#* oc: hominy

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Hello!!

I have an OC who speaks several languages. Her native tongue is Arabic, the setting she normally is in speaks Japanese, and the language I'm writing in is English. She speaks more, but these three are the important ones.

I occasionally write a scene in the story from her POV, where she speaks Arabic at home with her grandfather, and Japanese with her friends and strangers. There are also other scenes where she may speak with a friend in Arabic and Japanese (a mix of sorts), and another friend in all three of Arabic English and Japanese, and other scenes where she talks to herself in Arabic in the presence of other characters. As a result I've a number of closely related questions:

How do I indicate that she's changing languages when writing from her point of view?

Is it necessary to? If so, when?

How do I do so organically without having to explicitly "tell" it?

Where does transliteration become necessary?

Arabic is a very God-centric language, where God is often mentioned in the most mundane (though not vain!!!) contexts. English is not so much. How could I "translate" that into the writing when the language POV is Arabic, considering that I'm writing in English?

I appreciate your blog and your answers. Thank you in advance. I hope you have an amazing day :)

Multilingual Character Issues

How do I indicate that she's changing languages when writing from her point of view? Is it necessary to? If so, when? How do I do so organically without having to explicitly "tell" it?

This is one of those situations where it's absolutely fine to "tell" the reader the language that they're speaking. For example...

Grandfather was sitting on a bench enjoying the afternoon breeze. "How are you doing today, Grandfather?" I asked in Arabic.

If you have multiple scenes that have cultural and character cues that will let the reader know where the character is, and therefore what language they'd be speaking, you can potentially highlight those cues and use language cues to "show" the language without a direct tell. Using Spanish as an example, something like this:

My abuela was working in her garden, probably picking fresh ingredients for tonight's pozole. ¡Hola, mi chiquita! she said, looking up with a smile. "I hope you've brought a big appetite for supper."

You can still pepper in the occasional reminder that they are, in fact, speaking Spanish. Again, it's okay to tell when you think it's necessary.

Where does transliteration become necessary?

If you're using mostly English to convey the other language, relying on telling and contextual clues to illustrate that it is the other language, I'm not sure when transliteration would be necessary. But, using my Spanish example above... I do not think it would be necessary to either transliterate or translate "pozole" or "chiquita." The general meaning of both are relatively clear via context. If she's gathering fresh ingredients for tonight's pozole, and later asks her granddaughter if she brought her appetite, it's pretty clear that pozole is a food. If you wanted to add more context for exactly the type of food, you could have the character muse about other preparations she's likely to have already made for other ingredients, or imagine tasting the hominy and meat-based stew. Transliteration... conveying how a word is pronounced... isn't necessary, especially when you have a story that's potentially going to contain a lot of words in other languages. Transliterating all or even some of them would bog down the story.

Arabic is a very God-centric language, where God is often mentioned in the most mundane (though not vain!!!) contexts. English is not so much. How could I "translate" that into the writing when the language POV is Arabic, considering that I'm writing in English?

Well, first of all, I don't think that's true about English at all. English-speakers often weave God into everyday/mundane language in much the same way as Arabic speakers, and not in vain. Some examples:

-- God willing, we'll have good weather for the game tomorrow. -- Praise God, the line is finally moving! -- As God as my witness, I will ground you if you're a second late. -- Oh, thank God my paycheck came in a little early this week! -- God bless, she is just the sweetest creature alive!

And, at the end of the day, even if you're using English to write what is supposed to be spoken Arabic, the context isn't English. So, when it makes sense, just be direct. But sometimes it doesn't make sense to be direct... using Spanish as an example again, someone might say, "Hoy voy a echar la flojera en casa," which basically means "I'm going to be lazy at home today," but the literal translation is, "today I am going to throw laziness at home." This is one of those cases where it just wouldn't make sense to be literal. It would be better to just have the character say, "I'm going to be lazy at home today," because as writers, our ultimate goal is clarity. We never want to sacrifice clarity for ambience or anything else.

I hope this makes sense, and please keep an eye on the comments in case any Arabic or Spanish speakers have anything they want to add, or in case I got something wrong.

Happy writing!

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My tma oc!

His name is Hector Campbell, and he’s an Avatar of the Buried. He got turned by a Leitner called Canticum Hominis Sepulti which is Latin that translates to The Song of the Buried Man:>

[humanitys-strongest-bamf]

ty for the tag!! :D does this have to include all my wips o.o welp, i'll sort these by fandom lmao

attack on titan:

➼ "canonverse!!!": levi x merc!reader ➼ "DADVI": what it sounds like ➼ "djakfsdlfsd": canonverse levi x reader angst mini-series that i have yet to finish writing ➼ "high school au": tutor!levi x burnt out gifted kid!reader ➼ "mafia pwp hehe": assassin!reader x mafia boss!levi ➼ "main au": canon divergent levi x oc ➼ "modern espionage au": a spy x family style spy!levi x assassin!reader

bsd:

➼ "backstory": oc backstory ➼ "bsd au": ADA!dazai x PM!reader ➼ "living to die": dazai x oc ➼ "mafia days": same story as "bsd au", but in the dark era ➼ "main story": chuuya x oc who's exes with dazai ➼ "prequel (bsd au)": more oc backstory but i like this one better

toaru (fandom i've been writing for since like 2014 - these are each their own little multi-fics but in the same universe and features the same oc):

➼ "experiment arc": oc backstory ➼ "the descent": some fucked up shit that builds upon oc's character dev ➼ "the dark side": canon!divergent battle royale arc ➼ "DRAGON arc actual": canon!divergent dragon arc ➼ "WWIII arc actual": canon!divergent WWIII arc ➼ "ryuuri arc": introducing second oc that complements main oc's character dev ➼ "freshmen arc": canon!divergent freshmen arc ➼ "the next step (dark matter arc)": some stuff that results in character dev for both ocs ➼ "agitate halation arc": canon!divergent agitate halation arc that builds upon second oc's character dev ➼ "invasion arc": canon!divergent invasion arc except i did some character swaps and changed the timeline from canonverse ➼ "hawaii invasion arc": canon!divergent hawaii invasion arc ➼ "purge arc": my way of killing off all the characters when i apparently wanted to move to another fandom without having to create another au LMAO

msc:

