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Birds, Watching
last-second @flashfictionfridayofficial prompt.
(Did a throwaway quip from Penn about 'little bird' sources need to turn into anything? Maybe it didn't, but oh well, it has.)
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Sparrows made for terrible sentries. They spent more time squabbling with each other than they did keeping an eye on their surroundings.
Alas, sparrows were what he had to work with, since the crows had turned traitor for nothing more than the promise of food. While they still made more than enough noise to raise an alarm, befriending the target was the last thing he'd wanted them to do. (He'd parted ways with that particular flock after winter struck particularly harshly, frozen ground driving them in search of milder climes. But he stayed. He didn't have anywhere better to go.)
He'd tried others after that, but hawks were too solitary to tolerate his presence. Herons were standoffish and, frankly, rude. Doves, on the other hand, were a lot more sweet-natured -- and helplessly naive. They made for good company if he overlooked their simple natures, but half the time, they didn't even notice the Hylian climbing the cliffside. Revali usually had to scare them off before making his own hasty retreat.
It had been years. Why was that guy still trying to come after him?
The sparrows continued to bicker. The latest pointless turf war over a prime section of shrubbery—what did it matter if someone stood on the branch you'd claimed as your own? did that really warrant several minutes of shouting about it—came to an abrupt stop. One began to pipe a danger call.
Revali came alert at once, scanning the path for whatever the birds had seen as they rose in a fidgeting cloud and scattered into the trees. A threat to sparrows wasn't necessarily a threat to himself, but... Though he scanned every shape and shifting shadow that crept in the undergrowth, there didn't look to have been anything to spark such alarm.
Perhaps he should have looked up. The Hylian crashed through the treecover on a contraption of cloth and wood. Revali scarcely had time to understand what his eyes were seeing before the collision. They went over in a tangle of limbs and feathers. He yelped and kicked and struggled, but the element of surprise gave the Hylian an undue advantage.
"Caught you."
"Get off me—"
"Come home."
This again. Revali didn't have a home. Revali didn't even have a flock. He stopped struggling, and the Hylian let him up. He retreated to the other side of the glade, letting Revali scrape together the shatters of his dignity.
"...Come home, Revali."
That snagged on something he didn't care to think about. What was there to go back to? An empty shelf of rock on the cliffside which hasn't seen an inhabitant in years. At least here he had company, even if the sparrows were vapid and annoying.
"How long are you planning to keep this up?"
"Until you're ready."
At least he didn't say 'remember' like last time.
"And then what?" Revali was tired of this. He was tired of being hounded to remember something that would never come back.
"Home can be people, too."
Link would probably be better at keeping watch than sparrows were, he thought. That, and that alone, led him to say, "...Only if you can keep up."
The Hylian—Link—smiled lopsidedly, as if taking Revali's words to heart. How foolish of him. Revali smirked, grabbed his meagre possessions, and—
The ground shrank away beneath him, and Link shrank with it to a pinprick. Something of the sight tugged on familiarity. For the first time in years, he laughed.
If Link caught up again, then this time he would. ...If not, he could always try to find another flock.
Maybe starlings, this time.
#revali#revalink#revalink fic#ginnefic#loosely defined identity issues#stubborn boys who are NOT in love#(yet)#flash fiction friday#fff248
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Watching Birds
#FFF248 Watching Birds
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Avatar: Legend of Korra
379 words
Lin lay on the hard wooden bed, unclear why she was awake. The bells for morning meditation hadn’t sounded. She couldn’t sense any disturbance in the atmosphere around her. Kya’s breathing was even, and she had not stirred.
Lin kissed Kya’s shoulder and slid off the bed. Moments later, she opened the door overlooking the large meditation plaza.
It was almost entirely abducted by a flock of arctic mouse-terns, clearly stopping for the night on their way south.
Tenzin had told her the meditation circle needed cleaning periodically before sunrise, but she had never been around on the right days.
Her scalp tingled, and she turned to see him approaching. They shared a smile, and she pushed the door open a little wider.
They stood together, silently watching the birds.
The courtyard seems to undulate as if they were watching the ocean. For so many creatures huddled together, there was little noise. But small movements rippled through the flock, ensuring almost constant motion.
Lin looked up to the tower, far to the right, and saw the roof begin to gleam in the morning sun.
She held her breath for a moment, released it, and brought her arm up behind Tenzin’s back. She leaned against him.
His surprise came and went with a breath, and he returned the embrace, pulling her shoulders close.
They stood witness that morning as the sun mounted in the sky, warming the winds above the plaza, brightening the colors all around them.
The flock resolved from indistinguishable black dots into a carpet of white feathers and red beaks. The motion in front of them seemed to energize, with a few individuals beginning to jump up into the breeze.
The light click behind them alerted the pair. They folded toward each other as they turned to the noise behind them.
Kya stood there with their gliders and a soft smile.
“You’ve been watching those birds for an hour. Go join them.”
She extended her arms. Lin and Tenzin each took their glider and turned back to the courtyard.
The light changed suddenly when the sun finally created the mountains to the east. In a wave of motion, the birds leapt to the air.
With a glance and a laugh, the airbenders took off running after them.
#flash fic friday#FFF248#watching birds#kyalin#lin beifong#kya ii#tenzin#nyama's shorter stories#elemental changes
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So, its very much Sunday (even though I thought it was Saturday ...) not Friday and im very late, but never mind!
Pairing: Bilbo'Thorin
Warnings: MCD, Canon Compliant
Words:801
Summary: Bilbo is watchig the eagles fly overhead in victory. With Thorin's cooling hand in his, Bilbo isnt sure what their is to feel victorious over.
