#eirenical writes things

[eirenical]

For the WIP Title Ask:

I’m very curious about the Mysterious Lotus Casebook dual cultivation fic.

And good luck with class prep and starting the new semester! I hope it goes as smoothly/painlessly as possible!

Thanks for ask, @bbcphile! :D

[For anyone else who would like to ask, you can find the WiP list here.]

So, this fic grew out of this post. I watched episode 13 and I saw this go down:

And I said, "well, OK THEN. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE CALLING IT." XD

And visions of Dual cultivation danced in my head. Of course, once I'd finished the show, I realized that saving Li Lianhua, if that was in the cards at all, was going to be much more complicated than dual cultivation, because he and A-Fei and Fang Duobing basically did that more than once and it didn't save him.

So I don't know that I'll ever finish this one, but I DID write the sex/dual cultivation that would have come right after the confrontation in the snake cave, so how about a little snippet of the lead-in to that? ;D

*

Armed with a bottle of special oil he'd gotten from Yao Mo and more determination than desire, Di Feisheng pushed open the door to the small cottage.  Li Xiangyi didn't even look up as the door clattered open, the absolute picture of nonchalance and disinterest.

And it was a lie.

Li Lianhua might not care if he lived or died.  Li Lianhua might not care where he lived, who he met, or what he owed.  Li Lianhua might be waiting to die.  But underneath all of that, Li Xiangyi couldn't help but take notice when Di Feisheng entered a room.  Li XIangyi's every sense followed him as he moved, tracked him as he paced closer in the small confines of the cottage.  Li Xiangyi remembered.  Li Xiangyi knew him for the threat he carried.  Li Xiangyi knew a fellow predator when he was sniffing down his neck.

And it was Li XIangyi who supplied the words uttered in Li Lianhua's utterly disinterested tones: "Di-mengzhu… what are you doing."

Di Feisheng worried at the distended meridian beneath his teeth for just one moment more before shifting to nibble at the collarbone just beside it.  And as the muscles beneath his hands tensed, prelude to a shift that would send an elbow flying back into his stomach, he stepped back out of reach.  "Li Xiangyi, Li Xiangyi… what do you think I'm doing?"

Li Xiangyi huffed out a breath and shook his disordered robes back into some semblance of order before turning back to poke at the pot in front of him.  "If you're that hungry that my neck looks appealing, I'm pleased to inform you that dinner is almost ready.  Go back outside and wait for it."

Di Feisheng turned and did as requested—he walked away.  As far as the door, anyway.  And only to drive the locking bolts home.

As the bolts slid into place, Li Xiangyi tensed again, this time rewarding him with a glance in his direction.  When Di Feisheng did nothing but cross his arms and lean back against the locked door, Li Xiangyi sighed and put down his spoon.

"Di-mengzhu.  I have done as you asked all day with no objections.  But I, for one, do not have the stamina I once did.  I am tired.  I am hungry.  I am done playing games with you."

Di Feisheng uncrossed his arms, leaving them to hang loosely at his sides.  He smiled.  "But I am nowhere near done playing with you."

Before Li Xiangyi had a chance to even take in a surprised breath, Di Feisheng was across the room, fist raised.  In spite of his protestations, Li Xiangyi dodged the blow, slid around behind him and made a break for the door.  Di Feisheng turned with him, a well placed wave of qi accelerating his journey until he had Li Xiangyi pressed against the door, hands trapped against his chest where they could do no harm.  Di Feisheng pressed into him harder, leaning down to take another delicate nibble at his exposed neck.

This time, that elbow did fly—and would have hit Di Feisheng right in the solar plexus had he not stepped back quickly enough.  But that last provocation had done the trick.  Li Xiangyi was taking him seriously now, putting as much of himself into the fight as he dared.  Di Feisheng stayed one step ahead of him, darting in for little nips and pinches and a lick that nearly had Li Xiangyi's knee connecting with his groin.  He could feel it, the way that blocked qi was trying to break free, to respond, to answer his attacks in kind… but it had nowhere to go.  No channel to follow.  But if Yao Mo was right… then maybe they could fix that.

After several minutes of trading blows, Di Feisheng corralled Li Xiangyi against the wall, the thrill of the chase leaving them both panting.  He leaned forward, mouth opening for another delicate lick, but before he could get anywhere near that tempting neck, Li Xiangyi was surging forwards, into his personal space, eyes blazing with more fire than he'd seen in them since their reunion.  He had just enough time to register what was happening before Li Xiangyi's mouth sealed over his own, one hand breaking free to tangle in his hair.

Caught off guard, Di Feisheng staggered backwards, knees hitting the edge of the small bed and unbalancing him further.  He landed hard on his back, Li Xiangyi straddling his legs and taking full advantage of his disorientation for the moment it lasted.

Yesssssssss.

His hands found his way into Li Xiangyi's hair, returning the favor of his none-too-gentle tugs as he guided their mouths into better alignment.  Li Xiangyi was a whirlwind above him, days of frustration lending strength to his arms and a bite to his kisses and if Di Feisheng had had any idea that sex could be like *this,* he'd have tried it years ago.

[myfanfictiongarden]

Omg…. episodes 11 & 12 The Spoils and Kalends of February is what I`ve been looking for.

I’m not kidding when I say I’m in tears, this episodes were incredible.

