#domestic olicity

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

[snow-licity]

So I just realized (while working on ANOTHER Olicity edit) that the reason Felicity is wearing a nice top and then SWEATS in the 4x1 kitchen scene is bc she has a VIDEO CONFERNCE W THE PALMER TECH BOARD and she's looking nice from the waist up bc that's all they can see and she'd comfy in her sweats!!

[ageless-aislynn]

For 10 years, my fic with by far the most hits on AO3 was "Five Times Oliver Held Felicity (And The One Time She Held Him)."

And I'm proud of it, don't get me wrong. I think it actually contains some of my better writing. 🤷‍♀️ But it ended up being a one-off sort of thing: I thought I'd write more Olicity or Arrow in general and then just... didn't.

However, it was so far ahead of all of my other fics in hits, I figured nothing would ever challenge it for the top spot. I hadn't checked my stats in quite a while and so I was surprised to discover that the "Five Times" Olicity fic was now in second place.

I've written 114 fics in the Flash fandom and none of them have remained in my top 5, that was another surprise! But 3 of my 11 Halo fics now are: "15 Minutes," (John/female reader) "Side Effects" (John/Cortana, John/Kai, very NSFW) and "Recreation" (Kai/male reader, same world as "15 Minutes").

Now, why is any of that important? It's for the sheer fact that I don't write sci-fi military fiction well AT ALL. My interest has always been in the more domestic and romantic themes, for lack of a better thing to call it. "You write the moments between the adventures" was what somebody told me about my Doctor Who fics ("Balancing Act," which is third place on that list, is a multi-chaptered Ten/Donna NSFW romantic fix-it fic where every chapter clearly takes place after some sort of new adventure that I don't show you but instead reference 😉). I agree with that assessment, that IS basically what I write.

A little while ago, I read somebody criticizing a particular type of Halo fanfiction. They didn't name mine by name but basically said it wasn't written "properly" like it's "supposed" to be and was everything that's "wrong" with uninformed people writing things they shouldn't be.

Here's the kicker: I think they're wrong. If they would've pointed at somebody else's fic and said that same thing, I would've wanted to jump in and tell them to get over themselves. People are allowed to enjoy whatever they want to enjoy! If somebody wrote a story that's "wrong" in your opinion, then all you have to do is scroll on by.

Heck, if somebody wants to write about Master Chief riding into battle on a T-rex while waving a glowing, magic sword given to him personally by Gandalf the Grey... Well, dang it, I'd read it, lol! Yeah, that wouldn't take place in canon but what is fanfic even for if not to allow all sorts of exploration? What if Halo had dinosaurs and magic swords? What if Chief and Silver Team or Blue Team or a brand new team of OC Spartans desperately needed to go buy new curtains for their apartments after they'd hung out for a while at the most happening coffee shop on Reach where Thel 'Vadam was the barista who made amazing specialty drinks while also heading up the local garage band?

(Yeah, I made that manip for something else but might as well get more use out of it, right? 😂)

Anyway, you get my drift. If one of my fellow Halo writers would've gotten criticism like that, I would've challenged it. But it was too close to my own work and instead, I absorbed it. I feel like I shouldn't be writing for Halo, I'm too wrong, I'm too off. I mean, no wonder I'm struggling to finish my WIPs, right? That's the first thing that pops to mind when I try to write anything: Yeah, but you're doing this all wrong. You should be ashamed of what you're writing. You're insulting the real fans of Halo by trivializing the characters like this. You're disrespecting actual military people living today by getting too much of this wrong.

And so seeing those stats at AO3 really meant something to me. I know I don't write authentic action-orientated sci-fi military fiction. I know that. But I love the characters and I love seeing them in situations they wouldn't be in in canon and I can't even tell you why. But people have been reading my fics? At least, I hope the hits aren't coming from people passing the links around with a big ol' ZOMG, please don't ever write Halo like THIS IDIOT, okay??? attached to them. 🤞😣🤞😉

This sounds pretty silly seeing it written down like this. I know, it's like, Get over yourself, Ais, not everything is about you! But I've been really struggling to get to the root of my writer's block so I could figure out what's keeping me from finishing my WIPs. And seeing those stats tonight and realizing how many more times my Halo fics seem to have been read over my other fandoms...?

