#anyway i think ive decided to rewrite canon

[localdiscountgoth]

“when marnie was there” is beautiful love story between two young girls and that is it. there is nothing else. nope not a thing.

[redrobin-detective]

I think one of my problems as an AU fanfic writer is that I have a hard time deviating from canon with my ‘soft AUs’. I can and do come up with all sorts of wild scenarios and spin out from there but I like keeping the facts of canon as close as possible.

I think of the constraints as a challenge, to tell a story within my self imposed limitations. If I change ONE thing, how will events change and in many cases the answer is, not much at all on a story level while I focus on the emotional. But as much as I have adhered to canon and my only personal beliefs, it does tend to make the story a little predictable, a bit boring.

[chillichats]

so im writing this fairy tail fic, it's basically an au with some headcanons (and one pretty major difference to canon) and i guess i just want to get my ideas and thoughts out there, and this way i can read back what i thought.

right now my thoughts are about how to flesh out lucy's magic. bless her canon magic but im not just leaving it at that. im planning on giving her more silver keys, and possibly giving her some buffing abilities, though she won't ever be a truly offensive mage. She'll have some finisher spells like urano metria (and more that i'll add later) but they'll be super costly in magic - basically a last resort. for the most part she'll still be a summoner.

i did say buffs because when i was looking up astronomy stuff i found a bunch of Nebula that had really cool names, and almost without thinking i assigned them powers. and then i went ' wait a second, that's actually not too bad an idea!'

so for now i have six possible buffs she'll eventually be able to learn, each with their own (real) nebula:

Orion's Nebula - fairly easy. a strength buff

Crab Nebula - a defense buff, more specifically she can either focus protection on her limbs or her torso, or she can protect both but the defense is less powerful overall

Eagle Nebula - it doesn't give her the ability to fly, but it lowers gravity for her significantly. With it she can jump very high, and move with less friction, but maneuvering relies a lot more on pushing off other surfaces

Cat's Eye Nebula - Better vision/night vision and better senses buff.

Tarantula Nebula - what it sounds like, she'd be able to climb up walls. can't decide if it would be akin to spiderman climbing up or if she could just straight up walk on walls. im thinking spiderman tho.

the buffs would be fairly costly to cast, but less than a silver gate to maintain.

as for the silver keys......

GOSH, the silver keys were WASTED in fairy tail!!! HM focused so hard on the golden gate keys (and not even all of those) that he completely forgot about the entire rest of the constellations.

of course, I can't give Lucy TOO many keys, because then it would just become a hassle to figure out which key to use for what situation, but there's definitely some I want her to have by the end of fairy tail.

for instance, i've just finished my version of the everlue arc (yes its still very early in the rewrite), and ive gotten her musca's key. that's the Fly constellation, if anyone was wondering. In my head it would have kind of... spy powers? like, you know, 'fly on the wall' kinda thing. but i can't decide if it would be an actual fly or a piece of equipment.

if it's a fly, then it would probably listen to conversations and then come report back to lucy, but if it was tech, lucy would probably plant it herself and then have a headset.

actually you know what, what if it was like, a robot fly? and she still had a headset, but couldn't actually hear what was going on around the fly? instead, the fly tells her what's going on around it, and she can direct its attention to specific things for more details. if she asks it to it can repeat conversations verbatim, but it has, well, a robotic voice, so it can be hard to distinguish between who says what.

and to clarify, the fly doesnt say things out loud, but broadcasts words back to lucy's headset. it would be a very poor spy if it was constantly talking out loud, haha

anyways, typing all this out has quelled my thoughts on this, so im gonna go continue to write the next chapter of the au

[thislousytshirt]

Wyll Ravenguard story suggestions

ive heard a lot of people, both fans and non-fans of wyll, say that his storyline is lacking, and i agree. i actually think lae'zel, karlach and wyll just have weaker stories than the other origin characters but ive seen people say they think wylls was neglected because hes the only black character and yeah... i think it has a lot of potential and ive thought about how id rewrite it without removing anything thats there (like completely changing the role of his father or changing wylls character, i tried not to change his character at all but there might be things i overlooked) i tried to come up with content that could feasibly be added to the existing game by larian. anyway heres what id add

-a scene early in act 2 where wyll confesses to the player that what happened with karlach has caused him to question whether mizora has manipulated him to kill other innocents or good people in the past. he summons her to ask (wait, can he summon her? i dont see why not) and she makes light of the question, refusing to answer outright but implying she has. this is upsetting to wyll and causes him to question his role as a hero. (this scene does not happen if karlach was killed or that quest wasnt completed)

-a scene early in act 3 where wyll tries to help a group of refugees but is rejected because one of them can sense his connection with a devil. this sparks a conversation with the player where wyll says hes come to terms with his sacrifice but he isnt made of stone and being rejected by his father and then continuously used by mizora is wearing him down. he then apologizes for being selfish and the player can end the conversation or tell him hes not being selfish and encourage him to talk about what it was like after he was outcast as a teenager. after this he will show frustration with the situation and say hes afraid he will grow to resent the people hes trying to help. the player can say that they value his help or they can encourage him to stand up and defend his own value to other people. (or they can say some dick thing yk)

-after duke ravenguard is rescued hes brought unconcious to the camp. he recovers and is freed from the absolute by the astral prism but is disgusted with wyll like his is in canon and refuses to work with the party or listen to what they have to say. he leaves to go to his house and gather his resources. the party agrees they must go after him before the astral prism's effect wears off (is this how the astral prism works?) the party sneaks into ravenguards house or fights his loyal flaming fists to get to the duke, and pass a persuasion check to allow wyll to talk to his father. it is a DRAMATIC and EMOTIONAL confrontation where wyll tells his father he made a pact to prevent a slaughter, that he has been fighting to save innocents ever since, and that it still hurts that his father believed he had done it for power. wylls father looks conflicted and agrieved - he doesnt want to believe he was so unfair to his own son. wyll tells him that he can disbelieve wyll and hate him if he wants but begs him to work together with him to stop the absolute and save baldurs gate. ravenguard believes him and is remorseful, they hug and everyones tadpoles connect catching the duke up on whats happened. he goes to their camp and becomes an ally like usual

*if the party didnt recruit wyll or he was killed, the duke becomes their ally like in canon and gives them the key to his house so they can use his stuff

*if the persuasion check to get ravenguard to talk to wyll is failed they will have to fight him. after the fight wyll gives him a potion and says his speech like normal. i just think it would be fun and dramatic to have a mini boss fight in there

*if for some reason the player decides not to bring wyll to the confrontation with the duke then they can just persuade the duke through dialogue and tadpole-meld with him but it will not be nearly as satisfying. back at camp wyll will say hes reconciled with his father and thank the player.

*if duke ravenguard is not saved at all then i assume there is a canon dialogue that plays with wyll but i havent seen it so if its as bad as his reunion scene then rewrite that too.

i havent seen like, every scene, i havent even finished act 3 in my playthrough because i have adhd, and ive only seen wylls early romance scenes. so its possible some of the stuff ive touched on is hidden late in act 3 or in the romance but i want it in his main story path and earlier if thats the case. and i have seen the confrontation with his father and i think its super bad.

also - i know rescuing the duke is already very difficult and annoying, and adding extra steps to recruiting him would piss a lot of people off, but its worth it for me to get the confrontation into a setting where lighting and staging can be used to effect, and the effect of wyll having to forcibly enter one of his families properties which he should have been welcome in - it symbolizes him no longer accepting his exile.

anyway tell me what you would have done differently

[scover-va]

Its late enough in the evening/early enough in the night where its not prime posting time but not too late and therefore i can post abt my silly fnaf au without feeling fear. Anyways since i am remnant’s biggest hater (you cannot have spirits be both a being and an essence. You cannot. It doesnt make sense. Its magical glowy mental stuff in metal but somehow it turns into a physical being to kill william? We dont need a scientific explanation for ghosts and possession oh my god) and also continue to get aneurisms from whatever is going on in the books. So voila. Fnaf au. Au and not hcs bc since i ignore so much canonical material i think saying hcs is missing the mark by a long shot. I refuse to interact with canon fnaf however

ANYWAYS so uh. I dont have a concrete, solid idea im running off of that i can use as a summary here. It’s essentially me carefully fitting together things that personally interest me, and also rewriting bits of canon that bug me. And also giving a major rewrite to security breach. I’ll get to that eventually

For now however im starting with what ive dubbed Era 1, from the 1970’s til 1993. Take some Fredbear’s time designs for now

(Quick notes: I hate the common mrs afton interpretation so I’ve decided to go the opposite route and give william a ‘take no shit’ wife he loves very much instead of a woman who mopes all day every day, aunt jen from the books is being replaced mostly because i forgot she even existed, and also elizabeth and evan are twins in this au)

Bonus stuff under the cut bc this is already very ramble-y and long

Character profiles for the Afton and Emily adults! Since it’s a family diner I figured it’d make sense to. Well. Have the two families as the main employees.

