#mindofmim

[stereksecretsanta]

Merry Christmas, @mindofmim!

Happy holidays, Mim!

*****

say it again

Stiles woke up to the clatter of someone walking around the kitchen while softly humming a song. He wondered if he was still dreaming, as the only person who he wanted to wake up next to was probably sleeping in his own loft. Then, the events of the night before came rushing back at him in a crash: the date at a real restaurant, the stop at the lookout for a makeout session, the taste of champagne on Derek’s lips before coming back to his place, the way they laughed as they fell into bed together, as if they’d done it a million times before.

Now, as he opened his eyes, the stretch of mattress next to him empty, the unfamiliar gray sheets colder where Derek had been until moments ago, he wondered if this would be the way it would always feel waking up at Derek’s place: filled with warmth and contentment surrounded by his scent, his own mind still not registering the fact that he was dating Derek. Derek Hale, the same man he and Scott had accused of murder when they met him, the same man that put his life on the line for their safety at uncountable times, the same man that faced with an insane amount of misfortune became softer instead of letting grief dictate the rest of his life. Derek who liked to listen to soft music as he drove his ridiculously expensive car, Derek who paid attention to Stiles to such a degree that he could tell when his mind was wandering and distract him before he distracted himself, Derek who could have chosen anyone in the world, but somehow chose Stiles.

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[sterekbigbang]

Power of a Name (22,377) by @mindofmim Art by @eevylynn For @sterekbigbang 2023-2024, Round 6 Rating: Teen and Up Relationships & Characters: Derek/Stiles, Derek, Stiles, Scott, Sheriff, Erica, Boyd, Isaac, Allison, Chris, Peter Tags: Kidnapping, fae, ritual, spark Stiles, soulmate au, Derek and Stiles are soulmates, pack to the rescue, pinning, Derek works as a mechanic, Derek and Stiles friendship, angst Derek, happy ending

Summary: Everyone has their soulmates first name written on their wrist (some born with it. For some it comes once there's soulmate is born), Derek got his when he turned five. From the moment he met Stiles, he wished they were soulmates. But "Stiles" isn't the name encoded on his wrist. Kidnapped by Fae, Stiles knows the only way to save Derek, and buy the pack enough time to figure out a rescue plan is to make a deal with the queen. And he's only got one bargaining chip - his name; Mieczysław. Derek lost everything the day his pack died, and again when he learnt Stiles was his soulmate (only to lose him in the same breath). His last hope was that the pack could decode Stiles' clue and bring him home, so he could apologize and make things right.

[sterek-exchange]

Fall 2023 @sterek-exchange Roundup

kids say (and do) the darndest things by @evanesdust for @sterekbros

Empty Bottles, Full Hearts by @escharis for @just-another-busy-fangirl-writes

a glimpse of you and me by @sterekbros for @evanesdust

Slow and Steady wins the race by @theydraggedmein for @goddess47

Ready to Learn Something New by @goddess47 for @evadne01

i saw the one thing that i want by @peujeune for @theydraggedmein

The Lights by @just-another-busy-fangirl-writes for @ShainSaw22

Bean Howlin' For You by @mindofmim for @jld71

Then and Now by @jld71 for @peujeune

Myths about you by @evadne01 for @escharis

By The Fire by @autbot for @mindofmim 

Shivers by @ShainSaw22 for @autbot

Thank you to everyone who participated in this round! There are 11 wonderful fics and 1 artwork for everyone to enjoy! Our next exchange (for Valentine's Day) is open for signups. See you all in February with more fics!

[thotpuppy]

oh geez ive been tagged by @dear-massacre, @violetfairydust, and @outtoshatter ! I think i was tagged by someone else recently but i have been cRAAAZy busy and am only just now getting to it so TToTT sorry!!

Get to know you game! Answer the questions and tag 9 people you want to know better!

Last song listened to: I don't actually know because I haven't listened to music since Monday when we spent 10+ hours in the card with a wandering playlist and sometimes the radio BUT if i hit play on the playlist we were listening to the first song that comes on is Want You Bad by The Offspring

Currently reading: Hallowed Grounds by DamnFancyScotch

Currently watching: mmm im so bad at watching things,,,, i watched the first episode of uhhhh that new murder mystery on Hulu,,, Death and Other ... somethings ???? and i intend to watch more (with my mother) when we both have time???

