#writing and reading - though I am planning to get into my reading list tomorrow or sunday

[neverevan]

Fuck It Friday 🧇

Aaaalrighty. I am actively trying to get back to working on my wips but ngl until we know where the show will take the characters, I probably won't be working on anything non-established relationshipy.

This also means that I might have to scrap some (or most) of my wips by the time the season ends, starting with the jealous eddie fic. So I thought I might as well share some stuff from it before that'd happen.

He hooked the chart back to the end of the bed and walked over to the bedside table. “Thirsty?”

“I- yeah, thanks.”

Jason filled up a glass and passed it to Buck, sitting down on the edge of the bed.

“Not to sound like I’m glad you’ve been crushed by a collapsing floor — because believe me, I’m not.” He leveled Buck with a look that reminded him of Maddie before he continued. “But I am glad I finally got to see you. I was beginning to think that you’ve been ignoring my texts on purpose.”

Buck held his glass over his stomach and stared at it for a moment.

“I uh I kinda was.” He admitted quietly.

“Oh?” Jason asked in surprise and even though he didn’t seem upset, Buck still couldn’t help but flinch. “Did I- did I do something wrong?” He frowned, almost as if he was asking himself instead of Buck.

“N-no, no, not at all it’s just… did I? Do something wrong, I mean.”

“Buck…”

“Y-you uh you bolted pretty quickly after our date so I thought—”

Jason put a hand onto Buck’s thigh, just above his knee, and he snapped his mouth shut.

“It’s… nothing,” he shook his head, “I think it just seemed like you had your hands full with work and family and I didn’t want to make it worse. You know, before we could see where things were going with us.”

Maybe Eddie was right and he didn’t mess this up that badly, maybe it really was salvageable.

“Yeah?” He tipped his head up hopefully.

“Yeah.” Jason shifted his hand onto the top of Buck’s, bringing immediate warmth to his skin and he couldn’t help but lace their fingers together on top of the bedsheet.

He also couldn’t help but to instantly think about Eddie holding his hand through two layers of gloves while they both thought Buck was about to die. The way he desperately wished to feel Eddie’s touch one more time as he caressed Buck’s cheek and made him talk through bloodloss.

“So, are we on for another date?” Jason’s quiet voice teleported Buck right back to reality where Buck wasn’t dying and Eddie was no longer holding Buck’s hand.

“Yeah, s-sure I’d love that.”

✨I was tagged by and am tagging the wonderful @sunshinediaz @spagheddiediaz @jeeyuns @excuseme-greentea @exhuastedpigeon @nmcggg @disasterbuckdiaz @daffi-990 @diazsdimples @honestlydarkprincess @watchyourbuck @actualalligator MWUAH MWUAH 💛

[stevetonyweekly]

SteveTony Weekly - December 30th

Welcome to the final SteveTony Weekly of the year! Tomorrow I’ll be sharing my short list of favorite reads of the year--enjoy these and be sure to leave comment and kudos for your authors if you enjoy them! 

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ends of the earth by meidui

“We have a new deal,” Tony interrupts. “From now on, you feel like you messed up, you come home to me. You come home to New York and we figure it out together. If you’re on this cross country road trip and living on a farm because you like it, fine, I’ll come out and visit. But if you’re out here because you’re sorry, I’ve got some bad news for you, buddy. Not even you could fix the entire world.”

They always slip so briskly and unexpectedly into conversations like this. There’s never been anything between them to thaw. Tony has been a bullet through the heart since they first met and he’s still lodged there, and Steve doesn’t know how to get him out.

He doesn’t deserve Tony coming all the way down to Illinois with his million watt attention and a slice of that blunt kindness of his.

the steve rogers rating system by meidui

Tony has an internalised Steve Rogers rating system, but it’s not standardised. It’s also not a foolproof system because Steve behaves in ways that crash it all the time.

everything and the kitchen sink by meidui

Steve eats a lot after the serum (and stashes snacks in his utility belt).

How Close Am I To Losing You by tinystark616

Three different stories about the first time Steve says "I love you" to Tony.

Unseen, unheard by lomku 

Tony and Steve have a furtive encounter. Tony wishes they could have more.

you'd think they'd be married by now by FunSizedMomo 

Tony can cook.

Steve loves Tony's cooking. And baking.

Oh and he loves Tony too.

Thoughtful Indulgences by HeLovedYou (come_chaos)

Tony takes Steve to space for their second anniversary together.

Sun Spots and Other Warm Things by s_p_r_o_u_t

Steve takes care of Tony on a bad mental health day. Lots of sappy fluff!

Nothing Wrong by tinystark616

As the Avengers' leader, Steve always praises each member of the team for their good work.

Except for Tony.

In Arrears by Sineala 

Steve had nearly forgotten what day it was, because he hadn't exactly wanted to write "roleplay elaborate landlord/tenant sexual fantasy with Tony" on his calendar where other people might see it. He suspected Tony actually had written precisely that on his, but, well, that was why he and Tony were two different people.

Coincidences by ladyshadowdrake

Steve hasn't been to a Quidditch game since his mother was still alive, but the US is playing in the World Cup, so why not? He definitely doesn't expect to run into Tony there.

light of my life by tinystark616

Steve has always loved Tony's arc reactor.

And he's always loved Tony.

Make Me Laugh, Make Me Come (At the Same Time) by Sadisticsparkle (sadisticsparkle)

This was it. After many months of sudden invasions, unexpected heists, and at least two zombie outbreaks, they had an entire night for themselves.

this love came back to me by complicationstoo 

It's been two and half years since the last time Steve and Tony saw each other, but the pieces fall right back into place when a chance meeting connects them again.

fourth time's the charm by complicationstoo 

Three times Steve's gifts for Tony didn't go as planned, and the one time it went right.

dreamt of you all summer long by complicationstoo

Steve spends months after the breakup trying to forget Tony, but it never seems to work. That's alright, though, because Tony can't forget him either.

once in a lifetime by meidui for Areiton

“You should be worried that I'll break into your apartment, steal your identity and flee the country with all your money,” Steve says, one arm slung lazily across Tony's chest, playing with the key to his safe. “You shouldn't go around handing out keys to people, you know.”

Tony makes a low, offended noise and grabs Steve’s chin, making him laugh. “Is that what you think I do?”

By The Numbers by JenTheSweetie

“I’m not certain that obtaining a larger vessel will assist him in vanquishing this most dangerous sea creature,” Thor said firmly.

Or, five ways other than battles that the Avengers measured a year.

The Ballad of Captains America by JenTheSweetie

“The thing I want you all to remember, when this is over,” Tony said to Steve Rogers, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov, Natasha Romanov, Clint Barton, Clint Barton, Bruce Banner, and Bruce Banner, and fuck, they really needed to find Thor, or possibly Thors, “is that I was planning to use this for good, not evil."

do i wanna know by JenTheSweetie

When Steve Rogers woke up, they told him a lot of things.

They told him they’d fixed things been wrong back before, and that the world was better now. They told him that SHIELD was where he belonged, that they took only the best and the brightest and the bravest. They told him that with his help, they were going to save the world.

They also told him Tony Stark was dangerous.

But Steve Rogers once jumped on top of a grenade, so really, it’s all relative.

[grapenehifics]

20 Question Fic Writer Tag

Hell yeah I'll play. Thanks @palfriendpatine66 :D

How many works do you have on ao3?

AO3 says ten, but one of those is a series continuation of another one, so I count it as nine...although tomorrow that will go up by one, after the reveals for the Ghost Window challenge go out.

2.) What's your ao3 word count? 

Oh god. 690,376. I honestly think I was happier not knowing that fact about myself.

3.) What fandoms do you write for? 

