#but until then back to the ol' WIPs!

[cherrychilli]

18+

All of my WIP's are on ice for the moment because ✨writer's block✨ Have some saucy HC's about sharing an apartment with Steve because wouldn't that be nice?

🍒Morning sex before heading off to work? definitely, but on those days Steve's running a little late, you're in the kitchen bagging up something for him to eat on his way to work. He'll sneak up behind you once he's dressed, hands inching up to your breasts, kissing down your neck, teasing you for thinking that he'd leave without getting to fuck you first. You end up bent over your kitchen table getting pounded until your breakfast gets cold and when the two of you are done and you slump exhausted into a chair he'll zip up, kiss you all sweet on the cheek before he plucks the bag you'd fixed for him and tell you that he can't wait to take his time with you when he gets back.

🍒Cleaning the house in your underwear is a great way to rile him up. Acting all innocent on your hands and knees, pretending to scrub at an imaginary smudge on your floors just to give him a view of your ass perched out for him. Or just being naked around the apartment in general because why not? It's fun, it's freeing and you're bound to get fucked when he sees you walking around like that.

🍒Showering together all the time. All you have to do is strip and step inside and he takes care of the rest, soaping you up, probably lingering on certain areas a little longer, lathering your hair with shampoo and when you're out of the shower he'll offer to rub lotion on your legs but to him this is all just foreplay because of course his fingers are going to wander up your thighs and between them. You're definitely going to end up having to shower a second time. He also likes to hide the clothes you left out on your bed when he comes home to find you showering alone just so he can play dumb when you come out dripping in your towel before he playfully tugs it off you for some fun.

🍒During movie nights he likes to keep you close. He's got an arm draped over your shoulder while watching a movie on your couch with his hand dipping into your shirt to hold your boob. At first it's just a comfort thing, something soft and warm to hold but eventually he'll start squeezing it and teasing your nipple, working you up as you lean closer and palm his bulge over his sweatpants. I also think he'd be into having you cockwarm him during the movie. He'd keep you still in his lap when all you want to do is bounce on his cock, teasing you and telling you that if you're good, he'll fuck you when the movie's over.

🍒He's into exhibitionism because I say so. He loves fucking you on the balcony when it's late at night or really early in the morning and you hope your neighbors are still asleep. He'd also fuck you on the rooftop of the apartment building if you're feeling extra risky.

🍒Your neighbors might not love sharing a wall with the two of you. A few noise complaints seems likely. This'll start a sort of competition between you and Steve to see who can make who cum the loudest and each resultant noise complaint is just a tally mark to keep score of who's winning. Also, competing to make the other cum first and assigning chores to the loser to make things more interesting around the apartment. Like loser has to make dinner or do the dishes or laundry or something like that.

🍒If you're going out to meet friends or head out for an event you're almost never on time because the two of you have to have a quickie that ends up being anything but quick before leaving the apartment.

🍒Walking in on each other masturbating when one of you gets back home earlier than expected. If Steve catches you when he comes home early from work he'll make you touch yourself while he watches, probably jerks off at the same time. Some good ol' mutual masturbation for sure.

🍒I couldn't think of one more. Just imagine getting to fuck all over your shared space with Steve - like every room and against every possible surface - walls, floors, tables, chairs, sofa, the fridge, in the closet idc. Sign me up.

[dispatchwithlove]

4. 🍯 on your 👅

😁

Thanks for the ask, friend 🥰

There's not much to explain with this wip, just good ol Halsin thirst. This one has been a wip for way too long, and I can't wait to finish it!

You stand still, holding your breath to listen, until you’re sure you imagined it, sure you only heard the groan of a branch in the breeze and not a wild animal preparing to maul you to bits. You take a step, and just as confidence settles through you, you hear it again. A thick, guttural sigh.  Your heart racing, you look above your head for a branch to catch hold of. Maybe you can lift yourself up, hide in a tree until it passes. Your eyes dart left to right, left again and you catch subtle movement past a thicket.  When you recognize the source of your fear, your jumping heart steadies. It’s not a bear at all, only Halsin standing in a small clearing, golden sunlight warming his sun-bronzed skin.  Realizing he’s sort of a bear, you chuckle softly.  The soft-spoken elf just joined your party a few days ago but already you’ve had a dozen inappropriate thoughts and one very stimulating dream that should probably be washed from your mind. It was so good, though.  He has no tunic on, only trousers hanging loosely at his waist. It looks like his belt was hastily fastened. His hand raises to his mouth and another sigh comes from his barreley chest. You worry you’ve caught him doing something very private, and a thrilling ache blooms down your belly, between your thighs.   Only a lecher would keep watching. That’s what you tell yourself as you take a step closer, only a small step, and shift to get a better view. His head is tilted back, neck stretched, eyes closed, a thick finger stuck into his mouth and he lets out another deep, rumbly moan that’s so strong it makes your thighs quiver. His deep voice drifts through the thicket and caresses your ears. The sound of pure ecstasy. So enthralled by the view, your lips part. His finger slides from his smiling lips and he lowers it to a jar in his hand.

[voxofthevoid]

Shibuya Swap Wednesday #3! Remember I said in the OG poll that I'd chosen some of my porny ideas "controlled for expected length"? Well, fuck that. This is already 30k, we're still in Part 1, and I'm 100% sure this will also end up the size of a baby novel. At least I've got the narrative flow down.

Anyway, instead of a single, cohesive scene, this week's WIP Wed is based on this post, which was about Chapter 4 of this fic. For each of the kinks/acts mentioned, I've given a 500-word snippet. The spanking and sex position have been combined though because the latter isn't really notable on its own.

Also, I didn't realize until now that this Wednesday is Valentine's day. Have some #romantic shit like (a) oversized tongue in a very confused mouth, (b) good ole spanking, and (c) rape fantasy ft. DP in one hole!

Belly Mouth

Satoru does what any sane person would when faced with an oversized tongue in their mouth. He tries to get the fuck away.

He gets nowhere.

Yuuji’s hands, so tolerant until now, keep him where he is, Satoru’s instinctive and then deliberate attempts to back off or at least turn his face to the side thwarted by a suddenly unyielding grip, and he’s well aware that he could force the issue, with Limitless or just a little more effort, but the initial shock of the tongue and the ensuing surprise at Yuuji’s actions both fade to the background as his senses fully, properly register what’s happening to his mouth.

Hot, he thinks. Then— Wet.

It’s a tongue. Of course it’s hot. Of course it’s wet.

But this isn’t like any tongue Satoru’s had in his mouth before, and there have been a lot of those over the years. None were the size of an entire dick though. It’s ridiculously thick and even more ridiculously long. Not even half of it’s in his mouth, and he already feels stuffed, on the verge of choking, and there’s nothing natural about its heat either, the tongue feeling more like the steaming insides of a gutted belly. And it fits well enough, but there’s neither blood nor gore on Yuuji’s stomach. Even the fleshy scar is gone, a perfectly formed mouth taking its place. There’s a pair of lips, a perfect mirror of Yuuji’s actual lips, and teeth, also in the shape of Yuuji’s normal teeth. Satoru’s not really in the best position to determine if the tongue is also a sized-up replica of Yuuji’s tongue, not when it keeps trying to slide down his throat.

It tastes like Yuuji, with an undercurrent of blood.

“Yuuji,” Satoru tries to say, except it comes out a muffled, mangled mess.

Yuuji still jolts, making a noise that Satoru can’t classify.

He’s yanked off that tongue, and Satoru swallows thickly, spit his and not. Is it spit, whatever was dripping from that tongue? It feels like it, tastes like it, but it’s there again, that coppery tang that remains a stubborn aftertaste.

Satoru swallows over and over, but it lingers. The tongue itself has retreated to the mouth on Yuuji’s stomach, which is now tightly shut. It also seems to be grimacing—just like the one on Yuuji’s face.

“I warned you,” Yuuji says resignedly.

“Did you?” Satoru asks, barely recognizing his own voice. He sounds breathy, the syllables nearly trembling. “Can’t remember it.”

A thumb indents Satoru’s lower lip, pressing in nail first. “Don’t play dumb with me.”

“Or what?” Satoru grins widely, skin splitting under Yuuji’s nail. “You gonna punish me, Yuuji?”