[kurogane2512]

can I request about your favourite praises that would turn you on from your favourite characters? Or it can be anything that you’d like to hear from them.

me personally hearing Bai Yi go like “y-yes baby~ just like that~” or “f-fuck me~” would make me go crazyyy aksksosks

for ningguang if I heard her go like “my good fucking girl~ go ahead and cum for me~”, “my darling is such a good girl for her mommy~” and “hehe~ your pussy is so wet for me~” I would come undone right there… OAKSKSKKS (p.s i think ning has a mommy kink)

And i can see himeko say “that’s my girl~ keep doing that..~” and “oh darling~ one more for me please..~?” she will keep trying to push you to your limits

(I also think hime has a mommy kink too kaksskskndje)

and kafka going like “oh baby~ you taste so fucking good.” And “taking me so well~” and “the way you look right now makes me want to pump my cock inside you even harder..~” 😫😫

(I’m so downbad rn but I’m feeding my delusions)

Oh damn, this was new and surprisingly hard to write since I have never thought about my own likes this way. I usually imagine the pov of the character when writing dialogues so as to.... well, keep them in character, and during sex scenes too I think of their side more and what they'd do/say

NSFW BELOW

With Signora I want to love her first and foremost so I very much like hearing her be needy and ask for me. Things like "Oh~ cum with me, my love~", "Yes....right there~ Please your mistress well~", "mhm! f-fuck.... touch me, I need you so badly!~" would make me feral and feed my pleaser self. At the same time I know she would very much like to please her beloved so saying things like "That's right, cum for me, my love~", "Oh, you are doing so good for me~", "How pretty you look like this, darling~" would make me melt sdjfhuweoifh

With Lisa it's things like "Oh, darling, you are in such a state! and for me? How adorable~", "You want mommy to touch you here? Be a good girl and make those pretty noises for me~" I'd fold osdifhewifhweip

Ningguang has me on knees most of the time I'd kill to hear her say "My dear, you won't refuse me, would you?~ Don't disappoint me, brand me into these sheets like you mean it~", "Aaah.... such a pleaser you are for me~", "Come now, wear this and rest back. Don't be shy, you are in my hands now~"

Let's add in my other game mommies too starting with.... Himeko! "My sweet girl... you wouldn't mind if I touched you here, would you?~", "Oh, you like that?~ Good... very good, relax my darling~", "Mhm~ Yes... yes... eat me out just like that!~"

Mommy Cocolia has a special place in my heart just like Signora.... I feel like she'd be tad bit tsundere cause she wants to be commanding but is also so needy cehoifhew "Yes~ Hold on to me like that and I'll consider rewarding you generously~", "Please your Supreme Guardian well now~", "Mhm~ Yes...show me how you whimper. Listen to your mommy unless you want to be punished~"

Moving on to Chameleon! "Aaah! Fuck me! Fuck me harder than that! Come on, show me what you got, Chief! Satisfy me until I see stars!~" Yes I very much believe she'd be unhinged when she's outtopped she's one of the few who'd curse a lot. Oh, but when she's in control? "Hehe~ Now, that wasn't so hard, was it? Mm, be good and spread your legs for me~", "How obedient, such a good pet~", "Remember who you belong to.... don't you dare look at others, if you do then.... hehe~"

Cabernet is so about devouring you I just know it everything is about food with her "Oh, your skin... so soft and delectable~ Aah, I'd hate to ruin it but I want to devour you so badly!~", "Don't keep me waiting, Chief~ Aaah! That's the spot~", "You are mine, Chief. My sweetest ingredient and prized treasure.... Come on, show me how good you are and fuck me~"

Last but not the least, Eirene! I'm sorry she's so power bottom in my mind I can't shake off that image of her vnwfuwuigfewui "Chief~ Hah...t-touch me, oh yes I'll pay any price.... take me whole-fuck! How cruel you are~", "Oh, don't give up so soon, Chief~ Our game is still left... come now, don't you want to beat me and fuck me on my table?~", "Ngh! Hah~ Yes...gods! They are all fools! Aaah~ Fuck me, Chief! Make me forget those arrogant bastards!~" (this is like her destressing after work and dealing with people who want to take her down)

And that was it! Thank you for the request <3

[lirational]

Hello, I just found your blog, and as a fan of PTN, I wanted to see if you would be interest in indulging a request of mine.

Said request is a poor reader revealing their rather desperate financial situation to Chelsea or Eirene by accident, namely by accidentally showing them their crumbling apartment home or hinting they can't afford their medicine.

I also hope you don't mind if I decide to make my own take on the requests and suggestions I send you when I get the chance, orif I share them with others, as I have made a similar suggestion to a fic writer in ao3.

Regardless, I hope you take care and stay safe, and I wish you good luck in PTN my fellow Chief.

Thank you for the request, and gladly, go ahead and do your own take ^^ after all more fics in PtN is always good!

—

Chelsea x Reader and Eirene x Reader (separate)

Content warnings: might contain a bit of financial manipulation (particularly Eirene’s, though nothing NSFW. Regardless, exercise caution.

Countess Chelsea:

She found out when you got an unexpected call from your insurance provider when you both were on a date, notifying you that they would stop covering the cost for one of your meds.

You were always adamant about not relying on her for anything, and she was fond of this part of you, but still, you insisted that it’s alright, you can take care of yourself, and you will find a way out of this mess the way you always did whenever a similar problem came up.

This earns you a pinch of your cheek and a teasing remark, and she stopped mentioning it up to the end of your date.

Later at night, you receive a call, saying that there was a policy mistake and you’ll get your meds covered again.

Chelsea was evasive about it when asked directly, however, your guess was practically confirmed from the way she acts. She’s more demanding for cuddles, more willing to tease you for more affection. Part of this was from habit, as she would usually ask her sugar babies to do som embarassing things in exchange for her money, but for the most part? She wants you close.

