#Tale Weaver au

[cinderduck]

Tale Weaver Part 5

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[tomfoolery-coolatta]

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[mayzi33]

TWS gang, please, hear me out.

So, I still got wingfeathers in the brain (I'm starting to think I may never get rid of it...) and one of my favorite fairytales has always been Beauty And The Beast.

Since exams week has been draining me, why not come up with another thing to daydream about?

I present you... The-Wingfeather-Saga-Beauty-And- The-Beast AU!

The Jewels And The Beast for short.

Or Jewels and The Cloven.

Or Jewels and The Birdman.

You'll see.... Just bear with me.

I'm debating in whetever Esben or Artham should be the "beast". In one hand, it would make sense for it to be Esben since he's all bear-like but I would also like it to be Artham since we have more information about him and what he's like. But either way, the "Beauty" is none other than our favorite jewels, Janner, Kalmar and Leeli.

Here's the idea: so, the kids still live with Podo and Nia in Glipwood. However, in the Glipwood forest, there's an abandoned castle. (Bonus points if Artham is the "beast" cause then it could be Peet's castle only bigger and creepier) Podo goes on a trip for whatever reason, and ends up being taken by the oh-so-horrible beast of Glipwood. Danny, the horse, comes back to the Igiby cottage where Nia and the kids get nerve struck when they find the horse without its rider. Nia leaves to get help to find Podo leaving the kids alone, and one thing leads to another, they decided to go to the forest by themselves to rescue their grandpa because main characters moment. There, they meet the "beast", and bargain to stay as prisioners in Podo's place. Podo obviously tries to fight, but ends up having to flee, leaving the kids as captives in the castle.

The "talking objects" are the Glipwooders, plus a few other characters from other regions. We got Oskar, who's a book, (are you surprised) and basically takes the role of Cogsworth. We also got Addie and Joe, Maraly, Sara, Thron, Rudric and others. (No, I haven't thought of what objects they would all be, sorry. You can suggest in the comments tho!) As the story goes by, it focuses mainly on the kids bonding with either beast! Esben or beast! Artham, and teaching about kindness and stuff. The "rose" would be a set of three actual jewels, that may or may not represent the kids themselves. Meanwhile Gnag, will be the one to take the role as Gaston. Unlike in TWS, Gnag will pretend to be the good guy and the whole town loves him, (like Gaston and the villagers) so when Nia and Podo announce that the kids have been captured by a beast, he will try to play the hero and claiming he will "rescue them". However, what Nia Podo and the Glipwooders don't know, is that Gnag is the one who helped to turn Esben or Artham into a beast in the first place, along with the Stone Keepers (who take the role of the Enchantress). Gnag knows that Janner, Tink and Leeli are the Jewels Of Anniera, and has only been waiting for the right moment to strike, to capture them and begin his plan on taking over Skree, the Hollows, and the lost Shining Isle, which everyone believes to only be a legend.

Anyways that's all I got for now.

Maybe I'll write a small fic or something on that in the future...

Maybe.

Thank you for reading my rambling!

[gayest-squrrel]

Put some of my ocs in the tale Weaver au by @cinderduck lol

[ryin-silverfish]

Ask/Writing Masterlist (irregularly updating)

Ryin(阿璎), 23. She/They. First Gen Chinese student. Ryin_Silverfish on AO3. Currently hyperfixating on old Chinese novels. casual Zhiguai tales and LMK enjoyer.

Investiture of the Gods/FSYY:

Why are the Daoist immortals fighting?

Did Yuanshi Tianzun manipulate Shen Gongbao?

Chan, Jie, and possible prejudice against yaoguai

Azure Lion and the other Bodhisattvas' steeds in FSYY

Daji's fox form in FSYY Pinghua

The historical Su Daji

Is Shen Gongbao a yaoguai?

Are all yaoguai irredeemable monsters in FSYY?

Ao Bing and the dragons Nezha fought

Does deification wipe your memory and personality?

Bi Gan and the Great Fox Massacre

More discussion about prejudice against yaoguai

How old was Su Daji the human when she died?

Differences between FSYY novel and Pinghua

Musing on FSYY's view of fate and its possible effects on Yang Jian

Master Yuding

The messy marriages of FSYY

Is Daji a goddess in the novel?

Names of immortal masters in FSYY

Just for fun: the FSYY drinking game

Nezha's age in FSYY

Nezha's death and resurrection in FSYY

What happened to the original Daji?

Lady Shiji aka the Rock Demoness

Chinese Fox Spirits:

Auspicious/Demonic Foxes

More on fox spirits

The inner core of foxes

Foxes and their association with Fire

Notable fox spirits

The foxes of 狐狸缘全传

Has Daji ever been worshipped as a goddess?

Fox masks

The foxes of Liaozhai

Weaknesses and abilities of fox spirits

Three resource collections on Chinese fox spirits: 1, 2, 3

Human-fox hybrids

Can foxes and their descendents magically know if someone's telling the truth?

The magical properties of fox saliva

Fox exams and Heavenly Foxes

Are male foxes more malicious?

More on fox exams

Offerings to fox spirits

The "Lady Fox Immortal"

Chinese Mythos in General:

The Precious Scroll of Erlang

Into the Erlang-verse: Li, Zhao, Yang

Can immortal masters romance their students?

