#DEVIL MADE ME DO IT BUT I ALSO KINDA WANTED TO

[feyd-meowtha]

@middlingmay's Fic Rec Questions

I saw this list and thought it would be fun to give it a go!!

1) Fic that's made you laugh the most

He May Be The Reason by @c-goldthorn. It's a Clegan Notting Hill au and it makes me squeal with delight. So cute that I got distracted while reading it and missed my stop on the train.

2) A fic that made you cry

my kingdom for a kiss upon your shoulder by pillar of our community @swifty-fox. I'm sure most ppl have probably read this one but it's such an amazing post-show continuation that really doesn't pull it's punches when it comes to both PTSD and the realities of being gay in the 40s

3) Fave comfort, silly fic

It's a little rogue but I'm gonna say Awake, Alive by the wonderful @whirlpool-blogs. It's a pet sematary au so not exactly what you would call traditionally comforting but the ending makes me so happy and the whole thing is just a joy. The fact that this came to mind when I thought 'comfort fic' is probably pretty telling about me as a person....

4) The fic that made you try a genre or trope that you don't usually read

This is also a bit rogue but it was tricky since I'll read anything, so I'll go with Strings of the Strings of Life by the lovely @weimarweekly, not because of any of the content but because I don't, as a general rule, read Dune fic that was written after Dune 2 released. I've bored everyone to tears with my complaints about that version of Feyd but it is what it is so I tend not to like any fics written about that version of the character BUT the prospect of a feydpaul Berlin techno au was too delicious to resist and the whole fic is so fun. It makes me miss Germany sooo bad.

5) An author who has inspired your own fic writing

This one has got to go to the anonymous author of both Close And Yet Closer and The Replacement. Both of these fics are god tier and their character psychology and willingness to allow their versions of the characters and relationships to be ugly and messy are so inspiring to me. They were also the first person in the John/Hausman tag on ao3 which is currently just me and them. I think about the replacement all the time and it was a HUGE influence on 3am Eternal. If I can ever write half as well as them I will die happy.

6) What are your fave underdog authors? Those that you feel are underappreciated and deserve a bit more love

Hmmm, this is kinda hard cus the MOTA fandom is pretty small so I feel like a lot of stuff gets decent buzz. Imma shout out @whirlpool-blogs again and especially their fucked up clegans fics, I have read and reread all of their works and they're always so so good. I will also add @steeseman for Up In Our Bedroom. It's another great post-canon fic and while it has a lot of hits, I don't think I've seen anyone talking about it on here.

7) What's one thing you wish writers/readers did more of when it comes to fanfiction.

The obvious one is comment, it really does make my day when I get a nice comment, even just a couple words or an emoji mean a lot. The other thing I would say is writing curt/Kenny fic, there's not much out there and I want more please. Also more fics where characters relationships are like genuinely kind of fucked up and toxic. I love that shit.

8) What's one thing you wish writers/readers did less of when it comes to fanfiction.

Oh man, I really do not know. The only thing I can think of is that I hate the word 'yap' or 'yapping' so if I see it in a fic I shudder. Hmmmm, I guess I also wish that there was a little more consideration when writing Gale's dad as an alcoholic because it's often treated as the basis for him being a shitty person. Addicts aren't automatically bad people and I sometimes feel like it's portrayed that way. @blixabargelds wrote an excellent post on this

9) I'm adding an extra one and that is current WIPs I am reading

Sympathy For The Devil by @blixabargelds, it's a modern ghost hunting AU and the set up is AMAZING. I will also throw Superstar in here even though it's not releasing main story chapters yet, everything Frankie writes is so tailored to my personal tastes it's crazy and I am so excited to read @mildharm's John POV chapters too. Literally foaming at the mouth thinking about it rn. When it starts being released fully, I fear it may kill me.

Love Song From A Dog and The Heart Is A Muscle by @swifty-fox. I've only just started THIAM but I'm so hyped for their take on the tattoo shop/flower shop au.