Well, that might only mean that Halo is just the more popular fandom right now and it's nothing more than that. But it's nice to think that, even though there are people out there who think somebody unqualified like me shouldn't be posting their ridiculous little stories, maybe there are other people who've enjoyed them, even as unauthentic as they are?

I dunno. Food for thought.

I'm hoping this will inspire me to at least finish up the next chapter for "15 Minutes." 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

Thanks for reading. *hugs* to you if you've ever or are currently struggling with anything like this. Tell your stories, they're worth it. I believe in you. 🤗🤗🤗

I just need to try harder to believe in myself, hm? 🤔

PS - I've gotten SO MANY wonderful comments on my Halo fics, so why is it that the hate that might not even have been meant for me is so much louder in my head and crowds the nice comments out? I hate that, I truly do. 😖

[the-feral-gremlin]

Unthinkable 10 years event by @madwomanwithawarehouse

Day Two: Fic Rec/Team Arrow.

All Olicity fics. All from my bookmarks. I don’t have a lot of season two Olicity/arrow in general fics so disclaimer that a lot of these are by the same (wonderful) author. I ran out of commentary towards the end but these are all amazing fics!!

Of Green Blankets and Office Naps by imfallingforyoureyes102.

Summary:

When Moira Queen goes to drop off some documents in Oliver’s office, she happens upon a certain blonde unknowingly chattering away to a sleeping Oliver and watches in fascination at the almost domestic way Felicity pries off his shoes and gently pulls off the tie from around his neck.

(Or, a very tired Oliver falls asleep in his office, Felicity makes him comfortable when he refuses to wake up, and Moira watches in awe as the computer genius dances around the office, closing the blinds and shutting down his computer, without so much as a grunt from the man that can never seem to sleep in the presence of anyone else.)

This one unfortunately, isn’t surrounding the unspeakable episode but it is still so amazing that I couldn’t NOT add it in context. I love LOVE fics that are from the outsiders perspective of Olicity, especially early season and from the people closest to them both! I love how Moira is written in this! And how the writer captured Olicity’s dynamic pre-relationship/confession! It’s such a cute fic!

You know I'm gonna find a time to catch your hand (and make you stay) by tryalittlejoytomorrow

Summary:

"I read on the internet that pancakes are a good way to say thank you for letting a poor, homeless, unemployed guy crash at your place."

Oliver spends the summer at Felicity's, pretending that nothing changed.

Hint: he's wrong.

(Post-2x23, Unthinkable.)

Set right after season two Felicity lets Oliver crash on her couch because the queen mansion/inheritance isn’t his anymore and he’s unemployed. I love the opening scene being Felicity waking Oliver up from a nightmare. His thought process is so well written!!!! I love how the writer writes Felicity’s commitment issues as well, not a lot of people do that. Also Walter calling to offer them a job at his company is so funny afjkgfc

The Weary Kind by hope27

Summary:

Felicity knows Oliver isn't sleeping. She knows he's pushing them away. She knows he's letting Slade get into his head. But it isn't until she finds him outside her window one night that she confronts him about it.

Bystander by ElasticMonk

Summary:

Set in season 2 in Sara’s POV - Sara deals with Laurel in the aftermath of Slade Wilson. Laurel makes a play for Oliver’s heart while Sara silently ships Olicity. But then again Sara was never that great at being completely silent.

Sara being an Olicity shipper and somehow (a little) more emotionally healthy than Oliver is an amazing combo. I love Canarrow but it’s really nice to see Sara and Oliver being friends. This is so nice!!

[jamieontheroof]

OLICITY DOMESTIC FLUFF!!!