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Bilbo sat holding Thorin’s hand as the warmth is leached from it. He knew he should move. Knew sitting in a puddle of frozen blood was a very bad idea, but he also knew that as soon as he let go, as soon as he moved, it was over. Thorin would well and truly be gone.
Instead, he laid himself down beside the dwarf. Still holding his hand as tightly as his numb ones could manage it and he looked up.
What he saw would be majestic under any other circumstance. The Eagles flying ahead, doing victory rolls, cawing out their joy at the orcs and the dragon having been defeated.
Well, bully for them, Bilbo thought spitefully. Bully for them and all the other parts of Middle-Earth who were saved because of sacrifices. Sacrifices so big Bilbo couldn’t bare to think about them. Even as he held the hand in his tighter and tighter.
His thoughts suddenly turned to the boys. Sweet, wonderful Kili with a smile that was mischievous and warm, and golden little Fili, a Prince who didn’t succumb to gold sickness because his heart was more golden than anything in the Treasury.
And Thori, brave, beautiful Thorin who tried and tried and yet would never see his kingdom reborn, wouldn’t raise his nephews as the princes they were. Wouldn’t see his sister take back her birth right as Princess under the Mountain.
Bilbo wasn’t sure why it was the thought of Dis that set his tears off. Why the idea of her being alone, and not holding the now bitterly icy hand of the dwarf he had never admitted he loved was what did it, but it was.
He suddenly pulled Thorin’s hand closer and bent over it, wailing into the sky. Hs mournful cries a viscous parody of the eagles’ happy ones from before.
It was there Bilbo sat, his wails raising as he watched the eagles some more, hating them more and more at the carefree way they frolicked, when he heard them. He would recognise those footsteps anyway, and he hated them just as much as the eagles in that moment.
“I thought Wizards were never late? Well, you were. You are so late, it’s impolite Gandalf. You weren’t late with the trolls, or Elrond’s council or the goblins, but here, now? Here you are so late it ended in tragedy. Tragedy, you probably could have avoided Gandalf. Where were you?” Bilbo asked as he lowered his eyes from the sky to his old friend before him.
“I was fighting Bilbo, as were many others. Thorin made his own choices Bilbo, he always has,” Gandalf said sadly.
“No, he rode out like a bloody idiot because he was feeling guilty. You were supposed to be here so they didn’t succumb. So they didn’t lose themselves, but you weren’t. And he forgave me, but he hated me and I betrayed him and it is all fucked up Gandalf!” Bilbo cried.
“There is nothing I can say or do, my friend. But you must stand and let go of his hand,” Gandalf said as he softly reached towards Bilbos entwined hand.
“No,” Bilbo snarled as he scurried backwards, holding Thorin’s hand tightly, refusing to let go. “I’m not ready,” he said again around sobs.
“Bilbo, you will never be ready, but you have to let go and we have to get you to a healer.” Gandalf tried again.
“Why? So I can go back to the Shire and be an even lesser hobbit than I was? So I can go back and pretend to fit in when my heart, my everything is buried under stone on the other side of the world. I can’t let go Gandalf,” Bilbo sobbed.
Gandalf sighed as he reached forwards ad slowly pried Bilbo’s hand loose, catching it before it could cling again. “Im sorry your heart has broken Bilbo, but you are alive, ad we must make sure it stays that way,” Gandalf said as he pulled Bilbo close.
“Ok, but I will wait here. I won’t grab him. But ... He can’t stay here alone. That’s not right. Send someone to carry him down. Someone who will treat him like the King he is, the King he was,” Bilbo said softly as for the first and last time he touched Thorin’s braids, moving them off his face and softly kissing his brow.
“Very well, I shall be back shortly, do not move, and do not Bilbo ...” he trailed off.
“I won’t,” Bilbo repeated as he softly stroked Thorin’s freezing face.
Bilbo heard as Gandalf left, heard as his footsteps retreated. He carried on stroking Thorin’s face as he looked up again.
The eagles had come, and like Gandalf, they had been too late to save his king, his dwarf, the one he loved.
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On A Clearing
Characters: Scar, mention of all Life series winners, minus the April Fool's one. oh, and a little bird!
Wc: 1040 (woops. it was fine on 1001 and then i rewrote a few things)
Written for @flashfictionfridayofficial prompt 248, "Watching Birds"
Ao3: Here!
Scar breathed.
It was silent in the clearing. Finally.
It’s not… he didn’t mind the other winners being around. It was interesting, at least.
Nobody was just as he remembered them last, like progress had been undone, down to the game they each won, and then gone in a new direction.
Martyn wasn’t the pathetic dog who died to a piglin brute on the second week and then spent the rest of his time as yellow acting as police; who fell into the void trying to steal the kill on the dragon; and who perma-died to a bad ender pearl throw on a ladder. But he also wasn’t just the ruthless man who stole his own ally’s life to win.
Pearl wasn’t the woman who protected her teammates until the very end and whom he had to fight despite her unending kindness to him and their short-lived alliance, where she attempted to sacrifice herself for him. But she also wasn’t just the crazy witch who lived in her tower, betrayed and alone, who Scar shared the joy of torturing their soulmates with, and who left a trail of blood behind her when it was time to bring the game to an end.
Scott wasn’t the self-sacrificing savior who only died on his own terms and nobody else’s, the only other person to also be consistently nice to him, but who Scar had to leave when choosing sides. But he’s not only… Well, no. He’s always been justice-driven. That’s never changed.
