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dross-the-fish · 3 months

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This might be the dumbest question on this blog, but is the motley crew like your AU/fanfic or is it an actual show? Can you also please give me a short summary?

I’m so sorry for asking such dumb questions I just really like your blog and I want to know more😭❤️🫶

It actually started out as a DnD style table top game I made for my friends. I decided to post some of the stuff from it here on tumblr and I'm re-writing it as a fic.

There is a LOT of lore, so I'll try to keep it brief and stick to the broadest points.

It's a goth lit crossover story, it begins with strange events happening all over England. There's an increase in the rat population, clouds of bats fill the sky at night, there are rumors of occult activity. The great detective Sherlock Holmes is called out of retirement to investigate a string of grisly murders and disappears without a trace during the investigation, leaving John Watson to try and find him.

Meanwhile Lawrence Talbot and his best friend Quincey Harker, the son of Jonathan and Mina (dracula) trying to rescue a woman from a wolf attack one night while passing by Baker Street. Lawrence is bitten and the bite is treated by Watson who finds it odd that there are wolves in London as wolves had been extinct in the UK for several centuries at that point and no zoo had reported a missing wolf.

Lawrence feels ill but otherwise fine and goes home thinking he'll sleep it off. Through the bite he contracts the curse of lycanthropy, on his first transformation he kills his entire family. The police investigate but don't connect Larry to the murders. The scene of the crime is a similar state to the one Holmes was investigating when he disappeared leading the newspaper to report the Talbot's as the latest victims of a serial killer at large. Watson questions Larry and Quincey, thinking they may be able to provide him a lead to finding Sherlock and, not knowing who else to trust they reveal Larry's lycanthropy. Watson is skeptical but once it's revealed that Larry is a werewolf he's convinced to help them find the cause of the curse and hopefully a cure.

Their search for a cause and cure leads them to fragments of a strange journal about an allegedly deceased man called Henry Jekyll who's own story seems to loosely mirror a werewolf curse and while trying to break into Jekyll's abandoned lab thinking his serum may have been the source of the curse they run into an unsavory character, Edward Hyde. Edward is at first, unhelpful, but once he realizes Lawrence Talbot is from a wealthy family he offers to help, stating that he knows a few things about Henry Jekyll and can get them access to his research in exchange for a place to stay and some money. Watson is mistrustful and advises the boys not to reveal Larry's condition to Edward until he proves himself an ally. At first Edward plans to mooch off of them for awhile, steal their money and disappear but once they figure out that Jekyll and Hyde are the same person they get him to agree to research Larry's condition and develop a cure derived from Hyde's serum.

Their continued investigation and search for Sherlock and a cure for Larry lead them to all kind of places and they start to assemble a group, picking up the Frankenstein creature and the Phantom of the Opera along their way.

It's eventually revealed that vampires, lead by Dracula have set up a society in England with the intention of taking over. Dracula is working for and with other villains from gothic literature like Dorian Gray, Carmilla, Imhotep the mummy, Dr Moreau, and Griffin the invisible man. Most of whom have sold or are in the process of selling their souls in Faustian contracts to Mephistopheles (Dorian's portrait physically is one). The crew's quest to find Sherlock and cure Larry turns into a bid to save the UK and possibly all of the world from team Dracula and Mephistopheles's machinations.

#This is just the tip of the ice berg #there' s 3 solid years of lore

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ghouljams · 8 months

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After consuming a lot of demon content I have come to present a question

How was Fetch born? Which one of the demons are hell-born and which are (as the clones from Star Wars say) nat-born? Is it any different for them and how their powers work?

(Can I be 🧪 anon if that isn't taken?)

No difference in powers between differently born demons! I like to think that the thing that really determines a demon's power cap is how creative they are with what they can do. Fetch has what could be considered a really weak power(retrieval is kinda specific y'know) but if you're creative and can bend the rules a little it becomes more powerful. Die on the other hand has what on the surface is a really strong power(the ability to kill people) but without knowing how to use it, it kinda loses its punch.

As far as hell-born/nat-born/human-born status is treated, I don't think demons give much of a shit. A demon is a demon is a demon, y'know? As long as you serve hell, you're valid (thumbs up)

Anywayyyyy, here's the "nat-born" status of the current demons

Fetch is a natural born demon! Or as close as a demon can get I guess. I like to think she emerged like aphrodite from the lavas of ill-advised lust and just sauntered into the recruiting office to ask for a job. Born and raised in hell, she has nothing that could be considered a "human" moral code. Which is what sets her apart from other weapon grade demons like Die.

Die is human born, a cursed child born as a demon. For the most part she was raised (as best she could be) by a human mother until she was deemed old enough to join Hell's forces. Hell didn't give her a fucked up moral code or anything, Mares come pre-programmed with that. If anything her mom fucked her up by giving her things like feelings(gross)

Luck is a special case. Another anon(I gotta dig up the ask) suggested she might be a fallen angel, and I love that idea. I think luck is a weird specialty with a lot of crossover, and her propensity for bending the rules didn't really jive with heaven so she was booted to hell. She's been a demon for a long time though and didn't really like being an angel anyway, so don't feel too bad for her.

I imagine Hush is the youngest of the bunch, and probably was a soldier that died and was recruited to Hell's army. Formerly human, now demon. (I think this is also why the other demons like Hush so much, he still smells kinda human)

Price.... Honestly I don't think anyone knows. Price has been around for a looooong time, perhaps as long as humans have wanted things. I think having a handler is new for them, having one they care about anyway. Crazy how humans grow on you...

