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[dr4ko]

ʷᵉˡᶜᵒᵐᵉ   ᵗᵒ   𝖊𝖑𝖉𝖗𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘  .  .  .  a  private  &  NSFW  roleplay  blog  dedicated  to  Drako  of  Eldralis,  the  rightful  Twilight  Prince  of  the  Netherworld.  This  space  explores  cosmic  destinies,  divine  conflicts,  and  the  haunting  solitude  of  one  born  from  stardust  and  shadows.  High  fantasy  meets  modern  supernatural.  Heavy  worldbuilding  and  lit.  Curated  by  Ettie  (30+),  a  storyteller  of  the  netherworld  (  a  shared  character  with  0brighta  )

↪  ye  be  warned:   This  blog  delves  into  themes  of  rejection,  loss,  and  betrayal  by  the  divine.  Please  read  the  rules  to  create  a  safe  space  for  yourself,  and  proceed  only  if  comfortable.

ᵃ   ˢᵗᵘᵈʸ   𝔦𝔫  .  .  .   celestial  exile,  fallen  stars,  and  the  tragic  costs  of  forbidden  birthrights.  Drako’s  journey  unfolds  in  Eldralis,  a  place  where  the  blessed  and  cursed  intertwine.  He  is  an  outcast  by  divine  decree,  born  from  a  mother  shunned  by  the  gods  for  her  defiance,  yet  bound  by  an  undeniable  destiny  to  the  Stars.

↪  biography here & rules ( undercut )   /     affiliated  with:  coming  soon

In  the  time  of  dusk,  when  light  meets  the  edge  of  night,  there  was  born  a  Prince  of  Twilight.  A  gift  from  the  stars,  shaped  by  the  yearning  of  a  mother  cast  aside,  he  was  neither  fully  divine  nor  wholly  mortal.  Drako  of  Eldralis,  son  of  forgotten  stardust  and  whispers  from  the  void,  a  child  of  defiance  wrought  in  the  shadow  of  celestial  law.  Crafted  not  by  mortal  hands  nor  heavenly  grace,  he  stands  alone—a  harbinger  of  the  in-between,  cloaked  in  the  half-light  of  his  origin. For  he  is  the  twilight  that  binds  day  and  night,  a  sovereign  of  the  ever-fading  dusk,  bound  to  no  god  yet  claimed  by  starlight.  The  gods  shunned  him,  calling  him  ‘the  Unbound,’  a  walker  of  realms  beyond  their  reach,  cursed  and  blessed  by  his  mother's  forbidden  wish.  And  in  his  veins  flows  a  power  unknown—a  gift  of  the  stars  and  the  doom  of  the  heavens. It  is  said  that  he  walks  among  the  worlds  unseen,  unshaken  by  the  walls  that  divide  the  living  and  the  lost.  Where  he  treads,  shadows  follow;  where  he  lingers,  the  stars  fall  silent.  He  is  twilight’s  own  child,  neither  condemned  to  the  light  nor  cast  wholly  into  the  night,  and  his  fate  whispers  in  the  tongues  of  the  ancient.  The  Prince  shall  wander,  untouched  and  untamed,  a  bearer  of  secrets  hidden  from  gods  and  mortals  alike.

ONE

Hello,   I'm   Ettie/B,   a   Canadian   in   my   thirties.   My   work   demands   50   to   60   hours   weekly,   often   keeping   me   on-call   even   during   what’s   supposed   to   be   my   downtime.   Writing   has   become   my   sanctuary,   offering   a   much-needed   escape   from   the   daily   grind   and   a   space   where   I   can   dive   into   creativity. 

TWO

My   blog   is   primarily   independent   and   friend-based,   meaning   if   we’ve   interacted   on   other   accounts   before,   feel   free   to   follow   me   here   as   well.   I’m   mindful   of   content   that   can   be   triggering,   so   I   don’t   often   initiate   follows   myself,   but   you’re   more   than   welcome   to   connect   if   we’ve   crossed   paths   before.   My   space   is   curated   for   comfort,   and   I   prefer   to   let   natural   connections   grow   rather   than   chase   followers. 

THREE

At   this   point   in   my   life,   I’ve   outgrown   the   drama   surrounding   online   politics   and   rumors.   Whatever   you’ve   heard   about   me,   you   can   believe   what   you   want.   I’ve   distanced   myself   from   old   friendships   and   situations   that   no   longer   serve   me,   and   I’m   not   interested   in   playing   games   about   who   I   should   or   shouldn’t   follow. 

FOUR

I   don’t   have   a   formal   DNI   list,   but   I’ve   blocked   people   affiliated   with   someone   facing   serious   accusations.   I’m   not   open   to   discussing   the   matter   in   detail.   if   i   have   you   blocked   its   likely   because   you   associate   with   one   of   them. 

FIVE

One   important   thing   to   note:   I   don’t   tolerate   godmodding.   Please   don't   control   my   characters   or   make   assumptions   about   their   actions   or   feelings   without   discussing   it   with   me   first.   I   believe   in   mutual   creativity   and   respect,   and   part   of   that   is   ensuring   we   both   have   full   agency   over   our   own   characters. 

SIX

On   a   lighter   note,   I   absolutely   love   the   process   of   plotting   and   developing   character   dynamics   with   other   writers.   I’m   open   to   romantic   ships   when   there’s   genuine   chemistry   and   enjoy   creating   meaningful   interactions   between   muses.   If   you’re   interested   in   collaborating,   don’t   hesitate   to   get   in   touch—I’m   always   up   for   new   creative   connections! 

[pokemonpetfinder]

asking out of curiosity, but do you think Coco would like a fluffy sherpa blanket in her napping spot? She tends to sleep in my bed at night so I'm trying to help her be comfortable since it is getting cold at night and making the morning a bit cool in my area.

Yes, definitely. She's always liked comfy things

[bunningchaos]

When you get this, you have to answer with 5 things you like about yourself, publicly. Then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers. hehe silly moment.

Oh uhm, this is a difficult question.

Let's see..

"5 things you like about yourself, publicly."

There, I answered as requested!

Okayimsorryitsoundedfunnierinmyhead

1) Making others' day by spending time with them

2) My figurines collection. Do this count?

3) ...

Yeah that's all.

I'm slightly lazy to drop this into people's inboxes individually, working on a few drawings right this moment so..

Imma tag em, answer the question if you'd like! If not then just let this silly thing pass by (・∀・)

1) @renthepersonlol

2) @neverniko101

3) @cas-spirit

4) @snowdrop-wolf

5) @laizimoon

6) @ph0enix-12

7) @miracle-negative

8) @miramoonli

9) @thevoidfairy

10) @voltaicfox

.....

Okay exceeding the numbers, because I can, and I will.

11) @spookuzm

12) @fell-is-suffering

13) @wanderingthinks

14) @kuruka1559s

15) @fuzart

16) @draft-void

17) @pasterypaws

18) @ravioli-randomness

19) @someverygaymoth

20) @caretaleandotherstuff

21) @arbie-right-back

22) @frisiunia

Okay I need to stop woops, justtt, @/everyone that follows me! Ehe- I like everyone, platonically, of course

[meaniezuchinni]

That’s right! I’ve finally figured out the proper pricing and guidelines for my commissions! Check out my Ko-Fi to get one for yourself! Commissions open now!

