#tess ❤︎

[smol-stardust]

Halloween and pride month should do a collab or smth

Totally!! It would really great.

I’m doodling random outfits based on pride flag colour schemes actually and it’s super fun :>

[canaryinacoolmine]

My main takeaway from episode one of the Last of Us Series:

BABY SPOON JOEL BABY SPOON JOEL BABY SPOON JOEL BABY SPOON JOEL BABY SPOON JOEL BABY SPOON JOEL

BABY SPOON JOEL

[adhdprincess]

Remember that crazy AU where Tess died? Fuckin brutal. Glad that didn't really happen.

Here's a multi-chapter fic where Tess lives, written in Ellie's snarky POV.

Summary: Ellie, Joel, and Tess learn to live on the road together without wringing each other's necks in the process. Ellie is feral, Joel is savage, and Tess is trying to get everyone to Wyoming in one piece.

Set during the 3-month timeskip before winter. There are wonderful character arcs and nice campfire scenes, but it gets dramatic as hell—buckle up.

20k words, 3 chapters (I worked on this for 3 months)

[sanguinesky-if]

Hi! I love your IF very much and wanna say thank you for your work❤

About the ask, let's say our MC gets tired after some restless night and during the day they accidentally fall asleep on the ROs shoulder. How would the ROs react? (crushing stage)

Hi, thank you for your message, I'm glad you like my story!

Oh, I'm really like this question. Let's see…

Kyle / Keira

I think it really depends on whether or not K realizes they have feelings for the MC. In general, K will feel too overwhelmed and uncomfortable because they are very emotional, and their heart rate will be so fast it will actually make them feel sick. However, if no one is around, K will sit still and let the MC sleep, but not for long, and will soon wake them up.

Lex / Lexie

I don't think this is the first time this has happened. Just like all previous times, L will be very happy inside and (depending on their mood) might rest their head against the MC's. But they won't fall asleep, enjoying this closeness while they can and until the MC wakes up. For L, the MC is their safe harbor, and if they can be the same for the MC, that makes them happy.

Morgan

This is actually a very important moment for Morgan, but I can't explain why because that would be a spoiler. Sorry.

Roderick / Rebecca

R will feel a calmness inside, something strangely quiet and mutedly content. In their mind, the fact that the MC fell asleep leaning on them shows a lot of trust, because R knows they could break the MC so easily, yet the MC trusts them enough to still sleep peacefully on their shoulder. However, if someone is around, R will immediately wake the MC because it's not safe to let their guard down.

Theo / Tess

It depends on whether or not T realizes they have feelings for the MC. If they don't, T won't understand why they feel something ticklish and warm inside. They'll want to look at the MC and figure out why. At the same time, they won't want to wake the MC, so they'll just keep still (literally) and keep a close eye on their surroundings to make sure no one touches them, still not realizing why they feel so weird.

Isaac / Iris

I is a sleepyhead, and given how at ease they feel around the MC, they're likely to fall asleep immediately with their head resting against the MC's. They'll apologize for it later and feel guilty for allowing themselves to act so relaxed around the MC, unable to stop thinking about how nice it would be to sleep with the MC in their arms.

Sebastian / Selena

This also depends on whether or not S realizes their feelings. Generally, the first thing they'll feel is an underlying pang of annoyance: what are they doing, wasting their time on something like this? Then, they'll turn their attention to the MC. Feeling the MC leaning on them will be oddly pleasant, but they will refuse to admit that. Because S doesn't do feelings, they use others'. And yet, here they are, sitting still, not even making a sound or movement. But if someone is around, they will immediately wake the MC. When the MC wakes up, S will mask their mixed emotions behind a perfect smile and say something like, 'Next time, I'll let you sleep on my lap; all you have to do is ask nicely.' I think they will just be embarrassed that the MC feels so at ease with them, and guilty because using the MC keeps getting harder and harder.

Thank you for your question!