As well, as of 1983: Michael, Charlie, and Sammy are all 13, and then Evan and Elizabeth are 8. Ik liz looks kinda tall but im p sure i accidentally made her a bit bigger scale wise than the others

And finally, an additional doodle

[autistic-katara]

ALL RIGHT! ANON FANDOM HOT TAKES!

eddie munson sucks

this one is utterly incoherent but bear with me - IF byler hadn't been planned from the start, el and mike's relationship would've worked IF hopper hadn't taken el in. hopper majorly fucked up a lot of her personal growth and her ability to function around people.

hopper should've died

the bungou stray dogs fandom is great actually

the kpop fandom is disturbing but fascinating and i want to study it

i have this insane respect for the marauders fandom cause like they built it from the ground up and if they changed the names and a little bit of the magic system it could be it's own series

yeah idk what this is sorry

THANKS FOR THE LONG ASK AAAHHH (accidentally made the reply super long srry lmao)

honestly i just dont give a shit abt him. like in a vacuum i like his character, yk he was kinda a pretty big asshole to my boy lucas and he sells drugs (idrc abt that one tho) but at the same time idk i do enjoy the idea of eddie being queer nd clocking will and/or mike nd trying to make them feel comfortable talking to him (even if that could be done just as well if not better with robin who is yk canonically queer and a way better character but idk) but all that is ignoring how fucking annoying his fans are like jesus christ why is he this fucking popular like half the fics in this godforsaken fandom r st€ddie (and look i am a shameless will-ship-smthn-based-off-of-one-small-momenter of the highest degree but i genuinely do not understand the hype for them like they literally looked at eachother twice and had eddie tell steve to get back with his ex how in the fuck is that romantic???) and yeah just he is insanely overrated in the worst possible way and the fact that this isnt even the worst case of this in this fandom just proves how much b*lly and his fans suck and yeah i did not expect to go on a huge rant abt this srry TwT

kinda agree kinda disagree. i do think it wouldve been possible for mlvn to work but i wouldnt say hopper taking el in is the problem i think ud kinda just have to rewrite alotta their interactions with some small things in the beginning but with a completely different dynamic in the later seasons (sidenote: honest to god if theyd just written hopper a bit better i would fucking love him as el’s dad like i love the found family trope and i do think they go well together but with the way he acts in s3 + the way their fight that culminates in el’s meltdown and him breaking the tv in s2 just yeah they rlly could’ve been done better)

no comment i dont rlly care (i dont hate that he survived but if he stayed dead i also wouldnt hate it)

yeah honestly while it has its problems ive been in waaaayyyyy worse fandoms and i do actually kinda like the vibe here (even if it has some of the dumbest shipping discourse i’ve seen. not the worst but the dumbest. usually surrounding my boy dazai which just bro that man is a whore ship him with whoever and no its not a proship to ship him with an 18yo bcz they have a kinda mentor/student relationship and no shipping him at 18 with a 24yo also isnt a proship bcz someone decided he was 16 or smthn which if u actually do the maths he was very much 18 and look i’m not a dazatsu shipper and odazai isnt my favourite dazai ship nor am i saying both ships r entirely unproblematic but dude this is why i dont wanna label myself an anti bcz u guys say shit like this anyways sorry that was a super long side tangent it will probably happen again)

again no comment, i know jack shit abt kpop

uhhh i hate everything related to hp so again no comment

again srry this turned out so long 😭

[lindalofbroome]

29 - Explore

Happiness was behind them, and happiness was before them. They could only guess at the Ralads’ joy. A few days’ rest, thought Lief.

A few days of storytelling, laughing and music, with friends. And then — another journey, another adventure.

Two gems were found. The third awaited them.

DELTORA QUEST 1 The Lake of Tears Ch 16 Fight for Freedom

bit rusty with space art but thought i’d draw the crew flying in jasmine’s commandeered grey guard ship from the planet of the ruby, to the opal.

it’s so wild because i wanted to half ass this au but oh boy my brain has been popping off. theres nothing coherent at all but i random things are bouncing around and im like hehehoo like a gremlin asdfSDJKF

anyway im turning up the opal-lapis relationship in this au because it should be explored more i think. the only bit kinda relevant for this is that in the Deltora system, theres the seven planets. one for each gem territory in canon. the planets are distanced from the sun in the DELTORA order but the trio still follow the canon journey. but the way that the planets orbit mean that while the planet that is “next” in line is not according to orbit distance from the sun because it might be on the other side of the sun ya know? so the trio went from topaz planet to ruby planet, skipping opal planet, because technically ruby was closer.

anYWAY. what i wanted to say is that opal and lapis lazuli planet are usually close-ish and ive also decided they shall rotate the opposite way, so back in adin’s time, explorers were like oh these two are weird, they got something going on 🤔🤔

anyway i havent ironed out any details whatsoever so i might change things if i decide to persist with this hahah but if anyone wants more i did rewrite forests of silence into sci-fi vibes under #roddaverse space au

[newty]

dion fic ch2 meta and edit process!

this chapter kicked my butt! i did not expect it to get so long but overall i like the places i went to a lot. overall i think that in a perfect world, there's a lot i would have extended and lingered on more, but the work it would take + the return it would give wouldn't be that different. i wanted to move on rather than beat over the same themes in the name of a smoothly completed scene. i think this choice is evident in the way each scene ends a bit abruptly.

this was the hardest chapter to keep my limited 3rd person pov active tho omg. terence and kihel had so many thoughts that i had to hold onto for later while dion made everything about himself. this chapter was full of demands on terence, but it also will be the end of dion's passivity after he realized that he was party to his own 'uselessness.'

i like that i was able to keep dion's relationship with kihel a little fraught, too. i didnt want them to be immediately buddy-buddy in some kind of Destined Together vein, so it was important for me to keep giving them misunderstandings and things that isolated them from each other.

their conversation while gathering yarrow is also a mess i enjoy. kihel doesn't have the ability to express herself as succinctly as dion does, so it becomes extremely one-sided, awkward, and confusing with too many emotions that don't get properly tied up. walking away and not addressing that (beyond some lousy attempts) was important to me. they're all in an extremely uncomfortable situation and nothing will relieve that but time (and more earnest but lousy attempts).

i think that the aether floods disappeared within a few weeks or less of the game's end. people still avoid those areas from superstition, which freed up moore for some bearer irony. at first i wanted to fill the town with branded while the chapel operated like a sanctuary for those in worse health, but then i narrowed the whole operation to the chapel and ahmed. the dragon was also irony re: doing its job rly bady and being a confused angry disabled weapon that terence has to smack down with

speaking of terence. hes exhausted. i wanted to give the dragon fight some Real Repercussions but after dion went thru his whole church monologue i was like. yeah no i dont need to add another thing to the pot rn. i also wanted him comparatively healthy to dion and his rock skin.

anyway. worming in part of the eucharistic prayer/roman canon into dions orgasm was probably top tier blasphemy im ngl. that sex scene was an absolute MESS of half-conversations and lifelong guilt. at some point i sat there like. if these bitches dont stop being sad abt the One good thing ive allowed them, im gonna have to find Another way to get them to be shitty dads and leave a re-traumatized girl home alone so they can try again.

have i mentioned lately that i love writing idiot men that find increasingly convoluted ways to validate their increasingly selfish decisions. bc. theyre back.

regardless, the bit of prayer after my shameless lifting of ascension lyrics is from an intersession to st george. shout-out to the prof dragon killer himself but hes got good violent prayers. i also made a really accidental shout-out to ffx tidus/yuna kiss and had to stare at a wall for 15 minutes until i decided i was NOT going to rewrite it into smth else. i just like the ocean and wanted to incorporate part of its danger into snapping dion out of his emotional suicide plan. and terence's tattoo is ffiii bahamut by amano.

next chapter is The Family Problems I Ignored And Compartmentalized For 30+ Years Are Coming Back To Bite Me In The Ass Now That I've Started My Own Fantasy Family. and TERENCE POV, FINALLY

[heartsbreaking-migrated]

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THREE?? THREE CHANCES TO BE A HATER FOR NICO???ONE! i hate sideblogs i hate them and i think you're a coward if you have them. okay maybe thats mean but i still hate them. i think they're a hassle for all involved parties and the unpopular opinion part here is that i don't think they're worth it. every day i regret having my rph on a sideblog to my mainblog and that's just cause sometimes i accidentally reblog gifsets there. i think from a mun standpoint they're a pain to navigate and to know whether people actually wanna interact with you there or not. and from a follower stand point i tend to interact less with sideblogs because unless i know for SURE they're my friend hiding behind a silly lil sideblog mask i don't always know for sure if someone is a sideblog or a non mutual who hasn't decided whether or not to follow me back yet.

TWO! i hate teeny tiny icons as much as i hate huge messy ones with shit around em. anything smaller than say 75x75 (aka my icon size) is too fucking small imo and if your icon is fucking 45x45 what really is the point??? ive downloaded icon borders where the icon is like 30x30 and i just gave up. who can see that not me. i don't even look at icons in most replies anyway atp. i glance at them once and then don't think about them again.

THREE! i don't love the trend of saying a canon character dropped in a new fandom is "written as an original character." it feels wrong to me and like a disservice to the writer who did originally write them. whether you like the source material or not, writing is a labor of love and should be acknowledged as such. it shouldn't be problematic to say 'i didn't like the source material but i liked this character' and just admit you've transplanted them without discrediting the work of the original creator. it's hard to explain, but as someone going into screenwriting i know that sometimes people aren't going to like every character or story i write, but i don't feel good with the idea of someone taking a character i've worked on or created and claiming to rewrite them as an original character but keeping the name, and the backstory. that's not an original character, that's plagiarism. if i were the original writer that would hurt my feelings. that being said, i am protransplanting, i am pro rewriting to better fit a new genre, narrative, verse ect. for example, i've dropped lizzie saItzman from Iegacies (which i hate) into genv (which i love) over on @toomagic but she's not an original character. she's just not. that's not how that works, it's not how intellectual property works and it's not how treating writers ,yes all writers even one's who's ideals you don't respect, works. even with shit like hp and transplanting those muses into a different context, i'd rather someone acknowledge the faults of the source material and accept that and let other people choose whether to say 'i'm okay with writing with this muse' or not than to pretend that whosle whatshisname is an original muse who's concept you didn't transplant from the problematic wizard books.

