#a wip for a certain downfall au :)

[skyward-floored]

TRICK-OR-TREAT!!!!

Here's a...

trick >:3

Twilight lurched upward, every pain in his body forgotten, and he didn’t even hear the surprised shout over the blood roaring in his ears. He whipped his head around, ignoring how it made his whole world spin, and stared.

There was a pile of smoking rubble in the distance.

Twilight cried out and tried to scramble to his feet, but several pairs of arms grabbed him and held him back. Some of the arms were more gentle, some harsh, and someone was telling him to settle down, he’d been injured, he needed to not get up, but Twilight wasn’t listening.

He fought against the arms holding him, and someone shouted for assistance, more hands closing around his arms. Their grip was unrelenting, and Twilight was nearly in tears he was so desperate.

“LET ME GO!” he screamed, thrashing against the arms holding him, “he’s still in there!”

Nobody let go, and Twilight was about to shift in order to escape, when someone new suddenly stepped forward, nice shoes and pressed suit appearing in Twilight’s vision.

“Duskfall, at ease,” he said sharply. “You’ve been out for a while, we’ve already swept and scanned the ruins.”

“Then... so where..?” Twilight gasped, still faintly struggling.

The man in the suit looked at him with no discernible emotion on his face. “No survivors were detected.”

[laura1633]

Fic writer interview thank you for the tag @481boxboxbaby and @souvenir116

Tagging @saviour-of-lord and @ilyarozanove (not sure if you have been tagged already and no pressure if you don't like tag games!) and anyone else who wants to do this feel free to use this as your invite.

How many works do you have on AO3? 155 - Wow okay I don’t know how I ended up writing so many.

What's your total AO3 word count? 1,076,320

What are your top 5 fics by kudos? 1. Preloved  2. Good Boy 3. A million times over 4. Weak 5. My Pretty Princess

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not? I try to respond to comments and I have gotten a lot better at it. If I have ever not responded it's because I have left it too late and then panic over whether it's still appropriate to respond!! I read all comments though, it’s the biggest motivator so thank you to everyone who leaves comments on fics, I appreciate you all <3

What's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending? Either ‘One last night’ or ‘Hitching a ride’ Both are open ended though. 

What's the fic you've written with the happiest ending?There are a lot that have happy endings but off the top of my head I will go with ‘A million times over’. It’s just an overall short cute one-shot.

Do you write crossovers? No

Have you ever received hate on a fic? If I have then I have forgotten about it because I can’t recall any hate coming in. I am sure there are plenty of people who hate my stories though, I’ve just been lucky they haven’t told me about it! 

Do you write smut? If so, what kind? Yes I do and lots of it. Almost any kind. Dom/sub, pain play, tentacles, omegaverse, lots of kinks, nice soft sex, loss of virginity. I would definitely say varied!

Have you ever had a fic stolen? Not stolen but hmmm I have seen something very close to what I have written. 

Have you ever had a fic translated? No, not that I have seen anyway. I have had people ask before but I am not sure if they ever actually translated them.

Have you ever co-written a fic before? No but I have spoken about it with @481boxboxbaby unfortunately I am disastrously disorganised so I don’t know if I should really inflict that on other people 😂 I do think it would be fun to have a fic with a set up and then multiple authors taking a chapter each to write the scenario from various drivers points of view. That would take a lot of organising though.

What's your all-time favorite ship? Lestappen

What's a WIP that you want to finish but don't think you ever will?There are so many of them, I have a folder full of random wips that will likely never be finished. At the moment I am fighting my way to try and finish a cowboy Max au one shot, I have started it and deleted it soooo many times, I will finish it though, it’s just not clicking right now! 

What are your writing strengths? I guess maybe just having a certain level of creativity when it comes to coming up with ideas. That can also be my downfall because there are too many ideas pinging around for me to concentrate on one! 

What are your writing weaknesses? I always say that my writing style is more about a general vibe rather than it being grammatically correct 😬

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic? I’ve personally never done it. I’d have to use google translate and I wouldn’t trust that it would read properly.

What was the first fandom you wrote for? F1

What's a fandom/ship you haven't written for yet but want to?Charles/Oscar or Max/Rico Verhoeven. I will get around to writing them eventually

What's your favorite fic you've written? It’s probably recency bias but the fic I am writing and posting right now “Preloved” is probably my favourite. I think it's also super encouraging when people are commenting and enjoying the story so it has made the whole thing more enjoyable. I will definitely be writing some more multi chaptered fics going forward. Of the one shots maybe The Sweetest Deal because it plays into my love of babygirl Max.

[ss244]

Twisted wonderland Steven universe Au

Disclaimer: English isn’t my first language and this isn’t proofread, this is a wip.

This Au will be called Twisted universe,look at the end to see some sketches of the Au

Some basic facts about the au:

* In this Au I will try to put some characteristic from the game and try to adapt them in Su universe, for example, even tho the gems can summons specials weapon they also have some special powers which is their *unique magic*, if you use too much magic you will start to gain *blot* in your gem which will lead to an *overblot*

* There are two planets (night raven and royal sword) and both of them have their own leader which are black diamond (Crowley) and withe diamond (the headmaster of RSA) both of these planets have seven nations and the leaders have their own court of other less important diamonds which they appoint as the ruler of each nations,

* Previously there was a war between the two planets in which some of the previous leader of the continents have been shattered and even for those few who survived Crowley decided to replace them with their successor for a brand new start for the new era of peace

* Sometimes gem can come out “wrong” and have difficulty to use any weapon, they only can use magic in a moderate way, these gems are called ‘monsters’ they are called like this because they don’t really have a specific gem and they also have a different body from other gems, only the dangerous monsters gets shattered

* In this Au the gems are like humanity, I mean that they used the resource from theirs planet and other planet that they have colonized to create buildings, technology ecc.., but all they create is more advanced to what we have.

* Unlike in SU, in this Au the gems can’t heal the scars they have and they aren’t born directly as adults, they also have the normal stages of lives, except for dying

* Actually Crowley isn’t the most powerful diamond, it’s malleus but he has no intention to take Crowley position, his only interest are the people from his nation and plus even if Crowley is irresponsible as fuck he isn’t doing anything to get in malleus way

* Yuu role in the story is basically the same, that got transported in another word and they are trying to find a way home hopping between lands

* Every leader of a nation has it’s court

Heartslaybul court:

This is Riddle Roseheart court, he is a really strict leader some may also call him

a tyrant but don’t let him hear you you may find yourself with a cracked gem or if your lucky in isolation with a collar on your neck if his loyal pearl, Trey Clover, manage to calm him down.

Even tho Trey seem kind and calm, don’t let him fool you, he will watch your downfall all of the sake of his Diamond.

Don’t worry, everyone is not so evil in Riddle’s court, when you feel sad the refreshing attitudine of a certain spinel called Cater Diamond can make you feel better even tho sometimes he might be a little too overbearing with the camera always pointed at your face.

Let’s not forget about two of your dearest friends! A certain ruby and a lapis who are always by your side in the worst situations,

Ace Trappola and Deuce Spade!

Savanclaw court:

This court is ruled by the strong orange diamond also called Leona kingscholar,

his brother got shattered in war so he is taking his place until his nephew is old enough try not to disturb him, he has a temper, Leona train the army and

his pearl,Ruggie Bucchi need to keep under control the army when Leona dooze off.

His strongest jasper is Jack Howl, since he was young he admired Leona so he trained hard to get into the army however it’s seem that the result of seeing his role model for the first time left him disappointed as Leona use dirty tricks in the battlefield.

