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[flowercrowngods]

dio. 🤍

ao3 • writing tag • time travel au tag (stories & snippets) steddie drabbles & microfics ☕️ ko-fi vibes only. mostly steddie, sometimes clarkson.

🌷 WIPs & multi-chaptered stories

➤ i’ll try. i’ll try. (but i couldn’t be better) WIP M | 74k | 12/? | time travel au, angst, steve whump Sent back to 1983, Steve tries to save his friends from everything that's coming and takes on the battle against the Upside Down alone with El by his side.

➤ nice to meet you, where you been? T | 12k | 3/3 | tattoo shop au, pure fluff, trans eddie Chrissy sends Eddie to check out a tattoo shop. Little does he know it belongs to Steve Harrington, or that they’ll both be falling for each other at lightning

➤ untitled knight!Steve / bard!Eddie WIP T | 10k | 2/? | tumblr: part 1 | part 2 | ... regency au (freeform), enemies to lovers Eddie is a bard of great renown who returns to Hawkins ready and willing to spite the people who cast him out all his life. He is in search of his muse: the knight Dustin has been writing to him about who has inspired his greatest ballads and poems. Dustin’s Sir Steve is nowhere to be found, but Lord Harrington seems to hold a grudge against Eddie and he wants to find out why.

➤ see the stars shining through the cracks of my broken heart | steddie week fic T | 14.7k | 3/3 | tumblr: part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 | part 6 | part 7 in which Eddie and Chrissy get engaged and Steve is heartbroken. yearning ensues. a story about love requited and unrequited, breaking and healing, and hope (steddie & buckingham)

➤ shattered on the cliff’s edge, trapped by the tides WIP M | 5.8k | 2/7 | tumblr: part 1 | part 2 | ... A steddie ghost story. Steve Harrington, disgraced and disowned by his father for moral insanity, has been haunted by eerie dreams of a mysterious lighthouse ever since he was a little boy. His lighthouse quickly turns from recurring night terror to gruesome reality when his superior delegates him to fix the broken light and be the new keeper. But he soon finds out that it is he who is being kept.

➤ tales of blue | who did this to you? WIP M | 13k | 3/4 | tumblr: part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | Eddie POV, pre-s4, injured Steve, hurt/comfort One summer's day in 1985, Eddie finds a very injured Steve in the boathouse, and even though he doesn't want the kind of trouble that this might bring, he can't just leave him there. So, scared though he is, he takes Steve to the one person he trusts to always make everything better.

➤ untitled kas!eddie / steve WIP M | 5.3k | 1/? | tumblr: part 1 | post-canon, hurt/comfort, enemies steddie The extent of his brain injuries and the intensity of his migraines is something Steve has been keeping secret from everyone. When he goes to Kas to let him feed, however, the sudden blood loss gives him a migraine. Kas decides to take care of him.

one shots & ficlets under the cut (ao3) -> ao3 link in the tumblr fic post

🌷 fluff & floaty

floor time fic (ao3) Eddie POV, falling in love, fluff, neurodivergent steddie

eddie likes Good Words (ao3) Steve POV, stablished relationship, neurodivergent steddie, echolalia

rambly Steve in love Eddie POV, established relationship, love confession

soft insomniacs (ao3) Eddie POV, short trans Eddie, soft Steve, bickering, established relationship

3 am phone call (ao3) Steve POV, soft, pre-relationship

car ride in love Eddie POV, floaty, boys in love, Andante, Andante

stargazing Steve POV, floaty & soft, boys in love

sick fic Eddie POV, domestic fluff & silliness, steve is sick, eddie is in love

first kiss Eddie POV, floaty, boys in love

loving eddie munson (is a full body experience) (ao3) Steve POV, floaty, boys in love, introspection, love confessions

floaty steddie date hours Eddie POV, established relationship, date night, marriage proposals, softness, dancing in the rain

sick fic 2 (woollen bat hat) Eddie POV, sick!Steve, soft boyfriends in love, cuddling, Eddie reads Momo to Steve

🌷 yearning

✨yearning hours (a-side) (ao3) Eddie POV, heart-wrenching yearning, light imagery, (mis)communication, vulnerability, first kiss

✨yearning hours (b-side) (ao3) Steve POV, insecurity, trauma, darkness imagery, vulnerability, first kiss

✨yearning hours (bonus track) (ao3) Eddie POV, light imagery, vulnerability, getting together

summer nights were made for steve (ao3) Eddie POV, yearning, getting together, the stars are pretty but steve is prettier

✨yearning hours (hidden track) (ao3) Steve POV, floaty music, getting together, sudden love confession, pining, A Flock of Seagulls

✨ high yearning make-out fic (smutty) (ao3) Eddie POV, recreational drug use, dry humping, coming in pants, so much yearning, so much kissing, spicy six as friends

🌷 hurt/comfort

insomniac eddie & human weighted blanket steve Eddie POV, developing relationship, comfort

Eddie being inexperienced at relationships Eddie POV, established relationship, dramatic eddie, boys in love, cuddles

spiralling writer eddie Eddie POV, established relationship, comfort, emotionally intelligent steve

‘You’d be a great dad’ Eddie POV, established relationship, insecure Eddie, comfort

steve has seizures (ao3) Steve POV, angst, self-isolation, seizures, post-s3, found family, background steddie

nonverbal steve gets a hug (ao3) Steve POV, established steddie, nonverbal steve, caring eddie, touch starved steve

sensory overload steddie Steve POV, soft boys, building relationship, nonverbal steve, touch-averse eddie, floor time as the cure

🌷 angst & hurt/no comfort

spiralling steve Steve POV, traumatised steve, nonverbal steve, established steddie, eventual comfort

breakup Steve POV, steve is not okay, breaking up

My Boy Steve POV, major character death, post-s4, inspired by My Girl funeral scene

memory wipe musings Steve POV, post-canon, established relationship, breakup-ish

post-breakup steddie Steve POV, a follow-up for @steddieas-shegoes prompt-fill | years after breaking up with steve eddie writes him a letter and they talk, mentions of drug abuse and rehab, starting over, 2nd chances (it's hopeful but it's kinda really sad)

knightmærs Eddie POV, prince!steve, traitor!eddie, lovers to enemies who are still lovers but it's intrigue, brainwashing, torture, eddie whump, manipulation, open ending, violence & threats of death

🌷 smut(ish)

steve wants to hear eddie Eddie POV, established relationship, anal sex

sexytimes in a tent Steve POV, trying not to get caught, established relationship, hand jobs

sub!kas eddie (drabble) (tag for more) Steve POV, good boy kas, soft dom steve

school reunion sex Eddie POV, chubby!steve, dom-ish top steve, belly kink, light degradation kink, multiple orgasms, semi-public sex, reunion sex, good boy eddie

misc. & gen

steve and nancy finally have A Talk Steve POV, apologies, communicating like adults, making up, platonic stancy

steve and mike coming out to each other (ao3) Steve POV, bisexual lighting, established background steddie, mike & steve sibling relationship

why'd you jump? (ao3) conversation at the quarry, coming out (kinda), working through trauma together, steve & mike sibling relationship, big brother Steve | cw: could read as suicidal tendencies or intrusive thoughts

a study in grief: steve and mike talking about barb (ao3) Steve POV, Barb's death anniversary, Barb was Mike's friend, grief, mourning, big brother Steve, Mike character study

stobin arsonist tendencies (drabble) Steve POV, robin wants to burn down steve's car and house, fucked up platonic besties, neurodivergent swag

🌷 i'll try-verse (time travel au) oneshots

steve takes el to see her first meteor shower

el calls steve magic

eddie finds nonverbal steve

tina's party steddie hug

steve meets wayne

clarkson fics

meet-sweet | kids duty (ao3) clarkson origin post with @unclewaynemunson. Wayne POV, first meeting, slow burn, pre-relationship, soft

coursework, caffeine and cuddles (ao3) teacher student!steve, domestic fluff, established clarkson & steddie, found family

if i fell in love with you (ao3) Scott POV, soft, established relationship, domestic fluff, If I Fell

home. (ao3) Scott POV, comfort, floaty, established relationship, after-school car ride, domesticity

quiet. (ao3) Scott POV, hurt/comfort, domesticity, established relationship, wayne doesn’t like how quiet scott’s house gets

don’t let go (i won’t) (ao3) Scott POV, hurt/comfort, found family, post-s4, shared trauma, steddie, established relationship, wayne gets a bad flashback and scott calls steddie for help

ronance fics

snow angels for @thefreakandthehair's spicy six winter fic challenge, Nancy POV, pining, first kiss, getting together

yearning hours (ao3) Nancy POV, pining, yearning, realisations, pre-relationship, semi-floaty

[aoteyam]

Avatar | ATWOW : FIC RECOMMENDATIONS

This is for anyone else who is searching for certain avatar (wotw) fics; I’ve got you.