#ghoul speaks #demon!darlings au #oc: fetch #oc: luck #oc: die #oc: hush #oc: price #🧪 anon #oc talk

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esamastation · 1 year

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Some mdzs fic ideas with a couple svsss crossovers thrown in

1 Following the dissolution of Jin Zixuan's and Jiang Yanli's betrothal, Yunmeng Jiang starts getting new hopeful marriage offers - from Nie (sent by Huaisang on behalf of Mingjue because he wants to see his brother happy and also never wants to end up as a sect leader so his brother clearly needs wife and kids asap and only the best will do), from Lan (Qiren on behalf of Xichen), from Wen (Wen Chao thinking he really has a chance)… Turns out the only female child of a major Sect Leader has options.

2 Jiang Cheng and Wen Qing have a (probably adrenaline fuelled, absolutely ill-advised) fling in the middle of the Sunshot Campaign. Jiang Cheng intends to do the respectable thing and marry her. Wen Qing convinced him to do the sensible thing instead, and so they elope. This changes everything.

3 Instead of losing his Golden Core, Jiang Cheng dies. This leaves Wei Wuxian and Jiang Yanli to pick up the pieces of Yunmeng Jiang. And Wei Wuxian doesn't do anything by halves Aka, Wei Wuxian becomes the Yunmeng Jiang Sect Leader and instead of Wen Ning's, it's Jiang Cheng who becomes the Ghost General.

4 Just before the Wen attack Cloud Recesses, Qingheng-jun suffers a qi-deviation. Shen Qingqiu would REALLY like to stop transmigrating like this.

4.5 Nie Mingjue's qi-deviation ends with Liu Qingge landing in his body like a ton of bricks.

5 Luo Bingge, in his search for a Kind Version of his Shizun, finds one Lan Shizui to be the perfect match.

#Fanfic ideas #Mdzs #The untamed #Svsss #scum villian self saving system

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wonkyelk · 6 months

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20 questions game

thanks very much for tagging me @massharp1971!

How many works do you have on AO3?

323

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

1,223,777. Which might be slipping into writing addiction territory.

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Stargate Atlantis, primarily, with a couple for The Magnus Archives, because I recently fell for it headlong.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Merging Stars

A Marriage of Least Resistance

Falling Upright

Breaking Bonds

Coming to an Understanding

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Yes, always. I love comments, they show that people are engaging with the work and I understand and appreciate the effort that it takes to make them. They deserve a thank you. Also, sometimes comments have sparked off an interesting train of ideas, which I love.

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Probably The nightingale with fethers new depending on which angle you look at it. Or A Short Space of Fair Weather, which is pretty sad.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Pretty impossible to tell as most of my fics end happily. But There and Back Again has positive outcomes, not just for the protagonists, but for two whole galaxies, so I’m voting that one.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Fortunately not, so far at least.

9. Do you write smut? If so what kind?

Occasionally. It tends to be awkward and laced with humour.

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

I have one sort of crossover comic, which is SGA meets Lord of the Rings: Of Rings and Ill-Advised Succumbing to Curiosity

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

It seems unlikely

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No, but would be very happy for anyone to do so.

13. Have you ever cowritten a fic before?

Yes, wrote a couple with @trainofcommand from just having a little fun back and forth on Discord.

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

McShep.

15. What's a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

My WIPs tend to be either an aimless few sentences or paragraphs which trail off and lose my interest, or they get finished. I rarely have a plot in mind beforehand, so I don’t really have anything that’s itching to come out.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Humour, I think. I enjoy writing dialogue and having fun with language.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Too many to mention, but I’ll go with plotting. Unless it’s a very short and complete idea, I can’t plot until I’ve written half of something and kind of have to work out a possible direction and wriggle the words around to fit. Often this takes a few goes and lots of reversing and trying a different fork.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

If it works for the fic and you have reasonable confidence in the accuracy, go for it.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

SGA. My Rodney McKay addiction tipped me over the edge from reader to writer and that just kept going. And going.

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?

This one is impossible and very much depends on mood, so I’m going to cheat and list three that come to mind:

A Ragdoll, Badly Stitched: death and grief is a recurring theme in my stuff and this is one of the first which helped me successfully articulate some things about it

How Death Came for Rodney McKay (and why it won’t be doing that again): Death again, but very much in humour mode. I’m pleased with the framing structure.

The Bakery in the Woods I love Fairy tale style stories, both just in themselves and how you can use them in relation to real world issues. This one came together in a way I’m happy with.

no pressure tagging: @trainofcommand, @sga-owns-my-soul, @dedkake,@hero-in-waiting, @sparrowsarus, @spurious and anyone else who wants to do this, please do. It was a lot of fun!

#20 questions #ask game

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chaos-monkeyy · 11 months

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Alright, not counting current WIPS I am still actively working on or ideas I haven't even started yet...

#chaos babbles #polls #wips #multifandom #no promises beyond like #i'll try really really hard 😂

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summersnow82 · 2 months

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Take a Walk: Part 5 of That Familiar Feeling

Fanfiction_TMNT Bayverse/ 2003 crossover

Author’s note: Part 5 of That Familiar Feeling

Thanks for sticking with me, y'all. I really enjoyed this one. Raph gets some major screen time in this one, and I just adore him. Enjoy!

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“Okay, so just to recap,” Sean began, closing his eyes and rubbing his temples. “Canister of mutagen.”

“Ooze,” Splinter corrected.

“Ooze,” Annabelle added.

“Ooze,” Sean stated. “Made you and the turtles who you are today. You named them after Renaissance artists – love that, by the way – and taught them ninjitsu. You fought some guy named Shredder, which honestly, is not the best bad guy name I’ve ever heard,” he continued.

