#╰【 TAGGED AS … 】❖ ━━━━━ ❛ titled「 snapshot series 」

[keulixeutin]

Snapshot 4: Soft (Shigaraki)

a/n: something small and sweet. summary: sometimes shigaraki whispers to you in his half-sleep. shigaraki x gn!reader. cw: just some squishy cuteness.  no pronouns used. gn!reader. wc: 137.

Sometimes, once in a blue moon, when the stars align and the moonlight casts a gentle glow on Shigaraki’s face just so, illuminating not the scars and ripples, but the softness laying underneath his skin and the shadows—sometimes, you catch him in between dreaming and waking.  You catch him like a shooting star just before dawn.

“What are you dreaming about?” you whisper into the dark, careful not to break the spell.

The red in his eyes flickers and flutters, dazed by the dimness of reality and the shelter of his dreams.

“You and me,” he murmurs languidly, “growing old.”

He finds your hand underneath the sheets, pinky finger still extended even as he’s half-unconscious, and then sleep pulls him back under like a warm embrace, like a sinking into softness. You follow suit shortly after.

[chiriwritesstuff]

Hometown Glory; Chapter 2 Sneak Peek!

Series Masterlist │ Read Chapter 1 Here!

Our favorite boy has a dirty little secret...

Chapter 2 - Title and Registration, out soon!

Chapter Title from 'Title and Registration' by Death Cab for Cutie

I was searching for some legal document As the rain beat down on the hood When I stumbled upon pictures I tried to forget And that's how this idea was drilled into my head 'Cause it's too important to stay the way it's been But there's no blame for how our love did slowly fade And now that it's gone, it's like it wasn't there at all And here I rest where disappointment and regret collide Lying awake at night

(Sneak under the cut!)

In moments when Frankie is feeling particularly weak, he finds solace in letting his mind drift. It's become somewhat of a habit lately, a quiet retreat from the turmoil of his everyday life. Typically, he reserves these mental escapes for the late hours of the night, lying on his side of the bed with only the soft glow of his cell phone illuminating the darkness, peering over his shoulder, making sure Chelsea was facing the other way, knowing damn well he was playing with fire with what he was about to do.

He couldn't help that even though it's been years, his thoughts still pathetically drift to you.

He feels a pang of embarrassment admitting it to himself, but he can't deny that he knows your Instagram handle by heart. It was a chance discovery, a random tag on your sister's post, five years ago—a snapshot of you both, smiling as you cradle a newborn baby in your arms.

Hometown Glory finally making an appearance, your sister's caption read, Who knew I had to birth a whole ass baby for this miracle to happen?

But it was the tiny icon at the bottom left of the photo that caught Frankie's attention, his breath catching. He presses on it almost too excitedly, slowing his trigger finger at the last moment, preventing it from accidentally liking the post and blowing his cover.

But still. 

Maybe it's because he's curious.

Maybe it’s because he wonders if he can remember the placement of moles that are scattered along your face, down the span of your neck like a constellation of stars he's mapped out in his memory.

Maybe it’s because he’s been so fucking lonely, and that you were the last good thing to ever happen in his life before his daughter came around.

Series Taglist:

@ashleyfilm / @danaispunk / @imdrinkingpedro / @yxtkiwiyxt / @lilyevanstan1325

@kungfucapslock / @critfailroll / @maried01 / @misstokyo7love / @missladym1981

@angelofsmalldeath-codeine / @brittmb115 / @readingiskeepingmegoing / @darkheartgatita

[bryan360]

Once again, No “On This Day” or throwback post share as of now. However, It’s now time that I’d waited for so long since our friend @shadowredfeline give me from last year’s Christmas. Yup, it’s for the fifth installment of the Forza Horizon series itself!

Originally, I would’ve saving it after I’d planned of finishing up FH3; which I know it’ll be a long ways to go. That being said, I couldn’t hold much longer til last night (Aug. 24th, 2024) where I’d finally boosted up the game. Sometimes it’s okay to keep moving forward than waiting longer. Just a peak experience where this taking place in Mexico. I had some fun driving around like from two previous Forza titles I’d been through from before. Still it was nice nonetheless as taking some snapshots I got. I also gotten my first picked car of an 2020 Toyota GR Supra where starting my career.

