#I'll write these sooner or later

[winterlogysblog]

Mertyl Angst Fics List

I'm a writer who adores making my favs cry and suffer in my fics. Don't know why that's just a thing that I do. I did it with Gruvia, I did it with Ragbros MULTIPLE times and now I'll be doing it with the Kiane fam primarily Mertyl cause his character is just begging me to write something gut-wrenching.

Sixtus steps in and protects Nasiens and Tioreh. Mertyl, seeing the brother that he's closest with be on their side, loses it BIG TIME.

Mertyl has zero control over himself but he's still in there, begging his body to stop hurting his family then he lands a fatal blow on King.

Mertyl ran away to Camelot and lived a life that he wished for himself, but slowly he realized just how much he messed up.

Mertyl, now on Camelot's side. Faced off against the knights. Sixtus, not wanting to give up on his brother, decided to go talk some sense into him only for him to get stabbed. LANCELOT IS PISSED

Mertyl was caught by the knights of Liones and was sent to the dungeon for interrogation. Just so happened that Ban is in the Castle. Let's say Uncle Ban is not too happy about his nephew switching sides.

[thequeenofsastiel]

There aren't nearly enough kinky Fadelstyle fics out there so it appears that I have to do everything myself

[poorlydrawngatekeeper]

... So as to not amasseth any questions along the lines of "Wherefore didst thine Tumblr Blogge cometh about?", I ask ye, co-workers, ...Toons, all which find mine Tumblr Blogge and think to thineselves, "Truly, she has lost her marbles with the advent of one such Blogge!", know ye have the ability to simply... turneth away. That all being said, do be advised! Mine Blogge is neithereth a Playgrounde, nor a space that which wouldst be closedeth off for none to explore. Simply leave questions for me, and I shall see to its response. Or deletion. Depending. I do request politeness in such queries, but it does happen to be the Interwebbes...

[wiverly]

OP 1137

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Me: Oda, Oda, can we have Shanks? Oda: We already have Shanks. The Wish version of Shanks that we already have:

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[greypetrel]

WIP Wednesday

Tagged by @shivunin and @gods-fave-chewtoy / @layalu, thank you so much to both! <3

There's not much art this week: I'm trying to doodle something when I can for the Kiss Art February challenge, which is particularly dear to me, and I'm imposing not to overdo myself and to be quick about it. So, this week it's a writing wip! Going on with the DadWolf chapter and we have peak misery.

And also: Varric being the biggest Breakfast at Tiffany fan. In modern Thedas it's clearly set in Kirkwall. Cat may be the possessed Kitty in this version.

edit: I'm air-headed and I forgot to tag. @salsedinepicta @ndostairlyrium @heniareth @idolsgf @rowanisawriter @inquisimer @dreadfutures if you have something!

“My supervisor would kill me if he knew I let you read my notes, that’s why I didn’t ask.” She shrugged.

“And since when you do what others tell you?” Bethany asked, frowning.

It was a legit question, and it stung so much because it was. On the other hand, Aisling frowned up at the other.

“Since I grew up. I’m part of an important project, and it requires me to abide to some strict rules. It shouldn’t be such a new concept for you, since you returned in the Circle.” Aisling snapped right back.

The silence felt deafening, even if the other people sitting at the tables around them kept chatting. Something harshened in Bethany’s expression, a small contraction of her jaw and a furrow on her brow that made her look even more like Leandra. Or like Carver, which was even worse, and sent a pang of guilt to strike at Aisling’s conscience.

“I’m sor-”

“Spare me.” Bethany interrupted her. “You’re doing something important and gracing us with your presence, we get it, we’re all so grateful you’re gifting us with this genius water cleaning system, wow, we’re so lucky.”

“Beth, I didn’t mean to-”

“You’ve been here two months and you’ve barely talked with anyone. You haven’t asked anyone for assistance nor help. You have barely spoken with me down here. Or at home, before Raina and Garrett left. Be miserable all you want, Aisling, I defended you against people who blamed you for not fighting for their rights when you were 5, and I’ll continue to do it, that’s bullshit. Don’t blame it on us and the place if you’re struggling, when you keep yourself ten feet apart and have only pity to offer.”

