#I also looooove personalizing blogs

[regulus-regent]

Are you the same writer of this blog ---->risingsouls

//Nope, that would be my friend Momo! Though its an honor cause she's an excellent person and writer <3 Personally Geets is the only one i've been able to handle. I've tried to juggle different rp blogs before but I just tend to hyper fixate on one and neglect the others.

[rockgodklav]

I knooow Apollo literally only did his job but I can't even begin to image what it must feel like to face him after he put both your brother and best friend into jail and YET you STILL smile at him like nothing happened and you never once held that against him. are you aware how fucking kind that is? HOW KIND YOU ARE!! bless you, we love you Klavier. (but also !!! how do you deal with all that?! I'm so confused, I'm so!!!)

“. . .”

“..Ach, maybe, but isn’t the courtroom as much of a stage as any Gavinners concert?”

“And besides, Herr Forehead was only doing his job—what he had been taught. I… cannot fault him for that.”

“I’d want forgiveness—or just plain kindness—after everything too, ja. I can’t imagine he’s not feeling some kind of hurt too.”

[zero-braincells-left]

”nobody can hate me more than I already hate myself” nah. nobody can love me more than I already love myself. and god fucking damn it i want to be loved.

[factual-fantasy]

30 Asks! Thank you!! :}} 🌊

😅Ah, well this is awkward-

I haven't drawn Gravity Falls in quite a while. And with this sudden fandom resurgence following the book of Bill.. I actually went back and privated a huge chunk of my Gravity falls posts. :x

My reasoning for this is that looking back, a lot of those old posts are rather embarrassing for me 💀 now I respected them all as stepping stones to where my blog is now so I didn't actually DELETE any posts!! But now with the fandom coming back people are finding them aaaannddd.. when ever I get a notification of someone liking an old cringey Gravity Falls post of mine? I just go beet red. uhhg they're sooooo embrassingggg...

SO! For my own comfort, I privated lot of those embarrassing posts. I didn't delete them in case I change my mind and want them back in the future- but they should all be hidden.

Now that that's explained, the comic you're talking about is likely one that I privated parts of out of embarrassment. But if you happen to have a link to one of the parts or can remember the what the comic was about... mayyyybe I could go back and un-pivate it.? <XD But just that comic! It depends on how beet red I turn when I see it-- :x

I've heard of cult of the lamb, seen a lot of fanart for it- and several of my friends play it!... But I still don't know much about it <XD Isn't it like a cult simulator or something..? Idk-- the cult imagery just didn't really feel like my thing 😅

XDDD THANKY IU SO MUCH!! :)))))

@i-v-y67 (Hiding the image because its not my art! <:D )

Sorry man, <XD Maybe someday I will! But for now I got Welcome home, FNAF and Pokémon on the mind 💀

DUDE I LOOOOOVE THE AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL!! That show has absolutely no right to be that funny XDDD

XDD Aw, thank you! Truly the highest compliment my version of Wally could receive. 😌

Idk how Bibi's name is actually supposed to be pronounced.. but I personally pronounce it as "bee-bee" <XD

And for his little sister Cici, its the same. "see-see"

While I'm at it, Gerald's name is pronounced "erald". The G is silent XDD

Aw man.. Ingo couldn't cope.. 😔😔

No that's not me saying that Emmet loved Ingo less or was emotionally stronger than him- but Emmet sees Ingo as his strong and capable older brother. With some comfort from Elesa, he believed at his core that Ingo could handle what ever he was facing out there.. although his body was wracked with worry..

If the roles were reversed.. I mean.. man..

Ingo sees Emmet as his precious baby brother. Despite them being only minutes apart in age. He knows logically that Emmet is just as strong and capable as he is.. but just imaging his baby brother out there.. wounded and all alone.. he should have been there. he should have done more. He's all alone. What if he never sees him again? What if he dies alone out there?

The separation would quite possibly destroy Ingo..

@anikakitty11

Boop!! :DDD

@cat7890

I'm feeling pretty rough, but doing my best to rest! <:D and thank you!! :)))

@katjustvibinglmao

XDD EGGDOG!!

I don't have many clear ideas for Home yet.. I'm thinking that its pretty sentient. Home can problem solve, make assumptions and learn..

What does it think of everything... I'm not quite sure. I imagine Home to be curious though, and that's why it watches Wally sleep and why it watched Eddie at the Christmas party..

I also pictured Home to have been in an almost coma/zombie like state back when it was dilapidated.. but then I wonder if Poppy would still be spooked by it.. hmm..

It couldn't have been comfortable in that state at least. So when Wally fixed it up, maybe Home was grateful? Or maybe Home is just kind'a coming to and doesn't know how to feel about the neighborhood springing up around it.. overall I kind'a want to keep these general malicious undertones to Home... 👀

Yeah, I didn't have them crushing on each other because I don't like writing romance stuff for characters that are not my own.. <XD

But this doesn't mean that Eddie and Frank cant have a strong platonic bond in my au! :0 One thing I imagined for their friendship is how they met/how it started.

I had this picture in my head that Frank used to butt-heads with the other neighbors a lot more than he does now. Frank had a certain way of talking and expressing himself that some of the other neighbors didn't really understand.. and since Frank can be irritable at times.. well.. I guess the best way to put it is that Frank had a hard time making friends at first..

I imagined that on a particularly bad day, where nothing seemed to be going his way.. Frank was huffing and puffing and just grumbling to himself.. attending to some chores around the house and just overall feeling down. At some point, he realized the package he ordered should be here any second now.. so he stepped outside to check the mail.

When he went outside, whaddya know! The new mailman was here right on time and putting his package in the mailbox. Well FINALLY something went right for him! That's a nice change..

I imagined Frank went out in a huff to grab the mail, not intending to chat.. but 10 minutes later and he was still stood outside talking to the new mailman.

I thought that when Frank spoke to Eddie, Eddie listened intently and waited patiently for his turn to talk without interrupting. When Eddie talked to Frank, he basically asked all the perfect questions in the perfect tone to get Frank to simmer down.

Eddie told him how beautiful his garden looked, and with his tone and bright smile, you could tell he meant it! Well that's a nice thing to say..

Frank asked how he feels about the neighborhood. And Eddies responses were relatively quick and to the point. Huh.. its nice to have no filler in this conversation considering how grumpy he was today..

Eddie makes a comment about Franks nice clothes, Frank chuckles and comments that his grumpy expression probably doesn't make them look any nicer.. Eddie is a little taken aback, "I didn't think you looked grumpy.. I'm sorry to hear you're feeling down today neighbor.." Huh.. someone who doesn't just see his frown and assume he's a grump. That's a really nice change..

By the end of their conversation, Franks day had been completely flipped on its head. He had a nice chat with the new neighbor and got his mail right on time. Eddie was respectful, interested in what Frank had to say, and had plenty of genuine compliments to spare.

Since that excellent first impression on Eddie's part, their friendship would grow and grow into what it is today. Not a romantic relationship, but definitely a best friend situation for sure. :)

@viennaarttt

A phone call? :0 Is this one I talked about happening in my at some point and forgot or was this something that happened in canon? <:0 Forgive my poor memory- today is not my day! 😅😅

WAAAAGGHH WAAAA THIS IS SO SWEETTJJA WAHAGHAGGG CANONCANONCANONCANON!!! 😭😭🥺😭💞💞💞💞

@glitchhayden418

AWWWEE!! the little babeee.... 🥺🥺💞💞💞💞

(In response to this post)

Thank you! These past few days have been pretty rough but I'm hangin in there! <:D ...

ALSDO WAAAARRHRHHHAAAA!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! THATS SO SWEEETTT RAAAHGGAA!!! 😭😭🥺💞🥺💞💞💞💞

Man I really gotta work on the story/personalities for Julies siblings <XD These ideas for them are just wonderful! Him meeting Julies brother/sisters sounds like a fun drawing idea!

B-But.. with no return address... how am I supposed to send a thank you..? <:'(((

@holly-opal

It is one of my all time favorite shows.. 🥺🥺💞💞💞 I love it to bits. Stanley is my favorite character.. I watched it like twice and I would have watched it a third time but I couldn't watch it without crying so I had to quit <XDD 100/10 would recommend Gravity Falls.💞💞

(Jangles birthday post)

Ahh don't worry, his birthday was actually on the 6th. I was late too! <XD

Also thank you! I'm glad you like the details I added! :)))))

😔😔😔Man, it never ends. Thanks for letting me know though..

I kind'a pictured it being similar to Sans and Papyrus. Well, if Papyrus loved puns that is- XDDD

Their personalities are kind'a opposite. Barnaby is relaxed, laid back and always cracking jokes. Howdy is always on the move (in the warmer months). Always darting from shelf, gotta stock stock stock! Gotta go go go! Got so many things to do!

Barnaby usually hangs out in the shop and chats with Howdy. They like to talk about life, their opinions on different topics. And of course exchange jokes back and fourth XDD

I imagine their friendship is strong enough that they've opened up about some darker things. About their pasts and what not..

Sorry if this wasn't super descriptive and/or didn't answer your question 😅 brain is not braining today!

She's thought about telling someone else. The people she would trust the most would probably be Wally, Barnaby, Poppy and Sally.

Though she's afraid if she shows Wally, he'll be afraid of her. Just like all the other humans were...

She thought about telling Barnaby because he's so laid back and easy going.. perhaps he'd accept her for who she is.. but Barnaby really values honesty.. maybe he'd be upset that she lied to him about who she really is and wouldn't want to be her friend anymore..

She almost told Poppy, but backed out last second. She doesn't want to scare poor Poppy..

She's considered telling Sally.. and since Sally has a similar story to her.. maybe she'd be really understanding and accept her.. but she wasn't sure. So she never told her..

I'd like to imagine Home does, but Wally either doesn't notice them or thinks they're just normal old house things :0

For example, the first picture in this post shows Home before Wally restored it. The peeling paint was supposed to be like rotting flesh, showing a pale red wood underneath.. bright red wood exists in their world, but its not usually that shade of red...

I thought about there occasionally being a faint blowing sound somewhere in the house. Accompanied by drawn out rise and fall in temperature though all the rooms. Wally would say the windows don't seal that well or the walls have poor insulation.. Other's would say it feels like breathing..

I've considered that when Wally tries to hang a picture, the walls leak some kind of thick fluid. Obviously meant to be blood- but I miiiight not go with that one. Since that would be a big glaring problem that would grab Wally's attention-

KSJLJSJK WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO HOWDY?? XDDD

Also I'm actually pretty thin on ideas for Howdy.. although I DO have these headcannons about Howdy not liking winter/the cold! :0

I imagined that Howdy can't handle the cold at all <XD In the wintertime howdy is constantly cold, hungry and sleepy. This makes him move really slowly and show up late to everything 😔Thankfully he has his good pal Barnaby to lend a hand around the shop. But it just sucks that he's so exhausted in the wintertime and can hardly get anything done..

