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revelisms · 11 months

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Both Sides of the Moon

Silco and Sevika's relationship, told through a series of business ventures.

Rating: M | WC: 9k | Oneshot | Sevika POV Features plenty of psuedo-marital messiness, terrible humor, a brutal and bloody Silco, Silco being a Dad, and big kinds of Tension between these two. CWs: Graphic violence, sadistic/masochistic tones and themes around past trauma and abuse. Full list of tags and warnings can be found in the overview and A/N. Full story on AO3

Preview:

Topside's air reeks of petunias.

Even washed out by a storm heavy as this—petrichor oozing off the stones, the skies thundering with ozone, puddles stirred and peltering beneath their feet—the nectar of these Piltie gardens is damned near impossible to avoid. It leaves her nose wrinkling.

Were she a softer woman, less corrupted by the death she wore like a second skin, she may have found simpler pleasures watching those kaleidoscopic prisms blooming to life around them: throngs of sun-bright lilies and dusted roses, daffodils and daisies and hyacinths, all dancing beneath the rains in sweeps of petaled skirts and leafed tresses.

By the Kindreds' grace, she is not—and so she takes no pleasure in it, at all.

She clears her lungs of the vile sweet on the air, and breathes in something blessedly more familiar: woody ash, a spike of citrus, soured with the chemical fumes that stick to their clothes like a stubborn stain.

It's a scrap of solace, in this hell of a city—all of it too bright, too floral, too clean.

A reminder of where she belongs. Of to whose coin her services are owed.

(Coin stained in gun oil and blood-rust, tucked beneath the breast pocket of a suit cloaked in seal-slick leather, where he skims his claws against the seams: feels their jagged minting bite back at him.)

The movement tips her eyes over her shoulder. She's used to the image she's met with. Thin-boned in a body forced into years of back-breaking trade; a lazing prowl to his stance that leaves him a half-head shorter, even in those pompous boots.

She may have scoffed at it, once—that she would lay down her life at the feet of a man she could just as easily snap over her knee.

Years of tailing his blood-soaked shadow have taught her to think differently.

His presence commands a breadth that his fractured appearance can only scrape the edges of. He speaks with a voice that does not fit his face; carries himself with an aura that can fill a room, without a single word spoken. A fly always lurking in the walls of one's mind, who's wrangled free from the cobwebs and devoured the host, taken reign over what remains.

"In time," he muses, trained on the foliage across the way, "you may yet come to appreciate it."

He's made a habit of plucking her vexations from her fanged mouth and speaking them, himself. Unnerving as it is cumbersome.

Sevika rolls the thought over, and sneers at it.

As if.

She's never had a mind for strategy. Never had the patience, the care, the will to don veils of performance at every minute of every damned hour; to twist these rogue pawns together, in some preordained act of design.

Let her handle the bloodspills and snakebitten threats, silence a room with the weight of her stare alone; let her sit in the shadows, and twist her knives, and observe.

That, she's good at.

"You appreciate it?" she turns back on him.

One dark brow raises, marginally. Silco loosens his shoulders; says, "I appreciate possibility," with a shrewd dryness. "The promise in potential." He's studying something across the way—seeing and unseeing. A shadow dips at the scarred edge of his mouth. "That hunger will turn a mutt to the hand that feeds it."

Loyalty.

A gamble, rather. But one he's willing to take.

Strategy is lived and breathed by this man—a necessity of his own survival, as much as he finds some crude satisfaction in twisting the threads to his favor. Contradictions that weigh in every step he takes, from a lifetime plotted on axes of dichotomy.

He should have never crawled free from the mines. Should have stayed dead in the Pilt. By all accounts, he should have never made it to the seat he now occupies, ruling over a Council of his own forging.

And yet—in that, he is Zaun's own embodiment. A spiteful manifestation of perseverance, in the face of generations-long disempowerment. An element of chaos, in an otherwise preordained world.

#arcane #arcane fanfic #silco #silco arcane #sevika #sevika arcane #jinx #jinx arcane #silco & sevika #eye and teeth of zaun #silco & jinx #crime dad daughter duo #this wip has been burning a frickin' hole through my folders i am SO HAPPY it's done #there's so many layers with these two and i love it #augh #both sides of the moon #writing

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shikai-the-storyteller · 3 months

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Me: Ok, this Pac fic idea is probably not going to be fleshed out into anything, let's go ahead and dump this on tumblr.

Me 2 minutes after re-reading the idea: Frick. I want to turn this into a full story.

#me @ me: FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE!!! PLEASE YOU ALREADY HAVE SO MANY WIPs #AT LEAST FINISH THE FRICKIN FIT DISABILITIES FIC FIRST!!!!#agh #i talk #qsmp talk #fic talk #I'll see if I can burn through that and just dump it as is. <- I say knowing damn well I'm incapable of posting anything that isn't polishe #* polished

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quarantineddreamer · 2 months

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✨ B's RebelCaptain Rec List ✨

Apologies in advance as I have NO DOUBT that I missed including some very talented individuals and their works in this list. (This is by no means comprehensive.)

I haven't been here all that long, but wow--since day one I've been blown away by the talent in this fandom and the dedication of all the creators.

