#LokiNightFury

[sloelimbs]

It's a fluffy one!

Eddie and Chrissy as friends, she's still dating Jason and they have that moment where they just KNOW

In her first game of D’n’D, Chrissy rolls highly on charisma and wisdom, which suits her. She supposes that very first session doesn’t really count as a game - it had just been her and Eddie at their table in the woods, Eddie leaning against her shoulder and scratching out details on a sheet of paper, chewing the eraser off of his pencil - but it had felt like it. Childish glee in make believe again, free from the bounds of herself. Between them they came up with a character for her - Button, half elf and talented with healing, rolling stats that are more or less okay apart from her strength. Probably, sometimes, make believe mirrors life.

She’s taken to joining them a couple of nights a week, though, after cheer practice but before her dad gets off of work. She tells her mom she’s studying, and sits between Dustin and Erica sharing Captain Crunch with no milk and Uncle Wayne’s homemade banana bread. Chrissy likes that he puts cream cheese frosting on it. It feels like biting her mothers hand. Anyway, they’re in the middle of some home brew Eddie’s concocted and she’s genuinely afraid. She doesn’t see a way out of the temple that doesn’t include someone sacrificing themselves, and she’s kept them alive so far. She doesn’t see how she can protect them. There’s no way that she can. Eddie is looking at her from across the tables and his eyes are soft and pitying in the candlelight and it’s surprising how much she hates him in this moment because he is so good at this. He’s so good at beckoning them into stories with his lulling voice and the details that make them care enough to try.

So she has to try. And if a self sacrifice is what it will take, then…

“Can I invoke Tymora on a saving throw?” She meets those eyes with her own and feels fierce. 

“Chrissy, you can’t—.”

“Listen, there isn’t a way out of this and Karapitis is in the tower.” Jeff looks mollified, then thoughtful.

“Can we all invoke her?” All heads turn to look at Eddie, who looks - frankly - stunned. 

“Huh. Well, sure. May the gods be with you, it’s gonna be a pretty goddamn high number.” Chrissy steels herself against the bloodshed that isn’t real and takes a deep breath, feels the weight of Dustin’s hand on her shoulder.

“Then I step onto the stone table and slit my own throat.” A collective groan of horror, of her friends buying into this with her, and then the clatter of dice.

“I warn you. If anyone rolls a single digit, there are different consequences depending on how low it is.”

“Shut up and let us concentrate.” One by one they throw their dice, clattering around the table, bouncing from miniatures and books. The room holds its breath and Chrissy closes her eyes so that she can’t see. Erica clasps her hand tight and her heart is in her throat and she feels Eddie’s voice when he speaks again.

“Your call to Tymora doesn’t fall on deaf ears. She smiles on you this night, and Button is surrounded by a golden glow. She opens her eyes and is back to her old self, but something glitters behind her eyes. Once touched by a god, they never really leave you.” Chrissy opens her eyes and Eddie is already there. Meeting her head on. He really has an answer for everything, doesn’t he? There’s just ideas bubbling in him all the time, and that’s why he can’t keep his mouth shut. Better to be loud and obnoxious and scare the wrong type of people away, she guesses. The friends he has are way more loyal than any of the Tigers would be. Erica lets out her air and squeezes her fingers and Chrissy grins around at all of them. The fear dissolves in her breast but when she looks at Eddie again it becomes something like apprehension. Once touched by a god… her heart races. When was the last time it picked up to anything more than a gentle trot for Jason? And why is it that here, among her Party, she doesn’t remember him at all? 

She doesn’t know whether to call it sudden or slow but what it is, is certain, and she sees the realisation flash across the corners of Eddie’s mouth too. That they’re starting to circle something deeply forbidden and inevitable. After all, didn’t she start this? Didn’t she ask him for something stronger than weed when her mom had gotten really bad? Hadn’t he taken her home and given her a joint and then, very gently, suggested that there could be a different way for her to escape her troubles? Eddie clears his throat and she looks away, startled and embarrassed and all too aware of staring. 

“I think that’s enough for tonight.” He closes his book to another collective groan of grief. “No, come on, you guys threw me a curveball,” his eyes linger on Chrissy’s lips, so she bites them together to watch him turn red, “... I have writing edits to make.”

