#pikapeppa

[cha-mij]

Well I've finished reading the excellent "Becoming Whole" by @pikapeppa and all I can say is what the FUCK am I supposed to do with my life now?! I cannot express how much I recommend this extremely well written book.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/38345917/chapters/95819767

[sharkapologists]

HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY I'M JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS TOO LATE BUT I HOPE YOU HAD A WONDERFUL DAY FULL OF CAKE AND DELIGHTFUL MARINE ANIMALS!! 🦈🍰🎂❤❤❤

Well I'm answering this a few hours late too so it evens out!

Thank you! I did not have a cake but I did eat shrimp for dinner so I guess that counts? 🤔

🍤🦐🍤🦐🍤🦐

[pikapeppa]

Tiefling anatomy and headcanons

Someone else has probably done this already and in more detail, but ALAS, I could not find anything to fit my very specific smut-related needs. So I went ahead and labelled some diagrams.

Our handsome model for this post is Dammon! 🥰 SADLY, I don't know the source of the photos I used (they were sent to me by a friend and a Goog search did not help), so if anyone knows who I can credit the source images to, please let me know!

Terms and headcanons are mine. If they're well-established elsewhere/used by others, it's pure coincidence.

Within-image text will follow below, for those using screenreaders/if the font is too small (SORRY, I was in a rush). I also put a cut before the third image, since it's got Dammon's bum in it. 🥰

The first image depicts sternal ridges ("sternum" meaning "breastbone") and costal ridges ("costal" meaning "relating to the ribs"). I headcanon that the sharp-looking, pointed parts of these ridges are not actually sharp or hard, but rather, cartilage covered in skin (like ears!).

The second image depicts spinal ridges (prominences on the vertebrae) and wingtips, tiny little hooks of cartilage on the shoulder blades. I headcanon that some tieflings see larger wingtips as being good luck, or even a sign that you'll be able to fly in your next life.

The third image shows anatomy of the tail, which is grossly divided into the upper tail and the lower tail. The upper tail, also called the tail base or tail root, is where the tail attaches to the body, just above the bum. I headcanon that this area of the tail is a "private area", off-limits for being touched except by lovers or romantic partners. The lower tail, including the tip of the tail, is okay to be touched by friends and close family. Tieflings partners might link their lower tails together in an affectionate gesture, like holding hands. Siblings and friends might slap or pull each other's lower tails when they're playfighting (we're looking at you, Cal and Lia and Rolan). The tail tip might also be called a "tail-barb", depending on dialect differences.

Some other random tiefling-body headcanons, some of which are NSFW (be warned):

They have nails: not claws, not talons, but nails. 'Claws' and 'talons' are considered offensive terms, like equating tieflings to animals.

Touching a tiefling's horns is off-limits except for very close friends/family/partners. It's not necessarily romantic to touch or caress a tiefling's horns, but it often is, not unlike stroking someone's hair.

Tiefling tails are partially prehensile. Thus, they can use them during sex. 😏

Contrary to popular belief, tieflings are adept at giving and receiving finger penetration (i.e. finger-fucking SORRY TO BE CRUDE) with long nails, and don't need to cut them for sex reasons. They know their bodies, and they can easily learn how to finger-fuck without hurting anyone.

Tiefling tails can broadcast emotions, like cats' tails (though some tiefs may not like being compared to animals -- see above). I've seen at least two fantastic comics about this, here and here (MY FAVOURITE).

Thank you for reading if you came this far! And feel free to use these headcanons in fic writing, if you like, with a nod to yours truly if you're feeling kindly 🥰

If you'd like to read some tieflings fics where these headcanons come into play, you can check out my Karlach/Dammon fic here, and my Rolan/f!Tav fic here. Both are rated E for smut.