And Grian wasn’t the man he shared a few good moments with before never seeing again, once Grian finally found the friendship he was so desperate for in the form of Cleo and Etho.
Though maybe, this Grian, the one who only lived through 3rd Life, was the closest there was to whom he last knew. He wouldn’t have said that in Last Life (definitely not), or Double, or even Limited Life. But Secret Life…
They could’ve been friends again. And for a moment, he thought they would be. Until he had to do the opposite of what everyone said and Grian asked to be friends.
It was fine. At least he got a few moments with Pearl at the very end.
He entered the final days knowing he had to join either Pearl or Scott. He only sided with her because she was near when the decision had to be made, but he didn’t regret it. For once, he felt like he belonged, like he was part of a team. Even if his title was just honorary.
And maybe, the next Scar and the next Grian would be friends.
He hoped the next Scar and Pearl were too.
He didn’t mind the other winners being there, but it would be better if everything wasn’t as tense.
Martyn had been shocked at first and then started laughing. Pearl took in his face, corrupted, and her eyes turned sad, like she knew. Scott looked at Grian. And Grian had closed off.
The buzzing of a bee brought him out of his thoughts. It was flying around his face. He jostled his arm and—
Oh, right. The flowers infesting his face, jutting out from his jaw, his cheeks.
When he first noticed the sprouts, he didn’t consider his relationship with bugs.
He let the bee go. Best not risk a sting.
Suddenly, he was made aware of the cheep and chatter of the birds.
Over in the distance, small birds jumped from branch to branch. A bird with wings splayed covering its nest, feeding its hatchlings. Another flying from a corner of the clearing to the other.
They made a chorus.
How long had he been there, for the birds to not see him as a threat?
The grass was a cushion under him. He let his hood fall, and his torso too.
The stem of the sunflower growing from the nape of his neck was a pressure against his head, now laid down. He cringed. Not knowing what would happen if he crushed the flower, he turned his head to the side, setting it free.
World turned to the side, little hops, a small gray bird with a tail as long as its body came close, tiny head turned, like himself. It stopped a foot away and started chirping.
“Hello there,” he said with a smile. He reached with one hand, leaving space between him and the bird.
The bird hopped closer to it, curious.
“I don’t have any food, if that’s what you’re after. Sorry, my friend. Maybe next time.”
It chirped again and Scar huffed a laugh.
“You are a friendly one, aren’t you? Alright, alright, you can stay. Not sure what else is there for you to see but I’m here.”
It hopped even closer, now right on his face, near his cheek. It turned its little head again.
“Oh, you’re curious about the poppies too? I’d be more weirded out, but I’m not the only one who’s changed. Do you like my new look?” He moved his hand to his chest in mock pride and made a face. “I’m particularly proud of my sunflower.”
Nothing to be proud of. He didn’t do anything to get the flowers. They didn’t even take a day or an hour to grow. They were there already, buds that opened up.
He chose to ignore that fact. His little bird friend wouldn’t understand the nuances of making something grow and something growing on you.
The bird looked at him like he was speaking nonsense. Maybe he was.
He sighed. “Yeah, I don’t know what I’m doing. Seeing how long I can stay out before they send a search party, I guess. If that’s even a thing.” He frowned. “Do more people exist here? Are there even villagers?”
The bird hopped back once.
“Yeah, you’re right. Best not worry them. Nnh…” he stretched, pushing himself up. Once standing, his vision blacked out for a second as he regained his balance. When his vision came back, the bird had flown to a nearby branch, observing him.
“Well, I’ll be going now. It was nice to meet you, little guy!”
He turned around and walked the way he came, hood laying against his back, forgotten.
#fff248#trafficfic#trafficblr#goodtimeswithscar#life series winners#gtws#gtwscar#secret life smp#and others#my writing#bo don't look
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Here's my entry for @flashfictionfridayofficial this week!
cw: mention of death of a child, grief
Sunlight filtered through the winter trees, kissing my face with soft pockets of warmth. Angelica would have loved the beauty of the season, but it mocked me in her absence.
I sat on the porch, clutching our old photo album in my lap. She’d been gone for a month, but it felt as if I just lost her yesterday. My husband ushered me outside, claiming a bit of sun would do me some good. I argued but eventually relented. I spent the morning looking through her baby pictures and listening to the birds.
A flash of red against the snow caught my eye. I looked up, scanning the trees for the source. A cardinal sat on a branch and stared into my soul. Tears pricked my eyes. My baby was visiting her mama.
#original writing#flash fiction#flash fiction friday#fff248#death positivity#death positive#writeblr#writing community
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After the War
Written for the @flashfictionfridayofficial 248 prompt: Watching Birds.
TW for post apocalyptic setting
“Do you ever wonder what it would be like?” Her eyes watch the birds soaring above them.
“To fly? Yes sometimes.”
“It would get us above all this.”
They both let out deep sighs as they survey their surroundings. Six months after the war ended and things are still in a state of chaos. Tonight there would be a meeting to decide on a governing structure. They are both nervous about it.
Her eyes return to the heavens. They are back and that is good. For a while, no bird song was heard.
“We need it, I guess.” She nods. Structure is needed, it is just…
“Dangerous. Ah, government, I mean. We could try to keep it small.”
“That is what they are saying.” A return to a limited Constitutional Republic was the idea.
“I would rather be up there with them.” He confesses.
She agrees. “If only.” Taking his hand, she leads them towards the only intact building, a church, where the meeting will be held .
Above them, the birds continue to fly, their calls filling the silence.
