#jimriffs

[belovedgamers]

My piece for this year’s @mcytblraufest! What would happen if instead of being allied to the Codfather, Pix was part of the WRA? What if the Phantom Assassin was tasked to kill the Codfather?

Check out @capriciouswriter207’s piece, “The masks we wear”!

Having exiled himself from the throne after helping kill the dragon, Pix takes on a dangerous job from King Sausage himself. Killing the Codfather should be easy, except…

The first chapter is out now! Check it out! I’m sure you’ll love it as much as I do! Writer did a wonderful job and I couldn’t have asked for a better match! There’s a stunning work ahead of us!

[inaris-mage-of-storms]

The meeting room at House Blossom was a beautiful place, with flowers dripping from the walls and the door propped open to let in the spring breeze and wandering sheep. Jimmy returned Katherine's encouraging smile as he entered, glad for the mask that covered all but his mouth and thus kept his nervousness hidden too.

"Hi Jimmy! I'm so glad you could make it." Katherine didn't stand to greet him, busy stroking a lamb that had wandered in to lay its head in her lap, but she gestured to a seat. "Not a lot of us today, but maybe that's better for your first meeting."

Right, she had told him the last time they spoke that alliance meetings weren't mandatory, but rather took place monthly and were open invitation to anyone with free time in their schedule. There were only two others seated at the table today: an elf with snowy white wings and blue hair, and a man who looked almost human but for a sleek tail with a tufted tip.

"This is Pixlriffs, king of Pixandria," said Katherine, and the brown-haired man nodded once in greeting, "and Prince Scott of Rivendell, brother to King Xornoth."

"Er, hi," said Jimmy as he sat, trying not to stare too hard at the elf's beauty. "I'm Jimmy. I've just been assigned to govern the Codlands on behalf of the Codfather. It's, um, part of the Ocean Empire, bordering Myth - "

"Yes, we know where it is," said Scott. "Our empires' memories aren't nearly so short as the human ones." He sipped at his tea. "I believe it was in my grandfather's time that Mythland relinquished that region to the Ocean Empire."

"I don't know if 'relinquished' quite describes it," said Pixlriffs. "Mythland's own history books would say that the Ocean Queen took it by force, after flooding the land as divine retribution for some unrecorded slight."

They both looked at Jimmy as if expecting him to clarify, but he just cleared his throat awkwardly. "Um...right. Anyway, Katherine heard of my appointment, and invited me to join the alliance, so - here I am. Oh, and I'm authorized to speak on behalf of the Ocean Queen, too, for most matters anyway. For now. She's unable to attend meetings in person as often as she'd like, because of...matters."

Scott raised an eyebrow at his vagueness, and he flushed under the haughty gaze. This was turning out to be more difficult than he thought.

He kept quiet for the rest of the brief meeting, deciding it was too early to judge if Rivendell or Pixandria could be potential allies in the codfolk's war against the salmon. Lizzie's network of spies reported that several of the mainland empires had fallen for salmon propaganda, believing the cod to be the aggressors in a war that had been ebbing and flowing since before some of their kingdoms had even existed.

That was why he had left the comfort of the Prisma Palace to live in the swamp, why he hid more than his face behind his carved mask. Enemy armies that had been successfully pushed back were suddenly growing, aided by supplies and weapons that should have been well beyond their means. He needed to find out who was helping them, and figure out a way to put a stop to it. Maybe he could even befriend them and convince them to change sides.

Once official business was concluded, Scott moved closer to Katherine to coo over a second lamb who had wandered in to see what its flockmate was up to and was chewing affectionately on Katherine's dress. Just as Jimmy was trying to decide the least awkward way to excuse himself, Pixlriffs caught his eye from across the table.

Jimmy gave him an awkward half-smile from under the mask, watching warily as Pix approached. He perched himself on the edge of the table right next to Jimmy, eyes gleaming with curiosity.

