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comic-book-jawns · 3 years ago

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A compilation of my Damie fics

Multi-chapter AUs:

Kinship (complete)

“Well... all right. Dani Clayton had inexplicably just called her beautiful and was now offering to share a drink with her. Maybe Owen’s insistence she attend their five-year reunion was paying off, after all.

She'd spoken too soon.”

[or the high school reunion reunion]

These hearts adore (Everyone the other beats hardest for)

Damietober ficlets!

[updated as inspiration strikes]

At Your Service (in progress)

“Toolbox in hand, the woman steps around Dani as she stands frozen, processing.

She’d already felt awkward enough coming down here at five past six in the morning, but evidently her concerns about waking the woman had been unfounded. She had not thought to be concerned about being refused service, even if she’d still felt a bit guilty asking for it.

“I, umm, I’m sure you must be busy.”

She turns and watches as the woman saunters down the hall.

“But if you - just when you have - ”

The woman cuts her off with a knock on the wall right beside the elevator and doesn’t stop moving. Dani just gapes for a moment, dumbfounded. Maybe the woman was having a bad day. Dani certainly was.”

[or tenant Dani & superintendent Jamie]

Wishes come true, not free (complete)

Dani is running from her prince when she meets a stranger in the woods. A stranger who will change her life.

[or an Into The Woods-inspired fairytale]

Confetti (in progress)

“I’m not here for you.”

Maybe it’s harsh. No, it is. Categorically. But it’s also the truth. Anything less is harsher. No one ever seems to appreciate that.

Still, Theo hesitates. Rather distracted by the kid.

The kid in Trish’s arms, wearing a flannel hoodie — Trish’s flannel hoodie — and squirming so aggressively the hood falls back, revealing a tangle of brown curls equally disproportionate to her tiny frame.”

[When Theo comes home to surprise the twins on the eve of their Sweet Sixteen (and a grim anniversary), she gets a surprise of her own: cousins.]

Damie: A Vision (in progress)

WandaVision-inspired reinterpretation of Dani and Jamie scenes from The Haunting of Bly Manor as 90s-2010s TV comedies, including Friends, Derry Girls, Fleabag, general mockumentary-style and more to be added...

[Written in pseudo-screenplay-style. It will make more sense once you get into it... sort of.]

One-shot AUs:

If it’s not you (it’s not anyone)

“Sure, Jamie thinks it’s a bit weird. Dani’s idea for “getting in the spirit.” An idea she shares over dinner on a late November night, bright-eyed and pink-cheeked with all the nervous energy of someone pretending to think of something they clearly feel very strongly about off the top of their head.

But her roommate is a bit of a weirdo. And she loves her all the more for it… not that Dani would know. Dani doesn’t even know Jamie’s gay.”

[or the closeted Jamie discord prompt]

Third Time’s The Charm

1) Inviting Jamie to sleep over had been questionable.

2) Breaking into her mother’s wine supply had been ill-advised.

3) Kissing Jamie had been where it all went wrong.

[Or it's still 1987 but they're in high school and Jamie inadvertently reveals her deepest insecurity]

Canon-Compliant One-shots:

The Morning After

“Uh, Hannah’s with her now, so… breakfast?” Smiling, Dani nods toward the door. “Not sure what Owen’s making, but it’s always… ”

She stops smiling as she sees that Jamie isn’t. Jamie looks almost lost, in fact. Dani cups her right cheek.

“Jamie?”

[After getting Flora back to bed, Dani goes back to her room.]

Closure

“Did ya see her?”

Dani whips her head up. How could Jamie possibly know that? She didn’t even know what... oh, that her...

Dani shakes her head.

“Eddie- ” She sees Jamie’s eyes go wide. “Eddie’s mom. She’s here.”

[Shortly after celebrating her and Jamie's 10-year anniversary, Dani has an unexpected reunion.]

This is just for you

“Oh, I don’t mind. You have more clothes than I do, anyway. And those sweaters of yours take up a lot of room.”

Dani laughed.

“Thank you, but it’s - it’s not for clothes, Jamie.”

Jamie finally took her eyes off the chest, furrowing her brow as she turned to Dani, who took a deep breath.

“I thought - I thought this could be like your… your rucksack… but bigger.”

[Part One of Damie Birthdays.]

A Proper Date

“What?”

Her voice had jumped an octave, and Dani had to bite her lip to keep from laughing. It wasn’t that it was funny, really, but it kinda was. Jamie had gotten herself all stressed out trying to make Dani happy, while Dani had been trying to do the exact to make Jamie happy. They really were quite a pair.

Dani pulled back, cupping Jamie’s bewildered face.

“Jamie, I need you to be honest with me, okay?”

She nodded.

“What do you want to do tonight?”

[Jamie wants to take Dani on a proper date for their one-month anniversary, but it doesn't go as planned.]

Lost in Translation

“S’what’dyathin? Preecooinnit?!”

“Hmm.”

Dani couldn’t help smiling. Jamie was beaming, and it was infectious. But with Jamie looking at her expectantly, she was also buying time, grasping at straws, trying to process any of what Jamie had just said.”

[A 'fired up' Jamie takes Dani on a walkthrough of what will soon be The Leafling, but her accent gets so thick that Dani can't understand her.]

Earlier That Night

"She quite likes you, you know."

Jamie immediately chokes and puts the glass down, watching Hannah smile as she coughs. After a moment, Jamie wipes her mouth and hesitantly eyes Owen, who’s sitting across from her next to Hannah.

"Oh, don’t worry about me."

He nods toward Hannah.

"We talk about you two all the time."

[Hannah has a heart-to-heart with Jamie after noticing something's changed between her and Dani.]

Dr. Dani

“The back room was the only place left to check. She’d knocked but gotten no response. So now she was opening it for good measure. If Jamie wasn’t in here, it was then time to start panicking.

But, as it turned out, she was… and Dani immediately started panicking. Jamie was curled up on the floor, shaking, breathing heavily and alarmingly pale.

“Jamie?!”

[or the sickfic that helped a reader realize they have hypoglycemia IRL, Part 10 of Caretaker Dani]

Valentine’s Day 1988

“Jamie, it’s okay!”

Jamie was still panicking but turned back to look at her. Dani slowly rubbed her arms.

“Whatever your present is, I’ll love it.” Dani smiled softly. “Because it’s from you.”

Jamie started to calm down after a few moments, her lips turning up slightly, then looked down and cleared her throat.

“I just figured ya must’a gotten flowers… uh, before.”

[Part Two of Damie Holidays]

London Calling

“I know you, don’t I?”

Dani turned to find an undeniably attractive woman who looked mid-to-late-30s had joined them in the alley. She had a British accent, unsurprising considering they were in London, that was posher than Jamie’s.

And her eyes were fixed on Jamie, her face a mix of contemplation and amusement. As Dani watched, the woman lowered her gaze to Jamie’s lips.

“Oh my god! Jamie?”

[Before heading to America, Dani and Jamie run into an "acquaintance" of Jamie's in London, Part One of London Calling.]

Golden

“Why would you think that?”

“Ya didn’t answer the question.”

Already running various scenarios, it took her a moment to process Jamie’s response.

“I - Jamie, of course, you didn’t.”

“You sure?”

“Yes!”

Dani hadn’t meant to raise her voice and felt her heart clench as Jamie tensed.

[Already feeling off, Dani grows concerned when Jamie's own mood takes a strange turn.]

And 32 more @ ao3

#saw other people do this so figured I’d give it a shot #dani x jamie #the haunting of bly manor

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fandomtransmandom · 4 years ago

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2020 Wrapped:

Rules: It’s time to love yourselves! Choose your 5-8 (ish) favorite works you created in the past year (fics, art, edits, etc.) and link them below to reflect on the amazing things you brought into the world in 2020. Tag as many writers/artists/etc. as you want (fan or original) so we can spread the love and link each other to awesome work!

Okay, so as you know, ya boi is verbose af, so apologies, but I could only whittle it down to a top 10 (and one honorable mention.) I like to think my work has improved with time, so the older ones may be a bit rough, but here are my favs from 2020 and why (from most recent to oldest.)

1.) Southern Comfort-Bill Hader, Teddy Redbones (Doc Now)/OFC

Synopsis: Teddy Redbones viciously despises his political opponent Savannah Harrison...by day. At night, the two tear into each other madly, hiding their secret affair from the world and their feelings from one another.

Why I Love: Honestly when @martymcdie88mph sent me a request that just asked for ‘Teddy Redbones laying down pipe’ I never expected the first fic about him to get the response it did, much less for it to lead to two more requests. It’s provided me with immeasurable laughter and I’m so glad there are others out there down to bone this angry southern dom.

2.) Frozen Dreams-Conan O’Brien/OFC

Synopsis: Receiving bad news while on their Christmas vacation at the height of ‘The Tonight Show’ upset, Conan deals with his grief, assisted by his partner, Molly.

Why I Love: Writing some Conan super angst was so cathartic and beautiful. Thank you @stunninconan for making this request and giving me the opportunity to do so. Just want to cherish our ginger smokeshow and let him know how deeply he’s loved.

3.) Flickering Beauty-Bill Hader, Little Vivvy (Doc Now)/Partners of Multiple Genders

Synopsis: Little Vivvy is away from her family, and her wealth, for the first time in 1970’s New York. As she tries to make it as a dancer, Vivvy undergoes the early stages of her transition and stumbles upon the accepting Ball scene, as well as some struggles of being a trans woman trying to live an authentic life.

Why I Love: I wrote this piece for NaNoWriMo 2020 and I knew going into it I would largely be composing it for myself. Beforehand I considered doing something that might draw in more readers, Reddie perhaps, but I'm so glad I went with my heart because this story is incredibly meaningful to me and I will love Vivvy until the end of my days.

4.) Breathe Me-Bill Hader, Barry/OFC

Synopsis: Barry is back in Cleveland after his discharge, working for Fuches, deeply depressed and feeling hopeless. After running into his childhood friend Annie, he discovers she’s doing sex work and offers to help her financially. But Annie refuses, saying there’s only one way she’ll accept payment from Barry.

Why I Love: One of many ideas I’ve worked on this year with @martymcdie88mph, though arguably our best. I received a lot of positive feedback on this piece that made me feel good about myself, and I simply love the dynamic between these two hurting characters.

5.) Lost and Found-Bill Hader, Reddie

Synopsis: When Richie loses the engagement ring he bought for Eddie, he panics, searching everywhere but finding nothing. Coming across the ring while cleaning, Eddie devises a plan to surprise Richie.

Why I Love: This one was based on a prompt from @halefirewarrior and I just think it’s cute and sweet. And it’s resulted in a dozen or so strangers on the internet telling me to ‘shut the fuck up,’ which is always amusing.

6.) Harmonious Monsters-Bill Hader, Vince Blight/OFC

Synopsis: Sociopathic power couple Vince and Stacy Blight live a hedonistic, extravagant existence based on kinky sex and a mutual disregard for humanity. As their ten year anniversary approaches, Vince reflects on the saga of their relationship.

Why I Love: Pretty sure this one appeals just to me, ha. I had a ball writing it. Getting into the heads of these characters was ridiculously fun and smut-wise it includes some of my favorite things.

