#theragingthespian

[ladysantos]

I just wanted to stop by and say that I saw your butch arthur pieces a month ago, fell in love, and now they're the major inspiration for my dnd fighter/gunslinger. Thank you for your service and skill

hey thank you this is such a nice thing to hear 🥺💖 im so glad that you got inspired to create something by something i did!! i think its neat

[banrions]

Only spoilers from gideon the ninth in this!!

From your reblogs, I'm assuming you're up to date on the locked tomb series. I just finished gideon the ninth with my partner, picked up harrow, and have been a bit disheartened.

We really really loved gideon, so we were bummed about the ending. As spoilery free as you can while I'm prob asking a spoiler question, if gideon was the main reason we loved the first book, do you still recommend harrow? We were also worried about the back of that book claiming to be more gay than the first but then its just harrow and ianthe, who we're not thrilled at the prospect of a romantic relationship going for

Overall thoughts? Side note, I've been a follower and fan since your supergirl work, so it's cool to see you into the same series again!

helllloooo

oh boy, tough question mostly bc... i am the opposite of you. i actually didn't love gideon all that much (not a common take/reaction in the fandom! ppl rlly love gideon you will have lots of ppl who feel similarly to you). for me personally, she's.. fine, but crass jokey butch who likes to fight isn't rlly my vibe. but icy femme terrible bitch very much is, so i happen to LOVE ianthe and rllllllly ship her and harrow (largely due to their interactions in HtN). so... i'm sort of the wrong target for this, BUT i CAN answer your question.... kind of, without getting too spoilery. what i can say that this is a series all abt death, and bones, and soul magic, and resurections of sorts, and i would tell you to fear not, re: gideon, in general??

(i will also say tho that this is also... PARTLY speculation post Things That Happened in HtN & NtN, but also, not speculation at all, either... bc of, same.)

okay this question is hard to answer without spoiling lol.

i will say tho... i would possibly adjust your expectations a little for the series? it's a LOT bigger than gideon and the ninth crew going to a murder mystery house, there are diff povs (of a sense, while trying not to be too spoilery, again) for each book so far. gideon is important, gideon has A Part to PLay and it's a big one, but, also the series gets expanded a lot, and other characters take center stage and have large parts to play too, if that makes sense?

personally, i've liked HtN and NtN more than GtN, but i also was DEEPLY CONFUSED by a lot of what goes on and needed to search around fandom things post readings to get better grasps on a lot of things, so, also note that. HtN is a confusing book, but i happened to rlly like it at the same time as being confused and annoyed abt that, too.

i would say try it? see how you feel? if it's not doing it for you then bail, that's totally fine, but after NtN and reading more meta/etc. i've rlly come around and enjoyed things a bit more. i also know... that what I WANT out of the series is probs not gonna be the outcomes of this series, so i'm just down to enjoy the characters i like while i've got them, mostly.

i hope that makes any sort of sense or helps a little, if you do keep up with the series let me know how you like it!

(also, awww, thank you! i always love when fandoms circle back around like that to newer ones, i miss how much i used to love that dumb lil show:)

[unplugmefromthematrix]

tagged by @mickeysjones 💜 thaaanks saw this by chance scrolling down bc tumblr hates me i guess!

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Three ships: gideon and harrow from the locked tomb - lexa and clarke from the 10---*security drags her off the stage* - catra and adora from she-ra

First ever ship: princess bubblegum and marceline when i didn't know what a ship was (fandom terms did not exist for me until i was 20 and joined tumblr)

But definitely the one that first changed my brain chemistry was swan queen (regina and emma from ouat) i still read some comfort fics from that those two

Last song: nothing arrived by the villagers (sooo saddd) but! I actually drove back home last night with the evermore cd playing! So mmm happiness i think it was the last song i listened to (still sad oh well)

Last film: scrapper (i loved it)

Currently watching: the leftovers, for all mankind, what we do in the shadows, buffy rewatch and many others. If I'm not watching shows assume that I'm dead

Currently reading: hmmm tons of fics as well and rereading nona the ninth by tamsyn muir. cannot recommend the locked tomb enough

