#If yes a snippet of the rewrite will be released

[lovemidnighteclipse12]

And to sweeten this potential rewrite if at the end of the voting time its a yes majority I'll release an snippet of the new rewritten version of the maribat family soulbound au

Potential Rewrite

I've been considering this for a while, for a really long time and depending on what you guys say will depend if I do rewrite it

Do I do a rewrite of the maribat family soulbound au that I wrote a few years ago?

Ofcourse it's going to be different it's going to be less salt and make actual sense and I do have a new plot line for it soooo?

Poll will last for a week so if you see this and you know about this fanfic I did please vote and share to anyone who also knows about this and maybe wants a rewrite and improved version of it.

Masterlist to said maribat family soulbound au

[lifeafterartsch00l]

The answer is yes, yes they have plz see below~

✨MY FAVE KAKAIRU FICS✨

A change of pace this week from the usual sasunaru programming to celebrate Naruto’s gay dads, feat. my terrible memes

As per usual, I’ll try and find the authors to tag them, if you know who they are on tumblr, plz tag them in the comments! 💖

He ships it

Worship by decaf_kitty

Careful it’s hot 🥵

Beloved decaf kitty, may your coffee never be bitter, may your pillow be the perfect temperature, and you never get writer’s block ❤️ amen! Please read this one shot it’s AMAZING

“Additional Tags: Slow Build, Romance, Resolved Sexual Tension, Explicit Sexual Content, Begging, Inappropriate Use of the Sharingan

Summary: Late at night, Kakashi and Iruka randomly meet at a ramen stand... One little conversation later, they're in Kakashi's bedroom, with Iruka on his knees, and a blushing Kakashi staring down at the sensei between his bare thighs”

Kintsugi by The_Rivers_Dark

She ships it

I excitedly followed each new chapter release of this fic 💕 most incredible descriptions of intimacy, a fantastic writer 💕 also Tsunade tries to meddle and it’s just terrific (read it to find out if it works tehe) 💕 so wonderful, a comforting fic like a warm hug (but also really sexy idk man I’m not a writer clearly haha).

“Additional Tags: Mutual Pining, Hurt/Comfort, less hurt more comfort, Comfort, hurt comfort that turns to comfort, hurt comfort that turns to comfort erotica, comfort erotica, Erotica, mutual pining to mutual love, Love, Romance, Smut, Shameless Smut, Sex, Explicit Sexual Content, come for the erotica stay for the comfort, come for the comfort stay for the erotica, if it’s broken fix it and never let it out of your sight again, painting with muted colours never suited my literary palette, Tsunade as a cockblock device and a meddler, plot arc what plot arc, pacing what pacing, Whirlwind Romance, we’re all about the comfort here, Roommates, And then they were roommates, Eventual marriage, Marriage, they get married at the end, Getting Together, Sweet/Hot, Happy Ending, for all you Kakashi-level perverts out there sexy tags include but are not limited to, Frotting, Mutual Masturbation, Oral Sex, Anal Sex, Anal Fingering, Hair-pulling, Nipple Play, 69 (Sex Position), Spanking, Fingerfucking, Blindfolds, it doesn’t count as a threesome if one of them is a shadow clone, Sweet, Spicy, sweet and spicy, Rimming, Snippet beta we die like Akatsuki villains only to be resurrected again, Domestic, Cuddling & Snuggling, Idiots in Love, Light Bondage, versatile lovers, Top Hatake Kakashi, Top Umino Iruka, Belonging

Summary:

Kintsugi: The Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of an object's history, rather than something to disguise.

(Iruka gets heavily injured in a mission gone wrong. Problem is, Tsunade knows he won't stay in the hospital long enough to recuperate. Kakashi finds himself volunteering to be his carer. As they get closer, the tension between them reaches a boiling point. Complete.)”

Unspoken by RenGoneMad

Incredible canon-compliant rewrite where Kakashi and Iruka meet much earlier (kind of, you’ll see). And Kakashi has a long time cruuuuuuush 😜 the banter/flirting is really cute. The pacing and development of the relationship is so so good! The way the author gets into their heads is just great. Both 🔥 & heartwarming! ❤️

“Additional Tags: Romance, Slow Burn, Anbu Hatake Kakashi, Fluff and Angst, Hatake Kakashi-centric, POV Hatake Kakashi, Secret Identity, Canon Compliant, Canon - Manga, Complete, Kissing, Sexual Tension, Obsession, But not unhealthy or creepy, Pining, Stalking, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Character Study, Implied/Referenced Suicide, (as complies with canon)

Summary: The memorial stone should be a place to mourn the dead, a place to remember the many sins and failures that haunt Hatake Kakashi.

To Iruka, it's a place to speak to his parents, and the mysterious ANBU who listens.

Follows Kakashi from ages 14 to 29, and the many ways Iruka changes his life”

The Outcasted by yeou_bi

Sensual, erotic, all without anything explicit (yet?). They way they’re falling in love is so cute 😭 Just lovely ❤️ I hope the author writes more chapters! 😊🤞🏽

“Chapters: 3/?

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Additional Tags: Hospitalization, Illnesses, References to Illness, Loneliness, POV Alternating, Present Tense, Skin diseases, Slow Burn, Denial of Feelings, Nausea, Touch-Starved, Touching, Hurt/Comfort, Pandemics, Dysfunctional Relationships, Developing Relationship, Implied/Referenced Homophobia, Internalized Homophobia, Bullying, Discrimination

Summary: During the outbreak of a mysterious disease, Kakashi finds himself sharing a clinic room with Iruka.

What begins as simple moments of sharing the same burden slowly turns confusing. When physical touch could mean an infection, it also becomes a commodity that's hard to come by for those who are recovering”

Thank you to all the talented authors! 💕

[replicabetweenblogs]

FIRST POST-HIATUS WRITING UPDATE WOOHOOO. ALSO I NEED Y'ALLS HELP.

30.12.2024 // this is not a chapter update yet! As promised before, an update to reveal what I have been up to regarding RBU.

;-; catching up on age old asks that got thrown into my inbox while I was away on hiatus and. Yes- always made me smile reading those, but also made me quite sad for leaving the story at such a cliffhanger.

All the people hoping for a happy ending with the ROs do make me giggle- all those people pointing out all the angst make me feel quite evil for the stuff I have written down in chapter 9 already. ANYWAY!! the update!

A few lill snippets because why not.

over the past years of total and utter silence with this project gone through a never-ending hiatus, I have gotten alotta more confident(yay) yet no-where to put these skills of mine into, as my struggle in real life right now is the fact that I can’t find a proper game design job where I can flourish - I decided to try and keep said skills sharp and fresh by writing stories. so here we are again. I have been quite busy rewriting and re-defining the overarching story, and I cannot wait to have everyone see the eventual endings.

