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diorsbrando · 2 years

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HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS. ( a. h )

pairing ! ━━ aki hayakawa x fem! reader

cw ! ━━ minors/ageless blogs do not interact. reader is black + thick coded but you don’t have to imagine it that way. basically boyfriend!aki who is very soft for his princess we luv him for that <3 lots of fluff and like…introspective moments? suggestive themes. descriptions of smoking.

word count ! ━━ 3.7k

notes ! ━━ this is an expanded version of this ask & the art used came from this post. ive been wanting to write this for a while, but ive been putting it off bc i wanted to start/work on other things and wasn’t sure if this would even be any good. but the akirot has fermented and here we are <3 i love writing soft love scenarios (i’ve been a sucker for them lately) so this is what this is. i hope y’all enjoy ! REBLOGS ARE HEAVILY APPRECIATED!

AKI HAYAKAWA WAS A. . . PERSONAL MAN. he cherished every little thing that he was blessed with very profoundly, and held them close to his heart, where they would be safe within its hardened, cold exterior. he protects these things— these emotions, these ideas, these people—with all his might, because he knew very well, maybe even better than anyone, that tomorrow was never promised.

he values the things he’s received even on a subconscious level, where he doesn’t actively realize that’s what it is: him caring to such an uncanny extent. it was like that with the first cigarettes he ever received from himeno, it was the same regarding his friendship with denji and power—

and it was ultimately the case with you. especially with you, matter of fact.

this explains why the two of you were pressed up against each other in a yearning embrace. aki had comfortably sandwiched you in between the wall and his firm body, while just a few feet away was the front door, where his devil-like subordinates waited outside.

he was very personal about you and the relationship you shared with him, the trust and the genuine connection that tethered both your hearts and souls to one another. he didn’t even want mere glances from the likes of denji and power to taint this special thing he held so tenderly in his big, calloused hands. their teasing of aki being “so whipped” for you fell on deaf ears the moment his closed your door with his foot and his fingers came in contact with your skin.

it wasn’t exactly a lie, he supposed.

the kiss was drawn out. longing, and wistful. it was slow enough for you to savor hints of every delicacy that clung to the walls of his mouth, and he did the same to you, low sounds of pleasure threatening to escape his throat. you tasted the spearing blanket of peppermint that coated the other flurry of flavors on aki’s lips and tongue, like the stale aroma of the cigarettes he smoked an hour ago, and the tangy cocktail he drank with his meal. and you loved it.

the dark-haired male sensually swiped his tongue across your bottom lip, effectively licking off most of the lip gloss you wore. gently, he tugged on your bottom lip with his teeth, before letting the pink muscle slither in between the barrier known as your lips; you tasted the gloss that you’ve been wearing all night.

you whined into his mouth when aki tugged at your bottom lip again— a little firmer and more yearning this time—and you followed his movements, perfectly in sync with one another. you melted into his taut chest when one of the hands that held onto your waist slipped past the material of your long, fitted cardigan and found its way under your ribbed tank top. his hands felt like ice against your warm skin and caused you to shudder at his touch. his palms gently squeezed and unclenched at your fleshy sides as a way to ground you back to him.

after what felt like an eternity, the rest of the world around you completely muted, aki finally pulled away from the kiss, his forehead dipped slightly to your height and rested against yours. your breathing patterns became harmonized with each other’s after a few seconds.

this. . . moments like these were precious to aki. it was personal to him, and it was all his.

“fuck. . . . . i’ve been wanting to kiss you like that since the moment we picked you up earlier” he confessed in a breathy voice. it was almost unusual to hear your boyfriend be so forward or use expletives so casually—he was usually such a composed man— but you found his words arousing, and you bit your lip to contain the giggle that wanted to escape. perhaps it was that fruity alcoholic beverage he drank, and the four subsequent glasses he consumed afterwards that made him so. . . so—

another chaste kiss on the corner of your mouth pulled you out of your thoughts. and then another a little farther down. then a third and fourth back on your lips. you couldn’t help the loving smile that morphed onto your face, finding his affections extremely endearing.

letting your fingers ascend from his shoulders to the back of his neck, your french tipped fingers numbly scratched at the back of his head. the dull sensation on his scalp was almost relaxing, but it also made his heartbeat continuously skip several beats. if aki were a cat, he swore he would have purred.

“hmm, aren’t you too cute?” you cooed teasingly, earning you a faux irritated roll of his eyes from him. “but don’t you have to get up early for work tomorrow? you and others should get going, it’s getting late.”

your boyfriend let his eyes flutter close, inhaled deeply, and threw his hand back to exhale, a soft groan getting caught in the mix.

“yeah, i do . . . . but i’d honestly rather not go back with those two. working with them is one thing but living with them on top of it is something else entirely. they’re complete pigs, it’s disgusting. and having them in my personal space feels like hell every day.”

you chuckled airily at his childlike complaints, while allowing your other hand to shift to cup his face. “i totally understand. it can be hard, but just take it one day at a time, okay? and be patient with them.” you put extra emphasis on the word patience because you knew how aki could get if provoked enough.

the devil hunter groaned again, letting his head hang until it fully rested on your shoulder. he still wasn’t fond of denji and power being placed under his care or being in his space, but he didn’t mind you in his. matter fact, it’s something he’d grow to crave more and more as the days went by. it was unbecoming for a man like him, but he couldn’t find it within himself to care all that much.

