#aspiringtoeloquence

[klaineccfanficlibrary]

do you have any fics where one of them is a reporter or journalist? :)

Yes, a fun trope. ~Jen

Hot off the press, there is this one:

Must Love cats By @grlnxtdr30 (grlnxtdr29)

Kurt is named in a will, and his inheritance comes with a penthouse in Manhattan, a cottage in Long Island, and a...Nanny?

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The Warbler Interview by @little-escapist

Kurt is very excited about his first assignment as a journalist: he’ll interview the new boy band sensation, the Warblers. It means he’ll get to talk to the most handsome man alive, Cooper Anderson.

But once Kurt meets the band – Cooper, sarcastic Sebastian, boy-next-door Sam, and Cooper’s brother Blaine – it’s the younger Anderson that steals his heart over the course of a single night.

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I Really Want It by blackrose1002

Kurt Hummel, an aspiring, young journalist, after being neglected at work for such a long time, finally gets his chance to prove himself. The only thing he needs is something or someone to write about. He’s still waiting for the inspiration to come, but what if the opportunity waits just around the corner?

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Crimson Yarn By @teddyshoney

Back from New York, Kurt has just purchased a lake house in need of fixing up to keep him busy while he tries to heal from his past relationship. Back from LA, Blaine reluctantly takes a job from his father while he mourns the loss of his dream. Will red yarn, coffee, and some heavy conversation be enough for both boys to realize that there many be an answer to their healing right in front of them?

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Swing the Spinning Step by aspiringtoeloquence

Kurt Hummel, a copy-editor at The New York Sentinel, just got his big break: the chance to become a reporter, go undercover at a local high school and write an expose. His job is made a lot more complicated by the people he meets (one in particular, an English teacher with a passion for his subject and a penchant for bowties) and the things he learns - both about high school and about himself.

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Spice @alilactree

Kurt is assigned to write a sex column designed to help readers with their vanilla sex lives and isn’t happy about it. Until he and Blaine discover that maybe a little spice isn’t so bad after all.

[oldcoyote]

D&D 6th Anniversary Project: Phase One - 7 Pocket Dice Bags

for six wonderful years i’ve run a D&D game for the same party of four players, some of my best friends in the world, and for our 6th anniversary i decided to embark on a huge multi-phase project to send them homemade gifts to celebrate!

phase one was customised 7 pocket dice bags made especially for each player. i had to design and develop the original pattern myself as there are no 7 pocket dice bag patterns available out there, but once i managed to do that, i set about making the individual bags

for Em, who plays our cleric Eilish, she loves all things bees so i used a vintage style antique bee print outer case with a honeycomb lining

for @cracktastic, who plays our bard Gwen, her fave deep blue suited well with themes of leaves and the moon for her bardic troupe, the Moonsea Players, along with a leaf pattern matching cream lining

for @aspiringtoeloquence, who plays our rogue Milah, the lines of the stars and the heavens in her favorite bright blue worked out nicely, along with a rainbow lining for her love of bright colours

for @grimdarkfandango, who plays our fighter/barbarian Jadyn, an array of skulls and leaves on black fit the bill, along with her favorite grey for the lining

phase two: custom hand painted nesting dolls of the party

phase three: black & foil gold cutout design cards for each character

[vooruitmariek]

gene kelly, eat your heart out by @aspiringtoeloquence for @themagicianshea, title page & dividers (1/3)

When Alice breaks up with Quentin over the phone from a magician's conference in Paris (a break up that Julia reminds him is not even the first for them this year), Quentin knows he has to seize the day and win her back. He won't get distracted, not by the fact that portal magic isn't working and he has to fly, or by the obnoxious and unfairly attractive Magician sitting next to him on the plane. He can take charge of his life, and this strange magician-hedge who seems to be building a life with his friends here is just another detour on the way to where he's supposed to be.

[Or: Man who read too many fantasy novels meets a thief (only recently, and technically) on a transatlantic flight. Life happens.]

[themagicianshea]

Title: gene kelly, eat your heart out

Author: @aspiringtoeloquence​ [AO3]

Artist: @mariek-artblog [AO3]

Summary:  When Alice breaks up with Quentin over the phone from a magician's conference in Paris (a break up that Julia reminds him is not even their first this year), Quentin knows he has to seize the day and win her back. He won't get distracted, not by the fact that portal magic isn't working and he has to fly, or by the obnoxious and unfairly attractive Magician sitting next to him on the plane. He can take charge of his life, and this strange magician-hedge who seems to be building a life with his friends here is just another detour on the way to where he's supposed to be. [Or: Man who read too many fantasy novels meets a thief (only recently, and technically) on a transatlantic flight. Life happens.]

