#some lof chapters

[thruheavenandhighwater]

Kinda wanna get back into posting fics weekly. Kinda wondering if it's worth it. Like... I'm gonna keep writing regardless. Just iffy on posting.

[erinwantstowrite]

having so much art to share but having to wait for at least chapter 16 for some of it.... the world truly is evil (i'm impatient)

[radical-rigatoni1]

What the hell is in this fanfiction?? I fckin animated??? What the shell man what did you and alighterwood put in that @erinwantstowrite

Ramblings, 80% unimportant 20% abt the video

Remembered how fun lip synching in and remembered how frustrating lip synching is. Some words, one go bam bam. Some... not so much.

Also erin ignore the ask i sent you ignore itttt i needed that for this but then realized YOUR PROFILE PICTURE! 0 for me- 1 for noticing obvious things. Maybe more. Lost track 15 years ago

. Also i know i keep putting peter's little jacket on but i am having trouble with drawing arms without fabric and i know its technically he does have fabric but i mean LOSE fabric. If i take it off that would make me lose motivation way sooner if i was just like "UGH THIS DOESNT LOOK RIGHT!!!!" 24/7. I have learned to just go fck it, as long as i have fun the lip sync looks good and i get my main idea across... good enough but im still TRYING to hit myself w that mindset doesnt mean it'll switch immediately 😭👍 still thats gonna be my new mindset for the year....midway through. I would love to say im gonna shut up right now but at this point we both know im not really gonna.

ALSO, I HAVE SOMRTHING SLIGHTLY PLANNED for LOF again, so mayb possibly more fanart. No guarantee bcs im on the fence about how it'll look and how much I'll like it once i get that idea on paper. It's about the new chapter 😌 Dink and Peter are really sweet. I liked that they were both rly awkward on how to take the next step. Eager to, but not entirely sure in the other's stance. It's nice from both POVs ❤️❤️ once again. The writing in that fic is beautiful

Quadruple also!!!! I wanted to put more stuff around where peter was by the graves but then my titi's came by and i completely forgot the crazy idea i was grasping on to and had to scrap. I think it was super crazy though and my limited animation skills can only do so much before my brain turns to mush.

Quintuple also!!! YEAH!

[dragon-kazansky]

Symphony of dreams

Morpheus x Female Reader

You are his lover. When Morpheus was captured, you fell into the deep sleep. He has no idea until he returns to his realm where Lucienne tells him what happened. Unable to help you until he gets his tools back, he is more determined than ever to get his full power back.

{Masterlist}

{Previous Chapter} - {Next Chapter}

Warnings: Some more episode content, but my plot picks up again here too.

Chapter Three - Dreams do come true

☆☆☆

The ruby has been altered. Someone had changed it. This was not good. If Morpheus couldn't use his ruby, he would not be back to full power.

He wouldn't be able to wake you.

Morpheus needed to figure out how to get his ruby back. How to get that power back.

He found him.

John Burgess. That was his real name. He had many throughout his life, while his mother, Ethel, moved them around. The ruby had been given to him by his mother. She had stolen the tools when she left Rodrick Burgess.

John had been using the ruby to make people more honest. To make the do and say what they really felt.

No more lies.

It did not end well. The people he was playing with died. Morpheus walked in to claim back his ruby.

Morpheus walked into the diner. The lights were mostly out, and some were flickering. Blood puddled on the floor. John stood when Morpheus came in.

"Hello. I'm John." He spoke softly. "I'm glad you're here. The powers gone out, so there's no TV, and no one left to talk to."

"What is it you think you're doing?" Morpheus asks.

"Saving the world from its lies."

"The ruby wasn't made for that." Morpheus tells him.

"You're The Sandman. My mother was right, she said you would be coming for it."

"You must return it to me so I can repair the damage you have done."

"I'm not giving it to you. It's mine."

"It is harming you, John. And your world."

"It's revealing the truth." John says. "This is the truth of mankind."

"No. You're wrong. This is the truth of mankind." Morpheus shows him how things were meant to be. These people with their lives and their dreams.

John abused the power he has.

