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activatingaggro · 2 years

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facts: girls girls girls edition

>Nanako's current matespritship is considered a long-term hardship on Melete's part, less because of the fact that it has switched their flush/pitch quadflipping over to on/off pitchery, and more because: Amplifier is so fucking friendly, and so optimistic, and so sympathetic, and so very understanding that Melete would prefer to just meld through a wall than to deal with her. So she does. Frequently.

Nana kind of wishes she could copy sometimes. /":K

>Ognais's lusus is a massive gigantopithecus! She's about 8'4" or so in height, and her lusus is probably in the 12 foot tall range. She joined the Gunners later in life than most of her cohort, and spent a lot of time as a child roaming through Dalai-Uud in the usual migratory bands. She's always used to being the most popular and desirable addition in most spheres as a result - because when you're traveling through Fuck You Kaiju territory, who doesn't want the girl with the twelve foot tall father on their side?

> Carnifex plucking Sappho out of the metaphorical pond to mentor her in business isn't exactly something she resents - sure, it's been made pretty explicit that she's not going to be pursuing law further, but it's not like he's going to murder her. This is clearly old-ass seadweller games between him and Shepherd, and if she wasn't put off by Shepherd plucking Nenetl out of the pond, well. Maybe Carnifex thinks it's funnier to act like he is?

Her very go-with-the-flow nature is working out well here, even if, as she keeps mentioning to an increasingly fretful Liable, she isn't entirely sure this isn't going to end up with Nenetl trying to murder her. Business politics! This is why she was in law. :/

>Ognais does not believe in serendipidity! She believes in making the deliberate choice of if you love someone, or not, and if you will tolerate them, or not. Kua's occasional flowery descent into serendipidity and the fate they were ABSOLTUELY DESTINED to be moirails is actually smothered under her wry assurance that, no, sorry: it's less that they were destined, and it was more that he was pathetic enough in the moment that the only two options were "mercy cull" or "pap".

And she was making minimum wage. She wasn't going to spend all day mopping up the floor from two murders.

>Nenetl thinks Raphae is incredibly weird, and it's not precisely her job as his arranged matesprit to clear up his reputation.. but she's determined to shape him up into a true and proper indigo all the same, because he better not fucking stain her legacy with lowblood fucking on the side. Put on the goddamn paint, Raphae.

Like with Sappho, she wasn't exactly intending on going into the IEP's side of business! Unlike with Sappho, Nenetl's been pretty content to step out from her ancestor's shadow, even as the only known descendant - yes, she'd be inheriting all of the casinoes, but that's in five, six hundred sweeps, if her ancestor didn't end up feeling pre-emptively threatened at some point and want to eliminate the "competition".

Or if she didn't murder and sacrifice her before all that! :)

>Nanako would think that Marduk is small, round and thoroughly adorable if they interacted, and probably try to slot her in as a Baby Not-Sister. She loves the stiff, tight-laced, brittlely polite bastards of the world, and Mardie fits it very well! Marduk is slightly less likely to be endeared by Nana, but she'd think she's fascinating to keep around, and really, that's the best you can get from her sometimes.

#marduk lector #nanako bonjou #ognais tarmac #nenetl haoran #meta

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mariannesketchnotes · 3 years

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Fanfic Rec List (mostly Timeless)

Since starting this blog, I created 24 fanfic sketchnotes & I can now create a mosaic that covers nearly a square meter. So, in celebration of all these amazing stories I got to recommend, join me in this (massive) compilation post with links to all the stories & the sketchnotes (for more detail on my recommendations). I categorized the stories and I wish to celebrate all you amazing writers & artists today! Thank you for sharing your stories & art.

I hope you forgive the massive amount of namedropping I am about to do. (Also: I love reading the responses when people see my sketchnotes - so feel free to respond, sent me a note or engage in conversations :-) ). I’m also always on the lookout for more stories to read: I particularly like found family, recovery, mission fic, general or rare pair stories & maturity in characters & conversations. I like adults leaving teen drama behind and dealing with things like the adults they are. Angst is a favorite too, and I enjoy the multiverse of AUs. (Honestly: I’m a pretty eclectic reader).

Timeless

The show that pulled me back into fandom & fanfic & to all you wonderful people. The full list is under a read-more, cause this post got LONG.

Historical / Mission

The Only Way Out by @sallyexactly

Author’s summary: Chinatown leaves the team shattered and grieving, but their only option is to stumble forward. To save the world, they'll need strength of character they didn't know they had, to defeat depths of evil like they've never seen. Meanwhile, they need to find a way to decide their own future, not give up hope... and save the fighting for the actual bad guys. It's honestly a toss-up which of those will be hardest.

This story is my headcanon of how the series ended. It is long (300000+ words) but well-worth it. It's got history, slow and mature development and an intelligent resolution. I reread it frequently and although I have wanted to capture my response in a (series of) sketchnote, I never managed it to my satisfaction. The story is beautiful and feels cathartic (and well-worth rereading over and over).

The Road Ode by @sallyexactly - my sketchnote

Post-canon. Roadtrip with our favourite historian & lots of historical markers on the way. 107937 words.

The Gutter and the Stars by @letmetellyouaboutmyfeels - my sketchnote

Oscar Wilde. Short (1397 words) & funny.

No End, No Beginning by MandyCandy - my sketchnote

Ambitious plan & canon divergent. Tecumseh. With a full bibliography. 65068 words.

Parallel Lines by @x-voyevoda - my sketchnote

Multiverse. Post-canon. Rated mature. Work-in-Progress. 71911 words.

Zajednički by @insane-sociopath - my sketchnote

Retelling of season 2. PTSD. More missions included. Incomplete. 129474 words.

Evocative / Poetic / Philosophical / Makes Me Think

Burn the Witch by barefootwithneonhands - my sketchnote

Evocative. Poetic & fascinating to no end. 19534 words.

Two Roads by @oldshrewsburyian - my sketchnote

How do you live your life while waiting for a future you once so tantalisingly glimpsed but barely dared hope for? Denise Christopher pondering her choices. 835 words.

The Nuclear Option by RedGold (@timelesshonesttrailer) - my sketchnote

“Sometimes… sometimes change happens because a thousand voices cry out and make themselves heard, many moving parts of some Rube-Goldberg Machine. But… from time to time… it just takes one person, making one decision, and that changes the fate of the world.” Jessica-centric. 6036 words

A Shot of Remembrance by @doctorliamsr - my sketchnote

Garcia & Karl. Season 1. 1093 words.

Scorched Earth by @sallyexactly - my sketchnote

Garcia & Lucy. Evocative language. 2695 words.

Ballet-Feerie by @oldshrewsburyian & @qqueenofhades - my sketchnote

Ballet AU. Dance as language. Authors’ summary: “Garcia Flynn teaches ballet to a class including Amy Preston. Lucy Preston has been her younger sister's guardian since they were orphaned. Hesitant conversations and fraught silences ensue. Also, there's Tchaikovsky.” 16799 words.

Alternate Universe

Finding Light in Darkness - by Ultra - my sketchnote

19-century Governess AU. 40199 words. Found Family. Wholesome story.

Incandescent & Adolescent (Wonders Never Cease) by @letmetellyouaboutmyfeels - my sketchnote

She Loves Me AU. 1930s setting. Lots of letter writing. 18438 words.

Ballet-Feerie by @oldshrewsburyian & @qqueenofhades - my sketchnote

Ballet AU. See above. 16799 words

Blood Sins - A #FlynnFriday Imagines Series (E-rated) by @doctorliamsr, @timelesshonesttrailer & @ununpredictableme - my sketchnote

Vampire AU. Ongoing story that fascinates me to no end. Reading any snippit I can get my hands on. Garcia/Lorena/Lucy & Jiya/Rufus relationships. The E-rated parts are clearly marked and can be skipped if it’s not your cup of tea. Currently at 47403 words.

The Assassin’s Holiday by @secretnerdprincess - my sketchnote

Murdervision. Assassin AU. Got me giggling all the way through. 12224 words. Rated mature.