#my writing#fff248#watching birds#after the war#flashficfridayofficial#tw for post apocalyptic setting
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grounded
written for @flashfictionfridayofficial
prompt: FFF248; watching birds
warnings: mentions of blood, non-graphic description of violence
word count: 365
Moss, soft and squishy. The lap of cold water against stone. Cool, fresh air.
The ground is brown. It is rough, smooth, twisting and turning under talons and tails and the simple scales of snakes. It is forever.
The river is gray. It whispers it secrets to those brave enough to listen; roars its fury to those who dare to challenge it. Only those who know the river can truly tame it. Others have to lay low by its banks and hope they do not draw its ire. It is ever-changing.
But the pale blue sky…it is ancient. It was there before the ground, before the rivers, before the first egg split its cracks and life emerged. It is old and wise. It will endure to the end of the days if it must.
It is why the birds flock to it. They twist and they spiral. They fly and they fall.
The sky is their home. It was mine once, too.
For me, blood stained the ground, a long, long, time ago. The gleam of cloud-white teeth is all I remember, the snarl of a creature with slit amber eyes, tufted fur and a rumble deep in its chest. I fluttered to the soil below. I screeched in agony. And my wings littered the ground by my feet, torn asunder by something I dare not name.
Above me, the birds cry. They twitter their merry songs as they wing through the air. Cawing in great fun as the days of summer draw to a close and the journey to the south begins.
I will never join them again.
But I have made my peace. Now I watch as colors converge in the air. It is beautiful, in a way, to watch the feathers from below.
Still, my sorrow often envelopes me on days like these. When after a rain, the space where my wings once sat lay empty and restless and full of pure pain. When I wish for the creature to return me to my home, where I do not have to watch others perform the art I long for.
I could have been great.
The sky is eternal.
It does not care.
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The Thing With Feathers
This is a fill for today’s @flashfictionfridayofficial prompt [#FFF248 Watching Birds] and my @steverogersbingo A4-Dystopian square (though I went more post-apocalypse with this)
Fandom: MCU/Marvel
Pairing: [none - Steve Rogers POV]
Rating: General
Tags: Post-apocalyptic setting, Thanos Won, Dystopia, hopeful ending
Summary: In a battered, war-torn world, Steve Rogers finds a bit of hope.
Steve hadn’t realized how much he missed seeing birds, and hearing them sing. Not that there’d been a whole lot of birds in the city besides sparrows and pigeons. You’d get a bit more variety in the parks, of course, but now - well, the skies felt empty and silent everywhere he’d gone.
Not that there was much of any place to go to, or any good way to get there other than by foot. Thanos’ attempt to save the universe by randomly cutting its population in half had unforeseen, devastating consequences, at least here on Earth.
The loss of so many people so suddenly caused havoc with power grids and other infrastructure; plunging a good portion of the developed world into chaos. Governments toppled, and madmen got their hands on weapons of mass destruction, setting petty scores with lasting consequences. “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind” seemed all too apt of a metaphor.
There were survivors, of course, gathering together in small bands - some violent, some peaceful. Steve Rogers abandoned the mantle of Captain America, instead becoming a nomad - offering his strength and his endurance to protect the latter against the former. He never gave his name and asked nothing in exchange other than what he needed to survive.
It was somewhere in the Adirondacks where Steve heard two bright clear whistles, followed by melodic chirping. A flash of red flickered between the trees and he followed, his heart soaring at the sight of a cardinal. Maybe, just maybe, the world wasn’t lost, after all.
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PoliZ's WIP Update - 15 May 2024
A super-productive week, even if almost all of the words went on a single fic! I touched 3 fics (2 new works & 1 WIPs) for a total of 3160 words!
On Ao3, I posted:
Chapter Two of Love is a Thing That Can Never Go Wrong - omegaverse reality show with Alpha!Bucky as The Bachelor (eventual WinterIron)
Amplification - post-Project Rebirth Steve self-reflection.
On Tumblr I posted:
Baring His Soul - a Stucky college AU - mutual pining/love confessions
I’m juggling 17 active/semi-active WIPs with my current deadlines being the Post July Break Bingo and Bucky Barnes Connect Four - Alt Jun-iverse which both end in May.
See below cut for what I’m working on/planning to work on - arranged more or less by bingos/challenges/etc. As always, feel free to send me prompts or plot bunnies as well as asks regarding any of these projects or any other WIPs I’ve got out there. Interaction really helps feed the Muse and keep me motivated!
Post July Break Bingo [JBB_23p] (Ends May 2024)
Four fills and on my 2x3 non-fandom-specific card - not sure I’m going to get the remaining two squares filled or not...
* B2 - Character’s personality is split into two different beings – I’ve never played with Bucky & the Soldier being two different people, but this seems like the perfect opportunity! Need to see if an BaBB or WIB prompt will work here.
* C1 - Touch Starved “ another good fit for a Bucky-centric fic. (Steve or Tony or Clint) - again - need to work on crossfills (Warm & Fluffy?)
Bucky Barnes Connect Four - Alt Jun-iverse [BBC4_R2] (Ends May 31 2024)
Another fun event from the good folks over at @buckybarnesevents! You sign up for a single row card of four squares and the challenge is to see if you can combine any/all into a single Bucky-centric AU fanwork - although you can also create fanworks that are based on a single or combo of 2-3 squares if you want.
The combo of prompts on my first card [Reality Show, Omegaverse, Talent/Manager, Royalty] sparked an idea: Alpha!Bucky as a prince in name only who gets talked into joining a reality show that is supposed to match him up with an omega… but there’s a twist!
