#(i hope this is coherent because it Late and I need to sleep HELLA soon but after that reply I HAD TO get this out)
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yes!!!! no omg thats exactly it. performative pearl clutching. its hella late where i am so im tired and i wanna make a separate post on this at some point but id also add that it strikes me as like......internally directed? performance? if that makes sense? like. just like one can have internalized biases, i think one can also perform for the self in order to enforce those biases. and it really feels like thats what people are doing with saltburn, like performing this outrage in order to reassure themselves and others that they would never be gross enough to even harbor the notion of appreciating this movie. but like...doth protest too much. which!!! is honestly so fascinating to me because again, i the audience reaction parallels the point made. and the internal performance thing is SUCH cattonlike behaviour. its literally just the point the film itself makes about how repressing what makes us even mildly uncomfortable will completely decimate your ability to process real tragedy when it strikes. how avoiding the ugly in life will cause you to strip yourself of the ability to actually process your own feelings because you deem your pain as ugly as the wound so you just let it fester, etc etc. its so fucked up and so fascinating to me. and ig what bums me out so much is its this sense of mourning like how prevalent that urge to repress these feeling still is even within the queer community. like damn, weve all got a lot of growing to do still.i hope socially we can get past this phase of purity culture because my god is it exhausting. like everyones entitled to their icks but damn. take a moment and examine it at the least. i dunno. i need sleep, ill make smth more coherent on this soon. something intellectual about The AbjectTM and the queer communities relationship to it
no cause why does all the saltburn hate sound exactly like the hate that brokeback mountain got where ppl are just memeing tf out of the most emotional scenes and or being like. openly disgusted with zero thought into why they feel that way. like am i crazy or has it brought to surface honest to god classic homophobia under the guise of dunking on artsy filmography. cause the longer time goes on the more im convinced of my theory that the point of this film is to evoke unconscious bigotry in the viewer and the more horrified i am at peoples lack of self awareness in their reactions
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burning-fcols · 4 years ago
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✩ Showing When He’s ‘Hurt’ ✩
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(Blitzo can be loud. He can be dramatic and obvious and cry on cue... because he knows that people don’t take him seriously when he does this. They think he’s hamming it up, that he’s putting on an act to ‘get his way’, that he’s just bringing forth the obnoxious crocodile tears so they can give in... and they are RIGHT. Because he’s learned that it not only works for the most part, but distracts from the fact that he can genuinely become sad.)
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(They see Blitzo as either happy or angry or ‘sad’... He’s over-the-top and comical and his emotions are so INTENSE that they can easily be brushed off as a joke or just ‘Blitz being Blitz’. Something goes wrong or harmful things are said? Oh, he’ll just ‘get over it’. Like he always does... It’s Blitzo! He’ll bounce back. He’s not even really sad in the first place...)
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(But there is a way to tell when Blitzo is SINCERELY upset by something— or at least, allowing himself to show that he’s hurt —because he becomes quiet.)
(There are no over-the-top tears, no shouts or cries for attention or ‘show’ to put on... because when he’s GENUINELY depressed, he doesn’t want anyone to know. He hides away somewhere, dark and confined and likely surrounded by snack foods and tissues and just wallows in his misery. Quietly crying and internally berating himself and replaying what happened over and over and over... As well as all the worse-case scenarios that he knows are waiting just around the corner. Until he sneaks out of his hole, everyone else none-the-wiser, but Blitz feeling ‘better’ and ready to smile for the crowds again.)
(Sometimes Blitzo is loud and calls out for attention, not in nearly as ‘soap-opera’ a way as he usually does— like when he was talking about how Moxxie is Employee of the Month —but in more of a huffy and yelling way, a ‘SOMEONE COMFORT ME, I’M DISTRAUGHT!’ way... but only if he’s near/with someone that he feels comfortable being vulnerable around and there is no risk of anyone else stumbling upon him. Someone who he can transition into being sincerely sad around— people of which there are few and far between, and whom he can’t view as ‘relying’ on him —after drawing them in with the veiled cry for help.)
(But if he’s not seeking someone out to comfort him... Then Blitzo simply hides.)
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starlocked01 · 3 years ago
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Toddlers Scare the Living Shit Out of Me
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Dukexiety Week Day 4- Parents
WC: 3k
Summary: Virgil is very surprised when he's brought home by a fascinating stranger at the bar. A kid wasn't exactly what he agreed to in a one-night stand. Nor did he expect a relationship.
