#it's a true mystery for the ages

[thejudyblumebookclub]

Most Fear Street fans believe that Nick makes a deal with the Devil so that he can save Ziggy, but no one has any idea as to why since her survival put him and his family's secret at risk. With Nick also having evoked the curse on Tommy way before Ziggy was stabbed, shouldn't that have meant another person should have been possessed as he made another deal? Either Ziggy's survival was a medical miracle or this is an unresolved plothole.

#lol #it's a true mystery for the ages #you guys #i can't #media #articles #nick goode #teen nick goode #ziggy x nick #nick x ziggy #teen ziggy x nick #fear street 1978 #fear street #fear street trilogy

[shakespeareallanpoe]

Behold. After searching far and wide, I present to you untold and sacred knowledge in regards to our very own Alfred Pennyworth:

#The quest for his true age is over #I have done the impossible #And pulled a serious Tim Drake to do it #If this mysteriously vanishes from the web we will know why #alfred pennyworth #dc batman #batman comics #batman #bruce wayne #batfamily #incorrect batfamily quotes #batfans

[lovelydrusilla]

miriam margolyes please be my friend

#she's an icon she's a legend and she is the moment #the fact that she pulled out a half eaten onion #i love her so much oh my god #just read her vogue interview where she said “for me harry potter wasn't important” #happy pride #vogue #in the bag #miriam margolyes #the age of innocence #miss fisher's murder mysteries #call the midwife #lgbtq #lesbian #jewish icon #this much is true #Youtube

[decamarks]

i'm pretty sure i've posted this fucked up spamton image to this blog on at least 20 separate occasions, and i don't intend to stop any time soon. that being said, i truly cannot recall where i even found it in the first place. it's kind of been haunting me. out of everything in my 6.2 gigabyte archive of assorted spamton images, this file remains the most mysterious 44 kBs in the depths of my disk drive.

of course in this case, the best thing to do is run a reverse image search of the file in question. i did, and here are the results:

nothing but my own blog. and then, the bitter end.

#my only conclusion is that this image descended directly from the heavens and i must continue to spread its divine nature with the world. #for the record: i tried tineye and yandex too. they also could not locate it #my only clue is that the filename is from twitter but i can't find the post i saved it from using it.... a true mystery for the ages.

[crackinglamb]

AO3 Year End Roundup, 2023

Normally, I'd do this in a couple days, but we're close enough for government work (and I'm on a deliberate break anyhow, so nothing new is being posted). Normally this would also be a tag game, but I haven't seen it floating around yet, so...

Hey, you wanna do your own roundup? Go for it. Yes, I mean you (looking at you, DAFF crew). Consider this an open invite. Tag me back so I can see what y'all have been up to.

Words posted: 241,283 . This total has had subtracted from it the amount that already existed for the fic that carried over from last year (which was WG, of course). So this is actually what I posted this year.

Additional Words Written: ~166K. I have several WIP's going on in the background. One of which is finished and will begin posting after New Year's. Another of which is about halfway done. The rest are...procrastination projects/getting the wiggles out. They may never see the light of day. But they count as writing, so they are included.

Grand total of words: 407, 283 (goodness gracious)

Fandoms: 2

Works: 12, 11 of which were new.

Highest Kudos: Into the Current, at 271 (just like last year, I'm not counting WG since it wasn't new). The Iron Bull/OFC, rated E, 79K words, complete.

Highest Hit Oneshot: The Mighty Fall, at 706. Sookie Stackhouse/Eric Northman. Rated T, 2900 words.

New Things I Tried: I wrote a trio of fics for True Blood/Southern Vampire Mysteries this year. The WIP that's finished and waiting for the new year is a continuation of this series.

I also posted a ficlet I'd originally posted here on tumblr for archiving purposes. Some Years Into the Future...

Fic I Spent the Most Time On: Driftwood, my Bullmance series. Writing ItC itself wasn't particularly long, about two months, but T3, the next fic, is still being written. At first it was all going to be one long fic, but then I decided I've had enough of epics (meaning any work significantly over 100K words), and split it into parts.

Fic I Spent the Least Time On: The Mighty Fall. I have finally gotten to use the tag 'I wrote this instead of sleeping'. 🤣

Favorite Thing I Wrote: Usually, I have trouble with this category. I'm poly, you know. But this year, I actually DO have a fave. Okay...I have two.

