#writing cairo

[hislittleraincloud]

*I had to fix this AGAIN bc I forgot to make it week long

The Anon inspired this, and I put it in that post only for it to be hidden under the "Keep Reading" thing, so I'm moving it here. ETA: HAD TO PUT FORTUNATO IN THERE SINCE YANNO. IYKYK

There are no great searchable Wenovan .gifs (not that I can find). Still, after almost a year after the publication of Afterburn. In fact, this is what comes up when I search for it in the . gifs (bottom left is my movie, I moved it):

Are those all relevant to Wenovan?

I think so, especially the top 4. 😂😂😂

[artifacts-and-arthropods]

Child's Writing Exercises and Doodles, from Egypt, c. 1000-1200 CE: this was made by a child who was practicing Hebrew, creating doodles and scribbles on the page as they worked

This writing fragment is nearly 1,000 years old, and it was made by a child who lived in Egypt during the Middle Ages. Several letters of the Hebrew alphabet are written on the page, probably as part of a writing exercise, but the child apparently got a little bored/distracted, as they also left a drawing of a camel (or possibly a person), a doodle that resembles a menorah, and an assortment of other scribbles on the page.

This is the work of a Jewish child from Fustat (Old Cairo), and it was preserved in the collection known as the Cairo Genizah Manuscripts. As the University of Cambridge Library explains:

For a thousand years, the Jewish community of Fustat placed their worn-out books and other writings in a storeroom (genizah) of the Ben Ezra Synagogue ... According to rabbinic law, once a holy book can no longer be used (because it is too old, or because its text is no longer relevant) it cannot be destroyed or casually discarded: texts containing the name of God should be buried or, if burial is not possible, placed in a genizah.

At least from the early 11th century, the Jews of Fustat ... reverently placed their old texts in the Genizah. Remarkably, however, they placed not only the expected religious works, such as Bibles, prayer books and compendia of Jewish law, but also what we would regard as secular works and everyday documents: shopping lists, marriage contracts, divorce deeds, pages from Arabic fables, works of Sufi and Shi'ite philosophy, medical books, magical amulets, business letters and accounts, and hundreds of letters: examples of practically every kind of written text produced by the Jewish communities of the Near East can now be found in the Genizah Collection, and it presents an unparalleled insight into the medieval Jewish world.

Sources & More Info:

Cambridge Digital Library: Writing Exercises with Child's Drawings

Cambridge Digital Library: More About the Cairo Genizah Manuscripts

[spidermanstealyohoe]

we are the people || c.s.

“i know everything about you, you know everything about me”

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parings: cairo sweet x gn reader

summary: after everything happened with mr. miller, you and cairo just weren’t the same anymore

warnings: language, angst

words: 1.0k+

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you’ve been aware cairo had an interest in mr.miller for some reason, you didn’t know why since he was like the least most attractive teacher in the school along with boris. one day, she asked you come to her mansion only to find her balling her eyes out looking extremely frustrated. you assumed it was something between her and mr.miller, little did you know she’d been secretly planing to seek revenge for him failing her.

ever since that day, she’s been different, no longer delicately spoken and collected, no longer the same cairo you knew since you were kids, she’s kind of two-faced now matter a fact.

you now were standing in her room as cairo stands up on her bed, reading her testimony that would be spoken in-front of the entire school. after she finishes, she looks up you with shaky breath. "...so, how was it?" cairo asks you with a very simple tone as you knew whatever you said, it wouldn’t matter. all this because of a rejection?

“why are you doing this?” is all you could muster up as she scoffed and came down from her bed, looking at you with a cold expression.

"why am i doing this? why wouldn't i?" she walks closer to you, looking at you like a wolf over prey. her gaze is dead like a predators as she glares down at you, "because he deserves it, that's why,"

“for what? for rejecting you?” you scoffed out softly, looking at her with a look full of disbelief and anger for what she’s doing.

cairo scoffs herself, her lips twisting into a snarl. “he didn't just reject me...he threatened to fail me," she retorted. "and it would've been my first bad grade, i’ll lose my perfect track record if I fail, you know how important my grades are."

now you’re looking at her like she’s lost her mind, “are you fucking crazy? maybe if you didn’t write that creepy story about you two this wouldn’t have happened!” you exclaimed.

yeah, cairo had told you everything since the beginning, how she wrote this smutty story about her and mr.miller inspired by cairos favorite author henry miller. the idea was sick and just beyond inappropriate. she takes in your expression, your disbelief in her actions, it only makes her more bitter.

