#likewise if you have been tagging me in posts i have not been able to see very many of them these past few months but i try

[spearxwind]

btw if you sent an ask or a DM in the past few weeks and I havent gotten to it yet i am so sorry but it may still be a hot minute until i do due to irl stuff + my mental health

dont worry im doing fine ive just been heavily prioritizing irl stuff and i have accidentally let DMs and such build up so I will try to pick away at them when the hectic weeks stop coming

[kittybroker]

General update post:

Nothing is really changing right now but if posts have been slow due to stuff going on irl. I'm finding myself able to get to less and less tagged posts at the moment. A large chunk are posts I've already seen, and even without that I'm getting them in far faster than I can get posts out.

Likewise, it's getting harder to keep submissions open for longer periods of time as it gets more and more asks quicker than before. I am also very tired with outside stuff ongoing and have been missing scheduled posts fairly regularly.

I'll still try to get to as many as I can but it can take time and I can't get to everything. I'm hoping to sort out the intro post with an FAQ and a few other bits of useful information but it might be a bit before I can get anything sorted there.

It's been suggested before that I get other people on to help, and I haven't really wanted to do that. I stand by that decision but the blog has continued to grow pretty consistent for the last eight months or so, with no real sign of it seeming to slow down. I recall when I started I was somehow getting 20 posts out a day but right now queue is set for 12 and I suspect I'm only getting about 10 out. No idea how I did it then but there's only so many cats I can evaluate before my brain turns to slush.

As a note, please don't tag me into or send in more than about two posts at a time. There's just too many coming in and I'll probably just chose the best if you do (I notice and then forget later anyways).

[nothorses]

I saw your tags on the post about trick or treaters not speaking and I am v interested in hearing more of your thoughts on the concept of “developmental delays”! I‘ve seen the idea that disability is a construct, but I’m not as familiar with the idea that development is also a construct. You have really great takes as an educator and someone who like, actually GETS how kids work, so I am interested in your thoughts!

I also know that posting on this subject might be poking the bear, so it is 1000% cool if you would rather not comment 💜 Tysm!

Oh I'm happy to talk about it! I love talking about this stuff, thank you for asking me to 💙

This isn't exactly new ground; there's been plenty of research into and writing on the subject, and deconstructing "development" as a static concept was, ironically, a huge part of my most recent development class.

The idea is that our understanding of "benchmarks" of development, which informs the larger concept of development as a whole, is heavily rooted in the assumption that Western culture is The Standard. We prioritize walking, talking, reading, and writing, which means we cultivate these skills in our children from a young age, which means they develop those skills more quickly than they do others.

To use one of my favorite examples from Rogoff, 2003, Orienting Concepts and Ways of Understanding the Cultural Nature of Human Development:

Although U.S. middle-class adults often do not trust children below about age 5 with knives, among the Efe of the Democratic Republic of Congo, infants routinely use machetes safely (Wilkie, personal communication, 1989). Likewise, Fore (New Guinea) infants handle knives and fire safely by the time they are able to walk (Sorenson, 1979). Aka parents of Central Africa teach 8- to 10-month-old infants how to throw small spears and use small pointed digging sticks and miniature axes with sharp metal blades: "Training for autonomy begins in infancy. Infants are allowed to crawl or walk to whatever they want in camp and allowed to use knives, machetes, digging sticks, and clay pots around camp. Only if an infant begins to crawl into a fire or hits another child do parents or others interfere with the infant’s activity. It was not unusual, for instance, to see an eight month old with a six-inch knife chopping the branch frame of its family’s house. By three or four years of age children can cook themselves a meal on the fire, and by ten years of age Aka children know enough subsistence skills to live in the forest alone if need be. (Hewlett, 1991, p. 34)" (pg. 5)

In the US we would view "letting an 8-month-old handle a knife" as a sign of severe neglect, but the emphasis here is placed on the fact that these children are taught to do these things safely. They don't learn out of necessity, or stumble into knives when nobody is watching; they learn with care, support, and safety in mind, just like children here learn. It makes me wonder if Aka parents would view our children's lack of basic survival skills with the same concern and disdain as USAmerican parents would view their children's inability to read.

Do we disallow our children from handling knives because it is objectively, fundamentally unsafe for a child of that age to do so- because even teaching them is developmentally impossible- or is that just a cultural assumption?

What other cultural assumptions do we have about child development?

Which ties in neatly with various social-based models of disability, particularly learning and, of course, developmental disabilities. If your culture doesn't value the things you are good at, and you happen to struggle with the things it does value, what kinds of assumptions is it likely to make about you? How will it pathologize you? What happens to that culture if it understands those values to be arbitrary, in order to accommodate your unique existence?

[prod-ddeonu]

TIGHTY WHITIES | p.js

episode 4: tick, tick, boom.

pairing: college! Jay x fem! reader

CW/TW: enemies to lovers, smau, angst, fluff, smut, horrible comedy, slice of life, jay gets exposed BAD, kys jokes, assault, drinking, mentions of bullying and anger issues, arguing, they're both pretty bad in this one but Jay def took the cake

synopsis: You and Park Jongseong have been enemies for years. Heck, the two of you grew up picking fights with each other. A hateful war of tricks and deceit turns from bad to worse, however, when you finally trump him. Nobody can come back from having a photo of themself in tighty whities sent to the entire school, right?

status: ongoing!

taglist: open! (fill out the google form to be added! your user should be tagged on the masterlist and the next chapter after you submit!)

word count: 1.08k

You were simply sitting down and enjoying a nice relaxing moment in the quad, watching the water spill from the fountain. Sure, the world may have been on fire behind you, but you just wanted to watch the water droplets soar downwards.

A harsh set of footsteps land beside you. You already knew who it was by the way his feet stomped down. He cleared his throat once, loudly.

You twisted your neck to look at him, your eyes meeting his. The cockiness in your stare may have only served to boil his blood, you thought, but anyone in your position would have their ego boosted.

You'd just won a war that had gone on for fifteen long years. Since the day you were six and truly felt that hatred tear through your tiny heart for the first time, the two of you had been in a constant game of cat and mouse.

Jay was going to a sold-out movie with his friends? You used a burner email to tell him his purchase hadn't gone through, and that his card was frozen due to fraudulent activity.

Jay was going to a restaurant with his friends? You called the owner, posing as another restaurant owner, to kindly inform him of a man named Jay that would send back countless meals till he had hundreds of dollars worth of food for free.

These methods may have been on the more cruel side, but Jay never took a blow silently. No, Jay would strike back with even more force, it seems.

Jay had once catfished a very popular BELIFT University student athelete as you and proceeded to make the entire baseball team hate you.

Jay had also posted your phone number on numerous social media platforms, telling the world to call the number for ridiculously cheap resale tickets to a concert.

Although everyone watching this game considered it a prank war, you knew it was so much more. Everyone else looking from the outside in only saw your plans blow up in Jay's face, or vice versa.

Only you could see the hatred in Jay's eyes when he looked at you. You'd catch him glaring at you during the day, his once dark brown eyes glowing with the fire burning behind his pupils. You could see the scowl he'd bite back when you passed him on campus, almost as if it pained him to just be near you.

Likewise, only Jay was able to interpret the evil behind your burning stares. Only Jay was able to feel the goosebumps forming on his arms from the slick of your slimy, fake, forced smiles. The only time he'd ever seen you genuinely smile since first grade was when he ate shit, and you knew that.

Jay's shadow loomed over your body. "Y/N, can we talk?"

You smiled at him. "Sure, Jay, what's up?" You cheerily harped.

He took one look at you before rolling his eyes, tongue pushing against his cheek. "Don't give me that happy-go-lucky shit," Jay scoffed and shook his head. His hand raked through his dark hair. "I know you're hiding your cocky ass smirk behind that smile."

"Oh, but, Jay," You slightly dropped your smile, "I'm extremely happy at the moment. I feel as though I've accomplished a life goal, y'know?"

His stare turned from angry to furious.

Jay was now standing in front of you, his phone shoved into your face. "Explain what the fuck this is," he growled. Before you was the exact photo you'd stolen from his mom's old Facebook, and your ultimate trump card.

"Jay!" You feigned bashfulness. "I didn't think we knew each other well enough for you to expose yourself to me like this! Oh, my eyes!"

He grew increasingly frustrated with your sarcasm, you could see it. The only thing that gave you close to the same dopamine effect as ruining his day was lighting the very short fuse attached to his time-bomb temper.

Tick.

"Fucking hell, Y/N, can you be goddamn serious for once? This is too fucking far!" Jay shouted, turning the heads of bystanders.

You cocked a brow, mirroring his own habit. "Your own mom posted that photo, Jay. Anyone could already see it. I just brought it to the crowd you knew," you shrugged.

He looked up to the sky and let out a dark, gutteral laugh. "My God. My fucking God," he mumbled. "You're so insufferable, fuck! You do this shit all the time, and for what? To make my day worse? Do you get off to making everyone else miserable?"

"I don't make everyone else miserable. Just you."

Tick.

By now, numerous people had gathered with their phones in their hands. Most were recording, you figured.

"No, Y/N! You make everyone's lives suck. You and this petty bullshit you pull daily, nobody fucking likes it. Nobody likes you, Y/N," Jay pointed at her with his index finger, his phone long forgotten in the other hand.