7.) In The Midnight Hour-Bill Hader RPF, Priest AU

Synopsis: When Father Bill Hader sees a struggling trans man named Troy attending the weekly free meal offered by the church, he discovers Troy is homeless, offering him a place to stay in the basement. As they get to know one another, Troy tempts Bill and tests his faith in ways he never thought possible.

Why I Love: Writing this one for @phantomofthegallifreyanopera was cathartic for me. As a queer trans man who was trapped in a fundamental Christian community for a time, it felt like sweet vengeance to be able to flex my Biblical Studies degree for the sake of gay p*rn (trust me, it’s completely useless otherwise) and it was fun to see Father Bill teased into sin 😈

8.) Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger-Bill Hader, The Alan (SNL)/OFC

Synopsis: When Lily comes home to find The Alan on her doorstep, she can’t imagine why her friend got her such a silly, extravagant gift. That is, until she discovers the Adult Expansion Pack.

Why I Love: I was nervous about publishing this one and almost didn’t. I truly didn’t think y’all would be on board. But thank fuck everyone in this fandom is kinky as shit and this became one of the fics for which I get praised the most. I loved writing it and I’m so here for cranking out more weird shit all day every day.

9.) If The World Was Ending-Bill Hader, Barry/OFC

Synopsis: Barry knows that tomorrow he is likely to die, the Chechens seeking vengeance for the massacre at the monastery. For his last night, he wants nothing more than to spend it with Valerie. The problem: Valerie and Barry broke up months before when she discovered his true profession. Barry begs Valerie to see him, and for one final time, he finds solace in her arms.

Why I Love: When @erdankely gave me their concept for this request, I was unreasonably excited. So damn cool. And I just sobbed while I wrote it. Such a sl*t for Barry super angst any day of the week. Love this one and I’m pretty proud of how it turned out, actually.

10.) Miles Apart Inside-Bill Hader, Robbie Wheadlan (Doc Now)/OFC

Synopsis: While he’s awaiting trial for murder, Robbie Wheadlan and his lover Abbi reflect on the saga of their relationship.

Why I Love: Not only was this a piece that made me fall hardcore in love with a murderer who was on screen for maybe 15 minutes and has no redeemable attributes, but it strengthened my friendship with @stunninconan and for that I am grateful.

Honorable Mention: Later That Night- Conan O’Brien/OFC

Synopsis: Conan meets author Gwendolyn who comes on his show to promote her book.

Why I Love: This is the first fic I published back in July. I’m sure I would cringe like crazy if I tried to read it now at all the edits it needs, but I’m so, so happy I decided to post it and kept writing and sharing. Without this almost 48k monster about my orange pompadoured beloved and all the kind feedback from everyone, I wouldn’t be where I am today. Thank you all!

And I spend my days doing nothing other than hammering out alphabet p*rn of my own, so I apologize that I don't know who to tag to keep this going because I shamefully never take time to read. But feel free to do your own if you have creations you would like to share!i

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thewritingstar · 5 years ago

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Star’s Master Fic Page!

Updated: 11/19/2020

This is where you can find all of my fics!!!

Current Fic Count: 200

Original Content Count: 6

Fandoms: Fairy Tail, My Hero Academia, Miraculous LadyBug, The PowerPuff Girls, The Promised Neverland, Ducktales, Gravity Falls, Original Works

Bold are Chapter fics!

My asks are always open for requests!!

Commissions are open!!

Fairy Tail

1. Lying - Gruvia

2. It Should Have Been Me - Gruvia

3. Of All The Colors: 1 - 2 - Gruvia

4. Blue Skies -Gruvia

5. My Savior - Lucy and Aquarius

6. Little Notes - Lucy and Aquarius

7. Movies - Gruvia

8. Books - Gajevy

9. Candles -Nalu

10. The First Snow -Nalu

11. Letting Go - Gruvia

12. Written In The Stars Au. 1 2-Nalu

13. Fine- Gruvia

14. Reassuring- Gruvia

15. Melt for Me- Nalu (Candles pt 2)

16. Marshmallows- Nalu

17. Book Shelves- Gajevy

18. Flower Crown- Gruvia

19. Sweatshirts and Coffee- Gruvia

20. Bloody Smile- Nalu

21. Water Body- Gruvia

22. Balloons- Gruvia

23. Marriage- Gajevy

24. Can’t help falling in love with you- Nalu

25. The Siren Song- Gruvia AU. 1

26. Mario Kart- Nalu

27. Beating Hearts- Nalu

28. Mint- Gajevy

29. Can you feel the love tonight?- Gruvia

30. Clock- Nalu

31. Show me whats behind your back. -Nalu

32. Just Smile- Gajevy

33. Can we?- Nalu (Adult Content)

34. Broken- Gruvia

35. Immortal- Gruvia

36. Russian Roulette -Gruvia

37. Sit Down -Gruvia

38.Don’t Cry- Gruvia

39. Water Lily Wedding- Gruvia

40. Cycle Of the Rain -Gruvia

41. Lost -Gajevy

42. Forgiveness -Jerza

43. Auto Shop Hearts -Gajevy

44. Valentines Day?? - Gruvia

45. Music- Gajevy

46. Past and Future -Gajevy

47. Leave me alone -Gruvia

48. Valentine Exchange -Nalu

49. Cold Feet -Gruvia

50. Silence -Nalu

51. You’re Hurting Me- Gruvia

52. Magic Trick- Nalu

53. Damp Skin- Gruvia

54. Mall Adventures- Gruvia

55. I prefer blondes- Nalu

56. The Secret Admirer- Gruvia

57. Forgiving- Gruvia

58. Missing You- Gruvia

59. Ill Keep You Warm- Nalu

60. Ive Got You- Gruvia

61. Adventures In Lush- Fairy Tail Girls + Others

62. The Anniversary To Remember - Gruvia

63. A Chance Meeting- Gruvia

64. Do You Have A Ride Home?- Nalu

65. I Can’t Trust You- Gajevy

66. You Could Have Warned Me! -Nalu

67. SnowBalls- Gruvia

68. Stuck In The Elevator- Gruvia

69. Labor- Gruvia

70. Rescued- Gruvia

71. Liquid Locket- Gruvia

72. Very Happy- Gruvia

73. Gruvia Week: Proposal

74. Gruvia Week: Surprise

75. Gruvia Week: Devotion

76. Gruvia Week: Sport

77. Gruvia Week: Heartbreak

78. Lost- Gruvia

79. Mortifying Merch- Gruvia

80. Never Stop- Gajevy

81. Blind Date- Gruvia

82. Fates Desire- Gruvia: Chap 1 Chap 2

83. Stairwell Kisses- Gruvia

84. Stolen Shirts- Nalu

85. “Kiss Me”- Gruvia

86. Happy Birthday- Nalu

87. Enough- Gruvia

88. The Moment- Nalu

89. Are You Safe- Gajevy

90. Bruises- Gruvia

91. The Ex Boyfriend- Gruvia

92. Double Date: Gruvia/Nalu

93. A Royal Heart- Gruvia (Big Bang Event)

94. One More Time: Gruvia

95. Deserving of Love- Gruvia

96. Kiss As a Lie- Gruvia

97. To Ignore the Rain Would Be A Pity: Gruvia Chap 1 Chap 2

98. Go Get Your Happiness- Gruvia

99. Death n Diamonds- Gruvia

100. Drabble- Gruvia

101. Silver Shorelines- Gruvia

102. Gruvia Day 2019

103. Fire n Water- Navia

104. Starsoba Fictober- Candy- Gruvia

105. Chained With Love- Nalu

106. A Years Difference- Gruvia

107. Grains Of Purple- Gruvia

108. Truly Beautiful- Nalu

109. Dress- Nalu

110. Back to those Summer Days- Gruvia

111. The Legend of The Lake- Gruvia

112. Upon the Frozen Lake- Gruvia

113. Waiting in the Rain- Gruvia

114. Only A Fairy tale- Gruvia

115. Learn to Love Again- Gruvia

116. Toxic in Trade: Chap 1 Chap 2- Gruvia

117: Gruvia Week 2020- Day 1

118: Gruvia Week 2020- Day 2

119: Within The Darkness- Gruvia

120: By Your Side- Nalu

121: A Touch of a Hand- Gruvia

122: Scars- Gratsu

123: Promise Me- Gruvia

124: Ice Ice Baby?- Gruvia

125: The Melody of Loving You- Gruvia

126: Holding You Close- Lucy x Juvia

127: Gruvia Day 2020

128: Beautiful Revelations- Gruvia

Miraculous Ladybug

1. Why Can’t You Just Love Me Back?- LadyNoir

2. Fallen Heroes -LadyNoir

3. Regret -Adrientte

4. Lights- LadyNoir

5. Not the Time -Adrienette

6. Reason to Live - LadyNoir

7. Indigo Tears -MariChat

My Hero Academia

1. Credit Due -Kiribaku

2. Angry Kiss -Kiribaku

3. Tell me you need me- Kacchako

4. Bath- Kacchako

5. 3 A.M - Kacchako

6. Sick Days- Kiribaku

7. Dance Dance Revolution- Kiribaku

8. A Confession- Kiribaku

9. The Assassin Code- 1

10. No Time To Waste- KiriBaku

11. KiriBaku Week: Dance

12. KiriBaku Week: Scars

13. KiriBaku Week: Support

14. KiriBaku Week: Soulmate

15. My New Dream- KiriBaku

16. 90’s- KiriBaku

17. Best at Boasting -KiriBaku

18. My Everything -Kacchako

19. StarSoba Fictober: Pumpkins-KiriBaku

20. Gift Swap- BakuDeku

21. Gift Swap: ROCKin Around the Christmas Tree- Kiribaku

22. What It Could Be- Kiribaku

23. Sleepover Secrets- Jiroumomo

Powerpuff Girls

1. Own Escape- Blossick

2. Up In The Clouds- Blossick

3. Pretty Sparks- Butchercup

4. Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince: Chap 1 -Blossutch

5. Green Light District- Butchercup

6. Enchanted For a Moment- Chap 1, Chap 2 -Blossick (orphaned)

7. Valuable Possessions- Butchercup

8. Bite my Tongue- Blossutch

9. Tease-Blossick

10. Cute- Butchercup

11. Come Get Me: Butchercup

12. Hair Twirling- Blossutch

13. I’m a Mess- Butchercup

14. Stay- Blossick

15. Fireworks- Butchercup

16. Shields and Sparks- Butchercup

17. The Talk- Butchercup

18. Spa Night- Butch and Bubbles

19. Roomies- Butchercup

20. Desperate Hugs- Butchercup

21. Incinerate- Blossutch

22. Bounce House Blues- Brickercup

23. Bruises- Butchercup

24. Tender Kisses- Butchercup

25. Like Ashes We Burn- Blossick

26. Little Red Bow- Blossutch

27. More than you Think- Butchercup

28. When The Night is Still Young- Prinbrute

29. Like the Weight of the World- Blossick

30. Enchanted For A Moment (Revamped) Color Code- Chap 1

31. Falling Back to You- Blossick

32. The Freedom of Being Yours- Blossick

33. Until My Heart Stops Racing-Mike x Mitch

34. Blue With Envy- Boomubbles

35. Drawn That Way- Blossucth

36. Don’t Panic, I Got You- Boomer and Blossom

37. In The Depths Of The Deep Sea- Blossutch

Duck Tales

1. Drive Thru- Fentonald

Poems/ Original Work

1. Red

2. A Fateful Friendship

3. Head Held High

4. Turn Your Back on Me

5. Ashamed

6. Like A Rainbow

The Promised Neverland

1. To See Her Smile- RayEmma

Gravity Falls

1. Mystery Mom- Wendy’s mom commission

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tsrookie · 4 years ago

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Alright, so today’s the three-year anniversary of Reputation a.k.a the greatest album of all time, my baby, the light of my life, the album that deserved a Grammy (trying desperately not to think about the scene from Miss Americana😭), the album that introduced us to the most beautiful couple ever, the album that shut Kimye up, and I better stop now, or else I’m not gonna shut up.