Content Warnings: Alcohol Use, Talk of divorce, Swearing, Mild gory language
@dukexietyweek
(also thank you @suchaswearemads for their OC Teddy 🧡)
Virgil was mildly aware that he might regret this if he lived until morning. His roommate would probably have a statistic at the ready about criminals luring victims away from clubs with whispered promises of sex or drugs, and how often they target gay men. Virgil snorted a laugh to himself. Poor Lo would kill him himself if he knew what Virgil was up to. This guy even looked the part of an unhinged surprise organ donation scheduler, all covered in spikes and tattoos of anatomical cross-sections all over his visible skin. If Virgil were any drunker, he'd probably mistake him for a skeleton or half dissected cadaver.
He really didn't care. He was drunk and Remus said pretty words that made him feel wanted. He'd follow the cadaver man halfway around the world like this. Exactly proving Logan right that he shouldn't go out drinking alone. He giggled and stumbled and giggled because he stumbled and the ground was spinning under his feet.
"What’s so funny, Dr. Gloom 'n' Giggles?" Remus caught Virgil and pulled him back upright, even as his brain fought to stay closer to the ground and made the whole damn world lurch in protest.
"Hey! 'M fine. Yourrr gonna kill me, bad man mad man. Fuuuuuuuck I had way too- didya spike 'e?" Virgil struggled to form a single, coherent sentence, feeling the alcohol's effects acutely and in increasing measure with each step towards doom and destruction.
Remus laughed, "ya caught me. Why don't I call you a taxi home?"
"Nooo! I sssaaid I'd come home withya- ssooo I am," Virgil shook his head and tried to stand and remain upright. His attempt lasted all of a second before Remus had to catch him again.
"Look, I don’t need you trying to puke all over my dick or something. I'm calling you a fucking cab," Remus tried to reason but Virgil heard none of it as he yanked himself away to hurl in the bushes.
"'M fine. Commmmming down," Virgil panted, trying desperately to steady himself. After several deep breaths and false starts, he managed to stay upright and reach for a steadying hand. Whatever had knocked him on his ass so quickly was also fading just as fast, "shiitt, did you spike my drink?"
"Nah, man. Come on, we're almost there."
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Remus stared at this drunk little catch from the bar and was glad he was the one who'd picked him up. Someone must have tried something funny with his drink. Bad enough news for everyone else still at the club but at least this one was safe.
Remus shook his head and checked his phone to call a cab only to find the phone dead already. Shit. No way to warn Roman now. Remus waited for Virgil to finish puking his guts out on the neighbor's lawn, pretty dead set on getting this guy help as soon as they got home and he convinced Ro he needed a favor.
Slowly, he helped Virgil towards his front door, surprised at how fast the intoxication seemed to be turning around as Virgil got steadier on his own feet. Remus winced when he couldn’t find his keys and cursed when Virgil reached out and rang the doorbell.
"Stop! It's way too late for that!" Remus hissed as the door quickly opened to a very pissed-off looking Roman.
"Are you crazy! Pat's asleep- oh… oh who the fuck is this?" Roman asked, stepping outside and shutting the door behind him, "Remus, you promised tonight!"
"Ro, calm down. This is Virgil. Yes, I promised, but do you think you could take-"
"No!" Roman exclaimed furiously, "I have work tomorrow! I can't take Pat. Send Virgil home and be a grown-up for once!" Roman grumbled and turned abruptly back inside.
"Roman! Someone tried to spike him-" Remus hissed, pulling Virgil inside with him "-and before it hit, he was the best guy I've met in my life."
"Oh you mean just like Mr. Wonderful?" Roman snarked back in a low voice as he gathered his belongings. Remus winced at the reminder.
"Don't be a dick, brother dearest. That's my job. Please, I promise this time will be the last-"
"I can't! Teddy is already worried that I'm out this late. We love Patton but we're not raising him for you. You're not a kid anymore, Rem. Learn to date like an adult because we're not babysitting while you go out clubbing like this again," Roman huffed and stormed toward the door, "sorry to meet you like this, Virgil. I hope you feel better soon."
Virgil barely lifted his hand to wave as Roman left and shut the door with a dreadful finality. Remus slumped and sat at the foot of the couch Virgil had sprawled on.