You stood up, closing the distance further between the two of you. Your noses could almost touch if you leaned in.

You scoffed at him this time. "Oh, please, Jay. You're so obsessed with me, it's like you're in love with me or something"

Boom.

Jay looked at you with a glare that could melt metal. If looks could kill, the entire country would have become an entire crater that that instant.

"I wish your old friends would've bullied you worse, maybe then you wouldn't have become the aggravating piece of shit you are now."

You were physically taken aback. Your breath caught in your throat as your eyes lost their iron-hot touch. You brought your hand to your mouth in shock.

The crowd around you murmered. "Did he really just say that?" One girl whispered behind you.

Jay's own look shifted from anger to guilt as the weight of his own words hit him.

"I didn't mean that," he quickly said. "I am so sorry, I didn't-"

You smiled back at him. "No, Jay, I get it. I really do," you backed away. "I started it. I- I crossed the line first, I get it."

Jay went to apologize again, but you walked away before he could. Jay could only look at the ground in a mixture of shock and shame as you walked away, swallowing your nausea and pain back down into the depths of your body.

notes: yea jay and y/n def said some stuff they can't take back 😭

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tags: @deobitifull @eladandan @rikakhairana-blog @igotkkaebsonged

[kawoshinweek]

And that's a WRAP! Thank you all SO much for participating, I am genuinely amazed by how many people took part in this event and by all the incredible works made for it!!

But Kawoshin Week doesn't have to be entirely over yet - I am still going through all the cool stuff you all have made, and plan on making a last wrap-up post with a total count of the works made for the week once I'm able to! In the meantime, a few things:

💙 If I accidentally missed your work for the week and haven't shared it, feel free to let me know!

💜 I'll still be keeping an eye out for the #kawoshinweek2024 tag (albeit less frequently) for the rest of the month. So if you were unable to participate or finish your work in time but would still like to do so, I will still happily share it! You can also tag me!

💙 To anyone who may have missed it, in addition to Tumblr this event is also on Twitter and Ao3. There's plenty of works unique to either site, so I fully encourage you to check the Kawoshin Week account on both here and Twitter as well as the Ao3 Collection to enjoy it to the fullest!

💜 If you're on both sites and haven't done so, feel free to crosspost your work; I'd love to share it in both places!

💙 If you're not on both sites but would like your creations for the week to be shared on Twitter, please feel free to send a dm/ask and let me know - I'd be happy to repost it there on the Kawoshin Week account for you (with credit and a link back to your original post)!

Lastly, on a personal note, the past couple days have marked a full year since I first watched Evangelion last year!! This week in a way doubled as a celebration of that, so I am truly really thankful to everyone for being so enthusiastic and passionate and making this week so fun and special!!

I hope it's likewise been an exciting and rewarding experience for everyone who participated - I'd love to hear your thoughts on it if you'd like to share!!

And that's it for now!!! I'll be back for a wrap-up post later into the month.

I won't make any promises this early, but this week has been a blast, so within possibility I'd love to return for a Kawoshin Week 2025 next year! Thank you all again and see you next time!! 💜💙

[whumpshaped]

I have been reading whump since this year started and I have a lot of inspiration to start writing too, but I'm not that good at writing plus english is not my first language, I'm afraid I won't be able to find the correct words

Do you have any advice for me?

okay i was in your exact position 5 years ago and here's what i think

just start. i was incredibly nervous when i started posting but it turned out fine and i'm still alive. nobody was mean to me, nobody ever said "oh hey i see you made a mistake there, i bet you're not a native speaker OR a real writer". in fact, turns out a LOT of us are not native speakers! so just start. it will be ok :)

write stuff you enjoy and tag appropriately. don't try to hop on what's popular, just write whatever you're into, and your writing will find your audience

try to trigger warn as best as you can but know the responsibility to click away when something is triggering lies with the reader. if you get a mean anon about posting something super whumpy that you tagged thoroughly, that they refused to click away from, and they demand you never post whumpy stuff again, just delete and move on

in general... if you get hate, delete and move on

when i first started, i was so afraid of everyone that i just posted my own writing and never interacted. i wish i have! reblog stuff! leave tags! send asks on or off anon! 99% of people here are very kind and will be very appreciative of that, and you might make awesome friends

writing advice posts are more so suggestions than Rules, but they can be very helpful

thesaurus is your best friend, and don't worry, it's not "cheating", native speakers use it too. (was that only my worry? maybe so. but i'm including it anyway.)

likewise if you have to translate a word... well so what? that doesn't mean you're not writing banger stories

you don't have to post perfect chapters with full worldbuilding every day. you can post snippets. you can post nameless drabbles. you can post a 2 sentence incoherent prompt. you can post whatever you want, it's your blog and you make the rules, so don't make ones that suffocate you and make you miserable :)

pet whump usually takes off and gets lots of notes, nameless drabbles usually get more notes than big oc stories because they require less commitment, and prompts and memes you spent 2 seconds on will take off and get more notes than any of your other posts. that's just how it is. try not to get discouraged about this. i know we all post for validation at the end of the day and there's nothing wrong with that, but try to remember that number of notes ≠ quality of your writing

read as much as you can! it helps build vocabulary and you'll pick up phrases and stuff that you can then use in your own writing!

JUST WRITE. i was a much worse writer 5 years ago than i am now. inevitably as you write more and improve you will look back and think "holy shit, i thought THIS was appropriate to post?? i spent 5 hours proofreading this and i wrote terryfying???" but that just means you came a long way and now you write better stories :)

just try to have fun :) make an intro post, tag it with #whump community or #whump intro, and you'll already have 10 friends. and just post whatever makes your heart sing! i believe in u!

[promptisgiftexchange]

We have reached the conclusion of the 2024 Promptis Gift Exchange and I want to thank each and every one of you. Whether you were a participant, or simply along for the ride to read the wonderful stories and view the exceptional artwork, thank you for helping to make this gift exchange the joyful event that it was. 

To all of our talented participants, you have gone above and beyond and have contributed so much incredible Promptis content for your gift recipients, and for this exchange. Thank you for all of your hard work and for being a part of this event. You are what made it so special and I’m so happy for you to finally be able to share your work with the community as yourselves.

At this time, all of our wonderful creators are now free to post your stories/artwork under your own name anywhere else that you desire. You may also choose to update the posting date of your Ao3 post at this point so that your contribution appears as a new work under your own name.

If anyone is aware of any stories that were written in response to art from our exchange or more artwork that was created in response to any other stories in the exchange, please let me know by sending me a link or by pinging me at @promptis-gift.bsky.social on Bluesky, @promptis_gift on Twitter, or @promptisgiftexchange on Tumblr so I can give it a boost. Likewise, if any of you have plans to write or draw anything as a response to the gift you received, I would love to be made aware of them once they are completed so I can promote it as well.

I would also like to give a special shout out and thank you to @ffxv_zine_news on Twitter. Your retweeting and support of the Promptis Gift Exchange (especially considering the fact that I wasn’t tagging your account while I was promoting individual works over the course of the last two months) did not go unnoticed. Thank you for your support and promotion of the individual stories and pieces of artwork that our participants worked so hard on, and for all of the wonderful things that you do everyday for our FFXV community as a whole.

Another huge and heartfelt thank you goes out to our wonderful Pinch-hitters: Firechocobro, InNovaFertAnimus, and QueenHomeSlice, as well as yet another enormous thanks to Charmms and SalamanderSocks for their willingness and ability to switch posting dates with participants who ran into unexpected problems. You guys are the best and I appreciate everything you’ve done! 

Once again, thank you to everyone who has been a part of the 2024 Promptis Gift Exchange. This year has been our largest exchange to date and I can't tell you how thrilled I am to have had such an amazingly successful fourth round. It has been a fantastic two months, filled with tons of excitement, and amazing Promptis fanworks! All of that is thanks to all of you! 

I hope to see you all again next year for our fifth round. Please continue to follow us for more information that will come out later this year on the 2025 Promptis Gift Exchange. In the meantime, if you are not already a member of the Promptis Discord Server I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to join us for year round Promptis fun. Anyone who loves Promptis is welcome to join us. It's a great place to chat with nice people about Promptis, share fanworks that you love, and we also have fun in-server events like a Monthly Challenge. I have included the invitation link to the server below.

Promptis Server- https://discord.gg/Xfw4jQWQ28

Masterlist and Creator Reveals

Without further ado, here are the reveals for the Promptis Gift Exchange 2024. You can find the reveals detailed in the following places: 

Google Docs- (organized by the type of fanwork) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fb2FN4HVNODkTkybFpyV1fwXQ6GpYsCvf_EcfFgJEig/edit?usp=sharing

You can also, as always, locate the entire collection on Ao3- https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2024/profile

[daniwib]

Fic Writing Review 2023

Words and fics

• 281,412 words published to ao3

• approx. 150,000 more unpublished (unfinished WIP’s)

• 2 fandoms (911 & 911 Lonestar)

• Most recent drop: Night at the (Wax) Museum – an utterly cursed piece of work that is virtually unreadable. Seriously. I dare you to try. I wrote this for a guess-the-writer event and made it so unrecognisable as my own work that virtually no one read it at all. It’s a fun story and I hope that more people will read the grammatically correct version that I’ll be posting hopefully today.  