How Deep the Bullet Lies - a gift for @rosella-writes, for the Solas Lovers Exchange. Solas/Cassandra Pentaghast with a whumpy open ending. Rated M, 4200 words.

More Than Mere Stone - a gift for my beloved @ir0n-angel in the same exchange. Solas/F!Trevelyan, pure fluff. Rated G, 1500 words.

Favorite Thing I Read: In Twain, by CatC. It's everything I wanted in a 'background character gets caught up in events' fic. With a sizzlingly hot Bullmance and So Much Cole. I think I've read it three or four times already. At least. If you need something comforting and wonderful, I cannot recommend it enough. It's simply delightful, and so is the author. Rated E, 172K words, WIP.

Something I Finished: I did it, at long last. I finished What a Wicked Game to Play. It was the focus of NaNo (and took literally three days once I put my mind to it, hence much of the other writing I did that hasn't been published). It feels really good to have my beloved Behemoth marked with a green checkmark. The story itself isn't finished, and I'll eventually write more for Imogen and Co., but for now, it is Done.

Writing Goals for 2024 – Keep on keeping on. I want to finish T3, so I can start posting it. I want to finish a couple other things from the WIP list. There will of course be a new Fluffuary prompt list. Biggest goal, however, is simply not to burn myself out. I've started waiting to publish until a fic is finished, which has done wonders for my stress levels. No more posting gaps on an in-progress fic.

Allow me to Gush about some things I wrote this year.

(Otherwise known as: honorable mentions)

Out of the Dark - Lark Cadash was once going to have an epic fic to her name. But I'm Tired, and frankly, I'm bored with rewriting the events of DA:I over and over again. So I've turned her into a series, where I can just put up oneshots and short chaptered things in no particular order that add up to one big story. This is one of them. Post-canon, Lark goes into the Deep Roads to find the answer to a riddle that's bugged her for her entire life. She gets more than she asked for, with a side serving of sad Solas. I've had many of the headcannons included in it for a long time, with no home. Now, they're out there in the world. Rated G, 4800 words.

What Lies Beneath - my actual giftfic for the Solas Lovers Exchange. I had such fun writing this, and had ideas for it as soon as I received the assignment. I got to set something in the Hissing Waste, which is one of my favorite places in the game, as well as write a polyship for my two favorite romances. F!Cadash/Solas/Iron Bull, rated T, 3400 words.

Maker Damned Fools - back in 2020, I wrote a Varric/Hawke short little thing for the first Fluffuary. I always wanted to go back and expand it into a fuller story. Add it to the pile of Things I Finished This Year. From their meeting to post-canon. Rated E, 32K words.

What a Wicked Game to Play - *deep satisfied sigh* It took two years and ten months to complete, with near constant weekly updates. It's 411K words by itself (not counting the rest of the series). It contains about 350 embedded images of either screenshots or fanart. It is both the highest hit (over 90K) and highest kudo'd (1535) work on my archive. Affectionately known as 'the Behemoth', extensively written with my signature yeeting of canon. Imogen McLean, MGIT, Inquisitor, beloved of Fen'Harel. I am stupendously proud of this work, but I am also incredibly happy it's done. I set out to write an epic, and I damn well succeeded. Rated E.

See y'all on the flipside! 💕

#Lamb writes #ao3 #2023 year end roundup #dragon age #southern vampire mysteries #true blood

[oakendesk]

True Mystery Feb 1955 (alternate versions used for March 1950 Best True Fact Detective and 1960 book cover Violent Desires)

artist unknown

Best True Fact Detective Mar 1950

book cover - Violent Desires 1960

#golden age art #pulp magazine art #pulp art #pulp art 1955 #True Mystery #artist unknown #byronrimbaud

[cidnangarlond]

I feel like if my mom let me watch Inuyasha when I was a child I would have been more on the track to being a furry but she wouldn't let me and I don't know why. Detective Conan was fine though, for some reason

#''I'll let my child watch a murder mystery cartoon that's not meant for her age but I draw the line at furries!'' #''you'll let your daughter watch murder mysteries and crime shows?'' #law and order and other true crime shows were fine but people that are also animals? absolutely not

