#non-sequential story-telling

[bellisima-writes]

Further Ramblings From a Very Inexperienced Writer Type Person - Drawing Your Narrative Structures?

Writer friends, do you guys ever draw your narrative structures? I've done it for each of mine stories and find it tremendously fun to look back on once they're done.

Now, I know I play hard and fast with my narratives and POVs etc, having done some funky things, especially in the Last Angel and know most stories (fanfic or not) follow a sequential narrative structure, start to finish. Like so:

Now, my first story, had a split POV and time-bound chapter structure. Meaning, each chapter happened at one point in time across two or more characters. Like so:

The Last Angel was my timey wimey one, jumping around and across different timelines. That was a fun one to draw, it looked like this:

And now, I am writing a story (not a fic) in which we start in the center, and every subsequent chapter includes a flash back as well as progress in the present, creating my FAVORITE image to date:

Do any of you guys ever jot down what your story looks like on paper? Just me? Okay, cool.

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Febuwhump Day 3: Pinned Down

pairings: gen

summary: a story about y/n, Redbull’s new second driver, told in non-sequential order

a/n: I love febuwhump and have participated before for other fandoms but this is a first for me — attempting to compete it via smau only. Hopefully I can write a complete story eventually and I will be posting it on its own masterlist in the correct order to read but it’ll be written based on the febuwhump prompt list! @febuwhump

a/n2: based on the 2024 year; sorry checo but you got replaced earlier!

y/n_rb

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y/n_rb: let’s do it babes! One last race before summer break!

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user1: getting a dose of Senioritis here?

↳y/n_rb: NO! In fact I’m counting down the days till I can get BACK into the car again and break hasn’t even started!

↳y/n_rb: and stop calling me old!!

maxverstappen1: Show them how it’s done!

↳y/n_rb: oh you know it!

redbullracing: get it girl!

↳y/n_rb: 🏆🏆🏆🏆 getting it!

↳y/n_rb: ^^^ all my trophies thank you

↳user2: yeah!!! Show them them at you’ve been getting it already!

↳y/n_rb: 👈🏻😎👉🏻

logansargeant: one last weekend before I get a break from seeing you? Thank you 🙏

↳y/n_rb: you’d think right?

↳logansargeant: …what do you mean?

↳y/n_rb: 🤭🤭🤭🤭

↳logansargeant: WHAT DOES THIS MEAN??

↳user3: so slay of her to menace everyone liked by y/n_rb

fernandoalo_oficial: ¡Lo harás genial, chico! you'll do great, kid!

↳user4: isn’t it so nice seeing 2 rookies get along?

↳user5: there’s no way that old man is a rookie???

↳y/n_rb: YOU TAKE THAT BACK! HE’S A ROOKIE!

↳y/n_rb: Mr. Fernando sir of course. I’ll do you proud 🫡

↳fernandoalo_oficial: ¿Sabes que puedes llamarme solo Fernando? you know you can call me just Fernando?

↳y/n_rb: I don’t think you understand how much I can’t do that. Thanks 😊

↳user6: wait you speak Spanish? I just realized

↳y/n_rb: while you were busy goofing off, I studied the blade (Mr. Fernando)

↳user6: iconic actually

f1

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tagged: y/n_rb, lewishamilton, fernandoalo_oficial

f1: and that’s contact. y/n_rb was pinned down between the wall and lewishamilton who himself was boxed in by fernandoalo_oficial. This marks the end of the race for y/n_rb. No contact has been made from y/n_rb yet.

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user7: Jesus…

↳user8: I hope she’s ok. That crash was bad, bad

user9: it’s been almost 2 minutes and they still don’t have word from her…

↳user10: the marshals are booking it to her

↳user11: why did it take so long????? She slammed into that wall so hard

user12: air support has apparently been called for

↳user13: it’s that bad?

↳user12: her car is all over the track and she STILL hasn’t responded

↳user14: they’ve called the race for it

↳user15: good god finally

user16: this is either gonna be the best day of her life or the worst

↳user17: we don’t even know if she’s ok?

↳user16: she crashed with Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso though

↳user17: …ok you might be on to something

↳user18: let’s be real — she’d probably comment something like “my fav threesome”

↳user16: 😂

↳user17: that does seem like her

user20: it’s been a couple of hours — is there still no word?

↳user21: logansargeant posted something. Apparently he’s at a hospital — I’m assuming it’s for her

logansargeant

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tagged: y/n_rb

logansargeant: still no news but I’ve been told that’s a good thing?

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user22: keeping y/n_rb in our thoughts!

lewishamilton: where?

↳logansargeant: check the group chat — I’ve sent the location

↳lewishamilton: on my way

↳fernandoalo_oficial: mismo same

user23: thanks for the update Logan!

oscarpiastri: need anything before I come?

↳logansargeant: my bag?

↳oscarpiastri: 👍🏻. Food?

↳logansargeant: shockingly good here

francisca.cgomes: dis-moi — est-ce que mon amour va vraiment bien? tell me — is my love really ok?

↳logansargeant: as y/n would say — babe you’ll be the first person I text (when I finally can)

↳pierregasly: are you…are you helping y/n steal my girlfriend? (Merci de nous tenir au courant. Thanks for keeping us in the loop.)

↳logansargeant: (channeling y/n) our girlfriend Frenchie 🤝

↳francisca.cgomes: ma chérie…

↳pierregasly: 🙄🙄

charles_leclerc: leo is ready and waiting to give healing kisses when able too

↳logansargeant: careful there — she might try to steal your dog

↳pierregasly: she might try to steal your girlfriend too

↳charles_leclerc: …noted

↳alexandrasaintmleux: oh? 🤨

↳charles_leclerc: nothing to see here

maxverstappen1: Tell y/n_rb that Jimmy and Sassy (the #1 pets) are waiting for her back in Monaco 🇲🇨

↳charles_leclerc: Siri how do you say “you’re wrong” in Dutch?

↳maxverstappen1: Wouldn’t know — never been wrong before?

↳maxverstappen1: You can tell her in French though

↳user24: unconscious and still able to cause mischief…

↳user24: i think i wanna be here when i grow up!

↳maxverstappen1: No

↳charles_leclerc: non

↳pierregasly: un seul suffit

↳logansargeant: there are so many better role models out there

↳oscarpiastri: please don’t

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TMAG Theory Board Update (EP 11-12)

Hi guys sorry about the late posting I've just started a new quarter of college and its been pretty hectic. also got into my school design BFA program so pretty stoked about that! Anyways lets get into the Episode Breakdowns because even though not a lot of lore related things happened I still have a lot to talk about

For the breakdown I'll separate each by episode in sequential order

What Happened in Episode 11: Marked

Celias Rude Awakening- we jump right into the weirdness straight away with Celia waking up on the side of the interstate. she indicates that this is not a weird occurrence and ends the scene by telling someone named Jack that she's "on her way." If you remember episode 8 after Celia and Sam talk to Gerry and Gertrude, she mentions stuff about wanting help with her own mystery. When Sam asks about it she says she's looking into Time travel, other dimentions and teleportation. Many people have theorized that maybe Celia is just a super heavy sleepwalker, but I think the she teleports random places out of nowhere. This could be a side effect of her reality hopping if this Celia is originally from The archives universe.