(In response to this post)

Thank you so much! :DD And ooooo! Yellow and black could work really well! :000

ALSO NOOO DON'T TUMBLE DRY THE CATERPILLAR- XDDDD

@neo-metalscottic (Chandelure post in question)

AAAAA THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I'M SO GLAD YOU LIKED IT!! :DDD

And as for Julies sisters/brother, I actually haven't thought about them much.. BUT THIS IDEA IS SOOOO GOOD AND SPOOKY!!! U GOTTA FIND A WAY TO ADD IT TO THE AU!! :DDD

I would like to draw that comic, but its just a huuuuuge project for me to pick up atm <XD

@problematicskeleton

Thank you so much!! :DD Although unfortunately I don't know what image you're talking about.. I don't remember seeing Eddie hurt with Wally carrying him, and I don't have any intentions for Eddie to get seriously hurt! <:0

[screampied]

do u have any tips for starting out your own blog? i’ve been writing for awhile now and want to start sharing my work, i just wanna know how to post and make everything look good 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

sureeee nonnie !!! ٩(^ᗜ^ )و ´-

so some tips i can give you to start, have a pinned post to start. it doesn’t have to be anything fancy, just a simple pinned with important things your readers can access—view, like rules, byf / dni, masterlist, if requests are open or closed, and if you’re a mdni blog. this stuff’ll be important after you start posting and receiving interactions on your work ☝️

tag your work properly!!! tumblr runs on a tag system, and it’s important to use the right tags so you reach the audience that you want. there’s different kind of tags, like smut / fluff / angst. for individual characters, you’d tag it like (character x reader ) + ( character x you ) etc. for a fluff piece i did, here’s an example on the tags i used—

there’ll be different tags for different fandoms. so if you’re writing for the one piece fandom, it’ll be a tag like #one piece x reader | ALSO !!!! this is kind of optional, but i usually tag my works with fem! or female reader, in case others don’t want to see my stuff on their filtered tags. always specify what you’re writing for, whenever i write angst or fluff it’s usually gender neutral reader but for smut i always write fem! reader. you’ll notice how in my works when i tag the warnings, i add fem! reader near the very beginning so people know what they’re getting into !!!

as for the aesthetics go, you wanna sorta ‘stand out’ i would say. hentai / doujinshi banners are pretty known around the smut community, and you can find a lot either on twitter on tumblr by searching under the tag #mangacap . one popular manga i could recommend is called ‘lady k & the sick man’ and i made a tutorial on how to color them here !!!!

don’t base your works off notes. always remember, it’s not a competition but it’s completely normal to feel happy whenever you receive traction !!!! 💗 if you’re just starting out as a new blossoming writer, it’ll take a bit for your work to reach an audience but you just have to be patient. writing is meant to be a hobby, and it’s important to have fun while doing it!

INTERACT WITH PEOPLE 🫵🫵. this goes for reblogging other people’s fics, commenting, sending sweet asks, etc. throughout your time, you’ll get some nice encounters from people. you’ll even get some anons !!!!! making mutuals is my favorite part of tumblr i think, and yes it can be scary. im still shy to make mutuals but i looooove interacting with different people !!!! you just gotta remember, everyone’s been in your shoes before so don’t be shy.

i think the last piece of advice i can say, is to just have fun :) of course, tumblr isn’t all positive. there’s lots of negative sides about this platform and one of it is the harsh reality that not everyone will like your work. that’s just something you have to accept, you cannot cater to everyone and that’s fine! but, just remember there’ll always be that one person that genuinely loves your work and gets excited whenever you post. once you start posting, you’ll see what i mean 💗. don’t be discouraged if you feel like you aren’t receiving interactions right away, that’s normal and growth takes time. just know that i believe in you, and i wish you luck on your writing journey nonnie!!! mwah <3

[girlfriendsofthegalaxy]

tuesday again 9/3/2024

having a lot of fun with toddler enrichment activities in this household, until we bit through the bag and the foil and the water and hated that experience

listening

fun citypop version of Good Luck Babe! by Amandumb and Sakura Wine, “ganbatte” scans to “good luck babe” SCARY well. this is both off a tiktok my best friend sent me and the spotify recommended weekly

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reading

quite frankly this makes me nervous and i am backing up my blogs as we speak. i sort of believe them when they say that we won't see a difference on the front end, but this is a HUGE migration. SOMETHING is going to go not perfectly.

William Greenleaf's TIME JUMPER (1980, 224p) and Joe Millard (my beloathed)'s Blood For A Dirty Dollar (1980 European reprint of a 1973 American book, 156p). thank you philip. time jumper is from a thrift store somewhere (possibly from the free book shelf at the umass engineering library) and the cowboy book is from ebay. they lied about the condition and the heavy smoke smell so i ended up getting it for free :) in no world is that a Very Good condition book!!!

time jumper! i do not think the back cover blurb (below) is very accurate.

COMBINED DESTINIES! One Earth of the far future, city dwellers live in a technologically advanced environment, while bands of nomads barbarically hunt and farm the plains. Hidden within the city is Erin, a crazed scientist, who is constructing a timejumper. On the plains is a nomad boy who quests after the city's secrets. Unknown to both, an evil force works to keep them apart, for it knows that if they ever meet, a new Earth destiny would be inevitable!

i looooove a bubble city. i love long lingering shots of technology and city-scapes and city politics. i would not call the nomads barbarians, bc they are a trading society who set up crop irrigation in their seasonal fields and have a giant traveling library with card catalogue. i would also not call Erin crazed or hidden, bc he is the richest man in the city. reclusive, yes. single-minded, yes. pretty sane though. he is a little person and i think the book handled this fairly deftly for 1980? most of his obstacles are physical and not societal. finally, the evil force is not working to keep them apart bc it doesn't even know about the outside kid. they mostly just want to stop anyone from leaving.

now that we know the back blurb is lies, what's the deal with this book? mostly wrestling with how automation leads to a loss of purpose and flattening of culture, breaking cycles, cyclical natures of histories thereof, and repeating old sins. however, one of the more frustrating endings ive ever read with the very last paragraph containing the suicide of a minor character. we simply didn't fucking need that last paragraph.

i found the dialogue a little bland but book overall quite evocative. it felt like a sixties scifi show constructed from castoff theater sets. it felt like this screenshot from rollerball. a lot of shapes. a lot of giant gardens. a lot of flattened textures.

i also liveblogged the cowboy book here. we've previosuly looked at the one with the balloon and the jailbreak but this is the one with the mad englishman and the imported castle and the missing scientists. i love a description of Legally Not Lee van Cleef Because We Don't Have A Royalty Agreement

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watching

X-Men: First Class (2011, dir. Vaughn) was way more fun than i was expecting??? it's fun to watch these with my bestie's husband who is a fairly intense x-men fan and Will pause the movie for several minutes to explain why a specific character's death was fucking bullshit or answer one of my stupid costuming questions

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playing

the new mesoamerican fire-aligned nation of Natlan is out in genshin impact! VERY beautiful region even though i think it is a crime, to me personally, to show me a village of observation balloons and then tell me i can't actually go there for six weeks until the next patch.

this is a little bit more of a frustrating experience bc my tolerance for the least little thing going wrong is at record lows. once you hit 100% on a map region it feels more like a true 100% ing the area, which is a little scary bc this usually means you have anywhere from 10-20% more Stuff to do and find and collect. one quest is straight up bugged for me (very unusual) and i cannot get a specific mechanic (the yunkasaur, the little green pokemon lookin motherfucker above, flame spitting) to fire with any sort of accuracy. why have a sight and a center pip if you CANNOT aim it.

some parts of the map look a little more seussical than others.

to whoever made sure this observation balloon lined up with the window when you entered this waypoint building, i see you. thank you.

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making

fallow week.

[steddieunderdogfics]

This week’s writer spotlight feature is:  Penny00Dreadful! @penny00dreadful has 29 fics in the Stranger Things fandom with 25 of them being in the Steddie Tag!

@hbyrde36 recommends the following works by @penny00dreadful:

Crossroads

Cat and Mouse

I'll Tell You My Sins and You Can Sharpen Your Knife

And They Were Roommates!

The Parting Glass

Sam, on top of being an absolutely amazing writer (AND artist!), is one of the brightest lights in this fandom (in my humble opinion). She is incredibly kind and encouraging, always ready to uplift other authors in the Steddie and ST fanfic worlds. I have had the incredible pleasure of being her beta reader for quite some time now, and am consistently blown away by her talent. There isn't a single one of her works that I wouldn't recommend, they are all fantastic reads. -- @hbyrde36

Below the cut, @penny00dreadful answered some questions about their writing process and some of their recommended work!

Why do you write Steddie?

Opposites attract has always been a major draw for me, especially in my fandoms. Every pairing I’ve ever gotten into in every fandom I’ve been in have all been opposites attract and I’m not going to lie to you, I did not make that realization until this question. 😅 I had a very “Huh… that tracks” moment about it. 🤣 So the opposites attract factor is definitely big for me and while I suppose you could say that’s true for many, many pairings in fandom, there’s something about the complete opposite of both Steve and Eddie that is just enrapturing. From their aesthetic, to their personalities, to their upbringing, it creates such incredibly interesting parallels and options for building stories around them. On top of that, the two of them are so compelling as characters. Their various hang ups and traumas, their loves and hates, the time period and the genre of work they originated in all coalesce into something so captivating. I adore the two of them so much, they’re so fascinating. I think everyone can find a little bit of themselves in either one of them, but especially with the addition of Eddie into the series we got a character who was ‘other’, in the same way so many of us feel and are seen, he speaks to us on such a personal level. So, yeah. I love them.

What’s your favorite trope to READ?

Oh boy. There are so many. Enemies to lovers, hurt/comfort, fluff. But if I had to pick one that has been my longest standing love, it would have to be a slow burn. Like, when it hits, it hits. And it hits hard.

What’s your favorite trope to WRITE?

I looooove writing some tasty hurt/comfort. There’s just something so addictive about someone needing to be taken care of after something bad or traumatic happens or they’ve just had a really shitty day. It’s so cathartic. And also, I cannot like, I love getting comments screaming at me that I’ve made people hurt or cry or feel things because I know I’m going to make it better, I’m gonna give them that comfort. And it’s such an incredible compliment from people when they tell me that my writing has made them feel feelings. Like it is the highest praise possible that I could induce that in someone. It feels amazing.

What’s your favorite Steddie fic?