The answer is that thumb sliding into his mouth, well past the last knuckle, till it feels like Yuuji wants to shut him up with a whole fist. He doesn’t, but his thumb is mean when it digs into the back of Satoru’s tongue, dangerously close to making him gag. There’s none of that casual violence in the coolly unimpressed expression Yuuji’s sporting, but the eyes give him away—those are ravenous.

Spanking

“Come on, Yuuji,” Satoru purrs, rolling his hips to meet a thrust with not inconsiderable force, and the pleasure licking up his spine makes him bare his teeth, a leer aimed straight at Yuuji. “You can do better than that.”

Yuuji’s eyes flash red.

Bruising hands grab Satoru’s knees, yanking them up, and Yuuji doesn’t stop fucking, his cock pushing into Satoru at new angles and the spare one slapping his thigh, a barrage of sensation that has him choking down a groan, and then Yuuji’s folding him in half, his cock slipping out at a speed that makes Satoru’s rim throb. Satoru’s thighs are pressed flush against his own chest and pinned there by a thickly muscled forearm. Yuuji’s other hand slides under his hips, lifting, and then Satoru’s knees are on his shoulders, his ass raised high enough for Yuuji to stare at with hot, liquid eyes.

Yuuji’s cock slides back into him, but for a scorching second, it’s only the tip instead, keeping him open but hollow, and then it’s plunging deep, filling Satoru with solid heat.

The air is forced out of Satoru’s legs, loud and shuddering.

“Ah,” he rasps as Yuuji settles into his new position, one cock buried to the hilt inside Satoru and the other carefully a motionless line of heat. “That’s more like it.”

“Thank you,” Yuuji says, somehow sincere and mocking at the same time. “Hold your legs there.”

“What’s the magic word?”

Yuuji spanks him.

It’s not a very hard blow. Satoru doesn’t even think it’s punishment, just a warning. But Yuuji has strong hands with firm calluses, and Satoru’s flesh is left hot and wanton in the wake of it, throbbing like the bruised walls gripping Yuuji’s cock.

He says, “Harder.”

Yuuji’s lips twitch, the unimpressed expression softening. “What’s the magic word?”

Satoru laughs until he damn near chokes on it.

“Compromise then,” he wheezes. “I’ll hold myself like this, all nice and open for you, as long as you put both those hands to good use. Deal?”

Yuuji’s hand flexes around the same flesh he hit, the hold more likely to bruise than the blow. “Every version of you is trouble. But alright. Deal.”

Yuuji lets go of him, and Satoru takes over, clasping his legs to his torso and using his cursed technique to keep his hips elevated just the way Yuuji wants, and reward is immediate, a hard slap landing on his ass on the same spot as before. Satoru gasps with it, tightening helplessly around Yuuji’s cock. It slides out, a fever-hot drag along sensitized muscles that’s too slow to not be deliberate, but Yuuji’s hand is anything but slow, raining down blows on Satoru’s ass and thigh with mind-rending speed and force, till Satoru’s left reeling from a discordant medley of sensations, every single one eating into him with the same vicious hunger gleaming in Yuuji’s eyes.

His cock’s fucking drooling, his stomach now glistening with more than just sweat. It looks like it’ll blow at a touch, but Satoru knows he can’t touch.

If he tries, Yuuji would stop. He knows that with bone-deep surety.

Rape Fantasy

Satoru pushes himself half upright, braced on his forearms. He stills at the sight of Yuuji’s cocks, one glistening with streaks of its own release and the other a violent, needy red. Each other is a mouthful and more, but together, they’d be thicker than Satoru’s own fist—not by a lot, a centimeter at most, but at size, even that would be brutal.

“Changed your mind?” Yuuji asks softly, and it’s a little mocking, but Satoru thinks Yuuji will let him back out gracefully.

He’s pretty sure.

A part of him looks at the hunger in those four eyes and can’t help but think that Yuuji might just make him take it instead, and Satoru tries to picture it, the easy way Yuuji cut through Limitless earlier applied to the entirety of his body, from his throat to his ass, curse-soaked hands holding him down and making him scream, and it’s an impossible fantasy, too easy and neat for who they are, what they are, but it still makes his heart beat faster and cock throb hotter, and something must show on his face because Yuuji makes a wounded noise and falls on him like an animal, his earlier demand forsaken in favor of driving Satoru down into the mattress with mouth and hands and cock, each hungrier than the other.

And it’s Yuuji himself who turns him over in the end, a rush of motion that finds Satoru face-down and ass-up on the mattress, teeth in his nape and a pair of cocks against the small of his back.

“You animal,” he says, mouth dry and voice hoarse. “Stop teasing already.”

Yuuji growls and bucks his hips, doing nothing to counter Satoru’s accusations, but then he’s moving, those teeth sliding leisurely out of torn flesh and a hot tongue lapping at the mess till it heals before Yuuji straightens up, his heat peeling away from Satoru’s back for another kind of heat to start prodding at him.

And it’s—

It’s a lot, it’s—

The shape changes, more compact, and Satoru looks, not needing to turn his head when his eyes are what they are, and they show him just what he expects, Yuuji pressing his cocks together with an expression that’s borderline feral. And he was looking at Satoru’s ass, but then a pair snaps up, boring into the back of his head like he can sense the weight of Satoru’s gaze, and who knows, maybe he can, this strange new Yuuji with the hands and the hunger of a monster.

Those eyes remain split like that even as Yuuji starts to push in.

Compact doesn’t mean small or easy or a hundred different things that would make this kinder on a body that’s human through and through, and Yuuji’s careful but not kind.

He tears Satoru open, as promised.

He buries a scream in the sheets, shoving his face down till he suffocates, but there’s no blocking out the pain or the pressure, lashing at his insides and clawing up his guts, then spreading higher and wider like an infection to scorch him raw in places Yuuji can’t physically touch. But what he has touched is burning like fire, bleeding flesh clenching helplessly, violently around that monstrous intrusion.

[sentientcave]

The Good Ol' Rugby Game

It's the middle of the so called "work week" and you know what that means:

IT'S WIP WEDNESDAY

I was thinking about Rugby AUs because have you seen the thighs on those lads? But I don't know anything about Rugby tbh this is just vibes and thots. Something somethin elaborate rituals. But it's also fun. Pardon my errors I wrote most of this on discord today

Reader is a trans man - No name but he's referred to as Ripper by Simon and Johnny because they think he's like a little terrier/ankle biter on the pitch (It's a pitch for rugby, right?). And he is.

Contains: Mentions of alcohol, mentions of rugby, takeout food, Johnny and Simon, bros being bros, you know how it is

You've won.

It takes a minute for the cheering to register, for you to realize that the whistle's been blown and the game is finished, and by the time you do realize, you're in the air, brawny arms hooked around your middle, flying until you hit the ground hard, Johnny on top of you. "Fuckin' beautiful!" He shouts, his voice hoarse. And then an even heavier weight drops down on the two of you, squeezing all your air out.

"Brilliant, lads," Simon growls, knocking his forehead against yours. "Fuckin' perfect play."

"Riley, you're going to break me if you don't get your fat arse up," you grouse. "You too, Tav. Fuckin' muppets."

"Aw, love you too, Ripper," Johnny lands a wet, sweaty kiss on the side of your head before he shoulders Simon off the two of you and pounces on the giant, kissing him on the mouth with zeal.

You get up with a groan, your whole body one big fucking bruise. "Shoulda picked football," you complain to no one in particular. "I'm going to feel this forever."

Johnny swats at you blindly as you limp off, somehow managing to connect, his hand a guided missile that's only capable of targeting asses.

It’s just an amateur league— You know that, everyone on both sides of the pitch know, but it feels like your neighbourhood never got the memo. As the seasons gone on, more and more people have been showing up, wearing green and white, and when you go out to the pub after games, you never have to buy your own pints. It’s almost like being a girl again, except now you feel at home in your own skin, and the only person that tries to grab your arse is Johnny.

You know it’s Johnny and Simon that everyone’s there for, and you don’t care— You’re proud of your huge friends. They joined the league a little after you did, newly retired from the military, both of them with too much energy and muscle and training to not play some kind of sport. And they rope you into training with them. Runs with Simon so early in the morning it’s still practically dark, running drills on free afternoons in the park, tagging along to the gym and watching Johnny lift insane amounts of weight. It’s more fun than you think you’ve ever had.

