#gosh that fight scene was painful to write

[alargehunkofdebris]

Aziraphale’s reaction to the kiss: A Breakdown (that’s it that’s the reaction.)

A lot of people say that this anguish Aziraphale feels after the kiss is due to this feeling of “Why now? Why didn’t you do this before, when I wanted you to?” And I think that can be part of it, for sure. But man, that’s just one part of this gigantic, writhing ball of emotions in Aziraphale in that moment, all of them fighting each other, all of them painful. I’m going to breakdown the breakdown, because writing essays analyzing the minds of fictional characters is apparently all I want to do these days. Also, judging by this absolute nutball of a season that confirmed literally multiple “bit of a stretch” deep dives, I feel I can ignore that little voice whispering “this is silly” into my ear. I can dive as deep as I want, because there goes Neil Gaiman with an aqualung, swimming deeper.  

So. The kiss, and why Aziraphale looks so gosh darned sad about it. 

First of all, there’s shock. Major shock. Because despite everything, he still likely never thought this would ever actually happen. (Him and me both.) Or maybe – a small maybe, but a maybe that I might put a dollar on, if the odds were good – the idea of kissing Crowley never occurred to his conscious brain before at all. He’s so good at compartmentalizing and denying that it’s very possible he’s managed to nip every intrusive thought before it went far enough to be fully conscious.

Then, there’s fear of being seen. (“Who is watching? Will the Metatron see? He only allowed me to work with Crowley after he regained angelic status – if he sees me and Crowley now –”) Then, a layer deeper, there’s his ever-present fear response to things going too fast, because despite how we all know he feels, he’s still not sure he’s ready for any kind of partnership, let alone one this intimate and close. Because even for humans, this is a really, really big jump – we typically don’t kiss when we haven’t even been on a date (officially) yet, and usually not before both parties admit to their feelings.

Then, even deeper, is that anguished, heartbroken “Why now? My God, why now?” response, because his subconscious has always wanted this, but also knows that this is the worst possible time for it to happen, and now he’s lost that first kiss with Crowley—the one he wanted, anyway. The one that was supposed to be filled with joy, and is instead marked with the worst pain he’s ever felt.

Then there’s the second “Why now” response, and this is where I might be dipping a toe into the Hot Take puddle. Because I think there’s that knee-jerk fear response he’s yet to shake, and which overtakes his rational thinking whenever he’s terrified of Heaven or unsure of himself. It’s the suspicion he’s always held of Crowley. He’s thinking “Why now?” as in, “Is this the temptation that God and Heaven warned me about? Is this Crowley the Serpent, fulfilling his duty? Is this the true proffered apple, a kiss that’s meant to keep me from serving Heaven? Is he tempting me, knowing how I feel, knowing I’m weak?”

That’s the true anguish of this scene, I think. He’s fighting all these feelings, but on top is this old fear, this old anger and suspicion of Crowley, assuming he’s lying. Demons lie, Crowley admitted it himself. Crowley is the original Serpent of Eden, designed to tempt people away from God. And this feeling is what’s on top, because the alternative is…what? That Crowley actually feels this way? That Crowley, a demon, loves him, Aziraphale, enough to be this vulnerable, with no wicked ulterior motive? Aziraphale is a lot of things, but he’s certainly not a being who thinks he’s desirable. He sees himself as opposite to Crowley, and if Crowley is temptation personified, Aziraphale is then the personification of undesirableness. Deep down, this idea of the Serpent of Eden being tempted by him, Aziraphale, is simply ludicrous.

And then there’s self-hatred that he even thinks this thought of his friend, then suspicion, then fear again, then confusion, then anguish, then fear, then pain, and so on. All of this happens in a few seconds, and all of it coalesces into a singular takeaway: “This is the worst.” And because the one who technically caused it is Crowley, Aziraphale does what he does very well: he forgives Crowley, because he’s too prim and angelic to say “Goddamn you,” which is what he truly means. Goddamn you for making me feel this way. Goddamn you for making me doubt you. Goddamn you for forcing this option on me, when I can no longer take it, and when I don’t even know if it’s real. Goddamn you for putting this apple in my hands when we both know I can’t eat it. Goddamn you for reminding me that no matter what, it is not in my stars to live a happy life. 

[cancerian-woman]

I wish we saw some bonding between Bonnie and Qetsiyah or something, like imagine meeting your ANCESTOR who started all of this shit (besides Dahlia, Inadu, and Esther, the whole doppelgänger thing existing is what I’m talking about). How would you have wanted Bonnie and Qetsiyah’s relationship to have been like? Like Qetsiyah is arguably the most naturally powerful witch on the show, more powerful than Dahlia and Esther (I’m sure there’s like 20 posts on reddit explaining their feats), I just wish her and Bonnie could’ve had more interaction ughhhhhh.

Like isn’t Qetsiyah Egyptian or Greek or something? Wouldn’t it have been cool to incorporate that into a storyline with Bonnie and her magic?

Isn’t it crazy that even outside potential romantic relationships, there’s still so much lacking in Bonnie’s writing in the show? Like besides the MFG, she has ZERO FRIENDS. Stefan isn’t really her friend, she wasn’t friends with Damon until the whole prison world shit, I think, Stefan and Caroline were friends with Klaus (Caroline being more of a fling than a friend, but whatever), I forgot who Elena was friends with, but my point is that Bonnie is actually more sidelined than I thought. Bonnie never even had enemies that were strictly HER enemies. Kai could count as one, but he was more focused on Alaric and the Parker family when he left the prison world, Elena was one of the vocal points of the show, so she had all that shit, Caroline had that whole thing with Tyler and Klaus and other storylines, where was BONNIE’S STORYLINE.

Like isn’t it crazy that Klaus and all these people talk about how powerful and epic the Bennetts are, so why isn’t Bonnie considered a threat? Like… it literally doesn’t make sense. Like you’re telling me that everyone knew Bonnie was crazy powerful and had a crazily powerful ancestral background, she’s a psychic, she can create dimensions, etc… but she’s somehow just the MFG helper… right.

It’s giving mammy in the form of the magical negro. A motherly figure who is always moral and takes care of everyone and is so strong and blah blah blah, I’m so sick of it.

And I don’t mind black witches being a thing in shows. As an African, it really intrigues me to see how shows tackle the topic of black people and witchcraft but WHY do us black folk have to be helpers to EVERYONE. EVEN IN SHOWS. GOSH. She doesn’t even get a proper ending in the show. “Bonnie travelled to Africa”…😐😐😐. Wow. Ok.