Kept it all hush hush not wanting to come back with nothing- hence the ask compilation above c:<

the chapter is going to be a BIG one. I am at 91k words, fully written out and basically done aside from one (1) path remaining. WOOHOOOO NEARLY THERE :D running towards the finish line, hence the teaser. Anyway --

FEEDBACK FORM, TEASER, REQUEST FOR EDITOR UNDER CUT!

***Feedback form! Help me reach the finish line!!***

I need your help c: for anyone who still has their saves or new players who have reached the end of chapter 8, I like to know what your stats are! I require this for proper balancing in chapter 9 as this is the chapter where the story gets split into many paths depending on some of those questions. Thank you in advance!!

what can you expect from the next update, coming up SOON?

91k wordcount so far (total, all branches, excluding code)

19k words for one single run

Romance lock-ins with Ash and Ha

consequences of your past major decisions/Character personality traits starting to finally catch up by taking the players onto whole different branches and locations altogether.

trigger warnings: implied mental and physical torture, determined character deaths

Some additional flashback sequences across chapters 6, 7 and 8 to some see things from companions' povs

The story of RBU is dark. this game has a dozen "bad" endings planned, only having one "good" ending for each individual Character/MC and main story in general. It's not for just the sake of drama and shock value, as I want this game to reach a very specific "lesson" which effect will be taken away if everything ended in a too-good-to-be-true way. Just a gentle warning!

main story lock-in!! Coded out some branches already for the next chapters. Chapter 10 will be the end of part 2, and part 3 will be more of a 2-chapter endgame with a chapter dedicated to an epilogue afterward. So we are really getting close to the end if I keep this up, and will stop updating the public link once reaching part 3. Will be making an announcement for private betas by then probably, but that'd be like... when I am on my deathbed at the age of 92, most likely.

I really hope you guys will be enjoying the absurdly long chapter. Did a few bold moves regarding the direction the story is going towards which I had been planning and iterating for since the very start of RBU regarding final revelations, hoping some puzzle pieces will be satisfyingly falling into place.

RBU is really about regret and acceptance regarding our decisions and mistakes, and how different types of people deal with it (badly).. so there are no "good" or "bad" endings or choices, really. BUT there is always a "worse" and "worst" so uh. Beware :')

Looking for a paid/voluntary editor!!

To help with the reconstruction of weird sentences, taking out grammar mistakes, eliminating the bad spelling, and bonking teenage-firefly on the head for her bad storytelling. plus points if you could help with the phasing even, perhaps like some kind of a beta reader- yet not too focused on it right now, as I'm just wanting to make the old chapters flow nicer.

shoot me a message if you are wanting to help out! Either on the forums, over here, or shoot me a DM! as I am @fireflyy on the official COG discord server.

For the sake of consistency, I am hoping to get help from one available editor for now. so please do let me know of your experiences if you are wanting to help out!!

You shall be credited within RBU's main screen

See you all soon <3 and a happy new year!!

[eirenical]

I never manage to catch WiP Wednesday on Wednesday, but I'm particularly happy with this passage, so how about a WiP Sunday? ;D

From my "The Donghai Battle was a Hatefuck" fic that that is also "let's rewrite canon so that Di Feisheng ends up traveling the jianghu with Li Lianhua for those ten years." This snippet happens not long after Di Feisheng finds Li Lianhua again after they've both recovered from the battle. Enjoy? ^_^

The first snippet shared from this fic, in case anyone is interested.

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"If we are making bargains, then I can demand a price in return, can I not?"

Li Lianhua let out a breathless laugh and waved a hand down at himself.  "If it is my body you want in trade, then that will be a poor bargain indeed, Di-mengzhu.  I'm afraid it isn't worth quite as much as it once was."

"Though I disagree, that is not the price I would demand of you."

"Oh?  What then?  What price is worth your noninterference in my choices?"

Di Feisheng's grip on Li Lianhua's elbow loosened, sliding up along his arm to his shoulder in a gentle caress.  Li Lianhua shuddered in spite of himself.  Finally, Di Feisheng released him and took a step back.  "I've chased after you long enough.  Now that I've caught you, don't make me chase you any further."

No more running.

No more independence.

No more privacy.

What Di Feisheng was asking… it was everything.  Far more than his body would have been worth for certain.  In this one question, he was asking Li Lianhua to give up the only thing he had left of any value at all: his freedom.

Quietly he whispered, "How can you ask that of me?"

Lowering his voice in kind, Di Feisheng answered, "Because without that promise, no other promise I can extract from you will mean a thing.  I have come to know Li Lianhua well enough to know that much, at least."  He brushed gentle fingers along Li Lianhua's cheek, leaning in close to whisper his next words directly into Li Lianhua's ear.  "Let me stay, Xiangyi.  That's all I ask."

For just a moment, Li Lianhua let himself lean into that warmth, that strength, let himself test, if only for a moment, if he could let himself depend on it.  Heart pounding harder in his chest with every second that went by, Li Lianhua counted each beat as it slammed against his ribcage.  At the seventh one, he couldn't take it any longer.  Trembling, he jerked away, one word that he already regretted uttering hanging in the air between them as he ducked around Di Feisheng and fled into the crowd.

"Yes."

[starsreminisce]

I want to know more about post-necklace Elucien please!! [from your WIP post]

Of course, you picked my Secret Relationship AU oneshot, haha.

With close to 10k words, I'm currently rewriting the end. I'm struggling with pacing and questioning whether it even makes sense, but I had this headcanon where Elain-with-Lucien is completely different from Elain-with-her-family. I wanted to explore a different dynamic between Elain and Lucien after the necklace incident (something I've written about more than once) but recapping their relationship from the end of ACOWAR.

Since it's almost finished, here are some snippets of my favorite passages:

Standing before his door, she mustered the courage to knock. No response. She increased the intensity of her knocks, soon verging on kicking as an overwhelming urge took hold of her.

Eventually, he opened the door, peering out with drowsy irritation. She braced herself for the disruption of his sleep and met his expectant gaze.

"I don't want to be alone right now," Elain murmured softly, attempting to widen her eyes pleadingly.

He sniffed the air and bared his teeth, curtly responding, "Go warm his bed."

With a dismissive slam of the door, she sighed in frustration again, finding her mate's attitude upon being woken quite lacking. Even if she probably did smell like another male.

Resorting to a combination of knocking and kicking, she persisted until he reluctantly reopened the door, a snarl on his face.

"Wrong room," he growled.

Just as he was about to slam the door again, she blurted, "I want to sleep in this room, in your bed, with you, until I'm ready to leave tonight."