-- love from your friendly neighbourhood Pika! xoxo

[cicadaknight]

Horizon Forbidden West items 1/2

[galoogamelady]

Thanks @pikapeppa (x)

[jabamint]

Commander's Honor

inspired by @pikapeppa 's Hardiest Desert Blooms fic and this ref

[runa-falls]

recent reads - spring + early summer '23

I started this list of fics half way through my hiatus so these are just some of the reads i've done and really enjoyed!

this includes fics from a wide variety of fandoms :))

——————

miguel o'hara (so far)

hanging by a thread - @writefightandflightclub

the death of peace of mind - @tusks-and-claws

miguel drabble - @foxilayde

carbon copy - @devilishcupid

poe dameron

nine - @foxilayde

general dameron - @altangelix04

javier peña

crush - @the-ginger-hedge-witch

joel (last of us)

friends with benefits series - @hier--soir

bucky barnes

branded - wolveria (ao3)

it’s in his bite - kittykittymewmeww (ao3)

captain syverson

lines in the sand - @littlefreya

geralt z rivii

until we meet again - pikapeppa (ao3)

adrian chase

she says that i’m her all time favorite - hollandoats (ao3)

chainsaws and parking lots - @charnelhouse

carmy berzatto

force of habit - @youvebeenlivingfictional

the bear and the baker - fancyladysnackcakes (ao3)

nothing’s gonna hurt you baby - tinybluewitch (ao3)

clyde logan

take me home - madandimpossible (ao3)

[missmrah]

Thank you so much @pikapeppa for this commission request!!!

Check out her fic ✨Even The Hardiest Desert Blooms Need to Get Wet Sometimes✨ for more Aloy and your fave desert f*ckboy xx

[lethendralis-paints]

Dragon Age Day 2023!

Happy Dragon Age Day, dear friends and mutuals! Hope everyone's seen the new official Bioware teaser for DA:D!

To celebrate this occasion I wanted to revisit some of my favourite DA fanart drawn thoughout the years. The series holds a special place in my heart. It helped me to carry on through the darkest times, and thanks to DA fandom I've met wonderful people, some of whom became real life friends. So, buckle in and let's GO!

My journey began with playing DA:O back when it first came out and then revisiting it again in 2018-19 when I needed something to brighten up the days. My passion for this series and dark fantasy reignited and never died out since!

Here are some of the Heroes of Ferelden art commissions I've painted since then:

And now Hawkes:

The one and only Rynne Hawke, belonging to @pikapeppa

2. my Eris Hawke

3. Lovely @serpentsshipmate 's Marian Hawke

+ a couple of awesome commissioned custom Hawke characters

Let's not forget all the amazing Inquisitors out there, including the Fenquisitor from my own playthrough of DAI:

Beautiful locations across Thedas I did my best to capture on canvas (with various success as my skill was growing). Can you guess all of them?

Let's not forget to show some love for our travelling companions!

And a separate category just for Fenris, my best boy, who is singlehandedly responsible for me picking up a pencil and learning how to draw properly:

[hpsaffics]

smut writing guides and resources: an AO3 collection

Collected a bunch of excellent resources -- tumblr and livejournal posts, mostly -- for a Femslash February smut writing workshop on the @hpsaffics discord server, and finally got around to putting it all in an AO3 collection!

Feel free to join the discord (18+) for more discussion and for a multishipping/SALS, sex-positive and supportive community!

A selection of some of them:

day 1: why write smut?

The first rule of writing smut is don’t write smut. by @/letteredlettered

i don’t know why you wouldn’t want to write bad fanfic. that’s the point of it – it’s allowed to be bad. by @/bettsfic

Smut 101: A Tutorial For Beginners by @/pikapeppa

day 2: easing into it

Writing Smut 101: Overcoming Smut Shame by @/slightlyrebelliouswriter23

Mature is ‘and then they made love.’ Explicit is 'and here’s how they did it *exactly*.’ aka the envelope post by @/tinsnip

any tips for writing smut? by @/ao3commentoftheday and others

day 3: characterization & relationship dynamics

Smut 101: Part 2 by d-dangerlove

Smut 102: A tutorial on writing dialogue during sex by @/pikapeppa

Any tips on how to write smut that actually moves the story? by @/ao3commentoftheday and others

day 4: plotting out a scene

Smut 101: Part 3 by d-dangerlove

Essay: The Formula for Writing Sex Scenes by cupidsbow

Sex Writing 101 by @/pasiphile

day 5: getting down to details

The Ultimate Guide to Writing Smut Fic by QuinnAnderson

Smut-Writing for the unSmutty by Vukovich

The Big Book of Writing Sex; A Tactless Resource! by @/RPedia

lesbian smut guide by @/springofviolets

day 6: genderbending & transfic (and omegaverse fic)

day 7: darkfic and kink fic

[collected by @leftsidedown / @broomsticks]

