#Roselightfairy

[rexsokaficquotes]

If Ahsoka was a fire in her youth, blazing fierce and brash and beyond containment, now she is a long-burning lantern, bright and warm and steady – the kind that can light up a pitch-black cave all on its own. She is taller and stronger, her montrals curving gracefully above her head like a crown, her lekku trailing gloriously long down her back. Grace paints every motion of her body; wisdom and age and lessons hard learned sit in every curve and angle of her face. She has grown so magnificent that Rex can hardly speak when he first looks at her.

— Roselightfairy, from gonna make it feel like home

[swsapphics-ao3feed]

by Roselightfairy

In the early days of the reforming Jedi Order, Aayla Secura grows closer than expected to Queen Amidala.

Words: 1447, Chapters: 2/2, Language: English

Series: Part 7 of Splinter Sect AU

Fandoms: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F

Characters: Aayla Secura, Padmé Amidala

Relationships: Padmé Amidala/Aayla Secura

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, context required, First Kiss

[willowcrowned]

🌈💝

[ask prompts]

🌈 is there a fic that you worked *really fucking hard on* that no one would ever know? maybe a scene/theme you struggled with?

I don't think anyone would guess that I worked really hard on desperate times, on account of it being deeply shallow filth from start to finish. And, in all fairness, I didn't really work that hard on it (though I did spend several hours trying to get them to shut up and start fucking), but it represents the culmination of three years worth of efforts trying to write a sex scene for them. There are a few reasons I know of that I have so much trouble writing smut for that pairing, and probably way more that I'm not aware of, so being able to write that after MANY abandoned smut wips was a triumph.

💝 what is a fic that got a different response than you were expecting?

I was surprised that To Whom It May Concern— got such a positive response! I think generally most people are much kinder in their interpretations of Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon than I am (at least when it comes to my corner of the fandom), and though that fic isn't exactly putting their worst selves on display, they're not exactly pleasant or particularly functional people. I'd guess it got a pass from most readers because they're funny about being terrible (it is a comedy) and the narrative rewards them in the end, but as the author it's clear to me that a lot of misery sits in store for them just because of who they are (though they do eventually get it together).

[unnamedelement]

@roselightfairy’s tags getting reblogged bc she remains a Legolas queen

We don't talk enough about how tragic Legolas' sea longing is

[tathrin]

Posted this one a little while ago, but does an abandoned fic even know time...? (Answer: clearly not.)

The premise of the fic is a what-if? canon-divergence idea where both Gandalf and Aragorn die in Moria, leaving the Fellowship to struggle on without either of their leaders.

And unfortunately, I did not leave any notes for my future-self when I started working on it originally, so every time I've tried to go back to it since my initial burst of work has run into the roadblock of my having no (middle-)earthly idea what was meant to HAPPEN?

I still don't know, but here's the immediate aftermath at least, while the Fellowship tries to pull themselves together in Lórien and figure out how to go on with the Quest without Aragorn or Gandalf there to guide them. We make it as far as the Anduin...

And there we leave them, to sink or swim as chance wills.

@goodintentionswipfest

[thevillainsmustache]

I'm not drunk I'm just funny

[deheerkonijn]

Do you think that elves heightened senses would be similar to what we now consider sensory issues?For example keen hearing is useful but loud noises must be overwhelming, right? Or odd textures? Has Legolas ever struggled with having to leave a function or being unable to wear something or be somewhere because of heightened senses that cause distress in your universe? Love your work! Keep it up!

"enjoy your repulsive squishy fungus, im gonna go eat some river weed."

Haha truthfully I don't spend very much on practical application of this in elves, but you know who does and who has explored it a bunch? :) @roselightfairy - almost all five senses, I think!

IMO I think it would be all about sounds - like in modverse, a car alarm in the city would be enough to give an elf tinnitus for the rest of the week.

[uefb]

Last Line Game

I miss your writing, RLF! We must end up writing in the same fandom again one day, lol. (Reblogging to my Fantastic Beasts account instead of my Tolkien primary.)

I don't know what the last line I actually wrote was, but this is the last line I edited. (I have a...long sentence problem. But I was raised on Tolkien & then got a theory-heavy sociology degree, so I can't be held responsible lmao)

Theseus watched him briefly let go of her when there was a sudden roar of sound from a group in the corner; and he danced in a small circle and shook out his hands’ tiny sparks of magic before he settled into her shadow again, at which point Theseus was engulfed in a mother’s hug that felt like home.

