#cotl fanfic idea

[tallowandport]

I want fics about The Lamb learning how to handle their new godly status.

I want fics about The Lamb slowly transforming into an appearance and size that befits a god.

I want The Lamb to look big and badass and have super cool horns at the end of a fic.

I want fics about The Lamb getting used to their new god powers and presence.

I want to read fics about how The Lamb reacts when they bleeds ichor instead of mortal blood for the first time.

I want fics about Narinder being left with no godly powers except the lingering stain of immortality, and after making peace with everything, helping The Lamb navigate the changes and powers that come with being the new god of death. (This is optional)

I want fics about The Lamb FEELING the realm of death. I want fics where The Lamb fully becomes the god of death and now is Aware of all Life and Death. I want The Lamb to feel each soul passing through into death.

I want fics about The Lamb learning all the strange, intricate, Rules and *shudder* Politics of godhood, and how to navigate everything without accidentally destroying the universe by sneezing too hard.

#cult of the lamb #cotl #cotl lamb #cult of the lamb lambert #cotl god of death #god of death lamb #cotl fic ideas #fic ideas #fanfic ideas #cotl fanfic ideas #cotl ideas #cotl narinder #cult of the lamb narinder

[olrinarts]

first week done! five weeks to go!

I should have some art to post later, i've been working on a comic strip for next week and a pride picture that got bigger than intended lmao, but there's some smaller things too

#cult of the lamb #cult of the lamb fanfic #cotl lamb #cotl narinder #narilamb #thank god i wrote this all out beforehand #i have no idea how i used to go chapter by chapter #people who do that are built stronger than me lmao

[sk3tchisworld]

I've been trying to draw and I am lukewarm inspired to draw at best (although it's a beloved medium).

I want to express, yea there's the word, a fic in the Cult of the Lamb (COTL) universe of an OC. I haven't done fics since.. Yikes elementary school?

The thought occurred from some obscure post somewhere in some social media *coughredditcough* that said to share your COTL OCs. Hadn't thought of that until then. So many cute OCs!

Then I thought of a raccoon (I fecking love raccoons and crows) that finds a crown after being indoctrinated into the cult. Based on the lore crowns seem to be the remnants of the Old Gods that disappeared. Anyway, it seems canon to say cult members wander short distances (missionaries go further) to collect resources (lumber mill, stone mines) and find items to give at the offering statue.

The 'gods' are not omnipotent or omnipresent in COTL and so hiding something powerful seems plausible.

Anyway, I can't afford anymore projects but it's eating me.

#cotl lamb #cotl #fanfic #writing ideas #brainstorm #writing woes #Writing #cult of the lamb #text post #text

[thecursedcake]

Hey COTL fans, question. What would you call the legs on Shamura’s head? I'm trying to describe them in my fic and I am going between calling them horns and antlers. I don't just want to call them head legs lol

#cotl #cotl shamura #ao3 fanfic #ao3 writer #help me cotl fans and sozura people i have no idea what to call them #sozura #spiderling fanfic #question #please help

[by-glass-and-waves]

Yeah while I'm picking at Courtship

Might as well wordvomit about Kallamar and Narinder's relationship if anyone cares for a little worldbuilding on Courtship's AU

So Kallamar is Narinder's older brother, and is known as a huge coward

As God of Pestilence, Creation, and Beauty, he's known for building, crafting, art, on top of controlling how healthy his followers are (being sick sure doesn't look pretty does it)

Kallamar was also an apprentice of Kudaai's at some point in order to learn blacksmithing etc and Narinder takes notice

How in the world can his brother, the biggest boast who can't even stand horror stories, be able to craft amazing weapons and armor out of rocks and crystal and not even realize how he they could help him overcome his fear for things? Like hello

In Narinder's eyes, Heket might be the strongest physically, Shamura might be the best strategist, but Kallamar has so much potential. Like the guy could defeat the other gods so easily with all those weapons he has under his robes, and he doesn't even whip out his staff. Sure, he's got his Cult, but... even then he doesn't focus on his primary Aspect as much as the others do, even his use of Pestilence is more passive, more a bare minimum thing (might have to do some more thinking around this though)

Nope, this Bishop holds onto his weapons like teddy bears and shrinks away behind everyone whenever they go against the other gods and their cults.

So Narinder gets an idea. How far can he push his brother until he finally fights back? How far can he heckle him before he raises his weapon against him, or even talk back or actually punish him? And no, petty passive aggressive shit. He wants to help his brother find courage at last, and gets to work.