"The ruby is hurting you, John. It has too much of my power within it. It stole more when I tried to use it." Morpheus explains.

"Then perhaps if I use it to steal the rest of your powers, I will be the king of dreams."

"If you would rob a dream lord lof his powers, you shall do so in his realm. In dreams."

John turns to find himself standing outside a mansion. The Burgess mansion, to be precise. He goes inside, following a cloaked figure. He follows her into a room, only to discover his mother under the hood.

Then he's back in that room at the hospital being spangled by her.

A dream. A nightmare.

This isn't real.

He uses the ruby and finds himself in the throne room. It's still in disarray. He stands and looks up at the shattered stained glass windows.

"Is this your palace, dream lord? Is this your throne, king of lies?"

Quiet.

"Well it's mine now!"

John uses the ruby, and the walls come burning down. The palace sets alight, and everything burns.

"Are you watching? Can you see me? Using your own powers to burn away your lies."

"You must stop."

The fire stops. John turns to see The Sandman in his helm.

"It is not too late to save yourself."

"Oh, you think it's me that needs saving?"

"Your father stole the ruby from me and cursed you with it." Morpheus tells him.

"You mean he blessed me with it.

John holds the ruby up in his hand. It glows. "Your reign ended when my father captured you." He walks towards Morpheus. "Your kingdom is my birthright."

The ruby appears to be taking all of Morpheus' power.

"Your power resides within me. How does it feel to know I hold your life in my hands?"

Morpheus crumples to the ground.

"You're hurting... the dreamers." Morpheus manages to say.

"Well, it's time they woke up!"

John crushes the ruby in his palm. The shards fall to the ground beneath him. The palace is gone.

"I did it." John stands. "I killed him. I won."

"Thank you, John."

John looks up to find himself standing in the plam of The Sandman. He isn't dead. He was very much alive.

"But I killed you..."

"You destroyed the ruby and released the power inside. I would never have thought of that. I had forgotten just how much of myself I had placed in the jewel." Morpheus explains.

"Are you going to kill me?"

"I could. Perhaps I will. But the dream stone was not made for mortals, and it came to you through no fault of your own. So no, John, I will not kill you."

Morpheus lays John down in his bed.

"Sleep well, John."

Morpheus walked away. He had his powers back. He was going to fix everything. He was going to wake you.

The rebuilding could begin.

☆☆☆

Morpheus entered the room quietly. Matthew and Lucienne were giving him space. The raven promised to tell the Liberian everything that had happened.

You were so still. Sound asleep.

Morpheus did not make a sound as he sat on the edge of the bed and reached for your hand. His long pale fingers curled around yours gently. His thumb stroked over your ring.

"I'm here, my love. I came back."

He reaches out with his other hand to touch your cheek softly. He leans over you ever so slightly.

"I am home."

He leans down and presses his lips to your forehead. As he does so, his hand remains wrapped around yours.

Wake up, my love.

☆☆☆

You are standing in nothingness. Dark as far as you can see. There is not a soul in sight. There is not a thing in sight. Just nothing.

Wake up.

Wake up.

You can hear it echoing in the dark. A voice. Soothing, familiar. It sounds like home. Where is home? How do you get to it?

Wake up.

"I'm trying."

You stop and take a deep breath. You loft your hand and look at your ring. He is home. He will take you home. You lift your hand up and gently press your ring against your bottom lip.

"I want to go home."

I am home. Wake up.

"Morpheus?"

"I am here, my love. Wake. I shall be there."

You close your eyes and take some deep breaths. You think of the palace. The throne room. Your room. The room you share with the king of dreams. You smile.

"My love."

Your eyes open and suddenly there is something. Someone. No more darkness. You feel warmth. You feel him.

"Morpheus?"

Your eyes meet his blue ones, and he smiles. You go to say something but don't get the chance. You're scooped up into his long arms and pressed against his chest. You feel your heart beating as you wrap your arms around him.

"You're home."

"Yes, my love. I am home."

You cling to each other, scared to let go again. You grab the back of his coat to feel the fabric against your skin. You inhale sharply to remember his scent. You squeeze him to make sure he is really there.

"I am sorry," he whispers.

"What for?"