Why we don't power-rank characters in God-Demon novels

A brief overview of Chang'e

On Chinese Religion and "Respect"

The 28 Lunar Mansions

Can the Heavenly Emperor be replaced + a primer on dynastic successions

A Guide to the Chinese Underworld (and what it isn't)

Is Nüwa JE's daughter?

Weaver Girl

Can yaoguais a/o their descendents enter the Celestial Bureaucracy?

Queen Mother of the West and her husband(s)

Bixia Yuanjun, Lady of Mt. Tai

Erlang's dad

The story that gives us the name "Yang Jian"

On the transformation of Erlang's image (and his relationship with JE in JTTW)

Erlang's mom, Lotus Lantern, and a neat little discovery

Erlang cameos in other stories and Zajus

Erlang's mom-saving story in Chinese operas

Child Manjushri, or: the absurdity of pinning a definitive age on gods

The strange modern ship of Mengpo/Yuelao, and Mengpo's myths

The half-beast form of QMoW

Does Erlang have a wife/love interest?

Nezha's mom

A overview of Gonggong and his mythos

Some introductory sources on the Chinese Underworld

A side-by-side comparison of Nezha's backstory in JTTW and FSYY

Mythos-inspired Worldbuilding:

Dragons of the Four Seas

LMK S5 and a possible "Celestial Council of Regents" AU

LMK S5 Fix-it: the Four Divine Beasts

Character/Story Analysis (JTTW + LMK)

Heart and Mind: Tripitaka

Local Lion Uncle enjoyer goes on a rant

On SWK and his fear of death

Why the Dead People Supreme Court?

No, seriously, why?

Chinese Underworld =/= Christian Hell

LMK S4, Havoc in Heaven, and revolutions

Why I dislike the "class warfare" reading of Havoc in Heaven

In Defence of Li Jing...ha, as fucking if

On Yin-Yang, Chaos/Order, and the Harbringer

JTTW's view on the Three Religions

Disjointed S5 Reactions

"Chaos doesn't work that way in traditional Chinese Cosmology"

Xiangliu, the Nine-headed Bird, and Jiutou Chong

Lotus Lantern: The Summaries

Part 1: Precious Scroll of Chenxiang

Part 2: The Epic of Prince Chenxiang

Part 3: Lotus Lantern 1.0 + 2.0

Part 4: Chenxiang and the Male-Female Swords

My Fanfics:

Climbing the Sky

The Wild Son

Bodhicitta

The Serpent and the Deluge

South Seas Sojourn

Journey of the Gods AU sideblog

[yourdragonisinanothercastle]

"One Half of a Whole" Meta

One Half of a Whole is a fic that really sent the hamsters in my head spinning. Before I even started writing it, I had theories coming out my ears about how ORV's world would work with this setting. All the changes to canon I ended up making, I made for a reason.

And since I’ve had readers on other fics tell me that what I wrote sometimes helped them understand ORV and its characters better, I figured I could expand a bit on the meta behind this one!

I’m going to explain from the point of view of somebody who’s finished the novel, so obviously

SPOILERS FOR THE ENTIRE ORV NOVEL

Chapter 1

Kim Namwoon

One of the big differences in chapter 1 is that Kim Dokja ends up sparing Kim Namwoon. You might remember that Kim Dokja, in one of those rare moments of honesty that come to him in the late novel, explains at some point why he hates Kim Namwoon so much.

"When I was young, I really hated you." When I was still absorbed in reading the 'Ways of Survival', Kim Namwoon was the only character that I couldn't sympathise with. If every person appearing in that novel was my hyung, my father, my dongsaeng, and my noona, then… …Then, the character 'Kim Namwoon' was the cautionary tale for me. […] When I thought about it, the reason why I hated Kim Namwoon was pretty simple in nature. "Yoo Joonghyuk always took you in as his companion." Out of everyone from the 'Ways of Survival', Kim Namwoon most closely resembled me. "Even though he knew that you are an evil bastard, even though he knew that you did evil things… Even then, he took you in." If I was him, how would I have turned out? — Chapter 480

Kim Dokja hated Kim Namwoon because he saw himself in him. He asked tls123 multiple times whether Yoo Joonghyuk could, pretty please, not make Kim Namwoon his companion in this round; or the next; or really, in every round, please just skip that guy Author-nim!

So when ORV started, Kim Dokja jumped at the chance to do away with a character he had always deemed evil, and who forced him to confront some pretty dark things about himself.

But in One Half of a Whole, Kim Dokja’s opinion on Kim Namwoon is naturally different, because while he still dislikes the way Kim Namwoon acts and he still feels ill at ease with the similarities between them… Kim Namwoon is not filling a space where young Kim Dokja was trying to project himself. Because young Kim Dokja could always see a space for himself by Yoo Joonghyuk’s side, and that was the space reserved for Yoo Joonghyuk’s soulmate.

If anything, I expect young Kim Dokja would have vehemently hated every character who tried to pass themselves as Yoo Joonghyuk’s soulmate (at least until their deception was revealed and he could bask in the violent vengeance Yoo Joonghyuk enacted on them 😏).

But as for Kim Namwoon, in OHoaW, Kim Dokja didn’t have as much resentment for him, and he also cared far more about making a good first impression on Yoo Joonghyuk, and so Kim Namwoon lived.