NICO IS A HATER

[wormstar]

i was going thru ur blog and u have good posts about ableist aus and i was wondering - what if in the aus the requirements for warriors were different? Like instead of having to fight jay only hunts? Would the muddling of roles still be ableist? In a Tree-like situation?If its not presented in a "work super hard to get what you want" and more in a "yeah they can decide what he wants to do". This is mostly for jay (and cinder) specifically because they had desires to be warriors yet were forced to be medicine cats because of ableism (ig this can apply to briar but i just truly cant remember oots that well and i havent read her death). I am asking because i am still trying to unlearn the ableist mindset that i grew up with. Feel free to ignore this ask and thnx!

hey yeah thank you for asking! took the opportunity to write up more general thoughts on rewrites as a whole and i went over why exactly theyre ableist hopefully that provides a better perspective

i think the major thing to keep in mind is that the structure of the clans is very abled centric and overly ignorant of inner community work (for example dens are only solidified or altered when either the area takes damage/the clans grows wrt population) theres a fixation on marking territory and starting fights and whatever with other clans which is whats expected of most warriors to partake in. to fix those implications in any fanwork youve really gotta knead into them and understand the nature of their ableism....its not just a problem with cats being barred from being warriors its the whole occupation and the standard its held to, so to speak (+ that fits into general clan society being flawed but eh thats another thing and also its easy to branch out into thought about)

going to stress other disabled people might have other solutions to how disabled cats are received this is just how i like to think of things

first i think its kind of interesting to examine discrepancies between disabled cats in canon as somewhat of an indicator of clan attitudes and leaders and whatnot. like i think you could get something interesting by regarding lets say deadfoot in windclan and cinderpelt in thunderclan who both have bad legs yet had different experiences with them in clan life. if you wanna go a step further comparing generations like lilywhisker and deadfoot or cinderpelt and jayfeather (+ the consideration of how congenital disabilities are regarded) can also make things interesting and just give you an idea of what to do. having the clan systems stray from a clear-cut common attitude both gives you more freedom for different approaches + adds to worldbuilding anyway. imo boiling down clan society to perfect utopia just gets boring but you can have imperfections in the system that depict the disabled experience just fine. just be careful with them and the way they come across yeah?

(real quick as an in between. god just dont refer to cats/their injuries as crippled. it still happens somehow)

im a little ambivalent on the idea of creating a ‘special role’ for disabled cats to be thrown into. cause then thats a repeat of canon medicine den really. its like ‘oh youre disabled youre instantly discarded into the x role pit’ i think just adding substantial in-universe changes to the warrior rank itself (vagueness is fun actually) or expanding on ‘warrior types’ rectifies the othering angle. ‘othering’ as a whole is just as bad as the ‘exception’ archetype people run for most warrior aus i want to state that clearly. effectively if youre gonna introduce roles that dont depend on fighting or hunting or both make sure theres abled cats who have them too. like say you want a camp-based role where a cats job is to fix dens or one where they help in the nursery, its far easier for a cat who cant run to manage those but also have some cats who are physically capable of doing other ‘tasks’ do the same thing for personal reasons

the tree comparison is interesting honestly cause i guess you could just give a cat a particular thing to do as a nonfixed position. and roles accordingly being made for a cat to fill until they cant and the positions done away with afterward. but youve gotta do it carefully so you dont fall into othering as ive said. id avoid something like that personally i just dont like the quality of ‘well theyre not a warrior (the most noble/useful concept in cat society) theyre actually some other thing’

in general giving disabled cats agency and choice is the best thing you can do. whether this means them deciding on tasks they can do themselves or picking a certain kind of warrior to be or asking for an assistant to help them out when they do stuff. the way you wanna pull it off again depends on my first question of “how does the relevant part of your warrior cat world treat disabled cats already”

very important point, the majority of the ableism also comes in the form of character narratives and not just the structure of the world itself. like think for a bit why the writers decided jayfeather shouldve been forced to be a medic or why briarlight got killed off early etc etc. characters ‘wanting’ to be like the abled ideal and still being bitter about not fulfilling that years down the line are just part of the ableist storylines. if youre abled id literally say just do away with those sadstuck ‘i wanted to be a warrior!’ moments. if you really want to id say pull a cinderpelt or a shadowsight where a cats time in the medicine den started their fascination with medicine and they switched to that path due to personal intrigue. id say a more interesting and realistic angle to it is having a disabled cat who found fulfilment in doing something else besides being a warrior becoming bitter about their entire clan ‘mourning’ how theyll never fight again or giving them the pretence of being a warrior being the best thing you can do.... it depends on the character really

this is just a very basic disability thing but stray from the whole ‘useless/dead weight’ way of regarding disabled characters. like dont place their worth on how well they service a clan or not theyre still deserving of shelter and whatnot. you dont need to justify a cats existence or usefulness by going ‘well they may be blind but their sense of smell is excellent so we keep them around’ or whatever its just no good

last thing i can think of is like. dont disregard how a cats disability affects them. like its fine that briarlight cant fight (or even hunt major types of prey) she doesnt need some convoluted method that lets her do that. there are like a dozen other warriors hunting and fighting and theres present value and enjoyment in the stuff she does around camp. she doesnt have to be brightheart 2 its ok

[karahalloway]

Hi!

We haven't interacted a lot but as a fellow Drake stan I'm very curious! 😜

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Aww! Thank you so much for the ask @axwalker!

Sorry for the late reply... I got shadowbanned (long story... don’t ask...) and my account only just got reinstated, so I’ve been having to make do with lurking in the background for the past 2 weeks... 😅

But, better late than never!

1. If you had to change the pairing’s very first meeting, how would you change it?

Lol! This is literally the subject of Sleepless in New York (a short story AU written from Drake's POV that explores what could've happened if Drake met Harper in New York by himself (without the other guys)).

That said, I am sure that I will come up with other alternative first meetings for other AU fics in the future (but at the moment my focus is on finishing up Sleepless and (Less Than) Noble Intentions, which is my TRR Book 2 rewrite so I don’t have details to share atm).

2. What song fits your pairing the most?

OMG SO MANY! About half of all the songs on my main playlist are Harper and Drake songs in some shape or form 😅

But if I really, really had to choose just one, then I guess it would be Hell of a View by Eric Church, especially these two stanzas:

I'm good at rollin' dice No good at standing still You liked the thought of chasin' Life instead of dollar bills We're livin' wreckless Nothin' to catch us, baby But the ground

This ain't for everybody Toes hanging off the ledge Like we got nothin' to lose Ain't always heaven, baby This livin' on the edge You holdin' me holdin' you It's a hell of a view

4. Do you prefer canon ideas or do you have your own headcanons for them?

My own HC 😅 

Don't get me wrong - there are many aspects of canon that I loved (as otherwise I wouldn't be writing TRR fanfic!) but especially with Drake, I think PB missed some great opportunities, which I decided to explore in my rewrites (e.g. I significantly upped Drake's half-Texan-ness, I made him multilingual, I gave him a job, he can dance, etc.). All these elements are present in canon in some way, shape or form, but I wanted to give them more prominence.

Also, I was a bit miffed that especially in TRR1, pretty much all the diamond scenes were with Liam, and one of things I really wanted to explore in my rewrite was how these scenes could have played out with Drake instead. So that is what I did 👍

5. Favourite canon moment of them?

This scene from the start of TRH1 - the banter and the thirst is SO Drake and Harper and it totally cracks me up every time!

6. Least favourite canon moment of them?

As my readers are well-aware, it is the start of TRR2 when Drake doesn't go after MC when she is dragged out of the Coronation Ball 😒

This actually bothered me so much that I ended up completely ditching canon and doing a full rewrite of what I think should've happened / what I would've loved to have happened instead in this situation 😅 (especially considering how Drake feels about MC - I cannot see him just saying 'Oh... Okay. I'll just not talk to her for weeks on end because Liam said so.')

7. Favourite headcanon trope/idea? (Your own or someone else’s)

The fact that Drake is a Guard... and has a motorbike. Both @angelasscribbles and I seem to have fully and unashamedly jumped onto this bandwagon and are never getting off 😅

Because let's face it - Drake in a biker jacket is straight up🔥and him being a Guard makes total sense given that (i) he is very secretive about what he actual does at court, (ii) he is randomly involved in all this security stuff anyway, (iii) his Dad and pseduo-uncle Bastien are both Guards, and (iv) I think it's seriously sexy 😇

I mean… need I say more��? 😏

@aussiegurl1234 @petiteboheme for your drooling pleasure 😉

10. Least favourite aspect of them/their relationship dynamics? (Can be headcannon)

Hmm... Probably the fact that both H&D are quite stubborn and (especially in Harper’s case, Drake a bit less so) have a tendency to act on impulse,with the effect that they invariably end up hurting each other, even though that’s not their intention.

20. What made you decide to ship them?

When I started playing TRR I originally just followed the Liam route that PB kept pushing you towards (though I did the - admittedly very limited - diamond scenes with Drake as well). But during the Coronation Ball chapters I had a realisation that 'No. Actually, I don't want to be Queen - I'm not gonna sleep with Liam in the hedge maze' (because I totally do not want to marry a prince in real life - just look at what Meghan Markle had to go through). So, as a result of that, in TRR2 (and thereafter) I started seriously going after Drake and I haven't looked back since!

