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It said you take prompts, and the answer is probably gonna be no, but behold my ot3. Death's Whiterose. Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, and young Maria Calavera.

The three of them doing cute or funny things during a holiday of your choice. Trick or treating, xmas snow forts, st patricks day, etc.

Also 2 souls was a very fun read so thanks for writing that!

I'd definitely be happy to try and work on something! If you have extra details to add in that would be incredibly helpful, such as if it should be in a modern AU or the world of Remnant, if they're already an ot3, things of that nature. It's definitely interesting and that art is super cute for the trio!

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At last I have started the sequel for TwoSouls! I have so many plans for this, and at the moment this first chapter is just a short little prologue, but expect a lot more to come in the near future!

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: RWBY Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Blake Belladonna/Yang Xiao Long, Ruby Rose/Weiss Schnee, Jaune Arc/Pyrrha Nikos, Lie Ren/Nora Valkyrie, Ilia Amitola/Sienna Khan, Robyn Hill/Winter Schnee, Ilia Amitola/Fiona Thyme Characters: Blake Belladonna, Yang Xiao Long, Ruby Rose (RWBY), Weiss Schnee, Jacques Schnee, Willow Schnee, Jaune Arc, Pyrrha Nikos, Lie Ren, Nora Valkyrie, Lisa Lavender, Fiona Thyme, Winter Schnee (RWBY), Robyn Hill, Ghira Belladonna, Kali Belladonna, Sienna Khan, Trifa (RWBY), Taiyang Xiao Long Additional Tags: Soulmates, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Modern: No Powers, Fluff, Fluff and Angst, Fluff and Humor, Romantic Fluff, Romantic Comedy, Romantic Soulmates, Falling In Love, Love at First Sight, Other Additional Tags to Be Added Series: Part 1 of TwoSouls Summary:

In the world of Remnant, where souls are connected through a bond that transcends all other connections, TwoSouls stands at the forefront of services intended to help those fated to be together find one another. The most recent live event hosted by the service proved to be effective, with dozens of soulmates finding each other in the city of Atlas, but none were more notable than the pairings of Weiss Schnee and Ruby Rose, as well as Yang Xiao Long and Blake Belladonna. The events that brought these couples together filled headlines across Remnant, and with backed funding from the Schnee Dust Company, as well as piqued interested of the White Fang Law Firm, this years TwoSouls Charity Gala promises to be the biggest yet.

#rwby #rwby fanfiction #bumblebee #whiterose #renora #rwby arkos

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Hello everyone! I know my posting is as random as ever, but I wanted to share the epilogue to TwoSouls! I’m still blown away at how much this fic took off and love all of the support and comments on it, and that’s why I’m ever more excited to let everyone know about the upcoming sequel!

I teased the sequel in the notes a little bit, but there’s so many more ideas with this world I want to explore now that it’s been established, and of course so many pairings to look into! In the downtime since the first story I’ve been super busy with graduate school as I’ve no doubt mentioned in other posts, but fanfiction is never really far from my thoughts. With that in mind, I expect the sequel to be a lot longer of a story based on the outline I’ve produced, so many plans and story plots. The prologue is almost complete so I hope to post that soon, and then I’ll make sure to be on top of consistent posting with the size of the story planned after that!

Thanks for the support :)

Chapters: 17/17 Fandom: RWBY Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Blake Belladonna/Yang Xiao Long, Ruby Rose/Weiss Schnee, Robyn Hill/Winter Schnee Characters: Blake Belladonna, Yang Xiao Long, Ruby Rose (RWBY), Weiss Schnee, Taiyang Xiao Long, Kali Belladonna, Ghira Belladonna, Jacques Schnee, Willow Schnee, Winter Schnee (RWBY), Whitley Schnee, Ilia Amitola, Robyn Hill Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Romantic Fluff, Romantic Soulmates, Fluff and Angst, Cute, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, POV Alternating, POV Multiple Summary:

In the world of Remnant, everyone is born with a soulmate. As a person grows they get a sense of their soulmate and what kind of person they are. Through a bond between them, particularly strong feelings make their way through, and for better or worst two people find themselves connected in a way that transcends all other connections. However, just because this bond is felt, does not mean you always find the person on the other side. In a world as populous as Remnant, it can be difficult if not impossible to find your true love, but that will never stop those who inhabit it from trying.

