#writing log

[gothic--vampyre]

Anyone know how to navigate writing when you got adhd and depression?

[ifyouencounterwolf]

Unpopular opinion:

The Fall of the Night Sentinels shaped the Slayer more than the loss of his family or Daisy. Don’t get me wrong, they were equally as tragic and traumatic. The death of his wife and small child, and that not even a harmless little pet bunny could survive the rampage definitely gave the Slayer a firsthand of Hell’s cruelty. They are the major drive of his constant hatred towards demons. But what truly made the Slayer who he is later on, is his years of stranding in Argent D’Nur, his life among the Sentinel ranks and their ultimate end that left him alone in Hell, again.

The Night Sentinels were more than a brotherhood to the Slayer. They were his second family, his attempt to start over, to rebuild a sense of purpose and connection after losing everything back on Earth. The Doom Slayer adopted their tradition and their worship of the Wraiths. He earned his place by going above and beyond. IMO He is more of a Night Sentinel than a space marine at some point. Even after the Divinity Machine treatment he would fight against the Maykr’s mind control, just so he could protect their cities and help in their evacuation.

So, when the Night Sentinels fall: some were betrayed, some corrupted, but all went extinct (The Sentinel army we are seeing with Valen are not even wearing the same armor as the OG, just shows how much their culture have lost in time). so did the Slayer’s last tie to any human bond. From that point forward, he not just accepted his role as a weapon, but embraced the “path of perpetual torment”, because he no longer believes he could be anything more than that.

A central part of the Slayer’s character is that he doesn’t trust leaders. Not his own commanding officer, not Dr. Hayden, not the UAC, absolutely not the Maykrs. He doesn’t serve anyone and if they got in his way, he wasted no time to tell them how much he detested those who sees others as beneath them or necessary sacrifices. The only time he shows any respect is when he kneels to the spirit of King Novik in DOOM Eternal, and damn that speaks volumes.

Even then, he rejected King Novik and Valen’s warning to not go against the Maykrs. He didn’t forgive Valen either, gave the latter no time to sulk in self-exile. And yet he still honors Valen’s request by setting his son’s soul free, and silently accepted Valen’s help in the last stand against Immora.

And here I think we really underappreciated this period in the Slayer’s life. In the recent face reveal we see the Slayer after he has spent some time among the Night Sentinels. We see he looked…almost peaceful. There is a certain serenity to it. He has tired eyes from constantly dealing with those demons but somehow remains innocent. That sense of at peace with himself, I believe, comes from the Night Sentinels’ way of life.

Argent D’Nur was a brutal world, and the people adopts a warrior culture because they literally have fought giants for their survival. They live on a planet where apocalyptic natural disaster is just a normal Tuesday. They have more than one moon, that one is RED and clearly visible at daytime. Their gods, the Wraiths, sing to drive people to madness and transform wild beast into bloodthirst monsters. And in the midst of all these, people of Argent D’Nur is deeply bonded with nature, animals and with each other.

The Order of Night Sentinels is the embodiment of that philosophy. They were like a fusion of monks and druids and their trainings would not only be combat but wilderness survival, meditation, fasting, gardening, animal companionship, likely from a very young age. Honoring the dead and directly connecting with metaphysical power would also be as common as a daily routine. The Night Sentinels do not just grow immune to the Wraithcall, instead they see it as transcendence and spiritual clarity.

Their works definitely paid off. Because we could see Night Sentinels do not turn into demons after they are KIA. They linger consciously at the site of their death even when their bodies were dragged away or decomposed, still capable of helping the Slayer one last time, dispersing after fulfilling their duties. Even the corrupted Sentinels AKA marauders were able to retain memories and some remnant of consciousness.

The Slayer has to go through all of the same trials to earn those Sentinels’ trust and respect. And I believe he did. Even the Wraiths that do not grant their powers to the Maykrs accepted the Slayer, and powered his Crucible to fight the Dreadnought in Taras Nabad. I believe these trainings and disciplines helped him tremendously in making sense with his past trauma.

Most importantly, this alien species and possible ancestors of humankind did NOT see the Slayer as just a weapon. They built statues and made relieves of the Slayer fighting by their side. They absolutely adored (and straight up adopted) this angry mute.