[aesopsharpmybeloved]

Tess' Sharpuary - 28. Smirk (*)

Aesop finds his sweetheart made a little list about himm. About the various way he smirks at her, that is.

a/n: I *may* have cheated slightly with this one, as the list has existed for a few months at this point, but it is what it is 😅Also, the dressing table is my little nod towads the ruling queen of drawing backgrounds and victorian furniture in general, Cress ❤

chapter specific tags: 15+!, established relationship, sexual themes

relationships: aesop sharp x reader

28. Smirk (0.9k)

tw: sexual themes (mentioned heavily), age difference (reader is an adult)

In Aesop’s defence, the first thing on his mind as he approached his sweetheart’s open diary was to close it and put it back into one of the drawers of her dressing table where she usually kept it. It was not like the two of them kept any secrets from each other (apart from little romantic surprises and presents, of course), but reading a partner’s personal diary without their explicit consent was still a massive breach of privacy in Aesop’s opinion.

And yet, when he finally reached the open journal, he paused. He didn’t mean to peek, but found himself rather unable not to read on when he caught a glimpse of the title of her apparently most recent entry.

‘List of Aesop Sharp’s Smirks’

Under the title was indeed a list of ten points. The potions master’s hand twitched, but wouldn’t move to close the diary. His eyes read the first few points:

We're going to have ourselves a good night.

Come have some fun into my chambers.

He couldn’t stop his lips from forming into a small grin. He couldn’t deny it - he was growing very interested in the rest of the list. Maybe he could chance reading it quickly. It was innocent enough, a little list his sweetheart made for fun. He could beg for forgiveness later.

3. How would you feel about some less-than-innocent activity

4. I'm going to make your toes curl tonight.

Oh, alright! Now we’re getting to the more fun ones. He wondered whether he truly had ten ways of smirking at her when it came to the promise of a passion filled night (or day), and if so, how was she able to determine the meaning? He could admit that there was a way he smirked at her when he was in the mood for a more carnal kind of fun, but he had no idea his smirks had a scale!

5. You're going to moan my name like a prayer.

6. My back will bear the perfect imprints of your nails.

He bit his lower lip. He wouldn’t mind feeling the sting of her fingernails on his back again soon. Feeling them there, under his shirt, following his movements as he went about his day served as a sweet reminder, one that made a feeling of thrill course through his veins, even as he did completely mundane things, like hand out pop-quizzes. His back already bore small scars shaped like small crescent moons, and they were his pride and joy. Maybe he could try to replicate smirk number 6, soon...

7. You'll later be embarrassed from just how wanton your screams were.

8. You'll beg me to destroy you.

Wouldn’t be the first. With a smile, Aesop remembered the various nights during which she did beg him to go harder, faster, deeper, tears rolling out of her eyes. She was so beautiful when she submitted to him completely like this, when she let him manhandle her to his own pleasure, arching against him, clinging onto him for dear life. Of course, even when he did get rougher, he always made sure she reached the peak of her pleasure, preferably several times.

9. You won't be able to speak within the next 24 hours from how much I'll make you scream

Again, not the first. The potions master grinned smugly. Edging, and subsequent overstimulation made his sweetheart release cries that neither of them thought her capable of making. Aesop loved it, though, and he wanted to hear more. Poor darling, she nodded off in exhaustion right after he was finally done with her. Luckily, he always had some potion for a sore throat ready for her in the morning. Among other potions for different sore things. Occasionally for the two of them.

10. You're not leaving the bed for the following two days. Not that you'd be able to.

Hm… Well, he wasn’t aware of this smirk. That is, they did spend a lot of time in bed together, but two days straight? As proud as Aesop was of his stamina, he wasn’t sure he had enough of it for two days. Only one way to find out, he supposed.

“Ace?” came her voice from the door, and the potions master jumped in surprise. Panic filled him as he saw her standing at the door. However, instead of looking mad that he just read an entry in her diary, a small smile played upon her mouth. Nevertheless: “I-... I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to snoop, but…” “It’s alright. There’s nothing secret in there. It’s just a little way to clear my head.” 

She walked towards him, and he silently handed her the journal. She chuckled as she realised what her sweetheart just read

“I was just wondering about number 10,” Aesop said carefully, still feeling slightly embarrassed for having been caught red-handed. “Oh, 10 hasn’t happened. Yet,” she said nonchalantly as she stored her diary away into the dressing table. “Any plans to make it happen?” he asked then, a sly smile finally coming back to his face.

She turned towards him, extending her hands for him to hold. He instantly took hold of them and pulled her closer: “Nothing set in stone, but I don’t doubt there will come a time. What else are honeymoons for?” Aesop laughed softly, before pressing a small kiss against her mouth. And then - he smirked.