There’s more to come, but I won’t leave my Forza Horizon 3’s progress behind as well. I’ll remember that. 😉 Hope you guys enjoy it. 👍

Tagged: @murumokirby360 @shadowredfeline @alexander1301 @sammirthebear2k4 @coda-archive

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Hi, before I explain my post, I want to say something important.

• What you see my blog has become a major overhaul. And despite the changes, I decided that my 2nd account will be now my artwork blog with a secret twist.

⚠️NEW RULE! (W/ BIGGER TEXT!)⚠️

⚠️ SO PLEASE DO NOT SHARE MY 2nd ACCOUNT TO EVERYONE! THIS SECRECY BLOG OF MINE IS FOR CLOSES FRIENDS ONLY!⚠️

• AND FOR MY CLOSES FRIENDS, DON’T REBLOG IT. INSTEAD, JUST COPY MY LINK AND PASTE IT ON YOUR TUMBLR POST! JUST BE SURE THE IMAGE WILL BE REMOVED AND THE ONLY LEFT WAS THE TEXT.

⚠️ SHARING LINKS, LIKE POSTS, REBLOG POSTS, STEALING MY SNAPSHOT PHOTOS/RECORDED VIDEOS/ARTWORKS (a.k.a. ART THIEVES) OR PLAGIARIZING FROM UNKNOWN TUMBLR STRANGERS WILL IMMEDIATELY BE BLOCKED, RIGHT AWAY!⚠️

😡 WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT EVER LIKED & REBLOG MY SECRET POST! THIS IS FOR MY SECRET FRIENDS ONLY, NOT YOU! 😡

Okay? Capiche? Make sense? Good, now back to the post…↓

Title: My "Baggy Cloth-Ober" Day 7: 🦝⚾️😴

Hello, October! 🎃🦇 My daily "Baggy Cloth-Ober" continues with our next daily Inktober! 🧢👕🧤👖🧦👟😊

If you haven't seen my previous related post, then please click these: ↓

• Day 1: Maxwell 🐰🖌️ • Day 2: May 🐰👊💥 • Day 3: Sam 🦊⚽ • Day 4: Mikey 🐱🎧 • Day 5: Brown 🥜 • Day 6: Choco 🐰🍫

DAY 7: Stripes' A/W Clothes 🦝⚾️😴

• "Sleeping" on any comfy place 😴🛏️ is Stripes' trump card, or maybe his "Baseball" 🦝🧢⚾ hobby? 🤔 Regardless, I respect his two hobbies, and maybe he'll be tag long with Smiling Critters' CatNap 🐱🌙 and also my favorite Frowning Critters' character Floppy Flopzee 🐰💤, since they're both animal nappers. ☺ As for his clothing, I was gonna draw him in his normal clothing since I love someone stripe shirts (like Mime from Happy Tree Friends 🤡🦌), but I think his A/W clothing with his white baseball theme sweater was a nice choice to size up baggy clothing! 🥰🤗 However, don't expect to see him like that in a junior world series baseball tournament or any major baseball tournament during game night, anytime soon. ☝️😮🚫😴⚾🏟️ Because according to expert zoologist, Raccoons are nocturnal critters, and they can sleep between "six to eight hours per day". 🦝🕕🕗😴 Much like our standard sleep time (for humans), right? 🙂

Well, that's all for now. More daily "Baggy Cloth-Ober" artworks to come, until the end (of October)! 😊

Stripes' A/W Clothes - owned by @bryan360

[ao3feed-ateez]

willow

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/m96ocrS by biaswreckme (afangirldaydreams) "Life was a willow and it bent right to your wind" Pirate Captain Kim Hongjoong meets witch Park Seonghwa. Words: 772, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 4 of snapshots from the vault Fandoms: ATEEZ (Band) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Kim Hongjoong, Park Seonghwa Relationships: Kim Hongjoong/Park Seonghwa Additional Tags: Pirate Captain Kim Hongjoong, Witch Park Seonghwa, Alternate Universe, Based on a Taylor Swift Song, Title from a Taylor Swift Song, Implied Sexual Content, Park Seonghwa Needs a Hug, kim hongjoong - Freeform read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/m96ocrS