I think of what defines the Slayer is that despite all his rage, a large part of himself still longs for affection, nurture and compassion. In many parts of Eternal and 2016 we see the Slayer has so much humanity that he kept only to himself. The last time he got any of those was with the Night Sentinels. To be more precise, before the Divinity Machine turned him into some demigod where he was then separated from them, and was trapped in a pen under constant monitoring from the Maykrs. Despite all that, the Sentinels are obviously still looking out for him, dropping him supplies and rescuing him. We could see in TDA how the Night Sentinels have grown frustrated of how much tortures he suffered under the Maykrs and that might have even planted the first seed of their distrust of the Maykrs.

This is why the fall of the Night Sentinels cuts so much deeper. Of course, I am very biased. But we knew very little about the Slayer’s Earth family. They barely fleshed out but now we are getting stories between the Slayer and his Sentinel bros. These people are more than capable in battle and for the most part, trying to do the right thing as they rejected the Argent Energy once they found out about its source. And they were lost to Hell too.

[404daydreams]

"You might be thinking I walked past by you twice, I'm ignoring you or maybe I'm still an egoistical giant. Both are wrong, I just don't know if you'll talk to me if I just drop by and say "Hi"! "

-Me & My Confusions.

[voxofthevoid]

Writing Log: January 2025

Unlike usual, I only wrote for like half of this month. Zero regrets because I had one hell of a vacation instead! Of what I did write, the bulk is my current sukuita+goyuu AU, but I did stray to write over 10k of canon-divergent kenita, with a far greater focus on the incest angle than my last (and only, so far) fic for that ship. I'll add it to the hole mission collection when I post it, but first, I need to write the sukuita one that won the last hole mission poll.

the mouth of the wolf, the eyes of the lamb [JJK, sukuita and goyuu; Yuuji moves into a small isolated town after his grandpa’s death and acquires a demon fixated on him as well as a demon hunter more interested in him than in the demon]: 17,737

he makes of womb an altar [JJK, kenita; in the Itadori household, a dinner conversation about Yuuji’s first kiss turns into a live demonstration of the importance of safe sex.]: 10,343

Total: 28,080

No. of writing days: 15

Total JJK word count: 1,224,542

I'm really hoping to finish mouth of the wolf this month, but there will be a stretch in the middle where I'll be kinda busy, so we'll see.

I went most of January without acquiring any new ideas and then got slammed with three in the last week—as always, it's @nearalways' fault.

Gojou/Yuuji: Yuuji uses Blood Manipulation to sound Gojou, who finds that he’s really into getting his dick fucked.

Gojou/Yuuji: A bad ending AU where Megumi doesn’t regain the will to live after Yuuji resolves to kill him alongside Sukuna; foreign governments knowing about sorcerers has long-lasting consequences; and Yuuji learns what it is to become a weapon and a monster. 

Gojou/Yuuji: Fem!goyuu no-powers infidelity fic in which fifteen-year-old Yuuji meets her married science teacher in a lesbian bar neither of them should be in. Predictable bad decisions are made, over and over.

But I also did strike two ideas off my plot bunny list:

Gojou/Yuuji: Yuuji faints after eating the second finger in the crematorium and wakes up as a freshly executed version of himself, while the Gojou of the past!timeline starts getting visions from his future self who sent Yuuji’s soul there.

Gojou/Yuuji: Omegaverse-canonverse alpha/alpha where becoming Sukuna’s vessel triggers Yuuji’s rut early, a couple of days after he’s accepted into Jujutsu Tech, and since the higher-ups aren’t willing to risk Sukuna’s vessel losing control during that hormonal mess, Gojou volunteers to help him through it.

The time travel one is kinda redundant now thanks to #2 in the new idea list above—it handles the concept in a more in-depth and interesting way. I struck out the omegaverse one because it was my very first JJK idea—serpent tongue came after—and it shows. There are fun bits in it, but most of them can be tackled in my many other alpha/alpha ideas. Plus, the anniversary project tackles this one briefly.