I believe that Sitri would actually push you closer to her while you two were cuddling. Having a gem cat press on your back or body is certainly interesting, to say the least.

One thing is clear, after this, Chelsea will start paying more attention to you :)

Eirene:

There is no way that she wouldn’t have found out eventually. As the CEO of a supermassive company, she has to keep an eye on those she cherishes, or risk those people getting harmed by her competitors.

However, she is a businesswoman through and through, and it shows with the ‘aid’ she gave you. When you got drenched late at night as your roof gave way, she immediately responded, ordering her employees to take you to the best hotel right away. You thanked her afterwards, and she did bask in your gratitude, however, she keeps a ledger of the aid she gave you.

She takes time to visit under pretense of checking the hotel’s accomodation. In her words, a business under her company should always provide the best accomodation at all times and this was just a surprise inspection. However, you can just sense that she wanted an excuse to visit you.

Point this out, however, and all of a sudden, a vase in a corner somewhere would turn into a pile of dust, while her demeanor remained the same.

She loves you, truly, but a combination of wanting to keep you safe and her desire to have you culminates in giving you a contract, promising you will never want for anything as long as you work for her. Under several dozen pages of legalese, she hid a clause that you would surrender your entire being to her.

All the aid she gives are not free, and she keeps a ledger of how much you owe her. Write your name on the dotted line, and your life will become all that much easier~

[sephstones]

Writing Patterns - Hazbin Hotel Edition

Rules: List the first line of your last 10 (posted) fics and see if there's a pattern!

I wasn't specifically tagged, but I saw @eirenical doing this and it seemed like fun. I'm focusing it specifically on my Hazbin Hotel fic. I don't actually have 10 fics posted on ao3 for this fandom (yet) so I'm cheating and a lot of this will be unposted WIPs from my docs folder. Consider it a taste of what is (hopefully) to come! ;)

List the first sentence of your last 10 AO3 works.

The pain howled through her, screamed out of her for all of Heaven and Hell to hear.  (The Fall, Charlie/Vaggie, 5/10 chapters posted)

An angel was missing. (Second to None, Lute-centric fic, 3/4 chapters posted)

aaaand, that's it for what I've posted on ao3 so far. The rest of these are WIPs that still only exist in my docs:

“You know,” Charlie said, carefully fastening the ribbon into a bow, adjusting the ends and double knotting it at the center, "this isn't so different from what we saw this afternoon." (Trust Exercise, Charlie/Vaggie)

The woman's voice emanated from the television and weaved its way through the hotel, up one staircase and down another, twisting amongst the bottles behind the bar, wrapping around Vaggie's waist and sending shivers up her spine. (Working title 'The Music Lesson', Charlie/Vaggie, possibly other pairings TBD)

Charlie pressed her face into Vaggie's pillow, breathed in the familiar scent of Vaggie's hair. (Aftermath, Charlie/Vaggie)

Vaggie was still pacing their hotel room when Charlie returned from the zoo with the Seraph Emily in tow. (One Short Day, Charlie/Vaggie)

She loved when it felt like this between them, when Charlie was in the right mood to get a little rough with her, when Vaggie could test just how far she could go without breaking apart beneath Charlie's hands. (Unrestrained, Charlie/Vaggie)*

"Such an angel," Carmilla said with a smile. (Out for Love, Carmilla/Vaggie) *

"You can't be serious," Vaggie said, gripping tight to her spear as Charlie invited the smiling Emily and scowling Lute inside. (Working title 'The Saint of Joy', probably Emily/Lute and Charlie/Vaggie with some past Vaggie/Lute baggage, but still mostly brainstorming here, so could definitely change)

She realized her mistake far too late to save herself, just moments after she returned to a Hell with Lilith in it (Working title 'Overload', Lilith/Lute)

*this is the first sentence of what I currently have written, but probably won't remain the first sentence by the time the fic is finished.

Do you notice any patterns?

I'm awful at analyzing my own writing, but the first thing I noticed was that I tend toward relatively short first sentences? This left me very tempted to include more than one sentence for several of these, but I resisted!

I'm not going to tag anyone specifically, but if you think this looks like fun, I'd love to see your first lines too (and feel free to tag me if you do it!)

[kneelingshadowsalome]

I promised, promised myself that I wouldn’t read the Roman König x Fee fic until it was completed because I knew i would get absolutely drawn in, wrapped up in your exquisite prose, then get addicted and suffer from withdrawals. Unneeded to say I broke said promise and welp here I am 🤡

Thing that surprised me was how quickly he endeared himself to me? A cock swinging village massacring brute that I was FULLY prepared to hate had me sighing by then end of chapter 3 with the “you care about my head?” ✋😩 YES I worry for your stupid head you adorable monster.

It’s uncanny how similarly Fee and I felt as the plot progressed. I know this is a self insert and though I made an OC for fee, you were able to capture the feeling of hate to curiousity to distrust to budding emotions on the readers side so beautifully and in only three chapters?? What sorcery is this?? I could go on and on about how I’m just… in awe of your writing skills.

It’s the small things too. The effort he went through to understand Fee, learning her language like he desperately wants to be a part of her. It’s just his delight in the simple things like having a woman and buying her pretty things. I AM GOING TO GNAW OFF MY ARM THIS IS SO GOOD!! I don’t know if you’ve watched HBOs Rome, but they remind me of Pullo and Eirene so much! Like you can’t tell me König doesn’t fit that goofy brawdy soldier who’s only hobbies are drinking and fucking and fighting to a T!