“now go! denji and power are waiting for you,” your voice trailed off and morphed into a more sing-song tone, which aki didn’t find amusing. but still, he sucked it up and stood at his full height with a heavy sigh.

“fine.” if you squinted hard enough, it almost looked like he was pouting. “gimme a kiss first.” he mumbled with a titled head, trailing his hands up and down your waist.

your chest tightened in glee when his already deep voice grew darker, just a little heavier, that you could feel it’s weight on your waist where his hands rested; you were obsessed with his voice, especially when it was unable to conceal his obvious desire for you. happily obliging to his request, the both of you leaned in for a sweet peck, the noise of your lips softly smacking and then finally separating tugging a rare smile at aki’s lips. just as you were about to pull away, aki’s ample hands immediately grabbed the back of your neck and held it in place so you couldn’t move.

“wait, one more baby” his grumbled again, his tone thicker than before. how could you deny him when he looked at you like that and asked so nicely? so, you gave what he (and you) both wanted.

“mmm just— just one more. this is the last one, i promise.”

it was, in fact, not the last one. he’d say ‘one more’ five more times (and you’d give in every single time) before you had to literally pry him off. as you ushered him towards the door, with his hand on the doorknob, he assured you in a soft voice that he’ll come to see you the following weekend, because this week was supposedly going to be very busy for him.

“i’ll see you soon, alright? stay safe. call me if you need anything.” he planted one final, gentle kiss on your forehead. it was his own personal way of saying ‘i love you’.

maybe he’ll work up the courage to actually say those three weighty words one day. a part of him wanted that day to be sooner rather than later.

“you’re the one who needs to be careful, out here killing devils and shit everyday. but anyway, i’ll see ya later, handsome.”

your subtle compliment made aki’s body stiffen for a moment, and you were able to see his ears redden in real time as he exited your apartment.

the fond contentment that surrounded the sword-wielding hunter was snatched away from him the moment the door closed behind his heels, and the crisp, cold air embraced his figure.

denji and power immediately flooded his ears with questions, ones he didn’t care enough to answer. they were too personal for him. as far as he was concerned, they didn’t need to know what went on in his relationship. like second nature, his face returned to its naturally stoic state, and he pulled out a second cigarette and lit it as he walked away from the two devils, who were still pestering him with obscene inquiries.

in that instance, he once again left his beating heart in human form behind on the ninth story of the apartment complex.

one could assume this might have been why aki hayakawa was so frigid all the time. the warmth of your love, of your being in itself that set fire to the blood in his veins, was pulled away from his grasp, causing his skin to harden and freeze in solitude and indifference. it ultimately contributed to overall icy personality, which seemed to be more steely than usual. each time his thoughts pondered on your tasteful figure —even for a moment— or the memory of your honeyed voice kissed his mind’s ear, he would have to stifle of groan of longing and annoyance, because instead of being in your bed, cradling you in his strong grasp, he had to be out here instead: his suit stained with the blood of some repulsive devil creature, dealing with all these. . . people, he thought in vague disdain, and dreading the paperwork he’d have to fill out for makima.

the week seemed to have weights on its feet, with the way it dragged on day after day, ever so slowly. it was too slow for aki and work, as well as his eccentric roommates, were driving him up the wall.

aki’s skin grew too cold, it resembled too much like solid ice, where if you came to close in its vicinity, its frost would bite you. he had been without the warmth of his heart for too long.

this realization would soon lead the dark-haired male to sneak out of his own house in the dead of night, an unfathomable gravitational force deep within his being pulled him to the little slice of heaven in this hell he had to live in everyday: to you.

aki understood the impulsivity and recklessness of his actions and was well aware of the risks of walking around alone at night, knowing that there could be devils lurking literally anywhere. he didn’t care though; nothing else mattered when you were involved. he also knew that he really should be in bed, resting so he can be ready for another grueling day at his job tomorrow.

but he just couldn’t seem to drift off into a dreamless slumber that his body so desperately wanted. not when you lingered and danced in the forefront of his subconscious.

it was an ungodly hour, most likely past two a.m., and lucky for aki, you were awake to feel the buzz of your phone in your palms. your closed laptop laid idle on the desk next to your bed, feeling the crushing weight of an assignment you were dreading lifted off your shoulders as soon as you pressed the submit button. now, you were currently going through your ‘watch later’ compilation on youtube, slowly but surely making your way through the list.

that’s when you saw the notification from your boyfriend drop down from the top of the screen. reflexively, your heartbeat quickened, and your finger twitched as you read his rather straightforward text.

you up? if you are, come unlock the door for me

it’s a marvel how he seemed to know that you were awake at this hour. for all he knew, you could have been fast asleep, enjoying your ride to dreamland.

but you supposed that just proved how attuned your man was to you. it was frightening sometimes, like he knew you better than yourself.

and it would make sense for someone to be in tune with such an important organ more than anything else because of course, it was the one that gave them life and one wouldn’t be able to effectively survive without it.