• Longest fic in 2023: empty, broken, lonely, hoping at 44k (Buck and Christopher are presumed dead when Buck’s building burns down) This is one of my favourites this year.

Top 2023 fics by kudos

• empty, broken, lonely, hoping (Buck and Christopher are presumed dead when Buck’s building burns down). I really like this one and am quite proud of it. One of my favourites I’ve written this year.

• Losing Hope (Buck gets pregnant right before the lawsuit but loses the baby). Huh. This surprised me. I never thought I’d write mpreg or lawsuit fic OR that it would be one of my highest kudos’d fic this year. How bizarre!

Upcoming events and projects for 2024

Gah this is scary, I have so many.

Reluctant Werewolf crack – I really need to sit down and finish the last chapter of this. It’s about half done.

Coronation crack – likewise. I got blocked when RWRB was released and featured a polo scene very similar to what I was planning for Buddie in England and haven’t been able to get back to it since. I think I’ll scrap that chapter and just finish it off. I loathe having unfinished wip’s partly posted, it does my head in.

Big werewolf AU – featuring all my favourite tropes of kidnapped Buck, worried Eddie, Buck whump and Eddie whump too. I started it in January 2023. It’s fully plotted and maybe 2/3’s written at around 70k.

Navy Seal Buck – there’s something so fun about secretly bamf! Buck going all out to protect his firefam. He gets whumped during the course of, naturally. Again, started in January 2023, fully plotted and is maybe half done at about 50k-ish.

Angsty Buckley family drama set around the Madney wedding aka the one that will make you all weep. Fully plotted, partly begun.

Kidnapped TK – this one is so big and complex that I’m thinking of turning it into a novel some day. Fully plotted and partially written.

Eddie porn reviewer. Plotted only.

Buck sex worker. Plotted, partially written.

Carla romance novelist gets Buddie together. Plotted, partially written.

Plus the other 90+ ideas in my Ideas folder!

I’m unlikely to get much done before Christmas, too busy with family stuff and am recovering from having to have an emergency appendectomy while also having Influenza A this week. It’s been… rough.

Same for January as hubby and I are going on the first holiday alone together since having kids – Tasmania here we come! I am very glad my surgery didn’t ruin that.

Thank you for the tag @sherlockcrossing  

No pressure tagging: @daughterofscotland  @rogerzsteven @cal-daisies-and-briars @ronordmann and anyone else who wants to share!

Rules: Feel free to show whatever stats you have. Only want to show Ao3 stats? Rock on. Want to include some quantitative info instead of stats? Please do this. Want to change how yours is presented? Absolutely do that. Would rather eat glass than do this? Please don’t eat glass but don’t feel like you have to do this either.

[dreamingofmuses]

New Year's Resolutions: RP Edition

Howdy all, Ash here. I've been having a think while with family this week, and I've decided I'm going to implement some new 'resolutions' to try and help make writing in 2024 be way more successful than in 2023. This will include things from the running of blogs to jobs I really want to get finished. I'm putting them under a read-more to keep the dash nice and clean.

I will say, this has taken me an hour to write up, and I'd recommend you doing likewise if you think there's little ways you want to improve.

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Overall Running of Blogs

I'm going to experiment a new approach to running the blogs. For this, I'm going to put all active blogs to low-medium activity. In other words, even if I am personally lurking on mobile, I won't be constantly writing things if I'm not able to. (Work is just about to get super busy and I'm anticipating chaos)

A queue/schedule function will be used for all blogs. I intend to dedicate one weekday evening to working without interruption on replies. Taking commutes to the city and family visits into account, this is looking to be a Thursday, which is the only day I am neither travelling to the city nor have a guaranteed family visit. Of course, this may fluctuate, but that's what I'm hoping to work with, assuming those things stay as they are.

However! What all this means is that I am going to tentatively take skullandbowties off hiatus. With that blog being quiet, it should be possible to juggle it better now. Plus, it's officially off-season so the demand for him from new blogs ought to be low. I'm very smart :D

I also plan to update all pinned posts. I am aware some of them are marking a vacation from months ago.

Individual Blog Maintenance

Create "New Here?" posts to add to the pinned posts/info tags. This is going to be a very quick crash course on what to expect from the blog, especially where some characters might diverge from fanon expectations.

FINISH. WILF'S. BIO. It's not actually relevant to anything being written on the blog itself at present, but I really want to flesh out his character and show that he was stuck in stories for years, decades even! The doc has the word count to 4,888 at this precise moment. This is a mix of summary and brainstorm. Since it's getting a 'little' out of hand, I intend to have a 'tldr' at the start that people can read, and then longer versions if they're curious to get the full story. Maybe even have it that they can jump to particular parts but... I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.

Likewise, Noah's version of Space needs to be finished. This one is going to be a summary, but it's a case of making sure the pieces are in place sufficiently to have parts match canon Space, but also make it clear that there is a lot of differences between canon and what he went through, with his plot entirely spiralling away for 'Part 2'. This is at 5,794 words, and the ending has yet to be ironed out...

(I am going to stop creating needlessly long-winded projects for myself that realistically add nothing of value to my blogs. These two projects are exhausting...)

Theauthorlives is returning to a very small multimuse. Any muses that aren't ones I genuinely enjoy writing are being fully archived, unless they are muses that get no traction but I want to keep the possibility open. Details of that will be shared when I do this.

Redo some muse icons (not all of them!). Though the selection I have for particular sets is a lot, I still feel like I'm missing some expressions or poses. I would like to remake one batch of icons for three characters, and finish iconning a third. Replies seem to be shifting toward iconless, but I like them for asks or IC commentaries.

OOC/Mun Related stuff

Following matters that have happened both online and IRL, I've decided to take a step back from actively engaging with people. My focus will be people that I have been in good communication with for the last twelve months (as well as people I don't talk to frequently but am on friendly terms with) rather than people I feel I have to 'chase' after. Saying that, I'm going to try and not let past experiences meddle with anything in with new writing partners - whether these are brand new to the community or people I've not had the chance to properly interact with prior to this. Just be aware that I might not be super outgoing at first. (This is where setting limits and boundaries is good practice, everyone! Don't sell yourself short, and don't spread yourself out too thinly!)

Which is where I now say I want to send even more asks! Not just memes or sentence starters, but general questions about headcanons or muse opinions. I want to get people thinking more.

My stance on Discord still stands, in that it's solely for OOC stuff, but I'm not giving it out to everyone. However, I have been in two group servers that have little-to-no connection with writing rp threads in them. I would hope that I can fully regain my sense of comfort using Discord as a whole.

Art related

Despite socially stepping back, I still want to keep some semblance of 'community' where my blogs are active so people don't feel isolated. For instance, I want to do something that encourages invasions of ask boxes. That was good fun to watch as the chaos began to spread, and when people are good-humoured to go along with my silly ideas.

I want to have one huge art-related event at some point this year. I'm not entirely what or how to do it, but I think it would be a great excuse to practice something. Portraits, comics, something like that. I'll have a think. (For those who remember, the water gun event was supposed to have an art conclusion but plans for that fell through.)

I want to try and upload drawn responses to heythereneighbor once a week if I can. Obviously, this is depending on how busy it is.

I'd also like to try doodling more on other blogs? But I'm not sure if this is even something people want to see anymore. People might prefer I focus on writing if I have free time instead of doodles or little comics.

... the writing blog. I need to do stuff with that in general. Whoops.

Finally, I want to do what I can to the best of my abilities on a particular day. I've always told people over the years that real life comes before rp, and I still stand by that. Whether I'm around or not every day isn't the end of the world. The communities I write in are a lot slower paced than they were when I started, which is great! I need to remind myself that I don't need to be writing just because I have a bit of free time.

[redley-of-many-noodles]

Hello there,

Welcome to my blog.

I’m Redley. Relatively new to Tumblr still, but I’ve been finding that I’m comfy here. Though it still feels awkward (thanks, dysphoria), I prefer she/her pronouns. I don’t mind they/them, but… meh. Note that Redley is neither my legal or chosen name; it is solely a handle, and I will only tell you my chosen name if I feel comfortable with you. If I extend that trust, please treat it with respect. If you don’t, I will remember.

Here’s the main stuff I’m comfortable sharing or want you to know about me:

1) I’m transfem, but haven’t had an opportunity to do much actual transitioning yet. Dislike my voice, adore my hair. My luscious, glorious, flowing hair.

1.5) I am likely pansexual, but I haven’t done enough research to know for sure. All I know is, people are… well, people are hot.

2) I live in Florida, but was not raised here. The climate and scenery are nice; the local government sucks ass though. Also, I miss snow.

3) I’m a diagnosed autistic, falling somewhere on the high-functioning end of the spectrum. I’m on prescribed antidepressants, but have not been able to find a psychologist/psychiatrist yet because it’s fucking Florida.

4) There are a lot of things and people I don’t understand, but I’m always open to learning. Trying new food is a special passion of mine, and I’ve met some quite fascinating new people since starting this blog. (*eoughck* @potentially-a-poser *aucghk* @analogue-system *ahem*)

5) I will not tolerate hateful behavior. You will be immediately blocked for shit like denying any of the shades of aro/ace individuals as being part of the LGBTQIA+ community. If you see me spreading misinformation or saying something that excludes members of the community, please tell me. I’ll research the matter, as well as review any sources you send me.

