“May I write words more naked than flesh,
stronger than bone, more resilient than
sinew, sensitive than nerve.”
I’ve been totally in love with Sappho and her works recently, so inspiration struck! I used this vase painting of her
(it was painted over 100 years postmortem, but it’s the earliest confirmed image of her that has survived)
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october writing prompt #14 - "i don’t scare you, do i?”
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character: sebek zigvolt, twst
contains: yandere themes, stalking, gn reader
“What? I don’t scare you, do I?”
Sebek sounds genuinely confused, like he has no clue why you might be afraid of him. Like you hadn’t just caught him outside your home, peering through your window with a nonchalance that made you wonder how often he had done this. How many times he had seen you existing vulnerably in the safety of your own home.
“I know you’re surely a bit surprised, but there’s no need to be afraid. I’ve been watching over you to ensure you wouldn’t get hurt! You’re just a fragile human, after all.”
There’s a lovesick smile on his face, and you shudder at the casual confession. You know that he had a thing with humans but you didn’t think it would manifest as something like stalking. Or was this from something else…? It didn’t seem like his little complex was the only thing talking here, not with that stupid look on his face.
He’s still waiting anxiously for your reply, and when you choose to continue to look over him with some form of fear and disgust, he wilts.
“I guess it was a bit unnerving for you to find out like this, hm? That’s okay! You can go back inside if you want. I’ll be right here protecting you, no need to worry.”
“…I’d rather you leave.”
“Oh.” His face falls flat, and you could swear that there was a shift in the air - everything around you went silent as Sebek stared at you with dark eyes, that loving expression wiped away in an instant. It takes him a long moment to think for what to say in response. “You’re just… surprised. Of course you’d want some time to… process.”
It sounds like he’s more talking to himself than to you, gaze drifting beyond you and into the house.
“Yes, yes, that makes sense.” He exhales heavily, and looks back to you with a soft smile that doesn’t fit the situation at all. God, is he delusional? “Unfortunately, I just can’t do that, darling. Humans are so breakable, you know? I can’t just leave you here. You’re much too precious for that.”
Your blood runs cold at the absolute sincerity in his tone.
It definitely was more than just his little complex over humans. This made it sounds like… he liked you. For some reason. You hardly remember interacting with him in any capacity, so you haven’t the faintest idea as to why.
“We’re meant to be, after all. I can’t let anything harm you.”
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to clarify some things just because
this is a funny
i cant claim to know what the inspirations for myhouse were aside from, very obviously, house of leaves
yume nikki itself is inspired by lsdde, but i feel like its usage of wordless Suggested storytelling may have influenced my house, where you can try to piece together a story just from the spaces you travel- in yn you have multiple worlds like that, the first that comes to mind being the hit and run.
lsd dream emulator i feel may have influenced my house Independently from yume nikki, particularly with the way levels interconnect and loop back around on one another in a 3d setting
P.T. definitely belongs here like obviously but consider this: i forgor. and itd look weird if it wasnt a triangle. realistically, its Probably an even bigger influence than house of leaves. i mean, it's PT. its PT.
the complete absence, aside from HoL, of house-centric media is not an oversight because despite everything, myhouse really isn't about the house. the "haunted house" isnt the house itself, it's the doom map of the house- the building is irrelevant, what matters is that its the space Tom created. the reason the house's layout repeats itself everywhere isn't because the house matters, it's because that was the layout tom created in the original map that steve decided to update. do you understand THIS? the house isnt alive, the myhouse.wad is alive. there is a distinction and the distinction is crucial. the analog to the house on ash tree lane isnt the house itself, because there is no real world physical house present in the story, since its only about the mod based on said house. the analog to the house on ash tree lane, to This House (skinamarink acknowledgement), to the monster house, is the map.
thank you for coming to my tedtalk. its 6:30pm and i just ate subway after i started my day at 5pm having gone to sleep at 6 something am with a full xanax following a night of drinking red bull. i need to take my magnesium pills to balance my energy.
btw the gay monster house is something i'm doing myself stay tuned for that.
in truth i dont even know if we can legitimately consider myhouse part of houseposting... but i will anyway because it carries the same spirit. even if its about a doom map. like in fiction its about a doom map.
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my writing masterpost
First of all, much more important than my silly Twilight fic is the Quileute tribe’s Truth vs. Twilight website, and their Move To Higher Ground campaign, which is fundraising to relocate community buildings, especially the school, out of a high-risk tsunami zone! Please take a look, and donate if you can.
note: this author is on hopefully-not permanent hiatus
my ao3
Saving Jacob series:
Have you ever wanted to read a version of New Moon where Jacob stays a sunshine boy, the pack has long hair, imprinting doesn’t exist, and Bella and Jacob manage to genuinely fall in love and get together--which of course, only makes things even harder? Look no farther!
Series masterpost here; or jump straight in with part one.
Currently tumblr-only, but reformatting for ao3 in progress, (if you don’t like the bullet-point, lowercase & italicized dialogue style, hold on for this version!)
This story is not abandoned, I promise. just updated...infrequently.
active wips:
as the ring on my cold finger: Bella runs away at the wedding
the truth of it: Bella and Jacob talk after she jumps off a cliff, and it changes everything
at the red table of your heart: Jasper/María post-canon reunion
greatest hits:
ten years later: paranormal investigator Jessica Stanley
waterfalls: Cora the diner waitress character study
i would run away with you, if i could: Bella/Jacob New Moon road trip
leave it all behind, and there is happiness: Jacob rejects the imprint
guess the wolf’s outta the bag: aka Paul Lahote’s no-good very bad day; a movie-canon New Moon moment
a bright, friendly place: Kim spends an afternoon at Emily’s house
and hey, don’t stare: Emily and Bella talk about Emily’s scars
things you said, but didn’t mean: Leah/Sam one-shot
everything comes undone: Billy Black finds out that his son has imprinted on a vampire child
Reconciliation: Jacob/Bella New Moon epilogue rewrite
a morning cup of sunshine: The Team Jacob coffee shop au
could you take away his soul?: Edward Cullen wakes up as a newborn vampire
weep, with your knuckles in your mouth: Charlie Swan in the hospital after Harry Clearwater dies
dream of the place where nothing is red: Jacob Black is a classic-horror werewolf. Bella meets him on the cliffs.
honey, if you stay: Jacob and Bella’s daughter is missing, but Jacob knows where to look...and the pack is still a family.
other one-shots:
what if Bella was a satanist? what it says on the tin. (my first twilight fic ever! funny enough, it’s Edbella)
Beautiful: Rosalie/Emmett thoughts
Bella and Beau are twins
a vehement champion: Leah Clearwater POV of yelling at Bella in Breaking Dawn
trans Beau & Charlie Swan as a supportive father
trans Leah Clearwater headcanons
a sickness i’m trying to catch: María/Leah snippet
Rachel Black/Leah Clearwater road trip fic
when we first met - Angela/Leah college one-shot
things you said with no space between us: J/B one-shot
wips that are haunting me from beneath the floorboards:
The Witching Hour: New Moon with witches instead of werewolves
like other girls - In defense of Lauren Mallory
call it a favor - María shows up to fight with the Cullens during Eclipse
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