I don't multitask well. I can write Star Wars fics or I can write Star Wars fics. I haven't even ventured outside the Clone Wars era yet.

4.) What are your top five fics by kudos?

Some Technical Difficulties - big gap - Solsbury Hill - An Uncivil War - medium-sized gap - An Unlikely Duo - another gap-ish - Down by the Seaside.

5.) Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Yep. I like it when authors reply to me when I leave a comment, so I try to pay it forward. Also sometimes we get into fun little side chats.

6.) What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

At the moment, not one single damn one of them. They have angst in them, but none of them end on angst. However as of about twenty-four hours from now, my answer will be, Ghost Window AU.

7.) What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Literally all of them. I'm happy to read angst, but when it comes to writing I am firmly in the happy endings camp.

8.) Do you get hate on fics?

I had some people tell me they were dropping out of Solsbury Hill because it wasn't getting to the Obikin fast enough, but I wouldn't call that hate. So, no.

(Side note, though: you don't have to tell authors that. Just delete your subscription quietly.)

But, I am also very ready to delete any and all negative comments. This is my fun side project; good vibes only.

9.) Do you write smut? If so what kind?

...pretty vanilla kind, honestly. Again, I read much more adventurously than I write. (Although, as recently as two years ago I would have said I don't write smut at all, so hit me up two years from now and maybe I'll be writing hardcore d/s, I don't know.)

10.) Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

By the strict definition, no. If you're talking 'dump Star Wars characters into settings of other movies', then hell yeah, that's kind of my jam right now. Down by the Seaside is Obikin Overboard. Next year I'm planning to publish Obikin Jurassic Park, Obikin Parent Trap, and Obikin Princess Diaries II. And I have a couple more on my to-do list.

11.) Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Is this a thing I need to worry about?? Shit.

12.) Have you ever had a fic translated?

@kittonafoxgirl did a podfic of Some Technical Difficulties and it is still like one of the top five most rad things that has ever happened to me; does that count?

13.) Have you ever cowritten a fic before?

No but @fulcrum843 are currently mulling something over...

I do get a lot of help with my writing though. @piecesofeden11 basically wrote all the DnD stuff in An Unlikely Duo. I talk stuff out on Tumblr with folks all the time before I actually sit down to write it (or during, lol).

14.) What's your all time favorite ship?

I have no plans to write anything other than Obikin, and there's so much new good fic that it takes up most of my reading time as well.

15.) What's a WIP you'd like to finish, but doubt you ever will?

I wouldn't call it a WIP because there are no words on a page but I love the *idea* of a fic based on Jenn Barkley from Parks & Rec but have no idea what direction to take it and may never get to it. (If anyone wants to take this idea and run with it please do; it is very much up for grabs!)

16.) What are your writing strengths?

This is a weird thing to answer about myself but I hope I write with a sense of movement, propulsion, even a little suspense - as a reader I love to feel that I have to turn the page, I have to see what comes next, I don't want to put this fic/book down - and I try to work towards that goal in my own writing.

17.) What are your writing weaknesses?

Getting bogged down in details. It drives me crazy in movies when characters have these huge mansions but seemingly never go to work and somehow this has translated into me being incapable of just writing a smutty one-shot or whatever because what is everyone's job and how much is their mortgage payment and do they get paid on Fridays or Mondays and how many bedrooms does that apartment have.

18.) Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

See answer above about over-complicating things: I came up with this whole system for An Uncivil War for whether I'm writing out the dialogue in a language other than Basic (I feel like we really only have enough information for me to be able to do this in Huttese and Mando'a, and even then only short conversations in certain subjects), or simply noting that a character is saying something in another language ("he said in Ryl" or whatever), or mixing Basic and a word/words in another language within the same sentence. It was important to me to capture that multilingualism, but it's also a lot of work, ngl.

19.) First fandom you wrote for?

Technically Johnlock but I never finished/published anything.

20.) Favorite fic you've ever written?

I love all my babies equally, she lied.

It's the Can't Stop the Suns series, which is An Uncivil War, Pick Up the Pieces (more than halfway completed), and Sometimes Fate Steps In (loosely outlined). Sometimes I'll just look over my notes and get giddy about how much good stuff I'm packing in there and how much *more* good stuff I haven't even gotten to yet. I'm throwing the kitchen sink of stuff I love at it. Even if the final version doesn't quite live up to the vision I see in my head (it rarely does), as long as I get close I'll be happy.

I tag @piecesofeden11, @underacalicosky, @fulcrum843, and, as usual, anyone else who feels up for it!

[the---hermit]

Behold my christmas tree, it's looking back. (Of course I had to somehow make it lotr related who do you think i am).

08|12|2023

Today my plans changed very quickly, I had to cover by brother's shift at the store which means that my study plan for the morning went out of the window, and tomorrow morning will be the same. This also means that I was less productive in the afternoon because I was quitre tired, and the book I am reading requires a lot of brain power. The sentences are too wordy as if the topic wasn't complicated enough and it's just a big struggle to focus and understand what I am reading about. With this being said I got a bit of reading done, and then I started to reorganize my material into a somewhat choerent speech for the lecture I have before the holidays. I am writing a terrible version of it right now mostly to make links between things, but even though I know it's the draft of a draft and what I'll be saying will be quite different I still feel totally unqualified to do this. The happy thing of the day was more snow! The trees are white again and I am very happy about it.

calm hobbit winter activities and productivity:

read first thing in the morning

worked in the morning

decorated our christmas tree (I don't have a lot of festive spirit in general but it makes the living room feel cozier so I am happy about it and it's also very chaotic representing very well the general mood of this house)

continued reading the book about race in early modern philosophy for my power practices and men theories class but I didn't get a lot done (the writing is very dense and it doesn't flow too well. It's definitely interesting but it requires a lot of brain power that I did not have today)

started reorganizing all my notes and ideas for the lecture I'll guest in (I plan on finishing this tomorrow and then maybe I'll write down a list of keywords and try to say this out loud to see if it actually work or if I have more work to do on in)

continued crocheting a hat for my mom

continued my tma relistening

today's self care:

took my meds and supplements

changed my study tasks according to my energy levels

📖: Bookshops And Bonedust by Travis Baldree, Nature Human Nature and Human Difference by Justin E.H. Smith

[mournmeal]

Good evening my mourning doves! I’m in the market for some longterm roleplay partners / friends for Baldur’s Gate 3! Please read it all to avoid confusion BEFORE reaching out. If this all sounds good to you then feel free to message me! I won’t bite. …. I’ll bite you if you ask. THE VOICES. Sorry it was my demons.

Also wanted to add just in case this may apply to someone’s interest, if you are seeking for a Tav ( or Durge ) to write with, are fine with them being a woman and you are wanting to write Astarion ( Spawn or Ascended ), Raphael, Haarlep, any of them you can also reach out to me!

( And for anyone who finds this and recognizes me, I promise to work on your reply early tomorrow or at some point tonight. )

ABOUT MYSELF :

• I’m 24 and you can call me Asta. Any pronouns are fine by me.

• I will only write with adults who are 20 and will gladly accept older. Please do respect this boundary.

• I’d say my style is Multiple Paragraph Novella. A sucker for details and tend to get carried away when enjoying the roleplay. No need to match length, but do give me something to work with. I write in third person.

• Currently unable to work, but have intentions to work from home. Though this means I will be very active. And at ungodly hours …

• I have decided to no longer be ghost friendly. This goes for myself and others. So, to avoid wasting handing out my discord I’d prefer we feel each other out before that exchange. If I get busy with anything I will properly give a heads up. Should I be away for a long period of time.

