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#summer 2020 bingo
bobbiedebruyn · 2 months
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@lgbtqcreators creator bingo - free choice lgbtq
my first summer (2020)
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holylulusworld · 9 months
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Kinktober vs Flufftober 2023
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Like in 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022, I will post a kinky, fluffy, angsty or scary one-shot from October 1st till October 31st, 2023.
Please consider none of the stories are available until the set release date. Titles may change (all titles are working titles until the release date.). The release date may change at any time.
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ANGST/SMUT/FLUFF
October 1st: Forbidden Lust (2) sequel to Forbidden Lust
Pairing: Stepdad!Bucky Barnes x fem!Reader
Kink: Homewrecker kink
Requested by: @jayyyyyyy-stuff
October 2nd: Rekindle
Pairing: Chubby!Thor Odinson x Exgirlfriend!Reader
Trope: Reunion
October 3rd: Very tight places sequel to Cramped & Tight places
Pairing: Soulless!Sam x fem!Reader
Kink: Claustrophilia
October 4th: Footloose
Pairing: Loki Laufeyson x fem!Reader
Trope: Enemies to lovers
October 5th: Serve your Soldier
Pairing: Soldier Boy x fem!Reader
Kink: Collars
October 6th: Falling leaves
Pairing: Bucky Barnes x Reader
Trope: Sunny vs grumpy
October 7th: Blaze of glory
Pairing: Dean Winchester x fem!Reader
Kink: Glad-to-Be-Alive Sex/Victory sex
October 8th: Two Bikes (1)
Pairing: Jax Teller x fem!Reader; Biker!Bucky Barnes x fem!Reader
Trope: Angst
October 9th: Golden Retriever
Pairing: Jake Jensen x Reader
Kink: Crops / Spanking
Idea by: anon
October 10th: One autumn night
Pairing: Alpha!Dean Winchester x Omega!Reader
Trope: a/b/o
Idea by: anon
October 11th: I'm the best
Pairing: Tony Stark x Reader
Kink: Breeding kink
Idea by: anon
October 12th: Breathless sequel to Take my breath away
Pairing: CEO!Bucky Barnes x fem!Reader
Trope: Secret crush
October 13th: One Summer night
Pairing: Cultleader!Thor Odinson
Kink: Sex Cult
October 14th: Snuggle time
Pairing: Lee Bodecker x Plussized!Reader
Trope: Cuddling & snuggling
Idea by: anon
October 15th: The cabin in the woods
Pairing: Winter Soldier x fem!Reader
Kink/Trope: Choking
October 16th: Not in my car
Pairing: Sam Winchester x fem!Reader
Trope: Love confessions
Requested by: @dawn-petrichor-world
October 17th: Backpack
Pairing: Jax Teller x fem!Reader
Kink: Thigh riding
Idea by: @dawn-petrichor-world
October 18th: Sex you up
Pairing: Henry Cavill x Chubby!Reader
Kink: Size kink
Idea by: @sultryfandoms
October 19th: Fulfilment
Pairing: Dean Winchester x fem!Reader
Trope: Pregnancy
Idea by: @elle14-blog1
October 20th: Triad (1)
Pairing: Omega!Stucky x Alpha!Reader
Kink: Dom / Sub
Idea by: anon
October 21st: Autumnal love
Pairing: Thor Odinson x fem!Reader
Trope: Carving pumpkins
Idea by: anon
October 22nd: Unwanted Mate (Bucky's version)
Pairing: Alpha!Stucky x Omega!Reader
Kink: Threesome
October 23rd: Rescue you
Pairing: Jax Teller x fem!Reader
Trope: Rescue romance
Idea by: @dawn-petrichor-world
October 24th: Right there
Pairing: Soldier Boy x Reader
Kink: Pegging
Idea by: @flory-alexandra
October 25th: Deepest love
Pairing: Dean Winchester x fem!Reader
Trope: Friends to lovers
Idea by: @elle14-blog1
October 26th: Demon knife
Pairing: Dean Winchester x fem!Reader
Trope: Friends to enemies
October 27th: Sunrise sequel to Beyond the soldier & After the eclipse
Pairing: Bucky Barnes x fem!Reader
Kink/Trope: Quirofilia/Nursed Back to Health
Requested by: @clarinette07
October 28th: Naughty School Adventures (1)
Pairing: Janitor!Sam Winchester x Teacher!Reader x Gymteacher!Dean Winchester
Kink: Cucking
Idea by: @moosekateer13
October 29th: Unwanted Mate (Steve's version)
Pairing: Alpha!Steve x Omega!Reader
Trope: Unrequited feelings
October 30th: Taped on video
Pairing: J3 x fem!Reader
Kink: BDSM
Requested by @moosekateer13
Halloween Specials: ANGST/SMUT/HORROR
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October 31st: The past always catches up
Pairing: Winter Soldier x former Hydra!(fem) Reader
Trope: Villain Reader
October 31st: Dreams of sharp teeth
Pairing: Werewolf!Walter Marshall x fem!Reader x Werewolf!August Walker
Trope: Monster AU
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destinyc1020 · 1 year
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Thanks to Tati Gabrielle we know that T and Z didn't need much of a setup in Atlanta since they were texting each other a lot while Tom was in the Uncharted set. Tom didn't waste time from the moment that he learned Z was single: he reached out to her to congratulate one her Emmy nom, he ended his relationship, in early September he was posting about the Summer of 2016 being the best summer ever, he proudly celebrated her Emmy win. So I think those deep conversations they had to have to decide to get back together happened before Atlanta. Atlanta gave them a safe environment to get back together surrounded by people that had known them for years, with no interruptions by the press of strangers. That's why the Spidey stunt coordinator calls their story "The Notebook 2".
An important thing in their story was that covid-forced 3 month period of separation after NWH. That was the opportunity for them to reflect on the relationship and make sure that they were not only acting due to lust but because they truly love each other. They showed the answer to that question on July 1st
Bingo Anon! 💯 👏🏾
This is basically what we've all been suspecting and what I've been saying on my blog since late 2020.
I really don't think that we're flying blind into Atlanta. Tom wouldn't have dumped Nadia unless he clearly knew that Z was still in love with him too. 🤷🏾‍♀️
I've been saying that for AGES. He obviously knew he had a chance.
I've been saying for ages that I really don't think they ever stopped loving each other.... no matter how "happy" they appeared with their rebounds other ppl lol.... 😂
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Hello!
I hope you're doing well! I'm trying to read more fanfiction, but I don't really know where to start. So, I'll split my ask into two categories:
Essential fanfics that I shouldn't miss
Personal favourites
It doesn't have to be a long list (I imagine you're busy), but any recommendations would be appreciated 😊
Thank you so much for everything!
(P.S. If I'm not mistaken, I think I saw you're from my neck of the woods. I hope you weren't affected by the outages last week!)
Hey Lovely!
*HUGS* I hope YOU were okay from the storm!! Yes, I live in the Capital region, but thankfully the worst I had in my neighbourhood was a tree next to my building literally was PEELED from the ground (it looked wild, LOL). A couple of my coworkers who live on the QC side said they had no power for over 2 days, so their Easter was pretty poopy, bleh. It's SO weird now thinking just a week ago we had that wicked storm when today is a BEAUTIFUL summer day, 20˚C and sunshine. WEIRD.
ANYWAY, I always have time to try my best with recs!! I'm not always spot on, but I hope I can at least direct you to a few lists you'll enjoy!
Check these out:
ESSENTIAL FICS:
Top Five Fandom Fics on Ao3, Plus 1M Hit Fic (Dec. 2018)
Fandom Favourites / Popular Fics
My List of “New Classics”
I-J’s Last 50 Bookmarked Fics (June 2017)
Last 17 Bookmarked Fics (July 2017) 
Last 30 Bookmarked Fics (November 2017)
Last 86 Bookmarked Fics (Jan 2019) || [MOBILE]
FAVE FICS:
Top 20 Fave 40K+ w. Fics (April 2017)
Ten Fave Short Johnlock Fics (Easy Reads April 2018)
25 Fave Johnlock One Shots (April 2018)
Top 10 Fave Fics (September 2018)
Top 20 Bookmarks of 2018 (March 2019)
Another Top 10 Fave Fics (June 2019)
Top 30 Read-Again Fics (March 2019)
Top 30 Read-Again Fics Pt. 2 (Sept. 2019)
Top 25 Fave Non-Ao3 Fics (Nov. 2019)
Top 25 Fave Non-Ao3 Fics Pt 2 (Apr 2022)
Top 25 Bookmarks of 2019 (Dec. 29/2019)
Top 30 Bookmarks of 2020
Top 25 Bookmarks of 2021
Top 20 Bookmarks of 2022
Fave Read-Again Fics (10) (Dec 11/20)
Top 20 Comfort Fics (Feb 2022)
Top 30 Fave Angst Fics Under 10K
25 Fics for Fic Rec Bingo
I hope these lists bring you joy, and if there's anything else you're looking for, let me know!