I got lazy, I’ll continue this later, here some sketches that I’ll never finish

[onthewaytosomewhere]

Find the Words

Alright so yeah I've been tagged and well I'm a sucker for tumblr tag games so here it is lol

tagged by: @typicalopposite

rules: find your given words in your WIPs and post a snippet containing the words, then tag others with their own sets of words :)

my words: laugh, tomorrow, wonder

I only two of these words in my WIPs that have more than just a few bits written - I was certain they would have all been there but guess not (at least not in fic)

I had them both 3 times in my College AU so I'm gonna cheat and give them all so I don't hafta choose lol (they're not too angst-y lol)

laugh

Alex’s laugh in response makes Henry’s ever-present butterflies flutter, and he really must get them in some semblance soon before he makes an utter buffoon of himself. Well, more than he already has in the years he’s had this sadly unrequited crush on his kind-of-friend-by-association who is so straight Henry has not even an infinitesimal chance.

Henry takes hold of Alex’s hands and holds them between the two of them. He smiles reassuringly across the space between them and takes a deep breath. “Well, I guess we both had a friend plan – too bad neither of us was smart enough to communicate it.” The laugh that escapes Alex surprises them both. “I think maybe we’re already there though, if you can forgive me sequestering myself away, in my usual avoidance technique. I will make every effort to not do that the next time I get too in my head. It’s always been the way I dealt when things got hard or more than I knew how to deal with. I will admit I’ve had feelings for you for the last two years or so – I always told myself it was just a crush I’d get over but this year I realized that wasn’t the case anymore – "

-this one is from Alex's tales from the college AU (which is a separate doc - so they didn't all come from the same one lol)

The laugh escapes Alex before he can catch it, and he smiles across the table, realizing that he didn’t mess this all up after all. He reaches across the table and grabs Henry’s hand in his, “Just remember who said it first, sweetheart.”

wonder

(apparently I had plenty of variations of this word but these were the only 3 just 'wonder')

“Good morning, Alex. I’m certain I’ve repeatedly asked you to stop with the ‘your majesty’ thing, and if you need to sit closer to see, you really should. Just because I felt like a change doesn't mean you must suffer.” Henry swore he had heard a muttered, “I know nothing but suffering,” but there was no indication that Alex had spoken when he glanced his way. That, of course, was his downfall, the one thing Henry knew he needed to avoid had already happened, and this time, it was Alex’s damn eyelashes that were driving him to distraction. Luckily, the professor came in to start class, forcing him to focus on something other than Alex and the things, the dirty, dirty things he wanted to do to him. Somehow, he made it through class without embarrassing himself, even when Alex got into a verbal sparring match with one of their classmates about how poetry could be seen in many political officeholders' speeches. Watching Alex debate something linked to a topic he cared so wholeheartedly about generally made Henry weak in the knees. The passion Alex displayed often made him wonder what it would be like to have even a fraction of that passion on him, in a way that was less arguing a point and more driving him to the brink over and over again until they both expired from the exhaustion that only came from a mind-blowing orgasm.

Pez turns towards him, so Henry is forced to look at him as he speaks, “I mean, how is it that the two of you spent over a month and a half practically living in each other’s pockets, and you still have no idea how that boy feels about you. Sometimes I wonder how you can be so completely daft when it comes to matters of the heart.”

“It felt like you hated me last year the way you took every moment to be a right prat. When we returned this year, it seemed like whatever I had done to make you hate me didn’t matter anymore. Then, when you came that first night to the library, and we continued to meet up here, I started to wonder if we could actually be friends. I had this plan to become your friend and –“

so now my turn to tag -

@adreamareads your 3 words are: bite, park, and show.

[spoiltizzy]

I have an evil suit question for you. Do you think the suit would adapt to the consequences of Stede's indulgences? How magic is it? Or is it a very basic curse?

well the fic itself will be a oneshot so i don’t know if i’ll explore all the delightful possibilities in it. currently the plan is that at some point the suit is removed for some reason because the affliction will not last for the rest of stede’s life lol, and the suit not being able to handle stede’s appetites would be such a fun way to conclude the curse.

on the one hand, if the suit is making desires and impulses impossible to ignore and turning its wearers into unabashed hedonists, it’s probably encountered gluttony before and survived, and theoretically it would be a good idea for the suit to be built to withstand the consequences of its own magic. i mean, sex is an impulse and suits are sets of clothing, and clothing usually comes off during sex, so presumably the suit has some sort of ability to convince people to keep wearing it, and an ability to adapt to the consequences of its magic seems to fit into that category. plus it’s sort of hot to think of what might happen if the effects of this curse were combined with stede not needing to worry about the fit of his clothes…

at the same time it would be SO juicy to imagine that stede’s gluttony surpasses anything the suit is prepared for and the suit itself becomes its own downfall because stede’s appetites are so voracious that not even a suit cursed to make its wearer fall prey to their own pleasure drive can handle what comes of those affects being applied to him.

he’s special, lol. so much of a glutton the hedonism curse suit breaks. plus i find it a thematically appropriate and fun end to the curse. which, side-note, the fun won’t just end when the curse goes away, so don’t worry about any of that, haha.

i’ll be picking one over the other in the fic but in the AU generally i can imagine all sorts of different options.

also worth noting that in the fic while stede absolutely will be doing a lot of stuffing himself and i’ve thought a lot about maybe including a little bit of supernatural weight gain… stede’s appetites being so insatiable in part because he’s digesting things a little quicker than he otherwise would and also, the calories he’s consuming are going directly to his body… a major part of the fic will also be related to stede’s urge to stuff/fatten up certain other pirates, too.

in the end it’s mostly a shame i only have the energy to write a oneshot about it at the moment between trying to get new chapters of my WIPs done, because there’s so much to explore with that concept and i probably won’t be able to take it as far as i wish i could.

[haitang-flowers]

Oooo share some of your ideas!!!!

Okay so I literally have endless WIPs saved in my notes, but I'll share my main ones here and you can tell me if you wanna know more about them.

Chengsu

Madam Qin goes to Jin Guangyao earlier, before the marriage but after Qin Su is pregnant and tells him that she is his sister. All the shit still goes down and WWX and Jin Ling die and wouldn't you know it, Sect Leader Jiang want his nephew to stay with him and is unwed. Jin Guangyao can work with that.

Canon adjacent AU where Qin Su lives after stabbing herself finding out the truth, and Jin Ling refuses to let his aunt stay in her room. Que Qin Su acting as an advisor, butting heads with Jiang Cheng and eventually falling in love.

Zhancheng

Fem!JC, Fem!NHS, Fem!Xue Yang Spy/Thieves AU. Smutty. Oh my god they will not stop fucking in this and I'm trying to make plot happen. Lan Wangji has been casing Mo Ziyuan for months, slowly gaining thrust to gain access to find if his father has been being a dodgey major (spoiler alert: he has) and Jin Zixuan asks the Jiang's to help rescue his brother whose gone silent. Enter Jiang Cheng and Lan Wangji pretending to be a couple, whilst WWX hacks their system... only their invited to a private room and expected to put on a show. This is my largest WIP and it was meant to be a smutty oneshot that has ran away from me, and is fast becoming a series with the ideas I have.

3Zun

Meng Yao's life was simple. He was Nie Mingjue's assistant, he'd helped bring about the downfall of his father and he was certain that he had almost beat Jiang Cheng at being Jin Ling's favourite person. His only problem was he was in love with his boss and her wife. Both happily monogamous and lesbians. This is also part of a wider AU, celebrities meets lawyers, which starts with Jiang Cheng angrily fucking Wen Xu and somehow ends up making a lot of characters happy who deserve it (and Jin Guanshan's ass in prison).