As for the identity of Jack I'm not quite sure about that yet. I cross referenced the name Jack with past episodes of TMA. The only thing that came up was Jack Barnabas from the statement about dating Agnes Montague (aka an avatar of the desolation and Jesus-like figure for the cult of the lightless flame) So Unless Celia is secretly Agnes of Agnes reincarnated , I can't find any way to link Barnabas to Celia. (if anyone has a theory feel free to send it my way.)

Sam Lore- this one is pretty minor story-wise but I thought it was interesting. Before the statement for the episode is presented we get some classic Sam and Alice Banter ™ most of it is pretty lighthearted but I noticed Sam mention something that could indicate he might be an amputee.

These could not mean anything and I find it weird that it hasn't been mentioned until now but thought it was kind of cool and I will probably be drawing sam with a prothetic leg in the future cause I really like this head-canon. It also begs to question if he is missing a leg. it might have anything to do with his past as a Magnus institute test subject but then again could just be a fun character detail added by Jonny and/or Alex .

The Statement- Getting into the statement we get another Ink5oul appearance. Also possible Ink5oul identifying as she/they. (and lets be honest being a fear avatar is pretty non binary core). I found this Episode gave me a feeling of a hybrid between the Vast, Buried and the Flesh some people are theorizing that is might be a new entity called the Deep but I think that the fear of the ocean could easily apply to the vast or buried. Not much to say about this story though pretty standard Magnus horror that also gave us a hint to what Ink5oul's goal could be/which entity they serve.

Post Bonzo- Gwen has a debrief with Lena after her first Externals Liason assignment and her meeting with Mr. Bonzo. Undoubtedly Gwen is still pretty shaken from her encounter, even arriving late to work due to sleeplessness. Gwen is able to ask Lena a few questions mainly she wanted to know who's name was written on the letter given to Bonzo

Lena is largely unhelpful but tells Gwen she should have worked it out by now and if not to pay close attention to the case load for the next couple of days. before the latest episode my guess was Klaus because that is the only person mentioned so far that the OIAR intends to kill. but more on that later

Marked- Now were getting to my favorite thing about this episode. This episode title can have two meanings. The first is the more literal interpretation. Tattoos are marking of the body and the case this episode was all about tattoos so easily a good name would be marked. But I believe this is a red herring meant to misguide listeners who have not consumed all 200 episodes of TMA because if you know the world of Magnus Archives the term Marked takes on a entirely different meaning.

In TMA the term marked is used to indicate that somebody has been influenced by one or more or the fears and are one their way to becoming an Avatar. I think this could be a coded way to tell the audience someone in the OIAR has been marked. I have two potential candidates

Alice Dyer- Alice has been having dreams about the Institute after her and Sam's adventure into the ruins. also she mentions feeling like someone's watching her (common to people influenced or fed upon by the Ceaseless Watcher/The Eye) My guess if she is marked it would be by the Eye.

Gwendolyn Bouchard: Probably the most likely culprit. The main way an entitly tends to mark people is through encounters with other avatars. Gwen has just had an encounter with Mr Bonzo last episode who I strongly believe must be an avatar of some sort.

What Happened in Episode 12: Getting Off

Aww Sam!!- Sam asked Celia out and it was adorably awkward. not much to say I just loved this interaction and I'm longing for a new Magnus brand office romance hopefully is wont be an agonizing slowburn that ends tragically like a certain pair of morons from Archives (I love you Jon and Martin but Jesus christ)

It's Bonzo time bitches!!- Probably one of the most gruesome Magnus statement I've ever listened to (good work Alex) Mr Bonzo completely annihilated some poor dude at his bachelor party. Based on the date of the Incident the I can confidently say that whoever Baz (the groom) was he was our mystery person the OIAR sent Mr Bonzo to get rid of. Along with some of the bloodiest imagery we learned a few things about Bonzo. The most interesting detail is that Bonzo has to be summoned by playing his theme song I think the CD of his theme song acts somewhat like the tapes did in TMA by materialising out of nowhere. Also fun fact you know that torn seam that is right down Bonzo's middle? that is actually is his mouth lined with rows sharp teeth so I guess I know that now (so fun) Moral of the story dont f*ck with Mr. Bonzo

Alice knows something: Theres been this recurring audio glitch throughout TMAGP thatnks to a few extremly observent fans we have started to relize that these glitches are not at all random and are actually letting the audience know when a character is lying (i actually reposted somones deepdive into all the istances of this glitch so far if you guys are intrested in knowing more) why i bring this up now is becuase since we know when any charater is lying we also know when they are being truthful if there is no glitch when they say somthing and at the end of this episode this interaction occurs

Alice goes ahead and makes a joke about this to annoy Gwen but the fact theres no audio glitch when she says "I know" means she does actually know who is behind the OIAR and is activly refusing to share it with Gwen or the others. What do you know Alice!?

and that's about it im already loving these next batch of episodes and am so excited to learn more (ERROR has to show up somtime )

thanks to everyone who resonded the poll on the last update I will continue to include drawings into the breakdown even if it takes me a little bit of time to post. anyways I wrote this all in one sitting and I'm about ready to pass out so thanks again and the ask box and comments are always open for discussion and theory crafting.

-Echo

[genjyoandgojyoandhakkai]

It's Still You

Emmrich x Rook x Lucanis (x Spite - non-explicit in this story)

After the fall of the Evanuris and everything that happened with the Veilguard, Rook, Emmrich, and Lucanis are stepping into the unknown, trying to build something real, something that is truly theirs. The past lingers, and external pressures threaten to pull them apart, but together, they face the hardest question: How do we live with what's happened and keep moving forward?

Like everything I do, it's extra there's a longfic in the works and oneshots that are sequential but not part of the main story.

Tags are at the bottom ✨

Series AO3 link here.

Want to read about how it all started? -> Despite Everything

It was late; Rook wasn't even sure how late. Emmrich still hadn’t come to bed, but he'd been doing some research and it wasn't unusual for him to stay up all night reading. Manfred would come get one of them if anything was wrong. Rook had gone to bed with Lucanis when he started yawning, and stayed wakeful though Lucanis had relaxed into their arms some time prior. Rook had some thinking to do. Sleep hadn't come but a decision finally had.

“Spite? I want to talk to you about something important,” Rook whispered.

“Important,” Spite responded immediately, keeping his voice down for once. Lucanis' eyelids twitched open to reveal the familiar mauve-lit evidence of her favorite spirit. “Rook,” he rumbled, cuddling closer to her.

“Right,” Xiqaa responded, twining her legs with Spite's. “I’ve been thinking, and I need to talk about it.”

She looped dark waves of his hair gently through her fingers, smiling at the way his eyes fluttered in pleasure at the touch. Spite was easy to please, at least where Rook was concerned.

“It’s something secret,” Rook continued, combing his hair gently. “Lucanis and Emmrich can't know yet. It's nothing harmful to them or me, I promise.” Rook kissed the top of his head, then tapped his lips with a finger, a silent reinforcement.

Spite’s eyes widened, bright with curiosity at being the first to know a secret.

“Won’t tell,” he whispered excitedly. “Rook tell Spite secret.”

Rook hesitated. Once she told Spite, she was committed. Things were going well, and Maker knew they had enough problems waiting for them without Rook adding her plan to the pile.

Casting her doubts into the deepest Fade, Rook said, “I want to take Illario with me on a treasure hunt.”

“Bad secret,” Spite hissed. “Spite doesn't like.”