#rwby #rwby fanfiction #bumblebee #whiterose

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Full day today so there'll be a delay on today's bee prompt, but that just means two stories tomorrow!

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Prompt: Soulmates / Reincarnation

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: RWBY Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Blake Belladonna/Yang Xiao Long Characters: Blake Belladonna, Yang Xiao Long, Ruby Rose (RWBY), Ciel Soleil Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Soulmates, Romantic Soulmates, Witchcraft, Alternate Universe - Magic, Alternate Universe - Medieval, Potions, Immortality, Resurrection, Heavy Angst, Angst and Feels, Angst with a Happy Ending, Implied/Referenced Suicide, References to Depression, Loss, Grief/Mourning, Bumbleby Week 2024 (RWBY) Series: Part 2 of Bumbleby Week 2024 Summary:

Blake Belladonna, an immortal witch who in all her years has only fallen in love once, has lost the love of her life. However with her vast magical knowledge and resources, she exhausts every available avenue in an attempt to defy death itself to bring her back. Unfortunately, not everything goes according to plan.

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#bumblebyweek #bumblebyweek2024 #greenlightvolume10 #saveteamrwby #saverwby #savecrwby #bmblb week #soulmates / reincarnation #rwby #rwby fanfiction #blake belladonna #yang xiao long

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Prompt: Jock & Nerd AU

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: RWBY Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Blake Belladonna/Yang Xiao Long Characters: Blake Belladonna, Yang Xiao Long, Ruby Rose (RWBY), Reese Chloris, Arslan Altan, Original RWBY Character(s) Additional Tags: First Meetings, Fluff and Humor, Drama, Drama & Romance, Alternate Universe - High School, Sports, Light Angst, Jock Blake, Nerd Yang, Awkward Ruby, Bumbleby Week 2024 (RWBY) Summary:

Blake Belladonna's family moved across Remnant to give her a chance to express her athletic aptitude at Beacon Academy. Unfortunately, as badly as she wants to be on the team, the Captain isn't someone she enjoys being around. In an effort to fit in she inadvertently takes part in some minor bullying, and more than anything wants to make up for that mistake.

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#bumblebyweek #bumblebyweek 2024 #greenlightvolume10 #saveteamrwby #saverwby #rwby #rwby fanfiction #bumbleby

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🦀 Kudos Crab 🦀

If you are scrolling and see Kudos Crab, your fics will be blessed!

You will get good comments and kudos!

You will beat your writers block!

GO AND WRITE!

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I saw a comment by someone on reddit who said they no longer comment on any fanfiction because of the risk of it being AI and ... that just seems like such a copout to me, not to mention incredibly cruel to authors.

Please please please do not stop commenting on all fics or interacting with authors because you are worried about things being AI. The risk is slim, and the damage you do to authors by doing this is awful.

Writers put so much effort into their fics. For people to openly admit they still read and consume these fics, but choose not to comment on anything because of the possibility of someone using AI for their writing is incredibly selfish. You're punishing authors by doing this. You're not being moral or helpful or crusading for any useful cause - you're just hurting authors.

Ironically, by doing this, you're actually more likely to cause authors to stop writing (silence does this), and people who can't write will fill the gaps left by creating AI writing - so you're making the problem worse, not helping anyone.

If you want to support authors and writers, then SUPPORT them! Reblog work and send authors asks, leave comments and kudos, and above all don't punish people with silence.

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: RWBY Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Blake Belladonna/Yang Xiao Long Characters: Blake Belladonna, Yang Xiao Long, Ruby Rose (RWBY) Additional Tags: Domestic Fluff, Cute Kids, Children of Characters, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Fluff and Humor Series: Part 1 of Bumbleby Week 2024 Summary:

Blake and Yang are well into the domestic routine of looking after a child, and after a debate on whose in charge of picking up from school that day they realize something is amiss.

Prompt: Bumblebabys!