So in honour of this momentous occasion (and the fact that I reached 200+ followers! Thank you so much you guys!🥺 Love you all 3000💙), here’s a loooooong post on why Reputation is the Ethan and MC album.

1. ...Ready For It?

No one has to know

Throwback to MC saying the exact same words back in Miami.

In the middle of the night, in my dreams

You should see the things we do, baby, mmm

In the middle of the night, in my dreams

I know I'm gonna be with you

So I take my time

Remember back when MC asked for Ethan to get into bed right away during their first time? Ethan told them that he had dreamt about the moment for months, so he wasn’t going to rush it.

2. End Game

Big reputation, big reputation

Ooh you and me would be a big conversation

These two dating would be the talk of the hospital, and they know it.

Even when we'd argue, we don't do it for long

And you understand the good and bad, end up in the song

For all your beautiful traits, and the way you do it with ease

For all my flaws, paranoia, and insecurities

Think these lines are pretty self-explanatory😌

I hit you like bang

We tried to forget it, but we just couldn't

*gets war flashbacks of the ‘reset’ phase*😭 They tried to make it work, but we all know how Ch 8 of book 2 went😌

I swear I don't love the drama, it loves me

Perfect for our chaotic MC😌

3. Don’t Blame Me

Do I... really have to explain this one?

For you, I would cross the line

I would waste my time

I would lose my mind

They say she's gone too far this time

Do we need a recap of our rule-breaking MC?

And baby, for you, I would fall from grace

Just to touch your face

If you walk away

I'd beg you on my knees to stay

He was willing to risk his (mostly) rule-abiding reputation for being with MC. And there’s no way he wouldn’t beg for MC not to leave him if he ever screwed up🤷‍♀️

4. Delicate

This ain't for the best

My reputation's never been worse, so

You must like me for me

Ethan stood by MC’s side throughout the Ethics hearing, when her reputation was completely smeared, and people only saw her as a patient murderer. He didn’t know about the sabotages, but he would’ve definitely supported her if he had known.

We can't make

Any promises now, can we, babe?

Commitment-phobia🙃

Sometimes I wonder when you sleep

Are you ever dreaming of me?

Sometimes when I look into your eyes

I pretend you're mine, all the damn time

They spent so much of time apart, not able to be with each other, so the least they could do was dream of being with each other all the time.

5. So It Goes (an underrated af bop)

What can I say... it’s a sex song, okay? Don’t make me go into the details😂 Just listen to the lyrics, and all will be clear.

6. Gorgeous (Tumblr won’t let me put any more links)

MC’s eternal anthem to Ethan.

Whisky on ice, Sunset and Vine

You've ruined my life, by not being mine

We all know Ethan loves Whiskey, and the second line? C’mon!

You're so gorgeous

I can't say anything to your face

'Cause look at your face

And I'm so furious

At you for making me feel this way

But, what can I say?

You're gorgeous

Ethan Ramsey is famous for two reasons. One: his smart brain, I guess😒 Two: HIS LOOKS!!! HE’S GORGEOUS, AND DON’T DENY IT.

And you should think about the consequence

Of you touching my hand in the darkened room (dark room, dark room)

Ah, the olden days of hand holding in the diagnostics office🥺

Ocean blue eyes looking in mine

I feel like I might sink and drown and die

No explanation required.

You make me so happy, it turns back to sad, yeah

There's nothing I hate more than what I can't have

You are so gorgeous it makes me so mad

The wonderful will-they-won’t-they saga. The frustrating hot-and-cold behaviour. The ‘We can’t’, ‘It’s unethical’ and ‘It’s complicated’. MC deserves an award for her patience😓

7. King Of My Heart

I'm perfectly fine, I live on my own

I made up on my mind, I'm better off bein' alone

Ethan ‘I don’t believe in soulmates and nobody’s waiting at home’ Ramsey.

And all at once, you are the one I have been waiting for

King of my heart, body and soul, ooh whoa

And all at once, you are all I want, I'll never let you go

King of my heart, body and soul, ooh whoa

This could be from both Ethan and MC’s perspectives. The love they share isn’t something that you get easily. It’s something that MC has waited for her whole life, and something Ethan never knew he needed, but now can’t live without🥺

Late in the night, the city's asleep

Your love is a secret I'm hoping, dreaming, dying to keep

Change my priorities

The taste of your lips is my idea of luxury

This was definitely Ethan throughout book 2, after he finally gave in. He let go of his previous rules and regulations, especially during the time of the attack. He was clearly affected, and once MC was alright, his main priority was her, and her alone.

Is the end of all the endings?

My broken bones are mending

With all these nights we're spending

Ethan’s been burnt a lot in the past. But all those wounds are now healing thanks to MC.

Up on the roof with a school girl crush

Drinking beer out of plastic cups

They act like lovesick teenagers around each other, like, that’s literally their description if you choose to kiss Ethan for the first time in Chapter 14 of book 2!😅

Say you fancy me, not fancy stuff

Baby, all at once, this is enough

We all know about his initial fear of his mother reaching out to him for the sake of his money. To him, MC not talking advantage of him is a pretty big deal, even though it’s never mentioned. You just know, you know?🥺

8. Dancing With Our Hands Tied

My, my love had been frozen

Deep blue, but you painted me golden

Again, Ethan doesn’t have the best experience with love. But MC changed that.

I'm a mess, but I'm the mess that you wanted

This could go both ways, cause they’re both piping hot messes😬 (but love each other anyway🥺)

The rest of this song could have made so much more sense for them if we had gotten some sort of a secret relationship storyline. But oh well, I’m definitely not complaining about the gala😌 (and definitely not believing any of the supposed cancelled storylines)

9. Dress

Our secret moments

In a crowded room

They got no idea

About me and you

I mean... pretty obvious😌

Even in my worst times, you could see the best of me

And I woke up just in time

Now I wake up by your side

My one and only, my lifeline

This is practically Ethan’s train of thought, and you can’t convince me otherwise.

As for the rest of the steamier lyrics... I’ll um... let you guys listen to it yourselves😁

10. Call It What You Want

I wrote an entire fic inspired by this song, so excuse me for the shameless self-promo, but go give it a read?🥺👉👈(totally fine if you don’t! I’ve probably made so many posts about this song that y’all know the meaning anyway😅)

11. New Years Day

Don't read the last page

But I stay when you're lost and I'm scared and you're turning away

I want your midnights

But I'll be cleaning up bottles with you on New Year's Day

MC has always stayed by Ethan’s side, even when he’s pushed her away. These lines perfectly explain how she wants his worst times, and his best, the midnights they spend staying up together, and the moments where it’s just the two of them, when everyone else has left, like the aftermath of a New Years party (still mad at the fact that we didn’t get to see the gang celebrate New Year together😭)

I'll be there if you're the toast of the town babe

Or if you strike out and you're crawling home

The above explanation for these lines as well.

Please don't ever become a stranger whose laugh I could recognize anywhere

Becoming strangers to each other would be their worst nightmares. Knowing that the other was out there in the world somewhere, but not being in their lives would kill them.

You and me forevermore

These two are each other’s soulmate, they know it, even if they haven’t said it yet. Forever wouldn’t be enough for them to shower each other with they love they hold for each other. But it’s a good start.

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If you guys made it this far, then I honestly love you more than words can ever express🥺💙 Thanks for putting up with my Swiftie-Directioner-Ethan stan ass, cause I dunno if I’d ever be able to handle someone like myself. And if you read all the above stuff, then I hope you wanna know why this album means so much to me.

Reputation is perceived as a dark album, when in reality it’s truly about finding love amongst all the noise. This album, and Taylor and Joe’s story, taught me what true love actually is, and Ethan and MC cemented that. This album and these two couples (quite literally) saved my life.

The most beautiful part about both these relationships is that even though they never showed it openly, for the sake of their relationships, both Ethan(in the story) and Joe stood by the side of the one’s they loved, despite half of the people who they knew hating on them, or betraying them. And I think that’s what’s truly important. Forming a true relationship like that, be it platonic or romantic, is long lasting, and I hope everyone finds those kind of people to fill their hearts with. Sending much love, and sorry for being a huge sap😅💙

Tagging a couple of my Swiftie homies: @swiftlydarcy @nikki-2406 @dxnicaramsey @kaavyaethanramsey @caseyvalentineramsey @drariellevalentine @justanotherrookie

#open heart #open heart second year #dr ethan ramsey x mc #ethan jonah ramsey #ethan ramsey x mc #ethan x mc #mercy goes nuts #happy three years of Reputation🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤#ethan ramsey

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iam93percentstardust · 4 years ago

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State of the Fic

So for this July, I seemingly have a lot for you but honestly, most of it is shorter stuff. I’m trying to get the latest round of prompts cleared out of my inbox - I think I have maybe five? left to write. It’s been a very busy, very stressful month for me. I’m approaching crunch time on my orals (thank god they’re mostly already written), for a while there, I thought my tuition waiver wasn’t going to go through (but it did so yay!), and now I get to wear a very itchy heart monitor for a month and writing has definitely been an escape for me this month.

WIPs

More Complicated than a Smash and Grab: Chapter 9 posted on July 24, currently working on Chapter 10

Recently Posted

For the First Time in Forever: posted on July 1

When Bucky thinks about his childhood, he mostly remembers how afraid he’d been.

He knows that there were good times—there must have been or else Stevie wouldn’t have gotten hurt. He knows that there were times when they snuck out onto the fjords or into the ballroom, times when he froze the water so Steve could go ice skating or made it snow in the castle so they could build snowmen.

But when Bucky thinks about his childhood, he mostly remembers that one fateful night, the night he’d panicked and frozen Steve’s head instead of the ground.

Soft, My Love: posted on July 4

Steve decides it's time to take some time off from their busy lives to reaffirm his love for his husband.

Come a Long Way (From Where We Began): posted on July 7

The story begins with once upon a time.

But there’s more than just once upon a time.

Perhaps it’s once upon a time, there was a princess. Or maybe there was a sorceress. Or a Witcher.

But in this story, it’s once upon a time, there was a bard.