He starts pranking hm, messing with him, scaring him, etc. Once Leshy becomes a part of the family, he joins in so he can impress his cool big brother without realizing why Narinder is doing this.

All Kallamar does is take it and cry to Heket and Shamura, who tell Narinder and Leshy that's not nice but Narinder thinks they don't understand why he's doing this

only when Kallamar finally raises a sword against him when they all go to imprison him does he realize what Narinder was trying to do this whole time, as Narinder is laughing and taunting him

And it's just some kind of fucked up bittersweet realization that Narinder loved him this whole time and was trying to make him better

Meanwhile Narinder is always shit talking Kallamar after the fact, downplaying how proud he is of his older brother

And it sucks, because they know there was a time where they could have truly bonded, but it's just regrets all around now...

man I hope this makes sense it's just like, there's some kind of tragic fucked up relationship they have and I love it so much more than Narinder's relationships with any of his other siblings

tl;dr out of love for his brother, Narinder kept fucking with Kallamar so he could finally stop being a scared baby and it didn't happen until they threw him in jail and they both look at it like :(

#cult of the lamb #cotl #cotl narinder #cotl kallamar #fanfic notes #cotl courtship #fucked up sibling love #regrets all around #i hope i got my idea across lmao

[hellshire-harlot]

I’ve got too many ideas for new fanfics so I’m putting it up to a poll to see which one I should do next. All of these are COTL and most center around the Bishops.

#Cult of the lamb #fic ideas #fanfic ideas #fan fiction #Ao3 #Cotl #Shamura #Narinder #Cotl Lamb #Narilamb #True Devotion #Hellshire heresy #I HAVE TOO MANY IDEAS #LOOK MAN IVE BEEN IN A DEPRESSIVE MOOD ALL DAY AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO DEAL THAN ✨FANFIC✨

[citrenecult]

the urge to make Haro little shit is very strong

#cult of the lamb #cotl #cotl haro #mulling over fanfic/au ideas and all of them involving Haro fucking over Lamb in some way

[justadumbasskid]

Shrummy, Klonko (not Bop, they just like to watch), Flinky, Ratau, and Lambert all enter into a knucklebones tournament organized by King Midas.

King Midas is also a player in the tournament and ends up winning against Lambert in the final match. He is a very sore winner.

Lambert takes this opportunity to publically and violently gut King Midas like a fish as revenge for his acts of extortion in the past.

Though acts of violence are strictly prohibited on tournament grounds (a crime punishable with up to and including deadly force), former God of Wisdom and War, Shamura, points out that specific law doesn't cover natural disasters, freak equipment malfunctions, or acts of God.

As the newly-crowned God of Death and Sacrifice, Lambert is released of all faults, and let go with no caveats.

People both inside and outside of Lambert's cult express support for Lambert's actions. Citing K. Midas' frequent extortion in the past.

The prize money is then split up among the participants of the tournament. Much like Midas' Cave which is soon set upon by people from all walks of life like a flock of vultures.

#cult of the lamb #cotl #fic idea #fanfic

[legendarywindowtrash]

Chapters: 14/? Fandom: Cult of the Lamb (Video Game) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: The Lamb/The One Who Waits | Narinder, The Lamb & Amdusias (Cult Of The Lamb) I am running out of motivation so I'm now indefinitely delaying this

I will finish it eventually just not now

anyway have this awfully short chapter

#legendarywindowtrash #cult of the lamb #cotl fanfic #fanfic #cult of the lamb fanfic #cotl #running out of ideas #help

[smallergalaxies]

having so many wips is painful

#i want to write #but Which One #fnaf dca #ao3 writer #ao3 fanfic #not to mention ive gotten sucked into cotl #and have a fic idea that im struggling to execute for that as well 😭

[disaster-on-the-horizon]

"Ah, yes. Now that I have finished this important assignment, I can finally focus on writing the next chapter of my Deltarune fic a little bit."

Goddamn Cult of the Lamb:

#So yeah; new fanfic idea... #I WILL still get the next chapter out; but I have to rework the first draft which is proving to be a little bit of an issue #And cotl has nisted itself into my brain and is refusing to leave #I wrote 2k words in a single sitting at night. Help #fanfiction writer

[the-one-who-lambs]

uhh hello!! sorry if this is a tall order LOL but I wanna ask, do you have any narilamb fanfic recs? :D I already read yours and I really like bamsara’s and I’m waiting for epicaandk’s to update (that one is my fav ever <3) but idk what to read now lol

Tall order?? Naaaaah, I'm always happy to give recs. Oh boy, I'm gonna go in reverse chronological order.