"maybe if mr.miller wasn't such a creep this wouldn't have happened either," she replied, her voice venomous, you rolled your eyes at her words. you knew half of what she was saying was true, mr.miller should’ve stopped it a long time ago but cairo was the one who started all of this.

“well maybe if you hadn’t started throwing yourself at him, this wouldn’t have happened.” you said coolly and not thinking at the moment. cairo's eyes widen as you say that, anger flashes across her face and a look of disbelief.

"what did you just say?" she snapped, her voice rising in volume. she was on the brink of losing here and your comment definitely didn't help, especially since the truth stung so badly.

“you fucking heard me.” you lowered your tone as you two glared at each other.

"you really think i came on to him? you really think i’m that desperate?" cairo shakes her head in denial, but a hint of uncertainty flashes in her eyes. the truth was eating away at her but she refused to give in.

“i know you were desperate to get fucked.”

cairo's cheeks turn a slight red color and she's caught off guard by your bluntness. she opens her mouth to speak but can't find the words, her anger growing hotter. you were getting under her skin.

"i wasn't desperate...i just...wanted his attention," she admitted finally, her voice betraying the true depth of her feelings.

“what happened to you?” you asked bluntly and out of the random. cairo furrows her brow in confusion, thrown off by your sudden question.

"what do you mean 'what happened to me?'" she asks, her voice still tinged with irritation. she moves closer to you, her eyes searching your face for answers.

“i mean you’ve changed, you’re not the same person i used to know.” you said softly as you two were now inches apart.

cairo's heart sinks at your words, hearing the truth in them. she averted her gaze, not wanting to face the reality of what she had become.

"i...i’m still the same person," she mutters, her voice tinged with regret. but you both knew it was a lie. she was caught up in her anger and revenge, and the cairo you used to know seemed so far away now.

“are you?” you asked, your voice raising as your eyebrows knitted together. cairo's shoulders slump as she stares at you, her eyes filled with a mixture of anger and hurt.

"what do you want me to say?," she asks through gritted teeth. you knew your question had hit a nerve.

"yes, i've changed! is that what you want to hear? that i’m not the girl you knew anymore?"

“all because of a teacher that didn’t wanna fuck you?!” you scoffed as her expression went from anger to hurt.

“you know what? get the fuck out!” she pushes you back making you stumble back slightly, “i don’t ever want to see you again!” she yelled as her eyes filled with tears threatening to fall.

“guess that makes two of us…” you mumbled as you slowly backed up from her and started walking back towards the door, “goodbye cairo, enjoy your stupid revenge.”

and with that you slammed the door not looking back, cairo stood there feet planted on the ground as her tears that were threatening to fall finally fell. she wanted to desperately go after you but she knew you would just ignore her.

the only time you saw her was in the halls, she had her gaze to the floor and her books to her chest as she made her way to class. you two did bother to make eye contact at all. part do you wanted to talk to her but you didn’t, instead you walked past her like strangers with memories.

[yamysunmoon]

Yamy's Masterlist

Hey! Welcome to my masterlist :)

I'm Yamy, I'm a Jenna Ortega fan and my works are dedicated to her and her characters.

There are some agathario fics as well (Agatha x Rio, from Agatha All Along)

I'm a spanish girl who writes in english, so forgive me for any possible grammar mistakes

This is a +18 sapphic blog. CisHetMen and minors dni.

It contains smut and sensitive topics

Requests are open

My works explore:

d/s dynamics. ౨ৎ This is the core of my works. These dynamics intrigue me, and i'm willing to understand them better through my writing. You'll find: dominance displays (reader towards Jenna/Jenna's characters), bondage, sensory deprivation, sex toys—

fluff. ❁

angst 𓆪

smut (vanilla) ♡

- Requests.

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Rules

My Work

☆Jenna Ortega

Princess's reward ౨ৎ ❁

You engage in a d/s relationship with Jenna.