Oh my god, that is such a difficult question to answer. I have read so many that have left a permanent mark on my heart or completely rewired my brain. I had to go look through my bookmarks to narrow it down because my god, there are so many talented people in this fandom and even then I was attempted to just give a list of all my top ones because, god they make me feel so many things, people are so fucking talented, I love them. But I would say if I had to choose one, there’s one that lives rent free in my brain. I think of it all the time, it is so god damn special to me and if I’m being honest with myself, it’s the first one that came to mind, It would have to be wouldn’t it be nice (if we could wake up) by kissesforcas  kissesforcas I have talked about this fic on my blog before but it just hits me in the right way every time I read it, it’s absolutely magical. I can’t recommend it enough, please go read it. It changed me completely.  There’s so many beautiful moments in it, the two boys are so protective of each other in it, but they also adore their found family and will defend them at any cost, the two of them feel real, their communication feels genuine and honest and realistic while also being true to their characters, I just adore it.

Is there a trope you’re excited to explore in a future work but haven’t yet?

YES. FANTASY. It is wild to me that I have not done a fully fledged fantasy AU at all yet. Like I adore fantasy, what gives? Why have I not done it yet? Omg ALSO, historical. Like a lot of my special interests are historical based, WHY have I not done that yet?? AND, AND horror maybe? Like a psychological or zombie or paranormal/supernatural or slasher. So many things I haven’t explored that I want to do, and I can’t wait!

What is your writing process like?

Okay, so first things first, I get an idea.  Kind of obvious, I know, but yeah, the idea stage. Usually it’ll be something that hit out of nowhere, I’ll write down one line in the ideas doc and then pretend I won’t be thinking of it for the rest of the day. Then when I admit to myself I want to expand on it, I’ll take all of the brain worms attached to that idea and put them in their own doc. It’ll all be VERY disjointed at this stage, just a stream of consciousness of different situations/conversations/plot bunnies that popped into my head. Once I feel like I have enough of a concept through that, I begin to put them in order, maybe add a few more. Then I outline. I’m an outline kinda gal.  Over a page or two I’ll give a bare bones outline of what the fic will be, almost like it’s a short story? But still very rough.  Then I’ll start writing, usually in chronological order, I find that makes it easier to plant seeds and foreshadow and create consistency with the voice of the fic. Sometimes I will jump ahead if I’m really excited about a particular part of the fic, I’ll get it out before I lose steam on it. HOWEVER, I find that I almost ALWAYS diverge from the outline. If, as I’m writing, things start going in a different direction, I go with the flow, I don’t fight it. Fighting it, I feel is detrimental to my writing, trying to force myself into a box and hey, going with the flow has been working out pretty well for me so far. 🤣

Do you have any writing quirks?

Quirks? I dunno about that. I think I’m a pretty standard writer, but I do end up writing across three devices a lot of the time depending on where’s more comfortable. PC, tablet and phone. I’ll always stick to writing whatever my brain is focusing on at that time, but if I know I need to get a fic out and I’m not really feeling the inspo anymore, I’ll give myself an extra boost by watching movies with similar themes, listening to music related to it, or even just searching the trope on Pinterest can help me generate excitement about it again.Also do yourself a favor and get yourself a Bluetooth keyboard. It’s a game changer for writing on your phone.

Do you prefer posting when you’ve finished writing or on a schedule?

I’ve done both and I much prefer posting on a set schedule. I always try to get the fic at least 50% finished before I start posting to give myself a nice cushion. Yeah, the immediate endorphin hit of posting once I’m done is great, but I much prefer the option to have a fic mostly or completely done before I post, so I can go back in and tweak things to make a theme hit harder or stick in a tad more foreshadowing or even just to edit.

Which fic are you most proud of?

I love all of my works, honestly. I write for me. I write the things I want to read. I think it would be difficult to narrow down a fic that I am the most proud of. Like I’m actually having a really difficult time picking one and saying “This one. This is the one I am most proud of.” Because I am proud of all of them and it’s for each of their own reasons. Like, some are very, very personal to me, some are stories that made me feel completely unhinged and obsessed(affectionately) and some are stories that touched people in very real ways, or made them feel safe and seen and that is so incredibly special to me. It’s a bit of a cop out to say that I can’t pick one, I can’t choose between my children, but I really can’t, they’re all so special, at least to me, in their own ways.

How did you get the idea for Crossroads?

So I have never seen the movie The Old Guard, but I have heard of it and while I know that reincarnation is not an aspect of that movie, I was struck with the idea of someone going through life over, and over, and over again, just to be close to the one they love the most. Like that kind of time bending devotion. And I had a brain worm of various historical ways of dying and I couldn’t figure out a way to write all of them into one fic before the idea of reincarnation hit. The very first image I had in my head of Eddie dying was being burned at the stake, so I had to work my way up to that time period and beyond. I knew I didn’t want it to be something that had only happened a few times over a couple of hundred years.  I knew I wanted it to be an ancient, centuries spanning kind of devoted love which is what led me to Ancient Greece, and in leading me there, I had to figure out why this was happening. Why Steve was traversing time just to be next to his boy again. Hecate appeared out of the mist and invaded my brain and it all kind of spilled out onto the page after that. 

When writing Cat and Mouse, what was something you didn’t expect?

I gotta be honest, the whole fic was unexpected. 😅 It was one of those stories when I originally thought of it, it was only gonna be a short little thing, maybe one or two chapters. By the end of it we were at 16 chapters and over 70K. Apparently I have no idea how to write anything short. But I think what also took me by surprise was how feral the two of them were for each other even though they didn't actually get together until later. I knew I wanted to have them being snappy and flirtatious for the whole thing and it evolved into the two of them being so dedicated to each other after only meeting a few times. I also didn’t expect the wild reaction I got to the fic, people loved it and were chomping for more and I was floored by it, it made me so incandescently happy!

What inspired Cat and Mouse?

So, the short answer is I saw this post from steddielations and it burrowed so deep into my brain, I had to get it out! Long answer is it was a mix of that post, and then a bit of Mr & Mrs. Smith mixed in along with John Wick. I just loved the idea of two deadly people being so soft for each other they’d be willing to burn the world for each other, do anything at any cost to keep the other safe.

What was your favorite part to write from And They Were Roommates!?

Oh my god, the banter. The banter was loaded with bitching and queerspeak and jabs, it was so much fun. I hadn’t really seen a story where the steddie boys had been bitchy queers before, like leaning into it and I just had to, I had to. It was too good of an opportunity to pass up and I could have gone on for ages just the two of them biting back and forth.

How do/did you feel writing I'll Tell You My Sins and You Can Sharpen Your Knife?

Conflicted, honestly. I was worried the POV I was writing from would be a little too out there, you know? There were a few times throughout writing where I thought I’d have to go back and change it out to be more of a standard fic but at the end of the day it felt so right to have the story told the way it was and it also felt very in line with Take Me To Church as well. It’s also the most poetic piece of writing I have done to date and while it’s not something I can see myself revisiting too often, it was a fantastic exercise in moving out of my comfort zone. It got me, right in the heart.

What was the most difficult part of writing The Parting Glass?

Oh boy. The whole fic was an exercise in catharsis. It was a way of processing my own grief after losing a family member and getting it all out into words was very, very helpful. I think the hardest part was just putting down into words how Eddie was feeling right in the aftermath, you know? Like grief is such a personal thing, everyone experiences it differently, so I wanted to try to figure out how Eddie would respond to it, especially considering it was the death of someone so important to him. So to have him looking around the trailer and it being empty but still with bits of Wayne dotted around like he was about to walk back through the door was probably the realest and most difficult part for me.

Do you have a favorite scene and/or line from any of your fics?

Oh god there’s so many! I could pick so many! But the first thing that came to mind is the small interaction between Eddie and Robin in Return of The King, when Steve is demonstrating his newly acquired vampire strength for the kids and Eddie has to hold onto Robin to keep himself from melting into a puddle: “Down boy.” She muttered. “Me next.” He practically whimpered right back. “Oh god, Robbie, I wanna be that stump. Tell him to do me next.” “You’re pathetic.” “What about it?” [...] Robin leaned in close to his ear but continued to stare at Steve. “If you two don’t calm the fuck down I’m going to get the hose.” Wet Steve. “Please get the hose.” I love Robin and Eddie together whenever I can get them snarking at each other, it’s just so entertaining. 

Do you have any upcoming projects or fics you’d like to share/promote?

Oh yeah! A good few things. I’m coming back from my writing break and I’m going to be working on the final two fics for my anniversary event, Through The Valley and Devotion.  I also have a Summer Exchange Fic in the works along with starting on my Steddie Big Bang piece that I am also signed up for as an artist, I’m so excited to start them!

Outside of these questions, Is there anything YOU would like to add?

I think I would just like to add that this blog, this concept is such a wonderful idea, you’re doing great work here to bring people and fics to new eyes and it has been an honor and a privilege to be put forward the way I have, I’m so so so thankful. 🖤

Thank you to our author, @penny00dreadful, and our nominator, @hbyrde36! See more of Penny00Dreadful's works featured on our page throughout the day!

Writer’s Spotlight is every Wednesday! Want to nominate an author? You can nominate them here!

[misstodorokifreelance]

Saw your Boku No Hybrid Academia headcanons and wanted to know if you'd do something for Shinsou and Dabi (if that's possible; if not, just Shinsou).

Hey there Anon! Hybrid Headcanons for Dabi and Shinsou? Well you must have read my mind cause I just thinking about that recently. Both of these gorgeous men are a new territory for me, but I'm super happy you've given me reason to write more of these, so lets get right into some headcanons (I also added Iida and Hawks cause they were in my drafts.) And cause I keep forgetting, if you havent checked out the rest of my lil blog here's the link for you all; https://misstodorokifreelance.tumblr.com/

BNHA HYBRID HEAD-CANONS PART 2

TW: Non/con, definitely a little smutty when mentioning ruts and stuff along those lines, oral, mentions of choking, degradation, breeding kink, and all my stuff is 18+.

DABI

🔹Hybrid: Leopard (or another big wild cat)

General Headcanons:

🔹 Dabi is touch starved to the extreme, and quite often doesnt exactly know how to handle it, coming off as a hissing, biting yet oh so regal person. He knows he's handsome, but nobody who has ever touched him has been kind, so it'll take a while for him to get used to it. 🔹 Once he's gotten used to your touch, you best believe he'll find excuses to be near you. He'll be stalking up to you like a predator and gently closing in on you until you have no choice but to give him attention and affection, and you best believe the entire time he'll be acting like you're just doing his bidding but definitely secretly like it. 🔹 He loves lounging around watching you work about the house or do whatever it is you do. He surveys everything, smugly content that in this house he's the king. 🔹 He's VERY proud of his tail, and often carries it over one arm as if it's an accessory and not his actual tail with an air of smugness. 🔹Secretly he also LOVES and I mean LOOOOOVES you washing his hair. He'll lounge back in a bath against you, purring ever so slightly as he feels for nails against his scalp while you lather and rinse his wild hair. It`s the only time he seems actually relaxed. 🔹 Dabi is super super protective of you, to the point he just kinda hates other hybrids and other humans that come near you. After enough times of you telling him not to be so aggressive, he instead will get a wicked expression on his face and push you into the bedroom as soon as any guests are gone. Whether that's just him holding you as tightly in his arms (plus his tail wrapped around you) as he can, or him going straight for wanting to claim you and put you in your place really depends on the mood he's in that day. 🔹 He's very rough in showing any affection back to you, and he has a hard time not wording everything as if he owns you. Cause that's how it feels to him; he owns you now. He'll have you backed against a wall with his teeth at your neck, or a hand ready to choke you in a moment. 🔹 He has pet names for you, when you're good, but mostly even in casual conversation with him it's a little degrading; everything from 'Little Mouse' to 'Darling' will all have a tone that makes it sound like he's above you.

