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[inapixelbloom]

My Archive of Our Own Wrap-up

I wanted to put together a thank you to all the fanfic writers who have gotten me through this year.

This wrap-up is me going through my history month by month to see which fics I’d visited the most (because you can be damn sure I read through them over several days, again and again).

So this is a celebration of the wide variety of fics I’ve read and/or bookmarked and/or subscribed to. Thank you to every writer on this list for keeping me entertained.

To every fanfic writer I've had the pleasure of reading the words of, and there are so many more of you than just this list of people, I want to thank you so very much of trusting your creativity to us readers. You are my rock, my joy, my comfort, and so many other supporting adjectives that I just want to give you all hugs and money for the holidays.

My first fic of 2024: dismantle the sun by StarryCleric

Summary:

Beau shudders and holds Caleb's hand, which he squeezes back tentatively. She can feel how it shakes in her grip. She does her best to steady him, despite the fact that she wants to shake apart herself and completely fall to pieces. “I am going to hazard a guess here,” Caleb says softly, “that we may have been drugged.” --- Tonight was supposed to be a fun night off. Unfortunately for Beau and Caleb, the universe has other plans.

2024 fics I kept returning to

January

Winter Song by @proantagonista

Yuri!!! on Ice, rated E. Completed 2018-03-25.

The set of Yuuri’s mouth softened into a private smile as Victor squeezed his knee beneath the table. His hands were bare, free from the gloves he so often wore when they were together on the rink, and the heat of his palm burned straight through the denim of Yuuri’s jeans. He slipped his own hand beneath the table and found Victor’s. Hidden from sight, their fingers began to flirt and play. A secret conversation all their own that needed no words. Yuuri was aware that at some point—a moment in time he couldn’t quite place—Victor had become his boyfriend. There wasn’t a single instant when it happened. It was a slow awareness, as if Victor had silently been asking the question for months now, and Yuuri had been giving him the answer a little more with each passing day.

February

blink by @frockbot

Persona 5, rated M. Completed 2020-11-13.

Summary:

Do you want kids? Ren asked Akechi two years ago, the night they decided to get married. Yes. He did. They do. So when they’re given the chance to adopt a pair of sisters, ten-year-old Maya and two-year-old Sai, they take it. They’re prepared for a rough transition: for arguments, and upset, and struggle. That, they can handle, or find ways to handle. They are not prepared for the resurgence of an old and familiar evil that threatens to destroy the tenuous family they’ve built. They probably should have expected it, though. After all, this always happens to them. [Takes place 17 years post-game and 16 years post-Doomsday. You don't have to have read my other fics to start here, but maybe you should?]

March

In Calm Waters by @dracosollicitus

Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, rated E. Completed 2024-03-04.

Summary:

Rey Smith, an Omega who presented late, meets Poe Dameron, an Alpha unlike anyone she's ever met. Sparks fly, they fall in love — and fight against societal expectations. The two work together to build a relationship built on mutual trust and respect in a world that claims they should be nothing more than their biologies.

April

Investigation Check by @percivalium

Critical Role (Vox Machina), rated E. Completed 2022-10-09.

Summary:

She’s hot. She’s not usually hot. Blankets can be kicked off, but not this time. She’s also sore. She’s not usually sore, either. Muscles can be tender after battle, but not this time. Vex prys one bleary eye open, attempting to take in her surroundings. It’s her bed: check. Her room: check. Her blanket: check. A warm body next to her: check? A heavy arm draped over her belly: check?! Both eyes open now (literally and figuratively), she slowly rotates her head on the pillow to look at the foreign body next to her, smiling when she sees a floof of light-colored hair tucked carefully next to her shoulder. She can’t help herself and sighs contently, making some strands of his unruly tufts wave and ruffle. Her Percy: BIG check with a heart drawn around it.

May

Nightmares by @roninreverie

Star Wars Rebels, rated G. Completed 2016-01-01.

Summary:

After the events of the planet Gorse, Kanan and Hera adapt to living together as a crew, but things get off to a bumpy start.

June

three years, three rules by @akihmorn

Persona 5, rated E. Completed 2020-11-18.

“The truth is, I hate all alphas,” he stares at Akira coldly. “And that includes you.” Three years after getting married, Akira and Goro face an unexpected challenge. shuake week day 3: comfort

July

The Mind and The Maladay by @saltytothecore

Critical Role (The Mighty Nein), rated T. Completed 2022-04-06.