Rook wasn't sure if Spite meant Illario or the secret itself, but pressing that distinction felt unwise.

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[blade-that-was-broken]

Intro, Stories, and Commissions!

Heya! This is my anonymous little blog for my current fixations and interests! I am currently cutting down on social media so I am no longer active here but I am keeping the blog up so if any others have any interests or want to go through some of the things here, it is applicable.

My AO3 is still up and if I ever have things I write, they will likely go there. Below are some notes on the works I have done for this account. Thank you for checking it out! And I hope you find some interest!

Name: Luthien or Blade

Age/Gender: adult woman

Notes About My Work

Focus on familial and platonic bonds

Any romantic notions are never the focus

Minimal swearing on my part

Family friendly art and writing with some violence

No nudity, serious gore or smut

Feel free to ask any questions about anything - I absolutely love answering comments and questions in the asks.

Listed below not only my current series but also some other writings that I have finished! Feel free to check them out! I'd love to know what you think! Also listed are other fandoms that I am interested in and feel free to ask me about any of them! Enjoy!

Series!

Here is a Link to my AO3

I’m Still Here - BASIC Finish

An AU where John Dory comes back to the Tree a bit earlier to raise Branch only for sixteen years later of traveling on the road with his little brother to give his life for him. Branch finds Pop Village at 16 and goes through the events of the canonical movies with the background of being a wandering traveler with his brother.

Type: Multiple Books

Question to the World - prequel mini series - ✔️

Head Above Water - movie one - ✔️

World to Change - movie two - ✔️

Moment to Be Real - movie 3 - ✔️

Words and Whispers - Collection of Snippets

For This You Were Born

In an AU where Brozone doesn’t exist and trolls can trade their lives for the safety of their families, a mother tricks her eldest son only for him and her youngest to end up in a fight for their lives against a Bergen.

Type: Multi Chapter Short Series

For This You Were Born - finished ✔️

Silence the Doubt - finished ✔️

By Design a Victor -

Half Life

In a human AU, John Dory has been working for years to get custody of his four brothers from his parents. When he finally gets it, he finds he had to fix what he inadvertently broke. As he tries to juggle a new life and protect his brothers, he does his best to repair his relationship with them.

Type - Single Multichapter, Extra shots

Breathe Again - multi chapter

One Shots/Other

Trolls

Something to Believe In - An amnesiac John Dory arrives at Pop Village and ends up raising his youngest six-year old brother. (non-sequential shorts)

Things We Lost - Clay is snatched one day, only to be saved by his amnesiac older brother, who has no idea who he is and believes his brothers to be dead. (one shot, finished)

Divided Frame of Mind - Branch, Bruce, Clay and Floyd search for John Dory, only for Holly Darlin' (Trollstopia) to tell them he's staying in Lonesome Flatts. However, when they get there, they are not greeted how they expect. (one shot, finished)

Smoke and Starlight - a continuation beyond TBT, helped Poppy with an annual world meeting and learns about his parents and his brothers as he helps set up. (multi chapter, wip, Branch, JD and Floyd centric)

Keep Me Breathing - Upon being rescued and traveling back to Pop Village, Floyd makes some observations about his older brother and gives him a hug - which, turns out he really needed (one shot, finished)

The More I Learn, the Less I Bleed - an argument erupts in the bunker one night where the brother learns a horrifying truth - their oldest has been living his life in time loops; one of which including the last performance they did as a band. (one shot, finished)

Soldier On AU - human au, concept - John Dory hasn’t seen his brothers since their parents divorced when he was fifteen. Twenty years later, he is discharged from the military after an explosion and is slowly reunited with his brothers. (concept, snippets only)

Batman/Nightwing

Halfway Gone - Damian comes to Stephanie about Dick Grayson's apparent death with a theory. She believes him. After all, he is their Batman. (one shot, finished)

I'd Give You My Lungs - Jason had never heard the wail of a father losing his son tragically too young before. But when Damian dies, he does. (oneshot, finished)

I've Got You, Brother - Jason is glad he's the one who finds it. Jason hates that he is the one who finds it. But his brother is alive. And he needs to find out what happened. (one shot, finished)

[randomthefox]

Even when ignoring the games and judging idw sonic on its own merits, it's just not a good product. Idw sonic is one of the most boring and shallow comic books I've ever read. Every concept gets ruined beyond salvation. The story is always disagreeing with itself and refusing to go anywhere. Every character is either a plank of wood or unforgivably annoying. The visuals and scenery are woefully forgettable.

I honestly can't tell what the point is. From a business standpoint, the answer is obviously money. But from a creative standpoint, what's being done here? Are the writers and artists getting any enjoyment from creating such banal slop? Is it fun to spend so much effort creating a story that doesn't function in any way whatsoever?

That's not even getting into how mediocre idw sonic is compared to actually good comics. And even if you go only by comics under idw publishing the idw sonic comic still falls short.

Read any non-sonic comic published by idw then go back to idw sonic. The difference in quality and entertainment value is staggering.

Idw sonic has no value and the atrocious writing choices make zero sense.

Yeah exactly.

It being a disrespectful toxic blight upon the Sonic franchise is why I HATE it, but it's still a completely irredeemable heap of trash even if you just treat it as its own standalone product. And like I've said before the comic is INCOMPREHENSIBLE GIBBERISH if you do not have a pre-established familiarity with the video games. So even if you're completely ridiculously unreasonably generous and go into the comic with full knowledge and awareness of the video games in mind so that you know who everybody is because the comic never explains or introduces anybody, and even if you accept for the sake of argument that the status quo of the series is what the comic says it is even though the comic never demonstrates it and nothing from the video games supports its assertions - the comic STILL completely FAILS as a narrative.

The characters do not act consistently with their established characterization within the comic nor with their previous deeds and stated beliefs. There is NO character development, for ANYONE. There is no world building to speak of, I legitimately have no idea where the fuck the comic is even supposed to take place or where anything is in relation to anywhere else. Everybody constantly acts like a complete moron in order to facilitate plot contrivances that aren't interesting or entertaining. There's no thematic concepts or insightful commentary to be found, the closest the comic gets to anything of that nature is meta textual interludes that make zero sense within the context of the universe and are only included for the sake of shouting "THOSE SONIC VIDEO GAMES SURE ARE STUPID AND DUMB AMIRITE?" to the audience. And the art has degraded to the point of being absolutely nauseating to look at with the sequential flow of events being borderline impossible to follow along with.

This comic is unreadable garbage. The ONLY conceivable POSSIBLE way ANYBODY could derive ANY enjoyment from it whatsoever at this point is if they HATE HATE HATE the Sonic video games and the comic serves as an outlet for them to hold aloft and proclaim it to be superior to the video games. In the same way some fifty year old divorcee will go to bars and try hitting on twenty year olds by telling them how much hotter she is than his ex wife.

This comic cannot be cancelled soon enough.

[thelouspicystash]

Enlarge and In Charge (Commission)

This is the second of two comms I wrote for @denim-lich about their sona and that sexy, sexy vampire of Baldur's Gate fame. The story's are sequential, but you can find the previous one HERE.

This time around, something a lil extra. SEX. That's right. Real, actual SEX. Well, technically there's no penetration but like. There's coming. So get excited! Yay! Oh and the vampire gets BIG btw. Not BIG big but ya know big. Enjoy :]

Commissions currently closed, but will reopen on the fifth!

