#5 year anniversary drabble game

[blossom-hwa]

you smelled this from a mile away but requesting: (any) form of prince/king/royal hongjoong just as long as he has that fucking cane 👍

this request is just so correct. so perfectly correct thank you anne <3 (also I adore your pfp)

5 year anniversary drabble game: send me a Stray Kids/TXT/Golden Child/Ateez/The Boyz member + a prompt (check out the post for ideas) and I’ll write a drabble for you!!

REQUESTS OPEN!!

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Title: Coup

Pairing: none (Hongjoong is the main character)

Word count: 960

Warnings: violence, mentions of blood

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When the lost prince returns, a patch over one eye, a cane in his right hand, the people rejoice. His father may have cast him out as dead, blinding him in one eye and shattering the bones in his right leg, but none of that could stop him from reclaiming his rightful throne. Not an empty eye socket. Not a permanent limp in his leg.

A true son of Nemesis would never let an enemy get away without proper revenge, after all. 

In the wake of the battle, Hongjoong takes to the palace balcony amid a bloody orange sunset. His shock of parted hair, one side blinding white, the other dark as night, ripples proudly in the wind as he addresses his people from overhead.

“I have lived among you,” he says, voice carrying over the crowd. “I have learned your ways. I know you, and you know me. In me, you will find a ruler who knows the debt he owes his people, and will do his best to repay that debt before his death.”

Not a single creature dares to break the silence, save a whispering wind that ripples around the prince-turned-king, the center of a hurricane, the eye of the storm. 

“You have taken me in, kept me safe. You have fought for me, died for me.” At these words, Hongjoong bows deeply. Amid gasps of shock from the audience, he rises, leaning hard on his cane as his leg trembles beneath him. “My mother’s mantra is an eye for an eye,” he continues, gaze flicking toward the deep red flags that now jut from the palace overhang. “I know this lesson well.”

He leans over the balcony edge. “I pledge to you that I will repay the eye you have given me,” he calls, voice echoing on the wind. “That I will do all I can to raise you, to give you the lives and rights you were stripped of the day my father -” he spits the word - “took his place on the throne. I will live for you. I will rule for you.”

The crowd seems to hold its breath as the king speaks his next words. 

“And if need be, I will die for you.”

All fine words, the people thought, words befitting of a ruler. But words without action had come too often, and so they waited for news that would demonstrate proof of his promise.

They didn’t have to wait long.

. . . . .

A land dispute arises a week into the new king’s reign, land his father had recently conquered but never put into use on account of his death. Nobility wanted it for weapons manufacture. The new king thought it better for food production instead.

Amidst the debate, one advisor steps forward from the throng. “More weapons will stabilize your reign, Your Majesty. Other countries will be eyeing ours for the taking in light of... recent coups, which makes us weaker.”

“Our agricultural sector has been decimated by battle, and not just those that I caused,” Hongjoong snaps. “Destabilization will happen faster within our own country if we don’t remedy this immediately, and only then should we focus our sole attention on outer threats.”

The advisor sighs. “With all due respect, Your Majesty, they are only peasants. They will not gain from having more food as they are used to their current fare -”

A raised hand cuts his words short. Hongjoong leans forward, eyes narrowing, clear disgust curling his lips. “Only peasants, you say.”

The advisor has enough sense not to respond. 

“I lived as a peasant for several years,” the king says quietly. “To insult them is to insult me.”

“But, Your Majesty, you are royalty -”

“You seem to forget your place,” Hongjoong purrs, rising from the throne. The cane taps on the stone dais as he takes a step forward. Several guards make as though to follow him, but a wave of his hand keeps them back. 

The advisor stands slightly taller than the king, though as Hongjoong draws closer, it doesn’t seem as though he notices the difference at all. “I think I remember you, Advisor,” he says quietly, coming to a stop in front of the taller man. “I remember how eager you were to bow to my father’s whims, all so that you might have a chance to bring yourself closer to the throne.” 

Not a single person breathes as the king takes another step forward. “Where is your daughter?” he asks quietly. A smile grows slightly on his lips as the advisor’s face pales. “I seem to recall her around my older brother every so often. Where did you take her when I killed him? I hope, for her sake, that it was somewhere far, far away.”

The advisor blanches. 

Hongjoong laughs, taking the tiniest step back. “But worry not,” he says to a silent court. “I am not my father. I will not punish a family for a crime committed by one.”

His smile grows.

“But that does not mean that the one in question will have no punishment at all.”

Two cracks sound of a cane, lightning fast. Screams and gasps echo off the stone as the advisor falls to the floor, clutching his side in agony as blood runs down his face.

Hongjoong hefts the cane, wiping a drop of blood from his cheek. “My court is different from my father’s,” he announces. “I welcome dissenting opinion, but if you so much as hint at hurting my people for your own gain...”

As if on cue, the man folded over on the ground whimpers in pain. Hongjoong’s smile widens. 

“Well, I don’t think I need to show you again just what might happen to you.” 

[dixie12]

January 28th, 2028

"You made it," Pat says, grabbing him and pulling him into a bro hug.

"Said I would," Jonny answers, forcing a smile. "My parents and Davey wouldn't let me back out, and Wirtz woulda killed me."

"You couldn't exactly miss your own statue unveiling, anyway," Pat's frowning a little, and Jonny corrects him.

"Our statue."

Pat looks like he wants to say something, mouth half open, and then PK comes rushing up.

"Mom says we have to go inside and get ready!" he cries, tugging on Pat's arm, and the moment, like so many others, is lost.

[wttcsms]

sweet everything, atsumu miya ; one shot collection

SWEET EVERYTHING┆this just in: maybe he can be fixed. atsumu miya used to make news as a longtime bachelor who considered marriage to be "settling down" and as someone who prides himself on "never settling", it's clear the only ring he cares about comes from a championship. barely seven years after this iconic interview, atsumu miya walks away from professional volleyball as a devoted husband and father to the most adorable little toddlers who test his stamina as he chases after them.

a collection of inter-connected (mostly fluffy) one shots and drabbles centered around husband/dad!atsumu, maintaining the honeymoon phase of marriage, and the family antics that occur when his children inherit his wild, brash nature <3

triple trouble┆before his early retirement from the game, new dad atsumu steals every reporters' attention as he shows the world his triplets during a post-game conference; only, it's really his babies that have everyone so entertained.

number one┆atsumu's always reassured you that he doesn't mind leaving behind his professional career to spend more time with the family, but the media gets to him. his creeping doubt and feelings of regret only amplify when he walks into his office to see that his sons have accidentally destroyed his trophy case, all his awards and plaques dented, ruined, or shattered into pieces on the floor. — coming soon!

my heart hits rewind┆noted as one of the longest standing (and healthy) relationships in celebrity circles, people online always speculate on how you and atsumu are still so in love with each other, especially after having kids that are constantly vying for your attention. alternatively: 5 times you and atsumu try get some alone time + the 1 time you two finally get a date night. — coming soon!

honeymoon fades┆you and atsumu celebrate your wedding anniversary (nsfw). — coming soon!

i want your dreary mondays┆before the marriage and your kids, it's just you and atsumu trying to figure things out. or: atsumu realizes he wants to spend his whole life with you and does everything in his power to convince you to stay by his side (even though you never really did need much convincing). (nsfw) — coming soon!

author's note a little throwback to my bleedinqhearts days lol!!! i hope you all miss dad!atsumu as much as i did <3

fan art inspired by the fics (from my old blog <3) triplets ami & atsumu

[aclassitag]

Announcing Krem Week!

#kremweek2024 — 22-28 July 2024

background art credit: @xfreischutz [link to original post]

*text prompt list under the readmore

This year will mark 10 years since the release of Dragon Age: Inquisition! In celebration of that anniversary and the game that gave us our first trans character, here is a prompt list - and dates - for any who would like to participate! All sorts of creative content is accepted so long as they are not A/I generated. (See examples below)

*If you want to portray Maevaris Tilani instead, that is also fine!

Please read the guidelines!

If you have any questions, reply to this post and I will do my best to answer :)

Prompt list:

1 — Anniversary 2 — Euphoria / Expression 3 — Casual / Formal 4 — Family / Love 5 — Respite / Fight 6 — Play / Satiate 7 — (Free space!)

Guidelines:

Use the tag: #kremweek2024 (@ this blog is fine too) — If you want to portray Maevaris Tilani instead of Krem, that is also welcome! Please @ me so I can rb :) For non-Tumblr folks that somehow got here: You may post submissions, please link your socials. You may choose one of two prompts in a day or do both. You may also combine as many prompts as you want from any or all of the days into a single work, just mention it somewhere.