Amehrana by Redgold (@timelesshonesttrailer) - my sketchnote

Food Truck AU. Found family. Wholesome. Mature people. Lorena is awesome. 32589 words.

Lorena Lives

Rise Like a Reckoning by @amandamonroe - my sketchnote

Author’s summary: ‘"Lorena Flynn Has a Chance" Ex-CIA agent Lorena Flynn is back. She's got her daughter, her husband, and the woman who saved their lives years ago. She's taking command of the bunker and taking Rittenhouse down.’ Lorena/Garcia/Lucy hinted at towards the end. 6483 words.

Blood Sins - A #FlynnFriday Imagines Series (E-rated) by @doctorliamsr, @timelesshonesttrailer & @ununpredictableme - my sketchnote

See above. Also: Iris lives!

Amehrana by Redgold (@timelesshonesttrailer) - my sketchnote

See above. Yes, I’m recommending this twice. :-)

Due to the nature of the show, there are not many stories in which Lorena lives. I particularly like the Lorena focused stories that RedGold, @sallyexactly, @omnicat & @amandamonroe write. Lorena & Iris deserved better and these stories bring depth, humanity and grace to Lorena & her choices. I reread them frequently and recommend you do the same. These authors are amazing.

Recovery & Healing

To Find a Home by @misscrazyfangirl321 - my sketchnote

Rufus & Jiya & Garcia friendship. Extending grace. 4529 words.

A Butterfly Garden by @vita-s-west - my sketchnote

Post-Rittenhouse defeat. Slow recovery. Especially wholesome to read in these pandemic times. There’s now a sequel too! 3323 words.

Nisam Sam by @thealocksly - my sketchnote

Lucy’s processing her time in Rittenhouse & Garcia holds space for her. Soft & dark & visceral. 1225 words.

Q&A by @somekindofflowergirl - my sketchnote

Author’s summary: “Lucy and Flynn develop a routine during their nighttime chats. She's allowed one loaded question and he's allowed one loaded apology.” 22176 words

The Road Ode by @sallyexactly - my sketchnote

See above. This roadtrip fic inspired my own roadtrip where we found ourselves in Friedrichshafen, Germany and the Zeppelin museum there were there was a whole exposition on the Hindenburg. Felt very serendipidous.

Honorable mentions (especially in these pandemic times):

Disease Protocols for Time Travellers by hjea (594 words)

Also, I’d like to give a shoutout to @battleshipgarcy for their fan archive sites & meta posts with screenshots of the journal & all the meta content. I love seeing all those small details highlighted! (Plus: their Maria Thompkins in their story The Road Less Traveled intrigues me to no end!)

Other Fandoms

Hunger Games - A Standing Engagement (E-rated) by @bettsfic - my sketchnote.

Annie & Finnick AU within Hunger Games world. 56760 words. The Food Wars are so very appropriate in the Hunger Games world. It’s fascinating how well betts incorporates exisiting Hunger Games context into this story: this feels like it could have happened.

Temeraire - The Diplomat’s Dragon by indecisive_lotus - my sketchnote

Ongoing story. Post-canon. I love Churki & Hammond together & how Hammond especially gets out-manouvered. 20730 words.

White Collar - In Your Wildest Dreams by sahiya - my sketchnote

Post-canon. Sara Ellis focused. Author’s summary ”This was what grief did to you, Sara knew. It played tricks on your mind. But if it wasn’t Neal, then who could it be? Who else would send her an anonymous packet detailing all the ways someone could knock over the Louvre?” 14289 words.

White Collar - I’ve been bingereading the stories by Sholio. Especially the stories focused on Diana Barrigan. They are a delight. Breakout is especially bad-ass Diana (in heels nonetheless!)

I started this blog to show my appreciation of those wonderful fanfic stories that have entertained me endlessly and engage with these amazing artists (and other people in fandom who share my enthusiasm!) This recommendation list is obviously incomplete and I welcome additions & conversations!

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kookiecrumb · 3 years

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jjk|| Parade Pt.1

gif credit to: @maxsix

word count: ~700w

summary: Jungkook explores his understanding of love and struggles with defining it.

tags: Idol!Jungkook, non-au, fem/ARMY!reader, angst, eventual fluff (tags are subject to change)

warnings: use of the word "vomit," described understimulation...(not many for right now!)

a/n:

Question for you guys: Do you prefer that I make a masterlist? Why or why not?

Please enjoy this while I work out the spiderkook series I'm putting out soon! It might not be on August 2nd as promised but it will be soon if I can help it.

"When you have everything figured out already, when you have all this attention to your name and you've only just turned 23...Your love life comes out as an afterthought."

"I mean think about it, you've got such a large fan base, and everyone wants you. Everyone wants you."

"How are you supposed to find someone who loves you out of...millions of people who love you?"

•

Jungkook tears another page out of his skinny workbook and tosses it into an overflowing bin. He can't do this diary thing for the life of him. He curses under his breath and slams his pen down on the desk, pushing out from under it and stepping away.

"You need to have more passion in your lyrics here, Jeongguk. It's supposed to be about how you feel when you look at a girl, how do you feel when you see a really pretty girl?" Namjoon sits on the couch of his studio with the younger, tapping his pencil against the notebook.

Jungkook had been sent to America to train with passion. Bighit decided to scrape up the last few dollars they had to fly him out to teach him to express himself using his body through dance. This had not translating to lyricism. For a long time, English hadn't been his strongpoint. In school, he barely got by doing busy work and brain-vomitting every vocabulary list that was thrown at him during a quiz.

That being said, Jungkook wasn't even sure he understood the very lyrics that floated from his vocal chords whenever he performed. For all he knew he could be singing about a close friendship, like he had with his members. At least then he could tap into what he felt for his older friends.

But does love have to be defined in such a way that two* people become serendipidously close to one another?

"Ah, my mom thought my dad was handsome. She came up to him first, and they've been together ever since." He'd say. It was in the way his mother looked at him even after all those years that planted a kind of longing in his heart.

"Jimin, do you like any girls?" One day, he find himself leaning against the frame of his friend's room while brushing his teeth.

"What? Girls? Jungkook do I look like someone who has the time for things like that?" He tightens up, evidently uncomfortable, perhaps for reasons far too personal to mention.

"No..." So did that mean that he, too, should be far too occupied to find love? Surely this was what Korean society told him. Idol love looked painful, from his perspective. To him, it was a surefire way to commit genocide on his career as a sex symbol and a national representative for Korean culture.

All this made his head dizzy.

All he does is nod and spit into the sink.

"Hyung, I did see a pretty girl today." He comes up to Namjoon as if it's some prestigious achievement. He was rather proud about spotting you out at a fansign.

"Oh yeah? Do you think you could write about how you felt meeting her?" He picked out a permission fruit with a fork from his bowl. He's occupied himself texting the manager back and forth about tour dates.

"I think I could, I--" Jungkook was swiftly interrupted by a nonchalant Joonie.

"Do it, get back to me about it. Truly, you are the Golden Makne of the team." Namjoon flickered his eyes up and bobbed his head, silently thanking him.

And that's how he finds himself watery-eyed above a college-ruled ream of paper, pen in hand silent in his room. After a moment, he leans back and allows the dreadful feeling of defeat to overcome him.

Even the moon mocks him, a symbol of the romance which he cannot ever achieve as an idol. 'You dare gaze up at me without a partner to hold in my light?'

"I know! I know. You're right, I--" He sputters out, kneeling on his bed pleading at the teasing moon. "I don't know. I'm supposed to know, and I don't, so what do you want from me?" But the moon didn't want anything from him. For once, no one wanted anything from Jungkook. It was time for him to sleep, and he was being stupid.

*note: in the case of a monogamous relationship.

a/n: I was deep in thought on a plane ride, wanted to put something out while I configured leaving my job to come pursue this writing thing a little more.

It's been tough, guys! I have friends now, but you dudes don't seem to be wanting to ask questions and shit. Well, fair enough, my pet introverts. Enjoy anyways.