So, thank you lovely souls for sharing your beautiful art (in all its many forms) for us to enjoy--and thank you RC community as a whole for being so lovely and welcoming this past year! I am truly grateful to be screaming/crying/rewriting canon with you 💖

Give Up the Ghost by @frostbitepandaaaaa

I mean...what can I say? I love all of Frost's writing, but this was the first work I ever read of hers and it is devastating and gorgeous and will make you lose your mind. I remember the first time I read it just...lingering on certain sentences because I was in awe of how beautiful they were. Just read it. Trust me. (And then check out her WIP 12 Days afterwards!)

threshold by @astromechs

Another writer whose works I love. (Okay, that's pretty much everyone on this list--the RC fandom is so frickin talented). But for me, this fic in particular stands out as one that gives incredible insight into Cassian's character--and an adorable story overall. Heartfelt and beautiful.

built on hope by @luciechat

I am particularly obsessed with chapter 3 of this collection of prompt-writes Getting Back Together (in the Cold). Lucie paints the picture so clearly and the tension throughout is delicious. Highly recommend reading this RC Hoth fic--and Lucie's other amazing works!

we were never going to make it by @fulcrumstardust

Okay off the bat: be mindful of the tags! This was a whumptober fic and it is BIG SAD. But it is also so, so beautiful. The emotion woven throughout cuts to the bone and as painful as it was, the premise of the story was very well executed. (And if you're looking for a lighter read--maybe a spicy one--Moria's one-shot SOLAR STORM has such an incredible setup. The sexual tension is so well done.)

The RebelCaptain Romance Collection by @agentjackdaniels

I couldn't choose just one from this collection! Luce writes the softest, sweetest, fluffiest stories for RC that you will ever read. (Which makes perfect sense if you're lucky enough to get to know her because Luce is such a genuine, sweet soul.) These fics are like a warm-hug for the soul--just what you need after watching Rouge One.

the things you said by @gaygingersnaps

Again: I am not usually one for Modern AUs but I think the RC fandom is changing me and the first I ever read was Eli's amazing fic. I am obsessed with how Eli writes Jyn's internal dialogue. It's so in character and sharp and will make you smile and shake your head and go "Oh, Jyn!" This collection of stories is idiots-in-love like nothing else and you will fall in love with the world Eli has so thoughtfully crafted for a modern-day RC.

objection, your honor by @andorerso

I'm not usually one for modern AUs, but this fic is just so much fun. The banter between Cass and Jyn is so in character and so sharp and witty and the whole time I was reading I had a grin on my face. (These two idiots.) I love all the little details Sissi considers in this AU (Chewie being the dog for example), but that's no surprise! She is the queen of AUs!

Tethered (to the Story We Must Tell) by @dilf-din

I just absolutely loved the setup for this fic. Jess manages to fit these characters into a magical world so seamlessly by embedding the most incredible details from the Star Wars universe. (I was obsessed with the "stormtroopers".) Jess's writing is so smooth and rich and will immediately grab your attention.

Coping Mechanisms by @mosylufanfic

I think this was the first fic I ever read of mosylu's! I love the way she writes Jyn--always perfectly in character, strong and sassy. But in this fic in particular, I love the softness she brings to Jyn in how she cares for Cassian. I found it to be a very beautiful, healing read. (But if you're looking for something a bit longer or more upbeat! I mean, take your pick. Mosylu is another author who is amazing at AUs and her works are always such fun reads.)

RC Proposal by @ninsletamain

I could have put any of nins' pieces down as a rec. (Like seriously go scroll her feed she's insanely talented and her work blows my mind everytime without fail). But I chose this one because it is just so rich and full of detail, I love the story it tells, and you cannot help but smile whenever you look at it.

Claw Machine by @winterdruid

Definitely an all-time favorite for me. I remember making a joke about claw-machine as a first date when I was doing a RO rewatch with some friends and then this masterpiece showed up on my feed and my jaw dropped?! It's so fun and cute and well-done and I reblog it every time I see it soooo.

Seashore (for RC Fluffbruary) by @adeptnenyim

I love the scenery, their poses, their expressions, the quote?! Ahhh all of it! Nen's art is so soft and special and gives me all the feels and this one is no exception.

BTS of RO Inspired by @art-question-mark

I have always loved the picture this piece is based off of. In my head, it is happy Jyn and Cass. In my head, it is canon. Natalie's style is so beautiful and I love some of the quotes Natalie pulls from the Rogue One novel to go with the art!

Pretty Cute by @muguathepapaya

This piece is super cute and exactly what they deserved. I'm obsessed. Gives me all the warm and fuzzies. Sunshine on a rainy day, so gorgeous.

Time to Wake Up by @eegnm

Okay are you noticing the theme yet? I love seeing these two happy, and this scene in particular is just so...warm. I love the cuddly vibes, their expressions, all of it. You can feel the love in it.

losers by @necr0mancers

I am obsessed with the look they are exchanging. Very conspiratorial and so true to them. I also just love the style of this artists' works and the sense of humor woven through many of their pieces.

Elevator Scene by @satmolly

Nope I actually do not have words for this one. I think it says enough. (This happened, and it happened just like this and it is so very beautiful).

Favorite Scene (beach) by @dramaticmusicplaying

Another one that leaves me speechless. (Okay, they ALL do I feel like I am not doing these artists justice I'M SORRY). I just think this piece captures the beach perfectly and I love the style and all the colors and I kinda need to cry after looking at it okay?!

Jyn/Cassian Smooch by @barrikae

I am totally obsessed with this artist's style and this image in particular is just: ahhhhh! You know? Like look at themmmmm. Thank you for this barrikae.

Space Travel by @freebooter4ever

Your honor, they are holding hands and they are so very sleepy and I am so very in love with this piece. I love the artist's style and again, amazing scene set. Lives rent free in my mind.

Tagging creators for this one vs specific sets (cause you CANNOT make me choose honestly) and linking this post I wrote awhile back about how incredible I think you all are! (As in: I specifically had RC creators in mind when I wrote that post.)

