#author reaction

[overlyenthusiasticfictionreader]

Finally getting my act together and reblogging this :)

It has been delightful to see this post crossing my dash this week, surprising me every time because I'm not in the reblog chain yet XD. Definitely a pick-me-up everytime it happens!

I was contacted late last year for permission to typeset my silly baby robots story for a fanbinding. I was somewhat aware of fanbinding and have an admiration of the art of bookbinding in general, so I happily gave my blessing. Hey, if someone likes my writing enough to commit an act of craftwork about it, I say full steam ahead. In my opinion it's the highest honor a work of fanfiction can receive.

Fast forward to now. @catspawbindery has gifted me this gorgeous tome.

Y'all.

Sweet shiny Primus is this thing gorgeous.

Just look at the quality and care that went into this. It's so well made and wonderful to hold.

I had (am still having, when spacetime allows) so much fun writing this series, despite/because-of its cracky premise, and seeing it manifest as a physical object is delightfully surreal. I'm going to find a prominent place to display it in the room where I do most of my writing so it can spur me on. Hopefully someday right next to it will be the first hardcover of Scoundrel.

(Don't worry, she is a very gentle pup and no damage occurred.)

Amyda, it's beautiful. Thank you so much. I can't stop grinning.

[heedra]

one of my biggest turnoffs from a discussion style podcast is when the hosts get off on a side topic outside their 'field' and it becomes apparently that they are extremely willfully ignorant abt something pretty basic and easy to google.

[shrugsinchinese]

The Bone That Has No Marrow by @augentrust

Shadowgast with an incredible premise/plot twist, spot on m9 characterization, absolutely scrumptious angst/comfort

jaw drop inspired rearranged my brain cells y’all go read

[s-h-a-s-e]

a cup of Mabel Juice might just fix me

[roseserpentpress]

Omg thank you!! I'm super happy you find it gorgeous! It goes well for a very lovely story you've written :)

Comments and fic links below! (PS: click to see not crap quality photos/videos)

First finished ficbind for 2024, and first that I actually tried my hand at gold leafing (compared to previous use of gold inking). The gilding uses a hand-painted on glue and then the gold sheet overload and rubbed off; since the glue is put down not flat it adds a bit of texture to it, much like embroidery which I found cool. The design was based off a old cover design which I altered slightly to fit for the title of the book; been wanting to use one of the designs for a very long time now so rather chuffed to use one this time round, and (generally) well please with the typesetting. I actually painted the cover all in one long day with one piece running in the background during the holidays, lol. Two photos below are WIP photos and one including one of my su-purr-visors on my very cluttered desk. He's since passed due to being hit by a car, so the photos of him supervising me for this fanbind is something special to me.

The book itself contains mainly the Trigun vashwood fic Trillium and Ivy and upon remembering that there's a few other shorter stories involved, it became an impromptu anthology of the series. So overall it contains:

Trillium and Ivy (E, 80k)

Nick Wolfwood is the new director of Conrad-Chapel Funeral Home in May City, located across the street from Saverem Greenhouse & Landscaping. Over time, the owner, Vash, gets to know Nick and introduces him to the rest of the neighborhood, including local busybodies and married feminist bookshop owners Meryl and Milly. Vash and Nick are inexorably drawn to each other until they have to start admitting their feelings.

But Vash's brother, co-owner of the garden center, hasn't left his past as far behind as the twins had hoped when they started their lives over in May.

Raise a Glass to the Turnings of the Season (G, 7k)

A collection of small ficlets set in the universe of Trillium and Ivy, a modern AU in which Wolfwood runs a funeral home across the street from Vash and Knives' garden center.

Regarding the subjects of hospital visits, body image issues, adoption, laundry, and more.

I've seen all the demons that you've got (T, 8k)

The Hollywood-glam-slash-mad-scientist meet cute is going perfectly well, thank you. Except for all the anxiety, loneliness, insomnia, nightmares, body dysmorphia, identity struggles, poor communication, stalkers, arson, kidnapping, drugs, and concussions.

Other than those things... Knives might actually be onto a good thing in his life for once.

[A brief look into Knives' experience during Trillium and Ivy, a modern AU in which Wolfwood runs a funeral home across the street from Vash and Knives' garden center.]

[banalhorrors]

murderbot would be a really funny story for a ‘the characters watch the show’ style fic, because you could actually jerry rig a canon way for that to happen. the first book is already an in-universe extended letter written by murderbot, and there are so many cameras everywhere you could plausibly come up with recordings for large chunks of the plot. ART probably has all of its time with SecUnit archived, maybe SecUnit’s drones recordings are backed up externally. Just give everyone some dumb breach in their data security, you can make it happen, make all the characters watch footage of murderbot nervously attending a job interview. make all the characters watch it wander around that festival with Mensah’s family and react to the musicals it manages to make time to see. The Barish-Estranza employees are there too for some reason and they are very confused about it

[squorttle-pox]

A message from an AO3 author to fanfiction readers:

If you leave a comment on my work, then I love you.