If you've read all of my narilamb fics (have you seriously? I'm impressed, that's probably well over half the 150k+ I've written for this damn fandom. Also, to anyone seeing this from a reblog, my stuff is over at onethirdofimpossible!) then here we go!

You already mentioned it, but The Rehabilitation of Death is excellent so far! This one is by @bamsara who is new to the CotL fandom but apparently not new to fanfic writing; they have a really popular FNAF fic and I assume the well-deserved attention this fic's been getting is a byproduct of the popularity they've already gotten in other fandoms. :D Welcome, bamsara! Many of the fic writers in this fandom are friends with each other already, but we don't bite if you wanna say hi.

Feel No Evil and Language Barrier, both by @payasita. I always love how payasita portrays this duo (in both digital art and writing), with so much sass and repressed loneliness, knowing they're stuck together for eternity and making the best of it. (And maybe falling in love, depending on how dense Narinder keeps being.) What makes these come alive for me is how well thought out the setting is outside the Lamb and Narinder. The descriptions and weight of emotions really pop here.

LITERALLY ANYTHING written by pavi / @i-eat-deodorant. Depending on how spicy you want your fics to be he has even more here. Character analysis, diction, pacing, etc. are consistently 10/10. Top-quality banter between a sassy Lamb and tired old man Narinder. We constantly bounce ideas off each other and inspire each other a lot but I promise I'm not hyping him up just because he's my friend oh my god please just go bless your eyes.

It Was For You, O Death by blueberry-muffin-massacre (if they have a tumblr, let me know so I can tag!). An intriguing alternative ending to the final battle wherein the Lamb chooses a secret third option by refusing to give up the Red Crown and still observing Narinder as the God of Death. So many details are so well thought out and duality their relationship is nicely characterized-- both genuine care for each other and also quite unhealthy. A fine line treaded well!

Confessional by jusmove (again, lmk if they have a tumblr). Been a while since I've read it, but I love how the Lamb chips at Narinder's very carefully built emotional walls. Their personalities are very well fleshed out here, especially Narinder's cognitive dissonance at being able to process love.

Confession by @thewitchoftheweed. I didn't expect a part two to this one, but my god I was so thrilled when it did update. Narinder and Lamb with their unique and parallel loneliness and their fucked-up sense of everything. Their relationship is very rocky here, and I love how they navigate it: with tension and eventual, pained acceptance. Mind the rating.

Of Character Development and Being Dense by @calliecature. A short and sweet narilamb classic. They're both mutually pining and one of them is too emotionally repressed to realize it. Guess who.

Not An Offering, But a Gift by @checkplzjuliet. Small confession fic. I especially love how Narinder's descriptions twist the knife of his situation here, and how Lambert is a total foil for him! There are a lot of good things happening in such a short span, which is impressive.

Also, if you think you've read all my narilamb fics... I do have a secret one out there too. Just so you know.

Happy reading!

I'm already friends with many of the people here, but if any of the writers I've tagged have been kinda wanting to reach out for a while but feel a little anxious... Don't be. I've made my best friends in this fandom by literally just waiting for some of my readers to get over whatever assumption they have that I'm cool and say hi. Or being the more confident one first.

#hannah's rambles #cult of the lamb #narilamb #cotl #fanfic #fic rec

[bamsara]

i just had an idea for a cotl fanfic (narilamb) and i cant wait to be absolutely overwhelmed by writing this and all my other wips

#time to explode #sara shush

[pancakefanfics]

CotL fanfic idea

Based off my spouse getting Narinder in their current game and him being a coward. Long outline.

Fic starts immediately after Narinder is defeated. Maybe in a dream-like space as he thinks about what has transpired, all the things he thought would come of the Prophecy finally being fulfilled, and how everything that was so close to his reach just slipped through his fingers

Thinking about the lamb, and what he knows of their journey. How powerful they’ve gotten. And how effortlessly they seemed to strike down not only him, but Aym and Baal too. Now he’s completely stripped of his powers, and at the mercy of his former disciple. And that thought is…terrifying.

Coward trait gained.

He comes out of this dream-like state being treated for wounds sustained during the fight and absolutely terrified of everything around him. The other followers, the Lamb. He’s weak and powerless now.

He inevitably starts hiding around the grounds. Other followers (especially the jerks and the hot-tempered ones) see him as an easy target, and he’s picked on a lot.

