#ghstfcers

[terribleoldwhitemen]

tagged by @ghstfcers to attempt the borderline-cruel task of narrowing down my favorite fictional characters to a list of ten. (I’m choosing not to count “fave fictional crushes”, or else this laundry list would become dirty indeed.)

Maerad of Pellinor (the Pellinor books by Alison Croggon)

Francis motherfucking Crozier (okay, he may be a crush, but one does not write 75k+ words of fic from a character’s pov without transcending that status irrevocably)

Sym (The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean)

Davos Seaworth

Padme Amidala

Evey (V for Vendetta)

not being able to include fictional crushes is hard??

Halt (Ranger’s Apprentice)

Masterharper Robinton (Dragonriders of Pern)

you know what? genuinely???

Winnie-the-Pooh!

I’m absolutely certain I’m forgetting some terribly obvious faves, because that’s how my brain works. but let’s see, I’ll call in uhhh just kidding, feeling too insecure tonight to tag anyone!

#ghstfcers #i'm complaining but please don't be fooled #i'm absolutely chuffed whenever I get tagged in things #ask meme

[pooraurora]

7, 11, and 15!!!

7. Something you hate to see in dialogue. usually i’m like ‘are you conveying truth? then ur fine’ but too many physical markers to differentiate characters/too many work-arounds to the word ‘said’. said is fine!!! also usually readers can handle following the rhythm if you establish it, so trust them <3 it’s ok to just use ‘he’ or the character’s name over and over unless noting their physical description is showing me something important!

11. What "don't ever do this" writing rule are you guilty of constantly breaking? PASSIVE VOICE. AHHHHHHHH!!! i always slip into it especially when i’m just trying to put words down. that being said about above: i only RECENTLY started to Understand(TM) how to embed dialogue. i was today years old, literally, when i began to do that. i’m the idiot constantly going “Shut up!” he yelled. god also just. not fucking describing enough i’m sure.

15. We all project onto our characters. Where has your personality or life choices leaked onto the page the most? any time a character is a control freak, that’s ME BABY! or is putting on a Really Good Face but clearly their life is FALLING APART! AHHHHHH! me @ thomas jopson lately LMFAO.

#hannah weighs in #writing #ghstfcers

[hungry-hobbits]

wake/winslow + the upper hand

i was literally working on a thing so i’m using that for your fill >:3c

“D’you have to say my name like that?”

“Like what?” Thomas looked up from the lighting of his pipeto the dark of Ephraim’s eyes. Ephraim was drunk, but so was Thomas though not nearly to the same degree. A common occurrence since their stranding andThomas had begun to realize that there were probably reasons more deep toEphraim’s original abstention than it being in the rules.

“Y’know exactly how you say it. Stop it.”

“If I recall you’re th’ one which asked t’ be referred withhis name.”

Thomas wasn’t looking to start another spat, or maybe hewas. It was hard to tell with him, for as much as he hated gaining Ephraim’sire, he certainly loved to stoke it. He poked at the embers with his words,finding which ones would roar his fiery temper to life again. It was exciting,dangerous, like a wayward blaze.

“I’m regrettin’ asking now. You make me regret a lot ofthings.” Ephraim’s jaw rocked side to side, grinding tooth against tooth in ahard way that made Thomas’ brow quirk.

“Now there be no need fer hostilities.” Thomas puffed insuccession and the pipe smoked accordingly, “T’was only doin’ as you requested.Bit late t’go back to formalities now, don’tcha think, Ephraim?”

Thomas had a way of speaking, he retained control with it.Twisted things, situations, happenings, to ensure that he kept the upper handand kept it away from Ephraim. It wasn’t difficult, all things considered.Ephraim argued, but was put down easily. Even now, starting a fight, Ephraimlooked at Thomas with the dumb, angry look he always did when Thomas saidsomething that forced him to think.

“Maybe’s time for you t’ go t’ bed, lad. Much t’ do asalways. You’ve got a lot t’ catch up on.”

Ephraim’s jaw rocked again, something roiling on his tongue,something hateful and spiteful. But he was drunk, and tired, and not feelingbrave.

“Aye, sir.”

#the lighthouse #ephraim winslow #thomas wake #fic #the way thomas says 'ephraim' grated on me so much i'm not surprised #ephraim ended up spilling his beans #ghstfcers #asks

[tomjopson]

francis crozier and/or solomon tozer!