Weaver of the Twin Threads of Fate

OK, so. Weaver of the Twin Threads of Fate is a problem. For me, at least. 😭

I knew heading in that I would need to flesh out a bit the soulmate setting, because I always flesh them out. I find it’s not much fun for me to write a soulmate AU where the canon worldbuilding doesn’t change at all.

So Yoo Joonghyuk’s world would naturally have mythology pertaining to soulmates, and constellations derived from that mythology seemed a given. I only needed one constellation to make my point, and I didn’t really need to give her a name outside of her moniker or to dig into her backstory, since she was just a placeholder. Having her be friendly with Uriel seemed like a nice humorous touch. So far, so good.

The problem came when I dug too far into the meta. Because ORV is, at heart, a story that asks you to think about stories, about their relationship to us, about the bonds between writer and reader and character.

And so I made the mistake of asking myself: who is Weaver of the Twin Threads of Fate to ORV? And the answer is: the entity who added soulmates to TWSA.

Me. Weaver of the Twin Threads of Fate is me.

And I want to make one thing clear, here: I’ve been writing fanfictions for 20 years. In that time, I have never written a self-insert. Never even had the temptation.

Figures that ORV would be the fandom to make me do it without even realizing. 🤣

Abyssal Black Flame Dragon

Yep, he ended up not offering to sponsor Kim Dokja in this fic since Kim Namwoon is still around and is, after all, at least 10% more chuuni than Kim Dokja. At least.

Now, constellations can technically have more than one incarnation in ORV, but from what I understand it dilutes the power a bit. It's hard to tell since it's not much shown on-screen in the novel. I should do some research on that before I decide what to do about Han Sooyoung... (If anybody can remember more, feel free to tell me! I'd also welcome any information on this subject that'd come from the ongoing side story, but keep it as vague as possible because I still haven't started it.)

Secretive Plotter

I don’t think I need to explain why Secretive Plotter is throwing wayyy more money around in OHoaW… but I want us all to take one more moment to contemplate the utter chaos that is N’Gai’s Forest right now. ♥

[rayshippouuchiha]

Hi, Ray! The author of Foxes, Pillars, and Sea-salt Rust here!!! Someone recommended my fic here????? I'm so honored!!! 🥹

So I would like to put forth my own recommendations too. I put it in my fic's AN's also, but I highly recommend Far Beyond the Woods of Dawn by wolfghost (and the entire Drag My Dark Into The Dawn AU series the fic is part of, and I suggest you access the series while logged in, because a couple of the fics are registered users only, I promise it's worth it) and The Weaver by Concerned_Brown_Bread! Both feature OCs as protagonists, a Senju for the former (Tobirama's granddaughter) and an Uchiha for the latter (Itachi's elder twin sister).

Drag My Dark has to be one of the most immersive fiction experiences I've had, up there with the manga Otoyomegatari (if you know, you know), the character psychology is top-notch, the author expertly weaves worldbuilding into the narration in a way that it's so seamless and not at all like an infodump, I like to describe it as “a slice-of-life except that the characters live in a horrible war-torn war and that affects how they navigate their lives”. The world just feels lived-in. There's information about how wars cause sanctions and prices to rise and a good highlight on what it's like to be a civilian in this kind of world. The protagonist is still a child, but the author captures children in their writing so well. She's a traumatized young child and she acts like that!! Her trauma informs how she views everything, and her being raised by civilians (long story, read the prequel to find out lol) affects how she views shinobi and the world at large! I can't wait for what the story has in store for her. We're entering the Kirigakure arc 👀 (also heavily featuring so far are Tsunade and Kushina!! Kushina's chapter has got to be one of my favorites)

The Weaver takes on a different vibe and path regarding the politics and worldbuilding, but also really plausible and I love how the author incorporates academic excerpts from the future like snippets from a history book into the chapters itself like it just gives this work such a grand feel of “oh things are gonna have consequences, we're along the ride of a big, world-changing tale”. The characterization is top-notch in this fic. You really do feel the complicated dynamics between the family members, how for all that Itachi is a prodigy he is also just a child and thus lacks the perspective to see propaganda for what it is, and the author does so brilliantly by contrasting him against his twin sister, the protagonist, who's a reborn adult (a politician in her past life who died of heat stroke before election day, which is objectively the funniest premise for a reincarnation EVER). The protagonist is witty, smart, funny, relatable, and just all-around very good. She lives rent-free in my head, can you tell? I know the fic is on hiatus but I had the privilege to read the unpublished chapters because ✨beta✨ and I promise you, it's very well worth it.

Both fics give weight to civilians instead of immediately dismissing them as “weak and stupid”, I love love love both fics and please please please read them I promise they're amazing! They have very different vibes but they're both amazing.

As for my fic, yeah I did base my protagonist off of Sansa Stark, LOL. I even tried to incorporate Sansa's lines from the first book into my own writing to really sell the vibe!

I love Whirlpool Queen, Maelstrom King but the politics in Foxes, Pillars, and Sea-salt Rust take on a very different shape from WQMK's— a bit more like wolfghost's Drag My Dark. I too will feature civilians in this fic! Daimyo's and nobility and merchants and commoners alike! Please look forward to it! I have Plans™ for Uzushio's politics and its role in the world as a whole.

Hello lovely!!! Glad you dropped by to drop some recs!