“I once met a guy named the Disemboweler,” Annabelle quipped from the side. She was exhausted, and was currently lying on her back, arms draped dramatically over her eyes.

“Gross,” Sean said, never missing a beat. “Fought him, saved New York, fought some guy named Krang who was trying to open a portal to another dimension – curious about that – and saved New York, and now you defend the city from the shadows.” He looked to Splinter to make sure he hadn’t missed anything.

The old rat nodded, his eyes closed, arms folded, legs crossed. Annabelle would’ve sworn he was asleep, but he kept responding to Sean’s questions patiently.

“And these guys are the same guys who saved you after our Paris incident,” Sean said, directing his question to Annabelle.

“Yup.”

“But we’re in a different dimension so they aren’t the same-same guys?”

“Uh huh.”

“And I pulled you from them when I was working with Jarvis after our separation.”

Annabelle sighed. “That you did.”

“And you decided you’d keep the whole mutant turtle-rat ninja thing to yourself?”

Annabelle sighed, dramatically tossing her arms to her sides and sitting up. “I was hysterical when you found me, Sean. I wanted to find you, but I had a home there with all of them. Would you really have believed me if I told you the truth?”

Sean’s brow furrowed. “I’ve always believed you, Annabelle,” he replied simply.

She sighed again, pulling her knees to her chest, and focusing her eyes on the rug beneath them. “You were with Jarvis for a few months. I was with the guys, Cody, and Master Splinter for over a year. I loved them, and I never got to say goodbye. The mutant thing… it just didn’t feel as important as everything else.”

“They miss you, you know,” Splinter said softly, and Annabelle looked up to see him watching her with fatherly concern. “Perhaps this is a good time to discuss the dreams with my sons – if you are not too tired, of course.”

……….

Raphael grunted as he dodged another of Leo’s attacks. In retrospect, making a sexual reference about Annabelle had been crass and ill-advised. He’d been enjoying how easy it was to rile Leo up, and he’d overstepped. Of course, there was no way Raph was going to admit to that now. No, he was going to win this fight, smirk arrogantly, and then try to keep his smart mouth shut from here on out about Annabelle’s appearance. His sais crashed into Leo’s katanas, and the two growled at each other through clenched teeth.

It was stupid, really. Raph did enjoy brunettes with nice hips, but he wasn’t too picky over hair color. He was partial to blondes and red heads, too. What he really liked were curves, confidence, and a sense of humor. He’d fantasized about his ideal woman over and over, and Annabelle, who he did admit was attractive, seemed far too nice to ever spark his interest. She was giving him maternal vibes when he was looking for a Black Widow.

“This has gone on long enough guys,” Donnie called from the sidelines. He and Mikey had wisely removed themselves from the line of fire, and were ping-ponging between concern and irritation.

“Yeah, c’mon guys,” Mikey added. “It’s late. We’re all tired. Like my girl Elsa said, ya gotta let it go.”

Raph would’ve laughed at that joke if it weren’t for the death glare Leo was sending his way. “No,” he growled, pushing back against Raph’s sais. “It’s a matter of honor.”

Raph could hear Donnie rolling his eyes. “Please. It’s a matter of your hormones, Leo.”

Leo jerked his head to the side to snap at Donnie, and Raph took the opening. He used his momentum to thrust their blades up, and did a hard front kick to Leo’s plastron. Leo was startled by the move, and tied to regain his balance, but Raph had the the upper hand now. He dropped, swiping Leo’s feet out from under him before he could move, and knocked the blue clad ninja on his shell. Raph was on him in a flash, sai poised at his brother’s throat in an effort to keep his older brother down.

“Ya made your point, Leo,” he growled. “Now back off.” Leo narrowed his icy blue eyes at his younger brother, and opened his mouth to reply. Raphael never heard what he said, though. His head swam, his vision blurred, and in a matter of seconds he was slumped over Leo, unconscious.

………………..

“I just don’t understand, Master Splinter. Why Raph? Have I done something to displease you?”

Raph blinked, shaking his head as his vision became clear again. He could hear Leo and Master Splinter speaking, but their voices were somehow...different. He blinked again, taking in the bright room with clean white walls, modern appliances, and a crazy view of the a city skyline.

“What?” He murmured, stepping closer to the window. This didn’t make any sense; if his eyes were telling the truth he was high over a bustling city with flying cars, bright lights, and odd looking creatures everywhere he looked. He caught sight of his reflection in the glass, and blinked again. “Wait…,” he began, backing up slowly. The turtle in front of him was definitely not his own reflection, and yet…

“Raphael? Raphael!” Splinter’s sharp tone caught Raph’s attention and he spun, staring at a Splinter and Leonardo that were not his Splinter and Leonardo.

“I think I’m going crazy,” he murmured, and Leo rolled his eyes, crossing his arms over his chest.

“It’s not that crazy, Raph. We’re all capable ninjas,” Leo said. “I just think I’m better suited to train Annabelle.”

Raphael heard the arrogant attitude in his brother’s voice, and cocked his head to the side, currently forgetting his confusion. “Do ya now?” He asked, sarcasm lacing his words. “And why’s that, Fearless?”

Leo opened his mouth to reply, but Splinter intervened. “Raphael will be Annabelle’s teacher. Leonardo, you will respect the teacher-student relationship, and Raphael,” he said, turning to his son, “You will not disrespect it. Do you understand?”

“Yes, Master Splinter,” they replied in unison.