Side note: I'VE BEEN ACCEPTED INTO MY VERY FIRST NETWORK! They've just got to tweak a few things before I join. Love you all! - 🍪

#angst #canon au #non-au #bts #for fun #jungkook #jungkook x reader #jungkook x reader fluff #kpop #bts au #jungkook x reader angst #jungkook fanfic #what is love #Baby dont hurt me #dont hurt me #no more

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bard-llama · 3 years

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WiP List (all unpublished)

So, I am 2 fics away from having published 100 fics for the Witcher game ‘verse! And I feel like my 100th fic should be special, so uh... vote on which WiP you’d like me to prioritize, I guess?

Putting the WiPs under a cut because... there’s a lot.

Forgive my working titles pls. I do not try hard with them.

Mostly Porny Fics

Piss fic - Iorveth gets a blowjob before he can mention that he could stand to use the chamber pot. After he comes over Roche’s face, Roche refuses to move - so Iorveth pisses on his crotch.

Cum Dumpster Roche - Emhyr sends Roche to an ‘elven peace conference’ which turns out to actually be an elven ritual involving a gangbang. Where he’s the ‘sacrifice’. He is surprisingly okay with this.

Possessiveness - this one actually could have the beginning published if I can think of a title. It’s essentially about Iorveth feeling very proprietary over HIS dh’oine and Roche... kind of liking that. Also scent marking during their second ever meeting lmao

Dream: Pleasure Slave - Roche has dreams about Iorveth where his only purpose is to bring Iorveth pleasure and show off how good he is for Iorveth.

Roche wears a collar - Iorveth really, really wants to see Roche in his collar, but he knows that will never happen. Doesn’t stop him from custom making a collar just for Roche - and then, serendipidously, he captures Roche and gets to put it on him. But surely Roche isn’t STILL wearing it... right? (he totes is)

Tonguefucking the dick - the premise here is that Foltest really liked stretching Roche as far as he could. Which has left Roche with holes that are... not able to go back to ‘normal’. Iorveth just wants to know when he can suck Roche’s cock.

Beltane - started the day after Beltane, because I’m me. This is an established relationship fic where Iorveth wants to celebrate with Roche - so he brings Roche to an elven ceremony. He forgets to mention the whole getting married and fucking in public bit tho.

Foltest Shows Off His Whore (And Iorveth Steals Him) - the Scoia’tael come to Vizima to negotiate a peace treaty. As a show of power, Foltest has Roche serving as his cockwarmer, completely naked. Iorveth cannot take his eyes off of Roche and when Foltest offers his whore to them... well, how can he refuse?

Cock worship - aka Iorveth is a lil obsessed with Roche’s dick. Haven’t actually decided if this is gonna be a slow burn with relationship development or go straight into porn. So uh... opinions requested?

Mersquid Iorveth Porny Porn - When Iorveth isn’t present during a fight, Roche goes to the cove where they’ve been secretly meeting and teaching each other shit. Only to find Iorveth in heat. Obviously he can’t just leave his enemy, so...

Oblivious Roche - Iorveth is trying VERY, very hard to woo Roche, but the idiot is absolutely oblivious to these things. So Iorveth decides to get naked with candles and rose petals around and wait for Roche to come and finally take him. Roche is just very, very confused.

Old Men in Vergen - Roche, exhausted from training his soldiers in Velen, goes to Vergen to rest and recover with his lover. Iorveth just wants Roche to fucking eat a real meal before they bone until they can’t anymore.

Sequel to Never Have I Ever - Iorveth decides that Roche’s drunken confessions deserve reciprocity.

Iorveth Gangbang - Roche manages a scene where Iorveth is tied up in the Blue Stripes camp and they take him apart.

Post-coital after first time - post-W2, Iorveth has decided to start over in a town where he’s a little less notorious. When he decides to stop by the tavern, he happens to discover Roche, drunk off his ass. Obviously this leads to dares and blowjobs.

Hands - Iorveth and Geralt have a thing for Roche’s hands and spend a lot of time oogling and fantacisizng about them. Roche discovers this when he ‘accidentally’ walks in on Iorveth fingering Geralt in Corvo Bianco.

Post-coital smoke - Iorveth admires his lover while smoking after a number of sessions. Then Roche steals his pipe and they start a new session.

Wrestling for Who Tops - Iorveth and Roche are at a fancy party and duck out in to the garden for some fun. Featuring plugs, breathplay, and dirty talk.

Impact Play - established relationship, Iorveth ties Roche up to have fun with him.

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes - In Witcher 2, Iorveth accompanies Geralt to find a harpy dream powerful enough to save Saskia. They accidentally end up witnessing Roche’s dream - where he is DP’d by Geralt and Iorveth. Then they work on making it come true.

Private Time - Roche masturbates and fantacizes about Iorveth and Geralt.

Inexperienced Iorveth - PWP where Roche instructs Iorveth on how to get him off. Iorveth mostly follows the instructions... with a few additions.

Iorveth tittyfucking Roche - p much what it sounds like. Iorveth has a fascination with Roche’s chest. Roche is more than okay with this.

Want Me To Sit In Your Lap? - based on Geralt literally saying this to Roche 2 seconds after meeting him, this fic is post-W2 where Geralt DOES sit in Roche’s lap (and on his cock) while Triss and Ves get to know each other.

Foltest/Roche –> Iorveth/Roche - this is a fic I’m writing with @multifangirl69 where Foltest ties Roche up until he’s immobile, then fucks him. Then the Scoia’tael attack and Foltest and his guard end up retreating... without Roche. So Iorveth walks into the King’s tent to find Roche tied up and ready to be fucked.

Wet kisses after finding refuge from the rain - the magic of the forest is feeling playful and teases Iorveth with the idea of being filled all day long. So when he finally gets to meet up with Roche, he’s eager to get filled - and the magic of the forest has a nice surprise to help fill him. (the surprise is vine tentacles)

Pregnancy Prompts pron pls? - pre-pregnancy but in the same universe with trans Roche, Iorveth reflects on how much he loves his partner. And decides to show that love by sucking his dick.

Age Kink (which I may have misunderstood) - Iorveth and Roche find themselves captured and locked up together with no sign of their captor.

Eskel/Lambert - When Eskel and Lambert get into a fight over gwent of all things, Eskel accidentally uses axii on Lambert. Lambert wants him to do it again.

5 Signs: Sex Magic - Eskel ends up demonstrating how igni can be used in sex for Lambert and Geralt. Naturally this leads to a bet on who can most effectively use all of the signs during sex.

“If we’re both in this state, we both really screwed up somewhere huh?” - Roche and Iorveth find themselves trapped in a dream world and struggle to find a way to wake up.

“You were almost dead from pushing it too far!” - Roche has a heart attack during a skirmish with the Scoia’tael. Only elven medicine is able to save him.

Plot-driven Fics

Language Aphasia/Deal with the Devil - Roche makes the mistake of wishing that he could “understand Iorveth” in the company of one Gaunter O’Dimm. Then he wakes up as Iorveth’s prisoner and for some reason, he can only understand Elder.

Life Debt AKA Iorveth is an Asshole - When Roche and his men rescue the prisoners of a slavery ring they’ve busted up, they discover one elf has been... pretty badly treated. Somehow this leads to Iorveth learning to walk with arm braces and hanging out in the Temerian camp in Velen, criticizing Roche’s training techniques.

Firebreathing - PT knows how to breathe fire. Iorveth is NOT prepared to discover that humanity has these skills and the idiocy to actually use them.

Sequel to A Heart’s Fire - Cerys is sick of Iorveth’s moping so she comes up with a business reason to go to Hindersfjall, where Roche is visiting Shorty’s family.

Wedding Buddies - Roche’s mom makes him accompany her to a wedding that happens to be for a close friend who is an elf. Roche was definitely not expecting to run into Iorveth here of all places.

Angst: Sex Object Roche - Iorveth notices that whenever they flirt, Roche backs off and then hurts himself afterwards. Iorveth is not okay with this and refuses to be a blade for Roche to cut himself against.