“Ooh, trying number 5 on me, are we?” she teased, grinning back at him.

“What? This is number 6, loud and clear! I should know, it’s my own mouth!”

“It’s number 5, trust me. This is a scientific list, tested and confirmed, while it is your mouth, it is I who sees it.”

“Oh, just kiss me, you impossible woman.”

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Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed ❤

[AO3] - [Sharpuary 2024] - [Masterlist]

[sforzandospire]

Scriptliss with tess aract spallslskjskpsphvss❤❤❤❤

THEY ARE HOLDING HANDS 💪💯‼️💢

[nepotisim]

The BOLD THE FACTS

The Rules are simple! Tag people and name a character you want to know more about! If you want to let the person you tagged decide who to showcase, then don’t name a character and they can pick somebody. Easy! The person who is tagged will then bold the remarks below which apply to their character &, if they want to, include a picture with their reply!

I was tagged by @crsentfairy & @noeyinthemist (♡´౪`♡)

Jada C. Takeo

[ PERSONAL]

$ Financial: wealthy / moderate / poor / in poverty

✚ Medical: fit / moderate / sickly / disabled / disadvantaged / non applicable

✪ Class or Caste: upper / middle / working / unsure / other

✔ Education: qualified / unqualified / studying / other (taken over the family business)

✖ Criminal Record: yes, for major crimes / yes, for minor crimes / no / has committed crimes, but not caught yet / yes, but charges were dismissed

[ FAMILY]

◒ Children: had a child or children / has no children / wants children

◑ Relationship with Family: close with sibling(s) / not close with sibling(s) / has no siblings / sibling(s) is deceased

◔ Affiliation: orphaned / adopted / disowned / raised by birth parent / not applicable  

[ TRAITS + TENDENCIES]

♦ extroverted / introverted / in between

♦ disorganized / organized / in between

♦ close minded / open-minded / in between

♦ calm / anxious / in between

♦ disagreeable / agreeable / in between

♦ cautious / reckless / in between

♦ patient / impatient / in between

♦ outspoken / reserved / in between

♦ leader / follower / in between

♦ empathetic / vicious bastard / in between

♦ optimistic / pessimistic / in between

♦ traditional / modern / in between

♦ hard-working / lazy / in between

♦ cultured / uncultured / in between / unknown

♦ loyal / disloyal / unknown

♦ faithful / unfaithful / unknown

[ BELIEFS]

★ Faith: monotheist / polytheist / atheist / agnostic

☆ Belief in Ghosts or Spirits: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care

✮ Belief in an Afterlife: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care

✯ Belief in Reincarnation: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care

❃ Belief in Aliens: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care

✧ Religious: orthodox / liberal / in between / not religious

❀ Philosophical: yes / no

[ SEXUALITY & ROMANTIC INCLINATION ]

❤ Sexuality: heterosexual / homosexual / bisexual / asexual / pansexual

❥ Sex: sex repulsed / sex neutral / sex favorable / naive and clueless

♥ Romance: romance repulsed / romance neutral / romance favorable /naive and clueless / romance suspicious

❣ Sexually: adventurous / experienced / naive / inexperienced / curious

⚧ Potential Sexual Partners: male / female / agender / other / none / all

⚧ Potential Romantic Partners: male / female / agender / other / none / all

[ ABILITIES ]

☠ Combat Skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor / none

≡ Literacy Skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor / none

✍ Artistic Skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor / none

✂ Technical Skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor / none

[ HABITS ]

☕ Drinking Alcohol: never / special occasions / sometimes / frequently / Alcoholic

☁ Smoking: tried it / trying to quit / quit / never / rarely / sometimes / frequently / Chain-smoker

✿ Recreational Drugs: never / special occasions / sometimes / frequently / addict

✌ Medicinal Drugs: never / no longer needs medication / some medication needed / frequently / to excess

☻ Unhealthy Food: never / special occasions / sometimes / frequently / binge eater

$ Splurge Spending: never / sometimes / frequently / shopaholic

♣ Gambling: never / rarely / sometimes / frequently / compulsive gambler

Thank you for sending me this, loveys! It was fun to answer! Moving forward, I'm tagging:

@vampiremilfs (Nana) @gleamer (Lucki) @goblin-sims (Leo) @bri-rawr (Natalia) @bbrrambo (Yomi) @cavernsofdarkness (D34dL0CK) @nomieindecisi (True) @teeejboo2 (Tess)

[seethesunny]

Prompt: Joel/Tess on a date but Sarah (knows Tess and adores her) doesn’t know yet that they’re dating, catches them at the movies or at the mall. Something innocent and adorable yet very smoochy!