You’re definitely a third wheel, but they’re good about it, obviously together but obviously wanting you around, careful to include you.

And it feels good to be one of the boys.

You grab your bag from under the bench and head off the pitch, eager to go home and shower the grass stains and flecks of someone else’s blood off of you, maybe curl up with a pint of dark beer and a pint of chocolate ice cream. Everyone’s likely going out for drinks, but you’ve been jostled around plenty for the day, head still ringing a bit from an elbow you took to the side of the head during a scrum.

“Hey, Ripper,” Johnny yells after you. He has lungs, even after a game of shouting himself hoarse. “Ye comin’ to tha pub?”

“Nah, not tonight,” you shout back. “Can’t be arsed. Goin’ home to order a Chinese.”

He’s about halfway deflating, and perks back up at the mention of greasy take out. “Order for Si ‘n’ me too, aye? We’ll be round in an hour.”

“Alright!” you call back, because that’s easier than shouting across a crowd that you were really looking forward to cozying up in front of the tv and— Oh, right. “Bring beer!” That saves you a stop on your way home.

You get home and scramble to clean up a bit-- Johnny doesn't mind a bit of mess, but Simon will stare at clutter like it personally offends him (because it does), or worse, just start tidying up. He always tells you you're not as bad as Johnny, but it's not much of a consolation. Half the mess is your roommate's anyway, who is at her girlfriend's for the weekend, again. It likely won't be long till she moves out, and you'll have to leave your cozy little spot. But at least you now have large friends to help you move.

That done, you order takeaway and pop into the shower, tossing your sweaty uniform into your hamper, and you're just getting dressed again when someone knocks at your door. You nearly forget to tuck your packer into the pocket you've sewn into all your boxers, remembering only as you almost reach the door. If anyone on God's green earth will notice that you suddenly don't have anything in your pants where you usually do, its Johnny.

"Takin' ages," he complains when you finally do answer the door. Behind him, Simon is paying for the takeout, making the delivery man look so nervous it would be funny if you didn't feel bad.

"Didn't have pants on yet. And Si, you don't have to--" He shoves the paper bag at you, cutting you off. Okay. Fair enough.

Johnny kicks his boots off haphazardly at the door. Simon takes his off neatly and sets both pairs neatly to the side.

Johnny's already in the kitchen, stowing beers in the fridge, then banging cupboards open and shut looking for plates. You'd think he'd remember by now, but he never does.

"You guys didn't have to skip the pub, you know," you say, unpacking the bag of takeout on the coffee table. "Everyone'll want to congratulate you."

"S'no fun without our little Ripper," Johnny says, tossing you one of the few beers you did have in the fridge, grinning. "Wouldn't even bother with the league without you."

"Don't be ridiculous," you say, laughing. "You guys are good. Best we've got."

[englishsub]

fic writer meme!

i was tagged by @microcomets and @cairoscene :) thank you friendz

1. how many works do you have on ao3?

22, which is both more and less than i expected.

2. what's your total ao3 wordcount?

529,320

3. what fandoms do you write for?

i've branched out in recent years; like my fellow taggers, i write for fewer fandoms that i'm in. food takes ages to cook and even longer to actually commit to. i started with mdzs/cql and tgcf before moving to shl/tyk, though now i mostly write trigun and video game fic.

4. what are your top 5 fics by kudos?

爱不释手; never let me go

总有一天; a place to hide (can’t find one near)

花无百日红; the flower that withers

在此恭迎夷陵老祖; to yiling laozu, the great and venerable

蓝色生死恋; a blue love (to live and to die for)

me 🤝 cair wangxian monopoly

5. do you respond to comments?

not usually - if the comment jumps out in some way or asks a question about podficcing i might, but i generally don't. i read every single one and hold them close to my heart, though.

6. what is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

LOL it's an open ending but the implications are pretty clear - 美丽的日子; beautiful days

7. what's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

most of them end happy, except when they don't :)

8. do you get hate on fics?

not really. i did for a stint back in 2021 when that anon was going around but it was honestly very funny for me.

9. do you write smut?

sometimes.

10. do you write crossovers? what's the craziest one you have written?

just the one time, not usually. it was a threadfic - a mdzs/tgcf crossover where wwx was raised by hualian instead of the jiangs.

11. have you ever had a fic stolen?

yeah. the good ole ctrl+f+replace of names. i remember they even stole my author's note. i'd said something to the effect of "i have to go study..." (i was in high school) and they added "which i didn't even end up doing..."

12. have you ever had a fic translated?

yes and i think fic translation is so cool!

13. have you ever co-written a fic before?

nope.

14. what's your all time favorite ship?

EVER?

pirates of the caribbean will/elizabeth.

but it's honestly a rotating rotisserie throughout life of my fav ships depending on what i'm hungry for at a given moment. it's 2024 and i'm back in ff7 hell, for instance.

15. what is a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

歃血; blood oath, and it pains me deeply to admit. not because i have any measure of anxiety about returning to it, or feel any pressure, but because it genuinely had one of my favorite premises and setups, was super gory and horrific, and i'd packed in every crazy trope i love into the outline. i was really excited about. then the fandom imploded and i can't look at it anymore.

she's my white whale. i'd finish it for @megafaunatic alone.

16. what are your writing strengths?

atmosphere. payoff. saying things are like other things. i understand this is annoying for some people though, which is fair.

17. what are your writing weaknesses?

i put off every single sex scene in a fic until i had written everything else, such that i had to sit and write 10,000 words, spread across three scenes, of sex. worst week of my life.

internal logic, because i think it's so obvious in my head that i forget to explain it in words on the page.

i think i always can improve on character voice. that's an eternal work in progress.

18. thoughts of writing dialogue in another language in fics?

it's cool. probably good to consult a native speaker if writer of the fic doesn't speak it, though?

19. first fandom you wrote for?

christ. harry potter, by hand, in pencil, in an a5 notebook.

20. favorite fic you have written?

recency bias compels me to say by the time the apocalypse began, because i worked my ass and head off for it, and i ended up really happy with how it turned out. sci-fi's not really my wheelhouse.

i have a huge soft spot for my clj arranged marriage fic, 双命; twin fates, because i had such a blast writing it. and 总有一天; a place to hide (can’t find one near) will always be special to me, because it was like taking a huge, glittering, orgasmic shit.

i believe quite a few people have already been cross-tagged but i will tag you guys again for fun: @yuebings @cafecliche @dcyiyou @vinelark @floofyfluff @ziusik

[morallyinept]

HAPPY SUNDAY LOVELIES! 🖤

Howdy y'all! How have you been this week?

My week, despite flying by, has been so busy! But now I have a whole 10 days off of work - wahoo!

Aaannnd, its a certain someone's birthday on the 29th, 😏 so stay tuned for a lil' somethin' somethin' to celebrate. 🎈

Okay Jack, you ready to crack that whip, cowboy? Yee-haw! 🤠

Catch up on last week here, sugar

☆ Things I've posted this week

Chapter 4 of Five Days - I am so thankful for everyone's comments, re-blogs and general feedback on this story. It warms my heart to know you're all excited for each chapter as it drops.

H I M - A Marcus Pike one shot. My submission into the Pike Puddle and I gotta say, I have a few more delicious ideas brewing around in the ol' noggin for this handsome Agent. 🥰

My Protector - A Joel Miller GIFLET

Sent a hug from Frankie, Marucs Pike & Javi G to @avastrasposts on the first day of her new job. Hope it well, lovely! I am sure you smashed it!🖤

This week's Self Care With Dieter & Jett focused on identifying the signs of oncoming depression. Poor Dieter was sick from the rollercoasters.... and I spoke about everyone being welcome at Jett's place too this week.

Tuesday saw the first release of a new weekly feature called Jett's Writer Wow, where I'll feature a writer each week in the fandom who I think you'll fall in love with. Debuting on the first feature was the lovely El, otherwise known as @secretelephanttattoo and you can check that post out here with links to my favourite works of hers, and her full masterlist. Go give her a follow and show her some love. She is absolutely amazing and so creative. 🖤

☆ Things I'm currently working on

So much! Just know that there's a whole bunch of GIFLETS, one shots and further chapters of Five Days being queued up.