“Annabelle has overcome much since she came to us, and there is still much for her to work through. I will also be guiding her, but I believe this will be an excellent opportunity for you, Raphael,” Splinter said, resting a gentle paw on his son’s shoulder. “I believe you are particularly well-suited to teach her, my son. She is very angry, and there is a great sense of loss and isolation in her. Recognize this, and it will help you lead her well. Do you understand?”

Raphael looked into his father’s eyes, and nodded. “Yes, Master Splinter.”

His vision got fuzzy again, and for a moment he was worried he might be crying in front of Leo, but it soon became clear that was not the cause. He blinked again, wiping his eyes, and the room around him became clear.

He was in a small kitchen. The appliances were old, but the room was sparkling clean. A small gray kitten rubbed at his ankles, and he bent down to gently scratch beneath the kitten’s chin. “You keep that up and you’ll never get rid of the little fur ball.” Raphael jerked up, hands on his sais as his eyes settled on the same turtle he’d seen a few minutes before; the same turtle he’d seen reflected back at him from the glass window. “Hiya.” The red clad turtle smirked more than grinned, and he arched a brow. “Don’t worry – we’re not really in Mrs. Morrison’s kitchen. Master Splinter just said to picture a place I feel comfortable in, and here we are.” He shrugged, and then grinned as the kitten jumped into his lap. “Heya, Lucy.”

“What...what is this?” Raph asked, eyes still darting around the room.

“Master Splinter calls it a spiritual connection to our other selves,” the other turtle replied, gently stroking the now purring kitten. “Like opening a door previously locked. Mike and Don should expect a visit soon, too, if they haven’t already. We’re a bit on edge, ya see.”

Raph frowned, crossing his arms over his chest. “And I care because?”

His alternate version leaned forward, a dangerous smile sliding across his face. “Because we hear you found our girl.”

…………………

“Raphael? Raphael? Raph, can you hear me?” Leo felt cold panic race through his veins as he leaned over his younger brother. “Raph? Please?” Leo heard the pleading in his voice, the high pitched whine, and under normal circumstances he would’ve hated himself for it, but right now he cared about one thing only. “C’mon, Raph, wake up.”

“Pulse and breathing are even,” Donnie said, meticulously checking his brother’s vitals while Leo forced down his panic.

“He just went limp,” Mikey was explaining to Master Splinter and Sean. Annabelle knelt down next to Leo placing a gentle hand on his shoulder.

“This is what you did earlier tonight,” she said softly, her eyes never leaving Raph’s face.

“Then this is your fault,” Leo stated, turning steel cold eyes to lock on hers. Her hand eased off his shoulder with the same delicacy in which she’d placed it, but she remained silent.

“Leave ‘er alone.” Raph’s words were slurred as if he were waking up from a deep sleep, and he reached up to rub his face. “Guy can’t take a nap around here without causing a panic.”

“Raph!” Mikey all but lunged at his older brother, and his tackle-hug was met with a bright smile and hearty laugh on Raph’s end. “You scared us, bro.”

“That’s not so hard to do, Mikey,” Raph teased, raking his knuckles playfully across his baby brother’s head.

“Raph, what happened? What did you see?” Leo asked, and his brother finally turned his green eyes towards him. His eyes narrowed a touch, just enough to let Leo know he was unhappy with him, before turning to look at Annabelle.

“Wanna go for a walk?” He asked bluntly.

Annabelle blinked. “… sure. Yeah.”

He gave her a deft nod. “Cool.” Raph gently untangled himself from Mikey, and stood to his full height, moving his head back and forth to hear a satisfying crack, and then leaned down to offer Annabelle his hand. The room went quiet as she gently slid her own hand into his, and he pulled her up.

“Ummmm….,” Mikey began, glancing from them back down to Leo.

“I’m not so sure this is a good idea,” Sean piped in.

“No one cares,” Raph said, his eyes never leaving Annabelle’s, her hand still gently placed in his own.

“I agree with blondie,” Leo said, standing. “What if you faint again?”

“What if you trip on my fist?” Raph asked calmly. Leo caught the quirk in Annabelle’s lips, and Raphael mirrored her grin.

“Blondie? That the best you got, Big Blue?” Sean quipped, crossing his arms across his broad chest, and eyeing Leo with disdain.

“Would you like to see the best I’ve got?” Leo snarled, turning to face the human.

“Leonardo!” Master Splinter said sharply. “That is enough.”

“It doesn’t really matter what either of you think,” Annabelle replied, casting an irritated glare in their direction. “Because the only opinion that matters on this subject,” she turned her full gaze to Leo before she spoke again, “is mine.” She looked over at Sean, her expression softer. “And since you’ve already placed half a dozen tracking devices on me I think I’ll be just fine.” She turned back to Raphael, tightening her grip on his hand. “C’mon, Raph.”

………………

They were out of the lair and deep into the sewer system long before either of them spoke again. “You really okay with your brother putting all those trackers on you like that?” Raph asked. His eyes had remained straightforward the moment they’d stepped out of the lair, but their hands were still gently interlocked. Raph found the heat from her palm oddly comforting like the sun warming his shell on those rare moments in the sun.

Annabelle shrugged. “I mean, normally it would be a huge red flag, but I cannot tell you how many times we’ve gotten separated. Tracking devices are actually quite clever.” She paused. “I need to put some on him.”

Raph shook his head. “Humans.”

Annabelle cast him a side glace and a gentle smile. “Turtles.”

“He’s not a bad guy, ya know,” Raph said. “He’s just not great with people.”

Annabelle frowned. “Who?”