So the plot bunny count is now 117—still one more than what I started the year with 😂

[auofgoldandfantasies]

Every Sunday Forever (If That's What It Takes) (4011 words) by coprime, Kimmy, StripedScribe, SnowyOwl102, Marv_with_a_v, 42donotpanic, AUofGoldandFantasies Chapters: 1/8 Fandom: Daredevil (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Matt Murdock & Franklin "Foggy" Nelson Characters: Matt Murdock, Franklin "Foggy" Nelson Additional Tags: POV Matt Murdock, POV Foggy Nelson, Time Loop, Aromantic Matt Murdock, Aromantic Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Queerplatonic Relationships, Queerplatonic Matt Murdock & Franklin "Foggy" Nelson, Relationship Discussions, Coming Out, Self-Discovery, Queerplatonic Getting Together, Aromantic, Friendship, Round Robin, Angst, Fluff, Hugging, Magical Hugging Summary: Matt Murdock gets stuck in a time loop, reliving the same Sunday over and over. He tries to find a way to break the loop and the answer may lie in his relationship to his best friend Foggy.

Look! Me and my friends wrote a thing!

[thewordworrier]

6th June - 1,092 words. Worked On: the Mafia thing from last night. Favourite Line: Savage, Shelly. Savage.

"Okay, so stay with me, but, you know when you pull a garbage bag out of a bin and put it on the ground and it kinda just... Slumps and pools at the bottom, instead of staying in the shape of the bin it was in? That's what he looked like."

Hmmm. Well, I guess today wasn't half bad. I'm glad it's the weekend now though, I could do with a break from customers.

[rosie321go]

I’d like to present the most chaotic moment in my fic so far—

“The replacement’s expression was unreadable, so Jason didn’t even bother looking; instead he turned down to the menu and picked it up.

The booth was silent, the tension almost palpable as the other two followed suit.

Jason did it to stop his hands from shaking. He was pretty sure Dick just wanted to hide his face.

‘Dick drove me here,” Tim blurted out. ‘Probably for the best—I really wanted to crash the car.’”

This needs so much more context, but I digress 😭

[laura491]

Manuscript length before today: 4.5k words in 2 chapters

Manuscript length after today: 8k words in 3 chapters and the beginning of the 4th

Productive day 💪

[adventurer515]

i think my guardian angel au radioapple would marry each other for better tax benefits (esp when radio doesnt take off just yet) like idc if the 20s and 30s dont have gay marriage, lucifer can shapeshift,, like they’ll find ways!!

[planetwrites]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64259455

i finally posted the fic i've been working on! it's the first one i actually managed to finish in over a year!!

i tried to write a 4+1 type of story for the first time ever, and, honestly, i've kind of fallen in love with the format. it's a lot of fun to play around with. plus, i got to, once again, eroticise smoking. at this point, i'm convinced that that is truly my calling in life.

[gothic--vampyre]

Writing my novel in 40 days: Day 1

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Info dumped from every single document and notebook I wrote in. I'm finding that writing in a notebook is good for my patience and attention.

There's a bunch of tropes and ideas I wrote on Day -1. I'll use the 3 Act Structure to put everything in place tomorrow.

Character sheets and world names are pending. I'm kinda confused and overwhelmed as to how to do it. Tumblr writing tips posts are my only hope.

✩.˚♪˚⋆.✮.⋆♪🎧ྀི၊⋆ Music⋆၊🎧ྀི♪⋆.✮.⋆˚♪˚.✩

Played ORV playlist while working. Safe to say that my darlings are going to suffer quite a bit.

I've always tried to make the enemies to lovers aspect of the books slowburn, as opposed to what my hormones want lol. Sad boi music is definitely helping there, and it's adding to my beloved angst.

Some will be together through the storm, some will not. Some will die holding each other and some will forever be separated by duty.

And my favourite child: Grudges.

Grudges will be held. Grudges will destroy love.

[ifyouencounterwolf]

I rewrote TDA storyline because there are a lot and I MEAN ALOT ginormous misses regarding character presentation, depth and development. There is either nothingburger overloaded with nothing substantial and everything for the visually pleasing, or not enough and skimmed over or not covered at all.