Gen fic

Dage!Yanli AU

Basically a thought train between a friend and I that ran away from us. Basically what would happen if sexes were swapped between JYL and JC. The answer; far less bloodshed and shit getting done.

So yeah... my ideas so far. Lemme know if any interest you!

[jlhynde-insanitybrilliance]

WARNING: NEW HARRYMORT FIC IDEA COMING THROUGH

Alright I’m obsessing over this fic idea I had at work today! Like I’m fucking feral. I WANT! I WANT! I WANT! GIMME IT RIGHT NOW!!

So here’s the story, I was listening to my Spotify Playlist for Unspeakables, Dark Lords, Time-Travelers, Oh My! and Hayloft II by Mother Mother came on.

(I can’t express how much I love this song btw.) And it gave me this really cool fight scene for a future chapter of UDLTTOM, but it also gave this fic idea that has fucking snatched my soul. Because if you change just two words of the lyrics (Gun to Wand & Shot to Curse) you get this:

“An eye for an eye,

A leg for a leg,

A curse to the heart doesn’t make it unbreak,

She really didn’t wanna make it messy,

She really, really didn’t, but the girl gone cray!

Oh, my baby’s gotta wand,

My baby’s gotta wand,

My baby’s gotta wand,

I better run.

My baby’s gotta wand,

It goes boom-boom-crack-ga-ga-ga-boom-boom!“

Does this not sound like a Weird Sisters smash hit? Like I don’t have the words! But the whole song, once you change those two itty-bitty words turns into a witch’s revenge story of a father who killed her muggle lover and she hunts him down and tortured him to death.

So with that in mind, you might be wondering: “Okay, so what’s the premise?” And I’m gonna tell ya’!

Premise: A soulmate/ soulmark AU & a Merope Guant revenge fic on her father Marvolo Guant and brother Morfin Guant after they murder her muggle “soulmate” and his family, but twist Tom Riddle Sr. isn’t Merope’s soulmate cause after he dies her mark doesn’t turn black & her mark is such a generic phrase a: “Pardon me, Ma’am” that she mistook Tom Riddle Sr as her soulmate, but twist numero-dos she had to dose him with a love potion to even get him to look at her and when he asks her to marry him Marvolo and Morfin Guant kill him & his parents & burn down the Riddle manor. Of course, when the Aurors start investigating Merope points them to her father & brother. But there’s no proof & the investigation goes nowhere. Then Merope finds out she’s pregnant, steals the locket, flees her family, abandons TMR at Wool’s Orphanage, and goes hunting for her true soulmate (who she can’t find because her soulmark is too fucking ambiguous) and she looses her mind over it. Years later, Merope goes back to Wool’s to see her son, preHogwarts, thinking he might be her soulmate but the first words he says are: “What do you want?” & he’s not her soulmate, but he’s the spitting image of his father that she decides to make him her soulmate when he’s older. And this is where she SNAPS 🫰 & makes up her mind to go after her father and brother take them out of the picture in the most brutal, torture-porn, dark magic way. And this time—The Aurors actually do their job & Merope gets sent to Azkaban. Years later, when Tom is searching into his family he finds out Merope is still alive, in Azkaban, pay pays her a visit learn about who he is. She tells him her life story & right then & there Tom swears off ever looking for his soulmate, because just like his mum TMR’s own soulmark is a ambiguous mark, one word “Liar”, (& the first person who ever called him a Liar was Billy Stubbs.Tom was certain that couldn’t be his soulmate.) & murders Merope after she tells him her plans for them to be together (like together-together), using her to make the ring horcrux. And another twist-biggest-twist-ever this whole story is told by Snakey Voldemort in the graveyard to Fem Harry (a.k.a soulmate-he tried to murder) as he tells her the prophecy the foretold his downfall & he went after her (because she was female) & sent Bellatrix after Neville (just in case, to cover his bases).

Don’t know the ending yet. But yeah, that’s basically everything I got so far. Almost a whole fucking outline—Gwaddamn! But I want this so, so bad! But I have too many WIPs and I can’t write it right now! Why 😩.

Working title: Curse Me Good

Because Curse Me Good by The Heavy was the other song I’ve been listening to on repeat today.

Edit: Possible endings—

Either Ending A (Voldemort kills Harry at this end of this tale), Ending B (Harry escapes & events continue more or less canonically), or Ending C (Voldemort realizes Harry’s a horcux & forced her into a political marriage for peace & the wedding band is the Guant ring).

I personally like Ending C, but I feel like that would be a mega long fic, where maybe Ending A could be wrapped up in a short novella. Ugh I’m torn.

[bonebrokebuddy]

-Alright I’ve been tagged by @stealingyourbones to do the WIP Challenge. Rules Here!

Feel free to ask me about any of them and I’ll be happy to let u know what it’s about! :D (please i need encouragement to write about them and I don’t want them to be left in WIP hell forever)

Most of these didn’t previously have titles so I’m going to make them up as I go with some having brief summaries.

As I have chronic carpal tunnel so many (but definitely not all) of these are generally short prompts or fic outlines I need to iron out but many have surpassed 3k so I can safely declare some as fics. And there’s a Lot of stuff here so sorry that this is super fucking long but I’m still not including a shit ton of ideas so I can keep it under 100 for now.

I focus a lot on world building and ideas just keeps expanding to the point where I feel like I can’t write it out without having to explain everything else & so I tried splitting them into the smaller ideas & hopefully that’ll help!

@die-erlkonigin6083 ur being tagged now:

Ok so my written ones:

- Stuck In An Adventure: (Wally West getting stuck in a The Adventures of Superman reminiscent universe (radio show that ran from 1940-1951)).

1) Fawcett City: Through A Child’s Eye:

1.a) Sovereign Nation

1.b) Child Logic: A Brief Rundown of How Things Work in Fawcett City In This AU.

1.c) F’s in Math: Fawcett City Education Standards

1.d) Childlike Misconceptions (x40 I have so many ideas about this)

1.e) Fawcett City Food Culture

1.f) Plan to get Captain Marvel back into continuity in a way that's entertaining, makes sense, and would keep it relevant in the DCU while being able to keep more of it’s original Golden Age tone and make the worldbuilding so much cooler.

1.g) Currency of an allowance

1.h) Robbing Bank Customs

1.i) Issues With The Education System

1.j) Magic Taught In Fawcett Educational Programs

1.k) Medicine & Injury Differences In Fawcett Citizens

1.l) Ambient Knowledge of the Radio & Past Lives: Billy Batson

2.a) Booster Gold. An Exploration into a Modern Version Adaptation of His Online Rise to Fame and His Downfall

2.b) Booster Gold: TikTok Sensation (this is kinda fused with the one above but is more lighthearted in tone)

3) Booster Gold: The Backstory and Rant About an Underappreciated and Massively Relatable Hero.

4) Billy Theorizing Back.

5) Linda Finding Out She Had Twins (but retold based on a real story)

6) The Daily Planet’s Gossip Mill

7) The Worries of the Daily Planet Employees over the one & only Clark Kent/ The Daily Planet thinks Clark’s a Meta but for Different Reasons Than You Might Think.

8) Jimmy Olsen Needs Therapy

9) The Softness Behind A Mask

10) Office Gossip

11) An Electric Charge: All Powered Up

12) Psychic/telepathic Clark (apparently this was a fairly uncommon but still very much existing fan theory that I just thought of independently. But once I found out that it already existed, I lost hope and stopped writing it but it's Very much a theory I enjoy and love that explains literally most if not all of Clark’s abilities.

13) “You mean, you Don’t actually look human?!