Meeting his narrowed slits with a smug smile, the magic of their bargain started to take effect, and his russet eye glowed. People often underestimated her quick thinking and need for precision in her wording due to Lucien's craftiness. If she had a sense of humor, she might have enjoyed that about him, but it often left her frustrated, especially when he gloated.

"This is why I hate bargains," he muttered.

"Is that a yes?"

They cautiously scanned the hallway to ensure their privacy.

"Only if you remove that shit and take a bath before coming to bed. You reek of him," Lucien said, leaving the door slightly ajar.

"So grumpy," she teased as she entered.

----

What had truly stung, perhaps more than anything, was the ease with which Lucien had released her. It made her feel as though she were the only one still clinging to the potential of their connection, while he had moved on effortlessly. The rawness of that realization pierced through her, and it was a hurt she hadn't anticipated. 

He had continued avoiding her, and the pain deepened as he ceased to ensure her well-being. She no longer needed excuses to leave his presence, as he never lingered after his visits to Velaris, regardless of Feyre's requests or Rhys’s demands. His avoidance even extended to questions about her and his waning interest in her affairs. It was apparent in the way he stopped asking about her altogether.

The pain intensified as Azriel, too, began to limit his interactions with her, creating distance between them. It was peculiar how it was easier for her to grapple with the sadness of Azriel's avoidance than to confront the stark reality of Lucien's actions. She knew that Lucien couldn't evade her indefinitely, given the binding nature of their connection, but Azriel's deliberate choice to distance himself was entirely his own prerogative.

In an ironic twist, Lucien's avoidance hurt even more than Azriel's. It was evident that he was successfully battling against his instincts, and that realization cut deeper.

She left the bed and leaned against the doorjamb. Her gaze lingered on the image of him, his half-closed eyes revealing his annoyance at being woken up, as he carefully swirled the water, mixing in the jasmine and honey oils into her bath. The fragrant scent filled the room, creating an ambiance of relaxation and intimacy.

"Make sure to wash your hair too," he instructed in a soft, husky tone. "I want no trace of him."

Elain couldn't help but flash him a coy smile. "Can you shampoo my hair then?"

He was awake enough to shoot her a withering look, his eyes locking onto hers. "I am not shampooing it."

"Do you want me to dry it instead?" he offered, breaking the tension that had been building in the room.

She nodded, making an effort to keep her focus on his face and not his bare body. Looking down would only lead to daydreams, and daydreams would lead to desires, which would, in turn, lead to requests he denied.

"Your bath's ready," he said as he turned off the water. "I'll fetch you a nightgown and underwear."

A furrow creased Elain’s brow as she countered, "No, you're a furnace when you sleep. I'll just take it off later."

Lucien replied flatly, "You're not coming to bed naked. You can sleep naked in your own bed."

With an eyebrow raised, Elain retorted, "You're naked right now!"

Too late, she looked down, and her mouth went dry from his magnificent sight. His body was a canvas of sinewy muscle, and a fox wearing a flower crown tattoo of their bargain was positioned conveniently on his lower hip. The only tattoo on his body. Hers alone. Her imagination began to wander, contemplating the places her lips might travel, the tastes her tongue might savor, and intimately aware how Lucien would respond. It was a momentary distraction that took her to the edge of indecent thoughts, only to be yanked back by Lucien's firm voice.

"—my bed and my sleep you interrupted!" He broke her reverie with an exasperated tone.

She raised her chin defiantly, her eyes sparkling mischievously. "You didn't specify that as a condition when you agreed."

Elain couldn't help but smile sweetly as he responded with a more sarcastic version of his own. She relished these moments when she outwitted him.

"I'm putting pants on," he responded, his tone laced with annoyance.

----

“How?” she croaked, her voice a raspy whisper. “It’s clear they don’t think of me as capable if they wanted Nesta to go.”

He pondered for a moment, a playful glint in his eyes. “I’ll kidnap you.”

A surprised giggle escaped her lips, “You’ll kidnap me?”

“It worked for Feyre,” he shrugged nonchalantly, brushing away more tears. “Rhys kidnapped her, and now she’s High Lady of Night. I’ll kidnap you, and you can be …”

“Emissary?”

“I don’t know how I feel about you taking my job.”

“Assistant Emissary, then.”

“Assistant to the Emissary,” Lucien said smugly, a mischievous smile playing on his lips. "You'll need to learn how I like my tea."

Elain rolled her eyes. “I feel it's more apt to say how much tea you would like in your milk.”

“Is that so?” Lucien’s grin grew wider. “I didn’t realize you’ve been watching how I like my milky tea.”

“Because it’s disgusting,” Elain retorted. “I watch you in horror and disgust.”

Lucien chuckled. “And yet you still keep watching.”

----

It didn’t matter that she and Lucien had spent the day holding hands, wandering through the Palace of Bone and Salt while the rest of the Inner Circle were occupied elsewhere. It didn’t matter that they stayed in the kitchen, engaged in conversation, teasing, and laughter as Elain prepared the feast. It didn’t matter that she caught a whiff of his arousal, prompting her to express her desires, telling him she wanted to know what he wanted to do to her at that very moment before he approached, bared her ass, and immersed himself in her so deeply that she saw stars—kneading her breasts as she kneaded the dough before her.

"What matters," he whispered, hot breath against her ear, "is that you have work to do. Concentrate."

She whimpered, struggling to concentrate on shaping the bread as he moved deliberately and gently, exploiting her desire for roughness. "Harder," she growled.

"Oh, no, shy little fawn," he teased, his timbre sending shivers through her body. "You need to concentrate."

She sighed as he continued to thrust at a glacial pace, working quickly to finish her task as he peered over her shoulder. Desperate for more friction, she ground her hips against his, attempting to compensate for the deliberate slowness, but he kept her steady, growling at her to concentrate once again.

[fwitolei]

Wish: The City of Dreams - Concept Soundtrack

I haven't talked about Wish in a while, so let's fix that--

SO I have talked about this project for a little bit now and since I just finished rewriting all of my lyrics, I think it's time to release some info on the soundtrack!

First thing's first, here's the Spotify playlist:

Stronger than Ever Before By: Tangled The Series Cast

So this song is like an alternate "Welcome to Rosas" kinda thing. It introduces the plot, and showed how the kingdom has changed since the end of Wish (how everyone's doing now that Magnifico is gone, etc.)

This song also introduces the events that are to occur later in the film, which is the return of Sophia, or the "Jewel" of Rosas. I've added snippets of Sophia traveling through the kingdom as the song goes on in the screenplay, which I will be sharing soon :)

Princess Rising (Original Title: The Moon Rises) By: Ponyphonic & fritoley

This is the first song that I completely rewrote. This was originally a MLP song, but I changed up the lyrics to fit the story. In this song, Sophia is coming to the realization that no, everything is not better now that Magnifico is gone, and she's going to do something about it.