5.5) okay so I think I’m demiromantic

6) I do not mind being tagged or sent asks or otherwise brought into conversations. People who abuse that will likely get blocked, but whatever your social anxiety is telling you probably comes nowhere near ‘abuse’ in my book. Anonymous asks are enabled, but that can likewise change if the feature is abused. Hate asks will be blocked, naturally.

7) I would prefer being asked before you directly message me. If you don’t, there is a possibility you’ll be blocked, but it’s not a guarantee. I don’t want me and my friends’ conversations getting buried by anything.

8) If you consistently and frequently post tiktok/reddit memes with little to no commentary, I may block you simply out of annoyance should you repeatedly show up on my dash. It’s not personal. If something about you makes me suspicious or uncomfortable, but not outright offended, I’ll most likely notify you of my reason before I block you.

9) Age: pick a number between 1 and 100 because it’s none of your fucking business. None of you are entitled to any of my personal information, regardless of the reason. I will share only what I want.

My Behaviors

There are certain things I gravitate towards or away from on this site. Here’s some:

1) I am most likely to follow people who are part of the LGBTQIA+ community, are mentally ill, or are dealing with some variety of personality disorder. This is mostly just due to the fact that I find the most common ground with those people. But even those who I have little common ground with, I’ll tend to find very interesting.

2) I don’t mind things like roleplay and hornyposting on my dash, but will almost certainly not interact myself, or make original posts in that category. More extreme examples won’t necessarily get you blocked or unfollowed, but… well, my filtered tags list may grow.

3) I don’t always tag reblogs. This may mean that my followers will see random things that caught my interest. It could be art, shitposting, tender affirmations, politics, or just goofy-ass Tumblr shit. If something I regularly reblog/post about bothers you and isn’t properly tagged, let me know.

4) I am discovering that maybe, I might, perhaps, be a little bit nosy. When I see someone receiving hate or suffering and stressed, I am likely to take it upon myself to do or say something to try to make them feel better. If I bother you with this, I will not be hurt or offended if you block me. In general, I will do my best to be respectful of it when people draw boundaries, so don’t hesitate to draw any you feel necessary.

5) If your intentions are pure, you will likely find that I try to be forgiving and/or understanding of your mistakes, at least in regards to interacting with me. (The /or is a very important distinction.)

6) I will often be attracted to dark, tragic, or dystopic works of art/fiction. I get a form of catharsis from such media, and some of my writing will reflect that.

That’s about it.

That’s all the important stuff I can think of, aside from tags which are at the end. Still, this post may be updated or rewritten in the future. In general, just be kind and open-minded, and we’ll get along fine. Even if you disagree with me, as long as you are civil and rational about things, I’ll likely have no problem interacting with you.

Be safe, and be yourself! <3

🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

My Tags:

#redley’s playlist - Some of my favorite songs!

#redley’s photos - Photos taken by/of me!

#writing - Writing related things and occasionally stuff I’ve made! (#poetry will also contain some of my work)

#let me just frame this one - My personal favorite posts by others. Put that right up on the wall!

#cw/tw: [content] - I will tag posts that I recognize may be disturbing to others with content warnings and/or trigger warnings. This way, you can filter content that may be harmful to your mental health to view. If a post is missing an important one, let me know.

[isolaradiale]

ISOLA PATCH NOTES (02/01/24)

Hey everyone!

We've got a new policy update to present to you that includes the results from the member survey that we ran last month as well as some more general changes / reminders. Let's get started!

GROUP MINIMUM AGE

One of the questions we asked within the survey was whether or not the members felt like we should make the group 18+ finally. The results were overwhelmingly in favour of this with 75% of the votes in favour of this change and 25% against. As a result we've decided to enact the following changes:

As of the posting of this update on 02/01/24 the group is officially 18+ only. You'll only be able to join if you are 18 years of age or older. We have a zero tolerance policy if it turns out anyone lies about being over 18, and they will be banned immediately if found out.

If you are currently in the group and are under 18, please contact the masterlist so that we can discuss next steps!

We'll be removing the application field about interacting with minors and it will no longer be mandatory for an application to be accepted.

It will no longer be required to add "18+" to your blog title if you write NSFW. However we still recommend doing so if you believe you'll be writing a lot of NSFW on your blog.

As a reminder our other NSFW policies remain unchanged. Please continue to readmore and tag sensitive content for the comfort of members who prefer not to see it or may find it unsettling.

EVENT FREQUENCY

Regarding the results of the event frequency poll, over the past few weeks the leading results of 3 weeks and one month have been neck and neck. There has been a one vote margin between them this whole time, and they've been going back and forth on which one is in the lead. As a result we've decided on a compromise:

There will be a four week break between events going forward.

While this doesn't sound much different from the one month option, it actually prevents an "every other month" scenario since not all months have the same number of days and weeks.

As a result we can run roughly 7 events per year instead of 6 with the month break, meaning we can guarantee 2-3 reruns per year still depending on the circumstances!

GENERAL UPDATES / REMINDERS

We will be altering the wording on the masterlist for when characters are eligible to be reserved / apped from new media. They specify "12:00:01" and it was worded this way so people better understood that which day we were talking about, but we'll just be correcting it to "12:00:00" to align with similarly worded rules that just specify the day.

The previous events list has been updated to include the remaining 2023 events and is now current!

Just a general reminder that we will be posting an activity check for January in the next few days, but there will not be an activity check for February because it's a short month. This does not mean you cannot be sniped, so please keep this in mind.

If you're sending in a request for personal housing make sure you send it into the Galaxy blog instead of the masterlist blog!

We've noticed that there have been a lot of new minis added to the '#isola mini' tag but at times a lot of these minis are going unreplied to. If you're thinking of posting a mini we encourage you to browse the tag to make sure there isn't something you could reply to first! Likewise this is a more general reminder that the mini tag exists for those who don't use it!

NEW ASSISTANT!

For the past few months we've had a new assistant on the team. We're sure plenty of you are familiar with them but here's a few words straight from the horse's mouth! Or the mouth of assistant Andromeda we should say!

hey everyone! my name's bee! i've been rping on tumblr specifically since 2011, and i've been a member of isola since 2019! i'm a fulltime napper and an avid CLAMP enjoyer– if you get me started talking about those noodles i will not be able to stop, apologies in advance. currently i write lloyd irving from tales of symphonia and link from breath of the wild/tears of the kingdom, but you might see some other blorbos of mine pop up in the group from time to time. though my twitter is locked, you are more than welcome to follow me over at @/SHSLNOODLE! i'd be happy to chat anytime!

-- the island stars.

[kimberlite-block]

Hi Rotomblr!!!! If you follow Cute category contests in Sinnoh, you probably know who I am already. And if you don't, then, you probably have no idea.

So, I'm making an introduction post. My name's Sara Dumont, and I've been performing in Cute category contests with my Pokémon since I was 7. And, now that I'm 15, I've been a coordinator longer than I haven't.

You've all probably only seen me in performances, so here's a picture of me in street clothes. Just know that if you see me around, don't challenge me to a battle. My Pokémon and I don't fight, we just perform!

Besides performances, I like making Poffins and going on hikes with my Pokémon. And I'll introduce you to them now!

This is my Carbink Maru! It's just the sweetest little thing, and I've had it since I was really little, back when my family lived in Kalos. I mean, my mom and dad used to be the ones who took care of it, but it's always been my Pokémon.

This is my Onix Bijou! She's really gentle for how big and strong she is, and her favorite thing in the world is curling up somewhere cozy to sleep like in this picture. I met her when I was 10 years old, and she's been really nice to have around, and the judges really like it when we do the "noooo you're too big" routine.

And this is my Geodude Kichōna! I just met her this February, and we haven't done any official contests together yet, but she's already won one ribbon and a prize from unofficial ones! She really likes being outside and just rolling around in the grass and stuff.

And also I've never seen the Stone Plate in my life, and even if I had, I wouldn't have it myself, and even if I had it, it wouldn't let me transform and get a fancy dress and Rock-type powers. Just, just so everyone knows for sure.

((ooc under cut))

hello, and welcome to yet one more pokémon irl blog! sara's a fun little character that i've had for a little while, but hadn't set up a blog for before now. so, without further ado, let's get to the basic information.

i am an adult! this character, however, is 15 years old! please don't make me have to make an explicit statement about things you shouldn't be sending into the inbox.

likewise with the i am an adult thing, i will not write any sort of romantic situation with anyone who is a minor ooc. i don't forsee romantic entanglements coming up for sara, but i don't want to not say anything and then have it become an issue later.

i don't hesitate to block people who are detracting from my experience, and that's all the warning you'll get on that.

i am, however, someone who is completely fine with antagonism being directed towards my characters. it does not bother me ooc if a character i'm writing ends up with hate mail in their inbox, so long as it's clearly directed towards the character! that said, please don't be too mean to sara, gem's 15 and that's more than enough hardship.

sara is also technically affiliated with the greater prisma rangers storyline, but you don't need to know anything about it to be able to enjoy this blog!

(if you're looking for the content previously hosted on this blog, go to the #polls tag or use the archives.)

[dawn-the-rithmatist]

A little long thing on censorship and boundaries on the internet

Okay prefacing this by saying this post is only written for tumblr and ao3. If you go beyond those I have no knowledge for you unfortunately, but maybe people can chime in in the notes.