🔹 He would slaughter anyone who even looked at you funny, he doesn`t care. He's even more protective of you when you're in public with him, and he will definitely spoil you rotten in front of every passer by. 🔹 Some of leopard Dabi's favourite things include; Luxurious couches to lounge on, getting his hair washed, lazy nights, leather clothes (on both him and you 😉). Spicy Head-canons 🌶🌶🌶:

🔹 Oh boy oh BOY, you do not want to be near Dabi when he's in a rut. From day one he'll be almost feral, and he wont take no for an answer, grabbing you and dragging you to the nearest soft surface so he can rut against you till you're a sobbing, sloppy mess for him. 🔹 He doesn't care what you have to do that day or where you have to be, he's going to have you on your back or on your knees and he's going to be rough and feral with you until he's claimed you over and over and over. He loves seeing you filled up, it makes him feel so smugly proud of himself. 🔹 His degradation will be at maximum here, roughly slamming against you as hard as he can and purring out little praises here and there but mostly it's all degrading. He likes it when you cry, or beg him, and he goes rougher when you do it makes him even hornier. 🔹 He's finishing inside you everytime, you better be ready for that. He's a Todoroki after all, the breeding kink is right at the forefront of his mind and he's getting you full and him milked dry at every opportunity.

HITOSHI SHINSO

🔸Hybrid: Cat

General Headcanons:

🔸 Hitoshi is a pretty laid back, if antisocial hybrid. He'd much rather just nap in your company, but he definitely appreciates his own space too. 🔸 He's very grateful whenever you bring him new blankets or cushions, setting them up wherever looks like a good place to take a quick nap, and quite often if you're not busy he may ask if you'll play with his hair while he sleeps. 🔸 Hitoshi actually quite likes helping with little chores around the house, especially sweeping or putting away groceries. It makes him feel productive, and he'll stand there quietly hoping you'll give him some affection for all the work he did just for you.

🔸 Not a massive fan of other hybrids, he at least tolerates some of them, though its from a distance. He'd prefer to not have to talk much, leaving his more conversational side for when he's with you and there's a bad reality or game show on TV you both can both judge heavily.

🔸 At night though, if you're going to bed he's going to be at your side no matter how he feels. He can't help but feel much more lonely at night, and he needs your warmth to remind him that he's got someone who loves him right there next to him. 🔸 He hates how running water feels on him, so he'll jump in a bath but he's avoiding the shower at all costs, but perhaps if you can convince him with many many MANY cuddles afterwards he'll at least sit with you while you shower and converse sleepily, and maybe dampen his hair under the splashes.

🔸 He`s luckily not a very picky eater, but he prefers to eat alone most nights, but he'll eat fast so as not to be away from you that long.

Spicy Head-canons 🌶🌶🌶:

🔸 Shinso in a rut isnt that much different than normal. He'd rather sleep through it than force you to humour his needs. He definitely feels it though, a sort of desperation to be touched, but he has a hard time explaining that so just tries to sleep. 🔸 Its a very different when he actually goes to sleep however, he's restless, tossing and turning and making quiet yowls until finally when you go to help him he wakes up, grateful for the touch and the relief. 🔸 He's rather be serviced than anything else, and likes watching you ride him in particular. He's also very into oral, it's probably one of his favourite ways to handle his ruts and he won't feel like he isn't both too restless, and too sleepy to return the favour. 🔸 One the few particularly rough days of his rut he's more awake, prowling around and just wanting to feel you against him. On these days, he has the energy to not only reciprocate but dominate you in his own way, probably wanting to be behind you and feel you on your knees backing into him. 🔸The days you aren`t there during his rut are a nightmare for him, and he'll be going around your things, especially clothes, underwear or pillows searching for where your scent is strongest and rub himself against it in a desperate attempt to relieve himself. Turns out he really does need to you to help him out, he can't exactly handle not having that as an outlet.

TENYA IIDA

🔹 Hybrid: Snake (some sorta python probably, that makes the most sense to me at least)

General Head-canons: 🔹 Tenya is the epitome of traditional and mature, always one to open the door for you, but he's not big on PDA, unless it's the odd hand holding. 🔹 You wouldn't know he's a hybrid unless you saw him without a shirt on, and he's insecure about that at the best of times, worried the scales down his back and neck are unattractive. Whenever you tell him he's handsome, he'll blush profusely and shower you in compliments of your own. 🔹 He has an uncanny ability to slip into impossible spaces (snakey boi be like.) 🔹 Tenya's calm and quiet on his own, and loves nothing more than studying quietly with you in the library or in his room with some classical music playing in the background. If it's raining even better, cause its the only time he'll pull his shirt off and let you watch the rain drip from his iridescent scales. 🔹 He likes things orderly and neat, including his own person. He'll shudder if he accidentally hisses when lecturing the more boisterous students, so be prepared to give him a tight hug when you next get a moment with him! 🔹 He keeps his bed more like a nest, curling up with cushions and blankets, all meticulously picked out, and he'll enthusiastically show it to you, wanting to hear your opinions and making any adjustments you feel are necessary. Don`t worry about thinking he needs approval, he just wants an excuse to hear your voice for a few moments more. 🔹 You're not just his Princess, his Star...you're his equal in everything. He wants you and everyone else to know that, so if anybody treats you wrong or makes fun of you they better watch out cause Tenya won't go easy on them. In fact, he'll get a bit worked up about it and won't even care if he's hissing or his irises become slits. Nobody can say shit about you and get away with it in front of Tenya. 🔹 Some of Snake Tenya's favourite things; classical music, rainy mornings, a little plushie snake Deku gave him, trips to the market or temples when he's feeling particularly traditional.

Spicy Head-canons 🌶🌶🌶:

🔹 Tenya doesn't enjoy being in a rut at all. It feels debaucherous, and he can't stand you feeling like you have to indulge him. Especially being what he is, he could get too in the mood and want to constrict you. 🔹 When he's really in the mood he won't be able to sit still, he'll be on edge, leaning up against you, wanting to twist his body around you and get his hands around your waist. He'll pull you against his body, kiss your neck and whisper sweet nothings to you.

🔹 Surprisingly, Tenya would be up to switching, he doesn't necessarily want to be dominant, merely charming. He wants you to make the first moves, to touch him where only he and you can bond as one. It's like a ritual, proof of his devotion to your well being. He also is up to try new things, provided you explain it to him first and he's sure you won't be in any negative pain. 🔹 First few days of spring, when his rut gets so bad he can't even focus in class is when he finally gives up, and is writhing and tense and unable to contain how badly he NEEDS it. Needs you. He'll steal you away for a day, try to be as gentle as he can. Want to share a bath first? Want to cuddle in his nest? He'll try not to seems as desperate as he is, but once it starts be prepared for HOURS cause he's still a master of self control....in that way. It'll be long and hella hypnotic!

KEIGO TAKAMI (Hawks)

🔸 Hybrid: Hawk (duh)

General Head-canons: 🔸 Hawks likes wearing baggy clothes when he's with you, whether or not you're taller or shorter than him it's all the same. He has hidden platforms in his boots, and whenever you're out with him he'll be fluffing up his wings to appear as big as he can.

🔸He's just naturally good with people, and they're drawn to his casual laid back nature (also the fact he gets everyone hot under the collar), but he needs a recharge every once in a while. At the end of the day all he wants is to cuddle up with you and wrap his wing around you so he can keep you safe. Maybe he'll get out a bottle of wine to share as well. 🔸 Usually such a smooth talker, he'd be surprise you have him flustered. From the first stutter, you'd have him obsessed, and he'd be perching on a rooftop if you were going out somewhere new just to make sure you're safe. If anything goes down he'll take care of it and then leave you too it, unless you want him to hang around of course. 🔸 He's gonna show you off! PDA? Yeah and? He doesn't care, you're his baby bird and the whole world is gonna know it! Kisses on the cheek, nose, forehead, lips. Holding your hand or waist in front of the swooning fans gives him a little rush every time you blush cause of it. 🔸 Unless you can fly, he'll take great pride in lifting you into the heavens so you can see the world how he does. It's almost as beautiful as you from up here.

🔸He's not all laidback and chill though. If he's in the mood then you'll know about it within minutes. He's more than up for games of cat and mouse (bird and mouse?), happy to chase you down with a hungry grin on his face before scooping you into the bedroom.

🔸He's a bit restless, flapping his wings or whistling little tunes whenever it gets too silent, hoping to catch your attention. Either you'll come over at cuddle him or start humming and he'll join in. He LOVES singing with you, if that's your thing. 🔸Some of Birdy Bois fave things include; sunset flying, baggy clothes, ironically watching bad dating shows, over the top public flirting with you.

Spicy Head-canons 🌶🌶🌶: 🔸 Hawks is a dom, and not just that but he's game to get out some handcuffs or other toys to play with. You'll be tied up with your legs wide and he'll be proud parading in front of you before stalking up to give you all his love. 🔸 He's very vocal, especially if he's in a rut. The odd chirp of pleasure here and there, but mostly just really really loud moaning to the point you better hope the neighbours aren't home! 🔸 Don't feel bad if he IS in a rut, because you're so gorgeous he could just get off to you standing in front of him in pretty red lingerie. Red gets him even more turned on, its his fave colour on you. He'll be open and honest about what he needs, and he'll sweep you off your feet and shower you in affection.

🔸

[brave-and-gentle]

Hiya, love ur blog 💖

I really, really would love to see your opinion on reibert and jeanmarco

Aww ty! If only you could see me blushing rn!

MY BOYS <3 (all of them)

Let's start with Reibert.

I love that these two are attached at the hip. From their cadet days, you rarely see one without the other. One of my favorite things is how Bertolt *sees* Reiner. Everyone in the 104th (before he's revealed as the Armored Titan) sees Reiner as this big, older brother that's indestructible. But Bert knows he's not. Bert is hovering near Reiner, asking if he's okay, reminding him who he is. And don't get me started on the way Bert looks at Reiner,GAHH.