Currently obsessed with: I am sorry. Not Really. but uh. Triskelion Reign. I can't help it. I'm so immersed. I'm having "Reading a really good book" problems with my own fic that I am writing. I can't stop thinking about it. It's haunting my every waking moment.

no pressure tagging: @endwersed @one-fandom-became-all-fandoms @mindofmim @renmackree

[ash-mcj]

WHO WOULD YOU BE IN A HORROR MOVIE?

this was fun 😂 thanks for the tag @all-or-nothing-baby ❤️

HOW TO PLAY...

1 | create your look

2 | discover your role

...then post your results!

tagging | @thiamsxbitch @nutellarghh @elisastales @fairytales-and-folklore @camlann @isolatedinsolence @alphadiablo29 @mindofmim

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Wednesday, December 13

SPIKE: “What’s this? Sitting around watching the telly while there’s evil still a foot. (Turns the TV off) That’s not very industrious of you. I say we go out there. - What, can’t go without your Buffy, is that it? Too chicken? Let’s find her! She is the Chosen One after all. – Come on! Vampires! Grrr! Nasty! Let’s annihilate them. For justice - and for - the safety of puppies – and Christmas, right? Let’s fight that evil! - Let’s kill something!

~~BtVS 4x11 “Doomed”~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Torn (Buffy, Angel,PG) by badly_knitted

Evil Corporations Ahoy (Xander, Assassin's Creed xover, T) by madimpossibledreamer

Doctor Dawn (Buffy, Dawn, T) by ialwayscomewhenyoucall

Secret (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by DarkVoid116

Waking Up In Vegas (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by MillennialCryBaby

Sugar (Buffy/Spike, PG) by honeygirl51885

The Merry Month of Magnus Presents... Light the Candles (Buffy/Spike, G) by Julikobold

Nice (Buffy/Spike, G) by honeygirl51885

[Chaptered Fiction]

Breathe Again, Chapter 17/17 Complete! (Angel/Cordelia, M) by Califi62

Days of Future Past, Chapter 34/34 Complete! (Buffy/OC, Angel/OC, Buffy/Angel, M) by a2zmom

Blood and Chaos, Chapter 67 (Amy, M) by Aetheron, quote_Amy_unquote (Sannah_banana)

Swimming Against the Current, Chapter 5 (Buffy/Gage, T) by dwinchester

New York, Chapter 33/43 (Giles/Xander, M) by drsquidlove

[French language] Les deux Phénix, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Faith, M) by FridayQueen

Advent Calendiles, Chapter 13 (Giles/Jenny, G) by HAL1500

Shadow Over Hellmouth, Chapter 67 (Buffy/Tara, Ensemble, M) by Tuxedo Mark

[French language] Do as Romans do, Chapter 9 (Dawn/Spike, T) by OldGirl-NoraArlani

Twice Broken, Thrice Burnt, Chapter 22 Complete! (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by ClowniestLivEver

Dress, Chapters 1-2 Complete! (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by scratchmeout

Poems in A Minor, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, R) by all_choseny

The Mayor Dates, Chapter 5 (Buffy/Spike, PG) by Desicat

Spuffy's Little Helper, Chapter 13 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by Alyot

A Very Summers Winter, Chapter 13 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by VeroNyxK84

Dress, Chapters 1-2 Complete! (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by scratchmeout

Poems in A Minor, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, R) by all_choseny

Blood and Dust, Chapter 9 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Blackoberst

[Images, Audio & Video]

Artwork: They are siblings btw(trust) (Willow, Spike, worksafe) by pzyii

Artwork: [Spike and Buffy hugging] (worksafe) by lialivingart

Artwork: ultimate wlw/mlm solidarity if u ask me (Willow, Oz, worksafe) by mistyintherivers

Artwork: I had so much fun playing with this art for Cornerofmadness’ slayer fic Deep Dark Sky for the wipbigbang (Dawn, Connor, drawn in bathing suits) by mindofmim

Artwork: girls night out (Tara, Willow, Buffy, Anya, worksafe) by spikedru

Artwork: willow (worksafe) by ournarrowslice

Moodboard: 365 characters; faith lehane (buffy the vampire slayer) (worksafe) by sylthrein

[Reviews & Recaps]

[Boom! comics] I finally got around to reading The Lost Summer and it is so good. by takaraphoenix

PODCAST: HELLMOUTH HOMOS: The Zeppo by Fear Queers

PODCAST: Episode 44: The Zeppo by Gym Was Cancelled

[In Search Of]