“Leo.” Raph stopped, turning to face her. “I mean, he can be a pain in the shell, and a total tool, but overall,” he shrugged. “Overall, he’s a good guy. Good brother.”

“I know that.”

Raph grinned. “Just wanted to make sure.” He turned, tugging on her hand, and pulling her along after him.

“So where are we going?” She finally asked.

“It matter?”

“Not really. Just curious. I could guess where Donnie or Mikey would take me, but you and Leo… you two always manage to surprise me.” He glanced back at her, and she quickly added, “In a good way.”

He stopped quickly, whirling to face her, and she bounced off his plastron. He quickly tugged her back to him, and this time her free hand pressed against his broad chest. His free hand held her in place, his large hand splayed across her back, and she blinked up at him. “How would you like me to surprise you tonight, Belle?” His voice was low, teasing, and unmistakably flirtatious. He grinned at the blush quickly spreading over her cheeks, and the way she ducked her head, effectively breaking the intense stare.

“Raphael,” she began, and he chuckled.

“He said you might react that way,” he replied, and she glanced up at him in surprise. He had an eye ridge cocked, and Annabelle had to admit it made him look awfully attractive. “So before I go and build up my brother too much I’m gonna ask – you and other-me ever break a sweat doin’ something other than training?”

“Raphael!” She cried, eyes wide, and cheeks even brighter. His grin grew, and then, like a light bulb going off in her mind, she grinned, too. “Other-you? You saw Raphael! You saw my Raphael!” Her smile was blinding, and she jumped up, wrapping her arm around his neck. “You saw my boy! My sweet, sweet boy!” She was laughing, and crying, and he freed her other hand so she could hug him fully. “Is he all right? Is he safe?” She asked, pulling away to wipe her eyes. She seemed as giddy to him in that moment as a child on Christmas morning. “Did you tell him I miss him? Because I do. I really, really do!”

He chuckled, reaching down to muse her hair in a similar fashion as he’d done with Mikey earlier that night. “Yeah, yeah. It was very emotional for us,” he teased.

“Oh, you liar!” She cried, but her voice was so filled with delight Raph couldn’t do anything but match her glee in his own, slightly more retrained manner.

“C’mon,” he said, reaching out for her hand again – that warm, cozy beacon. “We’re almost there. Then I’ll tell you everything.”

“Almost where?” Her voice now held a lilt of excitement and hope he found himself wanting to indulge. Similar to Mikey – equally endearing, but less annoying. Maybe this was what having a sister was like?

“He told me to find you a nice spot,” he turned, grinning again, “to sing.”

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camp-mithril-lake · 5 months

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One day, I will write that massive I love Rodimus IDW fic and no one will be able to stop me.

One day.

God, the relationships will be so messy. Optimus, Drift, Ratchet, Hot Rod's original squad, Doubledealer, Swindle and therefore the Combaticons, Prowl because he chose Rodimus over Bumblebee at least once before when choosing who to follow, and so many others.

Optimus is going to be SUCH a thing. They have to have at least one ill-advised sexual encounter. I am requiring it.

Gonna address so much of my favorite off the wall things about his backstory and stuff about him:

Was an Alyon Spark saved by Optimus and the Outlaws.

One of the leaders of Nyon Rebels

High enough in Autobot High Command when breaking it down it looks like he and Bumblebee shared the position of 2IC because a.) He out ranks Prowl, b.) He runs his own independent squads multiple times, c.) He is one of the people who outwardly and loudly disagrees with Optimus on the regular, d.) Twice–twice–he said "actually this is a shit plan who is coming with me?" and a bunch of people–including people like Prowl–peaced out to go join him even if it meant working with Decepticons, and e.) Him being one of the ones Optimus selects to lead in his absence was not surprising and people like Ultra Magnus and Xaaron went with him as subordinates. Most of his leadership roles and this occurs BEFORE he is given the Matrix.

He is one of the last survivorrs of Nyon.

The trauma of blowing up his home to stop Zeta.

How fucking young he must have been when this all went down.

Both sides wanted him.

He actually has a personal relationship with Swindle based off him selling him weaponry in Nyon.

He decided to go 1v1 the Decepticons by jacking Magnus's car.

The Matrix kept him alive and brought him back after getting shot through the Spark.

He GAVE the Matrix up.

He keeps being betrayed by people he thinks are friends. Fucking Doubledealer.

The Matrix felt good to him.

Several times he is intrinsic to Optimus Prime's character development or giving him a wake up call or pick me up.

Decides he is going to be BFFs with Drift.

I need to get into when and how he started hating Thunderclash.

He is definitely smarter than he portrays himself or later volumes give him credit for.

I call it the Rodimus Fic, but it is really just taking IDW1 throwing it in a blender and doing what I want with it to suit my specific interests. Not a fix-it but a re-write. It is an absolutely massive project, though.

And eliminates most of the crossover stuff, not gonna lie. So.e things unchanged, though.

#idw rodimus #idw hot rod #the rodimus fic

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boltlightning · 4 days

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out of context wips

tagged by the wonderful @aloveforjaneausten, thank you so much!!!!!

RULES: summarise your WIPs badly and let people vote on what they'd most like to read!

i'll post a little snippet of whatever wins, for funsies :)

tagging you 🫵 the writer reading this. if you vote in this poll i am tagging you specifically. yeah. you.