Longing to Hold You Again: posted on July 16

It’s taken them months to get to this point, months of futile flirting because Steve apparently can’t believe that there’s room in this relationship for him too, that Tony and Bucky would even want him in their relationship. Steve wants them too. Bucky is pretty sure Steve has wanted him since even before the war and to hear Tony talk about it, he thinks that Steve has wanted Tony since the Battle of New York. But Steve has never been the kind of guy to make the first move, too used to rejection as he is, so it’s been up to Bucky and Tony—except that their advances keep flying over Steve’s head, driving them to this point.

Seeking Your Approval: posted on July 18

It's the happiest day of Thor's life. After half a millennia of waiting, Anthony has finally agreed to court him. There's just one problem - he doesn't know how to tell his brother and Anthony's closest friend, Loki.

Bain à la Grenouillère: posted on July 19

They were supposed to come here for their anniversary.

Three years, the longest Tony’s ever made it in a relationship. Pepper had been the only one to even come close and she had only lasted six months before they’d mutually decided that they could either be friends and co-workers or lovers but not all three. At the time, Tony had thought that a good partner was easy to find but a good CEO, not so much. After she’d left though, after a string of failed romances, he’d revised his opinion but by then, she had Happy and he would never begrudge them that.

Three years. Three years of bliss and happiness and feeling like he’d never known love before he found Bucky.

Well, almost three years, he supposes.

Triple-A Rated: posted on July 22

Three assassination attempts in two weeks. That's gotta be some kind of record. Three attempts - and that doesn't even count the Ten Rings. Tony's pretty sure that Stane's trying to kill him again. Fury's pretty sure of the same thing, which is why he starts sending agents to protect him. It's just that Tony doesn't like any of his new bodyguards - except one.

Bewitched, Body and Soul: posted on July 23

Almost ten years after joining the British Army, Steve Rogers returns to his childhood home after his mother's death. The house seems quiet in a way that it's rarely been. But the peace is shattered when his oldest friend stumbles into his home and into his life, seeking an escape from an arranged marriage to a cruel lord. Steve provides that escape but finds himself engaged to be married instead. This wouldn't be a problem - except that Steve is, always has been, and always will be deeply in love with Tony Stark.

Marvels Unsolved: posted on July 23

Marvels Unsolved was never supposed to be this popular. It started off as a novelty webseries about Tony trying to convince Bucky about the existence of the supernatural—he firmly believed that if science could turn Uncle Steve from an actual shrimp to the god of muscles, then magic had to be out there—and then they’d started talking about an unsolved crime from the early 20th century after filming an episode one day, forgetting that the camera was still rolling, and had ended up with enough footage to make a second episode about real crimes. They had stayed pretty unknown throughout that first season but then true crime podcasts had exploded in popularity and Unsolved along with them.

More Important Things: posted on July 29

Kidnappings, Nile comes to learn, are a simple fact of life when you’re part an immortal band of warriors dedicated to upholding all that is right and good in the world.

Wow, there’s a sentence she never thought she’d say.

Coming Up

1. The sixth part to Eyes Turned Skyward

2. The latest round of prompts

3. AU-gust

4. Winteriron Western arranged marriage

5. Kissed by a Muse: probably pushed back to September

6. A King for Christmas; did not get the chance to work on this month, still on track to be posted in November though, snippets can be tracked under #a king for christmas, still accepting anyone who wants to be tagged when I start posting

#alle writes #state of the fic

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elisajdb · 5 years ago

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Fanfic Authors Tag Game

Tagged by @meztliel

AO3 name: ElisaJ

Fandoms: Dragon Ball. Sailor Moon. Inuyasha. Though Dragonball is the only one I’ve written for.

Number of fics: 20

1. Fic I spent the most time on: Life With You. Working on finishing Part 30. I know. It’s been forever.

2. Fic I spent the least time on: A Yakuza Dragon ball story.

3. Longest fic: Life With You.

4. Shortest fic: The Visitor. Short story I wrote based on fanart of Bardock visiting Goku’s family briefly. He hugs Goku, greets Gohan and Goten and compliments ChiChi. He’s only on Earth long enough to see Goku turned out fine.

5. Most hits: Life With You

6. Most kudos: Life With You

7. Most comment threads: Life With You

8. Favourite fic I wrote: Changes which was part of Son Family Week in 2018. Sweet short story of Goten adjusting to life with his Dad again and learns how he and his Dad have a lot more in common than Goten realizes.

9. Fic you want to rewrite/expand on: Probably the Saiyan ChiChi/Evil Goku story I just wrote for GoChi week. It would fun to expand on how Goku and ChiChi met, how Gyumao left Planet Vegeta and continue on with how the one shot end.

10. Share a bit of a WIP or a story idea you’re planning on: An excerpt from Life With You: Part 30:

“What?” ChiChi wasn’t sure she heard right. “You mean that’s why you sent Gohan away? You wanna spend time with me?”

Goku felt warmth spread on his cheeks. He rather show it than say it but if this was the only way to calm ChiChi and get her to accept his decision…. “I spent nearly a year with Gohan in that room. It was great. I spent time with Gohan when I came back from Yardrat but Piccolo was here and it wasn’t the same. It was great being with Gohan but when I was in that room, I thought about you and how we ain’t done anything in a long time.”

“Yeah,” ChiChi agreed dully. “I think it was before you died we really spent time alone. Dad would watch Gohan for a few days while we celebrated our anniversary. There were a few date nights we’ve had but since you died,” ChiChi shrugged, “nothing.” It bothered ChiChi she and Goku hadn’t spent time alone together like they used to. They satisfied their physical needs when the urge rose. Some nights they spent it talking but the way Goku carried on these last years, ChiChi didn’t think Goku felt the same. “I thought you were happier since you died. Before Raditz, you were getting bored. You were craving another fight and you got it fighting your brother, then Vegeta, Freeza, the Artificial Humans and now Cell.”

ChiChi wiped away a tear threatening to fall. “For three years, it was you, Gohan and Piccolo and our days were spent with you three talking about fighting, talking about how much stronger you’ve gotten. It was always about fighting. It was no longer about what Gohan learned from his books, about you earning money from Mr. Olitz’s farm, what you and Aki were doing, dinner with Dad, our family going on trips together or expanding our family. It was you, Gohan and Piccolo all day while I spent my days alone. Even my Dad hasn’t come around as much anymore because of my decision to stay with you and Piccolo living with us. We made up after you returned but it never meant I was completely happy with our arrangement but it seemed like you were and I was just a distraction so you didn’t get bored in the early years of our marriage.”

It was as if Raditz punched him in his stomach again and he lied on the beach powerless to move. ChiChi’s revelation of her inner pain these three years caught him off guard. When he returned from Yardrat, they talked a lot. It took a while but Goku thought things were good between them. When the training started, Goku did leave Gohan and Piccolo for an hour or two and spent it with ChiChi. Two years left him missing his wife intimately terribly but over time the visits became lesser to none at all. The intimacy continued but at night when everyone slept. He never asked what ChiChi did while he trained all day. ChiChi took care of the house and prepared food but Goku knew it didn’t take ChiChi all day to do that.

He assumed Gyu-Mao visited. Goku knew things were strained between himself and his father-in-law but Goku assumed Gyu-Mao visited while he trained with Gohan and Piccolo. He never suspected Gyu-Mao didn’t because he didn’t accept ChiChi’s decision to stay with him and allow Piccolo to live with them but he should’ve. Gohan’s his grandson and Gyu-Mao must’ve been shocked and angered, too, Piccolo was living with them after all he did to their family. They visited Gyu-Mao’s village for festivals, saw him on holidays and birthdays but mostly Goku and his family stayed on Mount Paouz. It wasn’t until their talk after Gohan’s party Goku felt the ice melt between him and Gyu-Mao. After their fight, Goku accepted things were different between them but Goku never realized ChiChi’s relationship with her father was in an almost similar place since his return.

With Gyu-Mao staying away and ChiChi being alone most of the day, other things became clearer to Goku. No wonder ChiChi insisted he and Gohan took one day a week off from training. No wonder she insisted Goku and Gohan eat breakfast, lunch and dinner with her. No wonder she insisted Goku get his license again and take her on shopping trips. She was lonely, estranged from her father and finding ways to cope while he never noticed. How could he? Goku asked himself. Everyday, ChiChi said goodbye and welcomed him and Gohan with a smile. Some days ChiChi got angry but most ChiChi quietly did her housework. He assumed things were fine and they weren’t. She buried her feelings like he did.

In their ten years of marriage, ChiChi became the only person to see Goku as himself. Unlike his friends, she knew when he was hiding things behind his smile. She knew when things really bothered him. Goku felt he failed as a husband not noticing these things in his wife.

“I’m sorry, ChiChi,” Goku apologized. “I’m sorry you thought those bad things because of me. It’s not true. I’m just selfish and I haven’t been a good husband to you. I didn’t notice things were bad between you and your Pops because of me. It’s my fault. It’s always my fault.” Once again, Goku thought of Bulma’s words of bad things following him wherever he went.

Maybe Bulma is right. If it wasn’t for me, Gohan wouldn’t have been kidnapped. He wouldn’t have been left alone for six months. ChiChi wouldn’t have been alone for a year. ChiChi and her Pops had a good relationship all her life and I ruined that. I’m always hurting the ones I care for the most.

“Your fault?” ChiChi questioned. She noticed the frown and pain in his eyes. Something was bothering him. “What are you talking about? What’s your fault?”

“ChiChi,” Goku enclosed his hands around hers. Gone was his smile. His face was hardened as if he was preparing for a grueling fight and his gaze was so tense ChiChi felt frozen in place. “After the Cell Games, it’ll be us and Gohan. Maybe another child.” ChiChi smiled at that. “I haven’t been a good husband to you. Let me try now. Let’s fix this before Gohan comes home.”

“You….. you wanna work on us and our issues?” Another tear fell from her eyes but ChiChi sounded hopeful. “We’ve had issues for years, Goku. Can we really fix them in five days?”

“You know me,” Goku smiled brightly at ChiChi. “I love a challenge and you know there’s no stopping me when I want something.” ChiChi’s laugh lifted his spirits. He knew he was being arrogant but he knew he was right. “We can do this, ChiChi, if we want to and I want to.”

I think the other remaining writers have been tagged I won’t add them. :)

#writer tag meme #writing #fanfiction

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rangerslayer-97 · 4 years ago

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Since you technically cheated with question L on that ask thingy (it said don't choose a character you loathe, and I know you loathe Tarkin! XD), you leave me no choice but to ask you three more questions! (I just wanted an excuse to ask some more... don't judge me! XD). This time round I choose letters: B, K and U. Have fun if you want to answer them! XD (also feel free to revenge me again)

Oh no! I am a fool to think I could get away with it! Did I actually cheat? OK maybe I did, you caught me XD

I won’t judge you for wanting to pick my deranged brain more, so it’s all chill XD

So... B, K and U then.

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B - A pairing–platonic, romantic, or sexual–that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.