Types of content allowed:

Illustration and writing are the most obvious forms of art allowed, but they're not the only ones! Literary arts fanfics, drabbles, poetry, plays, lengthy headcanon/meta posts (for headcanon and meta posts, minimum of 100 words+) Visual arts doodles, paintings, graphic design, photoshop memes, photography, animation, tiktok skits, abstract, fiber arts (embroidery, knitting, etc), ceramics Audio art fanmixes(curated playlists), original or cover songs Other crafts are also welcome! e.g. culinary, resin, woodworking, etc etc ..essentially, whatever type of art it is, I'll accept it so long as it falls within rules and is related to Krem or Maevaris :) For things that are more abstract, do include an explanation of your thought process on how it relates to Krem. E.g. you made Krem's Seheron Fish Wrap or Rice Pudding, take photos of your cooking, and post that (with the explanation that it is Krem's recipes) - that's an acceptable submission! You're allowed to explore different mediums everyday! You don't have to stick to one form of art for the whole week. I will be attempting to schedule reblogs in the 'prime time' for engagement, and in the interest of fairness, things like headcanon posts, fanmixes, and WIPs will not take priority in that time slot over fully rendered illustrations or complete fanfics. They will still be reblogged, but scheduled for other time slots.

Content Rules:

No A/I generated content. (Specifically GenAI content) As above, any and all forms of art is welcome. It must be human made, and by you. The whole point of working off a prompt is to explore a creative process, anyway - do yourself a favour and just enjoy making something! It doesn't have to be pretty! No reposting of other people's works. This must be your own creation. Obviously, no transphobic content. No harrassing others over their specific headcanons - be it in regards to any trait or quirks that come with being a person. People come in all sorts of wonderful variety, please respect that. In addition to above: No whitewashing, racism etc. Please note that Krem is not pale-skinned in canon, and I will not be reblogging content of him being portrayed as pale. 18+ works need to be labelled. On this blog, its tagged as "#adult art". Please add content warnings as appropriate. (E.g. portrayal of binding with bandages should have a warning label of "cw: unsafe binding", etc.) If your post/submission is lengthy, please insert a read more. This helps readability on the dashboard. Progress / WIPs are fine too!

General tips:

First and foremost, do what you are able to! Don't feel pressured to complete a full week if you need to take care of yourself first. Some people work on the prompts before the week even begins, and only post it day of. You are not required to do this, but if you really want to fill something for each day, this helps reduce stress day of.

Mod things:

The mod isn't from the Americas, so due to timezone differences, there may be a delay in reblogging people's works. Either way I will not reblog the moment that it's posted in order to screen properly. Posts will be queued between 30mins-1hr apart, if there are multiple entries being submitted at the same time. All submissions will also be requeued after a week for later perusal :)

[writeroutoftime]

3k/5 year blog anniversary celebration!!

Oh my goodness!! I can't believe I've been on this same blog for 5 whole years now - that is absolutely crazy!! Not only that, but there are 3,000 of you lovely people who have liked at least one of my stories and decided to stick around! From the bottom of my heart, thank you so much!! 💛🥰

(and just in case anyone was wondering, this is the first story I posted on this blog - lol 🙈)

more on that below, though.

In honor of both of these milestones, I wanted to put together a little celebration I'll be hosting over the next week! Something to say thank you for everyone who has supported me with likes, reblogs, comments, and lovely asks! Here's what we've got! And don’t worry, I’ll still be working on my requests!

(oh and here is my updated list of who I write for!)

✍️ - send me a character and a prompt(s) from this list and I'll write a fluffy or angsty drabble!

🌶️ - send me a character and a prompt(s) from this list and I'll try to write a smut drabble! (first time I'm doing this - so please go easy on me! and, of course, only 18+ please)

🥳 - shout out your favorite author or fic - this can be your own or someone else's! let's celebrate our wonderful community of writers!

✨ - ask me to share a snippet of one of my WIPs. I'll either share a few sentences or my overall vision for the story.

♠️ - let's play some games! fmk, would you rather, truth or truth, etc!

I'll be running this from today, 7/25 until next week, 7/30 - so send in as many asks as you would like! Can't wait to see what there is!!

Okay, now for my sappy post below! ⬇️

Again, it's crazy to me that it's been 5 years! I mean when I started this blog, I was about to start college and now I'm graduated and trying to start my professional career! I've been on tumblr longer than 5 years lol, but this is the longest I've held onto one blog! I know I'm not the most consistent poster, so it really means a lot that so many of you have stuck with me during this time!

I post my silly little stories as a way to have fun and practice my writing skills. I never thought that this many people would be excited about what I post! And I'm not just saying this, but every time you like, reblog, and comment - I am ecstatic!! I love being able to provide a sense of joy to people with my writing!

Anyway, if you made it here - thank you! 💕✨

And of course, I just want to tag a few of the lovely mutuals I've had along the way! Thank you all for being your wonderful selves!!

@zablife, @captainsophiestark, @sansaorgana, @runnning-outof-time, @ghostofskywalker

@zepskies, @theshelbyclan, @barbiegirlbaby - and so many more!!

[caeli0306]

Hello! Welcome to the unhinged record of my writing and other obsessions

Hello! I'm Caeli. I'm 23 and a journalist by day, rabid Fourth Wing/Empyrean and Star Wars fan by night. FW got me back in to reading fantasy, and then IF left me with a crippling book hangover. I turned to writing fanfiction for the first time to try to get my mind off of it, and now I spend my days writing... and then go home at night and write some more.

My fics (all posted on AO3):

Completed:

Tales from the Airport Bathroom - Xaden/Violet spy/soldier AU almost entirely from Xaden's POV where Violet is Stab Happy and Xaden is a Simp, the meet cute is on an airplane, and Xaden gives wife guy vibes as Violet destroys her enemies. Completed, four chapters, 19.5k words. (1)(2)(3)(4)

the present, the past, and you in between - VERY angsty one shot from Xaden's POV where he reflects on his lifelong love for Violet. Completed, 1k words. (1)

Did Someone Say Shots? - One-shot College AU where Xaden thinks his feelings are unrequited but has to look out for Violet on an evening where she goes a little crazy with the Fireball shots. Completed, 10k words. (1)

Did Someone Say Roadtrip? - A short prequel to Did Someone Say Shots? based on the RQ War Games drabble prompt fics that were getting posted for the 1 year anniversary. Completed, 1.1k words. (1)

Did Someone Say Vacation? - A sequel of sorts to Did Someone Say Shots? that can be read on its own, where Xaden is vulnerable, Violet is emotional intelligent, and 🌶️. Completed, 12.7k words (1)

Violet Sorrengail's Guide to Spinning a Scandal - Xaden/Violet Modern Day AU where Violet is a political crisis consultant and Xaden is running for office. Mutual hatred turns to mutual pining, and of course, scorching sexual tension. 🌶️ eventually. Completed, 71k words. (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)

cold woman - A very short character study one-shot of our favorite Lilith Sorrengail. Spoilers for end of Iron Flame. Completed, 1k words. (1)

In-progress:

castles crumbling - Xaden/Violet assassin-spy/soldier AU, aka the extended version of Tales from the Airport Bathroom. In-progress, chapter 19 posted 12/4, 147.8k words and counting. (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)

Danger Zone - Xaden/Violet Top Gun AU. In-progress, chapter 2 posted 10/28, 11.5k words and counting. (1)(2)

Xaden Riorson's Guide to Surviving a Scandal - aka VSGTSAS from Xaden's POV. While this can be read separately from VSGTSAS, it would be better if you read it after reading the original fic. In -progress, chapter 1 posted 10/25, 5.4k words and counting. (1)

On hiatus:

Swan Song - 2nd gen fic following Xaden and Violet's second daughter, Fen, as she tries to figure out who - or what - killed her sister Nora in a world where Tyrrendor is independent and the venin have been defeated for 25 years. Featuring the fan favorite Aidan Matthias, Rhiannon's adopted son with Tara, a brand new squad, and a squad leader with a very familiar name. Chapter 13 posted 4/14, 72k words and counting, on hiatus indefinitely. (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)

Addendum - Companion piece for Swan Song. A series of one-shots expanding on the background of my Swan Song fic and giving perspective from different characters' POV's, especially Nora's. Chapter 3 posted 3/5, 4.6k words and counting, updated sporadically depending on story needs. (1)(2)(3)

Things to know:

Update Schedule:

I don't have one! Like I mentioned in my intro, I am a journalist by day, which means I already do a lot of writing on a daily basis. I love it, but that also means that during busy news cycles I might not have the time or the desire to write. I do this for fun and because I love sharing the worlds in my head with other people, but my first priority will always be myself. If I haven't updated in a week or two, that doesn't mean they'll never be updated! I will always put a note on my Tumblr if I'm putting something on hiatus, along with an estimate for when I plan to start updating again.