aki’s began to drown in the sea of his own thoughts, he didn’t even realize that the door was already open, and you stood there waiting for him. your soft spoke snapped him out of the daze he was in. you couldn’t stop the faint, cheeky grin that pulled at your facial muscles the longer you stared at your lover.

if aki leaned close enough and looked hard enough, he might be able to see the hearts in your pupils. something about him coming here in the dead of night— randomly, no less — felt so adolescent. it felt like the two of you were some starstruck lovers in high school that couldn’t stay away from the other for too long. and something about the fact made your body temperature increase.

you noticed that aki’s hair wasn’t tied up in its usual top-knot style. it cascaded freely in dark waved across his face, acting as a shadowy curtain over his lashes. the onyx stud earring’s he always wore glimmered in the refraction of the singular light that hung over their heads in the hallway. his katana was slung lifelessly across his back on top of the black hoodie he wore.

aki’s face was mainly expressionless as he stared back at you, and yet, he still managed to look effortlessly beautiful.

you’d never know that thoughtful stare could prove to be too much for him sometimes. the man found himself quickly tearing his gaze from yours after a few seconds, deciding that your eggshell white painted toes and silver anklet were far more interesting. and they were, because they were so pretty looking. everything about you was so pretty.

he opened his mouth a little to say something, but then immediately closed it again, swallowing whatever thoughts he was going to share. concern briefly flickered in your brow at the minimal action. “aki? is.... everything okay?” you asked him carefully, knowing that he wasn’t the type to wear his heart on his sleeve or open about anything so easily.

he would need to warm up first to do that.

aki took several moments to reply, and in the silence, his feet took control of the rest of his body and took a step forward. then another, and then another, until he had your back up against the wall, just like the other night. your breath slightly hitched at the memory, your chests brushing against one another.

“. . . everything’s fine. those two just. . . can be so fucking loud sometimes, even when they’re sleeping. can’t stand it.” his voice was rough and full of complaints, but his hands were gentle, finding their way back home on the flesh of your waist, and used it as leverage to pull your hips against his. you could feel the heat of his crotch on yours/

“one of these days, i’m actually going to kill them in their sleep and dump their bodies on the street.” and there it was again, that dip in volume that made his voice sound more like a sensual rumble in this throat. you started to wonder if he was aware of it or not.

the flicker of his intensifying gaze from your eyes to your lips seemed to be the catalyst in the two of your moving your faces closer together. both of you were so close he could feel the air escaping from your mouth when you let out a chuckle. “so dramatic. so...you came all the way here, because they were snoring too loud?” your eyes were lidded now, teasing him with faux offense embedded in your tone as you wrapped your arms around his neck.

aki all but hummed, not caring enough to reply at the moment, because he now became too busy pressing a much-anticipated kiss on your lips. this time, it was saccharine. it was eager, bordering on desperate. but most of all, it was warm. aki sighed and groaned into your mouth, relishing in the warmth of being here with you, in your house, in your arms, thawing the cold barrier that surrounded his veins.

as the kiss grew more fervent ━ one of his hands gliding up the valley of your breast to comfortably latch onto your throat, and your hand that was clasp took root in his soft hair, giving it a little tug ━ neither he, nor you, could suppress the shudder that crawled up your spines.

the need to properly breath soon became too overwhelming, and soon enough the both of you pulled away from one other, panting softly into each other’s mouth, him resting his forehead on yours.

“yeah...” he spoke slowly, trying to remember the question before the two of you kissed; his head was still fuzzy from the sheer euphoria of it all. “they’re....too loud. anyway, let’s go to bed, baby. ‘m tired.”

with one final peck on your lips, he slipped out of your loose grasp and padded his way to your room, with you following after him. you plopped on your bed and got comfortable as you watched your boyfriend maneuver back and forth between your room and bathroom as if he lived here. it felt very...domestic and you had to bite back the grin that wanted to pull at your lips and contain your giddiness.

as you connected your phone to its charger and set it on the nightstand, aki’s taller frame climbed into bed next to you. his clothing was reduced to his boxers and t-shirt, presumably wearing it under the hoodie he arrived in. instinctively, your bodies were pulled towards each other underneath the blankets: your head against the crook of aki’s neck and one hand on his chest, while his lanky, muscled arm was draped across your back, his palms rubbing miscellaneous patterns along your sides and thigh.

“you mind if i smoke a little before we sleep?” he broke the silence that filled your bedroom, remembering to be courteous whenever he came over.

you hummed sleepily, not realizing your own exhaustion as soon as you snuggled up against your boyfriend. “mmm, g‘head, baby. just open the window when you do....don’t want the smell to linger.”

it was amusing to aki that while gave him permission to get up satisfy his smoker habit, you still you nuzzled yourself against him, holding him close like he was your own personal teddy bear. chuckling softly, he slithered out of your grasp and out of the comfort of your bed to grab the pack of smokes and his lighter that were in his hoodie pocket.

remembering that you kept an ashtray in one of the drawers━ just for him; his heart pounded at the thought━ he placed it on the nightstand, and like second nature, pulled a pale white cigarette from its container with his teeth. with a few flicks of his black lighter ━one, two, three ━ the orange flame he’d come to be very well acquainted with sprang out from its plastic cage and kissed the end of his cigarette. wispy, white tendrils of smoke escaped from the end of the cigarette and idly floated into the atmosphere. inhaling and exhaling, as if he were breathing regularly, aki rested his back against the headrest of the bed, and blew out the toxic fumes, letting excesses of smoke lazily dribble past his lips.

