#@daydreamorama

[thelaithlyworm]

[ID: "Partials of line drawings of an espresso machine, coffee cup, and coffee plant, carefully labelled as if in a naturalist’s notebook. On the edges sit the additional names ‘Pangzi’ and ‘X–’. Title reads, ‘Coffee Shot, by daydreamorama, read by Thimblerig’." End ID]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 盗墓笔记 - 南派三叔 | The Grave Robbers' Chronicles - Xu Lei, 盗墓笔记重启 | The Lost Tomb Reboot (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Wu Xie/Zhang Qiling Characters: Wu Xie (DMBJ Series), Zhang Qiling, Wang Pangzi Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés, Happy Ending, Pretty sure I got the coffeshop formula mixed up somewhere, almost everyone from across franchises shows up, Podfic, Podfic Length: 30-45 Minutes Summary:

Wu Xie had many loves in life. They included being a barista, writing his book, and trying to get his mysterious and alluring regular customer to speak to him.

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I had so. much. fun.  doing this cute AU by @daydreamorama​

[thelaithlyworm]

I have seen it done:

(I love the author's note that Wu Xie's coffee is actually not that good...)

Trying to make a DMBJ Cofeeshop AU would be real hard.

Like, if it's young Wu Xie, he'd just ditch and foist that shop on Wang Meng too like he did his actual business to go search for, I dunno, this mystical coffee bush with magic powers or something.

And if it's middle-aged Wu Xie, making a new AU is kinda pointless since it's basically canon anyway, if you also count restaurants.

[hils79]

15 & 16 for the end of year superlative ask!

I answered 15 here

16. Most likely to make someone laugh

Well, I don't know about anyone else but Pest Control made me laugh while I was writing it :D

End of Year Fic Superlatives

[lucientelrunya]

WIP title tag game

I was tagged by the wonderful @sunriseverse and the lovely @forerussake, thank you guys for thinking of me and sorry it took me so long. I was in a really bad mood and didn't feel like posting anything at all.

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

Okay, so, this is gonna be long because I have so many WIPs... So many.

TLT - I'll be the moon that shines on your path

TLT - Sound of War - Promise in the Dark

TLT - Fofuba Smut Oneshots

TLT - There's an old familiar silence

TLT - a flower climbs up to your lips to seek me

TLT - All the king's horses

TLT - But monsters are always hungry, darling

TLT - Underneath it all, we're just savages (hidden behind shirts, ties and marriages)

TLT - Fragile and composed / I am not your savior I am just as fucked as you

O - Dark Reign Season 1 Rewritten

TLT - Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil

ST - Until my darkness goes

ST - It's always darkest before the dawn

O - A Reign in Darkness

O - Non Luminos Sequi rewritten

Most of these have a notes-doc accompanying them, so I'll leave those out

I categorize them by fandom first so I don't get confused because for the life of me, I can't have anything without a working title and sometimes I'll forget which is which. And sometimes I'll switch out the title, mostly if the one I have doesn't feel right. So, TLT is of course DMBJ/Lost Tomb, ST is Stranger Things and O is Original :)

I don't have 16 people to tag, so I'll just tag @daydreamorama, @s1utspeare, @lacommunarde, @kholran, @adelaiderowan, @mejomonster, if any of you wants to do this, and everyone else who sees this and wants to do this!

[mekare-art]

For @daydreamorama's excellent crossover prompt for SGA/DMBJ in the DMBJ Lunar New Year Treat Exchange, also on AO3 (you need to be logged in)

Title: Intergalactic Exchange

[daydreamorama]