What I post about

In order to keep myself accountable, I post frequent updates on my writing progress here. As I said above, I write these stories because I love them, but also because I love sharing them. This helps me stay on track, while also letting people know the general progress of the next chapter.

How long will castles crumbling be?

TBD! Tales from the Airport Bathroom was no plan, just vibes. castles crumbling is the extended version, so it will obviously be longer. While I do have a general plan for this here extended version, I don't have a chapter-by-chapter outline the same way I do with Swan Song. This is partially because I'm still going back and forth on how parts of this story will go, but also because I want to try writing in a bit of a less structured way than I have been doing. I can't imagine it will be shorter than 25 chapters, but honestly, who knows? I'll update this when I have a better idea.

When will you update Addendum again? When should I read the different Addendum chapters?

I created Addendum because I wanted to give people insight into Nora without interrupting the flow of Swan Song. I expanded this concept by adding in a Violet POV chapter as well. These provide context to certain interactions, foreshadow future events, or otherwise flesh out the world in which Fen and the other characters inhabit. In short, it will be updated as needed.

Nora's First Addendum - Read after Chapter 4 of Swan Song

Nora's Second Addendum - Read after Chapter 7 of Swan Song

Violet's First Addendum - Read after Chapter 9 of Swan Song

Lastly, I love hearing from people who read my fics. Feel free to message me whenever, whether its to provide constructive criticism, ask a question, offer up a writing prompt, or just to say hi!

[jennysparksandtheauthority]

forever might be short (pricefield drabble collection)

Originally posted on AO3 as part of the International Fanworks Day challenge 2024.

Summary: Max saves Chloe and they leave the bay behind, but what happens after ten months? And ten years? And all the in betweens? Ten drabbles about love, loss, healing and learning how to navigate life together, in honor of International Fanworks Day 10th anniversary.

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Category: F/F

Fandom: Life is Strange (Video Game)

Relationship: Maxine "Max" Caulfield/Chloe Price

1. ten months

They haven't lost the ability to smile, but they don't laugh the way they used to.

When it happens, ten months after the storm, it's random, spontaneous.

Max scrolls Netflix, Chloe is looking at her phone. Then, she reads something. Her eyes light up. She grins like an ass. 

"Hey, Max?"

"Yeah?"

"What’s the difference between a casual dinner party and a pirate orgy? The first one you come as you are… The other you ARR as you come!"

When Ryan and Vanessa come home they find them rolling on the couch, kicking each other, eyes watery, breathless with laughter.

2. the fury in your head

Max lets Chloe die, but the storm still comes.

She's in the lighthouse, screaming at it.

"Didn't you get what you wanted?! I did what you asked of me! Why is this happening? What more do you want from me?!"

The hurricane roars and Max wakes up. 

Chloe's arms engulf her in an instant, "It's okay. You're safe. We're in Seattle. I'm here."

Chloe never pushes her to share, she wants to spare her the pain. She imagines Max dreams about the innocent lives lost, the sorrow, the guilt.

But Max's nightmares are about one thing only: not choosing Chloe.

3. (finally see) what it means to be living

It takes them more than a year to find their footing, but it's bliss when it finally comes.

They get an apartment. Max goes back to school, and Chloe enrolls in an Associate in Computer Science program in community college.

They work most weekends, even though Ryan and Vanessa are helping them out. They even get a compensation from the Arcadia Bay Victims Relief Fund. Chloe calls it blood money. But they take it, because they need all the help they can get.

Still, their routine is hard. Seattle is always rainy. They study, they work, they get by. Together.

4. awake, dear heart…

They share a bed, so they technically sleep together, but they're not together. 

There are lingering touches, light kisses and even pecks on the lips, but they haven't done anything else. They haven't talked about it. They're both just so utterly afraid of messing up what they have.

Max finds a note in Chloe's pocket when she's doing laundry. It reads: My offer still stands. Call me? Erika xoxo. There's a phone number. She folds it and then leaves it on Chloe's nightstand.

When Chloe finds it, she doesn't say anything, but Max watches her throw it in the trash.

5. ...awake

"Chloe? You know you don't have to stay with me, right? You don't owe me anything."

It's Christmas Eve. 11 AM. They agreed to sleep in before they drive to Max's parents. 

Chloe immediately sits up on the bed and looks at her with so much concern you'd think Max's nose is bleeding.

"What the fuck? Where did that come from?"

Max grimaces, refrains the urge to cry, "It's just… sometimes… I wonder if—"

Chloe puts a finger over her lips, ever so gently. Then, she kisses her, deeply, intentionally. It's a statement.

When they part, Max wonders no more.

6. worship in the bedroom

They lie naked on a warm June morning, limbs intertwined, bodies sweating, hearts beating loudly.

"Damn, you're hardcore, Max," Chloe grins like an idiot.

"So I’ve been told," Max can't help a little proud smile.

They chuckle together, and enjoy the silence. It's not really silence – a Hozier song is coming from the speakers, and birds sing under their window.

"One of these days, Caulfield…" Chloe whispers absentmindedly.

"What?"

She doesn't answer. She pulls Max closer and replies only in her mind.

One of these days I'm gonna ask you to marry me. Not today, but one of these days.

7. (remember) to let her under your skin

They end up in New York because Max gets a scholarship there, thanks to her impressive portfolio. Her photos and her name are connected to Arcadia Bay and, painful as that is, it opens many doors for her. She wishes it wasn't like that, but… it's the blood money check situation all over again.

HBO did a documentary series, so everybody in class knows everything.

Well, not everything.

But they whisper — she hears words like survivor, so tragic, Jefferson...

It used to bother her. Yet, with each passing day coming home to Chloe, the pain seems to simply drift away.

8. the pleasure, the privilege is mine

It's Chloe's birthday.

Max plans the perfect party with their New York friends. They Skype Max's parents, David and Kate. Chloe drinks, laughs, cries. They eat cake. It's fun, and it ends with their apartment ruined.

Afterwards, they sit together on the couch, spent, heads touching.

"Thank you for today, babe," Chloe says softly as she looks at their intertwined hands. "For a girl that should be dead, turning 25 is kinda wild…"

Max gazes at her with sheer devotion, "I love you so much."

The smile that Chloe gives her might have the power to stop time, "I know."

9. this is now

After the pandemic (they'll always wonder if somewhere, someone was using some cursed, forbidden power), Chloe burns out. She quits her job as IT specialist in some big pharma company, and starts freelancing as a graphic designer. That year, Max hits 200k followers on Instagram. She signs a photobook deal. Chloe designs the cover. It's a wild success.

So Chloe spins Max in her arms one Friday afternoon, and blurts out, "Max, I think we're ready. We've been talking about it, let's just do it!"

Max laughs, nods.

They lock eyes, and yell it in unison, "Let's get a dog!"

10. ten years

Chloe's making spaghetti — her long, honey-blonde hair up in a messy bun, her arm tattoo covered in black ink. Max's watching her work, sitting at the kitchen island, playing with the white gold band in her ring finger. Deckard, their Labrador, sits at her feet.

They're talking about their day, complaining about shit, making plans.

There's three candles by the window: one for Rachel, one for Joyce, one for all the others. Today's the anniversary, but it doesn't get to them anymore.

Life's weird, thrilling, also boring at times. 

It's good too. 

They made it. And they will be okay.

THE END

author's notes:

Title from Emily Dickinson's 434:

To love thee Year by Year— May less appear Than sacrifice, and cease— However, dear, Forever might be short, I thought to show— And so I pieced it, with a flower, now.

Chapter 2 title: Spanish Sahara by Foals

Chapter 3 title: Fast Car by Tracy Chapman

Chapter 4 & 5 reference: “Awake, dear heart, awake. Thou hast slept well. Awake.” (Prospero, Act 1, Scene 2) —The Tempest by William Shakespeare

Chapter 6 title: Take Me To Church by Hozier

Chapter 8 title: There Is A Light That Never Goes Out by The Smiths

Chapter 9: “Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I've taken for granted." —Sylvia Plath

[cynical-gamer-media]

Happy 5th Anniversary to FE3H, a Game That Changed My Life

It is no exaggeration to say this game changed my life.