Sketches: $10 for close-up. $13 for medium close. $15 for full body (+$5 for smooth line-art)

Add character: +$10 per extra character

Add colour: +$5 (flat colour). +$8 (detailed colour)

Add background: +$3 basic (v). +$5 simple detail (x). +$10 medium detail (y). +$20 complex detail (z) (base background will be light pink unless otherwise specified)

Add speech bubble(s): +$5 (will be handwritten unless specified otherwise)

Choose between “realistic” or cartoon style (no cost difference).

~

For personal use only.

Subject to my refusal for any reason.

Payment upfront (ko-fi only right now), no refunds unless I cancel.

Email required

I’m happy to chat and help you get exactly what you want.

I will send you 1 draft, this is your only time for revision.

~

Will draw: OCs, nsfw & kink, fandoms I’m not in, ships/rare pairs

Will draw but I am inexperienced: fursonas/anthro (discount may apply)

Won’t draw: incest, pedophilia, excess gore, mech (can’t draw), guns.

~

My inbox is open if you have questions (or ask me directly on ko-fi)

~

Lastly, let me turn you into a cartoon for a flat fee of $25! Send a reference, choose between style a) or b), and let me turn you into art!

(A special thanks to @wisteriaawillow for letting me use her likeness in my flyer <3)

[rita-rae-siller]

Writeblr (Re)Introduction!

Hello! My name is Rita, and I'm a late 20's writer that's been around the community for over 10 years now across a couple different blogs. I've been writing a lot more again and wanted a place to keep a sort of codex of my work as I work through actually trying to write a novel or two... or ten. Wherever the winds take me really.

I write across a variety of genres when it comes to my short stories. I write fan fiction on occasion, but mostly work on my original fiction. My favorite short story genres are magical realism and low fantasy, but I occasionally dabble in horror.

For my full-length fiction, I write fantasy with some loose steampunk elements. Time period comparison would be closer to the late 1700s to early 1800s. Almost all of my work is queer fiction.

My two full length works are:

The Lies They Tell

A dark queer fantasy novel. Think of this as a retold mashup of the fall of Rome and the betrayal of Caesar. Our main character is like Brutus is to Caesar, and follows her journey out of the empire to freedom from the incredibly oppressive and abusive life she lives under the emperor as his advisor and unofficial heir. You can find all my information about this wip here!

The Price of Blood

Another queer dark fantasy story, but I'm taking a break in between drafts to focus on a different project. This one features vampires, a cult, and two lifelong friends and former lovers who reconnect after 15 years apart. There's a lot of vampire/undead angst, and a lot of parental crisis points as the MC grapples with the horrifying prospect of a binding demonic contract that requires her life to save everyone and everything she loves. Noncompliance could result in the death of her son, and many others. Does she sacrifice the world to live and be with the woman she loves, or make the ultimate sacrifice and break her heart a second time?

My inbox is always open for people to tell me about their stories, or ask questions about mine. Don't be shy! I also have a tag list that's open to any that wants to join! Just shoot me a message or reply to anything.

[car-lozsigns]

A few minutes more (Pt20)

Synopsis: You and Carlos had crossed paths more than you thought was possible over a short weekend but time was not on your side. A love story that’s about the slow burn and companionship built connection, and how sometimes right place wrong time is the best of the available options

Author Note: Final part is here. So exicted to have this done and the start the next project.

Length:~6.8k

Warnings: Covid again

Previous parts: Link to Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19.

Part 20

Drafting up your resignation letter wasn’t as hard as you thought it would be. You had it ready to go and decided to send it off over the weekend, scheduling in a call with your boss first thing next week. You felt like the hardest part was done and talking through your reasons for the choice with your boss went smoothly. Turned out that the extended time away from the office and spending time with family had not only caused you to reassess your career but your bosses as well.

You had an agreed end date, confirmation of it arriving in your inbox as the work day finished. It didn’t feel real that in a few short weeks you’d have all the time in the world available to you. As the countdown passed for your last day, it was also decreasing in the days left before Carlos’ first race. As timing happened your last day fell after the season opener and would be at earliest able to join in the UK races. Which was better for your nerves as you had never watched one of the races in with him in it by yourself let alone spectated one in person.

You had settled back into a routine with Carlos, albeit him having little time free. The break away from racing had driven him to train harder to ensure he was prepared. That’s at least what he had told you. What you had suspected and had been confirmed as you talked to his mother over the phone was that he was doing this to prove to Ferrari that he was worthy of the team, and he would be an apt replacement for Vettel. The news of his move had been received by the with mixed sentiment. When carlos had told McLaren they were disappointed in his decision. He had been part of the team rebuilding and they saw him firmly cemented in their fortune both him and Lando as the spearhead for bringing the team back to the top. Carlos had however felt he had outgrown the team quicker than anticipated with the technical performance of the McLaren less impressive than his time at Renault and Toro Rosso. The lack of improving team performance made Carlos impatient, spurning his discussions with other teams to see if anything would eventuate. He hadn’t planned on telling McLaren so soon, wanting to tell them after the season had restarted and ideally in person, but when the announcement of Sebastian moving teams breaking to the news earlier than he had thought, it forced his team to react not only with how proud he was to move to Ferrari but how McLaren would be without him and who would be going into that seat to be Lando’s teammate in the upcoming years. In Carlos’ mind it was already a shaky start, even though Ferrari or himself hadn’t been the release of the news.

The messaging and commentary had died down as the days passed, his move overshadowed by Daniel Ricciardo signing to join his old team as his replacement. Thankfully it gave Carlos a reprieve but what hadn’t relaxed was Carlos nerves. It was exasperating in the week leading up to the Austrian Grand Prix, Carlos a tense walking ball of pent up energy that remained until he kissed you goodbye on his way to the airport.

He had promised to call you when he landed and to check in when he could, which you appreciated but knew from how distracted he was at home, he likely wouldn’t remember while away. Carlos’ mother had warned of this, with both father and son dissociating themselves on racing weeks and weekends, their whole mind body and soul dedicated their craft. She had also particularly warned it was worsened when they had something to prove either a podium or the last races of the season, or in this case the season opener. So as the Friday and Saturday of the Austrian Grand Prix passed with only a few words sent from Carlos you weren’t surprised , but left him voice messages wishing him luck, focus and speed, hoping that he could take something from them to help him for the weekend.

As you settled down on the Sunday afternoon for the race, you could see why he limited his messaging. The amount of people rushing across the screen, even with a significant reduction in attendance and work force as the commentators kept reminding you was overwhelming. Everyone was in a hurry and moved with purpose, Carlos zoning out made sense now. Even though Carlos had explained to you the important portions of the race, you found yourself with phone open, googling terms and questions as the race started wanting to make sure you were trying to understand what the smooth British voices were interjecting.

Carlos finished ninth, which you thought was a good effort, however as you searched his face out in the television his expression showed a smile but disappointment in his eyes. You sent him another message which you didn’t get a short response to until the early hours of the morning, you rolling over and immediately going back to sleep after seeing the brief “we will do better next time ❤️”

Carlos stayed with the team in Austria for the second race, being held at the same location. This time you found you understood more, however still heavily relied on searching the language that was used. As Carlos finished ninth again, you again saw his disappointment, constrained in his face, tight shoulders, rigidly held jaw. You were beginning to understand why Carlos was always telling you it was the best and worst job, doing what you loved but with the very high chance of not achieving your goal due to circumstances beyond your control. You could see now how much mental strength it took to build yourself up from an undesired race result, to repeat the process again and again and could appreciate how much of a strain it would take to maintain that determination and optimism .