And I wish we saw more scenes of Bonnie just LEARNING. Like yeah, great. We have like one or two scenes of her playing with feathers, but imagine if she was in the originals and Vincent was mentoring her or some shit. Idk. Or if her and white Bonnie!Freya or white Bonnie!Davina were just chilling and practicing witchcraft together or whatever. We never really get to see Bonnie CHILL or just learn without having the goal of saving Elena or someone in the MFG. Do we ever see her relax? Nope. My brain just reminded me of Plec tweeting to Megan Thee Stallion that she sees black women as superheroes that will save us all and I’m even more mad now.

Sorry for the rant.

You summed up everything perfectly! I’ll answer the Qet part.

I would’ve liked to see Qetsiyah and Bonnie see each other as family. Have Qetsiyah uplift Bonnie rather than cause her pain by being the anchor. Qetsiyah was arrogant as hell. Why should Qetsiyah lessen who she is? Everything ties back to her as the oldest Bennett witch we meet.

Qetsiyah made Silas suffer for his manipulation and abuse of her magic. Bonnie’s in the same position Qetsiyah was in. A young Bennett witch being used by vampires for their own deeds. So why not have Qetsiyah remind Bonnie she’s not just any witch she’s a Bennett witch. She’s stronger than them, she doesn’t have to take their shit just because she loves them. Fight back.

TVDU has no value for their characters of color and doesn’t want the Bennett’s as a family. I do think it would’ve been nice if Bonnie’s magical education was handled better but Bonnie being a self taught witch through it all really makes her stand out more.

[swashbucklery]

Well naturally, I gotta ask 23 and 24

23. Share the final version of a sentence or paragraph you struggled with. What about it was challenging? Are you happy with how it turned out?

I'm going to cheat a little and use a whole mini-section, from chapter 2 of she shines on the earth in silver:

Kit's hurt is smoldering now, burning towards real anger and she's working so hard to keep it in check but Elora's digging at her. She always did have a knack for getting under Kit's skin. "Well, you're not helping anyone destroying yourself, so -" Elora closes her eyes, brings her hands to her face in frustration. "Just - shut up, Kit," she says. Her voice is sharp and mean. It feels like when they first met, when they were all prickly edges and only knew how to hurt each other. "You don't understand, and you're not helping." That, it turns out, is Kit's limit. The space where her patience and self-control end, where her anger evaporates into a hurt that feels like her heart is caving in. It's the words, but more than that it's the look on Elora's face. The anger in her, directed so fully at Kit that it feels, acutely, like everything is her fault. She knows that can't be true. Knows that Elora is being unfair because she's hurting, is taking it out on Kit because she's grouchy. That Kit deserves an apology. When Kit speaks her voice comes out small and watery and she hates it. Hates her stupid voice, hates Elora, hates everything. "Yeah, well, I want to. When you're not being an insufferable jerk." The words hang between them, and Kit can see something like regret in Elora's eyes before it hardens, her hand on the door. "Good evening," Elora says. And then she's gone.

So this whole chapter was so hard for me to write, and it's interesting because I was thinking about darkness in fic recently and - there's something about these characters. I love them so fully, that I have such trouble hurting them. So writing the fight and then Kit and Elora hurting and the tension between this moment and the reconciliation was like pulling teeth, the pacing was like molasses compared to the rest of the work. But knowing that this scene was really the crux of the fic that followed it had to feel like a fight and it had to hit and hurt.

Because I knew my instincts around this element, I was so worried that I'd pull my punches and not make the fight land hard enough or hurt deeply enough for it to feel like a real moment of crisis. I think I checked it with like three separate people before it even made it to edits, and every single person like. Very politely confirmed that no thank you it was quite painful don't make it worse.

I think I'm happy with it, and in the broader fic I think it succeeds, but gosh was it difficult to get out.

24. What’s something that surprised you while you were working on a fic? Did it change the story?

Oh it was working out the 90s au component to the embers never fade, for sure.

Not to put too fine a point on the way that Being Essential has shaped my writing but also how can it not have, we're here now, but I struggle a lot with modern AUs because of it? Like, specifically, the way that the pandemic has yet to really be integrated into the cultural framework for Life. If you watch a romcom, say, from 2020-23, they just - they're all 2019 No COVID AUs. People in stories - and I mean broader media like movies and books moreso - are like oh "last year" but no one means "last year when I was socially distancing and wearing a mask at the grocery store." They mean last year, a year just like this one, and normal years going back to 2019 and it is - I think a thing I am observing with interest, because it is a signpost for the way that culture processes history as it happens and I am fascinated watching it unfold.

Which - my struggle is not disliking that, but it is a struggle of overthinking and trouble suspending my own disbelief to write in that world, which has made it tricky. You are the queen of the modern AU, and this is not a judgement at all on the modern AU in general it's just a block I've noticed in my own writing because of this weird little facet of my experience.

So for that fic, cracking the idea of doing a "modern" AU relative to the setting of the series that was in fact - dying inside a little - a "historical AU," was really what made it possible to write it.

It definitely did change the story, going from that one initial mini-fic to having to root the longer follow-up in a world proper was a lot more work but I had so much fun doing the worldbuilding (I watched old movies! I made like ten playlists!) and am so glad I worked it out for myself.

[fogsrollingin]

Repossession by DreamsOfSpike. Mature, 190k words, Aziracrow. Summary: Crowley and Aziraphale's clandestine love affair has spanned the past fourteen years, with Heaven and Hell none the wiser. Or so they thought. Angel and demon alike quickly learn that Heaven can be far crueler than Hell. https://archiveofourown.org/works/19710115 Holy shit this fic took turns destroying me and healing me with all the batshit graphic and horrifying Crowley whump and comfort. I deeply appreciated how the author mixed flashbacks of torture and sexual abuse with 'current day' scenes that were a lot of comforting!Aziraphale. I adored the happy ending. Also the author posted instances of fanart inspired by the fic and it's been awesome (and gut-wrenching evocative, just like the fic) to see.

Constitution of an Ox by Bazzpop. Teen+, Aziracrow, 5k words. Summary: What if Crowley hadn’t been summoned back down to hell at the end of The Resurrectionists minisode? Aziraphale would have taken care of an off his head on laudanum demon, that’s what. https://archiveofourown.org/works/49752175 Oh my gosh I loved all the cuddling in this fic. Especially the encore in the morning, I was so happy they didn't immediately split apart out of automatic "our sides wouldn't like it" fear, which is a common thing in GO fic I've noticed (great for angst but sometimes you just want them to sink into each other's arms and stay there)

Echoes of Luke 10:34 by ChummyGeekery. Teen+, Aziracrow, 8k words. Summary: These days, the humans are calling it "Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome." Crowley just thinks of it as the way his body's been ever since the Fall. He's never really had to talk about it- until now. https://archiveofourown.org/works/21045344 Adored this fic. I loved the way Crowley's problems emerged over time in this story and how Aziraphale slowly learned what was going on and extended so much love comfort and compassion towards him.