(PS: and I'm SO EXCITED to know other people live near me, LOL!)
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Happy New Year, lovelies! These are the best books I read in 2022. (Many of them didn’t actually come out this year, and I don’t count rereads.) I read and fell in love with a lot of graphic novels this year, along with a lot of my usual horror! I participated in two challenges for Forgotten YA Gems (now on Discord!): the Annual Reading Challenge and the Summer Bingo Challenge. I also did a horror challenge for Books in the Freezer and participated in a group readalong of The Pale King by David Foster Wallace at the DFW Discord.
I also kept to my blogging goals of participating in at least one prompt for Tell Me Something Tuesday and posting one Readalike each month! It was a much better blogging year for me than the last, and it's been nice to enjoy reading and reviewing again. For now, I'm not setting my goals any higher in the hopes that it stays fun!
My favorite books of the year, in order of category and then favorite:
YA: Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall The Wicker King by K. Ancrum Our Last Echoes by Kate Alice Marshall Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
Adult: What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher A ​Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas The Goblins of Bellwater by Molly Ringle The Shadow Glass by Josh Winning The Whisper Man by Alex North
Graphic Novels: Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon by Matt Fraction Captain America: Winter Soldier, Ultimate Collection by Ed Brubaker Castaway In Dimension Z, Book One by Rick Remender Runaways, Vol. 1: Find Your Way Home by Rainbow Rowell Runaways, Vol. 2: Best Friends Forever by Rainbow Rowell Winter Soldier: The Complete Collection by Ed Brubaker Hellblazer, Vol. 1: Original Sins by Jamie Delano
Fanfiction: Not Easily Conquered by dropdeaddream & WhatAreFears
Happy reading in 2023!
2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016
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suzie-shooter · 1 year
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AO3 Wrapped (Writer Version)
Tagged by @polarnacht1 (also thank you for making me figure out you can filter stats by year, I briefly thought this was going to involve a lot of maths 😆)
Works Published: 33
Word Count: 190,992 (total actually written in 2022 as opposed to published was 212,405, up on last year but down on 2020)
Hits: 27,483
Bookmarks: 782
Most Popular by Kudos: Deliverance (252) Alex wakes up locked in a car boot, and his week only continues to go downhill from there. Luckily for him, there’s an assassin taking a somewhat aggressive interest in his well-being.
Most Hits: Deliverance (2,004) This was the first one published in 2022, so I guess it's had the longest to accrue hits/kudos. also a rare (for me) gen fic!
Longest: Seedfall (17,400) Sci-fi/space AU. When Alex was a baby his parents died mysteriously on a survey mission to a now-restricted planet. He wants to find out the truth about what happened, but no legitimate pilot is willing to take him there – which just means he’ll have to find someone else who will. But if hiring convicted killer Yassen Gregorovich to take him out into the lonely outer reaches of the galaxy wasn’t dangerous enough, they are both about to find out why the planet is firmly off limits.
Shortest: The Art Of Negotiation (535) Written for the prompt: Alex and Yassen discussing expectations for their relationship. Alex has much kinkier expectations than Yassen and is disappointed to find that Yassen doesn't share the same kinks; he'd assumed he would have few limits because Yassen kills people for a living.
Most Comment Threads: Assorted Yassen/Alex ficlets (x21), or if that doesn't count because technically those were on different stories, What Goes Around Comes Around (x15) - Five times Yassen comforted Alex, and one time Alex returned the favour.
Fic that made me cry: errr, none I don't really do angst
Fic that made me smile: Take Me To The River  Fluffy smut, Alex and Yassen share a perfect summer’s day at their bolthole deep in the English countryside 
Gifts: Duty of Care for @foeyayshippingweakness's birthday When Yassen winds up in hospital after an attempt on his life, somehow Alex finds himself looking after him – but a wounded assassin is dangerous left alive, and somebody is trying to finish the job.
Also three kinkmeme fills, which I suppose count as gifts!
Collaborations: none
Events: AR Ship Week (7 fics over 7 days), AR All Things Nice Week (7 fics over 7 days), AR Bingo (9 fics out of 9 prompts)
Coming in 2023: I think I've already wanged on about most of my wips, but it is my aim to finish at least one of them per month this year! (plus whatever other nonsense I come up with)
Tagging @foeyayshippingweakness, @afewbulbsshortofatanningbed and @strangesoulmates (and anyone else who wants to have a crack)
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yuzu-all-the-way · 2 years
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My Journey with Yuzu
First of all, this post is a VERY long post. It's going to be quite personal, so feel free to skip it if you don't feel like reading everything. Essentially, this is my journey - from first hearing about Yuzu, to actually discovering him and becoming his fan. I also share some thoughts about what comes next in this journey.
2018 PyeongChang Olympics
I was in university working on a project when I heard news that the Olympics were about to start. I have been watching figure skating on-and-off as I child, but had never actually followed a full skating season nor watched an entire competition. PyC was my opportunity. Also, I was not familiar with the skaters, since I hadn't watched competitions since around 2014-2015.
Unfortunately, because of my tight schedule and limited resources at the time, I was unable to find a live stream of the Olympics and I gave up trying to watch.
About a few months later, maybe Summer 2018, I got a recommended ice dance video (I have no clue why or how the YT algorithm suggested me that). It was from a practice session, I don't remember whose, I just remember clicking on it because I thought "figure skating, cool".
The next recommended video was the gold-winning performance from the men's discipline - of course I watched it and loved it. Yep, that was the first time I saw Yuzuru Hanyu, his PyC SEIMEI. But then something came up and I had to get off YT and completely forgot about him.
Spring 2019 (I think)
Fast forward a year and I'm on Pinterest looking up who-knows-what. And this photo appears.
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I was in awe. He looked so strong, determined, broody, he looked like he was solving an equation in his head. Because of the all-black attire, I completely missed the fact that he was wearing skates and thought he was a model or something. Never tried to find out his name.
2020-2021
Then COVID hit. Life was put on pause. More fast forwarding. I watched the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and before the opening ceremony, I saw some talk that Yuzuru Hanyu was going to show up as the final torch bearer (speculation, more likely). Who is Yuzuru Hanyu? I looked him on Google.
This photo was the second that showed up in the search results.
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It was quite the contrast compared to his first photo in which he was holding up a medal (later I found out it was a photo from the JNats 2020 victory ceremony).
So I went back to YT and saw that I had watched his PyC free skate. So I decided to watch his short program, too.
No, I still wasn't invested or interested in him. The summer Olys were starting, I was trying to keep up with several sports and my sleep schedule was a mess.
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
I didn't want to miss the figure skating like I did back in 2018. So I got a subscription to watch the Olympics. I decided to get as informed as possible since I had already watched in 2022 the Europeans and Four Continents, too. So I joined figure skating reddit.
On there, before the team event of the Olys, I saw a bingo card and one box features "Yuzu shows up and does the FS". Who is Yuzu?!
That was my downfall. I know him, I've seen his previous Olympics programs. I decided to check his career achievements page - I was impressed then I wanted to know more about him.
I fell down and hard - in about 2 weeks I gathered so much information about him and binged almost half of his programs (every competition in chronological order), if not more.
I was rooting for him so hard, I read about his quest for the 4A, I saw his JNats 2021 Ten to Chi to and his first attempt at incorporating the 4A in a complete program. I was completely mesmerized by his resolve. Of course I found Planet Hanyu and started watching his interviews as well.
