#cyanoscarlet

[moonilit]

Cute little barbie (not date!!) date ideas from Alliance in Pink by @cyanoscarlet

#Little doodle because i got incredibly sick #I would have made it cuter that was a cute short fic <3 #The fic isn’t even about them y all its about dion & clive being dumb lol #joshua rosfield #dion lesage #terrance #clive rosfield #jote #ffxvi #joshua x jote #final fantasy xvi

[gardengalwrites]

10 Ways To Tell You're Reading A Fic By Garden Gal

With all the fun tag games circulating on Tumblr, I decided to start a small one of my own. 😁

Brevity.

You are bound to experience mood whiplash.

Characters are crying all the time for both joyful and sorrowful reasons.

Detailed descriptions of food & drink.

Liberal usage of em dashes, colons, and parentheses.

Romance, romance, romance!

The tender beauty of redemption and restoration.

Breaking the unspoken rules of writing. Never use the First Person POV? Challenge accepted. Stay away from similes like "red as a tomato"? Watch me do it. Et cetera.

The journey can be angsty but the ending must be happy. No exceptions.

The End (bold and centered) is written at the conclusion of every story, whether it is a one-shot or a multi-chapter.

I tag @angelosearch, @cynic-view-ahead, @suleikashideaway, @sevlinop, @hyperionnnheart, @maggsdraws, @lenorelovesxion, @cyanoscarlet, and anyone else who feels like playing!

#tag post #tumblr mutuals #about me #writing #writers on tumblr #fanfic

[queenlua]

tagged by @vintar for “ten songs you’re vibing to right now”!

ok, i gotta tell you just how EXCITED i was when i got tagged in this, because

i saw it earlier this week, just as me and a friend were talking about our misspent youths, which for both of us involved an awful lot of “stockpiling dope midi file versions of various anime theme songs,” right

and i was like “bro i still have my WHOLE COLLECTION,” and we spent a VERY pleasant evening nostalgia’ing over the tracks i found, and now here i am, days later, sharing ten of my dopest midi files with you as well (& all my fine fine followers ofc)

here’s the dropbox link!  a guide:

abyss.mid: god wasn’t this song so sick when it was in dance dance revolution

galaxia.mid: i have NO IDEA what song is from.  hmu if you recognize it?  lil’ kid me was impressed with its majestic scope, its sick reverb, its really fun ancient-temple-y orchestration, and, ok yeah adult me agrees this one rules

giveareason.mid: i have never watched slayers in my life but i have listened to the midi of its theme song approximately one billion times

lastempl.mid: i think this is the last temple theme of one of the earlier zelda games?  i like how AGGRESSIVE it is, just, RIGHT out of the gate it’s loud and in your face

nightwait.mid: *old man voice* back in my day we didn’t have enough space to download em pee threes.  we had to collect midi files of cool pop songs.  such as jennifer lopez’s classic “waiting for tonight”

SD3_-_Innocent_Sea.mid: it’s a tune from Seiken Densetsu 3, a game soundtrack i find overall tragically underrated.  (the whole series, really; Secret of Mana has some absolute bangers too!)  anyway “Innocent Sea” and its companion “Innocent Water” have fucked me up for years; ask me to play the latter on the piano at a nerd convention sometime

sealcrazy.mid: there was this one wildlife artist who sold his art on his lovingly handcrafted website and he had a different midi file for each page.  like each piece of art for sale had its own page.  anyway this was my introduction to Seal, though i didn't realize it until i heard it on the radio when i was 25 and was like HOLY SHIT IT'S THE LIVE VERSION OF THAT MIDI FILE

song1.mid: i think this one might be from Ultima?  like the original Ultima online?  but i’m really not sure; i found it on a Geocities website for this horse roleplaying game called Black & Blue where this song played in the background during its cool Javascript intro page, where they told the story of The Falling-Out Between The Two Brothers That Has Now Cleaved Our Realm Into Two, and like, text would fade in & out in sync with the music?  such a sick effect.  loved it

song2.mid: this played once you entered the main part of the site.  might be another Ultima song.  who fuckin knows

SongoftheWolf.mid: some of you didn’t listen to an absolutely disgusting number of world music albums + Enya during your formative years and it shows

anyway, i will spin the wheel since i’m honestly looking for some new music (i have to drive a bunch during the next month, UGH): @radicarian @ourlightsinvain @jaggedwolf @soanvalcke @departo @nightpool @cyansighs @tototavros  @cyanoscarlet & anyone else who wants to join!  (did i mention. i have to drive a lot. please share some music with me. save me from listening to Bad Religion’s The Gray Grace so many times it causes an integer overflow in the fabric of the universe and sends us all straight to hell)