IMPORTANT NOTE: majority of these fics are nsfw so MINORS DNI. To Authors - You guys know exactly how to fulfil these dirty readers needs (I may or may not be part of them 👀) haha kidding *im not*

Remember to Support these authors and show some some love!! 🤍

**will keep updating this **

Main Library : ext blog (in progress)

First: QUARITCH FANFICS | Category: A-Z

• A •

A green dress @lolita-lollipop

• B •

Baby I'm yours @cautionworks

Being his ex lover @nervousd

Beautiful boy @sunkissedlucida

Betraying hearts : prologue @siberiascaravan

Bleeding hearts @lina-lovebug

• C •

Changes in the forest @hihhasotherfixations

Cold nights @chaili-1512

Colonels orders @whxre-bxby

col. quaritch + captive na'vi!reader hcs~ @/cuethediscoandthedrinks

D

• E •

Experiment 56 @byunpum

Eywa has decided @nieshiren

Eywas gift from hell @szagaloree

Eywas will @eywarian

F

G

• H •

His wife @/ szagaloree

Holiday celebration with Quaritch @/siberiascaravan

• I •

I’ll take care of it @/whxre-bxby

Imagines with Quaritch @ciaoteamo

I see you @/dejavu

J

• K •

Kinky things with the Recoms @tarrynightss

• L •

Lovers death @/tarrydnightss

Lucky interruption @blind0demon

• M •

Make the bond @ecriter

Mine @kittwen

Monster @abs-2020

My baby @salemssacrilege

My Command @/nieshiren

• N •

Need some help with that? @artificialstrawberry

NSFW Alphabet with my Quaritch @angelltheninth

• O •

Oral fixation @mj2606k

Orphic series @kxnxrki

outsider @mantiddysimp007

• P •

Peachy keen @sunnybeewriting

Period one shots @/whxre-bxby

phone sex w/ lyle @/tarrynights

poisonous flower @/chaili-1512

• Q •

Quaritch x reader (Fem recom) @sarasarami10

R

Redemption @/ciaoteamo

• S •

Semper Fi @robertoarts

Sinner and saint @justasimps-blog

• T •

That's some plant. 2~ Na'vi Miles Quaritch x Fem/Reader @fanfiction-blep

The lie of providence @plzfeedmebread

The new way @0ladyred0

U

V

• W •

We’ll teach you some manners @/whxre-bxby

Wedded bliss @horrorchicxoxo

X

• Y •

𝐘𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬 @bittertrade

You are mine @/lina-lovebug

You don’t deserve mercy @mist-see

Z

Special section:

@cuethediscoandthedrinks im just going to give you your own section here - Ya'll check their masterlist here you can find many of their Quaritch Master pieces!

# ~ 123 ~ untitled REQ:

Miles Quaritch x chubby f!Human reader!] @/0ladyred0

Na’vi!Quaritch with a Human!Gender Neutral!Reader Relationship Headcanons! @xandy-toady17

recom quaritch x f na’vi reader @mr-mandalorian

Na’vi!Quaritch SFW Alphabet @/ horrorchicxoxo

Na’vi!/Avatar!Quaritch x fem!human!reader NSFW ABC’s @/mantiddysimp007

Recon!Quaritch x human!reader @/mantiddysimp007

Recom!Quaritch x Scientist!Reader @shadowshart

Recom! Quaritch x Human! Reader @festering-obsession

Recom Quaritch x reader-insert drabble @callmeburgor

Quaritch smut @cumslut4avatar

Miles, Mansk, Lyle - meeting and pregnancy headcanons @/whxre-bxby

Lately I’ve been reading a lot of Quaritch fics and rereading them over and over again which is unhealthy for my brain. He be making me feel things … which are very unholy😭⚠️

BTW I think I’ve linked some incorrectly; but imma edit it again later on cause it’s like 1 in the morning 🙃

[cookinary]

Hey guys, if you want some music

I've been putting together a playlist of what my AUs' themes would be

I'll be making a list under the cut of which song matches which AU (so don't check it out if you wanna figure it out for yourself!)

Da OG boi: Banana Man - Tally Hall

Android: Robot Rock - Daft Punk

Backrooms: H A L L S - CG5

Basically Villain: Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio

Beyblade: Beyblade Metal Fusion French opening

Brothers in Arms: Turn the Lights Off - Tally Hall

Cartoon: Duck Sauce - Barbra Streisand

Clone: I think I'm a clone now - Weird Al

Cyberpunk: Organic Self - Noisecream

Demon Banana: Demons - Imagine Dragons / Phoenix - ft.Cailin Russo and Chrissy Costanza

Dragon Pilot: Dragon Pilot Hisone to Masotan outro

Escaped Experiment: Monster - dodie

Explosive Personality: MINECRAFT CREEPER RAP - Dan Bull

Ghost: Ghost - Confetti

Godhunter: Godhunter - Aviators

Honey I shrunk the kid: So What - Three Days Grace

It's just a game: Losing My Mind - Mystery Skulls

Mad Guy Dead: MAD RAT HEART from the Mad Rat Dead OST

Mad Switch: Fuck You - Lily Allen

Magic: Dementia - Owl City ft. Mark Hoppus / ROACHES - Luluyam (I picked these songs because Mage is psychotic because of everything he went through)

Mountains: Les bronzés font du ski

Murder Drones: Disassembly Required - Liam Vickers

Mutant: Captive Normal from the Hi-Fi Rush OST (PLEASE CHECK THIS GAME OUT) / I'm My Own Master Now (Platinum Mix) from the Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance OST

Nyankees: meow - lvusm

Pacific Rim: Pacific Rim main theme

Phoenix: Phoenix - Netrum & Halvorsen

Pokemon: The Journey Starts Today - Walk off the Earth

Portal: Who I am - CG5

Post-Apocalypse: Survive - SOARA / Wasteland Outlaw - MAJESTY

Radioactive: Radioactive - Imagine Dragons

Reaper: The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash

Sailing Seas: The Seven Seas - F-777

Sea Monster: Ocean Man - Ween

Simulation Collapsing: ECHO [Cover] - Alfakyun

Space: Starman - David Bowie

Spare: I Can't Decide - Scissors Sisters

Supers: Speed of Light - Joe Satriani

Swap: Sweet About Me - Gabrielle Cilmi

Tanuki: Heisei era Tanuki War (Spirited Season) from the Pompoko OST

Therianthropy: Wild Slide - Jules Gaia / T-Rex - K.Flay

Time Agent: This Time - PXL

Time God: Temporal Tower from the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky OST

Time Loop: Stuck in a Timeloop - Animadrop

Totally Spies: Here We Go - Totally Spies season 1 opening

Turning Red: Pandas Unite/Nobody Like U from the Turning Red OST

Unaware Eldritch God: God - Jake Daniels

Untitled Friend Game: Goose Goose Revolution - TheLivingTombstone

Werewolf: Animal In Me - Solence

Witch Vampire: Happy Halloween Rap ver. - nqrse

Zombie: Macabre Rotting Girl - Kathy-Chan / Stay Alive - FFM ft. Felix Bushe / INFECTED - STARSET

Junkyard King: Junkyard King - Navie D

Rookie Mistake (AU where my sona is present): Idontgivea***k - Rabbit Junk

And EMPIRES by Electric Swing Circus isn't for an AU but I thought it was a good fit for vanilla Ophelia

[steddiemicrofic]

Steddie Microfic April 22nd-30th Masterlist

meet the parents by @ithinkicouldloveher | Rated M | no cw

the corpse in your garden by @postmodernau | Rated T | cw: canon-typical fantasy/horror elements | tags: sci-fi AU

Battle cry by @medusapelagia | Rated M | cw: blood, injuries, war, battlefield, cliffhanger

wrap around, take a hold by @zombiethingy | Rated M | cw: piss | tags: pining, kink discovery, omorashi, pre-relationship

untitled by @wearing-tearing | Rated T | no cw

[maraschinomerry]

Lockwood & Co requests

Requests are open again! I'm aware I have a lot of outstanding requests and I still want to get to those but I think I've got too in my head about them and need some fresh ideas...

I'll write for George, Lockwood, Lucy or combos (Locklyle/the Portland Row polycule, these can also be standalone) x reader (who will be gender neutral unless otherwise requested); will do pretty much anything except NSFW (suggestive is okay) and I may reject mental health-based prompts if I don't feel like I have the experience or ability to do it justice; it can be platonic or romantic; and I've only seen the show so I can't reference the books. Please give me a prompt or quote you want me to include! Here are some good prompt lists for inspiration but feel free to come up with your own: touch-starved; random; angst, fluff & bittersweet masterlist; sparring (so fitting, I would especially love to do some of these); taunting; first kiss

This post will be updated with links to finished fics and details of upcoming works. If you're able to, please consider checking out my ko-fi in my bio, but likes and reblogs are equally great support! Thank you all for the love so far ❤️

In the works/masterlist

George Karim

Important Research

Matching Mates & part 2

Stay Safe

How To Stand

I've Got Your Back

You Are My Sunshine (part 2 requested)

You and Me

Chicken Soup

Offerings

Dinosaur Plasters

Meddling Git

Sidekick

Rock Paper Scissors

Untitled book fic (requested)

Untitled anxiety fic (requested)

Buttered Popcorn (Fittes ball fic)

Anthony Lockwood

Distracted & part 2 (part 3 requested)

Pretty Boy

Tea and Torn T-shirts

Little Pink Heart

Sparring fic (in progress)

Reassuring fic (requested)

First job fic (requested)

Double life fic (requested)

Lucy Carlyle

Chance Encounters

Cake fic (requested)

Locklyle

Blood of the Covenant

Lockwood & Co

Saving Your Friends 101

[saffronapplemanga]

Recent Read Manga Recommendation Round Up - Part 2

More manga I’ve been enjoying recently! Part 1 recommendation list here. Twitter link to this post here.