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[spiritunwilling]

hiiiii yen you have intrigued me, what is up with the divorce blorbo inlaws? whats happening and could they perhaps mail their marriage licenses to these- these three guys i know. who i hear want to get married soon. if they dont want them anymore i mean

okay so the day that feyre archeron gets a divorce in canon is the day pigs fly and stuff but i want her to get one so bad

feyre is from the book series a c /ourt of thorns and roses and i do not recommend and probably discourage anyone from reading the books because they are bad and have a lot of weird sex scenes and very questionable choices made by the author and while i really like some of the character concepts, sjm has dropped the ball on execution every time and nobody who gets more than a few sparse paragraphs of writing stays likeable. but at some point a few years ago you figure that ok ive read enough of these books by now and i like some of the minor characters enough that i might as well hate-read the other ones. and also bc i want custody of some of her characters so i can rewrite them. i have a different version of feyre in my head that diverges from canon right at the beginning of the series (usually i j call her feyer lmao) and in this ideal world she never gets fucking married in the first place

but the version of feyre that i am divorceposting abt is her and all the shit that's happened to her as of the latest and worst book, a/cosf. and well a lot has happened.

she got married (and got mated to, ick. im still 90% sure it's just plagiarised omegaverse but anyways it's like. soulmates. i guess. sjm herself can't seem to decide what it is if not a reason to force characters into relationships and have sex) to this guy named r/hysand, who has such a terrifying long list of red flags and Bad Shit He's Done that i cant sit here and list all of them because that would take too long and i'd probably miss quite a few but both the series and the character have very active crit tags. a lot of it is played off or ignored or excused away by the actual book bc in the series theyre supposed to be , like, a perfect couple. :|

and yeah the series only spans like. 3 or so years and feyre is 19 at the beginning of the series and 22 and full of trauma and she fucking died once and there was a whole war and the author decides that the best ending 4 her is to have her stay home and. have a fucking kid?? babygirl go get therapy go reconcile with your sisters go travel the world literally anything but this. also the pregnancy subplot is so incredibly fucked up. ummm basically r/hys gets overprotective to a disturbing and v controlling level and also when he realizes the pregnancy threaten's feyre's life he withholds this information from her so I need her to GET THE FUCK OUTTA THERE RIGHT NOW

in my head it's maybe a year or two or three after the ending of acosf and feyre realizes how bullshit everything is and starts trying to figure out how to leave the night court (the faerie court that r/hysand rules over) with her kid and reaching out to her estranged sisters and old friends (also estranged. jesus) and getting her picture of my dress moment figuring out where she goes from there. sigh.

i don't think the night court has marriage licenses. or divorces? but in spirit it's a divorce.

and like. i like feyre. well, no I dont. [see: "nobody who gets more than a few sparse paragraphs of writing stays likeable"] but there's like these tiny moments in the first book that hint at some rlly compelling character traits that are unfortunately completely drowned out by the rest of the shitty romance. she keeps her oath to take care of her family even when it's easier to break it, even at the cost of her own life and her own happiness and she has a strained relationship with her sisters and feels like she's responsible for everything and has a complicated understanding with gender roles and her hunting and her capability for violence.

but canon doesn't touch on that.

[caswlw]

fic recs bc u guys are incredibly depressing

so i’ve been seeing some fic rec posts going around and some of my dear mutuals are posting about fics i simply do not have the mental capacity to read </3 so instead i decided to make my own list of fics i reread consistently when im looking for that good spn serotonin :) ok to rb 😌

the whole damn roadhouse knows - oh my god,, this fic is the Peak of 2013/2014 destiel fics with the roadhouse gang and everyone just working together.  it’s got a bet, shenanigans, and overall is a really good time i recommend it So Hard it hurts.  very surprised its not more popular honestly.  66k and 18 chapters

4 times they nearly kissed, 1 time they nearly didn't - soft au where cas moves to lawrence and dean owns a cafe.  jack and claire are cas’s twins and its just a fluffy fic where dean and cas go on dates a bunch :) honestly So Soft and its kinda a magic au where cas and the kids are just witches and honestly what more could u want there??  10k and 6 chapters

my three dads - a season 13 sort of rewrite picking up after 13x03.  so much here!  widower arc feels, claire being a larger part of the narrative, making jack and dean’s relationship make more sense, and dean finding a daughter he had 16 years ago on some random hunt with claire!  i’m a sucker for kid fic so i love this one and it feels really organic for the kind of fic it is,, total recommend.  68k and 20 chapters

the six hearts of dean winchester - holy shit this one is my everything.  it’s based on the promo for 14x10 and basically explores sam and cas going to find six shards of dean’s heart that he’s hiding so they can get rid of michael and save dean.  god this one is so good i don’t want to spoil it but it’s a fast read and u will love it!  or money back guaranteed.   9k oneshot

kinda like family, kinda like love - ok so this one is pretty popular but for good reason!!!!!!! this fic is so good and its got friends to marriage of convenience to actual lovers and obvs the marriage is bc of adoption bc im a sucker for kid fic lol.. it also has big angel family and the mess that’s the winchester family AND saileen bc this was made in 2018 god bless.  122k and 35 chapters

caught somewhere in time - ok so ik i said i don’t love fics where it’s setting deancas in the past... but this is a canonverse fic where they get sent into the past accidentally and then stay there for a while building a life while they realize they aren’t coming back to reality any time soon.  so so good i love it a lot (also no war! wow can you believe that!)  29k and 7 chapters

literally anything by GatesKeeper - iykyk this writer is chefs kiss so good!!  i love some good sam knows and supportive sam and oblivious deancas.. amongst everything else they write.  20 total works (and all of them are destiel)

grace and pirouette - both are finale fix its ive already read at least three times and i just. misha was right when he said fic writers could do it better !!!!! grace is a script based fic that’s just. so much better than the finale,, and pirouette is a claire saves the day type finale fix it that we also deserved!  5k and 6k oneshots, respectively 

r/supernatural - new fic thats good for shits and giggles when everything else is too sad to read! lots of canon related references :) very dean and i think thats cool :))) 3k oneshot

youtuber dean married teacher cas - a classic youtuber/teacher series of fics that’s just so damn heartwarming.  also has sam and bobby and claire!!! very cute and an au that isn’t depressing :D how about that!  12 works and 38k, ongoing

i also am a sucker for stanford era dean and destiel fics, and sam knows type fics so if you want a list of those i can try and scrounge one up :) anyway lmk if u read/have read any of these bc i would loveeee to talk about it akshjkafdh

[rosesmith18]

