#also i wanted to include the summaries

[talietikasero]

Been a while since I made one of these, but here’s a list of all the fics I’ve published on AO3. In order, they’re for Guilty Gear, Tekken, and Portal/Half-Life, and links to each are in the titles.

Ending // Begin // All is Different (1/?)

Aria's original wish was to peacefully pass on, despite all pleas to continue living. One key promise and changed mind later, she may have altered the future she wouldn't know otherwise.

[An alternative story based on the novel Guilty Gear Begin]

Aria of the Sol (3/3)

Five days after the Justice/Jack-O fusion, Aria finds herself waking up in a new body lying in a hospital bed. The same day, she meets her daughter, her son-in-law, and her old Flame (of Corruption.) In the coming days, she tries to make the most of this second chance at life she’s been given – and figuring out who that mysterious voice in her head is.

[Set during the three-week gap between Revelator and -Strive-]

Who Knows What Tomorrow Holds (13/?)

A trio of (unlikely) heroes finds themselves protecting the President of the United States after a hostile takeover of the White House. On top of that, there's the looming threat of an axis of time attaining godhood. It's going to be a long day. [Following "Aria of the Sol,” this is a retelling/reimagining of the Guilty Gear -Strive- story mode.]

[Current chapter (13): After Story 1, part 1]

B-Sides and Rarities (3/?)

A miniseries of extra scenes from "Who Knows What Tomorrow Holds.” The Valentine sisters visit their mother in the castle's prison, later assisting an intelligence director in footage review. The next day, a Secret Service agent shows two of the White House's special guests around the premises.

[An alternative Another Story and arcade routes (script drafts here) are in the works.]

Little (Killer) Queen (2/2)

It's Father's Day, and the daughter of a particle physicist has a surprise planned for him. Later that same year, said girl's family and friends have something planned for her. [Modern AU]

The March of the Gear Queen (1/1)

During the final battle of the Second Holy Order Selection Tournament, Sol claims victory in the showdown against Justice. It’s then that something seems off. To satiate curiosity, the winner spares the fallen.

Do You Wear the Mark (1/1)

The (former) Princess of the Gears finds the letters she addressed to her long-dead mother. Each was dated for the second Sunday of May.

Of All Places to Meet You, It Had to Be Here (2/?)

Two people chasing the same person for different reasons were unaware of how the three of them are connected. An Italian church is a weird place to find out that the seemingly random person you're fighting armed soldiers with is actually a blood relative.

Father of All Machines (1/1)

Despite everything that's happened, all one scientist wants is something he'd spend a lifetime working on.

[Set before the events of Tekken 6]

The Stardust of a Song (1/?)

The year is 192X, and an unnamed American city's home to a cross-town rivalry, with each side under the guise of a name for scientific innovations. What began as a night out takes an unexpected turn as the right hands of both properly meet for the first time. [1920s AU]

[hana-bobo-finch]

HOW DO YOU WRITE CHARACTER SUMMARIES

[rabbiteclair]

a while back my mom discovered that the owner of the company was stealing basically all of the money that he was supposed to submit for things like 'taxes' and 'health insurance' and 'court-mandated payments' for the employees, listing them on the pay stubs but then pocketing the money to help keep the company afloat

she then made sure that everybody in the company knew, submitted her resignation effective immediately, and spent about the next week calling government offices to report every crime, regulatory violation, and breach of employment contract that she could think of. and now it looks like the series of investigations that she kicked off might be the thing that finally destroys this man's company.

sometimes I'm proud of her

[lenzimanot]

I have more brainrot about Wilhelm's backstory in K.CD (aka before becoming a knight/Hans' guard in P.irkstein) SO:

generally most of it is the same: he grew up as a duke's second son (for the sake of the plot we're moving it closer to Bohemia, so M.argraviate Meissen in Electoral S.axony), not aware that he's actually born of his mother's love affair & therefore illegitimate

the whole story with Ludwig & him being Wilhelm's first love, before taking a turn for the worse stays too ofc