The third race was in Hungary and it was worse than before. You saw in this race how results could change from strategy or conditions, Carlos being indirectly impacted by other teams as a result of those factors, finishing 9th. To your surprise Carlos called you afterwards. You had expected him to be much the same as the past races, potentially even more withdrawn but this phone call said otherwise.

You saw his name flash in your screen, you even hesitating before answering. Swiping the call open, Carlos had the phone held close to his face, a close up of nose, lips and chin covered in a bright orange mask. Before you could say anything Carlos stage whispered into the screen “I’m finding somewhere quiet to talk give me a second” You couldn’t pick much up from the audio through Carlos’s quick breaths except that the background noise was quietening as he moved further and further away from others. When he pulled the phone away from his face you could see he was were in tiny mostly white room. Carlos pulled his mask away and pushed into his ears some earbuds he had picked up from the bench next to him. He must be in his driver’s room. He propped up the phone and took a step back and started to pace. His driver’s room was small and clinical but smatterings of Carlos personality strewn throughout it: a team photo from last year, the number 55 on the walls in the striped McLaren orange which Carlos insisted was a hue called “papaya”, folded team clothes in a neat pile in a corner, shoes placed underneath for when he changed out of his racing suit.

You started to ask Carlos how the race went but he cut you off with a sigh that was tending more to a poorly stifled groan.

“I miss you” came out of his mouth at a louder volume than you expected. You had thought he was going to go into the race results not this. “I didn’t think it would be this hard being away, it never has been in the past but I keep thinking about how long until I see you next and when I’m coming home.” Carlos looked to you now on the phone screen for answers hoping you would have the solution.

As you opened your mouth, again he continued the train of thought he hadn’t quite finished. “I was talking to my parents and they warned me of this. Warned me that things will change one day and then I will know. I know now what they meant; I understand YN. I get it and I don’t like it, I need you here.”

Ahhh Carlos was homesick.

Your smile littered your voice “I miss you too Carlos , we knew this wouldn’t be simple and it’s an adjustment.” The glower on Carlos face was not supportive. He began pacing again.

“Are you still flying home tomorrow?” You asked. He had given you access to his planner app that tracked his flights so you could feel closer to him during the season. It had been handy when he was too busy to talk but evidently Carlos wanted more.

He nodded and ran his hand through his hair as a knock came to the door. Carlos rushed back to the phone, picked it up so that all you could see was his nose and upper lip and whispered, “I’ve gotta go, bye”.

You thought the call was rushed but was happy you had a chance to at least see him. You opened the flight app and set a timer into your phone so that you would remember to leave home on time to collect him the next day

**

You had parked in the airport arrivals 30 mins before Carlos’ flight was scheduled to land, you had overestimated how busy traffic would be at 5am on a Monday morning but you couldn’t care less . You had all the time in the world now as this was the first weekday job free, you had more time than what you knew what to do with. Well, at least until Carlos landed which you then planned on being very busy making use of every second until he was in racing mode again.

You had packed a book in the car with you for the wait and sent Carlos and pin location of where you were in the car park so he could find you when he landed . He still hadn’t shared beyond the few he had to who you were, which you were fine with, you enjoyed the anonymity it allowed you. You were going to hold onto it as long as you could and hopefully into the months ahead after attending the races in person. A soft knock on the passenger door alerted you to him being there. You pressed the unlock door button and wound down the passenger window.

Carlos stuck his head into the car “YN, meet Lando”

A shorter younger man side stepped out from behind Carlos, opening up the back door and throwing his bag and himself into the car before you could register what was happening.

“Morning YN, I’d love to say I’ve heard so much about you but if I’m being honest Carlos hasn’t mentioned much at all and you know I’m not a liar” Lando paused while Carlos pushed his bags to his feet and closed his door behind him. He lent over the centre console and gave you a kiss and a squeeze of the back of your neck as he pulled you in a little closer.

A soft “awwww” came from the backseat and with it came a wave of self-consciousness, causing you to pull away from deepening the kiss further.

You didn’t remember Carlos telling you his teammate would be joining him, if you had known you might not have driven to the airport in a fluffy dressing gown. You wanted to ask Carlos how Lando tagged along but figured in the car, with his teammate in the backseat was not the place for that conversation.

“So Lando” you started “you work with Carlos, do you know the secret to get him to reply to my messages?” You teased, a red blush spread up Carlos’ neck.

Lando snorted “Don’t take it personally, but he does that to everyone. He is either never on his phone or always on it. Once we were in France last year and he didn’t even realise it was missing for three days, I pranked him by swapping it out with an old Nokia and he didn’t notice they had been swapped as he had thought he just hadn’t packed it when it didn’t ring”

“Lando, come on I’m not that bad” Carlos tried defensively but Lando wasn’t letting up

“Mate, you are. I swear if you hadn’t given me your location I’d never know or hear anything from you til race weekend. You’d be amazing off grid but we just don’t live that life huh” he chuckled as his pun

“I didn’t give you my location” Carlos turned to stare Lando down. “Semantics” Lando replied non plussed by being caught out in him hacking into Carlos’ phone.

You by this point had pulled out from the airport and started driving towards the main highway that took you back into town.

“Lando where am I dropping you” you handed your phone into the back seat unlocked, maps open, indicating he type in his address. It was still early for you, there is no way you’d be able to remember a set of verbal directions at least for another hour.

Lando was surprised that you had trusted him with your phone. Carlos had spun round eyes moving from your phone to Lando’s eyes. His eyes screaming at Lando don’t you dare but Lando was quicker in grabbing your phone than Carlos was in his intercept.

Lando exited maps and took a quick snoop into your social media’s, looking for your account so he could follow. He typed in Carlos’ name and found both his finsta and public account with messages to you sent only from his finsta. Noting down the name he exited the app and put in his address.

“I’m not too far from Carlos maybe only 20 mins away” he handed back the phone which you clipped into the holder focused on the driving. Carlos began talking to you quietly and you adjusted the volume split to have the back speakers louder than the front trying to afford you some privacy.

Lando in the back seat however had started investigating Carlos’ apparently long term girlfriend. He had known that he had started dating you back in January with the only picture posted this year was of him and you just after new year but since then he really hadn’t heard too much. True to his word Carlos never posted on social media so for all he knew it was a weekend away nothing more. Lando searched in your name but everything was private and even then your posted numbers were small so he doubted there would be much there anyways. Every time Lando had tried to bring up who you were in conversation Carlos had deflected. He had thought that maybe you would be at the races so far but Carlos’ tickets had only been his parents for the opening race and all other friends and family ticket filled with other members as directed by the team, not by Carlos. It wasn’t until after Hungary that Lando had an opening.