I also have another series I've been working on in the background ready for when Five Days wraps up (although, we've a while to go yet). It features a different Pedro Boy...

☆ Things I've read this week

I've updated my Pedro Character Fic Rec List this week with so many new stories that I can't wait to sink my teeth into now that I've got some vacation time.

Admittedly my reading dropped off this week due to a busy work week. But I'm excited to catch up on all your works.

Shout out to lovely @chronically-ghosted who recommended my fic rec lists this week. Thanks to the anon who recommended my work to sweet @planet-marz1 to read, and also to the awesome @suzdin who wrote this awesome Javi P drabble inspired by the concept of my GIFLETS. And a big thank you to @elvinaa who was inspired to start her own Writer Wow.

I am so humbled and grateful that you've been inspired by me in any way. I love how sharing and loving this community is. People supporting and shouting for one another, and it's just divine. Really feeling the love.

I did squeeze in a couple of amazing fics on my lunch breaks this week:

Joel Is Such A Sap After Sex by @inklore A lovely, smutty drabble that left me wanting more of some sappy, post-coital Joel.

Scar Tissue by @wannab-urs The next instalment of her fantastic Dave York series Starving Season. Honestly, you need to read this - all of it. Stop looking at me and go and read it. You can come back to this weekly whip round after. Go on, shoo.

Very much enjoying reading @for-a-longlongtime's Pena & Rockford WIP and I can't wait to read the finished thing. I just know this is going to be legendary!

☆ What have I been watching/listening to this week?

Finally watched Strange Way Of Life! Oh my gosh, I am totally in love with Silva 😍 (ssh, don't tell Ezra!). What an amazing little film. You can read a full review of my thoughts on it here.

Earworms this week:

Mostly work, it's been a real busy week for me wrapping up things before my vacation (I am now off until the 31st - woo!), so admittedly it's been difficult for me to write and post as much as I've wanted to, but now I have a week off planned with some hiking, some writing and a whole bunch of R&R. 🧘‍♀️

👆🏻This is a great song to workout to, if like me, your workout playlist consists of nothing but headbanging, screechy metalcore... 🤘🏻

I'm a big fan of Depeche Mode, have been since my mom played them on repeat constantly, when growing up. This is probably my fav Depeche Mode song.

☆ What have I been up to this week?

Well, that wraps it up for this week, lovelies. Thanks so much to everyone who sent Asks and DM's. And it's been real fun joining in on Discord with some of you too! 🤘🏻

Until next week, this is Jett & Jack cracking the whip on this week's whip round.

Stay kind & stay creamy 🖤

🖤

[obi-whumpkenobi]

Obi-Whump Fic Rec

someone asked me for fic recs and I already had it listed out, so I decided to post here! these are some of my fave fics that (for the most part) focus on whump. these are in no particular order. this is not an exhaustive list by any means, I have plenty of more favorites that I have saved but I wouldn’t quite call them whump fics. also, these don’t really encompass a broad variety of whump genres, more like I have a type and that is captivity/torture. yes, i’m a sicko. if I could, I would rec everyone’s whumptober/febuwhump/etc, but maybe I’ll do that separately if there’s enough interest. obviously, there’s some heavy shit on this list, including noncon, so please read the tags and take care of yourself.  

without further ado:

A Temporary Mercy by @swranger (6k, M, GDOV, series WIP) - citadel au. so this one is great because if you’re like me you were probably disappointed by the quick save obi et al got in the citadel arc and that he wasn’t...hurt a bit more.

something inside this heart has died (you’re in ruins) by @revanchxst (22k, T,  CCNTUAW, completed) - two things i love, codywan and pain. I was craving a fic where cody replaced rex on kadavo and goddamn this one delivered. 

i just wanna keep calling your name (until you come back home) by @revanchxst (15k, T, NAWA, completed) - what if chipped-cody started dreamsharing with obi-wan? this is the first one that’s not quite physical whump but it’s sprinkled in there along with plenty of angst. also there’s a line in here that made me cry so much i have it saved to a widget on my phone.

Recollection by @elwenyere (18k, E, NAWA, completed) - within the first few paragraphs i knew this one was gonna hurt. honorary mention because it’s cody whump and not obi whump but still plenty of pain.

Suns Tempered By Devotion by @come-chaos (15k, E, R/NC, completed) - another one that’s more codywan than whump, but this one is on here because it killed me and i have still not recovered.

In the Line of Duty by shipping_ruined_my_life (5.7k, E, GDOV, completed) - the obi whump exchange was good to us. codywan + the good ole tortured-in-front-of-the-other with a twist!

Offset by @deviantaccumulation (64k, M, GDOV, completed) - i have this one saved as “qui-gon’s alive and dooku’s a bitch”, pretty self explanatory. A+ whump.

Example by @swranger (40k, NR, GDOV, completed) - this would be like christmas if i celebrated it. every new chapter is some horror for obi and i fucking love it.

Dreams by @geodax (2.7k, M, CCNTUAW, completed) - so grievous definitely had some kind of psychosexual obsession for obi and we all know it. this...builds on that :)

Of Teachers and T'ayl'e by @levitatingbiscuits (8.7k, NR, GDOV, WIP) - also not a whump fic per se, but he’s hurt for enough of it that i’m including it. this encompasses everything i love about jangobi.

The Dark Side of Obi-Wan Kenobi Part 1 by @mostthingskenobi (25k, M, GDOV completed) - a post-lawless au with some truly delicious torture.

Conjuring Miracles by @kcrabb88 (30k, M, NAWA, completed) - again, we were deprived of some good whump by the kenobi show when tala shows up miraculously to save him (and vader forgets that he controlled fire like 2 seconds ago). this remedies that beautifully.

See My Dreams All Die by @temporaryuniverse-writing (34k, M, GDOV, completed) - what if obi-wan killed anakin on mustafar, so sidious tried to make him fall instead? plenty of great whump, but also comfort.

And This Guilt, Please Bleed It Out of Me by @letitrainathousandflames (6.2k, M, GDOV, completed) - another beautiful OWE fic. obi-wan continues to suffer from anakin’s actions (this time, the tuskens).

Only One Allowed to Hurt You by sereq_ieh_dashret (15k, E, GDOV, WIP) - maul is basically like “wait you can’t hurt kenobi, i’m the only one who can do that >:(

The Mandalorian Wars by @geodax (66k, M, GDOV, MCD, completed) - my first whump fic i read in the prequels fandom! heavy as fuck, but so good.

Two Months by I_Gave_You_Fair_Warning (14k, E, GDOV, completed) - cody replaces alpha-17 in the rattatak storyline, pain ensues :(

vital signs by marketchippie (18, E, GDOV, completed) - everything that’s great about ventrobi. tfw when you have sexual tension with your torturer?

And When In Shadows by @the-last-kenobi (1k, M, CCNTUAW, completed) - a short whumptober fic that i could not get out of my head for weeks. chef’s kiss mwah

A Treatise On Breaking and Repairs by @glimmerglanger (52k, E, GDOV, R/NC, MCD, completed) - of course i could not forget glimmer, the whump monarch. i remember staying up until 5 am every day just to catch the updates and being in awe each time.

[bosskie]

2 Years Ol' Blog 'n' 3D Molluck Stuff

Man, having this blog has been a ride... I posted my first post here on 1st April 2022 and created this blog/account a few days before. During this whole time, my mental health issues have affected my blog and I was about to delete it before I even posted anything but I still decided to give it a try since I already got some followers; it felt supportive. I was surprised to have such a warm welcoming here and it still warms my heart. I still had some moments when I had to hide all my posts since I just couldn't stand my own stuff. Sometimes, it still comes to my mind but I'm doing my best to try to learn to at least tolerate my own creations. I feel sorry for being like this but only if it was easy to get rid of self-hatred... I also just tend to only see all my mistakes I have made when I look at my stuff, all the things I should learn...

