#I’ve already rewritten Plan 99 into my own thing

[im-no-jedi]

managed to get at least a couple hours of sleep. I’m obviously still exhausted and will be for the rest of the day. my poor Hunter doll once again being the MVP and let me just cling him to my face while I slept 🥰

more importantly, woke up to a bunch of nice messages from people. y’all are seriously the best. regardless of my opinion of the show, I’m so freaking grateful for getting to interact with this fandom. I’ve made some really great friends as a result, and just had some lovely interactions with people in general. other than the characters themselves, getting to be in the same space as y’all has been the best part of this 🥺💙

I’m still hurting, and I will be for a while. Idk what my status in the fandom will be going forward. despite what I said this morning, I don’t want to 100% give up on the show yet. I may be upset the show is ending after this season, but I’m willing to give it one last chance at redemption. until then, my main focus will definitely be on MLWTBB and making art. gifs and other “official” content will most likely still be made, but more sporadically. Idek when I’ll be able to make myself rewatch season 2 at this point, so yeah. but my personal content will continue for sure. the story and characters I’ve created for this show are extremely important to me, and I want to share them with others. also, I apparently have to continue to fix things more than I thought I would haha.

as I said before, my inbox is always open and I’d love to continue chatting with y’all. especially if you’re like me and need some reassurance, or just someone to rant to. seriously, I’d love to hear some rants; it’s cathartic for me to read/hear LOL

I’m not giving up. I refuse to give up. if this really is about “hope and redemption” like DBB said, then I’m not letting this fully destroy me. I love these characters way too much for that. and I love this community too. we’re gonna be ok guys 💙💙💙

[luninosity]

2019 writing round-up post!

It's been an interesting year!

Once again, I suspect I wrote more overall than last year - but much more heavily original, and even less fanfic (but still some!) again. But a couple of those have been stories people really love, or seem to, from the AO3 comments etc. I didn't finish one thing I'd really meant to finish, but I did write a 254k novel, which, what even.

So...let's see what all those things are!