[theanoninyourinbox]

DAEDRIC PRINCES OF THE SKYRIM AU

DAYS OF WORK COMPLETED!!! Have some short descriptions of each Prince - and a quick tidbit - all Princes can assume a feline form, but some choose not to.

Hircine is the Hunt and the Prey, the fear and terror of being pursued, and the thrill and joy of pursuit. He is teeth in the bowels and blood on the tongue. The Father of werewolves is based on a wolf and a stag.

Azura is Sun and Moon, Day to Night, and all transitory periods therein. Crowned with roses of her own flesh, and touched with stars. The beloved of Dunmer and Khajit is based on a maned lioness.

Peryite is pestilence and plague, illness and crawling death, and all else is mystery. He once appeared as a dragon, but such a form is beyond him in the lands of Skyrim. In these current times, he appears as a Skeever, covered in boils and growths.

Clavicus Vile is bargain and trickery, treachery and lies. But Clavicus Vile is warning and wariness, care and concern. Two faced and two headed, it is said that he was once one headed, but a mistake left him attached to another - but none know which is which.

Hermaeus Mora is knowledge and knowing, memory and forgetting, and things better never known. A keeper of secrets, and a bringer of madness, but a true neutral Prince. He is known for his many eyes and tentacles.

Mephala is lies, murder, and the doings of the night. They weave a web of seduction and death, but to what end only they know. The spiny-backed orb weaver/black widow is also known as the Androgyne, a patron of those who see gender differently.

Molag Bal is the King of Strife, of Schemes, and Harvester of Souls. He desires nothing more than to have all mortal souls in his cold clutches. The komodo dragon based Prince is the Father of Vampires.

Boethia is he who deceives and she who is treacherous. The cobraconstrictor would love nothing more than to overthrow authority, but can be settled by great tournaments in his name. She is also patron to those who change gender as a serpent sheds their skin.

Ithelia is the Forgotten Prince of Paths, found only in old scripts held by Hermaeus Mora. He claims she would have destroyed and rewritten the world to something horrible, but can the Prince of Memory be trusted when all his knowledge would have been made moot?

Jyggalag is the Lord of Order, unrelenting and mysterious. Little is known of this Prince, other than his hate of Sheogorath...

Malacath is Lord of the ostracized, bringer of vengeance, and ultimate Chieftan to all Orcs. Despite his bloodthirsty nature, he loves and cherishes his mortal people, once fathering a child with an orc. Sadly, that tale is a tragedy, but to this day Malacath wears the warpainted paw print of his son.

Meridia is the burning glory of the sun, bringing life and light upon the world, but also scorching rays upon her enemies. As one of the most morally righteous Princes, many favor her and her hatred of the undead. However, her strange form and lack of a volume control can be offputting at times.

Namira is the Lord of cannibals and corruption, and Mother to all sorts of scuttling creatures. She delights in darkness and sundry, and blesses her followers with her wicked appetite.

Nocturnal is the shielding dark of the night, and the hidden shadow. She is forgotten faces and void itself. And the nightingale is luck and chance - well loved by thieves and assassins alike.

Sanguine is a party animal in the worst possible way - the Prince of debauchery will drag the most pious of cats and make sinners of them. Despite this, he is not evil - he just has wildly different morals. He is also one of the most personable Princes.

Vaermina is one of the worst of the Princes - a lover of tortures both physical and psychological, and will inflict pain and suffering on anyone and anything. Her too-long mouth produces nightmare inducing venom and fog.

Sheogorath is Prince of chaos, cheeses, and calipers. He is king of pranks, both harmless and harmful, and has a mind few can understand. His appearance is strange - an unknown creature, perhaps an ape, split down the middle, with cat ears. He has been quoted as saying “nya” often.

[the-broken-truth]

Welcome to the Word Weaver's Void

Greetings there, Shadow Pup. You have entered the Word Weaver's Void - The Domain of the Broken Truth. I'd like to invite you to gaze upon the selection of stories I have crafted during my time here and hope that you will find them interesting and entertaining. Remember that this void is a safe place and there shall be no disrespect or judgment here; however, I should remind you that there are certain things I cannot weave.

I WEAVE WORDS FOR:

Yandere (Romantic or Platonic)

Letters (Romantic or Platonic/Yandere or Not)

One-Shots

Scripts

Mini-Series (If something is requested enough)

FANDOMS

DC

Marvel

Twisted Wonderland (Leona, Jamil, and Idia are my favorites but I will write for others)

Naruto (Orignial/Shippuden/The Last/Boruto)

Inuyasha

Greek Mythology

God of War

Resident Evil Village

Mortal Kombat 11

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Hircine is my Favorite)

Mass Effect [BEST GAME EVER!!]

Broken: Please, keep in mind: I do not write Polyamorous Relationships - it's not my forte. If you request a (Character x Reader x Character) Ask, I will only write if one character is a romantic interest while the other is platonic. I will not write two characters being romantic for one reader. Also, I am not a very good Angst Writer; I don't have it in me to write it. If there are bad elements, I will weave the words for a better ending. I hope that is alright.

NOTE: IF YOU WANT NSFW/SMUT/SPICY CONTENT, ASK FOR MASK; THEY ARE THE ONES WHO WRITE THAT KIND OF STUFF. PLACE 'MASK MISCHIEF' IN YOUR REQUEST, SO I CAN LET THEM KNOW.