Chapter Two of Love is a Thing That Can Never Go Wrong posted on Friday. It came in at 1547 words and kinda-sorta fills my SRB Comic Artist Steve square. Chapter Three is another longer chapter - drafted at 2111 words and will belatedly fill the Build a Bucky Bingo April prompt Laser Tag along with the WIB May adoptable New Beginnings when I post it on Friday. Chapter Four is likely to be hefty as well - it’s currently sitting at 1842 words and the second challenge was just announced. I’m targeting to post this on the 24th with a possible fifth/final chapter sliding in on the 31st, since I believe the fic has to be finished by the end of May. (I’m going on holiday starting the 24th with very little time to write, which is just gonna be even more of a challenge!)
Steve Rogers Bingo - Round 3 [SRB_R3] (ends 15 Jun 2024)
Eighteen fills, three bingos and no WIPs at the moment - need to ponder other possible crossovers with my non-fandom cards & BaBB.
* A4 - Dystopian - I squished this square a bit to match it with the Flash Fiction Friday prompt [#FFF248 Watching Birds] for The Thing with Feathers - where Steve is making his way through a post-apocalyptic world. It came in at 260 words and will get posted to Ao3 before the event is over.
* B2 - Streaking - combined this with last week’s Flash Fiction Friday prompt [#FFF252 Spill the tea] for Baring His Soul - a Stucky college AU where Steve’s crazy stunt leads to mutual love confessions. It came in at 634 words and will get posted to Ao3 before the event is over.
* C1 - Comic Artist Steve - kinda-sorta filled this Chapter Two of Love is a Thing That Can Never Go Wrong - see BBC4_R2 above.
* C5 - Exes to Lovers - Have an idea I’m playing with that will also fill the BaBB May prompt: Wrong Number.
* E3 - Steampunk - Squished this square to combine it with the Flash Fiction Friday prompt [#FFF250 Rushing Train] for An Attractive Concept - a vaguely steampunk mostly-platonic Stony ficlet where Tony tells Steve about his newest invention. It came in at 380 words and will get posted to Ao3 before the event is over.
* E5 - Oversensitivity/Enhanced Senses - paired this up with the Flash Fiction Friday prompt [#FFF246 Pinprick] for Amplification. It’s a Steve POV ficlet where he reflects on the effects of Project Rebirth - I posted it to Ao3 this morning where it came in at 333 words.
Hawkeyes Bingo [HB_R2] (Ends TBD)
Working on this Tumblr event - got a 3x3 card and and am looking forward to creating more Clint-centric content and trying my hand at a bit of Kate Bishop fic as well!
* A3 - Awkward Flirting – this might be a good entry into my first femslash fic with Kate/Yelena?
Build-A-Bucky Bingo [BaBB_R1] (Ends 1 Sep 2024)
Another fun year-long event from the folks at @buckybarnesevents! Each month there’s a list of prompts and you choose (at least) one each month for your card! At sixteen fills and three WIPs with five months to go, I seem to be going a bit overboard...
* April: Laser Tag - belatedly filling this with Chapter Three of Love is a Thing That Can Never Go Wrong - see BBB_C4 above.
* May: Bucky’s Trigger Words - combined this with last week’s Flash Fiction Friday prompt [#FFF251 Out There] for Just To Live One Day Out There - a Winter Soldier self-reflective ficlet. It came in at 312 words and will get posted to Ao3 before the end of the month.
* May: Praise Kink - planning to fill this with Chapter Six of A Little Bit Carried Away where Alpha!Bucky and omega!Tony get to live out their fantasies. It’s sitting at 641 words and will probably post in mid-June.
* May: Backyard Cookout - planning to fill this with Chapter Four of Love is a Thing That Can Never Go Wrong, where a cookout is one of the reality show challenges.
* May: Wrong Number - see SRB Exes to Lovers above.
WinterIron Bingo Round 2 [WIB_R2] {Ends 16 Dec 2024}
Signups are still open for pre-made cards for Round Two of this super-fun bingo event! I have eleven fills and one WIPs at the moment.
* Iron Soldier (One Bingo, One Fill) - looking at combining my Column B prompts: Matchmaker, Bucky Riding Tony, Stark Gala, Inside Joke and Threesome. Still working on a plot - if you have any suggestions/want-to-sees - let me know!
*I4 - SHIELD HQ - combined this with the Flash Fiction Friday prompt [#FFF245 You Never Cared] and wrote Fathers Don’t Know Best - No Power AU with Bucky working as an analyst at SHIELD who stumbles across a late night visitor to the lobby. It came in at 407 words and will get posted to Ao3 before the event ends.
* N1 - Hair Pulling Kink - thanks to a fun prompt from @scottxlogan - I filled this square with Untangling Their Attraction - where Tony’s offer of assistance leads to mutual kink discovery (not as racy as it might sound). It’s coming in at 544 words and will post to Ao3 before this event is over.
* N5 - "I'm here for you." - Possibly the next chapter of Lady Natasha’s Consort and Lord Steve’s Companion ?
* G5 - AU: Office - filling this with the May WinterIron Bingo Party Round Robin – my part came in at 403 words and I’ll share the link once it’s completed and posted to Ao3.
Warm and Fluffy Bingo [WFB] (no end date)
Six fills on my card, courtesy of @warmandfluffybingocards - need to try for another crossover or two!
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On other creative fronts: I am working on a Godzilla figure for an upcoming con as well as Jack Russell & Elsa Bloodstone from Werewolf by Night for a commission, along with a Bucky Barnes.