I'm going to be adding a bunch of magic in this song, as well as a time bubble in which she looks into the past and sees what exactly happened to her beloved father (reminiscent of a certain Disney character with the gift of foresight 🐀).

Good to be Royalty (Original Title: Good to Be King) By: Journey to Bethlehem Cast & fritoley

While in the Wish fandom, I saw a LOT of people talking about this song and how it would be an AMAZING villain Magnifico song, so I thought it would be a really great idea to include it in the film.

However, it's not just Magnifico singing this song. I decided to turn this song into a duet, so it's not a total rewrite, like Princess Rising. I've edited some of the lyrics, as well as rewriting the second pre-chorus (you'll know when you see it).

Let Me Make You Proud By: Tangled The Series Cast

This is the song Asha is going to sing when the "villains" have taken over the kingdom, and she realizes what she must do to save Rosas. Due to Sophia being the "protagonist" of this film, I really wanted to put Asha in a more "antagonist" role, even though she's not evil. I wanted to put her in a tough position where she has to see the errors of her ways in order to move forward, and I think this song is the way to do it.

The Man I Used To Be By: Thomas Borchert

Believe it or not, this is a Magnifico song. I know what you're thinking; wasn't he just a power-hungry supervillain in Good To Be Royalty? Yes, he was, but just like how I saw many people in love with a truly villain Magnifico, we also loved the idea that Magnifico wasn't actually the villain.

So why does he sing this song?

This is meant to be his "redemption" song, where just like how Asha sees where she went wrong, Magnifico comes to realize that the things he did were wrong, and he wants to change for his family. He sees how his mistakes are affecting his daughter, Sophia, and he doesn't want her to follow in his footsteps to defeat.

Ready As I'll Ever Be By: Tangled The Series Cast

This is where all parties come together for the final battle. Sophia is getting ready to unleash her big spell to take total control of the kingdom forever. Asha and The Seven Teens are rallying to fight back. Even Amaya and Magnifico have come together to save their daughter. It's a classic good guys vs. bad guys fight that's sure to have you cheering on your favorites.

Let Me Make You Proud (Reprise) By: Tangled The Series Cast & fritoley

This is a pivotal point in the story, where Asha and Co. finally defeat Sophia. As you can hear, the original does NOT fit the theme I'm going for, so these lyrics were rewritten as well. The way the final notes start as quiet and serene and build up as the tension rises is a great way to portray the difficult choices all the characters made to get to where they are now.

So there you have it! I know I adopted like half of the Tangled series soundtrack but whatever floats our boats yk--

Feel free to give a listen to the songs you're unfamiliar with, and let me know what you think!

[sparklecryptid]

and the prophets still sing snippet #1 chapter 1

“Have you forgotten what month it is?” She teases. Ace frowns, it’s the rainy season on Galahd. It’s March. What is so important about March- Oh. Ace is grateful that his dark skin hides the burn in his cheeks. Katrina looks at him and laughs. “Yes my boy, it’s your birthday tomorrow. How could I not treat you?”

Look. All I'm saying is that we are getting a lot more Mom Time in this fic. With All the Moms.

(also surprise! I'll be releasing snippets for the first five chapters of the rewrite of the royal bastard au for the four weeks! and then I will begin posting the chapters on ao3)

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The 51 Post

Figured I'd start some kind of digest!

Contents:

Things You Might Have Missed

This Week's Jams

WIP Breakdowns

From the Skwad

Around the 'Blr

Things You Might Have Missed:

I've got a taglist form now! Because who doesn't love a good form?

BRHP: Chapter 14 posted; Atria learns the meaning of touch starvation and really, really misses her dad.

WIP Intro: Caught in the Crossfire (18+)

WIP Intro: The Arsonist Chronicles (18+)

WIP Whenever (Open Tag): BRHP chapter 15 snippet; pop pop is having a time time

Crossing Over: the 5th entry into the Lighthouse in the Fog shorts; a new player has entered the fray, and a familiar face reappears.

Vampire Council lore and vampire origins lore

Aria/Omega snippety snip

This Week's Jams:

friends like these || Brassie [spotify/youtube]

Little Girl Gone || CHINCHILLA [spotify/youtube]

EVERGREEN || PVRIS [spotify/youtube]

Eyes on Fire || Gold Souls [spotify/youtube]

WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER || Cami Petyn [spotify/youtube]

Lizard Lady || Laura Doggett [spotify/youtube]

WIP Breakdowns:

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Chapter 15 should be coming out later today, with 16 slated for release sometime late this week or early next week. I'm finally in the chapters that don't require a ton of rewrites; most of what I've been doing is adding content. The whole thing is outlined through chapter 30 though! Since this is my entry for WIP Big Bang, updates will "stop" at chapter 18, since that's what I had published before the rewrites. After that, you'll have to wait for the release date! Which also means I have to wait for the release date for the serotonin, and that's going to be a nightmare.

Unlikely Adventures of Bitchface and Go F*ck Yourself

At this point, it's just a matter of making myself work on it. About a third of chapter 9 is written and the entirety of Act II is outlined.

Blinding Neon, Shades of Grey

nervous laughter

Stellar Parallax

Fuck, I missed this WIP. I missed Jane especially, she's so fun to write -- I'm about a third of the way into chapter 9 and it seems to be flowing pretty well? I just wanna get to the part where she and Saren beat the shit out of each other LMAO

Lighthouse in the Fog

Dunno if y'all saw, but the lighthouse keeper stories have a tag and a tentative title now! It's going to remain as a series of loosely connected shorts, and that may very well be what I end up doing with Xatal as well. Anyway, we have some lore groundwork laid! Look out for the 6th short later today!

In the Works

I still have questions in my inbox that I am absolutely getting to! I've also got a bunch of unanswered tags in my drafts and Notion. Losing a week and a half of planned answer time threw my schedule WAY off. Submission for SSSC #006 is in the planning stage. Hannah and the MILF Squad Get Up To No Good is about 30% written and fully outlined. I have... so many Kryterius prompts left to fill, and so many more spotify wrapped prompts left, send help. Still working on separating out the Daddy Issues smutshots, hoping to finish up the rewrites for the F!Shali one before the end of July. TIPYNTS is most likely going to come out in October, and by then I'm hoping to have a backlog of chapters to make posting more consistent.

From the Skwad:

Door's always open! 18+ writing server for both fanworks and original works! Camp is starting soon! We also have a flash fiction challenge and three bingo cards running until the end of the month!