But I try to be positive here, even I just tend to see darkness when I think about my own future. I just don't believe in myself... Originally, I didn't wanna be personal here but it just happened when one anon asked me if I had more art to show... I didn't since I have hidden all my old art. I have been on Tumblr for 10+ years but never posted anything until I created this blog. What brought me here was the active Oddworld community, the lovely people here. Even I think dim things about myself like every day, I do appreciate your support! Even I have my own difficulties with believing in that I have any talent/skills, compliments are light to my own dark image of myself.

I'll talk more later on this post but now, I'll show some 3D Molluck stuff and well, talk about Molluck... I show first my first Molluck sculpt I did improve today (yesterday):

I would still say that this is a WIP since well, there do is stuff to improve and do but yeah, I think that it would be wiser to let this be now and redo this since this is done in such an amateur way... There is no way to animate this since its geometry is a nightmare... I was able to rig this a bit when it wasn't so detailed, test out animating it but then, it became impossible. But well, the truth is that I do have still made animations with this despite of that... Frankly, the reason why I created this sculpt was my thirst for Molluck, how much I wish I was able to be with him... But this has helped me out multiple times with my drawings too!

I'm still not totally sure about some things of his anatomy but I have been doing my best to figure it out. I also realize that this sculpt makes Molluck look a bit more muscular/bigger than he is (see his neck and head size) but I have tried my best with fixing this situation since he did look even more bulky back then... The difference ain't too big but well, I do can create my own version of him too! I also see that this ain't 100 % correct when it comes to his face too but I tried my best. I'm still a beginner with 3D stuff, so I didn't use the best methods to do this either... I also feel like I just learned new things about his head when I compared this to the SoulStorm model recently... So yeah, this sculpt is a mixture of SoulStorm model, good ol' concept art of Gluk anatomy and my own adjustments. I only say SoulStorm model because it's based on New 'n' Tasty model, so he probably looks like the same under the suit but yes, that naked Molluck model has been my main reference for his body. The biggest change I have done compared to that has been his hands since I love his hand in that concept art! They are just the best hands, the most beautiful hands I know... But well, his whole body is the most beautiful body, at least for me!

Yeah, I think that I have made it quite clear how much I would love to have him... I already have said it but, he is my only desire... I cannot help myself with that Molluck is 'a perfect man' for me... No one else has felt right for me, there was always something off... But frankly, even I have seen multiple people being thirsty for Molluck, I have seen no one else wanting him like I do... None of that 'spicy' Molluck art I have seen reminds me of mine. It's just interesting how differently I see him since in the others' 'spicy art' Molluck has similar vibe and role... I don't really want Molluck because I have a thirst for him; I only have a thirst for him because I love him and for me, it's about sharing and giving love! I truly wish to make him feel good and loved. I have decided that I don't post my NSFW Molluck content but some cropped stuff but I could still post some suggestive things, though like I have said, I see him from a different perspective than the ones I have seen, with what I mean that he is 'the receiver'. I have just never seen him in this role by the others. I guess that this can explain why I have said that for me, he already has 'the stuff', no need for 'the usual additions'. His body also just feels more 'elegant' when there is no such a thing. This is just my preference, you can have yours. But it's just interesting to see how my way to imagine/see Molluck differs from the others. Though yes, I do remember when that one Molluck ask blog was still active and at least one person asked if Molluck liked things in his ass... Might have been just harassment or no one has just published such a content...

Frankly, I do actually prefer his back view instead of his front view, even I have been drawing it more... It's just that I'm unsure of how to handle nudity here... I don't wanna post his ass in front of the people who don't wanna see it... Nudity is natural for me but I just don't wanna make anyone feel uncomfortable because of my naked Molluck stuff... I just adore his body, so gotta draw it... Man, I would just keep talking how much I love his different body parts but I save you from that...

So, yeah, let's move on! I have already shown this one but I feel like reposting it now:

This is my stylized, simple Molluck model from last summer (2023). It's close to be finished since it's meant to be simple but some details are missing. You might wonder what's this style: Back then, I was inspired by Osamu Sato and his old video game graphics, so I wanted to create something similar to his style. I would like to try to rig this and then try to create more 3D models. Man, I would like to do so much 3D stuff... Oh, and yeah, it would be fun to make a naked version of him with this style too! I just have so much Molluck art ideas inside my head...

Oh, and yeah, I have been thinking for a longer time if I should show this or not but this feels like the right place to do it. So yes, I have created like a year ago a Molluck sim for The Sims 2. I know that it can look odd but he cannot look much better without doing own mods... I don't know how to mod these games but would like to learn it.

But yeah, I pretty muchly abused the face sliders here and did my own textures but also found a cigar for him. I did improve his face over time since I also needed to see how it works in the game. I also needed to lift his face after I found the cigar to place it into his mouth. It's basically only possible to create him to The Sims 2 like this because of the Body Shop is such a great tool and it actually lets you to use those face sliders without a limit: just edit the sim over and over again. Though yes, there is a tool to paint your sim's textures in The Sims 1 but it's such a pain to use... Oh, and you might notice those little dots: I just love to add his nevi to him, like you might have noticed from my drawings!

And yeah, my only reason for creating this Molluck sim was my self-insert stuff, even I do prefer him like he is, not as 'an anthro'... I just crave for this Gluk every day... Well, the good thing is that I'm able to create stuff about him, so I get some help even I know that I'll never get him... Also, even I recently said that marriage feels odd, it has now started to make some sense to me... I mean, I have started to feel alright about it. Maybe it's that my feeling of Molluck being 'the one' for me is getting stronger and stronger or it's a sign of my healing since I have just felt like it's better that no one is bound to me... Maybe it's the both. But despite of this, I still value the friendship the most since it's the strongest relationship type, so when the relationship is based on it, it's stronger than mere romance ect. I don't know if it sounds odd or not but for the first time, I actually feel good about marrying Molluck.

But yeah, this has already been a long post but just wanna say some stuff related to my blog:

I have multiple reasons why I tend to turn reblogs off and it's only for my own mental health, not that I had anything against you. Sometimes, I just kinda hate to see myself posting so actively, so I don't really like to see my stuff on someone else's blog either... I have never really known what to think about reblogs... Also, I don't like some technical things related to them, so it also makes me prefer to have them off. Maybe there somewhere my feeling of that I'm just ruining everything, also this community, affects this too... It's at least one big reason why I don't really interact here, even I would like to.

The truth is that I have never pressed the like button here, even I would have liked to, and it's just because of me feeling like it's better that I'm invisible. I tend to feel ashamed of myself, think that I'm a failure... It's not easy for me to be open and relaxed but I just wish to talk about Molluck so much that this happens... I do have other things in my life too but it's much more difficult for me to talk about them... I just feel like that if I didn't have Molluck, I wouldn't post any content right now, would have disappeared from the Internet. It's like extremely difficult for me to create an online imago, 'sell myself', build a portfolio... It has felt like this is gonna be my doom... My own self-hatred... But I'm still trying my best and going to make a big investment to this stuff this year, so that I can create better 3D stuff and use Unreal Engine. It's just for my future, otherwise I wouldn't feel ready to do it. I'm just trying to believe in myself, even it feels so difficult... I just wanna be honest about what I'm going thru since it affects my content a lot.

I have already written so much, so it's probably the best to end this post. But before that, I do wanna thank for all your support and your understanding, patience... I thought that I would probably be left all alone again after I open up about the hell I have inside my mind, that probably no one actually wants me to be here, like I'm used to think, but I have been wrong. It really touches me that I have been welcomed here and despite of everything, you still wish to support me. It's just about to make me cry, especially when, frankly, suicidal thoughts are quite common for me, been for over a decade. It's just like something daily... I'm so used to it. But something always just tells me not to do it, even I have thought about it like over a thousand times, if not thousands of times... Sometimes, I just think that I should be Molluck's next meat product but in my imagination, he still tells me that he would only lose money if he did that because I'm priceless.

I don't expect that people really read my stuff but I do really appreciate all the time you spend on my stuff since time is valuable! I just kinda need to write this stuff to here since I spend like almost all of my time alone and there somewhere I also wish that all this writing could help the others who also deal with similar mental health problems. I often feel like no healing has actually happened but I see from little things that slow healing is happening, like that I feel now alright about marrying Molluck and it only happened like a few days ago. I'm just starting to find happiness thru Molluck but he alone hasn't still helped me to heal. Even my mind keeps telling me it's a waste to support me and I have difficulties with receiving compliments, all support is still helping me.