In her dads car on the way home, Chrissy smiles to herself and watches the moonlight shift through tree branches. If he’s making edits, that means that he’s thinking about her, and if he’s thinking about her, then… then, maybe they’re in the same boat after all.

[just-b-wilde]

Custom POP: Number Five

Official Funko POP! figures for The Umbrella Academy series for the first and second season.

My Custom POP! Five from Season 3

My Custom POP! Five from Season 4

How to make?

You need three official Funko Pop figures!

Batman (2022) - Bruce Wayne (Suit) #1193 Head for S3 figure, body for S4 figure

Westworld - Dr. Robert Ford #460 Body for S3 figure (thanks for the recommendation @lokinightfury)

Dune - Paul Atreides #1026 or #1493 Head for S4 figure

On youtube you can find tutorials for creating custom figures. I recommend you do some research.

Anyway, by soaking the figure in hot water you can soften the plastic of the head and it is easier to separate (beware of hot water, it will also flow into the head of the figure, so don't burn yourself!). But you might be able to separate the figure heads without it. The neck joint can then be snapped back.

If you get the Paul with #1026 you win, if you get the #1493 version you will have to repaint his eyes. Hopefully you'll have more talent than me for that, haha. 😁

I hope this helped someone, I had questions about how I managed to get/make the figures. If you make your own, I'd be happy if you share a photo.

[fivela-secret-gift-exchange]

📢 Fivela Secret Santa 2024 // Masterlist (unrevealed)

Secret Santa will be revealed once the polls are closed.

Ties That Bind for @marygeldingm93 True love story for @lokinightfury Love Unexpectedly for @lokinightfury [WIP] I can see you as a secret mission for @deadinsideserpent Fancy Nancy (with Spanish version) for @little-moony (LadyMoony) Loyalty for @howdoioperateher (chronokinesis/Mercy) [WIP] The Edge of Us for @tardis-jpeg (Tardis_jpg) Fanart for Resonant Dissonance for @okay-letsbestill [ART](okay_lets_be_still) Strawbrella Forever 🍓 for @littleleopardseal (little_leopard_seal) Wherever you will go for @kitsuneudon743 [WIP] Secret Santa for @hansodax Can we simply starve this sin? for @bloodyplunder In the swimming pool for @just-b-wilde (JustBWilde) [ART] The Trail of Christmas Ghouls for @silverywolf14 (Alexa_K3S) [WIP] Christmas Presents for @bittersweetnessd [WIP] Golden Cage for @seasphinx (Sea_sphynx)

~ We aim to please 🍓

[lokinightfury]

Fivela Secret Valentine

Once again I'm blown away by the sheer talent and incredible generosity of the people who have been putting all the work into yet another gift exchange. We still have a few submissions left as the deadline approaches, but I wanted to shout out some of the amazing works before I start the nerdy (fun) bit of breaking everything down. Thanks again to @fivela-secret-gift-exchange for organising, and I'm so happy you got to take part this time and didn't have to take a back seat to organise it all!

Everything has now been posted, and we have seventeen (wow!) fics and four non-fic submissions, which can all be found here. The authors will be revealed on March 28th, until then all works are anonymous, so go show them some love!

Non-fic works

We have some very talented video editors within our community, who have put together the following:

Mastermind (gift for @clumsybookworm18) G rated

Fever Dream Hallucinations (gift for @rowan-555) not rated

Then for artwork we have a stunning graphic novella, All I Need (gift for @ifellinto-fantasy) M rated

And a series of fan arts based on a previous Secret Santa. We can't make any promises, but you can make me a drink (gift for @hansodax inspired by her fic Fancy Nancy) M rated

Fics

So far we have over 140k words posted, and some of the multi-chapter pieces are still WIP. An insane wordcount!