In 2019, pre-release, I wrote headcanons during the time about characters, friendships, romances, scenarios, AU, etc. I just decided one day to give it a go. I never imagined doing it but yeah! There were a few others who were writing headcanon lists too, and it was fun going back and forth with them. I got popular enough that people made suggestions if I could write headcanons about 'x, y, z'. It was an extremely fun time! I continued with the headcanons until late 2020.

(Alas headcanons and people suggesting ideas is a dead art unfortunately.)

I also wrote Tumblr drabbles about all manner of scenarios! The game made me rediscover my love for writing. I always enjoyed writing, but I lost that love--it was more of 'I like doing this, but I wish I could love it again'. It also made me get back into writing fanfiction. For years I thought I would not go back to those days, but I came back in full force (even 5 years on)

I wrote my very first gift fic to a headcanoner like me (it became the literal first 'Byleth Eisner & Jeralt Eisner' fic on AO3)! I literally wrote the very first 'Edelgard von Hresvelg/Dorothea Arnault' (Edelthea) fic ever on AO3!

From release date I kept writing fics. I wrote a multi-chapter fics. I wrote a smut, and I never thought I would: but funnily enough through reading FE3H AO3 smut it showed me that it can be an amazing way to flesh characters. And shameless smut is great as well!

I was never actively involved in fandom like this. I wrote fics in the past but left it at that. But I interacted with people and enjoyed it!

The very first discord I joined was based on FE3H. I didn't even know what a discord was until someone I went back and forth with invited and told me about. I never thought I would join something like that, but I did.

During 2019-2020 I received fanart for my drabbles, based on headcanons, and on fics. I had some comments say I single-handedly got them into Edelgard/Claude (Edelclaude) through my multi-chapter fic 'The Eagle and Deer Walk Parallel Paths'.

2020 I ran the very first Edelthea Week! I never imagined I would ever run a fandom event, and that I would also create a Twitter for it! I tried to run an EdeltheaNSFW Week but it failed twice, but that was a fantastic lesson: not all weeks are destined to succeed!

I participated in fan weeks, such as 'FE3H LGBT Week', 'Edelclaude Week 2020' & 'FE3H Polyship Week'. I tried out a big bang but had to step down, but I tried it!

Few months later I was invited to be a social media mod for the Edelthea Fanzine 'To a Brighter Dawn'. I said yes. I also became a writer contributor. I never imagined joining a fanzine ever, as a contributor and especially as a mod.

Not much happened fandom wise in 2021 due to stuff. I lose the will to write (in everything). BUT I put my hand up for the 'Choose to Prevail: An Adrestian Trio Fanzine' towards the end of the year and got in!

2022 and 'Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes' is announced. Eventually I got back into a active fandom role, having overcome 2021. I made dear friends through our love of FE3H that year. I ran Edelthea Week again! I participated in fan weeks again! I started writing two fics that have become near and dear to me: 'Can There Still Be a Brighter Dawn?' and 'The Eagle Who Must Leave Her Nest'.

2023 kept contact with friends. I assisted a friend of mine @laminecuisine (and made a new companion) to run 'Edelgard Rarepair Week'! First time co-running something, and it was fantastic!

2024. Made new friends through FE3H, and kept old ones too. Wrote a collab fanfic with amazing friend @laminecuisine! Ran the third Edelthea Week, am co-running 'Edelgard Rarepair Week 2024', AND will co-run 'FE3H Polyship Week/Weekend 2024'.

FE3H helped me overcome obstacles throughout my life. It brought joy throughout my life. It made me get out there (safely) in the world to interact with others and make friends through some, and acquaintances with others. Throughout these years I have participated in many fan weeks, I joined discords, put my hand up for fanzines, interacted with others, and so forth.

FE3H means so much to me. It has its flaws, absolutely, and problems in the fandom, but when you curate your experiences then you can meet some of the loveliest and most open-minded people out there. I am still a fan, and will be now and forever.

Thank you FE3H: for existing, giving me the gentle nudges to get involved, for rediscovering my love of writing, and trying things I never thought I would do and enjoy.

[hollygl125]

Tag Game: First 10 Lines Challenge:

Rules: Share the first line of your last ten published works or as many as you are able to and see if there are any patterns!

I’ve tagged myself off a general invitation to participate, so I invite anyone else who’s interested to do the same.

I haven’t stayed strictly with the last ten stories. Instead I went with the ten stories posted so far—of a total of fourteen—in my ongoing canon GSR series. I also haven’t stayed strictly with the first lines—I couldn’t decide whether to do the first lines of the introductions (where applicable) or of the actual story text, so I went with both.

Today is the two-year anniversary of when I started posting this series, which I thought this would be a good time to share this! When I first started writing the series back in late June 2022, I didn’t imagine I’d still be posting it over two years later. But it’s now almost three times as long as it was when I had completed my first draft—though the end point is not significantly different.

1.   Survivors in the Night: AAFS Conference to Las Vegas: A How They Met Story [12 chapters; 21,420 words]

Introduction:

Gil Grissom meets Sara Sidle at the 1998 forensic academy conference in San Francisco. They immediately fall in love. Maybe that should have been the end of the story; maybe it should have been that easy. But it wasn’t, not for these two science nerds. They live happily ever after, eventually, but not in this story. This story is the first loop in their roller coaster ride, though. This story gets Sara Sidle to Vegas.

October 2000. Las Vegas, Nevada.

“You are . . .” he trailed off, struggling to find the right word. “You are so . . .” Again, he couldn’t get it. He was usually quite adept with words. He had a good memory and a Shakespeare quotation close at hand for almost any situation. But he currently had a very tall, very attractive, very naked young brunette in his bed, and she always seemed to do this to him. He was at a loss.

“You are so . . . completely f[***]able,” he finally concluded.

She laughed. Of all the words she might have expected to come out of the eminent entomologist’s mouth, that was possibly the last. He could have called her a Martian, and she’d have been less surprised.

2.   No, I Never Meant to Break Your Heart: This Area Was Always a Good Place for Stargazing: A How They Got Together Story [6 chapters; 10,492 words]

Introduction:

Sara Sidle and Gil Grissom had worked together very well in the beginning. They’d kind of flirted a bit in the beginning (okay, they probably still did that), and they’d stood really very abnormally close together (they definitely still did that), and no one had seemed to notice this, except Catherine Willows had maybe noticed their flirting, but that really was way back in the beginning

[. . .]

March 2005. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Sara didn’t know what he was doing. She really didn’t. Ever since she’d told Grissom about her deep, dark, secret past, he’d been confusing her. Ever since she’d told him about that deep, dark, secret past, he’d just . . . been there.

3.   No, I Never Meant to Let You Down: After the Meteors: The Smallest of Moments [Drabble]

April 2005. Later that same day. Las Vegas, Nevada.

“Sara . . .”

She looked at him.

“Sara, we . . .” He hesitated.

Why did he look nervous?

4.   I Never Meant to Turn Away: Committed: Some Reflections by the Scientist [One-shot; 3,596 words]

April 2005. Later that same week. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Commit. To commit. To be committed. Suddenly these phrases had taken on a lot of significance in Sara Sidle’s life—too much significance, perhaps.

5.   No, I Never Meant to Cause You Pain: Grave Danger to Law of Gravity: Various Encounters [9 chapters; 14,875 words]

Introduction:

Sara Sidle was Gil Grissom’s fantasy. That much was obvious. Sara Sidle and Gil Grissom were in fact already sleeping together. Should that have been obvious? (No one else seemed to figure it out, except maybe that shrewd detective Jim Brass.)

[. . .]

December 2006. Las Vegas, Nevada.

He knew he needed to tell her. He would tell her the next day—always the next day. He most definitely needed to tell her. It wasn’t going to get any better if he put it off. It was going to happen, and he couldn’t exactly just have her wake up one day and find him gone.

6.   No, I Never Meant to Hurt You: The Good, the Bad, and the Happy Ending(s): More Encounters; A Conversation Takes Place [One-shot; 4,001 words]

Introduction:

By now, Grissom had shaved again. Well, no, Sara had shaved him. It was pretty intimate. Sara had not yet read the letter from Williamstown, but she soon would. (That’s the subject of another story, though.) Regardless, they were both pretty happy.

[. . .]

May 2007. Las Vegas, Nevada.

She was fine. Sara Sidle was fine. And doesn’t that tell you all you really need to know?

April 2007. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Sara Sidle swooned—or close to it. The man she loved had just declared his love for her while on a case, and it was just about the sweetest thing she’d ever heard. He hadn’t said those exact words, of course, but his meaning was clear. So Sara swooned.

7.   All I Ever Wanted Was to Be Right Here: After the Desert: A Very Brief Interlude [One-shot; 576 words]

Introduction:

Sara Sidle made it out of the desert. Sara Sidle is a survivor.