• I am comfortable writing mature content ( whether that be dark themes. containing violence, blood, dead dove, to smut. ) However I do not want mainly smut focused roleplays. And I do not want to be thrown in head first into smut. Rich Plot with smut my beloved. THOUGH we can still make nsfw headcanons whenever we please.

WHAT I OFFER :

• A longer term writing partner and friend. I’d love to vibe with you ! Match each other’s energy. I don’t want the connection to be transactional. Let’s bond over our silly little game with our silly little characters.

• Love writing OC x CC. And would love to hype up the ship of your Tav / Durge with the character you want.

• Currently accepting double ups! I am more than happy to play any origin character you desire. Or any other characters. Examples being Rolan, Raphael, Haarlep, you get the idea.

• Parings can be MxM. FxF. FxM. NBxF. NBxM. Whatever! This is a safe space. Trans Tavs/Durges are always welcome!

• Me being absolutely down bad for your Tav / Durge. I will hype that babe up like my life depends on it. If you can’t tell, I adore when people create their own characters and give them lore. Flood me with pictures of them, with your headcanons, ALL OF IT. I crave sustenance. Me having to resist the urge of saying our Tav’s should kiss.

• We can have our own little discord server to send moodboards, headcanons, music, videos edits, and the list goes on. Let’s gush over our characters and ships like insane friends do. Literally. Go crazy. I will chime right in any hour. … As long as I’m not napping.

• I enjoy sprinkling other characters into my writings to really help set the scene or add some more depth / detail to our storyline. So if we end up in a situation where they are needed or if we just want them there from time to time for plot - I can do that.

• Also? If you have BG3 on computer WE SHOULD PLAY IT TOGETHER SOMETIME. Let’s go create mass chaos. But be warned I do encourage trying to fight everything.

WHAT I’D LIKE :

• Honestly damn near everything I already stated above. LMFAO.

• Longterm writing partners / friends only. Consistency will be important. As I’m also going to try and be that way too. So if you know you ghost don’t bother.

• I’d like to write as my Tav / Durge who is a female. ( I plan to make more with various gender identities for other runs! And sexualities. This one is pansexual.)

• For her love interest in think maybe Astarion? ( Spawn or Ascended. ) Raphael? Haarlep? My answer may change depending on my muse at the moment so who knows. ( You can still want for me to write as them for you! )

• Would love for our Tav’s / Durge’s to interact! Love making headcanons for them. Creating a dynamic for them.

• Anyone who wants to write dark themes here and there! Dead dove is allowed! We just need to discuss it of course for each other’s comfort. Eat up whatever drama we want going on.

• Speaking of drama. Should you want some where some other character seems to have eyes for your Tav / Durge to get some jealous action … I will fuel that fire. As I’ve said before. We can go crazy. It’s roleplay, let’s have fun!

• Let’s make moodboards, throw / bounce headcanons, share music, create au’s even, whatever we want.

• If anything else comes to mind I’ll throw it here or in our messages. But yes. Message me if interested!! Look forward to meeting you!

[kaeyapilled]

Hey! :D I saw your post regarding Kaveh and Alhaitham fics so I was wondering if you have any recommendations. Correct me if I'm wrong, I think you said they're better as a yuri couple? I haven't read any wlw portrayals of them yet and I'm curious. No tags are too wild. Thank you and have a nice day! <3

hello! yes i do have a few kavetham fanfic recs!! however i am so sorry to disappoint you anon but i dont have any fem kavetham recs. i dont think ive read a wlw portrayal of them either. my apologies. the yuri couple thing was more of a joke since I was complaining about the way some people write them in this overdramatic 2000s yaoi manga way that im not super fond of and that happens w a lot of other mlm ships too. do you get me. when they make one of them (usually alhaitham) into the Dominant Masculine Man who's the knight in shining armor while kaveh is, for lack of better term, the assigned submissive and breedable one. and the entire thing is so unserious but the author isnt joking at all. and so i was using yuri as like the antithesis of that. Yeah. i AM interested in actual yuri kavetham now though so you have kind of enlightened me here.

anyways i hope my regular kavetham fic recs are good enough </3

a comedy of errors by strawberryblimp:

“My dad’s always in a hurry to head home to see my mom. They’re a cute couple like that. Kind of embarrassing at times, though…” His intern makes a face. “Anyways, I’m sure it must be like that with you and your wife too. Alright, see you tomorrow Scribe Alhaitham! Or…the day after? Next week?”

"...my wife?"

Or, Alhaitham hopes to have an uneventful day of work, followed by a peaceful dinner with his roommate. Of course, nothing goes according to plan.

this one is just haikaveh romcom. it's short and sweet and SO funny it was such a delight to read!!

...and they were roommates by warsena:

Kaveh is looking for his keys. Al Haitham is a brat. And Nahida? Well, Nahida knows her things. In words of General Mahamatra: being roommates always meant somehing more interesting.

this one is also a short delight!! it's from nahida's pov and it's so funny to look at their relationship from the eyes of an outsider

The Romanticism of Coffee-Making by sonotfine:

Alhaitham, Kaveh, the drinks Kaveh made them every morning, and Alhaitham's very deep but totally normal feelings about this domestic privilege.

Love without a name, visible only in similes and metaphors, tangible and all-consuming in the ways they orbited each other. Action for action, thought for thought.

alhaitham pining for around 3k words. so sweet. the yearning is palpable. i really like the characterization for both of them

Briars and Roses 'Round Your Heart by sonotfine:

Two fools, the impasse, and the disease that punishes the unspoken thing between them. Love is as cruel as you choose to make it for yourself. Fortunately, it takes two to love, in this case.

i hope you like the hanahaki disease trope!! kaveh has it in this fic and it's one of my favorite renditions of it ever was SO good. i loved how it developed and how it was concluded. this author is really good at writing kaveh and alhaitham

sunbird by caniculeo:

This is how Kaveh grows up—well-loved and loving, with a pencil in his hand and starlight in his eyes. This is how he grows up, until his father leaves for the desert one day, and never comes back.

kaveh, through the years.

okay this one isn't exactly a kavetham rec, more like a kaveh one. but there is kavetham!! plenty of it!! i just wanted to sneak this one into the list because it's my favorite kaveh character study, like, ever. trust me it's so good

i hope these are to your liking anon! sorry again for the lack of yuri haikaveh. i have failed you

[jjunieworld]

REQUEST RULES & GUIDELINES ‎ ⸝⸝⸝ ˚ ✮ my rules and guidelines for requesting!

to request a fic, please send in an ask following the rules down below! i write sfw and nsfw, so if you’re a minor, blank or ageless blog requesting nsfw your request will immediately be deleted and you will be blocked.

who i write for:

i mostly write for tomorrow x together, but you can request for these groups as well: enhypen, stray kids, ateez, and bts i don't have masterlists for some of these groups because i make them as i write fics for them. if a group doesn't have a masterlist, i haven't written any fics for them yet!

groups i’m planning to write for:

p1harmony you can request for these groups, but there’s a chance that i might not write it. i’m not as familiar with these groups/their members. i’m still learning them!

i will write:

smaus (drabbles, fake texts, etc), oneshots, drabbles, reactions/headcannons, fluff, angst, crack, and smut

i will not write:

smut for underage idols or idols who are freshly eighteen. unless the idol is twenty-one or above, i won't write smut for them. do not ask me, you will be blocked. dark and/or racist themes, sa, abuse, race play, noncon, feet, piss/scat or any other bodily fluids other than cum and maybe spit, abuse, lactation, pedophilia, incest/stepcest, dd/lg, illegal or large age gaps, extreme bdsm or bedroom play, knifeplay or gunplay, member x member or idol x idol, extreme pain, ageplay, bloodplay (unless vampire), furry, anal, male!reader since i can't represent it, tba...

