#kotlc wings au

[bookwyrminspiration]

happy 2nd birthday to my kotlc wings au, shattered upside down!!

2 years ago today I posted the first chapter of this infamously long fic, so I threw together a piece for fun in celebration--if you've read it, you may recognize a few things as well. you should read it. or talk to me about it. does anyone want to talk about the wings au •_•

closer shots and taglist below :)

KotLC Art Taglist: @bronte-deserves-better @imaramennoodle @thisbluewind @we-have-no-bananas-today @theofficialkai517 @ruewen-and-rising @keefeinnit @thesandsofdawn @crumpledwitchfeet @ascendant-queen @tribblemakingalicorn @axels-corner @loverofallthingssmart @silveny-dreams @girlofmanyfandoms @enbies-and-felonies @impostertamsong @sofia-not-sophie @alabestrine @keefes-hairgel @fanartofthelostcities @three-bunnies-in-a-trenchcoat @a-lonely-tatertot @ketterdamkid @cosmogyral-cleo @meg-doodles @dragonwinnie-kotlc @anaccidentwaitingtohappen @maglorslostsilmaril @even-if-in-another-time @crazedfangirl14 @callas-pancake-tree @katniss-elizabeth-chase @wolfstar-being-ridikkulus @thefoxysnake @florida-preposterously

(please let me know if you'd like to be added or removed. i may start a new taglist because this one is so old)

Shattered Upside Down Taglist: @cosmogyral-cleo @axels-corner @cadence-talle @ahecktonoffandomsinoneblog @milesspidermanmorales @loverofallthingssmart @cowboypossume @jolieharkness @wings-of-hell-and-beyond @shellyseashell @blossomjenniie @akotlcblog @imaramennoodle @panic-at-the-multi-fandom-chaos @dragonwinnie-kotlc @solreefs @fintan-pyren @jazzanddaydreams @xanadaus @sa-divine

[synonymroll648]

conjurers deserve to be able to slip in and out of the void like sophie does. i say this specifically because edaline deserves to step out of a portal to protect her daughter like a badass and because running into jolie’s ghost in the void sounds absolute delightful from a reader’s pov

[hopeless-venus]

...Mr.Forkle?

Au where Sophie has another weird ability glitch and when they do the allergy trigger/hard reset they accidentally end up also triggering the secret hidden alicorn wing gene. Panic ensues.  

[camelspit]

Day 21! Fitz/Wings! Woo!

[skylilac]

hey do you have any kotlc fic recs? any ship is okay, and even if it’s incomplete I’m still cool with reading it, I just wanted to see if you have any favorite fics or anything because I trust your taste (preferably on ao3)

if im being 100% honest i dont. rlly read kotlc fic anymore? also i havent logged onto my ao3 acc in months so i dont have anything bookmarked 😔

that being said i just did a quick search for some faves of mine!! and if you like them also check out the authors other fics bc those are gold too, im just choosing my personal favorites <3

-descend into darkness and all along my heart was leading me home by uni_seahorse_572 (both are soo incredible ive read them multiple times)

-Kiss Me Like It's Not Allowed by a_lonely_tatertot (always has me ugly crying but its okay i swear im normal.)

-Our Finite Eternity by spellboundfire!! (looove this one <3 kam that i actually like? its rare but this is it)

-I've lost it all (I'm just a silhouette) by Tobi_Continued (ruewen angst is always 11/10 but this one especially) also the scars along our skin (Paint our beauty like gold)!!

-Personal Hell by theunmappedstar (neverseen!keefe is smth so personal to me okay?? the emotions <//3)

-To Love Unafraid (With An Ugly, Poisonous Heart)  and Perfect by sweetmothiricannotwrite (i think i’ve recced these before actually but yeah they’re so good)

-i've got to tell you how i love you by handpulledsilver (a 2 part series and its absolutely beautiful <3) also by ink: say this awful thing did not break me <3

-I'll be Your Real Tough Cookie, With the Whiskey Breath and Liquid Glass, Drowning Fire, Shattered Water by Enbies_Committing_Felonies (some of my favorite ships and written SO well)

-better off as lovers (and not the other way around) by tamsencen (tbh this is probably the fic that sold me on qualden <3)

-Blinking In The Starlight and wings on your feet and copper in your lungs by sunlight-and-storms (both of these are such a good read i love them, definitely check them out!!)