Starting off, each person is responsible for controlling their own internet experience. We’re lucky that tumblr does not have an algorithm that forces unexpected things onto your dash (aside from blazed posts and based on your likes, but more on that later). You are in complete control of the content that appears on your dash, based on who you follow. Likewise, on ao3 you’re able to filter searches so you see what you want to see, and no one is making you click on the things you don’t. No one owes you anything with their content, aside from the ability to avoid it if you choose.

Follow up, you are responsible for making your content avoidable for people who don’t want to see it. If you’re writing the kinkiest fic out there, that’s fine. That’s yours to write and share as you wish. But you’re responsible for tagging it so that people who aren’t after that kind of material don’t see it if they want to. That way you get people who are happy to see/read your works, and people aren’t confronted with 50 Shades of Gray when they were really just looking for some PG hand holding.

Basic tags for those who aren’t used to tagging systems are whether it’s NSFW, any particular kinks, and any potential triggers (things like gore, underage, no con, suicide- if there’s an archive warning for it on ao3, it’s probably something you should tag so people can avoid it). Make sure that you spell the thing out without typos or euphemisms or @ny w31Rd $tuff that would lead to it NOT being filtered. (We don’t Unalive here, we kill, and Unalive will show up even when kill has been filtered out.)

What if someone I follow reblogs something that I don’t want to see or find problematic? If it’s something specific you’re trying to avoid, tumblr has tag filtering. You can block tags related to that thing, and it won’t show up on your dash uncensored. In case you ever want to see what’s behind that censor in spite of the tag, you’ll have the option to view it anyway- you won’t miss that the post exists entirely. If it’s something that hasn’t been tagged, it might be a good idea to (kindly!! Respectfully!!) request that the person tag it appropriately. If they refuse, you might want to unfollow them so you don’t have to see it anymore.

I unfollowed someone whose content bothered me, but my mutuals keep reblogging it so I still see it on my dash. You can block them! Then reblogs won’t show up on your dash, no matter how many mutuals reblog it. Blocking someone does nothing to them- try not to see it as something aggressive or offensive. You have the right to control what you see online, and blocking is a way to do that more effectively. You can always unblock them later if you change your mind!

Things from people I don’t follow keep showing up on my dash. This could be a couple of things. If it says “based on your likes!” or “tags you follow”, that’s something you can disable in settings (I can edit this post later with the exact locations) and tumblr won’t show you those anymore. That said, those are still subject to tag filtering, so that’s also a good approach if you don’t want those things to go away completely.

Now that blazed posts are around, there’s a chance you might get something you don’t like through that, but I’m not sure if there’s a way to filter those out. I haven’t seen a blazed post from tags I block yet, so… so far so good? If anyone knows, please chime in!!

Some content shouldn’t exist online, even if it can be blocked/filtered/avoided. This is the most important point on this post. I do think that some things shouldn’t exist online. My mother also thinks some things shouldn’t exist online. However, we don’t agree on what those things are, and we both agree that there are some cases where we would make exceptions to our rules. If we start purging content that we don’t agree with, it’s going to become a question of who is disagreeing with the content. Gotta be honest folks, in that scenario, I’m pretty sure the voices that get listened to will be straight, cis, and white.

TL;DR: Internet freedom disappears when we allow censorship, but we do still need to protect each others’ boundaries when we’re online. The best way to do that is to tag your content (no tag limits on tumblr or ao3, so don’t hold back! Only the first five count for searches on tumblr but the rest can be used for filtering blocked tags), block and filter things you don’t want to interact with, and unfollow or block people who you can’t trust to respect boundaries.

PLEASE reblog this post and add on anything you think is relevant, because this feels more relevant than ever right now <3 thanks friends

[angelofthepage]

"But there is one rule we all know and respect down here. Beware the ink demon." (And the spoilers associated with him.)

Hey folks, let's talk about spoilers and social media. The Bendy fandom is no stranger to reminding people regularly to tag their spoilers, there's an image that used to go around every time a new chapter was close to release asking for us to be considerate of those who couldn't play on launch. And likewise, there are a lot of people who just did not care and would not tag their stuff during the first game's release. Tumblr tends to be alright, but Twitter has some serious issues with it, and even with the mute and block tools, it's hard to avoid spoilers without logging out for the next month. I say this as a warning to all the new people joining us for this experience, since you might not be aware of what a storm you're in for.

So as you might expect, I'm here to say that tagging your spoilers would be a very good idea, and if you could do that while posting about Bendy and the Dark Revival, I would very much appreciate it please. For me this means tagging my own posts as #batdr, #bendy and the dark revival, #batdr spoilers, and #bendy and the dark revival spoilers if I share any of my thoughts publicly, and then blocking those tags so I don't see them from anyone else, just to fill in all the gaps in case someone uses one term but not the others. I'm also going to ask that you please not send any BATDR asks to my askbox until I've specified it's okay (I will post and tell you when that is, but my current guess is in early December, subject to change).

Bendy and the Dark Revival is a game we've been waiting for for a few years now, and everyone is so excited to see what's in store for this story. Just as I don't want that magic ruined for me, I don't want to ruin the magic for anyone else. I've had previous pieces of Bendy media spoiled for me on day one, and I'm not about that (looking at you people who spoiled DCTL's ending the day it officially released). I'm one of those people that can't get the game to play on day one, so I can't experience it for myself just yet. My hope is to follow SuperHorrorBro's let's play for the time being, given I enjoy his presentation style (also I just got done with his Hello Puppets Midnight Show playthrough and it was great, highly recommend it). He's good about not being too spoilery in the thumbnails and titles too, which I appreciate (seriously thank you for all your hard work Mike, you rock). Normally I would want to play a new game for myself, but I'd rather not have to log off of everything until after December. I have nutcracker stuff, Christmas projects, and voice acting to handle within that time on my other accounts. So this is the current plan.

To everyone out there excited for BATDR, I hope you all have a great time with this game, however you experience it, and that you get to choose how you experience it. Make use of the tools you have (I recommend implementing them the night before release if you're able to). Blocking, muting terms, tagging, using private chats on discord with threads and forums, readmore's here on Tumblr, extra slides with spoiler warnings on Instagram, you have a bunch of tools at your disposal to make your fandom experience and the experience of those around you a good one. I will be using all of those tools where applicable. If you bypass those tools and spoil the game for me before I'm ready to engage with the fandom, you will be blocked. I'm not someone that blocks on the spot normally, but this is one of those boundaries I'm firm on. If I can't trust you to be respectful of one of my few boundaries, I don't want you on my page.

Be safe and have fun out there, and be careful roaming through the inky halls!

[oozeandgoo-art]

Links, tag system, and additional info.

I try to avoid reblogging things to this account - that's what my main blog is for. If you see a reblog on here, feel free to let me know so I can delete it!

I handle all commissions through my professional email, artcommissionsbyred (at) gmail (dot) com. For the foreseeable future, my commissions are closed.

If you would like a heads-up on upcoming commission availability, please subscribe to my mailing list here! (Mailing list subscribers also get earlier or sometimes even exclusive access to things like limited-time slots, which I sometimes do when I'm hard up for quick cash.)

Outside Links:

Twitter: OozeAndGoo_Art

Ko-Fi: OozeAndGoo_Art

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Wordpress: OozeAndGooArt

FurAffinity: TheRedDragon13

Main Blog: @bitegore

Rules of Engagement:

This is a sideblog. I have a lot of people blocked from my main blog, none of which are blocked from this blog. It's okay if you've been blocked from my main for you to reblog from this sideblog - I have genuinely thousands of people blocked, for reasons that are arcane and sometimes really stupid even to me, and if you behave in a rude or unpleasant manner I'll just block you from this blog when it comes up. Go nuts.

This blog contains quite a bit of adult-oriented art, all of which is both marked "mature" using Tumblr's content settings and tagged accordingly. Please browse at your own discretion, and remember to use filtering options where necessary.

In general, off-topic commentary in the reblogs, tags, and replies is totally fine and I like seeing what you guys have to say even when it's not directly about the art. That being said, please do not talk about either how much you hate the character in the art or think the art looks bad. "If you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything" is a good rule to live by, and also it's annoying and rude. Likewise, don't put discourse on my posts. I don't want to hear about it. If you have an opinion about the characters or art that is negative, feel free to make your own post! You can even add my art to it (with a link to this page) if you really want to talk about the art in particular.

Please repost my work only with credit (a link back to this page). Use of my art for avatars, header/sidebar banner images, edits, remixes, collages, and related is entirely okay as long as credit is given. My canon character redesigns are also completely free to use and no credit is required as long as you've done the actual drawing yourself. If you're using my art for something, I'd like to hear about it, but it's not required - it's just really flattering. Please do not remove my captions, however. Just make a repost.

If you want to print one of my pieces for personal use, feel free to reach out to me! I will happily re-color/re-balance the colors so that it will print nicely if I have the time, free of charge. If you want one of my pieces tattooed, go for it, consider this blanket permission. I'd be surprised and I'd love to hear about it, and also I have no qualms at all. Go for it.

Everything is okay to tag as kin/id/etc or claim as muse references. Have fun with it, I don't care. This goes for my ocs too, I really couldn't care less. However, if you disagree on characterization from what I've drawn, please don't tell me about it.