Word count: 2022

This story contains: Macro, size play, nudity, non-penetrative sex, light aftercare

“So…for what reason are we out here, again?” 

Barry glanced back at Astarion. The party had made camp relatively early tonight, in a very dense wooded area. They had had an incredibly long day, for the most part, dealing with monsters of all varying large sizes. Everyone was more or less tuckered out, so they decided today would be a somewhat day off for them all. Not that any of them had jobs to do, mind, but it was certainly agreed they all needed some extra time to just rest. 

Astarion, ever fittingly, was among them who was definitely behind the idea, welcoming the idea of an early night in. However, not more than half an hour into a light nap, did his partner Barry come in and wake him. They didn’t reveal much, simply asking Astarion to get up and follow them out. While he had some reservations, he was ultimately not immune to his lover’s adorable, pleading eyes, so he agreed and followed them out. They kept going until they reached a small clearing, which is when the vampire finally inquired about their plans.

“Oh, well…” Barry started, seeming a little shy. “I was um…gosh, how do I say this…”

Astarion raised an eyebrow. “Oh, come on. Don’t tell me you dragged me all the way out here only to get cold feet, my dear. Least spit it out, hm?”

“S-Sorry, it’s just…” they went on, seemingly a touch more confident. “I get this isn’t exactly a thing we talk about a whole lot. Least not to a dedicated degree…”

“Sex?” The vampire inquired plainly.

Barry’s eyes widened, and their face went red.

“My dear…how many times have we had it before?”

“Less that, and more…” they paused, as if looking for the words. “I’d…like to try and explore some new approaches?”

Now it was Astarion’s turn for his eyes to widen. “Oh? Looking to get a little kinky in our sleeping bags, hm?”

Barry chuckled, appearing a bit more at ease. “S-Sorta! Just wanted to ask, ya know. Would you be, ah…against getting…bigger?” They appeared to squeak out that last word.

The vampire blinked. “Bigger? Like…what, from an Enlarge spell?” He chuckled, his tone joking.

“Oh! Uh…yeah, actually,” Barry nodded. “That exactly…more or less.”

Surprise overcame Astarion’s face. “Truly? I…wasn’t being serious there.”

“I was,” they assured him, their tone more even. “I, um, even learned how to cast an Enlarge spell. From memory. Is that…okay?”

He didn’t answer right away. He wasn’t exactly taken aback, so to say. Alarmed, yes, but not really in a bad way. As eccentric as Barry was, which was typical for a bard, he had never expected him to be into anything like this. A bit of magic involved, for certain, but to this degree? And on him?

“D-Dear…?” Barry spoke up again. “S-Sorry if I…”

“Oh! No, no,” Astarion quickly responded, realizing he had been lost in thought. “Pardon, I was just…thinking. About your offer. Is all. Yes.”

“Oh…well, what do you think, then?”

“I…suppose I can give it a try,” he responded simply. “No guarantee I will like it, though! But I am willing to try.”

Barry’s face lit up. “Awesome!! Heh, alright! Let’s see…” They rubbed their hands together, mumbled something to themselves. “Just gotta…remember…”

“What was that about having it from memory?” The vampire teased.

“Hey, just give me a minute!” They laughed, shooting him a smirk. “I know it, just…ah! Got it!” Closing their eyes, they held out their hands and began chanting in an arcane language. At first, Astarion didn’t feel anything; at least, nothing particularly notable. He never had a spell like this casted on him, or many spells at all for that matter, so he was a bit unsure how exactly it was supposed to feel, or if he would feel anything at all.

Ever the impatient one, he was just about to ask if anything was supposed to happen, when suddenly he felt an odd jolt to his system. It was as if every muscle in his body bulged out at once, and grew out considerably. For a minute, he nearly felt off balance, as his view of the world shifted so fast; the ground seemed further away, the trees seemed shorter, and Barry, who was only about a head shorter than him, now appeared so short he actively had to look down to see them. Needless to say, Astarion was utterly stunned.

Barry looked up at him with wide eyes and a slight blush. “W-Woah…h-how does it feel, love?”

“It feels…big,” he commented simply, his voice sounding a small bit deeper than it once was. “But…I look good, don’t I? Just as you pictured?” He smirked, quickly turning on the swagger.

“O-Oh, yes!! Yeah, yeah!!” Barry nodded, a wide smile on their face. “Sheesh, you really are huge…almost like you could…”

“What? Like I could do…this?” Without much of a warning, the vampire reached down and picked up his partner, scooping them up from under their arms. “Well, now. Look what we have here.”

The bard’s whole face went red, their body going rigid in delighted alarm as they babbled rather incoherently. 

“I am judging you like this?” He asked with a raised eyebrow, prompting a rapid series of nods from them. “Wonderful, because I am as well. It’s like having a little Barry figurine.” With a laugh, he playfully began to squeeze and rub on his partner, which only made Barry giggle more in delight. “Heh…now, not that I wouldn’t mind playing with you a bit more, but I believe I was made this size for another reason?” Tenderly, one of his fingers trailed down Barry’s body, and started to tease the area around Barry’s crotch.

Their eyes widened a bit, though still chuckled. “O-Oh, y-yeah, of course, Astarion…since I asked, um, a bit out of you, if you wanna take things in a certain position, I’d be happy to—”

“Your thighs.”

Barry blinked. “...p-pardon?”

“You heard me,” he smiled, shifting to hold his partner in one hand, as the other moved down to playfully squeeze their thighs. “You know how much I love these on you. Is it so wrong to think that I could…fit myself so snuggly between your impressive thighs, my dear?”

For a moment, they were speechless, once again making some sort of pleased yet indecipherable sound, before quickly shaking it off. “Y-Yeah, w-we can do that! J-Just, uh…I should probably dress down a bit, so uh…”

“Oh, for certain,” Astarion chuckled, setting his partner down as he thumbed at his pants. “You don’t want me to chaff on the material of your pants, do you now?”

“N-No-No! C-Certainly!” Barry nodded, as they seemed to fumble with their belt and trousers. “S-Sorry, I’m just a little…frazzled…y-you’re so big and I’m…” By now, their whole head was red, and they had to pause and cover their face.

Astarion simply chuckled, as he similarly began to undo his pants, revealing his already slightly erect cock. Gracious, already? He mused to himself, admittedly quite surprised. Perhaps I am getting more turned on by this affair than I thought…

His attention was locked onto his length, before being pulled back when he heard Barry clear their throat. His partner was now free of both pants and undergarments, and was equally locked onto the vampire’s length. They blinked, before shaking it off. “Ready?” Barry asked, some confidence in his voice.

“Indeed,” Astarion smiled, going down to pick up his partner once more. He took a second to back up, propping himself against a tree, before finally lowering his awaiting partner onto his length. Feeling Barry’s thigh grip him, he couldn’t help but let out a small moan. “A-Aaaaah…as soft as I recall, I see…”

“Y-Yeh, I try to keep them like that,” they noted. “Seeing as how much you like grabbing at them…h-heh…” Their breath got a little huffy, as their pussy rubbed up against the skin of his cock.

“I do not wish to waste another moment,” the vampire grinned, and with great care, began to pull Barry back and forth on his cock. He started slow, giving some time for his cock to grow a bit more and to better position Barry. “Mm, my dear…your supple thighs feel so good on me…”

“S-So happy you’re enjoying them,” Barry purred, leaning part of what they could against Astarion’s chest. “And your dick against my pussy…it’s already making me so wet. Can…can you get a little faster, please?”