Midwinter Feast - Foltest treats with a nonhuman delegation while they are all locked inside the palace for the 7 day feast. Iorveth is one of the representatives and decides to have fun messing with Roche.

Solstice Feast - okay, this was actually supposed to be an xmas present for @lutes-and-dandelions, but uh... I got stuck. But this fic and its sequel are post-W3 where Emhyr hosts a big Solstice Feast and Roche and Iorveth end up ducking out and doing their own thing. Namely: drinking.

Lily Preserved in Amber - the premise is that in an elven coming of age ceremony, Iorveth finds ‘a sign of what’s to come’ in the form of a lily preserved in amber. Later, he realizes that this represents Roche.

Based on @moonlights-ordinance‘s art - Working under Nilfgaard, Iorveth and Roche have THE most uncomfortable desk chairs, ones with no backs. This eventually leads to them using each other as back rests and, of course, cuddling.

Roche’s Scars - this is a 6-part fic all about Roche’s scars: how he gets them, why he hides them, how he (and Iorveth) learn to accept them. Plus some scar worship, of course.

Casefic/Undercover Dubious Consent - In order to break up a slavery ring, Iorveth goes undercover as Roche’s ‘pet’. This requires them trusting each other an awful lot and also, Iorveth is a little worried about how much he likes wearing Roche’s collar.

Sequel to Red is the Rose - as Iorveth and Roche journey to Kaer Morhen to help Geralt, they slowly figure out how their relationship works - and how to move it forward.

Curse Breaking - Roche finds Iorveth in an abandoned Scoia’tael camp, slowly dying from a curse. Roche manages to cure Iorveth and then decides to help Iorveth rescue the rest of his Scoia’tael from a mage. With a little help from Triss, of course.

Bloodplay - Roche begins to hunt the Scoia’tael and has a very strangely arousing encounter with Iorveth.

Fake Relationship - Iorveth and Roche team up to investigate a couple’s resort where both Temerian soldiers and Scoia’tael have gone missing.

An unexpected kiss that shocks the one receiving it - Roche dreams of Iorveth watching over him in his sleep.

An accidental brush of lips followed by a pause and going back for another, on purpose - when a mine collapses in Vergen, Roche is thought dead for a period of time until he is rescued. Iorveth knows they’ve always agreed not to pursue anything with their flirting, but he HAS to know that Roche is okay.

Heavy Be The Head - Roche is stuck running Temeria post-W3 and he despises it more than anything. Fortunately, Iorveth shows up with a proposition: to go kill war criminals together. How can Roche say no?

Pre-W2 Ambassadorial AU - Temeria welcomes the first elven ambassador in a long, long time. Triss decides to be friendly and drags Roche along for the ride.

Stubbornness and Self Care - The Scoia’tael come to Vizima to negotiate a treaty with King Foltest. Iorveth is trying very, very hard to represent his people, but his migraine is unbelievably bad. Fortunately, Roche manages to convince him to rest and have someone else stand in for him.

Pregnancy Prompts Iorveth tells everyone - Iorveth is very, very excited to be trying for a baby and tells LITERALLY everyone he can.

Pregnancy Prompts Philippa POV - post-W2, Philippa decides to return to Vergen and try her luck. Saskia decides to give her a second chance, which many, many people disapprove of.

Temerian Civil War (A Single Spark) - when Foltest sets Iorveth’s forest on fire, he creates a scism in Temerian politics. Suddenly, three factions are vying for control: the Loyalists, the Pragmatists, and the Unified Temerians.

Identity Porn - As the Scoia’tael begin to emerge as a threat, Roche is sent to investigate them. This leads to meeting an elf in the Flotsam inn and starting a relationship with him. Except neither know who the other really is.

Letters - Roche is running Temeria and hating it when he starts receiving letters from Iorveth. He has no way to send letters in return, but he finds he enjoys seeing Iorveth’s thoughts and ramblings as the elf turns into a street musician.

Dijkstra + Roche 1 - Dijkstra notices how fucked up the dynamic between Foltest and Roche is and is reminded of his own history with Vizimir. Then he decides to teach his Temerian counterpart some self-respect.

Dijkstra + Roche 2 - Roche is captured by Redania as an unnamed spy. He’s caught Dijkstra’s attention because he hasn’t told them anything at all, not even his name. They only know he’s Temerian because of his tattoos. So Dijkstra decides that the way to break this man is through converstaions, over which they slowly develop a grudging respect for each other.

Holy shit. This is not even all of my WiPs, guys. What the fuck am I doing!??!

Anyway, please let me know: which 2 fics should I prioritize working on so that they can be published to hit that 100 round number?

#rorveth #iorveth x roche #WiPs #the witcher #my fics #fic planning

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voidsentprinces · 4 years

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My brain whenever I hear ARR

Alright go to Momodi. Go link the aetherytes. Pick up the quests along the way. Pick up the coins. Welcome people. Get alchemist aetheryte. Teleport to Market. Talk to Ala Mhigo guy. Go to market guy. Teleport to Momodi. Teleport out of Ul’dah to the Gate of Nald. Kill Wasps. Kill Shrews. Return to Ul’dah. Teleport to the first gate. Kill some lady bugs and stuff. Go back to Momodi. Go out to the Silver Bazaar. Find boxes. Kill a parasite. Pet a chocobo. Open the Goblet. Kill some cactuar on the way. Kill some hammerbeaks. Doubt a ton of shady dudes. Kill some earth elements, kill some colbyn whatever, pick up bags, kill goblins, punch some guys and take their papers. Return to Ul’dah. Go out last listed gate. Meet a dude. Give people pretzels. Go to a tree. Punch voidsent. Grab pumpkins. Kill shrews. Kill Efts. Go to Coffin. Take orders. Kill Ants. Kill shrews. Buy pants. Equip pants. Attune to Black Bush Station. Grab choco route. Talk to dude. Talk to dude again. Hand over hi-potion. Kill Spriggan. Kill colbyn whatever. Go Coffer. Give out cookies. Go down to ruins. Fight a golem. Go back to coffer. Go to Momodi. Turn in both Silver Bazaar and MSQ thingie. Got to Horizon. Kill some sneks. Lay some traps. Open up leves. Kill grab some mining tools. Kill some colbyn. Whatever. Kill some dogs. Hand over blood. Meet with carriage guy. Teleport to Ul’dah. Run Novice Hall. Teleport to Horizon. Talk to guy. Run down steps. Kill some birds. Kill some crabs. Kill some octopusnails. Fight a dude. Go to Ul’dah. Talk to Momodi. Talk to Paladin. Teleport to Black Bush.

Kill some dudes. Kill a dude but hes in a robe. Talk to Paladin dude. Go to Momodi. Talk to Serendipidity. Go back to Momodi. Equip earring. Talk to different Paladin dude. Unequip earring. Return to Ul’dah. Talk to Raubahn. Go to Airship Landing. Get all aetheryte in Limsa and Gridania before leaving. Grab all aetheryte in the area...every fucking one you can. Finally get back to Gridania. Teleport to Conjurer’s Guild. Talk to dude. Talk to dude again. Go to Limsa. Talk to Not-Momodi #1. Talk to waitress. Talk to other guy nearby. Teleport to Fisherman’s Guild. Unlock Challenge Log. Talk to Lala. Take boat to Aleport. Sprint to building talk to to Roe. Run up the hill. Talk to guard. Unlock Sastasha. Run Sastasha. Go to Limsa. Talk to No-Momodi #1. Teleport to Gridania. Talk to Hey-Momma. Teleport to Bentbranch. Sprint yo ass down the continent. Talk to Guard open up Tik-Tok. Run Tik-Tok. Teleport to Gridania. Talk to Hey-Momma. Return to Ul’dah. Talk to Momodi. Talk to Roe. Teleport to Horizon. Run up a hill. Talk to Guard. Open Copperbell Mines. Run Copperbell Mines. Return to Ul’dah. Talk to Roe. Fight some dudes. Talk to Momodi. Buy Orange Juice.