Then it got me thinking…. If König is Pullo then Simon is Vorenus. He has that straight laced, no bs aura about him. Now I’m imagining them both in this universe and please excuse me while I melt in a puddle 🫠

This is perhaps the best piece of fiction I’ve read in a while. I can’t wait for part 4, I have no doubt it will be wonderful as usual. Please accept my maladaptive daydream interpretation of Fee (first she was supposed to be a wood nymph, then the earth goddess then a fairy queen?? I’m not sure anymore. There was so much great imagery couldn’t settle on one. Your honor, we lost the plot.)

Oh my goodness OH MY GOODNESS ❤️❤️❤️

You shower me with praise and I’m over here like aaahh... for me? 🥺❤️

And yes I’ve watched Rome like four times at least! Every time I watch it just gets better, the producers and crew really outdid themselves with all the details in that series. I consider it one of the best TV shows ever made and excuse me but you opened a Pandora’s box here, I'm just so pleased you brought this up...

It took so much time for Pullo to grow on me, I was so frustrated with his character but when he killed Eirene’s man because he was so in love with her and was just like: “Oh there's something in the way of our love? Oh well. *there*, solved.” Gosh I was IN LOVE. I’m sorry, I’m a horrible person, but I fell in love with Pullo right that second. And yeah König is kinda like Pullo in that sense! Eirene wails at the corpse of her ex-lover and Pullo is just like “Um, yeah nasty business but… why are you crying? Oh, oh yeah, oops. But hey, we could be together? Oh, you don’t want me? Damn. How come?” I wanted to shake and kiss him for being so dumb and adorable.

And Ghost is Vorenus YES, you get it 100 %! And the tragic love story of Vorenus & Niobe, oh god, took me about a month to get over it. And Vorenus being under the protection of Mars first and then literally becoming Pluto, the Lord of the Underworld… The mythology nerd in me is swooning over here. The only thing about Vorenus that's slightly König coded to me was when Pullo had to explain to him what a clitoris is, and Vorenus is like “How do you know this about my wife?!?!” and almost kills him :D That’s so so Roman!König.

But AHHH let me squeal about your maladaptive daydream adaption next: she’s the most gorgeous Fee ever, so lovely and feminine and yet, strong and possessing that earthly power in her. I love the color of her dress too!! There’s a lot of earth & water elements linked to Fee so that color (green to turquoise?) is the most perfect combination of earth and sea, while König is more like fire & air, coming from the mountains and slow to anger but when the fire rises, no one is safe...

This was so lovely, thank you so much! I hope you enjoy the rest of the story 🩷💋

[lizardrosen]

last line challenge

Rules: In a new post, show the last line you wrote (or drew) and tag as many people as there are words. Or as many as you feel like.

i was tagged by both @glintglimmergleam and @avocado-moon so you get last lines from each of my WIPs!

orphic journey au

Laertes finds himself hoping it’s a wrong number or someone trying to sell him something, but of course that was wishful thinking, so he faces his fate with an ironic smile. “Hey, Dad, what’s up?”

viscount's men

Benedict’s only been truly angry a couple times in his life [examples] and that’s what he taps into when Laertes scolds himself for being womanish enough to cry. His memory of rage becomes Laertes’s heartbreak: the speech of fire is not exactly a lie, but it’s not Claudius he’s angry with. If anything it’s himself, or maybe God.

(So far the only examples I could think of haven't happened yet in Bridgerton canon, so I'll have to make something up. Probably a time he saw someone bullying someone much smaller than themself, that's the sort of thing Benedict would despise)

tagging: @eirenical, @tropesarenotbad, @goosemixtapes, @lesbiancassius, @suits-of-woe and anyone else who wants to show off a bit of writing!

[bbcphile]

Get to know me better tag game

Thanks to @wuxia-vanlifer , @pastelcheckereddreams , and @tiny-breadcrumbs for the tag!

Last song I listened to: That depends: one that I chose, or one that I heard? Because I was in a cafe in Paris this afternoon that started playing “You Sexy Thing” on the soundsystem and almost did a spit-take with my latte. In terms of something I chose, I just put on Patrick Wolf’s “Teignmouth” (the Sundark and Riverlight version) before sitting down to answer these questions because I refused to have that song be my answer. :D

Currently Watching: Getting close(ish) to finishing some group watches of Luoyang and rewatched of Destined and The Untamed, and about to start a watchalong of Immortal Samsara with @eirenical, and on my own I started watching Legend of Shenli and In Blossom, which I put on hold because of travel (and wanting to spend my spare time writing).

Currently obsessed with: It’s still Mysterious Lotus Casebook, and that’s not changing any time soon. :D (it better not, at least! I’m almost 50k into writing what will probably be around a 100k fic for it, so I better keep with this hyperfixation for awhile, lol). I’m still regularly checking AO3 for my other favorite fandoms, but MLC hasn’t left a lot of brain space for other things.

Tagging @athenasdragon @zishuge @yletylyf @rose-tinted-vision @popotobun @xthelastknownsurvivorx (as always, no obligation to do it if you’re tagged, and feel free to consider yourself tagged if you see this! I tried not to tag people I tagged before in a different version of this back in February, so if you don’t see your name here, I’m not ignoring you! <3 )

[human-souls-buy-dopamine]

CRAWLS OUT HERE.

the pinned post. post pinned. whatever. it's HERE woooooooo!! *ahem*

Hi! You can call us Theo, Jack, or Atrix. We use it/thon pronouns, and are a system!

Carrd currently a WIP.,,., again,..,.,,

We like to make things. Loooots of things. Currently, we have quite a few wips going. Our fandoms at the moment are:

- CCCC & general Chonny Jash stuff

- Dreamswap/Fatal Flaws

- FNaF (games & movie)

- DSaF

- (kindof) ULTRAKILL

- Vocaloid

- Minecraft (we are trying to get into SMPs that don't have a ton of lore to catch up on atm, so if anyone has suggestions, hit us up !!)