14) SO MANY KRYPTONIAN BIOLOGY IDEAS:

14.a) FUN (x so many just give me a number and I’ll give you a certain amount of short prompts for kryptonian biology ideas)

14.b) Inconvenience for the Kents

14.c) Braces

14.d) Biology Discussion

14.e) Different Nutritional Needs. Turns Out Invulnerable Teeth Mean You Can Eat A Lot Of Weird Shit

14.f) Humans stood on two legs to punch things. Why the fuck did kryptonians have the same

14.g) Eyes: Windows To The Soul The Size Of An Orange

15) Man of Steel, Unable to Feel: The issue of Clark’s the association of pain with touch.

16) A brief complaint on the lack of depictions of Batman’s Diet and Workout Regimine in fics because there’s so much comedy potential

17) A Meal Even The Flash Won’t Eat: Bruce’s Protein Shakes

18) Inside-out Space and Time (Dissecting the rock of eternity & it’s ability to travel time without the Speed Force)

DP X DC:

18) Critique on DP x DC twin AU

19) Guide on realism in twin interactions for twin au fics & how twins actually work.

20) Jason Todd’s Fenton Family Reunion

21) Discussion of Theme Similarity of 90’s Superboy and the Danny Phantom Cartoon.

22) A Summoning Going Dead Wrong (an ask commandeered from @stealingyourbones that got stuck in WIP hell and is FINALLY nearly done. I just need someone to unfuck my formatting & it’s all set.)

23) Wait What Do You Mean There’s Two Of You?

24) DP x DC What Do You Mean You Thought This Was A Nuclear Blast Zone?: Explaining the Metagene’s Existence in Amity Park, How Amity Park Was Hidden from the DC World, and the Discovery of It Not Being A Wasteland.

25) A Brief Reminder of Death and Revival: Blood Blossoms in Gotham

Based off of this post (which I am making a reply to but i gotta generate more ideas that fit with the theme first. Got the lore part done tho which is nice)

26.a) Wally West trips into the Backrooms.. wait why’s it all floating and green?

26.b) Speedsters can get healed by GZ

26.c) Speedsters get hurt by GZ contact

26.d) Speedsters gain extra powers when in contact with GZ

26.e) Too Much Of A Good Thing: Ectoplasm Overload (Flash Family)

26.f) How The Fuck Is This Working: Bafflement of the Fenton’s Building Conventions (Flash)

26.g) Lichtenberg AU Flash x DC (x2)

27) Familiar Branching Scars: Lichtenberg AU Captain Marvel x DP where I go way into specifics of magical theory and magical lab procedure than I should’ve

28) Danny’s Not Alive: The Issues That Come With Collecting a Ghost’s DNA

29) Ambient Ectoplasm Quality Warning: Health effects can be immediately felt by sensative groups. Healthy individuals may experience difficulty breathing and throat irritation; consider staying indoors and rescheduling outdoor activities. Please retreat to the GZ for your own safety.

30) tired TA Peter Parker who works a job at a university sponsored lab doing microfluidics

31) College Wally West complaining to his friends about his lab job & the difficulties trying to be a “real scientist”

32) They didn’t tell you being a Clone would come with an inferiority complex and the necessity to tell everyone around you that Not The Same Person Don’t Compare Us (yet I still I want to stand by their side and not in their shadow). (Kon-El)

Brainworms i need to write but have them recorded in my audio app & not transcribed yet:

33) Dash & Booster Gold, Ex-Star Quarterbacks

34) Frozen in Time (DP and the Flash Family)

35) I’m Not the Black Flash!

36) Ghosts In Space (do x dc)

37) The Contrast of Life and Death (Flash Family x dp)

38) Inhuman amounts of Speed. (Flash)

39) Opposing Forces: Same Energy (flash family x dp)

40) Metagene: How the Activation of an Integrated Virus Changes That Much Shit if it Activates

41) A Ghost and An Alien Walk Into A Bar…ow

42) A Ghost from the Future: A Mentor in the Past (Bart Allen)

43) Billy Batson: learning magic theory

44) Jimmy Olsen: Traumatized Beyond Belief (Taos discussion about how the character is handled)

45) Jimmy Olsen: A Neglected Superfamily Core Member By The Fans

46) A Parental Bond and Parental Worry: Clark Kent & Jimmy Olson

47)  Trust and Betrayal: Clark Kent Losing a Child’s Trust

48) Help I Think I Accidentally Adopted A College Student What Do I Do

49) A Brief Dissection of the Broad Symbols the DC Hero’s Stand For and Goals they Want: Personal Characterization Help

50) Anger Feels The Same As Happiness (The Feeling Is Just As Intense) (Bart Allen)

51) Shadows of the Future, Traces of the Past: Bart Allen is Not Okay (YJ cartoon)

[stuckylibrary]

Do you know of any Lolita style fics? Like it doesn’t matter which one if younger Bucky or Steve. But I can’t find any.

Found you these:

Faunlet* by RedFlagsAndDiamonds (WIP | 17,062 | E) *rape/noncon, underage

Recently discharged from service, Steve Rogers courts and proposes to Winifred Barnes, the young, widowed owner of a tiny Connecticut bakery. Her son, James, is fifteen, and acts it - cocky, obnoxious, but sweet as cream underneath it all.

Steve is in love with Winifred, he's certain of it - but slowly develops deep feelings towards her teenaged son that are anything but fatherly.

A Stucky "Lolita" AU.

Rust and Stardust* by orphan_account (oneshot | 5,818 | M) *rape/noncon, underage

“I loved you. I was a pentapod monster, but I loved you. I was despicable and brutal, and turpid, and everything, mais je t’aimais, je t’aimais! And there were times when I knew how you felt, and it was hell to know it, my little one. Lolita girl, brave Dolly Schiller.” ― Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

AKA the Lolita AU nobody asked for. AKA Steve never went in the ice.

Title Credit: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Disclaimer: I love Steve Rogers with my whole heart!! I just thought this would be fun to write please don't hate me

Rust and Stardust by spacestationwedding (WIP | 12,361 | E) *major character death, rape/noncon, underage

Steve's an out-of-towner, staying at the Barnes' home while he works on his novel. Little does he know, he's about to embark on simultaneously the best and worst part of his life.

His Bucky. The light of his life, sure, but also his downfall.

*this is a Lolita AU. Please mind the tags and/or familiarize yourself with the plot a bit before reading*

In the Nude* by lordeofstucky (WIP | 8,710 | E) *underage

Steve Rogers is thirty-three when he meets Peggy Carter, a beautiful and successful artist whose passion is just as strong as his own.

At first sight, he’s hooked, but none of that matters when he meets her fourteen year old son, Bucky.

(AKA a Stucky Lolita / Nude Men: A Novel inspired AU)

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Five Fics Friday: July 9/21

Happy Friday everyone!!!! <3 PLEASE check out the Signal Boosts this week, both new authors who need our love!! And hope you enjoy this week’s newest additions to my MFL list!! Hope you enjoy!!

SIGNAL BOOSTING

Beginning of Adventures by Honestlyidontcare (G, 849 w., 1 Ch. || Femlock University AU || Alternate First Meeting) – Basically it's a first meeting in a cafe au and fem!lock.

UNEXPECTED OCCURENCE by Victoria557 (M, 88,666+ w., 40/? Ch. || WiP || Post-TRF Divergence, Unexpected Parenthood, PTSD, Trauma, Child Abandonment, Slow Burn, Heavy Angst with Happy Ending, Blood and Gore, Self-Harm, Intrusive Thoughts, Doctor John, Self-Esteem Issues, Anxiety Disorder, Misunderstandings, No Mary) – Barely five months after Sherlock's death, John was slowly yet so ever damn surely falling apart. Every day since then, he had just been surviving not living. When Lestrade phone him, with nervousness and uncertainty in his voice, asking for some help with a case since Anderson who usually did the forensic stuff, and another worker who examined the body had been unfortunately unavailable and with the downfall of Lestrade's record recently, he couldn't afford to risk another scolding from his supervisor, John agreed, despite the forming of the painful twist in his stomach at the thought of being at a crime scene without a certain arrogant high-functioning sociopath. Never did he expect to encounter such a surreal event and never did he expect to find out Sherlock having a secret - well secret would be unfitting as the man himself didn't realize this.