He had started to make his way to Carlos’ driver room to congratulate him for this third consecutive point finish, hoping to cheer him up as Lando saw Carlos wasn’t happy with the result, but as Carlos entered into the room Lando caught sight of him talking to someone on his phone, screen close to his face. Usually Carlos couldn’t care who saw him on a call, most often it was family and the conversations were in Spanish which afforded him more privacy than most. Working in a British based team had that advantage for Carlos as it was easier for him to speak English than the team to learn Spanish. Carlos’ strange behaviour had caught Lando’s eye. As Carlos closed the door to his driver’s room, Lando rushed into his own room next door, his ear pressed against the adjoining wall. The walls were notoriously thin and from what Lando could gather from Carlos’s groan and tone, he was homesick and that he missed someone and was counting down the time until he was home. Lando had heard enough, he went and knocked on Carlos’ door. As Carlos had opened the door Lando strode in and sat down. “I know, I heard your call, spill everything Carlos” Lando said , voice steely with determination, arms folded across his chest, showing that he was not leaving until he heard the truth.

Lando had gotten Carlos to admit everything. He had listened intently oohing and ahhhing at the right places, Carlos told him about the trip away, what had happened in Spain, you both moving in together and you deciding to join him at the races for the remainder of the year.

Lando was smitten with how infatuated Carlos was with you and could see that Carlos had matured and grown while you had been in his life. Wanting to see the proof himself Lando had invited himself along for the car ride, cancelling his airport transfer last minute proving to Carlos without his help he’d be stranded as nothing was open at this time of the day especially with covid still lingering.

As Lando shut the car door behind him after you had dropped him at his place, he called back to Carlos and you “See you at Silverstone YN, you won’t believe on all the fun you’ve been missing” with a wink he turned to his home, leaving you and Carlos for the finally alone.

What Lando had eluded to was what he had begged Carlos to do. Carlos had told Lando about how private you had wanted the relationship to be, helped him plan out how to keep your anonymity. Particularly for Silverstone , a difficult track for privacy due to it being located in an old airfield, as well as being a closed race, hiding amongst the public crowd was not viable. Lando had posited that you stay with his family passing as one of his sisters friends knowing that with the restrictions it would be difficult to pass the lie that you were anything but Carlos’ girlfriend when you would be the only non employee watching the race in his side of the garage. The other option was you spend the weekend cooped up in Carlos’ drivers room watching from the television in there or come out as Carlos’ girlfriend, neither of which Carlos thought were things you wanted.

So Lando and Carlos had agreed that you’d spend the race with Lando’s family for the weekend. Lando had already shared the plan with his sisters who were more than happy to have someone new to join them in mix, especially as Lando was notorious for leaving them to their own devices, it’d be nice for some new company. Lando had gone to the extent of getting the paddock passes sent to his family home where both you and Carlos were invited to stay over the weekend prior to the race. As lovely as Silverstone was as a race track, accommodation was limited, little privacy and unless you felt like camping, trips in and out as a team from further out accommodation is what most people opted to do. Logistically it made sense for both Lando and Carlos to arrive and leave together having the same team schedules, and with it so would you but with Landos’ family.

It was smart planning from Lando’s part , as each time he checked in with his family throughout the weekend, you were looking more relaxed, crease in your brow slightly less pronounced , shoulders lower, arms loving from crossed your chest crossed to at ease by your side. Carlos begged him for information when he saw him as he wasn’t able to just walk in and out of his teammates garage. Lando relished the attention, not that he was jealous, but it was the most open Carlos had been to him in a while and he was enjoying having his friend be himself again. Both Flo and Cisca had taken you under their wings and you had looked like you were enjoying yourself to Lando when he checked in. His sisters confirmed that you weren’t any trouble, aside from asking technical questions which were beyond their remit as supporting sisters.

Lando over the weekend had more success than Carlos, finishing in the points, Lando’s family and you swept up in their festivities. Although Carlos hadn’t competed as well as he’d have liked, as you both debriefed that Sunday evening while getting ready for bed at the Norris’, you could see he was calm. You were calm even though you thought the weekend would be strange being there in person, but it wasn’t. You felt so warmly welcomed by Lando’s family, it was a repeat of how kindly Carlos’s family treated you, you could see why the two guys got along so well, they came from places of similar values. Lando was again correct in saying that staying with his family would help. You and Carlos hadn’t been aware of how much living away from family had taken a toll on you both. Maybe it was the fact of being in the Norris home which was bustling with activity , all siblings back home due to covid. Or maybe it was just knowing that there were others around and you weren’t alone. But that Sunday night as you and Carlos fell asleep in each others arms all cares forgotten, you couldn’t have wished for anything more than what you had in that moment.

At the insistence of Lando and his parents, you and Carlos had extended your stay to cover the 70 anniversary race also held at Silverstone, pushing your time from a few days to just over a week. The Norris’ had plenty of spare rooms which helped with the two of you not feeling like you were intruding too much into the family life, as at th end of the day Carlos and Lando may be friends and teammates but technically also rivals. But that didn’t seem to matter to anyone, it was the more the merrier attitude that greeted you and Carlos fell into place so easily you couldn’t help but do so as well. Similar to the preceding race Lando and his garage were rewarded with another great result, and Carlos again not quite pulling out the performance Lando was. However the next race on the calendar was Spain, Carlos’ home race, where it hopefully there would be success. It would be Carlos’s turn for his garage to be full of family and seeing how that elevated Lando over the course of the race weekends you had hoped Carlos would also reap benefits.

Carlos senior and Reyes were chatting away earlier in the week prior to the Spanish race when Reyes phone lit up. The couple exchanged glances and she answered the video call, your face filling the phone screen from inside Carlos’ home in the UK.

“Reyes I wasn’t sure if you’d be awake but I wanted to ask you something” Reyes moved her phone slightly ensuring that her husband wasn’t accidentally showing in the frame. Carlos senior shifted away as quietly as he could manage but ear pricked to hear the conversation.

“Can Carlos and I come to stay for a few days after Barcelona before Spa? We don’t have to be in Belgium until 26th and I think Carlos would really benefit spending some time with you both in the few days of downtime”

“Of course you can, you can stay right up until the race weekend you know you don’t need to ask, the old home is yours whenever you want to use it, you know that” she winked and she changed the conversation to generally how you were both going , switching between English and Spanish to see if you had been practicing, scolding you slightly as you slowly pieced together sentences, obviously Carlos had not been doing much to help you. As the coffee in her cup went cold and the phone conversation ended, Carlos senior moved back into the kitchen and rested his hands on his wife’s shoulders, rubbing slightly.

“She doesn’t know does she?” Reyes sighed and lifted one of her hands to rest on top of her husbands

“I don’t think so but let’s not spoil the surprise” He kissed his wife on the cheek and pulled the mug from her hand to wash up.

What Carlos had actually planned was for both you to visit his parents before the Spanish grand prix, not after, spending two days in Madrid at the family home before going to Barcelona. And he had kept it secret up until arriving at the airport when Carlos handed you a physical boarding pass which said Madrid.

“Madrid?” You questioned, you had assumed you were flying straight to Barcelona. Carlos smiled as he printed the second ticket off and pushed it into a pocket and said no more as you went through security and waited to board. As your flight landed and you collected your bags, you followed Carlos out to find the hire car, but stopped in your tracks as your saw Carlos embraced by his parents in the arrivals hall.