[ao3feed-everlark]

we are surrounded by all of these lies

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/jRblvgD

by starryprose

A snapshot from the Victory tour where Katniss and Peeta sneak off and talk and maybe kiss a little too. Because ya know if they caught at least it’s believable they were kissing.

title taken from “tenerife sea,” by ed sheeran

Words: 2024, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: The Hunger Games (Movies), Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins, Hunger Games Series - All Media Types

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Characters: Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, random district 4 lady, Mags Flanagan (mentioned), Finnick Odair (mentioned), Cinna (mentioned), Portia (Mentioned), Haymitch Abernathy (mentioned)

Relationships: Katniss Everdeen/Peeta Mellark

Additional Tags: Set during the victory tour, Sort of Canon Compliant?, Catching Fire, Let everlark be actual teens, Kissing, sneaking off, slightly autistic coded Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark’s arms

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/jRblvgD

[daycourtofficial]

WIP Game

Rules: In a new post, list 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 of it or tell them something about it!

Thanks for tagging me @prythianpages 💕💕

I literally have SO many WIPs so here are some:

Are We Out of the Woods?

Started outlining a series titled “How Do You Measure a Year in the Life?”

I’m Still Stuck in the Moment

In My Dreams, You Should See the Things We Do

Snapshots in Time Part 2

I Can See You

Childhood Best Friend! Rhys x reader

How Everyone Found Out

I Knew You’d Linger like a Tattooed Kiss

The Shadows Know

I’d like to tag @pellucid-constellations @danikamariewrites @throneofsmut @readychilledwine and @tsunami-of-tears 💕

[metalwarrior22]

Little Moments

Read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/8uFpD0M by Victqria Hiroshi yawned again and let his head rest against Korra’s stomach. “Thanks, momma.” Oh. Oh. Korra’s throat tightened up. He’d only ever called them by their names, never by title. She was so momentarily stunned that she missed Hiroshi turning around to curl his arms around her neck. She cleared her throat and wrapped her arms around his tiny frame. “You’re welcome, buddy,” She whispered, not trusting her voice. “I’ll always be here to protect you, you know that, right?” Or Snapshots exploring Korra and Asami's adventure adopting their two kids, followed by a picnic with the krew. Words: 21606, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 6 of Promises and Premises Fandoms: Avatar: Legend of Korra Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: F/F Characters: Korra (Avatar), Asami Sato Relationships: Korra/Asami Sato Additional Tags: Fluff, Family Dynamics, korra and asami just casually raising their kids together, a bit of a prequal, baby hiroshi, baby kyoshi, Korrasami - Freeform, Tooth-Rotting Fluff Read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/8uFpD0M

[cr-noble-writes]

Title: By The Stars

Series: I’ve Got You

Fandom: Mass Effect

Characters: Alex Shepard, Reyes Vidal, Chief Green (OC)

Relationships: Shepard & Reyes, Shepard/Reyes (pre-slash)

Tags: preslash, basic training, land nav test, impromptu rock climbing, celestial navigation, near death experiences, overuse of biotics, food shortage, best friends, spanish, arabic, egyptian, stolen supplies, hypoglycemia, i know i am pushing the bounds of reality with a couple of things here, military exercises, physical danger, rock climbing, biotics to the rescue, worried Reyes, stubborn Alex, biotic drain induced shock, huddling for warmth, there was only one blanket, sabotage, caretaker Reyes, short rations, navigating by stars, fuck the man (the bad man, not the sexy Chilean one), running on spite, unspoken feelings

Summary: Alex Shepard and Reyes Vidal are nearing the end of basic training, and it's time for their land navigation test. Unfortunately, Alex’s biotic field interferes with the compass, someone’s stolen most of his rations, there’s a cliff between them and the extraction point, and no one packed climbing equipment.

Notes: This was supposed to be a 1k-ish snapshot of part of Alex’s experiences in basic training to be included in another fic. But apparently that wasn’t enough for these two jackasses. Anyway, as a result of having to write this fic, Reyes and Alex’s relationship has developed into something significantly more serious than it was originally intended to be. It was always intended to be more than friends, but it was supposed to be something resembling casual and then Alex had to go and have feelings.” Hope you enjoy :D

I do have several 1k-ish snapshots of other things in basic training, like Alex and Reyes meeting for the first time, etc, but this really felt like the most important bit, so I wanted to get it out there! Plus, it's gonna be a hot minute until I have any more of Alex's canon story ready to post, so I figure those little snapshots can fill the void in my soul while I am working on the next big part.