It's been a while since I got this but this prompt was lovely! Happy belated birthday @bignosebushybrows and hopefully you had an amazing day ❤ and fingers crossed you like it:

When her uncle barged loudly inside their house, calling her downstairs and immediately showing her the keys of the car looped around his finger with a flashy grin, Sarah hadn’t thought much of it. Really, she would, over all things sacred, hate it if someone else had been entrusted to watch over her. 

But uncle Tommy was fun and, hopefully her daddy wouldn’t know if she lowered the voice inside her head just a little; Sarah liked going on with him because he let her do things on her own. 

Now, she did love her dad. More than she could try to put into words, more than she could ever describe, more than the countless stars that adorned the countryside sky when they visited the old ranch where they grew up. However, she was growing older, and there was so much freedom a girl of her age could get under the vigilance of her parents. And she had long gotten used to her daddy being overprotective, it was for her own good, and there was truth to it sometimes.

Tommy rolled the windows down and clicked on the radio, humming along, and she beamed on the passenger side.

Yet she liked this, and it wouldn’t do her harm. At the end of the day, there was someone supervising her, and Sarah understood her own limits and what risks she could encounter. 

“You gotta try the new arcade.” He said, messing up her hair, laughing at her scoff.

She couldn’t stop smiling, having talked long enough about that with her friends over the phone. 

“Sure will.” She agreed eagerly, wrinkling her nose at him playfully.

“And what are you gonna do while I’m nowhere to be seen? You aren’t gonna be scared, aren’t ya? ” He teased half-heartedly, earning a giggle out of her as he took a turn and drove through the park, a shortcut he always reminded her existed when they went this way. 

“I'm gonna use the money my daddy gave me, buy me some fries.” Sarah shrugged, playing with the bracelet around her wrist. “And you should take out Maria on a real date.” 

Tommy gave her a sidelong glare before staring ahead.

“Uncle, meeting her at the mall only is a disgrace to the Miller’s last name.” Not for the first time Sarah scolded, and Tommy almost put his hands up in surrender. 

“I’ll keep that in mind.” He joked, elbowing her gently while she frowned, right as they approached the parking lot. “Listen, I promise this is the last time.” 

“It better be.” Sarah gave, that chiding tone the same one she brought out so similar to her dad’s, and then she remarked seriously, elbowing him back. “You should buy her something nice.” 

Maria was a cool, charismatic woman who worked at the cash register in one of the stores—she had forgotten the name now—and her uncle was infatuated. He would use the excuse of taking her to the mall for an ice cream or to shop around, but then he would flirt with her while Sarah looked around, and it became common. 

Right now, her daddy had no clue, and she had zipped her mouth shut. 

Once inside, Sarah counted her money twice as Tommy mocked her without malice, barely disguising his impatience.

Maria’s store popped into view when they took the escalator, and Tommy kissed her forehead to her light-hearted complaint.

“Don’t get too far, ‘kay? And if you need anythin’ you know where to find me. Go have fun, kid.” He squeezed her shoulders, trusting her and letting her acknowledge it as she nodded. 

“Please, bring up the date before we leave!” Sarah exclaimed, waving a hand in the air before disappearing into a bright, big H&M store on her left. 

She took a break at the food court when she got thirsty, all the walking and observing and trying on clothes tiring her some, so she sat close to the cinema entrance and ordered some cinnamon sugar pretzels after drinking her lemonade. Munching on them, Sarah squinted in the fluorescent lights above her head.

It couldn’t be him, right? 

Sarah was sure of one thing: she could recognize her daddy on a crowd, and he just stood out with his physique. And he wasn’t alone! His arm was banded around a woman’s shoulders, leaning on him, and when she saw a glimpse of her face- 

“Ish that Tesh?” She murmured around a mouthful of food, crumbs drizzling around her lips; Sarah brushed them aside, pretzels being set apart as she scanned them thoroughly, not being noticed.