Of course, if you were both in Madrid Carlos would get his parents to pick him up. Reyes let go of her son and took you in her arms and held tight. You whispered into her ear untucking your hair as to cover your face from the Carlos’s eyes “What’s he planning?” Which Reyes said nothing, as she let go of the embrace she looked at you with her eyes full of knowing, secrets hidden just below the surface. “We will see you both later tonight, we are here to pick up your bags and give you the car” and like clockwork Carlos senior kissed your cheek and lightly loosened your hand on the handle of your luggage, rolling both yours and Carlos’ away with him and his wife going to the exit.

You turned to Carlos who had the keys held loosely in his palm, questioning him “Carlos what are you up to?” Like his mother he said nothing but eyes glinting, “You’ll see” as he kissed you a little deeper than he usually would in public , and took your hand leading you to the door.

You couldn’t place where Carlos was going as you moved further away from the airport, passed through built up residential and the business district, you emerged back in a semi-rural countryside. Not quite remote but removed enough that the houses were spaced further apart for privacy. The scenery began getting hillier and Carlos slowed down looking intently for something out the windscreen. He had not put an address into the navigation system, not even allowing you follow where you were. As you pulled out your phone to see where you were, Carlos reached across and lightly plucked the phone from you hand putting in his pocket just far enough out of your reach that if you tried to grab it back it would definitely distract Carlos from driving. With his work, he couldn’t afford to get into a car accident.

Carlos had found his turn off and the car started climbing up an unpaved track, long disused, vegetation encroaching on the edges making it even narrower than it originally was. Littered with potholes, Carlos crawled the car up the hit, chassis vibrating much more than would be considered comfortable. As Carlos pulled to a stop, surrounding you was a small opening, nothing consequential apart from the road end and cleared area from the native forest that had enclosed you within. You looked across to Carlos but he swiftly exited the car striding over to open your door. He held out his hand in offer, helping you out of the rental. Lights flashing at the locked car, Carlos began to guide you towards the clearing. The area looked like it had been cleared recently, heavy equipment tracks still pressed into the earth. Between the tyre marks where even more footprints, which you both followed. The vacant space covered the crest of the hill and slightly over the other side. Where the footsteps ended were dozens of small saplings planted in rows. It looked like the beginning of an orchard, you had never seen one brand new before, always they were old with gnarled and knotted trees twisting upwards and outwards, branches heavy with years of harvests.

You had felt Carlos’ hand drop from yours, the warm breeze moving over where Carlos’ hand had left a slight dampness. It wasn’t that warm out, not enough to sweat at least.

Turning to Carlos, you saw he had a letter in his hand which he held out to you. The envelope had been used and was bent and soft with how many hands had done the same movement as yours, tugging out the thickly folded papers inside.

You unfurled the wad of pages, and saw that it was a brochure for land for sale. It looked like where you were standing, at least where you had parked looked the same. The page behind was an email thread between Carlos and a name you didn’t recognise. The papers behind that were staples together and was a government form. Scanning over the top you recognised your name next to Carlos’ this time.

Carlos had seen you pause as you read your name. He took a shaky breath in

“It’s ours”

“What’s ours?” Not quite believing what you heard and where your head had jumped to.

“Where we are standing, all this, it’s ours. I put an offer in and it was accepted”

Offer, accepted, so it was a title deed contact that your name was on in your hand.

“Carlos, did you buy this land?” Asking again in a different way to get the answer you wanted.

He had put his hands in his pocket to stop his hands shaking. He pulled them out again wanting to reach to you but self-conscious you would pull them away. Your tone wasn’t angry but it also wasn’t happy enough for him to be certain.

“The day after I signed with Ferrari, I started looking for somewhere to live. I have my apartment in the UK, so do you, a small home in Madrid as well, but they have always been just for me.

He paused wanting you to interject but you didn’t.

“In the Ferrari contract, it’s the first one for a team that doesn’t say where I have to live, for Toro Rosso I had to be near Milton Keyes and McLaren it had to be near the factory too, but I don’t have to stay near Maranello when I start at Ferrari.”

“We were so happy when we were at my parents, but it was never our own. It was borrowed space in borrowed time. But living with you in the UK, I missed it. You missed it, you were not quite as happy back there than you were in the sun by the old home. I hadn’t decided to do anything but then you talked about your career, and you had started to have that sparkle back when talking about the potential options.”

“And I thought, while we both don’t have a plan, why don’t we make a space for our own and figure it out together? I only put the offer in this morning right before we flew out, and if you go to the last page you see that there are two boxes open. If we both sign there it’s ours, we can do whatever we want. The past owners had started to plant lemon trees to try and make this place sell as a hobby farm potential space, and you , we, spent so much time amongst the fruit trees at my parents. I saw it as a sign. So I bought it”

Carlos had slowed his speech, the nervousness hadn’t just trickled in his voice, it was heavy with it. He wanted to build a life with you. It had come up in conversation and but never occurred to you that it was more than light conversation you have about what you’ll be doing in five years, but Carlos was serious. From spending time with Lando’s siblings, his sisters had told you that being invited to races was usually what the drivers did when they were serious with a significant other, it wasn’t something done lightly. It was them showing you off to the world, but to you, not growing up in this world, didn’t grasp the weight of Carlos pulling strings to get you to attend really had and what it implied. So Carlos had tried to do something in a language you could understand. A home, that was a commitment to show you that he wanted you and only you for the future, and not only that, building one from scratch, drawing what you both wanted , together, from nothing, to be only yours and his. You felt a pressure in the back of your throat as what he was asking you to do was registering.

“And YN, with this we can build our life together, YN”

He got down on one knee

He pulled out of his pocket where your phone had been stored, a small white tissue paper wrapped square.

He unfolded it, a thick banded ring in the centre

“Will you choose me to be your husband?”

He had chosen you on that day back in October, and today you were choosing him for the rest of your lives.

“I will always choose you Carlos” you cupped your hands around his with the outstretched ring, Carlos standing up, sliding on the ring, tears welling in both of your eyes. “Then it’s us together, forever mi amor” Carlos said as he scooped you up into his arms twirling you both around to savour the moment for just a few minutes more.

Thank you all for reading this little (long) story, I've loved writing every minute of it. Til the next one xxx

[preservationofnormalcy]

OOC: How do you decide what does/doesn't get posted? I've sent a few asks that haven't been posted and I'm curious to know if it's because there was something off about them or there's just a big backlog.

The biggest factor is, yeah, there’s a huge backlog and I work full time. When I do sit down and queue up asks, I usually try and answer from oldest to newest. I think I’m generally up to late October, early November of last year.

If I’m at work on mobile, because the ask interface on the mobile app is not very good, I’ll sometimes answer more recent ones just because those are easier to access. I’ve been ameliorating that by putting several old asks at a time into drafts, but that only helps a little. And sometimes I’ll see a more recent ask that I really feel the creative urge to answer, so I’ll break pattern for that.

I’d say like 15-20% of everything I receive are something I immediately know I’m not going to answer. Whether it’s just a little bland, maybe it’s a repeat of something I’ve done before, very specifically doesn’t fit the lore, more sexually suggestive than I’d like, or are somewhat mean spirited. It’s in the small minority - most things I get I can “feel” some way to sink my teeth into them, so to speak.