"Hello," said Jimmy nervously, and Pix's grin widened.

"The more of me you take away, the larger I grow. What am I?"

Shit. Katherine warned him about this, when she was giving him pointers on how to make a good impression on each emperor. Jimmy had never thought himself particularly clever, but as advised, he showed Pix respect by at least considering the question and giving a genuine attempt at an answer instead of brushing it off.

"Er - um...Oh! Hope. It's gotta be hope, hasn't it?"

Pix stared at him, long enough that Jimmy began to wonder if Katherine was wrong about the part where she said the sphinx never actually punished anyone for getting his riddles wrong. Then he grinned with delight, and for a moment Jimmy felt like he was being dazzled by the desert sun itself.

"That's right," he said, and chuckled when Jimmy punched the air with a triumphant yes!

Jimmy stood to make his goodbyes, muttering something about having to make a report of how the first meeting went, and Scott came to stand by Pix's side as they watched him leave. He glanced over at his friend, a knowing smirk playing on the corner of his mouth.

"I thought the answer to that one was 'hole'."

Jimmy was no longer in sight, but Pix continued to stare down the path anyway. "Yes. Well." He smiled at Scott, and there was an eagerness and wonder in his gaze he usually reserved for ancient texts. "He wasn't wrong, though, was he? I do think getting to know him better will be quite an adventure.

The Codfather's Court AU

[djpurple3]

posting week for @esmp-gift-exchange !!!! i wrote sapphic jimriffs arranged marriage for @belovedgamers <3 <3

I hope you enjoy it!!!

[erstwhilesparrow]

8 through 10, 14 and 15 for the otp ask game! Whatever pairing of your choice :]

ship ask game

ooh. i get to choose... okay we're doing e2 jimriffs. i did figure some of these out last night in dms with evan boatemlag, but some of these will also be new :3

8. Who is a morning person? Who is a night owl?

i think pix has learned to be a morning person for [is in fact an archaeologist who needs daylight for his work] reasons but could return to night owl habits if the situation allowed for it. everyone is perturbed by Chipper Early Morning Tumble Town Sheriff.

9. Who travels lighter?

oooh. hmm. prrrrobably pix? like yes he has A Whole Thing established in the ancient capital site, but he's also (in my heart) a mouthpiece for the universe and an archaeologist. he's comfortable taking only what he absolutely needs and figuring out the rest when he gets where he's going. i don't know if jimmy necessarily is Bad at figuring out what to pack but i do think he is more prone to the "do i need this? no. definitely not. unless? maybe i should. yes, yes, i'll bring it just in case. or maybe i could wait--" pix suggests flipping a coin to decide.

10. Who is always reminding the other not to forget important documents/general things before leaving out the door?

hm. i think jimmy is doing the reminding? i think pix has more important documents Scattered Around and for all that he Has systems in place to manage it, it is still a lot to track where this or that sheet of paper went. jimmy's documents are in like. one or two buildings and not. Across An Entire Archaeological Site. ...i misunderstood the spirit of this question. however while thinking about the more general "who is more forgetful" i imagined jimmy loudly and obviously forgetting important items as a bit.

14. Who falls asleep during a movie?

jimmy, i think. being sheriff is Work!! and the amount of sleep pix needs keeps diminishing (eaten by the universe, then a ghost)

15. Who's the first to cry during movies that don't seem sad?

they trade places. for fairness <3. sometimes the universe whispers a detail about the movie's production in pix's ear and it just Gets Him. sometimes jimmy sees a really cute lil critter at the end of a long day and is like " >:/" and then ">:(" and then " ;-; ????"

[wizardcorn3r]

first off mha <3 welcome back! second off if you're up for it, could you do pixlriffs and jimmy?

from that ep where he gives jimmy a llama head! i thought it was a really sweet moment

[wolame-o-ccx]

I miss s1 jimriffs. That very short era.