Mask: Hello, All - Mask is my name and that's all you need to know. As Broken stated, I am the NSFW Writer, however, there are certain things I will not write:

I will NOT write content regarding Pedophilia

I will NOT write content regarding The 'R' Word (You Know Which One)

I will NOT write content regarding urination on another person. (Utter Disgusting)

I will NOT write content regarding Vore.

I will NOT write content regarding incest.

Mask: If you want to request something from me, please be respectful and if you know a subject is too far, do NOT request it. Please, Shadow Pups.

MY PERSONAL LINES

The Mighty Bear AU [God of War 4 - Ragnarök] [Co-Created by @nastyavolk-cp] - Follow the tales of Bjorn the Great Bear & Renva the Wise Raven as they navigate their lives as deities of Asgard and The Children of Thor and Sif while avoiding the past chasing them.

The Hardship Goddess AU [Greek Mythology] - The Goddess of Pestilence and Hardship separates her Divine Soul from her body and lives as a moral, however, without her, the mortals do not experience hardships and can manage without praying to the Gods of Olympus, causing them to lose their power slowly.

Dakota Blake [OC] [MINI-SERIES] [PLANOTIC YANDERES] - Daughter of Bruce Wayne who refuses to take up the Wayne Legacy; Bruce and Damian attempt to force it upon her.

The Young Lords AU [Residet Evil Village] [CO-CREATED BY @snowflakestree] - Follow the Children of the Lords: Eliza Dimitrescu, Diedre Beneviento, Sebastian Moreau, and Kaleb Heisenberg as they protect the legacy of their parents by slaughtering those who speak against them in secret.

[roanniom]

Ok. This is retroactively dedicated to @millenialcatlady

Notes and Verses

Music professor!Eddie Munson and English professor!reader

Warnings: Fluff, sexual tension, future smut in this AU!

Eddie had a successful career as a touring and session musician, playing guitar for amazing artists and for his own band. But somewhere along the way he lost the words. Lyrics don’t come easy to him anymore. He used to fill pages and pages with his thoughts and ideas and feelings. Cheeky little ditties and heartfelt anecdotes. But these days it’s just melody and nothing else. He’s a wizard on guitar but only under someone else’s words.

His prolific career led to a steady fall gig teaching as a lecturer at a prestigious college known for its music program (they didn’t care about the fact that he’d barely finished high school since he’d preformed on Grammy winning tracks). And it turns out that his office is housed right next to the brick building containing the English department.

Which is how he met you.

Sweet. Studious. Buttoned up you. Plaid and tweed and stockinged and woolen and soft and warm you. You became unlikely friends when you’d both reached for the last muffin in the little coffee shop nestled between your buildings. Conversation flowed easily, in spite of your differing aesthetics, and as the weeks flew by that first fall, you and Eddie became fast friends with a regular set time to catch up over coffee and one of those coveted muffins.

Eddie spends his springs in studios doing session recordings, but eventually you cajole him into teaching summer courses. Selfish as you are to have him with you for two seasons of the year. Little do you know that he’s selfish in his desire to see you in less layers in the warm months, sweaters traded for tasteful but lower cut blouses, structured skirts and tights traded for shorter, flowy material and skin.

It’s on your third fall semester together that Eddie happens upon your notebook, however. You’d both spent a lunch break together in companionable silence, chewing and working on your own paperwork. You come back from washing up to find Eddie flipping through the notebook you’d left open on the table. He looks up at you with wide eyes.

“You’re so fucking talented, you know that?”

You scramble forward and grab the notebook from him, slamming it shut and holding it against your chest protectively.

“Eddie! You can’t read other people’s writing without asking!” you huff. Ruffled.

“Well then can I read it, please?” Eddie asks. He holds his hand out to get you to hand it back. You shake your head.

“No!”

Eddie pouts at you as you regain your seat across from him.

“That’s some deep shit you have in there,” he says gravely. You roll your eyes.

“Eloquent, Munson.”

“Hey, look. Never said I was,” Eddie says with a roguish wink that’s got you hotter under the collar than you’d like to admit. “Haven’t been able to write in years. A decade even.”

“I don’t believe that,” you snort.

“Why not?”

“Because you’re a storyteller. A tale weaver. A blowhard,” you tease, sliding the tip of your finger around the rim of your mug. Eddie watches your finger's trajectory for a minute before speaking up again.

"We should team up."

"I'm sorry?" you ask, certain you've heard him wrong.

"Your words. My music."

"What are you talking about?" you ask, completely flustered at the very proposition even though he hasn't explained himself at all yet.

"You do lyrics, I do melody. We could kill it, babe!" His grin is massive and your heart constricts. He often calls you by pet names, but this time it makes you feel light headed. You throw your notebook and things into your bag.

"You've finally lost it, Munson," you say, light and dismissive, getting up from the table. "You're out of your mind."

Eddie is quick to follow you out of the cafe.

"This is the clearest I've been thinking in years!" he insists, grabbing your elbow before you can dash off to your own building. He whirls you back to him and you catch your balance by gripping his bicep. His rather large bicep...

"This is what I've been waiting for. Inspiration. Guidance. A muse!"

Eddie's eyes are so wide and his smile is so hopeful that you feel your stomach flip.

"Eddie, I have no background in music. I don't write songs!"

