#Lilly and the art of being Sisyphus

[rk-ocs]

Nah, that was derived from the FFXV idea shot I mentioned, Where Luna decides they are keeping Ignaus and his cooking skills with them, by also marrying him.

Cut to wedding photo with Ignus standing there as a confused groom.

Then my brain went to her saying.

"Actually, if we are going through with this, there's a few other people I would invite."

"Me too"

"They look down at the list they've made."

"At this point it might just be easier to invite everyone to be a part of our marriage"

"Then we could delegate a lot of things, and have time for our own projects. And I could go fishing."

"I knew there was a reason you were my fiance"

Cut to a wedding photo in where everyone is baffled at being a part of this marriage. Even the villain is there. And they are probably all thinking "How was I talked into this again?"

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My path for completing ffxv story is slow, mostly because I'm procrastinating with sidequests. Actually , it was while waiting for a bounty that only shows up at night, that I explored the dungeon I needed for story progression. I went back to cash it in, and the next one I needed was in the day, so I went to go report my success with the story quest. Then Noctis had a vision and a headache, and they decided to go use binoculars. So, I went there and a story character named Aradyn was there using them in the dead of night. Then he wanted to go driving on monster infested roads.

I decided ," nope , suddenly this bounty is urgent. "

Prompto: "it doesn't start until morning"

Noctis : "Urgent"

Oh, and Carnivorous muffin started a Pokemon crossover with Lilly and the art of being Sisphus. It does not diverge at the start, rather near where the current story is, so it won't be as easy to get into as Destroyer of World's.

Already they have set Gary's car on fire, gotten joint custody of Pikachu with Ash, and Lilly has found the meaning of existence

( I miss being able to read these stories)

[theoriginalcarnivorousmuffin]

For Lilly and the Art of Being Sisyphus will the original Tom Riddle reabsorb his holcruxes?

That would be spoilers.

[randomkposts]

7.Of perverted dawn and broken dusk, Into a walled garden, the forbidden kingdom, Portal (FE Fates), because he strayed across the path, face death in the hope & In the name of the brave, para bellum, the adventures of Harry potter the viseo game exploited, (HP)Harry potter and the natural 20 (HPx D&D), Sincerely, Shattered Shards (KHR), Deltas mind, Doch' moja (Bioshock), A song of Smith and Wesson (ASOIF), Incident report, Shinigami's child, The somewhat cracked mind of Ucihia Itachi, Twirl, Chasing a Legend, Team 8, How to think without thinking, heliocentrism, don't hold the war inside, Team 7 a retelling (naruto), Ghost in the machine, sink to the bottom with you, any of Esama's ffvii works,

exit materia (ffviixhp) Ineptus (Buffyx hunger games xover), a farce at playing house& a farce at playing dead (p5), I think I would remember, and all the world comes tumbling down (until Dawn), If I lost on purpose would you stop following me, snapshots (pokemon), Father Gothel, Plegian queen (FEA), children of the underworld (PJO x Kane Chronicles), for want of a palidian (ffiv), of monsters and mourning (ffvi),

Bonds across time (yugioh's xover), Dragon and horse (mulan), the page years (song of the lioness), Displaced, a monk on the temple steps (AC), shooting stars, falling objects (Avengersx inception), Tony stark and the Hetrodyne legacy (avengers x girl genius) Dark horse running (kh), Hear O Israel (the book theif),

Heart of darkness, alliance of enemies, I cant actually poat the name of this fic here because it isnt clean, any starwars by fialleril (starwars)

I started with seven, as that will hopefully knock off some fandoms when I get around to answering question one. These are ones I want updated that haven't been in awhile. It is not all on the list. I read fast, and have been through a lot of fandoms in the 10+ years (oh no I feel old) I have been reading fanfiction.

2. Character exploration. Time travel. AUs

3. Oh no, Just one? You saw what I did with update wishes right. I'll keep it to 11, you didn't see above. Its not all of them. Not by a long shot. Purple days (asoif), the final summonig (ATLA x FFX), Bodens mate (xmen x inception), plexiglass (PJO), marigolds (persona 5), the black games (ATLA hunger games fusion), Hokage Kakashi (Naruto), sith lord swell (starwars), swung by the serafirm (hp), I am not a tragic figure (dragon age). And Bad boys jedi style by Kelaria. Actually all of her starwars fics are fantastic,and I'm sad I can't find them anymore. Except for the mentioned one. That was archived.