Ans: Oof, that’s a good one and a hard one. While I was initially on board with the whole Obitine (Obi-wan x Satine Kryze) pairing, I can see why the Codywan (Cody x Obi-wan) pairing actually works. I admit I have read fics that have Codywan and it’s a really adorable ship. When it’s actually set in an AU where Order 66 does not occur, cause that’s when the ship works best.

K - What character has your favorite development arc/the best development arc?

Ans: And another hard one... ... ... that is actually a had one. I’m even scratching my own head thinking about it. I would say the best development arc has to go to CT-25/ARC-5555 or famously known as Fives. Fives starts off like any Clone Trooper, he’s a Shiny like the rest of Domino Squadron. While his appearances are relatively consistent, Fives has two major plot points where he grows and thrives. One being the Umbara arc and the second being the Conspiracy 4-part episodes.

Umbara is when his thoughts as an ARC Trooper scream their loudest, questioning Krell’s leadership, asking the hard question “what is the glory of war?” if the jerk Krell is needlessly sending them to their deaths by the hundreds. His speech during the firing squad scene is most moving, telling his brothers to think for themselves. To choose, that they are human, they are men, not identical copies grown in-vitro in a test tube.

Fives really shined during the Conspiracy Arc. He could have been the trooper to single-handedly stop all of Palpatine’s plans. He would have stopped Order 66 from happening altogether. Of course, we all know, shit goes down from there and Fives loses his life.

U - Three favorite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favorites.

Ans: Three!? Are you for real!? Why do this to me!? XD Alrighty then. My 3 favourite characters from 3 different fandoms that’s not Star Wars so XD

1) Lara Croft (Survivor Timeline)

Lara Croft has been around for a LONG time. When I say long, I mean 24 years. Like most characters, she has been through some reiterations (looking at Original and Legends Timeline). Here I’m talking about Survivor Timeline Croft, that’s the Tomb Raider Reboot Trilogy (Tomb Raider [2013], Rise of the Tomb Raider [2015 - timed XB exclusive/2016 - PS4 20th Anniversary Release] & Shadow of the Tomb Raider [2018]). This version of Croft was what brought me into the TR fandom since I didn’t play the OG or the Legends games.

What I like about Croft is that she was given consistent character development, starting from being nothing but an Archaeology graduate fresh out of University College London, almost afraid to take a life, but learning the harsh rule of survival, quoting the antagonist of the first game in the trilogy: Mathias.

“There are no heroes, only survivors.” - Mathias; Tomb Raider (2013)

Following that, Lara grows even further and she will not hesitate to defend herself and learning some new tricks and skills. This can be seen in Dark Horse’s comics following the end of the first game. Her character arc is neatly tied in a package that gives Crystal Dynamics the closing Lara deserves in Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Her narrative and development are strong and consistent, it is believable (for the most part. I mean, I would be highly concerned if archaeology is like that). Just overall, Croft is a consistent character, with a relatively consistent development that doesn’t feel messy (looking at you Rey from the Sequel Trilogy).

2) Aloy (Horizon Zero Dawn)

I know, this seems like an odd one. Aloy is still technically in her early stages, but I’ve learned so much about her in the 10+ hrs gameplay of Horizon Zero Dawn and its DLC The Frozen Wilds. Despite knowing way at the beginning, it is easy to put two and two together that Aloy is a clone of a bright scientist, engineer, and roboticist, and the creator of the Zero Dawn Project - Elizabet Sobeck, who died in circa 2066.

The reason I chose Aloy is... she’s still a developing character and I already feel attached to her as a person and not just a clone. She’s headstrong, fierce, willing to help people despite her upbringing as an outcast. As much as I am going to hold off from getting a PS5, I look forward to more character development of Aloy in Horizon: Forbidden West.

3) Spyro (The Legend of Spyro Trilogy)

This incarnation of Spyro is relatively overlooked and it’s a crime. Yes the 1996 original was amazing, but The Legend of Spyro Trilogy holds a special place in my heart, even though I only played the first game. Multiple times to the point I maxed out all four element breaths and their special attacks. I still didn’t get bored. From I know and read, I love the universe this version of Spyro is living in. It’s dark, there’s a sense of forebodingness and dread with the name Malefor over you. He doesn’t appear until the third game. The dark and gritty storytelling of Spyro’s origins, a purple egg laid in a time of war, it’s my kind of storytelling.

Spyro was brought into an unforgiving world and has to fight. Say what you will about the Original Trilogy, it’s great but TLOS is sadly being overshadowed by it. It needs more love and appreciation.

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I hope my answers are to your liking, @sirloozelite buddy XD

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Embers Ch. 1

Takes place 10 years in the future. Sequel to Wild Fire; though readers don’t need to read the prior fic to read this one.

After the defeat of the Acolytes and their leader, Kai Palakiko, in the frozen desert of Antarctica, life had been busy for virtually everyone. The DWMA was occupied with trying to repair the damages that the Acolytes had caused, to rebuild the lives that had been ruined, to help process those that survived and were being locked up. But, mostly, it was spent dealing with the aftermath of a slaughter, and comforting mourning parents.

A lot of people had died during the fight, a lot of people on both sides. Even if it had been a victory for the DWMA, the cost had been steep. The deaths had not just been at the battle of Antarctica, however, rather, there had been bloodshed all over the globe.

During the first year after the victory, things had only gotten worse; members who had not been present for the battle retaliated against the DWMA and against Death. They killed their neighbors in the name of the Acolytes, set off bombs in public places, slaughtered people left and right to avenge their so-called ‘God’. It took so much time, but through suicide attacks and the DWMA hunting these lingering members down, the violence died down too. Still, there was so much left to heal, both personally and globally.

The battle had been horrible, bloody, cruel. Human against human, most of pure souls swayed by differing opinions, brainwashed through generations of cultic beliefs.

It took time before meisters and weapons were able to relax again, able to fall into their old routines. No longer was there a massive cult, an army of humans, sorcerers and witches alike waiting to topple the order of the world.

Everyone needed a distraction, something to let them forget, even if it was just for a single night, the horrors that they had seen and done. And so, the annual Winter Festival was born: a night to celebrate the victory against the Acolytes, and to honor the heroes who fought to the last breath to put an end to them. Every year for the past decade saw parties, festivals and celebrations lit up the sky all over the world on that night.

No place, however, was more festive than Death City, the seat of Lord Death’s power, home to many veterans from the Battle of Antarctica, and the target and source of Kai’s wrath. The city always goes all out for the Winter Festival, so much so that the roads were shut down all day so that preparations could commence, though the celebrations don’t start until the sun sets. Lanterns in the shape of Death's face illuminate streets, flowers hang from signposts and windows, symbolic black and white ribbons and banners flowing about. Pictures of those who died in the fight were set up at a shrine that was set up, and people would leave gifts to their dead friends and family to honor their sacrifices.

Vendors set up booths and tents all over the main road, performers would be out and about, music and plays alike. Children would dash from booth to booth, spending their parents’ money on games and food, while their parents would fight a futile battle to keep their kids in sight or at their side. Students and teachers crowded around stages, or showed off their tricks to enthralled children. People buzzed with life and joy as the moon hung above them, watching in delight. It was the night where everyone would have a good time.

Well, most of everyone.

Maka didn’t hate the festival. She had been there in the fight, she knew how terrible it had gotten, she knew what happened. The festival was something that people needed. But, she couldn’t bring herself to enjoy it, not really. It was a painful reminder of a terrible battle.

It was the ten-year anniversary of the defeat of the Acolytes and of the witch Kai, but it was so much more than that. For Maka, it reminded her of the day that Maleko died, and a part of her couldn’t help but bitterly feel that they were celebrating his death, too. The festival was a reminder of a little boy who would rather die with his mother than live without her.

How could Maka bring herself to fully celebrate with that in the back of her mind?

Maleko had been a friend. He’d been family, during his time at the school she’d come to see him as a baby brother. He’d helped open her eyes, to see that the world wasn’t quite so black and white, that someone’s circumstances of birth didn’t dictate if they were good or evil, that being born wasn’t reason enough to die.

He had been a sorcerer, the enemy of the school, but she could never see him as an enemy. He was kind, he was sweet. All he wanted was to reunite with the woman he considered his mother, all he wanted was to be with his family. He didn’t care about the war, he didn’t care about who was good or who was bad, he just wanted to go home. But he couldn’t, nothing would be the same ever again, even if they’d won the war and beat the DWMA during that fight, he had already lost.

Kai was dying, poisoned by her own companion. Maleko would never have the life he wanted, not when he’d already lost the one person who mattered.

After Maleko had saved her and Soul, she had lost track of him, unable to find his soul in the chaos around them. But she had seen him fall, wrapped up in Kai’s arm, as the final tower she erected crumbled, saw them both fall and be swallowed up by the freezing sea.

She had held out hope, her, Soul, and others who had befriended the boy, they had held onto a sliver of hope that he had survived. But, when the official death tally was counted, when Stein, Sid, and Marie had fished the bodies out of the sea, she couldn’t pretend. Maka had to accept the reality; Maleko was dead.

At first, Maka wanted to hate him. Hate him for choosing to die when he still had so much life to live, decades, centuries even left to live. She screamed, angry that she had lost a friend, heartbroken that she hadn’t been able do anything, something that could have prevented all of this. Soul and Crona had been there for her during that rough few months. Had consoled her while she consoled them. After the grief subsided, she was able to find reason once more.

Maleko, even if he had survived, would never have returned to the DWMA willingly. At the end of it all, he had come to hate them. The school was the reason Kai died, they hunted her down. He’d only have been driven into the arms of the other witches. With his magic, the anger he felt towards them, there was no doubt he would have grown to become one of their greatest enemies, one who only wanted revenge. And, a part of Maka knew that she wouldn’t have been able to blame him.

It had been hard for her to return to the DWMA after that fight. She had been seriously hurt during the fight, and even after she and Soul both recovered, it had been hard to go back to how things had been after the bloodshed and slaughter she had witnessed, had been a part of.

There was little doubt that Maka had her ideals and beliefs, that she believed in the mission of the DWMA, it’s strive to protect the greater good, to be defenders of the people, to fight the monsters that normal men and women couldn’t. She would always believe in that, would always agree with that. But, because of the Acolytes, because of Kai Palakiko, words she had said, truths she had brought to light...well… it was harder for Maka to be as dedicated as she had been. She realized that there was a lot that the school did that was morally ambiguous, that there were decisions the leaders, that Death, made that felt wrong.

Children could be seen as enemies deserving death if they weren’t human. Humans with pure souls could be executed if what they believed in went against the order Lord Death tried to maintain, even if they didn’t think they were in the wrong. The Acolytes had thought Death a false God, thought him to be a wolf among sheep, monster because he was Death, because he recruited children and teens to fight the wars of adults.

Maka could understand where they were coming from, she could see their reasoning for why they would hate him so much. But, they worshipped a witch, they worshipped Kai, who had killed more than any could count, believed her to be a true God and waged war on Death and the DWMA.

And so, they were killed.

They hadn’t been good people, many of them had become killers, fanatical killers. But, they were human, not Kishin Eggs.

It was hard knowing what the right thing was. When things were black and white, it was easy to know what to do, but she had learned the world wasn’t quite that way. There wasn’t a true ‘right’ choice.