To me, TDA is supposed to be a story about the Slayer's time among the Night Sentinels. And I refuse to see all the emotions, growth, experiences, conflicts, creativity and the brea(d)th of an entire once bright civilization being funneled into one or two characters' interaction with the Slayer.

I want to see a real world shaped by brothers and sisters, warriors and believers, not just the royalties and elites.

Considering the last two games I don't personally buy into "it's foreshadowing" or "setup" talks because doom writers are famous for not knowing what those two words mean.

For my own sanity's sake I will proceed to use my own version of the storyline in my works. So this is more of a ref sheet.

Here is ~3000 words of my wish fulfillment and none of the male fantasies.

First and the most prominent, Thira is not introduced directly to the players but through King Novik. More like how Vega is first presented: A character with a clear goal which is to assist the Slayer on minor tasks, but bears the potential for more stories surrounding herself.

King Novik introduced her as the heir to the throne, having been studying "how to queen" her entire young (she was young and I think we need to admit that) life and now he thinks she's finally ready to stand closely to learn from him and Valen. However, with only an observing duty, she doesn't have actual commanding power or the authority talking to Kreed Maykr directly as of right now, she is there to get her people to become familiar with placing her face to a future queen.

Bonus plot: Novik heavily implies that he was being a little overprotective of his only child and wanted to shield her from the cruelty of actual warfare. Because dead wife etc. He wants Thira to stay as far behind as possible, and tells Kreed Maykr how important Thira is to him, in hope of the latter honoring an old father's wish to have Thira protected in Maykr's fortress while the demon is rampaging outside. Because while Novik could sacrifice himself for the people, he still has a weak spot for his child.

Also he might have told Thira otherwise when he was telling his men to stay away from the Slayer. He adviced Thira to directly ask for help from the Great Slayer, if it ever gets to that point, emphasizing on the civilian casualties if needed (the fastest way to get the Slayer's attention), who seems to be the only reliable option they have.

I am a firm believer that a character should appear less but more concise, given more information on the go and through their own actions, not by existing here and there like an insert to the plot itself to make them relevant.

We will not have Thira being the main target of the camera panning until probably during the Siege Part 2. This is to give more light to King Novik, other Sentinel officers and Commander Valen, whoever's in control of the frontline management, showing their experiences and how they divided up the work instead of a total collapsing at the first sight of Hell.

Moreover, just like Marok and other younger generations of the Sentinel people, Thira was raised upon a belief that Argenta is superior in every way compared to other civilizations. And she is naturally wary of the implication that they needed this Outlander in a war that determines their own survival. In short, it makes no sense for any immediate "trust" and "understanding", like that's just quick? Especially when Thira only knows the Slayer after the Divinity Machine.

(She could have been shown to set up a private investigation and get to know the other side of story from Sentinels who went through three Hell Expeditions with him while he was still the Doomguy. But it wasn't there and it wasn't implied.)

In Siege Part 2, when the barrier at one of the city gates was broken by the sudden appearance of a Titan, King Novik took the Heart of Argent with him and went as far away from the evacuating citizens as possible, waiting for prince Ahzrak's arrival.

Thira was given temporary authority to command the continuation of evacuating every civilian, in representation of the King. The commanding officer that was previously doing that was KIA as he took it upon himself to stop the Titan from advancing and presumably failed.

Commander Valen was still at the frontline trying to stop the horde from overwhelming the city's defense from all directions. the hangar was ready, the only thing they needed is time.

Thira found herself for the first time in her life, not having anyone to look to for directions.

Remembering what King Novik's last advice to her was, Thira asked the Slayer to return and to draw the horde towards him, while she attempts to finish what the other commander has started.

This could be an opportunity to insert one of the running gags where the Slayer is doing absolutely not what is asked to do. e.g. He was asked to lock down some gates to redirect the horde, but instead he opened the gates and only locked it behind him and just killed everything within because fuck authority.

This also echoes the last chapter where Thira and the other Argentas who finally found their inner strength, were drawing the hordes to themselves, giving the Slayer a clear path to assassinate prince Ahzrak (as well as everything in between them).