*This is the list I am most nervous about cause I am almost certain I am forgetting people so if you see this and you make gifs for RC please know I love you and your work <3

@bartowskis

@staticwaffles

@jyndor

@andorerso

@jemmasimmons

@sydneyadmu

@garethsedwards

@gizkalord

@kalikoris

@dailyrebelcaptain

@therebelcaptainnetwork

#dailyrebelcaptain #drcvalentinescelebration #rebelcaptain recs #and yup! im late with this 😅 it took me probably 6 hours to pull this together and i think i could have spent 6 hours more but #my wrist is starting to give me grief unfortunately #so here goes nothing #(i am super nervous to post this for some reason!)#3..2..1..go

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gumnut-logic · 3 months

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Oh for the procrastination post can I ask 5⚠️

11🛠 and send lashings of 12❤️? (Sending this is actually me procrastinating as I've to finish marking and it's KILLING me!!)

::points and laughs::

I find it funny that you think I know :D My muse its nuts and at the moment it is super nuts and bouncing all around the park.

Last year I barely wrote at all. This year, the urge has come back and I'm putting down words, but they are random and all over the place. I don't need any more WIPs I have too many, but every time I attempt to focus on one the muse rebels. ::glares at it::

At the moment it is a juggle between one of the recent little fics that have sprouted - who knows how big they will get, frickin' weeds - and the third Alexander Sweetapple fic (I really need to get him out from under that building).

There is also Callisto, which was supposed to be my major fic of 2021, nearly 45,000 words - I NEEED to finish that.

Because the major fic of 2022 was started - only a couple of people know my plans for that one...and it includes dinosaurs! But gotta finish Callisto first ::sigh::

Then there is the third fic in the Kermadec series which has been eating my brain since 2020, alongside 'When the World Goes Boom' which also NEEEDS to be finished...and 'The Hero'. Ack, plot heavy is so much work.

Plus the planned crossover of Marks & Wings with the Kermadec series and all the emotional impact of that. Oh, and, of course, that bit of 'Scott' I have sitting here that revives Em Harris in the Marks & Wings universe, that's another WIP that I've been playing with recently.

As you can see, my brain is a mess.

At the moment, I'm trying to get something cohesive out of my brain so one of the weeds or Sweetapple or just anything. Just write, damn you :D

Herding cats is an apt metaphor. ::hugs you tight::

Nutty

(it's scary in my head)

PS: Answering 11 in a separate post :D

#thunderbirds are go #thunderbirds #thunderbirds fanfiction #thunderfam

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mikibwrites · 8 months

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WIP Wednesday!

Thank you for the tag, @carlos-in-glasses @bonheur-cafe @alrightbuckaroo and @taralaurel! So I'm pollinating two flowers with one bee, as it were, because Eres Mia won the wip poll and I was supposed to write 12 sentences of it but I ended up writing almost 1k over the weekend, so I just saved it for today LOL. This bit is not Tarlos, but it sets the stage for where TK is when this fic starts, as this bit is in what is most likely going to be the opening scene (unless I change things around as I am wont to do)

“Do you–” TK can barely get breath to say what it is he’s about to say, his throat closing up and his heart clenching painfully in his chest, terrified of what the answer will be. “Do you think we should call the whole thing off?”

“As in?” Alex is still studying the opposite wall, one hand fluttering at his pant leg in a nervous tic. Alex hasn’t done that alone with TK in years. The iron band around TK’s heart wrenches further. He swallows audibly in the stark silence between sentences.

“As in, not go through with it? The…the wedding. The–” an attempt at another swallow which veers off course into the opposite, bile coming up his throat at the mere words, “the marriage?”

There are too many seconds of absolute stillness for TK to not know what answer is coming. He braces himself for it, thinks to himself that this is where his life was always headed anyway; who could ever want him, broken soul that he is? He’s laundered his existence into oblivion–at first for other people, and then finally for himself–in the name of becoming a person who isn’t ruled by his chosen poison of the day. But in the end he knows the stains remain and even someone who purports to love him cannot help but notice them against the stark white linen he’s tried to wrap around himself in the time since.

But then, as has happened so many times recently, TK finds he cannot read Alex as well as he used to, because the answer he gets is, “Of course not. I want to go through with it, I want to do this. We agreed to it, and I’ll stand by my commitment to you. It’s just…all a bit much sometimes.” With this, he turns back to TK with a placid look, and comes back across the room to finally touch him. He lands a hand on TK’s shoulder, rubbing his thumb back and forth in a soothing gesture, calming TK’s erratic nerves the slightest bit. Then, he turns back around toward the hallway, throwing back over his shoulder, “Just tell me where to be for these dancing lessons, and I’ll be there.” It’s as much of a ringing endorsement as TK’s likely to get.

For the rest of the night, TK drowns himself in his wedding binder, planning and choosing and budgeting, and resolutely does not think about the fact that when TK asked if Alex still wanted to marry him, all the man could say was that he’d stand by the commitment, as if it was some sort of unwanted duty he’d have to endure.

OMG it's so frickin late in the day and I haven't even checked on who's done it yet so forgive me if you already have! But I'll go ahead and tag: @cold-blooded-jelly-doughnut @lemonlyman-dotcom @liminalmemories21 @rosedavid @welcometololaland @sanjuwrites @chaotictarlos @detective-giggles @lightningboltreader and @wandering-night19 No pressure to anyone! And if you haven't been tagged yet please consider this an open tag if you'd like to share, and please tag me so I can see!! 💙

#tarlos #wip wednesday #911ls fic #911 lone star #my fics #eres mia fic

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anachronisticcrab · 1 year

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Snippet of one of my wips. Untitled rn, it’s about Nico being pushed away from camp by Olympian kids. This part takes place after tlo (gonna edit it later and polish up the end)

Happy birthday Neeks!

It started out fine. Better than fine, actually. It was amazing.

He was hailed a Hero of Olympus, a good guy, an awesome kid with cool powers. People approached him constantly the first few days after the war to thank him, to compliment him, to ask about his adventures, to ask him about his powers. People wanted him around for the first time since Bianca died and he was only too happy to answer all their questions, to tell tales of the Underworld and the streets of America.

