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[copperbadge]

Radio Free Monday

Good morning everyone, and welcome to Radio Free Monday! Ways to Give: mosaiccreme's brother and his family are raising money to replace their heating and air-conditioning unit which broke down at the start of summer; they live in Kansas in the US, where summer temperatures can exceed 110F, and winter temps drop into the negatives, so it's particularly vital that they have heat for the coming winter. You can read more and support the fundraiser here. Anon linked to a fundraiser for niquabisinparis, who is raising funds to help her parents get medication and housing after their home in Sudan was looted by the RSF Militia. (I wasn't familiar with the RSF so had to google; they are bad, bad people.) You can read more, reblog, and find giving information here. beatlesandbards and her partner are being forced out of their apartment with less than 30 days notice (illegally) after the landlord refused to treat severe mold damage and they reported him; they've filed a complaint for retaliation but that takes time, and they have to come up with cash for a security deposit and moving costs, and while still recovering from their car (a source of income through Uber driving) being stolen. You can give via venmo here. Recurring Needs: mikhyel and its partner have made the move they were fundraising for, but two days before the move their car alternator died, and shortly after moving their cat had significant medical bills; they currently can't afford euthanasia and cremation for Loki, who has not yet passed but is looking at a short-term terminal illness. You can read more and support the fundraiser here. And this has been Radio Free Monday! Thank you for your time. You can post items for my attention at the Radio Free Monday submissions form. If you're new to fundraising, you may want to check out my guide to fundraising here.

[wilwheaton]

How do you feel about fanfiction?

I don’t read it, but I LOVE that it exists.

[squigglysquidd]

8 and 18 on the unusual asks

8. What would you say is your best quality?

I don’t really like to talk about myself so this is a bit of a hard question. Let’s see ....

I’d like to think that my creativity is my best quality. I know that the internet is full of a lot of creative people, but for me, creating things helps me get through the days. I have quite a few health problems, so thinking up and making something tends to help me feel useful.

18. A reason you’ve lied to someone.

I admit that I’ve lied a lot to people. I’m going to be a bit depressing though and go with how I tend to lie about how I’m truly feeling. My bipolar meds don’t completely cover all my mental issues and I have chronic pain, but sometimes telling people I’m fine and okay just seems easier than going through the whole speel of how bad I’m feeling. I don’t like to burden people or seem like I’m always having trouble, so I tend to lie about it.

Thanks for the asks, really made me think

[natsora]

State 5 things that make you happy and then send this message to the last 10 people who reblogged something from you :)

1. Writing

2. My floof

3. Is it shallow if I say unexpected windfall?

4. Gaming

5. Friends and family

[hoxadrine-art]

Garrus Vakarian 

From The Lives and Deaths of Commander Shepard (Ao3 | FFN) For @mosaiccreme - Ao3 profile | FFN profile

♥ Thank you so much for commissioning me ♥

♥ Commission Info ♥ Queue ♥ Tip jar ♥

[messydiabolical]

Theodus the hacker, an albino drell.

This is my sketch of Theodus, an OC character from the amazing MosaicCreme’s Mass Effect Shrios fan fiction series ‘Targeted Interference’.

There’s also a Theodus one shot, ‘Born Cursed’ which now features this fanart. I’m so humbled MoasaicCreme chose to use my piece.

[learielle]

A gift for MosaicCreme on AO3! Their Shrios assassin AU fic is so good!! (tw substance abuse for the fic tho!)

[celtic-knot]

WIP Title Meme Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Send me an ask with the title that most intrigues you and interests you and i’ll post a little snippet of it or tell you something about it!

• All I Ever Wanted

• A Bullet With a Name

• Conduct Unbecoming

• Cop/Assassin

• TPWAG Final

• First Do No Harm

• The Assassin's Bounty

• A Lady Never Tells

• Mostly Lost (Partially Found)

Tagging @ahealthylionisanonillion, @mosaiccreme, @seleeneparis, and anyone else who wants a go! (It's been a hot minute since I've been here, so I'm sure I forgot people!)