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#bumblebyweek #bumblebyweek2024 #GREENLIGHTVOLUME10 #saveteamrwby #saverwby #savecrwby #blake belladonna #yang xiao long #rwby #rwby fanfiction

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I couldn’t help but think about Sir Pentious and his time in Heaven while Emily was overjoyed and Sera was freaking out. This is how I imagine that scene playing out, probably with a song number but obviously not included! This also has me heavily thinking about writing more Hazbin stories mostly about the Heaven cast, but obviously RWBY will always be a priority! Anyways this was a fun little thing :D

#hazbin hotel #hazbin fanfic #hazbin pentious #hazbin sera #hazbin emily

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Dear friends

This is an hard time and we're all processing the news, each their own way. Despite it all, the week will happen.

No, actually, because of this week needs to happen!

Our love for the show and these two girls in particular isn't going to die. We'll keep hosting the event, showing everyone how much we love rwby and bumbleby, because we do. And we encourage you to do the same, as long as you want to of course.

We need to show our love, now more than ever. Which is why, if you will still participate, we highly encourage you to add more tags to your works: #greenlightrwbyvolume10, #SaveTeamRWBY, #SaveRWBY, and #SaveCRWBY.

We want to hope, and we want to fight. And even if that fails, we know our love never will.

Let's show that love and support, now more than ever, to our show and to each other.

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Super hyped for this.

On this day we're happy to present…

Bumbleby Week 2024's prompt list!

Day 1, March 25th: Bumblebaby Day 2, March 26th: Jock & Nerd AU Day 3, March 27th: Soulmates/ Reincarnation Day 4, March 28th: Nomad Blake & Farm Girl Yang Day 5, March 29th: Evil Yang/ Blake (or both) Day 6, March 30th: Comfort Day 7, March 31th: AU Day Day 8, April 1st: Bonus/ VA Appreciation Day

Thank you to everyone who submitted their prompt suggestions and voted!

The official tags for this year will be #bumblebyweek and #bumblebyweek2024 ! We'll be making another post concerning the tags once the date nears, but for now know that those will be the main tags that we'll be using during the event in order to reblog and share what's made!

If there are any questions feel free to read our Q&A or send us an ask! We apologize for the delayed announcement and thank y'all for all of your support and participation! We can't see what you'll make this year!

See y'all then!

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Atlesian Ball Chapter 14

Hello everyone, as always I have a random update with no specific timetable and a promise to post more often!

This update has with it an actual story update though, so that's a bonus! I've been slowly going back through the stories that are in need of updates and trying not to get too carried away with bonus or side projects, and already have a good start on Chapter 15 of Atlesian Ball. This will be my priority for the near future before I decide what to focus on next. Most of my other stories in progress will probably get randomized updates as many of them were spur of the moment burn throughs not intended for longevity (Burden of Destiny, Pond) though Burden does now have an entirely drafted narrative behind it so at the very least it will probably see life as well!

In other news Bee Week is also coming up in a few so expect lots of good Bee content for that. Lots of unique prompts this time around so that should be fun. As always for anyone that sees this, thanks for being a reader :)

#rwby #rwby fanfiction #bumbleby #whiterose #atlesian ball #manlyquail

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Netflix Avatar

I've got many thoughts I want to get out and so why not just make a "nobody asked and nobody cares" word vomit about my opinions on the Netflix Avatar series!

It'll be below the cut, but let me say I thoroughly enjoyed it but am on the fence about if it did need to exist or not given how perfect the original is. I could go either way honestly, and would watch more if more came out, but I'll explain more stuff in spoilers below.

I'll break this into a few sections, Positives, Negatives, Neutrals, and some sort of summary for my thoughts, but there is probably going to be some overlap since some things could fall into a few categories.

Positive First:

So this could stem from trauma from the last time things came around, but I thought the bending in the series looked way better (for the most part...). The opening scene alone felt like an atonement for how done dirty Earthbenders were in *that movie* and everything felt really fluid.

The characters in general all felt really true to themselves (again, for the most part). I was skeptical at first when news came out about Sokka's removed sexism, but honestly with the way his character arc played out based on the pressure to be a leader and a warrior I think it still worked out fine.