Migraines Are A Bitch by obsidian_boi. Teen+, 5k words, Aziracrow. Summary: It's the night of the End of the World and Crowley feels a migraine starting. It's been a terribly long day and he no longer has the energy to fight it off. Aziraphale is there though, and Crowley leans heavily on the angel as they head back to his place. The pain only gets worse, but will Crowley actually allow himself to take Aziraphale's help? https://archiveofourown.org/works/20209423 I *loved* this! Oh my gosh the *second* time poor Crowley's head smacked the bus window I was howling inside hoping Aziraphale would do exactly what the author described because it's so compassionate and protective and then the rest of Aziraphale taking care of him 😭 I really loved this.

Palliative Practices by VerdantVulpus. Mature, 19k words, Aziracrow. Summary: Based on the following prompt. What if every time Crowley does a good deed, he suffers pain after because it goes against his demonic nature (and the greater the good, the more intense the pain)? Then Aziraphale finds out that Crowley has been living with that pain ever since the Arrangement. or 5 times Crowley masked his pain and 1 time he accepted help. https://archiveofourown.org/works/26601871 Oh my gosh the angst in this fic was absolutely the best. Fantastic angst writing. I would love more more fics with this kind of angst and every conceivable variation of comforting!Aziraphale

Visit my neocities page for the other GO fics I've rec'd!

[eilinelsghost]

2 for the whole Atandil series, 7 for Grief in All Her Guises, and 15 for In These Holy Waters!!

For this fic writers ask game.

2: What scene did you first put down? for the whole Atandil series

Oh gosh, I wish I remembered this! I'm 99% sure it was one of two scenes - neither of which I've published yet. The first option is a scene when Finrod brings the news of Bëor's death to Baran and Belen. But I'm almost certain it was this set of paragraphs (they're a bit repetitive now after where the series ended up going, so they'll need to be rewritten once we get to this exchange):

“I have wrought this pain for thee, have I not?” He rested his hand gently on the other’s shoulder. “Don’t.” Balan shook off the touch, his voice sharp. Finrod let his hand fall back at his side and watched the other with growing concern. “I feared at the time this would prove the self-serving choice, a barter for my own benefit that reckoned in the end too little of the pain that followed for thee.” He shook his head as the other snorted dismissively. “Truly, Balan, twas this fear made me hesitate in Estolad and not, as I think thou surmised, a reticence to face my own desire. On which road lay the lesser damage, when damage must surely follow upon either way? Alas! I did not recognize the danger before me until we were both of us too fast bound to be spared its bite. It was as I told thee then, my reason was a tempest and I knew not how to distinguish my heart’s wish from wisdom’s guidance. Eru forgive me, I chose the former, for I knew it to be thine as well, and less then did I understand the fate of thy people.” “Else thou couldst have spared thyself the wrench of such fleeting creatures.” “Canst thou know me so little? It is not the pain of separation that I regret. Melmenya, that anguish was inescapable well before any decision was made. Whether our parting was to be wrought by my choice or the doom that summons thee hence, I’ve known from our first halting words that I would mourn thee all my lingering days.”

7: Where did the title come from? for Grief in All Her Guises

Hmm I'm once again struggling to remember the exact way this one came about. I'm pretty sure that I wrote Finrod's line to Balan first ("Grief meets us each in her myriad guises, Balan.") because the stargazing segment was the first part of the installment that I wrote. Then when I went back and filled in the rest, I realized that the whole thing was basically a dance through the various kinds of grief and how this laid the groundwork for the connection between these two. So the whole installment, then, ended up being the various guises of grief.

15: What did you learn from writing this fic? for In These Holy Waters

I think the main thing I learned from this one is the same thing I have to keep learning with so many of these: stop fighting what wants to be written with what you think should be written. That's happened on a lot of installments, but it was the most pronounced in this one. The aelthes myth was never supposed to be there, nor was Gildor's song, nor the whole side tangent about Balan hearing the water's music through Finrod's ears. I kept getting annoyed at these for pushing their way in and cluttering the plot, but once I resigned myself to it, it all sort of...clicked. The aelthes myth specifically. The moment that showed up, the whole structure of the installment fell into place and all those disjointed tangents that were annoying me were all of a sudden very deliberate and necessary.

So I guess...trust the process is what I learned most from this one?

Thanks so much for the asks!

[avionvadion]

Love the recent chapter BTW. You write Link's POV really well! I hope we more character's POV besides just Ilia's! For a moment I forgot whether or not Link knew of Ilia's past wth her parents, but I suppose this chapter confirmed that he does. I already saw from some art how Sidon's reaction will be to meeting her parents, I still hope the bird-dads will to. But now I REALLY want to see how Link will handle it. Let's have TRUE Link hold the Master Sword up to Worst Link's neck!

Aldjksksks thank you!!! 🥰

Link knew since Chapter 13, after Retah told Iliana about Iliandra’s past. Considering we’re 33 chapters in, I don’t blame you for forgetting. 🤣 It’s a lot, lol. I have to constantly go back and reread chapters because I’m forgetting things.

Link knows, and he’s seen her have some pretty horrible trauma responses in certain situations- though if any truly stuck with him, I’d have to say the most vivid/painful one is when she broke down when she tried to pick up the wooden sword. It’s the first time he really saw her freak and understand why she was reacting that way.

Her break down when Emank yelled confused him, but this? He knew better now. He understands why. And it hurts.

Link wanted to teach her melee combat so she has some defense when she’s backed in a corner and can’t use her bow, but because of the Worst Link and all those years she spent fighting to not pick up a sword, to not be what her father wanted, even at a cost to herself, she was terrified. It was such a visceral reaction.

The time when she broke down in sheer relief when Dorephan promised to help is also another strong memory to Link, because it showed just how helpless and hopeless she had felt this entire time, believing no one would be willing to help her. That no one would believe her, or care enough to defend her and stand beside her to fight her abuser.

If Link ever meets the Worst Link, I feel like he would just… walk up and punch him. No introductions given.

He has the physical description, he knows what he looks like, and if Ilia is having a trauma response to seeing his face??? All the confirmation he needs really. His bestie/big sister figure is scared and her abuser is right there. Get wreckt, Wannabe Hero!

Low key, I’m tempted to have Ilia duel her father, win, and then have Link finish him off because he doesn’t want his blood on her hands. He’s haunted her enough, after all. And he knows the Yiga deaths hang heavy on her heart. But I also want the Zora to execute him??? Since Link and Iliana shouldn’t have to deal with that bastard if they can avoid it. Dorephan’s daddy mode showing, lol,

But we’ll see how it goes, lol. I’m very indecisive. Things aren’t set in stone until they’re actually written.