Thank you to all the people in the various ME servers I’m part of on Discord for all of the encouragement and help! Special thanks, as always, to @imbiowaresbitch​ for always being willing to let me talk at her, and also for making me like Reyes in the first place, and additional thank yous to @nickelkeep​ and @bleuzombie​ for putting up with me just constantly ranting about Mass Effect and Alex, in particular!

Like Growing Pains, there is some Arabic used by Alex, and translations will be provided in the end notes. Likewise for the one actual Spanish phrase Reyes says.

Make sure you check the A/N on AO3 for links to the AO3 pages of everyone who helped me with this fic!

[littleeyesofpallas]

So I kinda of want to try something different with my #manga covers tag. I dunno why I'm posting to preface the fact, I don't think anyone who follows me follows me for that tag specifically. But this is my particular little corner of the digital void and I can scream whatever impotency i want into it. Normally I just drift through the amazoncojp recommendeds from a clean private/ingonito window and just see where it leads me. My priorities on what I actually end up posting tend to be toward

individual cover art i like, or covers that I think look particularly interesting in sequence

franchises that I distinctly don't recognize from the western licensed market

specific trends across multiple titles in a genre, or within a certain mangaka's bibliography

titles with kanji or grammatical construction that I don't recognize and want to look up/practice translating

But every once in a while I get sucked into a little riptide of publisher recommendations, and the common thread is what magazines things were serialized in, and it got me thinking I'd like to try and lean into it.

In the past I've opted to collect magazine covers rather than single series tankobon ([Harta/Fellows] [Kenchiku Chishiki] [Galette Meets] [Marginal] [Tsuri Comic]), but even though that gives a very broad snapshot of a magazine's outward aesthetic from month to month, it doesn't really communicate the content of what's really being published along side what, and how those juxtapose and highlight their target audience. And in thinking about what some magazines' appearances really have to say, about who reads and who they want reading them, I realize that for as big as the manga boom got in the west these past few decades, a lot of fans don't actually have any direct interaction with the magazine format, beyond just barely recognizing the JUMP brand. (we had that brief experiment with Shounen JUMP, Shoujo BEAT, and RAIJIN in the 2000s but it was kind of an abysmal failure.)

Ive always really loved the anthology magazine format that serial manga in japan follows, and it's kind of their secret weapon for actually producing and moving the sheer staggering amount of print content that they do. And at levels that western print media just can't really compare with, not as a matter of competition, but just because the two industries operate on such vastly different models.

(I nearly forgot but I did go on kind of an adjacent rant to this once before, that no one really saw :P It was a little more focused on the old fanscanlation scene but some of its tangents are the same tangents I'm about to go on here, so I might as well link it here.)

For example, depending on the size, a monthly magazine might run between one to two dozen individual titles. And these days that would cost you about 5.10USD to grab off the rack on your way to school, or work, or on your lunch break. And that could include any number of long running series, new up and coming works, and pilot chapters or stand alone one shots from either new or established authors. By comparison a single issue of a monthly or bi monthly comic book in the US could cost between 3.99-5.99USD for what amounts to about 19 pages of content.

So, if that's issue #1 of a brand new title? or issue 100 of an ongoing series you don't keep up with? Would you be willing to pay that $4.00 to try something new? Would you be willing to pay that in addition to the $4.00 to keep up with a title you're already following? How many series would you really be comfortable following and still trying something new? Or how many new comics would you really consider picking up given the number of comics you already keep up with?

With anthology magazine format that entire game of chess between a marketing department and your wallet just straight up doesn't exist. You pay that $5.00 for a monthly issue no matter how much of it you're keeping up with, and every issue there's that free chance that you'll flip through those pages and find something cool that you decide you'll start following. And so long as they keep readers constantly engaged, even while selling magazines at a loss, it means the overall cashflow of magazine purchases, ad revenue, and eventual book sales never stops. And it all funnels back upwards to the month company that redistributes those funds to the departments it needs to to make up the slack and keep the whole machine running.