Lamb doesn’t notice at first. They’ve got their own shit to do, between babies being nurtured, quests, and sermons. But maybe a few days in they notice Narinder scurrying off after a sermon and decide to follow him. A little hidey-hole he made for himself in a bush, away from everyone.

And of course Narinder is scared shitless when he realizes the Lamb followed him. Tries to run away, but the Lamb catches him, confused. “I’m sorry please don’t hurt me I wasn’t doing anything in here just sitting please just let me go and I’ll go do something productive-“

And the Lamb is just so confused because Narinder was so strong and ruthless and now he’s practically crying because they found him hiding. “Narinder please calm down I’m not going to hurt you you’re safe here”

Lamb starting to reassure Narinder every day, and does not treat followers that try to abuse him kindly. “You are all my children and you shouldn’t be so mean to one another. I want you to love each other and to make those new to our little community feel at home.” They say as a tentacle wraps tighter around one of the offender’s throats.

Everyone starts acting kinder. Narinder feeling more and more accepted by the community around him. Forming somewhat of a friendship with the Lamb as he regains his old personality.

But also Narinder being confused as fuck about some of the shit in the community. Because I’m definitely just keeping some game mechanics in just because.

“Lamb why do you have an egg.” “Oh Gerbre and Thorjul just made it!” “…that is a cow and a dog. Neither of those animals lay eggs or should be able to breed with one another.” “Oh really? Huh. Didn’t know that.” “This isn’t how biology works how tf-“ “its because I wanted them to have a baby to make the cult grow! It was my divine grace that blessed their mating to create a beautiful egg.” Narinder stops questioning, just avoids going to the mating tent. Partially because he’s just not interested in anyone there.

Followers proposing to the Lamb and them declining. The more they spend time with Narinder the more they find themselves falling for him, especially as he gets more of his personality back. Is pretty sure they’ll have more luck winning him over if they’re not married to another follower.

So slow burn, enemies to lovers, maybe a little cracky with some OOC things. And of course it’s NariLamb. No thoughts for how they’d get together or anything. Probably be fluffy, no fight scenes really. I just think they’re cute.

#narilamb #cult of the lamb #fanfiction #fanfiction outline #cotl lamb #cotl narinder #cotl #cotl fanfic #fanfic outline

[by-glass-and-waves]

oh dude dude what do you MEAN "sorry guys who are looking for delicious Courtship/Restart goodies" I LOVE DEPRESSION QUEST, and i love the fact that theres someone else out there that has a runaway narinder AU

the idea of a completely power hungry lamb who disregards narinder as a person is so uncommon, i dont think ive actually seen that dynamic played out in a story/hc tbh ??? so i am LIVING for this, it truly is the spice of life

n like letting him runaway n waits for him to come crawling back??? absolutely maliciously delicious content

but nARINDER OH NARINDER angry, break down, self imploding beloved!!! again there isnt enough completely broken down ISOLATED(emotionally) conceded narinders, so many au's have him conceded, but they always including the lamb trying to get him comfortable and okay, never narinder just being tolerated and treated like property or a trophy and i love that fucked up dynamic

i'd really love to know more abt baal and ayms place in the cult too, are they like mini trophies ? or are they just "eh another follower"

either way the idea of narinder self imploding to the point of complete isolation (running away) is such a good idea, im living for it !!! and the idea of a ratoo & narinder friendship from this has consumed my brain greatly, i love that idea i actually had a brain wave pic pop up in my brain, so i'll draw fanart of this AU later bc i adore it

WHOA I was at work and I was like "I got an aaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" oh man I'm glad you really like the idea! I think I did see some fics like this (well not Narinder dips fics)

I will let you know that these qs making me go "wait hm this would fit into the AU better than my original ideas" so please bear with me!! at any rate omg aw thank you for loving these idees maybe I should just masterpost and mark spoilers for whatever comes to mind here also this is gonna be a long answer post pardon me

so spoilers for Depression Quest and Courtship I guess?

also trigger warning: depression, thoughts of self harm, mentions of mental breakdown

So this is me not reading cotl shit in like, literally months in order to try to preserve my headcanonideas like a loser but damn whoaaa I'm happy that you really like this AU

The initial idea actually did have just plain old Lamb being all okay bb i'll be here waiting for you when you ready I won't push you, I'll let you run away and live your life bb just want you to be happy uwu like they did want Narinder to love them back but they were fine with just making him happy and brought back the Bishops and stuff so they could reconcile but as said before, things didn't seem the same for them

