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grayintogreen · 21 days
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Random-ass fic question: Of all the scenes you have published so far, which scene was the most enjoyable to write? What was it about the scene itself, some aspect of the process, or anything else that made you enjoy it that much?
Don't do this to me mare I've published like 2.5 million words. LOL.
Rather than break down any specific scenes because holy shit, I'll just break down the TYPES of scenes that I enjoy writing and why I enjoy writing them, because ultimately my favorite scenes fall into one of the three categories.
BIG REVEALS. As you may know, I love to write big grand plots with lots of mysteries and secrets baked into the narrative, so the best part of that is getting to write the scenes where everything is laid bare. It is just so rewarding to finally drop the information I've been dancing around. (Examples include: Jester realizing that the Harpy she met in the Nightmare Forest was actually Rinna and that the party the Nein have stumbled into to confront Cree's abuser is actually a front for the Court of Nightmares in OUADYA; the Lilith and Alastor flashback in LTEDMD; the big Jayne reveal in YCDHN during the Vergessen Heist. All of these were extremely fun scenes that I had been alluding to subtly that I wanted to hit and hit hard.)
BIG DAMN HEROES MOMENTS. I talk about how much I love writing fight scenes, but the truth is that fight scenes aren't really the exciting part. It's the emotions and driving force behind them. The most fun fight scenes are always when the characters have more personal stakes and aren't just fighting because they got into a fight whoops. (Examples: the Vee Tower assault in LTEDMD, the siege of the Chantry of the Dawn and the Vergessen Heist in YCDHN, the Lavish Chateau Trap in OUADYA)
BLOODY FEELS. I don't know how to classify this, so that's the term I'm going with- feels with blood involved, whether it be a death scene, a resurrection scene, a confession or an emotional moment where one character is bleeding out. I love writing scenes where characters are experiencing heavy emotions while also heavily bleeding. They always make me cry. (Examples: Caleb's resurrection scenein OUADYA, Fjord's resurrection scene in YCDHN (also a secret scene we haven't gotten to yet), Lucifer getting repeatedly stabbed by Eve and bleeding in Charlie's arms in LTEDMD, this Stolitz scene I'm currenting working on in OWDLIF.)
This is hardly a comprehensive list, but I write SO MUCH and dear god I enjoy it at least 85% of the time, but these three tropes are usually the things I get the most excited to write and as such appear in all of my major works multiple times.
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klavierforte · 7 months
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&& that tiny ray of light amidst the shadows || @tinyredlawyer
Apollo Justice has always hated Klavier's music.
And Klavier has known it this whole time, too. Apollo wasn't exactly subtle in his distaste for the Gavinners, and Klavier has been fine with that. He's learned to acknowledge the critics, and mostly lets that sort of thing roll off like water on a duck's back.
So why, oh why, was he sending this?
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Hey there,
Sorry for this being perhaps a bit out of the blue, but I was hoping to get your opinion on something. Not related to our law careers, but...to do with music.
I know you've never particularly liked the music I made with the Gavinners, and that's fine. It's never been something everyone will love, and I respect that you don't. In fact, it's somewhat refreshing. So, please understand I am not wanting you to pretend to fawn over my music.
Anyway, the point...I have been having trouble writing music for a while. Since the Tobaye case, mostly, and it has basically driven me insane that I've been stuck since. And...for the first time since that case, I've actually written something worth putting out.
All that being said...I'm not sure I'm ready for these specific songs to be heard by most people. They're nothing like what I had pictured when I thought about a solo album before. (I've thought about what my first published music after the Gavinners would be like before, and now that plan is out the window--whoops. I had even been mulling the thought of having you do the rap part of a song, if you'd wanted to do it. Bringing in my friends on my return to the music biz, if that makes sense. Oh well, I suppose. I haven't even told the band's old manager I've got something in the works, either...)
Not sure I'm ready for people to see what I was thinking and feeling when writing these, really. I know you're primarily going to hate these, too, and that's fine, but...I want an honest opinion. And I feel okay letting you give them a listen because I know an honest opinion is what you'll give me.
No rush or anything to get back to me--like I said, you will probably hate most of these songs. But I did edit these specifically for you so the loud and angry-sounding ones are a bit quieter. And I think there's at least a couple that may border on something you might find enjoyable. So just...tell me what you may think.
-K
There's ten audio files attached to the email, and a word document with the lyrics, and the email is sent off at what would be roughly 4 AM in the States.
Certainly the news about recent events in his life would be something he would want to talk to Apollo about instead, but this is the only thing Klavier sends Apollo's way--a grand total of six days after news breaks of Kristoph Gavin's execution.
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durrtydawg · 6 months
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20 fanfic questions!!
thank for the tag, lovely <3 @cchickki
How many works do you have on AO3?
6! Far more unpublished though.
2. What's your total AO3 words count?
out of those published: 60,723
3. What fandoms do you write for?
uncharted. whoops.
4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
Wine, Wine, Whine. I Think We've Got Chemis-tree, The Sadir Inheritance, A Taste of your Own, Best Served Cold
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
I try!! Nothing makes me feel happier than seeing that people have enjoyed my stuff so much they feel inclined to actually tell me?? If I ever don't reply, it's honestly because I'm overwhelmed, or have imposter syndrome... on my own writing? Hmm.
6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
oh god. tbh none of my ao3 ones are particularly angsty. Best Served Cold is probably the closest because of ✨vengeance✨, but I've got a fair few angsty fics unpublished.
7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
deffo I Think We've Got Chemis-tree. It's just silly feel-good fluff and very 'fanfictiony' if you get what I mean. Not my fave, but people seem to love it for some reason :')
8. Do you get hate on fics?
HA. Luckily, I've managed to steer clear from any hate with my Sam stuff, which is probably down to the niche-ness of the fandom, but I used to get a LOOOT when i wrote TWD stuff back in the day. And it was pretty much always due to me using British english spelling & lingo rather than US. Yawn.
9. Do you write smut. If so what kind?
Abso-fucking-lutely. I think the stuff I've published is pretty tame tbh... compared to what I'm too frightened to post because I'm sick in the head <3. I love giggly, fluffy smut, but hey. I also love stuff that verges on dead dove. Come at me with asks on the matter. I'm game.
10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?
Nope. Tbh I don't like anything enough to do crossovers, but ig it's not out of the question.
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Again, this fandom is so small, I feel like it'd be blatantly obvious if it had been. I think I saw something a while back that made me raise my brow at the similarity, but to say it was stolen may be a bit far-fetched.