I’m tagging @afrenchaugurey @themysteriousphoenix @oenothera5 @delphiniumblooms @scamanderishredmayniac @salamanderscamander @exasperatedtinagoldstein @katisfania @gellalaer to participate, in any language or medium. No pressure to join, of course, and anyone not tagged may feel free to join! (I honestly have a hard time keeping up with who's inactive on here when /sweat emoji)

Last Line Game

Tagged by @tathrin, and frankly I'm just happy I have something to use for this! I'm assuming this is the last line you wrote?

Could anyone who had asserted their will over this knowledge resist the urge to leave a trace?

Part of previously-mentioned Librarian Scholar Heroics hehe ;)

Tagging @enide-s-dear @brasspumpkinspice @unnamedelement and anyone else who wants to do it!

[goodintentionswipfest]

Good Intentions WIPFest 2024

HELLO! Halloween is less than three weeks away, and what could possibly be spookier than abandoned WIPs? Here at Good Intentions WIPFest, we invite you to let your ghosts come out to play!

Good Intentions WIPFest is a celebration for the dead and abandoned, but never unloved. The skeletons in your WIP folder, the vampires that you just couldn't finish lest you be drained dry, the ghosts that haunt you with the promise of what might have been. We believe those fics deserve to see the light of day - even if they are of the kind that can only come out at night - and Good Intentions WIPFest is a space for you to share them.

If you would like to join us in the spooky celebrations, it's very simple! On October 31st, post your unfinished stories or artwork to the Good Intentions AO3 collection. Lift the burden off your shoulders. Free yourself from those fics you are never going to finish. Give them a space in the world to come out to play!

There are only a few main rules:

Use the "Abandoned Work - Unfinished and Discontinued" tag on AO3 so that your readers know what to expect.

If you're posting on Tumblr, please mention this blog and/or tag "good intentions wipfest" and "good intentions 2024" so that I can find it to reblog.

No harassing other authors to finish!

Don't beat yourself up about not finishing! This fest is not a challenge to finish anything, it's an opportunity to let go guilt-free.

If you want more details, feel free to read through the FAQ, or to send me an ask here or on my main blog @roselightfairy. And please spread the word far and wide!

[sillylotrpolls]

(Relevant text below the poll)

Inspired by this post by @roselightfairy and replies by @herrhasen, @enide-s-dear, @unnamedelement, @dragonfirez, and @carlandrea.

If you'd like to refresh your memory of the Fellowship at its bitchiest (and Boromir at his best), the relevant text is below the cut.

Excerpted from The Fellowship of the Ring, Book II, Chapter 3: The Ring Goes South

Gimli looked up and shook his head. 'Caradhras has not forgiven us.' he said. 'He has more snow yet to fling at us, if we go on. The sooner we go back and down the better.'

To this all agreed, but their retreat was now difficult. It might well prove impossible. Only a few paces from the ashes of their fire the snow lay many feet deep, higher than the heads of the hobbits; in places it had been scooped and piled by the wind into great drifts against the cliff.

'If Gandalf would go before us with a bright flame, he might melt a path for you,' said Legolas. The storm had troubled him little, and he alone of the Company remained still light of heart.

'If Elves could fly over mountains, they might fetch the Sun to save us,' answered Gandalf. 'But I must have something to work on. I cannot burn snow.'

'Well,' said Boromir, 'when heads are at a loss bodies must serve, as we say in my country. The strongest of us must seek a way. See! Though all is now snow-clad, our path, as we came up, turned about that shoulder of rock down yonder. It was there that the snow first began to burden us. If we could reach that point, maybe it would prove easier beyond. It is no more than a furlong off, I guess.'

'Then let us force a path thither, you and I!' said Aragorn.

Aragorn was the tallest of the Company, but Boromir, little less in height, was broader and heavier in build. He led the way, and Aragorn followed him. Slowly they moved off, and were soon toiling heavily. In places the snow was breast-high, and often Boromir seemed to be swimming or burrowing with his great arms rather than walking.

Legolas watched them for a while with a smile upon his lips, and then he turned to the others. 'The strongest must seek a way, say you? But I say: let a ploughman plough, but choose an otter for swimming, and for running light over grass and leaf or over snow-an Elf.'

With that he sprang forth nimbly, and then Frodo noticed as if for the first time, though he had long known it, that the Elf had no boots, but wore only light shoes, as he always did, and his feet made little imprint in the snow.

'Farewell!' he said to Gandalf. 'I go to find the Sun!' Then swift as a runner over firm sand he shot away, and quickly overtaking the toiling men, with a wave of his hand he passed them, and sped into the distance, and vanished round the rocky turn.

The others waited huddled together, watching until Boromir and Aragorn dwindled into black specks in the whiteness. At length they too passed from sight. The time dragged on. The clouds lowered, and now a few flakes of snow came curling down again.

An hour, maybe, went by, though it seemed far longer, and then at last they saw Legolas coming back. At the same time Boromir and Aragorn reappeared round the bend far behind him and came labouring up the slope.