"But you write poetry - it's the same thing!"

You huff and look around wildly as if some kind of excuse or escape will materialize out of thin air and get you out of this uncomfortable situation. Instead, all you see is the lanky, expectant frame of Eddie Munson.

"You know for a fact that lyricism is poetic, so I'm not even going to dignify that excuse with any further arguments," Eddie says. His smile is wide enough to indicate that he knows he's won. He knows he's got you.

Suddenly his big hands are gripping your wrists and pulling your hands to rest on his chest.

"Help me. Do you need me to beg? I'll beg, sweetheart, I have no dignity," he moans playfully. All of your nerve endings alight at the sound and your imagination immediately runs wild at the thought of what else he could moan with those pretty lips. You squash those thoughts as quickly as you can and nod in the process of dislodging the inappropriate thoughts in your head, which Eddie takes as an affirmative to his begging. "You'll do it?! You're fucking perfect, you know that?"

Before you can correct his misunderstanding, Eddie kisses you hard on the cheek. The motion is wet and smacking and it shakes you to your very core. His hand cradles you at your waist and for a second your bodies are pressed flush together. Your entire being vibrates at the feeling of Eddie Munson against you and it seems like time stands still.

But then he's pulling away, taking his warmth and his steadiness with him.

"You won't regret this, sweetheart. We're going to make the best team ever, just you wait!"

And with that, Eddie bounds off in the direction of the music building, leaving you with only a foggy comprehension of what you've supposedly just agreed to and with the memory of the feeling of his body against yours.

What have you gotten yourself into.

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[quitealotofsodapop]

Trying to figure out a Celestial family tree from the Jade Emperor, even in it's most basic form is kinda hard.

In Journey to the West he def got a sister (Yaoji) and she had 3 kids including Erlang Shen (his nephew). Yang Chan/Sanniang (Erlang's sister) had Liu Chen Xiang according to one version of the Lotus Lantern fairytale.

Him and Queen Mother of the West have at least has 7 daughters according to "Weaver Girl and the Cowherd" which includes; Zhinu (the star Vega), Yanguang Niangniang (Goddess of Eyesight), Songzi/Zhusheng Niangniang (Goddess of Fertility/Childbirth). But the last one occasionally is three separate goddesses rolled into one, or is depicted as a version of Guanyin. Guanyin herself is either a former mortal than became a Bodhisattva, or a daughter of the Jade Emperor who became buddist.

But the tale of "Hou Yi and the 10 Suns" seems to change who's kids the Suns/Sons (puns) are depending on the variant - Jade Emperor is either their dad, granddad, or more often unrelated entirely.

Mythology is confusing.

In the LMK au Im crafting; I have it down that the Jade Emperor and QMotW only got the 7 daughters who are either alive but estranged/disowned (Zhinu and Princess Iron Fan), or reincarnated/died as mortals without their parents permission (Lady Yin). Erlang Shen is so high ranked cus he's technicallly the only male heir in line for the throne. Nezha barely scrapping the royal bloodline since his mom is a reincarnation of the Second Daughter.

This what I got:

If anyone with greater knowledge in Chinese mythos could give me a heads up regarding family trees, it would be cool.

[cinderduck]

I had an idea what gripped me so violently that i had to make it real

[dayseternal-blog]

Do you have any fics recs of hinata raising boruto and hima as single mom and later reunites with naruto kinda plot??

hmmmmmmmmmmm ok

“Missed Years” by Rinne-Kami - Rated T, Modern AU, Multi-chapter, Incomplete. The act of one night gave birth to their future. And now, with years past since that one night, they were left with years to return. Seven years of love to find, seven years of trust to rebuild, and seven years of fatherhood to return.

"Fantasy AU" from "Tales of Two Ninjas" by @magmawrites - Rated E, High Fantasy AU, One-shot. War brought them together. Will it keep them apart?

uhhhhhhhhhhhh what else

Just Boruto for Single Mom Hinata Fics

“Blurred Lines” by @vegebulsoup - Rated E, Police / Cops and Robbers Modern AU, Multi-chapter, Complete. Detective Naruto Uzumaki is having a hard time staying focused at work due to an elusive, dark-haired beauty.

Untitled by @jadeandonyx - Rated T, Modern AU, One-shot. Prompt: 4. teacher/single parent au + 5. one night stand and falling pregnant au

“Sun/Moon Deities” from “Small Doses” by chloelapomme - Rated E, Gods & Goddesses AU, One-shot. Powerful and yet even stronger when united, the Moon and the Sun can create and protect life together.

“Shattered Ties” by UltimateUnknown - Rated T, Canon-Divergent AU, Multi-chapter, Incomplete.  Hinata and her seven year old son, Boruto live in a small village far away from the influence of ninjas. By moving to such a distant location, Hinata thought she could both outrun her past and live peacefully with her beloved son. However, all of those plans are thrown for a loop when Hinata and Boruto’s lives are taken by a storm from the past. That storm’s name - Naruto Uzumaki.

In these next ones, their kid isn't named Boruto, but it's still Naruto and Hinata's son.

“Girl No 10” by meeiwan - Rated M, Modern AU, Multi-chapter, Incomplete. Naruto makes a mistake with a dancer one drunk night.  Years later when he meets her again, he begins realizing his perfect life is a lie, but he’s too late to fix it. 