THAT IS THE LOOK OF A CONCERNED LOVER. Unfortunately Reiner is very distracted by his mental health issues and Historia (lmao), but I head canon that one day, he realizes Bert has been beside him along, always been there for him, has been his rock, and then the rest is history <3 I also imagine that on the flip side, Reiner helps Bertolt believe in himself a lot more - poor nervous boy. I get him. it's the anxiety Reibert will be featured in my upcoming Jean x reader fic, which I am very excited about!

And now, Jeanmarco.

*sobs quietly* *lights a candle* Jeanmarco is my favorite (and first!) AoT ship. When I tell you from the moment I saw them together I KNEW :''')

Similar to Reibert, I looooove how Marco *sees* Jean. He sees right through his bravado and knows that deep down, Jean is terrified. He sees Jean's leadership capabilities - even when he doesn't. It's absolutely heartbreaking to me that Jean's entire character arc is based off Marco's death - that it may not have happened without Marco's death. And yet, it makes sense. Because Jean is the kind of man who will never let anyone's death be meaningless. I head canon that Jean definitely gets Marco into some sticky situations, maybe a little bit of trouble, because he pushes Marco to *live a little* (dangerously). Probably somewhat harmless shenanigans, like staying out past curfew, a little bit of weed, etc. AND, Marco is the only person Jean feels comfortable sharing his feelings with. The only one he can be truly vulnerable with. Also Marco is sunshine personified. He can lighten up Jean's darkest moods in a heartbeat.

I cry every time Marco dies in canon and in fics. That boy deserved so much more. Literally he had what - 13 lines in canon (i actually have no idea)? And completely changed Jean's life and therefore the entire plot line. HOW.

I love them in any scenario, whether as lovers, besties trying to figure out the world together, and anything in between.

Thank you for the question anon, I love talking about my bois! <3

[whumpsday]

Whumpmas in July #2

What are your top three favorite whump tropes?

so i'm gonna add a caveat to this question: my top three favorite whump tropes that i haven't gushed about for previous WIJ prompts. here's those, if you want to take a look:

Whumper-turned-Whumpee

Nonhuman whumpee & Desperate begging whumpee

Immortal whumpee

those are definitely some of my tip-top favorites, but i'll allow something else to take the spotlight for once, lest i repeat myself. these aren't in any particular order.

Tiny Whump

my love of tiny whump is no secret. in fact, i love tiny stuff even outside of whump, which is why i'm also in the giant/tiny community (my blog for that is @smallsday). but since i love g/t and whump, there's no reason not to do both at the same time!

the thing about tiny whump is that it makes everything more terrifying. to someone who's only a few inches tall, even a regular human is a massive threat. this not only creates more unique & creative opportunities for whump, but adds an inherent element of fear into any mixed-size caretaker dynamics. if a tiny whumpee is rescued from some sort of whump situation, they're going to be scared of the (from their perspective) giant who rescued them, too! no matter how kind a caretaker is, there is always an unbalanced power dynamic, and i love seeing characters navigate that.

(the rest of the post is under the keep-reading)

Deprivation of Basic Needs

this is a classic that encompasses so many wonderful types of whump, and i have used it extensively in my main story with Kane's starvation. i'm talking about stuff allll the way at the bottom of the hierarchy of needs.

TAKE IT AWAY! whumpees don't need that stuff! or at least, they don't need more of it than they require to survive. this is why i love immortal whumpees and nonhuman whumpees so much. humans are fragile enough that there's only so much suffering they can endure before ending up dead. and dead is no fun, because then there's no more suffering! an immortal whumpee, or a less-fragile nonhuman whumpee, can reach so much greater heights of deprivation.

this trope comes in many forms. starvation, dehydration, suffocation, and sleep deprivation are the most common, and they're all classics. cold whump and heat whump fulfill similar niches. it's a physical-based trope in general, but you can even get a little more psychological with it and deprive a whumpee of stuff like clothing, hygiene, bedding, shelter, space to move around in, and other things we'd consider basics but aren't necessarily immediately critical to survival. sensory deprivation is also common.

i've also had an idea knocking around in my head about getting more... niche with it, probably in a lab whump setting. there are so many basic needs and bodily functions that a whumper wouldn't be able to deprive a whumpee of under normal circumstances, but if a lab whumper tried really hard, they could get it done--especially if the whumpee possessed some level of immortality. deprive them of the ability to move at all. take away their ability to pee. take away their ability to blink, as their eyes dry up painfully. TAKE AWAY THEIR HEART'S ABILITY TO BEAT, for an immortal whumpee who will remain painfully aware through it all even as their body reacts in utmost panic. in the world of fiction, anything is possible.

Enemy Caretaker

i looooove an enemy caretaker. with known, friendly caretakers, such as friends, family, and partners, there is an element of trust. this lowers the tension, so this tends to be my least favorite kind of caretaker, though i do like it still. with stranger caretakers, there is an element of distrust and suspense. whumpee is still afraid, they can't trust this complete random who's come to their rescue, they need to build up a relationship. i love that!!!

but there is something even better than the stranger caretaker: the enemy. the person whumpee knows hates them, the person whumpee knows they have every reason to fear, especially at their most vulnerable. i'm not talking about "one good-hearted member of the organization responsible for whumpee's torment leaves said organization and rescues them". i'm talking about whumpee's personal enemy. someone they have a storied mutual hatred with. someone who has every reason to leave them for dead or even actively make it worse.

but they don't. they put their history aside and help whumpee, despite everything. and yet! whumpee would still be afraid of them, right? why wouldn't they be? their life is in the hands of someone with a potential grudge. but it all works out, with double that relationship-building needing to be done.

my favorite type of enemy caretaker is a former whumpee put in a position where they're helping their whumper-now-turned-whumpee. i love to see a role reversal like that where the whumpee is now the one with all the power and the whumper gets to be scared. but i love all types of enemy caretakers!

@whumpmasinjuly

[aethergate]

🌵🌵🍀🍀✨✨

🌵 x2 ; i'll recommend a canon rp blog !!

@braveparanoiac !! i'm on my gravity falls kick so of course i have to recommend prinnys ford. prinny has that really fine balance of ford being a self righteous bastard who i need to kick into the sun and also a genuinely endearing character who i can feel for down very well. ford and bill are at a constant tie for being my favorite gravity falls characters in my mind so i love that guy and i loveee how prinny writes him. @for-the-better-and-worse words cannot EXPRESS how much i eat up a's writing both in general and of prowl. we've both been through the gauntlet of having to read literally all of the IDW run which i respect hardcore. the amount of nuance applied when they write him is stellar, and it reflects in literally every aspect of his portrayal how deeply they understand him as a character and how much thought goes into writing him. idk how many of my mutuals are into transformers, but if anyone is i highly recommend following them cause they're a SUPER talented writer.

🍀x2 - i'll recommend an oc rp blog !!

@manebloom i LOOOOOVE dandie so much!! i love her design, her personality, the threads i've had with her, her verses, literally everything! that and creecher has always been a massive joy to talk to!! the art is stellar, and i love all their oc blogs, even tho i have grabbed dandie for this one. i love her down to earth personality that feels so warm. interacting with dandie feels like sunbeams coming through a window. very personable, very real way to write a character and an absolute JOY to write and interact with! @dreamsofalife i love shy so much. absolute joy to interact with and this perfect balance of being fun and, if i dare say it, quirky, and also very personable and every interaction always feels authentic. i always love anything shy has to contribute to the dash, i love seeing her dynamics evolve, and her interpersonal dramas. dash essentials in my opinion.

✨x2 - i'll recommend a multimuse blog

@quillheel a VERY solid and expansive list of characters with a very defined, amazing writing style! that and captain is a delight to talk to, and i love all our threads together. they have such well thought out in depth takes on characters, which is incredibly impressive considering how many they write! that, and the aesthetics are on point all while still being very easy to read and interact with! @adoranoia another super good blog with a super fun mun to talk to !! i love their selection of characters and how they have so many from different source materials that they've taken and given such a unique spin on, with a lot of extra flavor added in!

[malie-city-library]

Welcome to the Malie City Library Official Rotomblr!

Phew, that's a mouthful.

We've of course got our open hours and any updates here, but this is also a page for anyone to post about book recommendations, library questions, and just to generally foster the community here on Ula'ula Island (and beyond)! Everyone's welcome, including Team Skull.

If you're wondering about the owner of this account... I'm Mahina! I'm 29, I use she/her pronouns, and I'm the head librarian at this old place! We've been going strong for over 100 years and I'm certainly not going to be the one to get this library shut down. (I also do a lot of work with the community center!)

Picrew link

My one and only partner Pokémon is my darling little Bookmark! They're a little sharp, but they looooove helping me cut out labels and shred papers!

Anything else you want to know about me, feel free to ask! Looking forward to getting to know everyone here! (//OOC below cut!)

Hey guys, it's Ace (21, she/him, @aceoflilies) back at it again with another blog. I don't have any major plans for this one, other than posting about some in-universe Pokémedia and creating a space for Alolan muses to chat and hang out!

Mahina herself is pretty straightforward. A bit plain, and a bit blunt at times, but generally just a nice person who enjoys both the quiet side and the public side of working at a library! (Yes, she realizes her Kartana isn't normal. She finds it funny to troll people about it, though.) (Also, she is single.)

Mahina's happy to interact with muses that are hybrids, human-turned-Pokémon, legendaries, or from other media, though she might be a bit skeptical!

Any posts that would be considered relevant to the functioning of Malie Library will be tagged #official library posts , whereas any personal posts of Mahina's will be tagged with #mahina posts .

I tag any triggering content with #tw [trigger] (though I don't expect anything major on this blog), and any OOC comments are denoted with // !

If there's any other questions, feel free to DM me or just send an ask!