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
Yes! I had an old TWD series of mine translated... twice?!
13. Have you ever cowritten a fic before?
I had a friend once who asked me to beta her fic, and it ended up becoming a total 50/50 collaboration, so yeah! Again, it was TWD.
14. What's your all-time favourite ship?
Pfft. I really don't have one. (I'm a disgusting, delusional self-shipper.)
15. What's a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?
ARGH I really want to continue with The Sadir Inheritance, but it's so time consuming, and it takes me about a month to write a very basic request, let alone take care of my fic-baby. I really really like it and have SOO many ideas, so maybe it's overly pessimistic to say I won't ever finish it. But the fandom may be extinct by the time I do :')
16. What are your writing strengths?
Apparently I'm good at dialogue and characterisation? That's unhealthy obsession, bay-bee!
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
Anything emotional, I think. I enjoy writing the conversational side of things, and am a very humour-centric person, so find it hard to make things perfectly angsty/sad when they need to be. Though I still write it! I'm just not all that confident.
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?
Hell yeah. Just make sure it's accurate to avoid offence/severe cringe. I wouldn't personally do it unless I was completely certain it fit.
19. First fandom you wrote for?
the walking deadddd
20. Favourite fic you've ever written?
Out of those I've published? Probably the Best Served Cold/A Taste of Your Own duo. It was a lot of fun to write, and allowed me to add a relatively solid plot to something raunchy- though, the alternative ending to ATOYO is better, and I wish I posted it first, because I want more people to see it sksks. You live and learn.
I won't tag anyone- but would looove any of my moots to do this. It was fun!!
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tobiasdrake · 3 months
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Into the Tower of Antsudlo to face our kinda shitty destinies.
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So it turns out it's a jetstream, not a portal. I'm disappointed.
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This is it. I hope the door that no one could open wasn't this one because it just took two baps with the Coral Hammer on the Coral Bells nearby to budge it. The Docarri build the Coral Bells. Surely they meant something else.
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Alright team, let's make camp here at this inexplicably flammable lumber pile half-submerged in water.
So. That sucked and I hated it. We all got put through the ringer on that trip. Except you, Garl, because even total dickweeds can't bring themselves to be mean to you. You're a cinnamon roll. Keep doing what you're doing.
Key takeaway is that we're going to fucking die. That's a downer. But we knew that already so it's not that much of a downer, right? ...right?
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I'm going to bed in my soggy bedroll. Good talk, everyone.
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...that actually means a lot to me.
Okay, maybe we've got this. You aren't even supposed to be here and that means you might be able to change things up! We've got this!
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Do you think the Docarri come here and leave all this pottery? There's a bunch of jars and stuff that's definitely not naturally occurring.
No, wait. Obviously the tower isn't naturally occurring, so the pottery may have been left behind by whoever built this structure to begin with.
Sorry, I'm still a bit shaken up.
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I'm sure this is fine. We were probably meant to do this, right? Completely normal method of transportation.
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SHIT THAT'S THE DOOR
Probably! It's a door, but it looks important! Guys! Break the pipe! Do something! Don't let it pass us by! GUYS.
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You guys are fucking useless.
Except you, Garl. You're my bestie.
And you, Serai. We adore you and we're glad you're with us, regardless of whatever might be going on with you.
Zale, I give you a lot of shit but you're pretty cool too.
Everyone else here is fucking useless.
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THE DOOR
Great work, team. We all pulled together and made it through. See, Zale? I told you we didn't need to resort to petty vandalism to get here but no, you wouldn't listen to me.
What are we, thugs or something?
Now, this looks much more like an ancient door sealed away that no one has ever crossed through. Look at those markings. There's something almost spiritual about this place. Teaks could probably spend a lifetime examining these carvings.
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Well, that's not much of an obstacle. Garl, you still got those pressure cooker bombs of yours?
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Just because I deserved this, that doesn't mean I can't be mad about it. Remember me as I was. Crying and shrieking obscenities that can't be published in most sections of this library at the World Eater as it swallows me whole.
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Why didn't it open? Aren't we supposed to be children of fate or some shit? Defective-ass fucking prophet gave us some defective-ass prophecies. "You are the Chosen; Go to the door that only opens for the Chosen WHOOPS IT DOESN'T FUCKING OPEN I GUESS I'M LYING."
I hope I drowned that fish before we all died.
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Oh you're on the other side of the Liar Door. That's fantastic. Hang on a sec... Zale, give me those papers I gave you. Yeah, the ones we wrote out during training.
Right. Here we go. Ahem.
This here's a court summons. I will expect to see you in the courthouse at Mirth, right after we build one, so that we can settle the matter of false advertisement.
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Awfully informal. Are you coming with us? There's still room in Garl's backpack if you want to be Cargo.
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Codes are flexible. They're social structures that only exist because we choose to let them. The only power they have is what we pretend they do.
So that's a "Yes you can" but "No you won't".
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Guessing that's the true name of the Fleshmancer, then?
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Yep, that's the Fleshmancer.
Shot in the dark, have you ever considered solving the Fleshmancer problem with violence?
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Alright, I get it. "The consequences would be dire" or whatever.
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GARL NO
Love the enthusiasm but please don't let your mouth write checks that I don't know if we can cash. I am not ready to throw hands at the Dweller of Strife's dad. When I suggested violence a moment ago, that was not me volunteering our services.
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Well, the Chosen Ones door wouldn't open for us and we're failing at our prophecies. So. Probably not. I'd say that's a definite no. We are not who all this predestination shit had in mind.
But beggars can't be choosers and I don't care if you're a god or not, those ratty clothes do not imply a man with many options. So we're the best you've got. Deal with it.
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Oh, sure. Piece of cake. We live in a tropical paradise so. Y'know. We're definitely equipped to hit up the fucking arctic on a goose chase for a homeless deity who smells of book must and mold.
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Oh. Not even going to let us find warmer clothes first. Straight to the arctic.
Okay, but I'm taking three books with me as collateral. If this winds up being a trap and there is no artifact, I'm burning them for warmth.
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coffeedrgn87 · 5 months
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2023: Notes On Writing
It’s the 1st of December today, which means that 2023 is officially on its way out. 30 days left before 2024 takes over.
This post is me choosing to reflect on the writing I did throughout 2023, and it saddens me to realise that I didn’t do much writing at all. I had a quick glance at my AO3 stats and they tell me that my word count for the year stands at 96,633, spread out over six stories. One of those is an ongoing multi-chapter sequel to a series I’ve been writing on for a while.