He should have expected that it would end. He was a Son of Hades. Demigods of Olympus would never want him around for long. It was foolish to hope, to believe, otherwise.

Day Five at Camp Half-Blood broke his heart. He’d made his way over to the Big House to meet up with Connor and Travis, his body relaxed as he walked in the sun. He smiled at the campers he passed, waving at those that he was— dare he say— friends with? He even high-fived Clovis as the boy passed him sleepily.

When he reached the Big House, the Stoll brothers smiled, as always, a little too wide to be reassuring. Connor pulled a box from behind his back and handed it to Nico. He grinned and opened it.

“Is this…?”

“An iPod?” Travis asked with a laugh. “Yeah. We found it when we were cleaning out the cabin yesterday. Figure we should bring you into the modern world, get you to throw out that frickin’ Walkman.”

Nico laughed. “Thanks so much!”

“No problem, dude,” Connor said. “Wanna help us with a prank?”

Nico grinned. “What do you have in mind?”

Two hours later, Nico was hiding in a tree, breathless from laughter as Chiron stomped around camp, furious that his hair and fur was now bright pink. That’s when a group of demigods walked by, talking in hushed tones. Nico listened in.

“…bet he harvested human blood to dye Chiron’s hair,” one of them said. Nicos heart dropped into his stomach.

“You think the Stoll’s would go for that?” Another kid asked.

“Hell yeah, they’re deranged too. Besides, Hermes is half Underworld. That’s why Luke went bad, I’ll bet,” the first one said.

“Makes sense. Bad blood,” a third kid said. He recognized his voice from a few days prior. It was an Athena kid who had leant him a copy of Alice in Wonderland two days ago. He’d told Nico that he was always there to help.

Did he lie? Was he saying that out of fear? He’d thought that the boy liked him.

“Death blood,” a fourth kid laughed. “How many people do you think he’s killed?”

“More than you can…”

They kept walking, and their conversation faded out of Nico’s ears. His eyes stung as if needles had been shoved in them.

He wanted to leave, to find the Stoll’s, to find Clovis, to tell them what happened, to lean on his friends, but he was paralyzed. He couldn’t even summon shadows to pull him away.

As he sat frozen, more campers walked underneath his hiding spot. Most spoke about him, rumours of his supposed insanity. His evilness.

Did you hear he killed his sister?

My boyfriend told me he tried to kill Percy so he could be the child of the prophecy and bring back the titans and giants.

He’s a drug dealer, dude.

He told Luke and the titans our plans. That’s why none of them worked.

He killed Beckendorf and cursed Silena. Turned her into a zombie.

Did you hear he killed Daedalus? I saw it with my own eyes.

All those skeletons he summoned are his murder victims. It’s the only way he can make them do his bidding. He kills them and curses them.

We should get rid of him before he does us all in. I bet he’s lurking around somewhere, plotting how to kill us.

Tears tore out of his eyes, rained down his shirt, stung his skin. Was… was that really what the other demigods thought of him? That he was a monster, a villain, a horror or nature? While they’d been thanking him and being nice, had they only been afraid of him?

Was he really a monster?

He had to go.

He had to leave.

He had to disappear.

Why had he ever thought this time would be different? He didn’t belong. He’d never belong.

Besides, staying could get him killed. At least in the Underworld he had his parents. He had his siblings. He had a home and food on the table. He may be called creepy by the other campers, other demigods may distrust him even more, but at least the people down there didn’t want to kill him.

The shadows pulled up around him and sucked him back.

He was pushed in front of his father’s throne in the Palace, and his dad rushed forward and wrapped him in a hug.

He sobbed into Hades’ chest.

He would never go back to that camp. Never.

#og post #pjo #nico di angelo #ash writes #hades pjo

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raccoonfallsharder · 5 months

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florescence❀[new 12/12]

a meetgroot* chapter 3 of 6 year two of five

from year two: growth ⋆˚✿˖°

“Will you still be here?” you ask him. There’s a cloud in your voice, soft and fluffy as the ones you’d used to see on Terra. It’s wispy and tattered, made of wistfulness and hope. If your eyes had been open, you might see Rocket turn his gaze up to you, quizzical and searching. “I should go out soon,” he admits. “See what I can find out.” You’d almost been able to hear him grimace. “Don’t really love bein’ frickin’ landlocked, anyway.” You feel the softness at the corners of your mouth twitch regretfully. “Sorry,” you say gently, and mean it. He doesn’t respond, but you feel him lean back on his own hands. You wonder if he’s looking at the sky too. “I’ll come back,” he offers after a minute. His voice is a sort of strangled rasp: uncertain, like he’s been trying to give you some scrap of consolation but doesn’t know how — doesn’t even fully believe you want it.

read more of Chapter 3/6 Year Two: Growth⋆˚✿˖° on ao3

someone slap a pair of reading glasses on that raccoon because this chapter features so many beginner-dad-rocket vibes and tbh i love every minute of it. it's my favorite thing honestly

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general summary, previous chapters, & notes behind the cut. ♡ if you’d like to join my fanfiction taglist, please let me know via comment, message, or ask! ♡

Summary: “The only chance we got is to get to the other side of the universe as fast as we can and maybe, just maybe, we'll be able to live full lives before that whack-job ever gets there.” Rocket & Groot leave their friends behind on Knowhere, despite the latter’s protests, and end up hiding out on a nothing-planet (with a non-extradition policy) at the edge of the Shi’ar Galaxy. It was the flowers that drew you in.

mcu-based, slight au, medium-burn, eventual smut circa Year Three. tentative allies to friends to lovers. the middle is angsty but there are only happy endings here.