Sometimes, I still think about this anon's words from about two years ago: 'I am cheering you and Molluck on and toasting to your brilliance.' The other compliments I have also gotten do also echo inside my head from time to time but I just wanted to say that I would have never imagined something like this to be said to me and these words do really mean a lot to me still. Toasting also just sounded fitting for this anniversary, so even this feels difficult for me, because I suffer from this severe self-hatred, I wish to toast to myself, for keeping going, even it has been so difficult, felt so tempting to end this all... But I wouldn't have still made it this far alone, so thanks for my family, all the lovely people who have supported me thru my life but also OWI for creating Molluck( and Oddworld)! It just feels like a miracle that I'm still here.

~ Much love!

[bloomingdarkgarden]

You give me butterflies! 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋

You said we could run away together and get married.. honestly haven't stopped thinking about it since. You are now officially my wife...

I can now scream into the void "where is my wife?!"

I started reading your Elriel fic because some one said it will be better than anything SJM has to offer, and I can't say I'm disappointed... Honestly it's cannon in my eyes. (OMG the bathtub scene after the war was probably my fave, I feel like after they fell asleep he convinced her to go back to her room to sleep, maybe even took her wet shift to hang in the bathroom, and probably slipped into that cold water because he felt alive! Maybe even the first time he felt sexual attraction to her)

If you ever feel like crossing into TOG I would LOVE a Rowan-ese NOVEL! I feel like he would be a sweetheart, but only became hard because of circumstances. (From his formative years 👀)

Also if you rescind the marriage I'll have no other option to become your stalker..

Your mysterious Wife, (until further notice)

🦋🪴✨🌞🛀🌺🌲🌳🌴🪵🏔️⛰️🫧🐯🪽🦇🪶

Hello angel 💍👰‍♀️ here is me taking you, my beloved wife, away from the shipwars to eat cookies and drool over Azriel.

I love your thoughts on the periwinkle scene 😭🩷

Unfortunately I will not be starting any new fanfic after WBITD, this thing has consumed my life to an extent that shall not be named lol tho Rowan is a grand hot cranky ol time. Once i wrap my wips my writing energy will be dedicated to starting an original fantasy romance novel this fall! ✍️🙊 I love you dear wife i hope your pillow is extra soft ok.

[fanficfanattic]

🌧️ and 🌈

🌧️

Share something angsty from your WIP:

“What did he mean by that, Tartt?”

Jamie was having trouble staying present, but he heard Roy making noises, and knew better than to ignore it.

“Hmm?”

Roy had a hand on his face, directing him to look up at his captain. Then swore under his breath at the state of the player. Jamie was looking towards him but not at him. His eyes were hazy.

“What did your dad mean by that bit at the end?”

“Oh.” Jamie’s voice came out small. Something that the Roy of last week would have both said was impossible and preferable. Now though? Not as much.

“I like pretty people. Not much fussed about what that means.”

🌈

Share something soft/fluffy from your WIP:

“So I were an adult, yeah, but that didn’t mean I knew what to do about any of it. And I didn’t know who I could trust, ever, because the people you’re most supposed to be able to trust are your parents. And I couldn’t trust me dad. That’s one of the things I’m working on with Doc Sharon, actually. Trusting.

Like how I’m choosing to trust all of you now.” And the thing is he’d talked with the good doc yesterday. And she’d worded it this way too. But it didn’t really hit until he said it into the group. That he was trusting them. All of them. The ones he could see and the ones he knew were listening in. It left him stunned for a second.

Then he instinctively looked to Dr. Fieldstone for reassurance, which she gave, even as Keeley squeezed his hand again.

“Thank you for trusting us, mi amigo,” Dani said. He was smiling his big ole Dani Rojas smile even with tears glittering in his eyes. It made Jamie dash his own away before smiling back.

“Yeah, yeah. You’re welcome muchacho. But enough of being sappy now.” And the light laughter from that was more assuring than almost anything else this morning.

-From Boots to Bottles Final Chapter

[fanaticsnail]

AAAAAAAA!!! The WIP list!!!!

I'm really looking forward to the dance series and Storyteller AU stories, I just really love how they're an analysis of the characters themselves as well as a fun AU ripe with fun dynamics.

I love the sound of Kissaphobic (I love the song and it suits Kidd so well) and Hanahaki (I love me some Hanahaki au).

Cooking with you sounds like a sweet slice-of-life/domestic bliss piece as well as an analysis of the characters which I just know you're going to knock out of the park bc you always reflect characterisation so well in every part of your writing.

Behavioural conditioning sounds so cute and fluffy

Also, may I suggest "The Maiden and the Selkie" by Heather Dale for the one shot? It's a fitting song.

(side note: I just realized that since in the Bear and the Bow Reader is an archer, and Shanks is trying to best her in archery, him losing his arm will either be at best an ironic moment down the line after they're together or a heart wrenching moment during the story and I'm scared. But also excited. But also scared. But mostly excited.)

Snaillll!!! Twice in one day? You spoil me!!

I have a fair few Sapsorrow spinoffs in the works. Sir Crocodile's is the one I have been drawn to the most, which is fitting considering he's next.

The dance series, I only have three more: Shanks, Koby & Garp - but I feel like there's two more I need in my life:

Burn it to the Ground: Portgus D Ace x Reader

Despiértame mi Corazon: Donquioute Rosinante x Reader

The "Kissaphobic" was brought on by your ask way back in the day. Now that I've got a little taste for the burly man, I feel a bit more confident enough to handle an ask or two for him.

A hanahaki with KidKiller x Reader is going to be so much fun to write for. I never knew I needed hanahaki until I wrote a Mihawk for it. It's a grand ol' trope, almost as good as the 'one bed' or 'marriage for convince' trope 😩👌.

Thank you for your compliments about my characterisation, I try very hard to match their OPLA and AniManga auras alongside the vibe they give off in my head. Sweet domesticity is also a love of mine, even better with Mihawk, Law and Shanks -- three different types in one fic!

Donquixote Rosinante. Corazon. Big, tall, clumsy man who has his heart out in his sleeve. Please. He needs some attention. I have been meaning to write for him for a while now, and I adore him.

I will give this one a little listen to get myself in the headspace for that request. I love a whispy, spoken-word melody!

"The Bear and the Bow" was another request you made way back when! I have been wanting to write for it so, so much. How is Shanks going to shoot for her hand when he only has one? It's gonna be a fluffy, angsty, fluffy piece.

I always adore hearing from you, snail! My heart is with you with your hectic uni schedule! 🖤🖤

[fieldsofview]

20 Questions (for fanfic writers)

I got tagged by the absolutely lovely @sarah-sandwich Thank you!!

1. how many works do you have on ao3?

17 :)

2. what's your total ao3 word count?

157,867 (2/3 of that is SMH hahaha)

3. what fandoms do you write for?

atm all my WIPs and upcoming fic ideas are Spidey related, but I used to write a lot for MLB and OL:BA (and A:TLA back on ffn in hs but we don't talk about the dark ages hahaha)

4. top five fics by kudos:

Under The Moonlight - OL:BA smutty oneshot of what should have happened after the charity ball scene 😳

Crushtomer - MLB coffee shop AU one-shot with Barista!Adrien and Overworked Uni Student!Marinette (heavily inspired by my barista days in College, when I was writing this) ☕

King Agreste - a MLB AU oneshot inspired by the Grimm fairy tale Allerleirauh "all-kinds-of-fur" 🏰

You Said You Loved Me - an MLB kwami swap identity reveal wip i never finished and probably never will sorry 😬

Spider-Man: Homesickness - My take on what the MCU Spidey's life could be like 5 years post: No Way Home and his journey into letting people back into his life and not being so alone (My CURRENT BABY and WIP that I'm ALMOST DONE WITH - it's so fucking long alskdhasasjdkhksdjhfkfh my hope is that it ends up in the no. 1 spot someday when it's complete) 🕸️

5. do you respond to comments?

So I didn't always, but nowadays I try really hard to respond to every comment thread at least, even if I don't always have the last comment on the thread. I really REALLY appreciate each and every comment and I actually often re-read them when I'm feeling insecure in my writing (is that cringe? maybe lol but it's true)

6. what is the fic your wrote with the angstiest ending?