[lesbian4lqg]

one thing i really appreciate about svsss is that with anyone else in shen yuans role?

the system's lbh mood ring points (satisfaction, heartbreak, etc) would be considered an invasion of privacy more than the whole transmigration thing already is or at least a source of valuable insight but instead

its shen yuan. if anything the mood ring reveals make him more confused

#(wiping away tears) hes so stupid #no but really the ways in which mxtx crafts her narration to share info with/withhold info from her audience is SO fascinating #*are #and to do it w/out breaking suspension of disbelief! shes so talented! #like theres so many examples! #the systems mood ring points making many of lbhs feelings/motivations obvious #(or at least comprehensive enough to be follow-able) #to the audience while still portraying sy's obliviousness as genuine and understandable #all of the hints as to hua chengs identity that make you think youve figured it out long before xie lian only to discover that #1. hes known for ages and just didnt mention it even tho HES LITERALLY THE NARRATOR? #2. we as the audience arent even told when he figured it out. we find out that he knows at the same time hua cheng does #(<- this also happens a bit w nan feng and fu yao. we Know but does xie lian know? yes he just doesnt care.) #its like the jkr 'it wasnt mentioned bc it wasnt relevant to harrys story' thing but CLEVER AND TRUE AND ON PURPOSE #i havent read mdzs yet but based on what ive seen & on cql a similar thing is done w wwx&lwj solving a murder mystery #theyre revealing what happened while wwx was dead to the cultivation world and the audience but also much of what happened when he was alive #(tho most of what happened when he was alive the first time is only revealed to the audience) #like i know mxtx is hardly the first author to do this but like. i just enjoy it so much? #anyway thats all i love her #shen yuan #shen qingqiu #svsss #tgcf #cql #mdzs #mxtx #✌️

[ravenlilyrose]

Laptop stopped working. Have only phone. Am not enjoying this.

#how do kids think they don’t need laptops??? #how do they not use laptops??? #the true mystery of this age #personal #random

[fretbored34]

I personally like the sequel: The Mysterious Proctology Appointment

#dank memes #fresh memes #funny memes #memes #lol #funny but true #so true #me irl lol #funny but not funny haha #oh no lol #adulting #age of puberty #puberty blues #puberty medley #second puberty #puberty #mystery novel #novel #novels #nancy drew #dild0 #bravery #booksarelife #books #booksbooksbooks #proctologist

[ballisterboldheart]

i like saying deranged shit abt my story then not sharing any part of it. dont worry about my words, boy

#s.txt #keeps the mystery alive. also its under construction so if i day anything. its not guaranteed it'll be true. for long. #but i guess that does give me free reign to say whatever. the two middle aged guys have crazy gay sex off screen. amen. #actually are the middle aged. i got dragged for calling 30 year olds middle aged #but i dont remember their ages. and the Lore Excel Sheet is #over there. on my computer. #alas. they are middle aged and having crazy gay sex. in my heart.

[demons-incorrect-alw]

Old Deuteronomy: Me and the wife are discussing having me cryogenically frozen like Austin Powers for a while, to close up our inappropriate 6 year age gap.

#source: dril #old deuteronomy #cats the musical #incorrect quotes #Mystery Cat #cw: age gap #(lol) #//this is always true but feel free to yoink this quote for other ships #//just a reminder :p

[crackinglamb]

Word Search Tag Game

Tagged by @fadedsweater, thank you! 💕

Tagging @ir0n-angel, @mogwaei, @mordinette, @shretl and @lilbittymonster. No pressure.

Find the word and post a snippet containing it. Can be from published works or WIP's, or both! Then tag some folks to keep it going with new words.

Your words are: present, happy, lift, watch, ache

My own below the cut. All of these are published works, links in the titles.

From More Than Mere Stone, the word soft:

She found her rhythm again and once more fell into the motions of sliding the whetstone against the blade. The sound of it was soothing, bleeding the tension out of her shoulders and back. There was a reason she'd always done this part herself, and not just because no one else would do it for her. Care of your weapon is care of yourself, her hahren told her once. She'd never forgotten, even if it had taken her a long time to understand what he meant.

She let the memories of long afternoons in the shaded gardens of her family home wash over her. Afternoons where they'd debated, sparred or just sat to appreciate the quiet drone of bees in the flowerbeds. She missed him. She wondered what he would think if he could see her now, Herald of a religion she viewed with utmost distaste. Forced to fix all the world's problems while few knew her other than her name. She wondered if he would be proud of her.

