#me! my spotlight! I'm so excited to share this fic with y'all! if you like trauma; body horror; and wittelore check it out!

[kennysbirthday]

Vertigo

A Cot3 travelling circus au, with a touch of magic ✨ (Written for the Lockwood & Co. Big Bang 2023/2024!)

The living and the dead have always spoken equally to Lucy, and she doesn’t know where to focus any more. When disaster strikes at Jacob’s Travelling Circus, Lucy flees to London. There, she stumbles upon the world famous Fairfax Carnival, and falls back on an old con that her mother made her do as a child; swindling punters as a fake psychic. Lucy is content to blend into the background and be just another carnie, but when Annabel Ward, the trapeze star, disappears overnight, Lucy is forced into the spotlight in to a role she told herself she’d never do again. Add to that Lockwood's unhappiness about her getting a star act over him, and stopping the inspector investigating Annabel’s disappearance ratting her whereabouts to Jacobs; Lucy’s too distracted to even notice that the voices in her head are leading her right to the heart of the problem. She can’t ignore the signs forever, and when the mysterious figure lurking inside her crystal ball starts giving warnings about George and the Carnival’s secretary, Joplin, she and Lockwood must work together to figure out the dark secret behind the carnival’s popular attraction; the Hall Of Mirrors.

Welp, it's here, my fic posting day!! Chapter one is up, and the remainder of the fic will follow very soon (when work and health issues stop kicking my ass this week)

I want to give an absolutely massive shoutout to my teammates, @radishwizard and @ayeaye-capn. You two have both figuratively and literally been my rocks thoughout all of this. Without you two, this fic would not be possible. Thank you 💕🎪✨ The lovely tent illustration is what you'll see at the top of every chapter on ao3 with the chapter number, and was made by Radish, who also made a spectacular poster for the Fairfax Carnival!

And as always, all the love towards the organisers of @lockwoodandcobigbang2023, whout whom this event wouldn't have been possible. As I've mentioned in my art posts, you guys dragged me kicking and screaming out of an art *and* writing block, and I'll forever be grateful for that 💕

To anyone reading this; feel free to come yell in my dm's with me about this fic if you so wish. I've put so much love into creating this au and world, and I'm so excited to share it with y'all. I hope you all like this weird, niche, and oddly specific au as much as I do!!

[acemapleeh]

End of the year review

Tagged by: @draw-a-circle-thats-the-foxhole

What fandoms did you create for?

After coming off a three year long depression, I finally began creating again this year. So really, I only created for Hetalia in the last quarter of this year. I can't even remember if I did anything else the first half of this year. It's kind of a blur if I'm being honest.

How many works did you make this year? Fics (posted on ao3 or Tumblr or wherever), edits, gifsets, mood boards, playlists, fanart, vids, meta?

Posted four fics this year, which, is the most I've done in actual years. Hell, even moodboards I hadn't posted since 2019 maybe??? I even made character playlists on spotify this year. Hetalia really just grabbed me by the collar and shook me hard.

Here's Arthur's playlist because I think it came out the best.

What are you most proud of?

Okay, really, anything I made that was Arthur Kirkland related came out way better than I thought they would. This includes fics, aesthetic board and the playlist. I just really vibed with him for some reason. I never wrote him much before and I came back into the Fandom ready to focus on Alfred and Matthew. Am I just more of a crabby old man than I was five years ago? Maybe.

How I Go to the Woods really just let me write my love of the fae and folklore and I really want to write more like it.

any stats you wanna tell us about?

I'm genuinely shocked all the fics I posted have over a hundred views each on ao3.

What inspired you this year? Any specific works or creators?

What always brings me back to this Fandom are people who really like to dig deep into these characters. The immortality, connection to the earth, culture and history all just speak to me. You can see a person's love of history and culture and creativity when done well.

Shout out to @draw-a-circle-thats-the-foxhole @oumaheroes @stirringwinds @rein-ette @rebelsandtherest @peonycats @ego-meliorem-esse @ashafox @cutie-cutter

Y'all make such wonderful things and helped me regain sparks of creativity again. Always on the lookout for content from you guys. Thank you for all that you share. ❤

What’s a piece you didn’t expect to make? Why?

Me going back to finish writing the first chapter of this Canada and his family fic honestly shocked me. I just woke up one morning and as I was doing dishes, it struck me like a train that I needed to go back and finish writing. I had started it back in 2016 and it had been sitting in my drive ever since.

What are you excited to work on next year?

Finishing the multi-chapter works I have

Getting more headcanons about FACE family and ANZAC written out

Francis and Arthur need some spotlight

I really want to write Jack and Charlie more in depth. Some Arthur raising his children throughout the Victorian era.

Really the Victorian era is my jam and I can't wait

Sooooo excited to write for my Celtic children

Jacobite Rebellion 👀

Looking forward to History Week and Whumptober

Actually writing romance for pairs I like

Anyway anyone who wants to partake is more than welcome. Here's to an uneventful year where we can just be creative and indulge in escapism ✌