It’s a little ironic - on days I feel good I’ve queued up 8-9, I will log back on and see the little number by my inbox say “10” or something. I absolutely do not say this to complain, it’s just kind of funny. Got two more as I was writing this actually. It’s something I’m really not sure how to respond to, aside from chewing through them slowly.

I also do work on other creative stuff for this on and off. Jenny’s writer and I are working on something big for next month and something else big tbd, need to work on that, and I’m pretty far along in a second “set” of poster designs.

Hopefully none of this came across as defensive or rude. I’m (jokingly) suffering from success, and I wish I could just answer asks as a part time job.

[writingwell]

20 13 fanfic questions

Thanks to @randomfoggytiger for the tag. I didn’t do all of them, just the pertinent ones, and I modified those just to include ffnet as well. 

1. How many works do you have? 26 on AO3 (for my mature rated Spy Castle stuff); fanfiction.net has 278 Castle fics;and about 300ish archived at Gossamer for X-Files.

4. What are your top fics by kudos/reviews? The Return of Vulcan Simmons, Tempest (not a spy work!) on AO3; ffnet would be One Hundred Days of Summer (co-authored with SandianeCarter) and Dash It All.

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not? Yeah, I think if you take the time to contact me, you deserve the respect of hearing from me. It might not be a full-blown conversation, but I’ll do what I can with a full-time profession and a writing one as well. Also, suuuuper sorry, just discovered AO3 has an inbox. 300 days ago, some of you messaged me and I am just now seeing those. Lol. 

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? I have a spy fic where the two of them are just so at odds, so grieving with and over each other… okay that’s most of them. But I try not to end on angst, as it’s supposed to be the journey not the destination. (Angst is a twisting of the heart, not a place where you stay. According to me.)

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? Dash series has the ‘happiest’ endings. Not because life is happy, but because they figured out how to create contentment within what they’d been given/dealt in life. And in ways other versions of the Castle characters hadn’t accomplished. They did the work.

8. Do you get hate on fics? Oh definitely. A while back, I turned off comments on tumblr for about a year as I processed and healed from some targeted attacks, and I can say that I came out more certain of myself and my writing. But I was also an adult who had not been forced to weather these attacks as a vulnerable 13 y-o on social media (as so many of you are unfortunately dealing with). I was able to detach, center myself once more, and rise above because I’d grown up IRL, so to speak. I have a faith in something bigger than me which, while it doesn’t look like what it did, has sustained me and given me the confidence to know my worth even as it spurs me to be/do better. 

9. Do you write smut. If so what kind? Oh definitely, lol. It’s on AO3. Usually I like to explore M/F with a third in there for kicks, as the concept of generosity and giving within the sexual relationship/experience is intriguing to me.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? I objected to the term ‘stolen.’ I’ve had my fics, without my knowledge, posted elsewhere, translated without my knowledge, and changed to other fandom characters to be posted elsewhere. However! I’ve had loads of people ask me too, and I really appreciate being able to go visit them. (Stolen would indicate I somehow own these fanfictions, and I do not, as that would be a legally difficult hill to stand on. I also do not perceive collective fan art in this manner, because the world is all of ours.)

15. What's a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will? Oh there’s a co-written story that me, carto, and muppet47 started and have NEVER finished. We all know Castle has to go to jail, but we can’t write it.

16. What are your writing strengths? Writing it the first time. Correctly. As in, it comes out the way it should or ought to or how I am seeing it in the moment. I have the right rhythm, I can spell and I have the grammar skills. My first draft is fast and good enough for submission. Of course, I go back and edit, and I have to, but I’m very blessed in not ever going through anything like writer’s block.

17. What are your writing weaknesses? Secondary characters. I have a tendency for tunnel vision, where all I want to do is talk about and to and for the main characters. If they have friends or family, I barely include them. I can’t manage to care that they exist. But all of us live in a complex web of relationships and community; no one is alone. My last novel, Taste of Salt, was an concentrated effort to include as many other perspectives as possible, so it was told through the POVs of the two main characters and interspersed with flashback chapters from the POVs of their friends, family, coworkers, chance encounters, medical personnel, kids, support networks… there you go.You have to do the thing that’s hard. Write it out, over and over, keep practicing.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic? Yeah, sometimes it becomes necessary for the character. But please keep it to a minimum (imo) as it detracts from the reader’s understanding and experience of reading. It ought to be rather easy to understand what the person is saying due to context or just the flow of the scene. If you’re writing in English, and you have a character visiting France, then obviously some of that ought to be in French, but after a while, you can indicate that the language is being used while writing it in English. I say this because most of you are fandom writers who are not writing for literary audiences; therefore, don’t ruin everyone’s fun my making it incomprehensible or inaccessible. Please.

20. Favourite fic you've ever written? Don’t ask me to choose between my children! I can tell you that Dash holds a special place in my heart due to the amount of readers who said it gave them understanding of their own sensory issues or their child’s autism, etc. Spy gave me one of my greatest friends, carto, who continues to love and support me and my writing. 

I won't tag anyone, because I deleted so many of these questions, but feel free to answer or share or talk with me about them!

[theladybrownstarot]

ANNOUNCEMENT

To all the people who participated in :

CHANELLED MESSAGES FROM UNIVERSE

Namaste people today the event has closed ♡ and I'm really happy to know and tell that this first event of the Year was highly successful for Me compared to others !! I'm greatful to you and universe for collaborating with Me .

My exams have ended and I really Need your blessing for the best results and education this year wholeheartedly 🙏🏼 please .

I have started answering people ♡ ,most of the readings are in draft but this announcement post hold a reason here .

About the post 📫

Person's blog is mentioned to whom I gave reading.

The column feedback received will have a yes and no which will change after I have received the feedback.

I will take next five people slowly till all names are mentioned and my reading are finished for them .

About feedback :-

No single lined feedback- I want a brief one. Otherwise You are most welcome to prohibit yourself from entering into my other events.

My time and work needs to be valued people I'm not doing it all casually. I hope you understand what I mean .

Take your time , no hurries . You D.M .or Ask the feedback.

If you find your name here that means the reading is in your inbox/answered .

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[boxofbonesfic]

Hello all! I got a lot of interested parties when I mentioned maybe doing a writers camp this year, so I decided to do it! Beginning February 1st, 2023, and ending February 25th, I will be helping my campers create and complete a 1,500 word short story on the subject of their choice; either fanfiction or original work. We will be starting from the drafting process, on through editing, descriptions, prose, and my own personal “do’s and don’ts” when it comes to writing.

How this works: I will not share your work with other campers without your permission, this is a purely individual exercise! I have four “lessons” to teach, which will be made available on Google Docs. Each camper will set aside 15-20 minutes at the beginning of each week to chat over discord or tumblr (we don’t have to do voice or video, it’s totally up to your level of comfort) to go over each week’s lesson, and another 15 minutes or so at the end to go over the results. On Sunday the 25th, it is my goal that each camper will have a completed short story of their own to share with the rest of the class.

There will be 6 spaces open to writers of any skill level, the only caveat is that you must be open to receiving constructive criticism. We will be going over things like grammar, word use and sentence structure, which means there occasionally might be something I suggest changing or re-wording. The goal here is to help each other grow, not be mean spirited or rude when reading one another’s work—if you have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all! 

