#thinking of more modern AU snippits i could do now

[majorproblems77]

If you're still taking requests to help with your writers block, what about a crack fic of one of the boys eating a food that's usually weird to eat alone?

Like, salsa but no chips or something like that lol

Or putting one of the boys in some super mundane task that someone interupts at the wrong time and it just looks funny

Idk haha

Alright. I'm here for it. Here you go Anon, thanks for the inspo!

"Wind... What's that?"

Warriors had walked into the room, placing his pile of books down on the table in front of him.

"Salsa." He said nonchalantly in return, not looking at the man in question as he returned to his bowl.

"Salsa?" Warriors questioned

"Need I say it again? Salsa Warriors. Salsa." He said pointing his spoon towards the older man, then he shovelled another spoonful into his mouth.

"Just..." Warriors raised a hand to his forehead, the other sitting under his elbow. "Why?" He moved the hand on his head outward, waving it towards the youngest.

"Couldn't find any nachos..."

"I was just at the supermarket?" Placing a loaf of bread on the counter, he looked at the youngest expectantly.

"Couldn't get a hold of you." He looked at the spoon, a pout on his face.

"So instead, you decided to just.... eat the salsa, by itself?"

"No. I had sour cream too, but that's gone now." He smiled, as he scraped at his bowl, not wanting to waste anything. "Oh yeah, we need salsa and sour cream next time you go to the shops."

"Honestly Tempest, what are we going to do with you....?"

"You're going to buy me more salsa." He gave a knowing smile.

Warriors gave a sigh before chuckling.

"I'll ask Time to pick some up on the way home." He went for his books again. Wind leaning across the table and placing a hand on his.

"We both know Time doesn't finish for another four hours. Then he's meeting with Twilight and Wild to see that film they've been waiting to see."

"Then You'll just have to wait." He responded back, peeling the other's hand off his and shuffling the books into a neat pile.

"Ask Sky." Wind tried.

"Sky's at work?!"

"Ask Sky. He'll get me salsa." The youngest crossed his arms, pouting.

"I'm not calling Sky while he's working on aircraft wind. You can wait." He rolled his eyes, shaking his head. Noticing he still had his instructor's bag on, he flung it over his shoulders, placing it on a chair.

"Then you get it."

"Wind I have work to do." He waved his hand in front of him. Towards his instructor's book. He had some important stuff to do.

"No. You don't. You get it." The youngest seemed to physically shrink. Sinking into the chair he widened his eyes and pouted again.

"Tempest..." The youngest knew warriors couldn't resist him like this. 'Puppy dog eyes...' Of course.

"Pleaseeeeeeeeee?"

"Tempest...." Why was he the only one not immune to them? They didn't work on any of the others. Why in Hylias name did they work on him.

"Please........"

Sighing warriors eventually relented. Knowing he wouldn't get any work done if he kept saying no.

"What one do you want?" He sighed, giving the youngest a fond smile as he looked over to him.

"The spicy one!" Wind perked up immediately, a smile spreading across his faster than light.

"You want some nachos too?"

"No. But sour cream would be great. Thanks Warriors."

Rolling his eyes, warriors grabbed his Keys off the hook. "I can't believe I'm doing this..." He told himself as he stepped out of the apartment.

A quick one, but fun! Thanks again anon!

[sassysnowperson]

What I've Been Up To Lately

Writing Edition

I'm in sort of a weird place right now with writing - I have a lot of WIPs but I'm not posting a lot outside of things that are written for exchanges. And I realized I was feeling sort of...lonely? That might be a good word for it. Writing, by default, can be a lonely thing. SO, since I have a tumblr and at least some of you followed me for my writing, I figured I'd ramble about it here!

If you wind up reading through this, and you're interested in cheerleading or maybe even beta reading some of the WIPS, let me know! I feel like some of the reason these are WIPs and not finished fics is that they're mostly stuck in my own head, and it could be fun to chat about the stories with someone else.

I'm also thinking I might do a weekly update or something with what I've been working on - this is a bit bigger of a summary, but it might be fun to do wordcount/story progress updates or something. What do you all think?

Anyway, onto the fics!

Posted WIPS

Arrivals, Departures, Connections: I have two more chapters written since the last one I posted. About 6.5k new words. I really need to coax a beta into looking at it though - I think there's good stuff there, but I also suspect it could be better.