While some may say that just under 97K is quite the achievement for 11 months, to me it feels like peanuts. Especially when I compare it to the nearly 518K words I wrote in 2022. This made me curious and interestingly, in 2021 I only wrote a little under 100K while I finished 2020 with 325K under my belt. 2019 was apparently my most prolific year with record-breaking 863K words. Even 2018, which marks the year I returned to writing (after an almost 7-year-long hiatus), beats 2023 by a whooping 50K (according to AO3 I published just under 149K in 2018).
Now, I know that numbers shouldn’t matter and that it should always be quality over quantity, but for someone who enjoys writing immensely, 97K feels like nothing. Granted, 2023 wasn’t the easiest year. A lot of big things happened for me this year and a lot of those things took a lot of time, required focus, and drained me mentally and physically.
Having said that, throughout the year there have been plenty of moments where I desperately wanted to write but didn’t have the energy to actually follow through. Those moments still hang about. I don’t really want them to, mainly because I do have a couple of good ideas, but also because the longer I feel this way, the harder it gets to give myself a good kick up the arse. I seem to be floating in a world between inspiration and writer’s block, and while I’m all for breaking the binary, I’d much rather stick around with my pals Inspiration and Muse.
If I’m being bluntly honest, when it comes to writing fanfiction the spark isn’t quite there any more. I wrote a lot of stories for the Harry Potter fandom, and I love the characters to bits (but also fuck you, JKR you absolute TERF!), but these days, I find it hard to write them. I’ve never felt part of the fandom, never even felt welcome, but I always carried on writing while simultaneously trying my hardest not to think too much about it. Not the easiest thing to do when you battle anxiety, are a complete hermit, get easily overwhelmed in group chats, and don’t have the best track record when it comes to confidence. Add to that that I’m far more likely to receive hate for my Harry Potter works, and what you’ve got is a slowly fraying rope.
Luckily, I was able to find solace in the Captive Prince fandom. Although, I did go into a tailspin just after finishing the trilogy. I questioned all my writing, was seconds away from deleting all my published works, and seriously considered never again using a keyboard for the express purpose of creating a fictional piece of writing.
That tailspin was short-lived though, and instead of following through on this mad idea of giving up writing altogether, I channelled all my fear, frustration, confusion, and anxiety into propelling my writing forward. I created a couple of works that gave me immense joy and propelled me forward, boosting my confidence. It wasn’t as though I was getting a ton of hits and a flood of comments, but there was something about those creations that drew me in in a way my older works never did and still don’t.
Personally, I feel like my writing has improved vastly over the last two years, and although it won’t ever be perfect (there’s no such thing!), I finally reached a stage where I am a different kind of proud. I want to nurture that pride, encourage it to grow, but I am seriously wondering whether writing fanfiction is going to give me that opportunity. I still enjoy penning the one or other short story, but the more I think about it, the fonder I become of the idea of devoting 2024 to the creation of a book. I want to write a queer, kinky, wholesome love story. I want to write something that represents the various parts that make me who I am. I’m still sceptical about the whole thing and my skills, but I feel like I’ve got to at least try. I mean, I don’t necessarily have to write the book with the intention of getting it published or self-publishing it, but I sense that this is the direction into which I’ve got to stretch my wings.
I’m not going to make it a resolution for the new year, that would be an idiotic idea, but I reckon it’s high tide for me to finally tick off an item that’s been sitting on my bucket list, catching dust, since I was an impressionable teen.
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ladyfenring · 1 year
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2022 Year End Fic Review
I was tagged by @skatingthinandice, ty!!
1. What is your AO3 account?
It's aethelreds!
2. How many words did you write total in 2022?
According to ao3, it was 240,532, but embarrassingly, I know there is an additional 50k in Google docs that hasn't made it to ao3 yet. Whoops.
3. How many fics did you publish in 2022? How many multichapters vs oneshots?
6 multichaps and 22 oneshots for a total of 28 fics!
4. What was your longest fic? Your shortest fic?
Longest fic is my ongoing multichapter The House That Godwin Built, shortest fic Blood Will Prevail
5. What was your most popular fic? Your least popular fic?
Most popular (I'm going off of kudos) is my helaemond fic a fair exchange, least popular is my Uhtred x Aelswth piece lodestar.
6. What fic didn’t perform as well as you thought it would?
ngl I kind of thought the Aethelred x Aethelflaed knife kink fic would do slightly better. They hate to see a girlboss and her stupid slut husband winning.
7. What fic performed way better than you thought it would?
Wasn't expecting Eadith x Aldhelm comfort sex to do so well, but I'm really glad :)
8. What was your favorite fic you wrote from 2022?
Besides The House That Godwin Built which I'll never shut up about, I really liked inexorable, Eadith's book ending just made me so angry and I liked being able to give her a different path.
9. What was your favorite fic that somebody else wrote in 2022?
Adam and Eve's Children by @volvaaslaug because I am nothing if not predictable (also it is very good)
10. Tag your friends to do this year-end fic review as well!
@aadmelioraa, @volvaaslaug, @wildwren, @murraybaeman, @stannisfactions, @ivarthebadbitch, @justadram, @monroesimons, @charlybaltimore, @liminal-zone, annnnnnnnnnd anyone else i may have forgotten!
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ineffable-doll · 9 months
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Fic Throwback Thursday Friday whoops
inspired by @cyan-kelpie! Thanks for the push!
Fanfic writers: if there’s an old story of yours that never made it to tumblr, or got buried, or just hasn’t gotten much attention in a while, consider this an invitation to promote it! I would love to see my dash filled with fic recs I missed the first time around. You wrote the words, and you should be proud of them no matter how much time has passed. Add this note to your post, and let’s see how many writers we can get to self-promote! -----
I'm promoting a fic about Aziraphale and Crowley engaging in open, honest communication, because by Someone if that isn't what we all need right now. It also has the added benefit of being very asexually, aromantically queer, which is...not a phrase but I'm using it anyway.
Ahem.
"It Has Many Names" by IneffableDoll
G, 2.5k words
Published 1/22/21
Summary:
Crowley rolled his eyes, even though Aziraphale wasn’t looking at him. It was the principle of the thing. “I may be many things, angel – devastatingly handsome, devilishly charming, debonair and suave as fuck – but subtle? Subtle is not one of them.” ~ Aziraphale confesses feelings. Crowley returns those feelings. They have Actual Communication and discuss wants, perspectives, and aforementioned feelings in a healthy and mature way. (Where’s the drama? The angst? The miscommunications? Fuck if I know. Think they went following some bikers and ended up in a pile of fish.)