- Yansim, to an extent (NO we do nOT support Yandev that's fuckin gross, we just like the concept okay..)

We run 3 sideblogs right now: @thissys-editz, @supernovae-never-burn-alone, and @divided-they-were-created ! The last two are OC blogs.

We also run Theatrical Freaks, a music channel on YouTube.

Tags beneath the cut.

1. For generally talking, announcements, etc

2. Things we're passionate about, essays/rants/rambles, etc

3. Self-explanatory.

4. Like 2, but not really coherent. Lots of typos, vague/nonsensical, etcetera

5. When we get asks, regardless of if they're actual questions or not.

6. Reblog tag. Most used tag on this blog..

7. Our art.

8. Our writing.

9. Our memes.

Tags that have since been added:

#theatrical freaks: on stage — for music from our music channel or that will go to that channel.

#theatrical freaks--opening night — for posts about songs/covers on our album Opening Night.

#playing tag on stage! — for tag games

Also, the format "the voice of [name]" is used in tags to show who posted/wrote the post. This one will be tagged 'the voice of eiren' because I, Eiren, wrote it!

Further edit: another tag format is "[name] fren". These are tags for friends/mutuals we interact with. For example, Xero is 'xero fren', Fen is 'fen fren', etc etc..

[miss-ingno]

WIP Tag

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous.  Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have wips.

I was tagged by @lienwyn and @theworldisabrokenbonebutitishome! Thank you :D

I'm not writing down all of my WIPs (there are too many - I made a round-up last year in August, that has to suffice). I'm also leaving out my exchange assignments since I can't talk about those publicly under the anonymity clause.

tiny birthday

Now, Holding This Pain (Castlevania)

werewolf ZYL

Lin Jing roof scene

Conviction (Grimm OT3)

Day Care

Meet Cute

Juma future fic

Early Meeting AU

Amnesia Weilan

Ye Zun's pillar trap

sense8 au draft

Sweet Revenge

In The Light Of Stolen Memories

In This, As In All Things

tagging (if you want!) @ganglylimbs @itskaysno @yilian0203 @sasamelons @the-marron @lacommunarde @sorcererinthestars @flamingwell @mjsakurea @treemaidengeek @mcvices @tehfanglyfish @ishipallthings @elenothar @eirenical

[elenothar]

Twenty Questions for Fic Writers!

tagged by @extraordinarilyextreme and @the-marron <3

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

136

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

1,189,813

3. What fandoms do you write for?

all over the place. at the moment, mostly 猎罪图鉴 | Under the Skin and other tan jianci-related fandoms

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

lay down your sweet and weary head (16k)

Attachment Issues (11.8k)

Roar (8.7k)

when in doubt (trust a wizard to set everything right) (4.6k)

Arrest the Sun (4.2k)

Nothing at all recent, lol

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

almost 100%, yes. if the comment is rude i won't engage with it, and there are a couple of older fics that i've stopped responding to comments on because my mind has disconnected from them

6. What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

i mostly write happy endings, particularly in recent years. one of my older fic (when the sun goes down (and no stars light the night)) is probably the angstiest

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

not sure how to rate happy endings, really? as i said, almost all my fic has happy endings

8. Do you get hate on fics?

rarely, and not recently

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

no

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

i do (slightly guiltily) enjoy writing crossovers occasionally. none of them were particularly crazy, but the latest one (half the trouble) is certainly the nichest thing i've ever written, since it's a crossover between Under the Skin and Are You Safe?

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not that i know of/i hope not

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

yes

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

yes. Recast was written by five of us

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

i really can't choose. but also i tend to get more attached to specific characters than specific pairings

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

i've got only one unfinished work on AO3 (Satellites - a star wars prequels AU), and i still like the concept but it's been too long at this point...

16. What are your writing strengths?

characterisation, probably?

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

plot

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

an interesting thought exercise! i think a lot about using single words/phrases from other languages and when/if it's appropriate - i think having more than that quickly gets you into a problem of reader comprehension, but it'd still be neat to try at some point, maybe with footnotes or hover translations

19. First fandom you wrote for?

on AO3 it's the MCU. on other platforms it's Star Wars prequels. on paper scraps, probably LOTR

20. Favorite fic you've written?

oh come on, what an unanswerable question 😅

(Intelligible, if you make me answer at gunpoint)

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[eirenical]

I'm having fun posting these every week even if I never seem to actually hit Wednesday, so how about another snippet? ^_^ This part comes after the night of the Donghai battle the next morning on the beach.

[Other snippets of this fic that have been shared, not necessarily in fic canon order.]

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Di Feisheng woke to the sound of water: the soft susurrus of the waves against the shore, the steady patter of light raindrops hitting the sand and lighter plinks where they hit the ocean.  A quiet groan soon joined those sounds as he rolled himself onto his back, the aches and pains of last night's adventures making themselves heard loud and clear over all the others.  He pried open his eyes to the treacherous clouds overhead, hanging low and heavy and promising more rain for those unwary enough to be caught out in it a second time.  They'd have to move soon.  If Li Xiangyi were any more capable of it than he felt right now.  Easing back onto his side, Di Feisheng stretched his free hand over to reach for Li Xiangyi's wrist… and froze.

Li Xiangyi was gone.

Barely a breath later, Di Feisheng was on his feet, aches and pains forgotten, the robes that had been draped over him in his sleep pooling onto the sand.  He scanned the beach, gaze skipping from sand dune to sand dune, cursing the rain that had wiped away any traces of where Li Xiangyi might have gone.  The man could have turned into a ghost and floated away for all the surrounding terrain gave clues of his whereabouts.  He was just… gone.