The bird dads watching the fight take place: O.o

They’re just gonna immediately swaddle our duo in feathers and hugs after the chaos.

…This got so long, oh gosh. I’m sorry. 🤣

WAIT IDEA THAT COMBINES ALL THREE

Ilia duels him, wins. Decides to let the Zora take care of him and turns away, as he isn’t *worth the time/effort*. Worst Link breaks free of the guards and attacks to kill, but Link intervenes with the Master Sword and slashes at him!

Worst Link realizes that Link is the hero he failed to be, and is dragged away by the Zora to be later executed. Boom. End scene.

[beefrobeefcal]

Oh my gosh I totally get the boundary issues stuff, my kids would be all over me if I started doing ANYTHING on my laptop, they're already like it when I'm on my phone so it has to be after their bedtime before I can start hammering the keyboard 😂

Despite me selecting the "get on with it" poll option please don't hate me, I'm only joking! I'm sitting here patiently waiting like a dog with a biscuit on its nose 😂

We want our Beef Baby to be happy and fighting fit so we all continue to be blessed by p-boy tummy love, just believe that when you hit publish it'll be like throwing a handful of fish food into a koi pond. The water will be FROTHING.

Yours thirstily

Gwenny, you know the pain!

When a father is just innocently trying to engage with his daughter's life and interests when he sees her at her computer typing away, and his daughter tells him a bold face lie that it's nothing when it's really a debauched fic about an actor having to gain weight for role and it's at the scene where reader is being coerced to sit on his lap and hand feed him...

You get it, @gwendibleywrites...

Thankfully, my dad did not see anything, read anything, know anything... but that's when i decided to not continue writing while they're here. And while they're still here for a little longer, I am currently the only one awake. So, I will take this time to catch up on my THOT TANK submissions and write.

I'm-just-a-kid-and-life-is-a-nightmare regards,

Beefro 👌🥩💜

[theresthesnitch]

Been thinking about the last snippet from One Last Time (Never Enough) and...

I totally understand why she wouldn't tell everyone the truth right away. She's lived in hiding for who knows how long, and from what I've gathered, the war has just ended so she's still getting adjusted to this different life.

It must feel overwhelming to get back to 'normal', and on top of that I think she's very protective of Harry (and rightly so) and she's so used to him being a secret that she still doesn't trust other people with this information.

Gosh, I can only imagine her horror when she fully realised the consequences of Peter's betrayal. It proved that she was right in not telling James back then... And this further strengthens her belief that Harry was in danger, and it doesn't certainly make her more trusting of the world she's been shielded from for so long.

Yes, she probably wants to keep Harry away from the dangers of the real world but she's also not sure how Harry would react to all of this, and as much as she loves James, Harry is her priority now. She has to handle this carefully.

James, on the other hand, has waited for her all these years, his love has never waned. To see that she's moved on shook him to the core and probably feels like another betrayal from someone he loved: Peter's betrayal was very important in the context of the war, but there's nothing quite like the pain of a broken heart. While he was risking his life for her, she had left him in the past.

I can see why he refuses to confront her, because it's one thing to see she's moved on, but to hear those words coming from her mouth is infinitely worse, and he would never recover. It would be the final nail in the coffin.

That, and he's also incredibly stubborn and arrogant to the point of being stupid lol he believes that there's no other plausible explanation for Lily having a kid.

Sorry for my little rant, but the fic has been on my mind a lot these past few days and these thoughts needed to come out.

Thank you for sharing your writing with us, it's truly a gift ❤️

I hope life treats you well xx

I adore you so much. I can't tell you how excited it made me to receive this. You're spending this much time thinking about my little fic that I haven't even posted yet? Love SO much love.

You've hit James exactly. I couldn't have said it better. He's spent all this time fighting for her and wanting her and thinking about how coming back home to her when this is all over will be... and the first thing he hears is that she's got a kid, and he just... doesn't react well.

Lily though, you're very close, but I think there's another piece to it yet that no one has really hit on yet. Instead of me trying to explain, how about I let Lily tell you? This snippet is after Mary gets home from the pub. There's a bit more at the pub scene, when James comes back to the table, but this is pretty quick after.

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Lily heard the door close, but she waited on the couch, sipping her glass of red wine. It was her second, both poured some time after Harry finally fell asleep. The first one she downed fairly quickly. The second she sipped slowly, trying to erase the unreadable look on James’s face that was glued to the back of her eyelids. Each time she blinked, the look changed to anger or to sadness or to hurt, but she couldn’t nail down a single theory. 

Mary walked into the room, grabbing the glass out of Lily’s hand and taking a sip. “You didn’t tell him.” 

Lily grabbed her glass back and drained it, then poured a third glass. “Nope.” 

“You should.” 

Lily let out a harsh laugh. “When? Should I have shouted it at his back as he ran away from me?”

Mary sat next to her on the couch, a hand on her knee. “He tried to ask me about him.”

“What did you say?” Lily didn’t look at her friend, but stared ahead into the blank darkness in front of them. 

“Nothing. It’s not my story to tell.” Mary grabbed the glass again, and took another long drink. “You should though. He has a right to know, and Harry has a right to know his father.” 

“I know. I’ll tell him eventually.” Lily grabbed the glass back. 

“Eventually? Why don’t I like the sound of that?”

Lily drank down half the glass again, pressing her fingers to her lips as she swallowed down the heady liquid and her own emotions. “Probably because you won’t.” 

Mary sighed, grabbing the glass again. “Lily, I know it won’t be easy—”

Lily scoffed. “Easy? You think this is about it being difficult to say? I mean, bloody hell, of course it’s going to be hard to say, but I’ve had 5 years to think about how to say it. It’s not that.” Lily reached up over her head, and pulled out the clip holding her hair up in the artful updo that she spent far too long working on just to have James avoid looking at her. “I meant what I said tonight. I have loved him every day since we parted, and I hoped he loved me too. Loved me for me rather than because I’m the mother of his son. I just—” the words came out at a choked gasp, and Lily covered her lips once more. “I just need to know that he would still choose me. I need him to love me.” 

The tears were flowing down her cheeks, and she couldn’t really say when exactly they started, but she could do nothing to stop them. Mary wrapped her arms around Lily as sobs started to shake her shoulders. Lily melted against her, once again taking comfort in her friend’s arms when James seemed so far away, by miles or by years.

“It’s okay, Lily.” Mary smoothed her hair down, a comforting gesture that she had used several times in their time alone. “It’s okay. We’ll figure this out together.” 

“I’ll tell him. I promise, I will.” 

Mary kissed her forehead, and settled back onto the couch with Lily in her arms. “I know you will. Just don’t wait too long.”