FUCK YEAH

[smoakmonster]

#relatable 

[lyricalarrow]

Arrow's Oliver and Felicity Plan for a 'Normal' Future in Deleted Scene (x)

[allimariexf]

I was wrong to think I could have it both ways: that I could do what I do and still have a normal life. Me being happy isn’t what’s important right now. - Oliver, 1x18

The life that I’m leading for myself right now doesn’t leave much room for an actual life. And I don’t need one. - Oliver, 1x19

Maybe it is better being alone. I’m not seeing anyone currently, but if I were, I don’t know how I’d tell them about today. - Felicity, 1x19

Because of the life that I lead, I just think that it’s better to not be with someone that I could really care about. - Oliver, 2x06

Diggle, you have a life. You have a new life. It’s a life I can’t have. - Oliver, 3x01

I thought I could be me and the Arrow, but I can’t. Not now. Maybe not ever. - Oliver, 3x01

One of these days, it’s going to be me. This life that I’ve chosen, it only ends one way. - Oliver, 3x02

So that’s it? You’re just going to spend your life hiding down here in this cave, waiting to die? I’m sorry, I’m not going to wait with you, because if there’s one thing that today has taught me it is that life is precious. And I want so much more out of mine than this. - Felicity, 3x02

I know what it’s like to want someone, but not be able to be with them. How you wish things could be different, but they can’t. I can’t be with you. I can’t be with anyone. I have to be alone. - Oliver, 3x07

Guys like us don’t get the girl. - Oliver, The Flash 1x08

What I deserve is to be with someone who isn’t afraid of being happy. - Felicity, 3x17

Don’t fight to die. Fight to live. - Felicity, 3x23

Marriage is about inclusion. It’s about leaning on your partner when things get complicated. I don’t think that you know how to do that. - Felicity, 4x15

Five months ago I convinced you that we could have it all. We could come here to this job and have each other. I was wrong. - Felicity 4x16

I want you to be happy. And in the spirit of that I think that you owe it to yourself to find out if what you have with Billy is real. And I owe to myself to embrace whatever’s next for me, when I’m not.... - Oliver, 5x05

I think that with everything going on right now it’s just not the right time. - Oliver, Supergirl 3x08

I love you. I just don’t want to be married. I don’t want to be married to anyone. We have something so good. We have something so great going. Let’s not change that; let’s just stand back with the cards that we’re holding. - Felicity, 6x08

I have been the Green Arrow for six years. I didn’t plan on doing it forever. I thought that one day my mission would end and I would finally, after all this time, get a chance to actually live my life. That will never happen if I tell the whole world that I’m the Green Arrow. - Oliver, 6x21

During your trial you said you didn’t want to go public because you wanted a life after the Green Arrow. This is that life. - Felicity, 6x23

[love-with-you-i-have-everything]

that’s our kind of love

A little belated birthday gift for @happilyswanjones! Happy birthday!! Also congratulations on getting me to write my first Arrow fic, it needed to happen anyways :)

William Clayton had grown up with a pretty good idea of what love was.

Love was his mom being there to tuck him into bed every night and waking him up with pancakes every morning.

Love was the way they would have movie nights every Friday, watching Star Wars and superhero movies over and over again.

Love was when he would see his mom for the first time after a school camp and would go leaping into her arms for the biggest hug ever.

But one man changed that, took all the love William had ever known away from him. Just like that.

For a long time, a dark time, after that, William forgot what love looked like. What it felt like. Only one person, the one he was supposed to love, was left.

But he didn’t love Oliver Queen.

He was the reason the bad man killed his mom, he just knew it. He couldn’t bare to love him, even tolerate him. In his eyes, that crime was unforgivable.

William thought nothing could redeem his father. How could it? He had no idea what love was. If he did, he would have saved his mom, superhero or not.

But then a woman came over to help him with math homework, and in that instant, he knew he’d been wrong. Oliver Queen did understand love.

Because the way he looked that Felicity Smoak…that was something different, like nothing he’d ever seen before.

That was love. Right in front of his eyes.

So, when she started staying over, when his dad proposed, when they got married and were ready to live happily ever after, William changed, too. He thought maybe, maybe, he could love them too.

--

Oliver Queen had a fickle relationship with love.

His parents had always had it, to some degree. Once he would have said it was the truest love he’d ever seen. Until he’d learnt about Malcom, all those years later.

