧡💕💙. day’s eye      

(and that’s not even it. I haven’t even made documents for all the birthday fics. *crawls into a hole to die*)

So yeah, I’m completely insane and I’m probably going to be here for the next ten years trying to write all this lot and also I tag @ohwriteiforgot​​, @aleksandrachaev​​, @everythingirl44​​, @que-mint-tea, @anxiouslynumbme, @springmagpies​, @besidemethewholedamntime​, @infinitestarsintheskye​, @libbyweasley​, @a-biochemist-not-a-bird​, @nazezdha321​, @sadtunes​ and @here-for-huntingbird​, if any of you guys want to do this!