Of all the ways Essek thought he might find himself staring down mortality, his magic making a cancer of his lonely heart never even entered his consideration. But then, his calculus has never been able to account for the Mighty Nein. There is a remedy for his illness, of course. There is always a way to unwind magic, but there is always a price. The cost of Essek’s life, now that he’s contracted Hanahaki’s disease, can be paid two ways—one is higher than Essek can bear and the other, well. The other can only be paid by someone else. And if Essek could ask that, then he wouldn’t be sick at all, would he?

August

Witch Ways by @aliquistis

Baldur's Gate, rated M. Last Updated 2024-02-16.

Echo has lived her life tucked away in the forests of Tethir, learning magic through the pulse of nature and the songs of creation. She's good with magic, but not people, which isn't really a problem until she's scooped up by mind flayers and has to get along with six strangers lest they all share a tentacle-y doom. And she manages to get along with most of them -- but then there's Gale of Waterdeep. Despite a terrible first impression, she finds he is actually much kinder than all the mansplaining would suggest. This is a series of relationship scenes about my weird little mushroom hermit, a wizard who shows compassion and arrogance really can coexist, and how academic rivalry is like first base for wizards. Spoilers up to Act 2 for main plot and Gale's romance.

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September

Pacts and Bargains at Night by @feynwiddershins

Critical Role (Vox Machina), rated E. Completed 2023-03-04.

What passes while the sun is set is often the most revealing.

October

Filling the Hourglass by makkachincrossing

Critical Role (Mighty Nein), rated E. Last Updated 2021-10-27.

Every 25 years, omega Drows enter their period of fertility. The time is rapidly approaching for Essek as summer only grows hotter, and his husband grows older with no way to stop it. But he hopes Caleb can leave a piece of himself behind.

November

Learning to Listen by @fivedayslater

One Piece, rated T. Completed 2018-08-14.

For as long as Zoro's felt his soulmate echoes he's hated them. He doesn't know why Sanji, or the rest of his crew mates, care so damn much.

I'm finishing the year with

and on toward the edge of night by @j-plash

Critical Role (Bells Hells), rated E. Last Updated 2024-11-26.

Ashton would love every fucking alpha in Jrusar to take a long walk off a fucking cliff. Orym just knows it's not right that Dorian has to be so careful walking down the street at night. ("There you go, sweetheart, keep breathing for me.” Ashton doesn’t think he could stop breathing that in if he tried.)

Bookmarks (and notes) of 2024

These are the fics I've bookmarked (saved), and the summaries I add for my own understanding of what each one is, so I can come back it it faster.

even darkness must pass by dare_to_do_our_duty

The one where Caleb has a fever and Caduceus is tired.

i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart) by @notaficwriter

The one where Vex and Percy don't start of as soulmates.

come morning light (you and i'll be safe and sound) by @chaseyesterdays

The one where Percy is a dad. Good wholesome cure for depression.

the mist upon the hill by BucketofWater

The one where Mollymauk's blood hunter skills are actively harming his soulmate, but Caleb is too frightened to admit it to him.

The Courage Or The Fall by Rowyndodendron

The one where Caleb should huddle with Mollymauk for warmth.

feverish, burning up inside by @ivelostmyspectacles

The one where Caleb goes into heat in the back of their wagon and Mollymauk assists.

burning out, helpless by @ivelostmyspectacles

The one where Mollymauk is forced into a heat and Caleb does his best to assist.

Ship to Wreck by Snailsnol

The one where Gale courts a prickly Drow.

The Wonderful Life of Caleb de Rolo by @historia-gloria

The one where Percy and Vex adopt the kid tortured with Whitestone residuum.

Strong Enough to Bend by @catgirlthecrazy

The one where Essek doesn't really have the drive for sex he expects himself to.

Blackbird by @okadiah

The one where Kanan's weapon possesses him in an AU where he's not exactly a Jedi.

Exit Wounds by @seti-fan

The one where Percy has bullets left over under the skin.

Feathers and Smoke by @feynwiddershins

The one where it's a canon character study of Percy and Vex and it's fucking amazing how detailed it is.

From a Swell in the Ocean by @goose-smoothie

The one where Vox Machina is a pirate ship and Percy was rescued by "privateer" Captain Vex'ahlia.

In Bloom, With You by @nekosd43

The one where Caduceus has a season and Fjord offers to assist.

Perceived Impressions by @acinonyx1

The one where Astarion shares a cell with a bear and angst happens.

As I end 2024, thank you again to the writers who've provided me with much comfort in a ridiculously tumultuous year.