[boundlss]

here's my full comprehensive post about how i feel about writing my canon muses, combining 3 of my favorite things (talking, lists, making people read shit only i care about). yaaaay.

shirogane kei - he is both one of my easiest and favorite muses to write. i'll never ever complain about people asking me to write him more, nor will i ever leave or abandon him no matter how few people are left to enjoy him. i love shiroe so much.

minagawa kanami - she actually is a lot harder for me to write even though i love her. her voice tends to be inconsistent, i think, and i struggle to write high energy characters in general, but i still love getting to explore her dynamics.

nyanta - SLEEPER PICK!!!! i looooove nyanta. he's awesome. writing him is fun because of his unique voice and dialogue quirks and i love characters like him in general. like, older gentlemen archetypes hehe. it helps that he's a cat man. i love cat men. and catboys. but cat men are a good flavor. middle aged men who are cats or catlike ... nyanta san ....

abe no hirari - my little meow meow ... he is not the most consistent muse but he gets to stay here because i love him. the second muse i've ever picked up who proposes marriage to people he's just met ... anyway, i love him and i love plots with him. hirariiiii ...

lee seung-gil - i actually love writing him. i like when muses aren't very energetic and tend not to talk as much hahahah ... he doesn't get asked for but i wish he did !! i love him. he's easy to write.

roland fortis - VERY energetic so i can't write for him alll the time but he has a very unique speech pattern that makes his dialogue interesting. i can't bring myself to get overwhelmed---he's roland. he'll stay on my blog forever hahaha. he was one of my first muses on tumblr after i left bnha that WASN'T a bsd muse, and anyway it was the first time i picked up a muse from something recommended to me by a friend ... anyway, writing him is very special to me so i will continue to.

jim hawkins - i have not written him much at all but i would liiiike to. i've always related very deeply to him---i stumbled across treasure planet for the first time just after my dad left me and i was about jim's age so it sort of stuck with me. he seems like he'd have a somewhat challenging voice but i love him so i'll write through it hahaha.

sokka - to be honest writing him actively scares me. i like him, but he has a difficult voice for me to pin down sometimes, and i'm not really a person who writes major characters in popular media so the idea of having attention for my sokka muse is something that makes me nervous ... liking him is not always enough to lessen that fear hahaha.

jet - my actual favorite atla character though i'm also very scared to write him. i just struggle with larger fandoms in general but his voice comes more easily to me and he's more within the realm of the type of character i normally write and enjoy.

ty lee - i love writing ty lee as long as i have the energy for it. she's easy to get down and i like having muses with energetic voices! i am also scared to reach out with her but again, larger fandom, more worries. haha.

stolas - it might surprise even my friends to know that really love stolas ... haha, well, the hellaverse fandom intimidates me and i see fantastic stolas portrayals out there so i tend to ummm never reach out with him. ever! but i LOVE writing stolas! i love thinking about stolas! he's by far my favorite part of helluva boss and his voice comes very easily to me!

striker - a close second to stolas ... i've been trying to take baby steps with my hellaverse muses and that's writing striker more, apparently, not that i've done any of that quite yet ... well, i love cowboys and antagonists and he has a great voice to write. i am just very scared!

stella - well ... she's only here because i wanted to rewrite her and i haven't gotten the opportunity to go that in-depth yet ... it's hard to say.

vox - haha. well, he's actually my favorite character in hazbin and i think about him a lot, but i am even more scared of writing him than of stolas if you can believe it! he's only here because a friend of mine was emphatic about my adding him being a good thing, but that friend already has a different main vox so mine doesn't really have a place with the group i'm a part of or really with the groups i'm not a part of, so it's extra scary to even try saying anything about him hahaha. i think he'd be really easy for me to write as one of my homebrew dnd deities i do a lot of musing about is very much like him, but ... well. haha. the fear and such.

mukuhara kazui - i love writing him. it's fun, it's easy, he's a cat man if you read deeply enough into the cat metaphors, he's lived his life as a servant to the expectations of people who don't deserve his time ... that is to say, he's perfect for me.

kaito - i LOVE LOVE LOVE kaito, and i wish more people did too! i love kaito! he is my favorite vocaloid ever i love him so MUCH! i love writing him, i love talking about him. ahhhhh. kaito san.

yuezheng longya - you know i also really love longya, probably as much as kaito ... the chinese vocaloids will always have my heart but longya's design always captivated me hahaha. his voice is middling and sometimes hard to pin down but nevertheless ...

gumi - sleeper pick! i love gumi. i'd love to flesh her out more, she's so nice to think about. please write with my gumi hahahahaha.

five pebbles - ever since i got into rain world he's been my very favorite!! he's a little difficult for me to write but i don't mind because i love him and his themes a lot. um, i think everyone should interact with him, ever.

aalto, encore, rover, jianxin, chixia - i'm excited to write them all but the game just came out. i think i'll enjoy it but it hasn't been a week hahaha.

the long quiet - a fun and challenging muse. it's hard to write something that isn't really anything, but is also everything. i like the ordeal and i love the long quiet conceptually. slay the princess is awesome.

the princess - same hat! ^

vernon roche - um ... a polarizing muse. i like writing him but i hesitate to engage with a lot of people who write witcher muses using roche because his character is widely misinterpreted as being more sinister than he actually is. not that he's a good person, but ... anyway, i do love writing him a lot. i just don't like when people i don't know jump in with him and expect me to play into fandom views.

cahir aep ceallach - my favorite son boy, he is both easy and fun to write, i love you cahir!!!! <3 <3 <3 <3 no further notes.

dandelion - sleeper pick! i love writing dandelion and find him the most fun out of ALL my witcher muses ahahaha. he's the greatest of all time. i love you dandelion.

milva - she's new to me, so i'm anxious to write her but alslo excited. it will probably be challenging as i don't write a lot of characters like her but she brings me a lot of enjoyment so i'm ready to handle it ahahaha.

isengrim faoiltiarna - i love him, but he's a little difficult to write and i always worry i'm doing it wrong, which is insane because he has like 3 canon appearances. he scares me but i love him. i will endeavor to be less scared of him.

tom sawyer, huck finn - actually they're the only muses of mine to have received no votes on my interest checker so i know people don't care for them, but i love mark twain a lot and have voraciously consumed everything about his books, so they're probably staying no matter what. i find them both middling to write but they're staying.

aradia megido - sleeper pick. i love her and i love thinking about her. she wasn't one of my favorites until my most recent reread and then i fell in love very suddenly haha. middling to write but i love her. worth.

latula pyrope - very easy to write but naturally tends to draw less attention ... in any case i love her.

feferi peixes - the hardest to write and lowest activity of my homestuck muses! she's one of my favorite characters but it's so difficult for me to find her voice sometimes!!! argh!! and i am afraid of getting her wrong because of this.

jade harley - about as difficult to write as feferi. i find jade very complicated and worry i'm leaning too far in one direction whenever i try to write her, but i'm doing my best and i love her so i'll continue to try hard.

dirk strider - i'll be honest ... i hate writing dirk. he is very complex in both dialogue and character and i struggle to feel like i'm doing him justice. i enjoy dirk a lot, don't get me wrong, but every respoonse i write with him is a self-doubting struggle. if it weren't for the people i know want to write with him he probably would have been removed because of this, but i will keep trying for your sake!

vriska serket - i'm scared to write her but i want to so so so so badly hahahaha.

shang qinghua - my favorite hack author---easy to write, easy to get, no complications. i wish there was more interest in him! i love him!

shen qingqiu - it's been pointed out to me that i'm a lot like him in most facets of my personality so i hate him. that said, he's frustratingly easy and fun to write and think about, so he'll be staying hahaha.

luo binghe - it's not helping the sqq allegations but i actually love binghe, i love writing the type of character who is so singularly obsessed with something ... anyway, easy to write, easy to think about.

all of my CATS muses - well ... i expected no one to write with them, but i wish people would. it's my favorite musical and there's a lot i could say about these cats!

[gessorosso]

@inception30daychallenge days 20-28

My mental health kinda took a dive for a bit there so I really fell off the wagon but I'm starting to feel better so I'm playing catch up.

Day 20: Another type of rec! (meta, podfic, fanvid, edit, meme, blog, whatever!) I looooove meta so I'm going to recommend a new one and an old one:

@enchi-elm's analysis on time dilation on the Incpetion job.

bennet-7's commentary on the costumes in the movie.

Day 21: What would you want to use dreamshare technology for? Personally? Probably pervert stuff if I'm being really honest. Although I think it could probably have really great benefits for mental health so that would be nice too.

Day 22: What skill does Robert wish he had? Juggling. 100%. That kid definitely wanted to be a clown when he grew up but instead was forced to become a boring stuffy businessman by his dad.

Day 23: If you had to be stuck on a deserted island with an Inception character, who would you choose? Arthur cuz he's hot and very bendy and probably very good at... activities, and also cuz he's very smart and resourceful so he'd probably get us saved.

Day 24: A headcanon about your favourite friendship or relationship. Not really like a fully fleshed out headcanon but I like the idea of Eames and Yusuf being bros and chilling and getting high sometimes. Yusuf provides the drugs and Eames provides the snacks.

Day 25: When Saito was a child, what did he want to be when he grew up? A journalist maybe? Or maybe he could have joined the circus with Robert? Maybe that's how they bond after inception and they both leave the energy business to start their own circus!

Day 26: Which summer Olympic sport would each character compete in? Ariadne: equestrian Arthur: gymnastics Dom: golf Eames: rowing Mal: track Robert: diving Saito: archery Yusuf: shotput

Day 27: A self-rec! (anything from art to a funny Tumblr post you made!) Here's an old drawing I did of Arthur and Eames as a Pokemon trainer couple challenging you to a battle!

Day 28: What piece of media would you want to see in a crossover with Inception? I'm a big BTS fan so I'd love to see which jobs the members of BTS would have. Yoongi as the pointman, Jimin as the forger (the duality of that man I swear!), Namjoon as the extractor, Taehyung as the chemist, etc. If a fic of this exists out there somewhere please someone send it to me! Or if you have any headcanons about the boys in dreamshare please please scream them at me!

[grandeoatmilklatte]

Sweet Trouble 🍬

So I've been so deep into the HL fandom lately and have followed so many blogs with so many amazing pieces of work that I finally decided to try to write something myself. I've never written much of anything, yet alone fan fic before, so please go easy on me! 🥺 Enjoy I guess!

Sweet Trouble - Garreth x Gryffindor female MC (in second person format though cause that's just how I felt most comfortable writing this first time!)

4.6k word count - Fluff and smut!

Summary: Garreth, the boy you’ve had a crush on for two years now, invites you on another one of his adventures, but this one doesn’t go exactly as planned, as an accident brings you two closer together than ever before.

18+! NSFW! Characters are aged up and in 7th year! Don’t even breathe near this fic if you aren’t 18+!

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“Hello, fellow trouble maker!” You hear the ginger haired boy yell in your direction as you make your way through the Entrance Hall. You give him a dramatic eye roll as you walk over to him. 

“What do you want now, Weasley? You already got us in trouble once today, is that not enough?” You replied back to him in a tone that you made clear was a playful one.

You had a huge crush on Garreth from the moment you met him two years ago in the Gryffindor common room on your first day. You were a new student and you were nervous about your new school and new life. But his charming and funny personality drew you in. The two of you have been inseparable ever since. You developed feelings for him immediately, but you were still mustering up the courage to tell him. You were also still trying to determine if he even felt the same. The thing is, he did. He also fell for you the moment he met you. He loved your confidence and your fearlessness, and he loved how you never made him feel stupid for all his antics, despite the playful teasing you often engaged in. You both were afraid to make the first move, afraid to ruin the beautiful friendship you had created. 