➼ "ATLA": little fic i have exploring the nuances of azula's POV in contrast to zuko's ➼ "norse au": more like marvel au. something with oc being an asgardian that got corrupted by the darkhold. ➼ "reunion with aoto": toaru!OC battling with a random side character i made to counter her esper abilities for character dev purposes (rip aoto for being doomed by the narrative) ➼ i have a folder called "WE CAN FORGET THESE EXIST" and i'm not willing to open it again so i'm skipping those, sry

most of these i have not published and have no intent of ever publishing ksdjfkdsjf esp because the toaru oc is a mary sue character that i made when i was 17, sue me (no pun intended ksjflksdj)

this also probably isn't an accurate count because i have some random shit i wrote that i no longer remember a single thing about lol so i omitted those

no pressure #'s: @dreamtuna @chaotic-on-main @anlian-aishang @leviismybby @dont-f-with-moogles @lucysarah-c @wyvernslovecake @littlerequiem @violet-fluff @romantichomicide95 @kikarouflames @homo-homini-lupus-est-1701 @levisonlylover @theragethatisdesire @the-traveling-poet @danchou-danchou @happybird16 @v4mp-wife @la-undercover-latina @kariighost @roseofdarknessblog @flametrashira @prettyiwa @urbandeity @kingkonoha @ackermans-angel @erwinsmithsmissingleftarm @levilxvr

sorry if i tagged anyone twice i was STRUGGLING finding 28 people to tag 😭

wip game!

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

a/n: @daisynik7! thank you for the tag! gives me a chance to show what has been in my brain for quite some time, lets hope i get around them lol

-> pregnant pause: nanami x pregnant!reader one-shot. -> workout: nanami x f!reader one-shot. -> toying around: nanami x f!reader one-shot. -> plus one: 1920s AU! nanami x reader, loose continuation to illicit toasts. -> farewell interview: actor! nanami x interviewer!reader one-shot. -> best butt: miguel o'hara x reader one-shot.

tagging (no pressure!): @jadeee @kentopedia @svftackerman @kentocidal @zorosdimples @humanitys-strongest-bamf

[seasaltbaptism]

HI HI NINA !!!! HOW R U BIG SMOOCHIES MWAH <333 the empress, the hierophant, the lovers, the hermit, & the hanged man for malius & hom hom

03.  the empress  :  does your muse have parental / nurturing figures in their life ? how do they impact them ?

malius: his mother! she’s the divine being / representation of honey / milk / the home / hearth / family. she was his biggest influence growing up & instilled altruism and love for the world into him! he has very fond memories to draw strength and efficacy from! he relies on her lessons a lot in his life, as he was a rambunctious child who often got into mischief! he had a few other parental figures, divine of the forge and horses taught him to craft , so on and so forth, it took a village to raise malius haha!

hominy: many! her first mother & elder sister , who hominy doesnt remember much, gave their lives to ensure her escape, then her parents in malula raised her with love & integrity. she has many influences in her kingdom too! she frequented many places & aided in many shops and homes, i think she feels most at home among her people , but makes SOME friends on the road with malius. i think without that intense love and support, she would most certainly be adrift in the world. they gave her a set of morals and she can face the world with that backbone.

05.  the hierophant  :  what are your muse’s morals / ethics ? do they follow their moral code strictly ?

malius: HAH. well. ok. in the beginning he didn’t involve himself in worldly politics often , but soon he began answering prayers, freeing people & giving aid in fighting for stolen homeland and other major disputes, so he developed intense moral codes, he doesn’t enjoy senseless slaughter and violence, jealousy and usurpers will gain no favor from him, he’s intensely respectful of others autonomy and free will. after his murder he is more prone to suspicion and manipulation, but still actually retains a lot of his morals, he’s just more violent , more ‘ i will get you before you get HER , before you get ME. ‘ mentality , you know? his morals are flexible at time as hominy struggles to adapt to the cruelty of the world, so he’ll bend for her .

hominy: god this girl. she has set morals that get warped throughout the story, but she actually doesn’t have a huge qualm with killing, as long as it’s justified to her. you try to kill me? i’m going to kill you if talking or bodily injury doesn’t suffice. she’s got a big heart and believes in helping people, and despite that altruism leading to near death experiences, she still refuses to NOT help. malius sometimes seethes obscenities in her head but she just tells him to shut up and revive her if shit hits the fan. no, but seriously she has a moral code that matches up with more of a neutral good , leaning towards true neutral towards the middle of the story , goes the line of neutral evil JUST a bit during some parts but she balances out , you know?

06.  the lovers  :  how important are relationships to your muse ? do they value having a significant other ?

malius: pre-murder, relationships weren’t that important, he occasionally entertained affection with a warm smile and gentle hands, but he never let anyone think that their relationship was anything deeper than what it was, as he’s honest from the beginning about his boundaries. he had lots of things to do, and felt relationships took his focus away from prayers and helping people who needed him. post murder? he’s hyper focused on revenge and getting the fuck out of the sword and making sure the world doesn’t implode on itself, but for some reason hominy is this growth in his chest that strangles his heart and has him shuddering desperately on his knees, he just can’t help it. she’s noble and kind, wise & a smart ass, dedicated & brave, shes sincere and oh so pretty ,,,, shes altruistic and can be a huge cunt and hes so smitten for her it pissed him off at first. he didn’t direct that at hominy but he attempted to distance himself emotionally from her but he couldn’t , so. yeah . he would value having a significant other , during this phase of his life , very much! he’s normally one to put all his ducks in a row before attempting to engage in courtship and relationships, but with hominy he is world is flipped so he just takes it one step at a time , like slipping into a hot bath , it takes patience and adjusting to finally get to pleasure and enjoyment. [ eyes him. ] i don’t blame him really, breaking cosmic rules & everything is something i’d do for hom hom too.