"Sorry about him. How ya doing, Virgie?" Remus asked quietly.
Virgil groaned, "head hurts. Still tipsy. What the fuck did you do to my drink?"
"I didn't do anything but save you from whoever did," Remus shook his head and stood, "I'll get you some water. Or gatorade. Or milk. Fuck what do I even-"
Remus was suddenly cut off by clattering dishes and a small whimpering coming from the kitchen. In a few swift steps, he entered the kitchen and flicked on the lights to find a plate toppled from the counter to the floor, the fridge cracked open, and a toddler trying very hard to hide behind the trash can.
"Pattycake! What are you doing sneaking around in the dark?" Remus slapped on a grin and swooped the child into his arms with a grunt, "oh big boy. Getting too old to pick up like this."
Patton squeaked in his father's arms as he was lifted up, "got loud, Papa. Unkie Ro promised me a second cookie before bed."
"He did now?" Remus asked, eyebrows raised in mock shock.
"Mhmm. Said Unkie Teddy'd bring it. Where's Unkie Teddy?"
"Oh no! Ro was gonna call the cookie monster himself to get ya?" Remus gasped as he shifted his hold on the child and nudged the plate under the sink to take care of in the morning, "Uncle Ro promised you a cookie monster and didn't show up? That fiend!" Remus giggled with Patton as he grabbed a couple of water bottles from the fridge, shutting the door with his hip.
"Unkie Monsta!" Patton giggled, clinging to Remus’s neck.
"Mhmm. It's really late buddy. You should get back to bed," Remus cooed as he dropped one of the water bottles on Virgil’s chest.
"What the hell-?" Virgil tried to sit up, utterly confused who Remus was talking to now.
"Hey! You don't get to cuss in front of my kid until date five!" Remus snapped, holding Patton close. Virgil blinked at the baby blue eyes, curly blonde hair and the overwhelming amount of freckles as the child stared back at him with a mixture of fear and curiosity.
"Papa, who's that? He looks spiky," Patton whimpered, quickly hiding his face from Virgil.
"Baby, I'm spiky. I like spiky people," Remus carefully soothed, running a hand through soft curls, "he's one of Papa's new friends."
Virgil watched, unamused, "you didn't say that you have a kid. What, were you planning on bringing me back here with a toddler who could walk in and see anything?"
"Look, I was trying to ask my brother to babysit him overnight. You're hella cute but I didn't expect to make this introduction so quickly," Remus huffed, "Pattybear, be nice and say hi and then you best be headed back to bed, mister."
Patton peeked one eye out to appraise the stranger in his spot on the couch. After a long moment, he waved and barely audibly whispered a small, "hi."
Virgil smiled at the typical child response to his neon purple hair and uncountable piercings, but Remus laughed loudly, startling both the drunk man and the child, "oh Come on! That was weak shit, Pat-Pat. Say it like you mean it!"
"That's not necess-"
"HI!" the tiny voice bellowed over his protests. Father and son laughed together as Virgil sputtered.
"Now that's what I'm talking about, my little monster! Alright, enough fun. Back to bed, you rascal. Papa has to take care of the baby who drank too much apple juice," Remus beamed and set Patton down on the ground, waving as the child sped off back to his room.
"Cute kid. You didn’t mention a kid earlier," Virgil groaned and laid back down on the couch, head swimming.
"Yeah well, kids are chick magnets," Remus replied, not meeting Virgil’s eyes.
"Okay?"
"I'm into dudes…"
"And? It's not like a kid is gonna send good guys running," Virgil shrugged, very much regretting his choice of drinks that night.
"Yeah, you haven't run yet. But that was a very tired out and pacified little scamp you just met. You'll see in the morning- unless you wanted me to call you a cab now?" Remus asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I don't wanna move," Virgil murmured, "but I would like kissesss."
"Direct. I like it," Remus smirked and slid down to kneel next to the couch, "but that would be taking advantage of your weakened defenses. Sleep it off and ask me in the morning."
Virgil whined and pouted at the denial, "please? I came all this way."
"Well, if you insist," Remus grinned and leaned in close. Virgil smirked and pulled Remus forward that last inch. Virgil tried hard to enjoy the kiss but the fact of the not yet sleeping child in another room tempered his desires greatly. After a minute, Remus pulled back and grabbed a blanket off the back of the couch.