4. Yes. To both

5. Both good. Depends on my mood. Sometimes you just have fics you want to be angey or sad with or whatever.

6. I love both

8. Ships. Um, Zutura, yuffietime, Aurikku, Brianne x Jamie, team seven kids, yuxyouske, Tatsujun Gororyuji, Leox Sakura, Leox Takumi, Hilda x Dimitri, umm look, for the most part I can go along with a ship, if the story is well written. I go for rarepairs,I go for poupluar stuff, I'm here for the writing. I'm not diehard attached to most of them.

9. Yes. I wouldn't have once, but I've grown in the 10 years.

10. In what way? Do you mean like Catalyst (p5) way of multiple people involved in sex (all the PTs?), pride by astolat who also wrote robot sex, that I went yolo and read? Done deal just seal, gororyuji enemies to. .. Fuckbuddies? In a small enough fandom/catagory/ship, you will probably read at least a little of most of the fic.

Something built on emotional manipulation like hopeless wanders sasunaru?

I haven't seen it all,but I've seen a fair ammount.

11. Absoutly

12. What fanfic is not AU technically?

The avengers hockeyverse get ready for it. By philyra.

Why we built the wall (naruto)

Bad boys Jedi style- star wars as a hollo series.

Harry potter and the natural 20. D&D rules always make for an intresting read, and the Oc is a lot of fun.

Lilly and the art of being Sisyphus- a fic about an oc girl named Eleanor Lilly Potter, master of death, who is pretty sure that most people are fake, and other strange beliefs.

Staring Death- harry potter from another world/universe who has lived a long ling time.

Wizard Lenin- the voldemort Horecrux in her head.

Other horecruxes

Rabbit the edolich being turned human. He's not even trying to hide his nature but is so pretty few people care.

The Romanian vampire revolution.

And has several spinoffs and crossovers with other fandoms, by the same author, with much poupluarity. Thats how you do an OC it seems, damn.

Fialleril's extensivly built starwars universe. Particularly Tatooine slave culture. Other people alao write stories in that universe.

13. Ones that go hard on their world or character building I think? I like when it goes really slowely divergent based on character decisions.

14. Sometimes its just not my thing. No spacing. An interpretation of a character that I really don't vibe with. Rape. Can be many things.

15. Sometimes its that it sounds like its tone an emotion I am working through in my life. A tag I looked up. A description I like. Curisoity. A new fandom I'm in. It was on the bookmarks of the author I liked. It was done by an author I like. I looked up a particualr character and combed through the tag and found stuff I liked. Many reasons.

16. Many. I'll do 11. The bird dies in a self created fire (persona 3). The final summonig (ffx x atla), a glass can only spill what it contains (FE3H), Plexiglass (PJO), in a fadeing echo (FEF x FFX- ffx endings usually sad guys), close your eyes you've been here before (dishonored), choices (kh), the locked room (kh), the ending of dear kunsel (FFVii), but that was in another country( kh), sunshine in the winter (ffvii)

17. Alright. 11 again. Yosuke Paridiso (p4), team seven vs paperwork (naruto), when in doubt obliviate (HP, and other funny works by Sarah1281), Harry Potter and the evil summer vacation (HP set with austin powers Scott Evil and other antagonists), my side of the mountain (ffiv), successful missions (metroid), a collector's guide to careing for your pets (KHR), vigilante tendincies (KHR),Ned stark adopts his way through Westros (Asoif), all abord the wenchslayer (Asoif), you know you have a permanent peice of my medium sized Amarican heart (the martian), the retelling of pokemon colusem ( pokemon), there may be some collateral damage (Bleach x HP)

18. I would not put fics here I would not recommend in some way. I can't say all my bookmarks are equal, but I would look there.

19. Probably over 1000 at least.

20. I think I already have. Lilly and the art is certinaly very diffrent and fantastic.

21. Yes

22. How Ovelia got her brave back (FFT) game mechanichs for the win. Not another bloody conspiracy (ffviii) all the tropes. Game over (twilight) gamer style bella. Permission to castrate please (twilight x Naruto) sakura goes to forks to find a cure for Itachis terminal illness. Edward will not stop stalking her. Actually ends kind of sweet. Those lacking spines (KH). Uses every trope in the fandom. Starts off kind of mocking ends sweet. FANER (chrono cross) a fic about the sheer lack of sense in games at times.

Maybe their not all quite crack. But also its 6am, I can change this later if needed.

23. Yes

24. On fanfiction? 1525k. On A03? 868967. I think. I'll edit if I remember I've read something longer then bad boys JEDI style.