➤ Every fic under "princess's reward universe" note follows this first shot. In my mind, Reader has the same personality in all of them, conceived as a character herself. Reader will always refer to Jenna as 'princess' at some point.

Karaoke Night ♡ ❁

You meet Jenna at a karaoke bar and things escalate quickly.

That fucking suit ౨ৎ

You and Jenna decide to try something different.

We shouldn't ౨ৎ

Feels better to be successful when you have a beautiful secretary to play with.

Insomnia ౨ৎ (princess's reward universe).

You know fun ways to tire her out to finally fall asleep.

Give it to me ౨ৎ (Princess's reward universe)

Jenna has been daydreaming about you doing a particular dirty thing to her

Gentle ❁ (Princess's reward universe)

Reader experiences a dom drop after an intense d/s session

Not 'till I say so ౨ৎ -Request.

Dom!Jenna calls you out after lying to her about your true desires and makes you face the consequences of your actions

☆Mabel (Finestkind)

Llenarte de pasión ♡

You have a heated encounter with Mabel after a month being apart (NOT vanilla smut)

☆Tara Carpenter

I've got you 𓆪 ❁

Tara comforts you during bad times

Punchline ❁ -Request.

You are the only one who deserves Tara's trust

Whim ౨ৎ ♡ -Request.

Tara craves you too much to wait till daylight

☆Cairo Sweet

MINE ♡ - Request.

You have an online meeting but Cairo is unwilling to be unattended.

It's nice to have a friend... 𓆪 ♡ coming soon...

☆ Agathario (AgathaxRio)

The Anticipation ౨ৎ 𓆪

Rio faces a punishment session after pissing off her dom, Agatha.

You really fucked her? ♡ coming soon...

[indestinatus]

Is she dead? And no one had the courage to answer him. To say, “Yes, Tony. Your partner is dead.” Because it couldn’t be true. Right? What happened in that farmhouse? Tony’s heart raced. And he kept staring at this little girl whose mother had packed everything so carefully before sending her on her way. He thought of Ziva, how she calculated every step before she acted, who she was, and how she… She wasn’t dead. He could feel it. 

[spaghettiposts]

every Wanda writer needs their Jenna writer friend 🤝

[virtie333]

Okay, is this worth it or am I crazy?

I'm nearing the end of my WIP, so I need to start thinking about what is next.

This is one of my favorite books of all time. I've read it and reread it several times.

When I was planning on writing for the new zine thing that shall not be named, this story was one of the many that came to mind, and how could I make it Damerey? Granted, I would change the era and place, and of course the crime the hero commits needs to be different, because I ain't gonna make Poe do what this guy did, but...

This takes place during the Crusades (from the Muslim POV!). It's kind of a Romeo and Juliet with a fantasy twist. The rich, spoiled son of a sheik gets drunk and beat up and robbed one night, and a very powerful mage and his daughter take him in to care for him. All the young man sees is a beautiful woman whom he thinks is a servant and he rapes her. Her father is of course very mad, and in retaliation uses magic to curse the young man, changing him into an Arabian stallion. He expects the horse to be castrated and spend his life in servitude to a woman. What he didn't expect was the woman who eventually takes the horse (and no, she doesn't castrate him).

She is the daughter of the young man's worst enemy. Her brothers have all been killed in battle, and she is now her father's only heir. She was raised up on horseback and dresses as a boy so as to not scandalize the other tribes. She buys this crazy young stallion and begins to train him to be a warhorse. He, of course, rebels, knowing who she is and who her family is. But...

In the end, he falls in love with her, she falls in love...with her horse. Perfect, right? LOL Eventually, she rides him into battle, and is mortally wounded. While their families argue about how and why a woman ended up in battle (she saved her father's enemy's life in the process), her 'horse' ends up running to the very mage that cursed him, begging the man to save her. Her father, his father, the man who has been trying to court her (and got bit by her horse), all volunteer their lives for hers. But for the first time, her horse, who loves her more than they, is able to speak...

You can probably guess how it ends. Happily, of course (I wouldn't love it so much otherwise). Is it worth it to adapt it to fanfiction? Should I bother, or should I just reread the book again?

And what would Poe look like as a horse?