Back to Thira, who clearly lacks experience found herself amid chaos and panic. She did her job at commanding the soldiers to guard the outside, herself calming the people down, reminding them that the Sentinels and their king are still out there fighting for them, and she will not leave their side for her own safety. Thira lead airship to airship to take off to safety, calling the Order of Aerum for air support. etc.

At some point we see an imp snuck up behind her as she was helping injured soldiers to get on board. Her Wraith power was activated by then, as she shielded the projectile from the soldier, then she kills the enemy showing some degrees of hand-to-hand combat skills (instead of just describing it in the codex I guess! ). She seemed to be aware of this, but is uneasy and frustrated with a power that is practically useless if she couldn't control.

This will really pair nicely with Thira's other designs where she was shown either wearing armors and a chainmail that made her actually look like a Night Sentinel than just something pink. Or the design with a more severe disfiguration caused by the Wraith power, symbolizing a deeprooted feeling of shame and alienation because of it.

When the Slayer has exterminated all the demons around the hangar, the evacuation was smoothly done thanks to Thira. Thira then pleaded with him to rescue King Father, but Slayer is already on the move to do just that. Because again, the Slayer commands himself.

Since her wraith power is foreshadowed here, we again don't really need her for the Ancestral Forge parts. The whole spending two chapters for a character to showcasing her avatar state to unlock one of the shield runes that is later just...out there in your path, is as confusing as it gets. We are having Thira for a more important role later.

Instead, we have Commander Valen asking the Slayer to accompany their search party in the AFs for the actual Heart of Argent, since both are historical sites and hold deep spiritual meanings to the Sentinel people, with direct encountering of the nature's guardians and mythical creatures. Also Ahzrak is looking for the Heart too, they will need someone as strong as the Great Slayer on their side when either of them found the artifact first.

Oh... and THIS is where we could insert as much plot of Slayer with the people who still know him as the Doomguy or the Outlander, as to our hearts desire. *Hell expedition and Unholy war flashbacks*

These are the same kind of people who said his weapon is "primitive" and as good as a pile of scrap metal by the time it came to them, and then augmented his Earth combat shotgun instead of throwing it away, disregarding his values.

These are the same kind of people who keep designing new cool shits for their new guy, or when they saw the Slayer eyeing one of their older designs of big guns and went: "Oh you like those? Well by all means it's not like we want it to gather dust here. So long as you could handle it it's yours... Oh you've already snatched it from my hands. Perfect."

These are the same kind of people who saw the bond between the Slayer and Serrat and said: "You know, we could get her prosthetic wings. Set it to max speed level as well. Give her cool turret as well. You wouldn't mind the whiplash would you? "

Heck, these are the same kind of people who wouldn't yap about safety protocols and just launch the Slayer like an ammunition pod with their catapults like in TAG2. They've clearly done it before and they enjoyed it as much as the Slayer did.

These people knew him and cared about him, enough to free him from the slave class and train him in their ways. They even attempted to remove the device Maykrs had installed on him to no avail. Upon further inspection they told the Slayer it is strapped to a self-detonation setup. And they questioned why the Maykrs would want to kill him at some point, if he was the supposed "precious holy weapon" of the Khan Maykr.

Commander Valen shut them down as it was blasphemous to question the Maykrs.

There are just so much potential in these two chapters that are served as a breath of fresh air with all the cool visuals put inside. We should see environmental changes to the forest as we clear it of demonic invasions: The bird sound starts to take over again, the rustling of leaves, the babbling of streams somewhere out there. We could also hear from the comms the other Sentinel soldiers. Since the entire story of TDA is about the Slayer's time among the Night Sentinels. Some of them may now have time to lament about the total destruction of the Holy City of Aratum. Which is one of their richest, last well-preserved cultural and religious studies before the Maykrs completely overtook it and outlawed the Wraith worship, and it certainly should have had an impact. Where others may dismiss them as they are more aligned with the Maykrs. Just some neat foreshadowing about the rift among the Sentinel ranks.

They could talk about the secrets of Argenta people as they give more details about the forest they are in right now, alluding the cosmic realm, the Wraith power, etc. And unbeknownst to them it was also recorded and reported back to Kreed makyr.