Currently consuming: water? about to have breakfast though

Currently craving: scrambled eggs 🤔 might have that for breakfast

(Posting this at 11:50 ended up having something else 😔✊🏽)

tagging hmmmmm @callmebabefortheweekend13 @mysadnessandhope @mtpt6 @didyoulookunderthesofainhell @lady-harrowhark @miloutzy @theragingthespian @saltysapphicqueen @morequeerbytheyear

(no pressure pls 🥺)

[roxzation]

tag 9 people you want to get to know better

I was tagged by @crazychicke

three ships: kelena, katholine, natsharon

first ever ship: dramonine

last song: insomnia by The Rose

last film: Wakwanda forever

currently reading: Six of Crows by Leigh Barugo

currently consuming: japanese sweet

currently craving: dinner probably, waffles/crepes+ice cream

@alecmagnuslwb @carolineforbesisqueen @kathxpierce @paperbeliefs-carloabay @avalencias @entirelytookeen @lovelyirony @rudderless-in-an-ocean-of-stars @theragingthespian

[lynnearlington]

ooooh fall!! prompts!! okay okay kara/lena and pumpkins

The first year, they’re just friends and only just close enough that Kara extends an invitation to the annual pumpkin carving contest.

Lena takes a little convincing but eventually agrees and joins the group at the pumpkin patch dressed in a casual pair of pants and a warm oversized sweater.

They pick out pumpkins and buy apple cider and Kara takes the time to explain strategy and gives her a laundry list of first timer tips as she refers to it. It’s a tad overwhelming at first, but Lena handles it as best she can, smiling and nodding at Kara as they walk through the lines of pumpkins.

“You guys take this pretty seriously,” Lena observes after Kara tells her about an ongoing friend-circle debate on the virtue of using stencils.

Kara’s face affects an expression that clearly conveys duh before she says, “Totally seriously.”

It takes a bit of effort to swallow the laugh that wants to come out so she just hides her smile behind her cup of cider and is grateful when Winn interrupts them with, “Kara, can you help me carry this to the cart?”

–

Lena sticks with a traditional design of a jack o’lantern. It’s the first time in her life she’s ever carved a pumpkin for Halloween and it’s the easiest design she can think to do.

Kara’s comment is a friendly, “Classic is always a good route to go.” But Lena catches sight of the intricate tree like drawing Kara’s working on for her own pumpkin and sighs.

–

Winn ends up winning the competition that year with his Jack Skellington design and he has to hold the pumpkin above his head when Alex threatens to smash it in indignation.

His eyes go wide like the threat is something real and Lena wants to laugh when Alex instructs her sister to, “Hold him down.”

The second year is the year Lena finds out Kara Danvers and Supergirl are the same person.

It’s a shock, but as Lena thinks over it, it really shouldn’t have been. Their friendship hits a bit of a pothole, but they recover.

Kara is persistent in her apologies and Lena can’t fathom losing her friendship. They work through it and Lena tries to swallow the heavy pill that is her closest friend having lied to her for the past year.

The annual pumpkin carving contest is the first social activity they do together that doesn’t involve tears or arguing or profuse apology.

“You’re still my friend and you’ll always be invited,” Kara says as a way of pleading with her to come. “I know things have been weird between us, but I want you to come. If you want to.”

Lena lets the tension sag out of her shoulders and decides to stop fighting that urge deep inside her to just forgive Kara and move on.

“I want to,” she says and the smile that spreads over Kara’s features blooms warmth over Lena’s chest.

–

The night goes the same as the previous year and Lena takes comfort in the routine of it. They head out to the pumpkin patch, buy a round of hot apple ciders and stroll through the rows deciding on which pumpkin to pick out.

Lucy comes over to their cart holding a massive pumpkin and four smaller ones balanced on top of it and at Lena’s wide-eyed questioning look she just mutters, “Don’t worry about it.”

It makes Kara laugh before she pulls Lena down the rows with a casual easy touch Lena didn’t think they’d ever get back to.

“Any idea what you’re going to carve this year?” Kara asks absently as she inspects a pumpkin half covered in warts.

“You’ll just have to wait and see,” is all Lena answers mostly because she hasn’t thought of it at all.

“Mysterious,” Kara teases with a wiggle of her eyebrows that makes Lena smile.  

–

In the end, she carves the Supergirl crest into her pumpkin and when she reveals it to Kara her friend’s eyes go a little round in surprise.