It would have been a very low year without each and every one of you.

[galaxyostars]

My Archive Of Our Own Wrap-up

I wanted to put together a thank you to all the fanfic writers who have gotten me through this year.

This wrap-up is me going through my history month by month to see which fics I'd visited the most (because you can be damn sure I read through them over several days).

So this is a celebration of the wide variety of fics I've read and/or bookmarked and/or subscribed to. Thank you to every writer on this list for keeping me entertained.

My first fic of 2023: Finding the Balance, by Amberlioness

Summary:

Events following ‘Bound’, leading up to ‘Demons’. Trip and T’Pol begin to explore what their bond means and how it affects them. Follows “Beginning in Earnest”. I’ve tried to keep as close to canon as possible, while filling in events and back story as the muse commands.

2023 in fics I kept returning to by month

January

Brand New Day, by cecilyjones

Star Wars Rebels, rated T. Completed 2023-03-29.

The Force wasn’t the only great power in the Galaxy. There were also the laws of physics. Kanan was strong in the Force, but the bind he had gotten himself into had to do with physics. (My inevitable “Kanan lives” story. He survives, and the story unfolds from there. Some of it resembles the story we already know, and some of it doesn’t. The ripples travel out.) Update: Chapter 1-8 is a complete story, you can stop reading there and get some nice closure. After that, I’m just kind of adding as I get ideas. Mostly I just like seeing Kanan get to be a dad so that’s what I’m doing. Thanks!

February

Synced To You, by TuppingLiberty

Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, rated E. Completed 2017-04-09.

Canonverse but Omegaverse: Though everyone can choose whomever they want as mate, your one true mate, the mate with which you 'sync', is your one best match in the entire galaxy. Poe recognizes Finn as his sync-mate immediately, but Finn is reluctant - extremely. Chapter 3 and various chapters thereon are explicit. This fic is now in epilogue-mode. Everything after Chapter 13 is epilogue. I will come back to it as it pleases me, which, right now, is often. :D

March

Poor Wayfaring Stranger, by lithos_saeculum

Final Fantasy XV, rated T. Last updated 2022-08-04.

Out on a mission, Cor Leonis finds a teenager, lost and sick and partway to becoming an MT. Against the advice of all and sundry, he brings him back to Insomnia. There's not a lot of love lost for MTs in the Citadel, but some of its inhabitants may still be young enough to put aside their prejudices.

April

Three Bullets, by The_Midget

Grand Theft Auto V, rated M. Completed 2021-01-27.

After Michael is shot in the street, his friends and family can all agree that it was an act of retaliation. However, none of them can agree on who pulled the trigger.

Bookmark note: The one where Jerry White is a piece of shit and also Trevor, Michael and Franklin have to deal with white supremesists. I don't think that's how supremesists is spelled. Lemme look into that.

May

Over And Over, by Nightwinging_it

Borderlands, rated M. Completed 2020-12-17.

Timothy Lawrence has resigned himself to his fate as Handsome Jack's property, even if it means losing himself. When an attempt by a friend to rescue him lands him in trouble with Jack, Timothy is banished to the casino as punishment. Angry and betrayed, Timothy is all too eager to seize the chance to escape, even if it comes in the form of a brash Operative. When Zane Flynt is hired to steal weapon schematics from Hyperion, he finds himself needing the help of Handsome Jack's Eridium addicted doppelganger. It's supposed to be a simple job, and he and the doppelganger will part ways the moment it's over. Only Zane didn't expect to get so damn attached to Timothy. (OR: Zane accidentally adopts Timothy, and chaos ensues)

Bookmark note: The one where Timothy's made to be hooked on eridium and Zane basically nurses him back to life.

June

Finding Home, by Iha_1419

9-1-1 Lone Star, rated E. Last updated 2022-08-08.

TK Strand’s life has been filled with pain and rejection. His parents, extreme traditionalists, hate him for being a male omega and have kept him isolated for most of his life. When he finds out that he is going to be bonded to an alpha named Carlos in his Uncle Owen’s pack, he doesn’t know what to expect. Years of enduring verbal and physical abuse from his parents have left him withdrawn and wary of his new mate. Carlos is determined to get the omega to trust him, but TK’s scars run deep and old habits are hard to break. Can Carlos and the 126 help TK overcome his past and embrace his future?

July

Ultraviolet, by @five-7

Borderlands, rated E. Completed 2021-11-11.