[yanumii]

Richard III and Henry Stafford from Requiem of the Rose King commissioned by @cyanoscarlet 💜 Thank you so much ✨

Commissions are currently closed, but I’m accepting waitlists! I’ll probably re-open them around early December if all goes well with my schedule :D

If you want to be added to the list (I operate on a first come first serve basis), kindly answer the form here ⭐️ ynmcommissions[.]carrd[.]co ⭐️ (please remove brackets– or you can check the link on my profile)

#requiem of the rose king #richard III #henry stafford #buckrich #buckingham x richard #duke of buckingham #;myart #;fanart #;digitalart #;commissions #honestly got intrigued with this so might check it out hehe

[cyanoscarlet]

self-indulgent. (benedikta harman) ►LISTEN

Final Fantasy XVI. Benedikta Harman. Compiled by cyanoscarlet.

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Tracklist:

Ruelle - Game of Survival Who's in the shadows? Who's ready to play? Are we the hunters? Or are we the prey? This is a wild game of survival -

Beyoncé - ALIEN SUPERSTAR We just reaching out to the solar system We flying over bullshit, we flying over Supernatural love up in the air I just talk my shit, Casanova, superstar, supernova Power, pull 'em in closer -

Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho You're just like me, you're out your mind I know it's strange, we're both the crazy kind You're tellin' me that I'm insane Boy, don't pretend that you don't love the pain -

LE SSERAFIM - Impurities Slowly walk forward over the border Deep signs of desires engulfed in darkness Go on the thorny path, covered with wounds So natural, invincible Covered in scars that are hard opaque So natural, beautiful -

Florence + The Machine - Daffodil I never thought it would get this far This somewhat drunken joke Sometimes, I see so much beauty I don't think that I can cope There is no bad, there is no good I drank every sky that I could Made myself mythical, tried to be real Saw the future in the face of a daffodil -

Watt White - Eye of the Storm Wind wind howling in my face Tearing up the asphalt I'ma getting up in the place Run, run no where left to hide I must take a stand now Find the strength inside -

Hwasa - Maria What do I do about being lonely? I’ve even swallowed the hate I don’t even have the strength to be angry There’s no reason either Oh Maria, I'm saying this for you Why are you trying so hard? You're already beautiful

#fanmix #final fantasy xvi #benedikta harman #i love her so much

[joeys-piano]

Tagged by @cyanoscarlet (long time, no see!) to share the latest line from a project and tagging as many people as there are words. So, considering I posted this project yesterday and I'm in no mood to go hunting for WIPs right now, here are some lines from Remind Me When It Rains. They're not the last lines by any means, but I like the feel of them. And they feel relatable.

He is perfect in every way — in the same way, or even moreso, with how a writer would view their work.

Until the summary doesn’t line up with what’s actually in the pages. Until the title doesn’t cut it; something fancy is on par with a salad bar with chocolate dressing, that kind of world would rag the critics. And until the story lost its heart, or grew a new one in its place, or knew exactly what was needed to bring the plot threads into place. And he’s as perfect as every story’s not the newest thing in literature, but is comforting and on the bookshelf with all its corners bent at places.

I'm not tagging 114 people, so I'm going to tag 5 who can play along if they want: @sortagoodautisticwriter, @rippedoffbandaids, @hallwriteblr, @writingmaidenwarrior, and @writernopal + any of you!

#joey speaks #writeblr #writing community

[darlingatlas]

Tagged by @cyanoscarlet - "ten songs you're vibing to right now"

Blossoms- The Amazing Devil

Feed the Machine- Poor Man's Poison

99- Mob Choir

GOSSIP- Maneskin

Absinthe- IDKHBTFM

Trouble- Annella

Sinners- Barns Country

Hold Me Like a Grudge- Fall Out Boy

Cracker Island- Gorillaz

Congratulations, You're in a Cult!- Sin Shake Sin

Tagging @wordsofawanderingsoul @aloshunk @transsunmoonwizzard @speaching @darkartistyt and anyone else can join

#thanks for tagging me!

[asamis-jodhpurs]

Tagged by @cyanoscarlet (thanks for the tag, I've never actually gotten to do one of these before!)

Rules: Make a new post and post your latest line from your WIP and tag as many people as there are words.

Okay so I'm actually outlining right now and thus don't have a running body of actual sentences I'm working on, but the last sentence I've jotted down as likely to make it into the fic is:

"His Grace"'s pure heritage is a fiction--an immaculate conception of paper and perjury

Explanation: attempting to novelize Dion's entire coming of age because I'm insane and thinking about what he might have overheard that makes him seem unsurprised, by the time of canon, when Anabella mentions his mother. Anyway it's not an awesome thing to overhear at 12/13 right after getting a terrible new stepmom.