[jungledubs-archive]

hmm,, some other ones,, what about ZedBeef or team ZIT & Jimriffs --?

zedbeef is another 100% yes, i have written zedbeef fic and i love them. they're the closest thing to a canon hermitcraft ship and it's great

poly zit i can't do due to personal reasons. private sorry

jimriffs is one i haven't heard of before! sounds funky i'm open to jimriffs propaganda. don't know much about that dynamic though so i can't really formulate a good solid opinion tbh

[prismadog]

who next are we gonna have?

fwhimmy? jimriffs? jimoey?

[I am so sorry for those names. I anyone has any better suggestions, please correct me]

Don't tell Scott...

I was watching Jimmy's stream and I.... don't tell Scott

[hollowwish]

*I was curious and wanted to see how more decently well known ships (for example, jausage) fair without the top three contenders.

Think of it as like a "How rare actually is this rarepair" type thing

Ranchers, Flower Husbands, and Smalldarity have all been taken out of the running for basically landslide winning 1st-3rd last time, making them not rarepairs (Smallidarity is a rarepair in terms of fandom popularity, but not really in terms of Jimmy ships [it had a whole 9% lead over fwhimmy last time])

Ramblings over! Let the voting commence!

[belovedgamers]

“Pix should have fought harder to keep the mask on.”

The last chapter of the masks we wear is out! Once again, check out @capriciouswriter207’s amazing writing! I never expected such an incredible work to be inspired from my art. Thank you to Writer for everything <3

[belovedgamers]

December 2024 recap: week one!

As part of a challenge to stop holding on to fic ideas reduce my number of WIPS for next year, I’m trying to post a fic a day during the week days!

Here’s the first week!

i love you, stone in my shoe — Five meetings between exorcist Solidarity and a disgruntled Pixlriffs. One of them wants to save spirits and the other does not. e1 jimriffs modern exorcist au, 2.4k words

this is about a damn dinner table — Joel reflects on his name, his past and his friendship with fWhip and Jimmy, before any of them took their respective positions. e1 Joel character study, 1.2k words.

how ruin makes a home out of hip bones — Jimmy gives Pix one simple command. Inspired by two trout gasping on a june shore by Sesquidpedalian. Triple drabble, rated M.

home is nowhere, therefore you — Sausage helps Jimmy get ready for a festival. e1 jausage fluff, triple drabble. They kiss :]

[erstwhilesparrow]

list-making time:

jimriffs f/f omegaverse+theoretically a romcom and rapidly becoming Not That au of two trout <- things you just have to accept the premise of. i meant for this to be shamelessly self-indulgent smutfic and then it started acquiring teeth. i have already implied incest, what's a bit of blackmail and assassination on top of that

outsiders saint of the maze au -- it's WRITTEN, it EXISTS already, and i keep meaning to edit it some and just post it and then i simply don't do that. you know. classic [if you believe in a thing hard enough it becomes holy and also real] type of situation. the mechanical and the mundane that become rituals. etc.

[redacted for exchange reasons]

wild life joys -- meant for this to be a list of things i loved about the wild life finales that i watched and then i decided it would be fic. especially nightmare-ish to work on because i insist on using actual dialogue from videos which means i can't touch it while i'm at work. fuck grief! everything is pointless! hunt what you want and sink your teeth into it!

pix&oli agere is still Under Consideration but i think the bones of the idea are solid. i think e2 pix is bad with kids and is going to handle the concept of age regression clumsily if not outright terribly. and oli's had a long time. he operates on different timescales compared to everyone else. you'd expect pix to get it, but. well. good luck buddy

[erstwhilesparrow]

all right. list before the torments get to me:

i've BEEN writing stuff for this, i could do more!

nature wives magical girl au

nature wives twilight mirage au

pix(oli?) twilight mirage au

theoretically in progress although i haven't touched them in a minute:

flower husbands mech au

two trout miseries

wild life joys

tantalizing:

a more complete version of the sausage/oli aro week fic

scott selfcest

[redacted for several reasons but there's jimriffs in there]

expanding on lighthouse keeper pix au

[belovedgamers]

6 and 14 for the AO3 asks!!