By the time the short program competitions rolled around, I was already Yuzu's fan with quite a lot of knowledge of his hardships and achievements. I also was aware of how bad the sport was becoming.
I am so glad I got to see Yuzu's SP, FS and gala live on TV. I was awake at 3-4 am just to watch him - my heart broke both during the SP and FS. But I knew I had seen something amazing, I had seen history made. I saw his Beijing practices, and his programs' medley - I knew I wanted to see him in person one day.
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It's very hard to express exactly what I feel when I watch Yuzu skate, but it's like I'm transported to another world. I wanted so much more. And then the news about him participating at FaOI came. I watched those broadcasts with so much happiness.
I made plans to go to GPF Torino for the up-coming season. Plans which got shredded the moment Yuzu announced that he's going to continue skating as a pro athlete.
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In retrospect, I got the compressed version of Yuzu's career - ups and downs - and that's what makes me happy. I saw his LAST competition - all of it, I'm happy for that. I'm sorry I did not see him podium, but that's another story.
I will continue re-watching his competitive programs, his galas, I will continue supporting him and finding every piece of media that features him.
I will do my best to one day attend one of his future ice shows, be it in Japan or another place.
I haven't known him for a long time, but he's made a great impression on me.
I finished reading his autobiographies on the night between 18th and 19th July. I learnt so much more about him. The next day, he left competitive skating.
Now I'm here, waiting for news about his future plans and what he's going to come up with. I am looking forward to his new programs. Yuzuru Hanyu's skating is still happening, on his own terms - that's what I care about.
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sagemoderocklee · 1 year
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...and that's another year of writing done!
Happy New Year's, everyone! Can't believe we've gone through yet another year of a pandemic (despite what government's around the world tell us about it being over).
This year was a strange one. The later half of the year feels like such a haze for me, days bleeding together, much like they did in 2020. Why? Because, after two years of being as safe as possible, I caught Covid. And not only did I catch Covid in early May, I was one of the lucky ones to get Long Haul Covid, and with that I have spent the last half of 2022 on a medical leave.
It's been a difficult year for me. There are very few things about 2022 that went according to plan--between catching Covid and simply not having the money, my plans to move to Ireland at the end of this summer didn't happen, and while the plan is to postpone my move, to when is still to be decided. I have also let my sewing and portfolio building fall to the wayside, largely--again--because of my health.
However, there are some things to be happy about and this post is my chance to look back and celebrate my writing victories.
sagemoderocklee's 2022 Fic Wrap
Absolution: Part IV (WiP)
While the goal had been to end the year with another update, tragically it was not in the cards. My health being what it is and my focus being on completing other projects, and Absolution being the huge piece it is, I felt it made more sense not to try pushing out Part V. However, I am very happy I was able to start the year with an Absolution update as this fic is very much one of my faves. The fourth part of this fic was a bit of a challenge to write, especially in the middle, but I finally hit on the beats I really needed. A big complication with Absolution was that the remaining 6 chapters, which I had fully planned and plotted, needed tweaking... which is to say Absolution needed to be longer. So I had to move all the plotting I had from Part IV on and rebuild and entirely rewrite each chapter/scene-by-scene breakdown. I'm pretty solid at the moment with Parts V through VIII in terms of plotting, and now I think I can safely say this fic will be a total of 13 chapters (the last one being an epilogue), but that could change since I still have to finish all the restructuring. I know all the key beats and the end goal, but sorting out the getting from one point to the next is really the big issue. However, all that being said, I do want to start the new year with Absolution, so that will be my top priority for January!
Pomegranate Sun: Ch1 (WiP) Co-authoring with @ghoste-catte
The first chapter of this fic I started writing a couple years ago, sometime after I got the prologue from @ghoste-catte. And then, of course, I stopped and didn't touch it again for... ages. But with the Naruto-Run last December and @ghoste-catte wanting to have a special fic for the big milestone of 100 GaaLee fics, it was time to work on this baby again. It is absolutely no surprise that when I get to worldbuild I'm in my comfort zone, so even though it took a while, once I got into working on this (while sick with covid, no less) I was happy. And this is going to be such a fresh piece of worldbuilding since we're bringing in OCs from the far west of Wind Country!
Plus One (COMPLETE)
So, I signed up for a bingo challenge and ended up writing a slightly spicy one-shot. Certainly not the spiciest thing in the world, but I very much enjoy writing flirty!Gaara. I have a LOT of feelings about the way fandom and even the canon blank period treats him surrounding sex/sexuality, and it's really informed a lot of how I view and approach Gaara as a gay male character. This wasn't like a huge piece (though I have an even sexier sequel planned), but it was so much fun.
It Eats Your Heart: Ch2 (WiP)
Chapter 2 of IEYH took me about a year to write. I was struggling. It gave me writer's block. It made me wanna throw my computer. My roommate helped me workshop it a bit. And it still took me forever to finish it. Then finally--FINALLY--I hit on what was missing. This chapter was a fucking bitch, but gotdamn was it worth it. I'm so happy with how this turned out and I'm so looking forward to finishing this fic in the new year.
Pearl-Filled Lungs: II, III, IV, Epilogue (COMPLETE)
My beloved enemy. This fic sat for three years, untouched and miserable. I'd started chapter two... last year? The year before? I don't remember, and it languished. I think it was just the first scene--maybe just part of the first scene. But god it was a struggle. I signed up for the WiP BB last year, but dropped. Signed up again this year and... committed. Largely because of the artist who, though unable to complete art for this fic, was such a huge inspiration. The WIPs they sent me... I wish I could share them because they were stunning. When they were unable to continue, I really thought I'd give up, but once again @ghoste-catte inspired me to continue, thanks to their generous offer to make banners for my fic--and the banners are truly such a work of art! And someone... I got through this fic. I think my original vision comes through, despite how much I bitched and moaned during the process. I wanted to write a fairy tale, and I did. And honestly, I am happy with P-FL. It's not my most popular fic, by any means, but it will always hold a special place in my heart.
My Home is Your Home: Ch1 (WiP)
And here we have a fic that was meant to be a one-shot. I was gonna try and get this done in under 10.5k for an event challenge, but then I talked with my roommate and... they looked at me like 'bitch who the fuck do you think you are' and you know what, they were right. I was foolin myself. This fic wasn't a one-shot. I'd come up with an idea for something much bigger than a one-shot, and I'm glad I listened to them. So instead of an event challenge, I reworked everything and turned this into a fic for the @puregaalee Horror Fest, and I am sooooo excited that I did. Paranormal Romance isn't a genre I've dabbled in, and I'm stoked to try weaving the horror genre with RomCom elements. This fic not only ended up being a much bigger piece than I'd intended, but it also has a planned sequel! Because I wouldn't be me if I didn't add more WiPs to my docket than I subtract.
Blood on the Branches: Ch1 (WiP)
Talk about a fic that was pulled out of my ass at THEE last minute. For Horror Fest, I was struggling to come up with an idea. I knew what prompts I was vibin with, but damn I couldn't think of a single thing. And then one night, laying in bed I came up with an idea.... An entirely different idea from this because with only days left to finish, I scrapped everything I had (and by scrapped, I mean moved to a different document) and came up with something completely new! And so instead of straight horror, I leaned into what I'm good at and now I have a horror/adventure story! While the original concept for this fic is good, I am way more excited about this! Once again, taking my worldbuilding to new heights as we leave Suna and head to the south of Wind! I don't know exactly when I'll be able to get the next chapter out, and I really need to sit down and plot this in full, but I am so excited to write this story!
The Corn Maze House (COMPLETE)
Well, it was a bit of a slog towards the mid-point, but I got through it. I honestly worried I wouldn't, but in the end I'm really glad I didn't give up or give in to feeling negatively about the writing process for this piece. I'm not fully happy with it, but I am happy it's done. The premise for this fic, in my entirely unbiased opinion, is very good, even if I'm still not sure of the execution. I may end up going back over this fic in the future, but regardless I'm happy to have a completed horror fic under my belt, and also to not be adding another WiP to my roster. Definitely very light on the GaaLee, despite being an established relationship, but that was kind of how it had to be, so I'm sure this won't be like a crazy popular fic, necessarily. But I still think this was good practice with the horror genre.