"To be continued, Dr. Love."
"Fine. Good night," Virgil sighed and watched Remus stand and leave the living room, leaving him alone with his thoughts.
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Virgil awoke the next morning to a warm palm pressed against his cheek. He slowly blinked his eyes open to find bright blue eyes framed with thin black wire-rimmed glasses. Squinting out the light to protect himself from the impending headache, Virgil finally recognized the child from the night before.
"Hey, Patton-"
"Angels sing and demons cry, but we can't tell the difference," Patton stated sweetly, head tilted to one side.
"Hey Kiddo, breakfast time!" Remus called from the kitchen, "is Virgil up yet?"
Virgil felt a chill run down his spine as the child giggled, patted his face, and called back, "yes Papa! We're coming!"
Virgil groaned and sat up slowly, sore from sleeping on the couch with his piercings still in. How he'd managed to fall asleep in skinny jeans absolutely baffled him, almost as much as the peculiar little kid staring at him expectantly.
"What d'ya want, kid?"
"A kitty!"
"I don't have a kitty."
Patton’s eyes immediately brimmed with tears and his lip quivered before the child ran screaming back to the kitchen.
Virgil was sorely tempted to roll back over and hope he woke up somewhere quieter, but the smell of bacon and the temptation of seeing Remus in the daylight pushed him to his feet.
The guy he'd met in the bar had practically disappeared once Patton showed up. Remus had been flirty and suggestive and very interested in Virgil all night but nothing in his behavior would have ever led Virgil to suspect he had a kid and was capable of acting so.. fatherly. The man’s duality was almost unsettling.
Virgil walked over and stood in the door of the kitchen, silently watching Remus encouraging the weeping little boy to sit down and eat toast. He still wasn't sure why Patton had thought he would have a cat with him, but the disappointment had surely gotten to the little fella.
Remus looked up and gave Virgil a tired grin, "heya, sleeping beauty. How's your head?"
"Threatening to disown me. I didn’t touch him. He asked if I had a cat," Virgil nodded to Patton, hoping that Remus didn't think he'd purposefully hurt the kid.
"Oh don't worry. He asks everyone. His dad promised him one and well, do you see a litter box?" Remus rolled his eyes, standing and guiding Patton to the table, "you'd think after so many empty promises, the kid would know better, right?"
"Wait… you're his dad, right?" Virgil frowned.
"Nope!" Patton giggled, twirling his spoon between his fingers, "Dada lives in the big house!"
"Patton, eat your breakfast!" Remus barked, not unkindly before turning back to Virgil with a sigh, "no offense, but Patton’s dad is not exactly first date story material. Neither is Patton but well, that can't be helped now."
Virgil bit his lip, "right. None of my business… Except I shouldn't be here if you're married."
"I'm not married, sweetheart," Remus held up his hand to show off the lack of a ring.
"And this mystery father isn't… ya know," Virgil drew a finger across his throat in a wordless question.
"I fucking wish! Look, it's none of your damn business, Virgil. You want breakfast or the door?" Remus snapped, turning back to the food on the stove.
Virgil sighed and sat down next to Patton at the table, idly arranging shaped blocks in a haphazard pattern, "I'm sorry. I just don’t want to get in the middle of something complicated without knowing that's what's up. Yo, got another triangle for me, Pat?"
Patton grinned and grabbed a triangle from the table before shoving it somewhat painfully into Virgil’s palm. Remus watched the interaction and sighed overly dramatically.
"Hey, baby, why don't you go get dressed and pick out a movie?" Remus ruffled Patton’s hair, "no horror movies today though."
"Awwwww but I love the scary ones," Patton moped but obediently left the table.
Remus waited until Patton was out of sight before replying, "look, I don't have any secrets. I got nothing to hide. The only complicated thing right now is custody. My ex and I are separated and don't talk. Hell, I try to get him to pick Pattom up from Roman and Teddy's every chance I get. I love the little tyke but his dad pisses me off."
Virgil bit his lip, "that does not sound ideal."
Remus shook his head, "it's not. Like one day you're planning a wedding and processing an adoption, then before you know it you're divorced and fighting with the man you love for custody of the child he said made him sick to look at." Remus gritted his teeth, "Pat deserves so much better…"
Virgil nodded along with Remus’s story, "so why go out clubbing during your time with Patton? He doesn't need two absent fathers."