#tag game

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digitalagepulao · 10 months

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Pardal/Sparrow or Digital, whichever is your fancy sie/hir/they/them - adult (+21)

welcome to my JttW and chinese animations and mythology sideblog! my focus on it comes and goes so i'll let you know when turning on notifications to know when i'm posting again might be a good idea.

while this blog is mainly focused on JttW, I'll bring up other stories and legends, like Investiture of the Gods (Fengshen Yanyi) or Lotus Lantern (Bao Lian Deng). this is also for Chinese animations and series as I find and explore them, and i'll occasionally do livereads of books, especially academic ones.

follow me over at my main @sparrow-in-boots if you'd like my more assorted interests <3

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THIS BLOG IS +21 and will contain: fantasy and realistic violence, gore, body horror, discussion of mental illness and suicide, sexual themes, and other sensitive subjects. They will be tagged appropriately as cw but please be advised and proceed with caution.

PLEASE DO NOT TAG MY AUs AND CONTENT AS LMK unless i do so! LMK content is tagged with #not a lmk blog (head on over to my LMK sideblog @digitaldoeslmk if you want my art and aus)

AU info and tags below!

#Expedition to the West au

my take on JttW if it was (more or less) rooted in the real world and the historical Xuanjang's journey. follows mostly the plot beats as outlined by @journeytothewestresearch's article, so giving it a read will help contextualize where I diverge or fill in empty spaces with my own takes and ideas. full props to OP, their research has been an immense help and inspiration!!

#Sun clan au

[CHARACTER DIRECTORY] started as my own version of giving Wukong a mother figure, now it's me fleshing out the monkey population of Huaguoshan with ocs to explore Wukong's bonds and filial piety, as well as the repercussions of his actions. expect a lot of family fluff AND angst!

note that both AUs are somewhat connected but I'll tag them separately as needed.

#Havoc in Midgard au

God of War/JttW crossover AU. Linked to my Fimbulvintr Blues AU where Atreus and Mimir are kicked back into the far past of Kratos' Spartan General days, and have to catch up to his current time the long way. I'm focusing mostly on his trips across the continents and pantheons as he retrieves the giants hidden there by Týr and slowly but surely acquires a veritable arsenal of magical artifacts, special powers and baffling alliances. And of course, his short but chaotic stint in the Three Kingdoms during the time of both Wukong's youth and the entirety of the Investiture of the Gods.

#bell dragon art

my art tag regardless of AU or fandom

ASSORTED TAGS

jttw liveread: quotes and tidbits from the novels i felt like sharing

fsyy liveread: same as above, but for the Investiture of the Gods (Fengsheng Yanyi)

oedipal god liveread: comments and quotes of the book "Oedipal God: The Chinese Nezha and his Indian Origins" by Meir Shahar

jttw book club: chapter reviews and comments by myself and others who have joined the reading group over at @/journeythroughjourneytothewest

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denimbex1986 · 10 months

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'Next week comes the strangest pairing at the multiplex we've seen in years. We're talking, of course, about Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer — together dubbed Barbenheimer — set to go toe-to-toe for box office dominance on 21 July. The former is a hot pink franchise comedy inspired by the iconic line of Mattel dolls, the latter a stylistically austere biopic about the invention of the atomic bomb. Such is the striking contrast at play, of course the internet (read: Twitter) was going to do what the internet does and meme the shit out of it: now, all anyone can talk about online is Barbenheimer, sucking attention away from other major summer releases like Mission: Impossible 7 and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

Though this clash of cinematic titans might've been elevated to event prominence by the internet's collective love of ironic memedom, it's hardly the first example of diametrically opposed movies dropping on the same day. Fifteen years ago in the US, on 18 July 2008, cinemas were similarly split into two queues: the Batman enthusiasts on one side, clamouring to get into The Dark Knight and usher in a new superhero movie age; on the other, ABBA stans awaited a trip to the sunny isles of a fictional Greek island in Mamma Mia!. Had the internet grown beyond its cringey 9gag nascency by then, it might've been the original Barbenheimer. The Dark Mamma, if you will.

After all, there are huge parallels between the duelling duos. The Dark Knight was the dark and dreary, terminally serious Christopher Nolan movie. Mamma Mia!, the fun-loving “chick flick”, a jukebox musical for the gays and girlies to let their hair down with campy, sun-kissed escapism. Say you did the double bill back then: you could spend two-and-a-half hours with Christian Bale growling gravely under the cape and cowl, then it'd be time for cocktails on the beach with Amanda Seyfried and Pierce Brosnan. With Barbenheimer, it's another pitch-black Nolan flick where its male lead does a lot of broody staring into the middle distance, contemplating the deep evils now ushered unto the world, paired against Barbie, where men are Just Ken. For both Mamma Mia! and Barbie, it's hard to think of more colourful chasers to stave off Post-Nolan Depression.

The Dark Mamma, alas, never took off as Barbenheimer has. Indeed most people online, anecdotally, simply forgot that the two released on the same day, such was the broad surprise when viral tweets prompted by Barbenheimer brought new attention to the OG. (Here in the UK, they came out eleven days apart.) Little media coverage at the time pointed to the contrast, the most prominent article available on Google search being a Vulture piece from the week of release, the headline of which jokingly announced Mamma Mia! and The Dark Knight as battling “for the very soul of America.” Strikingly similar contrasts were zeroed in on: “Are you a happy person, or a sad one? Do you see the glass as half-full, or half-empty? Do you prefer your toast with strawberry jam, or do you like it sprinkled with shards of broken glass?” All ring true of Barbenheimer, too, only the question now isn't which, so much as which first. Shard sarnies, nevertheless, remain ill-advised.