“I don’t-”

“It’s a nice project. I would have some suggestions, but I’m sure they can’t hold a candle to your superior knowledge. Good luck with Cullen.”

The project got tossed on the table, between them, and it hit Aisling’s glass. The glass wobbled dangerously, threatening the papers and books she got spread on the surface. As the elf leant forward to close both hands on the glass, and limit the damage to just some droplets that spilled on the title, Bethany rose and walked away, not even bothering to take the coffee mug she brought when she sat.

“Bethany, please-”

Aisling rose, tried to call her back, but all she got was a middle finger.

She turned, and everyone was staring at her, the chatter had stopped. A girl snickered behind her hand, and Aisling felt hot tears burning behind her eyes, her lower lip twitched ominously.

She sat back to work, used a hand to hold her head up and cover her face at the same time, and pretended to keep reading, even if tears she couldn’t stop were blurring her visions.

The tears didn’t stop, quiet but ever-present. So much so that the guard at the exit just let her pass without checking her documents, a pang of compassion in his eyes. He promised he would have let her sign the exit the next day, not to worry, he knew who she was.

When she got home and Varric peeked in the foyer, face tired but still a smile to welcome her home, she burst. Her backpack fell loudly on the floor, and she fell too, curling into a ball and crying in her knees.

The hug she got was a much, much needed one.

She asked him if he still loved her even if she was a horrible person, he asked her who she was and what had she done to his daughter, his daughter was into a doctorate and clearly she couldn’t be her, since they didn’t accept stupid people into doctorates. He loved his Pikachu very, very much, tho, whenever she was coming back home.

She kept hugging her dad all evening, curled beside him on the couch, as Breakfast at Tiffany played on tv,  and Varric calmly kept on telling her anecdotes on the movies, where it had been filmed in Kirkwall, anecdotes, holding her close and caressing her hair.

He got everyone to watch that movie at least once a year on his birthday, never stopped talking about it, quoting always the same anecdotes and trivia. Everyone was fed up with Breakfast at Tiffany and Truman Capote, Aisling could recite every line by heart since she was twelve.

That evening, tho, Breakfast at Tiffany and always the same anecdotes never felt better.

[kiwiana-writes]

Six(ish) Sentence Sunday

Thanks @blairwaldcrf and @ssmtskw for the tags! This is technically only five sentences, but there is also some wanton semicolon abuse, so I think it counts.

The thing about Alex is, he’s always ten steps ahead of himself. When faced with a problem, more often than not the solution will come to him fully formed and he has to pick up the thread and walk it backwards through the labyrinthine pathways of his brain’s logic until all the twists and turns fit together; until he understands the steps to take to get himself from point A to point B. He’s always been this way, to the confusion of most people around him and the dismay of more than one high school math teacher begging him to show his working. The point is, he knows that what he’s looking at is how they get June home safely. He just needs to fit all the puzzle pieces together so he understands how.

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[thelonelyshore-if]

I can't believe I have to go to work today. Tragic. Unjust. Horrible. Doesn't the world know I woke up excited to write???

Sigh. Well, I hope everyone is enjoying the update <3

[powerfulscribbles]

Odyssey AU where Varré plays Circe and offers a magic concoction to Tarnished that turns them into lambkins. That's it send post

[anexistingexistence]

I'm having the urge to ruin comedy for myself forever (I'm about to draft a violent!au concept for Not in Front of Dinner, Darling and while it might not be as "dark romance" as my previous violent!au it is for sure going to be just as unfunny because I need them to tear each other's intestines out)

[sleeplesslark]

Hard to get into the mood to want to do anything at this time of year. Idk if it's because my sleep pattern is off or what....but having trouble finding the energy to do much more than mindlessly scroll.