I cannot wait to get started! The sign up sheet is HERE. Please don’t hesitate to message or inbox me with any questions ❤️

Let’s get writing!

[ethannku]

fanfic ask game!

tagged by @satans-poptarts, tysm!!

1. how many works do you have on Ao3? - 38 (40 if we count anonymous fics)

2. what's your total Ao3 word count? - 96,376

3. what fandoms do you write for? - my most consistent fandoms are pjo, hoo, and toa, but i occasionally write for semantic error and naruto

4. what are your top five fics by kudos? - give me one good honest kiss (valgrace 5+1) - i'm stuck with u (trans nico) - paris (youtuber nico) - what are the chances? (cartercy oneshot) - just the way you are (trans nico again)

5. do you respond to comments? - always!!! i love responding to comments! also i can't stand when my inbox has unread messages lol so i try to reply as fast as possible

6. Which of your fics has the angstiest ending? - oh thats tough... maybe no rest for the cursed, where jason is sent to valhalla? or still with you, a tsats rewrite where nico meets jason in tartarus instead of [redacted] and [redacted]. i don't really write angsty endings tho do i.

7. Which of your fics has the happiest ending? - literally no clue. i have so many fluffy ones + ones that never even had plot to begin with lmaooo

8. Do you get hate on fics? - thankfully no!!

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? - stares at my current wip. ahhahaha. straight smut apparently.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written? - i do not, tho i've wanted to write a pjo hogwarts au for ages

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? - i don't think so

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? - yes! someone translated a fic of mine into spanish :D

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? - yep

14. What’s your all time favorite ship? - for writing: valgrace. for reading: sasunaru, hands down, no competition. nothing comes close to them i fear

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? - i cannot handle posting things that aren't fully finished so thankfully i have no wips!! however i have so many drafts that will never see the light of ao3

16. What are your writing strengths? - i have no clue... i want to say descriptions? when i write i picture things in my head like a movie, so i can see which parts of the scene i want to point out to readers

17. What are your writing weaknesses? - outlining lmao, i cannot outline for the life of me...

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic? - I LOVE IT. i don't think i've done it but i really should do a fic where someone speaks french...

19. First fandom you wrote for? - omg if we're talking first ever time i wrote within an existing universe then it was for the philippa fisher books in 5th grade, i think i wrote some for a school assignment? but if we're referring to first time i wrote fanfic and called it fanfic, then it would be haikyuu i think

20. Favorite fic you’ve written? - give me one good honest kiss always always always. i have never outdone it imo and i love it very much <3

as for tagging: anyone who wants to!

[mangopit]

20 Writer Questions

ty @littlefirefox for the tag!! nice seeing the other folks you tagged too, fandom runs deep fr haha <3

1. Total number of AO3 works?

34! i haven't uploaded in so long ouurgh

2. Total AO3 word count?

103,336 :o

3. Fandoms I’ve written in?

oh boy, tons. and im too shy to talk abt a lot of them on my main blog lol, but throughout my life i've written for a lot of youtubers, bbc sherlock, rotbtd, atla, tlok, american idol, some disney shows, an anime, live streamers, musicians...

4. Top 5 Fics by Kudos

dhjdjhs again im too shy to list em directly, they're all rpf >:'D # of kudos: 519, 377, 341, 314, 305

5. Do I️ respond to Comments?

yes, i try to reply to all of them! tho i need to look at my inbox and check that i haven't missed any recent ones :')

6. What has the angstiest ending?

hmmMm on ao3 i have a drabble that ends in perceived unrequited love but i think my actual angstiest published story ends with 2 former best friends finally choosing to part ways. offline, i have stories that end in major character death 😬

7. What has the happiest ending?

oh! a delightful question! i think the one where the soulmates figure their shit out and finally confess their feelings for each other feels like the most triumphant ending that i can remember writing :)

8. Have I️ received hate?

not for my writing. i've received unwarranted constructive criticism before tho.

9. Do I️ write smut? And what kind?

yes sometimes but i've never posted it online 👁👁 and idk "what kind" means... gay i guess???? loll

10. Do I️ write crossovers?

yes! i don't think i've posted anything online but rise of the brave tangled dragons is one of my longest loves.

11. Have I️ ever had a fic stolen?

not that i know of 😳

12. Have I️ ever had a fic translated?

no but i would be honored if anyone offered! :')

13. Have I️ ever co-written a fic?

i've initiated "finish the fic"s before, but i've never co-written a fic in the traditional sense.

14. What is my all-time favorite ship?

OH hmmm idk if i have one. maybe sh****** just bc of how long and intense my obsession was for it lol

15. A WIP I️’ll never finish?

i have a bbc sherlock fic that was well-received but i just can't imagine finishing it bc my writing has changed so much, i never had a direction for the story, and i don't really like how i wrote the characters.

16. Writing Strengths?

i'm good at eavesdropping on imaginary conversations between people who exist solely in my head so i think im good at whipping out dialogue, lol. i also pride myself on writing realistic, complex emotions and digging into the deeper, more hidden thoughts of characters.

17. Writing Weaknesses?

i think i get so excited about writing my favorite bits i have planned that i rush the pacing of my stories or i force plotpoints that don't make too much sense and can probably be cut. i've been trying to combat that by indulging in the first draft—letting myself write all the exciting, wild ideas i have first before revising and fine-tuning the story to my standards!

18. Do I️ like foreign language dialogue?

yes? no opinion? i don't think i understand this question.

19. First Fandom I️ wrote for?

i think it was american idol >:)

20. Favorite fic Ive written?

wahhh like lynn i find it super hard to choose bc my writing is such a reflection of my interests and general mindset at the time! plus i still love my most busted writing bc i have such a warm appreciation for who i was and how i've improved. buuuuut for whatever reason i'm very proud of this one friends to lovers fic on my ao3 that's set during the wintertime~ i think i was able to get the pacing just right, emotionally and plotwise, and everything just makes sense, and the ending is so satisfying. it's a very solid fic for when i wrote it, and i am very happy to write a simply solid fic :)

thanks again lynn for the tag!! tagging: @farklelucas @26velociraptors if you want + any other ficwriters who would like to do this! (lol gretchen i can't even remember if you post on ao3 ermm)

[iomadachd]

I will not be on this weekend due to a family emergency.

I have the queue loaded up through the end of the day on Sunday when I return. It'll run 5x per day and there are a couple replies and a bunch of answered asks.

I will be low activity on Disco as well, but if we're mutuals, shoot me a friend request/DM at midnight3613

Drafts: 6 (Tracked - Oldest 8/16), 4 (Untracked/Liked) Inbox: 9 Likes: 18 Tracked Threads: 71 Queue: 15 (running 8/18-8/20)

[whiskeysmulti]

.Whiskey. Gonna call it a night and work on more of the drafts tomorrow. My goal is to do at least 10 a day until they're cleared. So please try to not reply right away, a lot of these are from asks that were continued and I still have to move them and track them. According to my draft count I have 46 left to answer and my tracker count says I have 25 that I owe so there's at least 20 things in here that are untracked or double drafted by accident. But some might be new asks that were continued and need moved before I can track them and if my count on those is correct there's only 15 of them so something isn't right unless tumblr's count is messed up again and doing the +5 or +10 extra hidden drafts in your count thing once again.