the man’s dark, cerulean eyes drowsily shifted from the blank ceiling to your now sleeping form next to him. he took comfort in the way your body gently rose and fell, and the way your facial muscles relaxed into complete bliss, not having a care in the world.

the veiny hand that wasn’t holding the cigarette came to gently stroke the apple of your cheeks, then shifted so he could stroke your soft lips with the pad of his thumb. even in your sleep, you sensed his touch and leaned into his rugged palm. his chest ached and stomach churned watching you do that and God you were just so cute. so pretty and so soft and all his. every time he saw you, he liked the sound of that more and more.

this moment, it was comparable to a husband and wife sharing a bed. the thought made his cheeks and neck burn, almost causing him to choke on the smoke he was inhaling. aki wished all his days could end like this. he wished every day could begin and end like this, until the end of time.

after a few more minutes, aki snuffed out the cigarette on the ash tray next to him, got up to brush his teeth and gargle mouthwash for a second time this evening, and climbed into bed with finality. pulling your figure into his once more. his now warm hand glided up and down the canvas of your spine, and both of your legs became entangled with each other.

this particular thing, his relationship with you, was very personal to aki hayakawa, indeed. he cherished it admittedly more than his own job and he wanted to show you, as well as tell you, how much you meant to him everyday for the rest of his life.

that’s probably why he placed one last tender kiss on your forehead before letting slumber take over, and against your skin he mumbled something that had been weighing heavy on his chest and his mind for longer than he realized.

“i... i love you, princess. sweet dreams.”

aki closed his eyes before he realized your own eye that had peeled open at his thick, sleepy voice, suppressing a dreamy smile at his love confession.

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shannonallaround · 5 months

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Sonic Prime Story Snippet 2/2 (post S3E1)

Read Part 1 here

The first thing Shadow noticed as he regained consciousness was the light.

It came through his eyelids as a purpley-pink—too bright. Shadow squeezed his shut eyes tighter, groaning in the back of his throat. Eventually, he cracked them open.

Directly before him, in all its shining glory, stood the paradox prism.

Shadow gasped at the sight, and he immediately regretted it—a thousand needles shot through his rib cage. He hissed, eyes snapping shut again. He released his breath slowly to try and minimize the pain.

Gradually, Shadow looked back up at the prism, and he stared. He had only briefly glimpsed it before when it was gripped by Dr. Eggman’s excavation robot. Up close, and now fully restored, it was far grander than Shadow remembered; it was magnificent.

The supernatural light radiated from within the prism itself, dancing off its surface and reflecting off everything in the room. It was like nothing Shadow had ever seen. He tried to move closer, only to stop short when something pulled on his arm.

Shadow whipped his head around to see metal domes completely encasing his hands, keeping his arms extended outward on either side. His feet were trapped too, the domes connecting to a larger metal ring that circled him. He was completely suspended in the air.

Shadow yelled in frustration as he pulled against his restraints with all his might. Nothing happened. He boosted his air shoes—

Wait. Where were his air shoes?

They weren’t turning on. That meant he wasn’t wearing them. Shadow felt his breath quicken (a painful experience). His eyes darted around the room, scanning every surface, but his shoes were nowhere in sight. He growled, and it turned into a furious yell as he yanked against his restraints again. They didn’t budge.

He was the Ultimate Life Form—this device shouldn’t be able to hold him. It was almost like…

It was custom-made for him.

“What do you think?”

Shadow looked up past the prism towards the voice: it was Nine.

The fox hovered in the air above him, that infuriatingly smug look from before still on his face.

He flew to where Shadow was, landing on the balcony between the hedgehog and the prism. “I designed this device specifically with you in mind. Though I did borrow a little from a contraption the Chaos Council made a while back.“ He looked directly at Shadow then. “Not even Sonic could escape it.”

Shadow growled, glaring at the fox. “Too bad you’ve caught me instead of him.” He still pulled against his bonds, though more subtly now.

“Oh, don’t worry; that won’t last long.” Nine strode across the floor towards Shadow’s left. “The Grim Birdies will find him. He can’t run forever.”

“You’d be surprised.” Shadow ignored the pain that flared up in his chest as he continued to speak. “Where are my air shoes?”

“Trying to change the subject?” Nine smirked at him. Shadow glared daggers back. “They’re locked away,” Nine waved his hand dismissively. He now turned to face the prism. “Can’t have you interfering.”

Shadow gritted his teeth. “This is insane. How do you even expect to get the prism energy out of Sonic once you catch him? You think you can just tear him apart and take it out?”

Nine stiffened, though his gaze remained fixed on the prism. He spoke over his shoulder. “I have a plan. Your myopic little mind couldn’t understand it.”

Shadow scoffed, disgust clear on his face. “You know what’s myopic? Being willing to destroy the entire universe for personal power! There won’t be anything left by the time you’re done, including you! Is that really what you want?”

Nine turned his head slightly. “What do you mean, ‘the entire universe’? I’m making a new world!”

“And destroying all the other shatterspaces in the process!”