[sound-of-light]

(I would normally confine this sort of thing to my primary tumblr [@ithendra], but fuck it. Tagged by @itzaimster​.)

Rules: tag 9 people you’d like to know better

Top 3 ships:

I don’t ship. Seriously. Possibly because I’m ace, IDK.

Last song:

Supermassive Black Hole - Muse

Lipstick or chapstick:

Neither.

Last movie:

At the movies: Avengers: Endgame. Elsewhere: Zombieland.

Reading:

Mostly read fanfic these days. But I just started to read Stalin’s Hammer by John Birmingham. Brilliant Aussie author who I’m Twitter mutuals with, so that’s awesome.

I tag: (I hate this bit.) @renwilliamswrites, @enbytrapta, @the-cryptid-quill, @mostly-void-partly-stars, @hunterpatrickshawn, @mosaiccreme, @sirenscallmeon, @kt-bergs and @pumpknspicelatte.

[imakemywings]

celtic-knot replied to your post “I’m sorry after that fic I just need to Can you imagine how terrifying...”

Which fic is this? Are you by any chance referring to recent chapters of MosaicCreme's "The Lives and Deaths of Commander Shepard"? Because that fucked me up, too, for much the same reason.

I was actually thinking of this little oneshot! But now I need to go check out that one you mentioned so I can suffer more--

[squigglysquidd]

Whichever couple you want to answer for: Questions 1, 3, 9, 12, 17, 25, and 28.

I’m actually going to do this for Fibonacci Shakarian because I’m currently working on the worldbuilding document :)

1. Who is the most affectionate?

This would have to be Garrus. Jana is still healing from the loss of her Garrus so it takes some loving touches to open her up again. After that, they’re pretty even on touching.

3. Most common argument?

I’m horrible at writing arguments, but I’d have to say the one thing they butt heads about is when she worries over him. She lost her husband because she feels she wasn’t a good enough leader, so she often projects some of that on this Garrus. He’s a bit of a wild child, so she worries a lot, but he always takes the time to assure her he knows what he’s doing. Eventually, her confidence grows and she keeps her worries to more broad things like surviving the war or making sure he’s happy and she shows him how much she cares.

9. Who worries the most?

Definitely Jana. She can’t lose him like she lost her realities’ Garrus. He’s a bit more brazen so she often worries he’s going to get himself hurt because he’s too hotheaded and cocky.

12. Who initiates kisses?

This has been answered here

17. Who says I love you first?

This one has also been answered in the above

25. Who needs more assurance?

Jana does. She sees herself as a horrible leader ever since losing Garrus and the resulting way her pain affected the Reaper War. Her universe was crashing and burning, and it was doing it quickly. She feels like she’s just a failure, so Garrus is going to be around to make sure she knows she’s worth something and that just because all that happened, she shouldn’t torture herself. She can always remember what she did and he doesn’t expect her to forgive herself, but he wants her to be able to let herself grow and get better instead of staying stagnant in her depression.

28. What do they do when they’re away from each other?

It sucks that they don’t really have good ways of communicating beyond sending ravens. All they can do is occupy themselves from being missing the other and use their imagination when it comes to more ‘private’ matters. They don’t often like to be apart and don’t have many reasons to since Jana has no real responsibility in terms of service in the Alliance or politics. She tends to go along with him and try to make due in certain situations where being human is a bit more of a burden than usual.

Thanks for the asks!

[natsora]

Six Sentence Sunday

Tagged by @dafan7711 Thank you!!

Tagging @mosaiccreme @sltforwhump @cassandrapentayaaaaas @mistressnoriko No obligations

He frowned and found Ryder looking at him flatly. “Don’t be stubborn.”