hominy: honestly? another one who didn’t really value relationships too much, some would come and go , but she never really felt the need to have anyone around ? romance was weird to her, intimacy was hard and so she just avoided it for the most part. she has experience in things of romance, but it was just sub-par for her. POST FINDING MALIUS? she’s still hesitant, she doesn’t enjoy the sudden attraction she felt for him & wondered if it was his doing . was it his magic? was it the curse that lit a fire in her chest? was it the intimacy that came with what she was doing? sharing memories and feelings? being able to say things and malius would just get it . she didn’t have to hide anything , , he didn’t judge her, she wasn’t a freak. i think after meeting malius and getting him to actually be honest ( it didn’t take much lmao ) she found that it wasn’t unreasonable to be so attracted to a being such as him, he was honest , resilient and wise even in states of illness and the like, there’s many things she finds herself admiring and for a long while she circles him ( was she the wolf or the moth? ) and she comes to value their relationship more and more as time goes on, valuing his presence in her life and all he shared with her , however intimately , it just feels good. feels right.

09.  the hermit  :  how introspective is your muse ? how often do they self - reflect ?

malius: very introspective, but knows when to stop asking questions. he reflects a few times a day , or whenever he feels uneasiness settle within him, he likes to know why he’s feeling what he’s feeling, or it gnaws at him. he does, however, know when to let things rest and wait for more opportunities to unveil his feelings or information about a certain subject. he’s old & wise , he balances diligence & rest fairly well.

hominy: needs to be reminded to reflect, mostly by malius. she is somewhat oblivious to her feelings and her own body at times, and genuinely appreciates moments of rest where she can reflect upon her day, what’s been said , what she’s seen & how she responded to that ,, and what that says about her own mental state; she values times of peace where she can meditate and really connect with herself! [ hominy: man remember that lady from that town? malius: the one attempting to kill us? hominy: she was trying to KILL us?

12.  the hanged man  :  how open is your muse to new opportunities ? do they constantly look for them or do they simply take whatever comes their way ?

malius: opportunistic is this divine’s middle name post murder!! he’s looking and connecting dots, looking for aid and trying to get from step a , to b , c , so forth and so on. he’s laying out complex plans to hominy and she’s nodding but definitely not doing at least 7 of those steps , but she humors him & incorporates his plans into her actions. but he’s definitely a ‘ make things happen ‘ sort of person!

hominy: she is like a river, opportunity comes and she will take it, but she doesn’t MAKE it happen as intensely as malius does, she’s more of a ‘ make something out of what we have ‘ type of girl. to be fair , shes dealing with a LOT , so she doesn’t have the energy to lay out 20 step plans like malius does, but she is crafty and surprises him a lot by what she concocts!!

[clara-scintilla]

Alta found teeth

[anfir0]

Man, I love magical men. 🥴🤘

This is my part of an artrade i made with my homie @sugarshoot10. 💖

[oniarcade]

the internet was out most of the day yesterday so i just doodled some gorls

[tmema]

if you’re still doing that ask meme hehehe , ok do ME , your PERSON B oc , and hominy!! muah i’m smooching ur cheek ✨🪴💓

hominy could take me down easy i think. i would fistfight character b with my bare hands because he CAN be annoying sometimes if given the opportunity but he'd kick my ass. and i dont know if i could fight you i know youre very practical and i know you're active so i think i would lose if we did fight but you are my friend and beloved mutual so i wouldnt want to anyway <3

[seasaltbaptism]

[ text i.d: i worshipped the myth i made of you, but i’m off my knees now. i want your hands to become language and make me. end i.d ]

Come the Slumberless To the Land of Nod, Traci Brimhall

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Hi Steph! reading your blog has become a sort of guilty pleasure for me. Thanks for everything, it’s so clear that you put a lot of time and energy into your content. I was wondering if you have any johnlock fics that feature a particularly well-written or memorable original character? I always love to see how authors integrate their own character creations into johnlock stories!

Hey Nonny!

Ahhhh!! This is a GREAT request, because I like well-written OC’s in fics, so yeah, this is a great list to make. Here’s what I recall from my bookmarks. Please add your own faves, friends!

MEMORABLE ORIGINAL CHARACTERS

Ex by Itsallfine (T, 1,248 w., 1 Ch. || Angsty Fluff, Love Confessions, Coming Out, Exes, First Kiss, Fake Relationship, Getting Outed) – One night, in the midst of their post-case high and on the cusp of something more, John and Sherlock run into John’s ex. His ex-boyfriend.

The Prize We Sought Is Won by deathfrisbees (E, 4,610 w., 1 Ch. || First Time, Mild D/S, Oral, Military Kink, Bottomlock) – Sherlock's in love, or in lust, or both--unfortunately, the object of his affections is not only his completely oblivious flatmate, but said flatmate would probably run screaming into the hills should he find out. John's been invited to a wedding--unfortunately, the groom used to serve under him back in Afghanistan, and requests that John wear a uniform he's honestly not sure he fits into. Unfortunately for both flatmates, Sherlock's got a military kink the size of Kandahar and John wants to know if he actually can fit into this uniform or if his eyes are deceiving him. It goes from there.

Time on my hands by Mildredandbobbin (M, 7,179 w., 1 Ch. || PODFIC AVAILABLE || Post-S3, One Night Stands, Mutual Pining, Virgin Sherlock, First Time, Sexual Exploration / Discovery, Desperation, Body Worship) – Virginity’s a construct, a concept—what does losing one’s virginity entail for a gay man anyway? Sherlock wants to fill that particular gap in his knowledge but John won’t, can’t, never will assist and there’s only so much desperately unspoken pining even Sherlock can take.