@teamdilf continues to absolutely baffle me with her productivity here we go: A Cheesy Situation is now complete, ch 16 of Alice's Adventures in Andromeda is live, ch 18 of The In-Laws and the Grandparents is live, A Night in the IKEA dropped which I'm absolutely dying over, and that's not even all of it. holy shit J i don't know how you do it but i'll have whatever you're having thx

@thetrashbagswasteland dropped ch 4 of the Sunseeker rewrite and I'm adsfdafdadsf yes. thank you king

@sparatus is tearing me to fucking pieces with Make Less the Depth of Grief. i hate you (i love you)

@uraniumwriting also obliterated me with their FFF entry.

@wrathbites is back and I'm literally beside myself I missed the Vampire AU so fucking much.

oops @commander-krios got me invested in Star Wars please look at this.

@starknstarwars updated Smuggler's Ruin aaaaaaaaaaaaa

A few of our members participated in Shenko Summer!! @dandenbo wrote Volta and @mrsd-writes wrote both We Got Here the Hard Way and Forever Home!

@regalbois dropped a new original oneshot and has been going bananas over Bioshock lately and gifting us MORE mlm deliciousness, ch 3 of Magnum Opus went live last night.

@inflarescent has a new wippppp aaaaaaa -- intro post for The Roulette Paradox here!

@discoeffect updated Far From Any Road and I am devouring the first book so I can read this one!!

Around the 'Blr:

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I'm literally still thinking about @captain-kraken's Heitha translator.

@void-botanist dropped some witch lore I'm eating with a spoon.

@tc-doherty ALSO popped off with the conlang.

The dates IRL are lining up with the dates in @elshells's Agent Ace EXCITING also a new chapter is dropping probably by the time I post this lmao

@liv-is dropped this GOLDMINE of relationship writing tips also TIL what Liv does for a living not sorry

@writernopal first of all made me absolutely CRY being sweet in the tags last night and also dropped an aasoaf 3 sneep while i was composing this thank you my friend i needed the energy snack

did y'all see Find the Word XVIII from @artdecosupernova-writing i'm going FERAL

@tabswrites's Silver Sentinels has a second chapter, I am VIBRATING

@oh-no-another-idea just slid in with this little diddy that i LOVE.

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[guardianlioness]

Wip ask game: I gotta ask about Lucky Ones or Lucky Ones Final Mix. Is that a rewrite? I'm so intrigued.

Yep, you nailed it! It’s my re-edit/additional work for Lucky Ones.

The name for the file is a joke on the Kingdom Hearts series. They often release slightly remastered versions of the KH games with the subtitle “Final Mix.” They have tightened gameplay, bonus content, and sometimes entirely additional features—so it felt appropriate.

I have over 5 chapters already on paper for the story. I have a full scene breakdown. I know exactly where everything is going, up to and including the ending.

The problem is that my actual prose skill set has changed so drastically that I can’t bring myself to wrap it up. 😭 I literally stopped drafting right before the scene I was the most excited to write! (It was an Inko scene, for the record. Love her. 💖)

Going to tuck my snippet under a Read More, and it is a bit long, with a little bit of a blanket blood/scary situation TW.

(I’m not sure how to properly note the specifics—apologies. The situation is a little weird. Just know there’s nonviolent gore, loss of control, and one very freaked out child who isn’t actually in any danger from the adult that’s scaring him.)

“Mr. Toshinori, you’re scaring me.”

The man exhaled, the noise the only indication of where he stood in the dark. “I’m scared too, kid. But you’re going to be alright.”

“I don’t understand.”

The room was still thick with the raw, bitter smell, and Izuku’s stomach twisted in panic as the rail on the side of his bed rattled.

“No, you don’t. But we’re running out of time. I have a way out, but only if I pass it to you now.”

A way out? Muscles seizing, Izuku tried to struggle back upright. The deep ache spiked as he moved. He clenched his teeth against it, pushing back, and—

“Green. Kid. Stop.”

The knot in Izuku’s gut pulled tight. “Mr. Toshinori— ”

“Will you trust me?”

Izuku swallowed, settled back down and let the pain in his limbs ease. He steadied himself, fighting to master the shaky panic and rising pulse. A way out.

An escape.

All it raised was questions. If Mr. Toshinori had a secret weapon, why had it not come into play sooner? Was there something about the surveillance? A drawback or caveat? The uncertainty of it nagged, like an itch at the back of Izuku’s mind.

But Mr. Toshinori was kind, and trust— trust was a choice.

“Yes.”

A beat of silence passed, and then the darkness flickered. Motion, not light, faster than he could track. Something slick and warm clamped down over his face.

Izuku jerked, but as his jaws parted to shout, fingers dug in under his chin.

Metal. There was metal in his mouth, metal, and salt, and sour. The smell of it burned in his nose, pooled against his teeth, dripped down to the back of his throat. Breathe— he couldn’t breathe—

He twitched again, choking as the liquid tried to slip into his lungs.


“It’s going to be alright. I’m sorry, kid. I’m so sorry, but I promise you’re okay.”



Soft. The voice was soft, the way it’d be for a caged animal, a child after a nightmare.

He couldn’t breathe. Lungs pulled for air, but there was no air, only the raw scent on his tongue, the liquid catching at the back of his mouth.

“Easy. Easy, it’s okay.”

Sparks popped at the corners of Izuku’s vision, hazy and bright against the black.

And then he weight was gone. The pressure at his jaw, the hand covering his mouth, gone. He coughed, spluttered, spitting out the acrid tang of copper.

He breathed.

The steel-edged taste was still there, bitter and overwhelming, and some of it still settled in his throat, but he breathed.

A hand brushed over his hair as he twitched and spasmed, starburst haze glowing in his periphery.

“You’re so brave, kid. Be brave for just a little longer. Be brave—and live.”

[stabbyfoxandrew]

FAQ

Hi guys! Sometimes I get repeat questions so I thought I'd make this FAQ post. I think I've covered everything. If you think of anything else that needs to be added, please let me know! <3

What is WIP Wednesday? It's a little game I started doing because of Ash, aka jtl-fics. It’s sort of a way to motivate me to write. And this way I’m able to release tiny little installments each week instead of having to finish whole chapters before I post. It's been so helpful. I've written more since last August than I had in years.

Okay, cool. So, how does WIPW work? When Wednesday rolls around, wait for my WIPW post to appear on your dash then you can send me an ask with your request. After I get done writing, I'll answer your ask with a snippet. :)

Please note: ~ I only take WIPW asks on Wednesdays, hence the name. ~ My ask box button will say either ‘wipw open 🔓’ or 'wipw closed 🔒’. Please do not send asks after it’s closed. ~ I do not answer asks in order anymore. I answer all of one AU’s requests, then move through the rest until I’m done. ~ The length of the snippets varies, based on how the POV changes or how the scenes fall. It also depends on my mental health. ~ Please be patient with me. I’m just a little guy. ≽^•⩊•^≼

What fics do you work on for WIPW? I have six ongoing projects to choose from, they're listed on my pinned post.