At that, Nine froze. He turned further towards Shadow, staring at him. “What?”

“Haven’t you realized?” Shadow scowled at Nine. “The entire multiverse is collapsing because of you and your selfish fantasies!”

“That—!” Nine sputtered, then shook his head, steeling his resolve. He turned back towards the prism. “Once I have Sonic’s prism energy, that will be a non-issue. The shatterspaces will stabilize, and I’ll be able to remake everything as it should be.”

“Who are you to decide what that looks like?”

Nine spun around then, snarling. “Who are you to decide? You and Sonic were doing the same thing—you were using me, planning to just wipe me from existence to get your old friends back!

Shadow took a breath. “That was never Sonic’s intention,” he said. “He thought he could save everyone.”

“No,” Nine spat, “he tried to trick me into thinking we were friends so I’d help him. He never cared.”

“That’s a lie.”

Nine turned away, muttering under his breath. “You’d like me to believe that.” He suddenly crouched, pointing his robotic tails at the paradox prism. Green-tinted lazers shot out, causing the prism to pulse until a beam of light brighter than Shadow had ever witnessed shot upward into the sky. Shadow squinted from the light as the room shook around him. He barely heard Nine yelling over the commotion.

“I’m going to turn this place into my paradise, and no one is going to stop me!” Nine stormed up to Shadow as the rumbling settled, jabbing towards Shadow’s chest. “Not you, not Sonic, not anyone!”

“You maniac!” Shadow flung himself at Nine. His trap pulled him back, as he knew it would, but it was enough to make Nine flinch and take a single step backward. The fox’s hands turned into fists, and he grimaced.

“You think I’m the maniac? You’re the one throwing your life away for someone who doesn’t even care about you! He’s abandoned you here, left you at my mercy! And even if he did care,” Nine scoffed then, looking away, “it won’t last. It never does. No one can be counted on. You’ll see that.”

Nine turned and walked towards the balcony stairs, his back to Shadow.

“There’s no place for me in the universe. The only way I’m gonna have a future worth living is if I make sure it happens myself.”

“At the expense of everyone else?”

Nine’s head turned, and he glowered at Shadow. He opened his mouth to speak, when suddenly an ear-splitting screeeach!! came from the distance. Nine’s face lit up, and without a second glance back at the imprisoned hedgehog, he lifted into the air and flew up through the ceiling to greet his robot scouts.

“Nine! Nine!” Shadow called after him, fighting against his restraints again so he could stop him. The fox was long gone, however, and Shadow’s bonds still held fast. He suddenly found himself alone again. The paradox prism still glowed in front of him, its power now seeming more ominous than before.

Shadow sighed heavily through his nose. All he could do was hope that, with the Birdie robots’ return, Sonic wasn’t with them. ------- DO NOT TAG AS SHIP

#shannon's writing #I DID IT IT'S DONE #i got stuck on the dialogue earlier today and got really nervous I wasn't going to be able to publish it but we pushed through it #and I got encouragement from @punkinspice and was able to finish!#hope you enjoy hehehe #sonic prime #shadow the hedgehog #nine the fox #sonic the hedgehog #sonic fanfiction #sonic fanfic

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basicallyjaywalker · 5 months

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Secret Santa Fic :D

I shared this w/ Oli much earlier but they gave me permission to publish it so!!!

Here is my gift to @tornoleander for @spinjitsuburst's Secret Santa event!

Pspsps come get your AO3 link

Title: Arms

Genre: Hurt/Comfort w/ Angst

Characters: Jay and Cole focus, but appearances from Nya, Lloyd, and Kai!

Length: 3,349 words

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ettawritesnstudies · 1 month

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long story short: My short stories aren't selling as consistently as I hoped they would, and with publishing and wedding costs on the horizon, I'm hoping memberships will be a more effective way of making income, so I'm curious to see what people are most interested in seeing!

Tagging @abalonetea because I know you do patreon and that's similar so I'm curious to see what's worked for you in the past?

#etta rambles #other people's writing #writeblr #to be clear I have a day job so I can make my rent and regular expenses and bills #but unless my writing starts paying for itself I might not be able to publish runaways next year #or I run a successful kickstarter #I work so hard on my blog and youtube and everything and try to give so much to community and it's not paying off like I hoped it would #but I don't have any more time left to give #so I've got to get more annoying about self promotion I guess #etta grumbles about running a business in the tags

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baeshijima · 6 months

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it is now officially the 25th which means...

merry christmas everyone !!! regardless of whether u celebrate or not, i hope u all have a lovely day with whoever u spend it with or with urself <33