G rated:

The Twins (gift for @silverywolf14)

In Her Eyes (gift for @littleleopardseal)

T rated:

Sincerely Yours (gift for @howdoioperateher)

Is Your Drama Going to Have an Intermission Soon? I Need to Pee (gift for @stephsageek) This fic also includes art work :)

Just like the Rain (gift for @deadinsideserpent)

Trying Not To Fall For You (gift for @monfivela)

Secrets Keep Us Close (gift for @just-b-wilde)

M rated:

The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret (gift for @marygeldingm93)

Until Again (gift for @seasphynx) This also has a gorgeous edit that goes with it here

One Wrong Turn (gift for @little-moony)

Time For Change (gift for @inadequate-all-along)

E rated:

I Hear You Like Drawing, Here's My JPEG (gift for @gaishnik) This has artwork to go with it :)

These Dreams Are Made of You (gift for @okay-letsbestill)

Indentation (gift for @lokinightfury) This also has artwork in the fic and an incredible 'taylist' to go with it here made by @ssmhhh in collab with the author

illicit affairs (gift for @ssmhhh)

Chaos and Control (gift for @kitsuneudon743)

Five's Favourite Place (gift for @shegoesonandon)

Be Mine (gift for @tardis-jpeg)

[hansodax]

Something a little different! My first collaboration too with the wonderful @lokinightfury. Thank you for all the time and effort you put into this with me.

[slumped-in-the-arms-of-fiction]

WIP word game

Rules: you will be given a word. Then you share one sentence/excerpt from your wip(s) that starts with each letter of your word!

I was tagged by @medusasfinalgirl (thank you, Molly!) and given the word STORM. These are all from different Hellcheer fics, some of which I had completely forgotten I had started or indeed wtf they were about 🙃

S: She went upstairs to the bathroom, where she locked herself in and touched herself to thoughts of bitter coffee eyes and a sharp smile, and made sounds that were only for her.

T: The man made a snorting, choking sound, eyes wide and mouth open in pained comic surprise. “You think I’m AL? Fuck, that’s a kick in the stones.”

O: “OK,” Chrissy said with a faint smile; she nestled back under the blanket as he focused on the road once more, their hands still entwined.

R: “Right, well this has been fun, Madame Zee. Thank you for the parting gift of your saliva–” he shook his hand in an attempt to rid himself of the goo, “but I shall not be crossing your palm with silver for this.”

M: Most days of the month though he was just another freak to beat up – he was stronger than a human, but not stronger than a gang of them.

This was fun! And it helped me rediscover fics I had completely forgotten about, so let's see if I do anything with them LOL

I tag @enoughtotemptme @windowsandfeelings @rose-n-gunses @outlandishwhalesharks @lokinightfury and give you the word GRANT

[cheerscoops]

this has been a long time coming, and I finally have the url that I feel like I was destined to have. same over the top multishipper content as before just under a new name. masterlists will be updated eventually, but for now please bask in the awesomeness that is my new url

tagging a few beloved mutuals <3 : @sherifftillman @miwtual @vinmauro @queenofthekings @justhere4thevibez

@lokinightfury @jenniebellie @sloelimbs @spdrgwen @spicysix

[monfivela]

📢 My Fivela Secret Valentine story: Until Again

Posted on Ao3:

Summary:

She was his past. He was her future. They met for the first time in 2035, in a broken world. He waited until they met again, in Dallas 1963. Follow me on a three-part tale that speaks of a love that spans decades. Part 1: The Man in the Apocalypse Part 2: The Woman Who Leapt Through Time Part 3: The Man Who Waited 21k - complete

This is one story I don't think I could ever write again, with the same intensity and in the same way, under any other circumstances and influences.

And I'm so proud of this baby, so thanks everyone for the opportunity to come up with this brainchild: @fivela-secret-gift-exchange for the event, @seasphynx for the prompt, @inadequate-all-along for the support, @hansodax and @lokinightfury for being my right and left brains, and all the readers who gave me feedback on the story.

I'm still processing the journey and looking back at what I wrote and all the parts that made my heart bleed and soar.

I can finally share my first edit, which I made even before writing the story and was my thread until the end.