He’d had it, once, early on, with Laurel. But it wasn’t enough. Maybe it was to rebel against his parents’ example, maybe it was just him. But then came Sara, and all the others.

He loved Speedy, though. That was certain.

When his father sacrificed himself, shot himself in the temple in order to endure Oliver’s survival, he knew in that moment, that sort of love was something he’d never understand.

Then came the island, cold and dark, not a place any self-respecting person would look for love.

(Oliver Queen was many things, but self-respecting was not at the top of the list.)

He loved Shado for a time, until she was killed. They were always taken away, that was the catch. Even years later, his mother was gone, his father was gone, Sara was gone. Before long, he’d seen Laurel and Thea gone.

But since getting off the island, there’d been one person, always and constantly standing by his side. The I.T girl with the red pen, who saw through his lies without a second thought, but did what he asked anyway. She trusted him, with no real reason to. And before long, he started trusting her too.

They were partners, allies, a team. Respect and trust started being a staple in their relationship, and as time went on, so did love.

Her loved her. He knew with all his heart that his life would only get better with her in it. She was the light, the bright spot of happiness in his otherwise dark life. It took them some time, too much time, really, but it was worth it. Every goddamn minute.

He didn’t expect to be a father so soon. He’d let himself dream about it before, first with Laurel, then with Sara, even during those few months of peace with Felicity.

But then came that one visit to Central City, and the boy with the Flash action figure.

William.

He’d known it as soon as he’d seen the boy, when he saw Samantha for the first time in years. He was his.

It was only through tragic circumstances that William became part of this life, but Oliver was thankful nonetheless. He loved the boy, even if the boy didn’t love him back.

When Chase kidnapped William, held a gun to his head, Oliver started to understand that love he saw in his father’s eyes, all those years ago in the exact same spot. The love that meant sacrifice, the fact that he would have done anything, anything, to save him.

But they still weren’t a family. Not until he saw his son and Felicity doing homework, baking cookies (which she’d claimed was the same thing), playing video games; seeing them together, the happiness that was finally in his life, that was what love was, almost as if it was a palpable thing.

Maybe he’d lost people he loved, but he had so many still here.

--

Love was a thing of fiction in Felicity Smoke’s early life. All she had was her mom, who granted, loved her enough, and a deadbeat dad who ran off and left them when she was young.

Love didn’t exist.

When she met Cooper in college, she though, maybe. Maybe somehow, in her messed up, empty life, there was room for something as least resembling love. They understood each other when no one else did, as if they spoke their own special language. They planned to save the world together, changing the city, one hack at a time.

She’d cursed herself for being so stupid.

He left, just like her dad, and for years afterwards, she tried to blend in. No one really saw her, a quiet I.T girl in a big company. She was just a face.

Until one face picked her out and handed her a bullet-ridden laptop.

She knew who Oliver Queen was, everyone did. News spread, not only of his dance with death, but also of his reputation.

She’d had to admit, that didn’t match up with the man she was seeing in front of her.

She trusted him, much to her horror. She’d never fully trusted anyone in a long time. But then he trusted her with what was perhaps the biggest secret of their lives.

And she let it take over her life. Let him take over. Felicity knew what was coming, could feel it happening.

She was falling in love with the Green Arrow. Oliver Queen. Whoever.

The one thing she’d sworn never to let herself do, and she was diving in head first. It killed her for a while, seeing him oblivious, with Laurel or Sara. But even he couldn’t remain blind forever.

A few times, she tricked herself into believing he felt the same. But then, after a while, a long while, something funny happened.

He told her he did.

It wasn’t a smooth ride, assassins and magical villains getting in the way at every turn. But somehow, somehow, they’d survived it.

Felicity may not have believed in love, but the multiverse was making it damn near impossible to maintain that disbelief.

Finding out Oliver had a son was a big hit. She was mad, for a long time.

But then she met the kid, met his mother, saw how Oliver cared, and everything made sense. When Samantha died, she was selfish. Started imagining a life with not only Oliver, but William too: pancakes for breakfast, movie nights, the works.

She set herself for disappointment, but it didn’t come.