Remus chuckled, "don't freak out, but the first one of us who remarries has a huge advantage in getting full custody. Because neither of us is biologically related to Pat-Pat, it's become way too much of a battle.
"I'm sorry," Virgil whispered, studying the grain of the wood in the table.
"It's alright," Remus shrugged, "you're alright, Virge. Can I get that number now?"
Virgil laughed and took the offered phone, "yeah, call me when you've got some free time and Patton is with his dad."
Remus grinned and pocketed the phone, "oh you'll see how this works, sweetheart."
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Patton was nearly a constant whenever Virgil met with Remus, but at least Roman had been mollified by Remus having a steady date so he and Teddy resumed babysitting during more adult dates. The Remus he'd met at the bar never quite resurfaced in the same way, sometimes the actual image of the tatted-up punk caring for a sweet little angelic-looking demon spawn of a kid took Virgil by surprise, and sometimes he was shocked with the things this man would say to his kid. Teddy constantly questioned Virgil why he had stayed even after learning more about the whole situation.
Virgil wasn't certain why. Patton had definitely tried to scare him off a few times. The kid was terrifying when he wanted to be.
But this little family was so very compelling, and Virgil was more and more certain with each date that he wanted a place in it.
"So, sugar…"
"Yeah, Rem?"
"I have a modest proposal for you-"
"Nope. Not gonna eat babies."
"Wha-?"
"Oh, shoot I thought for sure you were talking about the satirical essay. What's up, babe?" Virgil winced and turned to face Remus.
"How would you… like to start the process to become one of Patton’s legal guardians?"
"You're asking your boyfriend to adopt your kid who already has two dads?"
"Well yeah, because-"
"Because then the paperwork is ready to sign right after the wedding," Virgil interrupted with a grin, "you sneaky son of a biscuit!"
Remus laughed, "please, baby?"
"Not my call, sweetheart," Virgil smirked, "hey, Pattycake!"
Little feet pounded down the hallway, Patton skidding to a halt in the kitchen, "yeah? Prince Sparkles is in danger so this better be important!"
"You can save the Prince soon enough, kid. How would you feel-" Virgil suddenly felt very nervous as the gravity of the question finally hit him, "-how would you like… another dad?"
"Umm.. do I have to meet him?" Patton looked disappointed and confused.
"No, Pat-attack, Virgil is asking if he can be your dad too," Remus explained gently.
"You aren't already? I demand you be my dad this instant!" Patton bellowed at Virgil, pouting with the most betrayed expression he could muster.
Virgil laughed, "don't worry kid, this is just gonna be the paperwork that makes it official. You know I got you."
"Yay! New Dad! New Dad!" Patton beamed and ran around the table to dive into Virgil’s arms. Virgil caught him with a grunt and leaned into Remus.
"I think that's a yes from me," Virgil murmured
"Most excellent. Now I've got both my boys!" Remus grinned and wrapped both in a bear hug to seal the deal.
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rufeepeach · 7 years ago
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Popular Fic
Tagged by @thescholarlystrumpet​ and @rowofstars​!
I’m only doing fics where I’m the sole author because this gets wildly distorted with other authors involved!
What are your five most popular works by kudos? (in descending order)
1) Inheritance - OUAT, Rumbelle - Kudos: 515
Five years after leaving town to see the world, a death in the family forces Belle French back to Storybrooke to deal with the estate. Never intending to stay very long, she nevertheless soon finds herself drawn back into old friendships, old dreams, and an old love that’s not as finished as once she had hoped. Belle might be back in her hometown, but after five years away from the wreckage she left behind, is it possible to ever really come home?
I mean, I’d hope this’d be my most popular work - it took a year to write and is the length of a long novel! It’s also easily my most complete and coherent longfic, since it was meticulously planned, written, and edited as a whole before a single chapter got posted. I guess more chapters also just meant more chances for people to find it?
2) If I Didn't Know Better (but damn it, I do) - MCU, Darcy/Loki - Kudos: 503
In which Loki's illusions seem to malfunction when a particular supposedly-powerless brunette happens by, and Darcy is more than willing to use her taser.
I have no idea. Someone prompted TaserTricks and back in the days at the height of Hiddleston-mania this seemed like a good idea. I think MCU is such a big fandom that any moderately-readable work - especially with an Explicit rating - will have a larger audience than for something a little smaller like Rumbelle. I’m pretty pleased with the characterisation though, especially since my interest in the MCU - even back then, before I stopped caring entirely - was fairweather at best.
