#this took hours lmao

[shellyseashell]

2023 FIC REC LIST

I did this last year, and I thought I’d do it again. To close out 2023, here’s a list of some of my favorite fics I’ve read this year. These aren’t everything, just of course the highlights. If the author has a tumblr, I tried to tag them, but if I missed anyone let me know or feel free to tag them yourself!

WILLOW

did i dream (that we were so perfectly entwined) | General | Tanthamore | One Shot | 8.9k

Jade and Kit, from childhood through season one. Jade’s pov.

Our hardest battles are the oaths we keep by @rehizle28 | Mature | Tanthamore | 7/25 | 50.9k

Jade grows up as a Knight of Galladoorn. When Graydon and Kit are engaged, she travels to Tir Asleen as Graydon’s personal guard. Words cannot describe how much I love this. The pining and shenanigans these two get into is so so good. Kit causes problems on purpose and Jade Cannot figure out what the princess’s deal is. King Hastur is perfectly normal and has Totally Good intentions.

be my mirror (my sword and shield) by @onlyshestandsthere | Explicit | Tanthamore | 30/? | 228k

Bone Reaver Jade helps the Crone’s followers bring Kit to the Immemorial City. Quite easily one of the angstiest fics I have ever read. But for all 100k of angst there’s another 100k of fluff and that’s only vaguely an exaggeration. The magic is absolutely horrifying but it feels totally realistic to what we’ve seen in canon. Jade and Kit both need a hug.

if we’d turned a corner (if i had waited) by @sugarfey | Mature | Tanthamore | 5/? | 13.9k

Soccer au! There’s plenty of angst in this one, but it focuses on the healing. I love everything about this fic. Kit and Jade are so dumb as usual and I love the social media bits.

The Flawless Five, Vol. 1: Rise of the Five | Teen | Gen | 2/6 | 11.9k

Superhero au! It’s silly and goofy and so so much fun to read. I’m really liking the mystery so far, and I’m looking forward to how it unfolds.

Triumph of the Wyrm | Mature | Tanthamore | 3/12 | 13.8k

Series still currently in the first book. Kit successfully runs away, and every attempt to rescue Airk fails. Twenty years later, the world is under the rule of the Wyrm. Kit and Jade work in smuggling, unaware what happened to the other. Until, of course, they end up working together on a job. The world is so so horrifying but so well done. Also, Kit is allies with Sarris the Troll.

Let’s take a knife and cut the world in two by @spybrarian | Mature | Tanthamore | One Shot | 7.9k

Exorcist Jade and possessed Kit! Very angsty. The worldbuilding is very very well done and so so horrifying.

these walls come tumbling down by @onlyshestandsthere | Teen | Tanthamore | 4/? | 28.8k

Vet Jade and Perfectly Normal Human Kit. After Jade hits Kit (as a cat) with her car, she takes it upon herself to take care of her. Told in two timelines, one in Kit’s pov before the accident, and one in Jade’s pov after. I have laughed so much reading this I absolutely adore it.

One Night in October | Teen | Tanthamore | 9/9 | 29.k

Slasher fic! Angsty, mysterious, but it has a bittersweet ending.

Sink or Swim | Mature | Tanthamore | 7/7 | 16k

Lifeguard Jade and disaster Kit. Seriously she is so, so dumb and it is so, so funny.

LEGENDBORN

Rescue | General | Gen | 1/1 | 4k

Valec’s point of view of Chapter 42. I love Valec okay.

A Place at the Table | General | Gen | 1/1 | 7k

Legendborn/Merlin cross over. Basically, Arthur is a lot better than in canon and it’s so nice to read after Bloodmarked.

Beach Day Memory Walk by @justbrainrot | Mature | OT3 | 1/1 | 3.5k

Bree takes Sel and Nick on a memory walk during Sel’s birthday. Super cute and fun.

Mother, Merlin | Mature | Gen | 4/? | 13k

Natasia healing Sel after the events of Bloodmarked. Very very angsty, but also very very good. I love how Natasia is written.

Dancing in the moonlight by @nightworldlove | Teen | Willark | One Shot | 3k

William and Lark dance. Uh. In the moonlight. Very cute one shot.

Sometimes Hunting and Running Blur Together… by @ficnoire2 | Explicit | Other | 4/? | 11.9k

Valec backstory and I absolutely adore it

DESCENDANTS

Yeah I’m pretty sure we’ve all probably read most of these but nevertheless

Blessed Art Thou Among Women | Mature | Gen | One Shot | 1.3k

Claudine and the Catholic virtues

Descendants: A Different Tale by @kanzakurawrites | Teen | Gen | 9/? | 17.9k

I think this altered my brain chemistry tbh Mal deserves the best parents

Dark Fire by @dragoneyes618

Yeah just go read these if you like Claudine

Obligatory @isleofdarkness shoutout I am quite literally obsessed with this au

Let Dead Men Lie by @dragoneyes618 | General | One Shot | 2.6k

Everyone takes the blame for killing Frollo. Ben is struggling.