Obligatory "don't be bigoted." This is a racism, sexism, homophobia, classism, xenophobia, religious discrimination, and everything else-free zone. I'm not perfect, and therefore if I've created something that comes over wrong, you are more than welcome to voice your opinion on that, but please approach me in private first*, and message me on my main blog rather than the sideblog as I actually check that account.

Feel free to ask me to tag for more than I currently tag for- either for search reasons or to be able to more easily filter things. I may refuse to use certain tags at my discretion.

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Tags:

content warnings: all content warnings begin with the phrase "contents" to help disambiguate them from generic phrases.

#contents: a little raunchy for tumblr - not quite dirty, but still running on adult themes. Rated pg-13 instead of nc-17.

#contents: not safe for Tumblr - the Naughty stuff. All should be marked mature already.

#contents: blood - has blood

#contents: gore - has organic/meat gore

#contents: robogore - has robot gore, presented like something other than organic flesh

#contents: death - someone's dead on screen

#contents: flashing - something in the image flashes in a way that may not be safe for photosensitive viewers.

#contents: dubious or nonexistent consent - there is sex or sex acts of dubious or explicitly nonconsensual nature happening on screen.

#contents: all edge and no point - general assorted tag for finding things that are just really edgy for no good reason. suicide jokes and torture and that sort of thing.

fandom-specific tags:

#transformers - transformers art, including humanformers. At this time I don't tag continuity.

#macaddam - safe-for-work transformers art (for search discovery)

#valveplug - spike and valve NSFW transformers art

#plug and play - cable-play NSFW transformers art

#sparkplay - spark-play NSFW transformers art

#humanization - a character that isn't normally a human, depicted as one.

#rukaan and #deer - Fields of Valhalla (deviantart ARPG) art, mostly depicting fantasy deer creatures. (#deer is there for search discovery and being easy to remember; "rukaan" is the actual name of the fantasy species.)

#dragon - there is a dragon. everyone likes those

#scalie - anthro reptiles - in this case, basically all dragons.

#oc - original characters. Everyone's got em, right?

[character names] - tagged as needed for search purposes. Characters with multiple names may or may not be disambiguated at essentially random. OCs are also tagged by name.

personal navigation:

#red redesign g1 stunticons - my stunticon fan redesigns. sometimes you don't want to see fan redesigns, so now it can be filtered - without having to filter anyone else's stuff, even!

#au: androidformers - the specific humanoid-android designs for the transformers G1 "humanformers" au I have lying around.

#fursona - this character is one of my fursonas. Typically this just refers to Taz.

#mass post - if there's a bunch of pictures in one post because I don't think they can really stand on their own merits or are part of a sequence, this lets you filter that away.

#closerverse - art for a personal original universe.

art navigation:

background - art with a significant focus on the background or scenery. This may include photo overpaintings where the background is significantly relevant even if I didn't paint the background by hand.

#monochrome - art in monochrome - may include duochrome (two-color) work. This tag used to be "black and white" - older pieces may still be tagged with that instead.

#lineart - art that is just relatively clean lines

#doodle - unfinished art with a focus on round, smooth lines and cute shapes

#sketch - unfinished art with more jagged shapes and realistic proportions

#traditional media - art made in "real life", typically with some element of digital color or retouching anyway.

#3d - art that uses some element of 3d renders in it, either as part of a painting that was then painted over or as a whole 3d render without painted-on effects.

#photo overpainting - art where I saw a cool photo and painted something into it without repainting the entire photo from scratch, so large chunks were not made by me.

#animation - animated work (typically short looping gifs), stuff where the characters move

#animated effects - animated work where elements move, but the characters are static - flickering light effects, stuff like that.

#meme redraw - art made in the style of a meme. Sometimes this is entirely redrawn and sometimes it's a photo overpainting.

#gift art - art made for other people for free or with minimal direction

#commission - art made on commission with significant input from the client

*Why do this in private? There are a number of reasons: the first, and most relevant, that it means other people aren't going to randomly jump in and change the subject, so we can have an actual conversation rather than something that comes over more like a random accusation I may not fully understand out of the blue. Secondly, I have a solid handful of followers that I expect would probably defend me, and you don't need people jumping down your throat for "attacking" a person they like, especially if you're right but even if I think you're wrong. I also don't want to deal with that. Finally, I don't like being stuck between trying to understand more and feeling like I have to "save face" because the latter is bad for actually learning and growing as a person. I - of course - still do my best to learn in public, but without the pressure of a significant amount of outside observers it's easier for me to form an initial response and have a normal conversation. You can always take it public later, if you're convinced I've done something wrong and won't make amends. At that point I'm sure we're just going to be enemies so asking you not to is gonna go nowhere lmao. I take bigotry and my own biases seriously, but it's possible that after we discuss and I do some of my own research, we may come to different conclusions as to the relative problems with a certain depiction, discussion, or behavior. This is a normal part of socializing. Please give me the grace of holding a conversation with me first before jumping to getting on my case publicly. (If you're scared of reprisal, first of all, don't be because I don't like to do that, but secondly, you can just make a throwaway account to message me with. It's easy.)

[promptisgiftexchange]

Thank You

We have reached the conclusion of the 2023 Promptis Gift Exchange and I want to thank each and every one of you. Whether you were a participant or simply along for the ride reading the stories and viewing the exceptional artwork, thank you for helping to make this gift exchange the joyful event that it was. 

To all of our talented participants, you have gone above and beyond and have contributed so much incredible Promptis content for your gift recipients, and for this exchange. Thank you for all of your hard work and for being a part of this event. You are what made it so special and I’m so happy for you to finally be able to share your work with the community as yourselves.

At this time, all of our Authors and Artists are now free to post your stories/artwork under your own name anywhere else that you desire. You may also choose to update the posting date of your Ao3 post at this point so that your contribution appears as a new work under your own name.

If anyone is aware of any stories that were written in response to art from our exchange or more artwork that was created in response to any other stories in the exchange, please let me know by sending me a link or by pinging me at @ promptis_gift on Twitter or @promptisgiftexchange on Tumblr so I can give it a boost. Likewise, if any of you have plans to write or draw anything as a response to the gift you received, I would love to be made aware of them once they are completed so I can promote it as well.

I would also like to give a special shout out and thank you to @ ffxv_zine_news and @FFXVFicRec on Twitter. Your retweeting and support of the Promptis Gift Exchange (especially considering the fact that I wasn’t tagging your accounts while I was promoting individual works over the course of the two months) did not go unnoticed. Thank you for your support and promotion of the individual stories and pieces of artwork that our participants worked so hard on, and for all of the wonderful things that you do everyday for our FFXV community as a whole.

Another huge and heartfelt thank you goes out to Church of Promptis, cloudbureiku, FireHeartAW, MathClassWarfare, and Sinnerbeam for their willingness and ability to switch posting dates with participants who ran into unexpected problems. You guys are the best and I appreciate everything you’ve done! 

Once again, thank you to everyone who has been a part of the 2023 Promptis Gift Exchange. This year has been our largest exchange to date and I can't tell you how thrilled I am to have had such an amazingly successful third round. It has been a fantastic two months, filled with tons of excitement, and amazing Promptis fanworks! All of that is thanks to all of you! 

I hope to see you all again next year for our fourth round. Please continue to follow us for more information that will come out later this year on the 2024 Promptis Gift Exchange. 

In the meantime, if you are not already a member of the Promptis Discord Server, I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to join us for year round Promptis fun. Anyone who loves Promptis is welcome to join us. It's a great place to chat with nice people about Promptis, share fanworks that you love, and we also have fun in-server events like a Monthly Challenge. I have included the invitation link to the server below.

Promptis Server- https://discord.gg/Xfw4jQWQ28

Masterlist and Creator Reveals

Without further ado, here are the reveals for the Promptis Gift Exchange 2023. You can also find the reveal detail in the following places, organized by the type of fanwork.

Google Docs- https://docs.google.com/document/d/139e6LpvD75LMp0TCcvS_lrA7j7andv5xW9TTuoRgm_0/edit?usp=sharing

You can also, as always, locate the entire collection directly on Ao3- https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works

Art

Title: All rotted leaves and lemon rind- (Art)

Artist: Mementomoryo

Gift For: MysteriousBean

Rated: General Audiences (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: And I love you.

And I love you.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works/47509423

Title: It’s just one cat Prompto, how much work could it be?- (Art)

Artist: MysteriousBean

Gift For: prompurii

Rated: General Audiences (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: The amount of cats that can be fit into one apartment is finite. The amount of cats it takes to fill your boyfriend’s soul is not. Thank goodness Prompto’s love for his boyfriend is also infinite.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works/47428099

Title: More Than One “Night Light Sky”- (Art) 

Artist: jam_calamity

Gift for: Hielo

Rated: General Audiences (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: Noctis and Prompto share a special moment watching a meteor shower together under the Duscae night sky.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works/46381177

Title: Not The Hair!- (Art)

Artist: Happy_Orc

Gift For: jam_calamity

Rated: General Audiences (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: Prompto spent AGES trying to get his hair to look good!