The blast of a cold wind brought with it the sting of a thousand grains of sand, a harsh reminder to search out what articles of clothing he could find and make use of them.  He found both shoes, though he seemed to be minus one sock, all of his underlayers save the Yinzhou armor, and both of his outer layers.  His dao, he found, had been safely within reach of where he'd awoken.  Li Xiangyi's clothes were missing, as was his sword.  All of this gave him hope that Li Xiangyi had at least left the beach under his own power—or their combined power, as the case might be—but where could the man have gone?  They might have saved him from immediate death last night, but that didn't mean he was out of danger.

Once he had collected himself and his belongings, Di Feisheng pulled a golden whistle from an inner pocket of his robes.  Wuyan was never far from him, and he had never yet failed to answer his lord's call.  If there was one man in the entire world who understood the meaning of loyalty, it was him.  He would come now, too.

Di Feisheng had no sooner finished cresting the dunes back onto the more solid footing of the road than Wuyan caught up to him, dipping his head in a perfunctory bow before raising his eyes to roam Di Feisheng's figure.  Apparently satisfied with what he saw, he relaxed his posture, awaiting instructions.  Neither was fond of wasting breath on pleasantries or questions, especially ones that were unnecessary.  Doing him the same courtesy of coming straight to the point, Di Feisheng said, "Li Xiangyi.  You saw him leave and said nothing?"

Wuyan's eyebrow lifted, a brief, sardonic smile crossing his lips before he answered.  "My lord, he was already gone when I arrived.  I have been running interference to keep Jiao-guniang from finding you all evening.  I assumed you wouldn't want… unexpected company."

A sneer twisted Di Feisheng's lips before he could control it.  "You assumed correctly."  He sighed.  "There's no help for it, then.  Two can search more efficiently than one and he can't have gone far in his condition.  We'll just have to track him down."

Three hours later, with a sinking certainty that one determined fool could, in fact, have gotten much further in his condition than he should have been able to, Di Feisheng was nearly ready to admit defeat and change tactics.  But just as he was about to call Wuyan back to his side to regroup, the twin of his golden whistle let out a piercing cry from back on the beach.

Di Feisheng wasted no further time, leaping into the air and speeding towards the source of that sound.

[eventideluminary-games]

Shhhhhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnn ♥️ hope you are having a lovely dayyyyyyyyyyy.

I'm on a asking tour of my favorite IFs and their authors. ⚘️

So you are now in a hypothetical romance kkkkkk if you HAD to choose someone to romance and be in a commited serious relationship with that is part of your cast ROs/ side characters who would you choose and whyyyyy????

I want motivations and I love hearing all the different answers. Just don't say Bella we hate Bella 😒

Hi! This is such a fun thing to think about! dfdjdjsldfj Don't worry, I won't say Bella!

Hm, out of the ROs... I'd say probably Alceste or Dionys. I think out of all of the characters, my personality is the most similar to Larisilla (although her personality is ramped up to like 200 LMAO), and those are the two she gets along with the best, so I can see me and Alceste or Dionys getting along well enough. Personally, Larisilla would be way too much for me and Somina and Enyo are just not my cup of tea, which leaves Alceste and Dionys. Alceste would be fun to have around, but Dionys would let me info dump on him about my writings so it's an even toss-up!

Out of all the side characters, I have a few options. If we're going with any of them, I have to say probably either Florian or Regina (Alceste's mom). Look, I just think Florian can do better than Elcina, who was a Grade A Bitch, and I'm the better option /hj. For Regina, I think she'd even out my personality well, since it's similar to Claudia's (Alceste's mother). For people similar in age to me, I'd have to say either Eirene or Ladon. I think Eirene might be a little too serious for me, but we'd be a Power Couple, so it's fine! Ladon would be fun since he's similar to Victor, as in very laid back and relaxed. Think golden retriever bf, that's Ladon.

[mydisenchantedeulogy]

Future on Hold [Chapter Five] Play Date [Cidolfus 'Cid' Telamon]

A/n: this was a fun chapter to write. I swear the idea of Eirene being such a brat to Cid is making their sexual tension so much more fun. Please enjoy.

Warning(s): FF16 lore, spar, taunting, pre-FF16, anger, Eirene is a bit of a brat.

On the third day in Cid's company, Eirene grew bored of the book - it covered the vast geography of Waloed based on the region, which she was not interested in - and opted to explore the chamber. She came to realize there was more to the witty Lord Commander than meets the eye. He was a tinkerer; an aspiring botanist and an engineer based on the number of writings that were lying around on each topic, some of which made no sense to her.

Another thing she came to realize was that Cid had no organizational skills. His area was a mess and the more Eirene looked at it, the more it irritated her. One by one she gathered the sheets of paper, having to smooth some out, and sat them in piles based on topic. Cid did not seem to mind, keeping his back to her as he wrote notes, even as she cursed him under her breath. 

This took her some time to do, especially since she stopped a moment to read a few of the ones that caught her interest, and by the time she was done, the work table was in much better shape. 

"Do you feel better?" Cid asked with a snort. He opted to take a smoke break, watching her take pride in her work. 

Not in the least. Eirene sighed and faced him. 

"There is no organization here."

"There's a method to my madness," he retorted.

Eirene was not eager to know what his reasons were. She leaned against the table and sighed. Now that the papers were in order, she was back where she started. 

"Talk to me," Cid ordered, taking a draw from his cigarette.