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Chapter 1/6 Year Zero: Seed ⋆˚✿˖° [9/24] you meet groot and his cranky friend. Chapter 2/6 Year One: Sprout ⋆˚✿˖° [11/1] stonefruit cobbler & other sweet things. Chapter 3/6 Year Two: Growth ⋆˚✿˖° [12/14] rocket begins to put down roots. Chapter 4/6 Year Three: Flowering ⋆˚✿˖° [est 1/18??] Chapter 5/6 Year Four: Formation ⋆˚✿˖° Chapter 6/6 Year Five: Dispersal⋆˚✿˖°

*a meetgroot is a collection of unrelated drabbles, oneshots, and ficlets im working on where reader/oc meets rocket through groot. because i am cheesy as hell.

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hey hey it's my birthday and i wanted to give you a little prezzie ♡ so i have been working on a new fic that in my head i've just been calling my loveletter to the rocket fanfiction community ♡ because you're all fuckin golden little maple seeds spinning around an autumn sky and i adore you. and it may not be everyone's thing (which is fine) but please know i am writing it with all the adoration and good will in my silly little heart

@evolvingchaoswitch ✿ @suicidalshitstick ✿ @pretty-chips ✿ @wren-phoenix ✿ @glow-autumz

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oflights · 7 months

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List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who reblogged something from you. learn to know your mutuals and followers.(ू•‧̫•ू⑅)♡

ahh thanks, honey!!

the emily wilson iliad translation is finally out and i've been reading it book by book every day and it's soooo fricking good. it makes me so happy!! if anyone's ever been intimidated by finding a good translation, you should definitely try this one; it's so approachable and smooth and lovely and heart-wrenching. she is my hero.

after a literal week of bad rain and insane flooding yesterday, tomorrow is supposed to be nice out, just in time for a street festival! very excited to be outside again and eating street food, which is my favorite thing to do.

tomorrow is also october 1st! october is my favorite month and it makes me very happy. it's my birthday month (what up, scorpios, a 10/24 cusper clocking in here) and it's the peak of my favorite season, and i love halloween and the entire aesthetic.

when i was in seattle over the summer i got a coconut chocolate chai blend and quickly ran out of it because it was delicious. yesterday one of my PNW friends sent me 3 more bags of it and i am drinking a cup right now. it is delightful.

this is a very silly happy-making thing, but The Star Splitter somehow hit 300 subscribers today? i feel like that's probably not a lot for people who post mega-popular WIPs all the time but i have never, ever posted a fic that hit that many readers and so i'm frickin excited to have so many people reading it!! 🥰

#asks #thehoneybeet #an addendum to 1 is that i'm going to another author event with neil gaiman and emily wilson in october #shoving gaiman gently out of the way to get to emily 😇#okay i've got to send some messages to people now

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niicevibe · 1 year

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Listen... this is my logic.

If I put the wip concepts I have stashed on my laptop on here, and air them out like dirty laundry, then I can't back out of doing them, right?? because I have so many.

Also, this is my official announcement that until further notice, this account is strictly for Genshin writing-- at least, until I can complete all these projects.

No one is obligated to look at them! This is literally how I'm going to get around my laziness, with expectation.

BUT, I've also fixed up a new taglist!! Right here! I've deleted the old one, but I'll fix those links tomorrow, too. So if anyone wants to fill it out, please do!!

Fool's Experiment pt. 2 (NSFW)

y/n and Albedo deal with the "results" of their experiment.

You Only Tease the Ones You Love pt. 2 (NSFW)

an invitation was extended, but after an entire year spent enduring your teasing and attempts at cajoling him, Diluc refuses to be the one to make the first move.

unnamed Aether fic (so far, SFW)

loneliness and homesickness never go well together— this, Aether has learned quickly. and so, to make Teyvat feel just a little more like home, he brings to you a tradition from his home world, and a proposition (of sorts).

To Love Oneself is the Beginning of a Life-Long Romance (so far, SFW, probably will be NSFW)

feelings thought to be gone unrequited (or at the very least, ignored) opens up a door for romantic comity when you open the door to Kaeya's office.

unnamed Childe/Ajax fic (so far, SFW)

no summary, but is based around Сочельник/Pождество (Christmas Eve/Christmas) -> instead of Russia, of course, it's Snezhnaya. they celebrate on January 7th following the Julian calendar.

I WANT TO WRITE THIS ONE SO BADLY AHH THE STUFF I HAVE WRITTEN FOR IT SO FAR IS FRICKIN ADORABLE.

unnamed SAGAU Cyno fic (so far, SFW)

a superstorm hits your town and a strange glitch occurs while you're playing Genshin... at least, it's strange by the General Mahamatra's standards.

unnamed Kazuha fic (NSFW, dubcon)

there's a reason Beidou doesn't let Kazuha drink on her ship.

unnamed Thoma fic (NSFW)

something tells you Inazuma's grand fixer could use a little fixing, himself...

unnamed yandere Xiao fic (req., so far, SFW...)

no summary-- requested by an irl friend and it's killing me to write bc I love him so much... *sobs* it's so good so far tho.

unnamed Xiao series (so far, SFW...)

i can't spoil too much about this one, especially when i won't be touching it until HEARTSTRINGS is done.

unnamed Alhaitham, undecided Kavetham/reader fic (NSFW)

generally brilliant in your studies but not in your spending, Alhaitham jokingly comes up with an idea that won't compromise the quality of your work...

Though I Knew to Love Her Was to Suffer, I Could Not Stop, Zhongli series (NSFW)

no summary -> y/n is an ex-yaksha who abandoned her duties shortly after the archon war, instead establishing strong trade routes between liyue and the other affected regions.

BASICALLY y/n and Zhongli reunite and not in a good way tbh? i ain't sayin' no MO!

unnamed Dainsleif series (NSFW)

no summary, no spoilers; i've only got the groundwork and backstories done. the only thing i'll say is that y/n is amnesiac.