'Well,' cried Legolas as he ran up, 'I have not brought the Sun. She is walking in the blue fields of the South, and a little wreath of snow on this Redhorn hillock troubles her not at all. But I have brought back a gleam of good hope for those who are doomed to go on feet. There is the greatest winddrift of all just beyond the turn, and there our Strong Men were almost buried. They despaired, until I returned and told them that the drift was little wider than a wall. And on the other side the snow suddenly grows less, while further down it is no more than a white coverlet to cool a hobbit's toes.'

'Ah, it is as I said,' growled Gimli. 'It was no ordinary storm. It is the ill will of Caradhras. He does not love Elves and Dwarves, and that drift was laid to cut off our escape.'

'But happily your Caradhras has forgotten that you have Men with you,' said Boromir, who came up at that moment. 'And doughty Men too, if I may say it; though lesser men with spades might have served you better. Still, we have thrust a lane through the drift; and for that all here may be grateful who cannot run as light as Elves.'

'But how are we to get down there, even if you have cut through the drift?' said Pippin, voicing the thought of all the hobbits.

'Have hope!' said Boromir. 'I am weary, but I still have some strength left, and Aragorn too. We will bear the little folk. The others no doubt will make shift to tread the path behind us. Come, Master Peregrin! I will begin with you.'

He lifted up the hobbit. 'Cling to my back! I shall need my arms' he said and strode forward. Aragorn with Merry came behind. Pippin marvelled at his strength, seeing the passage that he had already forced with no other tool than his great limbs. Even now, burdened as he was, he was widening the track for those who followed, thrusting the snow aside as he went.

They came at length to the great drift. It was flung across the mountainpath like a sheer and sudden wall, and its crest, sharp as if shaped with knives, reared up more than twice the height of Boromir; but through the middle a passage had been beaten, rising and falling like a bridge. On the far side Merry and Pippin were set down, and there they waited with Legolas for the rest of the Company to arrive.

After a while Boromir returned carrying Sam. Behind in the narrow but now well-trodden track came Gandalf, leading Bill with Gimli perched among the baggage. Last came Aragorn carrying Frodo. They passed through the lane; but hardly had Frodo touched the ground when with a deep rumble there rolled down a fall of stones and slithering snow. The spray of it half blinded the Company as they crouched against the cliff, and when the air cleared again they saw that the path was blocked behind them.

'Enough, enough!' cried Gimli. 'We are departing as quickly as we may!'

And indeed with that last stroke the malice of the mountain seemed to be expended, as if Caradhras was satisfied that the invaders had been beaten off and would not dare to return. The threat of snow lifted; the clouds began to break and the light grew broader.

As Legolas had reported, they found that the snow became steadily more shallow as they went down, so that even the hobbits could trudge along. Soon they all stood once more on the flat shelf at the head of the steep slope where they had felt the first flakes of snow the night before.

[bookns]

babes i need some good percabeth fic rex’s preferably not spicy lol i need some nighttime reading material 😭😭😭

I GOT YOU oh my god I love this ask

the anatomy of a hurricane: barbarianprincess (all of their fics are amazing but this is my favorite)

Of Heists and Home Economics: chellethewriter

building memories on things not said: ahecen

it's human (you can lay your hands on me): riverv (literally all their fics) (I had this labeled in my notes "Can't read without crying - so lonely" ENJOY)

there's still color: mypetersburg

the annabeth project: pjoseries (divineauthor)

Meeting Percy and Annabeth: foreverfangirlwrites (She's pretty popular (her series A Rose By Any Name is really good) but for this fic is a comfort fic so if its not here I be pretty sad)(and her fic Into A Moment of Time - made me cry so bad. Like full on sobs with hiccups so read that too)

spread your wings and learn how to fly: roomtempcupofjoe (PRINCESS DIAIRES)

Eighteen Years a Hero: romanitas

graduating class: loveliet (all their fics are good but this one hits hard)

when the sun came up (you were looking at me): TheWritingManiac (if you liked Wendy Mass as a kid, this fic IS IT)

The Blood of Olympus: MariaClaire (just trust me)

I Would (Literally) Die For You: AverageCanadian (this author haunts me and made me cry to the point where I lost count so ENJOY)

What The High Tides May Bring: myshipsaresunk

A Mere Collection of Words: sunburst_city (WARNING: its not spice but it is implied - I didn't think it was too bad but if you want just skip this fic)

A Semester Abroad: ScienceFantasy93 (shits so good your gonna love Reyna)

Post Tenebras Lux: husborth (listen to Taylors swift You are In Love you'll thank me later)