His lips curled ready to toss back a retort but he found he was being steered towards the gurney. He wasn’t going to allow the indignity of having Ryder help him onto the gurney. He was going to get on it by his own power, damnit. 

Ryder watched him, arms folded across her chest with a smirk on her lips but there was a shadow in her eyes that wasn’t there before.

[wafflesrock16]

Last Line Meme

I was tagged in this by @s0me-writer, @mosaiccreme, and @squigglysquidd. Thank ya’ll! I’ll use this as an excuse to post more naga WIP. 

“For a ‘sand sea’ this place is nothing like the ocean,” Jane groused as she and Garrus settled in beside their small fire for the evening. Four days into their journey and she longed for the call of birds and rustle of leaves, the sound of water lapping against the shore or else cascading down the marble fountains of the Presidium.

The Widow Sea that bordered the Citadel was a real ocean; azure waves that extended out past the horizon so that on a cloudless day the line between heaven and water blurred, an endless expanse of blue. 

“What’s it like?”

Startled, Jane lifted her eyes from where they’d been affixed on the ballet of leaping flames. “What’s what like?” she asked.

Garrus glided closer, lowering his upper body so that they were eye-level. “The ocean. I’ve never seen it.” 

Jane felt her eyebrows raise, though she supposed this confession wasn’t that unusual. Palaven was landlocked and turians rarely ventured out of its sun choked heart.

“The Widow Sea is full of life,” Jane said, drawing on memories of the last time she’d gone snorkeling. “Out past the breakers, beneath the surface, is a coral reef; like a marine garden. There’s fish with scales that catch the light and reflect it in hues of silver and orange, emerald and amethyst. Every rock and sunken log or beam is encrusted with corals. Some sway with the water, others are bony and stand tall against the pull of the tide.” A fond smile played across Jane’s lips as she recounted the songs and clicks of dolphins, the way sea turtles flew through the kaleidoscope water and overhead gulls and terns filled the sky. 

“It sounds beautiful,” Garrus replied, a wistful sigh to his voice. 

“It is,” Jane agreed, smile fading into a frown as she took in her current surroundings. No salty breeze tussled her hair, and the persistent feeling of being parched plagued her even when she slept. She’d dream of of her skin flaking off in crinkling pieces like dead leaves, turning to dust on the desert wind. ln the end, all that would remain was brittle, sun bleached bone, waiting to be covered by a shroud of sand. 

“The desert is full of life too, you know,” Garrus commented after a moment. 

“No it’s not,” Jane snorted. “You and I are probably the only living things for miles.”

She felt more than heard a soft rumble from the prince and turned to see him staring at her with pierced mandibles pinched firmly to his face. “The wildlife might not be as flashy as that in the ocean, but it’s here all the same.”

Jane looked at him skeptically. “The most life I’ve seen here are beetles,” she informed him. 

“Insects are still alive,” he countered. “And some are rather pretty, too, if you take the time to look. Their shells gleam like iridescent jewels in the sun; they’re living gem stones. And of course there’s snakes, and chameleons, and golden moles.”

“Golden moles?” Jane repeated. “What are those?”

Garrus hummed, a different, more soothing sound pulsing through his scintillating coils that sparked in the firelight like polished steel. “Golden moles are a type of rodent. They swim beneath the sand, shooting upwards to eat beetles and crickets. Their fur is a radiant gold that catches moonbeams and practically glows.” Garrus’ posture softened as he added “my mother used to say that they were stars trapped on earth, traipsing across the dunes instead of the sky.”

“Those... actually do sound pretty,” Jane admitted. “Do you think we’ll see any?”

“Maybe,” Garrus chuckled, drawing Jane’s attention to how close he was. She could almost feel the warmth suffusing off his scales, inviting her to snuggle up against him. Would he mind, she wondered, if she leaned against him? The pull of comforting heat tugged at her chilled shoulders and deciding to test the limits of their new friendship, Jane allowed herself to rest her back against him. 