If you’re looking for one of a kind gifts for birthdays or other celebrations, check out Stuffed With Character over on Facebook for a full list of my designs (now over 150!). These soft stuffed figures are mostly Marvel and monsters, but I have some Star Wars, Star Trek, DC and Disney figures as well. Plus I love to take custom design requests for any fandom!
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PoliZ's WIP Update - 8 May 2024
Keeping the 2k+ words/week streak going with the Alpha!Bucky WIPs still getting nearly all my attention! I touched 3 fics (1 new work & 2 WIPs) for a total of 2239 words.
On Ao3, I posted:
Chapter Eight of My Love is Vengeance - young!Tony/recovering!Bucky adventure - now with sexytimes.
A Shining Example - established WinterHawk emotional hurt/comfort
On Tumblr I posted:
Just To Live One Day Out There - Winter Soldier internal monologue.
I’m juggling 17 active/semi-active WIPs with my current deadlines being the Post July Break Bingo and Bucky Barnes Connect Four - Alt Jun-iverse which both end in May.
See below cut for what I’m working on/planning to work on - arranged more or less by bingos/challenges/etc. As always, feel free to send me prompts or plot bunnies as well as asks regarding any of these projects or any other WIPs I’ve got out there. Interaction really helps feed the Muse and keep me motivated!
Alpha Bucky April - [BBE_ABA] - (Ends 30 April)
Masterpost coming, hopefully later this week!
Post July Break Bingo [JBB_23p] (Ends May 2024)
Four fills and on my 2x3 non-fandom-specific card - not sure I’m going to get the remaining two squares filled ...
* B2 - Character’s personality is split into two different beings – I’ve never played with Bucky & the Soldier being two different people, but this seems like the perfect opportunity! Need to see if an BaBB or WIB prompt will work here.
* C1 - Touch Starved – another good fit for a Bucky-centric fic. (Steve or Tony or Clint) - again - need to work on crossfills (Warm & Fluffy?)
Bucky Barnes Connect Four - Alt Jun-iverse [BBC4_R2] (Ends May 31 2024)
Another fun event from the good folks over at @buckybarnesevents! You sign up for a single row card of four squares and the challenge is to see if you can combine any/all into a single Bucky-centric AU fanwork - although you can also create fanworks that are based on a single or combo of 2-3 squares if you want.
The combo of prompts on my first card [Reality Show, Omegaverse, Talent/Manager, Royalty] sparked an idea: Alpha!Bucky as a prince in name only who gets talked into joining a reality show that is supposed to match him up with an omega… but there’s a twist!
Chapter Two of Love is a Thing That Can Never Go Wrong will post this coming Friday - currently coming in at 1541 words and kinda-sorta fills my SRB Comic Artist Steve square. Chapter Three is another longer chapter - currently coming in at 1830 words and will belatedly fill the Build a Bucky Bingo April prompt Laser Tag. The plan is to post Chapter Three on the 17th and the final (???) chapter on the 24th - since I believe the fic has to be finished by the end of May.
Steve Rogers Bingo - Round 3 [SRB_R3] (ends 15 Jun 2024)
Fifteen fills, one bingo (finally!) and no WIPs at the moment - need to ponder other possible crossovers with my non-fandom cards & BaBB.
* A4 - Dystopian - I squished this square a bit to match it with the Flash Fiction Friday prompt [#FFF248 Watching Birds] for The Thing with Feathers - where Steve is making his way through a post-apocalyptic world. It came in at 260 words and will get posted to Ao3 before the event is over.
* C1 - Comic Artist Steve - kinda-sorta filling this with the upcoming Chapter Two of Love is a Thing That Can Never Go Wrong.
* C5 - Exes to Lovers - Have an idea I’m playing with that will also fill the BaBB May prompt: Wrong Number.
* E3 - Steampunk - Squished this square to combine it with the Flash Fiction Friday prompt [#FFF250 Rushing Train] for An Attractive Concept - a vaguely steampunk mostly-platonic Stony ficlet where Tony tells Steve about his newest invention. It came in at 380 words and will get posted to Ao3 before the event is over.
* E5 - Oversensitivity/Enhanced Senses - paired this up with the Flash Fiction Friday prompt [#FFF246 Pinprick] for Amplification. A Steve POV ficlet where he reflects on the effects of Project Rebirth, it came in at 334 words and will post to Ao3 before the event is over.
Hawkeyes Bingo [HB_R2] (Ends TBD)
Working on this Tumblr event - got a 3x3 card and and am looking forward to creating more Clint-centric content and trying my hand at a bit of Kate Bishop fic as well!
* A3 - Awkward Flirting – this might be a good entry into my first femslash fic with Kate/Yelena?
C3 - "I've never been so humiliated in my life." - filled this on Tumblr last Friday with A Shining Example. Established WinterHawk where a training session goes embarrassingly wrong and Clint gives Bucky a pep talk. It crossed over with the Flash Fiction Friday prompt [#FFF243 Glitter and Blues] and will get posted on Ao3 before this event ends.
Build-A-Bucky Bingo [BaBB_R1] (Ends 1 Sep 2024)
Another fun year-long event from the folks at @buckybarnesevents! Each month there’s a list of prompts and you choose (at least) one each month for your card! At sixteen fills and three WIPs with five months to go, I seem to be going a bit overboard …. ðŸ˜
* November: Crackfic - DONE
* December: Wingman - DONE
* January: Wingfic - DONE
*January: Polyamory - DONE
* February: Fingering - DONE
* February: Morning Sex - DONE
* March: Marriage of Convenience - DONE
* March: Mutual Pining - DONE
* March: Bad Coping Mechanisms - DONE
* March: Wrong Luggage - DONE
* March: Rimming - DONE
* April: Roleplay - DONE
*April: Pet Names - DONE
* April: Sleepy Sex - DONE
* April: Domestic - DONE
* April: Laser Tag - belatedly filling this with Chapter Three of Love is a Thing That Can Never Go Wrong - see BBB_C4 above.