ISO: Looking for Dark!Angelus and/or Dark!Spike x Reader fanfics requested by taintedgenre

[Community Announcements]

We’ve now turned on response editing for the sign up form! by februaryfangfest

[Fandom Discussions]

[anti bangel meta] by yugiohio

I truly hope btvs does not get rebooted by reh-hateshumans

[anon ask] Is there more buffy the vampire slayer comic coming out? answered by buffythecomicslayer

Eternally obsessed with the claddagh ring scene in Buffy when Angel gives it to her by mayhemghost

[meta about Willow / Dark Willow] by girl4music

“Is it murder if the person deserved it? Warren deserved it. Rack deserved it.” — Erm… Yes. by girl4music

Thinking about when Willow was about to end the world out of grief and anger and Xander’s reaction by strawberrypuffmotherfucker

what I love about the buffyverse as a writer is that literally nothing’s off the table by vampswritings

I’m never gonna get over and therefore never gonna stop talking about how much I adore the compelling complexity of [Willow] by girl4music

The First and The Turok-han Invasion continued by garfan

Camden Toy RIP by multiple posters

Amy is so obnoxiously annoying in "The Killer Me" why is she jealous that Willow's friends were close to her again after season 6? continued by NoShip

Who else finds it very hard to watch the scene between Angel and Connor in 4x22? by JellyfishDry9464

First time watcher, up to season 3 - When should I start watching Angel? Will it be obvious in the show or no? by International_Half61

[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]

PUBLICATION: Camden Toy Succumbs to Pancreatic Cancer by SCIFI.radio

PUBLICATION: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel Actor Camden Toy Passes Away by SuperHeroHype

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[sterekxhale]

About the Blogger

Thanks for the tag @mindofmim

Favourite Colour: yellow or dark green

Favourite Food: so many?? steak, mashed potatoes, pasta, tacos

Sweet/Spicy/Savoury: savoury 100%, i don’t have a sweet tooth at all

Last thing googled: “Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction” (getting an address for a client lol)

Currently reading: I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

Last TV series watched: probably Forensic Files, it’s the best to fall asleep to

Last movie watched: Dog Pound (2010 version)

Song stuck in my head: Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad by Meatloaf, we have the Bat Out of Hell CD in our car so I listened to it today and now I can’t stop singing the chorus

Something I want: golden boy to be DONE. but also a vacation. a month long vacation.

Dream trip: there’s so many so i’ll say fjords in Norway or to climb Mount Baker in Washington

Currently working on: golden boy 😩😩, and road to ruin when i get sick of working on golden boy lol

Time: 7:11 (call pizza pizza, hey, hey, hey)

I’ll tag @exlibrisfangirl @rosieposiepuddingnpie and @myulalie

[greenumbrella03]

@wipbigbang : Thanks for being there so I could finish my story!

@mindofmim: Thanks for the BEAUTIFUL ART you did for my story! You picked the perfect scene that, imho, encapsulates my story...and you art-ed it PERFECTLY. Everyone, go support, commission and love on this lovely artist!

Now presenting the completed fic: The Gray Between Black and White: https://archiveofourown.org/works/49464841/chapters/124837231

Moodie by me.

[fuabloboi]

9 People You'd Like to Get to Know Better

thanks for the tag @ash-mcj and @nznaturalkiwi

last song | When You & Me Dance by Grabbitz

currently watching | Just finished Good Omens and started rewatching The Hobbit trilogy

currently reading | Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

current obsession | Petopher (obviously lol), Editing, Sims 4 Builds.

tagging @exlibrisfangirl @shehungthemoon @edge0fmydesiree @fairytales-and-folklore @greyhavenisback @oneyoungladymoran @mylittleangelxxx @protectlouandhazza @mindofmim

[folklorepridebitch]

Thank you everyone and sorry that I never go through my inbox!

(also I guess the old ones are/were chain asks too that tumblr cut to one line for some reason??)

@queenmybeloved @mindofmim @banashee @toboldlynerd @lilolilyr @toomuchactionforme

5 things that make me happy rn:

- that my houseplant surprisingly didn't die yet despite me nearly never remembering to water it

- I caught my train!!!

- it's sunny again ┌⁠(⁠☆⁠⌣⁠☆⁠)⁠┘

- I saw a real life fox last night, I'd never seen a fox before!

- chocolate muffin nom nom

[sterekshipper-writer]

Yay, another one. 😄 I honestly don't even know the answers to some of these questions until I complete these tag games. They make me think. 🤣

Okay, so here we go.