This further development between the Slayer and Commander Valen's mutual trust would serve as a proper setup as to why Valen insists on reviving the Slayer by any means necessary later in the story.

What's more important is we could see more of Marok. We could see a depiction of Marok and Valen's strained relationships regarding their different beliefs: A young son ambitious to surpass his father's legacy, an old father haunted by the horror of war and the prices paid for glory. These precious contexts shouldn't be hidden deep in the codices.

I am a firm believer that Valen is The Wretch. Who made the Praetor suit for the Slayer. So here he is the one who led the Slayer to unlock a shield rune and upgrade his weapon. Another neat tie to previous games' lore. Which we lack in TDA. And mayyyybe no need for the avatar state and chanting scenes. Kinda too dramatic imo.

Then the Slayer is sent to Hell to kill Ahzrak.

Except that was exactly what the antagonists wanted. They gave out a location signal as a lure so King Novik would order the Slayer to leave Argent D'Nur for a while. We then see Prince Ahzrak and the Witch, who has figured out that the Heart of Argent is the people (I like it however cheesy that is), showing footages of Thira and several civilians and soldiers who had a Wraith resides in them, that only appears as a self-defense mechanism when they are under extreme distress.

The camera then pans to the back where we see many Argenta people are locked inside some iron-maiden structure (like in the cutscene where Thira was freed, we see many similar cages alongside hers without any elaborations), subjected to torture and experiments, attempt to extract the Wraith from them. Make it Maykr's technologies even. They seemed to be able to subdue the Slayer with the tether, would be enough to make the Wraiths do their biddings.

We are hearing them screaming in pain, their begs for mercy or a quick death, and how it has become an eerie unison of high-pitched ringing in the background as to capture the sheer number of them. It was as if that nightmarish vision that broke the Slayer out of his control has become a reality after all.

And then Thira was the last to be captured, as she was receiving reports of a massive abduction of Sentinel people and their life signals discovered in an unknown realm, during the time Slayer was in the Ancestral Forge. She reported her investigation to the Kreed Maykr, unsuspecting the latter was in this the entire time, and would not let her investigation come to fruit with the Sentinel people discovering what they are after.

Through the next 5 chapters, we as the Slayer are tasked to not just save Thira, but the people who have shown us kindness earlier in one way or another.

Say, there are scenes where:

A civilian back in the Village of Kalim, who blurted out "Thank you, Slayer" as they were escorted out of the battlefield.

An engineer who gestured the Slayer to move along before going back to collect their papers, without seemingly intimidated by him passing through.

The Sentinels in the search party nodded and bowed their head at the Slayer in reverence.

Because, after all, the Slayer was treated with a different respect in Argent D'Nur (than on Earth during the time of Eternal). He was found in one of his most vulnerable moments, on the verge of death, only to prove himself to be more of just another frontline fodder by fighting all the way to become the best, from the bottom of the Coliseum. He was regarded as an Outlander, someone whose home is not here but far away, gone. But he was more of a Night Sentinel than many. The humans back on Earth worshipped him, feared him, scrambled away at the sight of him, they don't even know he was from Earth. On the other hand, the Sentinel people knew his origin, in that he started just like every other prisoner they received, and that demystified him by a lot. While I do like what Eternal has done to show how intimidating the Slayer was in other, ordinary people's eyes, I had wished for a little change here in TDA consider those differences.

Then as we finally reached the end of our rescue mission, we could have the Slayer attempts to save them one after the other. There are simply too many of them to save but the Slayer kept at it, getting hit and thrown back by the Wraiths not just once, but many, many times. He tried to absorb the power to get them out of that controlled, unconscious state, but even a half-god like him has his limits and besides, there is no Praetor suit. So, in the end, the Slayer is overwhelmed. He could only watch helplessly when the demon prince appeared, the ritual was performed, and all these people he was trying to save were seemingly killed, as their souls were separated from their bodies.

Oh that rage will make him crawl from the deepest ring of Hell just to get back at Prince Audacity.