Academic (just to get this out of the way first) ~A book chapter on Disney's Robin Hood for an edited collection on Disney & pop culture (my chapter's around 5,000 words) ~The intro/my chapter/overall editorial work/bibliography for the Terry Pratchett book, coming 2020 (collectively, probably around 15k words of my own writing, plus comments on contributor essays) ~The book proposal for the Star Trek book (~3,000 words) ~The in-progress Neil Gaiman and Batman book chapter - currently around 2k, needs to be around 6k including references ~Plus one more successful grant application! Not listing all the conference/unpublished papers, but those too. Fanfic Stucky straight from your heart, E, 10,516 words - ah, yes, my contribution to the Bottom Bucky Fest! It was such a marvelous prompt, about Steve guiltily having a kinky fantasy about essentially rescuing and caring for the Winter Soldier (which also includes teaching him all about pleasure), and Bucky finding out about this, and them then negotiating ways to make this fantasy come true. I hadn't been writing as much Stucky, but this one flowed really well and felt really good, and people seem to like it! Evanstan (hmm - way less Evanstan this year! still some, at least...) Evanstan Round Robin 2019, T, 12,497 words overall, but my chapters total 2,528 words. The annual holiday collaborative masterpiece! So soft and fluffy this year - such a delight sharing this love and creation and fandom with everyone! Extra Sugar - My Evanstan epic fic-baby! I added chapters 30 & 31 in 2019, which brings the total to 107,533 words - which means, doing some math, that's + 4,000 words exactly, apparently! There'll be one more chapter. I know what it is, I just haven't had the time to write it. 2020 goal: finish off this series, completely, entirely, at the end. I'm still so amazed by this whole universe that I somehow made, and by the fandom response to it. *hugs you all* Cherik When It's Time, T, 2852 words - this one's not up on AO3 yet, though I think I can do that now, if it's okay with the @cherikzine  people! This was my story for the Bookends Cherik 'zine, and it's an AU with magicians in a sort of present-day fantasy setting version of the ending of Dark Phoenix, and it was fun to get back to one of my first real fandom loves, and I'm glad I wrote it. we are electric hearts, T,  2,732 words - fluffy little fun universe-crossover in which Erik and Charles meet Kris and Justin, my original Demon for Midwinter characters, written for @kernezelda <3 Original Fic (written and published in 2019) Gingerbread Dreams, M, 23,662 words - holiday m/m gingerbread competition baking fluff! A cranky judge! A cheerful ugly-sweater-wearing baker! The Grumpy One Is Soft For The Adorable One! The story I looked up medieval gingerbread recipes for, for a contestant challenge! Also contains a couple of familiar characters from "October Spice" in supporting roles... This story is also available as part of the Most Wonderful Time of the Year Trio Collection from JMS Books - three novellas bundled together, at a discount! October Spice, E, 3,130 words - the story that briefly made it to #1 Best Seller on Amazon in the LGBTQ Short Reads category! My super-short flash fiction romance for JMS Books, priced at only 99 cents! (Or even less, when on sale!) A first meeting, instant attraction (and some orgasms!), a Halloween-loving baker, and an adorable firefighter. (Evan and Matt (well, Matt in baked-goods artistic tribute) get a supporting role in Gingerbread Dreams, as mentioned above, if you want to know what they're up to...) (Also, Evan's last name is 100% an Ace of Cakes reference.) Bisclavret, T, 11,756 words - technically I had about 5k of this written YEARS ago, back when I first read Marie de France's 12th-century lai in grad school and immediately had to write an adaptation of it. But this version has extensive revisions, and ended up over twice as long. If you like stories about a medieval bisexual werewolf and the demisexual king he falls in love with, and a love of books and cuddling...well, that's basically what this one is! A Leather and Tea Morning, E,6,993 words - the first of the Leather and Tea sequels! (There'll be at least one more, about which more below.) Ben and Simon, a lazy morning, and some emotional comfort sex in the wake of Simon having been in a car accident. He's all recovered and everything - but there're some emotions that need to be dealt with, about Ben and protectiveness and tenderness and care and getting back to a very cautious-but-satisfying kinky scene. Sound the Fairy-Call, E, 5,545 words - the heavily rewritten (like, nearly twice as long, new original characters, world-building, all of that) original-fic version of my old Evanstan fic Glow, and it's basically the medieval fantasy healing-sex-in-a-forest story, with a fairy and a tired mercenary and Eastern European folklore references! Plus I've managed to quote Robert Graves in the epigraph! (To be precise, I wrote the first draft of this at the very very end of 2018 - I had literally just signed the contract before last year's writing round-up post. But then there was editing, revisions, etc, in 2019. So it counts!) This story is also available as part of the JMS Books 2019 Top Ten Gay Romance collection! Come pick up a copy and discover all the bestselling gay romance authors! The Ninepenny Element, M, 12,274 words - my first published lesbian romance! With a lawyer, a witch, some hexed earrings, a psychic younger brother, and a ghost puppy! This is essentially the sequel to Elemental (m/m, E, 12,776 words), since Verity's the older sister of Sterling from that story, but you don't necessarily have to've read that one first. There'll likely be one more - I have a vague idea about weather magic, and there's more to explore in this universe. The Pooka's Share, E, 20,205 words - a weary magical cop, an unruly faerie horse shapeshifter, and some creative punishments for apple-theft! More fun with folklore and sex and two people finding each other and turning out to be exactly what they both need, full of magic and compassion. This story is also available as part of the Legendary Loves Trio collection from JMS Books - three novellas bundled together, at a discount! Original Fic (written in 2019, publication contracts signed but stories not yet published) A Demon for Forever, E, 13,752 words - surprise! I thought I was done with the Demon for Midwinter universe - but JMS did a submissions call for stories celebrating LGBTQ marriage, and, well - I'd written the proposal story for Kris and Justin, so...we should get to see the wedding, right? This one'll be out in February. Justin may or may not wear a wedding dress. A sparkly one. :D Leather and Tea in London, E, 20,909 words - the third of the Leather and Tea stories! Written for the JMS Books BDSM collection call. Simon's brother needs a favor. So Ben and Simon head to London, bringing Ben's retired-spy skill set and also some fun toys for enjoying themselves... Original Fic (written in 2019, not yet under contract or published other than on AO3) Character Bleed, E, 254,099 words. Which means...since last year I had 40,371 words done...that's +213,728 words. In a year. Not even counting the Bonus Scenes (see below) or the sequel-in-progress. THIS STORY, YOU GUYS. I love it and these characters so much. It's the most ambitious thing I've ever tried to write, that whole story-within-a-story, being about actors filming a Regency-era gay love story, and falling in love themselves. I'm just looking at it all...and I'm in awe...and the response to this, oh wow. I've been so amazed and so grateful and so thrilled - the art, the trailer, the comments, the people thinking about these characters and loving them along with me - I'm so lucky to have all of you. *hugs everyone* And now I have to figure out what to do with it, and how and where one even publishes this behemoth, and how to cut it into manageable book-length divisions...! Character Bleed Bonus Scenes, E, 25,697 words currently - there'll be one more chapter, of which I have about a sentence written. I know exactly what that is, too - Colby getting to top, albeit still with Jason giving some directions. :D The untitled Character Bleed sequel, which is Leo's story - not up on AO3 yet, though I might start that with at least the prologue, later today or tomorrow. But it's already up to 15,511 words, plus my outline... Ember and Serenity, E, 20,752 words currently - I added chapter 4 in 2019, so about +5k words in 2019, I think? I do have plans for this one. Oh yes. My librarian-magician and his book-thief...yes. And if you're wondering who hired Serenity, well, there already has been a clue... :D