Return to Sender: Ch1-11 (COMPLETE)
Talk about a fic I never expected. RtS was meant to be a simple, cute lil RomCom. A dash of miscommunication, a whole lot of comedy of errors, and just a smidge of drama... The ask prompt that started this definitely did not make any indication that I needed to write a 90k+ drama about homophobia in the shinobi world or about the mistakes you make when you're terrified of losing someone important to you. But I simply am the person I am, and I am the writer I am. This was the direction that felt right, and honestly, I'm so glad because I am so happy with how this story turned out and the reception this fic has received is truly astronomical. I dove into it following completing chapter 1 of PomSun and in between working on P-FL because P-FL was the struggle it was. RtS gave me a much needed break and the first three and a half chapters were such a breath of fresh air. When I say those first three chapters were a breeze to write, I mean I think it took me less than a week to write them. This was (sort of) the first time in over a decade I've had a fully completed multi-chapter fic that I can post on a schedule, and GOD it felt so good to just post chapters weekly. RtS Sundays were the highlight of my week, and even though towards the end there were a lot of complications, it was truly such a joy and has made me want to work harder to get fics done before posting. Also! Not only did I have a ball writing this fic, but I also had a lot of fun making the images that I included in it and the soundtrack to go with it. While some of the images are... less exciting than others, this fic just felt like the perfect opportunity to do some mixed media stuff, and I do really enjoy making soundtracks for fics. I have to say, though I love so many of my fics, RtS will now have a very special place in my heart. The reception, surpassing 1million with it, and just the way it all fell into place... I am truly so filled with joy by how this fic went.
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Total WiPs at the start of 2022: 16 Total completed works: 4 Total new works: 5 Total updates: 21 Total new words: 186,296 Total words (Ao3): 1,011,369 (-2,521 PomSun = 1,008,848) Total WiPs at the end of 2022: 17
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2022 Resolutions
The difference between this year's writing and last year's is kinda wild ngl. All that time on medical leave and not sewing really gave me a lot of time to write, (though I do wish I'd been healthy enough to sew more). Looking back at my writing resolutions from the start of the year to now, I can definitely say I'm proud of what I've accomplished, even if it seems like I didn't reach that many resolutions. The two biggest resolutions (1million words and finishing P-FL) were reached, and honestly hitting those two goals was the greatest accomplishment of the year.
So, while most of what I'd had planned for this year was updating fics from last year's Naruto-Run to 1K which didn't happen, I still think this year was a success!
Reach 1million words--168,358 words to go!✅So, the math I did at the end of last year for how many words I needed was actually wrong. I needed closer to 178k, but despite this minor math mishap, I not only reached 1 million words, I surpassed it! I have been trying to hit this overall word count for the past three or so years, and I am utterly shocked, amazed, and proud of myself for making it happen this year! Admittedly, I think this goal was reached because I ended up getting long covid and have spent June through the end of the year out of work and home. Still, this is by no means a small feat, especially given the number of words I needed to reach this year while also being disabled by covid. Long haul is no joke and the brain fog--ohhhh lemme tell you! that shit got me so fucked up, so managing to power through and find joy in writing in spite of that struggle was really important. Writing was one of the few real joys I had in my days these past months, and I could not be more thrilled to finally say I've surpassed 1 million words. Truly, I owe most of that to RtS, the most unexpected fic of 2022.
Write the sequel to Flyweight Love❌Not Reached. Part of me was sure I'd get this done at the end of the year, following Horror Fest, but RtS became priority #1 instead, so HB3 will be on the docket for next year!
Finish IEYH❌Not Reached. While I didn't reach this goal, I did manage to update this fic, finally. Chapter two was a difficult journey and actually caused a lot of writer's block for me between the end of last year-early this year, so while I didn't finish this fic I did still make progress and for that I am very happy. My hope is to accomplish this goal in the new year now!
Finish Pearl-Filled Lungs✅REACHED! This is a pretty big one because it's been hanging over me for... long time. Three years, in fact. But I signed up for the WiP Big Bang and managed to actually get all four chapters written, edited, and published! It always feels like such a relief to be able to cross something completely off my list, but especially something that's been weighing on me the way P-FL was. In many ways, I wasn't happy with the journey, but I am happy with the end of it. I think P-FL is a lot better than I give it credit for, so I am really proud of it and proud that I got this finished.
Finish The Passing of Things❌Not Reached. I was actually really hoping to get this done, so I'm going to make this a goal for next year!
Update Absolution (Ch 4-6)✅❌❌Partially fulfilled. While I did not get three updates in for Absolution, I still got one so that's a partial win for me!
Update TAoL (Ch12)❌Not Reached. Sadly, this update was not in the cards for me this year, which is truly a tragedy for me because it's been two years since the last time I updated. But unfortunately, this next chapter has a lot of issues that need fixing, so getting through has not been easy. However, it is a top priority in the new year!
Update TBotDatP aka the Ballad❌Not Reached. Another fic I was hoping to update, but alas, not this year. But the first chapter is very much underway, so with any luck, I'll be getting a Ballad update out in short order!
Update WNNBYT aka the Hanahaki fic❌Not Reached. While this is a fic I'm excited to work on, it has lost priority in favor of other fics. Maybe next year, but I don't want to make it a resolution since I have fics I'd rather focus on over this.
Update Pomegranate Sun (Ch1)✅ Reached! Amazingly, I was able to get chapter one of this fic out, though it did take a while. However, I'm very proud of how that first chapter turned out and excited to continue this fic with @ghoste-catte in the new year!
Update 13S❌Not Reached. I did get a good chunk of the next update for this worked on, but tragically the amount of worldbuilding needed for this chapter put a wrench in my plans to move forward. However, the worldbuilding has been done in large part, so I am looking forward to getting this fic updated next year!
Edit Alliance❌Not reached. In general, Allied Nations has not been on my mind or at the top of my list. I think, more than likely it won't be until I get TAoL finished, as that's a similarly huge project, even as a stand alone story.
Update Honor Bound❌Not reached. Similar to the above. And while I do have the first three chapters written, I don't want to dive into posting any more chapters of this fic until I've edited Alliance and made the changes to it I know are needed.
Resolutions Reached✅: 3.5 Resolutions Not Reached❌: 9.5
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2023 Resolutions
With 2022 at an end and a lot more writing done than I expected, I'm hoping to carry that energy into 2023, regardless of other things. I do hope to move to Ireland and get back into sewing regularly, but as my health has changed much of my life, I'm also anticipating more time at home as I shift into working from home. So with that, I hope I also find more time and energy to focus on writing.
This is a lot, and I do not expect to get all of this done, but the goal is to get as much of it done as I can. I have a lot of motivation, so here's to a successful writing year in 2023!
Complete IEYH
Complete Absolution
Complete MHiYH
Complete TPoT
Update 13S (3-6)
Update TAoL (12-15)
Update PomSun (Ch3)
Update TBotDatP aka The Ballad (Ch-4)
Update TEA (Ch1)
Update TCoS (Ch1)
Update BotB (Ch2)
Publish the sequel to Flyweight Love, HB3
Publish The Beautiful Beast of Cāngdì (Ch1)
Publish A Cat's Guide to Finding Love
Complete at least three more MFBingo squares
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what about the raven herself?
Welp, I didn’t expect this one 😅 but since you asked, I’ll provide!
***Standard disclaimer: These are just my personal opinions of the character(s); regardless of what I may think of them, sharing my thoughts is NOT meant to offend or to shame anyone that thinks differently.*** Do I really need to slap the standard disclaimer on a character opinion bingo about my own OC??????
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WAHAHAHAH I’m very obviously going to be biased with my thoughts 😌 so I hope you’re prepared for that—
When I first had the idea for a “blog mascot” in late spring-early summer of 2020, I had no idea just how attached to Raven I would be. Contrary to popular belief, she’s not meant to be a self-insert or a Yuusona; she’s an OC with her own lore and she exists entirely separate from Yuu. While Raven isn’t a self-insert, she happens to share the same name as my online alias (which I know can get confusing 💦), and she’s also the type of character whose struggles I can relate to. I only put bits and pieces of myself in Raven, a trait or two here and there—just enough to let me comfortably project my issues onto her. She has difficulty expressing her feelings outside of writing, and she longs for the freedom to do as she wishes, to live without restraint… and to understand herself. She feels small and helpless in a world that’s dark and confusing to navigate. In a way, writing Raven gives me a chance to explore and to cope with similar real world issues, so she brings me a sense of comfort and hope. (If you’re interested in hearing a little more about my OC creation process, I’d recommend checking out this post!)