High and Tight, Soft and Loose by cwb (E, 7,429 w., 1 Ch. || Jealous John, Miscommunications / Misunderstandings, First Kiss / Time, BAMF John, Insecure Sherlock, Clueless Sherlock, POV John, Embarrassed John, Adorable Sherlock, Junk Size, UST / RST) – John pressed the knuckle of his index finger against his mouth and sighed. “So, you're coiled like a spring and ready to be ... sprung?” “If you want to be pedestrian about it, yes.” “Like I said, you should do something about that.” “And like I said, pedestrian. What would you have me do? Take up jogging? Yoga? Oh! Unless you mean –” “I don't mean anything. Let’s drop it.”

Matters of National Security by mistyzeo (E, 8,465 w., 1 Ch. || BAMF John, Doctor John, Jealous Sherlock, Dating, Bisexuality, Arguing, Stupidity, Teasing, First Kiss/Time, Hand Jobs, Frottage, RST, Idiots in Love) – John starts dating a male client of Sherlock's, and Sherlock can't figure out why he's so incensed about it.

High Tide by stardust_made (T, 8,540 w., 1 Ch. || Jealousy, Angst, First Kiss) – A little favour Sherlock stupidly agrees to do for Mycroft leads to John meeting a handsome, affluent man, who is going out of his way to woo him. Sherlock struggles with the situation and with his own reactions to it. Part 1 of The High Tide Series

Iris by slashscribe (E, 11,948 w., 1 Ch. || Parentlock, Pining Sherlock, Post-S3) – Sherlock does his best to make John happy when John comes back to 221B with his new baby after the events of Season 3, but Sherlock has a track record of getting things wrong in this area. This story is an exploration of their gradual shift from friends to lovers, told from Sherlock's perspective, full of a lot of pining and lack of emotional awareness.

A Brand of Gold by aquabelacqua (M, 12,757 w., 1 Ch. || Mutual Pining, POV John, Phone Sex, Texting, Masturbation, Long Distance, Drunk Texting) – What am I doing? he wondered. The answer came back at once: Flirting. He let the vital, missing piece snap into place as surely and as cleanly as if it had always been there. He was flirting with Sherlock Holmes.

Twelfth Night by yourdykeinshiningarmor (E, 15,139 w., 5 Ch. || Fake Relationship, Christmas, Mutual Pining, Friends to Lovers, Angst & Fluff, BJ’s, Anal) – John is invited to his aunt's Twelfth Night ball. Sherlock offers to attend with him as a friendly face among strangers, but John's family force him to address his true feelings for Sherlock.

Vessel by Rhuia (E, 15,695 w., 1 Ch. || Cancer, Medfic) – That was the surprising bit – the way his doctor said it, eyes shining with sympathy but breathing it out, shifting it off her shoulders and thrusting it onto his, making him take it like an unwanted gift.

A Life Well-Lived by Kate_Lear (E, 20,121 w., 1 Ch. || Original Male Character, Sherlock Woos John, Jealous Sherlock, Reluctant Bi-John, Past Abuse, Insecure John, Reassuring / Caring Sherlock, Protective Sherlock, Understanding Sherlock) – John got scared off men by an abusive past relationship. Sherlock has to try and woo him while not scaring him off with protective possessive rage.

Winter's Delights by Kate_Lear (E, 21,173 w., 1 Ch. || Holmes Family, Christmas, Fake Relationship, Friends to Lovers, Bed Sharing, Domestics) – Sherlock takes John home for Christmas to meet the extended Holmes family. Part 1 of Winter's Delights

A Shipless Ocean by myswordfishmind (M, 22,135 w., 4 Ch. || Post-TRF, John has a Kid, Angst, Reunion, Falling in Love, Open Ending) – Ten years after the fall Sherlock goes back to London to find that John no longer lives there. Instead, he resides in a seaside town, a widower, and the father of a seven year old son. Now, Sherlock must struggle with the fact that there may no longer be a place for him in this new world.

Maintaining A Personal Life by Gingerhermit (E, 24,284 w., 6 Ch. || Alternating POV’s, Bisexuality, BAMF!John, Jealous Sherlock, Romance / Drama, Sort-of Case Fic, Peril & Angst, Love Confessions, Toplock, Soft Idiots in Love, Post S3) – Sherlock and John discover some interesting revelations about each other’s sexuality, which lead them both to question the assumptions they've made about one another for years. In the midst of their mutual discoveries, a dangerous psychopath looms on the side-lines who threatens to destroy their new beginning.

26 Pieces by Lanning (E, 28,236 w., 1 Ch. || H/C, Torture, First Time, Happy Ending, Schmoop, Past Abuse) – Mycroft gives Sherlock the apparently simple task of solving a puzzle box containing a stolen microchip. It isn't simple.

Where Else Would I Be? by cwb (E, 34,910 w., 10 Ch. || Retirementlock, Domestic Fluff, Falling in Love, Parentlock, Fluff and Smut, Reminiscing) – John and Sherlock's five-year-old granddaughter spends the weekend with them in Sussex. Sherlock happily indulges her whims, and John takes care of them while quietly revisiting the past thirty years of their lives together.

Classified(s) by blueink3 (E, 36,153 w., 4 Ch. || Wedding Date AU || Fake Relationship, Jealous, PIning, H/C, Idiots in Love, Happy Ending, Mary is not Nice, Escort Service) – Clara's American father is the ambassador to some such territory that Great Britain probably used to own, but she (and Harry’s undying love for her) is the reason John is getting on a flight at 12:30pm, flying across the second largest ocean in the world, and pretending to be in a perfectly happy, healthy relationship with an undoubtedly perfectly coiffed stranger. See, Clara is not only American (and wealthy to boot), she's also best friends with John’s ex-fiancée. Whom she's placed in the wedding party. As Maid of Honor. And John just happens to be Best Man. Bloody brilliant.