A few little scenes, odds and ends, plot bunnies like that necromancer/prince opening...not sure what the word count is there, probably a couple thousand. ~~ Okay, I THINK that's everything! Which is...a lot of words. Character Bleed alone...wow. Just...wow. It's definitely tilted even more toward original fic this year, and I didn't finish 'rain on tin,' which means it's been over a year since I've touched that one, so I'll have to get back to it!

But I did get to go back and write a couple things for my old Cherik loves, plus at least some Stucky & Evanstan, so that felt good, and I'm super-excited about lots of those original fic accomplishments - Amazon sales rank, sheer length, fun with medievalism, Top Ten achievements, my first lesbian romance, and of course everything about Character Bleed, which is, I think, my favorite thing I've written - it's so real in my head, and it was so weirdly easy to write, despite the length! Thanks for reading! I hope your year is starting off splendidly. <3

[simonsaysastory]

Minor WIPs- 9/4/17

This post will be about WIPs I have aside from whatever my major projects are at the time! This will be under a cut, as this is bound to get pretty long. If you see something here that’s a WIP you think you’d like to read yourself, tell me! I’d love to hear what you guys are interested in reading from me. They’ll be assorted by fandom, and all of their names are labeled by what the Doc is named (99% of the time they’ll get an actual name once they’re finished/near finished).

Ace Attorney

Apollo Smut WIPs- This is basically small NSFW fics of Apollo with various partners. At the moment I have a finished Kristoph drabble, an in-progress Klavier shortfic, planned ones for Clay and Blackquill, and a potential idea for Wocky Kitaki. I’m not looking for suggestions on these as I’m not entirely comfortable taking peoples ideas for NSFW fics, but I’m open to whether or not you’d like to see them period.

Apollo- Breakdown- This is an Apollo-centric fic filled with self harm, near self-destruction, and overall angst revolving around Clay’s death and Apollo’s guilt over it. Funny story, actually, this fic started out as an idea of Clay’s ghost haunting Apollo and basically tormenting him over Clay’s own misplaced blame and uncontrolled emotions. Now, he only metaphorically haunts Apollo. It has a Klapollo leaning in the latter part of the fic, the first part being specifically about Apollo and the latter being Klavier finding him and attempting to bring him home.

JustQuill- A strange JustQuill idea somewhere between fluff and hurt/comfort, along with some humor in which Athena is simultaneously the worst and best friend. Honestly, anyone who texts “GOOD LUCK AND GET THAT JUSTASS” probably isn’t the best influence, but Simon loves her anyways.