"A Common Story" from "NaruHina Erotica Oneshots" by makuro767 - Rated E, High School / Modern AU, One-shot. It's really a story you can find anywhere. Teenage mistakes, unplanned pregnancy, family drama...the usual drama you really can find anywhere...

And then I wrote this one that has Hinata raising the kids on her own for a bit...rather similar to Chloe's Sun/Moon Deities fic.

"The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl" - Rated M, Gods & Goddesses/Folklore AU, Multi-chapter, Complete. The folktale of the Japanese summer festival Tanabata, the story of Orihime’s and Hikoboshi’s love.

[the-chipped-cup-awards]

2024 Chipped Cup Awards - Masterlist

Here, once again, are the winners of the 2024 Chipped Cup Awards

FLUFF:

Family: Tea and Roses by @thatravenclawbitch

Comfort: Struck By a Golden Arrow by @avatoh

Fix-it: Ritual by @peacehopeandrats

Reunion: A Dream is a Wish by @rowofstars

SMUT:

Kink/BDSM: On The House by @kelyon

Romance: Brandy, Apples, and Spice by @rufeepeach

Comedy: Accidents by @peacehopeandrats

Threesome: Fulfilling a Fantasy by @thescholarlystrumpet

First Time: Queen Takes Knight by @emospritelet

PWP: In the Dark and Wicked Hours by @rowofstars

ANGST:

Death: Strong for Belle by @desperatemurph

Hurts So Good: To Have and To Hold by @thatravenclawbitch

Misunderstanding: Unexpected But Not Unwelcome by @tickletorso

ROMANCE:

Date (overall) Lost and Found by @peacehopeandrats

Courtship: The Sweetest Dream by @threepwoodmarley

First Meeting: Portrait of the Heart by @chippedcupwrites

GENERAL:

One Shot: Pages of Reverie by @chippedcupwrites

Series: Lover’s Leap by @eirian-houpe

Novel Length: Mountains, Streams, and Magical Things by @peacehopeandrats

Short Fic: Babysitting by @timelordthirteen

Holiday Centric: Brandy, Apples, and Spice by @rufeepeach

Remix: Our Masks by @lotus0kid

Crossover: A Blade for Belfrey by @eirian-houpe

Dark Castle: Marble by @peacehopeandrats

Storybrooke: Leaving Storybrooke by @peacehopeandrats

"Missing Years": The Tent of Infinite Adventure by @peacehopeandrats

Wish!Verse: Deception by @eirian-houpe

SPECIAL CATEGORIES:

Golden Lace: The Storybrooke Whisky Appreciation Society by @threepwoodmarley

Woven Beauty: Undefined Desires by @worryinglyinnocent

Background Swanfire: To Have and to Hold by @thatravenclawbitch

Afterlife: Granted by @peacehopeandrats

Drama: Love Me Before the Last Petal Falls by @deliriumsdelight7

Supernatural/Sci-fi/Horror: The Cunning by @mareyshelley

Comedy: Lacey and the Tramp by @chippedcupwrites

AU-Original: Wretched Beginnings by @poorobscureplainandlittle

AU- OUAT: Tales of Gold by @JurisLadyAnna

AU-Other Media: The Black Swan by @deliriumsdelight7

Creature: The Finfolk’s Bride by @chippedcupwrites

Unexpected Twist: Contract by @kelyon

Bobby Squared: A Blade for Belfrey by @eirian-houpe

Trope: Love Me Before the Last Petal Falls by @deliriumsdelight7

English Language: To Nurse by @charon53

EVENTS

RSS: If You Will Be My Queen by @eirian-houpe

Fluffapalooza (Fic): The Tea Shop by @peacehopeandrats

Fluffapalooza (Art): Kiss Me Again, It’s Working by @milaeryn

Monthly Rumbelling: The Landlord and the Princess by @Rumplerose (AO3)

CHARACTER AWARDS

Belle: The Not So Dark One by @charlotteashmore13

Dark One!Belle: Rags to Riches by @alphashley14

Lacey: Sore Hearted Souls by @nerdrumple

Spinner!Rumple: Witch and Spinner by @Strummer_Pinks

Dark One!Rumple: Gilded by @eirian-houpe

Wish!Rumple: Once There Was a Wish by @peacehopeandrats

Mr. Gold: The Caretaker by @thestraggletag

Detective Weaver: Forgery by @peacehopeandrats

Baelfire/Neal: A House Built With Love by @of-princes-and-savages

Gideon: Finding You by @clarahue

OC Rumbelle Child: The Zoo by @peacehopeandrats

Villain: Cora in On the House by @kelyon

BFF/Wingman: Mountains, Streams, and Magical Things by @peacehopeandrats

ART

Fan Art: Kiss Me Again, It’s Working by @milaeryn

Graphic Art: And Love is When Someone Who Even KNows Your Scars Stays To Kiss You by @chippedcupwrites

AU In Art: Belle Isn’t Fascinated by the Idea of Marrying Gaston by @notonlymice

Fluff Art: Belle French and the Dork One by @chippedcupwrites

Angsty Art: In My Memory It Doesn’t End by @ace-cf-cups

Comic/Graphic Novel: Wearing Each Other’s Clothes by @angelqueen13art

Use of Color: Kiss Me Again, It’s Working by @milaeryn

Video: Your Beauty Never Ever Scared Me by @chippedcupwrites

SUPERLATIVES:

Best Artist: @chippedcupwrites

Best Author: @kelyon

Best New Author: @ace-cf-cups

Best Rumbelle Fic: The Language of Flowers by @deliriumsdelight7

Best Anyelle Fic: Let’s Spend the Night Together by @ifishouldvanish

Best Anyem Fic: Tyger Tyger by @shakespeareanhoneybadgers

Rumbelle Lifetime Achievement: @jackabelle73

[thebettybook]

Chapter 1

For main stories

🕸️ “Dance with me at the Spider-Society Soirée” { Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 }

🧸 “The Best Babysitters for Mayday” [imagine]

☕️ “His espresso” [drabble]

Headcanons

For ATSV/Spider-Verse headcanons

🍓 Fluff headcanons I made of Miguel as a dad to a baby via reblog of @no-fucks-left-in-inventory’s post

🕸️ My Miguel O’Hara SFW Character HCs

Specials

For ATSV/Spider-Verse events, occasions, and AUs

📖 “A Spin on an Enchanted Tale” [Miguel O’Hara x fem!reader AU inspired by Disney’s Enchanted]

{ Ch 1 | Ch 2 | Ch 2.5 | Ch 3 | Ch 4 | Ch 5 | Ch 6 }

Storytime

For random inspo and stories

📖 Angst-to-fluff fic I came up with via reblog of @muwitch’s art of Miguel O’Hara

📖 A Miguel x reader fic idea I came up with

📖 Pinterest calls Miguel a “pretty pink princess” LOL

📖 Mini scenario I came up with about reader hosting a Barbie movie night with Miguel at their shared apartment

📖 Mini scenario I came up with inspired by the new Miraculous Ladybug movie

📖 A Miguel x fem!reader fic idea I came up with inspired by the Disney Enchanted movie

Sticky Notes

For ATSV/Spider-Verse thoughts and things

🗒️ ENHYPEN’s song “Bite Me” is PERFECT for Miguel

🗒️ We’re getting a deleted scene from ATSV with Miguel in it???

Scrapbook

For photos, drawings, & other media

📔 My Spidersona: Flower Weaver (my art)

📔 Happy Birthday, Miguel (10/13/23)

📔 Flower Weaver at the Spiderweb Gala (my art)

📔 My first Miguel sketch

[fromtheboundlesssea]

November 5-11, 2023

It’s hard to believe this November will be one year since I’ve created this fic! And by these dates we will have finished the first arc/season of Neither Gods Nor Men and starting up the second arc/season!

Anyone can participate and all you have to do is make a post with your art, video, gif set, graphic, playlist, fanfic, and tag me in the post and use the hashtag #NGNM Week 2023!

Once the week is up, I will create a poll to decide who wins! Here are the prizes!

1st Place - a Bonus Chapter of their choosing!

2nd Place - a NGNM video of their choosing!

3rd Place - a NGNM gif set of their choosing!

Here are the themes!

Sunday: Nov 5 - House Targaryen

The first day of NGNM Week is in Honor of the great and terrible House of the Dragon. What would their ancestors think of them? What would their descendants? Show me a house once united now crumbling from the cracks formed by fire and blood.

Monday: Nov 6 - The Greens

The Greens fight for honor. They fight for the right of Aemond Targaryen to succeed his father upon the Iron Throne. They fight for their lives as they face off against factions that have already wronged them. Tell me of Aemond “One-Eye,” of Saera “the War Rose,” and of Helaena “the Dreamer.” Tell me of House Hightower and the knights who may slay dragons. Tell me of love that simply was not enough.

Tuesday: Nov 7 - The Blues

The Blues fight for legacy. What is a legacy? It is not blood, which has twined them to the Greens, but the names for which they have been given. They fight for injustice served and justice denied. Tell me of Aegon “the Blue King,” of Aemma “the Mournful,” of Laena “the Valkyrie,” and of Viserys “the War Hammar.” Tell me of House Velaryons. Tell me of those who survived the Doom without dragons to their name, who have found their home amongst the waves. Tell me of desperation born of love.

Wednesday: Nov 8 - The Blacks

What do the Black’s fight for? Survival? Glory? To what do they think themselves owed? Tell me of Jacaerys “the Unworthy,” of Baela “the Siren,” of Lucerys “the Unjust,” and of Joffrey “the Good.” Tell me of House Strong. Tell me of their schemes and of their whispers. Tell me of their plans. Tell me of greed born from love.

Thursday: Nov 9 - Grandchildren

Tell me of those innocent souls who should not have been born into a time where blood is spilt by kin and strangers alike. Tell me of little Aegon. Tell me of Baelon, Jaehaerys, and Maelor. Tell me of Laenor, Jaehaera, and Rhaenor. Tell me of innocence. Tell me tragedy. Tell me sorrow. Tell me of what could have been.

Friday: Nov 10 - Dreams/Theories/AUs

What shall happen, now that the board has been set and the pieces stand at attention? What shall come for these heroes and villains alike. For it is a game of thrones and you can either win or you can die. And tell me what could have been if the board had never needed to be arranged in the first place.

Saturday: Nov 11 - Misc.

Your decide! You decide what you wish to show. For although I am the weaver of this tale and have made it grow, it is you, dear reader, who has brought it life!