[jtl07]

So first I just want to preface that these little rewrites are more just ways for me to understand what it is that irked me personally and also an exercise in writing in general. Not trying to bash anything or anyone, just want to pose a different pov. So if y'all have other thoughts or anything, super open to discussing!

But yeah, episode 6. The thing is, I can see what they’re trying to do here, that they’re trying to show Ava that there’s hope in community, that healing is possible even in the most traumatic of experiences. But for me, I finished that episode feeling disappointed that Ava was being painted as selfish, that other people have it just as bad or worse than her.

The angle that I would have loved is, instead of folks being defensive and trying to get Ava to act a certain way, is to have folks actually try to connect with her. And not in a “let me talk at Ava and dump my backstory to her” sort of way - but actually give Ava opportunity to process what’s going on. (I feel like that’s why she turns to Jillian in e7, to help her get answers to the questions that no one seems to be giving her).

So for this rewrite / alternate take on episode 6 I’m going to ponder adding more opportunity for connection between Ava and other characters, while adding more subtext and “action” (not necessarily fight scenes but having characters being active rather than just static dialogue scenes).

Alright so that said, let’s start episode 6 with Ava dealing with what happened with Lilith (I feel like outside of the funeral in e7, not much attention was given to that event???) - as in, she’s in shock, going through that first town, maybe phases into some kind of locked room and finally breaks down.

Let’s have Mary find her but unable to physically reach her, hearing her in pain and having a moment of sympathy. She doesn’t push but does tell Ava about the village, that it’s safe there, that she’ll be going there and she’s welcome to join.

And since Mary’s still hurt, have her slowly walking, stopping in that cave, alone, but have a moment to also be emotional - over Lilith, over Shannon, over everything - and then in the midst of that, have Ava appear. And maybe Mary stumbles when she instinctively gets into a defensive stance and we still have Ava do her impressive first aid bit. And that could lead us into Mary and Ava connecting, because now they’ve both extended olive branches in a way - Mary not pushing earlier and Ava helping just now - but instead of the whole “you’re not the only one with problems” kind of thing, we could make it about grief and things that are out of our control. They could still talk about finding purpose, finding family, but maybe we could layer onto that a moment where there’s acknowledgement that finding those things doesn’t mean you can’t still be angry (because gosh, both of them - so many of the characters, really - hold so much anger, and rightfully so), that it doesn’t mean everything is fixed; but it helps.

Now the main village/town place - when I watched through the first time, to me, it felt like a sort of introductory/training level that you see in video games where you can try out your abilities in a relatively safe, controlled environment. But this felt weird to me because we’re already halfway through the season…??

So what if instead of this, let's fall back again on connection. Let's lean on the chef dude, have Mary and Ava really get close to him and the restaurant - and then have him be the one that gets possessed. This becomes something new for Ava, because she hasn’t dealt with a wraith in someone she actually knows and cares about, and she hasn’t worked with someone else collaboratively before - plus I just want to have Ava actually learning from someone. Like, during the fight, Mary still gets exasperated but also is teaching Ava and both of them trying not to hurt the dude too much but also having to get the wraith out, and maybe Ava has one of her out of the box but brilliant ideas that drops the dude and ends things and Mary does the “huh, that wasn’t bad” face at her lol

We can still end the episode with Mary leaving Ava behind, but maybe Ava talks to chef dude one more time, maybe have him in the restaurant, patched up but still helping with service. And Ava’s like, wtf are you doing, and the dude says something like, sometimes things happen that we can’t control, can’t understand, can only move forward and do better than we did yesterday. And maybe he says something like, have faith, and Ava can understand the sentiment but doesn’t buy it. Not when she has seen all the pain and death all this causes.

Then idk, maybe there’s a magazine or a tv clip of Jillian and we see a shift in Ava, where it’s like, if she can’t stop all this, she’s at least going to try to understand it (personally, I wasn’t at all expecting Ava to show up at Arq-Tech in e7 so maybe this helps give a sort of through line between episodes).

Yeah, idk, still lots to think about with this episode, and episode 7 as well (mostly about Mother Superion and the rest of the OCS). Lmk if y'all have thoughts, corrections, etc - otherwise, finally going to properly watch e8!

[torra-and-the-toons]

HEY! So. Idk if this is an analysis or observation or something, but I thought I would mention it because it interests me. While watching the show, I really like how the characters have "limits" if that makes sense. Off the top of my head, what comes to mind is when Eddy is going to throw a dodgeball at DD, but once he starts crying, clearly stops. Or in the rule breaking episode when they are fucking around in DD's room and the ants escape. It is actually really evident (to me at least) that releasing his ants was accidental compared to the other things they were doing. Maybe I am reading too much into a silly show, but I really kind of like how the writing defines what the characters would and would not do to each other, even for the sake of slapstick or a particular joke. It feels very intentional.

Ooh yes! I love this! We see this with all three of them too, I think! I'm remembering an episode (I can't remember which specific one) where Eddy and Ed are wrastling and somehow Ed hurts Eddy and he goes "YEOWCH that hurt Ed!" in such a genuinely pained tone, and Ed actually stops and says "Gosh, I'm sorry, Eddy."

The thing about it too is Eddy takes advantage of that, I'm remembering. So not only does Eddy recognize when he's gone too far (or others in this case) he can and will use it to his advantage too.

The one scene where we don't see something like this, I'm realizing, is the swamp scene in BPS. Not immediately anyhow. Eddy and Ed clearly went too far as evident by Edd's very genuinely upset reaction, I'd say he was more upset than the dodgeball scene. But for once, that doesn't stop Eddy, it even leads to a fight between them, and only took Double Dee leaving for him to realize he fucked up.

I wonder how awful he felt about that afterwards, like more than just the scenes we saw. Surely he had to look at back at it sometime and realize how awful that "prank" really was, separate from his little apology in the actual movie.

[sparksnevadas]

SPARKS *shakes you*

I'm gently cradling gihsm while running around like one of those fast coffee drinking squirrels in movies. Thoughts are being had wjhendsjdbsjdj

The fight scene was so good!! mumbo and grian watching eachother's backs? The way they work together?? They make me soft<3 Also grian. Buddy. That's acid. Maybe don't touch it...??? Does he still have fingerprints._.

The way you describe keralis's power👀 ahshdjdjrjt (ough)

SCAR GETS TO BE A SCARY VILLIAN. AS A TREAT. ITS ENRICHMENT. girans inner turmoil here ahsjdjjd

Then the whole conversation in the office?? Fr, party crashing is way funner then emails anyway. Who wouldn't go for a little property distraction, right? (That whole conversation was gold ohmygod)

Cubs note... Everything... I give hugs<3

The quiet comfort scar and grian offer eachother. they can't do anything about the past, but they can change their future. And they'll do it together. The similarities (and differences) in their situations... Words aren't wording right but I'm loving this!!