All of your friends, however, knew there was something between you two with the way you behaved around each other. Your bodies always seemed to be touching in one way or another - sitting so close to each other in classes and meal times that your knees would touch, linking arms to walk between classes, and pulling each other into suspiciously long embraces when you weren’t going to the same class. Not to mention the jealousy you both showcased seeing each other talk to someone of the opposite sex. Even Ominis, one of your closest friends who’s been blind since birth, could feel Garreth’s jealous glare whenever you helped him in class. And one time, although you’d never admit this out loud, you hexed this one Gryffindor girl’s diary to fly around the library after she laughed a little too hard at one of Garreth’s jokes (it wasn’t THAT funny). You two were in love, but you just couldn’t see it yet.

“Oh stop! It wasn’t THAT bad!” Garreth replied with a cheeky smile on his face. 

“No, of course not. You only almost BLEW UP our potions classroom with ingredients that I stole from the storage room for you.” You said with faked annoyance. “You’re SO lucky Professor Sharp considers me a ‘model student’ otherwise we would have had two weeks of detention! You know, I’m getting a little tired of getting in trouble with you!”

“But I thought you loooooved getting into trouble with me?” He fired back with that same cheeky smile on his face. Your lips curled up into a smile, the kind of smile that always lit a fire in him. He quickly continued before his brain had the chance to conjure up naughty thoughts about those pretty pink lips of yours and how they’d feel against his skin. “Anyway, I have a little adventure for us. We won’t get caught, well, we won’t as long as we’re sneaky. But I promise, the pay off will be worth it.”

You sighed. “I’m listening.” Even though you really didn’t need an explanation. You were always interested in whatever crazy idea he had. 

He went on to explain his plan. “So, there’s a secret passageway here in the castle that leads straight into the Honeydukes basement!” He didn’t elaborate how he found out about this secret passageway in the first place, but it was behind a statue of a one-eyed witch, and needed a password to get into, which he somehow had. 

“Alright, so we’re trespassing into Honeydukes for what reason, exactly?” you inquired.

“Well, I have this idea for a new beverage inspired by Fizzing Whizzbees, a ‘Fizzing Whizzbeer’ if you will! It’s going to be great! I’m just missing some Billywig stings, which I know for sure are down in that basement!” 

“And why am I getting roped into this?”

“Because, adventures are always fun with a partner!” He said, trying his best to butter you up so that you’d say yes. Desperate times call for desperate measures, so he decided to hit you with some of his good ol’ Weasley charm. “And besides, who better to take to the sweetest shop in town than the sweetest girl I know?” He gave you a wink. 

Your knees almost gave out from that wink, but you kept your composure. “What’s in it for me?” You asked, once again pretending as if you weren’t already fully on board from the moment he said “I have a little adventure for us”.

“If, no, WHEN my Fizzing Whizzbeer gets big, you can be my business partner! Just think about it - you and me, entrepreneurs fresh out of school!” 

Business partners? You would have preferred romantic partners, but you couldn’t help the feeling in your stomach when he referred to the two of you as a unit - ‘you and me’. It sounded so lovely.  “Hmmmm.” You glanced up at the ceiling pretending you were making a decision. “I guess we’re going to Honeydukes then, partner!”

His gorgeous green eyes lit up. He looked so cute when he was excited. “Woohoo!” He pulled you into one of those suspiciously long embraces, relishing in the feeling of your bodies pressed against each other. You were doing the same.  

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After midnight that night, you met Garreth by the statue, which he explained was near the third floor corridor. To make sure you weren’t caught, you cast a disillusionment charm on yourself and headed over. You found him waiting for you off to the side of the statue, no doubt trying to be out of sight. You took the opportunity to sneak up on him, causing him to make the cutest little yelp you had ever heard. 

“Bloody hell! Was that necessary?!” He whispered aggressively through gritted teeth, trying not to draw any attention to you. 

“No, but it was funny!” You said as you removed the charm from yourself. 

He huffed. “You ready?” You nodded. He then turned to the statue, did a quick glance around to make sure no one was around, and then spoke the password, which caused the statue to move and reveal the opening to the passageway. You also gave a quick glance around to make sure you weren’t spotted, and the two of you headed inside, the statue closing behind you. 

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It was dark for a moment before your surroundings lit up. You noticed a long corridor with several torches lining the walls that lit up as you traveled down. At the end of the corridor you were met with a lift that appeared to be broken. Before you could react, Garreth cast Repairo to restore the lift to working condition so you could ride it down deeper into the ground. You were impressed so far. 

Your positive feelings were quickly extinguished however when you exited the lift as you now continued down a dark, cavernous tunnel with Garreth leading the way, the pair of you walking close to each other. Your nervousness about being so close to your crush got the better of you when you heard the sound of Garreth accidentally kicking a rock on the ground. You let out a soft scream, grabbing Garreth’s hand. He chucked. “It’s okay, sweet girl! It’s just a rock. I think we can handle it if it tries to attack us!” You let out an annoyed huff, but still kept a grip on his hand. After all, it was pretty dark. You didn’t want to trip and hurt yourself, better to be safe and have something to hold on to. He agreed, and thought this was a great excuse to interlace his fingers with yours, a warm feeling rising in both of your stomachs.

A few more paces later you approached a ledge that would have been too high to reach without assistance, as well as a platform on the ground. These were blocked, however, by a giant wall of spiderwebs.

“YUCK! Foul things! Garreth if we get attacked by spiders down here I will kill you!” you yelled as you cast Incendio to burn up the blockade.

“Oh, I’ve never seen any spiders down here! And if we do, of course I’ll protect you! What kind of Gryffindor would I be if I didn’t protect my girl…I…I MEAN my friend…my future business partner…haha!” he let out a nervous chuckle, internally screaming at himself for that slip up. He really hoped you had feelings for him, otherwise he had just made a total fool out of himself. 

You froze. “My girl?” You thought to yourself. Hearing that from him made your heart skip a beat, and you squeezed your thighs together to alleviate the tingling feeling that was starting in your most sensitive area. Maybe he really did feel the same? You hoped you’d find out for sure sooner rather than later. 

With the spider webs now gone, you approached the ledge and platform. Garreth cast Levioso on the platform, causing it to rise and float, providing a way to get up onto the higher ledge, which you both managed to reach effortlessly. A few more paces deeper into the tunnel you found what appeared to be an impassable gap, with the rest of your journey being on the other side of this gap. 

“Shit, now what?” you thought out loud. Garreth answered your question by walking over to the ledge, looking down, and casting Levioso, which raised another platform down below, allowing the two of you to get across. While getting across, you had taken note that you were above a lake, which would break your fall if you were to slip.

You encountered two more bridges similar to this first one, with the third bridge having the biggest gap between the platform once raised and the ledge. Garreth went first, reaching his hands out to help you across. You reached for his hands and tried to step on the platform, but slipped before you could grab him, and a second later you found yourself deep in the water below.

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You let out a harsh gasp for air when you came up from the frigid water, with Garreth above you screaming your name and frantically asking if you were okay. “I’m fine!” you yelled towards him. You pushed your wet hair out of your face to get a look at your surroundings. A quick swim away was some ground, with a trail that seemed to lead back towards the bridges. “I see a way back up! Stay there!” you yelled to Garreth who was muttering an array of curse words while running, already on the way to retrieve you. You swam and made your way back up towards him, meeting back on the ledge of the second platform bridge. 

Your body wasn’t hurt, but your ego certainly was. You had actually been enjoying this adventure so far. Between the “my girl” and the hand holding, you had been feeling more confident than ever that there truly was something between you. Now, you just felt embarrassed and wet (in a bad way). As for Garreth, he was falling apart. He also had been enjoying this, but was now worried you’d never want to spend time with him again, and convinced he lost his shot with you. 

“Fuck! Shit! I’m SO sorry! I…FUCK…sweetheart, are you okay?!” he asked as he grabbed the sides of your head, running his fingers through your wet hair, panic in his eyes. 

“Yes! Yes I’m fine.” It was hard to look him in the eyes for too long. “Just cold and soaked.” 

He looked down at himself, both of you had ditched your robes for this trip, otherwise he would have wrapped you up in his. He did, however, have a jumper over his white shirt, which he ripped off himself and handed to you. He couldn’t help you with your wet skirt, but he hoped the jumper would help a bit. The thought of you in his clothes reignited his confidence for a few seconds. You put the jumper on over your wet shirt, and the two of you continued your journey, squeezing the water out of your hair as you went. 

After the third bridge was crossed without further incident, you walked a few paces more to find an open area containing a (fully assembled) stone bridge, a stone door, and two unlit pyres on either side of the door. Garreth explained that you had arrived, and that all that needed to be done now was to light the pyres on fire, which would open the stone door. Beyond the stone door would be a ladder leading into the Honeydukes basement. 

Needless to say, you were frustrated with how badly things had gone. As you crossed this bridge, you slipped on some water that had fallen from your wet hair. You yelled in frustration, your composure finally breaking as you sat on the ground near one of the pyres and started crying. 

Garreth sank to his knees and grabbed your hand, rubbing your palm with his thumb. “Hey! Sweetheart, what’s wrong? Talk to me, please? Baby, please don’t cry.” Seeing you cry was breaking his heart, on the verge of tears himself. “I ruined it.” he thought to himself. “I ruined my chances with her.”

“I just…” you choked out between sobs “I…oh screw it…I love you, Garreth Weasley! I have loved you since the moment I met you and I’ve been too scared to tell you. This whole trip I thought, maybe I can finally tell him, but now I’m sitting on the floor of a fucking cave, crying, soaking your jumper, and I just feel so ridiculous! How could you possibly love me back?” you sobbed even harder.

Garreth looked at you in shock. You thought your worst fear was confirmed - he didn’t feel the same. Dread over came you for a split second before he lunged at you, grabbing your face and smashing his lips into yours. 

It took your brain a second to process what was happening before you began to melt into his kiss, humming against his lips. You mimicked his actions, putting your hands on the sides of his head to run your fingers through his soft red hair. Your kiss became more passionate with each passing second. You parted your lips to let his tongue enter, and he repeated your action. Your tongues danced as you explored each other's mouths for several minutes before begrudgingly pulling away. You rested your foreheads against each other, trying to catch your breath. 

“I…I love you too!” Garreth finally spoke. “I love you so much! I always worried I was too much for you, too much of a troublemaker. You could have any guy in this school. I didn’t think I stood a chance…but I…I love you!”

He lunged for your mouth once again, kissing you hard. You were still seated on the ground, but began to lean back, eventually lying down, taking Garreth with you as you gently pulled him by his tie, situating him on top of you. He adjusted himself so that he was lying between your legs, your skirt hiked up past your knees to accommodate him. His arms were outstretched on either side of your body, and your arms were around his neck. He looked you over with affection. You had seen him happy before plenty of times; the times he brewed something that didn’t blow up a classroom, whenever he found a rare ingredient, when his favorite foods were for dinner, and especially when you were together. This, however, was the most happy you had ever seen him, and it was beautiful. 