~Links to my other manga posts~ My personal favs/ones I super enjoyed will have a ✨ on them :)

Got more new titles and shorter reads this time around!

Some of these don't have official (or unofficial) EN translations since I read a lot of JP-only manga and I’d like to make people aware of those titles too! My hope is that bringing awareness to them will help get them licensed :) I guess if any sound interesting, ask publishers to license them! I’ll link any dedicated posts I have for each title.

PLEASE LOOK UP ANY TRIGGER WARNINGS!

HISTORICAL, DRAMA

✨Tenmaku no Jadoogar: A Witch’s Life in Mongol by Tomato Soup

(3 volumes, ongoing)

JP only. The first 5 chapters are up for free in JP here. English summary in this post

A learned Irani slave girl is taken captive by the Mongols in the 13th century and has to use her knowledge to survive. Well-researched historical fiction about Fatima, who was a real person in history. I wrote a long detailed post about it, so check it out!

DRAMA, ART

✨Untitled Blue by Natsume Yukiko

(3 volumes, ongoing)

JP only - English summary in this post

I fell for Untitled Blue SO HARD, and I need the next volume immediately. A suicidal boy who just wants to make art uses the name of a burnt-out prodigy girl to sell his works in anonymity. The found family vibes and feels are strong in this one... And there are some absolutely SICK pages in this.

DRAMA, PSYCHOLOGICAL, ROMANCE

Haru’s Curse by Konishi Asuka

(2 volumes, complete)

Available in English

A woman falls for her dead sister's man and we follow a story about guilt and grief. This is a well-written short manga that tackles touchy topics in a thoughtful manner.

PSYCHOLOGICAL, DRAMA, SCI-FI

Takopi’s Original Sin by Taizan5

(2 volumes, complete)

English available to read on mangaplus

A short manga that was quite popular in Japan by the same author of the currently publishing Jump series The Ichinose Family's Deadly Sins, this title is a good intro into Taizan 5's work. The art is expressive, the page turn is used well, and it takes a look at human psychology through three children with complicated relationships and living situations.

LGBTQ, SLICE OF LIFE

Kawa yori mo Nagaku Yuruyaka ni by Yoshida Akimi

(2 volumes, complete)

JP only

From Yoshida-sensei of Banana Fish fame, this short manga predates her more well-known work and you can see her explore some of the themes and ideas that you'll often see in Yoshida's works. I didn't relate to the characters (Which is actually nice sometimes! Different perspectives are good!) and it's kind of a weird manga, but it got a few laughs out of me and it was cool seeing Yoshida experiment.

This is how he introduced himself to an American working at the base - WILD

COMEDY, SLICE OF LIFE

✨Let's Go Karaoke! by Wayama Yama

(oneshot)

Available in English

I've been eyeing this title for YEARS and almost bought it so many times. Finally read it and idk why it took me so long. A charming, quirky, silly, wholesome story about a yakuza getting singing lessons from a choir kid. There's a sequel that's currently being published, ファミレス行こ/Famiresu Iko/"Let's Go To a Diner," but it seems to have a slow release schedule and hasn't been released in volume form yet. I don't see it available to read digitally either so I guess we'll just wait for a tankobon release.

COMEDY, SLICE OF LIFE

✨Captivated, by You by Wayama Yama

(oneshot)

Available in English

A wholesome quick read that left me with a smile on my face. The characters in this manga are just sweet kids and it's delightfully mundane. I mean that in the best way. It was just so nice to read.

COMEDY, SLICE OF LIFE

✨Onna no Sono no Hoshi by Wayama Yama

(3 volumes, ongoing)

JP only

More of Wayama Yama's infectious brand of humor and fuzzy feelings that I'm completely in love with at this point. Read what I said for the last two titles - same good stuff.

DRAMA, SCI-FI, MYSTERY

✨Gene Bride by Takano Hitomi

(3 volumes, ongoing)

JP only - English summary in this post

Sci-fi title that slowly unfolds its mystery and features two incredibly charming characters with a hilarious dynamic and tons of personality.

DRAMA, SLICE OF LIFE

✨Ikoku Nikki by Yamashita Tomoko

(11 volumes, complete)

JP only

My current read!

15-year old Asa's parents passed away in a car accident and her aunt, Makio, who works as an author has taken her in. This series is so human and makes me feel too seen and it's too relatable... Gives me the warm and fuzzies but also makes me want to cry. I need Makio in my life tbh.

Just gonna leave this here...

[tnc-n3cl]

Fic Author Interview

Thanks for the tag @unmaskedcardinal!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

Five although one of them is really a rough draft of another fic.

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

264,548! (There's way more on the way though...)

3. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

The Amnesiac Hero's Quest (T, BotW AU covering when Link leaves the Great Plateau until just after freeing Vah Ruta (and Mipha), 14 chapters, only finished fic so far) 50 kudos.

Link's Story: Finding Hateno Village (T, BotW AU, pretty much what it says on the tin, Link leaves Kakariko going towards Mt. Lanaryu by mistake and tries to find his way to Hateno Village. This is the one that spawned TAHQ, oneshot, the first thing I posted on AO3.) 21 kudos.

Shifting Tides of Fate (M, BotW AU picking up where TAHQ leaves off, Link and Mipha head to Rito Village to save Revali and free Vah Medoh, 6 chapters posted, WIP) 11 kudos.

The Ballad of Kass (M (originally T), BotW AU starting a week or two before the start of TAHQ, Kass sets out to find Link to fulfil his promise to his teacher, and his sister Kalia tags along. Second thing I posted, kind of the backbone to the whole The Realm Walker saga at this point [cause it intersects with the other stories so I have to time things out carefully], 15 chapters posted, WIP) 8 kudos.

The Tale of the Realm Walker (M, Wind Waker & Twilight Princess sequel with a ton of nods to the rest of the franchise (a LOT of ALttP). Chronologically the first story in TRW Saga, but I'm effectively telling it as an in-universe tale in BotW times, and it's the most recently posted fic of mine on AO3, only 2 chapters posted so far, WIP) 2 kudos.

The first two fics for sure got hit by the kudos bug a while ago. Kudos Georg I guess... Given that they've been up the longest I can see why they've got more than the others.

4. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Yes! If someone took the time to comment on my fics then I'm going to say something back. I'm am very much here for the community aspect. Even though I may not always comment on something I've read (or art I've looked at).

5. What's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending?

Well the only one with an ending so far is TAHQ and it's fairly happy. Hm... How to not spoil plans? If it was finished then The Tale of the Realm Walker would be the answer. I'll uh... leave it at that...

6. What's the fic you've written with the happiest ending?

See above, The Amnesiac Hero's Quest.

7. Do you write crossovers?

Not anymore, I had some batcrap insane hypothetical video game ideas that were crossovers, but those have all mostly been tossed. Though I did salvage plenty of ideas from them. The Realm Walker Saga itself came from a LoZ/Final Fantasy crossover, "Project 47" as well. Untitled Castelvania Fanfic Project... Untitled Front Mission Fanfic Project...

8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?

No.

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

No.

10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I'm aware of.

11. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No, but that'd be pretty cool.

12. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

No, but one of the stories in my Trek fanfic got an editor. Went by the username of USS Da Vinci (IIRC) on Subspace Comms Network (SCN, a now defunct Star Trek and Sci-Fi forum I was on).

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

I guess Revalink. Or Picard/Crusher?

14. What's a WIP that you want to finish but don't think you ever will?

At this point I've more or less made my peace with the death of my Trek and Stargate fics. Do I think about them still? Yes. (I'd give my aliens with the space whale ships Discovery style spore drives... Maybe throw in a Kelpian character or two...) (Had a blast rewatching most of the Ori arc of SG-1 not that long ago...)

15. What are your writing strengths?

Action scenes, quirky humor (I make myself laugh at least), describing what characters are doing in a scene.

16. What are your writing weaknesses?

Scenery porn. I so rarely mention time of day or anything. I have to really sit down and focus on all that, so lately I've just been hammering out an arc and then going back and fluffing all that up in edits. (Although I am particularly proud of a few scenes in The Ballad of Kass and Shifting Tides of Fate.)

17. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

I actually tried this with a little teaser for my Castlevania fic idea. The scene takes place in Austria so I decided to have the opening few lines be in German then switch to English, cause while I did take a couple classes in college, I don't know nearly enough to write a whole dialog chain. So throughout the little snippet there'd be a German line or two. Used Google translate for things I didn't know, but it was giving me something weird for "My name is..." [Also stared at Google Maps of Graz for HOURS picking locations, even though the fic is set 1,071 years in the future after a society ruining cataclysm... I must have some accuracy!]

I have made up words for fics. I've got 11 whole alphabets for the Avestrens (bird people) in "Project 47" and a handful of words. A handful of Rito words. Back in my Trek fic days I was writing in script format and would just put things like [Cardassian curse] rather than trying to come up with something.