Accidents happened, and she could mistake some random couple; nonetheless, some meters between them couldn’t fuzz out the truth. Sarah leaned on he elbows, attempting to capture more as her daddy whispered something on Tess’s ear, who in turn smacked him gently on the chest and pressed their lips together. Oh, oh, so it was something serious.

Tess had been a constant presence in her life whose encouraging words were always at the ready, who had figuratively taken her under her wing since the first day, who was confident and relaying both—she was friend of the family, had known her for so long. The past summer, she had spent so many hours at their home teaching her how to work with clay, starting with easy things since Sarah was a beginner.

Had she been so blinded by her own joy as to not notice the signs? Tess surely showed up more, and her daddy had been a bit weird, in the sense that he would act differently around her, and once Uncle Tommy picked at him because he called her during work hours… 

Her heart almost leaped out of her chest, the dawning realization sticky like the cinnamon on the pad of her fingers, a gasp spilling out of her lips as they walked towards her seat. 

Sarah froze as there was no way she was exiting without being noticed, clutching a napkin to clean her fingers anxiously and blinking repeatedly at the wait for the inevitable.  

Warm eyes spotted her, their conversation drowned before being completely shut down, and then it was their turn to still like a deer caught in headlights.

Tess’s hands were intertwined with his, and Sarah fixed on it before her gaze darted between them, chewing the inside of her cheek.

The first one to regain her composure was Tess, laughing nervously. “Hey, hi Sarah. Nice to see you here.” 

Sarah rubbed her palms, clasping them together as she locked eyes with her daddy, who looked as if he wanted the earth to swallow him whole. 

“Uh, baby girl.” He greeted gruffly, strained, but not dropping Tess’s hand at all. “How long have you-” 

“You have some explainin’ to do.” Is what Sarah opted to answer after chosing her words carefully, approaching them openly. 

Tess was the one who tilted her head and offered a relieving, small grin, offering her other hand. “Let’s go for a walk then.” 

Joel sighed heavily and scrubbed at his face with a hand, staring at them both afterward. “‘S a long story, Sarah.” 

“Got nowhere else to be, Daddy! I suspect we’ll be here for a long period of time.” She yelled to jab at them, who shared a quick, fleeting look, giving in easily. “At least you were in good hands.” 

A complicit wink at Tess—they both busted in giggles, he rolled his eyes, and urged them forward.

She wasn’t ready to go home yet.

[be-an-echo]

Helloooooo Andy it is me again, hope you're doing okay and life isn't being rough!

I have a question for you: How did you get into tlou? And also Tess/Joel? Did you like them together since the beginning? ❤

Hello again dear Vane! 🥰

Hmmm. I think it's started with TWD. Comics, series and the game (my nickname comes from that). I love the concept of apocalypse and survival in any form or shape. So TLOU came out and I was like yaaay another game. But boy oh boy I was wrong because that wasn't just another game. I didn't own a ps3 back then so I watched let's plays but I was mesmerised and fell in love with it immediately. The soundtrack is still my comfort thingy 🌿

When it comes to Tess & Joel... that's still my favorite part of the game. When they're all together and they're these wise, strong and tough smugglers explaining the world to Ellie. The capitol always breaks my heart because I want Joel to stay and fight but I get it. I kinda shipped them cuz it's apparent they were "something" but I didn't know ao3 and "shippers" exist so I wasn't looking for more ya know 😄 then I bought my first ps4 and with every playthrough I was praying there was something more. Then I found out what ao3 is and was reading those 100 fics over and over again. And finally the show came out and a lot of people too. So I tried to be more active on tumblr and then I found you guys ❤

I hope this long ass answer answered your question🤭

[tessimagines]

Types of works you can request:

Drabble (open)

200-600 word imagine story. Specific plots or just a character and theme (fluff, angst, etc...) can be requested

Headcanon (open)

Series of bullet points describing a situation. For example, dating Jon Snow would include or showing Jon Snow affection would include. Broader topics will be longer while more specific ones will be shorter.

Reaction (open)

How a character or characters (max of 5) will react to a specific situation. For example, how Jaime Lannister, Sandor Clegane and Jorah Mormont would react to being praised.