25. Dubious I will check out, and nope out if its too much. Noncon is usually a no. If I trust the author, maybe, but.

26. Snapehorn. Rape. Most cases of incest.

27. More "a diffrent sibling was raised in nohr instead of Corrin". Perhaps even with a diffrent nohrian raised hoahidan.

Fusions. Inception and FFX have been pretty well done, or at least the ones I've seen. Woud like to see AC and Bioshock play off eachother with venetic memory.

28. Sarah1281, lullabyknell, Fialleri. Shanastoryteller. Bobandbill. Kelaria. Aria Saralyn, barrus, supercrunch. Aleciarosefantasy. Aloneintherain. Insane troll logic. Ankhiale. Elizabeth culmer edenfalling. Dirgewithoutmusic. Super robot malinarlen.

29.sometimes. Usually its a fave.

30. Very often.

31. Some

32. Um. Usually their pretty short. I wish I were more comfortable gushing, but the transition from thinking to writing is hard for that. I do try to remember to leave somethi g though.

33. Yes

34.ABO is truely an odd dynamic. And Hanahaki leavesme so mixed. Soulmates too. Soulmarks cool, soulmates debatable.

35. Um you saw how I answered question six, right? I'll not make you dig through that. I'll just link my pages later, and you can browse favorites if your intrested.

36. Yes

37. Sometimes. I'm dependant on mood. And can and will bingeread to cacth up.

38. Tv tropes. Bookmarks. Tumblr blogs.

39. Probably Shanna, thohgh I'm sure I will if needed. Maybe Barus too.

40. Yes. Will link them in later question.

41. Fanfic endings suit the story they are written for usually. Less likly to find a HIMYM, supernatural or Got style ending here. Still, its not a fic ending but an arc. Barus's purple days. Particularly its yi ti arc. The seige part 2.

42. You know I could probably have listed off plenty when I was younger, but now I usually find that the length is good as it is. And thats what series and sidestories are for.

43. On ocasion.

44. I guess books, movies, then TV shows. Although I do have a lot of avengers fics on lists. Might put video gakes first.

45. Yes

46. Perfection is illusionary. Some days what I need is cupid painted blinds Political Katara in such selfish prayers. Some days I want to be blown away by purple days. Or be part of the emotional moments in Marigolds in Goro Akechi's quest to do better this time around. And they are perfect in that moment.

47. Depends what they are looking for from it? Maybe Kore (greek and Roman mythology) for something they are probably familar with, to show fanfiction can also be a tool to learn. Maybe a story by dirgewithoutmusic, for wonderful language and fandoms they are probably familar with. In Media Res (inception) and the ones that inspired it (linked) for an introduction in the power of POV shift.

48. Yes

49.

https://m.fanfiction.net/u/3405844/random-k?a=s

50. Fanfiction. A03, occasional LiveJournal, and spacebattles.

Purple days has an odd start, but the story gets better and better the more you read it. You can see the improvement in skill. Not the only story I have read on there. But the most invested.

1. What fandoms have I not listed in favorites?

50 Questions for Fic Readers

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Have you ever written fanfiction or considered it?

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What sites do you typically use to read on?

[theoriginalcarnivorousmuffin]

So I adore your character Frank. I mean Adore him with a capital A. I started reading your fics when I was like 13 or something and now I am 21 years old.

I re-read your fics for nostalgia's sake a few days ago and. . . I have to tell you that I think Frank was and is one of the most influential characters in my life.

I know he isn't a huge character, but Frank just set up my type of favorite character going forwards in life. Due to this fic, I have always gravitated to 'whipped' characters, to character whom really should be terror in and of themselves but have been rendered harmless towards or for a singlar person.

I might have any ways, but I KNOW Frank at least cemented this in me. He just. . . Has intrinsically interwoven himself into my psychic.

I have named my ocs after him, basied characters off of him, compared all my favorite characters to him. Hell. My girlfriend wanted to talk about baby names, and I suggested Frank in at least partially love for this character (It is also a family name, But your fic sweetened it additionally)

I mean this, completely truthfuly, that your oc Frank has been my favorite fictional character for many years. I hunger for Frank content like a starving man hungers for a bit of roast beef.

I love your other characters too.

Lilly? Superb.

Rabbit? Fancy.

Lenin and the many Toms? Thats what I'm talking about.

But Frank? Frank to me is special.

So. . . I was wondering if you could tell us a little more about Frank? In anyway I mean. Or perhaps not at all. Whatever you think is most appropriate.