18. What was the first fandom you wrote for?

Star Trek, it was script based and set 10 years after Voyager's return from the Delta Quadrant. Multiple spinoffs were planed spanning a period of 50 years. (I had started writing the sequel before finishing the first fic, and wrote a little bit of some of the other spinoffs.)

19. What's a fandom/ship you haven't written for yet but want to?

I can't really think of anything. I'd like to do something with my Castlevania or Final Fantasy ideas but I'd need the right mood or inspiration to get anywhere. I'm not much of a shipper to be honest, at least with canon characters I guess? I like making my OC's kiss...

20. What's your favorite fic you've written?

Oh that's hard! The initial version of The Tale of the Realm Walker has a special place in my heart, but gods it's all walls of text! How did I ever keep track of everything?! The Ballad of Kass is a place for me to go nuts with Rito headcanons and have fun with the birbs until I can get the Revali centric fics really going. I'm proud of actually finishing The Amnesiac Hero's Quest (I love moment where Link finally meets Purah and is convinced that there's something in the water in Hateno that makes everyone a weirdo and she put it there. He's getting his red string and nails ready...).

I guess just for semantics sake, since "written" is past tense, I'll go with TAHQ as my final answer (this time around) since it's finished.

No Pressure Tags: @critical-birb, @zeawesomebirdie, @readwritebeawesome

[indigosabyss]

Writeathon Roundup Week 4

The second-last week! I was planning on working through my backlog of personal projects from here, but I recently got contacted by a bunch of different people asking for comms <33333 so I changed tracks to focus on those instead.

Luckily, I finished up Being Polite Is A Crime Now? and The 37 Century Conspiracy before the rush of orders, so they're complete.

Here's the overall summary:

Words Written: 19,614 Total Words of Fanfic: 930,209

Next week will be the last week of daily streams, after which I will do a biweekly schedule (with one day committed to crossovers and the other to standalones) so come by on Twitch if you want!

Start Time for 8 to 14 July: 12 PM GMT+5 (2 AM EST or 12 AM PST)

as always, under the cut are the fics I worked on this week.

Commissions | Patreon | Ko-fi

Commissions:

Playing A Mean Game [T, 18k+]

Three months ago, Monica Rambeau sealed up the Incursion, with her on the other side. Tired of waiting, Kamala gathered up the Quantum Bands and brute forced her way through the Noor to get to her side. Except she gets deposited in a world that's almost exactly like the sixties of her own world. With the addition of a group of people she definitely would have remembered. Erik was just trying to stop Schmidt from getting his hands on another kid like him. He didn't take into account that he would have to keep an eye on her after that.

It's Not An Odyssey If You Don't Know Where You're Going [T, 5k+]

From a very young age, Stede Bonnet had displayed rather uncanny abilities. It started with the relentless harassment he had faced from his peers, whose rough shoves resulted in many skinned knees and purpling bruises. All of which disappeared in less than minutes. Of course, as a child, it never occurred to him that this was unusual. The glowing was more of a concern. On the oceans, he was free of judgement for his proclivities. But there was still plenty to be feared about the ichor that ran through his veins. So he kept quiet. Until he met another like him. Blackbeard, Edward Teach, and - few people knew this - son of Charybdis. Yes, like the sea monster.

Untitled Marvel Comm

not giving much details about this project. just know i've written 3k for it at this point.

Untitled Percy Jackson v Triton Comm

more info will be given upon its release, like the one above.

Funny I Should Meet You Here [N/A, 5k+]

Ryuusui met Senku when they were kids in elementary school. But after Ryuusui changed schools, they grew apart, their paths never to cross again. Until the Petrification Wave came, and thirty seven hundred years passed. Leading to Senku arriving at the land where the Nanami Academy used to stand. Two friends reunite. And buried feelings bloom into something new.

Personal Projects:

Being Polite Is A Crime Now? [T, 8k+]

There were plenty of peculiar children who passed through the halls of the Konohan Orphanage. Minato had often been told that he was one such peculiar child, with his prodigious talent and excessive shyness. Even if he was, Minato was certain there was no one stranger than the kid a few years younger than him. Incredibly adept at melting into the background, good with knives in every way that didn't involve killing, and stubbornly set on manners and propriety that could not have been taught to them, Suz- Francois was always different. No one could have predicted how different, until they deserted. And left havoc in their wake, just for doing that job.

"I Will Always..." [G, 8.5k]

Byakuya hadn't exactly planned on becoming a father. He felt more like he owed it to the memory of his friend to take Senku in. But Senku was an incredible kid. Clever and enthusiastic and resourceful and yet still needing a guiding hand to stop him from doing things that would probably end with him getting killed. And between stargazing and bleach, microscopes and marker ink, model rocket launches and actual astronaut training, Byakuya really started to believe that he could do this. Then the green light. Of course he was out of harm's way, safe in the ISS. But Senku- Well, there was always hope. He would always hope.

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Sunday, March 24

Riley: "So if this is the world he created, what's the real world like?" Willow: "I'm scared. Everything's going to change." Giles: "Well, actually it'll remain pretty much the same except Jonathan won't be Jonathan - not our Jonathan, anyway." Xander: "No! No! No! World without sunshine! World without joy!"

~~Superstar~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Getting Ahead of Ourselves by silvain (Giles/Jenny, M)

blossom by The_Eclectic_Bookworm (Giles/Jenny, Explicit)

I'm Doing This for You by genericaces (Angelus/Wesley, Angel & Wesley, Explicit)

Dreadful by Jess_Ann_Perreault (Giles/Jenny, T)

here to stay by CallMeVampy (Giles/Jenny, Explicit)

Third Date's a Charm by RachaelJurassic (Giles/Jenny, T)

Held Breath by Enigmatist (Buffy, Spike, Joyce, not rated)

There Was Only One Way This Was Going To Go by Bobbie23 (Giles/Jenny, G)

Seasons Of Love by AddieH (Buffy/Giles, M)

Prom? What's that? by SnarkyGranger1 (Harry Potter crossover, Willow/Pansy, G)

Somebody I Can Kiss by zombiesam (Buffy/Giles, Explicit)

Telly Time by Enigmatist (Joyce, Spike, Dawn, Buffy, not rated)

Road Trip Revelations by Emerybird (Buffy & Wesley, T)

Untitled [What's the wi-fi passworrrrd] by scooby-group-texts (Spike/Harmony, probably worksafe, posted as an image)

Fates by Erics Valkyrie (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

Soliloquy by Era Dubois (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)

[Chaptered Fiction]

Six Inches Between Us - Chapter 1 by AddieH (Buffy/Giles, Explicit)

Bones and dirt, Ch. 1 by Blackoberst (Angel, Buffy, Drusilla, ensemble, Spike, 13+)

Can We Keep Him? Ch. 1-5 (COMPLETE!) by Desicat (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

[Images, Audio & Video]

Fuck it. I’m putting Spike in the Sims 4 spooky fishbowl. by eyes2entrails, aphony-cree (Spike, Joyce, worksafe)

A Jonathan "Superstar" vid by breezybeej (includes a brief Buffy/Riley intro ironically)

Tarot card design: The Hanged Man by isevery0nehereverystoned (Spike, worksafe)

Tarot card design: The Empress by isevery0nehereverystoned (Cordelia, worksafe)

Buffy/Angel drawing by angelthemanspanker (Scott Pilgrim fusion, probably worksafe)

Drawing: Dawnie!! They made me love her!! by forrestfaedom (worksafe)

Drawings: 3 versions of the "Is any one of you a doctor" meme by genericaces (Scoobies, Angel Investigations, probably worksafe, drug mention)

Ripper and Spike in London, 1974 by yarboyandy (worksafe)

Spike sketches by sanzosin (worksafe)

Some scene study by sanzosin (Buffy/Spike, worksafe)

[Reviews & Recaps]

Anne; Dead Man's Party; Faith, Hope, and Trick by edgarallanhoetry

imagine if the BtVS writers had just…let us ever be mad at Riley. by lilatara

I have a hard time viewing Angel as a character at all by lierdumoa

How bad is the remastered version for a new viewer? by throwawaymylife9090

S5 would be way more interesting for me if Buffy felt conflicted after finding out the truth about Dawn by sadhungryandvirgin

Who Are You? by Buffy the Vampire Straya

[Recs & In Search Of]

Harder to Swallow Than Most by SilverKitsune1 (a Connor-centric crossover with Supernatural) recced by vineofroses

Financial-Painter689 seeks podcasts discussing the culture impact

[Community Announcements]

Buffy The Vampire Slayer Episode Tournament — it's a tournament [poll] blog for episodes of BtVS

[Fandom Discussions]

Quiz: what buffy character are you? by buffysbitca

I actually love William calling himself Spike by disco-tea

there is just something so incredibly butch about Spike by katzenschlafs

the episode where dawn finds out she’s the key by stardust-kiddo

why does nobody ever talk about angel and spike fighting over the shanshu prophecy? by vargamornight

angel and spike’s relationship and their eligibility for the shanshu prophecy by vargamornight