* May: Bucky’s Trigger Words - combined this with last week’s Flash Fiction Friday prompt [#FFF251 Out There] for Just To Live One Day Out There - a Winter Soldier self-reflective ficlet. It came in at 312 words and will get posted to Ao3 before the end of the month.
* May: Praise Kink - planning to fill this with Chapter Six of A Bit Carried Away where Alpha!Bucky and omega!Tony get to live out their fantasies. It’s sitting at 388 words and will probably post in mid-June.
* May: Backyard Cookout - planning to fill this with Chapter Four of Love is a Thing That Can Never Go Wrong, where a cookout is one of the reality show challenges.
* May: Wrong Number - see SRB Exes to Lovers above.
WinterIron Bingo Round 2 [WIB_R2] {Ends 16 Dec 2024}
Signups are still open for Round Two of this super-fun bingo event! I have eleven fills and zero WIPs at the moment.
* Iron Soldier (One Bingo, One Fill) - looking at combining my Column B prompts: Matchmaker, Bucky Riding Tony, Stark Gala, Inside Joke and Threesome. Still working on a plot - if you have any suggestions/want-to-sees - let me know!
*I4 - SHIELD HQ - combined this with the Flash Fiction Friday prompt [#FFF245 You Never Cared] and wrote Fathers Don’t Know Best - No Power AU with Bucky working as an analyst at SHIELD who stumbles across a late night visitor to the lobby. It came in at 407 words and will get posted to Ao3 before the event ends.
* N1 - Hair Pulling Kink - thanks to a fun prompt from @scottxlogan - I filled this square with Untangling Their Attraction - where Tony’s offer of assistance leads to mutual kink discovery (not as racy as it might sound). It’s coming in at 544 words and will post to Ao3 before this event is over.
* N5 - "I'm here for you." - Possibly the next chapter of Lady Natasha’s Consort and Lord Steve’s Companion ?
* O4 - Hotel Room - Filled this with Chapter 8 of My Love is Vengeance which posted last Friday. It came in at 1060 words and finally upped the rating to Explicit.
Warm and Fluffy Bingo [WFB] (no end date)
Six fills on my card, courtesy of @warmandfluffybingocards - need to try for another crossover or two!
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On other creative fronts: I am working on a Sally Brown (Peanuts) figure for a commission as well as Jack Russell & Elsa Bloodstone from Werewolf by Night for a commission, along with a Bucky Barnes.
If you’re looking for one of a kind gifts for birthdays or other celebrations, check out Stuffed With Character over on Facebook for a full list of my designs (now over 150!). These soft stuffed figures are mostly Marvel and monsters, but I have some Star Wars, Star Trek, DC and Disney figures as well. Plus I love to take custom design requests for any fandom!
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PoliZ's WIP Update - 22 May 2024
An average writing week - still mostly focused on one fic. I touched 3 fics (2 new works & 2 WIPs) for a total of 1903 words.
On Ao3, I posted:
Chapter Three of Love is a Thing That Can Never Go Wrong - omegaverse reality show with Alpha!Bucky as The Bachelor (eventual WinterIron)
The Thing with Feathers - a dystopia/post-apocalyptic ficlet - Steve POV.
On Tumblr I posted:
A Time to Lose and a Time to Keep - a pre-war Steve POV ficlet.
I’m juggling 17 active/semi-active WIPs with my current deadlines being the Post July Break Bingo and Bucky Barnes Connect Four - Alt Jun-iverse which both end in May.
See below cut for what I’m working on/planning to work on - arranged more or less by bingos/challenges/etc. As always, feel free to send me prompts or plot bunnies as well as asks regarding any of these projects or any other WIPs I’ve got out there. Interaction really helps feed the Muse and keep me motivated!
Post July Break Bingo [JBB_23p] (Ends May 2024)
Four fills and on my 2x3 non-fandom-specific card - not sure I’m going to get the remaining two squares filled or not!
* B2 - Character’s personality is split into two different beings – I’ve never played with Bucky & the Soldier being two different people, but this seems like the perfect opportunity! Need to see if an BaBB or WIB prompt will work here.
* C1 - Touch Starved – another good fit for a Bucky-centric fic. (Steve or Tony or Clint) - again - need to work on crossfills (Warm & Fluffy?)
Bucky Barnes Connect Four - Alt Jun-iverse [BBC4_R2] (Ends May 31 2024)
Another fun event from the good folks over at @buckybarnesevents! You sign up for a single row card of four squares and the challenge is to see if you can combine any/all into a single Bucky-centric AU fanwork - although you can also create fanworks that are based on a single or combo of 2-3 squares if you want.
The combo of prompts on my first card [Reality Show, Omegaverse, Talent/Manager, Royalty] sparked an idea: Alpha!Bucky as a prince in name only who gets talked into joining a reality show that is supposed to match him up with an omega… but there’s a twist!
Chapter Three of Love is a Thing That Can Never Go Wrong posted on Friday. It came in at 2107 words and belatedly filled the Build a Bucky Bingo April prompt Laser Tag along with the WIB May adoptable New Beginnings. Chapter Four is drafted at 1842 words and will fill the BaBB May: Backyard Cookout prompt when I post it on Friday the 24th. Chapter Five is currently sitting at 1037 words and probably filling the BaBB May: Friends to Lovers prompt and will be posted on the 31st if all goes well. I don’t think I’ll be able to wrap the fic up with that since this story keeps sprouting scenes like kudzu, so stay tuned for a potential Chapter Six sometime in June.