I had many different inspirations when I was designing her looks, personality, and backstory for a cohesive character. What was most important to me was creating an OC that is both layered and “makes sense”. For example, I think a lot of people would describe Raven’s personality as “tsundere”—but why is that? Why is her personality “tsundere”? Because she doesn’t believe she deserves nice things, and she doesn’t think she belongs among humans. Because she’s been betrayed by someone she once trusted, and this reaction is the only defense mechanism she knows. Because her curse may punish her for ever getting too close to anyone. Even her design speaks to who Raven is; she’s trying so hard to emulate Crowley (but more mature), because she doesn’t have a clear sense of what her identity is or what her place in the “story” is anymore, so it’s easier to try and be like someone else. That’s what makes it really fun to design other outfits for her; it feels like Raven’s finally allowed to dress how she wants instead of having to live up to someone else’s legacy. This is totally me playing favorites, but Raven’s really deep 😌 and I hope that more people come to appreciate her for that. (Why not check out this post for more about her? Read the Tale of the Cursed Raven—)
I have the most enjoyment writing Raven interacting with other characters. She takes herself so seriously and tries to act like a refined lady, so it’s amusing when that plays off the callousness of her peers and it forces the childishness she often hides to come out. Jade is particularly interesting to write with Raven, because almost every conversation between them turns into a battle of wits and seeing who can outsmart the other and get them to break and lower their guard Kaguya-sama: Love is War style. I’d like to think that they’re both getting free entertainment from it 😂 With other characters, it’s fun to draw contrasts (Kalim’s/Rook’s/Cater’s cheer vs Raven’s reservedness, Crowley’s immaturity vs Raven’s sense of responsibility, L*ona’s laziness vs Raven’s hard-working nature, etc.), as well as parallels (she and Silver are both adopted, she and Ortho are both students enrolled under “extraordinary” circumstances, etc.). I’m weirdly proud that I cam write Raven with the other students and interacting with them all so differently, because it makes me think she’s as “real” and as fleshed out as the main cast are; it makes me feel like a mom watching her kid make new friends on the playground with the other children 😌
I know that people usually like to see Raven engage with the Usual Suspects (J word, Rook, L*ona), but I would like more opportunities to have her engage with others in the student body as well. Interacting only with “potential love interests” makes a character seem flat and like they were invented solely to be shipped with someone else, so I want to expand on Raven’s platonic relationships and friendships. I don’t want her to be defined by who she loves, but by who she is as an individual. After all, finding “herself” (aka having faith in herself and in her identity) is a big theme of the Tale of a Cursed Raven, and the “self” isn’t defined only by who someone loves, right?
Sometimes I feel guilty about writing Raven and posting it publicly, because she’s a personal character and not a canon one (the latter being what most people come to my blog for). With time, I think I’ve slowly become more comfortable doing it 😌 because seeing my friends and my mutuals share their own OC creations gives me more confidence. I hope I can share more of Raven with the world.
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My turn, my turn!!
Okay so~ 1, 10 & 31 💜
Hi! And thank you for the ask!
1. What fic of yours would you recommend to someone who had never read any of your work? (In other words, what do you think is the best introduction to your fics?)
Hm, since I write three types of content...
for headcanons, I'd go with "Warlords Opening Up MC's Refrigerator After She's Been Gone Three Months" because it pretty much exemplifies that kind of weird chaos that sometimes pops into my brain.
For short fiction, it would be the story I wrote for your request, A Simple Game, because I really like writing warlords interacting with each other, especially getting to put three smart sneaky warlords like Shingen, Mitsuhide, and Motonari together.
Long fic would have to be Twelve Lies I Told Shingen Takeda - it introduces the multiverse and I loved the idea of Shingen being in a relationship that grew out of friendship, kindness, and mutual respect, rather than out of physical attraction (or if someone just wants to read a smut chapter, there are a couple of those... Buttons being my favorite).
10. How do you decide what to write?
With headcanons, if they aren't an ask, it's usually something that just pops into my head, or is prompted by something that just happened in real life. Like the smoke alarm HC was prompted by being awakened at 3 a.m. by my smoke alarm's dead battery chirp.
All of the short fics on my blog were prompted either by an exchange, or by a chaotic bingo request, so with those, it's mostly noodling around with the prompts until I can think of something that fits the request. I used to do a improv and sketch comedy, so in a sense, it's a similar concept - take the audience's suggestion, and use it to jump off into a scene, but then take the scene to an unexpected twist.
With longfic, usually it starts with something that I can't stop thinking about. The original idea for the Tempest in Time series was just a bunch of scenarios that kept haunting me in the summer of 2020. They weren't leaving my head, so I had to write them down. I knew I wanted to create a multiverse with an OC who would have multiple versions of herself living in different timelines, but would be connected by a frame story involving a mission that needed to be completed across all the timelines, and that my OC would potentially encounter different versions of herself. The initial thought would be that the OC would have a route for every warlord, and I knew that Shingen had to be first, because his canon illness was going to necessitate time travel anyway, so I could take care a lot of the world building and establish the multiverse dilemma naturally (and also his story was the clearest in my mind, and also... well, it's Shingen, he's basically my favorite warlord anyway). And as such, Sasuke would need to be the final story, because it's going to involve a crap ton of time timeline hopping. The order in the middle is random, based on whichever warlord's story I can visualize the clearest. Hideyoshi was supposed to be after Mitsunari's, but what I had planned started feeling too similar to parts of Shingen's, so my next thought was to go to Ieyasu ... but then a certain Kitsune said, "I'm sorry my dear, but I insist you tell my story next," and the plot unrolled in my mind. If I can picture how a story starts, at least three points somewhere in the middle, and how it ends, that's when I know that I can start writing a long fic. Sometimes I have an idea of where somethin starts, but no clue about what happens next, so those just sort of stay marinating in my brain until I can see more of where it wants to go.
And that was a very long answer to a short question... sorry.
31. What’s your ideal fic length to write?
Heh... size doesn't matter. I've got a couple of pieces I love that are less than 500 words each, and one of the longfics clocked in at over 150,000 words (which totally shocked me... I never realized I could write that much).
There's a special challenge in writing the uber-short flash fics, especially if there is a word limit. I can spend more time tweaking a 330 word flash fic than a 3300 word chapter in a longfic.
I like to keep the short fic at less than 5000 words, only because if it starts getting longer than that, then I get tempted to do more world building and add subplots, and all of a sudden it's heading into longfic territory.
What I like about writing longfic is getting to live with a story and the characters for a long period of time. Shingen's story took me 8 months to write, Mitsunari's story took a year... I've hit the 4 month mark on the draft of Mitsuhide's... I like these characters that Cybird originated, and in longfic, I can hang out with them and really get to know them.