Can I send more than one request on WIPW? Please don't, unless I've said otherwise! Getting too many asks stresses me out and if I allow one person to send multiple, I have to let everyone. So, just pick your favorite please! Someone else will ask for the others.

Are your WIPs ever going to be on AO3? Yes! When they're closer to being finished I plan to tidy them up— make minor edits, check for continuity problems, grammar, etc— and post them to AO3! This won't be happening for a long while, so please feel free to go ahead and read them here if you're interested. :)

How do I read your AUs in order? Each of my AUs has a 'masterpost', a post where I link to each and every piece ever written. You can use it to click through and read each piece in order. Alternatively, if you're brand new to my fics you can click the link on the masterpost for a chronological view of the AU's tag! :)

Can I reblog WIPW posts? Absolutely! It makes me really happy when you do!

How can I leave comments on WIPW stuff? You can reblog a post and put comments in the tags, reply to the post, or send me an ask with questions or comments about my AUs! Though I might not answer every comment I receive, I appreciate them all so much. Y'all don't even know.

Do you like fanart? Yes. I love it. I adore it. I will give you my firstborn child. You don't even understand. I've received fan art from three or four people and I still think about them every single day. That being said, if you do make fan art please tag me in the post (@/stabbyfoxandrew) or send me an ask/ message with the link so I can see! 🥺 I'll also link your art in the masterposts so everyone else can find it! <3

Okay, okay. That's all great but do you have any finished fics? Yep! There's several oneshots on my AO3! :3

When are you going to update cosmic lost and found?! I don't know. TwT It got so popular (to me) so quick and I got freaked out and I haven't worked on it in ages. I'm sorry. :( I have the fic planned out, through to the end. But working on it is so hard for some reason. I shouldn't have decided to rewrite canon. :')

Can you tell me about your OCs? Yes. 🥺🥺🥺 I'm dying to tell you about them. If you'd like to know anything about my OCs please, please, please send me an ask! I love talking about them but I'm so afraid of getting on peoples' nerves. :')

Why are you taking so long to answer my ask? Because I'm just a little guy and sometimes I don't have the energy to reply right away. TwT

Can we be friends? Maybe! :) If we're mutuals and you'd like to talk to me, please feel free to send me a message. I must warn you, I'm a lot more awkward in messages than I am in my askbox. I don't know why. I'm sorry. TwT

Do you write for any other fandoms? Not at the moment. (RIP to my klance fics.)

Do you have fic recs? Possibly! It depends on if I've been reading much. You can always ask. I might have to tell you no though. :')

Do you allow translations of your fics? No.

What about podfics? Yes.

Is your name really Aerie, you know that's a clothing brand and also means bird nest? Yes. I thought I made it up when I was like 13/14. Was very distraught when I found out that wasn't true. :') But yeah. Aerie is my name and I love it.

Who's Jess? My younger sibling.

Who's Rascal? My very old cocker spaniel and the best boy ever. :3

...What's wrong with you? Oh. Many things. Some of them probably don't even have names yet.

Thanks for reading my FAQ, if you still have a question please feel free to ask! <3 aerie

[bitletsanddrabbles]

So awhile back...sometime last month, if I remember properly...@charie-caphine requested a snippet of Thomas Barrow x Peter Pelham. And I've had ideas!

One idea I don't think I have the cultural know-how to pull off. I mean, I'm familiar with other cultures and could maybe extrapolate, but mrgh. I don't think that would get me where I wanted to be with the piece.

The other requires rewatching and rewriting a full episode. Could I do it? Yes. Given everything else on my plate, is it likely to happen before I die of old age? Not so much, no.

But my brain keeps trying to come up with a sequel to Yes, Doctor and while it's generally been floundering (not to mention my beta reader accidentally blew the shit out of my next-to-last scene and can't suggest any alternatives that actually do what I want), there are some bitlets that are very firmly kicking around my brain. So I wrote one of those up.

Hope it suffices for now.

Doctor Barrow lifted a hand toward his pocket, then hesitated. “Do you mind if I smoke?” “Do I mind?” Peter asked, as amused as he was caught off guard by the question. “You’re the doctor.” “Don’t I know it,” the other man muttered, his hand moving the rest of the way to his pocket. Apparently he’d taken the question as an affirmative, because he came up with a pack of cigarettes. He fished one out, put it between his lips, and dipped into a different pocket for a lighter. “Rest of the staff won’t lay off me about it,” he grumbled as he flicked the lighter to life. “As if they don’t down enough caffeine to short out their kidneys.” He tucked tucked the lighter away as he inhaled, causing the tip of the cigarette to glow. Closing his eyes, he tilted his head back and blew a stream of smoke into the night air. Suddenly Peter didn’t care about health issues. The street lights caught the edge of the other man’s face in the darkness, picking out the line of his cheekbone and nose, turning the smoke into a twisting bloom. Without really stopping to think about it, Peter raised his camera and pressed the shutter release, capturing the image before it was gone. Without moving anything but his lips, Doctor Barrow asked, “Did you just take my picture?” One eye cracked open and found Peter in the darkness. “Um, sorry,” Peter replied, chagrined. “I’ll delete it, if you like, but it was just such an evocative image, I couldn’t help myself.” The other man opened both eyes and looked at him a moment, bemused, then said, “Let’s see it then.” Obediently Peter pulled the image up on the LCD and held it out. The doctor studied it, taking another drag as he did, although this one was nowhere near as picturesque, then shrugged. “Just don’t let anyone else at the hospital see it. I’ll never live it down.” Peter turned the camera off, ignoring the small shiver that went through him at the thought of having a picture of the other man just for him. There was probably nothing in it, after all. “I’ll keep it between the two of us. Promise.”

[serial-serializednovelreader]

Ok but this is super sweet!! I love this concept so much!! Here’s a snippet:

“Just one more time, dada!”

Jonathan rubbed his sleep-deprived eyes, smiling. It was 2 a.m. and Quincey still hadn’t drifted off to the land of dreams yet. From his extensive research, he knew toddlers had strange sleeping patterns. Some days, he would go to sleep at 10 p.m. on the dot.

Today was not one of those days.

“Very well then, but I’m only telling you up until I get to the castle. Then it’s off to sleep with you. Deal?”

Quincey’s eyes brightened in the moonlight, “Ya dada!” He giggled and it melted any annoyance Jonathan had at being kept awake away completely (which, to be fair, was very little to begin it with). After all, how could he resist his son’s adorable face?