-Moments That Last Years and As Simple As That (of orbits, suns, and angel wings) (for angst and prose that makes you cry at any given moment </3)

[archived-and-moving]

working on the wings au rn and like. I have had. the ending planned since the first page. i knew where I was headed and what I wanted to do. and now I am here. and the story has decided it wants to do something different. it's still similar, still carries the message I want. it's the same thing but slightly to the left, and I'm still happy with it. but also. dude.

I love how stories do that. How they adapt and how they change and flow like a river that shifts it's course when the water still needs to flow somewhere.

Like the river's still there, almost the same, barely unchanged. But the water had to run, and if it won't run in one place then it can in another.

Or I suppose you could think of your story as a snake. One that has laid in the sun on it's rock on a warm, clear afternoon. But now as the sun moves downward in the sky, as you story may progress, the snake makes itself as warm as it can on the rock, moving to the right and to the left, a mind of it's own.

Either way they are such incredible things aren't they? I'm so very excited to see the wings au come to a close, and I know that whatever you have planned will be absolutely extraordinary.

[tamsong]

great news: i have finally started to read @bookwyrminspiration’s wings au :) i wanted to try my hand at sophie’s wings + a fun pose. unfortunately the angle wasn’t right for me to draw the feathers but know they Are there

taglist: @make-kotlc-gayer @cadence-talle @impostertamsong @enbies-and-felonies @catboyruy @an-absolute-travesty @mylarivera @steppingonshatteredglass @fanartofthelostcities @netnetnet135 @bianavacker-is-bi-as-hell @cowboypossume @dragonwinnie @solreefs @imaramennoodle @thesandsofdawn @pencilwritesshiz47 @alesbiancat @constellations-of-elixirs @daydream-draws

[frizzle-mcshizzle]

✨intro✨

im Frizzle a college student who hasn't yet escaped the clutches of a middle grade book series and fandom as a whole. if its not obvious my favorite color is purple i have a ton of cats, and i'll make fanfic/fanart sometimes

fandoms im in

Kotlc

Bat family

Startrek

X-files

Owl House

sideblogs

@the-official-kotlcopedia

@kotlc-theme-weeks

Masterpost

Kesler fallen asleep at his desk

little Sophie after she inflicts on Amy

Alvar and Biana second redraw

Squall in battle

Elwin and Bullhorn in the healing center

Baby Stina and Vika

Eyepatch Biana Redraw

Squall

White noise scene (Kesline)

Kesline kiss

Kotlc Frankenstein au

Sophie reads Frankenstein

Biana Alvar redraw

Stinex dancing

Kesline movie night

Frosted beakers love story bullet point fic

my best fanfic

White Noise

As much as Juline hated secrets, she had never wanted Kesler to know about her involvement with the Black swan. she wanted him to be far away from it. she didn’t want him to be in danger. but she her involvement was revealed out of her control, and it hurt Kesler in a way that made Juline worry if she had ruined their relationship for good.

In The Stars (on going series)

The In The Stars series is a look at Sophie and Dex’s kidnapping from their parent's pov, and how they all react to their children’s supposed death in their own ways during the two in a half weeks their children are missing.

Two

Elwin deals with a lot of guilt from not being able to save all the kids who were banished. he doesn’t like to think about it or think about himself at all. he puts all his energy into Keefe because he thinks it will be easier to focus on one kid. but it proves to be a lot harder than he had anticipated

Scars on Butterfly Wings

After he got away from the Neverseen Tam had been acting different and avoiding Biana. When she finally got the chance to talk to him it didn’t go the direction she expected

more fics can be found on my Ao3

old blogs masterpost (head cannons and bullet point fics)

[gay-otlc]

The Owl Haven: Hollow Mind

@when-wax-wings-melt I was your secret santa! Your secret hanukkah harry! And I wrote you a kotlc/toh au where Keefe is just straight up not having a good time. Enjoy.

[bookwyrminspiration]

six chapters in and i've accidentally he'd both marella AND sophie!! I think there is a secret message here

[faggot-friday]

So I’m late as shit for appreciation day but I figured the term ‘‘better late than never’’ can come in handy once again. Also now surprise! Unexpected compliments! I think that’s better than slightly-suspected ones tbh. The only good surprises.