After all the shite they'd been through together, Zane doesn't quite know what to think of them. Amara might have an idea. [Shameless and massive Zane-centric fic]

Bookmark note: The one where Amara and Zane have a friends with benefits thing that accidentally falls into something more serious but then shit goes a little wrong and there's a few chapters where they're fucking dumb but it's okay because they eventually work it out.

August

Bless Those Tired Eyes, by thenewradical

The Martian, rated T. Completed 2015-12-20.

Johanssen suggests that Beck sleep in her bunk since it's closest to the med bay and Watney. This goes exactly as well as you would expect.

September

Sick Days Not Needed, by Jillie_chan

Star Wars Rebels, rated G. Completed 2015-02-21.

“You’re sick.” Kanan said, resting his hand on the back of the seat. “So?” Ezra asked, resting his head on his fist. “I’m not holding you back.” “Not holding us back?” Kanan echoed. “On missions,” Ezra clarified, “It’ll pass in a few days.”

October

True Colors, by Cinderpaw1, dancer4813

Critical Role (Vox Machina), rated E. Completed 2017-08-26.

Vex knew her father hated them. It had been obvious when he left their mother alone to raise a pair of twins by herself. But she had never imagined he would hate them enough to stick them in foster care only a few months after losing her. Now Vex is scraping by on the streets, using her artistic talent to make enough for her and her dog to eat, searching for the twin brother who had been taken away from her because of the system. She didn't realize that when her search took her to Emon, the bustling city held both promises for the future and ghosts from the past.

November

Struggle, by ela11

Mass Effect, rated M. Completed 2014-12-06.

Two people would have no idea of the struggle ahead of them… For their existence. For their love. (Femshep/Kaidan from Mass Effect 1 to 3 and a little beyond.) Contains canon, altered events, and new events. Alternative ending.

Fics saved in 2023 (My notes in bookmarks)

Two for the Road by Spacewidget - The one where Daryl and Connie pose as a married couple to gain access to a group. [The Walking Dead]

Run by justtakemehome - The one where Michael and Amanda De Santa get a bounty attached to their head and they basically have to Mr & Mrs Smith their way out of trouble. [Grand Theft Auto V]

Witch Ways by @aliquistis - The one where a druid learns to put up, like, and maybe even love Gale. [Baldur's Gate]

you can fake it for a while by nighimpossible - The one where Percy creates Vex's titles and a fake marriage, and they fall into a legitimate relationship. [Critical Role (Vox Machina)]

And They Lived Happily Ever After by @ginger-floor-goblin - The one where Keyleth and Vax get their happy ending. But also consequences to deals made. [Critical Role (Vox Machina) / The Legend of Vox Machina]

Pieces Still Stuck In Your Teeth by @howlsmovinglibrary - The one where Astarion lost all the kids in the divorce. [Baldur's Gate]

We Circle by Night by @insanitysilver - The one where Caleb goes back in time to fix his past, only to accidentally save Mollymauk from his demise. [Critical Role (Mighty Nein)]

I'm finishing 2023 with...

Ship to Wreck by Snailsol

Witch Ways by Aliquistis

Pieces Still Stuck In Your Teeth by howlsmovinglibrary

Resistance by ela11

Thank you to every fanfic writer whose work I've had the pleasure of reading this year. <3

[aliquistis]

Think I was half a child when I met you

eyes too wide for sea and sand

Think I of the years that we knew

the distance between the sea and sand

Think of you 'neath skies, violet or blue?

fingers curled in sea and sand

Think on what was lies and what was true

dream of desert heat ‘cross sea and sand

Think of days that will never go to plan

Think of the absence in sea and sand

For I have never met a man, who steers so well, of both sea and sand

--

Poem I wrote for my Val Serano fic, trying out a different style and writing it from my protag's perspective. Idk how far I will go with this one but it's nice to write again since I haven't done so in weeks! Maybe this will break the rain clouds.

[dujour13]

Tagged by @aliquistis @silversiren1101 @rollofleaf and @dragonologist-phd for the last sentence challenge. Thank you all so much!! So many tags I couldn't not do it but I've been writing smut so yeah. Waiting until I got something I could share without dying. (still kind of dying though)

"RULES: Post the last sentence you wrote (fanfic / original / anything) and tag as many people as there are words in the sentence."

Instead he raised his lips to Siavash’s and kissed him desperately until the tide of emotion receded enough to find his voice.

I don't know who's left to tag, so no pressure tagging @undyingembers, @tenmillionbees, @spyridonya, @dmagedgoods

[sunkissedsamurai]

Pinterest Aesthetic Challenge

For Edranna, my all time OC and FF14 wol!