May 2007. Las Vegas, Nevada.

As soon as he was allowed, Grissom had gone to sit by her bed. Since then, he’d only left her side for the briefest of moments. He held her hand, and he praised everything in which he believed, and everything in which he didn’t, that she’d made it through the ordeal alive.

8.   All I Want to Do Now Is to Try My Best: I Love It When You Dress Up: A Moment of Happiness [One-shot; 3,776 words]

Introduction:

“Yes. Let’s do it.”

October 2007. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Well, he’d gone and done it. He’d done the thing she’d always kind of dreamed of him doing—the thing she’d always kind of dreamed of him doing, even before it was safe (well before it was safe) for her to dream of him doing anything of the sort.

She had never dreamed of her wedding day. For much of her life, truth be told, she hadn’t imagined she would ever get married. Growing up—first with her parents and their disastrous (nay, tragic) relationship and then in her string of foster homes—she hadn’t exactly acquired an idea of marriage as anything to be emulated. But then she’d met this man. Ever since she’d met him, she’d always wanted to be connected to this man. And so, quite despite herself, Sara Sidle had dreamed.

9.   So Don't Ever, Don't Ever, Don't Forget: I Miss You with Every Beat of My Heart: A Long-distance Telephone Call . . . and a Movie [One-shot; 2,912 words]

Introduction:

What do you do when you can’t be with the one you love?

Winter 2008. San Francisco, California and Las Vegas, Nevada.

“Hi,” he said softly, after flipping open his phone and putting it to his ear, as if a more forceful response would scare her off.

“Hi,” she replied, just as softly, as if it took all her strength to exist so far from this man who was so much a part of her.

10.                 All I Ever Wanted Was to Stand Beside You: Costa Rica to the Ishmael, and Then Some: A How They Fell Apart & How They Came Back Together Story [21 (of 28) chapters; 64,901 words (and counting)] [WIP]

Introduction:

Sara Sidle and Gil Grissom were living together very happily (with their dog, Hank—we will never forget Hank, the best dog either of them ever had) in Las Vegas, Nevada, when a serial killer decided to exact revenge on Grissom by kidnapping and killing Sara.

[. . .]

Fall 2015. San Diego, California.

Gil Grissom had found himself in a spot of trouble in San Diego, while carrying out some of his ongoing (and slightly illegal—he’d been found trespassing on a boat) conservation efforts. But an odd twist of fate was helping Grissom out. An officer from San Diego Harbor Patrol was just finishing up on the phone with Grissom’s former colleague, the current Las Vegas sheriff, Conrad Ecklie. Ecklie had requested Grissom’s urgent assistance on a case.

“It’s your lucky day, pal,” the officer told Grissom, after ending the call. “I’d tell you not to leave town, but I guess you’re going to Sin City.”

Grissom sighed. “Vegas,” he said, with a not-slight measure of regret. On the surface, Grissom looked a little put out but generally calm. Inside, however, was a different matter: Vegas. F[***]. F[*******]. F[***]. Even in his head, Grissom didn’t ordinarily curse. But in this case he would make an exception: F[**********].

It wasn’t Vegas itself that was the problem. It was his ex-wife: Sara Sidle. She was overseeing the case on which he’d agreed to assist. It was both because of her that he’d agreed to assist and because of her that he had almost refused. Ultimately the tie had been broken by his desire for Ecklie’s help on his current, er, situation with the harbor patrol.

[adecila]

Ten First Lines Game

Rules: Share the first line of ten of your most recent fanfics and then tag ten people. Don't have ten? Not to worry, just share what you have (ignore if you’ve been tagged)

Tagged by @the-last-targaryens @fierypen37 @jellybeanficwriter

Thank you so much!

1. For the Cameras (co-written with @muttpeeta)

From chapter 2, which is Dany's POV:

Dany was still sulking. Contrary to the caption on the photo she’d just posted on Instagram, the anniversary of her first—and only—album made her feel anything but nostalgic. Even after all this time, all she felt was hopelessness and bitterness at the lost opportunities.

2. our souls, intertwined

Dany’s attention was pulled to Jon’s index finger tapping thrice against his coffee mug: their way of asking ‘Is everything ok?’. She wasn’t listening to whatever was being said in their weekly meeting, having tuned everyone out minutes ago, her conscious self lost somewhere in the depths of her own mind.

3. do you remember?

“Do you remember?”

4. gonna cheat and only quote the last in the series since these are drabbles: Things you said ...that I wasn't meant to hear

As always, Jon’s Monday consisted in hopping between meetings. He walked briskly, head down, eyes trained on the smartphone in his hands, fingers quickly typing a reply to his boss, explaining for the third time that day how to get around the technical bug that temporarily seemed to be affecting their system.

5. I hate you.

She hates him.

6. One Last Time

The autumn air hits him as soon as he steps out into the dimly lit back alley, sending a shiver through his entire body. It’s not that cold, but the contrast between the stuffy air inside the club and the chilly night makes it impossible not to tense up. Or maybe it’s just his nerves.

7. Moonlight (co-written with @tomakeitbeautifultolive)

It was overcast as usual in Winterfell. The sky a perfect grey duvet. Chilly wind whipped through the open window as Jon drove alone to class. He wore his favorite black hoodie, which easily doubled as a security blanket on his first day.

8. if it doesn't go away by the time i turn 30

The sound of the wine glass smashing against the floor ripples through her entire soul, finally breaking through the glass ceiling of the box she has locked herself into for the past twenty years.

9. If it's the last thing I do (co-written with @thescarletgarden1990)

The Red Keep was still at night, the halls and chambers barely seeming to belong to the same castle when illuminated only by the candlelight. Ned appreciated the quiet, the way this despicable place only seemed to become bearable when everyone else was sleeping. But even in the comforting silence of the night, punctuated only by the soft footsteps of some handmaiden, he couldn’t shake the mounting feeling of dread from his heart.

10. i know better than to call you mine

Winter stuck to the barren willow branches like bad perfume. The cold air burned his lungs with every deep breath. It was supposed to snow tonight; no more than a light dusting over the cobbled streets of Oldtown. In the past six months, Jon had come to appreciate the ancient port city; it was home in ways Winterfell could never be.

Pretty sure most people have been tagged so feel free to do this and tag me if you haven't already been tagged! 💜

[deathbyseventeen]

DBS Masterlist

Hello! You’ve found my mobile masterlist. Congrats! Hopefully you find something you like here 💕 

Trigger Warnings can be found in the descriptions of the fics when you click on them! 

GUIDE: A Personal Fave [ ✨] | Popular Post [❤️‍🔥] |  Angst [💔] | Fluff/Romance [ 💕] | Part of a Series/Same Universe [🧩]

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.OT13.

> Click a Prince ❤️‍🔥 💕

Curse your bullshit destiny. It was decided that on the 100th anniversary of peace in your kingdom, the eldest princess would marry a prince from the other thirteen kingdoms. That day has finally arrived and thirteen princes have gathered. Who will you pick?

> Mirror Stage 💔

If his math is correct, and he sorely doubts it isn’t, then it’s almost time for them to wake. The clock is ticking. He’s waiting.

> AU ideas from the FEAR teasers

5 AU ideas that popped into my mind from the teasers. 

.S.COUPS.

> Blinded 💕 

This isn’t what Seungcheol meant for Jun to do. 

> Trauma 💔

Again? Again. They said to each other as they started the simulation again. 

> Friendship? 💔 💕

He liked you. But no. You liked him. But no. They knew. So why not help a friend out?

.JEONGHAN.

> Before Christmas 💕

A Nightmare Before Christmas AU. 

Crossing through a door in the woods, you and Chan end up on Earth. And you really just freaked out a man named Jeonghan. 

.JOSHUA.

> 3lue ✨ 🧩 💔 💕

(World: 3lue AU)

Blue. His powers were blue. It’s been years since you last saw him. Your memories of him were also blue. 

> A Dance Meant for Two 💕 💔

> Because You Were Gone ❤️‍🔥 💕 💔

You never knew when to give up. It wasn’t your superpower but it sure seemed like it.

> Guardian Angel 🧩 💕 💔

(Series: of Guardian Angels) 

You had taken some notes on the page, not many— the professor’s lecture had been brief and had ended with a “simple” question. One single question that for some unexplainable reason — except that the topic had always existed in the depths of your brain — seemed to rattle you.

You blinked, the words came into focus: Renaissance Art 14th to 17th Century: Religious Depictions: Angles.  

> I Saw 💕

Maybe you should have thought of your wishlist beforehand….