Before she could blink, she was launched into this world of field trips and lunches, homework and video games. It made it harder, being a parent, to comprehend how her father could have up and left, no matter what threat was looming over him.

She’d told Oliver once that he’d opened up her heart in a way she didn’t know was possible. That couldn’t have been more accurate.

--

“Dad, you need to get better at this, you’re not even competition anymore,” William complained, throwing his controller beside him on the couch, “I’ll have to wait for Felicity to get back.”

“I’m sorry I didn’t spend my teenagers years glued to a PlayStation!” Oliver defended, following his son’s lead at tossing the controller away.

They heard Felicity’s voice even before the door opened, “Yes, what did you do in your teenage years, my love?”

Smirking as his wife turned the corner and entered the room, he felt his body lighten just a little bit.

“Yeah, dad. What’d you do for fun, shoot arrows around the house?” William shot back, sitting up a little straighter.

“See, Oliver. Inquiring minds want to know.” Felicity teased, perching on the side of the couch near William. The ease they had around each other, anyone could have thought they’d been around each other for years.

Felicity raised a brow at him, clearly interested to hear his response. They both knew for certain that his habits as a teenager were not suitable for young ears.

“I listened to my mom and dad and did whatever they told me,” he replied, tossing a pillow towards his son. Both Felicity and William snorted.

“What, you don’t believe me?” he asked, mock hurt in his voice.

“Nope,” William said quickly, voice flat.

“Not a chance,” Felicity added, the two of them preparing for a high five at the sight of Oliver’s face. Rising from his spot on the couch, he moved slowly towards the two of them, eyes shifting from one to the other before they landed on his wife.

Without warning, he reached one hand under her knees and the other around her shoulders, hoisting her up and carrying her around the living room between explosions of laughter and giggles. After many kicks (and probably bruises), Oliver dropped her back onto the couch, leaning down to press a kiss to her lips.

“Urgh, you guys are gross,” William complained, covering his eyes with the pillow his dad had so affectionately tossed at him minutes earlier.

“Oh, you hear that, Oliver? We’re gross.”

“Good,” Oliver replied, leaning down for more. Upon hearing more groans from his teenage son, he straightened and made his way to the kitchen, returning, much to the delight of Felicity and William, both of whom had a sweet tooth, with the cookies he’d picked up from the store on his way home.

They had already picked up the video game where Oliver had left off.

He smiled, watching the two of them from behind, desperate to capture that moment forever.

--

Later that night, after William had passes out on the couch and Oliver and Felicity moved him into bed, the tiniest little sound escaped from his lips.

“I love you, guys.”

Oliver smiled down at his son. He leant down to press a kiss to his forehead, then moved to wrap an arm around Felicity’s waist, doing the same.

“We love you, too.”

[nikscaroline]

Shades of Olicity ▻ domestic

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

[ageless-aislynn]

Tagged by the ever lovely and awesome @swiftzeldas Thanks, hon! 🤗💖

How many works do you have on AO3? 148

What’s your total AO3 word count? 290,660 😵‍💫

What fandoms do you write for? Actively writing for Halo now, but still have some for the Flash to finish up. I've previously also written for Doctor Who.

What are your top 5 fics by kudos? "Five Times Oliver Held Felicity (And The One Time She Held Him)" (Olicity, Arrow) "15 Minutes" (John-117/Reader, Halo the series) "Balancing Act" (NSFW) (Tenth Doctor/Donna Noble, Doctor Who) "Side Effect" (NSFW) (John-117/Kai-125, Halo the series) "No Time" (John-117/gender neutral Reader, Halo the series)

Do you respond to comments? I always do and if for some reason I didn't, you can be sure I either didn't see it or something interfered with me in replying and now I've thought I did. That, er, happens more than I wish it would these days. *swiss cheese brain is swiss cheese* 😔🫥🙄

What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? I very rarely write angsty endings, so they're kinda notable when they happen: "Cold" (Eobard Thawne/Killer Frost, The Flash) (Very short but I've been told it packs a punch. 🥰😉) "Dark/Light" (chapter 1) (Harry Wells/Caitlin Snow, The Flash) (An experimental fic where the dialogue is exactly the same in ch1 and 2 but they tell vastly different stories. 😉) Honorable mention to "Gray Sunflowers" (Caitlin Snow/Hunter Zolomon, The Flash) as a rare one where the entire fic is a metaphor for depression and even though the ending isn't super angsty by any means, it also isn't particularly hopeful either. It's still one of my favorites, though, because I felt like it has a distinctive voice.