Let's do some tagging: @castleschrade, @endren09, @ivoryvee, @catsolas, @imadvamain, @aliquistis, @magesupremacy and anyone else who wishes to do this!

Big thanks to @shroudkeeper for the tag!

[silversiren1101]

Tagged by @aliquistis and @cassynite (omg thank you guys) for the last sentence challenge.

"RULES: Post the last sentence you wrote (fanfic / original / anything) and tag as many people as there are words in the sentence."

This will probably be two sentences once I go through revisions since this is just a draft but

He cast one last gaze down the hall where Trever had gone, carrying Minovae in his arms—one broken Hellknight cradling the body of another—and wondered mournfully if there was any other fate for those that donned that blackened armor.

Now I am NOT tagging that many people (god can you imagine like I know that many writers) but I'll give a good tag spray: @dujour13 @dogsjaw @iaspideus @dmagedgoods @baneschosen @turbulentpumpkin43 @three-of-crows @rollofleaf @starlightcleric @camelliagwerm

Tag yourself if I didn't tag you!

[eeldritchblast]

Big recommendation for Aliquistis, say_lene, witchadjacent, vashnoi, lilith_morgana and rowanisawriter over on ao3 for a mix of tavs and durges with origin characters. Largely Gale and Astarion with a bit of Halsin thrown in.

(For self plug, I have some Gale x Tav buried in the durgetash)

Thanks for the recs!

[bg3zine]

🗡️Contributor Spotlight🗡️

Today, we wanted to spotlight one of our talented scholars, @aliquistis! Amber is going to create a stunning story about our journey and we can't wait to show it to you all!

[intothestacks]

See?

@aliquistis knows what's up.

Children's librarian here: This is, in fact, 100% the kind of question I'd expect from a kid Matilda's age.

[fictionfavs]

Saving it here so I can read it later

[catsolas]

Fic Wrap-Up Meme 2022

Tagged by @Aliquistis! <3

WORDS PUBLISHED: 41,079

FANDOMS: FFXIV

3 FANFICS WITH THE MOST KUDOS IN 2022

Encore - 102

Spirits Without - 15

Apotheosis - 13

FAVORITE OPENING LINE FROM A FIC IN 2022

From a short chapter in my FFXIV Write 2022 prompt responses:

“The moon is falling.

Briony Del can do nothing about it.”

this opening had been haunting me for a while, but I wasn’t sure what I wanted to make out of it until I threw something together for an extra credit day.

FAVORITE CLOSING LINE FROM A FIC IN 2022

From a little origin story for my WoL Briony, from the perspective of her mother:

“If they could stay this way forever. If she could press this moment against her heart and safekeep it through all the turnings of her soul—

If the gods would grant her just one miracle, this would be it.

“I know,” she said again, and closed her eyes to better hear their laughter on the wind.”

FIC I’M MOST PROUD OF IN 2022

Encore for sure, though technically I started it in 2021 etc etc. Even though it started as a one-off chapter, it ended up being one of those rare things where I had an idea of where I wanted to take the story from point A to B to C, stuck to the plan, and was satisfied with the execution. Writing it honestly helped me process my grief after my divorce as well – I’m also guilty of being a sentimental fool who is afraid of letting things end or change, and this story helped me to see the beauty in endings and transformations. Outside of being my first fanfic in years, working on Encore helped me grow and reflect irl.

NEW THINGS I TRIED IN 2022

I played with a lot of different tenses and POVs – obviously 2nd person has become a favorite of mine after previously never using it EVER (except perhaps in the olden days of Quizilla??). I’ve become a lot more comfortable with trying out different narration styles to see what fits the work best, and even if I end up returning to 3rd person past tense, I always feel like I come in with a better idea of the character voices after doing those little exercises.

I’ve also been involved with fandom for the first time since I dunno…Dragon Age, and it’s been really wonderful to meet and engage with so many passionate creators. It’ll always be incredible to me how people from across the world can share the same deep feelings about stories and characters – that shared experience of humanity is so special wherever you find it!!

