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This really says it all, but I'll try to get my own post up tomorrow. My brain is so tired that just getting my fic up was a major accomplishment.

Moon and Fly are both awesome!

It’s time for the wonderful Eggsplosion event me and quite a few other artist and writers are apart of!

I had so much fun interacting with each and every one of them. They have inspires me soo much I can never thank them enough!

Now with further ado I present A Musical Magic Show, by yours truly. And the wonderful writers who choose to give the piece wonderful stories.

We have the lovely JadeQuill and her tear jerking story, A Due: Affannato Allegrezza, this one got me so emotional and it’s only the first chapter too!

Her Tumbler: https://www.tumblr.com/jaded-quill

And

The lovely FlyWolf, with a mix of humor and major angst has, Something Beneath. There is only one chapter up but it made me laugh so hard. I am excited for the rest.

Fly’s Socials

Her Tumbler: https://www.tumblr.com/flywolfwriting/770580159348768768/egg-plosion-is-here?source=share

Her BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/flywolf33.bsky.social

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I'll have mine finished in time I swear!

Posting Week!!!

Time certainly flies by and boy, do we have some amazing works to share in two weeks!

That's right, everyone who signed up and did the thing is preparing for posting week!! Everyone’s work will be showcased here and links to stories and art will be shared here!!

Several amazing pieces are on their way and we're so exicted to show you!!!

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Quick FYI, Tissandier has not been abandoned. I couldn't write for a while, yay depression!

I tried.

Before my writer's block, I signed up for a fic/art exchange as my first foray into Hazbin Hotel. I wanted to be done Tissandier by then, but it didn't happen.

On the plus side, the discord group for the exchange is full of hype, and I got my muse back. 9k into what might be a 14k fic.

Also, have ideas, inspiration, for Tissandier again.

The Hazbin Hotel exchange fics will come out after Christmas, and the plan is to move back to Tissandier properly when I'm done (before ultimately diving even deeper into Hazbin).

Plus side, I realized what was bugging me about the chapter I got stuck on, and the final result should be much more enjoyable. Only 3 or 4 parts left to go. Given I've been averaging 4k+ words a chapter, it's entirely possible I get it finished before spring. Though Jan and Feb are often a struggle. Canada in the winter, am I right?

Anyway, more chapters will be coming. Don't let the Hazbin fic discourage you when it drops. And sorry about the wait.

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I am gonna make it through this year, and the next four, if it kills me.

I will outlive this fascist sonuvabitch if it's the last thing I do.

I'm going to survive to see things get better and drag as many people as I can with me and that is a THREAT.

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Something like this?

Crime against me specifically that we've never seen Cas shielding Dean from bullets by protectively enclosing him in his wings.

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I've left social gatherings to go cry a few times in my life. For various reasons. I was always sad when no one came out to find me (I wanted to be alone, but not forgotten). Or worse, they came out to chastise me for my tears. (I had/have caring friends, to be clear. They just all assumed I'd want to be left alone, which is only true to a point when overwhelmed.)

I love RadioApple. I identify far too much with Lucifer. I wouldn't be into Alastor, even if he was a woman, cause he's just too cruel, but I appreciate this version of him so much. Even if his intentions aren't pure, and his words are a little harsh, he's not shaming Lucifer, and he's expressing that people want his company. For me, that would have meant the world.

❤️❤️❤️🦌🍎

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Already broken

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This sums it up pretty well.

Now where are the words of wisdom for someone who got a year of Masterclass mostly to learn from Gaiman and has been too thrown to take advantage of the other great authors on there?

What a fucking waste of money.

Remember: you don’t have to choose.

You can be grateful that we are getting an on-screen, canon completion to Good Omens, AND devastated that the time we had anticipated getting to spend with our favorite idiots has been slashed by 75%.

You can acknowledge how close the series obviously came to being canned entirely and give a sigh of relief, AND weep for the storylines and flashbacks that will be chiseled away or cut entirely.

You can logically accept that a good movie can accomplish a hell of a lot in ninety minutes, and Good Omens will have a massive leg-up because all of the establishing elements are already there and they can basically jump right into the action, AND feel disappointment and sorrow — grief, honestly — for the loss of what we have been anticipating for so long.

Good and bad, light and shadow, joy and pain — they aren’t mutually exclusive. One does not cancel out the other. They can coexist…and sometimes they must. Don’t try to stamp out one side or the other, either in your own heart or in someone else.

Feel your big feelings. Give them space to breathe. Feelings are neutral; it’s what you do with them that counts.

So hang in there. We’re all in this together 💛

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My ladies!