Oh man I definitely do not know 14 people who write on here so uhhhhhhh

@dnainers @beliscary @bearmageddon @verasquid @catsintei @summer-in-underland @estaf-73

Okay that's seven that's a factor of fourteen it will suffice

#writing stuff #tag game

[yoificfinder]

Happy birthday to Seung-gil!!! 🥳

Here are some SG-centered fics (a few with pairings) I rec:

For Your Eyes Only by @opalish [G, 2K]

Yuuri once told Victor that Phichit was the only foreign skater he considered a friend.

Yuuri lied. He's been Seung-gil's dirty little secret for well over a year.

Have we got contact? by @crollalanzaa [G, 6K]

Seung-gil hadn't been at all sure he'd watch the competition. What he'd do instead was practise and look after his dog, catching up on the highlights later because they were the only thing that could possible be useful. But then Sara Crispino texts him, and instead of ignoring her, he finds himself drawn into the excitement of the Grand Prix Final.

And it's not long before everyone else starts messaging.

like clockwork by @cyanoscarlet [G, 1K]

(“You can’t skate and study at the same time. One day, you will have to choose.”)

Seung-gil’s test paper is full of check marks, as always, save for one. “Impeccable,” he recites to himself. “It means ‘faultless’.”

There’s no such thing.

Polestar by Kiranokira / @kyashin [E, 103K]

*Sequel to Feathers on the Ice

Seung-gil's world has always been a little underpopulated. As of October 2017, he had a coach he couldn't connect with, a team he kept at arm's length, a family he couldn't confide in, and recently: a friend he had only recently come to trust.

Two months later, his coach is gone, his team is strained, his family is concerned, his friend has become much, much more, and everything around him is spiraling.

Meanwhile, the 2018 Winter Olympics is looming.

West Coast by edgeworth [T, 7K]

Seung-gil feels a tightness in his chest, choosing to look away from Otabek, who looks more Californian with his darker complexion and t-shirt, more fit in. The skin around his elbows is a nasty green-blue dimpled with speckles of dull yellow, and even that for some reason, fits in more with their surroundings than him.

#yoi #yuri on ice #yoi fanfic #yoi fic rec #lee seung gil

[no-longer-tainted]

For the ask game: Fukuzawa Yukichi.

Put a character in my ask box and I will rate their phsycial attractiveness

Fukuzawa wins with his sword-skills combined with traditional clothing style!! Someday- I want to read about a Shinsengumi/Samurai AU with him. I really love his design with his stern look, but the softest smile you can imagine ;w; 

Not my type | all right | cute | adorable | pretty | hot | sexy | LORD MERCY

#bungo stray dogs #ask game #is everyone a mix of pretty and hot? #im sorry #maybe I'm disappointing you here #cyanoscarlet #answered ask

[ciaran2020]

For the fic writer asks: 14, 15, 17. :)

What aspect of writing have you had the most growth in?

according to my friend, dialogue. but I feel like I'm much better at narrative flow and description now than I was a year ago.

We all project onto our characters. Where has your personality or life choices leaked onto the page the most?

uhh my eating disorder and my generalized trust issues! there's probably a lot of things but I pay too much attention to how a character would process things to really project sometimes.

unless it's Dazai. I'm Dazai <3

How are you procrastinating today?

I am not! I wrote 2k very very early this morning and I wrote the end of that fic this afternoon. I've written a lot lately.

send me fic writer asks

#writelogging #asks #cyanoscarlet #thank you for the asks !!

[moonilit]

Aww the side story of the barbie (not date) but from Shouta’s POV, this is the cutest by @cyanoscarlet

Alliance in Pink - Side Stories, First art

#They are cute your honor #I might make some sketches for clive and dion and terrace but that will have to wait a little #Dani punched me in the guts my hands are shaky (in a good way) 😭 #Clive seeing them holding hands: HE IS HOLDING HAND WITH A GIRL!! He didn’t tell me he is on holding hands terms?? #Dion: calm down ifrit im sure he knows what he is doing #Clive head in hands and devastated : you don’t understand *cry* #Jill will call the next day and ask Joshua to please talk to clive because he have been laying on the kitchen floor since he got back #Clive with the horrific mortified ordeal of kids growing up #If he hold hands now what next??? Kiss on the head?? Sharing a seat?? *gasp* does he know what that means?? #[clive sees Jote kiss at the bus station] #*clive pass out* #This fic is about dion getting first seat at clive’s crisis of grasping the reality his little brother is older than 10 #It doesn’t help both have the brain of a nugget #Terrance really saw clive and thought ‘he should be my husband’s friend’ #joshua rosfield #dion lesage #sir terence #clive rosfield #jote #ffxvi #final fantasy xvi

[eternal-aegis]

Happy Fanfic Writer Friday! Describe a typical writing session/day for you. Do you have any specific conditions/rituals to get into the zone, or do you just tend to go wild/whatever?