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My Most Favorite Animaniacs Episodes (also including songs) by Animation Studio
Original series (1993 - 1998)
TMS: Hello Nice Warners, Yakko’s World, Ups and Downs, Potty Emergency, The Brave Little Trailer, Roll Over Beethoven, Temporary Insanity, Noel, The Great Wakkorotti: The Master and His Music, Drive-Insane, Little Drummer Warners, LA LA Law, The Monkey Song, Hooked on a Ceiling, Pavlov’s Mice, the Wheel of Morality segments, The Senses Song, Piano Rag, Turkey Jerky, The Three Muska-Warners, No Place Like Homeless, The Flame, Clown and Out; the Tower Escapes, Chases, and Returns segments, A Christmas Plotz, Fair Game, Newsreel of the Stars, I’m Cute, Babblin’ Bijou, The Great Wakkorotti: The Summer Concert, Taming of the Screwy, Garage Sale of the Century, H.M.S. Yakko, Cutie and the Beast, the Mime Time segments, Cookies for Einstein, The Warners’ 65th Anniversary Special; Hot, Bothered, and Bedeviled
Startoons: Wakko’s America, Chairman of the Bored, Ragamuffins, Bully for Skippy, Dot - the Macadamia Nut, Wally Llama, Meet Minerva, Magic Time, Cartoons in Wakko’s Body, Slappy Goes Walnuts, There’s Only One of You, It, Plane Pals, …And Justice for Slappy, Critical Condition, Guardin’ the Garden, Windsor Hassle, Be Careful What You Eat, What Are We?, The Big Candy Store, Testimonials, the Randy Beaman segments, Meet John Brain, Meatballs or Consequences, Bumbie’s Mom, Karaoke-Dokie
Wang: Space-Probed, Go Fish, Soda Jerk, The Return of the Great Wakkorotti, Win Big, A Hard Day’s Warners, Battle for the Planet, Three Tenors and You’re Out, Mobster Mash, Dot’s Quiet Time, Hiccup, Gold Rush, The Sound of Warners, Yes, Always; With Three You Get Eggroll, Lookit the Fuzzy Heads, Super Strong Warners, The Party, Message in a Bottle, Take My Siblings Please, King Yakko, From Burbank With Love, the Good Idea, Bad Idea segments; Night of the Living Buttons, Fake, I’m Mad, Bones in the Body; No Pain, No Painting
Freelance: Chalkboard Bungle, Nighty-Night Toon, Moby or Not Moby, Survey Ladies, Of Nice and Men, Les Boutons et le Ballon, When Rita Met Runt, The Cat and the Fiddle, Katie Ka-Boom: The Blemish, General Boo-Regard, The Mindy 500, Animator’s Alley, Katie Ka-Boom: The Broken Date, Up a Tree, the Dot’s Poetry Corner segments
AKOM: Hurray for Slappy, Bingo, Raging Bird, Astro-Buttons, Multiplication, Noah’s Lark, This Pun For Hire, Dough Dough Boys, I Got Yer Can, Hello Nurse, Goodfeathers: The Beginning, Opportunity Knox, Boot Camping, White Gloves, The Girl with the Googily Goop, Mesozoic Mindy, Star Truck, Moon Over Minerva, Anchors A-Warners, Bad Mood Bobby, Back in Style, Dot’s Entertainment, No Time for Love, Jokahontas, Ten Short Films About Wakko Warner, You Risk Your Life, A Very Very Very Very Special Show, We’re No Pigeons, Kiki’s Kitten, Four Score and Seven Migraines Ago
Koko: Boo Wonder, The Carpool, Birds on a Wire, Cute First (Ask Questions Later), Here Comes Attila, The Sunshine Squirrels
Revival series (2020 - present)
Titmouse: WhoDonut, Math-Terpiece Theater: Apples, The Cutening, Hindenburg Cola, Manny Manspreader, Rome Sweet Rome, No Brainer, Bun Control, Mousechurian Candidate, Warner She Wrote, Teeniacs, Please Submit, Yakko’s Big Idea, Wakkiver Twist Parts One and Two, Talladega Mice: The Ballad of Pinky Brainy, Rug of War, How To: Brain Takes Over the World, Rejected Animaniacs Characters, Warner’s Ark, Equal Time, The Warners Are Present
Snipple: Gold Meddlers, Gift Rapper, Jurassic Lark, Fear and Laughter in Burbank, Good Warner Hunting, Suspended Animation: Part 1 and 2, Of Mice and Memes, Warners Unbound, Ex Mousina, Ralph Cam, Close Encounters of the Worst Kind
Digital eMation: Yakko Amakko, All About the Benjamin, Slappy’s Return, The Warner’s Vault, Mouse Madness, The Pinktator, My Super Sour 16, The Flawed Couple
Saerom: The Apology, WARnerGAMES: Parts 1 and 2, Christopher Columbusted, Wakko’s Short Shorts: Now Loading, Know Your Scroll, Santamaniacs, The Longest Word, The Hamburg Tickler
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QZGS Rec Bingo
I did a blackout bingo for the qzgs october-ish fanwork rec event!
More info on the event here: https://shadaras.dreamwidth.org/181475.html
Full list of recs below!
From before 2020
Title: The Dos and Don'ts
Author: Summer Snow
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/14748434 
Jelly’s notes: YeLan alt format fic!! Team happy writes up a guide for yx to flirt with blue river, accidentally sending him the draft version where you can see all the edits on the google doc XD. Summer’s fic is so fun and funny, and the workskin is very cool, though it works better on desktop than on mobile.
Stabbed you with a knife
Title: Even gods can fall
Author: eringeosphere
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/16039565 
Jelly’s notes: Magic AU, MCD. erin’s fic is one I’ll never be able to forget because it just makes my heart ache. yx is killed by the people he loves most.
Favorite Tropes
Title: Foundations
Author: BlueberryAsh
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/28358907 
Jelly’s notes: which favorite trope does this cover? Soulmates, unconventional soulmates, platonic relationships, angst and feelings… I love everything about this fic so much.
Longer than 10k
Title: Means of Transportation
Author: lynne_monstr
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/32626198/chapters/80932876 
Jelly’s notes: Lynne’s de-aged ywz fic! I uh actually haven’t finished reading this yet bc I didn’t want to be too influenced when I was writing my own time-travel fic, but I’m looking forward to reading til the end! The plot, the feelings, the character interactions, and the attention to detail is #writinggoals. I just love Lynne’s writing a lot.
Missing Scene
Title: but man am i bad at math
Author: syncogon
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/27480358
Jelly’s notes: qyf’s rookie challenge from the other side. All of synco’s alternate perspectives are really great and thoughtful, but I like this one especially. Wyc and lx’s reactions at the end made me laugh.
Rare Ship
Title: think of me and burn (and let me hold your hand)
Author: Synoshian
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22763488
Jelly’s notes: NSFW, yuhuangye poly relationship with gray-ace yx! I haven’t read a lot of nsfw tka fics lately, but this one was memorable because of Lies’s portrayal of gray-asexuality. Sometimes yx is into it and sometimes he’s not and that’s okay. I really love the way yuhuangye interact with each other and respect boundaries. This fic is both sexy and soft.
Non-English/Translated
Title: that delivery bro who comes and goes in the wind and snow ( 那个风里来雪里去的外卖小哥 )
Author: 缩水仙人球, translated by Dayadhvam
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/36500344
Jelly’s notes: wonderfully crack-y allye, a lot of fun. Yx gains the skill of teleportation and becomes… a fast food delivery worker XD. ty dtriad for the translation <3. Plus, love lauchis’s contribution of yx’s sizzling whopper
Prequel Era
Title: paved with good intentions
Author: PotterheadAvengerDemigod & theAbandoned_Grimoire
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/40674066
Jelly’s notes: superpower au, tx-centric precanon, a hint of angst. I really liked the characterization of tx in this, and I’m super curious about how tx’s power works. Maybe the writers will go into it futher in another fic since this seems to be part of a series in the same au.
Female focused
Title: Pretty Magical Girl Gao Yingjie
Author: GeniusCactus
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/40506660/chapters/101481006
Jelly’s notes: GK’s bbfic ft art from wack!! Trans girl gyj finds confidence and solidarity as part of a team of magical girls! First chapter hit me in the feels– gyj’s feelings of being scared and alone are too real. But seeing gyj find herself just fills me with so much joy. I have so many hopes and dreams for her. Also the image of wjx with earrings is something I didn’t know I needed.
Made you laugh
Title: how the tables have turned
Author: alkat
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/25266829/chapters/61254943
Jelly’s notes: social media & crack! kat has such good one-liners, and this one has so many of them! I really love kat’s brand of crackfic
AU
Title: storm chaser
Author: swanfrost
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/20099092
Jelly’s notes: hanye gods au. the way swan writes conflict is so delicious and distinctive. There’s an economy of words that adds to the tension. I really love swan’s writing, definitely #writinggoals.
A work you love
Title: We don't need lights as your smile is as bright as the stars
Author: Missing_Ninja_History
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/35874712
Jelly’s notes: the wangye dance au that gma wrote me for ss. I have no words for how much I love this. The tension, the way they love dance so much, the way wjx thinks and feels about yx… it just makes me smile. This fic deserves so much more love.