[erinsworld]

For Mac, the mission referred to only as Cairo is... different than it is for Jack.

Written for Cairo Day Week 2025.

[daltonsnightmare]

Only just got home from Texas last night (and spent practically the entire day on planes) so I may have been wildly unprepared for this month but Watch Out. <- threat AND a promise of me posting things soon

[postcard-from-the-past]

Writing a letter in Cairo, Egypt

British vintage postcard, mailed in 1919 to Cambridge, England

[hislittleraincloud]

Nobody:

Me: I should write Miller’s Girl fic.

All of my Afterburn fans: Isn't that what you're already doing? WHERE IS CHAPTER 8???

Me: …*backs away from the questioning group…throws loose pages in the air and runs away*

ETA, SINCE PEOPLE ARE STILL LIKING THIS POST: I DID IT

I DID THE THING 🥹

and now I'm stuck in Benson with them and their loving and passionate story 🫠😭

[lionfanged]

as atticus is getting more and more disconnected from his pokemon origins due to not rly being part of the pokemon community anymore, im debating updating his fandomless verses to incorporate vital parts of his character--aka his pokemon.

everyone i interact with has some sort of fantasy element to their blog, though usually more subtle than my man walking around with a giant electric lion that is taller than the average person. idk how i'd weave it into his normal verses without it being aggressively in your face, or having it clash with the more subtle fantasy of the folks i write with.

cairo the luxray is just his bestie and not having him present in my writing as of late feels like im keeping a piece of atticus's character shoved in a cupboard, unused. his beasties are extensions of himself, i just have to figure out how to incorporate those beasties without making things go full on pokemon/monster hunter.

[ariwritessometimes]

Ari's Cairo Catch-Up: Cairo Day Reprise Posting Schedule

Day 1: August 5th

2020 Prompt "AU"

Davis + Dorm Life + Metallica

A look at how Jack staying changes the course of Riley's life in my Jack's Choice AU. Riley + MIT makes for an interesting combination...

Day 2: August 6th

2021 Prompt "If You Go Kaboom, I Go Kaboom" + 2024 Prompt "Crash Course"

Mercury Switch + Whisper

When Mac winds up pinned underneath a bomb, he has to talk Jack through disarming it. He can't think straight, can’t see the IED, and he can barely even breathe, but it’s the only choice they have...

Day 3: August 7th

2023 Prompt "Answer Me"

Dial Tone + Collect Call

A collection of voicemails Mac left for Jack after his "death" - takes place in the Phone Calls series.

Day 4: August 8th

2022 Prompt "Bedside Vigil"

Riley + Switchboard

Riley's POV of the events of Lost Cause + Voicemail: Stuck in her surveillance van, Riley does what she does best. It’s all about knowing which buttons to press.

Day 5: August 9th

2024 Prompts "Swim With the Fishes" + "Locked In"

We Don’t Talk About... Bratislava?

Mac and Riley earned their own Cairo Day while Jack was gone, and at first, they refuse to tell him about it. After some gentle pestering, they agree to share what happened, but he may regret asking...

Day 6: August 10th

2023 Prompt "The Worst Things"

Seam Ripper

Jack comes back safe and sound from the Kovac mission, but the first face he searches for as he steps off the plane is oddly absent. Riley is the one to confirm his worst fear: Just days, hours before Jack came home from chasing past ghosts, Mac was killed.

Day 7: August 11th

2020 Prompt "In Sickness and in Health"

Mac - Improvise

After a head injury compromises Mac’s ability to improvise, he struggles to find worth without his abilities.

[fishyupmywishy]

I have written over 3k words in two hours and now I’ve hit a road block.

The entire point of the fic is “I don’t believe that I have use but the people around me show me that I do and that I should be proud of what I can do and not worry about what I can’t.” But as I am writing, I realize that he actually has no use that I can think of 😭

[yamysunmoon]

7more followers and we'll be 200 in this blog! Wtf😭😭

Wrote my first fic here back in september, and i didn't come back with more fics till march. This is incredible! I can't believe so many people fw my stuff, ideas and style?

I truly adore yall 🤍🤍

,Y 💜

[indestinatus]

writing a long fic is such a high mountain to climb