"For leaving you."

"You did not leave me. Not by choice."

He pulls away and settles his hands on your arms. He takes a good look at you.

"I was captured and kept prisoner in a basement for a century. Our realm crumbled. You slept, unable to wake until I was able to wake you. It is my fault."

You reach out and cradle his face.

"No. No, it is not. Never say that."

He spent the next few moments looking at you. You're still as beautiful as the day he left. He feared that if he had been trapped any longer than he had, he would have forgotten your face. He never wanted to forget you.

"I love you," he whispers.

"I love you too."

Morpheus once again takes you in his arms and holds you. He needed time with his wife. He has a lot to make up for.

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@missdreamofendless - @mischievousvillainy - @kpopgirlbtssvt - @pansexualwitchwhoneedstherapy - @emarich7 -

[personasintro]

You are doing great, Mimi! Adulting is hard and life happens. Anyone being impatient and being too dependent on updates probably has a lof of free time. The writing will be done when it's done and that's it. Just wanted you to know that I looove your long chapters and I respect you a lot for not doing things differently and rushed because some people try to pressure you. I also hope whatever happened to you the day you tweeted is not upsetting you anymore and I wish you a great week. Luv you! 💜

Thank you, this means everything! I’m aware I’m not the best when it comes to updates at the moment, but just the understanding is everything, so thank you so much 🥹🙏

[jwirecs]

Hey there,

I hope you doing well and taking care of yourself.

I wanted to see if maybe you know where I can find this bts ff, I don’t remover if I read it here on tumblr or ao3

It is a OT7 god au and soul mate au. BTS has been looking for their last soulmate and has been for many years. MC lives in a secluded area on top of the mountain. the MC doesnt meet bts except when she’s about to die due to hypothermia. I remember reading it about a year ago and I know it is on one piece of work and isn’t broken up into chapter.

helloo!!

so sorry for the late reply! sort of gone down the rabbit hole of booktok and i havent read a lof ot tumblr fics just yet. BUT i am getting back into it, slowly.

as for this ask, i am not too sure if i have personally read it. dont think i've come across it so far, so im not really much help unfortunately.

if anyone happens to know this fic, please do let us know!

EDIT: It is "Love Poem" by @minniepetals (thank you @/there-could-be-stairs for lending a helping hand! i cant tag them for some reason...BUT thank you so much!!)

[lostcauses-noregrets]

If I remember correctly you said you joined the fandom or started the reading the manga around, what, chapter 74? Or something like that, right? So you weren't around for the first arc, when you were watching or reading the first arc, did you manage to avoid spoilers because I wonder what you though of Levi and Erwin lol I was around for the first arc and I remember so many people found Erwin and Levi sus and thought one of them or both would turn out to be the villain lol I don't remember why people found Levi sus but a lof of people were convinced that Erwin was hiding something. Now looking back, lol Erwin and Levi together would be too OP against Paradis hahahaha

Yep, that's right, I came to the fandom at the end of 2015, round about chapter 74 (I think). I watched season 1, then ACWNR, then read the manga, then watched the anime again. I wasn't particularly invested in Erwin or Levi the first time I watched S1, it was only after I watched ACWNR and more specifically read the manga that I fell hard for Eruri. I mean it's pretty much unavoidable! I made no attempt to avoid spoilers, quite the opposite, I sought out every bit of information I could find about Erwin and Levi. I really loved the anticipation of spoilers dropping every month, it's one of the things I miss most since the manga ended.

I do remember people finding Erwin a bit sus in the early days, particularly fans who only watched the anime, and tbh, I don't blame them. S1 Erwin is too smart or his own good and a bit of blank character-wise. Even in the manga his character doesn't really start to develop until the Uprising Arc. Also tbf to those fans, Erwin was hiding something. It's just that the thing he was hiding was the terrible burden of his dream, and not some nefarious plot to betray humanity or whatever. Though he did overthrow the government, I'll give him that lol.

[permettez-moi]

I didst it fellas! Chaper 2 of The Royal Ranger, written by @solarishashernoseinabook, (to be founs on ao3) read by me.