Many of the people they fought may never have had a choice, or maybe their were doing what they had been told their whole lives they had to do, and she was killing them without giving them a chance to see that they don’t have to be bad.

Crona, oh Crona, they were a perfect example of it. They had been raised by Medusa, someone Maka would forever consider the worst of the witches, they had been conditioned to be a killer, to be a monster. Crona and Ragnarok had been well on the path of becoming a true Kishin, living a life of bloodshed and madness because they hadn’t known anything else, because they hadn’t been allowed to. But, once given the chance to be something better, Crona blossomed and became something amazing.

Why couldn’t they give others the same chance? Why was it to kill first, question second?

It wasn’t like she could just stop, though. She and Soul were a team, and she was to make Soul a better Death Scythe than her father had ever been. But, it was harder for her to look at the missions and job requests and not question them. Did these people have reasons behind their actions? Were they hurting others because they were protecting someone else? Were they the victims and they just finally lashed back after years of abuse and pain? Had there been a force outside their control that drove them to such drastic means that their souls became tainted?

Could it be resolved without taking their soul?

It made her reluctant, hesitant where she would have been decisive. Soul had noticed. Crona had noticed. All her friends had noticed. None mentioned it, perhaps understanding her moral struggle. Even so, Maka did her best to push on with a smile, to continue working hard.

After a few years, they graduated. They went their separate ways, followed their own paths.

BlackStar and Tsubaki were in Japan, training at Tsubaki’s family home, while also helping Death Scythe Azusa in keeping local witch covens and yakuza clans from getting out of hand. From the letters Tsubaki regularly wrote to her, it seemed that they were doing well, that BlackStar was enjoying himself, and that he was right at home there.

Kid came back now and then, but he, Liz, and Patty were usually on the move, going after one witch or another, communicating mostly through call. His father couldn’t leave the city, so Kid did the work for him. Liz had even gotten a job as a journalist for a fashion magazine that she worked on while they travelled. Maka always kept an eye out for any of her articles.

The only ones who stayed in the city were Soul, Crona, and Ragnarok. The Demon Sword often complained that if he was able to, he would have left them a long time ago; Maka doubted that was true, he loved his meister, he wouldn’t abandon Crona. Her relationship with both Soul and Crona had deepened over the years, it had felt completely natural for them to grow so close.

Spirit had suggested she apply to be a teacher at the academy. Maka had considered it, she was suited to be a teacher, she knew all the material, she felt that she was good at mentoring others. The idea of teaching the newest generations of meisters and weapons was tempting, it really was. But, Maka didn’t want to be anchored to Death City. She wanted to be out in the world, doing good, taking missions and helping people, protecting people. She still had to make Soul into a Death Scythe.

Staying in Death City would mean that her opportunity to do so would be limited. So, she refused and continued to take jobs with Soul. Maka was careful about the jobs she took, no longer blindly accepting that everyone on the lists were irredeemably evil. In a way, it had made her all the better of a meister.

Some missions, though, even Maka had trouble trying to see the others view, had trouble thinking of ways they might not be as bad as the missions made them out to be.

“And, so you see, this makes the seventh child in the past month to go missing in the area,” Death said, bouncing in his spot as he stood before Maka and Soul. There was a map showing on his mirror, a large area of England circled in red. “A further study showed that there have been almost fifty reported abductions in the area in the past two years where the child has yet to be found, even more likely to have been unreported.”

No matter how much Maka may try, she couldn’t fathom what reasoning a person might have to justify child abduction.

“And you want us to go and investigate, correct?” Maka asked, standing straight and stiff as she faced Lord Death, ignoring her papa who stood at his own side.

Death gave a slight bow. “Yes, that’s is correct, The police have done all that they can, but haven’t made much progress. It will just be the two of you, however, I don’t want to send a large group in fear that the kidnappers may notice. If they know more people are snooping around, they’ll get cautious. At worst, they might even flee before we catch their trail.”

“Going around and stealing kids, how uncool can you be?” Soul shook his head, hands stuffed deep into his pockets. His expression was his usually relaxed, lazy one, but Maka could see the underlying disgust in his eyes, that unspoken hate towards these kidnappers. “Not a single one’s come home yet?”

“Unfortunately, none have been found,” Spirit spoke up, holding a stack of papers in his hands and glancing through them. “The police can give you more information when you get there, and since we expect you to be down there for a while, we’ll arrange for a place to stay in the meantime, as well as some financial assistance so that you won’t be lacking necessities.”

“Considering that it is the Winter Festival tonight, we can assume there is a high chance another child may go missing during it,” Death added. “Which makes it even more important that we find who has been stealing these children, and more so, to find the children and bring them home.”

Maka frowned, he was right. Everyone would be out during the festival, not just in Death City, but all over. It’d be easy for someone to snatch a child when they were constantly running from their parents side during the night. They could disguise themselves as a vendor or performer, lure the child away. “There’s no way we’ll make it there in time for the festival,” Maka warned. They’d be there by morning at the earliest. It was a ten hour flight, and they were only human.

“I’m aware,” Death agreed, “I would have arranged for this sooner, but until now, the police have insisted on handling this on their own; our aid has only just been requested.”

This was the kind of mission that Maka could do, that she could do and not feel doubts, not second guess the guilt of her enemy. There was no way to second guess or to doubt, there was no way that those responsible weren’t a terrible person. She knew this was a mission she would be focused and steadfast on, and there was little doubt that her papa and Lord Death knew. She’d do what she had to in order to find these kids. If they were still alive, her mind added. There was no guarantee that they were still okay.

She just had to hope that they were.

“When we head out there, where do you suggest we head to first?” Soul asked.

Clapping his hands together, the reaper gave them a nod. “Yes, yes. Once you arrive, you’ll be meeting with Detective Caine from the local police department. He’ll debrief you on everything that’s going on,” he explained. “He’s the lead detective on the case who you’ll be working with.”

Spirit took a step forward, “He’s apparently pretty charming, but Maka, you can’t fall for anything he might say,” he was quick to say. “If he tries anything on you, too, just give me a call and I’ll take the first plane down there!”

It took all her willpower not to roll her eyes. Maka was a grown woman now, and her father was still acting like this. She could take care of herself. “We haven’t even met him,” she chided her father instead. “I’m not going to fall for some guy I just met, what year do you think this even is?”

Even if she was the sort of person to believe in love at first sight, what could this detective potentially have to offer that could trump the ones she already had in her life? But, that was beside the point. “Is there anything else we need to know?” she asked the two instead.

“This has been under investigation for a few years already, so there is quite a case file already formed. That being said, I’m sure the police will be more than happy to assist you and Soul in whatever you need,” Death said, his voice was far too cheery considering they were talking about a case revolving children being stolen away. “We’ve already covered your expenses for the plane, all that needs to be done is for you two to pack what you need and head out.”

“Make sure you call me once you land, too! Call me every day!” Spirit added, which Maka promptly ignored.

Instead, she gave Lord Death a bow, “Understood. We’ll head out as soon as we can.”

“We’ll catch these kidnappers in no time,” Soul added with a crooked smirk and a nod towards Spirit and Death. “Those kids will be back home before you know it.”

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At the completion of the mission debriefing, the two had gone straight to their shared apartment to prepare for the coming trip. They still shared their home with Blair, and for the duration of any mission away from home, this one included, she was the one who would tend to their home in their absence. As such, Maka needed to make sure that Blair would have enough money to cover groceries and emergency expenses. Some of these expenses would probably end up being fish or wine, but so long as the cat caused no trouble while they were gone, she would be fine with it.

The two were going to be joining an investigation that had been in the works for a few years by now, so it was hard to gauge just how long to pack for when Maka didn’t know just how long they would be gone for. In the end, she decided that a weeks’ worth of clothes and other necessities should suffice. If they were there for longer, which she imagined they likely would be, then they could use local laundromats to clean their clothes and buy what else they needed while there. So, by the end of it all, she and Soul both had about two bags packed and ready to go.

There wasn’t much that Maka could say happened within the next handful of hours after that. She and Soul had gone to the airport and took a plane to England, to the small city where the heart of the investigation was taking place. There hadn’t been anything of note that had happened during that time.

The plane ride had been smooth, save for a few bouts of turbulence and a small bit of drama between some screaming children. Maka had taken the time to start reading a new book while Soul napped.

When the plane landed, it was getting late.

Carrying her bags as she left the doors, Maka looked at the throngs of people coming in and out of the airport, Soul right behind her. “Well, here we are,” she said. The sun was setting, the moon rising, people didn’t’ seem to be too anxious. “Where do you suppose we should go? Find a hotel or go straight to the police?”

Soul yawned, somehow still sleepy despite the nap he took on the plane. “We should probably check in with the station, let them know that we arrived,” he licked his lips and moved aside for a mother and her son to get by. “That way they know to contact us if something happens.”

“Right,” Maka nodded and started walking. They’d need to find a map, or maybe they could ask someone to point them the way to it. “Let’s give Crona a call when we settle in to a hotel later, too. I wanna know how their mission is going.” And it had been a while since she got to hear their voice; they’d been sent on a mission by Lord Death two weeks ago, and since then they only got to talk over the phone a small number of times.

Laughing, Soul followed beside her. “I’m sure Ragnarok has been making it miserable,” he joked and shook his head. “But, yeah, I’d like that. Be nice to check up on them, make sure they’re doing okay.”

They could talk, maybe not for too long—it was late, and even if Brazil was roughly three or so hours behind them, Maka didn’t want to keep Crona up for too long, especially not with how dangerous a mission Crona and Ragnarok were on. Maybe just a short call, a hello, make sure they were okay, that’d be fine.

Before Maka could go another step, a hand landed on her shoulder, bringing her to stop and firmly tugging her backward.

Instinctively, Maka reeled away, wrenching herself free from whoever had grabbed her and reaching for Soul, readying to face some thug who thought he was trying to be tough and probably preparing to mug them.

However, it wasn’t some street thug who had stopped them, not even a witch or Kishin Egg. When Maka turned around, what she saw—who she saw was a young man, a good few years older than her and Soul, dressed in a white button up and slacks, holding the suit’s jacket over his shoulder. The stranger had a handsome enough face, Maka supposed, and had a head of long hair that was a shade more orange than red, tied back in a messy ponytail. He looked like he could be some hired thug, but at the same time there was something about him that made her feel that he wasn’t one.

His eyes were gold in color, yet were much like Soul’s in shape. Even as he stared at the two, with one hand hanging onto the jacket he draped over his shoulder, the other—the one that had grabbed Maka—pulling back to hang at his side, he watched them with a look of disinterest. Maka’s eyes went lower on his body, taking in the sight of the likely loaded gun strapped to his hip.

Giving them both a once over, he tilted his head to the side, looking unimpressed with what he saw of the two. “Maka Albarn? Soul Evans?” the stranger asked.

Soul took a step forward, staring up at this man with a frown. “Yeah. And you are?” he asked carefully. Like Maka, he was a bit suspicious of being stopped and called out by a complete stranger, and it was clear by the look on his face that he didn’t appreciate Maka being grabbed and yanked back the way that she had been.