Francis Crozier

How I feel about this character: Captain Dad!! But in all seriousness, it’s incredible to watch the journey of this man as he learns to be a leader, friend, and mentor to his crew in the worst possible of scenarios. The kindness and self-sacrifice that he learns by the end of the show (and still being unable to save anyone) is painfully tragic, but makes me love him all the more.

Any/all the people I ship romantically with this character:  I know he and Fitzjames are popular, but I don’t really read or write fitzier fic lol

I enjoy Crozier/Jopson, but man my feelings about that pairing are a mixed bag, given their shared history as well as the power dynamics of their ranks

My favorite non-romantic relationship for this character: He and Jopson 100% Be it platonic, familial, or romantic, I really love their relationship. I love the slightly joking manner they have with each, the nonverbal communication, the devotion and loyalty from Jopson balanced by Crozier’s appreciation and respect. I get real emo about these two

My unpopular opinion about this character: I don’t think I have one? I think that he can be particularly cruel, pre-rehabilitation, but I don’t think I’m an outlier for that lol

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: I would have really liked a scene between Crozier and Little where they reconcile some of what happened pre-Carnivale because their relationship seemed vastly improved by Terror Camp and I like to think that Crozier apologized to Little for having abused his position as badly as he did (with the whiskey runs and all)

Favorite friendship for this character: sorry blanky Crozier and Ross BFFS

My crossover ship: don’t have one lol

Solomon Tozer

How I feel about this character: a lot, and I mean a LOT. Tozer is a slowburn when it comes to his tragedy and my understanding of it as a spectator, but I really relate to Tozer because he is a genuinely good man, with good intentions and a decent heart who lands himself on this path of bad decisions and stubbornness that gets him roped up with Hickey and dying this horrible death

Any/all the people I ship romantically with this character: with Edward Little, all the way

My favorite non-romantic relationship for this character: I like some of the brief interactions we see him have with characters such as Sir John, Heather, Armitage, Hartnell. He had a warmth with the other men, even when he was being crabby about something. 

My unpopular opinion about this character: I don’t get/agree with the himbo thing??? I know it’s all joking, but I genuinely don’t think he’s dumb. I don’t think anyone who got manipulated by Hickey was dumb, for that matter

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: just more, as anyone would say with a favorite minor character lol I would have liked more interactions between Tozer and Crozier though if I had to narrow it down

Favorite friendship for this character: he and Heather 😭

My crossover ship: again, none

#terror!posting #francis crozier #solomon tozer #the terror amc #asks #ghstfcers

[henrylevesconte]

fitzconte!

You my friend have truly blessed me with this ask (and also I love your fic post today)

When I started shipping them: It wasn’t until I really got into the history behind the terror, doing my own reading and research that I fell in love with the pairing. Just two rowdy boys who had so many adventures together and developed a bond over years of hardships and shenanigans 

My thoughts: Love them. Love the dynamic of them both together. Really wished the show illustrated them together more but lol what can you do (that’s what fanfiction is for)

What makes me happy about them: I just love them. The idea they both can be the one who gets into trouble/hurts themselves and the other be the one who’s mad and protective about it. I’m truly just a sucker for a pair of best friends who become lovers

What makes me sad about them: the inherent tragedy of dying together in the arctic and Dundy following James to the ends of the earth

Things done in fanfic that annoys me: For specifically fitzconte, there’s not a ton of fanfics out there (I get it, fitzier is popular). So I take everything I can get and truly love and cherish anyone who writes them. I’m not picky

Things I look for in fanfic: tenderness, friendship, just a capturing on their dynamic

My wishlist: More? 

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: For James I tend to ship him with Crozier otherwise, and for Henry I like him with Des Voeux (even if he is a bastard, they have a dynamic don’t @ me), Jopson, and now Hodgson some

My happily ever after for them: I waiver back and forth on this. Part of me believes they would be happy to run off and adventure together for the rest of their lives and the other half of me thinks that James and Henry would want to settle down, perhaps in Canada along with Henry’s family. Just have a homestead, plot of land, maybe just do what they love until they grow old and die besides one another

Send me a pair, a character, or a fandom and I’ll answer these questions

#thank you #ghstfcers

[nopickls]

3, 14, 29, 32

3: Any guilty pleasures (books/fics)?

Hmm I’d say I don’t feel particularly guilty about anything that I consume.. i’ll read basically anything! if it’s written well! I might put down romance as a genre here bc I like to feel sappy but then again I’ve never come across a good book like

14: Do you have a go-to AU?