“You did a good job,” Kara says quietly as her eyes roam the pumpkin.

Lena locks eyes with her. “It’s my best friend’s family crest,” she says and before she can say more Kara surges forward and locks her in a strong hug.

“I love you,” Kara murmurs into Lena’s shoulder and they’ve said it before, casually and seriously and every which way, but it’s significant then. It feels like resolution they couldn’t find before.

“I love you too,” Lena replies and she wraps her arms over Kara’s shoulders.

–

Lucy wins that year after somehow constructing a monster like creation out of multiple pumpkins attached to each other. Just like every year, Alex vehemently disagrees with the result and accuses everyone of cheating somehow like she wasn’t the person who took and tallied the votes.

“Let’s take it to the public,” Maggie suggests with a shrug and both Alex and Lucy seem to agree.

They take both pumpkins out to the doorstep of Alex’s building and set them there. James brings out a thermos of spiked apple cider and they pass it around. Alex and Lucy spend their time badgering anyone who walks down the sidewalk to take a vote on which pumpkin is better and Lena just presses in close to the warmth of Kara’s body against the fall chill air and smiles.

The third year Kara kisses Lena.

That’s the one thing she’ll remember with clarity about that year.

It’s midway down the fourth row of pumpkins, somewhere near the big round haystack with a painted black cat and right after Lena laughed at some dumb joke Kara was making.

Kara’s lips taste like the apple cider they’d just finished and her cheeks are chill from the air and when she presses forward, Lena’s back hits the haystack behind her.

It feels like a long time coming if Lena’s honest and so she doesn’t hesitate in kissing Kara back.

It isn’t until Winn interrupts them with a loud exclaimed, “Whoa!” that they break apart and even then they stay hovered in each other’s airspace for long moments.

“I’ll see you guys at the car,” is all Winn adds before leaving them alone.

Lena pushes forward and kisses Kara again.

–

It takes considerably longer for Lena to decide what to carve that year and she blames that entirely on the way Kara keeps smiling shyly at her whenever their hands brush reaching for a tool.

The result is that she just copies Kara. They both end up with a variation on the classic jack o’lantern look, but with more expression and detail.

Lena wins.

Much to Kara’s sputtering incredulity.

“But we have the exact same pumpkin!”

“It’s not exactly the same,” Alex points out and she gestures to the mouth - Kara’s having one tooth and Lena’s having many. There’s a bemused teasing smile on Alex’s face that she can’t quite read, but clearly the elder Danvers sister is enjoying the moment immensely.

Lena tunes the argument out, doesn’t even care that much that she won. All she can think to care about is the way Kara’s cheeks look all flushed with indignation. It still feels like she can taste their kiss from earlier on her lips and she’s desperate to get Kara alone and talk about what it all means.

By the fourth year they’ve been officially together for ten months and they arrive to the pumpkin patch thirty minutes late but together and with apology pumpkin spice lattes for everyone.

“Don’t think this delicious drink will distract me from your lateness,” Alex says to them with narrowed suspicious eyes and Lena laughs.

Kara shrugs and wraps an arm around Lena’s waist.

–

They decide to do a pumpkin together which Alex absolutely balks at though Lena thinks that has more to do with Maggie’s noticeable absence than anything else.

Alex is about halfway through the boozy punch that Lucy brought and she’s taken to just stabbing her pumpkin with a knife over and over again. Kara scoots their pumpkin down the counter away from Alex with a wary expression.

“Jeez, Alex, don’t take it out on the pumpkin,” Winn jokes, but the sound cuts off into a cough when Alex throws a glare his way, knife raised in her hand.

He backs away slowly while James laughs.

–

Winn makes a robot pumpkin.

The minute Kara notices that he’s added robotic parts to his pumpkin she turns accusatory eyes towards Lena. “You helped him,” she says suspiciously and Lena just puts her hands up in a defensive gesture though she thinks the smile she’s unable to stop gives her away.

“No way, that’s cheating,” Lucy complains from her perch on one of the kitchen bar stools. Her legs are crossed at the ankle and propped up on James’s pumpkin where it sits on the counter.

“It’s not cheating just because you guys didn’t think of it,” Winn argues with a grumble.