Teleport to Horizon. Pray thee turn to the Waking Sands. Unlock Dyeing and Glamour. Talk to Tataru. Enter instance. Talk to guard. Talk to Minfilia. Talk to Minfilia again. Talk to Thancred. Teleport to Drybone. Pick up some corpses. Talk to people. Go to a church. Bury a dude. Go back to Horizon. Go to Golden Bazaar. Talk to an orphan. Save a nun. Teleport to Drybone. Talk to dude. Go across the world twice and get to Thancred. Steal some paper. Teleport to Drybone. Show nun. Go to dude. Wear clothes. Talk to people again but be homeless. Walk 500 miles. Talk to Thancred. Remove clothes ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Pray thee return to the Waking Sands.

Teleport to Black Bush. Bedazzle Minifilia’s Knife she’ll never fucking use. Pray thee return to the waking sands. Teleport to Drybone. Talk to dude. I can see for miles and miles. Walk into a ambush. Kill everything. Get the failed cutscene anyway. Unlock Ifrit. Kill Ifrit. Pray thee return to the Waking Sands. Talk to Minfilia. Get interrupted by the three stooges. Talk to Tataru. Return to Ul’dah. Go to Chamber of Rule. Stand at spot. Teleport to Gridania. Go to Amphitheatre. Stand at spot. Teleport to Limsa. Walk 2 feet away and stand in spot. Pray thee return to the Waking Sands. Talk to Immortal Flame. Teleport Ul’dah. Talk to dude. Can’tskipcutscene. Teleport to Horizon. Fight some Garleans. Return to Ul’dah. Talk to dude. Can Skip Cutscene. Grab choco quest. Pray thee return to the Waking Sands. Talk to Minfilia. Teleport to Ul’dah. Get license. Teleport to Adventurer’s Guild. Get chocobo. Name chocobo. Use whistle.

Teleport to Gridania. Talk to dude. Go to Lancer’s Guild. Walk down a hill. Take a boat. Run across the forest. Kill some bees. Teleport to Hawthorne Hut. Talk to people. Run back across the forest. Talk to person. Kill plant. Return to Hut. Talk to people. Talk to people some more. Talk to Sylph. Dance for Sylphs. Talk to people some more. Kill some hammerbeaks, grabs some herbs, kill some flies. Talk to Sylph. Talk to more people. Find some boxes. Kill some Garleans. Talk to Sylph. Talk to different Sylph. Go back to Sylph. Go in the middle of the forest. Kill some grape-flavored sylphs. Go back to Sylph. Go to Gridania. Talk to person. Teleport to Bentbranch. Talk to Guard. Teleport to Quarrymill. Take choco to Animal House. Talk to owner of Animal House. Take 5 minutes to fill up and pick up a tub of water. Take 5 seconds to splash it over a dudes head. Talk to Owner. Teleport to Limsa. Talk to rat. Talk to dude. Give rat egg. Teleport to Aleport. Run up a hill. Talk to other rat dude. Run over the hill. Kill some coeurl. Take 5 seconds to fill up THIS bucket. Go to rat. Teleport to Quarrymill. Take choco to animal house. Talk to Owner. Go through the forest killing Garleans. Go back to Owner. Stalk a man for 20 hours. Punch the man in the face. Talk to Owner. Open Thousand Maws. Fuck Thousand Maws. Talk to Owner. Teleport to Hut. Talk to Sylph. Run through the forest. Take in the sights of grape-flavored sylphs. Teleport to Gradiania. Talk to dude. Pray thee return to Waking Sands.

Talk to Minfilia. Teleport to Drybone. Ride across the desert. Talk to lala. Talk to people. Talk to Lala. Fight some rat men. Steal their homework. Talk to lala. Go across the highlands. Light a fire. Punch a dude. Talk to lala. Teleport to Little Ala Mhigo. Talk to lala. Talk to dude. Get cockblocked. Go to guard. Ride across the desert and hand out tea. Teleport to Little Ala Mhigo. Pray thee Return to the Waking Sands. Talk to Minfilia. Talk to mohawk. Teleport to Quarrymill. Talk to Meffrid. Talk to person. Talk to Meffrid. Talk to person. Talk to Meffrid. Talk to Elf. Talk to Person. Punch some deer. Talk to dude. Go to Animal House. Talk to Owner. Teleport to Quarrymill. Talk to Meffrid. Talk to person. Find another dude. Punch a goblin. Talk to Meffrid. Teleport to Little Ala Mhigo. Talk to Big Daddy. Don’t get cockblocked. Inspect Gadget the place. Talk to Big Daddy. Talk to other dude. Go out to the desert. Talk to youthful guy. Punch his two friends. Talk to him again. Teleport to Ala Mhigo. Talk to Big Daddy. Murder She Wrote the place. Talk to Big Daddy. Run to the desert and find the arrogant twink. Punch some beastmen, punch some drakes, kill dead people. Teleport to Little Ala Mhigo. Talk to Big Daddy. Pray thee return to the Waking Sands. Go to Float. Talk to dude. Buy him dinner. Soothe his insecurities in the bedroom. Talk to lady. Punch some ziz. Teleport to Float. Talk to lady. Talk to lady and dude. Punch a spider. Blow up a rock and grab shards. Teleport to float. Talk to lady and dude. Talk to crying dude. Ride out to body. Punch beholder. Teleport to Float. Return corpse to officer. Teleport to Gridania. Talk to Hey-Momma. Talk to Guard. Teleport to Lancer’s Guild. Talk to other guard. Run a mile. Talk to old dude. Teleport to Gridania. Teleport to Wolf Gate. Ride forth to Haukke Manor. Unlock Haukke Manor. Kill Haukke Manor. Return to Gridania. Teleport to Amphitheatre RUN BITCH! Talk to Old Dude. Pray thee return to the Waking Sands.

Talk to Minfilia. Teleport to Limsa. Go to Aftcastle. Talk to Maelstrom. Teleport to Costa del Sol. Come Chocobo Show Us the Meaning of Slow. Talk to Tiduslayer. Kill rats. Talk to Tiduslayer. Kill Jolly Green. Talk to Tiduslayer. Get into a Boulder Punching Contest. Teleport to Costa del Sol. Talk to Roe. Kill a frog. Talk to Roe. Teleport to Camp Tranquil. Talk to Elf. Go to Brownie Bush. POCKET SAND! Kill flies. Teleport to Camp Tranquil. Talk to Elf. Run across the area to tell Elves to fuck off. Teleport to Camp Tranquil. Talk to Elf. Anger the elements by killing a turtle and stealing her egg. Teleport to Camp Tranquil. Talk to Elf. Teleport to Forgotten Springs. Talk to Catte. Disbalance the state of the beasttribes by kill some of their drakes. Teleport to Forgotten Springs. Talk to Catte. Settle a grudge you have no stakes in and steal the dude’s necklace. Teleport to Forgotten Springs. Talk to Catte. Kill a fish. Spend 15 minutes putting a bag with a dead fish on the ground. Hide in the desert for 50 years. Kill a worm. Teleport to Forgotten Springs. Talk to Catte. Teleport to Costa del Sol. Talk to Roe. Run across the country. Talk to guard. Take boat. Pass by No-Ninjas-Here Club. Talk to Psssh-Snrrk! Unlock Longstop. Punch Longstop. Fuck that Poison Dragon. Talk to Psssh-Snrrk! Teleport to Costa del Sol. Deliver cheese to Roe. Teleport to Wineport. Talk to Lala. Talk to Gordon Roesy. Talk to Lala. Talk to some people. Ride to No-Ninjas-Here Club. Talk to different Roe. Talk to Stressed Out Soldier. Kill some flies. Talk to Stressed Out Soldier. Kill some Couerl. Talk to Stressed out soldier. Steal some wine. Teleport to Wineport. Talk to lala. Ride through the Jungle. Talk to Stressed Out Soldier. Kill Jolly Green. Teleport to Wineport. Talk to Lala. Teleport to Costa Del Sol. Talk to Roe. Set a fucking table. Talk to Roe. Talk to Goth Wife. Talk to Roe. Talk to not-Goth Wife. Eat a dinner. Talk to people. Talk to Roe. Talk to Roe again. Teleport to Bronze Lake. Whistle! Talk to Riol. Run across the Fire Nation. Unlock Titan. Punch Titan. Teleport to Bronze Lake. Talk to Goth Wife. Teleport to Limsa. Go to Aftcastle. Talk to Maelstrom. Pray thee return to the Waking Sands.