He stood up from where he was sitting on Quincey’s bed to pull out the journal from the harrowing journey to Transylvania all those years ago. They kept it on his son’s bedroom bookshelf — along with the other records from their journey (including a phonograph with Seward’s recordings) — after Quincey had asked why his father’s hair was so white. Jonathan had tried to keep it short, but with Seward and Van Helsing there as well, they had ended up telling him the entire story. Ever since that day, he had asked to hear it almost nonstop.

Jonathan sometimes wished he would grow out of this phase, mostly for his own peace of mind. If it was up to him, they would never talk about that experience again. Remember it, sure (how could he forget it, after all?). But tell it to his son as if it were a fairytale? He couldn’t see why Quincey saw it as such an interesting story. His friends had died in front of him because of a blood-sucking parasite and he almost couldn’t stop it from happening to the one he loved most. If that had happened—

He shook those thoughts off. However he felt about it personally, he couldn’t deny Quincey anything. If he wanted to hear the story, he would tell it as many times as he wished. Besides, it was fun to see him punch an imaginary Dracula for hurting his mama and whenever they were able to have Seward and Van Helsing retell the story with them, it was full of funny voices and silly songs just to make Quincey laugh.

“Dada, pleeeeeeeaaassseee!!!!” Quincey’s lower lip wobbled and his doe brown eyes glistened.

“I’m sorry, dear, I got lost in thought.” Jonathan sat back down on the bed and opened the journal, which made more of a cracking sound than usual. He looked down at it and winced a little. It was worn with the amount of retellings. He might have to ask Mina if it was time to start rewriting it in a new journal before this one feel apart entirely.

As if he summoned her, warm arms wrapped around his chest and he felt a kiss get pressed to the top of his head. Even after all these years, butterflies were released in his stomach as if they were newlyweds.

“Didn’t I order you to go to sleep two hours ago, my love?” He hummed, holding the hands that pressed into his chest.

She kept her face pressed into his hair, stifling a laugh, “Jonathan, dear, the day you ‘order’ me to do anything is the day I’m crowned the Queen of England. You did strongly suggest it, but I missed you too much.”

He blushed a little at this and reached back to cup her cheek while staring into her eyes, “I’ll be in soon, I promise, Mina. I’m just trying to help Quincey sleep.”

She smiled, “The story again?”

“Yes.”

“Mama! Stay!” Quincey, now seeing his mother, grew more excited thinking that would entitle him to more of the story.

“Quincey, your mother needs her rest. She can help tell the story tomorrow morning.”

Mina sat next to him on the bed and kissed his cheek, “Oh, Jonathan, don’t be that way. I’m fine.” She reached over to ruffle her son’s hair, “Just for a little while, alright?”

The toddler clapped his hands in agreement. Jonathan shook his head with a rueful smile, “You’re spoiling him, you know?”

Mina grinned, “So do you. I saw you give him that extra cookie after I said he could only have one.”

“Well according to my research, a growing child needs a certain amount of food in a day and—“

“No, Jonathan, he looked at you with a sad face and you love him more than anything.”

His face flushed red and he looked to the side with a small smile, “There are two people I love more than anything, Mina. But yes, I suppose it is rather hard to resist his sad face.” Jonathan turned his head down to the journal. “Alright, Quincey, let’s begin. ‘Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May…”

Jonathan is NOT trapped in a time loop Jonathan is trapped with a toddler who keeps asking him to tell about the time mama and dada killed a vampire with his uncles (and aunt).

[wyn-n-tonic]

O!!! It’s a few days past your sleepover and I realized on my drive home yesterday I didn’t send an ask. 😭

I know you don’t write fanfic as often anymore, with your book being your main focus— which, all the updates I have mentioned so excited for you!! Eek!

So my question is, is there a character (any fandom) you never wrote for, for whatever reason, that you always wished you could have?

A second question. I’m sure the process for publishing has been incredibly stressful. I would love to know what has been on aspect that has been super rewarding so far up to this point in your journey?

💕

Hi Heidi!!

I won't write for Moon Knight. I really want to, I have stories in my brain that could fit but I don't read for Moon Knight really and I won't write it.

It has been stressful and the daily panic attacks aren't great at all. But I think that, so far, the most rewarding thing has been working with the cover designer. I got my first choice and I was amazed that she said yes at all but even more amazed when she said that she kept rereading just the little snippets that I have sent.

I'm working on rewriting the beginning right now and that part is almost finished and then it should be smooth sailing to finish the draft that will be going to beta readers. My biggest fear right now is that, due to work stress and some medical shit, I might have to push the release date back again and that kind of destroys me so I'm working as hard as I can and I appreciate all the support for it!

[butter--peanut]

Omg hiiiiiiii ✏️📕👁️

Hey there! Have the start of an ObiYam :)

(send me a 📕 and I’ll send you a snippet of or idea for a wip!)

“Yes, I brought you here. It’s a dimension without any way to return except through me, so there’s no point fighting. You may as well do what I say. I’ll return you in a few hours, safe, your memory gone. Your precious senpai won’t know any different.”

Tenzo blinked and looked around this dimly lit unnatural space, empty but for stone blocks of various shapes scattered across the ground into the endless horizon. In front of him was a man, a single eye on the right side (a Sharingan, actually, now that he looked more closely) and long scars down the right side of his face drawing instant attention. Wearing a mask, this man had appeared in his ANBU barracks in a swirly portal and grabbed his shoulder. Now they were here, the mask in the man’s hand.

The man pointed at himself. “Obito, I suppose.”

“I’m Tenzo,” he responded automatically.

“No shit.” Obito rolled his eyes. “I generally know who I’m capturing before I do it. You’re Tenzo the ROOT experiment who now works in ANBU. You have Hashirama’s cells. You use Mokuton. Fun fact: I also have Hashirama’s cells, and I…use Mokuton.”

“You have Mokuton release?” Tenzo asked, intrigued despite his bewilderment. “Are you another of Orochimaru’s experiments? You survived too?”

“I have nothing to do with that creepy lifelong learner,” Obito scoffed. “But the old man who grafted these cells onto me was just as insane and twice as creepy.” He waved a dismissive gloved hand. “It matters little why I have Mokuton. The point of bringing you here tonight is to use it, not compete for the most tragic origin story.”

Tenzo took this in. And perhaps because this situation was so far from what he had expected when he had sat down in his apartment with a cup of fresh-brewed tea for his weekly ritual of rewriting and fixing Kakashi-senpai’s terrible mission reports, he couldn’t quite stop himself from saying, “You kidnapped me to make wood together.”

