#but I was able to get it into fic form

[sunset-peril]

The Castle was filled with some kind of uneasy energy. Pryze didn’t know why, but the Wolfbred had felt it in every bone since the sunrise. The Blood Moon last night had been an unwelcome surprise, for sure, but his deeper soul believed that something more than a celestial event had offset Hyrule’s center. Part of the Princess’ guard he may be, he stood his assigned post just outside the observation room. No shaking of his head or reorienting of his ears could distract him: something was amiss in the castle.

Another member of the Princess’ guard, a Hylian man about his age, was sent to what sounded like unrest in Castle Town, which further sold Pryze that something wasn’t quite right. They weren’t by the Princess’ side as often as Captain Link, for a variety of reasons making varying levels of sense, but he couldn’t help but contemplate why they’d be assigned somewhere other than the Princess’ general vicinity with this amount of uneasiness.

Maybe it was just his innate Wolfbred anxiety. After all, Captain Link was obviously unconcerned enough, as he had not called off the training he’d been scheduled to do with the First Gatehouse guards. Pryze had nothing better to do than to let his mind run wild while he stood at his post, so he let his mind do so throughout the morning, until he was relieved around the lunch hour. On his way to the dining hall, one of the handmaidens for the Princess approached him. Rapidly enough that his instinct was to brace for battle. 

“Sir Pryze! You’re not alongside the Princess this morning?”

He recognized this Sheikah, but not enough to know her name. Their shared history usually meant he avoided the white-haired Hylians when possible, to ease himself if nothing else. “No, handmaiden, I received an entry guard post today.”

“Master Link seems to also be absent from his place.”

“He has been training knights at the First Gatehouse. Will probably be doing so until all those guards are worn ragged.”

“What interesting timing! Especially with such uneasy news that the Castle has received. Have you received the news yet, Sir Pryze?”

He turned his head to further face her, tipping his snout downwards. Despite his wariness and need for stoicism, he did not wish to depict himself coldly. “I’m afraid not. What is such news?”

“Princess Zelda was discovered to be pregnant just last night.”

The air fell from his lungs. “What?” He felt sweat forming on his brow and hairline; his heart hammered in his chest.

“Oh, I know, what a shock! I don’t believe the King knows who the father is, otherwise I’m sure an arrest would have been made already. Something other than this dreaded uneasiness.”

“I, uh-” His eyelids fluttered closed. “I should… alert my captain. This is something he will wish to know.” 

He shouldn’t be walking so quickly through the Castle halls. He looked suspicious, or at least someone bearing urgent news. But he couldn’t slow. Heck, this was the best he could do to keep from running. Something had happened, and he knew immediately what it was. Stupid Pryze, stupid. She smelled off the last time the whole Princess’ Guard was together. Stupid, stupid, the Captain was a Wolfbred with four unbonded seasons, of course!

He arrived at the gatehouse just as his captain finished yet another sparring match. Either he had arrived in the middle of a lecture, or Link was sparring just to spar. Either was likely at this hour. “Captain Link! I must speak with you urgently!”

His captain turned immediately, sheathing his sword with a nod.

As soon as the pair were aside and far enough away from other ears, their eyes met and Pryze’s words came rushing out. Link’s ears drooped as those words flowed out, and he twisted his scarred face to avert his gaze from his subordinate’s.” 

“Captain Link, what have you done?”

[justaz]

arthur (prince of camelot) still has to study under a tutor bc yknow uther wants him to be very intelligent before becoming king or something bc its super important idk idc anyways merlin is doing chores in his chambers while arthur is squinting at a book and merlin eventually caves and asks him what he’s reading and arthur gruffly explains that its a collection of stories from greece that make absolutely no sense so merlin asks him to read them outloud to him. arthur of course teases him and calls him an idiot and asks how he could possibly help but does as he’s asked and reads the stories to merlin as he does his chores. merlin (being crushed under the weight of destiny and tormented by the prophecies that kilgharrah spews) understands the stories almost immediately and gets all excited and starts rambling about them with arthur. arthur is glad to have someone who understands so he can give something that reflects a hint of understanding to his tutor who accepts it and moves onto the next unit of education.

the thing is, arthur finds more stories in camelot’s library and brings them up to his room to read them aloud to merlin under the guise of completing his studies but really he just wants to watch as merlin’s eyes gleam when he understands whats happening and listen to him ramble on and on about them bc he’s gay. the stories stick with merlin though and he realizes that they’re cautionary tales, that the heroes who were told too much of their future doomed themself to fulfill them - that them fighting the prophecies led to their completion. merlin takes it to heart and gives a big “fuck you” to kilgharrah before forging his own fate and helping morgana with her magic and handing out an olive branch to mordred and now everyone can live happily and peacefully in an albion teeming with magic.