#sophie's idle chatter #this is scheduled so im HOPING it posts at 12 am.... prays....#i havent been super active in the past month or two bc life is kicking my ass (<- has said this countless times already but its still true)#also !! i see asks and ill try and answer them when i actually have the time and energy 😭 ik i say this a lot but ive been drained good god #(not so) mini life updates :#the new lovebrush chronicles main story update has made me weep so much... ive done both clarence and ayns routes and....#my god.... this story is darker and honestly im loving it AND i love how they did the chara roles in this world (alkaid... ourgh...)#my tear glands arent tho bc ayn ending 3.... what the fuck was that i couldnt sleep after doing that ending??? ITS WAS SO SAD AND FOR WHATF #currently having to wait until the 27th so i can do lars route 😔#the recent ep of apothecary diaries.... ourgh my heart.... jinshi and maomao beloveds :((#oh !! and ive gotten back into my ace of diamonds/daiya no ace phase and have been rewatching the series...#sobbing chris and yuki and miyuki my beloveds.... kissing ur foreheads and holding u gently.....#the way i got back into it bc im catching up on s2 of a clean sweep (a korean baseball variety show that i love with all my heart ;w;)#my mum is a traitor tho bc she watched every new ep that came out on tuesdays while i was in uni 🧍‍♀️ so now im catching up on the 30 eps #on my own 🧍‍♀️#OMG AND ALSO DR STONE S3??? WHY WAS I NOT NOTIFIED THAT PART 1 CAME OUT MONTHS AGO AND PART 2 WAS MORE RECENT???#i havent been doing that much writing recently tho bc the fingers wont type but the brain is exploding with ideas i cannot handle this #i do want to get back to the haitham sxf series tho.... and also my oc various x reader series.......#tbh ive been contemplating abt publishing the haitham series on ao3 once i write more chapters before publishing them #idk i feel like the series would be nice to have on ao3 as well as tumblr JHDG #thats abt it i think?#anywho if u read this far then know i am giving u a warm cookie as a condolence prize for getting through this life dump <33 #ill leave it off here but i hope u all have a lovely day !! mwah mwah merry chrysler everyone 🎄🫶#queue... ueueue

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jangmi-latte · 2 days

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working on commissions really challenge me to the core because wtf do you mean i'm kicking my feet and getting beet red over DEUCE SPADE???? MAN can't believe he can literally overpower my crush over ace

#after working on commissions i have a surprise for the rest of you that i've been waiting to publish for months now #STILL THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THIS COMMISSIONER HUHU YOU REALLY ARE ONE OF A KIND #got me covering my face mid writing with puppy love playing in the background??????#i think i have a fatass crush on deuce now DAMN #if you know that as a author i'm already losing my shit i hope you lose yours too bECAUSE YOU PUT ME ON THIS BLIND DATE AND #I DID NOT EXPECT TO FALL LIKE THIS /POS ILYSM

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livesincerely · 3 months

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amateur fanfic writer here; is it okay to write fics for ships that aren’t popular? Or friendships that aren’t popular? I want my work to be accepted, but I have this idea of a ship and I haven’t seen it around. I really wanna write it, but I don’t know. I figured you’d be good to ask since I’ve read a lot of your fics, and they’re really good. :(

-albert

Hello friend!

You should absolutely write for whatever ship you feel passionate about!!! Our fandom is on the smaller-side, so I totally get feeling like there isn’t necessarily a lot of variation in fics and pairings since there are fewer of us writing, but honestly, that’s all the more reason to break new ground.

I might not be the best person to ask since I basically only write for Javid, which is one of the most popular newsies ships, but I’m confident that you’ll find an audience for your fics no matter how niche the relationship might seem.

For example, Finn (@agentsnickers) was the first person to publish a Davey/Race/Spot fic on ao3 and even though it’s still a very rare pairing, it’s one of my die hard FAVES! And I never would’ve thought about it if they hadn’t introduced me to the ship.

So, whole heartedly, I say go for it! Every ship needs a captain after all.

And if anyone’s an ass to you about it, tell them to kick rocks. Fanfic is supposed to be fun above all else, and as long as you enjoy what you’re writing, that’s all that matters

#*editor's note #*ask #I’m not the best at advice but I really hope this helps!!#and you should definitely send me a link to your story once it’s published so I can cheer you on #you got this!!!#sending you good vibes and strength 🌟✨

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di-diwata · 4 months

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hi fairy hello :3 pls get out of the spike pit !! :3

i have no clue what 2 put as an image so have a claude monet for the soul anyways can the spike pit let my bestie get out :(

HELLO FROM THE SPIKE PIT!!!!!

...yea okay I'll get out the spike pit <3

I like this image. Good vibes :D

i like the spike pit though... finee though. just for you I will get out the Spike pit

#omg evren<33 #Hi Evren!!! good morning hope your well #How are you :3???#I'm currently in writers block(?)#i got into a really small fandom recently (as in if I post something now I'll be the first to publish something (fanfic wise))#but god I am so scared to mischaracterise these characters

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r2y9s-notartblog · 2 months

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evening/night boop! (how are you doing?)

morning boop! (i've lost track of the time whoops!)

I'm doing well! have a cat butt!

#replies #uygfiug #not my cat but he is when i'm there lmaoooo #my friend's cat his name is Witcher! he's very cuddly!#the more allergic to cats you are the more he wants to cuddle with you!#to the chagrin of the friend of said friend who often comes by for video games with us #i uh. may have impulsively submitted an application to a communitiy college.#i haven't taken college classes in 8 years haha #but i was like ok i have a BS in art but what if i got an AS in forensic science huh #wouldn't that be cool #i'm just out here about to start collecting degrees orz #also can i even pay for it? even if it's part time?#financial aid save me #fuck if i'm gonna apply for another damn loan after i just paid my last one off #ANYWAYS got into a new video game and it's eating at my brain but at least i've got some great art inspo coming in #i never stay in a fandom for long which is why i never publish any of my fics bc i'm in a new fandom before i can even finish the fic lmaooo #i hope you're doing well! i think ur classes started up again?#gl and take care of yourself!#take breaks and eat and all that u know how it is

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nekropsii · 11 months

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Woof, I really haven't been posting lately, apologies everyone!