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kaihoku · 10 months
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V25   YES OR NO – November, 1995
Kids are amazing creatures. They can simply go, “Noooo I don’t wanna! I don’t wanna” or “Yeah!” without any worry at all. As adults, we are more inhibited by our tendency to overthink even the simplest of things. Sure, it may be scary but it’s also wonderful to simply be able to honestly refuse and say, “I don’t wanna!”
~*~
People with jobs like ours are in a position where we are frequently watched. But it doesn’t stop there. The results of our appearance will then get quantified into numbers. TV ratings are of course a result of not just a single person so I shouldn’t have to worry too much. Still, there’s a part of me that can’t help but be painfully conscious of my actions.  For example. When there’s a press announcement for an upcoming film or drama, I can’t bring myself to straight up say “I can’t think of anything” even when that is the truth and always feel like I have to do something if only to keep up appearances.
What really made me start to think my actions through carefully was a feature some weekly photo rag oh-so-kindly published about me. Because what hurt wasn’t the fact that people started to talk smack about me, but about the people I know who were unlucky enough to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. If it was just me, it’d simply be like tripping and falling and going “Whoops!” For that, all I have to do is pick myself up.  But when it happens to someone else through no fault of theirs, it takes a lot to put things back to right.
When I confronted the so-called writer who wrote that feature, they just said to me right off the bat, “But getting stuff written about you is part of what being famous is all about!” Knowing that they can’t be reasoned with, I just told them to put themselves in the shoes of people they write about and left it at that.
Thanks to that, I went through a pretty rough time. Not trying to come off sounding poetic or anything like that but it really felt like a knife to the gut. And for a while after that, I was completely out of sorts.
Despite what I have going on personally, at work, the others would be laughing and singing just like normal.  And I know this may come off as cold but if I thought about it, I’m the same as everyone else. Even if another person is having a tough time, there’s really nothing much I can do for them other than to empathize. When I realized that, I had to ask myself if my worries are really all that different.
It was around then that a friend who lived nearby brought his kid over. It was a 2-year old boy. And somehow or other, I ended up being in charge of entertaining the tot. I had Porsche and Corvette toy car models and was a bit anxious about them at first but from the moment the kid saw them and went “Wow~~!” I was a goner. Next thing I knew, we were playing with them and I was going:
“Zoom! Kerr-rash! Ka-boom! “
“Oh noes, the cars are destroyed!”
“Look, the tires came off!”
I realized as I was having fun with the boy that I didn’t feel bothered by anything at all. It’s a wonder, really. Kids have zero qualms in just straight up telling you to your face if they don‘t like something. They’d just nod and say, “Yeah, I like it!” if they do like something and shake their head and say “No, I hate it!” if they don’t. If you do something they think is interesting, they’d just be amazed and go, “Wow!” They’re aren’t afraid of anything. And seeing their clear and honest reactions makes me unafraid, too. It’s pretty amazing.
When they left, I ended up giving the boy everything we played with, up to and including the blue Porsche convertible that was my favorite.  And I told my buddy, “Anytime you folks want to have a date night, just send this lil’ fella my way. I’ll babysit ‘im for you.”
When we play with kids, it’s mainly because we want to enjoy ourselves. My job for sure involves the enjoyment of others. But I believe that it shouldn’t stop there and that it’s important that in doing my job to entertain others, I need to enjoy what I’m doing myself as well. And I need to become more immersed in doing the things I enjoy. Whatever I'm involved in doing, even if I have to exert effort to persist, I want to keep at it until the end. But I also don’t want to ignore the part of me that simply wants to be honest with what I like and what I don’t. So! Imma do just that when it isn’t about work. There’s plenty of stuff I want to try outside of it anyway.
As adults, we always seem to have to keep reminding ourselves that we aren’t kids anymore but now I’m more thinking what’s so wrong with acting like one sometimes? If I can’t be honest with myself, who else can I be honest with? At the end of the day, I’m just as weak as any human and no matter how much I want to deny that truth, no one knows it better than myself. With all the shit that gets written about me and if that isn’t bad enough, I’ve also recently been coming home to find my mailbox broken into and ransacked, it all adds up to become enough to drive a person into deep depression. And I’ve come to learn that if we were to force ourselves to act strong and unaffected in this low state, it really only makes things worse inside.
When we feel weak and dispirited, it’s foolish to even pretend to remain strong.  Times like that, I just want to let it all out and shout, “I freakin’ hate this!”
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greenhikingboots · 2 years
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heyo!! I'm not sure if you've already answered this because I don't have Tumblr and I keep getting blocked by the log in wall whenever I scroll too far. But why did you delete your old AO3 account and works? Where you getting bullied 😰 I know the jonsa ship and Sansa specifically is well hated...
Hey, anon. I haven't answered that before, so I'll give it a go now. I think it's neat that you're interested. I haven't had any issues with bullying apart from a few random comments on AO3 that were less about Jonsa and more about my writing choices. Whoops. I tagged that fic as a fix but still let Rickon die? My bad. I didn't realize I was supposed to anticipate the preferences of that one specific reader and not do that. *eye roll* That's just one example, but despite my snarkiness about it right now that kind of stuff doesn't actually bother me too much. It is what it is. So anyway. I deleted my old account more because I wasn't satisfied with my work, wasn't finding fulfillment in writing as a hobby anymore, realized I cared more than I wanted to about kudos and comments -- yeah, that kind of stuff. But mostly I felt a lot of self-inflected pressure to post updates quickly. And so my speed became too much a measure of my sense of self-worth. Lame. I took a break for a while, but I'm back to writing now with a healthier mindset. (Though, let's be honest, I still want those damn kudos!) If you don't already know, my new AO3 name is GreenHikingBoots. Since I write for both Jonsa and Dramione, I wanted a name that wasn't fandom specific. And I like the color green and I do a lot of hiking IRL. So there you go. Oh, I should probably clarify that everything I have published under that new name, apart from my current Jonsa WIP called Inevitable, was previously published on my old account (though edits have been made). Most of that is Dramione, though. Also, that isn't to say every old fic has been re-published. Two of my more popular works -- For Better Dreams (Jonsa) and Between the Lines (Dramione) -- are still in my Google Doc and will hopefully get re-published in the future. I'm working my way through shorter fic ideas first. For what it's worth, compared to how I used to do it, I now have firmer plot plans and more detailed first drafts before I start publishing. And I give more author's notes warning that updates may take a while. And those factors go a long way in helping me maintain this hobby in an enjoyable way. Basically, these days, I'm into slow and steady wins the race. Oh, come to think of it! Here's another thing I should have said sooner: major shout out to the Jonsa fanfic writers who take their sweet time publishing updates and the readers who are understanding of that. I didn't see that as much in the Dramione fandom, but I think seeing it here helped relieve a lot of my anxieties. I think that's about all I got on the topic. I'm not going to say TL;DR. But a summation? I'll try. Here goes: Fandom and fanfiction writing is supposed to be fun, not feel like work! I took some time away because I hadn't internalized that. I've since developed some better habits and saw some good examples of people who had internized the message, and that helped. Now I'm back and enjoying writing more than before. Yay! Thanks anon. This turned into a really rewarding thing to write about. Hope you don't mind me getting all philosophical. ;)
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panda-writes-kpop · 2 years
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One Year of ‘Panda-Writes-Kpop’, And I Think It’s Time We Had An Honest Conversation
Yep, you read the title right - it’s been one WHOLE year since I started writing on this blog. Well, technically, this Friday (the 22nd) is the one year anniversary, but I didn’t want to mess up my writing schedule, and it’s more convenient for me to publish this now. 