if you’re curious about anything, just send in an ask! i'm most definitely forgetting things, so i'll update whenever something goes against my guidelines that aren't already added.

note: for my works, i consider drabbles to be under 2k words.

not all requests will be done. if your request doesn't inspire me or makes me uncomfortable, then i'm allowed to not write it and it will be deleted. if you have a problem with this then you will be blocked.

if my requests are closed or my account is on hiatus:

my requests will close sometimes, so please respect that! my asks will always be open, though, if you want to chat! please refrain from sending a request in when my requests are closed. there will also be times when i go on hiatus, so if you request something during that time, or are waiting on a request when i go on hiatus, just know that i will get to it when i come back! i will try and finish requests that are pending before i go on hiatus. my account will show that i’m on hiatus through my display name if you are ever wondering.

please try to be as specific as possible when requesting! i want to be able to write the fic you’re imagining as to the best of my ability!

everything in the ask may not be added or may be altered for the plot, but i will try my hardest to include everything!

you may request more than once, but do not spam me with your request. each request will be added to my list and i will try to get to them as soon as possible as long as it follows my rules.

i will try my best to post as much as i can, but i am only one person and human. i will try to respond to requests/asks in a timely manner, but do realize that if you’re requesting a fic that it takes time to think of a plot and write. please do not spam me asks on when your request will be finished or multiple asks for the same request. you will be blocked and the request will be scrapped.

my blog is a safe space not only for me but for everyone who enjoy my works! so feel free to send in asks about your day or rants and i will try my best to reply/give any advice! if you notice that i haven’t replied to one of your asks, just know that i will read it at some point! i do not accept asks with links in them, so please don’t send them to me. they will be immediately deleted.

please don’t send in any hate towards me or anyone who reads my works/comments. you will be blocked.

constructive criticism is always welcome! please just don’t give it to me a rude way. i’m always looking to improve!

[longclawislightbringer]

Chapter One: Unworthy

Rating: T

Relationships: Chrissy Cunningham/Eddie Munson

Summary: College Freshman Chrissy Cunningham’s best friend, Eddie, is a rockstar. So what if she’s in love with him, and he’s writing gorgeous metal love songs for some cool chick in LA? She’ll still be his number one fan, supporting from the sidelines, even if that means breaking her own heart.

On the night before the band’s first show opening for Metallica—at which Chrissy plans to surprise them—her roommate shows her an interview in the latest issue of Rolling Stone that changes everything.

Hello lovely readers! This is my first foray into Hellcheer, although if you are an author you may have seen me lurking in your comments section. I also kind of jump around fandoms depending on where my muse takes me, so you may have seen me somewhere else before. I’ve been obsessed with Hellcheer since I watched the first episode of Season 4 last year, and had the idea for this last summer. Unfortunately, I’m the world’s slowest writer. Like George R.R. Martin levels of slow. It also doesn’t help that I’m a bit of a perfectionist. I’m trying to let go of my perfectionism and just be happy to get my writing out in the world. This is a short little story, only two chapters. The next part is already written so it should be posted by next week. I’d just like to take a moment now to thank my beta, ry, for looking over this for me. Ry is super awesome and you can find her at ryleighjosephine on AO3 or at @dustinswill on Tumblr. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy it! Thanks for reading. :)

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Chrissy tapped her foot to the beat of “Uptown Girl” as she grabbed a clean index card from the perfect stack at the edge of her desk. Dancing in her chair, she turned up the volume on her Walkman as the song reached the chorus. Softly humming, Chrissy wrote out “mitochondria” in big, blocky letters with her favorite rollerball pen. She bobbed her head as she waited for the ink to dry, checking Professor Miller’s study sheet to make sure she remembered the correct definition. Once she finished her list of vocab terms, she could start working on her poster for the concert tomorrow.

“As long as anyone with hot blood can,” Chrissy belted out without a care for any of the other girls still left on her floor on a Friday night. Even if her roommate, Stacey, was home, she wouldn’t care anyway. “And now she’s looking for a downtown man. That’s what I am!”

Although she would tease Chrissy for listening to Billy Joel.

When the pink ink had dried, she flipped the card over. As she wrote down the function of the mitochondria, she heard Professor Miller in her head, repeating, “The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.”

Placing the finished flashcard on her stack, she snatched another blank card as Billy Joel’s vocals faded into the searing electric guitar of Corroded Coffin’s new single. Her heart skipped a beat as Eddie’s fingers danced across the strings. She stilled, placing her pen on the table before she broke it.

“Starlit eyes, cherry gloss lips. You are perfect,” Eddie sang on the track, voice raspy. “And I am unworthy of you.” Chrissy clenched her fists. It was Eddie’s only line in the song before Jeff took over lead vocals. Chrissy could listen to him sing for hours, though.

She fiddled with the cassette case, running her fingers over the label “Chrissy’s Mix” in Eddie’s chicken scratch as she glanced at the photo of them together at prom last year tacked to her bulletin board. Arms circling her waist, Eddie stared down at her. The pink rose corsage on her wrist matched his boutonniere, and his tie matched her dress—Eddie insisted, even if it wasn’t an actual date.

When he sat down at their booth in the diner to give it to her one day while he was visiting Hawkins before she left for college, his leg had bounced up and down like he had drunk too much coffee. He dropped the tape in between them, the liner notes facing up.

“What’s this?” Chrissy asked, pulling it to her side of the table.

“It’s a mixtape,” Eddie said.

“I know that,” Chrissy smirked. “But what’s it for?”

Eddie wiped his hand on his leg. “It’s got some of our new songs on it. The demos, at least.”

“No way!” She exclaimed, picking it off the table to scan the notes. Three of the songs listed Corroded Coffin as the artist.

“I want you to tell me what you think of them. No holding back.”

“Of course.” Chrissy winked. “I wouldn’t dare think of lying to you. What’s the rest?”

“Just a bunch of your favorite songs. And mine. I thought they all kind of fit together.” Eddie scratched the back of his neck and flashed her a shy smile.

“Cool.” Grinning, Chrissy pulled her Walkman from her backpack.

“Don’t listen to it now!” Eddie nearly leaped across the table. “Wait until I’m gone.”

“Alright,” Chrissy smirked. “I’ll wait.”

At home that night, Chrissy shoved the tape into her Walkman and eagerly awaited the first new song. She grinned from ear to ear as the first base notes ripped through her, followed by Eddie’s dazzling guitar work.

And then that line.

“You are perfect, and I am unworthy of you.”

Her stomach dropped. A love song. Corroded Coffin had never released a love song before. Tightness bloomed across her chest as her stomach twisted itself in knots. She twisted her ring (Eddie’s favorite that he’d given to her right after graduation) and bit her lip as the song continued. Tears pricked at the corner of her eyes when she listened to the other new songs—also love songs.

“Did you write all of these songs, Eddie?” she quavered, her voice small, on their scheduled weekly call.

“Yeah,” he answered. The phone crackled. Neither of them spoke for a moment.

His voice hitched before he continued, “What did you think of them?”

She swallowed back her tears, her rage at the subject of the songs, and replied, “They’re beautiful, Eddie.”

The cassette case clattered to the desk, breaking her from her reverie.

A tear rolled down her cheek as the song crested into the melancholy guitar solo. She wiped it away. With one final crescendo, the chorus began for the last time.

Chrissy picked up her pen again. If she ever found the girl who made Eddie feel so—

The door to her dorm room banged open.

“Hey, Chrissy,” her roommate Stacey barged in, letting the door slam shut behind her. She flopped on the bed across from Chrissy with a sigh, her long black braids fanning beneath her like a halo.