I've been hard at work on scripting for Sovereignstuck lately. A lot has been getting done recently with regards to the project. I can only assume some of y'all guessed that already considering I dropped off the face of the earth pretty soon after the T-Minus 100 Days Showcase. Well over 100+ pages have been written into their final drafts, and I'm still working hard. I haven't had much time/energy to blog with all that on my plate- it takes a lot of time and energy to write, especially considering the approach I'm taking to it!! Thank you all for your patience. I do hope you all enjoy the final product once it begins to release on 9/19.

As a general life update though, my tablet recently broke. F in chat for a real one, I've had that thing for years. Luckily, I was able to acquire a new one a few days ago, and while it is undoubtedly better than the last one, adjusting to it is quite difficult... Once again, I had the previous one for several years, and autism hates changes like that, lol.

I'll continue posting sporadically, but I cannot promise absolute consistency. I'll try and continue giving updates like this, though!!

Thanks to all who read this, and I'll see you again soon!

#also got into a polycule lately but that isnt too important #its definitely another major reason i havent been posting much. too busy writing and spending time with the boys #im more active in the sovstuck fan discord lately lmao #anyways... man. 78 days until sovstuck huh? it's pulling up fast!!#i do hope you all will like it. this is actually my first webcomic #not my first published work though. i did learn a lot from that one. but this is definitely my first comic #trying my best!#sovereignstuck #nekro.txt

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litas-writings · 7 months

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University AU where Aurora lives and Desmond saved her from the Azran temple and she gets to go to college in London where she meets Flora. Ofc they're roommates.

#dont keep your hopes up I havent even started an outline nor do I have a plot worked #this AU idea is all I got #just throwing it out here hoping someone reads this gets inspired and writes the fic for me #because I never finish what I start let alone publish it #professor layton #flora reinhold #flora x aurora #aurora azran #jean descole #desmond sycamore

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jax-yacks · 18 days

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What even is homestuck😭I have heard so many things about this series and it’s fans but I could not tell anyone a goddamn thing about it. Please explain🙏

Okay I, perhaps obviously, have a lot to say about Homestuck, so I'm going to try to have a simple explanation up top and go more in depth under the cut lol

EDIT: I said I'd try. I just have a lot to say! That said -- if I focus too much on stuff that isn't really what you were asking, please feel free to ask about something more specific!

Though before it gets lost under all my text, I want to shout out the Unofficial Homestuck Collection -- Homestuck has a lot of flash elements that are preserved in this collection along with a bunch of other features extremely helpful to new and old readers alike, so if you (or anyone reading this) decide to give Homestuck a shot, I highly recommend using it.

Homestuck is a multi-media webcomic written by Andrew Hussie (used to be he/him, now any pronouns) that ran from 2009 to 2016 about four 13 year old kids who play a game together.

That's the simple 0 spoilers understanding of it.

While still panels with text underneath make up most of the pages of Homestuck, there are a lot of flash animations (some of which included art by other creators) and even games mixed in, ranging from a very mini battler to walk-arounds with puzzles (some of which got programming help or were programmed entirely by other people). There is original music composed for it, much of which doesn't even show up in the comic itself and just exists in albums (this is how Toby Fox first became Known, and the first time Megalovania (the Sans Undertale song) popped off (it originally started out as an Earthbound fansong iirc). It totals over 8,000 pages and 800,000 words.

It starts out with a lot of jokes about data structures and early 1900s comedians, and despite starring 13 year old leads, is aimed at primarily mid-late 20s Forum Dudes, the late 00s version of redditors (sort of). That's not to say early Homestuck is bad or full of edgy humor, you just gotta understand the environment it was initially being created in is not the queer teen population it's famous for having as a fandom now.

NOTE: It does start out using the r slur a lot, but that's how things were in the late 00s and early 10s, and Hussie eventually drops it. There's an option in the Unofficial Homestuck Collection to replace it and some other problematic terms.

The switch between the two audiences tends to be attributed to Act 5, where 12 trolls (an alien species), whose personalities are based on tropes of various kinds of people you'd find on the internet, are introduced. They came with weird personalities (as trope characters might), lots of personal drama, and a character that was explicitly created to be the most controversial character in Homestuck. Also the first hint at the potential for queer characters which was huge in the early 2010s.

This is when young Homestuck fans really start becoming a nuisance at conventions getting grey face paint absolutely everywhere lol Other than that, the fandom gets its bad reputation like any big fandom does, especially one with a younger audience -- they're cringe, they do cringe things, some people are shit heads who manage to get a platform or at least a megaphone. You really have to find your specific fandom niche.

Ultimately, Homestuck is a coming of age story that tackles ideas of what storytelling is, the relationship between the readers, the characters, the author, and the narrative, and internet culture. It's been compared to The Neverending Story, but I haven't read it so I can't comment on that. As much as people like to say Homestuck sucks or the writing is bad, even if they like the comic, I genuinely think it's good and has a lot of interesting things to say, even if the more I learn about Hussie's idea of storytelling and why they did certain things, the more I realize how much I disagree with them.