> Untitled AU 

From a Song+Member inbox night

> The Switch 💕 💔

Perhaps it was karma that he wasn’t in his own body anymore, living it up and spending his money the way he wanted to. To you that was a bittersweet blessing. Maybe he could change (you doubted it), but at the very least, you got to meet Seungcheol (and Woozi). 

> What is Love?

A 100-word drabble 

.JUN.

> Breathless Words 💕

Being alone on Christmas Eve isn’t as rare as everyone makes it out to be. Then you go and meet him.  

.HOSHI.

> Princess, Please  ❤️‍🔥 💕

You tried getting out of the field trip to the reindeer ranch. Hoshi’s family owned it and you’ve been avoiding him as much as you could. 

> Secret Santa 💕 💔

You spent so much time, and thought, trying to find Hoshi the right Christmas present. You’d only forgotten the Secret Santa exchange was going to happen during class. 

> G&R: Yule Ball 💕

Anger came when things didn’t happen like you hoped. But at least he loved you and overlooked your outburst. Now just…confess.

> Missed Connections  ✨ ❤️‍🔥 🧩 💕 💔

(Series: Between the Dusty and the Sparks)

They’re from different societies, meant to hate each other. But when you don’t know where the other’s from…there’s always the possibility of love. But when they find out, what are they meant to do?

.WONWOO.

> The Marionnettiste || Part 2 💕

Too shy to pursue. Too bold to let you go so easily. Want to play a game a chess? Some one has to make the first move.

> Guarded 🧩 💕 💔

(Series: of Guardian Angels)

He hadn’t seen you in so long. There was a reason for that.

> Letting Go ❤️‍🔥 💕

All Wonwoo had wanted was for you to show up to Mingyu’s party. It’s bene hours since it started and he’s already lost all hope. 

> Untitled AU

From a Song+Member inbox night

.WOOZI.

> Saving Colors 💕

Black is black, red is red - find it, find me - before All Hallows Eve ends. Before it’s too late.

> Night ❤️‍🔥 💕

When the cute guy you keep staring at in the campus cafe turns out to be your neighbor (and you’ve been unknowingly annoying them for a while). Christmas break just got better. 

> Miraculous Ladybug!Woozi || Part 2

Woozi as the Miraculous Ladybug headcannons. 

> I’ll be your Heaven, I’ll be your Hell 🧩 💕 💔

(Series: of Guardian Angels) 

He saw you often, even through the pain because it was the only wish that kept coming true.

> Since the Day I Met You || Part 2  ✨ 🧩 💕 💔

(Series: Between the Dusty and the Sparks)

For better or worse, he’s been your friend since the day you met. You’ve been through a lot together already, you, Jihoon, and your ragtag rebel family. But someone messed up, someone made the elitist Sparks government focus on you all– a group of nobody rebels in the cast-off City of Dust that have never even seen the luxury of the walled-off City of Sparks. With a heavy, love-stricken heart, choices have to be made; and, as the leaders of this family, for better or worse

they will be made.

.SEOKMIN/DK.

> Warmth  🧩 💔 💕

(World: 3lue AU) 

Ice had to meet Sunshine at some point, but they had to learn how to stand on their own.

.MINGYU.

nothing here, sorry :( 

.THE8/HAO. > Drunken Mornings ❤️‍🔥 💕

A party long into the night gives you a hungover morning, and memories of a drunken morning. 

> Ashes 💔

You weren’t ready to admit what it was, the song you kept hearing in your head as grew up. Neither of you were. But, it never changed what it was: a curse teasing you about its impending arrival. 

.SEUNGKWAN. 

> Fight or Fight 💕

...He’s forgetting something… isn’t he?

> Peppermint 💕

(Soulmate AU) 

Who was to guess that it was in demise that Head Elf #11, otherwise known as Seungkwan, would finally meet his soulmate. 

.VERNON.

> Monster Mash 💔

It’s at a Halloween party two weeks after an accident, that Vernon and you are haunted. 

> Snowed In ❤️‍🔥 💕

Arrangements are made when no one can go home because they’re snowed inside. 

.DINO. 

> Sleigh Bells 💕 💔

I jingled some bells. You didn’t notice. They threw bells. You noticed.  You said bells rang in your head - so could you listen to mine?  

> A Dream of You 💔

It’s only in your dreams that you’re still able to see him.

> 5:15pm: As the World Caves In (Teaser)💕 💔 

Coming home after the apocalypse. Home sweet home. 

> As the World caves In (Full Fic)  💕 💔

(Post-Apocalyptic AU, Zombies!AU)

The world ended on a Tuesday in November, days after Halloween, when the sun was less than an hour away from setting. Chan had just left his dorm’s building, late to his History of Dance 136A lecture, when it happened. You hadn’t been as lucky on the day the world began to crumble.

[blossom-hwa]

hi lina it’s been a while haha happy 5 year anniversary!!! i hope you’ve been well! for your 5 year anniversary game, i would like to request seonghwa aka the readers classmate who never comes with his materials, yet he somehow gets everything right and the reader lowkey hates his guts, but that all changes when he suddenly becomes the readers tutor - peony

peony!!!! it's so good to hear from you <3 <3 thanks for this request, hope you enjoy what I've written for it :)

5 year anniversary drabble game: send me a Stray Kids/TXT/Golden Child/Ateez/The Boyz member + a prompt (check out the post for ideas) and I’ll write a drabble for you!

REQUESTS OPEN!!

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Title: What Used To Be (Not What Is Now)

Pairing: Seonghwa x gender neutral!reader

Word count: 548

Warnings: n/a

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“You know, I kind of used to hate you.” 

To your surprise, Seonghwa doesn’t look phased in the slightest. “I know.”

You look down at your joined hands, then up at his handsome face illuminated by the golden sunset. Your voice feels very small when you ask, “How?”

“It was kind of obvious.” He looks at you, and the amused smile on his face sets a wave of relief and embarrassment washing through your mind. “No offense, but you weren’t really good at hiding it.”

“... Damn.”

“Well, it was only in relation to other people,” Seonghwa amends. “You never treated me badly, per se, but you were a lot nicer to other people than you were to me.”

That mollifies you a little. At least you were never outwardly rude to him. You don’t remember that sort of incident ever occurring, so it’s a relief that Seonghwa doesn’t either. Still, you feel the need to apologize. “I’m sorry.”

“It’s fine.” His smile turns a little sheepish. “I mean, I get the frustration. I didn’t look like the best student then, and I know you studied really hard.”

Your lips twist, slightly bitter. “Well, you know academic validation was always my sweetheart back then.” 

Seonghwa squeezes your hand, and with it squeezes a little of the bitterness out of your expression. The rooftop wind tussles with his hair and you fight the urge to run your fingers through it before remember you don’t need to muffle that urge anymore. 

Not for the first time, as you comb his hair neatly to the side, you wonder how you could’ve hated anyone with so sweet a face, so lovely a smile. Your chest squeezes with guilt.

It’s like Seonghwa knows this without you even saying a word, though, because he kisses your forehead lightly. “It’s fine,” he says, still smiling. “I mean, I didn’t exactly like you either.”

You frown. “Oh. Why?”

“Well, because you didn’t like me.”

Duh. You’re an idiot. You groan, burying your face in his shoulder. “Kill me now,” you mutter into his shirt. 

“Look, I’m not going to deny you were kind of a bratty high schooler.” Seonghwa pulls you out of his shoulder, then pokes your forehead. Ignoring your yelp, he continues. “But it’s not something to obsess about now. We were both bratty idiots then. Everyone is, at that age.”

“Some more than others,” you mutter. “Anyway, it’s not just that - it’s the fact that you were working so hard, and I just... assumed you were getting everything handed to you on a silver platter up until you started helping me with music theory. It’s embarrassing.”

“Shows growth,” Seonghwa replies. “If you think you were embarrassing then, at least that means you learned something.”

You make an unintelligible noise that makes Seonghwa laugh, then lean into him to go back to watching the sunset. He puts his head on top of yours, and you reach up to pat his hair softly. For a few minutes, you stay in silence, watching the golden rays of the sun slowly sink below the horizon. 

“Glad we got over that phase of hating each other,” Seonghwa eventually murmurs. “It’s much nicer like this.”

Snuggling closer into his side, you smile in agreement. “Yeah, it really is.”

[etoilerrante]

munday - toa anniversary edition!

repost, don't reblog. tagging the rest of toa <3 ty neffi for the template!

Name: Red!

Pronouns: She/Her

Birthday (no year): October 13th

Where are you from? What is your time zone? I’m from the Midwest of the US, but I’m moving to New York in- less than a week! 