I must say, I did lay the bar if expectations too high for myself, so in order to keep it fun, I no longer do any attempts at editing, sound effects etc. Just me, the story and my voice. Some word stumbles, a lof of love.

Enjoy<3

[firstprince-ao3feed]

home is wherever i'm with you

home is wherever i'm with you https://ift.tt/gBGY4RU by luainthewild where alex seeks the meaning of home and finds it in Henry's arms. OR: Henry has to spend Christmas alone; Alex refuses and invites him to Texas. Ensue family crack, a lof of fluff, sexy dancing and love confession on a christmas card. Words: 8507, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: F/F, M/M Characters: Alex Claremont-Diaz, Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, June Claremont-Diaz, Nora Holleran, Oscar Diaz (Red White & Royal Blue), Ellen Claremont, Zahra Bankston, David the Beagle (Red White & Royal Blue), Leo (Red White & Royal Blue), Amy Chen | Amy Gupta, Amy Chen | Amy Gupta's Wife Relationships: Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor, June Claremont-Diaz/Nora Holleran Additional Tags: Christmas, Christmas Fluff, Alternate Universe - Roommates/Housemates, Friends to Lovers, Fluff, honestly it's just 8K of fluff, except the beginning i'm sorry, Christmas Cards, Love Confessions, some sexy dancing, putting David Guetta and Pitbull in a firstprince fic was apparently on my agenda, Alex Claremont-Diaz Needs a Hug, Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor Needs a Hug, they'll get their hugs dw, Chaotic Nora Holleran via AO3 works tagged 'Alex Claremont-Diaz/Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor' https://ift.tt/oD23iUf January 11, 2024 at 06:47AM

[tameka05]

Platformer Postmortem

This is the Postmortem for my first prototype, a platformer game called 'Blade Quest'

The Design Process:

Both the lecture content and the textbook: 'Game Design Workshop' by Tracy Fullerton helped inspire the design process for my first game. In particular chapters 3 and 4 of the textbook helped me when creating my game, as these chapters talk about the formal and dramatic elements that make up a game. This helped me go into the game making process with a clear vision of what I wanted to achieve. I wanted my game to be interacted with a 'single player versus game' structure (talked about in chapter 3), where the gameplay is only focused on the player versing the videogames obstacles and enemies. The rules of the game where simple: hit the enemies to kill them, but if they hit you, you lose. While all these concepts are very simple, having a good grasp on them before I started making my game helped streamline the process.

In order to make the game fun and appealing to players, Dramatic elements (talked about in Chapter 4 of the textbook), and a concept called 'Moment-to-moment gameplay' discussed in my lectures where things I wanted to implement. Dramatic elements include a wide variety of topics, but all are focused on engaging and investing the player. The main element discussed from the textbook that I focused on including was the element of 'premise', which is basically the story or world you want your player to feel apart of. Instead of my game being just squares or placeholder assets attacking each other, I wanted to include a capable looking player charcters and some dangerous enemies to attack. Adding animations to the player and enemies made the game feel more fluid, and made the game much more enjoyable to play, even if nothing technical was added. Seeing your character move, or attack; or enemies dying after they are hit by an attack made the game more engaging and interesting for a player to interact with. I also wanted moment-to-moment gameplay in my prototype, where there is always something 'fun' in each moment of gameplay for the player. I specifically focused on interating this into my combat, by allowing the player to combo attacks, 'hitstun' enemies, and recquiring careful timing to avoid getting hit by enemies while striking them yourself. This made the combat feel fun to engage with as a player.

Takeaways and things to learn and improve upon

If I were to redevelop my prototype, there are a few things I would change about my design process. Firstly, I would of put more time into devoloping more gameplay elements of my game, instead of hyper-focusing on a couple. By the time I had finished implementing the combat system of my game, I did not have enough time to add other important features, such as player health, win and lose conditions, goals for the player to achieve, etc. While I am super pleased with the combat system in my game and all of its nuances, the fact that I wasnt able to include all of these extra systems in my prototype meant that these weren't able to be tested, and so I can't get feedback on them. Protoyping and playtesting game features is a key part of the playcentric design process outlined in chapter 1 of the textbook.