[sickly-qt]

learned this weekend that my SO is the kind of person that doesn't want to be touched while they're sick.... or talked to.... I just kinda sat there and periodically refilled their water...

anyway! might get a fic or two out in the next couple of days... right now my WIPs are:

sick Julian w/ caretaker Mila

sick Drew w/ caretaker Ambrose

sick Finn w/ struggling caretaker Drew

[weirfq1]

lawyer student!ámbar x fashion editor!nina

[lialcross]

Sometimes I mistake depictions of Bernard for Lonnie

[bearimba]

Thank you so much @invisiblemelonmoose!!! Hope you don't mind me answering your comment with a post, it's just a lot easier to format this way since I have quite a bit to say on the subject >:)c

So right off the bat, none of the kids have an actual connection to the legendaries---no special ✨chosen ones✨ or anything like that. It's more of a thematic thing for characterization purposes. To put it simply, each legendary has a specific word/trait I've associated with it for one reason or another, and so each character exhibits their respective trait in a way that they're supposed to grapple with throughout their game's storyline. Aka, an easy recipe for character growth!

Red -> Moltres (passion) Leaf -> Articuno (composure) Blue -> Zapdos (wit)

Since there's not really much lore for the Legendary Birds (at least not that I can find---there's a bit from the movies but I don't typically work with the animated stuff as source material), I had a very vague starting point, so I decided to go off their elements when selecting traits. Fire is often associated with burning, consuming passion---but Red isn't exactly the most animated guy in canon. Instead of being outwardly enthused, he has a much more mellow but no less intense love for pokemon. Big or small, tough or weak, he has a soft spot for them all. However, he also happens to have a talent for battling that Oak picks up on, for which he encouraged him (to a maddening degree) to pick up battling and eventually the Indigo League. Yet all the nagging and expectations---from nearly everyone around him, not just Oak---wears down on him, and it takes a forfeited match and an extended trip to the coldest, most isolated place in the region to recall that old flame... Blue takes after his grandfather in that he has a lightning-quick intelligence---not that Oak ever seems to be particularly impressed. In a family full of extraordinary people, Blue only ever seems to be extra ordinary. As a result, he goes out of his way to appear confident and cocky, though it's less about having an inferiority complex and more so just wanting to be noticed. He's even compared to Red constantly, who is objectively the better battler and who is the main reason Blue takes on the gym challenge himself. But on his journey, his self-assurance actually causes him to make dumb mistake after dumb mistake that culminates in the loss at the Indigo League. Then Red goes missing all of a sudden, and Blue's left to pick up the pieces of his ego while he and Leaf travel through the Sevii Islands. Out of the trio, Leaf is most definitely the most unfazed. It's not that she's particularly peaceful---watching one of Blue's and hers many arguments will instantly prove otherwise---but overall she's not nearly as passionate as Red or as outspoken as Blue. In fact, she can show an almost icy apathy at times. When Blue returns to Pallet Town without Red and without a Champion title, she's the one to suggest they head out to the Sevii Islands and take a break. But as the situation on the archipelago worsens, Blue digs them into deeper trouble with the remnants of Team Rocket, and they continue to hear nothing but radio silence from Red, Leaf's first instinct is to shove it all down like none of it particularly matters.

Lyra -> Lugia (empathy) Silver -> Ho-Oh (justice)

Ok, this one might need a little explaining since I kind of had to extrapolate here (Lugia's ocean/storm thing is way too close to Kyogre to just go with something water-related, and Ho-Oh is kinda just Moltres But Cooler in a way). In the Tower Duo's legend, the Brass Tower burned down in a rainstorm, during which Lugia tried to quell the fires with the wind. However, that put the rest of Ecruteak in danger, so Lugia had to stand aside and let it burn---its empathy led to its own downfall, so to say. Then Ho-Oh came along and revived the pokemon that had died in the tower (the Legendary Beasts), but fixing the injustice that happened to the Beasts caused the townsfolk to drive them away. Also, we're ignoring the whole blurb about trainers who can "touch the souls of pokemon" or have a "pure heart" bringing the Tower Duo back---I'm regarding that as a legend that's more so about people and pokemon as collectives regaining trust in one another (remember, trying to avoid chosen ones here). Anywaysss, moving on to Lyra and Silver! Lyra is a very empathic person, but she relates to pokemon far more than she does people. She's used to going along with anything and watching the world move on around her, so when she's faced with actual conflict, she struggles to go out of her way to help. Meanwhile, Silver has no problem calling out such infractions when he sees them, but he often fails to consider the fallout when trying to confront it---especially how it'll affect his own pokemon. Their arcs throughout HGSS involve learning from each other (as in their arcs are so intwined it's extremely difficult to discuss them separately) until by the end, Lyra becomes Champion and gains the power and motivation to help everyone, while Silver is... well, he's stuck reevaluating his entire worldview and goes through a teeny tiny itty bitty little existential crisis, but that's a story for another day (aka spoilers that I would like to cover in its own post). Originally, the plan was to pair the johtags to each Legendary Beast with Kris, Ethan, and Lyra relating to Raikou, Entei, and Suicune respectively. However, the fire/water/electric combo felt way too similar to the kantrio kids, and I couldn't really come up with anything original that felt like it would fit. I feel like I can justify it though considering both Kris's and Ethan's journeys have nothing to do with the plot of HGSS (Kris's takes place a few years before during GSC and Ethan's doing his own thing with Eusine during HGSS) sooo......