First off, we’re going with @gay-otlc. Bro. Your writing. It slaps. It’s fucking awesome. Shoutout to all your tierden shit btw it lives in my head rent-free. All your writing’s funny as shit and also it makes me want to slam my fist into a wall in an affectionate sort of a way. If you like endless tears and angst that feels like a knife to the gut, totally recommend. There is also occasional fluff if you’re more into that sorta shit. This guy’s the full package honestly

And now @xanadaus. The organiser of this entire shabang. Your art makes me feel things and while brain won’t let me know what those things are I’m pretty sure they’re good things. Also, your writing is amazing as well. The best of both things. No I will not shut up about scar tissue it’s one of the best things I’ve ever read, comfort fic level 100. Yes i am rereading it now what are y’all gonna do about it

@bookwyrminspiration you’re on here as well. Hii. I haven’t read your writing but I’ve been meaning to i swear. I WILL read the wings au. Eventually. Also, your art is >>>. I literally cannot put into words how much I love your art so I’m just using math symbols instead. Those Linh drawings got made for the art challenge, godDAMN. Also you put up with my bullshit which is always appreciated so thanks for that :)

@when-wax-wings-melt your!!!!!!!!!!! fucking!!!!!!!!!!! fics!!!!!!!!!! Holy mcshitshow I love your fics so much. Like! All the repeating themes! And how lines are the same sometimes but have different meaning through context! Gagahevhagudgaugduagsus! I could get really into symbolism and shit but I’m not because it’s late and I’m tired and I probably wouldn’t understand half the shit I’m saying anyways. But! I would do a dissection under sterile conditions of all of your fics purely because they’re so fucking good and I want every piece of them in my brain cavities

@constant-sapphic-breakdown bestie!!! Your shit is fucking lit bro, and also <3 fren!!! Ik that birthday fic you wrote me isn’t kotlc but that doesn’t stop it from being good as shit, like bro, I am jealous of your talents. Literally everything you make is so fucking good, and you also put up with my bullshit which is amazing

I can’t word too great right now so these may seem kinda half-baked. As this post gets older you may wish to check the reblogs in case I add anyone who I only just thought of. Happy ten years of keeper everyone <3

[solreefs]

some creator appreciation for today!

@gay-otlc: S. my dude. where do I even start? your writing is absolutely incredible, your headcanons are always so fun to read, and your incorrect quotes make me laugh every time. also one of your fics was my first real introduction to queer kotlc content, a rabbit hole I’ve obviously continued to fall further down. you’re just an amazing person to know, and I’m so glad we’re friends.

@bookwyrminspiration: Quil, I am so far behind on the wings au that it’s not even funny, but I promise I will eventually catch up! I still love seeing you talk about it, and your analysis of kotlc characters and worldbuilding never fails to make me think about details I never would have considered. your art is absolutely gorgeous, and your kotlc pride flag art piece lives in my mind rent-free.

@xanadaus: Tobi, I am fucking in awe of your dedication to not only this event, but all the others you’ve organized. that takes a level of creativity. commitment, and genuine love of this series that blows me away. your art is wonderful, and you’re just such a cool person in general. I love just vibing in the same internet-space as you, even if we don’t talk all that much.

@an-ungraceful-swan: Basil, your art is amazing, and I just recently read your hekster fic, and I have to say your writing is just as incredible. you’re always so creative and fun to be around, and I love seeing your art and writing.

@fintan-pyren: Arson, I love your art so much, and your blog always makes me laugh. your commitment to the bit is great, and you also deliver really insightful analysis into kotlc characters.

@queersofthelostcities: Maya! your art always makes me smile, and I love talking to you. the work you put into your art really shows, and that Prentice drawing you did for me during pride month is incredible. your url deserves to be canon.

@squishmallow36: Squish, your art is so fun, and although I haven’t read a lot of your writing, the sheer amount of work you’ve put into your fics is astounding. of what I have read, Aurora Irae is my favorite fic, and you absolutely nailed the marelliana dynamic there.

@aphelea: Arjun, my first interaction with you was an angsty Tiertice fic that still continues to live in my mind. your dialogue flows super well, and I really love your writing style in general. you’ve written a few of my absolute favorite fics, and your writing never fails to impress me.

[axels-corner]

Keeptober day 21 flight as well as wings and Fitz for ten years of Keeper!!