Chrissy paused her Walkman as “Take a Chance on Me” started and removed her headphones. “How was your date?”

“Another dud, as usual,” Stacey groaned. “I don’t know what it is about me that seems to attract the worst types of men. “ She rolled onto her stomach and rummaged through her purse. “He didn’t even have the manners to give me a decent good night kiss. Just slobbered all over me.” Shivering, she took out her lipstick for the night, a bright berry red, and placed it back on the shelf next to her desk. “Such is my lot in life.” She looked over at Chrissy. “What about you, Cunningham? Are you still hung up on that guy who calls you every week and wrote multiple songs for another woman that he put on your mixtape?”

A flush crept over Chrissy’s face. “He just wanted my honest opinion.”

“Girl, if that man can’t see that you are head over heels for him, he’s as blind as a bat.” Stacey pulled some wadded-up tissues from her purse and tossed them in the garbage. She grabbed a fresh one from the box on her nightstand and wiped her lipstick off, smearing it all over her dark skin.

“It’s not like that,” Chrissy protested, driving her pen perhaps a little too hard into the index card as she wrote the following definition. “We’re just friends.” Stacey folded the tissue, removed the rest of the lipstick from her face and dropped it in the trash.

“Keep telling yourself that,” Stacey quipped, pulling the new issue of Rolling Stone from her bag. “I can’t believe you’re studying on a Friday night.”

“I have to study today,” Chrissy explained as she tossed the card to the side. “We’re going to the Metallica concert tomorrow. I’ve got cheer practice Sunday afternoon, and my club meets Sunday nights.”

Chrissy scribbled out another word from her vocab list on a fresh card.

“Right,” Stacey rolled onto her stomach and unfolded the magazine. “I forgot you have your nerd club.”

Chrissy rolled her eyes. “I still think you would like it. You could pretend to be one of those barbarians from those Conan movies you’re always going on about.”

“Speaking of the concert tomorrow,” Stacey flipped the page of the magazine, “one of the opening bands has an interview in Rolling Stone.”

“That’s cool,” Chrissy remarked without much thought. She froze, pen hovering above the desk, as she recalled that Eddie had mentioned that the band had done an interview with a big magazine during their Thursday phone call. She shook her head. It probably was the other opener—they were much more famous than Corroded Coffin. “Let me know if there’s anything interesting.”

“Will do,” Stacey nodded and turned her attention to the glossy pages on the bed in front of her. Comfortable silence blanketed the room, the only sound the scritch of pen on paper and the flipping of magazine pages until one of their noisy neighbors arrived back home. The slamming door next door and ensuing clatter, as the girl stumbled through the room, jolted Chrissy from her work. She shook her head and grabbed another index card from the pile.

“That’s so sweet!” Stacey cooed, stroking the magazine page.

“What’s sweet?” Chrissy asked without missing a beat.

“The guitarist from that band I mentioned earlier,” Stacey popped her bubblegum. “He writes their songs, and get this—they’re all about the same girl.”

“Hmm,” Chrissy sneered, driving the pen into the index card with a little more force than was necessary. “I’m sure she loves having such a wonderful boyfriend who writes her amazing love songs.”

“They’re not together,” Stacey corrects her, flipping the page.

Chrissy stills. “What do you mean they’re not together?”

“They’re apparently just friends even though he’s been in love with her since middle school. They performed in a talent show together, and he’s been stuck on her ever since.”

Her heart leaped into her throat.

“She gets all of their demo recordings before the public,” Stacey continued, eyes widening as she took in the photograph on the opposite page, “so she just must want to stay friends because if I was her and I had a friend that looked like that who wrote me beautiful love songs, I’d climb him like a tree and maybe—“

Stacey rambled on, but Chrissy couldn’t hear her over the hammering of her own heart, beating against her ribs like a wild bird against the bars of a cage.

“—you know, I never pictured rock stars being into cheerleaders,”

Time stops.

Chrissy’s pen clattered to the floor as she whipped around.

“—but what do I know. I mean, you’re a cheerleader, and you like metal,” Stacey blathered.

“Stacey,” Chrissy stammered, “which band are you talking about?”

“What?” Stacey finally noticed her. “Corroded Coffin, why?”

“Can I see that article?” Chrissy choked, holding back the deluge of tears.

“Sure,” Stacey quirked a brow and handed the magazine over.

Chrissy flipped the magazine open to find Eddie Munson staring up at her from the glossy page flanked by Gareth and the rest of the band. Gasping, she dropped the magazine onto her desk.

“I am an idiot,” she murmured, and a tear slipped out before she could stop it. It rolled down her cheek and dropped onto the magazine.

“Hey,” Stacey bolted upright. “Why are you crying?”

“Because I’m so happy,” Chrissy hiccuped as the waterfall she’d held back for months came crashing down.

Stacey furrowed her brows until she alighted on the graduation and prom photos tacked to Chrissy’s bulletin board. She jumped to her feet, her gaze darting back and forth between the photos and the magazine spread.

“Oh my god!” Stacey exclaimed. “You’re her. You’re the girl from the article.”

“Yep,” Chrissy nodded, wiping her tears with a tissue.

“Which means that the Eddie that calls you every week is a literal rock star who’s been in love with you for years?”

“Apparently,” Chrissy shrugged. She slumped over the desk. “I should have just asked him out months ago.”

“Wow,” Stacey collapsed back on her bed. “That is a lot to process. How in the world did I not put it together sooner? You told me he was in a band. And you made sure we were going to this show so I could meet him.”

“I wanted to surprise him on opening night of his first big tour…” Chrissy said.

”I just thought your Eddie must be a colossal CC fan.” Stacey mused. “To think you’ve know them this whole time… Wait a minute.” She bolted upright. “How did you not know all those songs were about you?”

Chrissy shrugged. “I convinced myself he met some cool metal chick in LA.” She picked at the hem of her shirt. “I was going to ask who she was at the show tomorrow.”

“This is too funny,” Stacey laughed.

“I’m glad you find my emotional turmoil amusing.”

“What are you going to do when you see him?” Stacey asked.

Chrissy turned to the blank poster and art supplies waiting on her bed and grinned.

“I’m going to get my man.”

[melodygatesauthor]

Weekly Update

07/30/2023

Announcements

- I’m writing an original fiction novel -

You read that right! I’m writing an original fiction called Lock & Key, and I’m taking all of you along my journey as I go through the process. I’m so excited to get started actually writing it soon (once I have a bit more of the outline finished) and I’ll be posting all updates on @lockandkeynovel!

This is a big project, and it’s going to take some time, but I can’t begin to tell you how grateful I am for all of you and your support. You all mean the world to me!

- No more requests -

I have 3 more requests left in my inbox, and once those are done that’s it for now. I’m not sure if I’ll ever be in a position to take requests again or not. My WIP list is a mile long, and right now (summer) is a VERY busy time for both of my jobs. I’m lucky if I get one day off a week. All this to say, it’s not feasible for me to continue taking requests when I can’t even handle the fics I have currently in the works. In fact, those 3 are folks who requested back at the end of APRIL, so…yeah…

I’m not saying I’ll never do requests again, it’s just not realistic right now. There will still be follower celebrations and birthday events and things like that in which I may take limited requests, but as far as the regular ones go, I gotta stop taking them for now.

Fic Updates

Disclaimer - I never know which way the winds of inspiration will blow. Timeframes aren’t a promise/guarantee, they’re a goal.