Death threats on Dead Beauty by @panthera-tigris-venenata | Mature | Gen | 2/3 | 2.7k

Listen I think Harry should be this feral all the time

the devil had done for the rest | Teen | Gen | One Shot | 2.5k

Harriet! Harry! Yeah that’s all.

Cursed || Harriet Hook | Teen | One Shot | 10.7k

Any Harriet content makes me insane and this is no different. Harriet backstory.

THE MECHANISMS

love in his own eyes by @nonbinarylowkey | General | Gen & Multi | One Shot | 5k

Arthur’s first night as a father

(im)mortality by @nonbinarylowkey | Teen | Multi | One Shot | 7.7k

Arthur handles Mordred’s “death” in a perfectly normal way. Sometimes I think about this fic and take physic damage.

From The Wastes His Child Came (Bringing Revelations Of All Things) | Teen | Other | 3/3 | 7k

Arthur forgets trans people exist and finds Mordred. I’ve reread this so many times I adore it.

la soleil passe son bras par la fenêtre by @ladydragonkiller | General | Gen | One Shot | 6.4k

Brian falls from the gallows and stops the Battle of Camlann, as he should

Inverse Suspension | General | Gen & Multi | One Shot | 3.4k

Mordred frees Brian, and everything turns out okay

no path past kindred’s stain | Teen | Multi | 3/3 | 9.8k

Pendragon backstories my beloved <3

#hi the amount of times I had to redo this was insane #this took hours lmao #enjoy the fics that is a THREAT #willow 2022 #disney descendants #descendants #the mechanisms #high noon over camelot #hnoc #naia recs fics

[quarklynx]

here’s my cosplay of that old lady with a sword

#don't mess with her #sword #cosplay #old lady ad #i have no idea how to tag this i just thought it was funny i had the same sword so i pulled out my stage makeup and just did this lmao #this took me like two hours with cleanup. pls reblog to make my efforts for this shitpost worth it #i'm in my mid 20's i swear #1k #5k #10k #20k #owo;

[cybervom1t]

photobooth is so fun y'all omg <3

#it’s meee #wanna build your confidence up just play around with photobooth for a few hours you'll feel better i promise #i took so many pictures but most of them didn't turn out good maybe i'll post them someday who knows!!!! #i also took that second picture with my foot lmao

[mobius-m-mobius]

Lokius in Loki 2x01 - "Ouroboros"

#mobius #loki #lokius #mcuedit #marveledit #lokiedit #loki spoilers #owen wilson #tom hiddleston #oh we're eating SO well!??? like being in a fever dream 🥺💖 #y'all i've NEVER seen two people touch as much or often as they did in this ep or coincidentally had as much fun watching anything #they put their missions on hold for each other could've died saving each other never wanted to let each other go in case more went wrong #it is episode ONE 😳😳 #also it really took me like a year to figure out my s1 coloring only to have this much fun w/ s2 after a couple hours lmao #feel more alive than i have in ages 😅 #marvel #owenwilsonedit #loki s2 spoilers #dianagifs

[fudgecake-charlie]

I wanted to play around on aggie drawing BigB because he deserves to have more exploration in his design!! I think I quite like the blue and purple

#bigbst4tz2 #bigbstatz #secret life #slsmp #Also wanted to try something else with his hairstyle that style somewhat resembled his IRL hair #maybe one day i will go crazy with giving him really fun locs #this is both rushed and also took like way too long lmao like uhh 2 ish hours??? #art out the oven #[scheduled]

[dragon-spaghetti]

Omg Hazbin Hotel season 2 poster real?!

(Please click for better quality!!)

#drag's art #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel fanart #oh boy here comes the tags #hazbin hotel charlie #hazbin hotel vaggie #hazbin hotel alastor #hazbin hotel lucifer #hazbin hotel keekee #hazbin hotel niffty #hazbin hotel cherri bomb #hazbin hotel angel dust #hazbin hotel husk #hazbin hotel vox #hazbin hotel valentino #hazbin hotel velvette #hazbin hotel lute #hazbin hotel lilith #hazbin hotel sir pentious #chaggie #huskerdust #radiosilence #this took near 14 hours and finishing it on April fools was a complete coincidence 💖 #I am never drawing again lmao #1k #1.5k #2k

[taktitty]

Andrew Minyard has cute aggression, pass it on

#andreil #the foxhole court #neil josten #andrew minyard #all for the game #my art #do I have a million other pieces of art in my drafts? yes #do I decide to post this sketch that took maybe an hour? also yes lmao #just know I’m always lurking ready for more #hey maybe I’ll even fully color this one day 🫡 #I just love these dweebs so much #a decade under their influence

[fishbloc]

first batch is here!!! thank you to those who sent in suggestions!!!

#goodtimeswithscar #bdoubleo100 #grian #hermitcraft #secret life smp #limited life smp #acnh designs #咸鱼.jpg #sl!scar's design took me 4 hours and now i have a headache lmao #if any of you used these i would love to see pics !!! 🫶

[werewolfhooligan]

we'll meet beyond the shore / we'll kiss just as before / happy we'll be beyond the sea / and never again i'll go sailing

#my art #one piece #one piece franky #nico robin #there exists a first attempt at this that took like eight hours and sucked majorly lmao #and a second point five attempt that i tried to color but that also didn't go so good ! #dont have the brain power rn to adjust their canon colors to suit each-other in an illustration #frobin

[lilybug-02]

Bribed with Chocolate. The way it should be.