Shorter than 1k
Title: Workplace reviews
Author: the_real_lord_grim
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/30041430
Jelly’s notes: grim's alt format in the style of reviews, which is really cool!! Samsara’s made me laugh, EE’s made me sad. It’s a fun and creative fic
Pre-canon
Title: ‘til midnight comes
Author: Shadaras
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/29921295
Jelly’s notes: shade’s wangye <3 i love how soft and full of feels this fic is. The parallels between yx and wjx really come through, and i love how they can just support each other.
Meta
Title: A magician does not know regret
Author: weilongfu
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/21732871
Jelly’s notes: I’ve saved this one since long ago because I liked it so much, a perspective from wjx about qyf’s growth.
Glory focused
Title: Strategem
Author: DancingBloomTKA
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/31039853/chapters/76677230
Jelly’s notes: anyone who is interested in writing battles should study tib's fic. It is not only technically superb but there’s great storytelling too!
A comfort work
Title: A Glorious Butt
Author: Anonymous
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/15691755
Jelly’s notes: hehe. Allye crack
Crossover/Fusion
Title: Light From Dust (来自尘埃的光)
Author: MTKiseki
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/24616501/chapters/59469184
Jelly’s notes: Kise’s hp crossover! hp is chosen as the tka characters’ representative in the triwizard tournament. Unfinished and idk when kise will get back to updating, but she has some really cool and thoughtful worldbuilding ideas about the clash of eastern vs western and how that plays out in the wizarding world.
Fanart
Title: One Last Dance
Author: skysongxd
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22862440
Jelly’s notes: no I will NOT shut up about Sora’s ballroom dancer smc. Sora’s art is chef’s kiss, smc is gorgeous, and the dress design is asldkfjsdk; This art is so wonderful that I wrote a little oneshot based on it (https://archiveofourown.org/works/28231686). I would love to see more fic based on Sora’s wonderful art!!!
Minor character focused
Title: pocketful of pebbles (swallow, sink to the bottom, swim)
Author: madmaenad
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/32952565/chapters/81783973
Jelly’s notes: one of mae’s staff fics. mae is so good at making you feel for minor characters. I loved this one about wind howl’s healer.
Alternate media
Title: a cosplay show video where the title is clearly mtl’d
Author: Tencent Video
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcSKARsFWks&list=PL8u-QnV8v_57L7HX62o6L0uORwkLm-tSs&index=15
Jelly’s notes: uhhh I’m not good enough at Chinese to be able to tell what show this from, but it’s a clip from a cosplay performance game show I think. The cosplayers put on such a great production with singing! and dancing!! Also the one-liner: “yx, do you have to sing everytime we battle?”
Canon divergence
Title: any way the wind blows
Author: anaiata
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/33111721
Jelly’s notes: a yx goes to br set-up! I really love the friendship between hst and yx. You can tell they really care about each other!
Got you into a ship
Title: (I’m Not Throwing Away) My Shot
Author: ryukoishida
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/15192653
Jelly’s notes: WangYe!!! An early wangye fic that helped solidify wangye as my favorite ship. I also love the worldbuilding!
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what is joanna harris doing with philip pullman?
Oof, where to start, hope you have your bingo card. Harris is chair of the Society of Authors (membership: thousands. Needs: myriad). Pullman was president. Both are influential positions. Harris does the ground work.
In summer 2021 [predominantly women writers of colour] started pointing out they didn't like his [white] oxford friend Kate Clanchy's award-winning widely-endorsed book because of outdated/offensive writing in multiple arenas. This led to Clanchy going predictably batshit in response, and the 3 principle critics (all women writers) being attacked online, including, incredibly, by Pullman, who read not a single word of the criticism, donned his shining armour and launched a fierce defence of Clanchy, likening the 3 critics to Taliban members. Clanchy has the right to be as orientalist a writer as she likes!! Freedom of speech! Or sthg. His argument was pretty woolly.
The backlash. Oh, the backlash.
Enter Harris. She [privately]: A) supports the critics who are getting death threats and are swiftly finding themselves at the centre of a culture war. B) Offers support whilst advising Clanchy to simmer down, as she has spun out of control with her white tears of outrage. C) tells pullman that as President of the SoA he needs to think when he weighs in.
Publically, the SoA distance themself from his remarks. Pullman says sorry, vaguely, to the air, without specifically addressing the women or their concerns about His Favourite Book & Person. He then RESIGNS from his position as president, insulted to his core by Harris's notion of interrogating subconscious bias.
Every. Single. Person. In the book world. Has got stuck in on twitter. It's really not fun. Picador reads the room, pretends they had no editorial input; Clanchy's book is pulped. Pullman glowers from a corner. The Times and Telgraph interview everyone involved on a weekly basis.
This should be the end, but unfortunately, this is UK twitter, and you're never more than 2 metres away from a terf who wants to kick off, and this story actually began in 2020. Everyone who'd participated and weighed in on the Clanchy fight had already done round 1 when JKR did her thing the previous summer. And for context: Harris is also incredibly supportive of trans rights, and in 2020 fought and presumably ceased personal communication with a range of terf authors. So by the time Pullman resigned in 21, the battle lines were already in place... and there was a core team of vocal lunatic women ready to revolt against Harris's position in the SoA.
Which is why, 18 months after the Clanchy debacle, Harris is still fighting this war against the terfs, who tried to vote her out (spoilers: she won); why, in truly horrifying behaviour, Clanchy has been hiring PIs to stalk Harris and the 3 women; and why, to the exhaustion of everyone in the book world, Pullman has not finished his third sodding book, because as he proudly announced last week, he's focusing on writing his presumably TLS/Times sponsored 20k thinkpiece on how that one time Joanne Harris told him to stfu.
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mymultifandomhell · 2 years
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The Summer of boygenius
There was one thing my little sister wanted to do for her birthday: go see her favorite band, boygenius. And she wanted me to take her.
I remember when she found out that they were reuniting. Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker, and Phoebe Bridgers are all fantastic musicians and writers on their own, and had recorded an EP a few years back, before Phoebe's extremely big breakout hit Punisher, which came to define many covid quarantines in 2020, and was nominated for several Grammys. But nobody really knew when all three would get back together for another record of poignant lyricism and folksy instrumentation. She told me "this is probably all I'm going to be talking about for a while, just so you know."
I know what it's like when your favorite band is out there in the world again. And I know how important it is to seize those opportunities to see them perform, with others around you there for the exact same thing. It's a big deal. And my little sister absolutely needed to experience boygenius. We both knew this.
Their album, 'the record', released, and it felt like a massive moment. I put off listening to it for a while until I knew that we'd be seeing the band, just because I wanted it to be very fresh, but my little sister did indeed listen to it all the time that spring and summer. Not Strong Enough, the lead single, was inescapable and so I became achingly familiar with that one. I of course loved it. I will always remember singing it with the windows open with my best friend in the passenger seat.
I actually popped it on in the car the other day on the way to work and forgot that the devastating "We're In Love", one of Lucy Dacus' contrubutions, is on 'the record' and had a category five crying event in the middle of traffic. Dacus is perhaps my favorite member of boygenius. They're all incredible in what they do, and it feels wrong to pick favorites. But Lucy is my favorite.
My little sister loves Phoebe, and because she loves Phoebe, she says Julian is her favorite.
Dates were announced, festival dates of all things. I had been to a festival once in the past few years but this looked to be a chiller take on the festival, only a few bands and only one stage. That was doable. The show was just a week and a half before my little sister's birthday, so it was her gift. Our parents asked who was taking her, like it was even a question.
My aforementioned visiting friend in the passenger seat had brought tattoo pens as a fun thing to do while we hung out together, the Inkbox ones. They forgot to send a few pieces of the full kit but we nonetheless doodled on each other as you do when you're just hanging out, watching TV. My sister requested a few silly tattoos for the show, and I agreed to do some for her, and she asked to do a few for me. She wanted a dog in a space suit, and a broken clock. I put TRUE BLUE across my knuckles like a sad biker.
We went to the ReSET festival date, in Nashville. It was held in a park that also contains the Parthenon, a replica of the Greek structure, and the festival was set up so that the edges of this massive monument seemed to contain the stage.
The first notable thing of the day, was that it was ungodly hot. The real feel temperature that day was 115 degrees. And I had sustained a pretty intense sunburn the day before, selling my wares at an open air market where my tent was really not doing it's job. This worried me, as many things worry me. My sister, a band camp veteran and frequent sunbather, did not let this absolute monstrosity of a temperature defeat her spirits. And for that I'm thankful.