NO OFFICIAL ART RELEASED ⤵

unnamed Pantalone fic (NSFW)

the Regrator is the one gift horse of whom you shouldn't have looked into the mouth of.

These are the big ones, anyway. Again, here's that taglist. Nighty night!

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Writer interview ask game 2,4,10,11,13,23,37,40,44,54,58 👀👀 🎤

ELEVEN QUESTIONS—🤣🤣 OKAY, JUST FOR U. I did say as many as you want 🤣

2) in my selkie story, Patton really decided he wasn’t going to leave, actually 💀 in another story, Remus decided he was very much going to insert himself into the plot to help his brother (bonding time!! Yay XDD)

4) oh my goshhh I don’t know 💀💦 some of these are reoccurring but one I have held onto for a few years is my Ring Curse folktale I made up and want to use in a fic— I’ve finally found one for it and it’s the most developed it’s ever been. There’s very likely an even older one I’m forgetting about though. I dread not doing it justice~ the schematics of it are iffy in some places and I’m trying to work it out

10) sometimes I have a title before I even have a fic and other (96% of the) times, I painstakingly try to figure out a good one for an hour so I can frickin post it XD

11) I only research when I want to know more to make something more immersive and to help me make it interesting! Lately that’s been looking up irl locations for ideas to borrow—

An interesting thing I’ve learned while researching is a bunch of Celtic gods I’ve never heard of—

13) Taking a creative writing class in college!! I really enjoyed it and gave me some new things to take away and include (+ some new AU ideas)

23) I take a break and read unrelated fics! Then a few hours or days later I try to read what I have and figure out where I want to go with it. I have several wips, so I also enjoy switching between them.

37) well since I write fanfiction these days, backstory (if an AU) and motivation are the two that come up first OR character dynamics

40) I have so many lovely comments over the years complimenting my work. Even once from a teacher in middle school about my first fanfic. One that sticks out to me though is someone commenting “I looked this up as a joke but this was actually interesting and well-written”. Implies someone told them to look it up and I exceeded their expectations which— huge boost in my writing confidence considering I wrote that old thing in 7th-8th grade. ^^

44) there are no writing rules you cannot break if you do it well. Everything is a suggestion to help you but every one of them can be discarded in the right circumstances and depending on your skill at executing it.

54) formatting: don’t run your sentences too long. Give your readers room to breathe with plenty periods and paragraph breaks after dialogue and descriptions.

58) I searched “cold locations and astrology” I believe 🤣 several variations of those words until I got what I needed. Also “Luxury cabins”.

#ask game #fanfiction writing

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musicismymoirail · 3 months

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Still a major WIP but look how cute Seven is turning out?! 😭❤️ I still have a finish her wig and make her some actual clothes but she’s turning out so much more cute than I thought she would. ;;v;; <333 I’m so happy!

And one bonus extra with X.O. too! I’m not sure if I’ll repaint xem again to be more match-matchy with Seven. 🤔 I probably will. Xe is still missing something.

I’m also fighting the urge to make them into BJDs too because they would be so frickin’ cute?? ❤️🫠 ❤️I just have too many projects and I’m running out of space for more big dolls, especially if I want to do the rest of the band. I’ll need new doll bases for that anyways but that’s a tomorrow ponder thought.

#infamous if #dolls #doodlenonsense #as a catch-all for all my silly art projects too

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ashcroft-writes · 6 months

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20 questions for fic writers

I was tagged by @bluedaddysgirl! Thank you; this fits well into my master plan of attempting to be more alive online hahaha @unmarked-credits @xinambercladx @sinisterexaggerator Not obligated to do this, I'm just trying to be social and thought it may be fun!

1. How many works do you have on AO3? 5 🥹 I am baby compared to some people I see answering these

2. What's your total A03 word count? 512943 words!

3. What fandoms do you write for? Actively, right this second, Star Wars! I do have a huge Fallout 4 WIP that hasn’t been updated in a hot second, but I love it dearly and do wish to finish it one day.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

The Idiot’s Array

Rot, Dust, and Steel

Strong Hands

Homeworld Elegy

We can pretend this last one doesn’t exist lolololol (It’s the .hack Penguin Fic of DOOM, a reposting of my very first fic from the twee LULZ SO RANDOM era of my high school days. I like to have my history all together, and I own it, but goodness no one should read that.)

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not? Oh I desperately wish I still was. I used to, every last one, and I still read and treasure all the ones I do receive. Over the last couple years, my life kept getting quite… upended, however… and I my well of communication energy just… died… and this is also partially because I find it physically impossible to just say “wow thank u <3” in a few seconds; I usually get really into it! Still, the kindness and joy folks have left for me has been so deeply appreciated and cherished. I can’t help but want to go back and respond eventually (“Hi! I know this was left like, two years ago, but you pretty much gave me the gift of sunshine then, sorry this is so late <3”) Hopefully it won’t be weird.

(If you’re reading this and you are, in fact one of those whose delightful comment I have not responded to, hi, I see you, and thank you so much for the gift of sunshine)

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? Ooo. So though my stories definitely contain some angst, they usually end in very hopeful ways. Even the one about the collective grief for a destroyed planet 😆 Especially that one!! The future yet contains light! So perhaps the answer’s actually in a story that I never finished and isn’t available anymore.