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works/46909558

Title: that's not fair- (Art)

Artist: Gayboy1996

Gift For: Sinnerbeam

Rated: Teen (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: Artwork created for the 2023 Promptis Gift Exchange. For the prompt: Lazy mornings in bed, post-dawn

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works/46583281

Title: Work of Art- (Art)

Artist: Bramblepelt

Gift For: Church of Promptis

Rated: Explicit (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: When Prompto convinced the strange and handsome man to model for his newest painting, he couldn't have predicted just how much inspiration he'd get.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works/47037817

Art & Fic

Title: A Biography of Hunger- (Art & Fic)

Artist/Author: Church of Promptis

Gift For: kikowithcatears

Rated: Explicit (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: “I hate my life,” Noctis mumbles as he pushes his head out of the hoodie’s collar.

“You don’t mean that,” Gladio answers casually, watching him from the doorstep of his bedroom.

“But I do. It sucks.”

Noctis keeps rummaging through the huge bag lying on the carpet. He isn’t happy, and after all, it’s his right to feel so. He pushes a t-shirt aside and fishes a pair of pants from the very bottom - baggy, faded blue jeans. They feel soft under his fingers. He’s never worn anything faded in his life and he pulls them on.

“Stop sulking, princess. I know you haven’t been feeling your best lately, and that’s why we’re doing something about it.”

Noctis shrugs as he zips the pants and arranges his sweater over it. It all feels strange. A nice kind of strange, if he’s being honest.

“It’s not like we’re going to do anything exciting,” he still says, because his brain has decided to be sour today.

“Who cares? It’ll do for a change, and I dare you to look me in the eye and tell me that you wouldn’t do just about anything if it meant you got to walk around in that ridiculous getup.”

OR

Noctis needs to touch some grass and Gladio knows exactly where to take him.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46984612/chapters/118362526

Title: A place to lean on- (Art & Fic)

Artist & Author: Tsu_Yume

Gift For: GuineaGoon

Rated: Teen (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: Orphaned twice over, Prompto was snatched from the quiet common life he’d known, and raised to the position of Prince of the Imperial Empire of Niflheim. In over his head and Prince only in name, he was subjected to the cruel whims of the Imperial Chancellor. Until one day, his meeting with the Oracle allowed him the chance to become friends with the mysterious Lucian Prince and hopefully bring peace to the Star.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/47148364/chapters/118791724

Title: Princes, Proxies, Paths- (Art & Fic)

Artist & Author: SalamanderSocks

Gift For: MeissaShush

Rated: Explicit (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: After centuries of bad blood, peace between Lucis and Niflheim seems to be finally becoming a possibility. However, navigating the maze of secrets and long held grudges turns out to be far more complicated than anyone imagined. Yet, for Noctis, the most frustrating conundrum lies in the fact that he's fallen for the one person out of his reach…

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46360960/chapters/116723866

Title: would you like your receipt in the bag- (Art & Fic)

Artist & Author: kiwiaste

Gift For: Toastie_Pan

Rated: General Audiences (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: or would you prefer my number instead?

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works/46813387

Comics/Manga

Title: Late night swim- (Art)

Artist: MoonlightWanderer

Gift For: Amarilly

Rated: Teen (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: Noctis and Prompto sneak out of camp for some late night exploration.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works/46537951

Title: Neato- (Art)

Artist: Sinnerbeam

Gift For: FeralHearts358

Rated: Explicit (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: Prompto learns something new about his boyfriend, and he's really into it.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/47150860/chapters/118798084

Title: Star kisses- (Art)

Artist: Banira

Gift For: MoonlightWanderer

Rated: Teen (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: It happens more often than not that Noctis works very late and he doesn't find much time to spend with Prompto. So Prompto takes things into his own hands and abducts him to an impromptu date.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/47131552

Title: The Cat Should Have Gotten Your Tongue- (Art)

Artist: mildlycuriousdragon

Gift For: Ember_Lace

Rated: General Audiences (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: Noct's (first) attempt to get chattin with the cute local dog walker~

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46839520

Fic

Title: A newfound appreciation- (Fic)

Author: errantknightess

Gift For: Blivvi

Rated: Teen (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: Noctis, the prince of naps, decides to wake up early for once to understand why Prompto likes it so much.

He quickly finds that there are many reasons for him to enjoy mornings as well.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works/46558045

Title: A Touch, A Bloom- (Fic)

Author: KatrinaEagle

Gift For: Seastorm25

Rated: Teen (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: Prince Prompto is assigned to visit Insomnia for Prince Noctis' outrageous 6-week-long coming-of-age gala. It is, in his opinion, completely unnecessary, but Emperor Aldecapt had made it clear that he was to succeed in his first international mission and win the trust of Prince Noctis.

But of course everything goes wrong before he even sets foot on Lucian soil.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/47015923/chapters/118444216

Title: and if i see you leaving, i beat you to the door- (Fic)

Author: everylemon

Gift For: MathClassWarfare

Rated: General Audiences (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: Noctis, Prompto, and stolen moments alone together through the years.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works/46538791

Title: Arrangements, Secrets & Promises- (Fic)

Author: Marlingrl

Gift For: Bramblepelt

Rated: Explicit (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: When Prompto is stabbed during Noctis' wedding, it sets off a series of events that upend not only Prompto's life, but also change the entire political landscape of Eos in the process

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46871824/chapters/118066669

Title: Caring for Sick Royalty: A Survival Guide- (Fic) 

Author: LuckyLectio

Gift For: Loki_chan

Rated: General Audiences (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: It starts with a sniffle.

Little did Prompto know that one small cold could mean an entire week of pure chaos, courtesy of his favorite magically-blessed prince. Dealing with occasional arson, lightning strikes, and indoor blizzards was not something Prompto could possibly have prepared for.

...He just hopes he’ll survive long enough to confess his feelings.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works/46357594

Title: Clear Hearts, Cloudy Skies- (Fic)

Author: cloudbureiku

Gift For: Akumeoi

Rated: General Audiences (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: “You made it-” Noctis started, getting cut off as Prompto quickly closed the distance between them and enveloped him in a crushing hug. He froze for a second before melting into Prompto’s embrace. “I thought you were dead, Prompto. Your phone-”

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works/46693972

Title: Closer- (Fic)

Author: Blivvi

Gift For: treya_barton

Rated: Teen (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: “I’m not an official Crownsguard yet though. I don’t know, I feel like I’d make a fool of myself. I’ve never done anything formal in my life. I mean, you guys were raised for this, I just don’t see how I’d fit in.”

Noctis kicked his chair leg. “Maybe I like that you don’t fit in. If you’re worried about the correct etiquette and stuff, we can teach you, but no one’s going to banish you for using the wrong fork.”

Prompto laughed. “Dude, don’t underestimate how bad I could mess this up.”

For the first time, Noctis was allowed to invite Prompto to attend one of the Citadel's biggest events. Despite being completely unprepared, Prompto agrees to go, if only for the chance to spend an evening with Noctis. There's a few problems though. One, he has nothing to wear. Two, he has no idea how to act in such a formal setting. Three...he was hopelessly in love with Noctis.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46973491/chapters/118333174

Title: Courage to Confess- (Fic)

Author: treya_barton

Gift For: kiwiaste

Rated: Teen (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: Now that Noctis has survived saving Eos, the Chocobros decide to go on another road trip to celebrate his return. Only the other three have been acting kind of strange lately and Prompto especially seems to be hiding something. Noctis decides he's going to get to the bottom of it while on the trip and doesn't realize that may be what the others plan for him too.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46716901/chapters/117658144

Title: Driftwood- (Fic)

Author: Hielo

Gift For: RikuKingdomHearts3

Rated: Teen (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: On this day Prompto waits in vain at school for word from his best friend and makes a plan.

Because a young prince urgently needs his help.

For over all over the news, which at one stroke, changed everything:

King Regis is dead.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works/47020144

Title: Drinking My Way Into Your Arms (and Other Dumb Ways to Make Decisions)- (Fic)

Author: Boogs

Gift For: Marlingrl

Rated: Teen (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: Noctis and Prompto get really drunk and get married. Once they realize what they've done they have to do something truly horrific.

Deal with the consequences of their actions.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works/47204110

Title: Harbinger- (Fic)

Author: GingerEl

Gift For: Maniikoi

Rated: Teen (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: Too much magic, they say. The entirety of Winter, solely under Noctis’ tenuous control. It’s difficult, not least of all because it isolates him, makes it impossible for other Gods to be around him, let alone anyone else.

At least Noctis doesn’t have to worry about the little caveat to his immortality. The only thing that can kill him is a broken heart—and being alone keeps him quite safe in that regard.

“Didn’t it hurt?” Noctis asks. “When you touched me.”

“No,”

Prompto says. “Should it?”

Noctis doesn’t know if it should, just that—

“It does everyone else,” Noctis says.

“Everyone?”

Prompto sucks in a deep breath and pushes it out long and slow. He doesn’t seem scared when he reaches for Noctis’ hand, doesn’t even hesitate to interlock their fingers, and press their palms together.

“There we go,” Prompto says softly. “To start making up for it.”

https://archiveofourown.org/works/47403487/chapters/119450683

Title: In the Here and Now- (Fic)

Author: Amarilly

Gift For: Banira

Rated: Mature (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: Grounded. Prompto needed to be in the here and now. He could feel a faint beat pressed against his chest. Feeling another person’s heart beating was strange and wonderful against the silence of his own. The quick pace was exhilarating and he smiled, pressing another kiss to Noct’s face as he reached out blindly to slide the screen of the doorway closed.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works/46782673

Title: Iridescence- (Fic)

Author: prompurii

Gift For: SalamanderSocks

Rated: Explicit (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: Trapped outside of themselves in the most confusing week of their lives, they have to find a way to fix it while pretending to be each other. A week that will remain with them for many years to come.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works/46942417

Title: Like Real People Do- (Fic)

Author: Loki_chan

Gift For: sephirothflame

Rated: Teen (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: He looked down at Noctis, unable to help the grin on his face as he watched Noctis’ grumpy expression. “What’s up, Noct?”