Anyway point being that manga magazines have a really neat sort of internal ecosystem they curate where the mix of content any one magazine publishes, even under the general umbrella of a target demographic like shounen or josei, is really interesting. Because really, when you follow a manga, you're following the magazine, and that means you consume everything in it, even if only tangentially. And we miss that experience by not having a magazine format for manga distribution in English. So, I'm going to post some magazine covers, and following each will be the tanokbon covers of everything currently running in them; that way, short of being able to just flip through a copy of the magazine, you still get a kind of glimpse of what that magazine's content looks like at a glance.

anyway like I said, I dunno why I thought that needed to be prefaced. There's a list of magazines I'd like to try and get to but I'd rather queue up a full roster at a time so rather than my usual random bursts of whatever I can dredge out of my drafts on a slow day at work, there will probably be some downtime between each magazine.

[displayheartcode]

2022 wrapped

tagged by @ginwiz! hi, hannah!

tagging @ginisbetterthanfirewhiskey, @corneliaavenue, @takearisk-ao3, @sweeethinny  and to anyone who wants to be proud of their accomplishments!

Post the top 5 works you're most proud of that you released in 2022 (not necessarily your most popular)

no strange land (a marvellous light, robin/edwin) – I am very proud to say that I was the first person to post a fic on ao3 for this series.

on the other side of the door (harry potter, harry/ginny) – Another fun exploration with a Gender AU, but this time I focused more on the shared trauma. What does it mean to like a person who has shared a piece of a monster's soul, how much flower and sunlight imagery can I cram into each 100-word segment, etc.

heart, i implore you (the scholomance) – While I didn't love, love the trilogy, I was fascinated by El's moral fiber as a protagonist. So, why not put her in some AUs where she considered taking the low road, especially to save her mum?

the earth remembers its own name (percy jackson and the olympians) – The idea came to me when I was listening to the musical soundtrack. It was suddenly 2007 again and I was fascinated about a girl who was turned into a pine tree. Something I was satisfied about writing was each liminal dream.

never say there is only death for you (moon knight) – I had so much fun with my references when I wrote this. I had an old haggadah out so that I could properly quote the folk song for the title, web pages about Sephardic herbalism, a highlighted copy of my old prayer book from Hebrew School... I originally found the lullaby La Moza y El Huerco as the epigraph for Ninth House, but a cousin's grandma (she speaks Ladino!) showed me the melody years back. That being said, please never ask me to transliterate anything from liturgical Hebrew. It wasn't worth the headache.

your top 4 current WIPs that you're excited to release in the new year

no gods stronger than death (the old guard) – I have the outline from a Big Bang event that I never had time to join. Historical urban fantasy! A cursed family mansion! Murder!

keep you like an oath (harry potter, harry/ginny) – This rewrite haunts me.

untitled hp fic (harry potter) – This is the angst fic :-D It's different from my usual stuff, but the planning is fuuuuuun!

all flowers in time bend towards the sun (there is someone for you) (harry potter, harry/ginny) – I won't lie that this Practical Magic AU is mainly in the works because I love the title.

do i have a fifth? idk

your top 3 biggest improvements in your writing over the past year

I branched out more!

Took the time and gave myself breaks to not write but to also focus on my original stuff!

Reminded myself to have fun!

your top 2 resolutions (ways you wish to improve your writing/blog) for the new year

Write longer fics! Drabbles are near and dear to my heart, but sometimes I want to take the time to write something much longer.

Branch out to more AUs. Write something full-fledged instead of a series of snapshots.

and your number 1 favorite line you've written this year

It's actually from an unfinished nanowrio project!

thank you!

[aerisleis-fics]

AO3 Wrapped

From This post. I felt like doing it in full rather than getting asks because I thought it might be fun to have for record later.

How many words have you written this year? AO3 says 253,826. There are some words written that haven't been posted either so like, Oh god. seriously??? Though I think some of those may be coming from updates of a fic (RBME) that started in previous years but was updated this year. IDK exactly how that works.

How many works did you publish this year? 34! Of which many were short but still!

What work are you most proud of (regardless of kudos/hits)? Honestly probably an unposted fic that I cant talk about yet lmao. Barring that, Beginning Where We Ended because its Very ambitious and I absolutely adore it. its the kind of fic I wanted to read (and write!) the first time I was in the FF7 fandom and finally I can do it.