Either way I'm too tired to figure it out now I'll work on it tomorrow when I'm on and have time. Catch me on discord or in DMs if you need anything, I might just chill and add aesthetic stuff to the queue for the night. Mutuals who don't have my disc and want to add me, feel free to DM me for it, I don't usually post it publicly anymore.

Inbox: 20 Drafts: 46

[daniellesimagines]

twenty questions for fic writers

tagged by (not really): @swiftispunk !!!

1. how many works do you have on AO3? 5

2. what's your total AO3 word count? 1,607,034

3. what fandoms do you write for? 5sos, all time low, hot chelle rae (yes still lol). venturing more into stranger things and pedro pascal characters tho

4. top five fics by kudos i don't post all my fics separately (even tho i probably should 😅)

5. do you respond to comments? if they're in my inbox yes, but actual replies/reblogs not usually

6. what is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? drive you out of my mind or ghost of you

7. what's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? the rest of them lmao i hate when there's no happy ending !!

8. do you get hate on fics? i never really have honestly except for one or two like 10 years ago

9. do you write smut? they're in the drafts, will probably never see the light of day tbh

10. craziest crossover? i don't really do that actually, i'm not much of a crossover girlie

11. have you ever had a fic stolen? only two that i know of. they never asked to post it, but they did credit me as being the original writer and the other one ppl were telling me i was crazy for thinking it was stolen even tho it was posted word for word 🙄🙄

12. have you ever had a fic translated? no but that would be so cool i think 🥺

13. have you ever co-written a fic before? yes!!! nowhere to go with the lovely @maxxisbae (idr what their blog is anymore but all the parts we wrote are under my ficrec tag (pls be advised we never finished it tho))

14. all time favourite ship? y/n and character 😇

15. what's a wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will? i have one inspired by the movie apollo 13 that i'm so excited about but i just have not had the motivation to write any more for it :(

16. what are your writing strengths? definitely arguing dialogue. i love nothing more than to argue with (basically) myself

17. what are your writing weaknesses? getting to the part i actually started the fic for lol

18. thoughts on dialogue in another language? when writers put the translation in ( ) at the end of that line, my god it's just *chef's kiss*

19. first fandom you wrote in? hot chelle rae :')

20. favourite fic you've written? i'm gonna do top 5 bc i can't pick just one lol 1: broken love (ashton irwin) 2: fix a heart (luke hemmings) 3: moving along (michael clifford) 4: the last dance (marshall traver) (listen ok i loved this series and nOBODY ELSE DID) 5: where you go (eddie munson)

tagging: @snugglyducklingbrewhouse @joelsgreys @pedgito @sonderbucky @bxcketbarnes @icanbeyourjedi @clumsyclifford

[taihua]

20 questions for fic writers

Tagged by @gekidasa whose answers were excellent to read at 2am when I couldn't sleep <3

1. How many works do you have on AO3? 91

2. What's your total AO3 word count? 437,726

3. What fandoms do you write for? TGCF obviously is the main one, and Tolkien fic is something I regularly write because it feels like going home. I dipped my toes into Genshin fic this year and I've been known to randomly drop one-off fics for other fandoms when the brainworms hit!

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

After Hours. The magnum opus. Deserves its place at the top.

I Want to Ki** You. I never expected this fic to get so popular so it amuses me that it's still near the top.

Further Precautions. Dumb humor win!

Carved in bone, heart engraved. The trope inversion amnesia fic!

Bet On It. So near and dear to my heart that I have spent the last two years trying to scrub off the serial numbers for publication and if that ever happens, it'll be amusing to see who recognizes it.

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not? I used to, but then a depression era hit and now I have Inbox (666) and it fills me with dread to look at the number. I do read each and every comment and 9 times out of 10 I start tearing up even if it's something short like "loved this, thanks!"

6. What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? I'm too sappy to do actual unhappy endings, but Still Have Time sort of implies a cycle of toxic breakups that can't be fixed.

... I also forgot that I have that one Celebrimbor/Annatar pre-torture fic, which is objectively much worse than breakups now that I think about it. Does it count when Tolkien is the one who wrote the death-by-torture ending for Tyelpë, though?

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? All of them!!!!! But I'll nominate Money Maker, because it's the only fic I think I have ever written, for any fandom, that involves the couple getting married at the end. I bullied them so hard in this AU that I decided they earned it.

8. Do you get hate on fics? Never in the comments themselves, but I saw people being dicks about my writing on Twitter every now and then, which is the unfortunate downside of having a well-known fic in fandom. Not everyone has to like my fics, but like... I can see what you're saying on the public forum in the community that I myself am active in, guys.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? *gestures at my AO3 profile*

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written? The most I've done is throw in a cameo from other MXTX fandoms, and I guess that one self-indulgent Sk8/tgcf fic that lives in my drafts and will never see the light of day. I just don't find "they meet!" to be enough of a plot to be worth reading or writing. The thought of writing all that introducing sounds like hell, sorry.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? Yup, there was that time the person almost word-for-word replicated Still Have Time. They claimed it was an accident and apologized before taking it down when I commented, but that wasn't fun. I felt like a jerk for commenting even though it was blatant theft; they even left kudos on my fic :/

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? Yes, I have a handful of my fics translated into Russian thanks to some Twitter pals!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? Sadly no. I always thought this would be fun, though, so if anyone wants to try it sometime... just sayin'........ my inbox open....

14. What's your all-time favorite ship? 300,000+ of my AO3 wordcount is for Fengqing and they're always going to be one of the most specialest ships ever for me for many reasons, but I also feel like I have to give a shoutout to Maedhros/Fingon in Tolkien fandom for being my longest-running ship? I got into them in high school and they're the ship that I feel I can just sit down and write something for them whenever I want.

15. What's a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will? There was that Fengqing police AU I started and I thought it would be good, but it ended up not really feeling like them and that was part of what pushed me to focus on original writing instead of fanfic this year. Funnily enough, I Frankensteined some of the concepts from that AU into Constellate, which is to date my only unfinished WIP on AO3. I never really had a plan for what I was doing with that fic and I thought I could just power through it, which failed miserably.

16. What are your writing strengths? Humor, probably! It's hard to be funny in writing, but I do try.

17. What are your writing weaknesses? I have about a year's worth of fic that needs to be line edited and reposted because I was cueing--sentences like "He felt that he was afraid" rather than "His heart pounded in his chest" etc. A writing teacher pointed it out to me this summer and I've been consciously trying to fix it, but I know a lot of my fics are worse because of this.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic? I never see this done well in fic. Personally, if I'm writing Chinese characters in China in an English language fic, it's implied that they're speaking Chinese, so there's no need to stick "Hao jiu bu jian" in quotation marks, yknow? It only makes sense to change languages if it's implied that this section of language is different from the rest of the narrative, and even then it can be distracting in a bad way to have it written out rather than saying "'Hello,' he greeted in French."

19. First fandom you wrote for? Lord of the Rings probably. I'm not going to look at my FFN profile to check.

20. Favorite fic you've written? I have lots of favorites for lots of reasons, but I'll give a shoutout to No smoke without fire this time because it's my only OC-centric fic and I'm happy that people like it anyway even though OCs aren't really a thing in danmei fandom.

Tagging: I will take the lazy route and say steal it and tag me. I like reading answers to these