Your hands moved to begin unbuttoning his shirt. He gasped softly, indicating some nervousness. “I…I’ve never done this before…but I want to do this with you…are you sure you’re up for this…with me?” His voice was soft and full of love. “Yes! Yes of course! I’ve never done this either, but there’s no one else I’d rather do this with than you.” You said as you gazed lovingly into his eyes, still unbuttoning him. He smiled and sat up so he could rid himself of the shirt. You made quick work of the rest of your clothes, and you took a moment to absorb what was about to happen. 

Here you were, naked, on the floor of a dark, dirty tunnel underneath your school with the man you loved. Your heart was racing, your skin felt hot, and you felt wet (in a good way) between your thighs. You looked him over. The same freckles on his face that you loved so much peppered his entire body and he had a small trail of red hair under his belly button going down. He was gorgeous. Garreth also took a moment to absorb what was about to happen. The love of his life, here, waiting for him to claim her as his own. Granted, he would have preferred this moment happen somewhere more romantic, but alas. You had been sitting up while undressing, so you threw your arms around Garreth to bring him into a deep kiss, pulling him down and on top of you again.

As you kissed, one of his hands moved down your body, passing your stomach and slipping two fingers between your lips. You let out a soft hum in response. He moved his fingers down over your entrance and back up again, getting a feel for you and coating his fingers in your juice, before he settled on your most sensitive spot, pressing down and rubbing slow circles. He didn’t take his eyes off you, watching you squirm beneath him as your lips let out soft moans. 

After many more beautiful moans from you, he brought his fingers down to your entrance. He looked up at you, a silent request in his eyes. You smiled, giving him a silent answer. Without breaking eye contact with you, he slowly slid his two fingers inside. You let out a loud whimper at the action, feeling a bit of pressure. He asked if you were okay and you nodded, begging him to keep going. You got used to the feeling of his fingers after a few seconds, and he began slowly moving his fingers in and out of you, which made you moan louder than before. 

Garreth couldn’t believe how beautiful you looked and sounded receiving such pleasure, and from him no less. He began roughly pumping his hand, thoroughly working you with his fingers. Your walls were beginning to tighten around him. He noticed how close to release you were, and leaned down to whisper softly in your ear: “That’s it, my sweet girl, please come for me.” His words broke you as you let out a moan, waves of pleasure crashing over you. He removed his wet fingers from you, and stuck them in his mouth, sucking them clean. 

In one quick motion, he adjusted his body so that his head was right between your thighs, his face so close to your center, you could feel his breath. He gazed up at you, lust in his eyes. “Looks like you made a bit of a mess here, my sweet girl. That won’t do. Don’t worry, I’ll clean you up.” He said before diving in. You let out a loud whimper, grateful that no one could probably hear you down here. He worked his tongue on you, lapping up your previous release, as well as lightly sucking on your sensitive spot. You were seeing stars. It was shocking how quickly you were approaching your second release of the night. 

Garreth let out a deep groan against you. “You taste so sweet, baby. Sweeter than anything at Honeydukes. Are you going to come for me again? Need to taste your sweetness again.” He was a man drunk off of you. A few more sucks and licks from him and you were a goner, your hands flying into his hair as you bucked your hips into him. Cries of his name escaped you as you released, and he responded with his own moans. 

You lay there panting while he cleaned you up a second time, licking your orgasm from you thoroughly, Garreth letting out soft hums as he did so. When he was done you were face to face again, the lower half of his face wet and shiny. He looked so beautiful, and you couldn’t help but pull him in to kiss him, tasting yourself on his lips. 

Garreth then sat back up on his knees, staring at you and slowly stroking himself, beads of wetness already present on his pink tip. “Are you ready, sweetheart?” He asked breathlessly. You nodded, watching him, the hunger for him increasing with every stroke. Garreth repositioned himself back between your legs, coating himself in the new wetness that had already started to form in the short amount of time since he cleaned you up, before lining himself up at your entrance. “We’ll start slow, okay?” Garreth’s voice was soft and gentle. He looked deep into your eyes, and without breaking eye contact, he slowly slid inside. 

Even knowing how wet you were, you expected your body to give some kind of resistance, but it didn’t. He slid in easily and deep, and the pain you felt from the intrusion lasted for only a second before it changed to a feeling of pleasure. You both let out loud moans upon entry, and he took a moment to make sure you were okay, only moving when you assured him you were. He thrusted in and out of you at a slow but steady pace, never pulling out completely before pushing back in. “You’re doing so good, sweet girl! You feel amazing!” He groaned.

You adjusted your legs so that they were higher up and wrapped around his back, which allowed him deeper access to you. “OH FUCK!” you yelled in ecstasy as your body adjusted to this new position. “Someone likes that, huh?” He replied with a chuckle before he sped up a bit, groans coming from his beautiful lips. “Look at you. You’re taking me so well. You’re being such a good girl for me!”

The two of you were panting and moaning loudly, every thrust from him made you feel like your body was on fire. Garreth motioned for you to turn around so he could take you from behind. With you on your hands and knees and his fingers digging into your hips, he thrusted into you like his life depended on it. You knew you were going to break soon. He took one hand off your hip to give your ass a squeeze, followed by a light slap. This made you yelp, not in pain but in surprise, which in turn brought a hearty chuckle out of him. His laugh brought on a light laugh from you that drifted into a moan as you let your pleasure consume you completely. You adjusted your position again, resting on your forearms instead of hands and pushing your hips up so that you were at an angle, allowing Garreth to sink even deeper into you. He growled in appreciation, his growl drifting into another chuckle. 

You began to back into his thrusts, knowing your next release was moments away. He squeezed your ass again as your walls began to clench around him. You broke once again, screaming through what was no doubt your most violent release of the night. You stopped moving to catch your breath. He hadn’t stopped however, thrusting even harder to bring himself to completion. You started meeting his thrusts again, eager to please him the way he had pleased you. “Oh fuck, oh fuck, OH FUCK” he shouted as he finally found his release, his warm liquid painting your insides. You moaned at the feeling of him emptying himself inside of you. The two of you collapsed onto the ground, needing several minutes to compose yourselves. 

Your brain felt jumbled. Only a few hours ago you were uncertain if Garreth felt anything towards you. Now you were lying on the ground with his seed inside of you. You knew you'd be in pain tomorrow from the hard ground you two were lying on, but you didn't care. You loved him and he loved you. You were his. He finally moved and leaned over you, lowering his head down to kiss you softly. 

“I love you. I love you so much. I feel like this goes without saying after…uh..this…” he gestured broadly around before continuing, “…but I would love nothing more than to call you mine. Do you want to be my girlfriend? I mean honestly I’d love for you to be my wife, but we can always work on that later, so I guess girlfriend first, right? Unless you want to get married right now…no no…girlfriend first!” he chuckled. There was the silly, goofy Garreth you had fallen in love with. 

“I think I should probably be your girlfriend first, but I’m not opposed to being your wife eventually!” You said with a wink. He kissed you once again and then proceeded to stand up, offering his hands out to help you up. The two of you got dressed again, your clothes still damp, but it would have to do. You had no intention of returning the jumper he gave you once it dried up, and you figured he wouldn’t mind. 

“So, I think it’s about time to do the thing we ACTUALLY came here to do.” Garreth said with a laugh. “Oh, you mean we didn’t travel through this ridiculously long and complicated passageway just to shag on the floor?” You replied sarcastically. He gave you the same cheeky smile he had given you earlier in the day, as he lit the pyres to open the stone door, and made his way over to the ladder. 

He climbed up and opened the door slightly, checking to make sure the coast was clear before he motioned for you to join him. Upon ascending the ladder, you were finally in the Honeydukes basement, the smell of sweets filling your nose. Garreth found the Billywig stings he was looking for quickly, and packed them in his bag. He also grabbed a random assortment of chocolates and sweets, also shoving them in his bag. You gave him a confused look when he did this, to which he replied “What? We worked up quite the sweat back there, I’m hungry.” You sighed and rolled your eyes at him.

He took a hold of your hand and led you up some stairs to a door which would bring you into the actual shop. Garreth cast a disillusionment charm and slightly opened the door, poking his head out, listening for any sounds. After a few seconds he opened the door wide and took the charm off, leading you out into the shop. Based on the amount of light that was coming in, it must have been early morning, the sun only just starting to rise. Once again, Garreth peeked out the front door to make sure you wouldn’t draw attention to yourselves exiting the shop this early in the morning, and once there was nobody around, you exited. 

“Well that was quite the adventure!” you sighed as the two of you walked hand in hand back towards Hogwarts. “You see, you DO love getting into trouble with me!” he said as he squeezed your hand lovingly.

He was right. And you couldn’t wait to find out what trouble you’d get into next.

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[celiastjamesoscar]

Hello lovely!

First off, this is incredible. I looooove Ghostface Sam. Especially when she's extra protective of R. Perfection.

Sam as her usual, canon self is already very protective but now as Ghostface, where her inhibition threshold is already lowered/non existent, her protectiveness is taking on a whole new level. Though, it's still not that different from canon Sam because she, too, would kill people and get rid of them in order to protect the people she loves. Sure, canon Sam wouldn't murder someone out of jealousy but she sure as hell would defend Tara or the twins with her life and beat up a fucker for assaulting them. It's really impressive how you can create a new version of Sam here but still keep her canon personality that we all know and love. The small details like Sam hiding her hands in the jacket is just chefs kiss.

And R!! I love her personality. All shy and reserved for everyone else but with Sam she can be herself, a funny, bold and sassy person. R knows Sam would never judge her for anything.

Ps. I sneaked out if class to read this because since I woke up I was so excited for this story

Pps. How cute is the scrapbook!! Sam is such a huge softie, I love her so much

I know I’ve said this before, BUT I LOVE YOUR REVIEWS SO FUCKING MUCH!!!

Everything that you said is chefs kiss. I try my best to add different personalities for Sam while also keeping her canon one. Like you pointed out how she hides her hands! I can’t remember who’s blog I saw it on, but I really agreed with what they said about how Sam hides them whenever she feels self conscious. Sam would definitely kill someone to protect her found family, especially after the events of Scream 6. I mean, we saw Sam wipe out 2/3 of a family in that movie in order to protect them, so she has no problem with killing to defend

Also, I personally feel like I could be myself around Sam and that she would judge me, so I add that into all my fics as well. There’s something that’s so comforting in her character and personality that makes me want to talk to her all night

I literally wrote some of this during one of my classes, so i completely understand sneaking out to read it!! I’m on my lunch break right now (thank god it’s two hours) and I plan to work somewhere on my next request!!

I want Sam to make me a scrapbook, it’s not fair