AND THE ENDING???? SPARKS???? (Both figritive sparks and you sparks) i might have to take after Laurie here and eat drywall /very pos

gihsm is very dear to me<3 I love this fic so much<- said through the pain /silly

-🍂

<3 <3 <3

does grian have finger prints? hm... probably. but he probably got really really close to getting them burned off. if not for the potion he'd probably've lost them, that's how bad the acid was burning him and seeping poison into him. tee hee

yknow! i had no idea what to make keralis' power until i wrote the scene. initially the shadow guy wasnt even gonna be keralis, but then i was possesssed, wrote ha-shasha and i knew it had to be. my brother in craft chose his power /silly. i like his power though because to me it makes sense that he'd be a little off putting to look at bc he's had to rebuild his human form so often. he incites an uncanny valley sorta feeling with his eyes especially :) i like to play around with symmetry a lot in gihasm. i wanted to have grian see scar in his most vulnerable (body not cooperating, being taken care of by mumbo in the bathroom, just. things that only people who are tied together would allow each other to see) and then seeing him turn around and take control. Having to see scar move fluidly between those two extremes really humanizes him for grian quite a bit. humans have a lot of dimensions and so does scar. which yknow... leads into the last scene really well... oh my gosh, thank you for reassuring me that the office scene was good! /genuine. i worried a lot about it but i couldn't think of another way to write it. i love making keralis extra silly there. ("mrow") LEAFY!! i think your words are in fact, wording! "The quiet comfort scar and grian offer eachother. they can't do anything about the past, but they can change their future." yes. yes. yes. this is better than how i could put it. grian finally sees eye to eye with whats been done, and decides that he can no longer be passive. he can offer scar help, he can offer himself a choice. he can decide what parts of his life should change... and which parts don't need to. he's still a hero, even if he doesn't have the title anymore, yknow? bon appetit on the dry wall! thank you so much for the ask, leafy. i adore you! hope youre doing well

[seijorhi]

asymmetry asks <33

ily guys

Your fic for  haitani brothers was really unexpected. But I'm not complaining 'cause I love them so much. I already liked  crumble you showed  of them in "sink in the depth". Not pressure you but i hope to see more content about them later 🥵. I also hope also that reader can hold her liquor since i have a feeling Ran likes to make her drink

Btw I want to know haitani 's side story please 🙏🏽 .

when and why ran became interested in reader and why he forced reader to stay the first time they met, did he try to mess with her? And was rin ok to share his soulmate (ex-soulmate?) with his brother?  

Does reader really get a tattoo? I mean the tattoo artist must have asked her consent or seen that she didn't want to do it.

Sorry if it's too long but i'm really curious about it😆!

ran definitely likes plying her with drinks hehe 

but yeah ran essentially low key cyber stalked the reader; set up fake social media profiles/whatever to check up every now and then, at that point more out of curiosity than any real obsession. 

and the first time he actually meets her, he’s doing it because he wants to see her squirm and fight back tears while rin flat out ignores her – basically being a giant fucking dick for the sake of his own amusement. he wants to keep her around for rin’s sake too, because there’s a part of him – big brother intuition, if you will – that gets the sense that he’s not quite as uninterested as he’s letting on. 

of course that all spirals real quick, and ran starts developing his own very unhealthy fascination with the reader. i was working under a word limit so couldn’t include absolutely EVERYTHING i wanted to, but i did have ideas for a scene where ran pushes the boundaries a little, feeling the reader up or trying to get her to suck him off behind the bar, taunting her when she tries to refuse because her own soulmate’s currently mid way through fucking some other woman, and fair’s fair, right? 

or he’d ask her in front of rindou whether she thought they were supposed to be soulmates instead.

of course rindou’s more than aware of what’s going on with his brother, but there’s a healthy amount of respect (and a touch of fear) there. he has no problems sharing – once he finally admits he wants her in the first place, that is. 

as for the tattoo thing, yes they do make her go through with it. and you’d probably be right about the whole consent thing – if they were going to take her to a regular tattoo parlour, but they’ve got a friend who owns his own studio, the same guy who did their matching pieces, and he owes them a favour. he’s good, the discreet type. knows when to keep his mouth shut and look the other way.

Ahhhh your latest fic was to die for!!! Great work once again. I’m curious how do you think Rin feels knowing that the reader went through and got the mark removed? Is he pissed? do you think he’s just gonna make her get his name tattooed on again? Oh gosh the pain of getting it removed just to have it branded on her again would be so insane. 

TYSM!!!

rin was furious. begrudgingly impressed, perhaps, that she actually had the balls to go through with it, but beyond pissed. 

You're really making me want to watch tokyo rev just so i can know more about the characters. i dont even know much about it except there's gangs, i heard about it through you😮. they should thank you for the promo 

ya where is my cut of the profits wakui??? huh?? 

ghfjdkfghfjdks ah but that’s so nice of you to say! my goal is and has always been to convert as many people hahah. the fun thing about tokrev is that unlike haikyuu where all the characters i write about are, in canon, good, loving, genuine people, most of the tr characters have at least one timeline where they go off the walls so i’m really not stretching the truth that much hahaha

i will say if you do start the anime (and also you should definitely read the manga that’s where most of the good stuff is) you just have to get through the first few eps until the toman boys properly arrive. like no offence to takemichi and his friends but that’s when it gets interesting ghfdjkjvbhfjd

i think i remember you answered some asks before about how the miya twins share, but how do you think the haitanis are with it? thx<33 

not as competitive, i think. 

the haitani’s are a team, a brutal, effective unit. unlike the twins who fight on an even playing field, rindou defers to his brother’s authority when it matters, even if he isn’t thrilled about it. they’re more likely to tag team you though.

asymmetry was my favorite thing ive read this weekend! thank you for blessing us with it ❤️ 

ily nonnie thank you!

[arianaofimladris]

I struggled through the other four episodes, scrolling now and then. I mostly wanted to see scenes with Geralt. And no, I did not watch on Netflix.

General impressions:

- it's boring

- throwing unrelated bits of scenes from various partss of The Witcher does not make the season closer to the books. Yeah, I do recognise these scenes, but some of them are simply meaningless to the main plot, like Vespula or Ciri on the market with Fabio.

- the series still keeps the subtlety of a brick thrown right into your face. Such was the case in season one with scenes like Yennefer having her insides out to become pretty. Such is the case with season three with characters talking about everything right into their faces, like Tissaia commenting on how Yennefer finally managed to become a mother. And I wonder what is the reason behind it - is it the fact that scriptwriters cannot deliver things on screen so they need to tell them? Or is it treating the viewers like complete idiots. Or - they know they don't deliver on screen so they need to tell the viewers everything. Overall, this gives a very poor impression on the quality of writing.