I had this series I was writing when I was a lot younger set in Sonic the Hedgehog. It has this character who had been a villain switching sides and helping the Sonic group win their fight, and thusly secure his own pardon and freedom, a redemption sort of story. And it ended pretty sunshine and roses for most! But for the POV character, he never really would belong among the victors. They gave him a ship and his freedom in payment, and he took it and left for a world he didn’t know, off to try and find some new life on horizons where he would be either at best a stranger, and at worst hated for what he’d done in the past. I suppose there is still some hope in all that! New chances, new beginnings. Like I said, I’m a hopeful writer. But it was the most uncertain and melancholy of the lot, for sure.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? HA, almost certainly The Idiot’s Array; there’s a frickin’ romantic poem, a hopeful promise to see each other again, healing and reconciliation, and a man who flings himself out of the window dramatically in lieu of saying goodbye. What more could you want, I ask you.

8. Do you get hate on fics? Fortunately, no!

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? Sure have! The Gunslinger’s Paean series has been my first public work with a couple hot and heavy sort of scenes, mostly because at the time I was dying to write Cad Bane, who is an extremely blunt and direct character, told initially from the POV of someone bringing what he feels are shameful parts of himself into the light. Thematically, it just didn’t feel the sort of story in which smut should be anything less than on the page in every last detail where it had to be unpacked. I guess you could say they were the sort of scenes meant to reveal the changes in the characters because smut scenes are vulnerable scenes.

But judging how I’m talking about it, you might detect I’m running some obscure ace algorithm in my internal software that demands a very particular ratio of what it deems smut too unprompted 😆 AND THAT WOULD BE RIGHT AHHHH. I don’t write a lot of pwp, though I’m known to partake (and I hope this even answers the question lmao)

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written? Not really my thing, but it sure is a valid lifestyle!

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? Not to my knowledge, unless you count the LLM-training data scraping of Ao3, which I suppose doesn’t precisely qualify as theft in the classical sense 😅 I do wonder if a shard of my characterizations will some day jump out at people using those chatbots. Weird to think about.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? Nope

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? I have not. I think I’d like to try some day, however, if I vibed with someone hard enough on an idea!

14. What's your all-time favourite ship? Hilariously, I don’t even write for this fandom I'm about to name. I HAVE NOT READ A SINGLE FIC AND THE FANART ARRIVES ON MY DASH WITH NO ACTIVE SEEKING. But Good Omens really went off with Crowley/Aziraphale! Gives me SO many warm fuzzies. What a great queer yearning story.

And I know, I know, that’s weird, someone probably expected me to say something I read/write for at the very least, but the character ships I adore exploring creatively genuinely exist on such a different brain circuit for me than the “fave ship I cheer for like a sports team” heh, though they are in no way lesser.

15. What's the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? You know that Sonic the Hedgehog series I mentioned earlier? That. My remaining mojo-energy in the Sonic-verse is just not powerful enough to overcome the inertia of revisiting something YEARS AND YEARS gone, and I have too many works other works open and waiting, but I’ll always look on that unfinished beast with affection. Yes that means all other stories I haven’t updated in a long time I still intend to finish 🥺 Please don’t throw rocks 🥺

16. What are your writing strengths? I’ve been told it’s my worldbuilding and characterization! And boy howdy do I love doing those things, so I’m really happy I’m doing it well!

17. What are your writing weaknesses? I get real maudlin sometimes in my early drafts! A LOT of characters on my pages work through a complex array of feelings and internal monologues before I can wrest a moving story from their emotional morass. You would not believe how much I tone down in editing. And oh god I write a lot of words. Somehow my chapters are now often 9-12k words and I just can’t stop myself; they feel complete when they’re complete 😭

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic? I dislike it usually, because in my work I’m often trying to immerse my (sometimes monolingual) reader in the headspace of another person… and if that’s the case, and my character runs into someone speaking a different language than the story's overall text, there’s usually three outcomes:

The POV character understands the other language fully. In that case, the reader should likewise feel the understanding is effortless, or they might get jarred out of the flow of words and character headspace. So I just write the translation of the words, i.e.

“I really wish I had a pet raccoon,” said Talky McTalkerson in soft-spoken French.

The POV character does not understand the other language at all. In that case, why would they mentally be able to give us a perfect transcription of the foreign words for readers? In that case, the character experience really is:

The man was saying something in a bashful sort of French—at least I think it was French. But I didn’t understand.

The POV character partially understands the other language. In that case, the translation struggle might even be part of the reader experience, and remains immersive, i.e.

“I really wish I had a…” Talky McTalkerson was saying in his quiet French, my poor student-learner brain straining to pick apart the mumbled crumbs. Something about… laveur? Washing? “I really wish I had a new washer too,” I tried in solidarity, and he looked at me as if I was an idiot.

(Note, I do not speak French and picked it out of a hat for examples <3)

Anyway, I think some exceptions can be made for words that don’t have precise translations! I like to do that with some of my alien language stuff if talking about the words deepens some understanding about the culture and people who speak them.

19. First fandom you wrote for? Pokemon, when I was a wee sprout in elementary school. It was never published lol but it was so incredibly dramatic and terrible. And it rocked

20. Favourite fic you've ever written? I will never get over Homeworld Elegy. It gets a little less attention than its predecessor—ah, such is the fate of all sequels, especially when it's not quite the same sort of story! But it means just as much to me. I don’t know how I pulled it out of my brain in six months, though I think I was processing a lot at the time, and looking back at the themes, hoo, it makes sense. I’ve never written something quite that complex before, the multiple POVs, all the wholesale alien culture invention, the making use of a past and present timeline, and the endless little circles connecting the two right up until the end. That and bringing in a stable of OCs and hoping people would like them… and I think it all worked even better than I’d hoped. I had no idea if I could stick the landing writing it, but I’m so proud of how it turned out and the things it’s inspired in some of my readers since.

Here’s hoping the next thing I publish will continue the trend of being my new favorite thing!! I’m really excited about literally everything I’m working on!!!