[goddness-lunafreya]

Post to recommend the Writers of the BG3 community

Hello, how are you? Here I'm going to leave several names of BG3 fic writers that I found in my feed.

As you know, I follow Astarion and Halsin's tags the most, so the number of fics from these two is huge. However, over time I will subscribe to other fics from other Tags.

I will always update this list. (Last update 11/29)

• akirda - A great oneshot.

• autistichalsin - He must be the greatest Halsin connoisseur I've ever met.

• Azukiel - Currently writing Dadstarion, he already has my respect for that, and she's a great writer.

• bacarasbabe - Lots of fics from different fandoms

• bg_brainrot - Writes a lot about Astarion

• Dynjas - Great fics from our Daddy Bear, success my friend

• girahimu_sama - Write about Durge too

• HardingHightown - Lots of BG3 and Dragon Age facs, for fans of both

• LadyRagnelle - I don't even know how to start talking about this writer, just a connoisseur of the incredible Astarion, my inspiration

• lumienyx - Writer with many fandoms and fics

• MysticalThoughts - There's a creative BG3 fic in modern times!

• o0_TheMilkyBarKid_0o - With Restricted fics

• oharahive - Interesting oneshots and a long series still going on

• Pikapeppa - Lots of fics from different fandoms!

• PursuitsEternal - Very NSFW interesting that I really liked

• rosodoro - I recently met, you have interesting work

• thesolarangel - An Astarion/Halsin oneshot

• vampirespawn - Raphael's fics! For those looking for something different. And one from Astarion

• astarions-fangs - Writer from right here on Tumblr

• vixstarria - Writes a lot of Oneshot fics with on AO3. On her Tumblr blog she posts several fics and makes fics on requests!

• Pickel182 - There is one fic for now, but it is constantly updated and currently has several chapters

• Vashnoi - Writes fics are several different characters

• SpaceBarbarianWeird - Also post several headcanons on your Tumblr

• charmandabear - There are only two fics so far

• loadofschist - Fics with Gale and Durge

• miraculan - There are a large number of fics from different fandoms, with two from BG3

• SadinaSaphrite - Very interesting fics with Astarion

• WitchAdjacent - There's a series with your OC, it's interesting to follow

• astarioffsimpmain - Post your own fics and reblog others' fics on your Astarion Tumblr, I separated a link that will take you to one of his directly.

[fantasy-girl974]

Just Kotallo being a dumb tree in @pikapeppa's fic "Here Come The Dreams of You And Me" in chapter 7 "Idiot" 😂

(It was based on the meme of Batman and Robin *wheeze*)

Bonus :

[pikapeppa]

Local tiefling nerd tries to teach randy rogue to upgrade her arcane talents. More at 11.

@lethendralis-paints painted the most beautiful scene of Rolan and Tavanah for me!! As always, the details are EXQUISITE and Tumblr's compression does them no favours, so please click to experience the full glory! 🥰

You can read Rolan and Tav's story here on AO3! 99k words, rated E for explicit smut, mild angst with a happy ending.

[starsandskies]

WIP Whenever

Tagged by @redreart, @refinedstorage, @gaeadene, and many more people! Thank you all ♥

Right now, I'm mainly focused on commissions to finish with them as soon as possible and offer a bunch of regular slots (September probably) besides making the last Ko-fi event of the year. And so happy drawing Far Cry 5 again this time!