Fandoms/Characters you can request for:

❤ = Tess’ Faves

Game of Thrones

Jon Snow  ❤

Robb Stark

Ned Stark  ❤

Arya Stark

Sansa Stark

Theon Greyjoy

Jaime Lannister  ❤

Tyrion Lannister

Sandor Clegane  ❤

Tormund Giantsbane

Jorah Mormont

Oberyn Martell

Gendry Waters

Podrick Payne

Brienne of Tarth

Margaery Tyrell

Danaerys Targaryen

Harry Potter

Harry Potter

Ron Weasley

Hermione Granger

Fred Weasley

George Weasley

Bill Weasley  ❤

Charlie Weasley

Ginny Weasley

Neville Longbottom

Draco Malfoy

Cedric Diggory  ❤

Sirius Black  ❤

Remus Lupin  ❤

James Potter

Severus Snape

The Last of Us

Joel Miller  ❤

How to make a request:

Please leave requests in my ask box here

You can request publicly or anonymously

Please note, I do write longer length imagines but these are not open for request. You can find all of my work in my Masterlist

Now request away!

[pluttskutt]

Have the most beautiful,

the most delightful,

the most fascinating,

the most hopeful and

the most jolly day today, my darling friend ❤

💐🌈🎁💋🎊🎂🥂🍀💐🌈🎁💋🎊🎂🥂🍀

Tbank you so much Tess I love you

[smol-stardust]

Lemon pie

I love lemon pies! And lemon tarts, also lemon ice cream… honestly anything lemon

What’s your fave lemon related treat?

[frannyzooey]

Kelli. I have been DEEP in baby life, and reading anything other than articles about every minute detail of human development hasn't really been on the table, much less anything even vaguely smutty. BUT. I happened to open up my dash and see Devour the other day. I actually managed to read the whole thing, which I haven't been motivated to do in a few months. (Don't look at the 250+ drafts I have saved as "to read". Shhhhh...)

I was a little unsure about some of the tags, but *gods*. As always, you and Ezra have me totally enraptured by the most INSANE things that I would NEVER think to look for on my own. I debated sending this as just a message, and you can totally ignore it or reply with a message, instead of a post. I just needed to let you know you woke me up a bit. I should've known one of your Ezras would be the jolt of spiritual caffeine I needed. 💜💜💜

Also, that reference to Din was just fucking brilliant. 🩶💚

First of all Tess -- baby life?! ❤ I am so fucking excited for you! Babies are 100% one of my biggest weaknesses and it makes me so happy to think of you being immersed in that love! Congrats!!

Second of all -- I can't even tell you how much this ask means to me. On so many levels: thinking of you still taking the time for your hobbies after children, having faith enough in my writing that you would read it even if you were unsure about the warnings, knowing that it woke you up a bit (??!!) -- I wish I could come and kiss you on the mouth right now.

Tbh, you and I are in the same boat because I never knew a concept like that existed! I was vaguely aware of it but I never knew it had a name and certainly had never read anything with warnings like that, so I was really nervous writing it? @hier--soir was the best help (as I had seen concept posts on her blog before, so I reached out to her for advice) and without her help, I'm not sure I could have done it. ❤

Ezra makes fools of us ALL and I am so, so, so fucking thankful that you took a chance on this one, and so very glad that you liked it. There is more where that came from (in terms of canon Ezra) in 2024, my lovely 🥰

That reference to Din was purely inspired by the brilliant brain of @wannab-urs, whom the gift was for - she wrote some amazing parallels between them on her blog, and said she was looking for more of that pairing....which, given by the amount of people saying they liked that part, she is not alone! ❤

Thank you thank you THANK YOU for taking the time to send me this ask, for being such a kind human being and for reading. Happy New Year, my love!

[ohraicodoll]

Thank you so much for Red. It’s crazy how much I relate to her. We don’t live in a post apocalyptic world but we all live in our own worlds and sometimes it can feel like us vs them which Red helps me to navigate. She has helped me to feel less ashamed about the way my brain has turned out.

She’s so cathartic and has shown me that even when someone is as rough and ready, or completely rejecting of anything good that comes their way because they ‘don’t deserve it’ or that they will wreck it that some people could them her regardless. If that makes sense.