[curestaarlight]

boxing arc of LCLA goes crazy tbh we've got qiao ling busting the boys' time shenanigans (and her not believing at first until they prove it via HER being involved in said time shenanigans); we've got cheng xiaoshi's parasocial relationship w his idol shuang hai (man is obsessed); he's shaking crying downing drinks w shuang hai cos said boxing CHAKPION has no one to confide in except two twenty something year olds who did some sleuthing for him; cheng xiaoshi's all like "im your BIGGEST fan why are u being such a LOSER right now 🥲" and lu guang is sitting there quietly except for when scolding cxs for drinking too much too fast 😭😭😭 i love this show

[clegfly]

Small thing I’m cooking for idksomethingclever99’s fic MITPP!! For some reason I’m having trouble tagging them but here’s the fic!!

This seemed fun to do… probably won’t get more done than this page though…

[godsfavoritescientist]

How do I explain the ways in which the bill origins fic 'A Romance of Many Dimensions' by haley3 rewired my brain without needing to give paragraphs upon paragraphs of context. The fic is something like 200,000 words long. Almost every single good moment calls back to things that are set up earlier in the fic

[bossladytae]

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[waywardsalt]

there is undeniable opportunity to make bellum x linebeck fucked up but i dont have it in me. im a sucker for it just being fine with a side of like. light nautical crimes against nature but i cant make it toxic or w/e after a certain point. theyre chilling

[pyrriax]

ANYWHO goodnight tumblr i'll be back on the art grind tomorrow i think 🙏

[ghost-proofbaby]

question: if i changed how i go about my taglist… how would y’all feel?

to clarify:

option one means people could be bumped off tag lists as i would not do more than 50 tags per fic. my everything taglist has 10+ members right now, meaning i only have about 40 slots, give or take. i also would not do reblog tag lists. example: the taglist for coffee shop blues is currently full, but if someone asked to be on my everything taglist, i would remove the most recently added person who only wanted to be tagged on that specific fic to make the room. (this one just feels plain mean to me 😅😅😅)

option two would mean you’re tagged on ALL writing for that specific topic. everything obviously is tagged on everything, eddie only is tagged only on eddie fics, and steve only is tagged only on steve fics. each taglist would have a limit of 50. this means more spaces as i would do reblog lists (it would be the everything taglist). however, it would mean you can’t opt in for only certain fics, which i know can get annoying. also, i’d have a google questionnaire for this one for everyone to complete if they want to be added. aka if you didn’t fill it out, then you wouldn’t be added! (it’d be anonymous email wise, just having to provide a username obviously to tag)

option three is self explanatory lol 😭

anyways. lemme know.

[scattered-winter]

thinking abt shiro again...yeah no it's gonna be all day...

[leonstamatis]

if there’s one thing i learned from blaseball it’s to embrace an absolute lack of internal certainty or logic across works.

[gatsby-system-folks]

Au where Murdoc runs away as a kid and ends up at the Pots' house.

[anyroads]

Posts I've seen in just the last week:

AO3 is one of the most visited sites in the world

It's ok if your fanfic [that you're writing for free in your spare time] is unfinished! You do you!

How very dare these WGA writers not finish writing my stories for me [that they spend full work days every day working on] just because they don't get compensated fairly for their paid labor and decided to go on strike?

Respect unions! Unionize your workplace! Respect picket lines!

Posts I have not seen ever but maybe it's just me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :

AO3 would not exist without the paid writers who are currently striking. You would have no stories to write fanfic of. The entire world your fic exists in was created by someone else's labor.

[scribefindegil]

I don't really relate to the posts that are like "I love whump and hurt/comfort bc I want to watch my favorite character suffer." Personally I want to watch my favorite character be happy and loved and grow as a person.

I want to watch my second-favorite character suffer.

[cornelianlute]

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[iamthescalesofjustice]

not to be the mind control guy on main but minor pet peeve: if the affected person is being puppeteered without their mind or emotions being influenced thats not mind control, its body control. someone please tell the tma fandom that.