What work of yours has the most hits? Beginning Where We Ended (ff7)! Which has just barely overtaken Revealed by Mirrored Eyes (rwby)

What work of yours got more feedback than you expected? Recordings for Sleeping! It did way better across the board than I expected it to ngl.

Favorite title you used For the Meme:tm: probably It's Dangerous to Read Alone

If you use song lyrics, which artist’s songs did you pull from the most? My only song lyric titled fic of the year came from Skillet, Whispers in the Dark

Pairing you wrote the most for this year? Clack/Zakkura (Zack Fair / Cloud Strife FF7)

Favorite pairing you wrote for this year? ... tie between Zakkura and SephZack Ive had a lot of fun with both this year.

What work was the quickest to write? Uhhh. Waking Dream I think! Short, inspired by art. Yeah. It was a fun exercise in like a Snapshot.

What work took you the longest to write? Beginning Where We ended, hands down, it's still ongoing.

How many WIP’s do you have in your docs for next year? Things that are on AO3 and not on hiatus: 3. Things that are partially written in my docs and may or may not come between now and the end of 2023: 17ish. There may be others I'm failing to count. Now some of those are due before the end of 2022 but -shrug-

What’s your longest work of the year? Longest actually written this year is Beginning Where we Ended

What’s your shortest work of the year? SOLDIERs and Reunions - a quick Zack and Kunsel meet up.

What WIP are you taking into next year with you? Known:tm: wips are Beginning Where We Ended, Revealed by Mirrored Eyes, The Zakkura Shorts series, and Discarded, not Forgotten

What’s your most common “Additional Tags” tag? Angst, followed closely by Zack Fair Lives

Your favorite character to write this year? Zack Fair. Close second is Sephiroth

The character that gave you the most trouble writing this year? Sephiroth. Learning to write him is a curve.

What’s one pairing you want to explore next year? I will continue exploring Zakkura and SephZack but I think added to the list thanks to a WIP in the wings is possibly a Sephikura???

Which work of yours have you reread the most? Ffffff. Um. I don't know. beginning where we ended for details, probably. Recordings for Sleeping for pure softness.

How many kudos in total did you get this year? 2,200 which is so many oh my god its so many ;~;

Which work has the most comments? Beginning where we ended again!

Did you do any collaborative works this year? I did not.

Did you write any gifts this year? ... I did. I have one tied up in a gift exchange as we speak and I am in progress on 3 other gifts before new year (if not christmas). Also several for my writing partner!

Did you receive any gifts this year? I'm sure I Will in the exchange! but not so far.

What’s your most common category? M/M

What do you listen to while writing? All kinds of music. depends on the fic. and my mood.

Favorite work you wrote this year? Picking favorites between my children is Difficult okay. Uhhh. Probably still the same as the last time I got a similar ask tho: Recordings for Sleeping is Up there because it's a great balance of soft and warm and I really adored it. Also beginning where we ended because time travel zakkura epic has been Fun and the story's just beginning. It was also started on an absolute whim and is my self-indulgent wip.

Favorite line/passage you wrote this year? Okay! Uh! probably this one. It's from Saving the Hero

He also didn’t comment on the fact that eventually Sephiroth’s arms wound their way around him, instead of remaining locked around Seph’s own body like they were trying to hold broken pieces of him together. But they did. His fingers found themselves in the fabric of Zack’s shirt, clinging almost as tightly. Zack let him, and simply kept his grip steady on Sephiroth. Offering comfort as he could.

And tucked there in the space between the bed and the wall, a barrier was breached between them that neither one would have ever guessed at.

Sephiroth cried.

It made Zack’s heart ache. Like everything about the Commander when he wasn’t giving orders on the battlefield, his grief was quiet. Silent tears found their way into the collar and shoulder of Zack’s uniform top. Breathy sobs made as little sound as possible, even this close to Zack’s ear. Smothered by a stranglehold that even now, Sephiroth couldn’t let go of.

Zack wondered how many times Sephiroth had been scolded for having feelings that this was the reaction he’d gotten while trying to comfort him. It renewed Zack’s desire to find Hojo and break him. But… he was needed here.

Zack didn’t know how long they stayed there between the wall and the bed anchored together. Didn’t know how long they sat in the eye of the storm that was Sephiroth’s grief. Didn’t know how long he murmured what he hoped were words of comfort and held the man while the new wave of grief bled itself out.