Oh, these are fun!

6. Favorite title you used

I am deeply fond of “if it matters —if you notice”, a title I used for a treat to my dear friend Sesquidpedalian during this year’s Extreme Timed Exchange! (e1 jimriffs, Jimmy keeps getting injured while in Pixandria, and Pix holds a secret close to his chest).

I really tried to diversify my title selection this year, branching out from songs only, and this one is one of two titles I think are very unexpected; it comes from the script to 2001’s Ocean’s Eleven.

The context is as follows: Danny Ocean was just released from prison, and gets his things back. Among them is his wedding ring, and the script asks you, the reader: will he put it on? As he walks out, a little parenthetical informs us: “(If it matters -- and if you notice -- he's wearing his wedding ring.)”.

I chose it because it works on multiple levels. The fic I wrote has a little secret: if it matters (if you look for it) and if you notice (if you find it), it will reveal itself to you. It works, too, because that detail was ultimately cut out from the film, you will only read the lines if you go searching for the script. I happen to think that theme (deciding if something matters, looking for it and maybe even finding it) fits with Pix’s struggle in the work.

14. What’s your shortest work of the year?

Actually a tie! On Wednesday I posted how ruin makes a home out of hip bones (e1 jimriffs based on the fic two trout gasping on a june shore, again by Sesquidpedalian) and yesterday I posted home is nowhere, therefore you (weakest empire jausage fluff), both of which are triple drabbles!

I suspect they won’t be the only triple drabbles, I’ve challenged myself to post a fic a day during December weekdays leading up to the holidays!

Thank you for the ask!

Let’s play Writer’s Wrapped!

[erstwhilesparrow]

the current state of affairs re: sparrowwriting (this is a list of wips, not an announcement of Life Events):

actively working on it:

holiday exchange (need to do. canon review. hwaugh.)

esmp exchange (have a really fun idea, need to outline it properly to make sure i get all the themes down, i MIGHT do some canon review for character voice but it's less important than the holiday exchange one)

couture zine piece

3rd life flower husbands mech au (ALSO doing canon review. nightmare world where i can only watch videos when Not At Work but i also have OTHER THINGS with CLOSER DEADLINES that i can only do when Not At Work. also i keep pausing to transcribe things. that one's on me. mechs are about bodies that are exaggerated idealizations, that are images and metaphors more than they are touchable things, that are extensions of a self that you incorporate into your self <- thank you archive undying for that one)

gemidarity horrible terrible fallout of secret unsafe kink. time to give the blorbos sticky rice dumplings

thinking about it? might pick it up if i have a minute?

some canon compliant-ish shadowrot relationship study (have a draft. i care about... both of them lashing out when they're hurt/scared, and cleo genuinely liking lizzie and finding her funny, and lizzie coming back after being gone and going what happened?)

a different scott selfcest now from 3rd life scott's pov? basically all i have in my head for it right now is the summary: "your older self is hard to touch, not like water which at least leaves its mark on your hands, but like fog.")

scottpearl clothes sharing -- might be canonverse, might be an au, depending on how much i continue trembling with barely contained energy

AUs i haven't touched in ages but have been sighing longingly about lately:

vampire hunter owenge au (vampires. what's not to love. i've been thinking about them due to thinking about owenge)

twilight mirage au (i miss e2 so so so bad. i might even do some canonverse e2.)

saint of the maze mohwee+owen au (i fully have this drafted and like admittedly i think the draft sucks but there's something there.)

arranged marriage jimriffs au + og exorcist jimriffs au (okay i'm lying about it having been ages but these Are the older ones that have dedicated google docs and like. Surely some of these can be expanded to be long enough for posting.)

a monologuing in an empty room fic about outsiders -- i have it partially sketched in my notes app