Chapters: 23/? Fandom: 重启之极海听雷 | Reunion: The Sound of the Providence (TV 2020), 盗墓笔记 - 南派三叔 | The Grave Robbers' Chronicles - Xu Lei Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Liu Sang & Wang Pangzi & Wu Xie & Zhang Qiling, Hei Xia Zi & Liu Sang (DMBJ Series), Kan Jian & Liu Sang (DMBJ Series), Liu Sang/Wang Pangzi/Wu Xie/Zhang Qiling Characters: Liu Sang (DMBJ Series), Zhang Qiling, Hei Xia Zi (DMBJ Series), Wang Pangzi, Wu Xie (DMBJ Series) Additional Tags: background Wang Pangzi/Wu Xie/Zhang Qiling, Background Wang Can (DMBJ Series), Liu Sang and Wang Can are Twins (DMBJ Series), Liu Sang Needs A Hug (DMBJ Series), Hurt Liu Sang (DMBJ Series), POV Liu Sang (DMBJ Series), Alternate Universe - BDSM, Aromantic Asexual Liu Sang (DMBJ Series), Asexual Liu Sang (DMBJ Series), Aromantic Asexual, Aromantic, choosing between & and / was impossible just know it's messy, Queerplatonic Relationships, (The end goal is qpr not romantic), Non-Sexual Submission, Non-Sexual Bondage, Rope Bondage, Non-Sexual Intimacy, Non-Sexual Kink, Spanking, No Sex, (well I'm sure some of the characters absolutely do but it's not the focus of this fic), Alternate Universe - Firefighters, Firefighter Liu Sang, Firefighter Zhang Qiling, detective wu xie, Detective Wang Pangzi, Submissive Liu Sang, Submissive Wu Xie, Switch Zhang Qiling, Dom Wang Pangzi, Getting Together, Hurt/Comfort, Professional Dom Hei Xiazi, (this isn't a fall in love with your pro dom fic), Shippy Gen, Unreliable Narrator Summary:

Feeling adrift after his twin moved away, Liu Sang asked his Ouxiang, Zhang Qiling, for help finding a dom. This changed everything. And nothing.

A story about Liu Sang finding a place where he belongs, all while fighting fires and being a hero.

[mimosaeyes]

WIP game

Thanks for the tag @momosandlemonsoda!

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

Mysterious Lotus Casebook

llh holding a baby because I have needs

...Yeah, I've only got one WIP right now. Normally the filenames I use are really straightforward; you just had to tag me when I'm on a silly one, huh :P

Tagging @daydreamorama and anyone else who wants to do this~

[thetombraidersguild]

Thank you @daydreamorama for the poll idea!

[hils79]

ao3 wrapped 9. Favorite pairing you wrote for this year? and 5. What work of yours got more feedback than you expected?

Favorite pairing you wrote for this year?

Honestly I had a ridiculous amount of fun writing Pangcan in Keeps On Giving. Just the idea of this former assassin, who has no idea how to deal with his feelings, leaving corpses on the doorstep of the man he likes like a feral cat. I definitely want to write some more Pangcan next year

What work of yours got more feedback than you expected?

I'm really surprised that two of my Kei X Yaku fics are my most kudosed of anything I've posted this year. I didn't think it was a particularly popular fandom, especially compared to DMBJ which is well established. But Sharing is Caring and Aftermath both have more kudos than any of my DMBJ fics from this year.

AO3 Wrapped (Writer's Edition)

[lucientelrunya]

Rules: pick a song for each letter of your url and tag that many people.

I was tagged by @forerussake thank you!!

L - Long way home by Walk off the Earth & Lindsey Stirling

U - Undone by Tommee Profitt & Fleurie

C -Canaid Lia Fáil (feat. Julie Fowlis) by Einar Selvik

I - In the flood by Lovisa Berdahl

E - Eye on you by WONHO

N - Nightlight by Illenium & Annika Wells

T - Throne by Bring Me The Horizon

E -Endless War by Within Temptation

L - Love like Ghosts by Lord Huron

R - Red Light by Stray Kids

U - Unter meiner Haut by Gestört aber GeiL, Koby Funk, Wincent Weiss

N - Narcissistic Cannibal by EarlyRise

Y - Ya'aburnee by Halsey

A - Animal I have become by Three Days Grace

Phew, that was a lot. I don’t have that many songs with an U... and I surely don't have that many people to tag. Let's see:

@s1utspeare, @kholran, @sunriseverse, @daydreamorama, @lacommunarde, @nope4ever, @mausyi, @adelaiderowan and everyone else who wants to do this!!