But finally, Sephiroth stopped.

Biggest surprise while writing this year? Biggest Surprise... honestly probably walking into the FF7 fandom and doing fanworks for it at all. If you'd told me this time last year that the vast majority of my works would be ff7 based this year I would have probably laughed. I spent ages afraid of this fandom even though I've loved the work since I was like 12. But I'm here, and I'm really glad for that!

[ao3feed-zukka]

Excerpts and Snapshots of Fics I Have Yet To Write

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/gIuszmn

by BlueEyedArcher

The title is pretty self explanatory. This is a series of snapshot scenes and excerpts of fics I have yet to write, or little scenes I enjoyed the thought of but they weren't long enough (over 2000 words) to justify being their own oneshots. I may eventually write them into bigger fics but for now, they're here to be enjoyed.

Words: 1253, Chapters: 3/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Sokka (Avatar), Zuko (Avatar), Katara (Avatar), Aang (Avatar), Toph Beifong, Hakoda (Avatar), Bato (Avatar), How (Avatar), Piandao (Avatar), Iroh (Avatar)

Relationships: Sokka/Zuko (Avatar), How/Piandao (Avatar), Bato/Hakoda (Avatar)

Additional Tags: Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Domestic Fluff, La Sokka, Alternate Universe, One Shot Collection, Spirits, Bisexual Sokka (Avatar), Protective Sokka (Avatar), Gay Zuko (Avatar), Parental Hakoda (Avatar), Protective Hakoda (Avatar), Other Additional Tags to Be Added

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/gIuszmn

[grave-queen-jakrabitt]

Progress chapter 94 main event rambling (how I learned to stop caring and love dunkzilla)

This is your warning, WATCH THE SHOW. I’m only going to be talking about the main event but trust me the entire card fucking rules. But I’m here to tell you about one match, one of the best matches I’ve legitimately ever seen. HEAVY SPOILERS

The setup is simple, Aussie open lost the progress tag titles at the 3rd unboxing show to Paul Robinson and a returning will osprey, who would hold onto the belts by mostly weaponizing them. Leaving Aussie open out of options seemingly, then mark Davis does something Kyle wasn’t expecting. Earlier in the year he won the natural progression series and the title shot of his choice to go with it. Kyle even seems to say “you don’t have to do it” but mark Davis books it, as a TLC match.

From early in the match the commentators establish to very important things being possibly the only thing mark Davis loves more than the tag belts is Kyle fletcher, and when will osprey is with Paul Robinson he brings out an aggressive side last seen in his “I’m going to kill jimmy havoc” feud. Early on it’s Aussie open just going to work on the swords until the swords can jump Davis and beat the dog shit out of Kyle Fletcher. Then it happens, Robinson goes from the electric chair position to standing on osprey to try and grab the belts only for chair to smash into his face out of nowhere. It was mark Davis, he threw a chair from the outside roughly 8-10 feet up into Robinsons face.

Later on Aussie open set up two tables by the stage and were going suplex the swords off the stage through the tables but they counter and take out Kyle. Robinson and osprey try to double superplex Davis from the stage only for him to turn around and almost take them both down but robo gets out Only for fletcher to come from the back ladder in hand and lawndart it into osprey. But Aussie open get mostly put through the tables by the stage (they were the good tables, Davis didn’t go through) the swords aim to win but upon seeing a helpless Kyle Fletcher they actually get down to torture him.

If you’re one of the people that go “why do you get down your giving your opponent another chance!” I’m usually right there with you but we understand that will becomes more aggressive when Robinson by his side and it’s not just something we’ve heard we’ve actively seen it after jimmy havocs return In 2018. The impromptu loser leaves town match with jimmy, will osprey vs swerve that same year, even his turn on okada. So it’s at least understandable, still very much so if it bothers you

Robinson wants to curb stomp fletcher into the chair, Davis rushes to cover his partner with his body like it’s all he can do, the swords whip him with a belt and osprey chokes him. As he’s dragged off he tries to keep ahold of Kyle but Robinson goes for it only to be powerbombed by Fletcher into the chair! Terror crosses wills face, outnumbered, outgunned, out bearded, let the dog shit beating begin.