He chuckled. “A little needy, are we? Then again, I do love making my bard sing…” he teased, and did begin to work Barry a little faster on his length. True to their word, they were getting a fair bit damp, which only helped with his speed as Barry rode up and down on his cock. “You weren’t kidding…goodness, feels like I may be moving a bit too fast…” Astarion remarked with a deep moan.

“Not a bad thing, is it?” Barry marked, smirking up at him. “You can last, can’t you? I know you can, cause you know you like your cock between my wonderfully thick thighs, right?” A good deal of teasing was clear in their voice.

Astarion could only grunt in response. He had to admit, he was feeling very close, especially with his current speed, but he felt he had to hold out a little more. Barry was worth it, after all. He continued to work him, up and down, back and forth, taking his partner from his very tip down to his base as close as he could.

“You’re doing so good, love,” Barry praised with a chuckle, though also alongside a moan. “Mmm…I-I feel so close…d-do you think w-we could…together…?” They managed to get out between heavy breaths.

Shaky as he was at the moment, Astarion did manage a cocky smile. “What was that, my dear? You have to be specific with me…what is it that you want from me?”

Barry didn’t respond at first, instead just murmuring something under their breath.

“Hm? Pl-Please be specific, my love. I need to hear you say what you want exactly, or else I could just…” He slowed himself down ever so slightly.

“N-No!!” Barry shouted out. “P-Please…I-I want us…to come at the same time! I know we’re both so close, and…I want to share this moment of pleasure with you…please…!”

Astarion grinned, and leaned down to plant a kiss on them. “Good…mmm, hearing you beg has nearly made me burst…b-but I can hold onto the count of three. Are you—mmph—ready?”

Barry was gripping their partner’s chest tight, but nodded their head.

“Good, good…here we go…one…two...aaaaaand…three!!!”

With a small yelp from Barry, he could feel as they came onto his dick. At the same time, a stream of cum began to pump out from his dick. The two held each other tight as both came for a solid few seconds, before eventually coming down, as Astarion slowly slid into a sitting position. “Oh…oh my…fuck…” he panted, rubbing his partner’s back gently. “That was…simply…amazing…”

“Y-Yeah…,” Barry breathed, laughing to themselves. “Aaaaah, it felt so good…even if I…feel really tired now…”

“The feeling is mutual,” he remarked in turn, before another strange sensation came over him. It was a similar feeling as when he was made bigger, but almost inverted. He watched as the world around him grew larger, and Barry became bigger, no longer able to fit in his hands. “Hm. Seems as though the Enlarge spell had worn off,” he commented, examining himself.

Barry appeared to breathe a sigh of relief. “Oh, good…I hadn’t yet memorized a shrinking spell, yet…”

“What was that?”

“Oh, my dear love,” Barry spoke in a dramatized tone. “I am sooooo sleepy now! Can you please carry me back to our tent? Oh, please?”

At first, Astarion raised an eyebrow at him, only to chuckle and shake his head. “Alright, my dear…let us turn in for the night.” Taking a moment to redo his own trousers first, he then hefted his lover up in his arms, grabbed their discarded garments, and started off back for camp.

[lord-aldhelm]

WIP File Game

I was tagged by @thelettersfromnoone Thank you!!

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet (or sketch, if for artwork) or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

I actually have not been working much on my writing due to being busy/distracted by other obligations. But here are some files in my WIP folder:

aaWIP-Season2-OLD.docx

xSeason 2 WIP-NEW.docx

Aldhelm x OC story idea.txt

Outline Season 2.docx

timeline.txt

I have broken up my season 2 storyline into two parts and working on both simultaneously.

As for artwork:

Chipmunk sketch.jpg

Constanin sketch.jpg

Mystical Wolf sketch.jpg

Skade sektch.jpg

These are what I am working on right now. Kind of different stages for each one.

Also been working on a ton of gifsets but don't really have WIP filenames for those due to the method how they are created. I use VLC to take sequential screenshots of a video clip that I took from the discs and put those directly into Photopea to make the gif, so there is no WIP files on my computer aside from the video rips and the screenshots.

No pressure tags: @gemini-mama @synintheraven @sihtricfedaraaahvicius

@thenameswinter99 @whitedarkmoonflower @paula-in-dreamland @hardestysally

@poetic-fiasco @alexagirlie @sigtryggrswifey @itbmojojoejo

@garunsdottir @timetravelingpenguin1066 @bagheerita @solinarimoon

@king-alfred @arcielee @st-eve-barnes @foxyanon @holy3cake

[nixoon-again]

Do you have any advice with brainstorming ideas? I have been struggling recently and really look up to your story’s :DDD How do u develop concepts or characters ?? I am okay with getting an idea I just don’t know how to make it fly

i just think about it a lil hard and then my brain keeps exploding until the voices force me to write it tbh 😔🔥 /lh

Hzbsgsgsg but like im very bad at giving writing advice (or any advice in general) because i usually don't follow any rules??? but here are somethings that i do to develop an idea and how to centre a story around it:

note down the central idea, at this step try to write everything you know happens in it not minding how it's written. just something that will help you remember what hour idea is later in your notes maybe. for example, the note i wrote down for the forces fic was literally just

"sonic and tails both get taken to death egg during forces but sonic doesn't know"

if you have any vivid scenes in mind that may happen later in the story or anywhere in a non-sequential order, note them as crudely as you want. try and capture the scene with the bare minimum, it could be just a set of dialogue or a two line explanation of what is happening in the scene here's another example of how i do that lmao

"I'm only here to pick you up because amy asked" "you wound me" + dramatic sigh and then they go home

now that we have established some base, here's the actual singular writing advice i do follow: establish who your characters are, what do they want and how can you stop them from getting to their goal. this really helps building plots and being evil to critters in general. for example, suppose we have an idea like "tails is injured and he has to find sonic to deliver vital news before everyone almost dies" the goal here is getting to sonic? oh well maybe there's an avalanche and now he's stuck under the snow, too bad 👎 (add as many hindrances as you want, it's free real estate)

im bad at giving advice

now that we have the setting, the characters, the problems and some scenes to bounce around with, tome for connecting everything (worst part) i usually figure this out by starting to write a rough outline that i can change overtime if i figure something out that works better, try and do some research how other writers (fanfic and general) connect their stories by reading their works

afterwards make a finalized outline that tells you what happens in each chapter, this is also mostly changeable if you can't fit all of the ideas you wrote down in the same chapter and need to make things longer. happens to me always hzbzgzgzv

outline acquired, now here's the boss fight: actually writing 😔

im bad at giving advice

[zeawesomebirdie]

for the fic ask game :D 🙌 🥘 🦗

[for this ask game here]

Thanks for the ask J!!

🙌What's a line or paragraph of yours that you're proud of? I'm giving you two paragraphs, one from a posted fic and one from a wip >:)

From Distractions, Distractions [brudick, rated E, underage]

Bruce Wayne was not the kind of man who hid from others, particularly not when he had something he needed to discuss with them, regardless of what Alfred might say to the contrary. Yet he had spent the majority of his day in the Manor rather than in the Cave, even though Dick had the day off from school and had announced at breakfast that Bruce was welcome to come down with him. No, he was not the kind of man who hid, but at the same time, he was also not the kind of man who could picture himself walking down to where his partner was likely turning cartwheels, nor could he see himself telling Dick just why his costume needed changing.