Definitely The Beauty of Green. 268-word OL: BA drabble that smacks you out of nowhere in the last two sentences. I never write things that short anymore but it just worked

7. what's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

A lot of my one-shots back when I was writing for MLB like 5 years ago have happy endings. I prefer more *complicated* endings now, but a genuinely happy ending can be nice too. May I present Drops in a Pond for consideration though? Not traditionally fluffy or sweet, but I like to think it's a soft and hopeful kind of ending.

8. do you get hate on fics?

I haven't yet. I think I'm too small of a creator to get hate lol

9. do you write smut?

I've posted one smut fic before, Under the Moonlight, listed above. It's my top-rated fic so I guess I know a little of what I'm doing. OH and my side-wip I'm working on when SMH is too angsty for me is all fluff and kinky Parkner smut and I'm so excited to post that someday when SMH is fully out and done.

10. craziest crossover:

I haven't written any crossovers, unless you count pulling from marvel canon across different adaptations to make SMH (it's got Gwen and Harry and Miles even though they're not in the MCU 19999 as of now). But I used to write a lot of aus

11. have you ever had a fic stolen?

I don't think so

12. have you ever had a fic translated?

No, but I would be so honored if someone did! I once had a full conversation in the comments with someone in another language by using Google Translate and that was fun!

13. have you ever co-written a fic before?

I think my writing process would be a little too unconventional to co-write with someone unless we were trading chapters and perspectives. I go back and edit my drafts a lot as I move forward and I would be too tempted to edit their writing too, which feels mean...

14. all time favorite ship?

I LITERALLY CAN NOT PICK DO NOT DO THIS TO ME!!!!! I will be a multi-shipper until the day I die, in basically every fandom.

15. what's a wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I have an idea for a series of long fics making an MCU HS AU inspired by Degrassi, but I think it would be just too many hours and too many words that I won't ever commit to. I love a good HS AU every now and again, but I feel like a lot of people (across fandoms with hs aus tbh) write the characters as if they already have a lot of the canon quirks the characters have as adults. I would want to write them truly as their HS selves, acting like real teenagers and all the dumb shit teens do, as the reader follows along on the journey of their growing up.

16. what are your writing strengths?

I think I really like detail and trying to portray a level of reality with the characters, even in more fantastical settings. I want the character's choices and motivations to be both complex and clear to the reader, even when they're making choices that the reader disagrees with. I also think this is a skill that is more and more prevalent in my recent writing, so my earlier MLB stuff doesn't have as much of it. My OLBA stuff and now my Spidey stuff though? Yeah.

17. what are your writing weaknesses?

Staying motivated to finish WIPS. (This is something I've improved a lot on though and at this point, barring some kind of life-or-death calamity in my life, I will absolutely be finishing SMH. I'm literally 120k of a predicted 150k words deep and going strong sooo).

OH ALSO comedy! I'm so bad at writing funny characters and making them actually say things that are both funny and make sense. Sucks when writing Spidey cause he can be such a little shit with his sarcastic comments and each dialogue point takes me 3-5 business weeks to come up with.

18. thoughts on dialogue in another language?

I do it very rarely and only when it feels 100% necessary. I had a small bit in Spanish in ch 6 of SMH because Jeff and Rio were literally talking about Peter right in front of him and he could hear the words they were saying, even if he didn't understand them. But it was very brief.

I did it because the POV character literally didn't understand it, so it made sense to have it written out. In fics where the POV character understands what's being said, I prefer it all be written in the fic's primary language, for reader ease.

19. first fandom you wrote in?

A:TLA, like I said. That was back in the dark ages of my Junior Year of HS on my old ffn account that will never see the light of day again hahaha

20. favorite fic you've written?

Every current WIP has always been my favorite because that is what I'm thinking about. So SMH is definitely my current fave. It's my baby and I've put literally hundreds of hours into it (I keep a spreadsheet lol, it's nearly 150 hours of sheer writing, not including the early days of brainstorming and outlining.)

HOWEVER, back in the day, I was really proud of writing Answer Me and it's literally my lowest-rated fic, but I was such a fan of the genre and the Night Circus inspiration. Plus, I love Alya as a character and it was really fun to write from her perspective.

OH, and I'm still proud of Under the Moonlight because it taught me that my acespec ass can write smut and is also good at it, lol. I just have to write smut that's rooted in ~*~feelings~*~ and also has an element of humanism and imperfection. Which is the type of vibe I'm putting into my side-wip rn.

Thanks for tagging me, Sarah!

no pressure tagging: @seek--rest, @abcd-em, @missamyshay, @pbpsbff

[romirola]

For the WIP game, if it’s still open, tell me about a request fic you haven’t gotten to talk about yet!

I hope you’re having a glorious and cool November 💕

-Lexi Sun ☀️

Oh my dearest @weightedblanketjoyfriend, Lexi! It is never too late! <3 Thank you for your ask.

One fic that hasn't yet come up is a requested oneshot of David comforting Angel from a nightmare, which I'll include a snip-snip of below. I love this fic because, first of all, nightmare comfort is my jam. It's a great trope for many reasons, especially because it has a way of bringing even the strongest of characters to an intensely vulnerable place, since it's their own minds that are conjuring the scary vibes. And what better source of scaring vibes than you own mind? It also gives a nice opportunity for comfort (which we all know I adore), often putting the comforter on the spot to evaluate the situation and use, usually, something as simple as words and touch, to soothe. And that's a tough job, too! Everyone gets involved in both the hurt and the comfort in different ways. Good stuff, Lexi. Good stuff. Such scenarios can take so many forms, whether it be fever dreams, magical/biological influence, injuries, or, in this case, just a good ol' fashioned nightmare just because. Hope you enjoy!

David Shaw felt blunt force smack him in the gut, jarring him into sudden wakefulness. He scrambled to all fours, instinctively beginning to initiate a shift until he realized where he was. His enhanced senses helped him make out the familiar shapes and scents that alerted the shifter that it was the middle of the night and that he was in the bed he shared with his mate. David released the shift so he could flick on the soft lamp that sat at the corner of his nightstand.

When David looked beside him, he saw Angel writhing against the mattress, their frenzied movements only serving to further tangle them in the sheets. “No! Davey, Davey!” they cried. Another solid kick landed on David’s hip crease. 

“Angel?” David gasped, hand hovering over his terrified mate. A nightmare, he gathered quickly. He briefly wondered about that old myth that it was dangerous to wake a sleeping person from sleep walking. Was it the same for a nightmare? And why was it dangerous in the first place? 

Suddenly, Angel coiled their spine into as small a ball as they could manage. “Davey, come back!” Angel called, voice quaking. 

All thoughts of hesitation fled David. “Angel, I’m here. I’m right here. It’s okay.” He seized Angel by their shoulder and gave them a quick shake. “Wake up!” he ordered desperately, not willing to let his mate suffer their own dreams for another moment as long as he could stop it. “Wake up, please!”