At one point Paul Robinson tries to go for the belts but Davis drags him into a piledriver position at the top of the ladder, the horror of my face as I realize there’s a ladder bridge beneath them. I then began to beg and plead with mark davis through my television as though this five year old snapshot of something too insane for a human to commit could hear my protests. In a moment it happened, the piledriver through the ladder came to pass, it wasn’t like the 2k games were the ladder bends, it snapped and almost fucking crumbled, and it was awesome! This was the moment Aussie open won, but the match wasn’t finished as they had to deal with osprey. The Aussies get down and let will make it as far up the twin ladders as he can. But when he try’s to grab the belt it’s Kyle who’s first to grab his wrist, then dunkzilla. One last fidget spinner (now named the coriolis) and once again tag team champions Aussie fucking open.

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invisible string

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/2VCi8yG by biaswreckme (afangirldaydreams) "And isn't it just so pretty to think All along there was some Invisible string Tying you to me?" After years apart, San and Wooyoung find they were fated to each other. Words: 1605, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 7 of snapshots from the vault Fandoms: ATEEZ (Band) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Choi San (ATEEZ), Jung Wooyoung (ATEEZ) Relationships: Choi San/Jung Wooyoung (ATEEZ) Additional Tags: Protective Choi San (ATEEZ), Getting Together, Alternate Universe - Magic, Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Based on a Taylor Swift Song, Title from a Taylor Swift Song, Inspired by Taylor Swift, Wooyoung is some supernatural/magical creature, Choi San is Whipped (ATEEZ), Fluff, Romance read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/2VCi8yG

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Luna’s Anime/Manga/Drama/etc. List Stats Snapshot 2023

Anime List Stats (MAL-based):

Rated: (2543via Anime-Planet) Completed: 2401, of which completed in 2023: 8 Rewatched: 0 Dropped: 242, 1 of 2023, undropped in 2023: 0, clean up of corpses: 0 PTW: 1453 (random ptw) + 466 (old on hold-in stock) * in stock is unmaintained with the introduction of the A-P purchase organization list 7 titles watched via physical release, 1 via legal stream Episodes: 27187-27116= 71 (based on screenshots of MAL totals) Score Distribution 2023 (+ rewatches)): 10: 0 Titles, 9: 0 Titles, 8: 0 Titles, 7: 1 Titles, 6: 1 Title, 5: 4 Titles, 4: 2 Titles, 3: 0 Title, 2: 0 Titles, 1: 0 Titles Total Running Time: 437.8 (MAL) days runtime by screenshot, of which from 2023: 437.8-436.9=0,9 Days (Playback acceleration not accounted for) Number of 1-episode titles: 3, of which 2 ~Full Length Movies(Specials, (no 1-episode episode specials or shorts) Number of titles that aired in 2023 and have been completed in 2023: 1. Of which long series: 0, short series: 0, movies: 0, 1 specials or shorts

Regular Books List Stats:

1 completed

Manga/LN MAL/AP List Stats: Rated: 2653 (via Anime-Planet) - 1 Addition of a new All Time Favorite 444 Reading (incl. 2 re-reading), of which 112 moved from the year 2022, not accounting for year breaks in reading (+ unknown count of not on MAL entries) * 716 Dropped (MAL based), of which 45 read and dropped in 2023 (+ unknown not on MAL) * 805 Dropped (AP based), of which unknown dropped in 2023 (not necessarily read in 2023) 1617 Completed (MAL based), of which 79 in 2023 + 2 re-reads (+ unknown not on MAL) 1716 Completed (AP based), of which unknown in 2023 (re-reads not counted + a few stray not on AP entries) Volumes read 2023 (based on screenshots of MAL totals): 10478-9948=530 volumes *

* number of missing entries on MAL remains too much work to track.

Total titles not on MAL for 2023: Around 44

Anime Planet Stats:

AP as the purchase organisation system has been deprecated and Anilist went in to handle that.

Anilist Stats:

These are askew however as entries as there are completely bought but unread ones and read entries will get deleted and completed by the occasional Import from MAL to synchronize tags metadata.

Drama MDL List Stats:

411-392= 19 episodes in 2023 plus 1 movie

Other Movies/live-Action List Stats:

4 episodes of a UK series