Hollywood studios know exactly what they're doing with such stark counter-programming: the lack of demographic crossover suggests, on paper, that the movies won't eat into each other's profits, giving audiences a variety of options. In 2003, for example, X-2 was released into US cinemas on the same day as The Lizzie McGuire Movie, and in 2015, Mad Max: Fury Road roared onto screens simultaneous to Pitch Perfect 2. Barbenheimer is distinct in that we seldom get such a major clash of two big-budget summer blockbusters, nor a meme-propelled online movement spawning Etsy merch and Twitter stan rivalries. But that's the key thing, and the true movie-loving spirit of Barbenheimer: while we might joke about Nolan nuking Barbie's Malibu Dreamhouse, these aren't warring parties battling for audience supremacy. Much like The Dark Knight and Mamma Mia! — which went on to be the first and fifth-highest grossing movies of 2008 — early projections suggest that both Barbie and Oppenheimer will both do pretty well for themselves. And there's only one winner when that happens: the movies.'

#Mamma Mia #The Dark Knight #Christopher Nolan #Barbie #Oppenheimer #Greta Gerwig #Mission Impossible 7 #Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny #Mad Max: Fury Road #Pitch Perfect 2 #Barbenheimer #X-2 #The Lizzie McGuire Movie #Amanda Seyfried #Pierce Brosnan #Christian Bale

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chaosheadspace · 5 months

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20 questions for fic writers

tagged by @cuubism, @beatnikfreakiswriting, @reallyintoscience @notallsandmen

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

18.

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

200,639. Which is insane, if you take into account i only started writing again last September

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Currently only Sandman, but I do have two Legend of Zelda WIPs

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos? 1- I'll go to sleep and dream again (579) temporary human dream, canon divergence 2- Ill-advised things (434) vague medieval AU, human 3- Take both my hands (372) Omegaverse human AU 4- Inappropriate Uses of the Dewey Decimal System and Coworkers by Hob Gadling, no PhD (292) Human AU, Library 5- Castle in the sand (234) Single dads human AU

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I generally do. If I do not respond it means I have either negative spoons or really don't know what to reply.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I don't really do angsty endings. Probably Feel my body, crack my bones (3dne Gore)

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Not counting WIPs? I think Foam and Whispers, my little mermaid AU.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

No, nothing so far

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

I do. Up until now it's been fairly vanilla m/m, but I'm trying to dip my toes into kink more. I've also written m/f and one time f/f, but those are not published. Okay, Idk if monsterfucking counts as vanilla, but i did that, too

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

So far I have not.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Nope

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes, with @beholdme. if you fuck the void, the void fucks back

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

Uuuh, hard question. Probably Link/Zelda. Although I do have a very soft spot for Link/Beedle ever since BotW

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I'm not going there. If I don't say it, it'll be possible I'll finish it. lalalalala

16. What are your writing strengths?

I've been told I do a good methaphor, and I think I'm decent at writing smut. Also alternating POV and portraying characters that are espresso depresso

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Transitions, dialogue, PLOTTING

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

No. Only if you don't want your readers to understand.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Sandman. I've liked things before, but this is the first fandom I've been active in.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

There's no other possible answer to this than my Dreamling library AU. It's grown with me, taught me, held me up in times of despair. Still does.

Tagging: I have no idea who has done what, it's been ages since I was tagged. If you see this and want to, do it

#chaosheadspace's fic #tag game

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belphegor1982 · 5 months

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Got tagged by @accidentallylita for a 20 questions for writers thing! Thank you 💜 I'm gonna tag... @tameila, @fantasiawandering, @kabbal, @kaantt and @thisstableground - no pressure at all though.

How many works do you have on AO3?

88. But I still have 44 others over on FFnet.

What's your total AO3 word count?

659,354 (holy crap that's a lot!) and I'm way too lazy to add the FFnet numbers. The FFnet counters are a mess anyway.

What fandoms do you write for?

I have written for... Ready? Go! *deep breath* Harry Potter, Great Mouse Detective, The Mummy, Pirates of the Caribbean, Kung Fu Panda, Watchmen, Justice League, Discworld, White Collar, Hogan's Heroes, Zorro (the 1950s Disney series), Kaamelott, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the 2012 cartoon and a TMNT 2003 and 1987 crossover missing scene from Turtles Forever) , the Don Camillo stories/films, Cobra Kai, Karate Kid, The Legend Of Vox Machina, and Critical Role. Whew! And that's not counting unpublished WIPs, because then I would have to add ACD Sherlock Holmes, Jeeves and Wooster, or The Pirates! In an Adventure with Musicians Scientists :D It's mostly Critical Role and Vox Machina at the moment, though.

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Let's see:

Villains (Justice League Unlimited, Flash's Rogues watch the finale of season 2's near apocalypse on TV in their bar, 442 kudos)

Reading the Colours (TMNT 2012, kid!Mikey having trouble learning to read and a bit of synaesthesia, and kid!Ralp being a good brother, 225 kudos)

Culture Shock (Turtles Forever (TMNT 2003 and 1987 crossover), 2003!Don and 1987!Leonardo having a conversation about danger and stakes and genre shifts, 215 kudos)

After the Sunset (The Mummy, a getting-to-know-each-other scene set just after 'The End' to tie up loose ends and explore character dynamics, 202 kudos)

Wife (Justice League Unlimited, the writers made Captain Cold (of all people XD) mention a wife so I created a character and explored her relationship with her husband and his nemesis, 168 kudos)

Aww 💜 I was kinda surprised by this list, to tell the truth!