NEW MFL’s THIS WEEK

A Week in November by JRow (T, 26,987 w., 8 Ch. || Post S4, Military John, Parentlock, First Kiss, Hurt John) – John and Rosie have been living at Baker Street for years. John works part-time at a nearby surgery leaving plenty of time to assist Sherlock with cases. Rosie is brilliant and becoming more amazing everyday. And, in addition to being John’s friend, Sherlock has become an amazing second parent to Rosie. John is happy. Mycroft’s request seems simple enough. Tedious even. So tedious that John can’t understand why Sherlock agreed to it so easily. John is the one with reservations – there must be ways they can help that don’t involve his having to appear as (former) Captain John Watson. But it turns out that questioning a potential spy and providing an "extra set of eyes" at the National Service of Remembrance will prove much more emotional and exciting than John imagined.

Before You Know It by LollipopCop (E, 85,323, 19 Ch. || Alternate Timeline/Time Travel || Post-S4 / S4 Fix It, Self-Loathing, John-Centric, First Kiss / Time, Mary is Not Nice, Love Confessions, Crying, Angst, Time Travel, Happy Ending) – John hates how his life turned out, and mourns the lost potential between him and Sherlock. So when he's given a second chance, transported back to the night Sherlock returned from the dead, John must make good use of it.

Off-Axis Series by Calais_Reno (M, 112,391+ w. across 2 works || Series WiP ||  Alternate / Parallel Universe || John’s Father, Childhood Memories, Human Trafficking, Assassination, POV Alternating, Minor Character Death, Temporary Amnesia, Post-TRF) – Stories about parallel worlds. Each story is complete and self-contained.

[crusherthedoctor]

5, 23, 26, and 30 for the fic ask meme, please?

5. What are your fanfic pet peeves? Do they have a huge effect on whether or not you decide to read something?

You can guess the obvious ones: killing characters off (bonus points if it's unnecessarily gory and/or extremely obvious that they're being killed off because the author doesn't like them), turning Eggman into a harmless villain or non-villain, turning certain heroes into OoC assholes/sociopaths/yanderes, flanderizations (Sonic, Amy and Rouge probably get it the worst, though Knuckles and Shadow aren't far behind), Mary Sues and Gary Stus that can do everything better than the entire official cast, with the smug personality to match...

Outside of that...

- I tend to roll my eyes at high school fics, especially given how oddly common they are.

- Alternate universe fics aren't usually my thing either, although part of that is because I'm not into AU stories in general, because I find a lot of them boring at best, and obnoxious at worst (since they tend to use it as an excuse for turning characters inside out to the point of being said characters In Name Only, rather than smartly playing around with them.)

- Archie-tier soap operas? No thank you.

- Villain teams up where they specifically make a point about not including Eggman because he's too pathetic. Doubly hilarious when some of the members needed to rely on Eggman and/or his resources in the past, like Eggman Nega, Lyric, the Deadly Six, etc.

- If Sonic and Eggman are forced to team up, no matter how briefly, I’m closing that shit. Because goddamn am I sick of THAT happening in the series as it is.

- I tend to immediately check out if Sonic says "Ames" or Amy says "Sonikku". Because I'm extremely petty, apparently.

23. What's your absolute favourite trope to write?

Too many to name, so here's a list of some of them:

- Build up. Whether it involves character development, the characters' interactions and fee-fees with each other, the background lore, establishing the villain's threat and personality, setting things up near the beginning or middle that may or may not be noticed by the reader the first time around, only to have a big payoff later on that gives earlier chapters a whole new context...

- Creating memorable locations and giving them their own details. Already talked about this in the previous ask, so I won't repeat myself here. Although, to add onto it...

- Creating a primary setting for the story as a whole. While there are exceptions, I've found that a lot of my favourite games tend to focus on one place in their world rather than going all over the place. (South/Westside/Angel Island in the Genesis trilogy, Dragon Realms/Avalar/Forgotten Worlds in the Spyro trilogy, DK Island/Crocodile Isle/Northern Kremisphere in the DKC trilogy, Beanbean Kingdom/Rogueport/other examples in some Mario games...) I think this might be because there ends up being a lot more passion put into their environments and overall character, rather than treating them as a footnote.

- Giving the villain a group of henchmen that have their own different quirks, yet are no less dangerous than their master. (Eggman has the Hard-Boiled Heavies of course, while Razor has "The Gifted".)

- Pushing the hero to their physical and/or mental limit, only for them to triumph through their determination/super power of teamwork/etc.

- Showcasing the friendship and loyalty shared between the heroes.

- In the case of new characters, making them stand out and be memorable without falling into Sue territory. With Trudy, it's fun to give the readers a feel of her personality, and (hopefully) endear herself to them without being annoying or overpowered.

- Letting shy or mellow characters come out of their shell. (Yep, Trudy again.)

- A final battle where everything around you is constantly changing.

- The heroes have triumphed, the nightmare is at an end, and peace has finally returned... but at a great cost, to cement how much of an impact the villain had even despite their ultimate downfall.

- Tastefully-handled aesops that either aren't as common, or are done in a more unconventional way. For example: "you may have your limits due to reasons beyond your control (like having a condition), but that doesn't mean you should limit your quality of life, and it doesn't mean you can't see the world".

26. What's your biggest distraction from writing?

It's a tie between constantly second guessing myself and worrying if my writing is good enough, and being discouraged by how it's a lot harder to get your fanfic noticed when compared to fanart...

30. Post a snippet from your current WIP without context - no more than 300 words.

(It's over 300 words, but screw it lol.)

"You... you..."

"What? No one-liners? No petulant nicknames? Or did you jump into all this with the expectation that I was in over my head, with forces beyond my control, being the ~mere mortal~ that I am?"

"But how...? How could you... do this...?"

"You were so pumped up and ready to lecture me, weren't you? So certain that this was another Chaos. Another A.R.K. Another Gaia. Another opportunity to point and laugh at the man who simply wanted a worthy empire."

"This isn't about your stupid empire," Sonic muttered breathlessly. Rage and confusion plagued his mind in equal quantities. "It's about-"

"Well you thought wrong." The doctor playfully wagged a finger, mocking the hedgehog's own tendency. "I took my time with this one, you see. I can do that, you know, despite what you may believe. Everything was set up perfectly, not that YOUR room temperature intellect would be able to appreciate the beauty of it. No one else on the planet could achieve this, not even dear old grandad, tried as he did... but I did! And this sad fossil right here...?"

His glance turned towards the motionless figure slumping between them. Then gave the body a kick for good measure, followed by a smug chuckle.

"Never stood a chance."

"You... you have to stop this," Sonic's fists were trembling uncontrollably. "This is wrong! WRONG! Even for YOU! Look around you, Eggman! Look at all this insanity! It doesn't have to be this way!"

"You're right. It didn't have to be this way."

He walked closer to him. Slowly. His grin carefully rearranged itself into a bitter scowl. Sonic could swear there were daggers pointing at him from behind those glasses.

"But you pushed me, Sonic. You pushed me. You pushed... and pushed... and pushed." His tone was quiet. Too quiet. As if he genuinely felt betrayed by not getting what he believed was entitled to him. "I have waited so long for my respect in this world, and it's all because of you. You and your insipid army of squeaky-voiced sheep. You've gotten in my way every time... every single time... and I'm sick of it. Sick of it. Sick of you not knowing your place like the rodent you are..."