Hit Me Where The Heart Is by @london-cowboy makes me legitimately insane. I jump for joy whenever there is a new update, these versions of the characters and their stories are, as Paris Hilton would say, beyond. I do not have the words to say how much I am loving this fic. The characters and setting feel so real and it's just so creative. AMAZING.

I need to get around to starting let us not desert one another; we are an injured body and also the time skip fic whose name escapes me by @irregularcollapse and also catching up with @weimarweekly's rodeo fic, Looking For Eight

Writing this was very fun and I encourage anyone reading to give it a go if they fancy it!!

[scar1ett-so1dier]

Good news, chat:

They’re only 25 millivanilligrams Which means I only took 150. 1000 is when the hallucinating happens.

[akechi-if-he-slayed]

i am full of SHIT im a PLAGIARIST as a liar i’m a TEN.

[chartreuxcatz]

I got a cd of the normal album and bro my commute has never been so hype

[lovebugdotcom]

❦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 (𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬)❦

[emmodii-mode]

Just finished my first playthrough of BG3. Romanced Lae'zel, but ending up turning into an Illithid because the idea of making Orpheus or Karlach do it didn't sit well with me (or my character).

I told Lae'zel to leave with Orpheus in the end (I heard she wouldn't stay with a ghaik anyway, which she's valid for, but also, it doesn't feel right to ask her to stay when I know how much her people mean to her). And like-

Her face before she flies off---

She looks so heartbroken and sad.

[dandydanthelion]

mr william wood nya-ing is something that is fortunately real

the vid

[astranauticus]

Do mechanites cry?

[chorttttttt]

ok u can have normal sketches as a treat:

[ducksbyday]

I had a bit of a moment the train last week. And for some reason, I decided to keep adding to it. I've been adding at least one thing every day to this picture since pride month started.

Here are some of them. If the devil is luring me down to hell, I will not be going down alone. Happy pride month.

Most recent one (14/6/23)

The past 😭

I'm scared for the future.

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Text stolen heavily inspired by twitter user wormssoup

[destruxxon]

@eclipsemuses ♥'d (you get a deadpool)!

What is up with spider-people and god damn tall buildings? Wade huffs out a labored breath as he finally lugs himself up the final rung of the fire escape ladder. Shimming up onto the ledge and then planting himself onto the concrete of the roof. (Looks like Built-up Roofing (BUR for short) to me!) Wade pushes the box out of his vision with a hand, reaching into one of their pouches to pull out a pocket mirror.

Gotta make sure he looks good! And, as always, she does! Not a fleck of dried blood on his beautiful mask. He snaps it shut like he's just broken up with their boyfriend over the phone back in high school after prom and stuffs it back into its place. (We didn't go to prom. Yes we did! Nuh uh, we went smoking with the guys outside a Denny's. Oh, I think I remember something like that.)

He approaches his spandex clad companion with a skip and slides up next to him on the ledge, leaning in close. Placing an arm on his shoulder as she tries to follow whatever his line of sight was behind those big buggy eyes. "Brooding up here all by yourself, handsome? Any crimes that need heroing?"

[riaki]

WHY DONT U LIKE HIMENO X AKI?? i thot theyre kinda cute 😭 better than aki x makima...

i just. i have a deep hatred for her... she literally tried to gr00m denji and she just annoys me. also bc i love aki he's too good for everyone no one deserves him especially not h*meno ik she smells. AND SHE SAID SHE ONLY LIKES HIM FOR HIS FACE EUGH there aint no way she went to heaven like aki said she did

[bravest]

every time i think about mono being so afraid of being alone only to end up literally the most alone boy in the world i HAVE to throw up about it a little

[businesscasualart]

Strolling around my pitch black, empty church singing 2Econd 2Ight 2Eer by Will Wood bc im the first one here and I don’t wanna touch anything I shouldn’t have

[effervescent-fool]

OC sheet

[lovebugdotcom]

desperately need to bug this guy

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