[daydreamorama]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 盗墓笔记 - 南派三叔 | The Grave Robbers' Chronicles - Xu Lei Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Wang Pangzi & Wu Xie, Wang Pangzi ~ Wu Xie Characters: Wang Pangzi, Wu Xie (DMBJ Series) Additional Tags: Aromantic Asexual Wu Xie (DMBJ Series), Aromantic Wu Xie (DMBJ Series), Asexual Wu Xie (DMBJ Series), Wang Pangzi is in love with Wu Xie, trope inversion: and there were too many beds, Accidental Kiss, allo-aro relationship, queer platonic relationship Summary:

After an accidental kiss in the heat of the moment, Wu Xie stresses over the fact that Pangzi got a room with two beds. Pangzi just loves his friend as he is.

[nemainofthewater]

Huge congratulations to our write-in candidates! This is the first time (so far?) that 'other' has one, and I credit a large part of this to the DMBJ fandom who have been patiently waiting in the depths for this moment. Winners under the cut for space issues

So, our winners are:

Qi Zhuyin from Qiang Jin Jiu nominated by @feyrfiend

Qi Yan from Jing Wei Qing Song nominated by @autistic-lanzhan and @mossmercury

Qi Xiaoxuan from Tiger and Crane nominated by @oneringtorulethem

Hei Xiazi from DMBJ nominated by @catholicjigglypuff and @difeisheng

Qi Leren from Emeng Youxi nominated by @asterdust

Qi Xiao from The Rational Life nominated by @uhhhhmanda

And very last but certainly not least:

Qi Tiezui from DMBJ nominated by (deep breath) @merinnan, @missfangirll, @lasenbyphoenix, @gaiahenshin, @sirauraelius, @foxofninetales, @xcziel, @epicwalrus, @chancellorxofxtrash, @lacommunarde, @potahun, @thelaithlyworm, @the-gail, @elletromil, @justawanderingbabbit, @bladedweaponsandswishycoats, @rannilt, @daydreamorama, @adelaiderowan, @hils79, @rainsfalling, @asterdust, @forerussake, @1ebilcat, @pangzi, @thesporkidentity, @he-shen, @psychic-waffles, @dancing-out-in-space and @omaenanimonoda

If i've forgotten anyone, let me know!

Thank you everyone for the propaganda, the gifsets, the images, and the sheer overwhelming enthusiasm!

Best Character surnamed : Qi

Come and vote for the best characters with the same surname!*

What does best mean? It's up to you! Whether you love them, are intrigued by their characters, love to hate them, or they're your '2 second blorbos whose personality you made up wholesale', these are all reasons for you to vote for your favs!

*note, the surnames are not exactly the same in all the cases, as often there will be a different character. I am, however, grouping them all together otherwise things got more complicated.

Propaganda is very welcome! If I’ve forgot anyone, let me know in the notes.

This is part of a larger series of ‘best character with X surname’ polls’. The overview with ongoing polls, winners, and future polls can be found here

[mimosaeyes]

five people I'd like to get to know better

Thanks @bbcphile for the tag!

🎶 Last song I listened to:

Work Song by Hozier

📺 Currently watching:

S.C.I. Mystery, and I might start rewatching Mysterious Lotus Casebook again

🌶️ Sweet/Savory/Spicy?:

I love spicy food! I'm the type of person who gets 麻辣香锅 (a stir-fry using numbing spicy sauce) on the highest spice level they have

❤️ Relationship status:

The type of single that proudly refers to herself as aunt to her sister's cat (for whom I crochet little accessories and toys)

🤩 Current obsession:

千秋 (Thousand Autumns) by Meng Xi Shi, and its donghua 山河剑心; also, I might start listening to the audio drama

I'd like to tag @mekare-art, @daydreamorama, @momosandlemonsoda, @hils79 and @sharkbeneaththelotus but no pressure if you don't want to!