(PnF) Headcanon #9 Teen Basic Info

Hey, guys! Apologies for the wait on this post. I was away from home the last two weeks, but I'm back. Anyway, this post is basically post #4 & #3 however for the teens(13-18) of PnF instead of the kids(8-12). A shipping post for the teens will be coming down the line. Thank you for reading ;>. Candace Flynn: Candace is a jumpy young teen determined to bust her brothers at the beginning of the show, though by the end of CATU(which I headcanon takes place at the beginning of next summer)she decides to give up on busting her brothers. She is boy crazy over her crush Jeremy, and is a bit easily distracted, but she can take charge when necessary. Full Name: Candace Gertrude Flynn Ethnicity: Irish/American Mental/Physical Health: ADHD/Autistic  Birthday: 11, July, 1993 Hometown: Candace was born in Danville, USA to parents Linda Flynn & Phelan Parsons(I wrote his last name as Flynn before, which it obviously isn't as I have changed it here, so sorry about the confusion) Pets: Candace shares the adopted pet platypus Perry with her two younger brothers. School Pursuits: Candace pursed many activates such as creating her own gelatin club outside of school, but was not as active inside of school. Sexuality: Straight Main Ship: Candace/Jeremy *I know 'Quantum Boogaloo' is supposed to be when Candace gives up busting her brother, but I'm rewriting that whole episode in my headcanon, because in that episode Doof is also still evil even though in the last episode of PnF we know he gives up evil(and in MML it's revealed he becomes Professor Time), so I think the episodes a bit out of date for the shows new canon. Jeremy Johnson: Jeremy is the extremely patient boyfriend of Candace Flynn, and most understanding older brother to Suzy Johnson. He's great friend to the main duo, and rather mature for his age. Full Name: Jeremy Tim Johnson Ethnicity: American Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 1, October, 1992 Hometown: Jeremy was born in Danville, USA to parents Jack Johnson & Sue Johnson. School Pursuits: Jeremy was the vocalist and lead guitarist for the band; Jeremy and the Incidentals during his freshman & sophomore years of high school. He also works part-time at Slushy Dog during high school, and partakes in LARPing in his free time. Sexuality: Straight Main Ship: Candace/Jeremy Eliza Fletcher: Eliza is the oldest child of Adrian & Lucy Fletcher. She is mature, proper, and well-educated. She has spent most of her life helping to raise her siblings, and has trouble finding time for herself. She values honesty and integrity above all else. Full Name: Eliza Beckham Fletcher Ethnicity: British Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 2, February, 1992 Hometown: Eliza was born in Chelsea, London to parents Adrian Fletcher & Lucy Thompson. School Pursuits: Eliza has been an Equestrian Horse Rider since she was seven. Sexuality: Bisexual Main Ship: Eliza/Charles Charles Pipping IV: Charles is the socially-inadept only child of the Pipping's. He is easily entertained and knows very little about the real world. He has a kind heart, but is unsure how to use it. Full Name: Charles Pipping IV Ethnicity: British Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 15, January, 1992 Hometown: Charles was born in Chelsea, London to parents Charles Pipping III & Catharine Jones. School Pursuits: Charles is homeschooled by a live-in teacher. Sexuality: Straight Main Ship: Eliza/Charles Stacy Hirano: Stacy puts up with a lot; both being the best friend of one Candace Flynn, and keeping the secret of her best friends pet platypus Perry(the secret agent). While she doesn't excel in academics, Stacy excels at being loyal to those who trust her. She's got a fair amount of guts, and knows when to be realistic. Full Name: Stacy Heisei Hirano Ethnicity: Japanese Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 17, May, 1993 Hometown: Stacy was born in Tokyo, Japan to parents Reiki Hirano & Yutaka Ito. She moved to Danville when she was four years old after her father was transferred there. School Pursuits: Stacy became involved in many of her friends prospects during summer, but that can not be stated for her school life. Gender/Sexuality: Nonbinary(She/They)/Bisexual Main Ship: Stacy/Coltrane Coltrane Coleman: Coltrane is a mellow dude who enjoys sharing the idea of free expression with those around him. He takes very few things seriously, and wants those around him to have fun. Full Name: Coltrane Coleman Ethnicity: African-American Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 2, August, 1992 Hometown: Coltrane was born in Boulder City, Nevada to parents Garret Coleman & Asha Richardson. He moved to Danville when he was one. School Pursuits: Coltrane is the drummer for the band: Jeremy and the Incidentals during his freshman & sophomore years of high school. Sexuality: Straight Main Ship: Stacy/Coltrane Vanessa Doofenshmirtz: Starting out as a rebellious teen trying to distance herself from her parents(specifically her 'evil' father Heinz); Vanessa finds herself growing unexpectedly close with her fathers nemesis. Her time with her fathers nemesis, and interacting with her fathers schemes, leave Vanessa learning more about herself than expected. By the end of CATU, her rebellious frustration is replaced with personal introspection made possible through her many new friendships. Full Name: Vanessa Joy Doofenshmirtz Ethnicity: Drusselstein-American Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 15, June, 1992 Hometown: Vanessa was born in San Diego, California to parents Heinz Doofenshmirtz & Charlene Houde. Her parents returned to Danville, USA the day after she was born. Pets: Vanessa adopted Vlorkal the Alien Dragon during the events of CATU(which in my headcanon takes place on the first day of summer 2009) School Pursuits: Vanessa begins interning for OWCA in her sophomore year of high school, and does so for the rest of high school. Sexuality: Bisexual Main Ship: Ferbnessa Norm Doofenshmirtz: A robot who started out as a machine bent on taking down Perry the Platypus. Norm instantly changes to a sentient AI desperate for a father figure he wishes to find in his creator. While Heinz is not initially very accepting of this attachment, his nemesis Perry and daughter Vanessa-though hesitantly-open their arms to the robots humanness, eventually encouraging Heinz to do the same. Full Name: Norm Doofenshmirtz Ethnicity: Squirrel Powered Mental/Physical Health: Robot Birthday: 19, April, 2008 Hometown: Norm was built in Danville, USA by Heinz Doofenshmirtz. Sexuality: Robo-Sexual Main Ship: Norm/Chloe Chloe von Roddenstein: Chloe is-as Norm-a sentient AI designed to aid her creator Rodney in his evil endeavors, though her self-learning proves difficult to control. She is spunky, desires independence, and too sees herself as more a child than a robot to Rodney. Full Name: Chloe von Roddenstein Ethnicity: Computer Programmed Mental/Physical Health: Robot Birthday: 5, June, 2008 Hometown: Chloe was built in Danville, USA by Rodney von Roddenstein. Sexuality: Robo-Sexual Main Ship: Norm/Chloe Gwendoline von Roddenstein: Gwendoline(born Orville)is the only biological child of Rodney. She at first embraces the evil ways of her father, but when she begins to transition, she finds her father denying to accept her. This causes a rift between the two, and has Gwendoline bonding more with her 'sister' Chloe, and the robots idea of independence. Full Name: Gwendoline von Roddenstein Ethnicity: Dutch-American Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 30, July, 1994 Hometown: Gwendoline was born in Danville, USA to parents Rodney von Roddenstein & Janet von Roddenstein. School Pursuits: Gwendoline is homeschooled by her father Rodney. Gender/Sexuality: Transgender(Male to Female[She/Her])/Asexual Main Ship: N/A Monty Monogram: Monty is an aspiring OWCA agent who proves to his father that being a secret agent & acrobatics can go hand in hand. Unlike his father, Monty is not a stickler for the rules, but is still hesitant to trust those of evil origins. Giving evil-doers a second chance is not something that comes easy to him, though he is not one for drastic punishment. Full Name: Monty Monogram Ethnicity: American Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 11, May, 1992 Hometown: Monty was born in Danville, USA to parents Francis Monogram & Louisa Bamford. School Pursuits: Monty attended acrobatics all the way up to fifth grade, and began pursuing missions as an OWCA trainee once he entered HOWCA(High School without a cool Acronym). Sexuality: Biromantic(Homosexual) Main Ship: Monty/Carl Carl Karl: The unpaid intern of OWCA, Carl is not to well respected by his boss Major Monogram, though the animals of his division share a deep appreciation for his attempts to accommodate them. He is excited by the idea of partaking in field missions, though he is not very good at them. Full Name: Carl Karl Ethnicity: American Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 12, October, 1990 Hometown: Carl was born in Chula Vista, California to parents Carter Karl & Carol Logan, and moved to Danville when he was 16 years old. School Pursuits: Carl took of an internship at OWCA(Monogram Division)at the start of summer 2008 for college credit at Danville University. Sexuality: Homosexual Main Ship: Monty/Carl Carla Karl: Carla is the unpaid intern of Admiral Acronym, and is quite close to her twin brother Carl-despite being found annoying by him. She is shy and quiet, so she is often overlooked by her boss, but the animals in her division try to instill confidence in the meek girl. Full Name: Carla Karl Ethnicity: American Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 12, October, 1990 Hometown: Carla was born in Chula Vista, California to parents Carter Karl & Carol Logan, and moved to Danville when she was 16 years old. School Pursuits: Carla took of an internship at OWCA(Wanda Division)at the start of summer 2008 for college credit at Danville University. Sexuality: Straight Main Ship: Albert/Carla Albert Du Bois: The know-it-all older brother of Irving, Albert is easily fooled, though he is oblivious to this fact. He is stuck-up when he interacts with his younger brother, and he seems to become over-confident when taking to girls he is interested in. Full Name: Albert Du Bois Ethnicity: French-American Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 14, May, 1993 Hometown: Albert was born in Danville, USA to parents Alfred Du Bois & Ada Moore. School Pursuits: Albert attends the boarding school Amerigo Los Angeles, Bishop Montgomery High School found in Torrance, California, and was a part of the schools AV Club his entire time there. He also partakes in LARPing with some friends from school. Sexuality: Straight Main Ship: Albert/Carla Jenny Brown: Jenny is a self-defined hippie who spends much of her time protesting for things such as animals rights, gun control, and other such political topics. She is determined and sometimes drastic in her attempts to defend or call out what she deems 'safe' or 'unsafe', though she is completely against violence. Full Name: Jenny Brown Ethnicity: Romani-American Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 28, September, 1993 Hometown: Jenny was born in Danville, USA to parents Beppo Brown & Leonora Reinhardt. School Pursuits: Jenny is a protester in her time spent outside of school. Sexuality: Pansexual Main Ship: Jenny/Acre(OC) Johnny Reyes: Ex-boyfriend to one Vanessa Doofenshmirtz, Johnny is a punk of sorts who is known for being extremely whiny, reading far too much into things, and putting video games above his girlfriend's. He seems to think himself quite rebellious, but he's more so just acting out. Full Name: Johnny Harris Ethnicity: Biracial(African-American/Caucasian[American]) Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 7, March, 1992 Hometown: Johnny was born in Danville, USA to parents Robert Reyes & Lisa Harris. School Pursuits: Johnny goes to may junkyard raves in his free time, and is known for constantly playing video games in his room. Sexuality: Straight Main Ship: Johnny/Birgitte Birgitte Adams: Birgitte is one of Vanessa school friends who later becomes Johnny girlfriend. She is also a punk who seems to be oblivious to the real dangers Vanessa faces due to her dads insane inventions until the events of the 'Night of the Living Pharmacist'. Full Name: Brigitte Adams Ethnicity: American Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 20, July, 1992 Hometown: Danville, USA School Pursuits: N/A Sexuality: Straight Main Ship: Johnny/Birgitte Lacie Kim: Lacie is Vanessa's best friend who appears unfazed by the crazy contraptions Vanessa father invents. She is a bit nosy and blunt, but considerate of Vanessa's privacy. She's willing to get serious when someone she cares about is in a sticky situation, but otherwise is quite inactive. Full Name: Lacie Olivia Kim Ethnicity: American Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 27, March, 1992 Hometown: Lacie was born in Danville, USA to parents Jace Kim & Heidi Ward. School Pursuits: Lacie ran several campaigns against domestic violence during her junior & senior years of high school inspired by personal issues. Sexuality: Straight Main Ship: Lacie/Grant Grant Gray: Grant is the only male school friend of Vanessa's through out the run time of the show. He seems to find Vanessa's life interesting, and enjoys being evolved in odd or weird events, that display the wacky nature of her life. Full Name: Grant Gray Ethnicity: American Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 21, March, 1992 Hometown: Grant was born in Danville, USA to parents Scott Gray & Lauren Ross. School Pursuits: Grant took Automotive Technology at Jefferson County Career Center during his junior & senior years of high school. Sexuality: Bisexual Main Ship: Lacie/Grant Heather Foster: Heather is a punk girl who pretends to be unaffected by scary or frightening things, however her tolerance for them in real life is extremely low. Full Name: Heather Foster Ethnicity: American Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 26, January, 1992 Hometown: Danville, USA School Pursuits: Heather is in Danville Highs Occult Club. Sexuality: Straight Main Ship: Heather/Tony Tony Marzulo: A boy second dimension Vanessa displayed interest in; Tony in the first dimension is know for being male eye-candy. Many girls at school fawn over him, though he has no real personality. Full Name: Tony Marzulo Ethnicity: Spanish Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 11, November, 1992 Hometown: Merida, Yucatan School Pursuits: Tony is a transfer student from Merida, Yucatan during his high school years. Sexuality: Straight Main Ship: Heather/Tony Dana Mendoza: Dana is more a good acquaintance than anything to Vanessa. She is a year older than Vanessa, and has impressive skills in break-dancing and singing. Full Name: Dana Mendoza Ethnicity: Spanish Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 8, May, 1991 Hometown: Dana was born in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico to parents Manuel Mendoza & Josefina Ortiz. She moved to Danville when she twelve years old. School Pursuits: Dana is in a breakdancing group that frequents the Danville City Park. Sexuality: Bisexual Main Ship: Dana/Becky Becky Parker: Becky is an honor student who appears to know Vanessa, though whether they get along seemed to depend on the day or situation. She finds the punk aesthetic to be too dark, though she doesn't voice ill-will towards the style. Full Name: Becky Parker Ethnicity: American Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 16, August, 1992 Hometown: Danville, USA School Pursuits: Becky is the head of the Danville High Student Council, and takes many college credit classes. Sexuality: Lesbian Main Ship: Dana/Becky Nicolette Johnson: Nicolette is Jeremy & Suzy Johnsons cousin. She likes to play adventure games, and is on the swim team at her high school. She is carefree for the most part, and finds the tales surround the Flynn-Fletchers to be extremely intriguing. Full Name: Nicolette Samantha Johnson Ethnicity: Australian-American Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 24, April, 1992 Hometown: Nicolette was born in Canberra, Australia to parents Joe Johnson & Shane Jenneke. School Pursuits: Nicolette joined the swim team at her middle & high school in Australia. Sexuality: Pansexual Main Ship: Nicolette/Derek Derek Dukensson: Swedish transfer student, Derek Dukensson is an open-minded fellow who most find easy to talk to. Full Name: Derek Dukensson Ethnicity: Swedish Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 21, September, 1992 Hometown: Derek was born in Uppsala, Sweden to parents Mikael Dukensson & Vera Karlsson. School Pursuits: Derek is a swedish transfer student from Uppsala, Sweden during his sophomore year. Sexuality: Pansexual Main Ship: Nicolette/Derek Wendy Green: Wendy is a completive girl who isn't known for exactly playing fair. Her completive nature can quickly get out of hand and land her in unfavorable situations. Full Name: Wendy Green Ethnicity: American Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 23, October, 1993 Hometown: Danville, USA School Pursuits: N/A Sexuality: Bisexual Main Ship: Wendy/Dolores Dolores Hill: Dolores is the no nonsense co-worker of Jeremy Johnson. She takes on many undesirable takes without complaint, and finds those who whine to be unbearable. Full Name: Dolores Hill Ethnicity: American Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 22, September, 1992 Hometown: Danville, USA School Pursuits: Dolores works part-time at Slushy Dog during her high school years. Sexuality: Lesbian Main Ship: Wendy/Dolores Sara Brown: Sara is Jenny & Django Browns cousin from Nevada. Her father is a photographer who is known for his landscape paintings. Sara herself is a fan of mountain climbing. Full Name: Sara Brown Ethnicity: Romani-American Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 3, May, 1994 Hometown: Sara was born in Stateline, Nevada to parents Buca Brown & Rebecca Wright. School Pursuits: Sara spends her summers with her uncle Beppo Brown. Sexuality: Bisexual Main Ship: Sara/Bobby Bobby Nelson: Bobby is a surfer who lives in California, and visits his grandparents in Danville during the summer. Full Name: Bobby Nelson Ethnicity: American Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 6, December, 1993 Hometown: Sacramento, California School Pursuits: N/A Sexuality: Straight Main Ship: Sara/Bobby Mindy Mills: Mindy is Candace's rival for Jeremy's affections. She displays clear interest in Jeremy, though he either doesn't notice or ignores it. She is a gossip who seems fully aware that Jeremy is taken. Full Name: Mindy Mills Ethnicity: American Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 11, September, 1993 Hometown: Danville, USA School Pursuits: N/A Sexuality: Straight Main Ship: Mindy/Billy Billy Clarke: Billy Clarke was Danville Elementary & Middle Schools talk of the town. Almost every girl in Danville Schools had a thing for him, even Candace until she began falling for Jeremy in seventh grade, and Stacy who quickly got over her crush in fourth grade. Full name: Billy Clarke Ethnicity: American Mental/Physical Health: N/A Birthday: 7, October, 1992 Hometown: Danville, USA School Pursuits: N/A Sexuality: Straight Main Ship: Mindy/Billy Alright, that's all the major characters I'll mention in my writing, either a big characters or small cameos. I'll make a post about the ships & their kids(if they have any)at some point in the future. Any OC's mentioned in this post belong to me. Leave any questions or comments if you so w