Theory about S4, Ep 1: Deep Down by hthbellhop76

Happy Birthday, Alyson Hannigan, who turns 50 today. by Asherware

What is an opinion a person can hold about the show that makes you question their understanding of the show and their “media literacy” in general? by dumbandconcerned

Is Superstar meant to be a commentary on Mary Sue/Gary Stu characters in fanfiction? by No-Role-429

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[aquatic-hybrid]

✧ ── 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐔𝐑𝐋 𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒. -Triple gank edition

ft.- @witchcraftandburialdirt, @poisonflowrs, & @hemomania

"Remember, vision is the most important part of the game" - Idiot who didn't buy wards

>aquatic-hybrid - 13 letters, my favorite number

A.- [A Pirate's Freedom] - Kingdom Hearts 3 Q.- [The Seafarer's Skills Tame The Storm] - Bravely Default 2 U.- [Untitled] - Olly Steele A.- [A New Fear] - Dance With The Dead T.- [The Other Promise] - Kingdom Hearts 2 I.- [I Was The Sun (Before It Was Cool)] - Starbound C.- [Clive Theme - Find Your Flame] - Final Fantasy XVI H.- [Holding Out For A Hero] - SHREK 2 COVER BABYYY Y.- [Operation Blade] - Arknights B.- [Blueish Light] - Arknights (Aka. Akio's logging screen) R.- [Razormind] - Payday 2 I.- [I Got This] - Hi Fi Rush D.- [Dormant] - Transistor

Tagged Ganked by: the triple threat from earlier Also fuck finding songs for Q and Y, so have two actual Akio songs instead.

Tagging: Honestly man you are free to do this lmao good luck

[abronzeagegod]

Chapter 1 of a yet untitled novel

[This is the first chapter of the book I'm working on. It's a young adult, sci-fi, alternate history. It's weird and complicated because of course it is, it's me. I'm hoping that posting this somewhere will give me the motivation to finish writing the rest of this second draft that's 2/3 done.]

Part One: The Silence Comes

The zlilfian people have many things in common with the average North American honey bee, from the gold and black hair patterns to the compound eyes and wings. One of the biggest things they have in common is not just the physical similarities, like how homo sapiens have commonalities with the great apes, but that of their social hierarchy. They have three tiers in their society, most similar to gender roles, that are that of the qiin, the political head of the Great Houses that run much of the zlilfian society, the jdargandins, the minders who watch over the internal operations of the Great Houses, and the shrar, the soldiers and laborers who do the work for the Great Houses.

Chapter 1: Adventure Missed It’s Wake Up Call

Justin hated waking up early for school, so it was no surprise when he rolled over in bed and saw that he had missed his alarm, sleeping through it. Fortunately, or unfortunately as the case may be, he had gotten somewhat used to the early mornings and only woke up fifteen minutes late. Mornings were the worst. Why hadn’t the administration realized that teenage students wanted nothing more than to sleep until ten, or even ten thirty.

He rolled over and just slapped at the alarm clock out of half asleep muscle memory. After stomping to the bathroom, Justin brushed his teeth with mechanical disinterest. He saw how bad his hair looked, the shaggy brown hair was all over the place from the night of restless sleep. The second he got downstairs he knew that his dad was going to tell him to comb it. Might as well get that done now. He rinsed out his mouth of the strange mint flavored toothpaste and watched the water drain slowly out of the sink before cupping his hands under the faucet and wetting down his hair.

There was something about the dreary, cold November weather, and the second year of high school that really didn’t work for Justin. He didn’t want to go to school today, and even if he was late, he couldn’t bring himself to rush. This strange liminal space between being new at high school, all eager and excited, and the stressful ‘have you decided what you are going to do with the rest of your life’ junior year, was extremely dull and not all that exciting.

He didn’t try that hard with his hair since it was a losing battle anyways, and what was really the point of caring what he looked like. He was an average high school boy. Brown hair, brown eyes, tan skin tone that he got from his mom. Screw it, it didn’t matter, it was just high school.

After throwing on his clothes that were mostly clean, Justin went downstairs where he found his dad mechanically making some coffee and toast. They didn’t greet each other aside from a small nod. Alex, Justin’s father, wasn’t any more of a morning person than his son. He was off to work soon.

Luckily, Justin didn’t hear any comments from his dad about being late, or the state of his hair, or any of the usual complaints. Which was a small mercy.

The rushed breakfast was silent and still. Justin took some of the fresh made toast, liberally covered it in butter and then some cinnamon sugar, before taking it with him. He grabbed his backpack and left the house. He was going to be late for the bus, and if there was one thing he hated it was walking to school.

He must have told his dad goodbye, because that was what he always did, but he couldn’t hear himself say it.

Justin took a few bites of the toast, and chewed. He didn’t really have many thoughts in his head as he walked down the front walkway towards the bus stop. The only thing that was really there was the observation that the house was always so quiet and empty now that his mom had left.

“Justin! Hurry up! I will leave you behind!” yelled his only friend, Mike, from the bus window as the heavy truck lumbered to a squeaking halt a few houses down from Justin’s house.

This made him stop short.

The wall of sound, the shout of Mike, the rumble of the bus, the sounds of the traffic down the street. All of a sudden it was all there. The sound. It was utterly absent from within the house. Justin realized that his house was totally silent, but not in a way that was normal in any way.

“Justin! You’re going to miss the bus,” his dad called form the driveway as he left for work. The car chirping gently as he unlocked it with the remote.

“Yeah, the bus,” Justin muttered, his dad didn’t seem concerned, or he didn’t seem to notice. It’s just that he didn’t know which was worse.

[wildjuniperjones]

Okay, getting started late, but definitely doing something for my blorbos. If not writing, then art. Or a playlist. Just...something.

List of OCs under the cut.

A is for Anya (Bonds of Trust), Anthony (Anarchy Ink), or Aleis (Untitled Fantasy)

B is for Baza (The Delta) or Bianca Fairchild (The Silver Hand)

C is for Christopher Singh (Another Lost Cause)

D is for Dove (The Delta)

E is for Emma (The Delta) or Esme (Untitled SF/F)

F is for ??

G is for Giacomo Faltsengraff (The Silver Hand or Amongst the Goblins & the Fishes)

H is for Harra (Bonds of Trust)

I is for Ilya (Untitled Fantasy Series)

J is for Joseph Parker (Anarchy Ink)

K is for Kestrel Dragonwagon (D&D character)

L is for Leo Ortiz (Bonds of Trust)

M is for Magpie (The Delta) or Mikkel (Untitled, Sci-Fi)

N is for ??

O is for Olnara Avenfeldt (D&D character)

P is for Parsa Nagari (Bonds of Trust)

R is for Rik Van Irin (Bonds of Trust), Roan Clearwater (Amongst the Goblins & the Fishes), or Rodrigo (Bonds of Trust)

S is for Sere Nagari (Bonds of Trust), Snow (Untitled Fantasy Series), or Sophia Navakas (Anarchy Ink)

T is for ??

U is for ??

V is for Vandon Nagari (Bonds of Trust) or Vincente (Bonds of Trust)

W is for William Clark (Another Lost Cause) or Wren (Amongst the Goblins & the Fishes)

X is for ??

Y is for ??

Z is for Zachary Poole (The Silver Hand or Amongst the Goblins & the Fishes)

I got a LOT to do...

FebruarOC

I’ve got a ton of OCs and my mate tells me I neglect most of them and I’m like ‘damn you’re right!’ but I love them all and always torn with who to work on. 

so want try something-

February got 28 days, English alphabet got 26 letters (or whichever alphabet you wanna use). Days 1 to 26 go A to Z and you draw your OC with the name that begins with that letter on that day. If you do not yet have an OC that starts with that letter, you create one >;3  (or that nameless OC you’ve had for awhile, all lonely with no name, finally it’s their chance to shine~).

Day 27 and 28 are free spots or for unusual names (like numbers or something else).

Just got to do something. Be digital, traditional or even a quick doodle (or for the writers, do a description or short story) but GOTTA DO SOMETHING!!

Hence FebruarOC~

[vincaminor42]

2023 Reading List

A silly thing I've been doing the last few years is making a long list of my reading over the course of the year, month by month. It started as a way to keep track of what I'd read and try to remember it all at the end of the year, but has become a bit of a fun way to look back on my year and what I was into or focusing on over the course of it.

I used to post the results to facebook (which ended for obvious reason), then did a synopsis on twitter for a couple years (which also ended for obvious reasons); plus there's something about putting the whole list up, rather than just a summary, which is very satisfying.

Included on the list are professionally published short stories, novellas, novelettes, novels, graphic novel issues & collections. Not included are fanfic; short fiction posted untitled online; tumblr, twitter & other social media original fiction; non-fiction essays/articles; poetry; webcomics; and podcasts (too many & too hard to keep track of).