Unposted WIPS

Going to put these under a cut - it got long, and in the WIPs there are some spoilers for the Mandalorian S2 and Falcon and the Winter Soldier. I put the FatWS stuff at the end, so if that's the only thing you're trying to avoid spoilers for, stop when you see Sam n Bucky.

Tattoine Fun Times: I have GOT to find a better WIP title for this one, since it is not fun at all. Takes place right after the end of Mandalorian Season 2, and in FINE Sass tradition, focuses on a background character - in this case the dancing girl chained to Bib Fortuna's throne when Fennic Shand rolls in. I have 2k written, and I've stalled out. Though, looking at it to write this summary, I think it might be because I actually found the end. I thought this was going to be a larger story, but I might be able to wrap this up pretty quickly. So...maybe coming soon?

Artist OT3: The expansion of my Bodhi/Cassian/Poe ficlet - Modern AU, Bodhi and Cassian are artists, Poe is their semi-reluctant model, muse and friend. 4.5k here - stalled out when I tried to figure out what the non-Poe Sequel Trilogy folks are up to. As it's getting to be a bigger story I want to bring more of the world in, give us the chance to see Poe's friends - who absolutely include Rey and Finn and Rose. Just need to figure out, you know, what they're doing.

Nile and Andy: The Old Guard fic - 6.4k written. I really loved these two and their dynamic with each other. Wanted to spend some more time with them. Andy and Nile drive around Europe in a vintage Porche, talk about history, eat baklava, argue about music, muse about the future, and cry a little bit. I actually really enjoy this one...not sure why I haven't finished it yet.

Sam N Bucky: Ah, wait no, this might actually be why I haven't finished anything else. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier fic - 16k written. I did not realize I had written that much of it until I did the wordcount just now. It's not a complete surprise, I guess, I've loved Sam since CA:TWS. But I haven't loved Marvel much since then, so I thought I was free! I thought Star Wars was the only Disney-owned trashfire media property I was going to care about creatively!

I regret to inform you all that they got me. Anyway, this is 16k of slowburn pining and domesticity (and dealing with trauma and therapy feelings because it's still me).

And that's what I've been working on! I don't have any exchanges active right now, though I do have one work in an anon collection right now that will be revealed in my name...next week? I think. Well, if you've read this far, thank you for reading my rambles!

Have a snippit of SamBucky bickering as a treat:

The shield ricocheted off the edge of the dock and came rocketing back toward Bucky, who caught it on his metal arm.

"The first time I did that, the shield fell straight in the water, and I had to break out the snorkel and go diving to find it again," Sam shared, mostly because he knew it would irritate Bucky.

"You didn't," Bucky said, his eyes narrowing, and flung it at a nearby cluster of trees. Three bounces later, Sam caught it in a grab that rolled with the momentum of the shield, lessening the impact.

"Oh I did. I still think it smells like swap, what do you think?" Sam said with a grin, before hurling the shield back.

"I—" Bucky caught the shield "—think that Steve made a mistake. I'm taking her back. I'll treat her right. Dump her in the swamp, the nerve."

"When did the shield become a girl?" Sam asked. "That seems like a strange choice."

"Don't listen to him, baby," Bucky said, petting the edge of the shield.

"Weirder," Sam informed him. He was not going to be jealous of an inanimate object. "You know what, I bet it would skip well. It's a good shape for it."

Bucky glared at Sam.

"Come on," Sam said, warming up to the idea. "It could have practical uses. We might need to fight evil speedboats."

"We are not going to need to fight evil speedboats," Bucky protested.

"All the shit we've seen, can you really say that with confidence?" Sam raised his eyebrows. "Oh, I know what this is."

"You trying to lose the shield in the ocean is what this is," Bucky said.

"You know I'm gonna be able to skip it more times than you," Sam continued with a knowing nod. "I understand, consider it dropped."

Bucky growled. He looked over at the shoreline. "Stick to the shallows," he said after a second. "And if we lose it in the water, you're the one going in after it. I have a handicap." Bucky waved his vibranium arm in Sam's direction.