Sonic's intense glare remained frozen. He never denied that the doctor was a villain. Never questioned that he was a menace. But with all their history together, there was a side of him - perhaps a selfish side of him - that wanted to believe he wasn't like the rest of them. He wanted to believe the doctor was a step above all those other monsters he faced through the passage of time, no matter all the things he did.

But...

He couldn't really do that anymore, could he...?

"You were fun in your time, hedgehog. I can't deny that there was some entertainment to be had between us, and had things been different... I may have remembered you as a worthy adversary. But like all toys that were brand new once upon a time, you became worn out just like the rest of them. And now?"

He pulled out another switch.

Sonic's heart almost stopped.

"I don't want to play with you anymore."

[adoremp3]

hello one, hello all! 

keep on reading below the cut to find all my current wips and completed fics! this is inclusive of chaptered fics and oneshots. i mainly write harry and ofc fic, but i’m delving into more niall and the occasional reader insert piece!

enjoy!

ONGOING FICS

state of grace — masterlist // story page // taglist

“Are you sure this isn’t going to affect your Uber rating?” Haley asks, though one hand sits quite high on his lap and the other grips his half-unbuttoned shirt.

“Fuck my rating,” he says breathlessly, his fingers toying with the hem of her shirt. “If I had it my way, you’d already be on my lap.”

A “just for tonight” spinoff in which Haley still has a broken heart and Niall tries to fix it.

such great heights — masterlist // story page // taglist

Graduating from Cambridge University and moving to London was always Kimber van der Berg’s dream, but after quickly landing a job she’s overqualified for, Kimber is now left to find herself a new flat in the big city. 

But as if fate would have it, in walks childhood best friend, Harry Styles, to answer all her prayers.

A story about (not) falling in love with your best friend.

ON HIATUS

curious minds — masterlist // story page // taglist

Some would say it’s fate that brought Mimi Lang and Harry Styles together, but they would much rather blame it on Mimi’s mother and Harry’s broken heart.

A uni AU in which Mimi is conflicted about life, Harry is amazed by the human mind, and how they both struggle to differentiate between what’s real and what’s fake.

COMPLETED FICS

in my heart — masterlist // story page // taglist

Val is certain she loves nothing more than Christmas. Her lipstick collection is a very close second, but once December hits, there is no chance in hell she will love anything more than what she claims to be the best time of the year.

What she doesn’t love, however, is Niall Horan. Nope, she doesn’t love him at all.

oxford comma — masterlist // story page // taglist

If there’s one thing Suzy Lestrange is hoping for, it’s getting through her second year of university without a hitch so that she can spend her third year abroad in France.

But when Harry Styles shows up in her life once again, she quickly finds herself trying to balance her studies with her personal life, and things have a tendency to not go in her favour.

A story of French insults, reminiscing over horrible teachers, taking initiative for once, and not giving a fuck about an Oxford comma.

ONESHOTS

just for tonight — read here

After a terrible week of her own, Wren thinks a bottle of wine and a hug from her best friend will send all her worries away. However, as she walks in his front door, she finds a surprise of her own: Harry Styles and his newly broken heart.

Maybe this one will require a bit more than a bottle of wine and a hug.

do i wanna know? — read here

Between a boss that’s the devil in disguise and parents amidst a divorce, it’s safe to say that when a distraction in the form of famous actor Harry Styles crashes into her life, Ivy Nash is going to very well take it (and in every position imaginable).

An AU tale of late night adventures, a whole lot of alcohol, and the downfalls of facing reality.

tick — read here

Allie thinks she can tick off all their uni hall tasks in one night.

So does Harry.

a very competitive au oneshot

BLURBS

unmatched — read here

not entirely sure how this happened, but it started out as a quick “hey, imagine this cute scenario” post and somehow turned into a small 650 word imagine. so… i guess enjoy some cute unedited harry fluff where you meet him at a gallery opening!

[zktop10]

Author Feature: ZutaraWasRobbed

Our next featured author is ZutaraWasRobbed AKA @zutarawasrobbed !

Because this is an actual person that I know and care about, I want to clarify: WIPs and WIPs in M+ ratings specifically are SUPER DIFFICULT TO GET A HIGH SCORE. People will slam their kudos and bookmarks on something steamy, and with so few stories that are WIPs, it massively skews the ranking.

Small pool means the kudos and bookmarks have to work harder. That's all.

Adult content so the list is under the cut!

Title: Accidental Exchange (Zutara Week 2018, Day 2: Letters)

Rated: E

Summary: writing letters seems to be the only thing that Katara can do to pass the time while her husband is away. Feeling stuck, and more lonely than ever, Katara finds herself writing more and more letters to a certain fire lord. There is just one problem. She never sends them…save for one day when Aang sees a letter Addressed to Zuko and sends it. when Katara receives a letter back, it is nothing like she expects… For either of them.

UNDER RECONSTRUCTION

Score: 7.1 / 10

Rated E One Shots: 0.5 / 10

Tags: One Shot, Zutara Week, Letters, Fluff, Smut, Declarations of Love

Title: Zuko Can't Talk to Girls (Zutara week 2018, Day 3: Tea)

Rated: E

Summary: Zuko has never been good with is words. In fact most of the time he was so bad with them he ends up ending a relationship before one can even begin. Knowing his downfall, he promises himself, this time around he won’t say anything. This way, when he finds someone he likes he won’t blow it. (Modern day, no powers AU)

Score: 6.4 / 10

Rated E One Shots: 0.2 / 10

Tags: One Shot, Zutara Week, Smut, Alternate Universe, Modern Day, No Bending

Title: Hesitant to Love

Rated: T

Summary: Zuko loves his wife, but he doesn’t know how to tell her.

Score: 5.9 / 10

Rated T One Shots: 5.4 / 10

Tags: One Shot, Zutara Week, Post Canon, Zuko is an Awkward Turtleduck, Arranged Marriage

Title: The Four ways Izumi could be Katara's

Rated: E

Summary: I'v always had this theory that Izumi (Zuko's daughter) could be Katara's. Therefore, I have come up with different ways this could happen. Some are serious, some are just outrageous. But each chapter stands on its own. Arguably Korra compliant.

Score: 5.2 / 10

Rated E WIPs: 3.3 / 10

Tags: Fluff, Angst, Smut, Unplanned Pregnancy

Title: Ember Island Players: The After Shock (Zutara Week Day 1: First Kiss)

Rated: G

Summary: Watching the Ember Island players made an impact, some more than others. But for Katara, it made her remember one the most painful days of her life. The Crystal Catacombs.

Score: 5.0 / 10

Rated G One Shots: 7.3 / 10

Tags: One Shot, Zutara Week

Title: The Princess and the Turtleduck (Zutara week 2018, Day 4: Turtleduck)

Rated: T

Summary: Zuko is a turtleduck who believes he will never find his mate. That is until one day a young princess named Katara comes by to feed him. It's love at first feed, but the only problem is... His mate is a human. (Zutara meets the Princess and the Frog, enough said)

Score: 4.3 / 10

Rated T One Shots (Two shots were included): 3.5 / 10

Tags: Two Shot, Fairy Tale, Alternate Universe, Zutara Week

Title: The Calm Before the Storm

Rated: T

Summary: The calm before the storm. That's what they call it... He calls it regret.

Score: 3.7 / 10

Rated T One Shots (Two shots were included): 2.9 / 10

Tags: Two Shot, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Enemies to Friends to Lovers

Title: After The war

Rated: T

Summary: For @addictofreading on Tumblr, Zutara exchange 2019.