Kara reaches out curiously to tug on one of the robot arms and it snaps immediately in her grip, all the metallic pieces crashing into the pumpkin and destroying half of it. When she looks back up it’s with a chagrined look on her face and an oops on her lips.

They call the contest a draw when Winn retaliates by pushing Kara and Lena’s pumpkin onto the ground.

The fifth year they’re fighting.

Lena doesn’t attend the annual pumpkin carving party and she finds she misses it desperately.

Alex spends the night texting her pictures from it - mostly of Kara’s grumpy face throughout the evening and then a particularly hilarious one of her throwing a handful of pumpkin guts at James.

It pangs at her heart enough that she calls Kara later than night.

“I hate fighting,” Kara says and Lena sighs. They’re not even fighting over something consequential. It was just a series of little squabbles coupled with busy work schedules and not enough free time and it all came to a head.

“I don’t enjoy it either,” Lena admits.

“Can I come over?” Kara asks quietly and Lena laughs.

“That depends. Did you win the contest?”

Kara makes an affronted sound and Lena can imagine that little disgruntled crinkle she always gets between her brows. “Lucy won and she will not shut up about it.”

“Sounds like her,” Lena says and her chest feels a little tight just imagining the familiar scene of all their friends arguing over who deserves to win. “I missed you guys.”

“We missed you too,” Kara replies and warm silence stretches over the phone for a bit. “I’m sorry.”

Lena takes a deep breath. “Me too.”

–

Kara comes over with her carved pumpkin as well as an uncarved one that she hands to Lena with a bright smile. “I still got you a pumpkin. Didn’t feel right not doing it.”

Lena takes it from her hands with a laugh and trades her for a quick kiss. “Help me carve it?”

“Of course.”

The sixth year, Lena plans her pumpkin eight months in advance and enlists some help from their friends.

It takes her extra long to pick out the perfect pumpkin and Kara looks at her with a curious expression. “Taking it extra serious this year?” She asks, her fingers tangling with Lena’s as they stroll through the rolls.

Lena scoffs. “I always take it seriously,” she says before taking a warm sip of her cider.

Kara laughs, but gets distracted by a particularly warped pumpkin to their right and disentangles from Lena to inspect it.

Alex comes up next to her while Kara’s occupied and leans in close, hand around Lena’s shoulder. “Just pick one. It’s not going to matter.”

A faint blush starts to creep up Lena’s cheeks, but she clears her throat and straightens. “I know what I’m doing,” she tells Alex though she’s slightly grateful for the strong hold Alex has on her shoulders. It’s settling some of the nerves she can feel building in her stomach.

“I’m sure you do,” Alex replies with a little smirk as she pulls away and walks towards her sister.

–

The hard part is carving the pumpkin in a way that Kara can’t see it before it’s finished.

James helps a bit by standing to Lena’s right in between the couple and Lucy does her part in talking to Kara as a diversion tactic.

Lena feels like her hands are shaking and this might not be the best time to handle sharp knives, but Alex pins her with a look that practically orders get a hold of yourself.

It’s a quick carving job after that, just a sequence of letters.

By the time she’s done it’s just a matter of showing Kara. The small black box in the pocket of cardigan starts to feel extra heavy as she realizes the next step.

Everyone else is in on it and they don’t make her feel any less nervous with the way they’re eying her with excitement. Winn in particular looks like he’s going to spoil the surprise at any moment so Lena knows she doesn’t have much time.

Kara’s still busy carving what looks like a witch silhouette into her pumpkin and Lena makes a small sound to get her attention just as James moves away with feigned intent to grab another beer.

Turning with a questioning smile, Kara looks over at her. “Hey, you finished already?”

Her fingers play with the box in her pocket. “Yeah, you want to see it?”

Kara’s brows pull down slightly, but her smile doesn’t fade. “Sure, definitely.”

Her throat feels thick and her hand unsteady and it’s all ridiculous because she knows Kara loves her, knows she’s going to say yes and she’s faced so many more nerve wracking situations than this. With a final deep breath she turns the pumpkin so Kara can see it and waits for the realization to spread on her girlfriend’s face.

It takes a second, but suddenly Kara’s eyes go comically wide and she takes in a sharp breath as her gaze scans over the simple carving MARRY ME

Knowing that’s probably her cue, Lena pulls the box out of her pocket and opens it in Kara’s line of sight.