Klapollo A/B/O AU- A completely SFW A/B/O Au, because I was pissed off at not being able to find any of that particular AU that didn’t contain rape or sexual assault in some way, shape, or form. Mostly it’s a fluffy, romantic fic in which Apollo is an omega who goes into heat, Klavier is an unwitting Alpha who’s head over heels for him and had no idea about him prior, and Phoenix is a protective Alpha dad who will probably try to murder Klavier if he even thinks about hurting Apollo. Mostly it’s feelsy fluff because spite, the best motivator.

Dangan Ronpa

KuzuSouda Post-SDR2- A strange, freeverse poetry fic in which Souda is doing pretty badly after SDR2 and Kuzuryuu is concerned. I haven’t messed with Dangan Ronpa outside of the first two games, so I’m not sure what goes on with them, but this might be worth finishing if only because it’s so far removed from my usual fic style that it could be interesting.

KuzuSouDam/SonPeko- This one is a fic with two different ships. The idea is Usami during School Mode having them clean the hospital when a storm comes up because Monokuma is a dick. Gundam’s hamsters were out in the storm so Souda gets sick of him pacing and goes out into it, Kuzuryuu and Gundam chasing after him. Meanwhile, Sonia and Peko remain behind because Peko is afraid of lightning and they have some Total Gal Pal Time™ (That’s a lie, they’re lesbians together, but shhhhhh). Basically it’s all very gay and also discovering some things about Souda and Peko, personal headcanons of mine.

Souda makes peopel gay- Yes I’m aware there’s a typo, but it’s much funnier to leave it in. Basically, this is a fic about Souda wearing this to breakfast one day and a lot of people questioning their sexualities. Completely inspired by that pic in the link.

SouKomaZombieAU- This is basically what it says on the tin, SouKoma in a zombie apocalypse AU. It’s already over 4k words long and just generally planned to be a long fic with somewhat slow burn.

Fire Emblem

LeoKumi-comfort- A LeoKumi fic about how damaged both of them are. Mostly hurt/comfort.

Niles/Takumi/Leo- A fic about pining, self-esteem, and weird love triangles. Leo loves Takumi, Niles loves Leo and ends up falling for Takumi, and Takumi falls for Leo. I think. Basically fluff, really.

Metal Fight Beyblade

SoraRyuu- A fic I’ve written and rewritten for probably nearly 7 years now, and I still can’t seem to finish it. Partially because I don’t think anyone would read it, which makes motivation difficult. Basically, this takes place after the events of the Metal Fight Series and Sora is attacked, saved by Ryuuga without recognizing him. They travel and fall for each other and it’s all very dopey.

SoraRyuu Snow/Lightning- Another SoraRyuu fic, this time centering around them awkwardly dancing around their feelings for one another and comparing each other to their thematically appropriate thing.

RWBY

JauneRen Confession thing- Martial Arcs where Jaune and Ren confess their feelings for one another, mostly fluff and such.

JauneRen SequelTo MaybeNextTime- This was meant to be a sequel to my fic Maybe Next Time, this time on Jaune’s side of things. Still more implied smut than actual smut, though still mildly NSFW.

JauneRenNeptune thing- This time there’s an outline, and honestly, I’m just going to let you look at it because it’s far better than me trying to summarize it:

Nepsage SunScarBG StripperAU- An AU in which team SSSN are strippers and Neptune falls head over heels for Sage while Sun and Scarlet have an established relationship in the BG.

NeptunePyrrha Regal- A small Neptune/Pyrrha fic. There’s not much to it, at the moment, simply fluff between the two.

Voltron

Actual Gay Disaster™ Keith- A fic in which Keith is a Gay Disaster, Pidge gives the worst romantic advice, Hunk is supportive, and Lance has no idea. Generally just a humorous Klance fic.

some rainy klance thing- A much more feel-sy Klance fic, done in a lot of the same style as Intimacy, but not in the same continuity.