This is one part of something I'm working on I hope I can finish the rest of it before Stellarlune, it's kinda an animation but also kinda not

His wings are from @bookwyrminspiration wings au called Shattered Upside Down

@keeptober @xanadaus

Art tag list (if you want to be added or removed just let me know):

@loverofallthingssmart @impostertamsong @make-kotlc-gayer @my-swan-song @dragonwinnie-kotlc @an-absolute-travesty @a-lonely-tatertot @bronte-deserves-better @crazedfangirl14 @almostfullnerd @ladybloomofkotlc @katniss-elizabeth-chase @lola-legendary

[worldsunlikemyown]

Wings of Fire-KOTLC-Temeraire AU where Peril and one of the pyrokinetics (I feel like Fintan or Marella would work) id the MCs instead of Laurence and Temeraire because they're one of the only ones who can actually ride Peril

[that-glasses-dog]

I posted 1,066 times in 2022

That's 739 more posts than 2021!

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@shellyseashell

@camelspit

@when-wax-wings-melt

@three-bunnies-in-a-trenchcoat

@that-glasses-dog

I tagged 775 of my posts in 2022

#kotlc - 89 posts

#tam song - 32 posts

#keefe sencen - 32 posts

#kam kotlc - 30 posts

#keefe x tam - 24 posts

#breath of life - 24 posts

#tlc - 22 posts

#kam - 20 posts

#sophie foster - 19 posts

#the inheritance cycle - 19 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#also a main theme i'm seeing is that it seems like the characters want to break off from the neverseen/black swan? which has me thinking...

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

"shut up." "make me." | kam

and there was only one bed

Keefe frowned.

"Sophie, what is this?"

"I'm sorry," she pleaded, brown eyes desperate, "There was only one room left for you guys. I'm sorry, but you're going to have to share."

"Ugh," Keefe grumbled, glancing over at Tam, "Only for one night."

Their latest mission for the Black Swan had them staying in one of their hideouts for a few days, and it just so happened that Keefe and Tam had to share a room.

Which both of them hated.

See the full post

#4

marellinh tangled au

mai song, queen of her kingdom, is sick, sick with a disease that only a mythical flower can cure

the flower, silver as the moon, is found and eaten by her

her firstborn, linh song, is born with silver hair and silver eyes and is immediately coveted by her parents

but her twin, tam, born several minutes after, has silver tipped bangs and silver eyes

anyways the parents Do Not like tam so they pay for him to be kidnapped, but the kidnapper sees linh's silver hair and takes her instead

time skip to linh's eighteenth birthday; she wants to see the lanterns that are released that day

cue adventurer marella redek running to the tower to escape royal guards after stealing the lost princess's crown

"is all that hair??"

also. linh's hair glowing silver when she sings the flower healing song!!

marella and linh slowly falling for each other,,,

marella cuts linh's hair to save her, leaving her with silver-tipped black hair

tam is OVERJOYED to be reunited with his sister (bonus points if they overthrow their parents or something)

((also tam finds marella's friend keefe to be infuriatingly cute))

edit: HEY. to the people liking and reblogging this: I'm writing this au right now! its titled "the moon will sing a song for me"!

66 notes - Posted July 26, 2022

#3

vertina... that ai girl in jolie's mirror. they were best friends, right? verti was distraught after jolie died.

jolie probably confessed and confided in vertina, her closest friend. they made nicknames and shared stories and laughed and cried together. and at times vertina would desperately wish she was truly real, so just once she could reach out and touch jolie. to hold her hand, hug her, ...perhaps even kiss her.

what i'm saying is vertina had a crush on jolie

82 notes - Posted August 16, 2022

#2

when roran said "i kill for my love. for my love, i will wade through an ocean of blood, even if it destroys me"

118 notes - Posted June 24, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

dimitar slapped fintan's ass so hard it went flat

130 notes - Posted August 7, 2022

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[synonymroll648]

Hi please talk about any fic your writing/want to write to get me back in the writing mood

(Only if you want to no pressure)

[ids in alt. note to readers: the ask photos are in chronological order of when they were sent, and the ask that's being answered is the most recent.]

kay scrolling back through my notifs to see what i'd missed while i was off working on my homework (that i still need to finish lol) and let me tell you. seeing that you'd sent me seven asks (haven't answered the frog ask yet, but i'll get to it, i promise) in the few hours i'd been gone made me laugh pretty hard. which isn't meant to be discouraging!! people chatting me up is fun!