Maka frowned, tearing her gaze from the gun to look up at the mans face. He was taller than both of them, and in a way he looked like he easily intimidated others—but not Maka, and not Soul. They’d faced people scarier than him, tougher than him. He was going to have to try a lot harder to make either of them nervous.

As if to answer Soul’s question, a police badge was held up. “Elijah Caine,” the stranger introduced, holding the badge out for the two of them to see. “You two will be coming with me.”

It wasn’t a request.

He had already turned around and was walking away, his badge back to where it had been hung on his belt. He didn’t wait to make sure that Soul and Maka agreed, didn’t stop to make sure they were, indeed, following him. Elijah Caine just started walking away expecting the two to do just as he told them to do.

Soul frowned, “That’s Detective Caine?” Soul muttered to Maka, picking his bags up and following behind the man, making sure to keep enough of a distance from him that their whispers wouldn’t be heard.

Following suit, Maka shook her head. She had only heard of the man during their debriefing, and neither Lord Death or her father had painted that much of a picture of what kind of person he would be. Even so… “I expected him to be a bit…”

“Less of a dick?” Soul finished for her.

“Yeah,” Maka chuckled.

Elijah didn’t even turn to look at them. “How about you two quit your jawing and pick up the pace?” he asked them. “Or did you forget you’re here for a job and not a vacation?”

He was unpleasant, and Maka was finding that she wasn’t too big of a fan of him. However, she did quiet down and walk a bit faster; as much of a grump this detective seemed to be, he had a valid point: They were here to help with a series of children going missing, not to have fun. She couldn’t blame him if he was temperamental, this was a pretty serious issue.

So she followed Elijah through the streets with Soul scowling at her side, making sure to keep any snide remarks she had to herself. Now was not the time or place to be snippy.

Eventually they were lead to the precinct, a rather nondescript building on the outside. Elijah only said a few quick words to a few others on the way in for the cops to ignore Soul and Maka, and with that he had them being taken to a glass meeting room with a long oval table in the center of it.

There were a few whiteboards littered with case notes, scene photos, and names. A few carboard boxes were on the table, stuffed full of files that Maka could only assume were about this case. A couple of other officers were moving about the room, talking and discussing theories and ideas while flipping through one file and writing on the boards. The trashcans were full of empty Styrofoam coffee cups.

The people looked tired and stressed.

“Those are the files,” Elijah said, dragging a box over and shoving in to Maka. “Look through any of these that you want. We’ve got a list of suspects, but all of them have solid alibis for each kidnapping. What have you been told so far?”

Maka picked up the first file in the box, flipping it open and skimming the contents. “Kids have been getting stolen away. You’ve had about fifty in the past few years,” she answered, closing the file and picking up another, it’s information was fairly similar to the other; child had been alone, parent had left them alone for a few minutes to do something and when they came back the child was gone.

Taking a seat, Elijah threw his jacket over the back of the chair. “Half-right,” he said. “There has been fifty-eight reported cases of children going missing within a twenty-mile radius of this city, all within two years. Considering not all parents actually care, the exact number of children who are missing is no doubt higher.”

That didn’t make Maka feel any better.

Soul took a seat, leaning back and staring back at Elijah cooly. “And if it’s been two years, why haven’t you asked for help sooner?” he asked. “You sure waited a long time to ask Lord Death to send someone to help you, waited until there were too many kids gone. This an attempt to save face or something?”

He was baiting him, looking for a reaction, but Elijah gave him none. His gaze wasn’t stoic, it wasn’t uncaring, it was tired, it was the look of a man who didn’t have a single fuck left to give to the two of them. “You’re barking up the wrong tree, mate. Call it bureaucratic bullshit.” Elijah reached over to grab a coffee from the table, probably cold by now and already half-drank. “Politicians wanting to protect their bloody pride by not accepting outside help.”

“You don’t sound like you agree,” Soul continued.

“I don’t. They sat on their hands too fucking long and look where we are now,” Elijah responded, drinking the cold coffee.

Maka ignored them as they talked, instead focusing on the files as she went through one after the other, skimming through and taking in the information quickly until she had gone through half the files in the box. It was then that she looked up at the detective.

“You said it had been two years, right?” she asked, and when Elijah hummed a response, she continued. “Who was the first recorded victim?”

Elijah watched her evenly for a few moments before getting up from his seat. He pulled over another file box, rummaging through the folders before pulling one out. “Amanda Lewis,” he answered, opening it and sliding it across the table to Maka and Soul. “Twelve years old. Two years ago she left school but never made it home.”

Maka took the file into her hands, looking at the girl in the photo. She was small, long black hair, dark eyes. What Maka noticed first was that it was a school photo that was used in the file, not a personal one, not the kind of photo the family would have kept in their home. She moved the paper to look at other photos, her school, the route she was known to usually take, her house, her room.

Leaning over to look at the file, Soul glanced at the papers and then at Maka. “What’s going on in that brain of yours, Maka?” he asked.

She frowned, looked at the papers. This was the official start of it all, the first child who went missing. Well, if Maka and Soul were going to be on the case, they needed to start from the beginning. “Detective Elijah, is there any way we can speak with the Lewis family tomorrow?”

Elijah raised a brow, “You have their statements right there,” he pointed out.

“I have questions I’d like to ask that aren’t found in here.”

There was a small pause, Elijah once again assessing her, “We’d like to avoid causing more distress to the families,” he said slowly, carefully. “But, if you think it’s important that we talk with them again, I’ll make the call and arrange for a meeting with them. Anything else?”

Maka began reorganizing the files, putting them back into their boxes. “Can we takes these with us? So we can read them and be ready for tomorrow?” she asked him. They’d need to familiarize themselves with the details of the case, and it’d be easier for them to do so when they get to their hotel rooms rather than try and read through the files all right here.”

“We’ve got copies of the files, so take the boxes with you,” Elijah nodded, grabbing the other two boxes and shoving them towards Soul and Maka. “If that’s all, then you two can leave, do your readings, and I’ll call you both tomorrow about meeting with the Lewis’. Get your sleep, and get ready because I can guarantee this isn’t going to be some easy hunt a monster and be done with it case like you’re familiar with.”

Soul chuckled as he stood, picking up a box and holding it in his arms, “If that’s your way of saying we’re not up to snuff, then you’re in for a treat.”

#Embers #Soul Eater #Adrian's Writing

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Thanks to @nitrateglow for these!

1: A movie you enjoyed as a kid that you don't now

-Probs some comedy I'd find awfully sexist/racist/homophobic etc. now. But of course, I can't recall a specific one, probs because the experience is so deeply squicky and traumatic. Oh, wait, I know. I adored The Great Mouse Detective as a kid, but have heard so many "bleh" comments about it later that I don't want to ruin it by rewatching it as an adult. Why take a happy, cherished, pure and joyous memory away, especially as there are so few of those in my life anyway in proportion to the bad memories?

2: A movie you disliked as a kid that you like/love now

-Not a movie, but I was literally too fucking terrified to watch Doctor Who as a kid on cable, because the Tom Baker repeats they were showing terrified me with the title sequence alone. That empty stare and howling, diddly-duming music were enough to give me nightmares. So I only got into Who in my late teens!

3: Your favorite movie as a kid

-Define "kid." I went through several. I loved the Disney Robin Hood, of course, and at puberty, Wayne's World (yes) and The Princess Bride were my own cult movies, before I had anyone to fangirl them with. Ah, the pre-Internet era.

4: An actor/actress it took you time to warm up to

I remember being weirdly terrified and disturbed by Jeremy Brett as a kid, but then I felt the same about Bowie, and... well. Clearly it was my baby self not knowing WTF to do with all this stirring, restless energy that later turned out to be my skinnyandrogynousbisexualguy orientation thingy. And while I'd first seen Caligari and Casablanca as a teen in the early 90s, I wasn't ready for Connie until he pounced me in 2012. I would not have "got" him the same way and as hard until I was a grown-up, with a wide variety of experiences from many areas of life and a boatload of books/learning behind me. Just... no way.

5: A director it took you time to warm up to

-If anything, I've cooled off various directors I was impressed by when younger. So much of the auteur stuff gets wanky and self-imposing, in this Arrogant Artist Guy "look at my GENIUS big VISION and also insecurity about my penis size" kind of way. I like directors who can be warm and have fun and who show some real humanity (not wanky anvilly/kitchen sink-y sort of "humanity" either). Maybe Branagh? I found him a bit annoying as a kid, but now fap all over his stuff because now I'm old enough to Get It. He is the best kind of fanboy director; his geekiness is catching. Listening to his Thor commentary was a real eye-opener into my realising just how massive a nerd he is, and in a good, "one of us" kind of way.

6: Top five favorite soundtracks of your favorite movie composer

-There isn't just one! But Clint Mansell and Debbie Wiseman turn to gold everything they touch. Debbie especially is hugely unknown still, but she has this most amazing, swellingly Romantic music full of sweeping emotion that I just can't rec her enough. Do check her out; she'll give you goosebumps.

7: Three movies that defined your teen/childhood years

-I think I mentioned those already! But as a teenager, Bram Stoker's Dracula, La Reine Margot and Heavenly Creatures were formative. There were others I obsessed about way more than those, but they weren't as influential--it's more like they were massaging buttons I already had.

8: Sci-fi or westerns?

-Blake's 7! AKA "The Dirty Dozen in Space."

9: Are there any movies you own more than one copy of?

-Ahhahaha. AAAHHAHAHAHA! Of The Thief of Bagdad, I own: The Criterion clusterfuck with the awful clumsy cover someone had their 5-year-old draw, the Nordic DVD, the German Blu-Ray because I live on the edge (what with those Veidt Eye Closeups in HD being a hazard to any uterus) and at least three different digital copies. Because I'm me. I also own two digital copies and one DVD of Casablanca, three digital and one DVD of A Woman's Face and don't get me started on the British telefantasy I have on both DVD and VHS. I have spare copies of both the Caligari Masters of Cinema release and the ITV DVD of The Spy In Black, so I guess I should throw them at somebody.

10: Physical media or streaming?

-Neither. Video files firmly saved onto and run from my hard drive. Fuck streaming with its choppiness (ruins the viewing experience for me) and physical media are usually beyond my budget (unless I save up for a Connie DVD). Besides, I rip my favourite movie discs onto my HD anyway. I want to be able to gif that shit, dammit!

11: Are there any movies you watch on special occasions every year (Christmas, Halloween, birthdays, your mother's aunt's wedding anniversary, etc.)

-Used to do Nightmare Before Christmas on Halloween, but not any more. I still attempt ToB every Christmas. And I used to do All Through The Night with wine on my birthday, but as I can't tolerate alcohol anymore, the experience of Watching ATTN Drunk is no more. Someone start a Halloween tradition with me where we watch either The Student of Prague or Eerie Tales (or both) every year?

12: What movie do you most associate with your best friend(s)?

-Gosh, so few have stayed, so it's more like "movie that reminds you of a broken friendship," yay...?! I've learned to try and not associate movies with people that way any more, because it's more painful than it's worth. Connie is my best friend. He's like Krishna that way.