Steve Rogers Bingo - Round 3 [SRB_R3] (ends 15 Jun 2024)
Twenty fills, two bingos and no WIPs at the moment - need to ponder other possible crossovers with my non-fandom cards & BaBB.
* A4 - Dystopian - Posted The Thing with Feathers to Ao3 this morning. I squished this square a bit to match it with the Flash Fiction Friday prompt [#FFF248 Watching Birds] – Steve is making his way through a post-apocalyptic world. It came in at 260 words.
* B2 - Streaking - combined this with a Flash Fiction Friday prompt [#FFF252 Spill the tea] for Baring His Soul - a Stucky college AU where Steve’s crazy stunt leads to mutual love confessions. It came in at 634 words and will get posted to Ao3 before the event is over.
* C2 - "In order to grow, you must let go of the past" (Sarah Rogers) - combined this with last week’s Flash Fiction Friday prompt [#FFF253 Pushing Up Daisies] for a canon-compliant ficlet. A Time to Lose and a Time to Keep, where Steve is reflecting on the recent loss of his mother. It came in at 182 words and will get posted to Ao3 before the event is over.
* C4 - Tolkien - had an idea pop into my head that gave me a short platonic Stucky fill for this square. There and Back Again is coming in at 431 words and will get posted to Ao3 before the event is over.
* C5 - Exes to Lovers - Have an idea I’m playing with that will also fill the BaBB May prompt: Wrong Number.
* E3 - Steampunk - Squished this square to combine it with the Flash Fiction Friday prompt [#FFF250 Rushing Train] for An Attractive Concept - a vaguely steampunk mostly-platonic Stony ficlet where Tony tells Steve about his newest invention. It came in at 380 words and will get posted to Ao3 before the event is over.
Hawkeyes Bingo [HB_R2] (Ends TBD)
Working on this Tumblr event - got a 3x3 card and and am looking forward to creating more Clint-centric content and trying my hand at a bit of Kate Bishop fic as well!
* A3 - Awkward Flirting – this might be a good entry into my first femslash fic with Kate/Yelena?
Build-A-Bucky Bingo [BaBB_R1] (Ends 1 Sep 2024)
Another fun year-long event from the folks at @buckybarnesevents! Each month there’s a list of prompts and you choose (at least) one each month for your card! At seventeen fills and two WIPs with five months to go, I seem to be going a bit overboard …. ðŸ˜
* April: Laser Tag - belatedly filled this with Chapter Three of Love is a Thing That Can Never Go Wrong - see BBB_C4 above.
* May: Bucky’s Trigger Words - combined this with last week’s Flash Fiction Friday prompt [#FFF251 Out There] for Just To Live One Day Out There - a Winter Soldier self-reflective ficlet. It came in at 312 words and will get posted to Ao3 before the end of the month.
* May: Praise Kink - planning to fill this with Chapter Six of A Little Bit Carried Away where Alpha!Bucky and omega!Tony get to live out their fantasies. It’s sitting at 754 words and will probably post in mid-June.
* May: Backyard Cookout - Filling this with Chapter Four (and FIve) of Love is a Thing That Can Never Go Wrong, where a cookout is one of the reality show challenges. Chapter Four is sitting at 1842 and Chapter Five is up to 1042 words.
* May: Wrong Number - see SRB Exes to Lovers above.
WinterIron Bingo Round 2 [WIB_R2] (Ends 16 Dec 2024)
Signups are still open for pre-made cards for Round Two of this super-fun bingo event! I have thirteen fills and one WIPs at the moment.
* Iron Soldier (One Bingo, One Fill) - looking at combining my Column B prompts: Matchmaker, Bucky Riding Tony, Stark Gala, Inside Joke and Threesome. Still working on a plot - if you have any suggestions/want-to-sees - let me know!
*I4 - SHIELD HQ - combined this with the Flash Fiction Friday prompt [#FFF245 You Never Cared] and wrote Fathers Don’t Know Best - No Power AU with Bucky working as an analyst at SHIELD who stumbles across a late night visitor to the lobby. It came in at 407 words and will get posted to Ao3 before the event ends.
* N1 - Hair Pulling Kink - thanks to a fun prompt from @scottxlogan - I filled this square with Untangling Their Attraction - where Tony’s offer of assistance leads to mutual kink discovery (not as racy as it might sound). It’s coming in at 544 words and will post to Ao3 before this event is over.
* N5 - "I'm here for you." - Possibly the next chapter of Lady Natasha’s Consort and Lord Steve’s Companion ?
* G5 - AU: Office - filled this with the WinterIron Bingo Round Robin- May 2024 fic where Bucky and Tony are work rivals that might also be attracted to one another – my part came in at 403 words.
Warm and Fluffy Bingo [WFB] (no end date)
Six fills on my card, courtesy of @warmandfluffybingocards - need to try for another crossover or two!
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On other creative fronts: I am working on Jack Russell & Elsa Bloodstone from Werewolf by Night for a commission, along with a Count Orlok/Nosferatu for another commission.
If you’re looking for one of a kind gifts for birthdays or other celebrations, check out Stuffed With Character over on Facebook for a full list of my designs (now over 150!). These soft stuffed figures are mostly Marvel and monsters, but I have some Star Wars, Star Trek, DC and Disney figures as well. Plus I love to take custom design requests for any fandom!
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