What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? I'm resisting the urge to put "Side Effect" and the, er, multiple "happy endings" that occur in it here, lol! 🤣🤣🤣 Honestly, basically all of my other fics have a happy ending. I might go with "The Thousand and the First" (NSFW)(Eobard Thawne/Caitlin Snow, The Flash) because I wanted it to carry through a complete redemption arc for Eobard and I think it succeeded. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯😉

Do you get hate on fics? So far, no. On vids... oh yeah. 😑

Do you write smut? If so, what kind? Um, yep. Lots. I tend to write smut with a funny tone. I've very rarely done a conventional "romance novel" type scene. "Balancing Act" (Ten/Donna, linked above) was one of the first I'd did with that quasi-realistic/funny tone to it.

Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written? I've only written one so far: "Cold Hands" (Caitlin Snow/Jordan Mahkent, The Flash/Stargirl), which also has a vid, "Gasoline."

Have you ever had a fic stolen? Not that I'm aware of. Again, a vid? Yes.

Have you ever had a fic translated? Not as far as I know.

Have you ever co-written a fic before? I don't work well with a co-writer, simply because my muse is so resistant to writing to an outline.

What’s your all time favorite ship? To write? Any variation of Eobard Thawne/Caitlin Snow and the Wells dopplegangers/Caitlin or Killer Frost, The Flash, John-117/Kai-125 and John-117/Reader.

What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? "Try" (both versions of Eobard Thawne/Caitlin Snow, The Flash). I have 3 chapters completed and it's definitely the fic with the most world-building in it and it would also be the first full-fledged poly fic I've done. But my inspiration for the Flash just got smushed by the show so repeatedly I doubt I'll ever get enough oomph to finish it.

What are your writing strengths? Funny smut? Taking fandoms that are very not domestic and writing domestic fics in them? (I'm looking at you, Halo. Apologies to all of the Halo fans out there who absolutely hate people like me. 🫣I know you're out there but I appreciate you only vague-posting about me/people like me and not calling me out by name.)

What are your writing weaknesses? I don't write plotty fic very well, nor do I stick to canon very often. Worst thing is how easily I can sabotage myself and get convinced that everybody hates what I write. I've had SO many wonderful comments telling me otherwise but mannnnnn, my Evil Inner Editor can make me feel like the worst imposter ever. 😔

Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic? I've written for Sherloque Wells a handful of times, most notably "Unrequited" (Sherloque/Caitlin, The Flash) but I had help from a genuine French speaker to make sure it was saying what I thought it was saying, lol! It's not something I would want to do a lot, though, because I don't have a good enough grasp on any other language to feel comfortable with it. I greatly admire those who can, though!

First fandom you wrote for? Lord of the Rings, though it's no longer online anywhere. Doctor Who was my official entrance in the awesome world of fanfic after that!

Favorite fic you’ve written? Well, ask me my favorite child, why don't you? 😮🤣 How about I pick one two that haven't been mentioned so far that I'd love to see get more attention? "Phase Two" (Ninth Doctor/Rose Tyler, Doctor Who) is a sentimental fav and "Offer" (Eobard Thawne/Killer Frost, The Flash) is honestly a world I would've loved to have written more in because I found it so interesting.

Tagging any of my writer friends who see this and would like to do it! *boops your nose politely*

(Boop paw GIF kindly made by @theredtours) 😉

[bindy417]

Epic battle of Season 6

Olicity disagreeing on the appropriate towel set. Oliver wants something simple and elegant while Felicity wants color and comfort. You have failed this domesticity...

[smoakmonster]

[klarolicityswan]

[feilcityqueen]

I’m here now so I’ll take care of you.