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Hi! I'm craving a long (+20k) johnlock fic that's set after or during season 3. Any recs? Thank you for all your hard work!!! Much love. ❤

Hey Nonny!

Ahh, okay so this is where I would normally direct you to one of my MANY S3/Post-S3 fic lists, but because I’m desperate for people to love me and because a lot of my Lovelies enjoy long lists, I’m going to go through all my other lists, and separate them, and then add any new ones that I have for you :)

With this list, I’m going to PRESUME you don’t want S4-is-canon fics, so I’m not going to add any of those ones because I have a LOT of lists for S4 fics, which I have linked below if you’re interested in them

As always, if any of y’all have your own to add, please do! And PLEASE PLEASE check out all the other fics on the other lists, because the under 20K fics are all amazing too!!!

LONG S3/POST-S3 FICS (20K+w) (APR. 2020)

See also:

The Empty Hearse-Related Fics

Any Where The Punch Doesn’t Happen?

TSo3-Related Fics

Post John’s Wedding Fics 

Gay Bar Scene 

Talk After John’s Wedding 

Stag Night

HLV Fics 

Post-S3 Fics 

TFP Is Canon 

Post S4 / S4 Fix Its 

Post S4 / S4 Fix Its Pt. 2 

Post S4 / S4 Fix Its Pt. 3 

S4 Rewrites 

S3 / TAB / S4 [FIX IT] Fics (March 2019)

Post S4 and Mental Health

At the Heart of it All by SilentAuror (E, 19,823 w., 1 Ch. || Virgin Sherlock, Post S3, POV John, Domestics, First Time, Kissing, Romance) – John has been back at Baker Street for four months now and thinks it’s about time they had the Talk to see whether or not they could be more than friends. Sherlock has a lot of uncertainty about this concept for multiple reasons. Unabashed romance.

Love Is by SilentAuror (E, 21,508 w., 1 Ch. || Angst, UST / URT, Post HLV, Romance) – At Mrs Hudson’s urging, Sherlock finally decides to tell John how he feels about him. Part 1 of Love Is

Sonatina in G Minor by SilentAuror (E, 22,574 w., 1 Ch. || Case Fic, POV Sherlock, Angst, UST, Sherlock’s Violin, Post-S3, Romance) – John has come back to Baker Street, but Sherlock doesn’t understand the strange tension between them, even after he begins teaching John to play the violin at John’s request.

Maintaining A Personal Life by Gingerhermit (E, 24,284 w., 6 Ch. || Alternating POV’s, Bisexuality, BAMF!John, Jealous Sherlock, Romance / Drama, Sort-of Case Fic, Peril & Angst, Love Confessions, Toplock, Soft Idiots in Love, Post S3) – Sherlock and John discover some interesting revelations about each other’s sexuality, which lead them both to question the assumptions they’ve made about one another for years. In the midst of their mutual discoveries, a dangerous psychopath looms on the side-lines who threatens to destroy their new beginning.

State of Flux by Atiki (E, 24,655 w., 4 Ch. || S3 Fix It, Sherlock POV, Slow Burn, First Kiss/Time, Friends to Lovers, Frottage, Cuddles and Snuggles, Awkwardness, Insecure/Virgin Sherlock, Romance, Humour, Masturbation, Love Declarations, Bottomlock, Brief Suicidal Ideations) – John’s marriage is over and he is finally back home (i.e. at Baker Street, where he belongs). Sherlock is awfully insecure and John is awfully hesitant, and they’re both awkward idiots, of course, but they figure it out. Many First Times happen.

Vena Cava by SilentAuror (E, 27,452 w., 1 Ch. || HLV Fix-It, Romance, H/C, Angst, Infidelity) – Sherlock has been shot in the chest; John has been shot in the heart. Though everything is broken, they do their best to heal the wounds that Mary left on them both.