Kara’s eyes dart between the ring and the pumpkin, back and forth, back and forth. “What’s happening right now?”

She hears Alex laugh from somewhere else in the kitchen and wonders why she thought this would be a good idea to do in front of people, but soldiers on with a quirk of her lips. “I think we should get married.”

“You do?”

Lena nods. “Yeah. Thoughts?”

A second more of just blank, confused staring, before a wide unstoppable smile spreads over Kara’s lips and Lena feels her own face mirroring the expression.

“Yes,” Kara says definitively, dropping the utensils in her hand and striding forward to scoop Lena up into a tight hug. The embrace lifts her up off the ground and she nearly drops the ring in her hand, but she laughs as Kara starts to press kisses to her face.

“Yes?” Lena asks just to be sure though judging from the infectious way Kara is smiling the answer is fairly obvious.

“Yes,” Kara repeats before pushing their lips together for long enough that Lucy has to throw the top of a pumpkin at Kara’s head just to get them to stop.

–

When Alex wins the contest that year instead of Lena, Kara takes personal exception to it and throws her sister’s pumpkin out the window.

Feel free to check out my Ko-Fi page if you’re feeling nasty. 

[comickergirl]

theragingthespian replied to your photo “Here’s to the Danvers Sisters! They should come with a warning. (I’m...”

amazing!! i'm sorry but which one is that one of kara holding her cape over alex from, fourth one in the third row from the bottom. i don't think i've seen it before?

Thank you! 

That’s actually a commission I did a while back--I can’t remember if the person who commissioned it put the full version on social media anywhere. I want to say it might’ve been on twitter at some point? I’d have to go look for it!

[youngbloodbuzz]

theragingthespian replied to your post “also look i’m disappointed i haven’t seen any gifsets of krypton’s...”

i haven't seen any of the elevator scene and on one hand, i Need it and on the other i could happily go about my day acting like that pain never happened

Y E P 

and yet here i am loading up the ep to rewatch because clearly i haven’t processed any of it yet

[mindthewolves]

supercorp fic recs, part 3

for the anons who asked. better late than never? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ see also: part one | part two

nonrandom act of kindness: leave a comment for a writer whose work you enjoyed! be someone’s yellow sun =]

supergirl in training by @wtfoctagon

future!daughter travels back in time & encounters bewildered supercorp

kidfic is Not My Thing and yet??? amazing characterization here

a world full of light, & you by @unicyclehippo

accidental marriage fic; see original tumblr ask

wip but this is going to be good guys trust me

they’ll never break the shape we take by @mooosicaldreamz

because apparently I am a sucker for time travel

“I don’t need to be told” asdjfn;lnkja

why do my keysmashes never look as cool or as exuberant as everyone else’s

srsly I tried like 5 times

[untitled] by @jennyquill

kara loses an expensive, v important ring

love the sentence structure here; v simple, like telling a story by the flashes of a strobe light

really, there’s a beat to it. it’s great. also great? the voice at the beginning. so kara.

the way we mend by @theragingthespian

solid writer, always great one-shots

“I would’ve liked the chance to dance with you.”

“Who says we can't?”

also check out: brighter

potstickers and pizza by @forlornlyoptimistic

great kara/clark interactions here - not enough fic capitalizes on this

or, kara spends a summer w clark and meets lena

the underappreciated siblings club by nirav

club members: alex danvers, lucy lane, lena luthor

wip; great character studies and dialogue

reasons why by @proudlyunicorn

another solid one-shot writer

really liked the format of this (numbered lists, out of order)

exquisite by cartecka

mistaken identity; lena gets under supergirl to get over kara

sorry, that was crass

it’s actually v cute

in which supergirl becomes the flash by @bijane

dying laughing

still dead

my ao3, should you be so inclined:

watching stars without you

fix-it script for an episode post-2x13

livewire being livewire

the strong will never fall

fix-it script (continuation of the above)

kara & all kinds of kryptonite

real or not real

supercorp slow burn, hunger games au

emphasis on the ‘slow’

(& if you’re feeling extra generous, I set up a ko-fi - keep my caffeine levels carefully titrated while I’m on call? =])

[bi-badass-geek]

“here comes morning“ by @theragingthespian.