Powerful women being a power couple

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Hannibal 2x05 "Mukozuke"

And after that, Hannibal proceeds to exonerate Will from his accusations.

I mean, he could have done it before, but no. He has to wait until Will proves himself worthy.

He's so proud. 🖤

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This is a brief notice that I am still here.

I won't bore you all with what's been going on. None of it is particularly exciting anyway.

I've written very little, but one reason for that is I was unhappy with something in the fic and couldn't put my finger on it. I've figured that much out, at least, thanks to some slightly delirious inspiration, and it's cleared the path to the end of the fic.

Now I just need my free time, energy levels and health to align so I can get writing again.

I haven't been cheating on this fic with the Hazbin Hotel fandom either, despite the show and music consuming my soul. No, sadly, I just haven't been writing anything.

I've got the itch back. Just need to find the time and energy.

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Oh man, what a beautiful, tragic rendition!

TOTK - Eternal (part 1)

part 2 here

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The scene in the very first episode of Hannibal when Will dramatically says „he’s eating them“, referring to Hobbs victims, with then the cut to Hannibal preparing dinner while classical music is playing is just… comedic. It’s a brilliant introduction to Hannibal as a character bc while everyone else is suffering, is taking psychological damage, Hannibal is having the time of his life.

When watching Hannibal you can’t be shocked or horrified at the subject matter, you have to get over it bc the show is very much using it as a metaphor and using it as a background and aesthetic. Ethics become aesthetics. Everything that happens is horrific but that’s not important, that’s not the point, so they throw it in your face right at the beginning.

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Quick update with no tags that I will probably delete soon:

Have been a little overwhelmed with other stuff. Very much hoping to use what *should* be an easy next week to put some real writing work in. Hopefully get the next chapter done and out.

Especially since the week after that is going to be jam packed with stressful bullshit. Ending with a bridal shower on the weekend that I very, very much do not want to attend. Attached to a wedding coming way too soon (Nov) that omg, is a lengthy Catholic affair that may snap my neurodivergent in several ways brain entirely in two.

On the other hand, whatever I'm writing by then, I'll probably drift off and write in my head for however many hours it takes. That or work myself into a meltdown.

You know, if I don't burst into flames when I set foot inside the church. It hasn't happened yet, but they usually make me feel like I was burned as a witch in a past life.

I'm also hoping the reception can't meet my dietary restrictions so I can just flee to home afterward.

*sigh* it's not even a cool, old church.

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Fandoms deliciously colliding!

It's a c(H)annibal thing…

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Public Service Announcement

Beware Of This SCAM

There is a new(ish?) scam going through fandom spaces. I've been meaning to speak up about my experience here on tumblr, and today I discovered the scam is being pulled via AO3, ff.net and certainly other fan spaces.

It's particularly interesting here on tumblr because they chat with you. Either via bot, or someone with a script and a rough grasp of english.

This was the second one I received. The first was odd, but that one and this had what looked like (read probably stolen) original work on their tumblr. The first one I engaged with about "my OCs" and the bot was more convincing when I rambled about past OCs. This one had, you can see, some odd responses, but at least had put some effort into their page. (Though it's changed.)

Both wanted me to commission art of my OCs from them. This is the essence of the scam. "Do you have OCs? Pay me to draw them!"

I believe, in this case, I got on their radar by liking Hellaverse art.

This one I poked at deliberately to see if it was a human scam or a bot. I wanted to see what it would do.

Each time, outside of ignoring the messages, it was saying I'm broke that it shut down. Although, hilariously, this last time, it tried again after a week.

Though it targeted me through the Hellaverse fandoms, it is in no way restricted to them.

This is the image recently posted to reddit. Note the focus on drawing your OCs. I imagine this scam looks a little different everywhere, but the same theme pops up.

As one commenter noted, for supposedly being enamoured of the author's OC, the message doesn't include a single detail.

Again, this has been a Public Service Announcement.

Watch out for this sort of behaviour in any of your fandom spaces.

Stay safe, folks!

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For future inspiration. ^_^

We see Hannibal calming Will, especially in the earlier seasons where he was spiraling, and later, he stops him from shooting the social worker. I want to see the roles reversed, where Hannibal is in a bloodlust frenzy, and Will gentles him like he is one of those feral dogs he finds on the side of the road.

Pinning Hannibal down, cupping his face if he can, forcing Hannibal to look Will in the eye if he won't, hissing "look at me." Maybe Will biting him in the neck to shock him out of it, resting their foreheads together, exhaling calmness as they share breath. Will petting his hair, whispering things like, "I got you," "we're okay," and "you’re mine."