During 2023 I read 199 individual works. These consisted of

34 longer pieces of prose (novels and novellas)

118 short prose (novelettes and short stories)

27 graphic novel collections and long form comics

17 short comics and comic issues, and

3 kids books (a slightly nebulous category mostly middle grade and younger, though some middle grade might've been counted in a different category, cause I'm kinda wishywashy about these)

Most read authors for the year were

Terry Pratchett with 26 works (a book of his short stories did most of the heavy lifting there)

Seanan McGuire with 19 works, as she continues to be frighteningly prolific, with 3 active series, several other books a year, and at least one short story a month on Patreon

Kore Yamazaki with 14 works, as I made my way through most of The Ancient Magus Bride manga

Martha Wells with 10 works, mostly Murderbot rereads but also her new fantasy novel and some short stories

and my always favourite author Ursula Vernon (aka T Kingfisher) with 8 works; 2024 might be due for another Great Ursula Reread (last done in 2020, probably been long enough)

Only 28 things were rereads this year, which is a bit low for me (I'm a big believer in comfort rereading).

Actual list of works read under the cut, if anyone's masochistic enough to want to actually read them all, lol

I include anything I read during the month in its list, but if I didn't finish it that month it gets marked as "in progress" (and later "finished" the month it is, natch). Comics are marked with © to help keep track of them (short story comic anthologies make keeping comics vs prose tricky otherwise), and has nothing to do with copyright (though all of the comics read this year are still under copyright).

January - 24 works finished

Rincemangle, The Gnome of Even Moor – Terry Pratchett

If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You – John Chu

How Much Harm – Seanan McGuire

Kindly Breath In Short, Thick Pants – Terry Pratchett

Cold Relations – Mary Robinette Kowal

There's No Fool Like an Old Fool Found in an English Queue – Terry Pratchett

Station Eternity – Mur Laferty (in progress)

Symbiosis – D A Xiaolin Spires

Lost in the Moment and Found – Seanan McGuire

The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet – Becky Chambers (reread)

AirBody – Sameem Siddiqui

The Eight-Thousanders – Jason Sanford

Leiningen Versus the Ants – Carl Stephenson

Coo, They've Given Me the Bird – Terry Pratchett

Open House On Haunted Hill – John Wiswell (reread)

This Is New Gehesran Calling – Rebecca Frainow

And Mind the Monoliths – Terry Pratchett

The Cold Crowdfunding Campaign – Cora Buhlert

The High Meggas – Terry Pratchett

A Being Together Amongst Strangers – Arkady Martine (reread)

Sinew and Steel and What They Told – Carrie Vaughn

Justice Calling – Annie Bellet

Twenty Pence, with Envelope and Seasonal Greeting – Terry Pratchett

Incubust – Terry Pratchett

Final Reward – Terry Pratchett

February - 38 works finished

Station Eternity – Mur Laferty (finished)

My Country Is a Ghost – Eugenia Triantafyllou

In This, At Least, We Are Alike – Caitlin Starling

Whalefall – Seanan McGuire

Turntables of the Night – Terry Pratchett

#ifdefDEBUG + `world/enough' + `time' – Terry Pratchett

The Ransom of Miss Coraline Connelly – Alix E Harrow

Sunrise, Sunrise, Sunrise – Martha Wells

Hollywood Chickens – Terry Pratchett

The Salt Witch – Martha Wells (reread)

Lone Puppeteer of a Sleeping City – Arula Ratnaker

Once and Future – Terry Pratchett

Color, Heat, and the Wreck of the Argo – Catherynne M Valente

FTB – Terry Pratchett

Sir Joshua Easement: A Biographical Note – Terry Pratchett

DIY – John Wiswell

Yellow and the Perception of Reality – Maureen McHugh

Troll Bridge – Terry Pratchett (reread)

Theatre of Cruelty – Terry Pratchett (reread)

The Eternal Cocktail Party – Fonda Lee

The Sea and the Little Fishes – Terry Pratchett (reread)

Towered – Tansy Rayner Roberts

The Ankh-Morpork National Anthem – Terry Pratchett (reread)

Medical Notes – Terry Pratchett

A Closed and Common Orbit – Becky Chambers (reread)

City of Red Midnight: A Hikayat – Usman T Malik

Thud: A Historical Perspective – Terry Pratchett

Montgomery Bonbon: Murder at the Museum – Alasdair Beckett-King

A Few Words from Lord Havelock Vetinari – Terry Pratchett

Death and What Comes Next – Terry Pratchett (reread)

A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices – Terry Pratchett

Minutes of the Meeting to Form the Proposed Ankh-Morpork Federation of Scouts – Terry Pratchett

The Ankh-Morpork Football Association Hall of Fame Playing Cards – Terry Pratchett

The Adventure Zone: The Eleventh Hour – Clint, Griffin, Justin, & Travis McElroy, & Carey Pietsch ©

Our Love Against Us – Davaun Sanders

How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub – P Djeli Clark

If You Take My Meaning – Charlie Jane Anders

The Coward Who Stole God’s Name – John Wiswell

March - 13 works finished

On Safari in R'lyeh and Carcosa With Gun and Camera – Elizabeth Bear

Content/Consent – Seanan McGuire

Beneath the Sugar Sky – Seanan McGuire (reread)

A Stick of Clay, in the Hands of God, is Infinite Potential – Neon Yang

Into the Windwracked Wilds – Seanan McGuire (as A Deborah Baker)

On the Hill, the Knitters – Steve Toase

What Moves the Dead – Ursula Vernon (as T Kingfisher)(reread)

The Bahrain Underground Bazaar – Nadia Afifi

The Bone Orchard – Sara A Mueller

To Sail the Black – A C Wise

The Goldfish Man – Maureen McHugh

A House with Good Bones – Ursula Vernon (as T Kingfisher)

Exile's End – Carolyn Ives Gilman

April - 12 works finished

Backpacking Through Bedlam – Seanan McGuire

Unknown Number – Blue Neustifter (as Azure) (reread)

The Mysteries of the Stolen God and Where His Waffles Went – Seanan McGuire

Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade (A Graphic Novel Adaptation) – Kurt Vonnegut, Ryan North, & Albert Monteys ©

Uhura's Song – Janet Kagen

Salt Water – Eugenia Triantafyllou

The Counterworld – James Bradley

Even If Such Ways Are Bad – Rich Larson

Magical Girl Burnout Bingo – Lauren Ring

Nobody Ever Goes Home to Zhenzhu – Grace Chan

Georgie in the Sun – Natalia Theodoridou

Your Slaughterhouse, Your Killing Floor – Sunny Moraine

May - 7 works finished

Slipping – Seanan McGuire

Carmilla: The First Vampire – Amy Chu & Soo Lee ©

Unbreakable – Seanan McGuire (as Mira Grant)

The Ten Thousand Doors of January – Alix E Harrow (in progress)

The Shadow of the Gods – John Gwynne (in progress)

The Honey Month – Amal El-Mohtar

Elegant and Fine – Ursula Vernon (reread)

All These Ghosts Are Playing to Win – Lindsey Godfrey Eccles

A Lovers’ Tide in Which We Inevitably Break Each Other; Told in Inverse – K S Walker

June - 11 works finished

The Ten Thousand Doors of January – Alix E Harrow (in progress)

The Shadow of the Gods – John Gwynne (in progress)

Cursed Cocktails – S L Rowland

A Soul in the World – Charlie Jane Anders

Toad Words – Ursula Vernon (as T Kingfisher) (reread)

Beginnings – Kristina Ten

Dick Pig – Ian Muneshwar

Perhaps in Understanding – Anamaria Curtis

Yinying – Shadow – Ai Jiang

In Time, a Weed May Break Stone – Valerie Valdes

Blank Space – Delilah S Dawson

Bigger Fish – Sarah Pinkser

Space Treads – Parlei Riviere

July - 11 works finished

The Ten Thousand Doors of January – Alix E Harrow (finished)

The Shadow of the Gods – John Gwynne (finished)

The Bookshop and the Barbarian – Morgan Stang (in progress)

Theses on the Scientific Management of Goetic Labour – Vajra Chandrasekera

To Put Your Heart Into a White Deer – Kristiana Willsey

The Big Heavy – Steph Kwiatkowski

The Mausoleum’s Children – Aliette de Bodard

The Infinite Endings of Elsie Chen – Kylie Lee Baker

The Rain Remembers What the Sky Forgets – Fran Wilde

Submissive – Stjepan Sejic ©

Désolé – Ewan Ma

In the Shadow of Spindrift House – Seanan McGuire (as Mira Grant)

August - 12 works finished

The Bookshop and the Barbarian – Morgan Stang (in progress)

The Mighty Captain Marvel, Vol. 1: Alien Nation – Margaret Stohl & Ramon Rosanas ©

Hot New Toy – Seanan McGuire

Camp Damascus – Chuck Tingle

We Built This City – Marie Vibbert

Agent of Chaos – Ursula Vernon (as T Kingfisher)

Murder By Pixel: Crime and Responsibility in the Digital Age – S L Huang

Erstwhile Vol 1: From the Tales of the Brothers Grimm – Gina Briggs, Louisa Roy, & Elle Skinner (reread) ©

Erstwhile Vol 2: Untold Tales from the Brothers Grimm – Gina Briggs, Louisa Roy, & Elle Skinner (reread) ©

Thornhedge – Ursula Vernon (as T Kingfisher)

Erstwhile Vol 3: A Grimm's Fairy Tale Collection – Gina Briggs, Louisa Roy, & Elle Skinner (reread) ©

A Dream of Electric Mothers – Wole Talabi

The Book Eaters – Sunyi Dean (in progress)