Wilhelm also still eventually meets Cecilia, a lowborn girl from the town, and they fall deeply in love. They are both painfully aware of how doomed they are, how a future together is pretty much impossible. But Wilhelm, ever the dreamer, still longs for it all anyway, wants to finally stand up to his father

though before that can happen, the duke falls gravely ill & on his deathbed wants to unburden his soul. so Wilhelm learns about his true father & his gruesome murder by order of the duke

with the duke's eventual death, Wilhelm's older brother assumes power & Wilhelm knows there's no future for him in his court.

he asks Cecilia to come with him, but there's no way for her to leave behind her aging foster-mother (especially not after her brother's demise) & in contrast to Wilhelm she's all too aware of how harsh the reality of such a elopement would be. so they have a tearful goodbye & Wilhelm leaves for Bohemia & a new beginning alone.

haven't fully decided how he ended up in R.attay, but I just think he probably offered his services as a knight/sword fighter & partook in some tourneys, inlcuding the one in R.attay. then he probably just ended up in Hanush's services, got along well with Hans & his status as a nobleman (although he uses his uncle's name von Henneberg to not be associated with higher nobility) made him a worthy candidate for a personal guard.

[crossbackpoke-check]

do you guys um. mods asleep anyone on the dash want to read 1.5k of roman history (tatd) fic i would be christening (haha) the tag for. and also help brainstorm with me to make it more than a scene but not an entire Plot 🙏

[flowerforaheart]

:)

[auroraboringaliceinwonderland]

Contemporary book recs!!!!

They’re all queer hehehehe.

FIRST UP!!

The lovely Here the Whole Time by Victor Martins.

I originally got this as a library book, and I love it so much. I relate to the main character a lot and it felt so so nice to read a book from the perspective of a character whom I relate to so much; I felt really seen.

The book is even dedicated to me!! /hj

Lol.

I love the way things are worded in this book; t’was very easy for me dyslexic arse to understand, and get attached to the story. Although that is just a translation into English I believe.

How is it queer exactly?: gay.

All in all I’d rate it like… 6/7 stars.

NEXT UP!!

Is Love the Answer? by Uta Isaki

The story is fairly simplistic in my opinion but the art is gorgeous and there are a lot of important conversations in the book. I’d recommend it to anyone regardless of being aroace or not because not only are there other queer characters in it, but there’s one particular conversation about how we fit into our identities that I feel like everyone should read.

Fair warning for some SA in the beginning… 8 pages I think? I think it’s technically only on 2 pages but there’s stuff leading up to it and all.

How is it queer exactly?: Aroace obviously, but there’s also gay rep, agender rep, qpr rep, and maybe some others that I’m forgetting (?? Been a while since I’ve read it).

5/7 stars for me.

Last but certainly not least:

Idiots Don’t Catch Colds by Aina Palm

Naturally I was going to include a webcomic hehe. But look!! It’s also a manga!! Well sometimes; I don’t think the author’s shop is open indefinitely 24/7. But I got some volumes and I am suuuuuuuuuuper happy about that.

This is one of my favorite webcomic series of all time ever, and you can find it on my Top Favorite Webcomics Ever of All Time Ever Forever & Ever Until the End of Time List here. (It’ll get its own separate post soon).

I haven’t read all of the first volume yet, but what I’ve seen reads really well in the manga format just as it had in the usual scroll format that I was used to reading it in. And of course, the story is absolutely immaculate. It’s still an ongoing series, and it actually updated today (huzzah!!), and I can’t wait to read more. Souta and Nao are such comfort characters for me; their story thus far has already changed me as a person and made me feel very seen in some aspects of my life.

How is it queer exactly?: very slow burn but in the best way possible. The pacing of the story is wonderous in my opinion so we haven’t actually seen much yet and there’s nothing I can confirm other than it being a BL. Right now the story is focusing on the friendship of Souta and Nao and that is so so so so so very important to me.

7/7 stars, 100%.