(yes that is the very first paragraph shhhh I've never been more proud of an opening before 😌)

And from a brudick wip I'm writing for @ful-crum in which Dick and Bruce fuck in the Cave and Dick mistakenly believes that they'll be able to be together now, only for Bruce to ghost him for two months straight

That was the crux of it, in the end, the grit of sand that irritated his heart into submission: that night of The Incident had been a one-off, and it was obvious that Bruce had meant nothing by it, no matter what Dick thought would come of it. And that was fine, or it would have to be; after all, Dick had had a few one night stands before, and while it wasn’t his preference, he could understand the appeal of such things to people like Bruce. Dick was just going to have to take the L, then, because otherwise he was going to mope his sorry ass into nothingness, and then what would become of him? It would have to be fine, there was no other choice, even if he was going to remember that night forever as one of the rare moments he and Bruce were truly a team again.

🥘What wip are you most excited about? Um, well, does all of them count?? Because I really don't think I could choose just one to be most excited about, honestly. The closest to actually being finished is another little insomniac!coldflash one shot for Stories I Tell Myself When I Can't Sleep, after that, the aforementioned brudick fic for @ful-crum is the most complete, and I've got half of a 5+1 Dick fucks Bruce to distract himself from his emotions written, and for the brubarry Old West!AU I've got all of Bruce's arc plotted and half of Barry's arc at least planned. And then beyond that, there's a dickjay gameboy fic and a 5+1 times Riddler saves Robin!Dick in the works, both of which I'm also excited for (and don't even get me started on the three wips I have for Bad Things Happen Bingo, one of which is for MASH, one for Star Wars: Legends, and one for Gunsmoke). Which one I'm most excited about depends on my mood and my energy, I suppose (yeah that's a non-answer, sorry!)

🦗Do you write in sequence or jump around? Mostly in sequence, but I keep a notes doc for every longfic so that I can jot down scene ideas whenever they occur to me!! Though with the insomniac!coldflash one shots, those I'm writing out of order bc they really weren't meant to be more than a one-off thing, and I'm still plotting the whole longfic that'll eventually give context to the one shots; that's just not normally how I do things, normally I write pretty sequentially ^.^

[faded-florals]

Could you or do you know anyone that could describe the plot of the before after musical to me? I’ve recently got into the music (mostly bc of Hadley and Rosalie) but I can’t find a plot synopsis anywhere and I get real confused towards the end. I’m so sorry if this is an odd request and I don’t know if it’s something you’re really a fan of anymore but if you could point me in a direction I would be eternally grateful, I’m so desperate 😭😭😭

I am still very much a fan of this beautiful musical! I tried my best to fully summarize it for you, I hope it helps! ❤️

The story is told non-sequentially, jumping back and forth between moments in Ami and Ben's relationship, in the time before and after Ben was in an accident and was diagnosed with amnesia.

Act I (After) Ami returns to a place that is special to her, a secluded hilltop with a tree that overlooks the city (Coming Back). She reflects on the past when Ben unexpectedly arrives, but he does not recognize her. He explains he was in a car accident and has amnesia, and does not remember much about his life before. Ami invites Ben to get a drink.

(Before) Ami is stood up at a nice restaurant by her flaky boyfriend (A Little Longer). When she gets up to leave she accidentally runs into Ben, a painter working as a waiter at the restaurant, causing him to spill a glass of wine on her. Ben laughs about the accident and ends up leaving his job to go out for a drink with Ami.

(After) Ben and Ami are now dating and go to the hilltop together, and Ami presents Ben with a sketchbook. Ben tries to refuse the gift, saying that although he is has gotten flashes of memories in the form of ideas for sketches, the last time he tried to draw them it was painful for him. Ami convinces him to try again (Sketches Part One). Ami is hopeful that Ben will recover his memory through the sketches, and that they can further rekindle their relationship from before (This Time)

(Before) Ben prepares himself for Ami’s first visit to his apartment (For The First Time).

(After) Ami visits Ben at his apartment where he has been painting again. He shows her a painting of her, one that looks exactly like a sketch he had made before his accident of her sitting under the tree on their hill. She worries about him remembering how their previous relationship ended before she gets a chance to tell him herself (The Painting).

(Before) Ben takes Ami to the hilltop for the first time, and declares it as ‘our place’ (Up Here). Ami and Ben bicker about Ami’s relationship with her father, because she is constantly communicating with him but she has hesitated to tell her father about Ben. Ben sketches Ami under the tree on the hill (No More Forgetting) (Drawing Ami) Ben tells Ami that he wants to rent an apartment with her and they agree to start a life together (As Long As You're There).

Act II (Before) Ami considers how to tell her father about Ben, and eventually calls her dad to invite him to meet Ben. (Daddy, I Met This Boy).

(After) Ben is worried about the first showing of his paintings at Ami’s gallery, as well as about the future of their relationship if his memories return. Ami also worries about Ben remembering the past, because she still has not told him that they knew each other before (The Closer We Get).

(Before) Ben arrives late to meet Ami’s father, who has already left. Ami is furious and they argue until Ben admits that he was late because he was putting a deposit on their new apartment, spending the last of his money to secure it. Ami forgives him and they visit the apartment together, finding it to need a lot of work to fix up, but Ben is optimistic about their future together (The Next Step).

(After) Ami is worried that Ben will remember his past soon, seeing all of the moments from their past that Ben has painted. She decides to tell Ben everything after the exhibition (All These Pictures).

(Before) Ben and Ami have fixed up their apartment as well as they could and Ami leaves for work. Ben is happy but Ami is struggling, getting repeated phone calls from someone named “Jonathan” (Three Long Months).

(After) At the gallery, Ben is trying to rearrange his paintings into the correct narrative order for his exhibition. Nothing feels right until he recognizes Ami looks younger in the painting under the tree, after which his memories suddenly return. (Before After). Ami returns and Ben confronts her about knowing their history the entire time. They argue and Ben is in anger and pain, while Ami gets a phone call from Jonathan. (Sketches Part Two).

(Before) Ami returns home to the apartment, and Ben confronts her about lying about staying late at work, and accuses her of cheating with Jonathan. Ami tells him that her father is dying and that Jonathan is her father’s oncologist, and that she has been going to spend time with her dad every evening. They continue to argue about Ami's father, the apartment, about how Ben has recently lost another job, and they quickly break up. Ben leaves in a rage.

(After) Ben tells Ami what he remembers of his accident, which occurred immediately following their break up. He was driving drunk and drove his car off of the road into a tree in the early hours of the morning. Ami had thought that Ben was ignoring her after their break up, which was why she never reached out again or even knew about his accident. Ami attempts to reconcile with Ben, but he leaves instead. (This Time Reprise)

(After) By chance, Ami and Ben return to the hilltop on their own again. Ben admits that he is still in love with her and apologizes for leaving. They agree to try again. (Coming Back Reprise).

[checkeredflagggs]

Febuwhump Day 1: Vocal Cords

pairings: gen

summary: a story about y/n, Redbull’s new second driver, told in non-sequential order

a/n: I love febuwhump and have participated before for other fandoms but this is a first for me — attempting to compete it via smau only. Hopefully I can write a complete story eventually and I will be posting it on its own masterlist in the correct order to read but it’ll be written based on the febuwhump prompt list! @febuwhump

a/n2: based on the 2024 year; sorry checo but you got replaced earlier!

y/n_rb

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y/n_rb: Bahrain here we come! This is gonna be our season!