Another pass down the blade, another soft hiss of stone on steel. Another slight catch on the edge of the nick. And then...

...the whetstone broke in half in her hand.

---

From Trust In the Time of Vampires, the word bare:

He’d locked the office door, so she didn’t hesitate to strip off her Merlotte’s tee and the skimpy shorts that were her waitress uniform right then and there. She dropped her bra too, since the dress would leave it showing. In a flash, Eric was behind her, his cool fingers tracing the length of her neck and bare shoulder. His free arm was around her waist, holding her against him. Scorching hot desire poured down her spine through the bond and she smiled to herself. There were times she thought maybe he made her go through this routine for the simple pleasure of getting her out of whatever prim and proper outfit he’d picked later.

“Don’t mess up my concentration if you want me to be useful to you.”

---

From What a Wicked Game to Play, the word sun:

She held out her hand, glowing green in the deepening gloom as the sun disappeared behind the mountains. “You want it back?”

“If you know so much, then you know I cannot take it yet.”

“It was worth asking.”

His coldness dropped away, or perhaps was compartmentalized better. He gave her an assessing look now. “Do you mean it, that you would help me? Why?”

“Because Thedas was supposed to belong to the elves. And it did, for a really long time until humans came along and mucked it up. And you had to make a choice that turned out terrible and you want to fix it.”

“You are human,” he pointed out.

“Yeah, and? Doesn't make me an idiot.” She flapped her arms and huffed. “Okay, that might be pushing it. I'm definitely an idiot."

---

From Maker Damned Fools, the word place:

“You need to get out of those clothes,” he said finally when her face was clean. She huffed through her nose and he seemed to realize what he'd said. “All right, I could have put that better. I need to see if you're injured,” he rephrased. “You know we can't take any chances down here.”

She stripped off her armor and drenched shirt, leaving her shivering in her equally as soiled breastband. Not that there was any chance she was going to just remove it in front of him. She was reckless, but not idiotic. This was not the time or place.

He moved around her, looking over every inch with clinical dispassion. He drew her arms out from her sides, running calloused fingertips over her skin when he couldn't see in the gloom. It was impersonal, but also unbelievably intimate and she closed her eyes, trying to stay silent. When he was satisfied that she wasn't tainted – or wounded for that matter – he shrugged out of his duster and draped it around her shoulders, ignoring her jolt of shock.

“Not how I wanted to get you out of your clothes,” she said, finally breaking her silence as the horror began to recede.

---

From Into the Current, the word deserve:

“Why you care, Iron Bull?” she asked again.

His head tilted towards her, giving her his full attention. This close, and no longer distracted by a bleeding series of wounds, she could take in more details on his face. His nose was sloped strangely where it met his mouth. His lips were full and mobile, able to speak volumes without saying a word if he let them. His remaining eye was a clear green, like an agate. What stubble she could see on his long jaw and scalp was dark, but held hints of silver and gray. His horns jutted out from his head smoothly, although she could see the irregular ridge where skin ended and bone began. His ears were pointed like an elf's, but looked like they'd been docked so there were no vulnerable fleshy edges. Altogether he was rather beautiful, a summation of parts that shouldn't work together, but did. She wondered if all of his people looked this way.

“Everyone deserves to be at peace,” he said softly, drawing her focus back to his gaze. His voice rumbled out of his chest and soothed something deep inside her that she hadn't even been aware was chafing.

“I tell you sometime. Not today.”

His lips quirked upwards. “All right, Chestnut. Wash your hair, we leave in the morning.”

“Where we go?”

“Orlais.”

(This one was tough to find, apparently I don't use this word much)

#tagged #word search game #Lamb writes #dragon age #southern vampire mysteries #true blood

[oakendesk]

True Detective Mysteries Sep 1932

Dalton Stevens

#golden age art #pulp magazine art #pulp art #pulp art 1932 #True Detective Mysteries #Dalton Stevens art #byronrimbaud

[rp-partnerfinder]

Hi, you can call me Storm! I'm 30 and the mom of a loud and demanding cat ❤️

I’m a multiple paragraphs/novella style writer. I love to write detailed descriptions and delve into a character’s head/emotions as well as surroundings. I compare it to writing a novel together. Not every reply has to be novella length, however. If there are action or dialogue heavy scenes, I tend to do a shorter back and forth to keep the momentum going. 