"You bore me," Eirene admitted. 

He snorted in response. 

"Want me to entertain you, my liege?" 

An embarrassed heat spread across her face. She knew he did not mean for it to sound suggestive, but it was. In the little time she had spent with Cid, she learned that he was blunt and liked to taunt her, much to her displeasure. 

"I'd rather read a book," Eirene stated. To emphasize her point, she sauntered over to the bed and sat down, continuing where she left off earlier.

Cid grinned and stood. Walking over to the edge of the bed, he lifted his hand out to her.

"What?" Eirene asked, raising a brow. 

"Come on," he ordered, ignoring her obvious question. 

Closing the book, the dark-haired woman stood on her own, brushing past him. There was no way she was going to take his hand after he teased her. 

Cid snorted in response to her childlike behavior and sauntered from the chamber with Eirene at his heels. Taking the stairs up to the second floor, he led her to an open room with a multitude of weapons on show; axes, swords, and shields made of different metals.

"You managed a short sword well but you were a bit off-balanced. One good strike and I nearly put you on your arse," he mentioned with a hum. His eyes turned to her. "Where was your own?" 

"I wasn't carrying one," Eirene admitted. 

It was true that she could use a sword, but her proficiency with Leviathan's magic is what she relied on.

 

"Ramuh's beard! Are you that dependent on your Eikon?" Cid asked with a grunt.

So what if she was? It's not like she abused its power. She rarely ever semi-primed and only once had she transformed into Leviathan. Her duty as a Dominant of Salacia was to protect the kingdom from beastman attacks that rarely happened since she drove them further back onto the continent. The crystal had not cursed her yet. 

"Why the concern all of a sudden?" 

Cid tightened his jaw. 

"Pick out a sword, one you are capable of wielding. You need to rely more on it than your magic from now on."

It's not like Eirene could go against his orders. She was in his care now. With a deep breath, she glanced at the abundance of weapons around her. Her sister was talented with an arming sword. Her aerial prowess was a sight to behold once she was paired with a buckler for defense, but not Eirene. She needed one that was versatile.

Walking over to the nearest wall, she decided on a rapier with a looped guard made of fallen iron. It was light enough for her at least. 

"Are you content?” Eirene asked, aiming the point at him. 

"Not quite," Cid answered.

He turned and walked out, grinning as the sound of rushed footsteps pursued him. 

In the yard, the sun quickly overwhelmed Cid. He slammed his eyes closed and cussed under his breath as the familiar pain blinded him. It had been a day or so since he left the cellar going outside at night to breathe in the fresh ocean air before turning to his room to continue familiarizing himself with the geography and lore of Storm and Ash alike. 

Fucked me over with that one, didn't I? 

Perhaps he should focus on his health a bit more. Knowledge was power, however, and as the Dominant of Ramuh, Eikon of lightning and wisdom, the desire to study and learn was streaming through his veins. He was a man of science after all. 

It took Cid a moment to adapt to the light and once he was able to see, albeit through tears, he turned to Eirene. Despite her ill-mannered behavior, she seemed genuinely concerned. He rested his left arm on the hilt of his longsword and motioned for her to follow him to a section of the yard that was shadowed by the sun, standing adjacent to her. A few of the Knights paused to watch their interaction, but he ignored them. 

Eirene on the other hand looked both annoyed and confused, especially when the Lord Commander drew his sword sword.   

"Come on then," he ordered.

Did he want Eirene to attack him?

"We have done this nonsense before," she pointed out. She was beaten by him. And Benedikta. 

"Your dignity is all you have left to lose," Cid retorted curtly.

He knew this would irritate her. To add salt to the wound, he slid one hand behind his back as if to say he did not need it. 

Eirene knitted her brows. She wasn't the vindictive type, but if beating Cid meant putting him in his place she would take the bait. Raising the rapier in a salute, she aimed the tip at him. 

"Do you need to call on Benedikta for aid?"

Cid snorted and rushed her. He already knew what she was going to do. As soon as her other hand lifted, he rotated his wrist and struck her in the shin with an underhanded strike. 

"Fuck!" Eirene shouted. A sharp pain shot up her leg making her drop her guard. What was he doing? 

"No magic," Cid ordered with a grin. 

The dark-haired woman widened her eyes in disbelief. 

"Could you not have told me beforehand?! That was a childish thing to do!"

"No more childish than disobeying orders," Cid stated. "Should the next one be on your arse?"

Her face heated up. Eirene was both embarrassed and humiliated. She wasn't about to let him treat her like a child. Drawing back her arm, she closed the distance with a lunge, but to her dismay, Cid dodged to the left and used her momentum to slide his left arm around her dominant arm; his sword slid around the back of her rapier and with quick reflexes, he disarmed her. 

The rapier swung back with a whoosh and hit the ground. Then to make matters worse, Cid struck her in the shin again, opposite of the last. Eirene was livid. At this range, she could effortlessly send him back with a turret of water but knew he'd reprimand her if she did.

"Pick it up," he ordered, distancing himself from her. 

Eirene tightened her jaw and retrieved the rapier, aiming the point at him. This sort of stuff movement didn't suit her. With a deep breath, she lunged again. Only as Cid evaded her attack for the second time, she leaped to the left and rotated, striking him in the chest with a roundhouse kick.

Cid grunted in pain and stumbled back. He knew her movements were fast and flexible, but he wasn't expecting her to recover so quickly. He was struck again with a front kick to the stomach that put him on his arse.

"Had enough?" Eirene asked with a grin. She aimed the point of the rapier at his face.

Cid snorted. While she was celebrating her moment of triumph against him, he swung his arm back and smacked her in the shin again. 