[alls-fair-in-pride-and-prejudice]

Writing Masterlist and Requesting Info

My Tags

My OCs: #OC Lyra (used for multiple fandoms - took on a life of her own), #Apprentice Gale (Arcana Apprentice, the first OC on this blog)

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Carry Me Home - Imtura from Blades of Light and Shadow x MC

My Brother the Bard - Kade from Blades of Light and Shadow & MC

Ice Cream Fixes Everything - Captain Ed Mercer from The Orville x Reader

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White Rose - Ethari x Runaan from The Dragon Prince

Everyone Needs a Friend - Aaravos from The Dragon Prince x Reader

Sailing for the Horizon - Blades of Light and Shadow: Imtura and Kade discuss Reader

Spare a Moment or Two - Obey Me: Shall We Date Lucifer x MC

Other One Shots

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Muriel’s Strength - The Arcana Muriel x MC

Hanged-Man’s Chest - The Arcana Julian x MC

Fake it ‘Til You Make It - The Arcana Lucio character study

Like Real People Do - The Arcana Asra x MC

Who Are You, Death? - Original response to a writing prompt

I Wish a Kiss Could Do the Talking for Me - The Arcana, a ship between two fan apprentices 

Revenge Can Wait* - The Dragon Prince Aaravos x Someone Else’s Original Male Character

The Final Battle* - The Dragon Prince theoretical ending, kind of Aaravos x Orphan Queen

Loneliness is Such a Monstrous Thing* - EXPLICIT 18+ Koh (ATLA) x OC/reader written on a dare/lost bet

F8 - Baldur's Gate 3 Tav remembers a previous saved game via dream

The Astronomer and the Mage 

***Aaravos x reader series with connected one-shots. Currently "completed" but will be rewritten with a massive shift in story. All links here go to AO3***

The Astronomer and the Mage Part 1 (original, 18+ only!)

The Astronomer and the Mage Part 1 Alt Version (edited version sfw)

Dark Magic Has Consequences - bonus story focused on Viren

He’s More Myself Than I Am - bonus scene between Aaravos and Astronomer

The Astronomer and the Mage Part 2 - (18+ only)

The Astronomer and the Mage Part 2 SFW version - same story without the explicit elements

Cosmic Love (The Astronomer and the Mage rewrite)

Cosmic Love

The Star King's Labyrinth

Aaravos x Female OC Labyrinth AU: part 1, part 2, part 3

The Snake and the Star: A Multi-Part Loki x Aaravos story

Archive of Our Own

FanFiction Net

DeviantArt

A Simple Plan Gone Wrong: Astarion x Tav BG3

Ongoing Series, lots of hurt/comfort, 18+ AO3 Link

Weaving Constellations - Gale x Tav BG3 (join tag list here)

"You're not versed in magic are you", Scholarly Discussion, The Ever-Seeing Eye, Confessions, Interlude - Friendly Advice, Magic Lesson , Silver Stars, The Wizard's Dilemma, A Light in the Darkness

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- As such, I’m only doing fluff for now: no lemons and no angst (except mild hurt in a h/c fic)

- I’ll do platonic and romantic character/character or character/reader, and I’ll do my best to keep it gender neutral in case of the latter. I don’t really vibe with second person writing though so I’ll be writing in first person. Edit: I feel more confident writing in second person now! So I can probably give you that if you request x reader.

- I do requests in order that they are submitted to me, with the exception of if I have done one for you before. I’ll get to it, but it will be pushed down in priority so new people can get their own comfort fics. (I’m leaving anon on and I’m trusting you guys to be honest about this. I want as many people as possible to get some love)

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- I can also do specific ratios instead of just square ones. I know everyone is about making icons, but these can be useful for blog headers! (I used to do these for friends on another blog, they work really well)

General:

- I can't guarantee I'll know the character/fandom you're talking about. If I'm not familiar, I won't feel able to fulfill your request, but I can't list out all my fandoms either because I'm sure to forget some. The only way to know is to ask, so don't be shy <3

- Please be patient as I am a very stressed out college student. I love doing this, but I have a busy school life.

- If you want reference from previous requests, all my creative stuffs are under the tag #alls fair creations

[kristnirpresti]

ooc: so I am all about soulmate AUs, kay. But I saw that one for polyamory and legit wanted to do something like that with Athelstan and Ragnar and Lagertha, or at least write about it in a fic or something cause it like wont leave me head. But I’m gonna post about here just cause I can...

EDIT: This turned into a fic type thing (so its going under a read more), i’ll post legit headcanons about soulmates later. But i’d totally do an AU based off this

So like lets just look at modern (Cause canon is a whole nother thing okay).

