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New chapter of Going South (nominally Ch. 4, titled Part Three)

Going South (with Art) - Chapter 4 - EliotQueliot - The Magicians (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

Summary:

The bed-sharing heats up!

Notes:

At long last, I've edited the section that includes the teaser I posted in the replies to WIP Game. If you're curious for archival purposes, see the numbered reply thread to tbraves24, and then the numbered reply thread to darkvampire111-blog. We’re finally earning our Explicit rating—hope you enjoy!

Going South (with Art) (20100 words) by EliotQueliot Chapters: 4/8 Fandom: The Magicians (TV), The Magicians - Lev Grossman Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Quentin Coldwater/Eliot Waugh, Margo Hanson/Alice Quinn, William "Penny" Adiyodi/Kady Orloff-Diaz Characters: Quentin Coldwater, Eliot Waugh, Margo Hanson, Alice Quinn (The Magicians), Mayakovsky (The Magicians), William "Penny" Adiyodi, Kady Orloff-Diaz, Josh Hoberman Additional Tags: Brakebills (The Magicians), Antarctica, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Snow, Foxes, Geese, Episode: s01e07 The Mayakovsky Circumstance, Magic, Nonverbal Communication, Lack of Communication, Communication, Past Child Abuse, Childhood Trauma, Shyness, Sharing a Bed, Shapeshifting, queliot, Eventual Smut, Sex Magic, Oral Sex, Hand Jobs, Rimming, Eliot Waugh's Canonically Huge Dick Summary: Eliot goes to Brakebills South with Quentin. The two are a perfect team in Silence. They communicate less well once they can talk. Oh, and those camp beds are way too small for Eliot.

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Finally, an update for Going South!

I've had some of the draft (in need of connecting parts and some serious editing and rewrites) and an outline for the rest of the fic since March/April 2023. Finally found some time to start working on this again!

Going South (with Art) - Chapter 3 - EliotQueliot - The Magicians (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

Chapter 3 Summary:

The bed-sharing continues. How's Eliot supposed to get any sleep? Plus, is Professor Mayakovsky trying to break them up before they were even together?

Going South (with Art) (11425 words) by EliotQueliot Chapters: 3/7 Fandom: The Magicians (TV), The Magicians - Lev Grossman Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Quentin Coldwater/Eliot Waugh, Margo Hanson/Alice Quinn, William "Penny" Adiyodi/Kady Orloff-Diaz Characters: Quentin Coldwater, Eliot Waugh, Margo Hanson, Alice Quinn (The Magicians), Mayakovsky (The Magicians), William "Penny" Adiyodi, Kady Orloff-Diaz, Josh Hoberman Additional Tags: Brakebills (The Magicians), Antarctica, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Snow, Foxes, Geese, Episode: s01e07 The Mayakovsky Circumstance, Magic, Nonverbal Communication, Lack of Communication, Communication, Past Child Abuse, Childhood Trauma, Shyness, Sharing a Bed, Shapeshifting, queliot, Eventual Smut Summary: Eliot goes to Brakebills South with Quentin. The two are a perfect team in Silence. They communicate less well once they can talk. Oh, and those camp beds are way too small for Eliot.

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The more I watch and the more I know (because I know a lot of things I haven't watched yet because I love spoilers), the more I wonder how on Earth is it possible to hate your own character as much as the writers of SyFy's The Magicians hate Eliot Waugh.

Like, don't get me wrong, they acted shitty towards lots of their characters and don't even get me started on what they did to Quentin, but Eliot? My precious baby boy Eliot who has grown so much over the course of the show (and I'm starting to suspect he somehow did it without much help from the writers, because how can someone write his growth and then whatever the hell 4x13 and S5 are, in terms of what they did to Eliot, is beside me), who has such a big heart in spite of what he tried to pretend to be like initially, who cares so much about all of his friends and not only his friends but people he meets and Fillory's people and Fillory itself and who bonds ridiculously fast... like, really fast, who is so brave and kind and smart and creative and responsible and mature (once again, in spite of what he looks like), who realy was meant to be a king because he's a natural at it and who was a good damn king and bumping him to eventually make Margo High King is... just another can of worms I don't want to open right now (to classify: I love Margo to bits, I just don't think that her becoming High King was really necessary, she was a badass High Queen and she could show patriarchy what's what just fine while being the High Queen and, maybe unpopular opinion here but, making her the High King actually was detrimental to her fight against patriarchy... but, as I said, another can, so we are moving on for now), who had a lot of shitty things happen to him and who somehow still found joy and beauty in life and felt everything very deeply and loved with his whole heart even when he was afraid of that love and... and... I can go on and on about Eliot and all the ways he deserved much better than what the writers did to him, but the point is:

Eliot Waugh deserves so much better than what The Magicians' writers did to him.