i decided to address everything except for the frog ask in one go, so here we are. i'll try to go in chronological order, but we'll see how that goes. putting my screamings under the cut. (edit: apparently having the shorten long posts setting on just. eradicates the cut. i swear i put it right beneath this paragraph, even if you don’t see it)

wanting to write but not having the energy to write is such a mood. far too relatable. and hello to you too :)

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i actually started this fitz-centric keeptober fic because one of the mods for the massive kotlc ten year anniversary month event that's coming up in october (dearest mod, if you're reading this, you know exactly who you are. drink water king, you're amazing) reached out to me and was like (paraphrased) 'hey. do you wanna have two slots/days in the keeptober event? you pick a character and your own prompt for each day and then show us what you've made when the time rolls around, if you're up for it,' and ofc i said yes.

i won't drop what prompts i picked yet, but since you now know the fic i'm writing is fitz-centric and that i only picked one character for my two days, i think it's clear who my character was. i'd actually selected my prompts and such a little before frizzle was like 'hey can i please use writing exchanges with you as motivation' which was my cue to start actually writing the fic. anyway! i'm glad that i've roped you into fic writing for keeptober! even if there's not a free day or a prompt day that fits what you write, i'm sure there's at least someone out there that would love to see what you make.

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kay. my dude. you're asking The Sokeefitz Person on tumblr whether or not you should do sokeefitz or sophiana. both ships are amazing, but i think it's fairly reasonable to say that i am almost always going to choose sokeefitz over every other ship option at every opportunity. so i'd start with sokeefitz first, and then if you have time, go for a sophiana fic.

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you assumed correctly!! also, having them go pumpkin picking is such a good idea. i can see so so many possibilities there - lmk if you need ideas, i can certainly spam you with a ton. also, if you want me to beta for you, hmu! i wouldn't mind helping you out /gen

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finally, the ask that i'm actually answering, according to tumblr formatting. if that makes sense. i hope that makes sense.

ok so this is actually perfectly timed in terms of where i'm at in the writing process of the fitz-centric fic, because i usually have a better idea of what i'm doing than i do right now. sorry not sorry for not being able to give specifics, but i refuse to spoil this fic ahead of time. i want y'all to walk in almost blind for this bad boy.

i'm not one for written linear outlines most of the time, but typically, i have a timeline in my head that's clear enough that i'm ok 'winging' it. my fics and au's are all categorized as 'timelines' in my head. unless fics take place in the same universe (ex: the sokeefitz roadtrip fic, the prequel where they got together, and the other fic where it's biana's pov of growing up in the vacker family and how it changes when fitz leaves, plus her straightn't relationship with maruca. i haven't talked about the latter two fics on here before, so if they don't ring a bell, that's why), none of the ideas cross over with each other. they're neatly compartmentalized.

but here's the thing: i'm sure that a lot of those fics will never get written and published to a place where fellow fandom members can see it, but there's some excellent ideas that i don't want to waste. which is where this fic comes in - this fic, as soon as i started writing, demanded that i take a significant portion of these ideas that i had carefully compartmentalized into boxes that didn't touch one another, and dump them together into an emotional soup. and i get why; all the ideas i'm thinking of have a common narrative theme, and so they'd blend together. but having my writing process turned on its head like that, having myself pick through different universes for the best scenes to throw together into one fic... it's throwing me for a loop, dude. i have no idea how far i'm going to go with this, and it's kinda giving me an 'ohhhhhh ho ho ho i am. so in over my head. time to have my ass kicked by something that's supposed to be under my control' feeling.

this fic in itself, from a writer's pov, is a veeeeeery sketchy experiment. it's like i'm taking donated organs from different creatures with specific original functions to try to and make a new creature that uses those organs differently than originally intended. it's a very delicate operation. very daunting to go into. i'm gonna have to brainstorm more to see what fits and what doesn't - i haven't done my index card brainstorming yet, which is a big part of my initial process, so hopefully doing that and swapping them around into a new timeline will make this a lot less scary and more the fun 'do whatever feels right' project that i first imagined it to be when i gave myself this prompt.

i'll probably sending mutuals (you included) out-of-context asks to determine different plot aspects of this, knowing me. so look out for those ;)