3) A Hundred Years or More - Maleficent - Kudos: 454
"I promise, no harm shall come to you whilst I live" - Maleficent never kisses Aurora, believing she has already done more harm than good, and instead resigns herself to watching over the sleeping princess for the rest of her days.
I made myself cry with this one. Probably my favourite thing I’ve ever written, it’s everything I hope to someday accomplish with an original work, tracking Maleficent’s eighty-four years watching over a comatose, unageing Aurora, as various characters grow old and die, and the world moves on, and Maleficent finds some peace. It’s very soft and very sad and I love it so much!
4) Harmless - OUAT, Rumbelle - Kudos: 333
Belle arrives, bruised and bleeding, on the doorstep of a lame spinner and his son. On the run from the war and its causes, her short stopover becomes something else entirely.
One of my earliest fics for Rumbelle fandom, although it took me years to complete in the end. This one was the first ever winner for best woobie!rumple in 2013′s TEAs! I wish now that I hadn’t rushed the ending so much, but by that point it was three years old and I needed it to be finished. This one’s probably the one I’d most like to go back and heavily edit or remix someday. Still, I reread it recently and it’s not half bad!
5) Stranger - OUAT, Rumbelle - Kudos: 289
Belle remembers everything about her old life, and finally gains freedom from her asylum prison. But Rumpelstiltskin is nowhere to be found: in his place is an oblivious pawnbroker who is as cursed as everyone else in Storybrooke.
A long-time favourite of mine among my Rumbelle fics, this one’s a trooper since it received only moderate attention on Tumblr when I posted it, but it seems to have steadily climbed the ranks on AO3? I’m glad this odd little fic is getting some love now :)
What are your five least popular works by kudos? (in ascending order)
(Okay so this is weird, because my AO3 is so unrepresentative of when I posted things? So for these I’m picking and choosing because a lot of my AO3 lowest page is just my old imported Castle, Community, and Glee fics and I’d rather not... drag those up... so I’m only counting fics posted after I left LJ. Also I’m not including bits of series that just got dumped on there when I realised I’d forgotten to cross-post years after the fact. Come at me.)
1) In Trouble - OUAT, Swanfire - Kudos: 18
Emma Swan knows Neal is trouble from the moment she meets him, but he’s also everything she’s been looking for.
This one is surprising because it got such a good reception on Tumblr when I posted it, so I guess this is a result of importing it to AO3 super late, and the lack of SF-shippers? Idk bro. I like this one a lot?
2) Falling In The Space Between - Dragon Age: Inquisition, Hawke/Varric - Kudos: 20
Varric visits Hawke in Skyhold the night after Adamant, and they discuss heroes, stories, and how the world suddenly got so much bigger and more difficult since Kirkwall.
I had feelings while playing DA:I. Sue me. This one’s a short, introspective character piece, and it’s hella sad.
3) Life in Black and White - OUAT, Snowing - Kudos: 21
Snow White was raised to hold onto goodness at all times, no matter the costs. No matter the damage she leaves in her wake.
Snow White character assassination piece, mostly focusing on how black and white morality, and her privileging of her own family above all else, has led to massive destruction in the name of ‘goodness’. I can totally see why no one read this, but again it got a better reception on Tumblr?
4) Seven Beaches - OUAT, Rumbelle - Kudos: 23
Seven times Belle and Rumpelstiltskin visited the beach.
Ah, 2012. Back before it was drilled into me that songfic is always wrong and bad. On the other hand this is kinda pretty? On the third hand I was eighteen and it shows, because dear God, varying your sentence length is always right and good. Hundreds of short sentences glued together does not equal poetry. I seem to remember rave reviews at the time but then we had like ten authors back then so who knows.
5) Disassociation - OUAT, Rumbelle - Kudos: 24
The man on the floor is not Belle’s husband.
Another short fic solely written because I had feelings, set immediately after the Town Line scene at the end of 4A. It’s dark, miserable, and very much written in that post-episode rush before things settle. Again, I get why no one would seek this out now.
No idea who’s done this yet, but I’ll tag @mariequitecontrarie, @amuseoffyre, @toseehowthestoryends, @ladybookwormwithteeth, and @worryinglyinnocent
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