So lets also narrow down the AU to just the writing on your skin where whatever you write on your skin shows up on your soulmates skin (i’m going to lovingly ignore if tattoos count for that for now)

So the first time it happens, Athelstan literally freaks out, because he’s in undergrad and its a language he hasn’t studied yet, so he has no idea what it says. He asks a friend, who almost loses there shit because the recognizes two sets of handwriting. Athelstan swears his friend to secrecy. But he finds out the language and begins to learn it.

He keeps it to himself mostly. What is written is fairly easy to hide. He also keeps it to himself because he is active with church and have three soulmates while not unheard of isn’t the most accepted thing, not like they would kick him out though.

After about a year or so, he finally has a good enough of a grasp on the conversations that he always sees to understand what they are saying. He can pick out who is who, he doesn’t know their names though, just knows their personalities.

When he takes art classes he only uses blending sticks only (which means sub part art for him at least) for fear that the charcoal would tell his soulmates that they had a third. They seemed happy, he had no desire to ruin their relationship. Besides if he wrote should he write in English, or Danish, would they understand him if he wrote in the prior.

He keeps track of their conversations, occasional notes graze his skin like pick up Gyda, or get Bjorn to do his homework before TV. They have kids, and Athelstan knows he can never reveal himself, and ruin that. Despite the longing to do just that, to let them know he is lonely especially now that he knows about them. But he can live with the snippits of the life he sees played out before him in writing.

Then one day he sees it, an argument, and it sounds violent, and Athelstan almost feels bad for spying on there life for at least 2 years now. Athelstan feels like he has to do something. He doesn’t know why they fought just that the pleas from the messier hand writing are almost pathetic.

He takes out a pen, and it hovers over the skin on his forearm for a good minute or so. And finally writes, in English so they dont get any wild ideas about the fact that he may live in their country because he most certainly doesn’t. Its a few simple words, “Your love for each other is stronger than one argument. You will be okay.”

He caps the pen, prays that he doesn’t go and wash his arm off immediately hoping that neither of them notice, and tries to forget about it.

He doesn’t wash his arm, but the ink comes off when he showers. And that’s when he noticed no knew writing has appeared. It makes him sad, but he doesn’t think to much about it. When it comes to months with no new writing people start to notice that something is upsetting Athelstan even if he says he is fine.

Its a particularly bad night, and he had cold pizza for dinner, when he gets his pen, and writes in Danish this time, “I’m sorry.”

Again he thinks nothing of it. Either the two no longer wish for him to see their relationship, or they are no longer soulmates, which he didn’t think was possible. He moped a bit longer, at least when they wrote he didn’t feel as lonely, even God couldn’t help him.

Eventually he decided he would not let himself wallow in a pity party. They didn’t want him that much was clear. But that would not hinder his life, he stopped using smudge sticks for art, and let his fingers become covered in charcoal, occasionally it covered his face too. He had a mishap with a drawing he was inking and he was covered in black ink, and ruined his favorite shirt in the process.

When he went to classes he doodled maps on his arms in history, and drew out pictures of what he thought characters looked like in literature. Some days he went with nothing on his skin at all. But usually it was charcoal on his hands and fingers. Some times he thought what his two soulmates thought, but they had been silent ever since he first wrote something. It never occurred that now it could be there turn to watch him.

Athelstan went about his life, then one day in class he saw their writing again, this time it was names. Ragnar, and Lagertha. He almost fell out of his desk and asked to be excused. He rushed to the bathroom and splashed water on his face.

He fumbles for a pen in his pocket, and writes out his name. He returns to class, and has to deal with the waiting game.

He gets a request next, draw a picture of himself. He responds no. They converse like that for a while, they never ask Athelstan where he lives and he never offers it up.

Then one day he gets the message they are coming to London. He freezes not sure what to do. They say they want to see him. He asks why London. They say they did some research his spelling indicted where he from. Athelstan retorted England was not the only place with certain word spelling. They said he also mentioned once where he went to college, they then give him a time and their flight number and expect him to be there at Heathrow to pick them up.

athelstan legit panics and debates not going. He goes anyways. He can’t borrow a car in time, so he takes the train and hopes they don’t mind. he’s poor, but he has found decent enough clothes, and is in his warmest jacket and waits for them at their gate. 

When he first sees them he knows its them. They are walking together, and he just knows. He immediately turns around to walk away, but he finds both of them on either side of him. He feels tiny compared to them, and significantly less good looking, not like he ever thought much of his appearance before, but Ragnar and Lagertha were something else.

he was in awe and speechless, but they didn’t seem to mind, in fact they seemed to share identical smirks that worried Athelstan a little more than it should.