A P O C A L Y P S E Honestly any kind of dystopia like... space-ish, world ending, things that make you confront your HUMANITY - I like using my AUs u know to make em like.. contribute to the plot and the character development?? idk how to explain but yeh 

29: 20s AU or 50s AU?

o 20s all the way prohibition babey

32: meet cute or meet ugly?

meet ugly do like me some of that Confrontation and deliciouse hate-hate and this is what happens when you’re reared on football

thanks for asking!! 

writing/reading ask meme

#ask meme #ask any of my friends..apocalypse is My Brand #ghstfcers

[saltnhalo]

cas putting a gun to dean's back in the galaxy's most wanted, and then the two of them in the angel trying to get away from federation ships!

oooh yes! a good choice!! that fic was so much fun to write but I always forget about it which is a crime because badassery? heisting? intergalactic ship chases? I can see why it sticks in your mind haha

which scene from my fics has stuck with you?

#ask emma #ghstfcers

[galaxystiel]

🥝!

@royalrowena - Gretchen inspires me every day, by how much a wonderful, welcoming person she is. She’s always so kind to everyone, and I live for her appreciation of Ruth and Rowena. Gretchen is the perfect example of how to be in fandom.

#ask #serenity has mail #blog compliments #ghstfcers

[ltleflrt]

1, 21, 16!

Thanks for playing!  (also YAY GHOSTFACERS)

1. What was the first fandom you got involved in? Dragon Age 2.  Before that I didn’t know there was such a thing as fandom, or fanart.  I was aware that fanfiction was a thing because my husband read it, but I paid it no mind.  After I played the game for the 14th time, my husband taught me how to find fanfic lol

21. What was the first fanfic you ever wrote? It’s not listed first even though I started it first, but it’s Peace Begins With A Smile.  I wanted to write a less grumpy version of Fenris than what I was reading.  It was only supposed to be 3 chapters, but like most of my ideas it ended up waaaay longer.  Oops.

16. Are there any popular ships in your fandom which you dislike? Does Sastiel count as a popular ship?  It’s a super sweet ship, but it makes me recoil and nope nope nope away.  Also in the Dragon Age fandom Fenris/Sebastian is definitely a notp.

Ask me about fanfic stuff

#ask box meme #ghstfcers

[thursdays-fallen-angel]

🥝🥝!

okay okay SO

@castielrisingabove is absolutely phenomenal. The best of the best. She’s an amazing writer (Never Give All the Heart is my FAVORITE fic, no joke), she comes up with incredible AUs all the time, and she’s also so damn funny. She’ll never get enough love and attention, I swear.

@hhoneycas is so cute. So sweet. I love her writing so much (her pinefest, Men’s Eight, is absolutely adorable, not to mention a great representation of Seattle), and she’s also such a lovely person in general. This fandom is lucky to have her.

#thank you so much for this excuse to give compliments #this is my lifeblood i stg #ghstfcers #replies #ask games

[wanderingcas]

5, 26, 50!

5. Which fandoms have your written fanfiction for?

good question! ever since i was 14, i’ll list them: Fruits Basket, Ouran High School Host Club, (i loved anime could ya tell), Supernatural, Star Trek

26. How do you come up with your fanfic titles?

a last-minute panic when i need to post the fic, just kinda randomly slap a title on there. rarely, i’ll know in advance, and it’ll be a song lyric or a quote from a book i love that has thematic elements to the story

50. How did you get into reading and/or writing fanfiction?

i honest to god do not know how i first stumbled on fanfiction. but i’m glad i did. and years later, when i got into spn, i was like ‘there HAS to be a dean/cas fic base’ and by golly there was

#thank you so much!!<3 #fanfic asks #ghstfcers

[terribleoldwhitemen]

ghstfcers replied to your post: a non-comprehensive list of the unfinished fics on...

HELLO @ haldir/theoden & the snow-pov hunger games!!!!

@ghstfcers I will weep!!! I am overjoyed that there are people out there as hungry for this shit as I am????  

listen the snow-pov hunger games rewrite is actually finished at around 38k; only problem is it needs heavy editing. I’ve been threatening myself about it for years. maybe soon?? idk!! it’s got a very special place in my heart, tho; bc until Devils came along it was the longest thing I’d ever finished.

...haldir/theoden snippet, anyone? (in which haldir does not fall at helm’s deep, but instead accompanies theoden and his kin all the way to the fields of pelennor.)