Now, before I continue, I just want to state that I mean to cause no alarm with the title. I promise I’m not going anywhere, but it’s time that I be honest with all of you about what goes on behind the computer screen sometimes. 
Let’s Talk About The Elephant In The Room - The Avengers AU!
Okay, so maybe you guys wouldn’t consider this the ‘elephant in the room’, but it is to me since I, you know, published the last teaser in January and haven’t done more than allude to it since then... whoops. Moving on, I am happy to announce that all of the chapters are fully written, and I just need to edit them and send the first chapter or two off to a beta reader (or two or four; you know who you are ;P) to make sure that I am producing the highest quality of content for you all!
This being said, I am finally ready to announce a date and schedule for the Avengers AU - granted that nothing else goes sideways. So... September 5th will the release date of the first chapter, and a new chapter will come out every three to four days. Now, if you’re scratching your head and wondering, “Katie, how will you work this into your writing schedule?” 
Oh my goodness, do I have a great solution for you, my pearls! I actually will not be posting any of my regular content during this time. I know that this may be disappointing for my readers who aren’t interested in this series, but think of it as a great time to explore other fantastic writers (I have plenty of recommendations, feel free to hit me up for some!), or if you feel so inclined, maybe you want to explore some of my content that you haven’t read yet! 
Also, something else to add, if any of you are fans of the Take Me Away series, then you’ll know that I explicitly stated that I was not going to take requests for that series. Well... that won’t be the case for this series. There are a lot of loose ends and potential dates/endings/relationships to be expanded upon, and I think you all would have way more creative ideas for what should be done from the ending point of the series than I would.
Writing’s Hard. I Know You All Probably Knew That, But It Doesn’t Make Anything Better
Yeah... I’ve been lacking a lot in creativity and motivation as of late. I don’t really know why, but it sucks when I have a lot of ideas and I’m not sure where I want to take them, or if I even want to write them at all. 
I feel pressured by my own very high personal standards to put out only the best of the best for people to read. I’m scared that people won’t like what I write, and, by correlation, me whenever I publish a new fic. Despite what you may or may not think about me, others’ perception of me is part of the validation I need in order to get through my day. I want people to tell me that I’m a good writer, not for the ego boost or anything, but because it helps me feel less like garbage when I get too much into my own head.
I don’t know, everyone, I just want to write because it’s my form of escapism. Sometimes, just writing helps me process my feelings better than talking to someone else. I love writing, just as I love different types of music. K-Pop is a music genre that I adore, along with the groups and idols in it, so it made sense to me to combine these two loves of mine. I didn’t think I’d get this far, and don’t get me wrong, I am so thankful for all of the love that I receive. Every person that I’ve had the pleasure of interacting with has been nothing but lovely and kind, and I hope I’ve had the same impact on them. 
That got quite sad fast... let’s move ahead and talk about something different.
What Does That All Mean, Katie?
I said I was going to be honest, so I will be. This fall, I’m going to be attending a local university to major in Chemical Engineering. I’ve spent the last few days applying to different workplaces in the hopes of getting a part-time job before I start going to college. I’m getting my first debit card in the mail sometime this week or next week.
Basically, I’m becoming an adult, and honestly, it’s terrifying. The realization that there’s a limit on the free time that I’ll have is scary to think about. I’m going to a new school that is exponentially larger than the high school that I went to. I’m scared that I’ll hate what I’m majoring in, and that everyone will be disappointed in me if I don’t please them.
I promise I’m not trying to be sad or anything, but I want to be realistic and honest. While taking a look through my blog, I had to be honest with myself. Do I love writing with all of my heart? Absolutely. Do I eventually want to take the experience I’ve had from writing here and use it to publish my own original novel? Yep! Is this blog something I can manage while toggling being a full-time university student and holding a part-time job?
Well, I guess we’ll find out together, huh? I promised you all in the beginning that I won’t be going anywhere, and for the most part, that statement is true. I won’t be abandoning this blog - but I will be making a few changes.
First off, the upload schedule’s got to change. After the Avengers AU is fully out and done, I will be going to one post a week. I’m thinking about doing Saturday or Sunday (aka the days I don’t have school LOL). I’ll probably be working on Saturdays in order to have some sort of income while I’m in college, so it’ll probably be either late Saturday night or sometime Sunday.
Second, anon asks - I’m going to try and dedicate one day a week (separate from the posting day, of course) to answering non-request anon asks all at once. I’m thinking about Wednesdays since that’s usually when I reply to anon asks, plus it’ll be a nice way to relax and unwind from college since I enjoy talking to you all.
Third, requests and the groups/idols I take requests for - I will keep requests open, but I ask for your patience since I will have a much smaller amount of time that I can spend on writing than I had before. A high school student has way more freedom than a college student has, or at least, that’s what I’m expecting. Something I’ve been thinking about changing, however, is the groups that I take requests for. I recently got a request for a 4th gen rookie girl group that I don’t write for, and I honestly want to write the request since I really enjoy that group’s debut. The problem is that I don’t know the group or idol well enough to write for that group yet. So, I’m going to allow requests for girl groups I don’t have on my Masterlist, but when you request for a group that I don’t write for, you understand that the request may take longer to be added to my WIP since I don’t know them that well. I would prefer if you all requested idols/groups that were on my stan list, but I’m not opposed to exploring new groups that I haven’t listened to yet.
The Future Looks Brighter Than Before... I Wonder Why That Is?