Last and not the least change I will make regarding the final battle. I need it to be that, as Prince Ahzrak is weakened, Thira, among other Sentinel people broke out and started freeing others as well as destroying the ship from within. His control over them turns out to not be absolute either. As Thira returns to her father, she has a look of guilt on her face: It was her idea that she should leave both Novik and Valen to be at the Command Station, where she knew that with her gift, she would also be a target of the demon prince. She put herself in harm's way to send back the exact location where her people were taken. But instead of scolding her, King Novik understood that she was simply trying to prove herself to be a competent future leader, not overshadowed by her father's great legacy.

And basically my version of Thira is independent from the Slayer, she will not ogle nor give wistful glances over him. She will not stand by his side donning the name "Doomgirl" by any chance. There are more potential of them doing separated works at different fronts in order to achieve the same goal. She is not the one, definitely not the only one that's "there for the Slayer".

Thira is here to become a better version of herself, because she is too young compared to others at her status to be an exceptionally talented and flawless leader. She is here to only do the things she could do and within her ability, not to get a glow up and kill 10,000 demons by the wave of her own hand. She is inexperienced and doesn't have the God's-eye view to never say or do a wrong thing her entire life.

She is also here to reconcile with the ancient spirit residing within her and act as the first of many Sentinel people to seek to understand themselves and their own misunderstood, beautiful gods, paving the way of cutting ties with the Maykrs.

Okay I think I'm done here.

[404daydreams]

"Lately I have observed, and its a solid realization that since I've left the thug life, the world of darkness where there's no U-turn - that road only goes straight, I was one of the luckiest to get out of that life, but now I see these kids from yesterday, with zero self-esteem trying to act from the hood, pretending they know the streets so well, yet they can't face their own fucking problems. My temptations gets really strong in these moments, to pick that gun back, to pick that baseball bat, hockey stick or an iron rod back, but I won't. I have moved on from that life. I had a great time but that isn't for me, although I was really good in that version of me too. I'll be turning 30 this year, I cannot let a bunch of stupid morons ruin all the work I've done on myself, all the growth I have mustered up since. I won't. My father is too old now to get me bailed out, back then things were different. My father was young, on a very good position professionally, he could make calls and I was out. I cannot do that to him anymore. Even if our relationship is rocky yet great, I still love him with all I have, all I am. And my father and my mother are the only reason for my silence. You people need a gang to destroy someone, I'm enough alone. I too can form a solid gang, actual gangbangers. I'm well connected. I can do everything you people are doing and in a better fashion, but the faces of these two people have stopped me multiple times. Just know that. My parents don't encourage what your parents does. Its a huge cultural and educational difference. Don't drag me back to the streets guys, my name still echoes and I left the streets 11-12 years ago. I have smashed more skulls in reality than you just dream of on tumblr. I'm not that person anymore. I have these two rooting for me, I will block the world and only take care of them."

-Me.

[voxofthevoid]

Writing Log: February 2025

After six fucking months, I have finally finished mouth of the wolf—I Am Free.

It's all I worked on in February, though there were only a couple of days left in the month by the time I was done. The month itself was an odd blend of busy and not. None of those busy bits should carry over, but let's see what March brings.

the mouth of the wolf, the eyes of the lamb [JJK, sukuita and goyuu; Yuuji moves into a small isolated town after his grandpa’s death and acquires a demon fixated on him as well as a demon hunter more interested in him than in the demon]: 34,211

Total: 34,211

No. of writing days: 17

Total JJK word count: 1,258,753

I have also acquired three more ideas for JJK...so now the total is 120. One was supposed to be a Megumi-focused idea for the Hole Mission, but I made the grave mistake of talking to @nearalways about it, which meant we brainstormed it into a full fuckin' fic. I should go through the list and purge some of the less appealing ideas, but I haven't really had the time—or the heart.

Here are the new kids:

Gojou/Yuuji: In a world where sorcerers find monsters to be good breeding stock, the young heir of the Gojou clan nurtures a fascination with the family beast.

Gojou/Getou/Yuuji: Yuuji mistakes Getou for his absent mother extraordinaire and the resulting “Mum?” deals indelible psychic damage to Getou and Gojou both. Then they all fuck about it.