Roleplay experience: God... overall maybe 8 years? I’ve been playing D+D for about the same time :) 

Got any pets? Parents have 5 Adam Driver cats (which I post frequently) and two dogs. I’d like to have my own betta fish again after I’m settled in. 

Favorite time of year: Fall! I'm a halloween girl.

Some interests and things you like: D+D, Vocaloid, birdwatching

Some funfacts & trivia about you: I’ve been singing almost my entire life. I picked it up after my parents tried to get me to play piano but my hands would not cooperate. Also, I read tarot cards. 

What non-Fire Emblem games do you play? Pikmin, Project Diva/Sekai, Honkai Star Rail, Taiko no Tatsujin

Favorite Pokemon type & Pokemon: Flying type and Umbreon. 

How did you get into Fire Emblem? My friend was playing 3 Houses and told me he loved it. I had gotten some money for Easter and decided to use it on 3h. I didn’t really get into Fire Emblem until I pulled Reyson in FEH and instantly fell in love with his design. 

What Fire Emblem games have you played? I’ve only ever finished Engage and it’s my biggest shame. 

First Fire Emblem game: 3 Houses

Favorite Fire Emblem game: Tellius 

Any Fire Emblem crushes? 😳 you know this already

If you’ve played the following games, who was your first S support? Who would you S support nowadays?- Awakening: I have plans to S-support Stahl because he took a crit for my Robin. Fairytale romance imo- Three Houses: Claude - Engage: Kagetsu!!! Silly guy... 

Favorite Fire Emblem class: Dancer

If you were a Fire Emblem character, what would be your class? Dancer again

If you were a Three Houses character, what would be your affiliation? Golden Deer 

If you were an Engage character, which Emblem would you Engage with? SIGURD!!!!! :DDD 

How did you find TOA? I wanted to RP Reyson, so I went looking for somewhere with openings. 

Current TOA muses: Just Phina for now. 

Who was your first TOA muse? If you don’t have them anymore, could you see yourself picking them up again? Reyson. I would like to drabble with him again, but I feel his muse is pretty dead and it makes me happy to see other people writing him with such care. 

Have you had any other TOA muses? Yeah... I’ve had an embarrassing amount of muses here. Reyson, Janaff, Plumeria, Sanaki, Midir, Kagetsu. Most of their blogs are still up and their URLs are on my about page on Phina’s blog. 

Do you think you have a type of character you gravitate towards? People in love and The Horrors. Recently I’ve really wanted to write about the horrors. 

What do you believe you enjoy writing the most? It changes all the time! I find my favorite writing happens when I'm in sync with where the muse is at, for better or worse.

Favorite TOA-related memory: I'll never forget the friendship between Barely's Ophelia and my Janaff.

How do you pronounce TOA? 🤔tee-oh-ay. Like the letters. But I do call everyone the Toasters. Got any delusions that didn’t see the light of day that you’d like to share? 😉 I thought about writing Nephenee for a while? Weird. I also have an Embla blog lying around...

[twwpress]

Weekly Press Briefing #36: February 26th - March 4th

Welcome back to the Weekly Press Briefing, where we bring you highlights from The West Wing fandom each week, including new fics, ongoing challenges, and more! This briefing covers all things posted from February 26 - March 4, 2023! Did we miss something? Let us know; you can find our contact info at the bottom of this briefing!

Challenges/Prompts:

The following is a roundup of open challenges/prompts. Do you have a challenge or event you’d like us to promote? Be sure to get in touch with us! Contact info is at the bottom of this briefing.

@thefinestmuffin and @JessBakesCakes hosted a casual Josh/Donna Rom Com Fest that revealed fics on February 14. Submissions are still open and fics can be read here. 

Photos/Videos:

Here’s what was posted from February 26 - March 4.

Allison Janney posted photos of herself with Kristin Chenoweth and Katy Perry at Carol Burnett’s 90th birthday special. 

Amy Landecker posted photos of some of her and Brad’s pets.

Bradley Whitford posted a selfie with TWW cameraman Dave Chameides.

Josh Malina posted a selfie (with friends) and another photo from the NY Knicks game.

Kim Webster posted a video of herself drinking tequila from the bottle and chasing it with lemon juice. 

Melissa Fitzgerald posted a photo of herself with her family in honor of her mother’s birthday. 

Rob Lowe posted a selfie with his dogs. 

Donna Moss Daily: February 26 | February 27 | February 28 | March 1 | March 2 | March 3 | March 4

Daily Josh Lyman: February 26 | February 27 | February 28 | March 1 | March 2 | March 3 | March 4

No Context BWhit:  February 26 | February 27 | February 28 | March 1 | March 2 | March 3 | March 4

@janelmilfoney: February 26 | February 27 | March 1

@JanneyUpdates: March 2

This Week in Canon:

Welcome to This Week in Canon, where we revisit moments in The West Wing that occurred on these dates during the show’s run.

Season 2, Episode 16: Somebody’s Going to Emergency, Somebody’s Going to Jail aired on February 28, 2001.

Season 4, Episode 17: Red Haven’s on Fire aired on February 26, 2003.

Season 5, Episode 16: Eppur Si Muove aired on March 3, 2004.

Season 6, Episode 17: A Good Day aired on March 2, 2005.

Editor’s Choice:

With the anniversary of the airing of Somebody’s Going to Emergency, Somebody’s Going to Jail, here are a few of our favorite fics featuring or centered around Sam Seaborn!

consider this a gift (as you taste him on your lips) by sam_writes_fics for thefinestmuffins | Rated E | Josh Lyman/Sam Seaborn | Complete | Sam’s eyes dart down to Josh’s lips. “You really think you could’ve done better?”

Josh hesitates for a second, then sets the unopened beer bottles down on the counter.

“I know I could’ve.”

Friendship, Rings, and Heartstrings by JessBakesCakes | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | Sam feels sort of like a whack-a-mole at the arcade with how quickly and intensely the epiphany hits him. Maybe this is it. Maybe they’ll finally get it together. Behind all the flirting and banter is an incredible devotion they have to each other; one that possesses them to eat only a bite of a granola bar for nearly twenty-four hours or to hop on an international flight with whatever nonsensical items would fit in a backpack. He’s seen it for years now; he’s just been waiting for them to see it too.

are you still the same soul i met under the bleachers by singingaboutwishingx for claudiasjeancregg | Rated T | Will Bailey/Sam Seaborn | Complete | Will, on a decade of love, saying goodbye, and Sam.

sam and will, to the tune of “dorothea” and “‘tis the damn season”.

Unlikely by eowyn_of_rohan | Rated G | Ainsley Hayes/Sam Seaborn | Sam. Ainsley. Unlikely. (Or, part one in a series the author has challenged herself to wherein she plays songs at random via shuffle, picks something from the lyrics, and writes a one-shot drabble/short fic inspired by that lyrical phrase or a single word.)

More Than Just A Word by Sophie [archived by westwingfancentral_archivist] | Rated G | Sam Seaborn & Toby Ziegler | Complete | Sam tries to come to terms with his father's infidelity.

Fics:

Presenting your weekly roundup of fics posted in the tag for The West Wing on Archive of Our Own. If you are so inclined, please be sure to leave the authors some love in the form of kudos or comments. Be mindful of posted warnings/tags for each story.

Josh/Donna

we finally got it all right by mikaylawrites | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

where you go, i go (so jump and i’m jumping) by neilix for turtlse | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

I Wish I Was by Shinyrosa | Rated M | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

tunnel vision, tangerine tongue by dusktillmidnight | Rated E | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

of the united states by violet_storms | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete

Domestic Days by spooky_spacegirl | Rated G | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | In Progress

Other Pairings/Gen Fic

A Different Life by PreppyPrincess5103 (JAG crossover) | Rated M | Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie/Sam Seaborn | In progress 

it started off with a kiss... now it ended up like this by imawkwardlysoc | Rated G | Sam Seaborn/Original Female Character | In Progress

CJ/Danny Drabbles by krazykitkat | Rated M | Danny Concannon/C. J. Cregg | In Progress

Wait For Me by imperfectirises | Rated M | Abbey Bartlet/Jed Bartlet | In Progress

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[late-to-the-fandom]

Author Ask Game

Tagged by @isabellebissonrouthier (thank you, duck ☺️)

Tagging: @mousterian-writes @owlsandwich @vcaudley @tananaphone @velvethopewrites @fluffleforce-mysdrym

1) What is the main lesson of your story (e.g. kindness, diversity, anti-war), and why did you choose it?

Any lessons in my writing are entirely incidental. I firmly believe literature should be a break from being hit over the head with morality.