I especially love the new Tommy x Red friend post that just made me feel so fucking validated again! The way that Red has unusual ways of showing her love/gratitude and the people in her life just try to understand it until they do with no questioning!? To be loved in a way that is so accommodating and significant blows my mind. I know you’re writing fiction but sometimes discovering that this very specific thing is addressed and taken care of by another human being in the world is insane and has given me a bit of hope for my future.

It’s so soothing and Cathartic to read your work . I spent some of my childhood in survival mode and it never truly leaves you. You’ve written it so realistically I am in amazement with every piece of the puzzle you post.

I wish I had an ounce of your talent so that I could explain my love and gratitude for you in a way that was comprehensible. I’m sorry, I just had to say something now though, I’ve been having a weird couple of days and your writing is one of my only forms of escapism.

I am so interested in what inspired you to create such a specifically complex female character like her. I consume a lot of media, have read and literally studied the new era of woman (still hard to give them a specific name) and no character has ever come close to Red. Your talent blows my mind.

Thank you Sam.

Oh goodness, did you make me cry ❤❤

I'm so glad you feel seen and feel a bit of representation and catharsis with her. That's just all I can hope is that you all love the characters I create and the stories as much as I do. You've all kept me motivated and inspired to write her (especially as fast as I have haha).

The idea about Red came because I kinda got tired of only finding pure smut or timid characters in the TLOU fic tag. I love both but Tess was not timid and was more the dominant in the relationship. And I fully get that Joel radiates "I'll take care of you" dom energy but at this point in the apocalypse I doubt there would be many people left that didn't have some aggression in them or that need taking care of. I love character analysis too much to do the same type of character.

I've always been drawn to rage characters. I wrote a whole book series when I was a teen centered around one. And I think I wanted to go back to that since my character in my Sandman series is the opposite. Dahlia is an exploration of trauma responses, especially around acts of anger because that's what I experience. But I started writing with action and violence and someone who is angry all the time and motivated by rage and I wanted to go back to it because writing a character that lacks the moral responses to killing is fascinating. So often we get characters that regret or are remorseful around killing and I don't think that's Joel.

So it was a combo of just writing someone who doesn't regret her violence, doesn't regret killing, and has been alone in the wild for a long time focused only on surviving that they never thought they'd get more. Someone who is accepted for their violence and rage. And that's Red. She is a bunch of fractured pieces held together with string with no coping skills and Joel and Ellie love her either way.

There's the her before the Outbreak, the her that was broken by her sister (who she sees in Ellie), there's the her that was with her group, the her after being alone for years and years, and then the her with Joel and Ellie. Joel never shies away from her and may actually be drawn to her more because of it since there's a piece of that in him. This story is about being seen and accepting your ugliness.

I think being able to jump all over her timeline and continuously build her has been so wonderful and fun. Requests and prompts have been great in building her (though I do change some to make sure they fit the world and who she is). I fully acknowledge she's not a reader but an OC but I cannot write a character who is a blank slate because your past and history dictate your personality and actions (and tbh, most Readers are actually OC's without names or descriptions. I'm old, the x Reader/You thing is new but also just a relabeling of OC's)

I don't know how other writers write, but these characters fully inhabit me when I focus on them. It's why it's hard to switch between stories and characters at time because I can only see through their eyes. I feel their natural body movements, their conversations flow in my head and usually I have to race to write them down somewhere for later. Red is very much a part of me and it's been a joy to explore her and bring her to you all.

So much love and thankfulness to you all ❤❤

[chaoticgeminate]

Last Sentence Tag Game

Rules are simple, in a new post just share the last line of your latest WIP and throw some tags to encourage others to join in ❤

Okay so a LOT of people are interested in this apparently because I was tagged by:

@imtryingmybeskar @grogusmum @oonajaeadira @axolotl-anonymous @nothoughtsjustmeds @prolix-yuy @daddydindjarin and @ezrasbirdie!

So to satisfy the curiosity I shall surrender the secrets from my WIPS ❤ and because I was tagged by so many people I'll provide the last line from 2 different documents.

1st from Time Lost (Joel x Tess x OFC) Shiloh hated that Tess was so openly offering her more, dangling it in front of her like a dog with a bone, that Tess was trying to cement her into this dynamic with her and Joel. It made Shiloh feel seen, like the other woman knew she felt like an outsider, and it was scary because she wanted to surrender to it but it was safer to run from it.