The Book Thief – Markus Zusak (in progress)

The Difference Between Love and Time – Catherynne M Valente

September - 12 works finished

The Book Thief – Markus Zusak (finished)

The Bookshop and the Barbarian – Morgan Stang (finished)

Drown the Lamenting – Seanan McGuire

The Book Eaters – Sunyi Dean (in progress)

Sleep No More – Seanan McGuire

Candles and Starlight – Seanan McGuire

Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Coronation, Vol. 1 – Simon Spurrier & Daniel Bayliss ©

Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Coronation, Vol. 2 – Simon Spurrier, Ryan Ferrier, & Daniel Bayliss ©

Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Coronation, Vol. 3 – Simon Spurrier, Ryan Ferrier, Daniel Bayliss, & Irene Flores ©

The Tea Dragon Society – Kay O'Neill (reread) ©

The Tea Dragon Festival – Kay O'Neill ©

Kaiju Preservation Society – John Scalzi

Goodnight Moon – Margaret Wise Brown & Clement Hurd (reread)

October - 16 works finished

The Book Eaters – Sunyi Dean (finished)

The Tea Dragon Tapestry – Kay O'Neill ©

The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 1 – Kore Yamazaki (translated by Adrienne Beck) ©

The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 2 – Kore Yamazaki (translated by Adrienne Beck) ©

The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 3 – Kore Yamazaki (translated by Adrienne Beck) ©

The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 4 – Kore Yamazaki (translated by Adrienne Beck) ©

The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 5 – Kore Yamazaki (translated by Adrienne Beck) ©

The Witch King – Martha Wells

The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 6 – Kore Yamazaki (translated by Adrienne Beck) ©

The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 7 – Kore Yamazaki (translated by Adrienne Beck) ©

The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 8 – Kore Yamazaki (translated by Adrienne Beck) ©

The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 9 – Kore Yamazaki (translated by Adrienne Beck) ©

Under the Smokestrewn Sky – Seanan Mcguire (as A Deborah Baker) (in progess)

Four Words Written On My Skin – Jenn Reese

We Do Not Eat Much Fish – Grace P Fong

The Ghasts – Lavie Tidhar

The Curing – Kristina Ten

The Coffin Maker – AnaMaria Curtis

November - 24 works finished

The Innocent Sleep – Seanan McGuire

Under the Smokestrewn Sky – Seanan McGuire (as A Deborah Baker) (finished)

So You Want to Be a Wizard – Diane Duane

Doubtless and Secure – Seanan McGuire

The Muki's Deal – Rick Lazo ©

Let Me Cook My Breakfast, Mr Caiman! - Ranpakoka ©

The Bum Who Tricked the Devil – Rodrigo Vargas ©

Pineapple Wishes – Luisa F Rojas ©

The Lizard Prince – Lore Vicente ©

A Girl and Her Bird – Coni Yovaniniz ©

Bookshops and Bonedust – Travis Baldree

The Basenemporo Spider – Brenda Roman ©

Madre de Agua – Shadia ©

The Ring – Francis Francia ©

The Little Shepherd – PD Loupee & Bruno Ortiz ©

Myth of the Condor – Diego Carvajal ©

Yara – Nique ©

The Voice in the Night – William Hope Hodgson (reread)

Toad Words – Ursula Vernon (reread)

Winnie-the-Pooh – A A Milne (in progress)

The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 10 – Kore Yamazaki (translated by Adrienne Beck) ©

The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 11 – Kore Yamazaki (translated by Adrienne Beck) ©

The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 12 – Kore Yamazaki (translated by Adrienne Beck) ©

The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 13 – Kore Yamazaki (translated by Adrienne Beck) ©

The Ancient Magus' Bride, Vol. 14 – Kore Yamazaki (translated by Adrienne Beck) ©

December - 17 works finished

Winnie-the-Pooh – A A Milne

Paladin's Faith – Ursula Vernon (as T Kingfisher)

All Systems Red – Martha Wells (reread)

As It Was Told to Me – Elijah Forbes ©

Chokfi – Jordaan Arledge & Mekala Nava ©

White Horse Plains – Rhael McGregor ©

The Rougarou – Maija Ambrose Plamondon & Milo Applejohn ©

Velveteen Presents the Princess vs. the Congressional Committee for Superhuman Oversight – Seanan McGuire

Compulsory – Martha Wells (reread)

Artificial Condition – Martha Wells (reread)

Rogue Protocol – Martha Wells (reread)

Obsolescence – Martha Wells

The Star – Arthur C Clarke

Viral Content – Madeline Ashby

Exit Strategy – Martha Wells (reread)

Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory – Martha Wells (reread)

The Plague Doctors – Karen Lord

The Masculine and the Dead – Frank Bill

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Scarlett johansson iron man 2

She was nominated for a People's Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actress for her work on The Avengers.

She was nominated for a Teen Choice Award for Choice Summer Movie Star – Female for her work on The Avengers.

She was nominated for a Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress – Sci-Fi/Fantasy for her work on The Avengers.

She was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work on Iron Man 2.

She won a scream award for Best Science Fiction Actress for her work on Iron Man 2.

She was nominated for a Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi for her work on Iron Man 2.

She was nominated for a Golden Schmoes Award for Best T&A of the Year for her work on Iron Man 2.

She was interviewed for the documentary Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe and the Assembled episode The Making of Black Widow. Īlternate footage of Scarlett Johansson from Avengers: Age of Ultron was used in Thor: Ragnarok.Īrchive footage of Scarlett Johansson from The Avengers was used in the Loki episode Glorious Purpose.Īrchive footage of Scarlett Johansson from Avengers: Endgame was used in the Loki episode Glorious Purpose and the Hawkeye episode Never Meet Your Heroes.Īrchive audio of Scarlett Johansson from The Avengers was used in the Loki episode For All Time. She will also produce an Untitled Marvel Studios Project. She was an executive producer and a production designer on Black Widow. She also portrayed Melina Vostokoff disguised as Natasha Romanoff in Black Widow. She portrayed an alternate Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow in Avengers: Endgame. It will be making its way to Indian theatres on July 9 this year.Scarlett Ingrid Johansson portrayed Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow in Iron Man 2, The Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame, and Black Widow. The movie is helmed by Cate Shortland and produced by Kevin Feige. What's even more interesting is that viewers will witness the new Marvel villain, Taskmaster. In the upcoming film, pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger. The storyline of Black Widow, the release of which was delayed due to the pandemic, is based around sisterhood and the "complicated feelings" that come along with her and her ally Yelena Belova's (Florence Pugh) complicated relationship. Speaking about the change in Natasha's portrayal, Scarlett said, "Now people, young girls, are getting a much more positive message, but it's been incredible to be a part of that shift and be able to come out the other side and be a part of that old story, but also progress. After playing the role since 2010, Johansson noted that the character is empowered in her vulnerability, calling her last act of sacrifice in Avengers: Endgame "incredibly powerful".Īlso read: Neena Gupta on why she did not marry someone while pregnant with Masaba: ‘I was still attached to Vivian’įollowing the events of Captain America: Civil War, Natasha's origin story is unlike her previous appearances in the Marvel universe. Scarlett acknowledged that her character uses her sexuality as both "a means to feel" and a tactic to manipulate the people around her. "At one point calls her a piece of meat, and maybe, at that time, that actually felt like a compliment," she said. While it doesn't seem like the actor is too keen about the depiction of Natasha in previous films, she acknowledged the obvious erotic elements of her character. And Tony even refers to her as something like that at one point. Scarlett further continued speaking about her character and added, "Really talked about like she's a piece of something, like a possession or a thing or whatever - like a piece of a**, really.

Speaking about it, during a 2019 press visit to the set of the upcoming movie, Scarlett Johansson said, "I mean, you look back at Iron Man 2 and while it was really fun and had a lot of great moments in it, the character is so sexualized, you know?" Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson, ahead of the release of Black Widow, spoke out about the way her Marvel character has been treated like a "piece of a**" in past films.Īccording to Fox News, while on set for her first standalone film in the franchise, the actor revealed her contempt for the hypersexualization of her character, also known as Natasha Romanoff, specifically in the Iron Man sequel.

[t-lane-writes]

T. Lane

This is my Intro Post

(updated August 2023)

Hello Writeblr!

I guess it’s about time I made one of those. I’m T. You may call me Tes. I am a writer, and I have more WIPs than is healthy (though probably not more than some of you ;) Here they are:

Works In Progress

#1 Crystal Spring Valley

Genre: Fantasy, but without magic, dragons and the such. Has three races of humans, though. May be interesting. Tag line: A Princess tires to escape the Rebels, but realizes they aren’t wrong, so she joins them and becomes their leader. Stage: Draft No. 3. Still undergoing a lot of changes, ha... But also smoothing out the kinks, so I can say it’s advanced. Blorbos: Priya Samir of clan Karga and Tenney of clan Cheriga, also Fior, Ryan, Shawn, Luka, Tilga, Julia and some others Planned word-count: Probably about 120 k. Maybe more.