13: Name a movie adaptation you thought was better than or equal to its source material.

-LOTR put in more facial features and characterisation than Tolkien ever did, and did the tales far less fucking tediously. Imagine if you'd had to sit and watch hobbits walking through the countryside for 6 hours with barely anything happening?! Yeah...

14: What genres do your favorite movies tend to be?

-Historical, fantasy, Gothic Romantic, just Romantic stuff on the whole. More old than new movies these days. Why watch shitty modern chick flicks when I have far better characterisation and far less narrowly defined female lives in old-timey "women's pictures?" And guys who actually fucking shaved, dressed in clothes that were tailored for them instead of rented and saggy, whose bodily expressions weren't frozen for fear of "fagginess," and who weren't pumped full of 'roids.

15: Are you a fan of period dramas and if so, what era do you enjoy best?

-Yes. I love me some costume dramas, but I am seriously picky about them--most post-90s ones have been fucking awful and tend to feature shitty costumes and unkempt hair that would've sent real historical people to Bedlam, wobblycam from hell, vomit-inducingly excessive modernisation to be "edgy", and that one painfully skeletal bint they shove into every period drama ever these days, so it's... slim pickings for a history nerd, these days. There aren't many good ones set in the 17th century/Baroque era, which I love the most: the two Baroque dramas I wholeheartedly love are both series. (The Devil's Whore and By The Sword Divided.) The Angeliques and Musketeer adaptations are riddled with flaws, but there are some glowing bits within. As for The Golden Age of Islam... bloody hell, there really aren't that many good ones out there, are there?! ToB and Jodhaa Akbar and Disney's Aladdin, obviously. La Reine Margot isn't "my" period but it's great, as is Dangerous Liaisons (also not my period)--those are so fucking perfect. And the Connie period dramas, well... I think of them as primarily "silent movies" or "old movies," actually. Of those, The Student of Prague, ToB and The Wandering Jew are the best "costume" ones, IMHO. (I'd probs enjoy Lucrezia Borgia and Carlos and Elisabeth way more, were the copies we have not so smudgy.)

16: Name a movie you love that you would recommend to just about everyone.

-Ah, but we know there are always cynical cunts out there who'd give even Casablanca two stars, so what's the point? I'd still recommend it, though. And The Lion King, I guess.

17: Name a movie you love that you consider an acquired taste.

-Honestly, I'm thinking of telly rather than movies again. You will pry my cherished copy of The Time Monster from my cold, dead hands. Does The Devil of Winterborne count as a movie or TV? That's how far back my love for Mark Gatiss goes. Um... Don't Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood makes me fucking cry with laughter (the comedic timing is what does it. *beat* "Ain't dat some shit!"). Of Connie's oeuvre, yes, I know Bella Donna is rubbish, but Connie and Mary are SIZZLING and horny and juicy and it's Valid as a BDSM porn movie. And the novel is actually good.

18: Name a film you like directed by/starring a filmmaker/actor you normally don't care for.

-Not so much actor/director, but I did *not* expect to love Thor as much as I did, because I expected a dumb popcorn movie but got great adventure cinema with a touch of Shakespeare instead. I really am not the right audience for regular Marvel features at all, before or after. Fuck Marvel up its dumb macho Republican ass. But Thor is fucking beautiful and operatic and poetic and majestic and Pagan and shit. Branagh knows what I like.

19: Name a movie that blew your mind.

-A Woman's Face (1941). Because. Holy. Fuck. How can I keep on finding yet more details in it six years after first watching it, having watched it countless times by now?! And obvs all the other stuff, like the shockingly good female POV, amazing and complex woman protagonist, amazing writing, amazing ensemble cast, amazing direction, amazing lighting, amazing evil Torsten Slinkypussy Barring and The. Goddamn. Attic. Scene.

20: What genre mash-up would you most love to see that either hasn't been done yet or hasn't been done enough?

-Feminist-savvy historical romance with fantasy elements and hot explicit sex that's not shit. Basically, like the stuff you see in my fics, but better paced and woven into coherent adventure movies.

21: The coolest movie you've ever seen

-Too, too many. But Bogie was the coolest. And Claude Rains had the best acting skills. And Conrad Veidt was Conrad motherfucking Veidt. So what with those three mountains of coolness all converging under the Moroccan sky, I'm sure it's safe to say "Casablanca."

#movies #personal #meme #i am leaving out tons i know #but i must attempt sleep nao #i was quoting don't be a menace to myself just yesterday ffs #every time there's an anvilly Point in a movie #i keep screaming 'mmESSAGE!'

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30 CHRISTMAS FICS

since we’ve no place to go (let it snow) by midnights (4k)

harry slips and falls in the snow on christmas eve. louis’s there to pick him up. ft. harry flaunting his cooking skills, crying at classic christmas movies, and a dog named george bailey.

Rated R by cherrystreet (7k)

Louis gifts Harry with a surprise sex tape, and it accidentally makes its way into Harry’s family Christmas party. Ridiculousness ensues.

We Will Find Our Way by supernope (9k)

Harry and Louis are uni students studying abroad in New York, stuck in the dorms together over Christmas.

Pining for You by peanutbutterapple (9k)

Harry sells Christmas trees. Louis doesn’t mean to buy so many of them.

every time i run, i keep on falling on you by hazmesentir (12k)

AU. After being best friends for 8 years, Harry moves to LA. It takes the keen observations of all of Louis’ friends to realise the one thing he really wants for Christmas is Harry.

If the Fates Allow by afirethatcannotdie (13k)

Louis yells at a stranger in a shop and a few days later, needs his help. Desperately. Then he discovers he’s kind of in love with him.

If Only in My Dreams by jupiter_lou (13k)

The one where Harry’s new flatmate, Louis, needs a place to spend Christmas, so he invites him to spend it with his family. When they arrive, everyone thinks they’re dating.

Let Me Give You My Life by midnightskies (14k)

Gemma has one rule for Louis while he stays with her family at Christmas; not to hook up with her little brother, so of coursethat’s the one thing Louis does.Gemma has one rule for Louis while he stays with her family at Christmas; not to hook up with her little brother, so of coursethat’s the one thing Louis does.

Wrapped in Red by QuickedWeen (15k)

Louis backs himself into a corner and has two days to find a date to bring to the Horan Family’s big annual Christmas party to both appease his mother, and show up an ex-boyfriend. In the midst of Christmas shopping and trying to work out his dilemma, he meets Harry Styles, the cute volunteer behind the charity gift wrapping booth.

Didn’t think it would work out by swirlingchaos (16k)

Louis is a primary school teacher, Harry has a 7-year-old son in his class, Louis has a 1-year-old crush on Harry, and they have to put on the school’s Christmas play. Brilliant.

beautiful star by tommoandbambi (17k)

The famous/nonfamous kid!fic AU wherein harry and louis have to host a school Christmas party and harry isn’t actually a druglord.

every december (your star lights the sky) by larrystomlinsons (17k)

Louis needs a date for the Christmas dance and Harry is the wingman that has feelings for him.

all i want for christmas is by crybaby (17k)

harry is louis’ daughters’ au pair. they spend christmas in austria

There Is a Light by perfectdagger (17k)

Christmas/New Years AU in which Harry and Louis are single parents and they meet at an odd encounter at the toy shop and somehow, they end up together, bonded by their little ones.

My Only Wish by rainbowsandlove (17k)

Secret Santa AU where Louis doesn’t know how it works and keeps giving Harry gifts and being not so obvious about his flirting.

give me my chance and give me my wings by sopattable (18k)

A University AU where Harry’s a music student, Louis takes theatre, and Niall’s the captain of Secret Santa and relationships. Also included is singing, pranks, and way too many fruits and vegetables.

Six Weeks by LadyLondonderry (20k)

When Harry takes the afternoon shift at the cafe, he meets a boy who drinks a lot of tea and never remembers his umbrella.

So Put Your Hands In (The Holes of My Sweater) by Kat_rawr (21k)

Harry and Louis go on a lot of not-dates.

love is a word (you gave it a name) by hattalove (21k)

it’s christmas. in between snowman building, tree shopping, and ill-advised skating on a frozen lake, louis and harry get ready to take the most important step of their lives.

Home for Christmas by haloeverlasting (22k)

The one where Harry didn’t think he wanted a family, but with a little Christmas magic (and maybe one Louis Tomlinson) he realizes that he is very, very wrong.

Yours In Fractions by FullOnLarrie (23k)

Louis and Harry are strangers who, because of a mix up, share their mutual friend’s apartment and bed over the holidays.

Maybe We’re Perfect Strangers (Maybe We’ll Stick Together) by FallingLikeThis (24k)

Louis works for a gossip site and, when it comes to light that ex-musical partners (and lovers) Harry Styles and Ed Sheeran are spending the holidays together, he’s sent to see if the reunion the world’s been waiting for is in the works. But at the cost of his own holiday with his family. Louis really hates this job.

all the lights are full of colour by infinitelymint (26k)

Harry and Louis are separated, but for the sake of their two sons, they choose to spend Christmas together. It may just lead to a Christmas miracle.

Make My Wish Come True (Baby All I Want For Christmas Is You) by larrymylove (29k)

Louis has just agreed to spend the holidays with his family, and to bring Harry along with him. There’s just one problem…he and Harry have broken up, and are wanting to avoid telling everyone until after the holidays. The fake/pretend relationship AU with a twist.

Candles On Air by isthatyoularry (29k)

A Christmas AU ft. Pining, Heartbreak, and maybe A Happy Ending.

Like Candy In My Veins by littlelouishiccups (31k)

The A/B/O, enemies to lovers, fake relationship, Christmas AU that nobody asked for.

Find You Home by FullOnLarrie (35k)

When Louis lies to his family and says he’ll bring his new boyfriend home for Christmas, his best friend and roommate Harry agrees to play the part. It’s that, or be left alone over the holidays. What will happen? No one knows! Perhaps Santa will swoop in with a Christmas miracle. Featuring lovesick idiots, kissing and cuddling, pies and Christmas clichés.

Harry, Did You Know (that your baby boy, is married to his best friend?) by tempolarriefics (35k)

10 years ago, Louis and Zayn made a pact that if they weren’t married by 30, they’d marry each other. So they do, as best mates do. Enter Harry Styles, who’s new to town. He and Louis are immediately drawn to one another. Louis doesn’t tell Harry about Zayn, because they’re just friends (who are married.) Harry finds out on Christmas Day, Louis/Zayn’s “anniversary”. aka a marriage pact AU with a twist.

Chestnuts Roasting… And All That by elsi_bee (46k)

Louis is apparently the only person at his new job who is single as can be. It’s not a big deal to just tell his new colleagues that he has a boyfriend, right? Until he has to make this imaginary boyfriend magically appear at the office holiday party. Cue fake relationship antics with a certain someone who is more than willing to play along.

the impossible now by stylinsoncity (54k)

A wish on Christmas Eve sends Louis to an alternate dimension where Harry is a member of One Direction.

#larry stylinson #fic rec #larry fic rec #larry stylinson fic rec #stylinsonlibrary #masterpost #christmas

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