I only do MxF (with me writing the female role). I don’t double, but I’m more than happy to write side characters of either gender to help move the story along. I only want female authors writing male characters as I’ve had bad experiences with cis male authors. (Trans men and nonbinary pals are exceptions).

I'm really hoping to find a friendship, someone who can add to our story, and most importantly, someone who wants a long-term connection. It's difficult for me to write with someone if I don't feel that genuine bond. It's also important to me to have a high level of activity, with at least one reply a day. 

If you suddenly stop replying ic and ooc, I'll drop the story after 2 attempts of gauging interest spaced a week apart. But feel free to message me if you want to pick the story back up again, even months later. 

Searching For: 

20+ partners only 

An excellent grasp of grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization. (Literate to advanced writers only, please. I'm not looking for newbies)

Plot before smut. While mature themes will be in my writing, there needs to be chemistry between our characters. I normally do a 60/40 plot to smut ratio and my characters tend to be subs/switches depending on the circumstances 

 An older male character (early forties to mid-late fifties). I love the gruff and tough men with dark pasts who secretly have a soft heart. I also love grumpy, hypermasculine men being intimidated by sweet but fiery women. My characters are mid-late twenties to early-mid thirties so the age gap is legal. 

Enthusiasm to chat about our character and ship, how to crush them and then gushing over fluffy moments. I love crying over characters and what the heck they’re doing. I want my heart ripped from my chest from angst, then feeling like it’s going to burst from overwhelming cuteness. I want us to love these characters and the world we create. I want to make pinterest boards, spotify playlists, graphics, and toss headcanons back and forth until late at night. 

Have an idea for a scene? Found a picture that inspired you? Send it to me! Be invested when it comes to plotting/worldbuilding. There’s nothing worse than receiving one sentence in reply to two paragraphs of ideas, or having a doormat partner who says “sure” to whatever I ask. Building ideas one on top of the other, watching them snowball into amazing plot threads brings me joy. But having to pull plot ideas like I’m pulling teeth makes me think you’re not interested, and I will lose interest in return.

Interests: 

Modern fantasy, monsters, sci-fi, omegaverse, southern gothic/midwest gothic (i’m a sucker for that southern/texas drawl), horror, height/size difference, cheating/affair, enemies to lovers, slow burn romance, spooky small towns, post apocalyptic/dystopia, crime/mysteries, emotionally charged/dark and gritty, bodyguard x assignment, forced proximity, opposites attract, fated mates, anti heroes/morally gray characters, traumatic pasts, grumpy x sunshine, one bed, men who simp over their women, touch her / him and die, and more.

I have lots of original plot ideas in mind as well!

Fandoms (OCs ONLY) 

Star Wars, Stranger Things, Mercy Thompson Series, True Blood, The Last of Us, Hunger Games

I write only on discord using servers with organized channels. Like this post or add me on discord (magicofrain) if you’re interested. The most effective way to grab my genuine interest is by messaging me as if we've been friends for years. Please let me know which interests you liked from my ad.

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#Star Wars rp #Stranger Things rp #Mercy Thompson Series #True Blood rp #The Last of Us rp #Hunger Games rp #20+ #mxf rp #literate rp #adv lit rp #plot before smut #age gap rp #Modern fantasy #monsters #sci-fi #omegaverse #southern gothic/midwest gothic #horror #height/size difference #cheating/affair #enemies to lovers #slow burn romance #spooky small towns #post apocalyptic/dystopia #crime/mysteries #emotionally charged/dark and gritty #bodyguard x assignment #forced proximity #opposites attract #fated mates

[themainchronicles]

If you werent staying up till 4am thinking about how unloveable you think you are at the ripe age of 11 what were you even doing

#why was i so scared about being unloveable #i wasnt even a teenager #mental illness #at the ripe old age of 11 #anyway the seasonal depression is kicking in #i keep staring at my reflection watching it morph infront of my eyes #maybe i should see someone about that #but i can never take anything seriously #so i dont tell anyone anything #thats not true #im the least mysterious person youll ever meet