So. Much. Better.

Like, I don't have the words to describe just how much better he deserves.

And instead of everything good he deserves, instead of fucking happiness and love and peace but maybe not so much quiet, the writers took away all that which he held most dear – literally, all, Quentin, Margo, his friends, Fillory, you name it, they took it all away – rendered his characters growth useless and basically just crushed him.

So, I'm circling back to my initial question that cannot be answered:

how on Earth is it possible to hate your own character as much as the writers of SyFy's The Magicians hate Eliot Waugh?

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Endless gifs of Eliot Waugh : Season 1, Ep 5 - Mendings, Major and Minor

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–Lev Grossman, The Magician King

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Welcome Home!

Magicians Fanworks Event, Jan. 27-Mar. 9

Welcome Home!

We’re welcoming fanworks of all types, both new works and continuations of existing WIPs, for a challenge event celebrating The Magicians (Lev Grossman/SyFy). This low-key challenge focuses on a relaxed series of weekly entries, with the hope that all will have more time to participate and enjoy the new works. We’ll reblog here on Tumblr and open the AO3 collection from Jan. 27-Mar. 9.

The overall theme for the entire event is Welcome Home! Interpret as you please—home could be a person, place, or more; “welcome home” could be meant sincerely or sarcastically. It also includes “welcome back to this WIP” even if your WIP doesn’t meet any other theme (note: WIP continuations automatically qualify; new works must at least fit the overall event theme).

We’ve created weekly prompts, in addition to the overall event theme. We also have a final “Free Space” week.

If you would like to create something for the general “Welcome Home!” theme, these are welcome anytime while the event is open, from Jan. 27-Mar. 9!

If you would like to use the weekly themes: We hope the weekly theme setup helps inspire new works and revive temporarily stalled WIPs. Each week, we encourage works for that theme anytime during the week (Monday-Sunday). If you miss your week, you’ve got a second chance during Week 6, our Free Space/Catch-Up week!

Want to continue an existing WIP but it doesn’t match any of our themes? Send it during Week 6!

All types of fanworks are welcome! Fic, art, edits, vids, cosplay, crafts, moodboards, pinboards, songs, fanmixes, podfic—you make it, we’ll enjoy it! You’re welcome to add as many different works as you want while the event is open, Jan. 27-Mar. 9!

WEEK 1: Jan. 27-Feb. 2, HOME as a theme—Whatever the creator and/or characters think about "home," good or bad; could be about a new home, or returning to an old one.

WEEK 2: Feb. 3-9, "It's been a long time"—It could be a long time since characters saw each other, or a long time engaged on a task like the mosaic (or a long time since the author posted to this WIP—maybe one of your oldest). Special note: The 7th anniversary of The Magicians 3x05, “A Life in the Day,” falls this week, on Feb. 7. So feel free to send Mosaic Fic during this week.

WEEK 3: Feb. 10-16, Seasonal/holiday—Whether or not it’s the current season/holiday right now (any are welcome). Special note: By sheer happy coincidence, Valentine’s Day is this week.

WEEK 4: Feb. 17-23, Magical creature—A being from the show or books, or from mythology/folklore, or one you make up.

WEEK 5: Feb. 24-Mar. 2, Returning after absence (or returning to being themselves).

WEEK 6: Mar. 3-9, Free space/catch-up week! If you were working on a theme for any prior week but needed more time, now’s your chance! Or, if you are continuing an existing WIP that doesn’t match any of our themes, please share it now.

Remember—any works for the general “Welcome Home” theme may be sent any time the event is open, from Jan. 27-Mar. 9.

The last day for challenge entries on Tumblr and/or AO3 will be March 9.

Please stay tuned for more details!