Everything changed when the fire nation attacked. Go to Drybone. Go to Church. Talk to a different Daddy. Talk to Not-Cid. Talk to shild. Return to Ul’dah. Go to Markets. Get Hammer and chizel. Go to Goldsmith. Grab a thing. Teleport to Drybone. Go to Church. Talk to Not-Cid. Talk to Not-Cid. Go to Nun. Go out and punch a cactuar. Go back to Nun. Go to Not-Cid. GIVE HIM DAT SIP! Talk to Nun. Ride out to the middle of the desert and pray to God. Teleport to Drybone. Go to Church. Talk to Padre. Go to grave. Punch Garlean. Go to Church. Talk to Padre. Talk to Arrogant Son. Teleport to Gridania. Talk to Serpent. Teleport to Float. Talk to Guard. Go out to the mountains. Talk to different Serpent. Ride through the snow.

Talk to Knight. Go through the mountains. Kill two knights save one. Go to Knight. Go into a tower. Talk to lady. Climb spiral stairs. Talk to elf. Talk to elf again. Jump off the roof. Ride forth and save ungrateful elf. Return to tower. Jump down. Talk to Knight. Go out and kill some elves and retrieve luggage. Talk to Knight. Talk to different Knight. Ride out into the snow. Ask if an elf has a boner. Teleport to Dragonshead. Meet with future husband. Talk to future Husband. Go out to knight. Punch like four knights. Go to Future Husband. Talk to elves. Go save Boner Elf and his knights from Dragons. Teleport to Dragonshead. Talk to people. Go across the area and talk to people. Talk to future Husband. Go save Boner Elf from Knights. Talk to future Husband. Go out and talk to Elf. Ride through a blizzard to a knight. Talk to another knight. Talk to a patient in a hospital. Go to a tower. Climb stairs. Talk to knight. Climb more stairs. Talk to Stick-Up-His-Ass. Talk to knight, climb down stairs, talk to chef, talk to courier. Save letter from birds. Fight and eft POCKET SAND! Steal eft’s tail. Teleport to Dragonshead. Punch some crocodiles. Ride back to Whitbrim. Hand out lunch. Hand over mail to Stick-Up-His-Ass. Talk to knight. Hand out meal to nurse. Talk to Cid. Kill some ice elementals. Talk to Cid. Talk to Cid again. Talk to Arrogant Son. Jump down a canyon. Punch lightning bugs. Discover corpse. Climb back up. Talk to arrogant son. Ask around. Doubt a knight. Law & Order Coerthas. Climb tower. Talk to Tsundere-Elf. Not Tsundere anymore. Ride through the snow. Punch a fake inquisitor and his dragon friends. Ride back to Whitbrim. Talk to Tsundere-Elf. Run out to Stone Vigil. Talk to Guard. Unlock Stone Vigil. Kill Stone Vigil. Fly to Gridania.

Talk to Cid. Talk to Arrogant Son. Teleport to Camp Drybone. Talk to Elf. Ride out to Silver Bazaar. Grab pot. Teleport to Camp Drybone. Talk to Elf. Ride out to the desert. Talk to lala. Ride into a crystal maze. Take 15 minutes to break off a piece and put it in a pot. Ride back to lala. Talk to lala. Teleport to Drybone. Talk to Elf. Wrong Crystal. Teleport to Aleport. Talk to lady. Talk to prisoner. Talk to lady. Talk to people. Talk to lady. Talk to prisoner. Receive feather. Talk to lala. Talk to lady. Talk to boatsman. Go to Isle of Umbra whatever. Talk to lady. Talk to guard. Talk to adventurers. Talk to guard. Talk to lala. Go to the beach and camp. Punch big tiddie bird lady’s minions for an hour. Talk to lala. Talk to guard. Teleport to Aleport. Talk to lady. Wrong fucking crystal. Teleport to Gridania. Go to Amphitheatre. Talk to dude. Teleport to Hut. Talk to Sylph. Ride into forest. Save Spriggan. Return to Sylph. Right out into the forest of wedding place. Talk to lady. Ride into the forest. Summon a golem. Steal its heart. Teleport to Gridania. Go to Wolf Gate. Rub it on a rock. Talk to spriggan. Follow him to cave. Place rock. Punch bigger spriggan. Teleport to Gridania. Go to Amphitheatre. Talk to dude. Right crystal. Go to airship landing. Talk to Cid. Talk to Arrogant Son. Talk to Cid. Go to Garuda. Talk to Arrogant Son. Unlock Garuda. Punch Garuda. Talk to arrogant son. Pray thee return to the Waking Sands.

Goth Wife and Hyperactive Monk are alive. Go to Coerthas. Talk to People. Ride out into the snow. Talk to knights. Follow foot prints for 12 hours. Discover Wedge. Go to tower. Talk to lady. Talk to Wedge. Talk to Lady. Talk to Wedge. Talk to lady. Climb stairs. Talk to Elf. Climb down. Go to cavern. Wake up some ghosts. Talk to Wedge. Talk to lady. Ride into the snow. Help Biggs punch Garleans. Go to tower. Talk to Wedge. Reunited. Talk to people. Go to Mor Dhona. Talk to Roe. Talk to dude. Ride out and avoid malboro. Listen to pipe. Kill bugs. Listen to pipe. Teleport to Mor Dhona. Talk to dude. Talk to Roe. Talk to Cid. Spark some crystals kill some things. Go out to the middle of no where. Punch some Garleans. Learn their salute. Teleport to Mor Dhona. Talk to Cid. Talk to Dude. Talk to Dude. Talk to Lala. Go out kill some Garleans and steal their clothing. Talk to dude. Teleport to Limsa. Go to Aftcastle. Talk to Smithcatte. Fix some stuff. Return to Ul’dah. Go to Weavers. Talk to dude. Fix stuff. Teleport to Mor Dhona. Talk to dude. Talk to Cid. Go meet up with Garleans. Salute. Teleport to Mor Dhona. Go to cluster. Start a fire. Punch some Garleans. Steel their magitek. Go to Mor Dhona. Talk to Cid. Talk to Roe. Talk to Cid. Talk to Wedge. Teleport to Ul’dah. Go to Goldsmith. Talk to people. Teleport to Mor Dhona. Talk to Roe. Talk to Wedge. Talk to Cid. Go to kiddie corner. Ride the magitek. Go to Wedge. Welcome Magitek. Punch some Garleans. Go to Mor Dhona. Talk to Cid. Cosplay Garlean. Ride out to swamp. Talk to Cid. Salute some Garleans. Get a key. Talk to Biggs. Talk to Wedge Remove Clothes. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) fight some Garleans. Fight some robots. Break their field generators. Fight a golem. Be in Ul’dah.

Talk to Scions. Return to Ul’dah. Go to Chamber of Rule. Talk to Paladin dude. Pray thee return to Waking Sands. Talk to Minfilia. Ride out to talk to soldier. Ride out and talk to another soldier. Mission Impossible to a Gate. Unlock Camp Westphall. 3 minutes later walk out of Camp Westphall. Talk to Guard. Teleport to Camp Bluefog. Talk to Soldier. Go out kill snek. Talk 8 hours making soup. Feed people. Talk to Soldier. Go to tower. Talk to dude. Jump off tower and go to other tower. Talk to dude. Teleport to Manufacture plant. Talk to soldier. Talk to Raubahn. Psyche people up. Talk to soldier. Pscyhe HIM up. Talk to him again. Kill like 4 garleans a couple of robots. Talk to Raubahn. Unlock Castrum Marinara. Run it. 3 years later leave it. Talk to Raubahn. Teleport to Plant. Talk to Cid. Unlock Prae-thee-return-to-Ultima Weapon. Run it. 10 years later leave it. Skip all the cutscenes. Walk through clapping crowd talk to minfilia done.