- plot holes and characters acting stupid because scriptwriters apparently couldn't do better. Like the whole thing in episode one, with using Ciri as bait and setting a trap on Rience - and letting him escape. Just thinking about this scene, you can come up with a dozen scenarios in which Rience escapes while Geralt is rescuing someone or busy fighting or idk, just not dying himself because whatever. But no, Geralt actually jumps blindly into a random portal (which is stupid as hell), beats Rience and leaves him. It would have taken him like three more seconds to slit Rience'a throat or just drag him back with him to Sherrawed. But no, the plot needs Rience alive and if that is the best the writers can deliver... Or Geralt and Ciri on the boat, literally waiting for a monster to hunt but when it does appear, they have to run across the while damn boat to get their swords. It makes characters behave like idiots. Not so good.

- The series still requires not the suspension of disbelief, but suspension of brain. Now yeah, I'm sorry, I'm not average American viewer for whom this series is primarily done, but gosh, I can't turn off thinking.

- random things being discussed by characters sharing bed or other weird situations bordering on intimate. Yeah. Awesome.

- politics being dropped all over when they mean so little, since there was no political exposition earlier. Looks like they are trying to mimic Game of Thrones and failing.

Plus sides:

- Geralt, obviously. I'm basically ignoring the rest to see some good scenes with him and of course Henry Cavill is delivering. I like his fights so far, also how gentle he goes with that Ciri imposter girl. That is kept in character with the books and it is painful to think how good this series could have been if other characters (and the relations between them) had not been butchered.

- Geralt's relation with Ciri. Despite my issues with Ciri, the way Geralt acts towards her is believable.

- Yarpen. I really like this actor and the way he delivers his character.

- A dwarven lady with a beard. You get a plus for that, Netflix, doing one tiny detail better than Amazon with the rings of power crap.

- Tissaia. The actress is perfect for the role and she plays it well. She acts her actual age while still looking beautiful with her angular face and perfect hairdo. I'm ignoring whatever the relation she has with Vilgefortz (weird choice, considering how distrustful she was towards him in the books, but whatever. I don't care enough about her to be bothered by such change)

Now about the rest.

- Jaskier. I have no idea what's going on with this character, but I see no Dandelion. And I'm not talking about the ugly looks or his romance or whatever it is with Radovid. Ignoring that, ok? My problem with Jaskier's creation is with the way he behaves. In the first season, his primary role was to be a comic relief. He was the Donkey from Shreck, funny at best, annoying at worst. But at least he had this boyish look and charm, though the series failed to deliver his deep friendship with Geralt. 

Right now? The cocky, mouthy, outspoken Jaskier was turned into some meek creature who acts pathetic. I really don't understand. He is the bard, he can come up with a cheeky retort on spot, probably in rhymes. He knows how to sweep the crowd, how to talk his way out, how to act on a court. In here? He acts pitiful, he is portrayed as having very low confidence and self assurance, the exact opposite to the original character. He was stumbling over his words when Vespula threw him out or when Valdo Marc makes an appearance. He complained and complained about having to help Geralt in setting the trap for Rience. Are we still talking about the same guy who risked his life to get to Brokilon to the driads, once he learned Geralt was there, badly wounded and in need of a friend? Who decided, no questions asked, to join Geralt in his seemingly impossible quest? Sorry. Nope. He's back to his comic relief role when paired with Ciri. 

- Yennefer. After the butchering in season two, I'm not surprised. Creating her as meek and apologetic and SWEET of all things they could come up with? Cold, sophisticated, elegant and seemingly having no heart book Yennefer of Vengerberg turned to this? Sadly pining and writing letters, or trying to win Geralt over with some cute joking? Talking openly about her insecurities about coming back to Aretuza? Crying? Being called sweet by the banker. Acting like a bit lost, sweet girl and not a 90 year old woman. The series is trying hard to turn whatever they screwed in season two into mother/daughter relation and it's not working. Well, maybe it is if you watch a soap opera while washing the dishes.

The peculant teenager we saw in season one, then butchered by the script in season two, now turned into a nice, sweet, laughing and smiling girl. Yes, girl, because with the actress's young and yes, sweet look, that is the general impression I get. The actress is delivering well the role she got, but I'm sorry. That is not Yennefer. She only has her name and eyes, because they couldn't even do right such basic things like curls or trademark black&white look, choosing instead cheap store outfits. Gosh, I managed to curl more a $15 wig from China. Surely Netflix has better budget for costumes?

- the whole thing with Ciri bullshitting about uniting the races and becoming a queen. What. The. Hell. Is. That.

- the sorceresses. I'm supposed to recognise on spot that the lady on the screen is a sorceress. Tissaia delivers well and Yennefer actress looks pretty, like a sorceress. But the rest? Not really. If I was asked to show one thing that made Keira in episode 2 different than, say, Anika or Vespula, I wouldn't be able to point it. They just blend in. Where are the stunning, beautiful ladies? Yes, I know, Netflix has points to check out on their list, even if it's at the cost of inconsistency with their own creation. They did show in season one how the imperfect girls like Yennefer changed their looks to become beautiful, yet now they change that. Again, I know, there was a box to tick. It's not like canon has strong and prominent fat characters, right? How about Dijkstra or Nenneke? Just saying. 

- the costumes? Geralt looks good in black leather, I like it better than the armour he previously had. Still has really awful lenses in close shots, sadly. Ciri looked alright in her slightly rough outfit. But for God's sake, these printed fabrics? Store shirts? Seriously? There are woven, embroidered or jacquard fabrics easily available and they would look way more genuine. Less modern. 

- I enjoyed hunting for Percival bits in the soundtrack.

- Ciri imposter looks more like Ciri than Ciri. Definitely younger.

- the fifth episode was a freaking struggle. I thought going over and over the same clips as the plot unfolds would be good, but gosh that was tedious. I understand the idea behind it, pretty much like in crime movies, when the detective unfolds the events and we get to watch the same glimpse but with additional pieces. It's just - god, the dance scene was cringy the first time and having to rewatch it twice or so was just awful (and not less cringy). 

[dream-this-nightmare-over]

thoughts while watching knightfall

season one

why landry why you damned prat of all the women you had to go for queen

gawain kinda makes sense

oh gawain is the only one one sane here

i stand with gawain in this one

philips hair is paid actor

he is trying to remain soft. you see how he is trying everything with joan he loves that woman so much he is willing to raise the baby as his own

gosh you did him dirty. all of you.

butler from downton abbey was born for this role

why is everyone so forgiving of landry's violation of vows and rules????

is that irene forsyte??

landry you are a bad friend

you can't tell someone with disability their pain is 'god's will' fuck you landry, this man saved your life you ungrateful prat

parsifal!!!!!! no please god i beg for mercy

why is no one looking for parsifal???

mamma joan finally snapped

rashid eyeliner will be missed

tancred??????

these cliffhangers will be death of me

everyone listens to irene. even the pope. what a woman.