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Chapters: 3/7 Fandom: The Magicians (TV), The Magicians - Lev Grossman Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Quentin Coldwater/Eliot Waugh, Margo Hanson/Alice Quinn, William “Penny” Adiyodi/Kady Orloff-Diaz Characters: Quentin Coldwater, Eliot Waugh, Margo Hanson, Alice Quinn (The Magicians), Mayakovsky (The Magicians), William “Penny” Adiyodi, Kady Orloff-Diaz, Josh Hoberman Additional Tags: Brakebills (The Magicians), Antarctica, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Snow, Foxes, Geese, Episode: s01e07 The Mayakovsky Circumstance, Magic, Nonverbal Communication, Lack of Communication, Communication, Past Child Abuse, Childhood Trauma, Shyness, Sharing a Bed, Shapeshifting, queliot, Eventual Smut Summary:

Eliot goes to Brakebills South with Quentin.

The two are a perfect team in Silence.

They communicate less well once they can talk.

Oh, and those camp beds are way too small for Eliot.

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Cover Reveal for A Truth Universally Acknowledged: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice”

HAPPY COVER REVEAL DAY! Duck Prints Press’s next anthology, A Truth Universally Acknowledged: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, will be crowdfunding starting November 20th, 2024. We’ve been hard at work on this collection for a loooong time and we are thrilled to finally be making it available for y’all. The gorgeous cover art, made by artist Aceriee, was inspired by the classic 1898 “peacock edition of Pride and Prejudice – but of course, we made it queerer. The spectacular full cover is wrap around.

(spoilers: this art will be offered a postcard as one of the Kickstarter campaign backer rewards!)

This awesome book features 21 stories each up to 5,000 words long and 20 full-page color artworks. Our campaign features six merch items, too, with peacocks standing proud on much of the art.

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Magicians (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Quentin Coldwater/Eliot Waugh Characters: Quentin Coldwater, Eliot Waugh, Julia Wicker, Margo Hanson Additional Tags: First Meetings, Halloween, Cinderella - Freeform, No Magic AU Summary:

A Halloween-themed Queliot Cinderella story!

My new Halloween fic is up! Please enjoy 🎃

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Spooky haunted Queliot chapter for Halloween

Secret Lives (41890 words) by EliotQueliot Chapters: 9/12 Fandom: The Magicians (TV) Rating: Mature Relationships: Quentin Coldwater/Eliot Waugh

Summary:

Eliot and Quentin brave the haunted West Dorm. The ghost loop strikes a little too close to home.

Notes:

I wanted to post some Queliot to enjoy for the Halloween season! While this doesn’t touch on Halloween itself, a haunting seemed quite appropriate…

…not to diminish the tragic love story in any way. In fact, some rather serious warnings here for homophobia, abuse, and murder. Yes, it’s an expansion on the ghost loop involving Lance Morrison in 3x04, “Be the Penny.��

Additional Tags: May Trope Mayhem, Duck Prints Press, Superheroes, Supervillains, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Past Child Abuse, Canonical Child Abuse, Bullying, Depression, References to Depression, Heroes, Brakebills (The Magicians), Hedge Witches, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Friends to Lovers, High King Eliot Waugh, Hedge Witch Quentin Coldwater, Hedge witches (Magicians), Hedge witch safehouses (Magicians), Rescues, Ghosts, Physical Kids Cottage (The Magicians), Best Friends, Julia Wicker is a Good Friend, Margo Hanson is a Good Friend, Implied/Referenced Homophobia, Alternate Universe - No Beast (The Magicians), Canon-Typical Violence, Canon-Typical Behavior, niffins (the magicians), Fillory (The Magicians), Cats, queliot, True Love

Secret Lives - Chapter 9 - EliotQueliot - The Magicians (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

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Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: The Magicians (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Quentin Coldwater/Eliot Waugh Characters: Quentin Coldwater, Eliot Waugh, Julia Wicker, Alicia Quinn, Margaux von Asconia Additional Tags: Halloween story, ghost story, Beginnings, AU Summary:

Quentin Coldwater is an antiquarian with a passion for the paranormal. A book about Princess Margaux von Asconia intrigues him so much, he decides to travel to Europe and visit the mysterious Asconia Castle. After witnessing inexplicable phenomena, he decides to get to the bottom of the mystery of the castle, with the help of the castle’s custodian, Eliot Waugh.

If you are in the mood for a queliot Halloween story - try this one!

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Hale: Addams, witch, Frankenstein, vampire

Jason: Addams, witch, Frankenstein, vampire