2) What did you use as inspiration for your worldbuilding (like real-life cultures, animals, famous media, websites, etc.)?

While the world of my writing has its basic structure already built for me, my take on Revendreth is very Victorian high society meets the Catholic inquisition, not the wild heathenistic society that seems to be popular interpretation of it and which I will never understand. Being there is supposed to be a punishment. Free love and constant sex all the time for eternity does not sound very punishment to me.

3) What is your MC trying to achieve, and what are you, the writer, trying to achieve with them? Do you want to inspire others, teach forgiveness, help readers grow as a person?

Uh… Renathal is trying to get some (sex, love, and adventure) and I am trying to give it to him.

4) How many chapters is your story going to have?

13 if I stay my course. With one known bonus smut and a few drabbles as I feel so moved.

5) Is it fanfiction or original content? Where do you plan to post it?

Fanfiction! I post on Ao3 and here (since Ao3 is shamefully banned in certain parts of the world)

6) When and why did you start writing?

Well, I started writing for Renathal just a little over a year ago. I have to check, but either today or tomorrow is my one year anniversary of my first posted Renathal work. But I fell in love with him in the hospital in December ‘21. It sounds corny, but his character spoke to me in a very dark time of my own life and I told myself if I made it out I would write him more story since he was given so little. And I did!

7) Do you have any words of engagement for fellow writers of Writeblr? What other writers of Tumblr do you follow?

Idk what words of engagement means? Don’t fuck on about engagement is my motto. You write for yourself first, second, and third, and write for posterity after that. Even if your writing gets no immediate engagement you never know whether or not someone will find it years later and it will be just what they needed at just the right time. And if not, at least it was what you needed at this one.

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Tuesday, June 27

Buffy: ...so then Kathy's like, 'It's share time.' And I'm like, 'Oh yeah? Share this!' Oz: So, either you hit her, or you did your wacky mime routine for her. Buffy: Well, I didn't do either, actually. But she deserves it, don't you think? Oz: Nobody deserves a mime, Buffy. Buffy: Hmm, Kathy does. She deserves to be locked in an invisible box and blown away by an imaginary wind and... and... Oz: Forced to wear a binding unitard? Buffy: Yeah, the itchy kind, it's perfect.

~~Buffy Episode #58: "Living Conditions"~~

The Sunnydale Herald is looking for at least one new editor! Contributing to the Herald is a great way to get your Buffy on! Find out more here.

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Friends to lovers (Spike/Xander, M) by RebeccaHaskell

It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Spike/Drusilla, T) by Unlucky_Pen

Five String Serenade (Giles/reader, unrated) by prose-for-hire

Dreamscapes (Spike/reader, unrated) by way2geeky

Death's Champions Ch. 25 (Faith, E, Harry Potter xover) by Khatix

[Chaptered Fiction]

Initiative Soldiers Suck Ch. 1-11/22 (Buffy/Spike, E) by cosplayermadness

Orvieto Ch. 15/15 (COMPLETE) (Buffy/Sppike, M) by TuesdayGirl

Fathers And Daughters Ch. 7 (Ensemble, M) by ttfan111robstar1

Forward to Time Past Ch, 60/67 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Superfluous_Wit (Unbridled_Brunette)

The Other Side of Paradise Ch. 3 (Xander/Graham, E) by v_o_x

Xander's choice Ch. 2/2 (COMPLETE) (Spike/Xander, M) by DeanWinchestersDreamGirl

The Suite Ch. 10 (Buffy/Spike, E) by hulettwyo

Heaven's Help Ch. 13/13 (COMPLETE) (Ensemble, T) by IAmMattis

A Joint Investigation Ch. 5/7 (Buffy/Spike, G) by Priceless

Found Ch. 10 (Buffy/Tara, T) by Stranger_In_Town

Ties to the World Ch. 1 (Buffy/Spike, E) by TheDanishBird

Reborn Ch. 5 (Spike/Angel, M) by MadeInGold

Epitaph Ch. 5 (Buffy/Giles, G) by thisismyplayground

Who Wants to Live Forever? Ch. 10 (Buffy/Faith, M) by A_World_Without_Shrimp

So Court Me Maybe Ch. 11/11 (COMPLETE) (Buffy/Spike, E) by cosplayermadness

Fathers Ch. 22 (Buffy/Faith, M) by Forgotten Conscience

A Scream of Pain Ch. 7 (Xander, G) by Jennifer Schumacher

Buffy Summers: Was Not The Vampire Slayer? Ch. 26 (Buffy, T) by LadyJDee

Five Dollars, Same As In Town Ch 1 (Faith, T) by michael t

Inner Demon = Literal Cat, Chapter 22-23 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Desicat

The Neighbor's Point of View, Chapter 23 (Buffy/Spike, G) by the_big_bad

You Drive Me Out Of My Mind, Chapter 30 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Geliot99

Dusk Rising, Chapter 14-15 (Buffy/Spike, E) by HappyWhenItRains

Aspectus, Chapter 26 (Buffy/Spike, T) by Kirinin

Cause I'm Beggin', Chapter 4 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Ifeelittoo21

Fireflite, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Dynamite

[Images, Audio & Video]

Artwork:Sunnydale After Dark First Anniversary Collaborative Banner, Chapter 3 () by Dynamite, Dirtyaim

Artwork:BTVS “Every Outfit” “Him” part 2 Xx () by whatshisfaceblogs

Artwork:more older fuffy! () by lehaneisms

Artwork:Spike, Drusilla, and Angelus () by tubesock86

Artwork:Buffy & Spike () by tubesock86

Artwork:Spike & Angel () by tubesock86

Artwork:Willow () by dramamine10

Icons: Cordelia Chase Icons () by buffyversefans

Artwork:Spuffy sleepover () by falsestardust

Manip:BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER – THE MOVIE: spuffy version () by l0veisntbrains

Manip: () by

Wallpapers:Rupert Giles Wallpaper Pairs () by kirbiland

[Community Announcements]

This is Round Two of the Artist Claims for the 2023 round of WIPBB. by wipbigbang

[Fandom Discussions]

Xander|Valichar Relationships by madimpossibledreamer

question meme: a favorite moment for your ship by snickfic

Oz and Buffy as a pairing? by spangelmybeloved

where do you stand on the giles/buffy pairing? by spangelmybeloved

I hate the “Gunn’s always angry” thing at the start of season 4 by titsgirlbuffy, faithlesbian

for the ship game,, how do u feel abt oz/angel? by spangelmybeloved

For your ship ask: Spike/Xander? Willow/Angel? by spangelmybeloved

angel/cordelia/doyle by spangelmybeloved

so i’ve noticed in btvs and angel a common thing that’ll come up is switching bodies or something very similar by iateabunchofsmartiesandnowimdumb

Lowkey kind of wanted to see Band Candy’s Ripper with a gaggle of girls by angelique-of-the-volturi-guard

i know there’s places to go to ask for/search fo everlark fics, but does anyone know of one for spuffy fics? by iamnotathornbird

thinking about the difference by torvagatai

Using a beloved anti-hero/fictional serial killer - Dexter to illustrate a point about buffy by raisedbythetv89

I would unironically watch a spin off of Willow and Spike. by hermyohkneegranger

Buffy Summer’s MBTI Type, Big Three and Enneagram Type by disneymbti

Listen I know that there’s debate over whether Angel and Angelus are the same person by spangelmybeloved

Season 5 Feeling / Reuse of Actors by Librarian83

This or That by Multiple Authors

What do you think would have happened in Buffy if Angel never left? by

After The Wish... by ErrForceOnes

Unpopular opinion, Xander was right not wanting to recurse Angel but for the wrong reason. by Fancy_Boysenberry_55

If you knew in advance of Ethans halloween spell, who would you dress as? by LarinaRichards

Controversial opinion: Zander doesn’t deserve to be called the “one who sees everything” by Grimmthekitty

First time watchers, how shook were you guys at this scene? by TWDFAN35

Theory about AtS Season 4 (Connor) by RobertoStrife

Dead Man’s Party: spare a thought for Pat! by mazmataz

What does Buffy's sexy Spike-Katrina-dream in s6e13 mean? by UpstairsReasonable71

Tabula Rasa foreshadowing the season 6 finale by virgowitchxx

You weren't gonna say that name! by ZealousidealSet1198

A question about the last episode. by Ecstatic_Crazy6817

When rewatching Buffy, do you watch all episodes or skip some? by Odd_Cat7307

How much money did Giles give Buffy? by wallstreetliam

Bargaining Pt. 1 by Emrys_Morgan

Conversations with Dead People by MarudePoufte

As long as I live, I will never understand... by SorchasGarden

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