Nothing to Make a Song About by emmagrant01 (E, 36,833 w., 10 Ch. || Post-TRF, First Time, Reunion, Jealous John, Pining Sherlock, Romance, Angst with Happy Ending, Sherlock Has a Boyfriend) – When Sherlock returned from his faked death, John could not forgive him for the deception and broke off their friendship. Ten years later, John returns to London in search of yet another new beginning. Sherlock, not surprisingly, is waiting.

Set in Stone by SilentAuror (E, 39,309 w., 1 Ch. || Romance, Wedding, Therapy, Fluff and Angst) – Sherlock and John are back from Ravine Valley and planning their wedding. However, as they move past the trial of the human traffickers, Sherlock can't help but wonder if he's imagining that John is becoming a little distant. Surely he isn't getting cold feet about the wedding... Part 2 of The Ravine Valley series

Only To Be With You by SinceWhenDoYouCallMe_John (M, 40,768 w., 4 Ch. || Black Mirror / Future AU || Character Death, Future Technology, Sickness/Cancer/Illness, Heavy Angst with Happy Ending, First Person POV John, Pining John, Heart-Wrenching Angst, Promise of Forever) – I tell myself that next time I’ll come near this same place again. Wait around for the mysterious stranger in his coat to dash past me, hot on the heels of a new criminal in black. I think this all the way back to my Exit, planning where I’ll wait and what I’ll say when I see him. Scheming on how to get his name. It’s only once I reach the Exit Point door that I realize two hours and forty-five minutes have passed, and I realize that this won’t be the last time I Visit. It won’t be the last time at all.

Corpus Hominis by mycapeisplaid (E, 47,709 w., 12 Ch. || PODFIC AVAILABLE || Case Fic, Fluff, Romance, Frottage, Angst, Anal, Blow Jobs, Rimming, Spas / Massages, Shampoo, Jealousy, Fake Relationship) - John knows the human body intimately. He’s had plenty of opportunity for study as a doctor, soldier, and lover. There’s one particular body, however, he knows very little about. When Sherlock launches himself head-first into a new obsession and they get sent on a case in an unlikely location, the pair discovers each other’s bodies with confusing yet delightful (and sometimes hilarious) results.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by SilentAuror (E, 50,635 w., 1 Ch. || Post-S4/S4 Divergence, Case Fic, For a Case / Reverse Fake-Relationship, Conferences, Marriage Equality, Travelling / New York, Pride, Homophobia, Bottomlock, Marriage Proposal, John POV, Sexuality, Love Confessions, Emotional Love Making, Public Hand Jobs, Blow Jobs, Passionate Kissing, Needy/Clingy Sherlock, Virgin Sherlock, Touching / Hand Holding, Bed Sharing, Little Spoon Sherlock, Intense Orgasms) – John and Sherlock go to New York to attend a conference run by the National Defence of Traditional Marriage Coalition in order to investigate the potential bombing of the annual Manhattan Pride parade. As the conference unfolds, John finds himself repulsed by the toxic ideology being presented, which becomes relevent to his own unacknowledged issues and his friendship with Sherlock...

Coventry by standbygo (E, 52,020 w., 26 Ch. || Dollhouse AU || Case Fic, Slow Burn, Sci-Fi / Fantasy, First Kiss / Time, Attempted Rape/Non-Con, BAMF John, Falling in Love) – “Let me get this straight,” John said, wondering when his life had become a science fiction film. “Some guy orders up a personality, a person, to his specifications, and they program this into a real live person, who has consented to do this, and she goes to this person and acts as his wife, or lawyer, or Royal Marine, or Navy Seal or what have you, and she has all the skills, all the knowledge, everything? Then you say the magic words, and she follows you back to The House, and they erase it all until her next appointment?”

Albion and the Woodsman by Glenmore (NR [E], 54,437 w., 50 Ch. || PODFIC AVAILABLE || Post S3, Parentlock, Pining Sherlock, Angst, Family, Drug Use, Depression, Sherlock POV, Light Humour, Reconnecting, Declarations of Love) – Sherlock and John are devastated after Mary Morstan makes her final moves. Sherlock relapses at the crack house, John walks around the world … and a lot happens in between. Parentlock, in the good way.

Wars We Fought, Things We're Not by blueink3 (M, 55,204 w., 10 Ch. || Post S3 / Post TAB, Parentlock, Fluff & Angst, Kidnapping, Whump, Post-TAB, UST/URT, 3G, Mild Peril, Slow Burn, Couple for a Case, Protective Mycroft, Infant Death Pre-Story, Friends to Lovers) –  Five months after John's world has fallen apart, Mycroft sends the consulting detective and his doctor on a case that neither is prepared for.

Isosceles by SilentAuror (E, 56,609 w., 7 Ch. || Post-S4, POV John, Original Male Character / Sherlock Dates Another Man, Love Triangle, Jealous John, Virgin Sherlock, Sexual Coaching, Angst, Romance, Domesticity, Unrequited Feelings, Miscommunication, First Kiss/Time, For a Case, Friends With Benefits, Bottomlock, Love Confessions, Spooning) – After solving a case for a major celebrity, Sherlock gets himself asked out. When John asks, he discovers that Sherlock has no intention of going, at least not until John agrees to coach him through whatever he might need to know for his date...

The Great Sex Olympics of 221B by XistentialAngst (E, 58,611 w., 10 Ch. || First Time/Kiss, Experiments / Sexual Experimentations, Multi Pairings, Voyeurism) – John Watson thinks Sherlock Holmes should admit that he, Watson, is more of an expert on sex than Sherlock is. But Sherlock refuses to concede the point. He comes up with an experiment plan that will resolve the issue. The results will determine who wins the prize. But sometimes even the best thought-out scientific study has unexpected consequences.