I know we’ve discussed some heavy information in the past sections, so I want to end on a positive note. Thank you all so, so much for supporting me through every hill and valley that I’ve had to climb over and under in order to bring you the highest quality content that I can. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been here from the beginning, if you’ve just met me, or if you come from somewhere in between. I love and appreciate all of you for everything you’ve done. You helped me survive and endure the last year of hell high school, and I can only hope that you will continue to support me for many anniversaries and future projects to come.
Speaking of future projects, since you’ve come this far, I do suppose you could use a bit of a ‘thank you’, huh? Feel free to let me know which fic or idea you’re looking forward to the most. 
The 7 Dreamers Separate AU Project - Basically, since I already wrote three longer AU fics for my ult girl group (Gunslinger! Dami, Ghost! Gahyeon, and Demon! SuA). I figured that the other four deserve to have a chance to shine as well. Look forward to fics about Princess! Handong, Monster Hunter! Siyeon, Egyptologist! JiU, and Zombie! Yoohyeon - the last will be a Halloween Special, FYI)
Gunslinger! Dami will make a return with more fun characters to be revealed, and more love and shenanigans to be experienced. Will Gahyeon get into another bar fight? We’ll just have to see...
Ghost! Gahyeon will also be making a return. I like to publish two Halloween fics - one that’s more angsty and horror (Ms. Zombie! Kim Yoohyeon for this year) and one that’s fluffier and sweeter. We’ll finally get some resolutions to the unanswered questions that left people on the edge of their seat.
I’ve done an elaborate AU for my Dreamcatcher girls, but don’t you think that some of my other girls deserve the same amount of love? Well, it won’t be as long as Dreamcatcher’s, but they will get lots of love from me. In case you were curious, here’s what I’ve been thinking:
Greek Mythology/Goddesses! - Itzy
Witch! - Blackpink
Dating Otome-Style AU! - Twice
Don’t have any ideas for the soloists, Red Velvet, or Mamamoo, but I’m more than open to suggestions!
To end the spoilers, I’m looking to add more soloists to my masterlist, and I have a couple in mind, but I’m curious about who you would like to see added to the list next! As for groups, I’m looking to balance out the Masterlist with some fourth gen girl groups, but there are so many potential candidates that I’m facing a bit of indecision at the moment lol.
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Update on MGTBW
I have edited Roman’s part as much as I can without reading through line by line. I’ve noted down the other edits I need to make and now I’ve moved onto Logan’s part. First order of business is creating a guide for myself on html, considering in order to create an authentic found document experience, I need to use boatloads of that and not all of it can be done in Rich Text mode on AO3.
I make no promises, but if you have any subjects you want me to research and include in Logan’s documents, reblog this post with it. I’m planning some astronomy facts (also astrology as a gag), some bare bones basics on chemical engineering, I don’t feel like pursuing a Bachelor’s for the pure purpose of writing a fic. Assorted literature essays, essays on psychological concepts (and overlap between those two essay types). I don’t want to go overboard, but if there’s anything else you feel I’d be remiss not to include in Logan’s part, reblog this with it and I’ll take it under advisement.
This is definitely going to be hard. I’m planning to get all of the character interactions out of the way, considering I want this to be mostly streamlined and it makes sense that all the researched topics reflect the happenings of Logan’s life.
It’s still gonna be a bit before you guys can read any of this, but please do me a favor. Promote Morality Is Grey and leave lots of comments and bookmarks on the sequels when they come out. I am putting a lot of effort into these, arguably more than even some of my original fiction (you know, the stuff I’m planning to professionally publish). I want you guys to enjoy it, and I want this to be the best fic series you ever read, but it would crush me if it landed with a dud. If anyone is paying attention to this blog and is looking forward to But Deny That As You May and subsequent sequels, please shoot me a message or reblog or something so I know interest in this story hasn’t completely dried up.
I’m also going to post separately about Morality Is Grey again and see if I can’t drum up more people who want to read it. If you guys could do me the wonderful solid of reblogging that. I know the Sanders Sides fandom is, to use the word a fic used about a character who would frequently drop dead and come back to life, necroleptic, and I’ll try again after my beta’s read through everything and I’m on my final round of edits, but with as much work as I’m putting into this, it honestly would mean a lot if you could just show that you still care.
(I know it doesn’t help that I made the weird decision to finish all the parts before uploading them, but I already have to do some semi-minor developmental edits to Morality Is Grey because some other fucking character decided to slap me with a plot twist/character motivation I didn’t plan on. This is for the sake of continuity so you can feel satisfied with yourselves when you correctly guess things based on foreshadowing.)
This update proved to be an essay. Whoops. Regardless. Just...I’m a little whiny and needy at the moment, but yeah, some support would mean a lot.
I hope you’re all having a great summer. (I know the world kinda sucks right now but I want to stay optimistic.) Wish me luck wrestling html into submission.
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wishful-soda · 2 years
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im back to share my full thoughts!!! which are as follows!!!
I am obsessed with the max charles reveal scene!!! Ofc charles is a natural at this somehow and max being a big brother type was actually rly sweet.
Daniel has two parts for me in this chapter: frantic overthinker, and jealous chaos monster. Both were written PERFECTLY.
The way he was so damn worried she was ending things when he didn’t see her all day. MY GOD SO SOFT. also this part showed me just how much every single person is aware that daniel is in love/obsessed with her except for she in daniel. Like he asked to borrow michaels phone and opened the phone keypad and michael instantly knew he wanted to call her 😭😭😭
Also. Once he came to believe she and charles were dating he just could not see reason i’m OBSESSED. the way he just wanted to speak to her alone i cry. he was SO jealous and it was so hot. and the fact that her pleading eyes was the only thing that could take him from angry to wanting to ~do things~ to her and his jealousy made him do the MOST UNHINGED under the table action of all time like…. the power she has over him
I’ve been laughing all day since i read it at the thought that daniel genuinely thinks at this moment she and charles are dating and he still went for her under the table and still MADE CHARLES AWARE??? that’s extreme jealousy right there baby. i love it.
I may or may not have stared off into the distance on the tube today just thinking about that under the table scene sksk whoops
Anyways! you are the biggest genius on tumblr and i applaud you! SOTD is unmatched! thank you for entertaining my word dump here!
PS this is v spoily if you want to wait to publish i would understand 😂
TAGGED FOR SPOILERS YALL. go about your day if you haven’t read chapter 13 yet 😂
Girl. I am DYING at “jealous chaos monster” because omfg it’s just so fitting.