#2 The Specters

Genre: A cross between science-fiction and fantasy. Sci-fi in that I have a scientific in-world explanation for fantasy elements, such as magical creatures (personification of earth elements and the such) and powers. Tag line: Three Friends meet a Stranger whose demands send them on an expedition that changes their understanding of the world. Stage: First draft completed. Blorbos: Noel Anaher, Emma Lee, Neve Kailash and Nersan Ziya. Also Agatha Itra. Planned word-count: About 80 k? But knowing me, it will turn out longer.

#3 Sentira

Genre: science-fiction, of the space opera kind. Tag line: A newly developed spaceship is kidnapped on its virgin mission and ends up where no one expected it to go. Stage: Plotted. And, hmmm... sort of left on a backburner too long, maybe? Kind of cold. Blorbos: uh. Agnes and Sigmund? Planned word-count: It doesn’t have a potential to be an over 100 k book. 70 k, probably. WIP INTRO: untitled Sentira project

#4 Ananke

Genre: Science-fiction. Like, hard science-fiction. Perhaps I didn’t get an astrophysics degree to write it, but I try to sound like I did.  Tag line: When two rivals are faced with an inevitable disaster, they overcome their animosities to prove human minds can beat destiny. Stage: Querying. Number of rejections: 3 Blorbos: Morgan Alexander, Conor Jasper, also Stella Zahira, Echanon, Amos, Ijana and some others Planned word-count: 40 k, This one is short-ish. WIP INTRO: Ananke

#5 Black Wings

Genre: science-fiction. Sociopolitical. Tag line: Humans’ efforts to terraform a planet are thwarted when some decide to save intelligent indigenous life. Stage: First draft in-progress Blorbos: (aaaa, my Blorbos!!!) (if you can’t tell it means I’m tres excited about them) Kenaed, Zoe Irene, Zeesell Keeva, Mattan Nuada, Angeline, Chey Ari, Eka Isa Karim, and so, so many others. Miranda? Planned word-count: This one might turn out longer than 100 k.

#6 Duke and the B Brothers

Genre: science-fiction. Also sociopolitical. Tag line: Space Pirates join the race to find a treasure. They end up flipping the world order on its head. Stage: In development. Worldbuilding is cool, characters are beginning to intrigue me. I have a synopsis of the plot. Blorbos: Dominic, Folami, Enitan, Kayode, Dayo and Miss Lebeau Planned word-count: between 60 k and 100 k. WIP INTRO: Duke and the B Brothers [on wordpress]

#7 The Ribbon

Genre: science-fiction. Thriller / adventure Tag line: Three dedicated Wardens set out on a journey through the dark ice desert, and find the ancient device that may save the world. Stage: In development. Started character sheets, detailed plotline and plot spreadsheet. Blorbos: Gabriel, Odila, Filip and Quillac Planned word-count: 40k. It may be a companion piece to Ananke if some agent / publisher thinks Ananke is too short to stand alone. WIP INTRO: The Ribbon

#8 Choices and Chances

Genre: Historical (American War of Independence) Stage: Some parts are polished, some aren’t even written, only planned. It’s an old story (started in 2007), but I can’t quite let it go. I love the main characters too much. Blorbos: Ethan Cunningham, the Third Duke of Mildenhald, and Cornelius Heirs. Planned word-count: Wellll, I have 130 k written so far, so... Pffff. I don’t even want to think, lol. WIP INTRO: Choices and Chances

#9 The Mars Idea

Genre: Close range science-fiction Tagline: A girl with a dark past joins the revolution and inadvertently becomes the most powerful entity in the universe. Stage: Like it says in the title – idea Blorbos: Damis Graham, Charlie Graham, Tamsen Tegan Planned word-count: unspecified at the moment

There are some other random ideas, but they aren’t specific enough to advertise them at the moment. Feel free to talk to me if you want! :) 

[goldenpineapples]

Six-Fic Six-Sentence Sunday

Hi all! Fics below the cut. I know I don’t use this blog ‘properly,’ but I wanted to try one of these preview posts at least once as a form of self-motivation! I haven’t been able to read or write as much as I’d like this year, but I think that’s finally turning around!

Stay safe out there, everyone! Be seeing you!

Cyberpunk: Xadia

T+ // Sci-fi AU, aged-up characters. Roughly based roughly on TTRPG Cyberpunk setting, and now some video game as well! A sequel to the 2020 Birthday Bash chapter

Rayla lets Callum a little further into her life, and its details start connecting dots in Callum’s memory. The two work to uncover her past, in spite of both gang law and corporate policy.

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The crowd surged as Rayla stepped into a small spotlight alongside the vocalist, her guitar swinging wide as its now-distorted notes ripped through the charged room. The frontman reared back, microphone raised, and howled with redoubled energy.

“Hunt down- hunt down- hunt down- your self-esteem!”

Then the lyrics were all but lost in the anguished roar of Rayla’s solo, and Callum winced, electing to cover his ears and stay in the crush of bodies to keep from losing sight of her. She wasn’t watching the crowd, wasn’t watching her hands, only mournfully sweeping her eyes along the edge of the stage, her mouth twisted in a grimace as she played.

Vollarian’s Day

T+ // Very Late Valentine’s prompts.

A mix of canonverse / other AUs, to follow the Rayllum Valentine’s prompts from earlier this year (2021)

Excerpt from Chapter 1

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“So what’s the book for?”

“Oh,” Callum perked up, reaching for the sizable tome, “just a little… story, I guess, that made me think of you. Of us.”

She eyed the book in his hands. “That looks pretty substantial for a ‘little story.’”

“It’s a collection! They’re not bad, but… here we go- ‘Vollaria’s Everlasting Ardor.’ This is the one.

Rayla’s ears twitched at the name. ‘Vollaria’ didn’t exactly sound… human.

“This isn’t one of the stories with the shirtless men on horses, is it?”

Untitled ‘Edge of Tomorrow’ AU

M+ // Xadia AU (?), major character death, potential graphic violence. Based on the concept of the Japanse light novel “All you need is kill,” which was adapted to the hollywood film “Edge of Tomorrow,” this is a not-so-nice time loop story.

Since a certain someone brought it up a long, long time ago...

When the seemingly-random minor devastations began, the pentarchy could do little besides disregard them as magical events of the world. Now, several months into a shaky alliance with Xadia, the military might of both factions is near-spent attempting to contain what the Elves have guaranteed is a calamitous threat. A lottery is drawn to determine which unlucky souls will be sent to the next expected target...

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The last thing Callum could focus on, as his vision darkened, was the moon over the elf’s shoulder. Visible in the daytime despite the glare of magic light from nearby. Its surface rippled as if liquid, like a drip into a bucket- some trick of death, he was sure…

∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

And then he was breathing again- huge gasps of air, forcing his lungs to work again -but they were fine. He was fine. Sitting up in his bed in the castle, the chill of early hours again settling around him like morning dew.

Drought

T+ // Canonverse Non-Rayllum side story related to the fighting soon after the breach was opened. What happened to those that inhabited the lands close to the world was torn open? A one-shot relating the tale of a human that fled the fighting on the Xadian side of the border, who happens across an earthblood elf’s forest, dying as it is too close to the breach.

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“Even a small amount is enough.”

She watched the human ignore her cupped hands, opening his canteen and carefully pouring a tiny measure of water into its cap- less than she’d hoped, but more than she’d dared believe the man would ever give her.

When she took the offering back to her Tree, pouring the water over its single exposed root, the human roused himself to anger once more.

“Hey! What do you think you’re doing? We both need that more than your dead tree!”

Already beginning to feel the slight reinvigoration of the water, Milyn offered the vessel back. “Not dead.”

The cap was snatched away, but only secured after the man took a greedy swallow of what precious water was left to them.

Untitled Minority Report AU

T+ // Modern Sci-Fi AU (Yeah, again) Another AU based more closely on the Minority Report movie than its 1950s short story source. 

Prediction of the near-future is now within reach of the modern world, and law enforcement has successfully used it to prevent violent crime, including murder. For Rayla, an officer of this division, it’s a slow day of monitor-watching… until it isn’t.

And yes, pink hair as requested.

===

“He’s still out on that farm?”

Rayla was already pulling on her street jacket and lense-ordering a dropcraft to the address Callum had given her all that time ago. “Far as I know.”

“Rayla?”

She turned. “Yeah?”

“Promise me you won’t run.”

Soren’s face slackened into a deadpan as she hesitated, not saying what they both knew, and Rayla shrugged before leaving him alone in the control room, spinning the prediction’s truecopy between his hands.

Already Dead

Undecided rating // Xadia ‘low fantasy’ AU. This is the... ninth iteration of the very first fanfic I ever wrote, starting in April 2020. Its timeline, story, and characterizations have been rewritten so many times, but I feel like this might be the right story I want to tell? It’ll be my love letter to the fantasy genre that helped me so much in my life, as well as the fanfic world I’ve grown to love.

Callum embarks on an elf-supervised pilgrimage to research primal alternatives to dark magic, while Rayla comes to terms with what being an assassin entails.

===

“What did he do?”

Runaan’s eyes narrowed. “His crimes have been committed, and his guilt recorded. All that’s left is his justice.”

Rayla looked away from the glare, down at her hands, reciting what she knew would please him. “Assassins don’t decide right and wrong, only life and death.”

“Just so.”

She swallowed the rough lump in her throat.

“I’ll do it.”