Here is the last book recs post I made for queer fantasy graphic novels!! :D

Note: I rate with 7 stars cause… idk. 5-7 stars are my favorite stories that I’d read over and over again forever and ever until the end of time ever. 3-4 are for books that I enjoyed reading but don’t see myself picking up again because [insert reason]. And 1-2 are the horrors; DNFs included. (You won’t ever see those).

[pennecpox]

Summary of Art (2021 - 2024) To think joining an Everhood server was all it took to start start my journey of getting inspired to draw again. I really missed having the kind of community where people could collaborate and enjoy silly character shenanigans, being allowed to thrive in a place where everyone is able to hype each other up and stay supportive of everyone's stories and ideas. I can't believe how lucky I was to find a community that can be that, even now.

Honestly, I think I peaked in 2023 in terms of rendering. But I am still proud to see the outcome of this year, mainly because I knew I was trying out new things and taking a little more time to think on doodles that were just supposed to be "quick." Things like pose, angle, interactions, coloring... all that fun stuff. I still have a lot to learn, but I am proud of the progress I've made.

It's been a great one. Thank you so much for everything :-) HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE!! LOVE U THANK U XOXOXO!!!!!!

[theunconcernedembalmer]

Blog directory

I finally decide to organize everything here

My Count Blog (Joseph + Claude) // My Embrace Blog (Victor)

Art tag: unconcerned art / unconcerned collab

Comics tag: unconcerned comic

Mun tag: its me the mun / unconcerned ramblings

RPs: unconcerned reply

Events

1. Exorcist event (100 followers)

2. Joseph and Mun event

3. 250 request fest (250 followers)

4. chibi muffin event

5. aesop draws

6. Exorcist 2.0 (400 followers)

7. 550 skin event (550 followers)

8. Fenix/Birdsop (700 followers)

9. mun got a new pen

10. cookie event

11. Gatto event (~800 followers)

Comic series

1. Exorcist event (intro / extra)

2. Modern Ghost AU

3. Exorcist 2.0 (intro)

4. Modern Ghost AU 2 electric boogaloo (in progress)

Miscellaneous tags I happen to have: mersop, simp au, gen/shin flavoured, modern au stuff, the drama tm

[no-light-left-on]

hot take but taking every hearsay or rumor or book in a fictional universe for fact is bad understanding of the world as the story presents it, actually

[juustozzi]

happy new year and new art opportunities in 2024! this year was delightfully fun art-wise, after a biiig slump in last third of 2022.

here's also the summaries from the years I really wasn't posting in here, to keep everything neatly in one place! (and let's pretend I remembered to edit the year on 2021's one, haha)

[mushroompollution]

real talk, this story arc could have been like 3 chapters shorter if Jack's memories just played straight instead of jumping back and forth and revisiting the same scenes 18 times

[gwinver-art]

And heeeere are this year's traditional art summaries! :D

That was a good art year for Bisig!! I feel like I've finally developped an art style for her after all. Back in February I wrote that I "wasn't always 100% consistent with Bisig’s art style" but look where we are now! I'm sure it'll keep on evolving over time but I think the semi-lineless flat colours look finally settled and I'm really happy.

AND I MADE SOME COMIC PAGES AND THEY LOOK VERY NICE. MY PROUDEST DRAWING ACHIEVEMENT THIS YEAR. HURRAY. The mini-comic has 1822 notes as of writing and it's still absolutely wild to me. I've never had so many notes on original art before ;v;

January - February - March - April May - June - July - August September - October - November - December

Bisig’s summary: January - February - March - April May - June - July - August September - October - November - December

Previous years:

2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022

[altruistic-meme]

keeping my sister updated on the fic I'm reading. we've decided torture is the proper response to unwanted flirting.

[raisy-archive]

ooh, you make me live now, honey

for @slightlymad <3

[caitlynmeow]

kinda sorta finished the first chapter of the Diary sequel and kinda sorta want to post it either tonight or tomorrow but I still don't have a title and I want to bash my head against the wall