Fic Updates Legend:

Blue - Update this week

Pink - Update in progress

Red - Backburner Fic (not currently working on. See WIP list for status)

Chaptered Fic Updates

A Bit Dodgy - We’re back baby! I got chapter 14 hitting a Tumblr dash near you tomorrow at 8am! Thank you all for being patient. I’m hoping to be back to regular Monday updates, but we will see. I’ve worked SO HARD on this fic, along with my good friend @whatthefishh and I would hate to ruin it all by rushing through the ending. I would rather write it well and while inspired, than push through just to say I did it, you know what I mean?

Always Yours, Never Mine - Chapter 3 is on its way. This one had to be put aside while I was on the cruise, but i’m planning to work on it this week. I’m not sure if the update will come out this week or next though! Stay tuned!

The Fractured Moon - Part 3 is coming this week! - So I had a bit of confusion with this one in my own head. Let me explain haha…

I had already planned out the four parts for this fic a long time ago, and I spend hours in canva making the banners for each part. Each part was supposed to be centered around each boy. Part One (All boys) - Part 2 (Steven) - Part 3 (Jake) - Part 4 (Marc). Then I had some other ideas and plans that I wanted to work into the fic but was trying to figure out how I was going to do that without messing with the banners I made, so I planned to do 4 bonus chapters called “These Fractured Knights” all with the boys having their own bonus chapters. However, these chapters are all in line with the timeline of the fic, and it really makes more sense (and is less confusing) to just have them be part of the series normally as parts 3, 4, 5, and 6. (I hope I haven’t lost anyone yet).

That being said, I’m not going to call 4 chapters that fit in line with the story “bonus chapters” just for the sake of the banners I made, that’s my weird mental thing and idk why I do that. Once I’ve planned something, I HATE changing it. So I’m just going to make them fit in line with the fic like normal lol.

So anyway…

Part 3 is coming this week hehe.

Mini-series Updates

Feeling You Can’t Fight - I’m hoping to have a new chapter out this week, but I’m not really sure. This fic was supposed to be finished a month ago and I’m sad that I’m behind on it but I’m working on it!!

All on the backburner for now but will get additional chapters soon:

Not a Doctor - Part 2

Worth the Risk - Part 3

The Good Doctors - New Series

AI Character Bot Updates

I currently have the following bots on my list that I’m working on. If you have any suggestions or additions you’d like, please feel free to ask! I won’t make every single one I get asked for but I’ll make some of them as I get time!

Requests Updates

My 1k Follower Celebration ficlets ARE COMPLETE! - YAY! I AM going to be doing a 2k celebration (I’m like 50 followers away! Woot!), but it won’t include writing requests. I just don’t have time, sorry all! It will consist of games and other fun stuff though! Can’t wait!

I had 2 requests for Nathan Bateman, however I don’t feel overly inspired to write for him. That doesn’t mean I don’t like him, nor does it mean I never will write for him, but I just don’t want to have those requests sitting in my inbox while I figure that out. I still have them written down and I have the people who requested them written down so if I ever feel up to it again I’ll do it, but as of right now I don’t foresee it happening any time in the near future, and I just mentally needed to take it off my plate.

I’ll be working on the other requests between this week and next! I’m hoping to have them all out this week but that’s probably unrealistic lol. Thank you for all being so patient, and I love you!

That’s it for now! I love you all!

[wearingaberetinparis]

I know that everyone wants you to update Call It What You Want but please can you try to update Raising a Kid with my Ex. I've been there since the beginning and I wait for updates. I'm trying not to sound like a brat coz I know how hard writers work and you've posted alot in the past 2 weeks. But can you try

I really understand that you want me to update Raising A Kid With My Ex, I sympathize too and while I know that you mean well, I have to admit that this message does make me feel a little anxious. The thing is that I hate letting people down and it feels like I have when I read your message.

I really wish I could promise an update this week for RAKWME, but it is - unfortunately - not going to happen. I work fulltime, when I get home in the evenings I normally still have to finish my marking or catch up on emails I couldn’t send during the day, I am preparing for an amateur musical audition, I am preparing for the auditions for the musical I wrote for my students and planning a graduation event for students that completed their exams… then I still want to have some time for my friends and family as well as some time to myself and while reading and writing is something that I love, it is something that I do in the late evening hours during the work week.

The reason that I can update Call It What You Want tomorrow is that the chapter is done and I only need to do a quick editing check. This is not time-consuming.

While I love SOTME, KUBME and RAKWME, I will admit that I can’t write a chapter for it when I’m tired after work. I need to sit down for a day or two and get it all out and post it. That’s just not feasible throughout my work week and my past weekends have been busy too. I can assure you, though, that RAKWME is high up on my list and that I plan for a September/early October update.

Thank you for your message, of course, I really appreciate the RAKWME love, but I hope you understand that writing this is not as straightforward as it seems and that all I ever do is try. (I suppose that hit the hardest… the assumption that I don’t try, while I always aim to please everyone.)

[lottiecrabie]

hey! im actually really interested in your writing process tbh. i know you have a graveyard full of fic ideas, but how do you go about it when the inspiration strikes? do you stop what you're doing and write it down straight away? or do you let it process in your head for a few days?

whats happening up there in the lottiecrabie control room?

🖤 lastnightwaskindofablur (this is my second account and you cant send asks from it so i have go to anon-mode? literally why?!)

i am rubbing my feet together like a cricket after reading this ask Oh i love talking about my writing process. thank you for asking!!

it depends, but in general if i have an idea even if it’s vague i note it down in my Hot Sauce List which is just. a collection of ideas i keep if i don’t know what to write and also to have the satisfaction of checking a wip. for example you might recognize some of these titles lmao

most of the ideas in hot sauce are things i am almost 100% sure i won’t actually get around to writing, but i like to keep if i ever lack inspiration. i already instinctively know which ones i'm interested in actually writing and i start them by just going at it. every single one of my graveyard fics was just something i sprouted out of my brain quickly with little plan beyond the vague lines or themes or faraway scenes i might have thought of. galatea, take one started as just this jack and lorde inspired fic with the theme of cheating, and i wrote the first few scenes completely aimless. i didn't find the overarching plot until, as i've said, i randomly stumbled onto the concept of galatea for a song. pfms1 and pfms2 i wrote in a sitting with just Religious kink in head.

but then, if i write it more or start daydreaming about it regularly, i end up with very precise plans. they're always changing as i delete the parts i've written and add new ideas as i think them. for example, here's a few of the evolutions the linecook smut went through.

the paragraphs i make is something i do to separate the smut into mini-scenes and tell myself i'll write this small part today. it makes it a much more manageable endeavor and a lot more motivating. it tends to happen when i am in the homestretch and know i am almost done and have a much clearer view of what the fic would look like and how long each part is.

with fics that have been hauting my brain for a long time —cough pfms cough— you can imagine that the series is very precisely planned. especially when i start writing a specific part. i'm kinda always thinking about my own aus bc i have a Rich mind palace so i am always noting down ideas. i have been Burned too many times with a fickle memory to not do it. if i think of the dialogue of a scene or even the entire prose of it, i write it down too, though i do often get convinced by my falling asleep brain that i'll 'remember tomorrow' and i, indeed, do not.

hope this was interesting to more than me lmao! thanks for the question again my sweet friend

[liebgottsjumpwings]

MISC. TAG GAME!

I got tagged in this by @xxluckystrike !! thank you!!

A band you don’t like that many others do: I never really got into any albums by the neighbourhood after 'wiped out!', I don't know why but they never really got my attention. I saw them live in 2016 and they were good though!

A childhood memory that you remember vividly: I remember when I was 5 with crippling undiagnosed and unregulated ADHD, I was sitting in class listening to the teacher reading us a story and I was chewing on the wooden beads on my necklace. I bit too hard and you could hear a loud ass crack and when the teacher asked me what I just bit, I said I bit my tooth and she got SO worried for a moment before I decided it would be a better idea to tell her the truth and confess I was chewing on my necklace... lol

Least favorite animal and why: Spiders, because I genuinely fear them lol.