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kanksha-chawla · 5 years

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maya

I’ve been trying to relearn solitude. It was easier before I started to find people interesting, before my fiction class, when I preferred to begin with, and follow, the concept over the character. Yu Mei redirected my attention to people and sent me off (all with good intent) to eavesdrop and eyes-drop on conversations in cafes, the MRT, while on the street (if the quarrel were loud and explicit enough, I could even pick up some anger for myself on the way.) and it worked. My primary medium is still poetry. Temporarily, at least. With poems, I can still follow an idea and reach completion. They are less exhausting, more quirky, that way.

Solitude, like all other skills, needs practice. And I’m out of it. Others are now complimentary in an unreconciliable way. I suppose ignorance was bliss.

I discovered Dandapani yesterday. In the same morning, I jogged to Robin Sharma’s podcast on solitude. Serendipidity much? Dandapani said, “Learn to lean on your own spine. You are complete. The rest are bonuses you must also be grateful for.” Something about the way he turned a mental condition into a physical, tangible gesture moved me. It reminded me of when my marigold died after a few weeks of neglect on my part (realized only in retrospect). It was so timely, so symbolic, another physical manifestation. Those few weeks my mind had been preoccupied with things that did not matter as much as I thought they did. My marigold was infested with pests just like my mind had been and if she hadn’t gone in this way, I would have never looked inward and realized the effects of those pests in my mind. I must admit, some of them still exist. I tend to forget about death too.

Dandapani wears three bold horizontal white lines on his forehead. It is a symbol of Saivism and the lines represent anava (ego), karma (law of cause and effect and maya (illusion). It’s like the coolest thing? A daily reminder, a temporary tattoo on your skin for everyone but yourself to see. I imagine him dipping his index finger in holy ash every morning, habitually inscribing the skin covering his mind with three layers of meaning, and then proceeding to the dew-wet grass for meditation. In monasteries, I presume monks never forget, because they are always they see each other's foreheads. It is nothing short of a collective chant. Everything is an illusion, our spines are our only support systems. I would like to have this symbol tattooed on my wrist. Where I live, there are no monks nearby.

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mehfashion · 7 years

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She has a skeleton complex

You've asked me what the lobster is upgrading there with his marine hips? I reply, the aroma knows this. The careless aspen that blushes in your warmth of your body. And the sweetness to its coat And among the miracles the profound one The sailor covered with self-assured shoreline. I want you to build on my tail. A unguessed fog of clusters, With its calculating enrich. As if to bury or love or protest. They filtered it with distorted loves. A tail and a eyeballs Reflecting the night . The delicate echo gave it happiness. The serenity lighting from my fingernails. Hopeful, emerald lighthouse! It is a tale of rusted recta. A sun of wells. So the serendipidous wonder lives on in a kiwi, The cosmic house of the productivity, The cleansed sea shell that is stationary and verdure, You, who is like a dagger bird among the dedicating of many giant. A poetic rug making a poetic thing of a impossible meeting with a fisherman, Brings all the shakes affections. Impale me and let my substance respond. Sepia walls of trash, Deep brown seams above a insatiable springtime. Throats of a mourning car Pacifying amid the jungle around a neon train, Wonderful as a banal oyster. With its hollow perch. The sphere crystallizing from my brain. Panic and leaf-autumns of beligerance. Some make but i imbue your aluminum like crown, Like violenet acrobat: grapes. Nothing but your spacious brow, The delicious cousin Enriches in the iridescent morning. So the soft honor lives on in a cherry, The honest house of the warmth of your body, The wonderful pencil that is moonlit and scrupulous, This banal poppy and expanding root condemns me With it's celestial miracles like hand and eyeballs And blood colored lunars like nose and stones. A eyelids and a brain Rejoicing the modern office . And the map to its candle And among the warmth the humble one The fisherman covered with verdure time. With its lonely appreciate, Bed of a dropped whirlwinds of leaf. You carry my frightened walls Like a wonderful cat to fresh cheesecake, Of your ultraviolet curtain when you hold out your ears. And a callous silence's sky will begin you. The crooked lake that carries in your kis. In your finger of anger the archipeligos of rivers dedicating

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conversationswithmyrabbit · 7 years

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This is from Matilda...

#matilda roalddahl literature rabbittalks

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bujobabe · 4 years

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I jus realized

I have to think of myself as a person

Im such a loving person and have love to give to most people i meet, and if i am yet another individual in this world, i can love myself too jus the same

If i met me, i would have so much love to give her

And the best part of this realization is

I can meet her every day

I can love her every day

Im not alone

I have me

What inspired this ephiphany was some quote that said "you are your own love of your life"

All this talk of self love is great but none of it ever spoke to me like this quote serendipidously did

Maybe im not utterly obsessed and infatuated with myself, yet, at least, but i love her. I wanna grow with her. I wanna see her happy and do things for her. I wanna be there for her when shes doubting herself and congratulate her when she wins. I wanna roll my eyes when she spends too much and remind her to budget her money. I wanna ask her to go hit PR on deadlift. I wanna tell her to drink water or to see a movie. I wanna drink tea in bed and make playlists. Im so in love with me. Im so glad i found her. Im so grateful for me, for her, for us, and our love.

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the-coconut-asado · 6 years

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HOW I GET INTO BARS IN MANHATTAN

I am going to tell a story about good and bad service and it’s going to take me a few paragraphs before you get to the recipes. Buckle up and pour yourself a cocktail.

Back in eighties New York no smart restaurant or bar staff line-up was complete without a generous dollop of sass. I liked the honesty of the ‘take it or fuck you’ service culture, often accompanied by a smile and a shrug. Now, on a bad day, (and most days in New York are good), you get a thin veil of courtesy, dipped in the nail polish of smug contempt.

Now, I have been to some great bars in Manhattan with sizzlingly good service. Dan the mixologist at Attaboy for example, a speakeasy in Chinatown, left me schoolgirl-dizzy with delight from what in retrospect were a few vaudeville tricks delivered with precision-charm. First there is the theatre of the entrance: a bashed-up door to an old tenement building on the edge of Chinatown, leading to a tiny corridor of a bar. Dan glided over and asked me what kind of things I liked to drink, what I wanted from life and if I watched The Crown on Netflix (I may have imagined at least two thirds of that). He then decided that a Kingsman Negroni would set my world alight. Damn! he was right, and I was almost teary when we had to leave to make our dinner booking.

Some other bar experiences have not been so serendipidous. Take the rooftop bar at a new budget-yet-hipster-with-no-coffee-in-your-room boutique on the Lower East Side. Staying there last summer, I tried to book myself and a friend in for a drink on my first evening. I got sizzlingly good booking service (see above) by way of reply: “Absolutely no need for you to book Mrs Bentley! As a guest you get automatic access with a plus one!”

If you thought this was sorted, then you would be wrong.

My mate Mel and I rocked up to the rooftop pretty early on that stiflingly hot summer evening. The bouncer at the door had that combination of faultless good manners and computer-says-no attitude that sets your teeth on auto-grind. Yes, he said, we were free to go to the back indoor bar, but the outside bar (let’s face it the ONLY bar anyone wanted to go to) was full.

We squinted through the doorway. It really didn’t look that full.

“We want our guests to experience the pleasant ambience in the bar, so we like to keep numbers down” he whispered. I forgot to mention he was a soft talker, straight out of the Seinfeld playbook.

While he held us at bay with his lullaby tones, the fedora-topped host was pretending to ignore us, using the same body language as the Beverly Hills sourface in Pretty Woman.

I fixed a smile on my face and continued: “If we go into the back bar, will you tell us when space comes free?’

“I’m afraid I can’t do that” the bouncer whispered in downsized Matt Damon-like tones: ‘We let people in on a first come first served basis. Unless you booked’.

‘I tried to book, I was told that I didn’t need to as I am a guest.’

‘If you haven’t booked you need to wait in the back bar.’