Forever Cursed: RainySteve (sad. thats it. your warning is just the word sad. good luck solider)

etched on skin: unsureavenge (also check their fic End Of The Line I've spoken about it before and ohgod its just a masterpiece)

Here I Go Again!: percabethica (a Mamma Mia AU that I read before watching Mamma Mia - yeah that was an experience)

building memories on things not said: ahecen

Witnesses: Roselightfairy (I LOVE THIS ONE - comfort fic)

Won't Leave Any Doubt: maydayparade8123 (orphan_account)

We Only Want To Help: Believer1991

i wanna tell you, but i don't know how: polypanpercyjackson (thecuspofsomething)

gravity in the words we write: percyj

dates, demigods, and other divine disasters: fuwaaa

Rite of Passage: hanpersands (self plug; I have a fic just like this too if you like - link in my bio)

we made a lot of music dancing (you and i): vll8586

Arizona Sky: husborth

I Bet You Think Your Honey Tastes Like Sugar: Lex42069

and you knew what it was: aceofdiamonds

Surprise Baby: iannageorge

Late Night Rescues: IllusionsOfInsanity

The Library Book: unsureavenger ( I have no idea if I did them already but all their fics but THIS ONE in particular - literal chefs kiss)

just practice: knuffled (bigscary)

Save the Date: oreoz314

first i love u: RainySteve

take me to your best friend's house: mcpicktwo (I laugh at this one so much)

If We Have Each Other: jasonsmclean

Days Apart: likoricke (orphan_account)

you belong with me: scrxbbler

Fireworks: katebishoop

and of course, me, Bookns has Pjo fics (you know Can I Be Him but expect another fic in a day or two)

I know its a lot but I hope you like them. Some of these are my favorite and they are really close to my heart. I've only been in this fandom for about three years so there's a lot I missed but I think I read a lot for my own good. I recommend Taylor swift entire discoraphy but especially you are in love - Enjoy Darling

[purpuddle]

I was part of this year's Quiobi reverse Big bang and the talented @roselightfairy wrote a beautiful piece based on my illustrations.

Thank you @qobb for organizing this event.

[willowcrowned]

Found an ask game to send people things you love about their writing, so: | 💔 your angst scenes ruins me every time | 🩸 living for your terrifying, disturbing psychos | 💎 you perfectly portray the mind and thoughts of your characters | 💡 your ideas are always fresh and surprising

well I don't have an ask game but I can tell you I love 🧐 your thought provoking and insightful comments 🕊️ the balance you strike between giving grace to characters and letting their mistakes inform your characterization and 🎂 the layered and complex understanding of relationships you bring to the conversation

[elwinged]

to love what is mortal—

unknown / @theblob1958 - the longevity of life and love / @birthmarkmike - A SELECTION FROM THE PRIVATE WORKS OF THE SEAFARER. / Dove Cameron on Instagram / Ellen Bass - The Thing Is / @deheerkonijn & @roselightfairy - rebuild your seawall (brick by brick) / Herbert Mason - Gilgamesh / @hhimringsideblog - The House That Fingon Built / The Haunting of Hill House (2018) / @clothonono - The Diver / @judas-redeemed / Anne Michaels - I Dreamed Again / Julia Gorst / Louise Glück - The Triumph of Achilles / unknown / Fred Chappell - Narcissus and Echo

happiest of happy birthdays, darling xiaohai! i love you a lot❤️

[roselightfairy]

Haven (16030 words) by Roselightfairy Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Gimli (Son of Glóin)/Legolas Greenleaf Characters: Gimli (Son of Glóin), Legolas Greenleaf Additional Tags: Sea-longing (Tolkien), Pining, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Road Trips, Unconventional Courtship 2024 Summary:

Gimli, Lord of Aglarond, hasn't seen his friend Legolas of Ithilien for eight years—but the image of his unclothed body and a memory of withdrawn intimacy has been imprinted on his mind ever since. Determined to accept his friend’s rejection, it has taken every ounce of his iron control to keep his distance.

Now Legolas has asked him for his company on a journey to the Grey Havens, and in honor of their old friendship, Gimli determines to aid him without letting his feelings get in the way. But his body and heart refuse to listen to his urgings, and over the course of a journey, those feelings only grow stronger.

And perhaps, in the end, the strength of his care will be enough to save them both.

(Coming back to my roots with Legolas/Gimli fic for the Unconventional Courtship challenge!)

[tathrin]

Tagged by @lordgrimwing

THE RULES: Make a poll with the titles of all your current WIPs. For whichever one wins, write 300 words and share a snippet if you want.

tagging: @roselightfairy @babybat98 @bifuriouswaterbender @estel-of-the-eyrie @rosalui

(and if you've already been tagged in this, please ignore and forgive me, I tried not to double-tag but I'm behind on the dash again!)