Hot fandom take: I guess this doesn't count much for the hbo war side of tumblr, but WW2 tumblr in general. I feel very weird about people who make positive content about nazi characters... For example, I get that you like a certain actor and want to write fic about them... but does it have to be the nazi character they play in a piece of media? Why does fan fiction about hans landa exist? Why?

Do you were any jewelry, if so, what’s your favorite piece: I have a few silver rings that I wear pretty much every day alongside a few rings fully made out of agate and carnelian. I also have a silver necklace that I can switch out the pendant for. I also have a short beaded necklace made out of tiny jasper stones that I wear a lot. That's it though, I am attached to those and also am pretty much allergic to anything that isn't sterling silver or natural stone.

A movie others liked but you didn’t: I didn't like Black Book too much.

Three things you love about yourself: My hair, I have naturally curly hair and I'm trying to grow it out right now, gonna get it cut into a shag style tomorrow! I also love my fashion sense, if you can call it that. I also enjoy that I can get a bit chaotic/erratic at times. Had to learn how to healthily do that though but with ADHD medication it's all good and fine.

A place you hope to visit in the future and why: Oh boy, there is a lot. Of which a few I will visit this year if all goes well! If I had to pick one that I don't have concrete plans for yet it would be Wales. There's a shit ton of megaliths there that I would like to see in real life.

An actor that gets on your nerves and why: Ed Westwick looks like he smells like too much department store perfume.

Things you’re excited for in the nearby future? I return to my job on Saturday! After studying abroad for half a year and then graduating. I really enjoy my job and I'm quite excited for that!

Least favorite ship in a fandom you’re in: I'm not really well versed into the shipping that goes on in the hbo war fandom, but I secretly don't see why people ship lipton and speirs... sorry!

What’s the most toxic fandom you’ve been in? I used to be on kpop twitter from 2016 to 2018... yeah.

List three things you find beautiful about life: One: I can go on about this forever but the fact that we can physically connect with our ancestors by visiting the things they've left behind? Like megaliths, ancient structures? I legitimately tear up visiting ancient sites like that sometimes lol. Two: In that same sort of area, the fact that ancient life can be preserved in fossils??? I love fossils. Three: Humans helping other humans. I think there is something so beautiful about that. Hence why I choose social work as my profession I guess.

Any dreams for the future? I hope to visit the places I want to visit. I also one day hope to academically study history.

How are you really feeling today? Physically? Not so well because I have a lung infection that I pretty much need to sit out. An unhelpful side thing is that my skin feels really sore and sensitive which hurts. I'm also extremely exhausted. Mentally I'm doing pretty good though! Lots of small things to look forward to. I like it that way.

I'm tagging anyone who sees this because I do not interact a lot with others on here again yet but I want to! So consider yourself tagged :)

[ground-zero-idiocies]

sole, running past their companion super fast "hi friend, bye friend!"

a moment later, a large herd of brahmin also run past the companion right on sole's ass

followed by dogmeat

oh this is PERFECT.

Fallout 4 Companions React: Several Stampedes

What a beautiful day it is! The birds are chirping, the sky is bright and blue, and the companions are out for a walk. Nora slept in, and Dogmeat refuses to go anywhere without her, so they had to stay at home. Still, the day couldn't be wasted by staying inside.

Everything is tranquil, and come. They walk in silence, simply taking in the staggering sound of peace.

This peace, though, is not to last in the Commonwealth. From behind, the group can hear the loud sound of footsteps approaching. One pair of footsteps, distantly followed by hundreds. The companions stepped to the side of the road, witnessing Nora flying down the street at an inhuman pace. Noticing her bewildered friends, Nora waved and called out:

"Hi friends!"

She kept running, quickly passing them. She yelled:

"Bye friends!"

And kept going. The companions were confused, a confusion only compounded by the hundreds of footsteps running closer.

At a rocket's pace, a horde of Brahmin ran after Nora, tripping over each other in a mad dash. One steps on Preston's foot, but they mostly pass, leaving only the slight odor of dung and sweat.

Lastly, four feet scamper up. Leaping ahead at maximum speed, Dogmeat gallops ahead towards the Brahmin stampede, barely exchanging glances with the companions.

Needless to say, it was a little surprising.

Cait: "Well I'll be. I could've sworn that back in my psycho days I saw somethin' just like this. Whole horde of Brahmin chasin' some poor lassie. Now I can say it's all real. Really though, what the shit did she get herself into this time?!"

Codsworth: "Oh mum! You mustn't be so reckless like this! May I remind you that you have a child at home? As fun as it may seem, being chased around by hundreds of two-headed cattle isn't setting a very good example for young Shaun!"

Curie: "This does not seem very sanitary, now does it? Non. It certainly does not. Brahmin are very sickly creatures. I will return home and prepare a battery of virologic tests for Ms. Nora. We certainly do not need an outbreak of cowpox, now do we?"

Danse: (Over Radio) Soldier? Do you require assistance? I find it incredible that you've gotten into this situation to begin with, and I find it even more incredible that you plan to get out of this alone. I can have boots on the ground and ribeye in the air if you make the call."

Deacon: "Did you guys ever hear that song It's Raining Tacos? This reminds me of that. Obviously we'd have to cook the meat first, but it's not every day that a decade's worth of dinner just comes running right by you."

Gage: "Hey now Deacon, don't go dissing raw meat tacos now. Ha, those got me through my twenties. I still have to shoot and butcher all this meat though...hey wait, why were they all following her? Did no one care to ask that? How did this happen?"

Hancock: "Man, I love her. I mean, who the hell else could get five hundred cows and a dog to follow her down a road for twenty miles? Sure as hell not me, that's for sure. Hell, Fahrenheit gets pissed when I make her walk from the state house over to the Memory Den."

Longfellow: "Ha! Now that's some action! Really, that girl never fails to amuse. Word from the wise: don't question the women that constantly entertains you."

MacCready: "Right out of the Unstoppables, huh? 'Dog follows stampede following the heroin'? I can't say I'm not a sucker for that trope, even though I am gonna make fun of it.

Nick Valentine: "When I get back to the office, I'm gonna have Ellie open a file. Call it: the case of the inexplicable stampede with a dog out the back and a crazy late out the front."

Piper: "Nick already said it best. If I didn't already have a list of articles to write that could reach all the way to California and back, by tomorrow Diamond City would be reading: Breaking: Crazy lady leads stampede down road for no discernable reason!"

Preston: "I am...choosing to believe...that this is the general's new way of delivering food to remote settlements and not another time-wasting misadventure. I mean, how many times do I have to tell her? There are settlements!! That need her help!!"

Strong: "Strong wants to eat all the brahmin that little lady has following her. Strong is jealous that No-ra has so much beef to eat and Strong has to eat Preston's veggies!! Not fair!!"

X6-88: "Much like Mr. Garvey, I'm not going to ask. My already faltering sanity can't take much more of this. Courser training is intense but I can't take this. Maybe I need to be decommissioned.

[kinetic-elaboration]

March 10: Writing Project Statuses

So this wasn't the most productive/focused weekend I've ever had, but I feel like I ended it on a high note and I'm decently ready for next week. I think/hope. Plus now that the time has changed, it will be lighter for longer and I'll be able to stay out after work on Fridays if I want, which I think will help me feel more normal overall.

Current writing statuses:

Jasper/Monty Dual Timeline: Writing; wrote one more scene this weekend, leaving me with one scene/one writing session left. I really hope to finish this next weekend! The story doesn't excite me but the idea of having it be done and something I can post does!