There was a surprising amount in the series that I thought would be material that would just get cut out, which was simultaneously a pro and a con. It was good to see a few certain story elements (SECRET TUNNELLLLL) but the way they overlapped in order to get several things in at the same time makes some of them a pro and some of them a con.

The payoff for "MY CABBAGES" had me rolling. 10/10

For the most part, every time I saw a character I knew immediately who they were. Costume and character design were great, sets and backgrounds were beautiful, everything on this front felt good.

One highlight is tied to the changes made around Zuko's backstory and his crew. His belief in not sacrificing the soldiers and them being assigned to him (and Iroh's telling of this fact to the questioning soldiers) was a great addition in my opinion. It added more depth beyond just the sympathy originally given to Zuko because of his scar.

Each (recent) Avatar getting their own spot in the light was fun. Roku's personality was enjoyable even if he was only around briefly.

Finale was super fun to watch, the effects of the moon changes across all the characters and the spirit rage had me pretty hyped.

In general the balls to burn so many people alive caught me off guard as far as ratings go, but I won't complain!

The sexism addressed in the North was a good bit of development for a few characters, although without Sokka's sexism through the early parts and a moment that really felt close to 'She has help' I'm a little on the fence about the impact it had there.

Absolutely loved June.

There's probably a few smaller things I missed here or there but in general lots of positives, thought with those comes

Negatives:

I'll get this out right away because this was honestly the biggest gripe I had out of anything else. I was not entirely sold on Azula, Ty Lee, and Mai. For me they personally looked too young, the rounded cheeks felt too innocent didn't sell me on the fierce and sharp features Azula demonstrates in the show, but I'm really trying not to get too hung up on this element. Azula is honestly an impossible standard, and I think what was demonstrated was still okay, but I'll be brutally honest that her victory at the very end over Omashu took a lot of the wind out of my sails, especially following the dramatic war of the North. I think maybe the actresses could grow into the characters, but when I picture scenes like the desert standoff with everyone versus Azula it just doesn't vibe.

Airbending when it was first shown felt a little too 'wee I'm on a wire and special effects!' which was somewhat painful. The combat aspects of it felt a lot better and the glider scenes worked, but I was pretty nervous when Aang first made his way down from the towers.

The Kiyoshi scene while cool at first felt brief and somewhat underwhelming. We saw some guys get grabbed by water tentacles and then a big swirl tornado of all the elements but that was really it. People got tossed around and the instant they retreated the state ended. It was cool to see Kiyoshi but I feel like the badassery could've come through at least a little more.

They really nail over the head 'Friendship is magic!' almost too much. Each Avatar basically told Aang not to have attachments or get too close to people because its bad juju, and the lesson 'I only got this far because I work with my friends' got old fast.

Aang additionally didn't do any learning with Katara during her waterbending training headed North. I'm on the fence about this because a lot of extra drama was cut out (no Bato, no pirates and the questioning about morals of stealing a scroll, no jealousy of Katara from Aang's training, etc.). Additionally one weird change (I know I noticed this as a positive earlier), but the Cave of Two Lovers was entirely a Sokka / Katara scene, and the narrative was compressed a little bit so that their 'sibling love' on an emotional level was the reasoning the badgermoles escorted them out, as opposed to either music or following the lights (which they brought up the lights but then made it a red herring?). On that note this cave appeared in Book 2 on the return trip to Omashu, but here it just showed up to get Katara and Sokka into the palace (warned about Palace Guards which I guess also weren't a problem, and this was at the top of the city but tunnels under... anyways...).

A small nitpick but something I remember laughing at; Katara does a training scene where she hits herself in the face with water and proceeds to try and wipe it off, but she's entirely dry, so that... just felt funny.

