#Jen's ask

[jmagnabo92]

Author Self-Recs

Thank you @groundzero-v

Top 5 Favorite written Fics - I'm going to stick to Prongsfoot fics since it was asked by a Prongsfoot fan of mine:

To Win A Date - This was a fun getting together fic I enjoyed live writing on the Prongsfoot server.

When James' boss decides to do a Date Auction with his players, Sirius does everything in his power to get James out of it, realizing his feelings along the way.

2. Rebuilding - My first fic as Prongsfoot writer :). It has a special place in my heart.

When James was out the night of Halloween, Lily dies, and he's left to pick up the pieces. Luckily Sirius is there to help him.

3. Wooing Sirius Black - the third part of the James Lives series had a lot of fun with it. Playing with the guilt on both their parts.

James and Sirius are finally together - one had been thinking about it for months, the other for years - but just because they want it, doesn't mean it'll come easy. 

A little bit of uncertainty about jumping in feet first on Sirius' part sends James on mission to properly wooing him, the way he'd done for Lily.

4. How To Turn a Double into a Triple - this is Jilypad, Jily seducing Sirius into their bed. Cute, fun, lovely.

After James and Lily get engaged, Sirius decides he wants to find his own "the one", his friends decide to find "the one" for him, neglecting to tell him that they're really looking to make him see he needs more than "one".

5. Prongsfoot Microfics - I've poured my heart and soul into this challenge and a love it quite a lot :)

tagging - @gracelesslady23 @roalinda. And anyone else interested!

[crazypercheron]

Hmmm. 🤔 how about 87

Unfortunately I don't have Spotify so I just went to my YouTube Playlist (since I got about 421 songs on the playlist) and just started manually counting down the list and this was number 87 lol. Just like everyone else, I got into thr Among Us hype and this was the song that was frequently used in those Among Us animatics so I got into it

[sam-reid]

Sam Reid on the Emsolation podcast

[mellosdrawings]

Wait wait, do you have a list of your… dorm ocs? You said you had one from each dorm and I’m just curious

I'll have to update my pinned post and add the Maelstrom AU if I'm gonna introduce them all (yes another AU. I have a thousand rolling around in my head, you have no idea how hard I'm trying not to throw them all out at once)

Here you go, rapid fire, left to right:

-Vincent, 3rd year, based on Rattigan, by @sunshineandteddybears

-Xun Yu, 3rd year, based on Shan Yu

-Holden, 2nd year, based on Captain Hook

-Noah, 3rd year, based on Squishy

-Hayeli, 2nd year, based on the Evil Queen's Dark Mirror

-Kahan, 1st year, based on Kaa

-Shaan, 3rd year, based on Shere Khan

-Shesha, 3rd year, based on Shere Khan, by @the-fab-fox

-Cherry, 1st year, based on Chernabog

And the ones that I haven't yet integrated to my official lineup:

-Simon, 2nd year, based on Mr Schmee (I simply couldn't separate Hook and Schmee ykyk)

-Yuan, librarian, based on Yen Sid

-Haggins (and Ollie), haggler/black market, based on Fagin (and Oliver Twist)

You can find them all in costumes in my 2k24 Halloween Countdown too!

And three of them have Playful Land attires coz they'd just fit far too well into the event.

[draco-glacialis]

Lilia, yelling through Agatha’s bedroom door: Are you decent?

Agatha: Not morally, no. But I am wearing trousers if that’s what you’re asking.

[your-unfriendlyghost]

Tex, dally, and mark half bros where dally is bragging to Tim about his new brothers

“Lmfao Tim I have two brothers and you’re stuck with a dumbass and a … well. A girl. A sister. I don’t fucking know.”

“Very eloquent”

Lordy that’s so in-character I love it 😭

(AU origin post for those who dunno what I’m on about lol)

[animatedjen]

Do you think will see cal and merrin in live action, I hope so! 😍

I don't know! I do know lots of people want to see a live-action adaptation of the Mantis Crew, and I've even talked about making a Jedi fan film someday 👀

At the very least, Respawn (and Cam) are protective of Cal's journey and want to finish out their trilogy before potentially handing the character off to Lucasfilm. I also recognize games are a smaller niche which prevents the larger TV/film audience from meeting Cal and Merrin.

But (to plagiarize my own Twitter post) I'd argue we love Cal Kestis and the Jedi series BECAUSE of the medium, not in spite of it. Games/animation are powerful tools for storytelling and a perfect way to explore this side of Star Wars.