If had a chance to change the actual design of my prototype, I would have added more lof the core gameplay feautures, to try and have a more complete prototype, even if it is less refined. Another part of the prototype that I was not happy with was the level design. I wanted to create an expansive world that players could explore and adventure through, with platforming elements and world obstacles throughout. However, in the prototype the level is only a flat platform, with enemies preplaced throughout. There is no platforming obstacles, or anything for the player to journey through or towards. This hurt the moment-to-moment gameplay of my game, as doing anything other than combat was very boring and tedious. So if I were to spend more time on this project I would improve the level design and add more core features to the game

Conclusion

For this being my first game, I am very pleased with the final result. Even though it is missing features and game elements, I am very proud of the combat system I implemented. I look forward to working on more games in the future!

References

Fullerton, T. (2018). Game design workshop : A playcentric approach to creating innovative games, fourth edition. CRC Press LLC. from: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/qut/reader.action?docID=5477698

[apoptoses]

One of the many things Anne said over the years that has always haunted me is how Daniel deliberately left out a lof of things about Armand from IWTV. Specifically about his looks. He's described as being simple, beautiful and having dark eyes but not much else, and at first I thought that maybe Anne hadn't gone into detail because she hadn't fleshed out the character that much, but the fact that she rationalized it as Daniel very intentionally leaving that type of information about Armand out of the audience's reach is SO fascinating to me because... at that point they'd already begun their cat and mouse game and were beginning to fall for each other, so Daniel getting all possessive (and protective dare I say???) about Armand is just so sdjfhjsfjskhdsjk. In his mind, the world was ready for the goriest, most horrific aspects of Louis' tale, but it wasn't ready to know just how beautiful Armand was.

What a timely ask, anon. I've been having a lot of (literal and metaphorical) death of the author thoughts lately.

I think it's really hard to say what Anne intended to do at any given time. She was very open about the fact that she outlined little, just tended to sit down at the keyboard and see what happened, and so I think people can go around and around with these continuity issues until kingdom come. But the truth of it is like...she wrote about these vampires for nearly 50 years, she probably forgot some stuff and made up some other stuff to try to bridge those gaps.

I personally assume the Daniel keeping these details to himself thing was something she said to cover why this info was coming out in playboy vs an actual book but it is a really fun think to think about, isn't it?

(being completely honest, when I wrote that line in my fic about Daniel hoarding the details of Armand's appearance for himself I was just making shit up, I didn't even realize Anne had said anything like that until after lol So nice to know she and I shared a braincell for that one brief moment)

My personal head canon is that some he left out because his editors were like 'dude, this book is getting way too long and frankly this is gratuitous' (like that story that ended up in playboy? Daniel was desperate for some cash to travel on and so he dragged that sordid bit of smut out of his drafts and tossed it in the mail). The rest- god, he just really couldn't believe anyone could be that good looking. Maybe he assumed Louis had idealized him in his mind, maybe he decided no reader would find someone so beautiful palatable (especially in light of some of the things Armand let happen).

And then also a secret third thing, where Daniel has always kinda had a thing for redheads with big brown eyes and shit, did Louis know that about him and describe Armand like that just to mess with him or is there really some hot little blood sucking guy running around out there, being the smoke show of his dreams?

It's fun to wonder about, like it's fun to wonder about what all Lestat and Daniel left out of that chapter in queen of the damned. I hate that we don't have more content from them but I do love how many gaps we can fill in ourselves.

[givemethepage]

Layers of Fear 2023: The Actor's Story, Chapter 2

I'm just going to give more impressions. This may spoil something, or I may be very wrong in my speculations. Don't tell me yet if I am.

Rat Queen says "Do you remember hunger?" in response to the earlier Writer narration.

Camera item says something about the character looking off on film. "I think you must have moved. You just don't look quite yourself." Did the camera capture two people? Is one sibling literally haunting the other sibling? They're deliberately being cagey about which one died, though I'm fairly sure it was the sister. The Writer was using a singular They when talking about the actor before. Ugh. I don't get how some people who liked the first LoF didn't like this one.

What are these gramophone cylinders? Who is speaking?