Bridging the Ravine by SilentAuror (E, 58,887 w., 3 Ch. || Post S4, Couple For a Case, Bed-Sharing, First Times, Confessions, Awkwardness, Sex Trafficking, Massages, Wet T-Shirt Contest, Group Therapy, Past Loss of Child) – Sherlock and John go undercover at Ravine Valley, a therapy centre for same-sex male couples in an investigation into a possible human trafficking ring. As they pose as a couple and fake their way through the therapy sessions for the sake of the case, it quickly becomes difficult to avoid discussing their very real issues. Set roughly six nine months after series 4.

The Bells of King's College by SilentAuror (E, 64,019 w., 5 Ch. || Post-S4, Missed Opportunities, Angst with Happy Ending, Fake Relationship, Case Fic, John POV, Jealous John, John in Denial, Travelling / Holidays, Virgin Sherlock, Wedding Proposals) – It's only been two weeks since Eurus Holmes disrupted their lives when Mycroft sends John and Sherlock to Cambridge to pose as an engaged couple at a wedding show in the hopes of solving six unsolved deaths...

Summit Fever by J_Baillier (M, 78,802 w., 18 Ch. || Mountain Climber AU || POV John, Angst, Tragedy, Suicidal Ideation, The Himalayas, Mountain Guide / Doctor John, Mount Climber Sherlock, Loneliness, Drama, Suspense, Slow Burn, Injured Sherlock / Sherlock Whump, Pining John) – After graduating from medical school, John Watson followed his heart to the Himalayas. Ten years later, he's a haunted cynic working for his ex-lover's trekking and mountaineering company. Will leading an expedition to Annapurna I—the most lethal of all the world's highest mountains—shake John out of his reverie, and who is the mystery client added to the group at the last minute?

Secrets and Revelations by Hisstah (E, 83,535 w., 9 Ch. || Sentinel / Guides Omegaverse AU || Adventure, Violence, Anal / Oral, Omega!John / Alpha!Sherlock, Case Fic, Politics, Mild DubCon) – Dr John Watson has some major secrets that he's kept from his flatmate, Alpha Sentinel Sherlock Holmes. Now the Sentinel Tower is after him. Can John stay out of their hands until he can reveal his secrets to Sherlock? Part 1 of Secrets and Revelations

Thermocline by J_Baillier (M, 83,557 w., 14 Ch. || Scuba Diving AU || Adventure, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Marine Archaeology, Asexual Sherlock, Horny John, Relationship Drama, Technical/Scuba/Wreck Diving, Slow Burn, Underwater /  Medical Peril, Doctor John, Hurt Sherlock, Anxious Sherlock, John POV, Protective John, Body Appreciation) – John "Five Oceans" Watson — technical dive instructor, dive accident analyst and weapon of mass seduction — meets recluse professor of maritime archaeology Holmes. As they head out to a remote archipelago off the coast of Guatemala to study and film its shipwrecks for a documentary, will sparks fly or fizzle out?

Maintenance and Repair by patternofdefiance (E, 106,650 w., 71 Ch. || Future AU, Augmentation || Augmented John, Depression, Body Modification, Slow Burn, Worldbuilding, Sci-Fi, Self-Care, Body Dysmorphia) – John wants to explain the rush of sensation and data, which is just another form of sensation (or is it the other way around?). John wants to say: Augmentation circuits report temperature, pressure, various forms of quantitative input. Sudden changes are reported as pain, since sudden changes are dangerous, and pain is the quickest way to encourage reflexive extraction. But all John can manage is, “Nng.” Because this sudden touch is not reporting as pain. Part 2 of STATIC

The Burning Heart by May_Shepard (M, 119,150 w., 21 Ch. || Canon Divergence, Post-TRF, John’s Sexuality, S3 Rewrite, Pining, Angst with a Happy Ending, POV John Watson, John’s Gay) – When Sherlock dies, John Watson feels like his life is over too. He’s completely shut down, until Mark Morstan, a new nurse at John’s medical clinic, catches his attention, and helps him uncover the long buried truth of his attraction to men. Although he’s certain he’ll never get over Sherlock, John plans to move on, and build a new life with Mark, unaware that Sherlock is not quite as dead as he appears, and that Mark is hiding secrets of his own.

The Swan Triad Series by Pennin_Ink (T, 121,660 w. across 3 works || Swan Lake AU || Magical / Fairy Tale AU, Romance, Falling in Love, Pining, Psychological Torture, Transformation) – Sherlock and John grow up spending every summer together. Their mothers' attempts to play matchmaker only fuel their mutual resentment and scorn. But then, one summer.

Colors by Quesarasara (E, 140,537 w., 17 Ch. || Pleasantville-Inspired AU || Soulmates, Colour Bonds, Alternating POV, Angst, Fluff, Pining, Case Fic, Medical Procedures) – Everyone on earth is born with eyes that see in black, white, and an endless series of greys. When you meet your soulmate, you finally see the world in color. We're all searching for the person who brings color to our lives. John and Sherlock are no exception. Part 1 of The Colors 'Verse

The Adventure of the Silver Scars by tangledblue (NR [M], 142,458 w., 41 Ch. || S3 Fix-It, Post-HLV/ Post-TAB / Canon Compliant, Case Fic, No Baby, Angst, Humour, UST, Slow Burn, Angry John, Reconciliation, Not Nice Mary / Leaving Mary, Dependent Sherlock, Pining Sherlock, Caretaker John, Fist Fights, It’s An Experiment, Virgin Sherlock, Dancing, Drugging, John Whump, Pet Names, Sherlock’s Mind Palace, Scars) – It’s been thirteen months since Mary shot Sherlock and John finds he’s still pissed off about it. Sherlock had thought everything was settled: John and Mary, domestic bliss. But when John turns up at Baker Street with suitcases, the world’s only consulting detective might not be prepared for the consequences. A new case. Some old scores to settle. Certain danger. Concertos, waltzes, and whisky.