Noctis just groaned and thrust the paper at him, covering his eyes with his arm. Prompto took the paper, bemused. What could bother Noctis so much? He didn’t usually let the tabloids get to him.

“He’s upset because they say the Niff prince has surfaced again.” Gladio leaned on the kitchen counter, eyeing them while Ignis worked.

Prompto frowned as he skimmed the front page article. Everyone knew the story of the missing Niflheim prince. Right at the end of the war, as the Emperor was chasing down Besithia for his misdeeds, his youngest son went missing. Sentiment was generally split between believing the poor boy was dead or being hidden away for some future political purpose. Officially, he was listed as missing, and periodically someone would pop up claiming to have found him in order to collect the reward.

Prompto felt for the young prince, but he was selfishly glad he would probably never be found. He didn’t want Noctis to have to marry someone he’d never met. He didn’t want Noctis to marry anyone. Anyone not him, the traitorous voice in the back of his head whispered.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works/46409428

Title: Longest Longing Ranch- (Fic)

Author: Toastie_Pan

Gift For: moonwaif

Rated: Teen (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: Noctis Lucis Caelum owns the Caelum ranch, home to the greatest chocobos to ever been bred. One day when preparing for the wedding of his two best workers, Noctis finds himself face to face with a trespasser. A trespasser just trying to find a place to belong.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works/47424196

Title: near miss, one kiss- (Fic)

Author: FireHeartAW

Gift For: mildlycuriousdragon

Rated: Teen (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: Fingernails scrape at the back of his neck, fingertips curl into his hair and pull, gently but with enough pressure for Prompto to get the message. The request to look, to share, to let those lines blur between them as they always have. The music in the loud, echoing halls of the citadel starts to rise again, to build and grow, and Prompto lets it crest over him and pull him under.

“It’s just I’m in—” he starts, but Noct closes almost all of the distance between them, face tilting, long tendrils of inky black hair hanging with the movement, nose brushing up against Prom’s own.

“I think I know, Prom. I hope I do. But don’t, not here.” The not with too many prying eyes, goes unsaid, enough that Prompto nods, understanding as he reads between the lines, and their lips start to brush, careful and close.

~~

5 times Prompto and Noctis finally almost kiss after all these years dancing around one another, and the 1 time they finally do.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works/47281738

Title: One True Groom- (Fic)

Author: Maniikoi

Gift For: Boogs

Rated: Teen (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: Prince Prompto Aldercapt of Niflheim and Prince Noctis Lucis Caelum of Insomnia both share the same problem—they’re both arranged to be married to people they’ve never met and won’t know until they’re at the altar.

Prompto travels to Insomnia to enjoy what little freedom he has left before he’s metaphorically collared to a complete stranger. He’s resigned himself to his fate until he meets a certain feline prince at Insomnia College for his final year and catches feelings.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46423180/chapters/116883553

Title: Pulchritude- (Fic)

Author: Ember_Lace

Gift For: GingerEl

Rated: Teen (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: Pulchritude. Noun.

Beauty.

Prompto has a favourite client. A man so beautiful that his heart flutters every time that he enters the tattoo parlour. So how did the pair of them end up pretending to be boyfriends at Prompto's family reunion?

https://archiveofourown.org/works/47352595/chapters/119318806

 Title: right here waiting for you- (Fic)

Author: sephirothflame

Gift For: Tsu_Yume

Rated: Explicit (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: It was a lifetime coming, Noctis dancing with Prompto in the crowded hall, a shiny new crown on his head. They've waited long enough to acknowledge this thing between them.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works/46762828

Title: Ruby- (Fic)

Author: Seastorm25

Gift For: everylemon

Rated: Teen (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: Maybe they don’t really have the time to be taking on a hunt like this when old Cid could be done fixing up the boat any day now. It isn’t even an official mark, meaning there’s no reward. Only, when Prompto caught Noct’s gaze lingering on the string of the hunter who requested this of them, which dangled several inches off the ground, fraying at the end, he knew they would be taking this job regardless of what’s in it for them.

Or:

Noctis gets kidnapped by a daemon. Time for the rest of the gang to figure out how to get the upper hand.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works/47351779

Title: sunshine and donuts- (Fic)

Author: kikowithcatears

Gift For: dreamtowns

Rated: Teen (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: Noct and Prompto get paired up to do a class project together. What starts with hesitation, Noct reminding himself not to get too attached and Prompto convincing himself that he’ll probably say something foolish in front of the crown prince and get thrown in a dungeon or something, blossoms into something more.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46486117

Title: That Darn Cat- (Fic)

Author: GuineaGoon

Gift For: Happy_Orc

Rated: Teen (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: Lucis and Niflheim are to be connected through political marriage, and Noctis and Prompto are both unsure if they are ready to be married. Having to yet meet his fiance, Prompto comes to the Citadel for treaty discussions and learns of the Citadel's worst kept secret: the immortal demon cat.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works/47259964

Title: The Lucky Chocobo- (Fic)

Author: MathClassWarfare

Gift For: errantknightess

Rated: Teen (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: Fortune favors a bro.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46637404/chapters/117451945

Title: to break so easily- (Fic)

Author: tiny_tonberry

Gift For: Mementomoryo

Rated: Teen (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: There were many things Noctis loved about Prompto.

He loved the blond’s laugh, bright, bubbly giggles that filled the room with the most pleasant of sounds. He loved his best friend’s drive and determination, the can-do attitude that came across as condescending or stubborn to those who didn’t understand his years of borderline isolation and forced independence. He absolutely adored his eyes, blue with violet undertones that left him completely breathless when the light hit them just right.

Noctis had been caught by the blond completely, hook line and sinker, and could go on for eternity and a day about his affections for his friend (a particular form of torture he has discovered to be effective as an Ignis deterrent) but that didn’t stop him from having moments like this.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works/47394340

Title: To get under that pussy(cat)- (Fic)

Author: FeralHearts358

Gift For: Gayboy1996

Rated: Explicit (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: A totally normal hunt goes awry and Noct ends up underneath that pussy(cat). He's certainly not complaining.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works/47246563

Title: Too Close to the Sun- (Fic)

Author: MeissaShush

Gift For: tiny_tonberry

Rated: Mature (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: “Why are you worried about me?” Prompto snapped back as Noct hoisted him up to the ledge, grinning. “What was the phrase? The bigger they are—”

“—the easier it is for them to shove you off the fucking mountain.” Gladio said, grinning viciously as he hauled himself to his feet.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46435663/chapters/116916076

Title: Will you be my player 2? -(Fic)

Author: RikuKingdomHearts3

Gift For: cloudbureiku

Rated: Teen (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: It all started with one simple hangout at the arcade. It wasn't anything new between Noctis and Prompto, but this time something different happened, giving Noctis an opportunity to say what he had buried down in his heart.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works/46606864

Title: You and I Kaleide-(Fic)

Author: Akumeoi

Gift For: KatrinaEagle

Rated: Teen (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: Prompto is a clone. Every single part of him is a copy of someone else, from his face to his organs to his personality and what food he likes, probably.

Prompto sees in black and white. That’s normal for someone of his age, because statistically, most people don’t meet their soulmate until at least their twenties, and he’s only nineteen. But Prompto is pretty sure that he’ll never see in colour, because he’ll never have a soulmate. His logic is this: if he is a copy of someone else, then unless that person’s soulmate has a copy, how can he possibly have a soulmate himself? The original soulmate belongs to whoever the original of Prompto is.

The original of Prompto is Verstael Besithia. Whatever soulmate he has - Prompto thinks it might be that demented red-haired guy who got dug out of the ground like a fucking vampire - Prompto does not want them.

(In which Shiva and Ifrit tell Ramuh about Prompto and Noctis's love story in order to convince him to help them bring Noctis back to life.)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46928113/chapters/118213087

Title: you’re all i want (to love, to hold)- (Fic)

Author: dreamtowns

Gift For: FireHeartAW

Rated: General Audiences (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: Noctis is just barely shy of nineteen when he meets his fiancé, Prompto Argentum Aldercapt; First Imperial Prince of the Niflheim Empire, as many an article proclaims.

When Noctis pondered on his future spouse, he knew it would be an arranged marriage. It was a rare occasion when nobility married for love. Nonetheless, he had accepted the fact that he would share the rest of his life with a spouse he had little care for and could only hope he would grow to love them and vice versa.

He did not, however, expect his future spouse to be the prince of Niflheim.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works/46917529

Title: You’re Finally Here- (Fic)

Author: moonwaif

Gift For: LuckyLectio

Rated: Teen (please mind the tags on Ao3)

Summary: Have you heard of the prince who was born with an irregular soul mark?

TLDR: Prince Noctis is born with a soul mark that looks like a bar code, in a time before scanning technology exists. I wonder what that could mean . . . ?

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Promptis_Gift_Exchange_2023/works/47079358