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I try (oh my god do I try ♫). Currently there's still a couple in my AO3 inbox I haven't responded to yet because I like to take my time (and also I like having that little number beside my inbox on my page 😭)

What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Oh that's easy. If, a Hogan's Heroes snapshot (<800 words) where I essentially went "hey, what if [character] really had been killed in that scene?" and picture the aftermath.

What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Oh that is hard! I have comforting endings, I have peaceful/hopeful endings, I have bittersweet endings with a side of sweet... But just plain happy? I mean, Pas de Deux would end on a thoroughly good and happy note if it weren't for that pesky last sentence ("This summer 1914 is going to be the best summer"). I'd say Perfect Picture has the happiest: it's a (few years into the) future JLU fic set at a Christmas do, PoV Jimmy Olsen, that ends on him taking the titular perfect picture in the immediate wake of a very happy announcement. I love it a lot.

Do you get hate on fics?

No, thank goodness. Something of a miracle in 22+ years of writing online! My beta has, though, because some people are idiots.

Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

I do, although it's a recent (ish) development! I've written three kinds of smut: loving and sometimes fumbling between two then three young people who don't a ton of (or any, in some cases) experience, quick and ill-advised between two desperate people convinced they'll die in a few hours, and cosy and warm as a means to (re)connect (two different fandoms) between middle-aged people. Love every one of them.

Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

I have! Like the aforementioned TMNT crossover (within the same franchise, bit still, two different shows and fandoms). And, well, it's not exactly crazy, but I wrote a tavern-as-an-afterlife fic in which Sergeants García and Schultz have a little conversation about their respective supposed-to-be enemies. Would that count as "crazy" if they have approximately a century and a few years between their lifetimes?

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I don't... think so. Can't be sure. Sometimes I post fic here and I've definitely found my Tumblr accounts on those crappy Tumblr mirroring websites, so yeah, probably.

Have you ever had a fic translated?

Someone asked me once if I minded them translating one of my Don Camillo fics into Italian, to which I responded with happy flailing and "not at all, go ahead!" But I never heard back from them. OTOH, I have done the translating :D I translated a Mummy fic into French back in the day (2004) with the author's permission, and I wrote L'éléphant de Carter (Hogan's Heroes) in French then translated it into English.

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Not really. I participated in group projects and big bangs and stuff, but I've written a fic "with four hands".

What's your all-time favorite ship?

It should be an obvious choice, because I have so few I ship actively - you know, not just "sure, I like the idea of them together". For the purposes of the question I will say Pike Trickfoot/Scanlan Shorthalt, from Campaign 1 of Critical Role/The Legend of Vox Machina (it's a slow burn with minimum pining! They both have personal growth! He pursues her but then apologises and asks if they can be friends! Each is the only one who truly sees and perceives the other on that level!). But also I really really love my one-third-canon-character-two-thirds-OCs OT3 set in 1910s Oxford. So... tie? :3

What's the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I have one of those eternal WIPs (more of an idea, really) of a Discworld/Quantum Leap crossover where Sam Beckett Leaps into Sam Vimes who's in the middle of an investigation, which would mean that 1) Sam B has to wrap his mind around the existence of magic and dwarves and trolls and Nobby Nobbs while Sam V and Al Calavicci stare at each other down (Spider-men-pointing-meme style in the end) going "if my guy/my people get(s) hurt by your shenanigans then so help me I will go SQUARE" (and quickly enough work together).

What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue, apparently? I've been told a few times over the years by readers that they could "hear" the characters speak in their heads, which is the greatest compliment 💜 (especially since English is not my first language, so I'm always worried about things not sounding right!)

What are your writing weaknesses?

Actual plots, especially ones with a bit of complexity in them 😅 I'm the first to admit 80% of my fics are one-shot character exploration (with conflict - internal and external - being resolved via dialogue and/or communication). Also finishing things on time, GOD.

Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

Heh. I'm French and when I write for Hogan's Heroes I often write a French character who canonically (though rarely, gotta respect the ratio) says things in French sometimes. Of course I'll include some! But I always make sure 1) to include a translation/explanation in the notes (AO3 is really great for footnotes) and 2) that it doesn't really require a translation to understand the situation/stakes. I tend to go back and forth on the use of italics for foreign language words.

Now, if I don't know the language as well as I do French (and, more importantly, if the PoV character who hears it speaks that language), I just clarify in the "s/he said", like

"You gotta be kidding me," muttered Bob in [insert language here].

Works in English too, of course, especially if you're having a multi-language environment in your fic.

First fandom you wrote for?

I was gonna say "Harry Potter", because that's the first fandom I wrote for (and published) after discovering fanfiction (the first fics I read were for Starsky & Hutch), BUT. I guess I should answer Titanic?? On account of how I kinda wrote a self-insert in high school (when the film came out) in which an imaginary inventor uncle build a time machine and my sister and I did some time tourism (obviously money wasn't an issue), thinking "oh we'll just go home on April 14th". I was a soppy 16 years old otherwise 0% interested in romance, so I had my stand-in recently lost her boyfriend (very tragically) and Fabrizio (Jack's Italian friend) be her gently manic pixie dream boy (and, of course, die). In retrospect I might have given my 14 year old sister the best part as the snarky no-nonsense little sibling. I tragically lacked self-awareness and poured my entire heart into it. Thank goodness I had no idea you could put out stories on the internet and that my best friend at the time (the only other human being who read this story) was kind and just as obsessed with the movie as I was ^^'

(I should point out that I wrote it with pencil on loose paper gathered in a binder I lost long ago. Such is life.)

Favorite fic you've ever written?

You can't just - I - oh come on! I can't choose between my babies!! No but seriously, I actually can't choose, sorry :D

#sometimes I write

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