If you do end up reading it, I highly recommend following along with the podcast Homestuck Made this World, a podcast with two hosts with actual degrees in media analysis (I forget what degrees specifically). One has read Homestuck and was in the Something Awful forum since the early days (if not the beginning) and can speak to the culture of the readership at the time (extremely necessary for understanding Homestuck imo), and the other going in completely blind.

Now for the cut

Homestuck started out as forum comics often did: Hussie posted a panel and accepted reader input for what should happen next. This wasn't every panel, as Hussie made sure the plot kept going, but a lot of the meandering in the early acts are because of this. Eventually, Hussie takes away the reader prompt entirely. But the engagement with the reader base never ends. There are pages specifically made to mock fan theories, there are fan theories that get made canon because Hussie thought it was neat. There are characters made to be embodiments of subsections of the fandom. Hussie shows up in the comic. A representation of the reader sometimes does. Homestuck is reader hostile. It's fan hostile. It's one of the best and worst things about it.

The Homestuck fandom was huge to the point that Hussie stopped being able to host important flash animations solely on his website, and had to start hosting on Newgrounds as well, but at least one even crashed Newgrounds from all the traffic.

To expand on my extremely simple plot explanation a little bit: The game the four kids play end up destroying Earth as part of the game, and their goal is to create a new planet. However, it isn't so simple. Their session of the game ends up getting entangled in the trolls' session, who blame the kids for their session going to shit. Friendships are made. Romances are sparked. Backs are stabbed. Drama! And that's just the first half of the comic -- Acts 1 - 5. Act 6 takes up the last half of the comic, with Act 7 as an ending flash animation.

During that last half of the comic, there was a kickstarter for a Homestuck game eventually named Hiveswap. I could spend a whole post just talking about that, but if you want a deep dive into the controversy surrounding it, I recommend checking out Gio's blog -- he's basically the only person doing a deep dive trying to figure out what the fuck is going on since Hussie and What Pumpkin (the main company Homestuck is under) are pretty opaque about the whole thing. (WP is not very happy about Gio's blog and it led to Sarah Z getting threatened with a lawsuit because she made a passing mention of it on her Homestuck video and then made a follow up video about the threat showing the shit show that was WP which I find endlessly entertaining even if I'm not generally a fan of Sarah Z.)

So far, the kickstarter has resulted in Hiveswap Friendsim: A series of visual novels introducing you to characters you'll see in Hiveswap written by various writers (Hussie only wrote... 1 route? maybe one or two more), though all of it noncanonical to Hiveswap, just giving you the vibes of the characters. We also have parts 1 and 2 of Hiveswap with part 3 getting some vague mentions and teases the past year or two (at least). As might be implied by the fact there is a deep dive into what the fuck is going on, it's kind of a mess, and few people really expect the full game of Hiveswap to actually be completed.

We also got a series of visual novels (I think that all came out before HS2 started) in the vein of Hiveswap Friendsim and continuing from its end: Pesterquest, where the main character/reader insert from Friendsim meets the "main" 20 homestuck characters and creates an offshoot timeline by making it to where Homestuck never happens. Again, Hussie only wrote one route, and the rest were given to WP staff and contractors. While it is technically noncanonical, it does have bits of the Epilogues crossing over with it, making it maybe canonical with Beyond Canon? (I don't think it is, but I won't get into that.)

In 2019, the Homestuck Epilogues dropped -- a Beyond Canon (aka noncanonical, a statement that is highly controversial in some circles) continuation of Homestuck taking place 7 years after Homestuck ends (making the first 4 characters, who first appeared as 13 in 2009 and 16 in 2012, catch up to what their age should be following that timeline). It is formatted like an AO3 fic complete with a (controversial) list of tags and has a prologue and two branching paths: Meat and Candy. It ends with a set up for a continuation, which we eventually see with Homestuck 2, which went between the style of Homestuck, panels with text beneath, and a... A picture book isn't the name for it, but a panel with exposition beneath, written like a page of a book.

It should be noted that the Epilogues had two additional writers along with Hussie, and Homestuck 2 is entirely written by new writers. Hussie has dropped out of Homestuck entirely by the end of 2019 (iirc, could have been 2020).

After a lot of terrible shit going on in the Homestuck fandom (started and egged on by some of the staff), Homestuck 2 ended up going on an indefinite hiatus in early 2020, only picking back up with a new set of writers last year.

I have A Lot of opinions about what happened in 2019/2020, but that's really not relevant to the general overview of Homestuck.

Again, let me know if you have any more questions! I clearly love talking about this (I have a Homestuck podcast for fuck's sake lmao)

Despite what some fans say, I do think the og run of Homestuck is good, and I do encourage people to give reading it a shot, even if it winds up not being your thing.

#ask jax #lemongrass77777 #homestuck #what is homestuck #god i have to publish this before i add more things that i think are worth mentioning #i genuinely hope this isn't overwhelming -- i'm just passionate and verbose #i actually started to make a “what is homestuck” doc back in the day #maybe i should dust that off sometime #edit: some formatting and also somehow my cut got moved??#long post

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