"Ow! Fuck!" Eirene hissed in pain. 

Enough was enough. As she went to raise her hand, Cid stood with a pained grunt and grabbed her wrist. 

"I'm content."

Was he? Because Eirene wasn't. She was agitated and her shins were on fire. All she wanted to do was–

The hair on her arms stood as the atmosphere around her grew thick. She knew this sensation, it was Ramuh's power threatening to tear through her. Eirene took an uneasy breath and relaxed her arm, despite how ruffled she felt.  

"We are done," Cid stated. 

He released her arm and took the rapier from her, walking back into the barracks. 

"You're too stiff with a sword," Cid added. He didn't have to look over his shoulder to know that she was following him.  

Eirene narrowed her eyes in annoyance. 

"It was not me who insisted I use one." 

Her shin hurt so bad. There was no point in this torture if he was just going to agree with her. Eirene followed him back to the armory and stood near the door as he put the rapier on a nearby table to be cleaned. Grabbing a polearm with a three-prong spearhead from the wall, he offered it to her.  

"A spear?" Eirene questioned with a raised brow. 

"It's more versatile than you think. And it's a partisan. With you bouncing around like a damned panther it will benefit you more than a sword. It might even keep you alive," Cid explained. 

She walked into the room and took the partisan from him. It was a bit long, but it was lighter than she thought and balanced.

"I've never trained with a polearm before."

"You have something more to do with your time now besides henpeck me," Cid stated with a grin. A moment later his grin faded and he sighed. "If you desire to be useful to the king, you need to depend on more than kicks and magic. Those are useful only when you have no other options, else you find yourself on the execution block."

With this, he left her. 

Eirene tightened her grip on the polearm.  

I detest that man…even more so when he is right.

[ellizablue]

Hi! Sorry in advance for my veeery long text to you😅

Not a question, I just had to say that I'm currently reading WSMB for the first time. And this actually has to be the absolutely best fic I have ever read in my life.

I loved your take on Annie and Finnick and their relationship. It felt so realistic and I often found myself forgetting that this was a fanfic! We didn't get to see a lot of Annie in the book series, but it feels like you managed to capture her essence perfectly. I love Annie and I love Finnick and honestly I love you too haha!😂

Your writing is so beautiful and emotional and I genuinely feel like there is something heavy on my chest. How the hell are you able to transfer Annie and Finnick's pain onto me?! I'm currently at Nyveve and Eirene's tale and it baffles me how a person is able to create something like this. This is a weird thing to say, but your words and sentences are like these thin threads that you have woven together to make a soft silk cloth or something because your writing is so smooth and lyrical!

Oh and I do have a question actually haha; do you have any more plans to write more in the WSMB universe?

I wish you good luck in life💕 and if you ever feel down, please know that your words have inspired a random stranger on the other side of the planet. 😊

Aww, thank you so much!! It’s always especially nice to hear that my older works are still being discovered/enjoyed 🥹🥹

Re: more in the WSMB universe— I have every intention of finishing the fic from Finnick’s POV that I picked back up at the start of this year, I’ve just been super super busy and can’t seem to get time to write. So we’ll see!!

[fixaidea]

tagged by @spinecorset to do a “twenty questions for fic writers” tag meme (thank you :D)

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

90, a couple of which are drabble-dumps.

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

159,720 (...yeah. This across 90 works. I strongly prefer short-form.)

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Right at the moment I'm fully consumed by DMBJ, but the bulk of my fic are Les Misérables, MDZS and TGCF with a number of other fandoms occasionally thrown in. Oh yeah, and some Maurice.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Audition (818) The Quest (711) Vision (656) Of Hats and Flutes (638) Of parents and children (569) Probably unsurprising how all of these are MXTX fics (one being a crossover with Discworld.)

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Yeah, pretty much always. I love getting comments and I want to show my appreciation.

6. What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

All of my fics I deemed a decent enough size to post on their own (so like, 500 words or longer) have at least a somewhat hopeful ending, but I get *cruel* in prompt-fills and mini-fic. ...Oh wait, no! May 31st 1832 - unsurprisingly a Les Mis fic. I had two characters clash and left their impending deaths hang over their heads, implying that the conflict will remain unresolved until the very last moment, when they die together.

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

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Thankfully no, at least not so far. Hope it stays that way.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

I have tried it exactly once and I don't think it's gonna be a regular occurance. It was a TGCF fic where Xie Lian and Hua Cheng experiment with some magic with a sliiight hint of sub! Hua Cheng.

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

Oh do I ever! The absolute weirdest in terms of the sheer incompatibility of canons is a LotR/Asterix one. It was a fill for a prompt to write something my 10 year old self would enjoy.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yeah! :D (The first chapter of Of Hats and Flutes, Vision and Soup for Pangzi.)

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

Nope, not yet.

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

That's a hard question, but statistically speaking (meaning the one I wrote the most for) it's Hua Cheng/Xie Lian from TGCF.

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

I started a prequel to The Dancer - a TGCF fic in which Xie Lian and Hua Cheng get together pre-canon. This would have been how they met.

16. What are your writing strengths?

The thing I get the most compliments on is character and author voice - I'm apparently pretty good at pastiche. :D

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Plot. I like to focus on character interaction, and short oneshots, planning out long, plot-heavy fics just don't come naturally to me.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

If it's grammatically correct, then why not? It has its uses.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Harry Potter.

20. Favorite fic you've written?

Probably Zona. It's a three-way crossover between MDZS, Star Wars and Stalker. I still think the concept is fun and I'm proud of it because it's one of the very few plot-heavy, longform fics I actually managed to finish.

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