GOALS FOR 2023

I’d like to write the long fic I intended to do for this year’s FFXIV BB, so I’ll keep the idea close to the chest for now in case I use it for next year’s challenge. Basically, if I write anymore FFXIV fanfic, I want to keep focusing on characters that I feel like haven’t gotten enough love, or to explore specific stories in ways I haven’t seen as often by the fandom in general. I have a bunch of personal projects I want to work on as well and those would take precedence lol, but if I feel like my voice can add something different to the mix then I’d like to put my thoughts out there, and hopefully they reach people who feel the same way or have been looking for the same things as me. And, of course, I’d love to participate in a zine again – these community projects have felt like the most fulfilling group projects ever :’)

Tagging any friends who wanna talk about their fics! ;)

[dujour13]

I'll also ask 28 and 29 as well then for the fanfic asks ✨

Thanks again Milk! There should be asks like these for artists too...🥰

28. longest fic you read this year

I’m going to talk up the three longest fics I read this year because I love them so much:

My Lovely Husband Part II The Master Warlock by @undyingembers (59k) PWOTR crossover – I’ve been following the post-game adventures of Lenarius/Leonosa and family with delight

Left of Heaven by @aliquistis (150k) PWOTR – wonderfully written slow-burn Lann romance

Follow You by @arendaes (200k) PWOTR – fantastic Daeran romance starring Ariadne, one of my favorite OCs of all time

29. shortest fic you read this year

A gift that has a special place in my heart: Liars by @dmagedgoods (518 words). Reread it a couple weeks ago and cried like a baby again.

[dujour13]

Fic Wrap-Up Meme 2022

Thanks for the tag @turbulentpumpkin43!! 🥰

WORDS PUBLISHED - 127,445

FANDOMS - Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, Pathfinder: Kingmaker

3 FANFICS WITH THE MOST KUDOS IN 2022

The Lark and the Crow (38)

Hollow (15)

Fallen (11)

FAVOURITE OPENING LINE FROM A FIC IN 2022

“…so we talked the dumb dwarf into carrying it. Boy, he had no idea what was in that sack.” from Hollow

FAVOURITE CLOSING LINE FROM A FIC IN 2022

“Woljif couldn’t stop smiling, his tail whipping in anticipation. Fresh air in my lungs and cobbles under my boots. But at last, no longer alone.” From The Lark and the Crow

FIC I'M MOST PROUD OF IN 2022

The Lark and the Crow! Very first fic uploaded to AO3. Started as a couple vignettes and ended up 115,000 words. It’s treacly and weird and I’m absurdly proud of it, like a little kid with a fingerpainting. Lovingly magneted to my heart’s fridge forever. ❤️

NEW THINGS I HAVE TRIED IN 2022

Joined AO3 in June 2022 so everything’s new about putting my writing out there.

The big victory was slapping down that little gremlin in my head that says things like:

“You can’t write action/battle scenes, it’s boring! You can’t write an Abyssal sea shanty, that’s dumb! You can’t write smut, what if someone sees it!”

GOALS FOR 2023

To keep writing, even when my black hole job starts back up next week.

I have some ideas for a post-Fifth Crusade / ascension ending fic I thought would be impossible to write until a week ago – some plot to iron out and then it might happen. It’s a lot more ambitious than writing through a game story, so a worthy challenge.

Tagging @spyridonya, @silversiren1101, @aliquistis and anyone who wants – consider yourself tagged!

[duskgazer]

@aliquistis ur tags killed me so i had to add them

everyone asking for a barbershop in baldur's gate (the city). no no no. Let Withers do your hair in camp. He already handles class changes. this is the most convenient way to do it.

"Thou hast come to me again. Yet thy look ... Drab. Ill fitting. Harken, mortal one, wouldst thou given unto me two bits, and thou wouldst reap both shave and haircut."

[dujour13]

6 and 8 for the writer ask game please 👀

6. What character(s) do you find it most difficult to write?

Lann. I just don’t have a knack for his jokes, and his tendency to hold others (Woljif) to his own harsh standards bothered me. It took me a while to appreciate his character on a deeper level, but a discussion on the Discord server and Aliquistis’ fanfic helped me see both sides of him (erf pun intended).

I’ve tried to go back and replace some bland dialogue but I’m still not totally happy with it. Like at one point Siavash confesses to being bad at keeping promises, and Lann’s response would be something along the lines that a man is as good as his word, but all I could come up with was “No better use for a slap in the face than to turn it into a life lesson,” but that still sucks. Lann would be funny.

8. Which fic or hc do you feel most proud of?

Right now it’s The Lark and the Crow because it brought my muse back from the grave. Definitely not the best writing I’ve done, but it has a special place in my heart, and it grew into something that makes me happy.

I’m interested in the ideas I started toying with in Fallen but don’t see myself writing more for that one.