If u didn’t check this out already : (Ao3)

[randomthingsthatilike1]

I came for the cool meta posts I saw and I'm staying cause you're cool and supercorp uni au keeps me up at night

:DDDDDD

[redlance]

Heya. Could you please share a couple Bly fanfics that you liked? Thanks!

For sure! My pleasure to spread the Dani/Jamie love.

Our Bodies Possessed By Light by @housewithoutwindows - Enthralling and beautiful. Really, anything by this author is great. 6,221 words. Rated M.

“It’s been only a few days, yes, but there is something of a promise in Jamie’s eyes already.Something like: ‘I’m with you. I’m with you. It’s you. It’s us.’”[or: Dani stops running long enough to get the girl.]

walking with the lady by @novelconcepts - Funny and sweet, a really interesting take on what Viola’s possession of Dani might have looked like. And again, anything by this author is gold, so be sure to check out the rest of their stuff. 6,417 words. Rated M.

Every movie, every book, every story about the horrors of letting in the ghosts has prepared Dani for the constant state of alarm. The panic. The discomfort of the situation.

Not a single goddamn one told her how stupid it would be.

and show me your face tonight by Lady_Liserator. - A sweet, heartfelt look at their first time during episode six. 5,951 words. Rated E.

Pure fluffy smut. Episode 6 - their first time. They're in love and I'm in love with them.

to me, she was, those final steps by @piratekane - I’ve been a big fan of this author for years. Probably a decade or so? Since Glee’s early days anyway. This is one to read if you want a good cry, because none of us have cried enough over these two yet, right? 2,211 words. Rated G.

Jamie returns to Bly Manor, just once.

forgive me if i wander off (forgive me more if I just stay) by TheRagingThespian - Another really sweet fic. Heart wrenching at points, but there’s a happy ending waiting. 8,404 words. Rated G.

What's death in love? 

Hope this tides you over for a while!!! :) There are still lots I haven’t read, so I’m sure my list will grow.

[c-optimistic]

Weird asks: 28, 29, 58 :)

hey! thank you so much!!

28. five songs to describe you?

this is so hard, and definitely depends on the day/how I’m feeling. right now it’s these:

Beautiful life by Soll

Love will come through by Travis

This is me trying by Taylor Swift

Overwhelmed by royal and the serpent

Be kind by marshmello and Halsey

I have a whole other list for instrumental/ music from soundtracks, which is very different loll

29. best way to bond with you?

lolll put up with me? @theragingthespian could explain it better, she’s been friends with me for a long time. But umm...mutual love of long talks about moral philosophy. be one of the only people to watch Nancy Drew after I’ve talked about it nonstop. Being okay with random texts in the middle of the night about something totally stupid. but mostly I think just assuming we’re friends and going from there, I’m very introverted so usually I gotta be adopted by extroverts to make friends

58. four talents you’re proud of having?

I can play the piano, I wouldn’t say I’m good at it or anything but I have fun so. I’m proud of my writing, in that it’s easy. Even for work, which is only stupidly complicated writing, I can make it easy for the reader, and it’s definitely why I currently even have a job loll. I’m an awful cook/baker but I can make really good snickerdoodles and I’m proud of those cookies haha. and finally, I’m super talented at developing crushes on people who are very unavailable. ex. straight people or evan Rachel wood who doesn’t know I exist or the idle dream of marrying a British person when I’ve never even been to the uk

[theragingthespian]

Do you have an AO3 account? If so what is it?

uhhhh theragingthespian. i think

but the issue is i deleted everything a year or two ago so it's only here on tumblr. you'll find a fic list in my bio description area

[lynnearlington]

bro bro, how fantastic was lost legacy?? it ended way too soon

RIGHT??????

Like...give me a full game of these two, you cowards. 

[narraboths]

For anon looking for 3rd party POV fics: "pints of whiskey, cigarettes, and outer space" (Alex POV) and "swimming up against the tide" (Cat POV) by theragingthespian though they've been orphaned on AO3, "Just Watch" by WordNerd1977 (Sanvers POV), "The yellow door" by luthorial (a stranger's POV).

👌

[anitanos]

Dear god, you’ve ruined her taste.