Avatar Roku didn't get much time in the light either (not even a dragon), and several spirit moments were crammed into one. Yue is a fox spirit that was randomly in the forest, Wan Shi Tong was there to (only heard by Aang) give an ominous warning that his friends would be in danger, and then Koh was also there to... just be a creepy cannibal centipede? These all showed up during the Hei Bai plot thread which didn't even get resolved (the villagers got brought back but I don't recall ever seeing the spirit again; cut for time?). The Koh thing felt out of place as well because this was the motivation for Aang to go all the way to the fire nation to see Roku, who told him to just let them die before Aang took an idol from Koh's mom back to trade for a whole bunch of people. During this 'Koh will feed soon' period Aang made it all the way to the fire nation, did his Roku meditation, got kidnapped by June and turned in to Iroh and Zuko (presumably all the way back on the mainland?), got kidnapped from his kidnapping by Zhao, spent time in prison, then the entire Blue Spirit rescue, with Aang hiding out even longer from fire nation patrols before making sure Zuko got back to his ship safe, and then made it back in time to save everybody from hungry hungry Koh. Honestly just so much here that it made the whole segment feel a tad clunky.

Neutral:

Now this is a list of things that I'm on the fence on and could probably go either way on.

Bumi being the biggest thing here.

Now Bumi's character changes at first were jarring. His identity being revealed immediately was a surprise, but his throwing a big fancy party and seeming like a weirdly hedonistic bad comedian felt off. His original personality I think showed through just enough to keep this from being a negative, but the fun of Bumi was how he was messing with Aang to try and provoke a memory from him while also just being batshit crazy. This would sometimes crop up, and the fight between the two was pretty slick, but otherwise it felt like Bumi was more of just a jaded old man. It became about Aang teaching him a lesson and not the other way around, which in the way felt justified with Bumi being consistently at war for 100 years, but on the other didn't feel like Bumi. I guess I leave this neutral purely on the grounds that this is a reimagining and not just the same story vomited back out in live action, but it's still one of the tougher changes to adapt to.

Another small change is that Aang did zero bending of any of the other elements outside of the Avatar state. He didn't train with Katara as I mentioned, nor did he have his interaction with Jeong Jeong to give him mini trauma about fire bending. Not the biggest deal but still noticed, which makes me wonder how they'll handle his bending in the future.

Azula being Zhou's contact and source of resources felt a little off, as did his learning about the spirits. Zhao was downplayed so much to be a random nobody in the live action version and then he 'needed an edge' and learned about the spirits (and how to kill them with a spirit knife?) right before the siege. Honestly the original of 'I stumbled upon this information unintentionally back when' wasn't great justification either but still.

Several of the Ozai scenes were a little offputting as well. Right before dying (to Iroh instead of the spirit, which again, random change) Zhou mentioned that Zuko only existed as the flames to forge Azula, but there was a lot of sorrowful emotion in Ozai's actor that made him seem oddly sympathetic in a lot of scenes. Lines as well which change context after the 'revelation' are hard to get a feel for as well, such as Ozai's reminders to Azula that it was Zuko and not Zhao that discovered the Avatar. In scenes like this it feels like Ozai is actually trying to defend and support Zuko, but with the motivational thing for Azula was this just him poking the bear? Either way, maybe a subsequent watch will change my thoughts on this, so for now its neutral.

Summary:

Overall I honestly had a good time with the series, but it really just drove me to go back and start the original all over again. It was by no means bad, I'd recommend it as a watch even if just for the numerous easter eggs, but I really don't know if it's good enough to justify existing. There were some changes I really liked, such as the change with Zuko's crew, and some others that I think have potential as reimaginations such as Bumi's narrative, but others like the cave, the Koh stuff, Yue being a fox that showed up in the forest felt like they should've just been left out.

Anyways, I do recommend watching it all the same, especially to get you in the mood for the original and to at the very least set a different standard for live action Avatar than what we had in the past.

Thank you all of nobody for coming to my TED talk. I really just wanted to get this all down somewhere for my own sake but I'd be interested in other's takes on it too!

#avatar the last airbender #netflix avatar #avatar live action #avatar spoilers #atla netflix #atla #atla live action

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Ladybug Week (RWBY)

I know I said I would be doing Ladybug week (And I still plan to!) as well as get my last few RoseBird stories out soonish but there'll be a bit of a delay on both fronts just due to a whoooole bunch of IRL stuff that cropped up all at once. Better late than never though right? I'll still try to be on schedule and not *overly* late but I guess we'll see.

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'Yang finally convinced Blake (who she has a crush on), to join her for karaoke night hosted at a local bar

Turns out Blake is a really good singer!'

~ scenario request by one of the Patrons ^^