#ashcroft answers #ashcroft has opinions

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The first and last ❤️

Thank youuuu anon and @heynikkiyousofine for asking about The First and Last (I'll talk about the other two fics in a separate post 😊) ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

This is the WIP I’ve been working on the most this year, have the most written for (just under 30k), and finally introduced the other day!! (Check out the link for the summary, tags, and a little snippet)

The thing is...all of what I have written is mostly word vomit. And although I came up with the plot and backstory a year ago, and have a full outline (for what turned into 11 chapters), I have been struggling with writing this for some reason. I keep second guessing the story progression/relationship development/how angsty I want it to be, and driving myself crazy trying to figure out if I need more or less scenes to make it flow properly, not to mention good-old-fashioned writer’s block every frickin time I go to fill in a scene🙃.

It’s frustrating because I had really wanted to start posting this before the summer’s over (since it takes place almost entirely during the summer), but I don’t know if that’s going to happen anymore. I promised myself I wouldn’t start posting a new multi-chapter story unless the whole thing was written, because of how stressful I found it to write most of UTNL as I went along, so I sadly just have to wait until it works itself out.

It’s been difficult to even share snippets, because everything is so rough and up in the air and I haven’t had the brain power to fine-tune. I spent an embarrassing amount of time attempting to spruce up multiple different chunks of scenes that I’ve been dying to share, but I don’t feel good enough about any of them yet.

So instead of continuing to torture myself, I decided to just share a couple of sentences from one of the angstiest parts (below the banner)!

Still, one tear managed to escape the corner of her eye and Inuyasha reached up to wipe it off automatically, realizing his mistake a moment too late. His thumb brushed across her cheek far too tenderly, lingered for far too long, and sent far too many sparks through his body for what was meant to be a comforting touch between friends.

Their eyes locked, his heart clenched painfully, and he felt the urge to throw himself off the fucking roof. Why did he have to go and catch feelings for Kagome, of all people?

(This is from chapter 7, by the way, so more than halfway into the story...)

Thank you so much again for asking @heynikkiyousofine and anon!! 😘

Full list of WIPs here

#wip #wip game #the first and last #I hope I can get my shit together soon #I am really excited about this fic #but my brain abandons me every time I go to work on it

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Ask game - ✨, 🦋, 🌻, 💡

Hello beloved!!!

✨️ Out of the comments you’ve received on your fics, what are two or three of your favorites?

First of all, god bless this person who put the only comment on my first-ever fic, and it was such a nice one.

Second of all, obviously this LOVELY comment from my Porsche&Pete fic ;) so frickin uplifting :')

🦋 Which character is your favorite to write?

I enjoyed writing Sean from Not Me because wow! What a fount of self-hatred that guy is! Very cathartic to write!!

🌻 How often do you read your own fics?

Maybe once every few months? I do like those bitches

💡 How many WIPs do you currently have?

Currently, just one Cherry Magic one that I keep putting aside but I really want to finish. I have more chapter ideas for a couple other fics, but I don't think I'm likely to keep going with those.

In fact, I could do with another ongoing show to lose my mind over...

Thank you so much for the ask!!!!! Sending lovely hugs your way ~

#ask games

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ageless-aislynn · 1 year

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RULES: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have WIPS.

Tagged by the ever-awesome @authortobenamedlater Thank you!

Wow, this is actually a first. I don’t have any new WIPs from the last time I did this one. AND I’ve actually crossed the oldest one off the list and started posting some of the others! *high fives self*

Well, I guess we can just look at those and cross a few off the list officially, then!

Sexy Time Wraiths are totally in this year *nods* 😛 (The Flash)

ZOMG finish this already won't you plzzzz 😭 (The Flash) “Cupid’s Kiss” (NSFW) (Caitlin/Eobard) finished

Is it a threesome if two of the people are different versions of the same person? 🤔 (The Flash)

Ah yes, knee-deep in utter filth and humor, just the way I like it 😳😂 (The Flash) “The Price” (NSFW) (Caitlin/Hunter|Zoom) in progress

The blue lady ships it 😛 (Halo series) Answered last time

Slow burn and I’m loving it, nobody asked for a time reference in every chapter but I’ve been doing it anyway 🤷‍♀️😉 (Halo series) Answered last time

Yeah, so this way I don't have to feel bad about shipping myself I mean the Reader with the entire frickin’ team *adjusts halo* 😇 (Halo gameverse)

Let’s be honest, he’s probably going to knit her a scarf (Halo series)

I wasn't sure if I should make a funny scene out of a war crime 👀 Guess I'll have to AU the war crime part out, yep *nodnod* (Halo series) Answered last time

Yeah so if Spartans went into heat, I’d probably write it like this... (Halo gameverse) Answered last time

...or like this (Halo gameverse, different game) Answered last time

...or possibly like this (Halo series) 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ Answered last time

So that leaves the ones in bold that are getting ready to have a new chapter added or who haven’t yet had their first chapter posted. I also removed one that I really have no plans to ever write and officially post. Honestly, y’all have heard me talk about all of the ones that are left so I don’t blame you for skipping this one this time around. 🤷‍♀️

I’m not really sure what it means that I have NO new ideas for any fandom right now. It’s a bit scary, actually. But, on the other hand, if I can finish the ones I have in progress, then if it does mean I won’t be doing any further writing, well, at least I can close up shop knowing I did my best to not leave anything undone. 🤷‍♀️

If you’d like to do this one, then you know what to do. *boops your nose politely* 😉

#fanfic wip ask game #wip ask game #ask game #i'm just so tired #it feels like there's just not enough energy left to power the fangirl part of my brain these days #it's all i can do to try to finish these in progress #i just feel driven to Be Done #i can't walk away with so much i want to conclude #but there's nothing left for new ideas #maybe when halo's second season starts i'll feel inspired again?#there's the final snowells week coming up too and i want to participate in that #beyond that though is just darkness stretching to nowhere #i dunno #this is not a happy place to be #ageless aislynn

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