Yes, Michael is totally aware of it and has been for a long fucking time and he’s just waiting for the mans to realize it because he knows he’s stubborn and will push back if he tries to push him 😂
I absolutely wanted him to have that desperation of “please let’s talk” and then when he was denied he had to scramble. He really said “alright if we can’t go the discussion route, we’re going to go the ‘remind you what it is I can do’ route” he had to have her in a way Charles didn’t in that moment 😏
YES THE COCKY SONUVA BITCH HAD TO MAKE CHARLES AWARE HE JUST FINGER FUCKED HIS GIRLFRIEND WHILE SHE SAT RIGHT NEXT TO HIM. the arrogance, I stg, it’s part of why we love him so much but also why do we love him so much
Also it’s the highest compliment I could ever ask for to hear my writing fuels daydreams because honestly that’s where my writing comes from, me constantly daydreaming 😅
Stop your compliments are so sweet, omfg you stop it or I’ll squeeze you 😭 thank you so so much for all your love and support, I’ve said this before but I always look forward to hearing your thoughts ❤️❤️❤️ ILY BBY
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wealthwords405 · 2 years
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vetrubius · 3 years
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UKAIXFEMREADER!
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Ukai responding to you saying  "c*m inside me"
Word Count: 1,408
A/N: hEMLOI moi babies, I got an amazing response on DaichixFemReader, I’m so glad so I kinddddd of decided to spice it up for Ukai. I, in no way support toxic relationships. And I wrote it extra long so y’all can feel extra ;)) i haven't proof read this bc its 4 am and im max tired, so i apologise in advance. ALSO DARK ACADEMIA PERSONNA IS JUST SO 😩
Warnings: SMUT, ANGST, toxic relationships, crying, trauma, smoking, alcohol, slight fluff (interact only if you’re 18+), breeding kink
It was like every other afternoon, you by the balcony watching the rain fall on the lane below. Single men with their cigarettes in hands, couples with their arms intertwined under the same umbrella, the cigarette shop where a group of high school boys hung around. The balcony had always been your safe space. It was one of the ways you’d met Keinshin Ukai. 
 You two had accidentally made an eye contact. You, on your balcony and him, near the shop. He’d adored you the second he’d laid his eyes on you; draped in a white lace tunic and grey shorts which reached your knees. The darkest shade of lipstick which you wore with your hair down, made you look as if you were an angel which arrived right in front of him. 
Since then, he’d be there promptly at 7 pm and you at the balcony having many unspoken conversations between the two of you.
You’d run out of cigarettes one morning while you were on your way to your publishing house.You’d always been an avid reader with bottomless thirst for content. It was a good day, you had a meeting with the board head. After putting on a jacket on your mauve camisole, you’d run across the cigarette shop to find your favourites. Had it not been that morning, your numbers would never have been exchanged and future dates wouldn’t have been made for the same evening. 
-----flashback-----
The room was heavy with the smell of cigarettes and weed as you popped another bottle of wine.
 “I did not take you to be a reader,” Ukai said, taking a puff and keenly maintaining eye contact. 
“And I sir, did not take you for a shopkeeper AND a coach” you said,  smirking and pouring in  his empty glass.
“Well, I do love those boys plus that teacher is very...persuasive?,” he said with a slight cringe and looking u0p. “Don’t get me wrong, he’s very amazing and managed to land us a match with a lot of great teams but he’s very weird, but a good kinda weird you know?”.
 Nah you didn’t know. You were too busy admiring him. Of course you were a little young for him but he was too attractive for his age. The blonde with his brown sideburns and three piercings. He looked so sinful. 
It dawned on him how you’d been staring at him. And he’d sensed the high tension in the room that was enough to devour the two of you. And that’s when he leaned in slightly, holding the side of your face in your hand. “I know you’ve been wanting me sweetheart. I do too,” he said  brushing his lips with yours. “And I think I may fall in love with you this way. The way you’re in my hands right now makes me feel like I'm on an ecstasy high.” 
Your lips met and kissed you like it was the last time he was gonna kiss you. Like you were Persephone in the arms of Hades and you were gonna fly away. 
You somehow knew. You knew this was it. You were gonna fall so hard for this man. This high felt like you’d finally reached what you wanted and you realised it was gonna hurt you if he ever left. 
-----Present-----
“BUT I’M TIRED OF NOT SEEING YOU FOR SO MANY DAYS, JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE GOING WITH THE KIDS DOESN’T MEAN YOU DON’T SEE ME! 
AM THEY MORE IMPORTANT THAN I AM?” a sludge of tears and mascara flowing down your face with your bra strap sliding off your arm. It had been too frustrating for you. You’d been missing him to the point you’d wear his remaining scent. You’d stayed up nights wishing you’d hear the door unlock. It was too painful for you.And he refused to understand that. 
“You’re fucking overreacting. I’m leaving. I’ll come home after a few days.” he said  extinguishing his cigarette on the ivory ashtray you got for his 29th birthday and picking his gym bag up. 
“I HOPE YOU NEVER FUCKING COME BACK-” you shouted as he headed for the door. “I think…….. this is it. We’re done.” You said  slipping on the floor in a puddle of sobs. This was toxic. You had to leave him. But it was so heavy for you. You could never do that. He was your soulmate after all. 
You hear the door shut. 
Your fragile heart splits into pieces. Is that it? This is how we end? Your thoughts kept running as fast as a marathon, too fast for you to process. 
“It’s fine. I don’t need him anyway. You say  turning the lights off of the bathroom and slipping in the empty bathtub and shutting your eyes and being enveloped by sleep. 
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You felt a hand pat on your head and a bright light in front of you. “Hey sweetheart…”
It didn’t even take a second for you to go on defensive mode and whack his hand off you.
“I miss you. I know what I do is wrong. I know I don’t give you time. I know how much this means to you. I’m sorry. Just a little  more, okay? Then I’ll be all yours and I’ll be proud to call the boys ours. I love you, Y/N. I can’t imagine my life witho-”
That’s all it takes for him everytime. Just opening his stupid mouth and you’re off to sprint to his arms. Fucking moron. 
“I still hate you” you said between the kisses and pulling his hoodie off. You wanted him. That’s all you cared about. You wanted to hurt him but no matter what, you couldn’t. “I hate that you make me feel this way. But I love you more and this is your last chance. Make me happy or I leave.”
He whooped you up in his arms and carried you to the bed “And why would I let you leave? You’re mine.” He said  keeping you and hovering on top of you with his biceps bulging. Amd slowly kissing your face, jaw and neck
“You’re the greatest thing that has happened to me, I’ll never let you go Y/N” Ukai said as his lips were dangerously close to your cleavage. 