The Lost Special: Family Matters (As Do Relationships) by ShirleyCarlton  (M, 144,688 w., 40 Ch. || S4 Fix It Fic, Unreliable Narrator, John’s Mind Bungalow, Friends to Lovers, Happy Ending) – Sherrinford is not really the name of some high security prison. That was just a figment of John’s frantic coma dream. And Eurus is not actually Sherlock’s sister. That’s just something random she said to John before shooting him. Sherlock and John were never actually estranged. That was just their act to cover up what really happened to Mary – or Rosamund Moran, as her real name has turned out to be. Sherlock does have a secret sibling, though, and his name is Sherrinford. After finally eliminating Moran – though in a rather dramatically different way than they had envisioned – and exposing the truth about Eurus, John encourages Sherlock to delve into his past and to find out whether the reasons to keep Sherrinford away from Sherlock were the right ones, and to discover what really happened in 1981. Along the way, Sherlock and John gradually, finally, stop keeping each other at a distance, and eventually become a proper family of their own. (SC’s version of Sherrinford may as well be an OC; he’s well written and different from Canon)

Sketchy by serpentynka (E, 184,053 w., 83 Ch. || Post-TRF, Post-Mary, John Whump, Slow Burn Love Story, Case Fic, Art, Porn With Feelings, Switchlock, Travelling, Career Change, Family Secrets, Illness / Health) – What (and who) will be left when nobody cares about your Work? A slow-burn fic with cases, places, mistaken identities, unfair choices, essential changes, violent feels, blatant lies, fearless portraiture, family secrets, high-risk bespoke gifts, durable friendships, bedtime stories, foreign travel and tongues, sickness (and health), and the significance of things which are slow to unfurl -- but cannot be ignored. Oh, and...porn. Part 1: Sherlock takes on an obvious case (barely a 4) and meets someone who will force him to re-examine what it means to see. Part 1 of Sketchy

The Gilded Cage by BeautifulFiction (E, 326,887 w., 31 Ch. || Omegaverse || Omega Sherlock / Alpha John, Friends to Lovers, Dub Con, Reproductive Rights) – In a world where Omegas are the property of the elite Alphas, locked away and treasured by those wealthy enough to buy them, John never questioned his flatmate's secondary gender. Sherlock Holmes was an Alpha through-and through. Wasn't he? A chance discovery turns the world on its head, and John is left grappling to come to terms with Sherlock's past as events conspire to threaten their future.

[thejadecount]

OH LOOK ANOTHER LONG POST TO INTRODUCE MY OCs

PJ OCs #2:

Name: Ava Raz Concord

Age: 16

Godly Parent: Harmonia, goddess of order, harmony and peace.

Mortal Parent: N/A

Description: A bit taller than average height. She has sand-tan skin, sunny yellow blonde hair and honey amber eyes. Thin eyebrows, small nose, but NOT a button nose. A bit curvy around the waist. She usually puts her hair in a short braid with bits of hair that stick out in the front as somewhat side bangs. Lean and wiry body, but not scrawny. Whipcord muscle on her arms and legs.

Personality: She’s kind of the mom friend of the group, but more aggressive when in comes to taking care of her friends. She will not hesitate to drag her friends to places and knock them down for their own health. She’s a bit like Annabeth, except she really isn’t as book-smart and more common sense/street smarts smart. She isn’t a know-it-all, and won’t correct people’s grammar. She’s the one to actively prevent her friends from dying by pulling them out of dangerous situations. She’s also strong-willed, dedicated and stubborn and will get something done and will reach her goal. She’s also very blunt like Erin. She also can and will swear, but not that often. She can be very terrifying and aggressive when she wants to be, but usually isn’t. She is the type of person to almost always be inhumanly calm and collected in any situation—unless her girlfriend accidentally caused another canon fire or exploded a building again, then she gets pissed. She’s has Patton Sander’s morality & and parent figure, but also Logan’s coldness and bluntness. It is very hard to make her freak out and panic, and even harder to make her angry. But watch out when she gets angry. When she’s angry, someone is going to die for sure.

Abilities:

She has this ability Magnus Chase has—she can force weapons out of people’s hands when they’re in close range.

She can mostly cancel out Erin’s chaos magic when they’re close to each other.

The Rage of Harmonia: Since Harmonia is the goddess of harmony, peace and order, she and her children usually keep their cool and barely ever freak out. But when they do, well—there’s a reason why crazy people are also called ‘mad’. This ability puts Ava in a rage-induced frenzy that gives her increased stamina, strength, and speed and makes all the moral and empathetic parts of her brain shut down in an instant. Ava’s only done this once, and almost killed Erin during it. Afterwards, she was knocked out for three days. So she isn’t fond of this power. It also makes her eyes more orange and her pupils red, and makes her resort to more primitive, caveman talk, growling, and snarling.

Multilingual: Children are natural-born diplomats, and you know what is a major barrier between people: language. She can speak any language naturally.

Trivia:

- She’s Erin’s girlfriend.

- Her middle name means ‘secret’

- Ava always carries honey-flavored chapstick on her.

- She has a weird obsession with foods anywhere in the white to golden-orange color range, including: rice, anything having to do with potatoes or French fries, honey, bananas, corn, cornbread, hominy, Mac and cheese, and golden apples.

- Fights in a mix of traditional Roman and Greek fighting styles mixed with several martial arts that no one can figure how how the hell she knows that.

- Barely ever uses weapons (her body is the weapon) but when she does, she uses small throwing knives, daggers and maybe a whip.

- Knows ballet & you bet ur ass it’s incorporated in her fighting style

- She has a mostly normcore aesthetic, with a little plant mom and visco girl thrown in. I’m talking mostly simple and light browns, oranges, yellows and cream colors. I’m talking light and simple capris, flannel, tink top and flats, flip flops, or sandals.

- She absolutely hates the colors pink, blue and purple, which is ironic because she’s bisexual. The only shades of those colors she’ll somewhat tolerate is coral/salmon and sunset pink, sky blue, and lilac.