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--Full Series--

More to come as this is a two-parter. But you know how I am with schedules.

Bonus:

I think this was an equally possible reaction from Chara.

#Chara and Azzy have another talk #Finally Chara shows their mischievous side. #and Azzy knows Chara's language well #my art #deltarune chara timeline #art #bread #deltarune #ngl im so happy with how that chocolate shake came out. I want to eat it so bad #yay 6 pages of taking :') i hope you guys like that lmao #Glad I got this one done in basically a month and a week! Hah. I'm trying me best :') Halloween.. Exams and a ton of other things came up #surprisingly these backgrounds weren't terrible to do... I mean took more than two hours but you know what I mean #i struggled with how to frame the background though. I actually liked drawing it. But because both the background and my characters-- #--are super colorful I have to make sure I don't muddle the whole page. #Ive been thinking of doing the overworld in black and white recently... may help me actually finish the comic lol. idk i may make a poll #gonna try and get the new part out in maybe a month again? sorry. Thanksgiving and Christmas get me exhausted.

[yangjeongin]

ponytail dance practice hyunjin 💓 somebody please get my guy a towel

#hwang hyunjin #hyunjin #stray kids #bystay #createskz #dancerachasource #malegroupsnet #a9gifs #*gif #*ccarly #*hyunjin #*carly:hyunjin #well. half of this set isn't bad #individually they aren't terrible but i don't like them together. oh well whatever #this is the set idea i had last night but i went to sleep instead #and it's a good thing i did bc this took me 2+ hours LMAO #*hits

[hoechlin]

GERARDO SACCO

via instagram

#gerardo sacco #homoinitiative #holesrus #* #[gif] #idk i just felt like it #i completely forgot how to gif #this took like..3 hours lmao #the speed is all fucked up and idk...whatever here #he's so hot i wanna bit him everywhere on his whole body

[arinmoss]

i painted Astarion hehe :3c prints here

#i planned on doing a quick litttle sketch based purely on memory than i was like maybe ill use a ref actually and then i ended up making #a painting of that guy lmao #this took anywhere from 2 to 4 hours idk a good amount of tim was looking at his face and trying to remmeber how to fucking draw lmao #like im bad with making drawings look like someone but i tried! #haven't played the game btw i dont have the moeny nor the laptop for it but i have been watching a lets play of it #want to try and draw more of the companions especially karlach and wyll cause i love wylls design and i love karlach #astarion #bg3 #astarion bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #astarion baldurs gate #astarion fanart #painting #art #art work #digital painting #arin moss #arin moss art #also i know his hairs not that curly but i like drawing hair like this lol #im sure theres more i can fix but whatever i fix it lateer maybe but liekly i wont lol #okay i edited his face a little but idk if this version looks better #maybe ill go back and put the old version in but for now i think this looks a tad better but idk idk #baldurs gate 3 #astarion ancunin #fanart #vampire #vampire art

[clownsuu]

Sometimes I wonder what’s going on inside that lil head of his, just full of no thoughts,,, (just like me fr fr)

#“Man I have such bad art block” #I say as I make 3 colored pieces #Tbf the other two only took me around 3 and a half hours to make (separately) #While this one took almost 2 hours lmAO #Welcome home #welcome home wally #welcome home howdy #wally darling #howdy pillar #Hopefully I can get my dumb creative juices back #But rn it’s just #B o o f #empty

[illustromic]

Hi so I'm a bit late posting this, but I was part of @trafficzine 's Double Life zine, and this is the artwork I did for it!! I was teamed up with the wonderful @to-make-yourself-known and their piece is just stunning, go check them out as well!! And thanks to the Trafficzine organizers for allowing me to be a part of this!! ^w^

#trafficzine #my art #tango fanart #jimmy solidarity #this took so long to upload lmao #I spent 3 hours on the lineart alone #and boy am I happy with it #it was so fun to plan everything out with my teammate hehe #technically their piece comes first chronologically btw #double life smp #trafficblr #tangotek

[suntails]

destiny

#im a puddle. dont look at me. i KNOW this isn't what's gonna end up canon. do i care>???>?>?>?> NO!!! NOT EVEN A LITTLE!!!!! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEE #look at this loser abt to get bodied lmao GVHFJBKD silver i believe in u. saluting emoji. u can do it my SON i believe in u!!!!! #i um. i went a little silly crazy on this. blinking cutely at u. this took uhhhhh 7? hours? and like 10 different comps before i picked this #ob malleus my beloved. ppl be like 'i dont like the fit' i think they are incorrect i love it. the DRAMA!!! third fav ob fit vil and riddle #please talk to me abt diasomnia all day every day so i can get it out of my system. i am DISSOLVIBNF i cannot BELIEVE i hafta wait for plot3 #twst #twisted wonderland #malleus draconia #twst silver #silver vanrouge #sebek zigvolt #lilia vanrouge #diasomnia #ch 7 spoilers #chapter 7 spoilers #suntails