Zuko and Katara talk about their future after the war.

Score: 6.3 / 10

Rated T WIPs: 0.0 / 10

Tags: Zutara Exchange, Hurt/Comfort, Enemies to Friends to Lovers

Title: No Romo

Rated: T

Summary: Reflecting on their time together during the war, he concluded that his relationship with Katra was completely platonic, and this situation was no different and completely innocent.- He would know, he was friends with Jet for a while in the Earth Kingdom. And he was very affectionate with him... even more so than Katara. Sure he could blame it on the earth kingdom and their weird earth kingdom customs. Like goodbye kisses that sometimes lasted and escalated way beyond what he deemed as a proper goodbye. So what he and Katara expressed their friendship differently? It's not like it was romantic or anything...

Score: 3.0 / 10

Rated T WIPs: 0.0 / 10

Tags: Fluff, Crack, Crack Treated Seriously, Multi Ship Tag

Title: Zutara Month 2018, Day one: Vigilantes

Rated: M

Summary: This game of cat and mouse has gotten very tiring for Zuko. lucky for him, his target decides to give him a break...

Score: 2.7 / 10

Rated M WIPs: 0.0 / 10

Tags: Alternate Universe, Modern Setting, Zutara Month, No Bending

[haberdashing]

Trustworthy (2/4)

An AU in which Ford decides that in the end, the only one he can trust is himself.

(Fair warning: I probably won’t complete this WIP, but this chunk’s been sitting around for a while and could be a chapter in its own right, so I figured I might as well post it as such.)

Chapter 1 / Chapter 2

on AO3

Ford was getting nowhere. He read and he wrote and he pondered and he worried and he came up with nothing, no brilliant plan for saving the day, no way of setting things right again, the only change as the hours rolled by being how he found it more and more difficult to concentrate, to stick with a single train of thought, to ignore the sound of his clone flipping through pages or drumming his pen against the table as he thought things through, to keep his head up and his eyes open as he desperately searched for a way to save the world, to stop Bill...

“Maybe you should try sleeping.”

Ford jumped in his seat, eyes rapidly circling the room to locate the source of the voice and finding only Neo, Neo with deep brown eyes, Neo who started to explain himself before Ford could even begin to voice his objections.

“I don’t know if I need to sleep, or even if I... can sleep, but you do. And I could stay nearby, to make sure he doesn’t... to make sure nothing happens.”

“And if something were to happen?”

“Well, I do know where the crossbow is.” Neo’s voice wavered despite its forced levity, the smile on his face thin and tight. A joke on one level, perhaps, but a reality on another.

Ford rubbed his hand against his aching temple as he considered the offer. “...you couldn’t work then. I couldn’t work. It’d just waste time.”

“Unless you’re hiding some new plan from me, time isn’t doing much to help us as it is.”

Ford glanced back at the page he’d been reading, tried to remember what it was about, what the last sentence he’d reached was, how many times he had read through the line while still not grasping its meaning. “...you have a point.”

“Of course I do.” Neo punctuated the statement with a laugh, obviously forced; really, he needn’t have bothered.

Ford looked back at Neo’s eyes, studying them until he was certain his sclerae  were pure white, without so much as a hint of gold, before nodding.

A few minutes of discussion and one tense elevator ride later, and Ford found himself laying horizontally on a couch, the nearby books and papers ready to be used not by himself but by Neo, whose seat faced the couch, the other man glancing up from his work periodically to check on Ford.

He couldn’t sleep.

Ford had trouble even getting himself to go through the motions, to close his eyes (Bill could be right there but he wouldn’t know if he wasn’t looking) and throw on a blanket (being covered with a blanket made it harder to move, harder to run) and stay still (he had so much more to do).

Bill wasn’t asleep. Bill didn’t need to waste his time on such mundane necessities. Every second that Ford spent laying there doing nothing was another second that Bill could (would) use to plot against him, to plan the downfall of the very universe.

But even drinking obscene amounts of coffee could only do so much to postpone the inevitable, and while there was one more drastic method Ford had found to elude the need for sleep... that was what had gotten him into this mess in the first place.

(His eye twinged with phantom pain at the mere thought of it.)

To sleep, perchance to dream...

Even if Bill didn’t take control, he would almost certainly enter Ford’s dreams. The waking world wasn’t exactly treating him well, but he couldn’t use sleep as a refuge either; any dreams he might have were likely to be even worse than reality.

Going to sleep was, all in all, a horrible idea. Except that his body would eventually break down without it. And then who would be around to stop Bill?

And so slowly, fitfully, Ford drifted away into the world of dreams.

[joeys-piano]

This wip intro is a response to a very sweet anon who wanted to know more about the fantasy fic that I’ve been working on for the past week. It’s hard to believe that on Monday, I only had a vague idea of my Kitsune & Seer concept/AU. And now on Saturday, I’ve compiled a huge word document of worldbuilding and character development. Thank you, to anon and to everyone who had expressed interest in this idea. Your enthusiasm is like a hug after a very long, exhausting day.

Title → Catching Fire & Chasing Smoke Rating → Mature Genre → Dark Fantasy, Folklore, Adventure Content Warnings → Adult Themes & Suggestive Undertones, Implied/Explicit Descriptions of Violence, Dubious Morality & Ethics

Chapter One → When Darkness Falls ETA → Late August, 2019

Year → 1287 (mid-Kamakura period)

    → Context: The story is set a few years after the second invasion-attempt by the Mongols where a heavenly, divine wind (a typhoon) wiped out the foreign fleet and protected the island nation. In the aftermath of the Mongol war, there was a significant drain on the Japanese economy and new taxes were levied on the people in preparation for future defensive measures. Political and economic instability and distrust in the Kamakura bakufu (military government) were soon apparent if the increase of roving bandits and rōnin were not enough. This time period could best be described as an internal, warring period as eventual civil wars ravaged the lands to restore imperial authority. For the sake of this story, I’m mostly focusing on the internal conflicts between politics and the economy for simplicity.

General Idea → The story of Catching Fire & Chasing Smoke revolves around a kitsune and seer, who’ve been driven out and viewed as outcasts to others of their own kind. The spiritual and literal journey that these two characters embark on illustrates the alchemy of truths and lies, of sorrows and regrets, of life and purpose, and of searching for a land overflowing in laughter and alcohol. Ultimately, this is a journey of finding a place where they could truly belong and of finding peace and acceptance for who they are. In the midst of their travels, they encounter a striking array of both humans and youkai who’ve found the answers to these difficulties for themselves.

Catching Fire & Chasing Smoke is written in an episodic-format, where every chapter is its own short story and follows the slice-of-life approach of the kitsune and seer along on their journey. While the chapters can be read as standalones, they are connected via overarching themes, progressions, and threaded storylines.

Characters

Oda Sakunosuke | Seer (Capnomancy) When the gods of the land asked him of what he desired most in this world, Oda responded with the mere breath of his voice. If he were his previous-self, he’d desire the power to destroy all of those who’d harm the people he cared for. However, the decision wouldn’t reflect the changed man he had become. Because of the children he was caring for, Oda was able to keep his hands clean for as long as he did. To dirty them, once more, would only insult the memory and of how much the children meant to him. As an alternative, Oda asked the gods of the land to grant him one simple request: the ability to protect people from the dangers they had yet to know.