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Slow burn or love at first sight.

Fake dating or secret dating.

Enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers

Oh no there's only one bed or long distance correspondence

Hurt comfort or amnesia

Fantasy au or modern au

Mutual pining or domestic bliss

Smut or fluff

Canon compliant or fix-it

Reincarnation or character death

One-shot or multi-chapter (I could not choose between these two. I know I'm supposed to, but I switch between them all the time. 😆)

Kid fic or road trip fic

Arranged marriage or accidental marriage

High school romance or Middle aged romance

Time travel or isolated together

Neighbours or roommates

Sci-fi au or magic au

Body swap or gender bend (I could not choose between these two. No matter how long I stared at the sentence. I love them both too much. 😆)

Angst or crack

Apocalyptic or mundane

Thanks again for the tag @mindofmim.

For those who are interested, I'm tagging @runner-minhox @ruthless-rainbow @edge0fmydesiree @chasing-in-sanity @blue-runt

[stereksecretsanta]

The Sterek Secret Santa 2023 Reveal Post 

Ho Ho Ho!

Thus concludes the eleventh edition of the Sterek Secret Santa!

I hope you all have had a fantastic Christmas and that you’ve enjoyed all the Sterek-y goodness created by all the lovely secret santas!

I’d have been nowhere if it wasn’t for the following AMAZING Christmas Angels, who all embraced the true Christmas spirit of giving by merrily coming to my aid to make sure no one was left without a gift: @geekmom13, @trinitorettomadrigal, @always-mimits I cannot thank you all enough <3

But thank you to all participants for another successful secret santa! It’s wonderful to see a steady core of secret santa participants still going strong after all these years :) Sterek is Eternal, whoop!

If you’d like, you can still add your works to the AO3 Collection! You can also repost your gift(s) to your own Tumblrs now, of course! Just poke me and I’ll also add the link to the Tumblr gift post.

That’s it for all the service announcements! Hope to see you all again next year!

-x- Leonie (leetje)

*****

Click below to find out who your secret santa was!! 

Most of you know the drill by now. The list is in alphabetical order. 

@1989dreamer made a gift for buffaluff - gift here

@alaidiem made a gift for nostalgiafan123 - gift here

@always-mimits made a gift for geekmom13 - gift here

@always-mimits made a gift for kevaaronday - gift here

@buffaluff made a gift for always-mimits - gift here

@disneyprincessbuffyannesummers made a gift for evanesdust - gift here

@dwarvyn made a gift for sugareey-makes-stuff - gift here

@eevylynn made a gift for comedicdrama - gift here

@evanesdust made a gift for like-lazarus - gift here

@fandom_cosplay215 made a gift for lilacedten - gift here

@geekmom13 made a gift for just-another-busy-fangirl - gift here

@geekmom13 made a gift for nightlight9 - gift here

@goddess47 made a gift for i-might-be-in-over-my-head - gift here

@greenleaf1316 made a gift for thetommoway-oioii - gift here

@heavensenthale made a gift for mindofmim - gift here

@i-might-be-in-over-my-head made a gift for silverloveless - gift here

@irrationalrage made a gift for springlockedspectre - gift here

@just-another-busy-fangirl made a gift for stacinadia - gift here

@kevaaronday made a gift for mintonarel - gift here

@like-lazarus made a gift for softranswolves - gift here

@lokicorey made a gift for heavensenthale - gift here

@mindofmim made a gift for fandom-cosplay215 - gift here

@mintonarel made a gift for greenleaf1316 - gift here

@negativenorth made a gift for sinnabon-cosplay - gift here

@nightlight9 made a gift for theydraggedmein - gift here

@quackquackcey made a gift for irrationalrage - gift here

@renmackree made a gift for tabbytabbytabby - gift here

@rosalinesbenvolio made a gift for trinitorettomadrigal - gift here

@silverloveless made a gift for sterekbros - gift here

@sinnabon-cosplay made a gift for disneyprincessbuffyannesummers - gift here

@softranswolves made a gift for goddess47 - gift here

@springlockedspectre made a gift for eevylynn - gift here

@stacinadia made a gift for dwarvyn - gift here

@sterekbros made a gift for alaidiem - gift here

@sugareey-makes-stuff made a gift for wolfspurr - gift here

@tabbytabbytabby made a gift for renmackree - gift here

@thetommoway-oioii made a gift for rosalinesbenvolio - gift here

@theydraggedmein made a gift for thotpuppy - gift here

@thotpuppy made a gift for quackquackcey - gift here

@trinitorettomadrigal made a gift for 1989dreamer - gift here

@trinitorettomadrigal made a gift for lokicorey - gift here

@wolfspurr made a gift for negativenorth - gift here

That’s it! Go and shower your no-longer-secret-santa with love and virtual tackle hugs!