2nd from Black Vultures (Year of Video Games - Pero x f!Reader) He smelled like dirt and sweat and something musky; it wasn’t a good smell, at all, he reeked. But in that moment it was a reminder that you weren’t facing this alone for now. He wasn’t at all comforting, his grip on the back of your neck was too tight and your knees ached from resting on the cold wet ground but he was there and he wasn’t some sort of blood bathed psychopath, and in that moment you didn’t care about anything outside this small space you were hiding in.

No Pressure Tags: @lellowberry @pedropascalsx @outercrasis @foli-vora @boliv-jenta @whatsnewalycat

[seethesunny]

Hi, lovely! Here’s some for the ask game. 🍓🥤🌻🪐

Hi friend, happy Saturday 🤲🏼❤ thank u lots for the ask! I always get bored haha

🍓 ⇢ how did you get into writing fanfiction? 

This is funny because I've always been a creative kid, so I would create my own stories inside my head and they eventually turned into some of the shows/books I liked- sometimes a mixture- and at the time I didn’t know that was called fanfiction! I have the vivid memory of snatching my mom's lavender Nokia cellphone to write in a notes app, that happened until I fell into the role-playing world for years and that only cemented my love for it, I fully got into writing seriously around five years since that but never posted, it was for that same group of friends only. So that's my backstory! I had given up on it for a number of reasons but I'm back in the fanfiction pit lol

🥤 ⇢ recommend an author or fanfic you love

Since I've been a tessjoel girlie from the beginning I'm pulling some of the hidden gems on FF dot net that some new fans may not know! These are all videogame tlou.

Starting with one of my favorite fics EVER (it is a habit to reread it monthly) written by Raff who is a legend and was a pioneer for them. This is an au that's technically canon compliant for the tone, a very straight-forward summary: Ellie is Tess and Joel's daughter, this is the little glimpses of how they raise her in the QZ:

@kokureno and I gush over this particular fic nonstop, college au with romcom elements, what's not to love?

This one is a curious case because while I read it previously, my mind was blown away when I finally read Dirt (also recommend it) then came back to it. Tess and Joel share a vulnerable moment and Tess realizes there is more to him than what she thought, pretty spot on character analysis:

This one is a Tess lives au AND a babyfic, and you know how hard it used to be to find babyfics for them specifically? Aside from signs (originally from FFnet), I wasn't that lucky and this was a blessing:

Someone said missing scene fic about a very necessary topic aka Joel and Ellie bringing up Tess during their journey? The old man HAS feelings??? Anyway, this is 100% canon to me:

This one is for those who are fans of Tess’s backstory in the old tlou storyline where she was the main antagonist/villain, which means she had a brother who was killed; in my heart this will always be her OG origin story honestly. Plus, Joel also opens up about his own loss:

Don't you love it when there's a recurring theme in your fic???? Tess and Joel's lives when they're running out of time, Tommy appears too, canon compliant:

Okay this one is on AO3 too, I get that, however I first found it here and anyway it has now been buried so! I'm showing it again. Tess's centered fic were a rarity so I know this one like the back of my hand, the most juicy gritty QZ life angst, it's also an origin story about her AND a character study, go wild:

Another one on AO3, but hear me out this IS them at their true core and a required reading for everyone to understand them and their dynamic perfectly, it's pretty sad and there's not much comfort but that's why it's so good. Also, the queen herself (amb) wrote it and this is my special dedication to her bc she cemented this Fandom alongside Raff and she's the best at pulling our heartstrings:

Those are some of my favs. I can't include every single one cause it would take me ages but there are so many more there that are worth a read. If you love them most at their ambiguous nature, the early fics filled the void and nurtured the mind.

🌻 ⇢ tag someone you appreciate but don't talk to on a regular basis

A really talented artist around here who's outstanding at what she does, ily chica @betweentwoceremonials

🪐 ⇢ name three good things going on in your life right now

Last year I had an awful infection and it took me a while to get rid of it, but I did some medical analysis a few weeks ago and now I'm fine 🥳

This spot is for the people I love and love me in return, I never take it for granted!

Not to get too pessimistic bc I try to keep it light but I never thought I would reach my 20s and yet- I'm still here, and I'm proud of myself for it