- Her and Erin have indeed bonded over their mutual hatred for the color blue.

- She doesn’t really like how Percy and the Seven ignore and joke off their trauma, and especially hates Percy for the sole fact that his mother makes blue food (she doesn’t hate the food nor Sally personally, she just doesn’t like the color.)

- Her favorite color is sunflower/school-bus yellow.

- She is insanely in love with vanilla and lemon-flavored desserts, and even more if the food is dyed to match the flavor.

- Because she can speak any language, she’s usually Palio’s (the guy that only speaks Portuguese) translator and you bet they do have whole conversations and inside jokes to themselves in Portuguese.

- Ava has very bad OCD and tends to bit obsessive and a perfectionist because of it. She’ll spend a good half of her day in other people’s cabins cleaning and organizing things. She won’t just barge in of course, but if she needs to go in one to talk to someone, she’ll talk to them while organizing and cleaning their entire cabin. Some people, like the Athena and Hephaestus kids don’t ever let her in their cabins because they don’t want her messing with their stuff. Other cabins, like the Ares and Hermes kids will let her in, mostly for free labor. It’s also because of this OCD she’ll just suddenly start looking around places and count things like the campers during mealtimes or pegasi whenever she’s by the stables or buttons on her or Erin’s clothes. She’ll also switch to different languages if she doesn’t feel like she can communicate her feelings in English. Erin is completely in live with all these habits of her and doesn’t mind if she just suddenly comes into her cabin and start organizing and counting things.

Backstory: The ironic thing about Ava is that even though she’s the responsible, mostly-friendly mom friend of the group, literally no one knows her backstory. Not even her own girlfriend. The few things people know about her is that her mortal parent (she won’t even talk about her mortal parent’s gender) used to be a very powerful figure, she grew up with 4 other siblings, and that she ran away from her family for reasons she never specified. Most people chocked it up to child abuse and trauma, but no one is really sure. She came to the camp at 13 and stays there for the whole year for the past 3 years now. When Erin came to camp, she didn’t like how she was practically beating up half the camp and how destructive and dangerous she was to herself and others, and challenged her to a fight, knowing she would win. She wanted to fight Erin to put her in her place, and had no idea she was going to ask her out. So now she usually chills at camp, mostly by Erin’s side to cancel out her powers, and serves as a somewhat-replacement mother figure and therapist to the camp’s children.

[thearcanistparadise]

Perfice Lafontelle

“The demon who’s always eating something or flirting with someone.”

If you ever saw this girl in F-List, yes, she’s mine. This is her page (NSFW), if interested.

Zodiac Sign: Unknown, probably Scorpio though

Fav. Food: Anything that casts a shadow

Fav. Drink: Anything that’s liquid

Fav. Flower: “Ew, nature”

LI: Anyone that casts a shadow. “Except Lucio. I actually feel a little pitiful for him.”

BFFs: Feibbis (OC), Saz (OC), Nadia, and all the courtiers, especially Valdemar

Oh boi, Perfice has a lot of backstory. First, I created her in a Black Butler fanfiction to be Sebastian’s older sister (???) and Kuchisake Onna (??????). Then, I decided to develop her to another fanfic, she wasn’t KO anymore, but I developed her relation with Sebastian a little more and gave them a father (Feibbis). But I never posted the second one, so it doesn’t really matter.

Then, I decided to give Perfice and her family a solo lore, that eventually became my own demon and dark creature system.

In this system, Perfice is a Homini Demon. A kind of demon that is born when a human is possessed by a demon and procreates with a regular human. They’re 75% human and 25% demon, receiving the powers from their demon parent. But Perfice is a special one, she carries a mystery along with her powers.

Her father is an Incubus, therefore she has Succubus magic. But she also has the power to materialize dark energy to create, for example, extra limbs, wings, monsters and, her personal favorite, crazy sex toys (lol). No one knows from where she got those powers, and some demonologists study her to try and find out. The most common theories are that she, somehow, absorbed the powers from local yokai during birth. Others say that, maybe, one of her parents had those powers and didn’t know.

In The Arcana universe, Perfice’s origins remain the same, but I kind of adapted some things to match the game’s story. She’s a necromancer and is known as the only one in the earth that’s able to revive someone without a sacrifice.

She is the daughter of Feibbis Lafontelle and the adoptive mother of Saz Lafontelle. She and her family have a huge thing with BDSM and own a club named Lafontelleness, located in the Red Market.

This post will be edited so it matches her current developing stages and growth, new illustrations, and I’ll also link other posts that may interest who wants to know her better!

[seasaltbaptism]

sorry it’s just so important for everyone to know that malius was such a sweetheart and grew to remember that about himself thru hominy…

[amarynceus]

Patreon signing bonus drawings!  All OCs!

From top to bottom, a Fluttershyder, Honey Hominy, Pristine Codex, and Beat.

(psst @atowncalledbedlam someone asked for one of yer cuties.)

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[fanfictionsrookie]

your OCs: whose the daughter of who and how?

Heya, thanks for the ask!

So in the comic (Grimm Relapse AU), Saffron was adopted by Ruby after she and Cinder found her while tracking a particularly dangerous Huntsman (the one who is behind Saffron's one grey eye and the death of her birth parents). Saffron however, was named by Cinder as she and Ruby were very much a thing at this stage.

Tarragon on the other hand was found by Ruby, abandoned as an infant on a normal day off duty. Her green eyes instantly made Ruby name her and adopt her later on. Despite not wanting to, Ruby tracked down Tarragon's birth parents, a teenage mother who was difficult to track and a father who could never be found.

In the fanfic (Homo Homini Lupus Est) with Ruby and Cinder being werewolves, Saffron and Tarrogon are definately their biological parents.

I did however never intended to go into detail about how conception works as I figured that the fantasy setting did give me enough leeway to have the readers make their own interpretations;)

I really made things complicated by having AUs of AUs haven't I? XD