Brendan -> Groudon (structure?) May -> Kyogre (entropy?) Wally -> Rayquaza (ambition?)

I'll be completely honest here, I've barely fleshed out the Hoenn trio. like. at all. so I won't say much here for fear of writing something that I don't agree with later. But! I can say that while the kanjoh kids all start off with their defining traits, I want Brendan, May, and Wally to work up to theirs. Other than that, I'd have to do way more research into the characters and plotline to come up with a decent semi-faithful interpretation, so this is my formal apology to all the Hoenn fans reading this :( I'll get to it someday I promise!!!!

Dawn -> Mespirit (emotion) Lucas -> Azelf (willpower) Barry -> Uxie (knowledge)

Since I've saved the Creation Trio for PLA, the Sinnoh kids get the Lake Guardians! It's easy pickings, too, since they've already got characteristics practically built into them. I know the matchup here mighttt look off considering the character's in-game personalities, but hear me out on this: Dawn starts out on her pokemon journey purely to spite her mother and becomes Champion mostly because she can. If that's not emotional-led thinking, I don't know what is. She certainly doesn't act emotional half the time---she's level-headed, and clever enough to get herself out of all the trouble she causes---but there is very much a reason why she and Barry get along so well. In addition to that, she does hold a very firm belief that certain things should go certain ways and she will do just about everything to ensure they do. In that respect, she can come across as quite entitled, but it isn't inherently in a mean-spirited fashion. She just needs to figure out what's worth fighting for and what isn't. Lucas is much more stubborn than he typically lets on. He does come off as a little awkward and even bumbling at times, but he's also a trainer on par with Dawn and Barry. Considering he's a dedicated research assistant underneath Rowan and Dawn/Barry are full-time trainers, it'd take quite a bit of commitment to train his team enough to keep up. It takes quite a bit of convincing to get him to back down from something once he's set on it. If something's false, he has to correct it (it's not about him being right, it's about getting the facts straight), and if he doesn't agree with a rule, he'll simply ignore it (why should a rule exist if it's stupid anyways?) Though it can be inconvenient at times, it's exactly this attitude that allows him to survive getting blasted back to ancient Hisui. Also a fun fact: Lucas is the only protag to officially have two legendary associations, as his character correlates to Azelf and Dialga in DPPt and PLA respectively (Akari gets Palkia, and you'll never guess who Giratina is left to... >_> ). Barry loves to learn, he just can't focus for the life of him. He's constantly the first to know and the first on the scene, he always uses his losses as a chance to reflect and improve his team, and he even goes out of his way to memorize all he can at the Trainers' School in Jubilife. That's not to say he especially cares about learning subjects outside of his interests, but he absolutely does get sucked deep into whatever catches his eye. Especially after Lucas's disappearance, he devotes all his free time to research just so he can figure out what happened to his friend---and just possibly, with some help, he manages to catch a lead...

[yakool-foolio]

Playing the Ace Attorney series with my buds fresh off of Rain Code has been great cause otherwise I wouldn't be brainstorming up my interpretation of Vivia's home life and be whacked with 'SPIRIT MEDIUM PARENTS' to jumpstart my foundation for everything else going on in his family life.

[jessicas-pi]

I can have motivation. and I can have ideas. BUT NOT AT THE SAME TIME APPARENTLY.