//

“Do not think us, for all our long lifespans, to be immune to loss. I saw many of my kinsfolk slain in the Deep; elves whose friendship I have known for ten of your lifetimes.” 

There is only the shadow of a rebuke in his tone. Théoden, though his pride recoils like a wounded boar from a spear-tip, cannot but wish it to have been stronger. Perhaps such a condemnation would have driven an apology past his lips. He grimaced. “Can I say nothing that would diminish me in your regard?”

“Nothing is the only thing you could say which would accomplish such a thing. In his own halls, a king should speak his mind with the authority accorded by his rule.” He paused. “Though I would be no true advisor if I should allow his words to pass unexamined.”

Théoden met Haldir’s eyes and saw that a smile lurked there, ready to emerge if bade, though his mouth remained unbent. “Aye. And a most frustrating advisor you have proven.”

Finally, Haldir’s reserve broke, and his smile spread. 

“Come. The hour is late, and I am not so skilled as I once was at resisting the call of my bed, old as I have grown.”

“In a contest of ages, you shall not win,” Haldir reminds him.

Theoden tilts his chin, considering a reply, but settles for a mere grunt as Haldir sinks deeper into his seat by the central hearth. 

In the hall to his chambers, he passes Eowyn, dressed for sleep. 

“My lord,” she says, stopping short. A smile flits across her face, hesitating in its path to her eyes, as though unsure it would be welcome there. “You look—very well.” She shifts, peering over his shoulder.

He takes her hand. “Is that so uncommon?”

“I only—”

“Nay, do not answer,” he says, and when he goes to brush a kiss across her knuckles, he does at last feel the smile upon his own lips. 

#replies #ghstfcers #theodir #jesus the haldir theoden wip is 10k #dunno how to feel about revisiting all this content #coming back to it is lovely because it's always reassuring to reread something older #and still enjoy and admire it #but then there's also that sense of wasted potential #that it was never finished; never published #ah well #can't finish them all i suppose #and i am very happy with that which I have managed to finish

[pooraurora]

top 5 tv shows and/or cheeses!

current standings:

mad men (2007-2015)the terror (2018) succession (2018-) versailles (2015-2018) star trek: the original series (1966-1969)

Q U E S O!pepperjack!mozzarella!swiss!colby jack!

#hannah weighs in #ghstfcers

[hungry-hobbits]

john irving!

yes!! thank you!!

003 | Give me a character & I will tell you:

How I feel about this character: i originally did not like Irving, as i’m sure most can say the same. but over time i’ve grown to love him a lot, especially with @henrylevesconte​‘s help!!

Any/all the people I ship romantically with this character: Hickey, Crozier, Goodsir, Little, Tozer, Jopson, Hartnell

My favorite non-romantic relationship for this character: Goodsir + Irving - though they never interact until after Irving’s dead, knowing what i do about both men i think they’d get along really well!! i just really like imagining them as friends tbh

My unpopular opinion about this character: i’m not sure if i have any unpopular opinions about him other than he’s good and probably didn’t hate hickey as much as hickey thought he did (all of my opinions about irving are very popular with my friends LMAO)

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: honestly i would go on with things but i dont know if i can pick just one :(( i mean other than living ofc

Favorite friendship for this character: probably him and the lieutenants but lbr irving doesn’t really have a lot of friends unfortunately

My crossover ship: IF I HAD TO PUT HIM WITH SOMEONE??? maybe incredibly self indulgently?? toffler from ravenous - two sweet religious boys?? doing their best??? yeah thats some good shit

send me a fandom/ship/character

#ghstfcers #asks

[gracefuldean]

prussian azure & payne's grey!

prussian azure; what’s your favorite scent?

coconut!🥥💘

payne’s gray; describe your aesthetic?

lots of light, soft pastel pinks and open spaces. also misty forests. but sometimes it’s smoky greys, deep shadows and bloody reds.

send me a color

#thank you!! <3 #ghstfcers #answered

[spncreatorsdaily]

Welcome, everyone, to Week 21! We are very excited to feature two awesome creators this week: @ghstfcers and @procasdeanating! 

We’ll be reblogging both of these great writers’ creations throughout the week, and as always, Saturday will feature creators on our tracked tag, #spncreatorsdaily.

Don’t forget to reblog posts from these great creators to spread the creative love!

#week 21 #creator: procasdeanting #creator: ghstfcers #creator announcement