Oh gosh, it’s kind of a disaster? 😂

Sometimes I get spur of the moment ideas that I just leap onto AO3 to start writing. I did that with People Are Strange (I heard the song, it got stuck in my head, and I was thinking about flowers at the time) and Waiting for Godot (I just saw a YouTube video for it and immediately wanted to write a fic), Other ideas, I spend a few days just toying with the idea and thinking about it, until I decide that it’s good enough to put to paper and explore. That’s how I start out fics, anyways. 

They get started with a blurb in the summary that is me goblin-speaking to myself about what I want to take the fic’s direction in. It is...really horrible goblin-speak that I deviate from a LOT, but it’s the gist of what my starting point is.

Example:

oh definitely use jorogumo. sneezing and half-drowned at a graveyard where chuuya gets completely narced, dark era. also dazai shit and chuuya being outraged that dazai doesnt give enough of a crap about him to stay alive—them working through a harsh breakup.

- the endless cycle, flesh to bones

When I sit down to work on a fic that is in-progress, I generally need to be in a good mood, and I need absolute silence when I’m getting started. No music, no background noise, nothing. I’ve found it much easier to get into the zone since I started outlining, as usually I spend most of my time pre-zone trying to think of what I want to continue the fic with.

I tend to visualize the scene in my head and look for a good starting point, and once I figure one out, I’m in the zone. I don’t have to worry about being distracted or losing that energy once I’m there—I got into the zone on Sunday and have pretty much been in the writing zone all week. I worked on a fic that didn’t have any outline and finished it up, and then once I was done, I moved to an outlined fic, which means I didn’t just fall out of the zone afterwards XD. If that makes sense. 

I suppose to me, it’s finding a spark of passion and just feeling happy and good about my works, and then I get to the writing part and I sink into the emotions of the scene that I’m working on, which helps to push me forwards.

Thanks for the question, Dani! I’ve really been enjoying our talks; you’ve gotten me to be more active with pretty much everything. 😂

#writing #answered ask #cyanoscarlet #fanfic writer friday #personal #my response

[by-nina]

For the writing ask: "FIRST"!

WELP—

[REDACTED] is dead.

It isn’t the sort of news that [REDACTED] hoped to hear upon his return to this small town for the first time in three years. The shock cuts through the dull cold of a midwinter morning in the new year, through [REDACTED] and even through the [REDACTED] concealed beneath it.

not really sure how much of this baby i can bring out before the official promos of the big bang begin so i just compensated for the redactions with an extra sentence! but i am excited to finally be working on this after... uh... nearly two years and one nanowrimo attempt later?

#writing #wip #ask #meme #cyanoscarlet

[fallintosanity]

Hi! I read The Basis of Realities just now in one sitting. Thank you for this wonderful story; as I type this, I am waiting for the results of our local physician licensure examination (which should come out any minute now, but hasn’t yet at this time lol huhu), and I admit it has, for lack of better wording, set most of us at edge. Thank you for taking a load off my budding anxiety, for letting me identify with Kate. I really enjoyed this ride; can’t wait for the end. Cheers!

Oh wow, that’s a lot of reading! XD I’m so glad you like Kate and that this crazy crack fic could help ease your anxiety. Best of luck with your exam results!

#sanity replies #the basis of reality #cyanoscarlet

[cyanoscarlet]

Art by CookieBytes (Tumblr | Twitter) Fanfic by cyanoscarlet (Tumblr | AO3)

"I’ll miss you," Atsushi taps on the tunnel glass, blinking away the tears threatening to form.

Ryuunosuke has a wan smile on his face, as well. "So will I."

"I’ll come by as often as I can."

"Don’t be so rash. You can't be here anymore."

"Oh, right." Atsushi lets out a weak, broken laugh.

They both approach the glass dividing them, clear as crystal yet so frustratingly blurry. Just barely two centimeters between them— so near, yet so far. Pressing their faces together as close as possible, they look into each other's eyes, memorizing facial features they have come to love for what might be the last time.

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Preview for “coming home”, chapter 2

Shin Soukoku Bigbang: Tumblr | Twitter

#bungou stray dogs #nakajima atsushi #akutagawa ryuunosuke #alternate universe #merman AU #sskk #shin soukoku #shin soukoku bigbang #sskkbb #sskkbb21 #cyanoscarlet #cookiebytes