“No. I kidnapped you to teach me how to make wood—” and then paused at Tenzo’s snicker, realised what he had said, and gave him a deathly glare. “Oh, you fucking brat. I can already tell this was a terrible idea. If there was literally anyone else on the planet with some semblance of skill I could turn to for this I’d be there in an instant, rather than being reduced to calling on Kakashi’s simpering puppy—”

You know Senpai?” Tenzo asked.

Obito opened his mouth, then paused, and then glared at him.

“I’ll ask the questions here. Let’s get started.”

This mysterious Obito person apparently had no idea how to use Mokuton, despite it being a part of his body for the last eight years.

“It’s annoying,” he told Tenzo reluctantly. “When I’m really angry it shoots out random spikes and impales people. Very accurate, death for dozens in seconds. Yeah, I know it’s impressive.” Completely misinterpreting Tenzo’s horror. “But I don’t feel that level of rage too often. It doesn’t activate for the homebrand constant anger I cart around with me. So I gave up trying to use it. I have enough methods to kill people, so it hasn’t generally been a problem. But then I saw you doing your thing on an ANBU mission that I was watching—”

What? “You watch me?”

“No, you moron. I watch Kakashi. Anyway, I saw you use Mokuton. And I realised that when it can be used properly, it’s quite useful. So, show me how to use it.”

[inevitably-johnlocked]

List five things that make you happy, then put this in the ask box of the last ten people who reblogged something from you. Spread the positivity 🌻🌼🌷

Awww Lovely!

Needed to see this, thank you! Feeling BLUH this morning, cramps are murdering me, LOL.

Let's see...

Puppies (or cute animals in general).

Staying curled up in bed under 2 covers and hugging 3 pillows, and reading fanfics on a lazy Saturday.

Drawing on my iPad. I am SO glad I bought it last summer. It's really helped with my feeling "trapped" on my computer.

My current hyperfixations, whatever they may be (right now, it's Moon Knight, chocolate milk [like, I'm ALWAYS CRAVING it], and sorting recipes, which is a weird one but okay, LOL). Most of the time these are fandom things, and they just... really give me dopamine hits whenever I see stuff from said fandoms, which is why I spend so much time on Tumblr. If it's a show, I'll rewatch all my fave parts over and over and OVER again. I'm on Week 3 of rewatching MK in chunks, LOL. Before that, I rewatched OFMD a LOT.

Video games... currently any of the Assassin's Creed games. I get REALLY into open-world games and I will spend literal MONTHS on grinding to get everything before I get to the final boss of the games I play. (AC Valhalla, I have around 350hrs clocked on it. Before that, the longest was Skyrim, with 225 hours). Problem with me gaming, though, is that, again, it's a hyperfixation I think, because I will game for literal hours and lose track of time and not eat. It's why I got the iPad so I could try to focus a bit more on my art work and be more aware of my hours.

Can I add a sixth? Writing ficlets. Y'all, I have SO many fanfic snippets half done, because I get invested in fandoms, then ideas happen and I have to write them down but nothing comes of them. I should try to finish some. I miss publishing. What I want to do is find my old Sonic stories and rewrite them. Hmm.

OKAY ONE MORE: My collectables, especially my Funko Pops. Yes, I know they're terrible shitty things, but I fucking LOVE my Funko, okay?? They make me SO happy. Plus my obsession is keeping a local business very happy LOL. I mostly only get Funko of shows and movies I think I will love, and I get a hit whenever my pre-orders come in and one of them is a hard-to-get Chase figure because I legit sit and refresh their website a year ahead of release daily so I can make sure I pre-order before the photos are even up LOL. Just sad that I have most of them in storage because I have no room for them in my apt. I can't wait for a bigger place.

ONE MORE I PROMISE: Making people happy GENUINELY makes me happy. I think that's why I spend so much time working on this blog, because I know it makes other people happy, and I just... always hope someone messages me, and tells me, and then BOOM instant dopamine hit. I dunno. DOWNSIDE to this is that I'm also prone to "feeling bad" if I think I failed in making people happy. It's a horrible thing, sometimes, to be a people-pleaser BECAUSE I like making people happy. I dunno. I'm weird, I guess.

Anyway, thank you so much for this! It helps with my mood to do these positivity posts <3

Feel free to do this yourselves, friends! <3

[aparticularbandit]

WOO WIP WEDNESDAY!

File Names:

immortal witch riding hood

end rewrite pt. 2

monaca towa fic

Snippet:

“And you.”  Junko turns to Mikan, catches the flinch, the wince, and hates herself for causing it.  (This is nothing new.  Kyoko was right; she has such creative forms of self-harm.  They’re really all she knows anymore – ways to cause herself pain.  Despair.  She lives on it, thrives on it.  Hates herself for it.  It’s a fun, self-perpetuating cycle.  How marvelous!)  She relaxes her grip.  The pad of her thumb runs gentle on the sensitive skin just on the inside of Mikan’s wrist, nail occasionally just catching on the interlacing scars she finds there.  “Come here,” she says, voice gentle, soft, and she releases her grip on Mikan’s wrist.

It’s a choice.  It’s always Mikan’s choice.  It’s never forced.

“If that’s what you want,” Junko adds, to make sure Mikan has remembered to consider that.

Mikan hesitates.  “I-I-I’m…I’m sorry,” she says, and it’s half lie and half truth, just the way Junko wants it.  Then she sits, careful, on the edge of the bed, near to Junko but not next to her.  “P-p-please don’t be angry with me, Junko-sama.”

“May I?”

Mikan’s eyes widen.  “Y-y-yes!”

At her permission (and she always asks Mikan first, to make sure that she has the opportunity to decide one way or the other), Junko reaches out, her long, thin fingers brushing along Mikan’s jaw, pushing through her long, molding plum-colored hair.  Her eyes scour Mikan’s face, searching, searching, until they land on her lips.  She draws her closer, until the tips of their noses just touch.  “Okay?”

When Mikan nods, she brushes her nose against hers, gentle – insistent.

(One last time.)

WIP Wednesday Game

It’s WIP Wednesday, time for a little accountability, sharing your work, and getting a kick in the pants.

Here’s how it works:

In a reblog of this post (so people can find you in the notes) or new thread (w/ rules attached) if you want to play on your own, post up to five (5) filenames of your WIPs; not titles, file names.

Post a snippet from one of them. Snippet must be words you wrote in the last 7 days. We’re posting progress here. If you haven’t made any, go make some and come back to play!

After you’ve posted, people can send you an ask with one of your file names. You must then write 3 sentences in that file. If the filename is one you can't share from (for example, an event or gift fic), write 3 sentences on it anyway, and then 3 more on another to share.

That’s it! You can invite others to join in, or just post. I’ll be searching the reblogs to find people to send asks to!

If you’re reading this, you’re invited!

If you see someone posting a WIP Wednesday Game snippet, send them an ask! Make them write.

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