[thelaithlyworm]

for the fic write ask I would love to know:

26. Would you rather write a fic that had no dialogue or one that was only dialogue?

(also curious as it relates to fics you choose for podfics)

and

40. Do you tend to reread fics or are you a one-and-done kind of person?

26. Would you rather write a fic that had no dialogue or one that was only dialogue?

Hmm. I don't think I've done either, to be honest. They're both valid forms, I usually just prefer to mix and match so the actions punctuate the dialogue and the dialogue cuts through long exposition.

I think if I had to pick, I'd give All Dialogue a go - see how the character voices and phrasing could draw the scene for the reader.

Re: Podfics

Character voices can be really, really fun, but they're also an order of magnitude trickier to do well than straight narration. You're trying to get vocal registers that match each character, are distinct from each other, aren't potentially grating over long listening (like a squeaky voice or something), and have room to bring in emotional nuance.

Really super fun when I can pull it off, but tricky, so I tend to avoid fics that have a massive multiplayer cast, unless they're very, very short.

40. Do you tend to reread fics or are you a one-and-done kind of person?

Absolutely. Past Me had very similar tastes in fic to Current Me, so there are a lot of fics that I've forgotten enough that they feel like new, but they're still baked in a way that I like.

With podfic, it's a bit more floaty - I'm still climbing a skill curve of 'how to podfic well' so when I listen to the older stuff I get a lot of twitches of, I would do that differently now, and it can get a little distracting. Still, I have a lot of favourites from the past year or so.

[eirenical]

17 & 23 for the fic ask?

Thank you for the ask, @daydreamorama!

[If anyone else would like to send asks, here are the questions.]

17. A trope you’ll never, ever write for.

Apart from like... sexual kinks that are squicks or I don't feel I can write well, there aren't too many things that a hard NO for me. Because the minute I decide something is a hard no, my brain starts to go "well, but how WOULD you write it to make it NOT a hard no?" This is how I ended up writing a whole soulmate fic when that is generally VERY MUCH a hard no for me. O_o;;;

But there are two things I can probably see that happening with: pregnancy/mpreg and de-aging. Those aren't just hard nos but they're VISCERAL hard nos for me. There are all kinds of bodily autonomy/loss of agency tropes wrapped up in both of those things that are like... sitting right on the line between squick and trigger for me. So I just can't see myself ever wanting to get anywhere near them. And you know what? Toss A/B/O in there, too. It's the same set of issues for me. :P Like, I have no problem with other people liking these tropes, but they are very VERY much not for me.

23. Do you prefer prompts and challenges, or completely independent ideas?

I like both equally! I have PLENTY of my own ideas, and I enjoy the building of a story from conception of the idea to published product. But there's also an inherent challenge in fleshing out an idea you didn't come up with on your own into a fic catered to someone else's tastes and preferences that brings it's own sense of joy and satisfaction to it. Especially if that person is a friend. ^_^ I know I kind of copped out on the "what was the best comment you ever received?" question a few answers back, but I will admit that there is a particular kind of joy that happens in this particular scenario:

You write a fic for a friend in an anonymous exchange, and said friend comes bursting into your messages squeaking with excitement about a fic they received in an exchange that they REALLY LOVE and telling you all about how good it is and how they want to be friends with the author and you're just sitting there bursting like "I HAVE GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS, THE BAD NEWS IS NO NEW FRIEND FOR YOU, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT IT'S BECAUSE WE ARE ALREADY FRIENDS. :D :D :D"... and knowing you CAN'T TELL THEM until reveals are over. XD

Or when they just straight up burst into your messages/email like "I KNOW YOU WROTE ME THIS FIC, WHEN DID YOU EVEN HAVE TIME, WTFFFFFF???? ALSO THANK YOU." ;D

(You should all know who you are. XD)

So, yeah. ^_^ Definitely like both!

[foxofninetales]

@daydreamorama: #one time someone mentioned archeaology and I went on a thirty minute talk about tomb boys #turns out I misheard and they said biology

I'm not sure what the competition was but I'm pretty sure you just won it.

Someone across the room: *mentions a hyperfixation of mine*

Me, sweating: oh no I’m about to become so annoying