I've known it from the very start We're a shot in the darkest dark Oh no, oh no, I'm unarmed The waiting is a sadness Fading into madness Oh no, oh no, it won't stop

I'm standin' on a tightrope alone I hold my breath a little bit longer Halfway out the door, but it won't close I'm holdin' out hope for you to

Say, "Don't go" I would stay forever if you say, "Don't go"

Why'd you have to lead me on? Why'd you have to twist the knife? Walk away and leave me bleedin', bleedin'? Why'd you whisper in the dark? Just to leave me in the night? Now your silence has me screamin', screamin'

I would stay forever if you (say) say, "(don't) don't (go) go" (Say, say, say, say)

Now I'm pacin' on shaky ground Strike a match, then you blow it out Oh no, oh no, it's not fair 'Cause you kiss me and it stops time And I'm yours, but you're not mine Oh no, oh no, you're not there

[1lostsoul0fishbowl]

3, 12, and 13 for the writer asks (all tropes edition 😆)

3 is here

12 is here but I have to add an update for both you and @smokefurball - I generally tend to dislike “enemies to lovers” because the ‘enemies’ part is always so awful that I can never understand why they’d want to become lovers. But I’ve read a couple really good versions of that, including This IS Music by @lokinightfury and I Can’t Get Rid Of You by @justhere4thevibez, so actually that trope has grown on me!

13. Are there any tropes you used to like but don’t anymore?

I don’t think so actually! I love lots of tropes, I find them very comforting lol and there are tons of talented writers in the Stranger Things fandom so they’re usually done well!

Thanks so much for asking 💖💖😘😘

📚writer asks - send me some please!

[justhere4thevibez]

10 people to get to know better!

Tagged by @hunter-gatherer-stuff for this fun challenge! It's been an age since I did one of these! Thanks for tagging me, lovely 💛

last song: Into the Unknown from Over the Garden Wall - I was attempting to work on some original fiction last night, and movie/show soundtracks are my go-tos.

favourite colour: blue! I have always been a blue girl, though I've been branching out into soft pinks a lot more lately.

last movie: I think it was a Mama Mia! rewatch actually. I needed something cheery and silly on a snowy night.

last tv show: okay so this is technicallyyyyyyy not a tv show, but I've been listening to Worlds Beyond Number the podcast in lieu of watching tv for the past week+ (and it honestly feels equivalent). if we want to get technical about it, I think I was doing a leverage rewatch before then, that's one of my comfort shows.

sweet/spicy/savory: I tend to flip flop between savory and sweet. I'm a snacker by nature, so I'll graze on a lot of different things throughout the day!

relationship status: very, very single. dating makes me incredibly anxious, and I'm somewhere on the demi spectrum anyway, so if I'm ever NOT single, it's gonna be an outlier.

current obsession: I got a sewing machine for christmas and i am MAKING things!!! It's so fun! I love being a lil gremlin with my lil crafts

last thing I googled: "professional shoes women"... writing research, sadly. I could not for the life of me remember the term DRESS SHOES smh 😭

okayyyy now tagging: @jenniebellie @1lostsoul0fishbowl @pearlypairings @rose-n-gunses @deliriumsdelight7 @lollipopsandlandmines @billysblueeyes @cheerscoops @lokinightfury @sloelimbs

[sloelimbs]

B, T and V for the ask game!

B:  What was the first fandom you read fic in?  Which was the first you wrote fic for?

it was pirates of the caribbean and it was SELF INSERT. captain jack sparrow love of my life.

T: Any fanfic tropes you can’t stand?

not massively? the stuff i can't stand is so specific (ooc patrick hockstetter drives me batshit). i guess i'm pretty allergic to straight up cheating fic too.

V: Are there certain comments you’ve received on your stories that have stuck with you?

this is the one i had to get on my laptop for so i can copy and paste:

the real answer to this one is every single comment i get roots its way into my heart and makes itself known when i feel bad about things, but these three specifically get me. especially the first two, because they were the start of something beautiful.

[hellcheerficdatabase]

This IS Music

Author: @lokinightfury

Rating/Warning: Mature

Chapter Count: 11/?

Description:

Eddie Munson really thought he was living the dream. A record deal straight out of high school with his friends as bandmates. But 8 years later things are starting to unravel, and he's at risk of losing the one thing he actually knows how to do - make music. His last record tanked, and the label want to see him bringing in the return against their investment in his solo career.

Chrissy Cunningham worked hard, a self made artist who finally managed to get the attention of the right people. Her third album isn't coming easily, and her management team thinks she needs something extra in there, an unexpected collaborator to take her music in the direction they want it to go in.