Read the fic! | See the art!

[cpmhew]

Quentin 'I'm a Feminist' Coldwater

[alicefollowtherabbit]

Soothe, Waxing, Candlelight

soothe: what's one thing that always makes you feel better when you're upset?

80s music. hands down the one thing that can pick me up when i’m low, having a shit day, or just all out sad, is over the top 80s music. 

waxing: what is your proudest accomplishment?

i’m kind of in the middle of it actually. i’m probably most proud of picking myself up after the amputation, looking at how stagnated my life had become, and deciding to actually do something about it and start working towards reclaiming some semblance of a life again. i feel like i’m half way between chapters right now, but i’m really happy with how far i’ve come so far.

candlelight: are you an indecisive person?

sometimes, but really only about unimportant things like what to have for dinner, or what i want to do in my spare time. big decisions tend to be made fairly quickly and i like to act on things that are the most impactful pretty swiftly.

[kythwena]

Eliot is full of shit and has the self-preservation instinct of a particularly nonchalant moth.

the way i need to wake by @aspiringtoeloquence Collection: The Magicians Big Bang

[grimdarkfandango]

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[aspiringtoeloquence]

Fic: gene kelly, eat your heart out [Read it and see the art on Ao3 here!] Written for @themagicianshea​ 2022 Author: @aspiringtoeloquence Artist: @mariek-artblog​ [Art Post is here!]​ Fandom: The Magicians Wordcount: ~39k Pairing(s): Quentin Coldwater/Eliot Waugh, Quentin Coldwater/Alice Quinn Rating: T+ Warnings: Discussions of depression and mental health struggles, with very brief references to past suicidal ideation. This story also takes place after the death of a parent, and the grief of that loss is felt. Take care of yourself.

Summary: When Alice breaks up with Quentin over the phone from a magician's conference in Paris (a break up that Julia reminds him is not even the first for them this year), Quentin knows he has to seize the day and win her back. He won't get distracted, not by the fact that portal magic isn't working and he has to fly, or by the obnoxious and unfairly attractive Magician sitting next to him on the plane. He can take charge of his life, and this strange magician-hedge who seems to be building a life with his friends here is just another detour on the way to where he's supposed to be. [Or: Man who read too many fantasy novels meets a thief (only recently, and technically) on a transatlantic flight. Life happens.] Notes: This is a retooling of the 1995 rom-com French Kiss, which stars Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline. Because pourquoi pas?!? Detailed thanks included in notes, but briefly: eternal love to @mariek-artblog (the funnest partner in crime!) @idoltina (the wind beneath my wings) and @rubickk7 (a hero who stepped in at the last minute to provide essential advice!). 

[magiciansbigbang]

MAGICIANS BIG BANG WEEK 1: RECAP

(you are) my very best thing by @portraitofemmy, @stormscoming (Art: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

Quentin Coldwater is trying to figure out what he wants from life. Everyone around him seems to be stepping off into adulthood with career success and personal accomplishments; his childhood best friend is even getting married. And then there’s the Eliot of it all— Eliot Waugh, Quentin’s friend, confidant, found family member... who he’s been sleeping with for the better part of a year. Eliot’s the only person in Quentin’s life not trying to push him in one direction or the other, but it may turn out that Eliot’s the person he wants to build his future around after all.

the way i need to wake by @aspiringtoeloquence, @mariek-artblog (Art: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

“Some love stories don’t have a happy ending. Some are tragedies. Sometimes a person is gone, and no amount of luck or love – no matter how real, or un-repressed, or potentially life-altering – can change that. Luckily, this isn’t one of those stories.”

Quentin Coldwater is dead. And then, all of a sudden... he isn’t? Chronicling the months before and after Q reappears out of the blue. Because if something magical seems too good to be true, Eliot Waugh has learned that it definitely is.

Once Upon a Place Sometimes by @nellie-elizabeth, @vriah (Art)

The night the Physical Kids’ Cottage burns down, Quentin is alone in his room, sulking. He could have been at the party downstairs. He’d been invited to the party downstairs. But ever since the... incident with Eliot, things have been weird between them. Quentin hadn’t wanted to mope around the edges of the room and pine for simpler days. And so he’s alone, forced to escape through his bedroom window, as the magical flames tear the Cottage down to the studs.