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user1: you’ve got this girl!

↳user2: represent! So incredibly proud to be able to support a woman in f1!

↳user1: it’s been so long…

oscarpiastri: glad to have you here!

↳logansargeant: not sure I’d go so far…

↳y/n_rb: wow logie just say you hate women then!

↳oscarpiastri: yeah that’s not very feminist of you

↳logansargeant: I’ve been cursed by the universe

↳logansargeant: LET ME BE CLEAR — I DO NOT HATE WOMEN

↳logansargeant: it’s just y/n_rb is every intrusive thought you’ve ever had with a dash of no impulse control or thought-to-mouth filter

↳y/n_rb: hey!

↳oscarpiastri: no that sounds about right — just add a dash of no media training too

↳redbullracing: oh no…

↳y/n_rb: I have a contract! You ain’t getting rid of me so easily!

↳redbullracing: we’re scheduling media training sessions right away

↳logansargeant: good luck!

maxverstappen1: it’s great to have you on the team!

↳y/n_rb: oh my god it’s Max Verstappen!!

↳maxverstappen1: …we’ve met before?

↳y/n_rb: still!

↳user3: it’s not even the start of the season and she’s already bullying both her old F2 competitors and her teammate 😆😆

user4: proud y/n fan here! Having followed her since her F3 days I can say with full confidence that I’m so glad we’re gonna have a new grid terrorist again!

↳fernandoalo_oficial: 🤨🤨🤨

↳user4: besides you of course Mr Rookie sir

fernandoalo_oficial: ¡Hola! ¡Me alegro de verte finalmente aquí! hello! glad to finally see you here!

↳y/n_rb: Mr Fernando sir I’m a big fan! Do you have a couple of minutes to answer a few questions?

↳fernandoalo_oficial: Sí?

↳y/n_rb: score!

↳maxverstappen1: oh no

↳logansargeant: no no no

↳oscarpiastri: please don’t

↳redbullracing: the training book doesn’t have a chapter on what to do now…

↳y/n_rb: smile and wave boys. Just smile and wave

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f1: contact between redbullracing’s y/n_rb and alpinef1team’s pierregasly turned dangerous when y/n flipped! She was quickly freed from her car and airlifted to the nearest hospital. Still conscious during the crash and waving to the fans while taken to the helicopter, no further information is known on her injuries.

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user5: oh my god that was so awful

user6: I’m still sat in shock

maxverstappen1: Based on the text messages I’ve received in the last 10 minutes, she’s fine.

↳logansargeant: how many did you get? Cause I’ve gotten 82 in the last 3

↳maxverstappen1: 187 in 10 minutes

↳oscarpiastri: 23 in the last minute

↳liamlawson30: too many for the group chat. It broke my phone

↳user7: not even on the grid and still terrorizing them 😂 liked by y/n_rb

user8: why did they have to play her radio though…

↳user9: no that was fucking awful

↳user10: I don’t think I’ll be able to forget her screams

↳y/n_rb: skk food bsny!!

↳logansargeant: and that’s the concussion typing 😆

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logansargeant: “Tell that frenchie that I lived bitch!”

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user11: oh thank god

↳user12: that was one of the most harrowing crashes I’ve seen

user13: if that’s not a Gen-z response I don’t know what is

↳user14: I’m just glad she’s ok

pierregasly: 😑😑

↳pierregasly: well I guess I’m glad she’s ok

↳logansargeant: “JUST SAY YOU DONT LIKE WOMEN FRENCHIE!”

↳pierregasly: I LIKE WOMEN

↳y/n_rb: qe kniw TROPID$$$ SHIILS CSKL TJE PILICE ON U

↳logansargeant: I’ve taken her phone again but she meant “we know TRIPOD!!! SHOULD CALL THE POLICE ON YOU”

↳pierregasly: oh so she’s good

↳logansargeant: as good as she’s ever been

oscarpiastri: glad to see she’s ok!

↳logansargeant: some pretty shredded vocal cords and a nasty concussion but yeah she’s fine

↳oscarpiastri: ouch! Sending a gift basket!

↳logansargeant: “if that thing has a stupid apple in it I’m gonna save it and stuff it down your throat you stupid Aussie!”

↳oscarpiastri:…🫣🫣

↳maxverstappen1: apples?

↳oscarpiastri: don’t ask

↳logansargeant: don’t

↳liamlawson30: do not bring up that trauma again

↳logansargeant: “🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻”

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Everyone seems to say that poetry should be personal, that it is primarily a format to expand of the fullness of your emotional or psychic interior, but what does it mean when all the poetry you're good at writing isn't that. When poetry is more about storytelling or thinking about things unrelated to you or just about the words your mind makes when it decides it wants to, then about yourself?

this is a really interesting question with a bunch of moving parts! the short version is that i think all poetry has an interiority to it, and that the subject of the poem does not need to expose that interiority explicitly to the cold outside air.

i think that no matter what story you are telling ⁠— no matter what you are communicating, at all, ever, in almost every non-corporate context and then some ⁠— you are saying something about yourself. you are saying that you enjoy the way certain words feel in order on your tongue, behind your teeth, in your ears or mind. you are saying that you think about certain things, that stories follow a certain arc, simply that you like to write and want to write enough that you sat down and did it.

(you, specifically, have followed me long enough on here and on twitter to get a sense of the ways i communicate as a person. every tweet i make, my cadence and the vocabulary i have ⁠— that all tells people a lot about me, i think. how i think. how i share myself with the world.)

i think poetry is often portrayed, especially in younger or queerer circles, as a vent outlet ⁠— as the medium you go to when you have feelings too big for full sentences, more or less. and maybe that's what you mean! but the thing about poetry that anchors it to reflection or emotion is that it is a form which is about being willing to feel, as the reader. to be presented with something that is not communication in the other ways we're used to it ⁠— coherent stories and missives arrayed as grammatically correct sequential sentences ⁠— and to have the structure and sense of it come into being in our hearts as we look at it, or as we excise it from ourselves.

many, many poems move me not because they are autobiographical excisions of personal grief or joy or trauma, but because of what they tell me about my own emotions. here's a random assortment which are ostensibly about things unrelated to their authors, or which tell tales, and which move me not despite this but because of it:

Is it cruelty? by Rebecca Hawkes

[Kills bugs dead.] by Harryette Mullen

Let's not build a film museum by Zoe Higgins

Two Sewing by Hazel Hall

the entirety of essa may ranapiri's Echidna but here's one poem by them: Hine-nui-te-pō & the Dominant Species

i could go on and on but i'll actually answer your question, as far as i understand it! what does it mean to write poetry about things that aren't the inside of your mind?

it means you're a poet! everything and anything is within the scope of poetry, within the scope of your wandering mind thinking: this is something i want to bottle, this is something wonderful, this is something that just is and i am writing it down. and that's the music of it, the joy and splendour of it ⁠— discovering a new poet's voice, and seeing something through their eyes that i'd never seen before. and feeling something move in me, too.

[voiceoffenrisulfr]

Becoming Spider-Man Masterlist

Welcome to our intense daydream/series of loosely sequential one-shots about what would happen if Peter Parker were a trans guy, inspired by rileys_cosplay on TikTok. The initial chapter comes from an interpretation of one of their videos – hope you enjoy it! (T)

Divider by @sweetmelodygraphics!