To be Loved by You by TwisterMelody (M, 28,775 w., 1 Ch. || S3 Fix It Fic / Post HLV, Angst, H/C, Friends to Lovers, Infidelity, Character Death, Background Mystrade, Pining, First Time, Romance) – Too many times they had confessed themselves in the darkness, leaving it there, never to speak of it again.  But this is different.  This love deserves the light of day.

The Wisteria Tree by SilentAuror (E, 29,773 w., 1 Ch. || Post-S3, Emotional Love Making, Amnesia/Memory Loss, Sherlock Loves John So Much, Sherlock POV, Romance, Angst with Happy Ending, First Times, Hurt/Comfort, Est. Rel., Retirement) – Sherlock wakes up from a month-long coma only to discover that he has no memory of the previous six years to his own shock as well as John’s…

Shallow Grave by SilentAuror (E, 31,672 w., 1 Ch. || Romance, Angst, HLV Fix It, Infidelity, Pining Sherlock, First Person POV Sherlock) – Starts as Sherlock’s plane is taking off at the end of His Last Vow. When he finds out that Moriarty is alive and that he’s being recalled from his mission, Sherlock decides that he should have told John how he felt before he left. So he walks off the plane and kisses him.

A Study In Auto-Signatures, Sniper Dolphins, and Sex Holidays by cwb (E, 32,689 w., 8 Ch. || Case Fic, Post S3, Evil Mary, Dev. Rel., Beach Holidays, Confused Sherlock, Friends to Lovers, Honeymoon, Epistolary, Bottomlock, First Kiss / Time, Fluff, Secret Agents, BAMF!John) – John and Mary go on their sex holiday, and Sherlock is grumpy and pining about it. Part 1 of HOT DOLPHIN SEX

Pater Noster by SilentAuror (E, 34,256 w., 2 Ch. || Case Fic, HLV/S3 Fix It Fic, Family Trauma, Sherlock POV, Villain Mary) – During the autumn that John is staying at Baker Street again after Sherlock was shot, he ruminates over the similarity between Sherlock’s shot and the one that killed his father when he was fifteen. Cold case meets series 3 fix-it. Part I takes place entirely within His Last Vow, Part II takes place starting at the end of HLV and continues after.

carrying up his morning tea by darcylindbergh (E, 34,504 w., 5 Ch. || Post S3, Minor Character Death, Grief/Mourning, Wakes/Funerals, Estranged John, Pining Sherlock, Depression/Insecurity, Slow Burn, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Chronic Pain/Injury, Reconciliation, Awkwardness, Loneliness, Scars, Angst With Happy Ending) – His fingers tremble as he dials and he can’t force them steady. Familiar number, even though he hasn’t used it in two years. He isn’t even sure he should be calling it now, but she’d asked. She’d made him promise.

Inexplicable by emmagrant01 (E, 34,664 w., 6 Ch. || Body Swap, TSo3, Magical Realism / Artifacts, Infidelity, Angst) – So what was in that matchbox, anyway? John and Sherlock find out, the hard way.

The Yellow Poppies by SilentAuror (E, 34,952 w., 1 Ch. || H/C, Nightmares, HLV Fix-It, PTSD, Trauma, POV Sherlock, Doctor John) – Sherlock is threatened and assaulted in the hospital immediately after having been shot in the heart, first by Mary, then by Magnussen. As he recovers at Baker Street with John and plans the attack on Appledore with Mycroft, he fights to work through the trauma caused by these two visits. Set during His Last Vow.

The Unfinished Letters by SilentAuror (E, 37,391 w., 1 Ch. || Post S3 / S3 / HLV Fix it, Angst with Happy Ending, Romance, Infidelity, Depression, Case Fic, POV Third Person Sherlock, Love Confessions, Pining Sherlock, Letters) – A fire at Baker Street leads John to read something he was never intended to see: a notebook of half-written, unfinished letters Sherlock wrote during his time away…

Act IV by SilentAuror (E, 39,707 w., 1 Ch. || First Person POV Sherlock, HLV Fix-It, Infidelity, Angst, Drama) – After Sherlock is shot, John moves back into Baker Street. They spend the autumn together as John tries to make sense of his life and make some important decisions about both Mary and Sherlock. Canon-compliant, excerpts from His Last Vow.

Bloody But Unbowed by BeautifulFiction (E, 43,211 w., 8 Ch. || Abduction, John Whump, Mild Torture, Background Case Fic, Friends to Lovers, Post-TRF / S3 Rewrite, Hurt/Comfort) – When a familiar argument threatens to destroy the last remnants of John and Sherlock’s failing friendship, both men are left questioning their worth to one another. Before either of them has the chance to make amends, circumstance intervenes. John is left at the mercy of his abductors, and this time, he’s not sure Sherlock will bother coming to his rescue.

Inscrutable to the Last by DiscordantWords (M, 48,842 w., 6 Ch. || Post-TRF, Alternate S3, John’s Blog/S3 is a Story By John, Divorce, Marital Difficulties, John is a Mess, Emotional Reunion, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Grief / Mourning, Pining John, First Kiss, Adorably Clueless Sherlock, Nostalgia, Love Confessions, Eventual Happy Ending) – He wasn’t Sherlock, he couldn’t work miracles. All he’d ever been able to do was write about them.

Points by lifeonmars (E, 53,791 w., 42 Ch. || PODFIC AVAILABLE || HLV Rewrite / Canon Divergence, Married Life, Pregnancy / Baby Watson, Drinking to Cope, Boxing / Fisticuffs, Clueless John, Angst, Minor Medical Drama, Tattoos, Christmas, First Kiss/Time, Eventual Happy Ending, Love Confessions, Doctor John, Sexuality Crisis, Slow Burn, Case Fic, Drugging, Blow/Hand Job, Emotional Love Making, Parenthood, Passage of Time) – What if His Last Vow never happened? This fic picks up a few months after John and Mary’s wedding, in an alternate universe where Magnussen doesn’t exist, but Mary is still pregnant. Life continues – just in a different direction. And slowly, Sherlock and John find their way to each other.

Albion and the Woodsman by Glenmore (NR [E], 54,437 w., 50 Ch. || PODFIC AVAILABLE || Post S3, Parentlock, Pining Sherlock, Angst, Family, Drug Use, Depression, Sherlock POV, Light Humour, Reconnecting, Declarations of Love) – Sherlock and John are devastated after Mary Morstan makes her final moves. Sherlock relapses at the crack house, John walks around the world … and a lot happens in between. Parentlock, in the good way.

Wars We Fought, Things We’re Not by blueink3 (M, 55,204 w., 10 Ch. || Post S3 / Post TAB, Parentlock, Fluff & Angst, Kidnapping, Whump, Post-TAB, UST/URT, 3G, Mild Peril, Slow Burn, Couple for a Case, Protective Mycroft, Infant Death Pre-Story, Friends to Lovers) –  Five months after John’s world has fallen apart, Mycroft sends the consulting detective and his doctor on a case that neither is prepared for.

Scars by SilentAuror (E, 60,494 w., 5 Ch. || Rape / Non-Con / Abuse, Gaslighting, Manipulation, Dub Con Elements, Homophobia, Angst With Happy Ending, Mary is Not Nice) – S3 rewrite, showing Mary’s manipulation of John as he realizes his love for Sherlock. Mary is not having it.

The Moonlight and the Frost by CaitlinFairchild (E, 77,289 w., 10 Ch. || Case Fic, Post-HLV, Self Harm, Virgin Sherlock, First Time, Oral/Anal/Rimming, Romance, Angst, Mary is Not Nice) – John has to somehow rebuild his life in the wake of Mary’s betrayal and Sherlock’s deceptions.

Not Broken, Just Bent by Schmiezi (E, 87,585 w., 43 Ch. || Pining, Love Confessions, Rape/Sexual Assault, Torture, Hurt/Comfort, Heavy Angst, Villain!Mary, Suicidal Ideations, Main Character Death, Sherlock First Person POV, Parentlock, Sherlock’s Mind Palace, Grief/Mourning, Emotional Love Making, Possessiveness, Depression, PTSD, Kidnapping, Virgin Sherlock, Eventual Happy Ending) – “For a second, I allow myself to remember teaching John how to waltz. There is a special room in my mind palace for it. A big one, with a proper parquet dance floor. For a second, I go there. I remember holding him, closer than the World Dance Council asks for, excusing it with the fact that we are training for a wedding, not for a competition. For a second, I feel his hand on mine again, smell his sweat, hear the song we used. For a second, I allow myself to love him deeply. For a second, only a second, that love reflects on my face.” Fix-it for S3, starting at the end of TSoT. Evil Mary.

The Summer Boy by khorazir (T, 94,706 w., 6 Ch. || Post S3/Post TAB/Alternate S4, Friends to Lovers, Flashbacks, Sussex, Bullying, 1980′s Kid Sherlock, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Inexperienced Sherlock, Grief/Mourning, Pining Sherlock, Background Case Fic) – About half a year after the fateful events at Appledore, Sherlock and John embark on a private case in Sussex. For Sherlock, it’s a journey into his past, bringing up memories both happy and sad that he has locked away for almost thirty years. For John, it means coming to terms with the present – and a potential future with Sherlock. Part 1 of the The Summer Boy series

The Burning Heart by May_Shepard (M, 119,150 w., 21 Ch. || Canon Divergence, Post-TRF, John’s Sexuality, S3 Rewrite, Pining, Angst with a Happy Ending, POV John Watson, John’s Gay) – When Sherlock dies, John Watson feels like his life is over too. He’s completely shut down, until Mark Morstan, a new nurse at John’s medical clinic, catches his attention, and helps him uncover the long buried truth of his attraction to men. Although he’s certain he’ll never get over Sherlock, John plans to move on, and build a new life with Mark, unaware that Sherlock is not quite as dead as he appears, and that Mark is hiding secrets of his own.