'immense heights man might ascend to art, music, culture… And instead, we fuss and fight over an arrestingly ordinary cup' - whoever is writing this script needs rise then tons of awards

the final aerial shot of forest with snow falling is cinematic masterpiece

wait what just happened?? history you just know how to get us hooked

season two

court room reflecting the changes from last season both in story and philip - executed so cleverly

missing philip's hair

de nugaret we see your hair and we know you have crush on gawain

'best swordsman in france' baby i choked.

i knew nugaret is petty but go boy that ash cross will never be topped in history of fine art of pettiness

isn't that scene from vikings?

why is no one mentioning scroll??? did they forget we are bing watching

wait how they all didnt get leprosy? isn't that airborne?

candles scene was supreme

why is irene not in second season???

its hard to be against louis when he looks so good

i knew isabella was bad since they changed the actress

someone give landry break!! can this man have second without being in life threatening situation???

that fire arrow scene was too epic

louis should join templars at this point so they kill philip together

why is no one mentioning scroll??? hello??? the man is dead over there

i would have bet all i have that louis is coming to kill philip and blame landry in midst of battle with no witnesses

why is louis still on his dad's side????

who ever was in charge of aerial shots needs raise

why is everyone lying to louis??? why are they playing him like this?

best scene in whole series when gawain asks "whos child is this?" baby you are the prescious one we need to protect you at all cost aka let's bring baby into family and not tell gawain

how is fire burning so slow now?

knew kelton's story is not ending here

talus you old fucker i was worried already they lost you somewhere in script but then remembered who is playing you

gawain and landry together again!! yes living for this shit

landry and gawain and tancred omg trio is back!!

talus dragging his sword while sparks fly from tip that scene will forever live rent free in my mind and should go down in history books

louis and margaret deserved to live in peace and have what parsifal and marie almost had

when louis snaps paris will burn

daddy philip gives best advice

you are both fault for this equally, so stop arguing and make out already

okay but for real gawain has a point. what is about landry they arent telling him?

i googled louis actor and i am sadden to find out tom looks nothing like character he is playing. great mask. worth couple of emmy nominations.

they are back to plotting. fam is back together. this is great. i love this show.

tancred ship has sailed darling but at least you got the girl

omg no way landry why are you back??

de nugaret??? louis???? SLAY OF CENTURY AND ONES TO COME

THEY ARE FIGHTING IN COURT ROOM WHERE EVERYTHING STARTED I CANT-

AND THE SCROLL???? WHAT ABOUT THE SCROLL?????

IF THAT ENDING DIDNT SET GROUNDS FOR SEQUEL NO INSTANT POPULAR AMERICAN SHOW THAT BLOWS UP IN ONE DAY AND EVERYONE SUDDENLY HAS TO LIKE IT OR THEY ARE ENEMY OF STATE HASNT DESERVED IT EITHER

I miss my babies already.

conclusion: go watch it so we get season 3.

[wutheringmights]

I have read....

CORRUPTION ARC BABBBYYYY YOOOOOOOO SPIRIT LETS GOOOOOOO

I have never been more giddy to see a fight scene then that. My goodness I am vibrating. (I don't think you'd get this reference but I was watching Wilbur's stream of the dsmp when the corruption arc went down and to see another character I love doing the same cause me great joy and the art tingles in me lolol)

Four is precious and him guarding warriors is just :)))

-alright too much of comfort where's my angst. xD ah yes, epic escape. Warriors is just a body at this point with too much pain. Poor man lost his glorious locks but didn't get the good looks of Rapunzel after. sad day. Wait until he hears about the sexyman poll xDDD

Ah so everyone is split. I know it will not happen this way, but gosh would I laugh so hard if it did. Image the four of them just coming to the fairy and they see just Time, Twilight, and Legend waiting. and of course they ask about the others and they just sigh. TIme the only one who knew where to go was their guide, Twilight was fine as a wolf, Legend has too many items and was was fine, but the others... Wild was with legend but found something cooler to look at and got lost. Hyrule they looked away once and dispeared into the shadows. and Wind is somewhere causing chaos as the small gremlin he is and not getting caught because he's sneaky xD and they evenually find them and Wild walks in with his epic cap going for dark vader vids and Wind just pops in and shows all the stuff he has stolen from the camps and towns because he was bored and even though he was told not to go near the towns he was feeling reckless and the sheika tried to follow but then lost him again. and Hyrule they just find wondering about enjoying nature and completely not aware of time.

Will that happen, nope, will that idea live in my head and make me laugh? yes.

But I really liked the chapter over all and am SO interested in Warriors and Spirits dynamic. (I have already drawn my sketches because I have IDEAS. So many ideas and songs again and why must you curse me with inspiration my goodness... to be fair at least all this drawing is getting me better at digital art because I'm still a numb and trash lol)

"keeping the fanart economy afloat" AAAA the weigh of the responsibly of fanart weighs so heavyyyy xD /jkjkjkjkjkj

Hope you had a good day mate and happy halloween ^^

When people ultimately say that ctb is too angst-y, I will point to you who said there should be less comfort lol

Thanks! I'm glad you liked this chapter! Warriors and Spirit's dynamic is fun and challenging to write, so I'm glad you're enjoying it.

And you are an absolute beast when it comes to keeping that fanart economy afloat. I do not deserve you, and I'm so amazed that you find a muse in ctb. I am not worthy of it. 💛

Also, I have to point out the hilarity of Four and Warriors fighting for their lives out there while the rest of the Chain are just having fun little jaunt on their way to Faron lol

[ahundredtimesover]

Gosh I love all of your stories 😭❤️

A scene that broke my heart in PLM was when Oc was just smiling through the pain when Jungkook’s ex fling was making her feel like crap and talking about how Jungkook & her hooked up a lot & Jungkook went along with it all and she was just so admirable because I would have probably lost it😅

Then when she cries in front of him because she can’t take it anymore and he begins to realize he has been wrong all this time but she is too hurt to even hear him out so she goes to the room to then leave (good for her, I love her character so much❤️)

Yahhhh this first fight and all the things that led to it (considering too what she heard before all that but she still chose to be there for him) 😢 I was writing this scene and thought, I want it to hurt, I want him to hurt. And I just rly wanted him to be guilty lol that was my main point at the start - write a story where jk is guilty bc there’s so much pain with that 💔💔

Hehe all these PLM scenes - you guys ready for the next part 🥹🥹

If I asked you what the most memorable scene from any fanfic of mine you’ve read is, what’s the FIRST scene that comes to mind?