D/J College AU: Writing; officially started it this weekend and I am legitimately excited! It's always weird to put down on the page something that's lived in your brain for a while... but the advantage is you get to re-read it. I feel pretty pleased with the first scene and hope I can continue next weekend.

Make a Lot of Money: Editing and Posting; I posted Ch4 on Friday but I haven't mentioned it on tumblr yet because I forgot. I'll do that tomorrow. The only comment I've gotten on it is someone requesting a totally different fic, which honestly makes me want to commit violent acts but--whatever. I just want it posted, I am so tired of the zombie nature of this fic. I still like it and am proud of it but I'm also done, mentally speaking. I've started editing Ch5, which is only 9k, and it's still my goal to get it up by the end of the month.

talk about timing in times like these: next up on the editing list, but I might take a break before I tackle it. It's actually shorter than I remembered--only about 14k I think--but I sort of feel it might be a slog... I don't know. I'm not really in a hurry to post anything other than the Time Loop and that's just because it's a WIP.

Miller/Bellamy Road Trip: Ch 1 is still next on the writing list, though I still don't feel confident in the vibes of it. I know I need to do a little more work at researching and immersing etc. I also keep changing my mind on the specifics of the very first setting so that's not great. It's coming up, though--it's what I plan to put into the slot currently occupied by the Jonty fic.

Free writes: I'm still working on my July Break Bingo prompts... I think I've done 8? Out of 25? It doesn't really matter; if I'm not getting prompts from there, I'll get them from somewhere else, but this is my current main source.

[whumptimebaby]

4*Town Fic Notes

Did I read through my notes on some of my other fics as procrastination? yes

Am I now gonna show you some of my favourites? of course

You Know What's UP (It's Us)

that about sums it up

The general jist of my notes for this fic were pretty straightforward! Most of the time, my notes for any fic will be a loose outline of the plot, with bits of dialogue that I want to use and specific images I want to convey.

I try to keep my notes as fluid as possible, with flowery language and humour in places that aren't necessary. I find that when I enjoy reading my notes, I get excited about writing the things I describe in the notes.

YKWU(IU) didn't change too much from the original plan. Some things got added, the whole "Robaire going backstage to figure the sound system" thing was completely on the fly, and it took a lot of work to figure out exactly how the members click together, but for the most part the major plot points stayed the same: introduce the characters, panda, t almost drowns, they talk about their feelings, they all sleep in the same room.

If it all ends tomorrow (would you find me?)

There isn't much to show with this one 🧎 cause most of the notes are pretty bland. The fic is bleak, and so much bad stuff happens that it was hard to find places to slip humour into the notes.

(rip the campfire songs, those got cut 😭)

The plane crash fic changed A LOT from the initial outline, especially the end. I wasn't sure exactly how I wanted to go about the uhhh character death.

I was stuck between wanting the reader to feel the same hope as the boys, but also not wanting to lead them on too much. Knowing that the fic was tagged MCD, I figured I had some wiggle room??? Maybe?? I was debating between having the death confirmed on the beach (which is what I settled with) or back at the hospital.

There were other things that got moved around too. Things like which members found each other first, who was together, how long they were on the island for, all of that was super on the fly. I had an outline, yeah, but it was more a list of things that I wanted to have happen, with the order being very up in the air.

I like to think it worked out okay though!

Jesse, what happened to your good sense?

This one also changed A LOT.

The original idea was that he was gonna get hit by a bunch of drunk driving 4*Townies,

In practice, the drunk 4*Townies didn't really work, so they got cut 😔✊

The whole end bit with Z was gonna be different too. I think the notes speak for themselves here

So yeah! That's kinda the jist! Really, nobody asked, I just wanted to share because I found them amusing (and because I've made like, no progress with the kidnapping fic) LMAO

[dirtypuzzlewrites]

Fanfic Masterpost

My name is DP, and this is an 18+ blog in that you might encounter some NSFW or explicit writing and a lot of gore/body horror/guts on the outside lovingly described from time to time.

I write for: Naruto, DC, ATLA, SPN, BNHA, BTS/kpop, Teen Wolf, SW (mostly prequel/EU/Clone Wars), and CR1. I'm open to most things and the list will eventually expand. (Anything colored I actually have published. Everything else is in the drafts.)

If you'd like to ask me to alpha or beta, send me a DM and we can chat. Depending on what you're looking for and how long the fic is, I'm more than happy to consider it!

Published Works Under the Cut:

Spillover series - post-Kamino AU - WIP - 4/?

Things never could’ve stayed the same after Kamino. All Might didn’t simply pass on his legacy; his retirement created an event horizon that neither Midoriya nor Bakugou could return from. This time, however—for this point of no return—they have adults willing to intervene on their behalf. [Or: A hospital visit changes things for the great.] This is a series of one-shots that explores a bit more adult intervention without taking the characters out of the action. Very hurt/comfort, very Talking Through Your Shit.

Go Back On and Make Good series - Time Travel AU - WIP - 1/5

“Duty will ask all of you for everything, if only so that someone will give it. Pray to the gods that it isn’t you and accept my pity if it is. Because it is pitiful, and no one will let you forget it.” (The real story of Kakashi Hatake is written down, sealed, and stored in its entirety at the back of the Hokage’s wartime bunker. Konoha’s Rokudaime becomes a figure of legend. No one knows their name, their face, or when they became Hokage, but no one else is allowed to hold the title. Rumor has it that they were a past Hokage brought back to life. They don’t realize how right they are.) Massive 5-part Naruto Peggy-Sue. I started this years ago and am still in the process of cleaning up the first fic so I can continue it. It's not dead, but it hasn't been updated in a while. I swear I will get there lmfao.

Heist Me Up - Canon Compliant? AU? idk - WIP - 1/?

It starts, like most of Ochako’s better ideas do, as a bout of envious window shopping. Shouto would like to state for the record, though, that he was on board from the word go, and is always down to break the law. He just figured that he could help Ochako snag a few goodies along the way. The Hero Commission stuff and the finding family stuff, well. He’s still processing it. Ochako just laughs and ropes Izuku’s mom into filing the lawsuits because they’re both nice like that. Crack fics that explore a chaotic Ochako & Shouto brOTP.

How We Win the War - Modern Magic AU - WIP - 6/?

Namjoon lives in transition. Always in the now, the present that never looks back and never plans for tomorrow. He’ll do anyone a favor for a price and only comes up for air in the niches he scatters around the globe. He doesn’t want a coven. He lives in-between and eyes forward. [Or: Namjoon needs a new apothecary. The coven that runs it won’t seem to leave him alone.] Inspired by Up We Go by Oh_Hey_Tae. (Definitely go read that.) This fic has entirely gotten away from me, and the hours spent on research hopefully doesn't go to waste.

To Steal Our Seoul - Modern AU - WIP - 1/?

You’ve heard success stories, you’ve heard the tales of bright-eyed kids making it big on nothing but faith and ramen noodles, clutching a dream tighter than they ever did their sense. But do you have time for the failures? Time for the deep crevasse of those that slipped on the ice and fell through the mile-deep cracks? Sometimes we need sacrificial lambs, not heroes. State secrets aren’t so secret anymore, and a handful of dreamers are going to get sucked in and never find their way back out. They can’t let their Seoul die, not when it took so much blood to find it in the first place. “Bearing that in mind, the question which remains to us is this: what is humanity? What do we have to do to keep humanity as one thing and not another?”—Han Kang, ‘Human Acts’ Stand-alone fic for BTS/Mamamoo. Modern AU with a bit of a twist. Gets really political and fucky, though I've only got one chapter out right now. Also heavy on research.