Then as Courtship took form I kind of moved those kinds of feelings Lamb had to the new AU and really honestly removed them from the equation because I wanted to focus on Narinder and Getting Over It™ and just living his own fucking life instead

What did remain was Narinder's complete and absolute breakdown when he locks himself into the house they built for him and his eventual escape. Like goddamn, I was like this man needs to break

The amount of broken furniture, crying and screaming onto the floor and bed, throwing items at whoever manages to get into the house, laying down and staring at the ceiling in a catatonic state, etc

I liked the idea of him meeting other people and them remarking on his fallen status or having to hide his identity when interacting or going to public places and it's pretty much how I came up with the Ratoo encounter/friendship

Imagine Kudaai laughing when he requests a scythe and giving him the smallest, lightest one for his weak upper extremities

addendum: like after escaping he does get better like he runs into kudaai and gets scythe at least but he still sucks since his hands/arms more likely to spaz more when he exerts himself too much (aka combat)

Imagine Narinder trying to stay inconspicuous when he goes to Plimbo's stall at the Lighthouse, etc

Once the idea of resurrecting the Bishops came up around the time I started writing Courtship I kind of went, tbh Lamb would only do that to get Narinder back and then that idea of the Lamb just stuck

The Lamb knew where he was the entire time. The Lamb let him think he was finally free from them. The Lamb decided to uproot his life when he thought he finally found peace (by reintroducing his siblings) and from there the Lamb became the kind of famous hero/whatever who would 100% use Narinder as a trophy SO and show them off while he feels awful and drinks every night to cope

i'd really love to know more abt baal and ayms place in the cult too, are they like mini trophies ? or are they just "eh another follower"

So initial idea was that Baal and Aym weren't crazy about it but came around after Lamb invited Forneus for a visit, then they would be like yes Master should see how good Lamb is

Now thinking it over, it could have a good twist to it:

Baal and Aym think that Narinder should come around because Lamb is a good person and his life would improve

In this, his guardians become his jailers. They've become the ones most actively working for his "rehabilitation", and Narinder hates it because he knows it's another way for the Lamb to break him. He's thinking that it's their mortality that made them cave so easily.

Once Narinder makes it out, they want to make their presence known once they find him, but Lamb explicitly commands them not to until they say it's time. So they go and check on him and obvs this is stwess for Narinder since he feels like he's being watched

Still though, Depression Quest is more Narinder-based than Narinder/Lamb relationship-based because it's him trying to live in a new Lamb-ruled world while trying not to show off his shitty power level or something, Lamb didn't really pull up much once he gets out except for really sending Baal and Aym to keep tabs on him and maybe probably when the Bishops are resurrected but even then it's just like... there's still this kind of sad underlying everything.

So fun fact: a few of Courtship's ideas originated in Depression Quest! Such as the shared love for gardening/camellias by Leshy and Narinder, and the relationship/dynamic between Kallamar and Narinder. I don't know why but their relationship felt fucking devastating once I came up with it hence why I think Chapter 9/Kallamar's quest in Courtship has been my favorite to read and write so far.

Courtship and Depression Quest do share quite a few things, so I'm worried I might echo too much of the same shit should I actually come to write it. While writing out this answer I posted an unedited bit on a prototype for Leshy quest and you may see some parallels to the one for Courtship :o

the idea of a ratoo & narinder friendship from this has consumed my brain greatly, i love that idea i actually had a brain wave pic pop up in my brain, so i'll draw fanart of this AU later bc i adore it

pls show me when you done I want it I'm so glad you like it and yes Ratoo and Narinder friendship is one and only

I think there was more but it's like 2am and I have to wake up in like 3 hours and I think I should just do a fucking masterpost on these AUs

#cult of the lamb #cotl #fanfic notes #cotl courtship #cotl depression quest #tw depression #cw depression #tw self destructive behavior #cw self destruction #i spent too long writing this answer #i want to write #i want to doodle #i want to ideas... #i need to sleep

[skiakay]

In case anyone was curious this is the description to the cotl fanfic I’m currently writing 💕💕💕

Lambert is an artist struggling with the death of their father, and finding the will to create art when they meet the new guy in Darkwood. A tall and handsome antisocial waiter dealing with his own loss.

I do plan on making it a short story but that’s honestly subject to change who knows. I’ve been obsessing over this for days non-stop and I just keep coming up with ideas 🤧

#cotl #cotl narinder #cotl fanfic #cotl lamb #narilamb #I’m so sorry but Ratau and shamura are both dead for the sake of plot #coffee shop au