Dazai Osamu | Four-Tail Kitsune Legend has it that tragedy follows the heels of a four-tail kitsune and that the youkai is forever on the move unless it wants the tragedy that’s following it to come true. By the same thread, superstition has dictated that four bears the misfortune of death. Woven across the tales passed by man, if a kitsune were to cease in its roaming and beckon tragedy to unravel across the land, what would follow would be all the deaths of those that the youkai had held dear. Fortunately or unfortunately, some kitsune have held doubt as the heart of all philosophy and that there was no such thing as an absolute truth. The matters of virtue or saving people from an inevitable demise were as foreign as trading bandages for wings. Death was merely an extension of a part of everyday life. Without an imminent threat of its arrival, how could one capture the full significance of what it meant to be alive? Such a threat would be a glorious thing, Dazai was sure, and he’d want nothing more than the leisure and euphoria of his own demise if he could.

Ace | Exorcist Just as words are poison when poured into another’s ears, close proximity with Ace has led to the deaths of those who’ve been esteemed so dearly. He is a man of indulgences and desires, content to trade his soul an hour before the Devil knows it has lost it. But if he’s to renounce himself as a monster to this world, Ace makes it certain that no one ignores the one growing inside of them. For in each and every individual, there lies the truth that one is simultaneously a human, yet a monster. None can be exempt from either.

Karma | An Apprentice yet Servant Of all the things he had learned during his time in Ace’s household, whether it was specifically from the man or not, the questions that couldn’t be answered were what taught him the most. Rather ideal for his position, Karma could pick apart a situation until he found what he had been looking for. Without a trial, it was nothing more than giving him a fact to memorize. But give him a question with hardly an answer to, and that was how Karma found his footing amongst those in the household. The harder the question, the harder the hunt for what he needed to find. The harder the hunt, the more he realized that the simple truths of this world were nothing more but just lies.

Nakahara Chuuya | Vessel for Arahabaki Having bounded his existence and his soul to Arahabaki, Chuuya straddles the line between man and kami. Referring to him as a demigod would seem appropriate, but the man held no pleasure in being called that. Simply, if he were to describe himself, Chuuya would say that he’s a humble messenger to those that ask of his assistance.

Ozaki Kouyou | Courtesan (Oiran, ranked: tayū) Kouyou is a woman of dignity and grace, of poise and of nobility, of benevolence and ferocity, and as cruel as she is kind. Kouyou did not ascend to where she is with a soft heart. No, her heart is that of ivy and stone. However, if one were to ask what her greatest strength was, Kouyou would respond that her greatest strength originated from love. And if one were to ask her of what her greatest downfall would be, Kouyou would respond that her greatest downfall would be because of that love. Neither a stranger to care or violence, she’s aware of what she brings to the table and doesn’t mind if she’s to dine, alone.

Izumi Kyouka | Lady in Waiting Like phantom threads, woven through the kimono that she often wears, there were a set of truths that Kyouka kept near. She kept them near for they were one of the very things that could ground her to this earth. But if she were to be honest, Kyouka did so to understand the truest nature of what she didn’t know. For, by her own words: ‘Fear is what we create on our own, and it’s the fruit of all of our inhibitions. My imagination dictates the size of my fear, so I’ve chosen to not be afraid anymore. The only thing I’m worried about is what remains hidden in the dark after all the lights have turned on.’

Sakaguchi Ango | Wandering Priest Words from the mouth were such peculiar things. At times, they were destined to die upon another’s ears. Yet, at different times, these words would find their way into another’s heart and survive. For the past two since, since he abandoned his former-life, a single piece of advice had never perished within Ango’s heart: ‘One’s past doesn’t necessarily dictate or define who someone is for the rest of their life. How they move forward after realizing what they’ve done is significant and shouldn’t be ignored.’ If one were to ask who he had heard this from, how many would scoff that such words had come from a youkai?

[storybookhawke]

WRITING PROCESS MEME

I was tagged by the absolutely wonderful @tearsofwinter

Short stories, novels, or poems?

Novels, for both reading and writing.

What genre do you prefer reading?

Published lit: scifi and fantasy adventures Fanfic: literally everything and anything (tragedy af)

What genre do you prefer writing?

I have two extremes... extremely romantic & cute fluff or pretty damn tragic.

Are you a planner or a write-as-I-go kind of person?

PLANNER. This is my strength and my downfall. I always have a fanfic almost entirely outlined (with a few gaps here and there) before I even start. However, that does mean I currently have 37 fully-outlined fanfictions in my google drive. Unless it’s like a snapshot, it’s extremely difficult for me to write as I go.

What music do you listen to while writing?

Whatever I’m in the mood for, or often what the mood of my fic is. Sad or angsty fics get sad and angsty songs, while Ke$ha tends to make me write at lightning speed.

Fave books/movies?

Impossible, plus it changes. I love manga, I love books, I love movies. I love MASH and Black Panther, I love the Uglies series, I love Harry Potter, I love Chrno Crusade and TRC. I’ll admit it’s been awhile since I read a “real” book. Fanfiction has just as much mental and emotional worth to me, and I only have so much time and energy to spend on reading.

Any current WIPs?

37. 37 of them, not yet posted. To name a FEW of my favorites:

World War 1 Era AU with Colonel Hawke and War Surgeon Anders Hogwarts Students/Professors AU with Ravenclaw Karl and Hufflepuff Anders Moving Company AU with Mover Iron Bull and abuse escapee Dorian Professional Hockey AU with Enforcer Hawke versus a Speedy Fenris

If someone were to make a cartoon out of you, what would your standard outfit be?

80s Neon Fleece, black joggers, sandals.

Create a character description for yourself:

Picture a goofy idiot... there you go.

Do you like incorporating people you actually know into your writing?

No, but I incorporate their houses (and other locations). Stripper Anders lives in my old apartment, this fic takes place in my childhood friend’s home, this fic happens in the food court of my hometwon mall.

Are you kill-happy with characters?

Yup. The more injured, sicker, and deader--the better. It’s fiction, I’ll bring them back to life in the next fic.

Coffee or tea while writing?

I prefer tea, but both are bad for my kidneys. Lemonade!

Slow or fast writer?

I used to be fast??? I used to pump out several 700+ word prompts A DAY for SPN but then depression set in and my health got to shit so my brain is all fuzzy all the time. Now I struggle writing a paragraph in a week. Some days I can write 5k in an afternoon, other days I can’t string two words together.

Where/who/what do you find inspiration from?

Imagery. Most of my fics start as ‘fanart’ created in my head, and most of the time it’s a certain aesthetic that grabs me. For example, the entire reason I started the WW1 AU was the mental image of Hawke and Anders sharing a post-sex cigarette in an olive drab tent in the low light of a nearby lantern, shortly followed by Anders standing out in the moonlight outside the surgery tent as a few soldiers carry stretchers bearing those who didn’t make it.

If you were put into a fantasy world, what would you be?

A knight!

Most fave book cliche? Least fave book cliche?

Books Fave: Taking down the corrupt system, found family, gruff older character protecting younger one, probably more out there idk

Books Least Fave: Love triangles, relationships that are clearly unhealthy but are praised by the public, fridging, Straight™, love as the conflict, fantasy politics, “we’re sending this team of near-children to explore x new planet”

Fanfiction Fave: Unhealthy relationships lmao, arranged marriages where they meet accidentally beforehand, character rampaging out of grief in a self-destructive manner,

Fanfiction Least Fave: OC as the romance rival, Straight™, relationships with conflicts that go on and on and on, miscommunication, a few others I won’t list.

Fave scenes to write?

The final Punch-To-The-Gut line that makes a happy-ish ending into a tragic one. Also that time pre-sex where one character admires the other’s body.

Most productive time of day for writing?

Afternoon.

Reason for writing:

Just writing what I wish to read.

tagging these people, sorry if you’ve done this already: @hollyand-writes​ @thejourneymaninn @un-shit-yourself @barbex @dorianpink