Respawn is creating some of my favorite work in the industry right now: it's full of love for this thing that is "Star Wars" and I'm not sure a show or movie could tell Cal's story any better - and the risk of watering him down to fit someone else's narrative feels disheartening. The cast of the Jedi games are AMAZING and do incredible work buutttttt these characters are created by the writers and artists first, and that's often who we lose when switching mediums.

But if Lucasfilm does greenlight a live-action project, I'll think of you :)

[thelaughingmagician]

Batman: A Death In The Family

[skipppppy]

Accidentally pours my heart out onto the page and shares the characters from a story I’ve been working on since I was 15 ahaha (cries)

A rough summary of the plot:

Alba knows she’s marked for death on her 16th birthday as part of a prophecy to become a mortal vessel for an incorporeal goddess, who also happens to be her mother. When she’s transferred to a school for spellcasters, she finally decides to do something about it.

It’s called “School of Crows” and I’d love to make a show or a webcomic out of it one day!

[leveloneandup]

Christen Press 🤝 Jen Beattie

[crazypercheron]

love your art style it has a nostalgic feel to it tis nice

Thank you so much Anon. I'm glad that you emjoy my art style :) I hope you have a lovely 2025 New Year! 🙏

[mctwinkdom]

oscar carlando shipper thinking he's third wheeling them but lando is like i want you and it's like watching a cat stare down a baby bird

"A cat staring down a baby bird" is crazy but so accurate lmao

↑ Baby bird Oscar innocently minding his lil business, content with being a Lando fanboy and Carlando shipper, meanwhile Lando is slightly going crazy over how much he wants that guy

[tiredbread]

In the media dimension, no one can hear you scream

[liliasenbyhusband]

I am fully convinced that no matter who you ship Lilia with, she can get her partner(s) to do whatever she wants. All it takes is one stern look or her looking at one of them with her big sad brown eyes and they’re toast. Lilia knows this and absolutely uses it to her advantage

[your-unfriendlyghost]

Does Bryon have a role in the Dallas mark and Tex (and Mason) au? The end of TWTTIN always made me so sad knowing that mark didn’t see Bryon as a brother anymore

Bryon could have a role actually, valid point. Idk, I liked Bryon. Not like. A lot. But I liked him alright, and related to him in a few ways that make me slightly uncomfortable tbh, and I feel so bad for him-

I think for this AU, we’ll say Mark still talks to Ponyboy, and separately, Bryon talks to Ponyboy too. Not on purpose, initially, because he’s not the world’s biggest Ponyboy fan- but after Mark runs away to Dally’s place, Bryon’s hit with all the feelings he had in the end of TWTTIN. Only this time, Mark’s not in jail. In fact, Bryon’s pretty sure that that Curtis kid knows where Mark’s hiding- after all, he’s in the same gang as that washed-up hood Dallas Winston who’s always up to something. So Bryon seeks Ponyboy out for info. But then it just turns into like. Talking about his feelings about…everything. He’s kept it bottled up for so long that the second Pony prods him, Bryon just sorta spills.

(Design notes- Bryon’s hair’s grown out cos he’s depressed and not really taking care of himself all that well. Sixteen-year-old Pony’s hair, on the other hand, is long cos all the refs I could find of very slightly older C. Thomas Howell had 80s mullets. And yk what that’s kinda funny so I went with it- let’s just say it’s because after Johnny’s horrible haircut in Windrixville Ponyboy can’t risk letting it get cut so short ever again)

(More au rambling below the cut lol)

So now, essentially Ponyboy’s stuck between his buddy Mark, who complains about Bryon constantly, and Bryon, who is Pony’s girlfriend’s ex, and Pony’s friend’s…ex-brother? And both Bryon and Mark kinda talk to each other through Ponyboy, who’s like an unwilling messenger now. Or like the child of divorced parents, trying his damndest to keep the two from hating each other too much. (Mainly just Mark- Bryon just feels guilty)

If I were to make this au a multi chapter fic, I’d give Mark a running gag of coming up with Dr. Doofenshmirtz-style revenge plans against Bryon and trying to rope Ponyboy, Tex, Mason, and occasionally even Cathy and Angela Shepard into them.

I think Dally would be a Bryon hater cos Dally’s one big moral code is loyalty- honor among thieves, yk- and Bryon betrayed Mark. But Pony and Johnny would sympathize with the guy. Also low key I think Johnny would be a Mark hater

[animatedjen]

Thinking about Jedi 3 Kata