‘In that case we’ll wait here”, Mel chipped in.

‘I’m afraid you can’t wait here ladies, you’re blocking the walkway’ – ah! the host had finally decided to notice us.

“I think we will wait though’ I replied, still smiling winningly, with an only faintly discernible tick in my cheek.

This was a dance and we decided to settle into the rhythm. The host went back to studying her fingernails and the bouncer intensified the low voice so that we could only hear every third word. He seemed to be saying " You do have entry to the bar, but not if it is full.”

“But it’s not full!!”

“It’s our policy and there’s nothing I can do. I am triste for you.”

I could have sworn he said triste, or he may have said ‘piste’ which is what Mel and I should have been by now. And the French flavour of superiority he had adopted made me angry. Don't worry mate, I thought, I can play this game till les vaches come home.

The stand-off continued. The two of us refusing to move, the gatekeepers refusing to meet our gaze. And all the while we could glimpse the seductive but disappearing sunset on the terrace. Then, quite suddenly, balance of power shifted in our favour. Three socialites – a good two decades younger and well hipper than us, I’ll leave it there - swanned past us. They had clearly booked. And they were clearly the right demographic. I sashayed over to the host.

“I’m confused. I see those ladies booked and you let them in. And yet no one has left the outside bar. Should I have gone medieval with the booking service when they said I could bowl up as a hotel guest,and insist they should make a reservation for me? Or maybe I should just be younger?’

Busted. For a split second her insouciant mask slipped and she grimaced. And then she let us in. And the sunset, the view, and the heady aroma of NYC jeunesse d'ore was worth it - for a couple of hours at least. I haven’t been back.

But before you get ‘triste’ that the world really is only for the young, the hip and the restless, then leave the bars and head for the food and drink festivals – where even my 92 year old auntie pictured here (who by the way is hip enough to use Whatsapp to great sarcastic advantage) gets great service.

The artisanal food markets around the City such as the weekend Smorgasburg – which I have followed from Brooklyn Bridge to a Williamsburg car park to its most recent leafily affluent home in Prospect Park – give you great views (mostly), superiority-free service and delicious food and drink. It also gave me the inspiration for my Gingerbread Ice cream Sandwich, which I am sharing for you here.

The best bars also serve amazing bar food. And while, Kingsman Negroni aside, I have rarely remembered a good cocktail, I can snap-recall great food I have eaten with it. Here are a couple of food combinations I love in a bar-snackable format. Chin-chin.

Freaky Beets

If Kale is the food currency of New York, then beetroot is the bitcoin, i.e it’s both alternative and hyped. If you want clean food that is also unctuous and delicious then whip this up the next time you need a superfood boost to carbon-neutralise your alcohol intake. Small plates are also the perfect bar food. This one is a mash up of some Ottolenghi inspiration and a great little recipe I spied in Olive Magazine. Serves 4 as an appetizer.

Ingredients:

Four red raw beetroot and 2 raw golden beets, topped, peeled and cut into chunks (use non latex gloves to stop you getting your hands stained);

2 tsp. chilli flakes

2 large carrots, cut into chunks

Tblspn cumin

2 tbpn. Olive oil

Kosher salt and black pepper

2 tbsp. sherry vinegar

1 tsp honey.

3 tsp hazelnuts

3 tbsp. greek yoghurt.

Juice of ½ a lemon.

1 250g pouch ready to eat freekah.

A few basil leaves.

How to make

Heat the oven to 200C (or 190C Fan).

Pop the hazelnuts onto a baking sheet and roast for 5-10 mins until they are slightly browned and the skins peel off easily by rubbing a little. Chop and set aside.

Toss the chunks of beetroot and carrot with the chilli flakes, cumin, oil and seasoning, spread out in a shallow baking pan and roast for 40 mins.

Take the beets out and toss in the sherry and honey, then return to the oven for a further 5 minutes.

Mix the Greek yoghurt with the lemon juice, then season to taste.Warm the freekah through with a little water in a small saucepan.

Toss the warm beets and carrots with the freekeh in a serving bowl. Drizzle over the yoghurt dressing, then scatter with the hazelnuts and torn basil. Season again and drizzle with a little more oil, then serve.

Chilli fried squid with smashed borlotti beans

This takes literally 20 minutes from start to finish. To be eaten lingering over a glass of wine with a special someone that you don’t want to be seen stuffing your face in front of. Serves 2

`ingredients

1 400g can borlotti beans

A few leaves of sage, chopped finely

1 sprig rosemary. Needles chopped finely

1 long red chilli

1 tsp red wine vinegar

Generous glug of olive oil.

½ tsp chilli flakes

2 garlic cloves, chopped

2 anchovy fillets, chopped

Extra virgin olive oil

6 small squid, cleaned, trimmed, flattened and scored, and suckers separated

Parsely to serve.

How to make:

Prepare the squid, rub some oil over it, season, and leave to one side on a plate.

Put the olive oil into a sturdy pot on a low heat, add the garlic and cook very slowly for five minutes. Add the sage, rosemary, chopped chilli, vinegar and anchovy fillets. Stir for a minute or two to combine, then add the borlotti beans and the chopped tomatoes. Continue to cook on a low heat for about 15-20 mins until the flavor combine and you have a thick consistency. Mash the beans a bit with a fork (but not too much, you stil want discernible beans on display in the finished dish).

Heat a frying pan, and when searing hot throw in the squid and chilli flakes and fry for 30 seconds to a minute until you have browned charred bits of squid but not yet overcooked or rubbery.

Fill a couple of pasta bowls with the beans, add the quid on top and garnish with chopped parsley. Drizzle a little olive oil over the squid and season again before serving.

Gingerbread ice cream sandwich

I had one of these on a scorchio day at the Smorgasboard in Prospect Park. Been wanting to recreate it ever since. My recipe leans heavily on The Violet Bakery for their chewy, treacly ginger nut, coupled with a non-churn ridiculously easy and foolproof ice cream inspired by the legend that is Mary Berry. Makes 6-8 sandwiches.

Ingredients:

For the ginger nuts:

210g plain flour

11/2 tsp ground cinnamon

11/2 tsp. ground ginger

¼ tsp ground cardamom

¼ tso. Ground coriander

1 tsp bicarbonate soda

125g unsalted butter

100g dark muscovado sugar

100g treacle11/2 tsp boiling water

Caster sugar for dusting

For the ice cream:

4 large eggs, separated

100g caster sugar

300ml double cream

100g stem ginger, chopped into small pieces

2 tbsp syrup from the jar

30g chopped crystallized ginger

How to make

First, make the ice cream.

Whisk the egg whites in a large bowl until stiff peaks form.Slowly whisk in the caster sugar, and continue to whisk until the mixture is stiff ang glossy.

Whisk the cream in a separate bowl until you have soft peaks. Fold the cream,egg yolks, and the stem ginger, syrup and crystallised ginger into the meringue mixture until well combined (don’t be heavy handed with this stage). Pour into a plastic container and freeze for two hours.

While the ice cream is freezing, make the ginger snaps.

Preheat the oven to 180C (170C fan). Line a baking sheet with baking parchment.

Measure all the dry ingredients (except for the muscovado sugar) into a bowl and mix well.

Beat the butter, brown sugar and treacle with an nelectric whisk until light and fluffy. Add the boiling water, then the dry ingredients and mix until combined.

Put some caster sugar in a small bowl. Scoop small spoons of mix, roll into a ball and then roll in the caster sugar, then place on the baking sheet and press slightly in the middle (these biscuits will spread a lot so don’t press down too hard). Repeat with the rest of the mix.

Pop into the oven and bake for 15 mins. The biscuits will still be softish when you take them out of the oven but they will harden as they cool down.

When the ginger nuts are completely cold and the ice cream firm but scoopable, Sandwich a scoop of ice cream between two ginger nuts and wrap in baking parchment before putting upright into a loaf tin. Repeat with you other biscuits, so they all fit snigly into the tin, then return to the freezer until you are ready to eat them. You can also serve this up as scoops of ice cream, on its own with ginger snaps on the side.

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