We ate good cheap Japanese food and bought a big sunhat for me prior to walking over to the park. My little sister had impulsively taken her plushie of Bingo from the show Bluey in our clear plastic festival bag, and several attendees pointed out this emotional support Bingo, and took pictures with her. It was very cute.
The crowd was incredible. It truly felt like a celebration of friendship, of joy. Everyone was taking care of each other, getting water for people, sharing snacks. Clairo, one of the openers and an exceptionally talented person, paused a song to make sure someone who had passed out was removed safely (that heat!). We had found our spot near the sound booth, and the technicians were working with security to pass out ice and waters.
The Nashville boygenius date is somewhat notable for the fact that all of the bandmembers appeared in drag. In protest to the attempted banning of drag entertainers in Tennessee, everyone, down to the crew, were in some form of exaggerated gender performance. When the screen first showed the boys singing "Without You Without Them" backstage, there was audible shock and awe at seeing Phoebe in her Dolly Parton teased-to-God wig and Julian actually wearing makeup, instead of their usual Thom Browne designed school uniforms. Lucy, still suffering from a concussion incurred during an onstage dogpile on tour, quipped that she was 'serving cunt-cussion' as she primly took her seat with her tea and sunglasses.
The most surprising thing that impacted me was just seeing these friends absolutely shred on guitar together. As a girl guitar player, sometimes I forget how much I would have yearned to see three girls singing and playing together, with an all-girl backing band no less, even just a few years ago. It was a revelation. I cried, just seeing them have fun and celebrate their friendship. I know that the friendship bracelet trading really took off with the Taylor Swift tour that was also occurring that summer, but God did it feel designed fore the vibes of a boygenius show. People were showing up in handmade shirts they they made to match their friends, trading patches and pins and stickers and bracelets. It was also an undeniably queer friendly event, even beyond the fun drag names and costumes (Phoebe took great pleasure in announcing her moniker for the night was Queef Urban), taking place in a state that even now is becoming increasingly more hostile to queer joy. Julian Baker, who is from Memphis, was vocal in her disdain for this, raising a "FUCK BILL LEE", the current governor of Tennessee, yell from the crowd before launching into Anti-Curse. It was powerful.
The moment I will never forget is this: the sun was setting, beautifully, over the Parthenon, it was drawing later into the set (which had started early so as to avoid some incoming rain), and the boys sat down to perform "Ketchum, ID", one of my absolute favorites, and I had retreated towards the back of the soundbooth, where I could keep an eye on my little sister, but also avoid some of the claustrophobia of the crowd (I'm very much a sit in the back kind of person), and there were two teenage girls in front of me, who had been bopping along to the music for the whole show. During Ketchum, ID, these two girls started to slowdance together. It was adorable. I of course have no idea who they were, any aspect of their lives, etc. but just seeing them dance together in a space where none of that mattered, where they could just do that together, and no one batted an eye? It got me. I cried. Ketchum will get me to cry on a good day anyway, but it was a moment I will never forget. The happiness, the friendship, the lack of judgement in a place that can be extremely judgemental.
It's an image that has stayed with me, through several more concerts that year, and I can't help but think of it anytime I listen to a boygenius song. My little sister had the best day of her life, coming off of the heels of a rough breakup, and I was honored that she asked me to be a part of it. And I was happy to run water and snacks to her whenever she wanted, or to take silly pictures of her with her plushies. It was a day of friendship and joy, and I'm forever grateful to Phoebe, Julien, and Lucy for bringing that joy with them wherever they go.
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inslo · 4 months
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Hey Friends and Family,
This year has been pretty good, however bad for the wallet.  I spent a lot of money on my house this year, way more than planned.  I had a good time meeting new friends and having new adventures as well as spending time with old friends.
I had so much work done on the house this year, I had glass block windows put in in my basement to replace the rotting wood ones.  I had two windows and two doors replaced that lead from the main part of the house into my 400sq ft three-seasons room.  I had electrical work done to maximize the use of my backup generator during a power outage.  I also had a new furnace installed and my ducts cleaned.  In addition, there were two unplanned major expenses I encountered this year.  The first was a dispute with a hoarding neighbor and storage of their junk which in the end cost me $2300 to put up 32-feet of fence so I no longer have to look at their junk (which the city says is okay where it is)…out of the brand new windows and doors I had installed in the back of my house.  The second just occurred in the last week and I’m still waiting on a bill, which I expect will be $1500+.   The pressure tank on my well system failed the day after Thanksgiving.  The old one was original to the house and was 65 years old. Finally, I regraded the soil on the west half of the north side of my house, which involved moving about +2,000lbs of stone and soil.  The soil I used on that project was bad soil form where I wanted to plant a garden, thus I filled in my garden with fresh top soil and had my first good crop of cucumbers and mini pumpkins since my move to the new house in August 2020.   I spent much of my vacation time from work this year dealing with all of this.  Despite the issues with the house and the neighbor behind me, I am still loving living where I am. 
On the other hand, I had a very exciting new adventure this year when I attended for the first time an adult summer camp.  The first camp I went to was June 29 – July 2.  There were so many fun activities. Yoga, volleyball, a scavenger hunt, Human Battleship, knife and axe throwing, trivia, meditation, bingo, archery and an 80’s themed dance party were just some of the fun activities I did.  It took place at a kid’s camp.  In summary, it was like a kid’s camp, but for adults.  One of my concerns going in for my first camp was alcohol consumption.  There is beer available at all times (and I dislike beer), and a small selection of cocktails in the evening.  I’m not much of a drinker, but knowing the local drinking culture, I was concerned it was just a big drinking fest…but it wasn’t.  Everyone was very responsible.  I only had two glasses of wine during the entire duration of camp and fit right in, and I even met a few people that didn’t even like the taste of alcohol and had nothing the whole time.  Anyways, there were 125+ people in attendance, it was about 80% female, 20% male.  It was a range of ages from about 25 through about 65 or so.  The median age was around 40.  I ended up spending most of my time at the first camp with a group of people who were in their late 20’s early 30’s.  It cost me $500 for the camp, EVERYTHING included, food, lodging, drinks, and all activities.   On the very last day, I woke up in my bunk at about 6:30am, I teared up in sadness because I knew camp was ending and I didn’t want to go home and leave behind all the wonderful new friends I made and the fun times.  In the end, I ended up going a second time Sept 28- Oct 1 and I have already signed up for camp next summer.   Summer Camp is THE highlight of the year for me. 
My dad had a busy year this year as well.  In May he moved from his apartment to a senior living community.  He was feeling a bit lonely at the apartment, and the Senior living community has tons of activities.  I literally have to schedule time with dad now as he’s the social butterfly.  He sort of complains that it takes him more than 30-minutes just to get his mail because he always runs into someone he ends up having a conversation with. 
Relationship wise, I dated someone the first half of the year, unfortunately it did not work out.  At the end of September I met Steph, and we recently became a thing.  I met her on Facebook Dating which is free.  We have a lot in common, including the fact that she’s been to Adult Summer Camp every year except this year.  She works in the media department of a hospital, and previously has been an on-air personality on a local radio station.  We’ll see where it goes. 
Work is going ok, it was quite stressful only having two of us to keep 1000+ computers going, printers, audio visual systems, and other technology.   This affected my annual October vacation in which my supervisor also needed time off for a family wedding he was attending out of state.  However, we hired a third tech about a month or so ago and he’s doing well to start off.  I also received a nice raise beyond the “cost of living” raises which have been dismal, thanks to my supervisor pushing HR on his own accord. 
Sadie is still alive and kicking, with the energy of a puppy at roughly 13-years of age.  I boarded her when I was at my first summer camp and when I went to pick her up, you would have thought I was picking up a 2-year old dog.  The staff had to help me wrangle the dog up so I could get her collar and leash on.  She went on a couple of five mile hikes with me this year too.  However she is starting to show her age in other ways, she no longer jumps up onto her table (after she fell off of it a couple of times) to look out the front window and her legs sometimes quiver a little bit. 
I hope you and your family have the brightest and warmest Christmas and a joyous happy new year!
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