[sterekbigbang]

And that's a wrap for Round 6 of SBB!

Thank you to everyone (all 46 of you) that participated in this round! Even if you didn't complete a story this round or create art, I hope to see you again for the next round! We had great writers and artists for the event and I'm excited to see all of the Sterek art and fics!

We will start Round 7 in a few months. The schedule is already up on our schedule page, but a post will go up soon if anyone wants to reblog it. Check back August 1st for signups!

If you're interested in more events and our upcoming Sterek Fanzine, make sure you follow @sterekeverlasting @sterek-exchange @sterekweekly and @sterekevents! There is also @sterekbingo and the current Spring @sterekfests!

Don't forget to check out all the fic and art by these awesome people again!

forever and then some by EvanesDust, art by alicetallula Rewrite The Stars by Winchesterek, art by EvanesDust & kelestialart House of the Howling Wolves by rlnerdgirl, art by renmackree A sacrilege to keep it a secret by babisays, art by CelilaArt, Echaris, & MindOfMim cheer up, babe by graveltotempo, art by springlockedspectre Power of a Name by MadMim, art by eevylynn

[mousedetective]

On Repeat Shuffle Tag Game

Rules: shuffle your ‘on repeat’ playlist and post the first ten tracks, then tag ten people.

I think this was from someone with an open tag? Not sure. It was just the rules saved in my drafts. I know @mindofmim did it recently but they didn't tag me specifically (I just saved their post for the music recs).

Anyway, here is my list (with links to the songs on YouTube)!

Amanda Palmer, "I Will Follow You Into The Dark"

Aerosmith, "Livin' On The Edge"

Sleater-Kinney, "Heart Factory"

Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby, "Levitating"

Linkin Park, "Hands Held High"

Disclosure feat. Eliza Doolittle, "You & Me (Flume Remix)"

倖田來未 (Koda Kumi) feat. Mr. Blistah, "So Nice"

Crazy Town, "Toxic"

Shampoo, "Trouble"

T.M. Revolution, "Save the One, Save the All"

I'm just tagging anyone who wants to do this!

[thotpuppy]

9 people you'd like to get to know better

tagged by @triskhellion

last song: According to my spotify mobile app, the last song I listened to was Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy by Fall Out Boy. Specifically, I was listening to my Stackson playlist while driving around yesterday LOL. (I linked both youtube and spotify for the song but I only have the spotify playlist link. If you're interested, I have the playlist on youtube as well!)

currently watching: I JUST finished watching season 2 of Shadow and Bone. I've been having a rough time trying to watching ANYTHING lately, and I'd been sitting on that one for ages. I'll probably pick up the newest season of the Witcher next, but idk when.

current obsession: yeah I'ma go with Teen Wolf for that one akdgjakdjg I physically can't stop thinking about it. All the characters are so deeply rooted in my brain I am not sure I'll ever be able to escape LOL My entire personality has been fundamentally changed by this. That said, I am also WICKED stoked for the Barbie movie, so that may briefly take me over when I finally go see it.

Tagging: @okdeannawrites @mindofmim @jellylofi @mirrorthoughts @uinuvien @kellerific-writing @renmackree @adrianfridge @clotpolesonly

No pressure obviously! And there were definitely more folks I wanted to tag BUT I had to keep it to 9 lol

[ash-mcj]

ten songs i've had on repeat lately

thanks for the tag @fuabloboi ♥

1 | What Was I Made For?, billie eilish

2 | (If) The Book Doesn't Sell, ritt momney

3 | this call is coming from inside the house, bea miller

4 | bad ones, tate mcrae

5 | Possession of a Weapon, ashnikko

6 | Tom's Diner, annenmaykantereit & giant rooks

7 | Blue, elina

8 | Somewhere In My Car, keith urban

9 | Leave Your Lover, echos

10 | Stupid Boy, keith urban

tagging @nznaturalkiwi @thiamsxbitch @nutellarghh @mindofmim @isolatedinsolence