In the cabin, it said put on the mask. Then the items keep saying that they don't recognize me and some of the mannequins are wearing masks. I think it's being pretty clear about actors, performing, trauma, various types of masking. If LoF1 was the Freudian game, then this one seems like the Jungian game. Idk if that will fully hold up. But as far as what it means for the literal events of the story, not sure yet.

Director: "No man is an island, but one can become a vessel to carry the flame of another." I mean...

Also I'm tired of seeing comments like "mannequins aren't scary bro. This game overuses mannequins."

I blew up the "city." Director is furious according to the note from my agent. Did I miss that Black Wanderer poster? Could I have picked it up?

So it seems so far that... The sister, Lily, died, either while they were stowing away on a ship or after. No idea what they were running from that they snuck aboard. Did she starve and allow James to escape? And then there's this implication that James was jealous of her strength, so when he became older, maybe he pretended to have it and became our famous actor using her confidence. Or something. Or maybe it's more sinister. Maybe he killed her, or consumed her, or something. Although I think his guilt may be more along the lines of living her life after she died, rather than actually ending it. Idk.

Who is the director, and why does he know all there is to know? He keeps prompting me to bury the sister and show... my true self? Who seems to be more than just the little boy.

Also what the fuuhhhh there are now breadcrumbs of a definitive lore?? Who wrote THESE rat notes??

My favorite image so far is when I turned around right before leaving the engine room and saw the two mannequins holding hands through the bars that blocked my way back.

[erinwantstowrite]

i finished writing chapter 15!!! all that's left is to do some editing once our lovely beta reader tyler gets to it (hey pookie)!! i did end up having to split the chapter but that means LoF is now another chapter longer. actually is that my catchphrase atp

[strawberrymoonjoonie]

Hi!!!! 🥰🥰🥰

Hello, hi, I hope you all are doing well. I pinkie promise that I haven't forgotten about this account or this story!! I'm sorry it's been so long since I posted the first chapter of Held In Your Hands, but I've been dealing with some health stuff and some work stuff and just overall a lof of Things. 😭😭 But!!!! I am currently writing the second chapter, currently titled first glance feeling, and right now it's at 5k words and I am still not finished writing it. I have a lot of work to do on it to clean it up, but I think when it's done it's probably going to be close to 8k words. I also have the next...probably 4 chapters completely planned out, and I'm very excited. (A lot of my problem writing this second chapter has been that I got too excited and too hyperfixated on this story and burned out and was unable to write, but as of rn I have a clear plan and I will, hopefully, be able to update on a little bit better of a schedule.)

If you have read the first chapter, thank you so much. I'm not on this account much at all, but I promise I'm going to respond to all of your comments, and thank you so much for leaving them. I hope everyone is doing well, especially with the holidays coming up. Please take care of yourselves, and hopefully I will be back on here very soon with the update!!!

[lakemojave]

Hey I started reading land of the falling sun during your impromptu Q&A stream earlier and I liked it to the point where it actually inspired me to pick up the pen and write some of my own stuff again starting with the brilliant premise of "wouldn't it be fucked up if the mannequins at Target had human corpses inside them"

for reals though I am very much enjoying LOTFS and especially how tonally consistent it is from chapter to chapter like it really does feel like tha wild west baby at all times I will def read the second half before I recover from Virus

It means so much that LOFS is not only something you like but also inspiring you to make your own work! That means so much to me fr

[everrgrreeen]

hii there!! same anom as before... hope ur getting a nice recovery and that everything is okay !!

have a wonderful day💓💐🫂

Thank you anon, I have been at home recovering for a week now and I’m feeling a lot better!

I tried doing some work on chapters 19 and 20 for LoF, but I was so loopy from residual anesthesia and my 3 different types of painkillers that everything I wrote is sooo not up to my usual standards 😩 it’s almost comical tbh lol. Therefore I will be going back and editing and re-writing til I’m 100% happy with them. Hoping to have 19 out for everyone sometime in the near future 🥰 it’s going to be another long chapter unless I find a way to break it up that makes sense for the flow of the story (which is why I tend to work on multiple chapters at the same time)

Take care!! 💕