She felt his breath hitch before what sounded like a gentle purr left his throat. Neither spoke, instead turning their gazes back to the fire, images of oceans and golden moles playing out in the embers. Perhaps the desert wasn’t so wretched after all. 

I’ll tag @bronzeagelove, @mordinette, @amariahellcat, and @fasterpuddytat. Only if you want to of course. =)

[theherocomplex]

Last Line Meme!

I was tagged by @mosaiccreme -- thank you! 

I tag (no pressure): @aban-asaara, @thievinghippo, @thunderheadfred, and @blondepomeranian! <3

Here’s a little bit from a wildly self-indulgent Julian/Apprentice fic (an implication of lemony things and no more): 

"It's...a box of rope? Very nice rope -- silk, I take it? Lovely silk, a fine weight to it, but --" Julian's mind stopped working. "Oh," he said, once he was sure he could form actual words. "Well. Right. Rope. Rope." Salome ran her knuckles over his temple, down the line of his jaw. "Consider it a possibility," she said, unfathomably gentle. "Or, more accurately, a promise. When you're ready, give them to me." Julian nodded. How astounding, to be terrified of finally having something you thought you might die without. "This is your decision." She stroked his hair, and cupped the curve of his skull with a warm, warm palm. Julian let the weight of his head fall into her hand. "If you decide never, if you decide later, soon -- it's all up to you." No, not terror, and not freefall either. A quick descent, to be sure, a headlong rush -- but she would catch him. She always did. He put the box in her lap.

[thunderheadfred]

Rules: List 10 words/phrases that have something to do with your work(s) in progress

figured I should finally try this, since I got tagged a bunch of times, by @mosaiccreme, @ahealthylionisanonillion, and @theherocomplex

so I’m gonna do two cuz... I’m gonna

Mirror, Mirror

uh... mirror images. Specifically, the Dark Mirror 

Magic Has A Price

L O R E

gothic castle mystery

water, water, everywhere

plot-related amnesia

"came back wrong,” inverted

first person epistolary. sometimes.

polyamorous true love

Playing With The Big Boys

Spuffy Western

“y’all”

town with a dark secret

genre-bending

found family

grit vs. brit

plot-related amnesia

offended gasp! ad nauseam

passive to active protagonist

Victorian Imperialism Sucks. Literally

Belligerent Sexual Tension

[mosaiccreme]

Tag Meme

Thank you for the tag @rpgwarrior4824

Tagging: @squigglysquidd @jaguarvakarian @bisexualcommandershepard and @amiovergarrusvakarian with no obligations. Only if you want to do this.

🌱 Nicknames:

Twilightrose, MosaicCreme, CrimsonQueen

🌱 Zodiac sign:

Leo

🌱 Height:

5′4″

🌱 Last thing you googled?

Free NCE practice exams

🌱 Favorite musicians?

Uhhhh ... Twenty One Pilots, I guess.

🌱 Song stuck in your my head:

The intro music to Lucifer and, because of Lucifer, Chase the Devil by Max Romeo. 

🌱 Following: 313

🌱 Followers: 107

🌱 Do you get asks?

Nowhere near as often as I’d like

🌱 Amount of sleep:

It fluctuates wildly, but I’m at my best with at least 7 hours. I’d prefer 10. I can function on 4 and a half. Under that, and I’m incoherent and bitchy. 

🌱 Lucky number:

I don’t have one

🌱 what are you wearing:

Black, capri, stretch pants and an olive green shirt that has shoulder slits.

🌱 Dream job:

Being a therapist (which I am now) and a professionally published author (working on it).

🌱 Dream trip:

Another planet, but on Earth, either Ireland or Africa

🌱 Instruments:

I am not musically inclined

🌱 Languages:

English and a little French

🌱 Favorite songs:

Currently, Girls Like You by Maroon 5 feature Cardi B

🌱 Random fact:

I never had any wisdom teeth.