Tagging you all again and @alyssalenko, @minilev, @charlatron, @hollyand-writes, @poetikat, @illusivesoul, @schoute, @pikapeppa, @unholymilf, @wanderingaldecaldo, @minilev, @fiannans and anyone who wants to do this! I'm a little bit lost rn to remember usernames. Need some time!

[johaerys-writes]

WIP Wednesday

... and I can't believe it's only Wednesday 😅 It’s been a loooong week you guys

But I have been working on the next chapter of you're a walking disaster and yet--, where Achilles and Pat seem unable to stay out of trouble:

“Look, kid, I’m not saying you’re lying,” he says, though it’s obvious that he thinks Achilles is lying, “but I have to tell you, this doesn’t look good. Vandalism is a serious offence.”

“You think I don’t know? Mr. Chiron keeps telling us that,” Achilles counters hotly. “That doesn’t mean—”

“If you aren’t going to be helpful about this, the only thing I can do is take you to the police station, and hope you change your mind there.” 

Patroclus’ blood runs cold. He looks from Achilles to the policemen and back. “You can’t,” he says, breathless, “you can’t do that. You—you have no proof.”

“This proof enough for you?” the other policeman says, the older one, glaring at Patroclus as he gestures at the graffiti. “Now beat it before we take you in as well.”

Patroclus can only stare as the man lays a hand on Achilles’ shoulder and leads him to the parked police car. Achilles protests loudly as he lets them walk him there, but still doesn’t make any move to run away or shake their grip off him. Even he knows that trying to stop or resist this will only make matters worse. 

The wise thing to do, Patroclus knows, would be to walk away and thank his luck that he wasn’t taken in as well. He should go back home and call Peleus, and ask him to come back to Phthia from his business trip post haste to deal with this. He should keep his head down and figure out a way out of this mess, for both of them. 

Just as Achilles is about to get into the police car, Patroclus takes a step forward.

“Hey,” he says. “Fuck you.”

The young policeman turns to look at him in question.

“What was that?”

Patroclus’ heart is slamming madly against his ribcage. He glances at Achilles, who is also watching him with avid curiosity, then at the men looming over him. He takes a breath and swallows hard. 

“F—fuck the police.”

Achilles’ eyes go wide as saucers. The older man turns around to face him fully, glaring at him under dark and bushy brows. “Care to say that again, son?”

The policeman’s chest is puffed out and his fists resting at his hips, where his gun and taser are. Patroclus bites back a whimper when the man takes a step towards him. 

“All… all cops are bastards?” he tries, mumbling shakily. 

The man’s eyes narrow. Patroclus has the strongest urge to cry.

“I cannot believe you swore at a cop,” Achilles cackles as soon as the holding cell door is banged closed behind them. “What were you even thinking?”

Tagging forth to @baejax-the-great @juliafied @vimlos @elveny @mogwaei @figsandphiltatos @pikapeppa @annalyia @darlingpoppet @darlingsart @elemmacil @peggy-sue-reads-a-book @cosmicvoidance @cataliinaa @heypax and anyone else who would like to share a snippet of their work, art or fic! (No pressure as always of course, this is just me saying hi 😁)

[vorchagirl]

Ask Meme

The lovely @hazelestelle tagged me - thank you!

Three Ships: Gina & Kaidan (shenko), Pandora & Subject Zero Kaidan (shenko), and Harry + Cerys + Reyes (carreyder)

Last Song: Planet Hell - Nightwish

Last Film: Carrie 2: The Rage (I've been on a 90s/2000s nostalgia binge recently)

Currently Reading: Swan Song by Robert McCammon and lots of fanfic, lol. I'm currently reading fics by @tlcinbflo @ashenlavellan @heroofshield & @alyssalenko - I've got a lot to catch up on by other authors.

Currently Craving: a bagel with cream cheese!

Tagging: @tlcinbflo @juleshawke @illusivesoul @ashenlavellan @hawkeykirsah @bioware-bard @acciokaidanalenko @pikapeppa @heroofshield @silurisanguine @shadoedseptmbr @vela-ad-astra @astanne and anyone else who wants to join in!