Megumi/Yuuji and Gojou/Yuuji: Canonverse omegaverse, where a slight change in timing during the Shibuya Incident causes alpha!Sukuna to decide that raping omega!Megumi is a sufficiently fun way to torment Yuuji. Yuuji wakes up to their knotted bodies, and the repercussions haunt the narrative all the way to Gojou’s unsealing.

[thedogfromthatmitskisong]

Excerpt from an untitled WIP.

i haven't shared anything i've written in a while, so here's a little teaser from a rough rough rough outline (please forgive any typos) i've written about a scene between Will and Nico!!

i wanted to share a bit of how they show affection and comfort without words and also the soul-whispering my friend and i freaked out over (i cooked, i fear)

without further ado, meet! these! divas!

Will; 21, junior in university, English Literature major.

Nico; 21, junior in university, major TBD (arts related tho!!)

see their aesthetics here

[i promise i'm trying to figure out the best way to introduce them fully - probably gonna make a bingo card]

a chapter where they get a little sad | total wip words: 1165. unedited.

the scene: a clear night, Will & Nico are lying on the roof of Will's home. it's the cold holiday season and Nico met Will's whole family for the first time.

Nico let out a long breath, looking at Will for the first time since they settled in their places, his free hand reaching up to tuck Will's stray hairs behind his ear, caressing his face after - which softened his own as he saw the other man leaned in - before falling over Will's hand on his chest. This time, Nico didn't hide his face from Will as he spoke.

"But… seeing you guys be so, open and... talking, made me realise how much I miss the fruits my mom would cut up for me - especially after we lost Neo," Fruits don't taste the same when they're just fruits without meaning, he thought, I wish all the fruit I ate still tasted like your unsaid 'I love yous' and 'I'm sorries'.

"I miss the 'I miss him too's' she'd hide behind those fruits," Nico felt himself choke, his eyebrows drawn, and he hated the effort he had to put in to make sure his mouth wasn't full down-turned. He hated that he knew his mouth was wobbling so explicitly in front of Will.

But Will moved closer, their foreheads touching, and their souls whispered to each other once more,

'Take your time, my love. I'm here, I'm listening,'

'I know you are,' it whispered back, 'I'm just afraid.'

'I know, darling. But don't worry, I will hold your hand.'

"You will hold my hand," Nico repeated out loud, his eyes moving as they stared into Will's with a hint of desperation - the latter brushing their noses together as he hummed in agreement.

They were quiet for a beat, before Nico started again, facing the sky again but this time, Will did the same, squeezing the brunets hand in response to his tightening of his hold on their linked hands.

"We only talk twice a month - at most - and we barely say more than three words at a time. And," Nico frowned, "and I was okay with it, I always am until I realise what talking could get you."

"Our dinners are quiet, our vacations are spent under the same roof but in completely different worlds; neither of us leave our rooms unless necessary," Nico felt Will's fingers on his forehead as he spoke, unwrinkling the skin under her soft, warm caress as they glided over the bumps, travelling from there, to his eyebrows, soothing his eyes when they closed, lingering for a few seconds too long before pulling his hand back.

Nico felt calmer as he continued,

"I think the silence is… I think it overstayed its welcome, and everytime I think about her, I think about how I'm likely to outlive her, how this silence will always be haunting and deep and heavy enough for me to not even hear my own echo back."

Nico turned, watery eyes meeting soft ones,

End of excerpt.

FRUITS DON'T TASTE THE SAME WHEN THEY'RE JUST FRUITS WITHOUT MEANING ‼️‼️‼️ re: the avg asian parent > fruit > child-relationship

anywayyy thank you so much for reading and please please leave your thoughts below!!!! i would love to hear your opinions on these freaks!! i hope you love my grump and his sunshine as much as i love them <3

p.s. they aren't dating yet, it's truly the gayest part of the whole thing 💀

[thesonicpunk]

ik updates have been slower lately so here is a lil snippet of the incoming chapter 29 from I have never loved a darker blue (as a treat for being my tumblr buddy)

not exactly how it starts because the opening scene is a flashback and i dont want to spoil it yet AND this will still undergo heavy editing BUT. now u know. iruka crashes their date sequence. sorry not sorry.