The Adventure of the Silver Scars by tangledblue (NR [M], 142,458 w., 41 Ch. || S3 Fix-It, Post-HLV/ Post-TAB / Canon Compliant, Case Fic, No Baby, Angst, Humour, UST, Slow Burn, Angry John, Reconciliation, Not Nice Mary / Leaving Mary, Dependent Sherlock, Pining Sherlock, Caretaker John, Fist Fights, It’s An Experiment, Virgin Sherlock, Dancing, Drugging, John Whump, Pet Names, Sherlock’s Mind Palace, Scars) – It’s been thirteen months since Mary shot Sherlock and John finds he’s still pissed off about it. Sherlock had thought everything was settled: John and Mary, domestic bliss. But when John turns up at Baker Street with suitcases, the world’s only consulting detective might not be prepared for the consequences. A new case. Some old scores to settle. Certain danger. Concertos, waltzes, and whisky.

[gayregis]

I read “A Little Sacrifice” and now I am a MESS

fun fact: i read the books out of order on purpose because i am very focused on instant gratifaction, so i read all of the hansa parts first and then went back to all of the rest of the books, thus i read the assault on castle stygga before a little sacrifice

so when i backtracked and read a little sacrifice, i had a very spiteful look on my face, like sapkowski fucking did it again, huh...

a little sacrifice has a lot of depth and it has a beautifully written sad ending but the first time i read it (with the fan translation from reddit) i didnt quite know what was being translated and what wasnt so i didnt know if i was missing any context, plus when i read, i skim and then go back a thousand times to reread it if i liked it, so i was just extremely confused as to what the fuck the relationship geralt and essi was supposed to be like, and then you get to the end and it’s like well i guess their relationship doesnt even matter after all because she’ll never show up again

also i remember being physically nauseous at reading that essi couldn’t be over 18, especially since i was like 17-18 when i read it a couple of years ago. yeah that basically was the closest i ever got to leaving the witcher fandom entirely, i had like this whole conversation with myself at 2 AM about the decision to stay in the fandom if i have to deal with this being canon, the solution i have come up with for it is that i simply do not acknowledge that part as canon and essi is like 25 in my mind and also she never fell in love with geralt

on one hand i think the story of unrequited love/doomed romance is interesting solely because it is something that you’re not meant to be like “aww cute i hope they get together” at, it’s a terrible fucking relationship in context. and geralt mentions this multiple times because he’s So Monogamous all he wants is yennefer, and this was an interesting way to develop your main romance, sapkowski does this like ten times in the series, where geralt and yennefer are fucking miles apart but somehow their romance gets developed during this period. i think it’s the embodiment of “absence makes the heart grow fonder” and it’s something that realy flew over CDPR’s heads, like they didn’t have a “hot and cold” / “on again off again” relationship, they both had a lot of issues relating to intimacy and committment and self-image which prevented them from true intimacy even though they had become very vulnerable with one another

on the other essi’s purpose in this story is literally just to fall in love with the main character and then die. like. i was genuinely mad because it wasn’t even a valorous death for a symbolic reason, such as with the hansa who die to demonstrate that an exchange of lives has occured. essi just dies because it’s sad and there’s not much place for her later in the series. i was genuinely mad because she had this really great relationship with dandelion and seeing that expanded on was something i felt we got cheated out of. all of the geralt and essi scenes we got i think should have been proportioned in a 1:2 ratio with scenes with her and dandelion / her and dandelion and geralt as a group, because she really didn’t get enough development of her own but had a lot of potential. 

plus sapkowski was just like “actually dandelion isn’t always incredibly self-absorbed and blinded by arrogance, let me demonstrate situations in which he cares deeply about the people involved and acts appropriately” and then immediately tossed that concept out of the window until we get to the end of time of contempt/roll into baptism of fire. like you’re really going to throw away the potential for depth and development for one of the main characters that’s the constant contrast to your main character. idk it was just nice to see how dandelion’s character changed to be more mature with essi in the room bc that’s his little sister ;w;

also can i just say the subplot with sh’eenaz and duke agloval annoyed me to no end. the message of the main plot is supposed to be that a little sacrifice for love is actually a really large sacrifice, and geralt refuses to hold any resentment against yennefer anymore because he realizes that she has sacrificed a lot for him and he hasn’t in return:

“A little sacrifice isn’t enough here; you’d have to sacrifice everything, and there’d still be no way of knowing if that would be enough (...) Now I know that a little sacrifice is a hell of a lot.” 

but then sh’eenaz loses her fishy tail for duke agloval ON TOP of all of the sacrifices she has made for him before? i can’t deal with this, i call bullshit. the duke has NO redeeming qualities and i still can’t see them as a couple because he was such a dick. so this relationship being part of what demonstrates “a little sacrifice” really just serves to muddle the message of the short story

i have an idea to rewrite the whole thing so to make essi x sh’eenaz real (there is potential in this ship) and the message clearer. i think there should be no romance between essi and geralt because it’s weird and for a character who is basically just Younger & Female Dandelion to immediately fall hard and fast in love with geralt is eye-rolling. i get that it’s about the message and themes of the story and not about the characters, i understand this, the characters actually matter very little, but the message would even be clearer if sh’eenaz had left the duke for essi, because it would show that sh’eenaz has already sacrificed, she’s already done so much, and because the duke never reciprocated, she left him and found love with a better person. and that could be geralt’s wakeup call that a little sacrifice really is a hell of a lot, it would send him hightailing to apologize to yennefer or at least communicate to her that he appreciates her sacrifices that she has made for him, because if you don’t appreciate the sacrifices, you will lose your loved ones.

also ofc i’d involve gerlion and all of this because i feel like there is this weird, buried trail of gerlion vs geryennefer running throughout the sword of destiny, here is my “im looking at this too closely” analysis of the path of how gerlion and geryennefer both get to exist:

bounds of reason - geralt is of course still on good terms with dandelion, but needs to mend things with yennefer, and he manages to do so by the end of the story, also dandelion and yennefer are mildly antagonistic to each other (i also cross out That Comment/Joke/Scene from my mind just fyi, its really just horrible and out of place so i cant consider it as canon)

a shard of ice - geralt and yennefer still have feelings for each other but end up separated by the end of the short story because of insecurities relating to their capacities for love and their relationships with others: there is this contrast between yennefer and istredd, which is a long relationship of friendship and istredd is someone yennefer goes to when she needs security that she will be loved, geralt is someone in contrast that she is very passionately in love with and isn’t really thinking about longtime reliability with

eternal flame - geralt and yennefer have called it quits for now, dandelion also just broke up with his girlfriend, geralt and dandelion meet in a city and decide to get smashed together. that situation alone calls for a single eyes emoji. but id like to point out the parallel here between yen/istredd and geralt/dandelion, dandelion is someone geralt goes to for security in that he will be loved, that his company will be liked and appreciated. also one of the stupidest things ive come up with is that “eternal flame” does mean some romantic interest who’s been in your life seemingly forever and you’ll always love, and the story IS called... ok anyways.... at the end of the story we are presented with this weirdly emotional scene as dudu changes into dandelion because from being geralt for a few seconds, he knows his thoughts and knows that geralt will never use violence against him & that he’ll let him go... this is a very interesting scene because of how comic the rest of the story is in tone

a little sacrifice [rewritten] - so my take on this would be that geralt and dandelion have unresolved and unacknowledged closeness and it’s eating at the both of them. geralt is just annoying because he doesn’t think he’s ‘normal’ enough for love, basically nothing really needs to change except the last 3 to 4 chapters... they still have the argument in bed, they still go to investigate the dragon’s teeth together. just instead of essi randomly confessing the all-consuming, obsessive romantic feelings for geralt that she developed in less than 35 pages, dandelion and geralt are the ones sitting down just discussing what is going on with their relationship that has been developed in-depth for i guess five short stories now (including the voice of reason) and around 15 to 20 in-universe years that have not had any affect on their ages because that’s narrative for you. instead of geralt having to console a lovesick girl crying over him and thinking that he can’t make this little sacrifice, the theme of sacrifice for love is carried over by a discussion of how much they have already sacrificed for one another over the years, and contributes to the redux theme of “sacrifice for love needs to be reciprocated.” simultaneously, after sh’eenaz leaves the duke for a better option, geralt realizes the meaning of a little sacrifice and realizes how he has acted poorly towards yennefer, and seeks to make things right with her again. THUS we can have both ships and they wont conflict.

the sword of destiny - holy shit none of this romance drama shit matters AFTER ALL. actually it’s the CHILD which has been important all of this time, and it’s time to be responsible or invite doom across the threshold... ah wait okay doom has already entered the house. doom is eating tostitos and bean dip.

something more - following consequences of the end of the sword of destiny. obviously about ciri but yennefer and dandelion also have incredibly significant scenes in this short story and i think it’s just to represent that they’re also important in geralt’s life

beginning of blood of elves - yennefer and dandelion actually have a good conversation about everything including geralt and they basically matrue up and agree to never be hostile towards each other ever again. they both see that the others give him something that they cannot, and they’re not in competition with each other at all

tl;dr