[tortoisebore]

fav wolfstar fics?? yes i’m looking for new reccs and i’m also rlly curious

omgggg i have so many how can i chooseee 🫢 i feel like a lot of these are staples so you might’ve already read them but here are my all time favs (in no particular order except Blends/Names is absolutely my #1)

Blends (and the WIP sequel Names) by rvltn909

ugh such an OG & one of the first wolfstar fics i remember reading!! one thing ab me is i’m going to absolutely devour a coffee shop AU. throw in a university AU on top of it?? bitch i’m seated. because this was my first wolfstar fic i feel like these characterizations are the blueprint, every other remus & sirius are knockoffs of these two. this remus is just like me fr i love him & his stupid little angry self-loathing anxious brain so bad. also the sirius POV in Names is to die for, mans just won’t stop talking i love him sm

A Black Mass Over Highway Ninety by greenvlvetcouch

oh my GOD i subscribed to this one when green posted like chapter four?? or five?? and legitimately screamed my head off every time i got the emails. like i was blowing off work and reading ao3 on the job when this shit updated. i love toxic codependent wolfstar so bad i ate this up like a dying man i’m so serious i’ve already reread it once since it was completed like two weeks ago lmfao, every new thing green posts i make it my new religion

Impossible Things by accioromulus

this one ojhmygod i feel like i reread it about once every three months. they are so 🤲 jdhffhfh god i love losers who pine so bad they feel on the verge of death

Beneath a Big Blue Sky by eyra

i reread this like??? once every two months??? everything eyra writes is in my bookmarks bc i love their work so so much but this one in particular gets lodged in my brain so bad omfg. this remus is my sweet precious grumpy little angel and this sirius is so sweet and soft and caring he makes me cry?? Hollow Places is my other fav from this author, their writing style just makes my brain buzz in the best way, they are a huge huge inspo for me

Hard to Find by accioromulus

another one of the first i remember reading! little summer road trip with a big ole side of pining and yearning and sharing a lil couch to sleep?? yes please. the banter between the four boys is my favvvv in this one, they are so stupid and dumb i love them

LIEBESTRAUMMMM OH MY GOD by lunchbucket

there are exactly two (2) exes getting back together fics i can stomach and this is one of them. this remus & me are the same person i think, reading his journey throughout this fic was sort of healing in a way?? i initially started it bc i’ve played piano my entire life and love a lil music AU moment, but this fic genuinely revived my love for classical music and liszt’s compositions in particular. it is a masterpiece

Staying Strangers by 3amAndCounting

i am not kidding i’ve been subscribed to this fic since like??? the 10th chapter? i pride myself in having been on board w this one before everyone else lmfao. this is literally the only ‘texting fic’ i’ve genuinely loved, these characterizations are so sweet and perfect and i will protect this sirius w my entire life 🤺

This Is Not Your Year by montparnasse

i think this is the only canon-compliant in my entire ao3 bookmarks bc i enjoy being delusional and i require a happy ending or i will d*e. however comma, i cannot overstate how much i LOVE this one. this writing is absolutely devastating oh my god i’m not an angst person (re: delusional) and this one is so angsty but ugjshfjffj it’s so gritty and real and raw and it makes my heart ACHE for them

note: i am about to embark on a journey and start crimson rivers. i’ve avoided it since like last summer bc i wanted to wait until it was completed but then it turned into a 700k beast, so here we are. i am not (!!!!) a jegulus person but what i’ve seen of this fic is so so good so i’m going to do it for the wolfstar & bc i’m a hunger games stan

tyyy for the ask!! i always love reading other people’s recs but i’ve never made a list myself, this was very fun

[jazzythursday]

Hiiii, Jazzy! For the ask game: 🍓 🥑 🔪 🌿 🪲 (hehe sorry djsakgjkdg <3)

Hi Sparrow!!

🍓 ⇢ how did you get into writing fanfiction? 

I’m a long time fanfic reader, but I didn’t start really writing anything until 2021. I think, probably, because of the pandemic and needing some kind of outlet for creating things (and also because the Miraculous Ladybug plotlines were haunting my dreams, rattling their chains around in my brain until I finally caved and wrote some actual communication/emotional resolution for the characters that I wasn't getting from the show)

🥑 ⇢ you accidentally killed somebody, which mutual(s) do you text for help?

You and @waterloou lol

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

Bahaha there are SO many, because I frequently have to look things up to write all the fun little facts Wylan has in his head. But I’m not sure researching poisons and how to build bombs/fireworks is all that weird, to be honest.

I’m going to go with the time I was writing a Good Omens fic, and I used google street view to virtually walk from the Ritz to around where Aziraphale’s bookshop would be in soho, so I could know exactly what it looked like and if/when they would likely pass by St. James’s park on the way, and what named streets would be on that route. (I’m not even sure that’s that weird. Maybe I need to be weirder...)

🌿 ⇢ give some advice on writer's block and low creativity

I do generally believe in the whole “not forcing it and take breaks if you need to” thing usually, but as for advice:

Consume some type of media you really like. Movie, show, book, an old favorite fic, anything that inspires you. I also like going back to the source material for things like fic because it gives me ideas or gets me into the right mental place to write the characters, and I like reading my own fics to brush up on my own interpretations/style.

🪲 ⇢ add 50 words to your current wip and share the paragraph here

Oh...did you say 50? becuase I slipped and wrote 283...

(from Jesper's pov of the bookshop scene in ch 1 of Everyday)

At some point he loses Wylan to an art book he seems keen on and quietly drifts away with, leaving Jesper to talk to the enthusiastic bookeep on his own.

Jesper’s arms are getting progressively heavier with book recommendations, and the bookkeeper is somehow still holding at least twice as many. He doesn’t understand where they're even coming from at this rate, because more just seem to, to appear each time he looks away. 

He thinks about Kaz and his sleight of hand, and wonders at the chance that the bastard of the Barrel has been giving magic lessons to Wijnstraat booksellers in his free time. 

He actually has read some of the books the man recommends, either because they were commonly popular in his parents house or on the frontier, or from his short stint in university.

Unfortunately, mentioning that prompts the bookeep to ask, “Ah, so you’re a student, then?”

“Er—” Jesper blanches, in such a pitifully uncomposed way that he’s sure he can just feel Kaz shaking his head in judgemental spirit. The bookeep raises one solitary eyebrow, and Jesper, for some reason—probably because he’s Jesper—keeps bloody talking. “Yea-up. Yeah,” he bobs his head in a jerky nod, “Students, at the university. Good ol’ U of K. Woo...” Jesper cheers. Actually cheers. 

Great fucking work Fahey, very believable.

The bookkeep raises his other eyebrow, but smiles kindly. “That must be exciting. What are you studying?”  “Business,” Jesper answers quickly, and makes a concerted effort to not let it sound like a question. 

His fingers twitch, longing to trace over the pearl handles of his revolvers, but they’re hidden deep under the folds of his coat, and—apparently—he’s a university student now. 

I'm probably (definitely) going to be late to my fist class today now, but I really don't regret it.

Thanks for the questions!! 💖

[nerdywriter36]

🍦 What's the sweetest fic you've created so far?

💞 Who's your comfort character?

💔 Is there a fic of yours that broke your heart?

👀 Tell me about an up and coming wip please!

🤲 Would you please share a snippet of a wip?

another ask, thank you aster! <3

🍦 - Given that most of my fics are fluff-filled, this was a difficult decision, but I'd have to say Rain and Redamancy, which I wrote with @brendadaaedestler. It's good ol' E/C fluff, along with a little one, there's nothing better than that. Along the same lines of that, An Evening of Interruptions and A Child's Fascination are also two of my favourite fluffy fics.

💞 - I mean, probably Erik. He's always the character that I go back to, that I seek out fic for, and just brings a sense of comfort in his own strange way, given that neither his life nor his story are particularly comforting in themselves. Besides him, I would say The Daroga/Nadir.

💔 - Certain points in Like Father, Like Son always do me in (I won't say anything, even if that fic has been up for a while now), and also The Day My World Crumbled, though that is due for a rewrite.

👀 - My up-and-coming WIP is a collab with @brendadaaedestler! I'm not going to say too much about it until we make an official announcement post, BUT we have published two snippets of it that you can read here and here!

🤲 - Here is a snippet from that secret fic of mine!

“As long as you don’t mind,” Christine chuckled, pulling a dining chair over to his desk so that she could sit near him. “What’s the project today?”

Erik turned his monitor so she could better see the screen. “A young musician trying to make a little place for himself on the World Wide Web,” he said with a smile, a joking dramatic tone to his voice. “A violinist. He’s pretty good, actually.” 

“Oh, that’s a perfect project for you,” Christine said with a smile. “It looks good so far.”

“Thank you,” Erik replied. “I’ve also been giving him some composing advice for no extra charge, which he says he appreciates. We’ve had some nice chats.” 

“Well, well, well. Look at you making friends,” Christine said with a bit of a laugh. “Soon, you won’t even need me.”

Erik scoffed and shook his head. “I’ll always need you,” he replied, only realizing how sentimental and almost intimate that comment was once it was out of his mouth. 

“I’d like to think so,” Christine said with a smile. “Thanks for saying that.”

“Yeah, um…you’re welcome,” Erik said softly, fidgeting with the fingers of his free hand as he clicked around aimlessly on the website he was working on to try and mask his shyness. 

thanks again for the ask!