A record label merger brings the two of them onto the same books, and the higher ups have the perfect solution to both of their problems. What could possibly go wrong?

Tags: Alternate universe- no vecna, alternate universe- modern au, enemies to lovers, popstar!Chrissy, Rockstar!Eddie, enemies to friends to lovers, PR relationship, slow-burn, secret relationship, fluff, angst, eventual smut, smut, Chrissy POV, small section of Eddie POV, multiple chapters, status: WIP

[fivela-secret-gift-exchange]

📢 Fivela Secret Santa 2024 // Masterlist... with Santas revealed!

What a joyous and wonderful end of the year we had. Thank you to these wonderful writers and artists who gifted our community with such thoughtful and original works!

Ties That Bind for @marygeldingm93, by @kitsuneudon743 True love story for @lokinightfury, by @marygeldingm93 Love Unexpectedly for @lokinightfury, bt @marygeldingm93 I can see you as a secret mission for @deadinsideserpent, by @lokinightfury Fancy Nancy (with Spanish version) for @little-moony (LadyMoony), by @hansodax Loyalty for @howdoioperateher (chronokinesis/Mercy), by @tardis-jpeg The Edge of Us for @tardis-jpeg (Tardis_jpg), by @okay-letsbestill Fanart for Resonant Dissonance for @okay-letsbestill (okay_lets_be_still), by @bloodyplunder Strawbrella Forever 🍓 for @littleleopardseal (little_leopard_seal) by @deadinsideserpent Wherever you will go for @kitsuneudon743, by @seasphinx Secret Santa for @hansodax, by @just-b-wilde Can we simply starve this sin? for @bloodyplunder, by @little-moony In the swimming pool for @just-b-wilde (JustBWilde), by @silverywolf14 The Trail of Christmas Ghouls for @silverywolf14 (Alexa_K3S), by @littleleopardseal Christmas Presents for @bittersweetnessd, by @howdoioperateher (Mercy) Golden Cage for @seasphinx (Sea_sphynx), by @bittersweetnessd

~Thank you folks for the feast 🍓

Want to join in the fun?

📢 Secret Valentine 2025 Sign-up Form is open until January 12nd.

[lokinightfury]

After figuring out the code using the tried and true method of nice pen and a sparkly notebook, it was getting more and more annoying having to write out the symbols so I could translate them.

So of course the obvious answer was to make a font. Right?

Anyways. Enjoy. It's here (fontstruct).

[olpie]

Author Interview

Thanks for the tag @gneebee!!

1. How many work do you have on AO3?

7

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

169,125

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Walking Dead and Stranger Things

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

I Need You -- Beth/Daryl (Walking Dead)

Late Night Talking -- Eddie/Chrissy (Stranger Things)

Friendly -- Beth/Daryl (Walking Dead)

The Munson Family Secret -- Eddie/Chrissy (Stranger Things)

Sorry I'm Late Sweetheart -- Eddie/Chrissy (Stranger Things)

5. Do you respond to comments?

Yes!! I love the conversation that comes from them.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I'm a Happily Ever After kinda girl

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Probably Late Night Talking

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Not a really. I have had some people comment with things they didn't like about a chapter but mostly all positive

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Usually no. I am trying to stretch myself and write some love scenes but I don't write smut for smut sake.

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

Nope

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I am aware of

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No

13. Have you ever cowritten a fic before?

No but I would love to try it sometime.

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

Bethyl aka Beth/Daryl it's the ship that got me writing/reading fanfiction

15. What a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I don't have any. I thought for a long time it was gonna be I Need You. I never intended for it to be so long but got some new inspiration and am really determined to finish it now.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Not sure. Maybe dialogue/humor? I feel like I can write some funny stuff from time to time.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I don't know. I am not great at planning fics out.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language?

Muy scary

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Bethyl

20. Favorite fic you've written?

Oh gosh it's hard to pick one. I love all my fics. I am probably most proud of I Need You and Late Night Talking.

Thanks for the tag! I will tag @sasusc, @littlelindentree, @lokinightfury, @slumped-in-the-arms-of-fiction, @pipergirl17