He spent a good 30 minutes between your thighs like a lapdog. Licking up any blessing you had to offer. His eye contact never breaking, his fingers working their ways through your pussy, his tongue overstimulating your clit. “I know you like this, my love. It’s been twice in 35 minutes I think my dick needs a little bit of it too.” He said getting up and unbuckling himself. Your eyes now watery with the overstimulation and throat dried up. 
“I want a baby….I want a reason for you to come home to if not me.” You said rasply. 
‘What do you mean, sweets? Can you elaborate on the making baby part?”
“I want you to come inside me. Tonight.” 
He grabbed your thighs mercilessly and shoved himself inside. “Whatever she wants, she gets. I’m gonna fuck you until you’re dripping and then make sure that the mini us knows how much I love you and you’re worth coming home to both of you.” he whispered in your ear. 
He gave you a few seconds to adjust to him inside you. “M-mmmoveEE PLEASE” you whined against his shoulder. Without losing a single second, you felt your body split. You knew he’d been abstaining from sex. But this feeling was so overwhelming to both of you. 
The air was filled with moans, squelches and the mix of smell of cigarettes and lavender. You felt him speed up. Missionary had always been a weak spot for Keishin. Your mouth drooling over your cheeks, your eyes half shut, your body limping and the way your boobs bounced under you. it has always been a turn on for him. 
You felt him speed up. His name falling out of your mouth as you were blinded by the speed he was going at. “I….I’M COMING BABE” you grind your thighs through as his walls white wash you inside. 
He climbed off of you to adore your cunt stuffed with his cream, dripping on the white sheet with a light brown floral pattern. 
“I love you, Y/N. Don’t ever think I don’t wanna come home and not see you. You’re the only thing I have.”
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mirjam-writes · 3 years
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Good Omens Fic Rec: You Never Had a Heart
You Never Had a Heart by @hotcrosspigeon
Rated: T
Words:  12983
Summary from the writer:
Aziraphale finds himself unwittingly ensnared in a demonic trap.
Unfortunately for a panicking Crowley, there’s only one way to get the angel out of it.
I love this writer’s work, I have already recced A special Place in Hell from them (here) but as I promised, I will rec more, because I’m a huge fan!
The story plays around discorporation with so clever and funny way that even though it’s kind of disturbing, it still makes you laugh so much. The witty dialogue and especially Crawly’s dramatic inner monologue made me grin from ear to ear the whole time. 
I love the banter between Aziraphale and Crowley. There is so much love, but they also tease each other mercilessly. They act more married than many actually married couples, and they resort to humour even in the grimmest situations. And the ending was cute, fun though also a bit bittersweet. 
I tried to look for a favourite quote, but I could have picked every other sentence! This fic delights me even on a third reread! This is a good example of everything I have tried to say here:
“No. No way. I’m not going to just - just kill you.”
“You’re not killing me, Crowley. That’s the point! You’re merely doing away with this vaguely human-shaped body. It may be a little disconcerting at first, but I assure you, you’ll be doing no harm to my actual ethereal self and I’ll be back in no time at all. Don’t fret.”
“I’m not fretting. Why would I be fretting? I’ve wanted to murder you loads of times.”
The angel treated him to a slow blink. “Of course, my mistake, I’m sure your tongue always forks like that when you’re not fretting. Anticipatory, is it?”
Crowley sucked the offending organ back in behind his teeth, and glared.
I’m a huge fan of this writer. You Never Had a Heart was the first fic from them I read, then I found A Special Place in Hell, and when I realized it’s the same author, I just read through everything they wrote, even the WIPs, and I never read WIPs! And somehow them being WIP’s didn’t even annoy me because... it really didn’t matter how the story ended, because the journey was so delightful! Their humour is dark (mind the tags!) and I love it! I also commented on so many of them in like two days, which might have been a bit embarrassing, but the stories really made my days (or nights, or pretty much any time of the day) and I’m truly grateful for that.
Another good example of the writer’s work is Honey, You’ll Survive, because Crowley is discorporating at the bookshop, and Aziraphale is not having it.
“I’m dying!” Crowley blurted out, and whoops, probably not the best thing to open with.
But strangely that did have the desired effect after all, and it got the angel to stop looking quite so lost, it even caused him to roll his eyes in exasperation.
“Now really Crowley, you’ll do no such thing! Especially not inside my bookshop, I simply won’t allow it.”
“Oh, I’m sorry,” Crowley sneered, “Didn’t mean to be an inconvenience!” He turned around a bit and gestured vaguely to the door with a bloody hand, “I’ll just go and peg it outside in the cold, then, shall I?”
This story had a super soft ending too, and nobody truly dies.
And while writing this I realized they have published a new story! I know what I’ll do next!
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networkluvs · 2 years
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so about those smau teasers...
god I could literally RAMBLE abt the smau series I have in store for y'all (I think I already have to my fellow writers on discord whoops) I literally have like a calendar for all of them too for when they're supposed to be published... IT GOES ON UNTIL LIKE THE END OF NEXT YEAR TOO PLS??
I'll only spoil like three of my favorites!!! these are generally ideas in mind that may or may not change if I feel is necessary so do not open if you don't want to see what I have planned!
campfire - ot13 smau (summer 2022): this is the series im probably most excited to work on because I just LOVE summer camp aus and it's quite literally going to be the whole summer that I work on this! PLUS IM PLANNING FOR IT TO BE A LOVE TRIANGLE??? im actually squealing thinking abt it OMFGG plus in the soop gave me SO MUCH camp content for pictures literally so excited
try again - joshua hong (fall 2022): omg so basically I got this au idea from a dumb tweet that said if Joshua were to run for any presidential campaign and he advocated to legalize mar*ju*na his slogan would be "Vote for Hong, Pass the Bong!" and it just. kinda stuck with me. like what if I made a au where Joshua ran for student council as a joke and won despite that the reader really wanted to become president. This will be angst and humored filled I just know it.
hot rod - lee seokmin (summer 2023): I KNOW I KNOW WHAT UR THINKING... bunny ur insane u have stuff planned for 2023? YES I DO AND I MIGHT HAVE AUS FOR 2024 SHSHHH. this is similar to my melody in a sense but instead reader is part of a cool indie-rock band and seokmins the fanboy T_T how cute!!!
of course like I said!!! this may change but these are some ideas that im SUPER excited about and I hope y'all will be excited for as well!
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