In the aftermath, Quentin, Eliot and the other Physical Kids are left to pick up the pieces, both literally and metaphorically, of what happened that night. And in Quentin’s case, of what happened months earlier, when he’d humiliated himself and lost the closeness of the most important friendship of his adult life.

Luckily, even if things can never go back to the way they were, that doesn’t mean they can’t be fixed. And in the meantime, there’s a shortage of bedrooms on campus in the absence of the Cottage...

shooting the moon by @tomelettesandgreggs, @aniallating (Art: 1, 2, 3)

What happens in Vegas does NOT stay in Vegas. When Margo and Quentin head on a spontaneous trip to Las Vegas without Eliot, they have a little too much fun and things get out of hand. Yeah, they sort of got married, but it's nothing a quick annulment can't fix. Eliot doesn't care at all, obviously. Why would it bother him?

Featuring: champagne and hotel room bubble baths, Margo's endless supply of corny pet names, a visit to Q's dad in Jersey, two over-the-top parties, and a guy named Brad.

[klaineccfanficlibrary]

The Plans That We've Made

Author:  aspiringtoeloquence 

Rating:  M

Status:  Completed in March 2012

Word Count:  18,239

Summary:  Kurt and Blaine are back in Ohio for the holidays, and it feels like the next few weeks could be important in so many ways. 

Tropes/Genre:  established relationship, fluff, romance, Christmas

Lynne’s review:  This is just so, so lovely. I adored it.

Read at:  AO3     

[oldcoyote]

I can't remember my password and it is like 2am, but this is aspiringtoeloquence and I want to point out re: poll that although we all bear the scars of glee fandom, we do not forget where we came from. (pls imagine this said very seriously looking into camera like Jim on the office).

in retrospect i do appreciate the need to honor our roots & share a moment with our collective trauma

[vooruitmariek]

gene kelly, eat your heart out by @aspiringtoeloquence​ for @themagicianshea​ (3/3)

[klaineharmony]

Fanfiction Writers Appreciation Day

I have seen the lovely idea going around to tag some of your favorite writers in a post, and I think it’s wonderful! I am in many fandoms, so there’s going to be quite the smattering of you on here.

@rthstewart, @edenfalling, and the whole crew of writers on DW and LJ who keep the Narnia Fic Exchange alive and well. Thank you for being so wonderful!

@flamingmuse, @aspiringtoeloquence, @sunandrainfic, @hkvoyage, @whatstheproblembaby, @flowerfan2, @caramelcoffeeaddict, @nadiacreek, @honeysucklepink, @skintightsocks, @damnpene, @ckerouac, @judearaya, @wowbright, @the-cimmerians, @captain-truffles, @cinnamon-t, @iconicklaine, @lookninjas, @bluecloudsupabove, @antarcticbird, @anxioussquirrel, @lilyvandersteen, @ittlebitz, @gleekto, @purseplayer, @twobirdsonesong, @purplehairedwonder, @multsicorn, @the-water-nixie, @engorgioblaine, @missbeizy , @coffeegleek, @jackabelle73 and all of you who have previously or continue to write and keep our Klaine and Glee fandom so bright and vibrant. 

@jbaillier, @elwinglyre, @chriscalledmesweetie, and @vividstitch for turning out so much incredible work for the Sherlock fandom. 

@elozable, @whatstheproblembaby, @queenofbrooklyn, @wordshakerofgallifrey, @thelittleredheadedmusician @rudeflower, @radioactivepigeons, @penzyroamin, @livingchancy, @david-jacobs-would, @safarikalamari. @writemetohell, @all-the-lovely-newsies, @gracetrack-higgins for writing such lovely things for the Newsies fandom. 

You are all amazing, and I can’t tell you how much all of your work has meant to me, to cheer me up and make me feel and while away so many wonderful hours of reading. Thank you so much! <3 <3 <3

[cracktastic]

Music asks: 1, 3, 5, 7, 20.

1:A song you like with a color in the title

Baby’s a Red - House of Heroes

3:A song that reminds you of summertime 

5:A song that needs to be played LOUD

Down the Road - C2C  (This one just fits both!)

7:A song to drive to

Lisztomania - Phoenix

20:A song that has many meanings to you

Truce - The Dresden Dolls

[kythwena]

He wakes up the next day, and Quentin is definitely, definitively alive. Eliot breathes. It’s enough.

the way i need to wake by @aspiringtoeloquence Collection: The Magicians Big Bang