Frank?

You’re not alone, I’ve gotten a lot of people who really like Frank and definitely wish he wasn’t such a minor character. That said, if Rabbit wasn’t my answer to South Park’s Towley then I feel like Frank would be. He’s great and all but he’s just... well, he’s not a main character.

But I have to say I’m very flattered by, well, all of this. First that you’ve stuck around for seven years (Jesus I’ve been here too long), that you reread my stuff, and that Frank has had such an influence in your life.

And with a plea like that I really can’t say no, can I?

So, first off, I’ve mentioned this off and on but I am writing an original fiction version of “Lily and the Art of Being Sisyphus” and yes I know I’ve been saying it for years but I really am almost done with what will be the first novel at this point. With that, Frank is a much larger character in that story than the original fic, still secondary but an important secondary character. So, it’s a little weird for me to go back and talk about the fic version. But given I’d have to get into the whole world building of that we’re just going to go ahead and ignore that. Just dropping this that, if all goes well, we do get more Frank than usual.

As for Frank himself from the fic... Well, the thing is we don’t really know too much about HP vampires except that they’re kind of a joke and taken less seriously than even werewolves. I don’t think they have any magic in and of themselves (maybe weird vampire magic that doesn’t really stand up to a wizard with a wand) and are probably about the strength of Buffy vampires. They kind of got the short end of the stick. I imagine they’re all desperately poor, living off blood pops, and just passed out in Knockturn Alley or running around eating pedestrians in Albania. And this is pretty much Frank’s existence before Lily says, “I want to be a drug dealer! Help me vampire man!”

For Frank himself, a lot of what I’ve wanted to say about him can be found in the various side fics. “Lily and the Narcotics Emporium” from way back in the day has pretty much all my world building on him.

He’s not all that old really, I think I dated him around the 1800′s, and is desperately poor. He’s basically a starving, drugged out, mess in the 1940′s when Lily finds him in the literal gutter. As a result, Lily Riddle is the light of his life, she pulls him out of the pit of depression and poverty and gives him not only purpose but hope for his people’s future. He poisons and kills wizards all day, it’s great! This is how he kind of ends up in his yes-man/whipped position. I mean, Lily is also terrifying so that certainly helps, but it’s mostly fueled by this weird devotion/unending gratitude that Lily doesn’t know what to do with.

Further, Riddle Inc. is really Frank’s show. Lily has some ideas but it’s mostly him that does all the work and certainly keeps it going for DECADES in her absence. Which really makes it clear that he could have done all this by himself, pretty much any time he wanted, but he’ll never actually figure that out because Lily Riddle is great and would she like coffee today. So, Frank really should be the head of it himself, but he insists to everyone without directly saying it that he’s just the secretary. And everyone believes because, my god, does he act like it.

And I think my favorite part of Lily and Frank interacting is that Lily also has no idea what to do with all of this or why they’re even like this. Lily has no idea how important she is to Frank and just how much she changed his life. She’s starting to get an idea that drugs are bad and maybe she was a terrible influence on the wizarding world for half a century, but she really doesn’t understand just why Frank is her secretary. So every now and then he drops some “we are eternally grateful” type line and she sort of just stares because from her perspective he’s just always been around and of course she found him in the gutter. Where else would one pick up a Frank? That was very convenient.

That’s about all I’ve got off the top of my head. Anything anyone want to ask specifically about Frank? 

[theoriginalcarnivorousmuffin]

I was wondering when you're going to be updating When Harry Met Tom, Wearing the Faces of Men, and Lilly and the Art of being Sisyphus?

I usually try to post things in cyclical way so that a) I can make good progress on all the fics b) so that readers can get a general idea of when to expect things.

“When Harry Met Tom” is next and should be ready in a few days to about a week.

“Wearing the Faces of Men” is what I’ll be working on after that. I don’t make any promises but it’ll probably a week to two weeks maybe.

Then it’s “Lily and the Art of Being Sisyphus” again, which will probably be in about three weeks or so.

I try to update regularly, but I make no promises like “every Friday” or “every other Friday” like I’ve seen some authors do.

For reference, the current general order I try to follow is:

1) When Harry Met Tom

2) Wearing the Faces of Men

3) Lily and the Art of Being Sisyphus

4) Minato Namikaze and the Destroyer of Worlds

5) Finishing the Hat

6) October

Then rinse and repeat with shorter, easier to write things like “Blue Moon” or “Tequila Sunrise” sometimes stuffed in between updates.