Chapter One - Penny Parker's New Suit Penny Parker comes out of the closet and into a new suit. Set immediately following Civil War. Mostly non-AU, aside from the obvious transness and uncharacteristic behaviour (every good story needs an antagonist, after all).

Chapter Two - Peter Parker Gets a Haircut The one in which Peter needs a haircut, and Tony hits a steep learning curve. CW: Transphobic abuse, neglect, physical violence.

Chapter Three - Peter Parker Signs Some Papers The one in which Peter signs some papers, and Tony has to talk about Feelings. CW: References to a shitty guardian, but nothing specific.

Chapter Four - Peter Parker is not a Morning Person The one in which Peter is not a morning person, and Tony is.

Chapter Five - Peter Parker Has Needs In which Peter needs things, and Tony realises his privilege.

Chapter Six - Peter Parker is in Trouble In which Peter gets called to the principal's office, and Tony takes his first faltering steps into fatherhood.

Chapter Seven - Peter Parker Makes a Move In which Peter Parker has to move out, and Tony doesn't know how to deal with his Feelings.

Chapter Eight - Peter Parker Meets the Team (Offically) In which Peter Parker tells everyone who he really is.

Chapter Nine - Peter Parker Has a Problem In which Peter's body does what it does, and Tony doesn't know how to help. CW: periods, brief mention of SH

Chapter Ten - Peter Parker Makes a Decision In which Peter has to make choices, and Tony is ready to help.

Chapter Eleven - Peter Parker Takes a Step In which Peter has an appointment, and Tony did some research. CW: Trans medical discussion; minor, hypothetical discussion of self-harm and suicide, but nothing particularly heavy.

Chapter Twelve- Peter Parker Sees the Future In which Tony has something to show him, and Peter assumes the worst. CW: Mild discussion of hypothetical illness.

Chapter Thirteen - Peter Parker Goes Away In which Peter disappears, and Tony loses everything. CW: The Snap.

Chapter Fourteen - Peter Parker Wakes Up In which Peter comes home, and Tony makes a choice. CW: Implied Major Character Death.

Chapter Fifteen (a) - Peter Parker Says Goodbye In which Peter has to start to heal, even if he doesn’t want to. CW: Major Character Death, suicidal ideation, historical SH, Grief.

Chapter Fifteen (b) - Peter Parker-Stark Says Hello In which Peter Parker-Stark finally gets to go home. CW: Major Character Injury, risk of MCD.

[shummashum]

The third romanceable character in S6, Hiro Tachibana! As he is the last character of this season, there'll definitely be secrets that run through the season and the mastermind of everything. I'm looking forward to seeing how the story progresses.

Since neither Zeus nor Klaus had anything that could be called a "backstory," he must inevitably have one… But honestly I have no idea what secrets he's hiding. Still, one thing worth noting is; until now, his expression was either expressionless or lost in thought, except for a few instances. Aaand I'm kinda sure his blank face will be twisted by all kinds of emotions as the story progresses, so I'm really looking forward to that.

Hiro Tachibana Ch1 [1~5]

uh what's this silence

uh… guys? guys?? what are you doing now

eh eh,,, why are you so angry from the beginning,,,,,, I said something about face twisted stuff above but still this is 1-1 you know I just started reading the story you know?!

um could you please restrain yourself a little seeing you like that makes me feel a little suffocated eh please? shall we try something called calming down take a deep breath take a deep breath

but well he became unfamiliar the Hiro Tachibana I knew was not the type of guy to show emotions like this hard was he triggered by something or what

Hiro slowly approached Zeus, who made no sign of moving, step by step…

erm… is this the development of 1-1? uh… harsh he became a twin pop or whatever

and the scene went black

and everything went back to normal then what on earth was that 1-1 non-existent memories? or a preview of future?

When she was about to leave the classroom, a magic note flew into her view and landed in her hand.

now it's everyday life they're really slaves, aren't they what I said that Prefects are postgrads and professors' slaves was just a joke

Anyway, she met Al and Cae on the way, and asked them if they also had come here after receiving an emergency call.

oh… that that was mentioned at the end of Klaus' Happy Ending that I'm back blabla

sword slash… there are many things that come to mind that was existed at the bookshelf that contained the stolen books, and at the case displaying the cameo in the Ministry's library too then does our BBW dude also have the ability to cut through the dimension

but I got a feeling that BBW won't be the culprit in all the cases from S6 onwards, all routes are sequential… there'll be a separate villain that involved not only S6 but the entire flow of the story, at least I think so I'm not sure though

At that time, Zeus and Hiro appeared.

they… look fine what was that scene, really?

no not right hand right foot

that series of words that blue haired nocturnal idiot used those when introducing himself in the preview

uh I wanna think about muffin jokes but the only muffin I know is

this so I can't ugh

well we need to increase your intimacy level! so I'll tell her to bake muffins for you

he smiles way more often than I thought? well since this much time has passed, those two would have become friends to some extent

[rustbeltjessie]

There is a muslim prayer that says, "Lord, increase my bewilderment," and this prayer is also mine and the strange Whoever who goes under the name of "I" in my poems--and under multiple names in my fiction--where error, errancy and bewilderment are the main forces that signal a story. 

A signal does not necessarily mean that you want to be located or described. It can mean that you want to be known as Unlocatable and Hidden. This contradiction can drive the "I" in the lyrical poem into a series of techniques that are the reverse of the usual narrative movements around courage, discipline, conquest, and fame.  

Weakness, fluidity, concealment, and solitude find their usual place in the dream world, where the sleeping witness finally feels safe enough to lie down in mystery. These qualities are not the stuff of stories of initiation and success.  

But it is to that model that I return as a writer involved in the problem of sequencing events and thoughts--because in the roundness of dreaming there is an acknowledgement of the beauty of plot, but a greater consciousness of randomness and uncertainty as the basic stock in which it is brewed.  

There is literally no way to express actions occurring simultaneously.   If I, for instance, want to tell you that a man I loved, who died, said he loved me on a curbstone in the snow, but this occurred in time after he died, and before he died, and will occur again in the future, I can't say it grammatically.   You would think I was talking about a ghost, or a hallucination, or a dream, when in fact, I was trying to convey the experience of a certain event as scattered, and non-sequential. I can keep UN-saying what I said, and amending it, but I can't escape the given logic of the original proposition, the sentence which insists on tenses and words like "later" and "before". 

And it is with this language problem that bewilderment begins to form, for me, more than an attitude--but an actual approach, a way--to resolve the unresolvable. In the Dictionary, to bewilder is "to cause to lose one's sense of where one is." The wilderness as metaphor is in this case not evocative enough because causing a complete failure in the magnet, the compass, the scale, the stars and the movement of the rivers is more than getting lost in the woods.   Bewilderment is an enchantment that follows a complete collapse of reference and reconcilability.   It cracks open the dialectic and sees myriads all at once. The old debate over beauty--between absolute and relative--is ruined by this experience of being completely lost by choice! Between God and No-God, between Way Out Far and Way Inside--while they are vacillating wildly, there is no fixed position. 

Bewilderment circumnambulates, believing that at the center of errant or circular movement, is the axis of reality. 

—Fanny Howe, from "Bewilderment"