If you go through my account leaving comments on all my works and every chapter that I update, then I love you.

You will never be annoying. You will never be the exception. I will never not love someone appreciating my work.

If you leave kudos, then I love you.

If you just read my fic, and don't interact, then I love you.

If you scroll past my works and never read them, then I STILL love you.

We are a community, we love each other.

Let's stop forgetting that.

[overlyenthusiasticfictionreader]

❤️

Behold! @overlyenthusiasticfictionreader recently did a binding of my fanfic Toy Soldiers and sent me a copy (cat for scale).

I love that bookbinding has become a thing in fandom, and I love seeing the books people produce, so it's especially delightful to see one of mine being bound and to receive a copy. It came very nicely wrapped and was so tiny and cool -- it's so neat to me that the binding information is included, and that this is one of those hobbies where people share that kind of thing to help each other out and document the work they've done.

Amyda has a post about the binding process here, and a post on AO3 here; I'll be reblogging the tumblr post separately in a bit. Thank you again!

[ID: Four images; the first shows a wrapped package, sealed with wax and tied with rainbow ribbon, sitting on my kitchen table; the next image shows it resting on a Captain America blanket next to Dearborn the tortie, who is crouched and sniffing it (she was fascinated). The third shows the book unwrapped, a small red volume with Toy Soldiers stamped in gold on the cover, which also features fireworks on it. The fourth image is a close up of the book, still on the Cap blanket, showing off the cover.]

[g0at0ad]

some skills shenanigans from my fic

[disco-dancing-in-the-desert]

[celestial-sphere-press]

ahhhh I'm happy it made it to you safe, and that you love it!! I had a great time making this binding for these stories that are very near and dear to my heart. (and yessss success (happy) crying IS the goal omg)

(reblogging here bc it's the fanbinding sideblog)

@desmothene DID A FAN BINDING OF GRAD VULCAN AND SENT ME A COPY AND SCREEEEEEAAAAAAM ITS SO BEAUTIFUL????? I KIND OF CRIED A LITTLE?????? AAAAAHHHHHHH

[crestfallenyh]

𖥨 masterlist

hello! welcome to the compilation of all my work so far. as you can see, i mostly write with a focus on yunho (you guessed it, my ult) as it tends to feel more natural for me, but with time i will also upload stories focused on other members as well. feedback is always well appreciated, enjoy! :)

kim hongjoong

𖥨 8:23 AM

timestamp. slice of life. purely fluff. gender neutral reader.

park seonghwa

jeong yunho

𖥨 22:46 PM

timestamp. best friends to lovers dynamic. slice of life. slightly suggestive. gender neutral reader.

𖥨 22:32 PM

timestamp. slice of life. smut with minimal plot. female reader. in a nutshell, boyfriend yunho asking to record your bedroom life before going away in a month-long trip.

𖥨 02:52 AM

timestamp. slice of life. lots of fluff with a hint of angst. best friends who are in love with each other dynamic. bff yunho taking care of reader, who caught a nasty cold.

𖥨 better this way

breakup au. angst and hurt with no comfort. slice of life. trying to numb the pain after a breakup is never the answer, much less when you know most of it wasn't anyone's fault but yours. this is how yunho deals with the aftermath after months without you.

𖥨 new light

slice of life. mainly smut with a tinge of fluff. sweet boyfriend yunho figuring out what his partner craves in their intimate life. appropriate tags and content warnings posted.

kang yeosang

choi san

song mingi

jung wooyoung

𖥨 23:08 PM

timestamp. slice of life. smut with no plot. afab reader though non use of gendered terms.

choi jongho

group scenarios, headcanons, etc.

𖥨 ateez and breath play headcanons

𖥨 ateez members when their s/o asks them to stay/not to go in their sleep

𖥨 series: alchemy of the soul

[anachilles]

chapt 9; whiskey neat, coffee black 🚒🥃

When they both turned to fix their gazes on him at the exact same time, the same pair of stormy blue eyes glared back and for a moment the familiarity was eerie, but thankfully fleeting. Stood next to each other, the physical similarities were unmissable. A thread flowing between them in the colour of their eyes, their willowy frames, and set of their eyebrows when they furrowed in displeasure. But at the same time, if he’d simply passed James Cleven on the street he wouldn’t have looked twice or noticed it at all. “No, unlike some people here I do actually work for a living and pay my own bills.” Whatever mirth the older man’s smile contained before quickly melted away. “You think you’re better than me.” It was a statement, not a question. A statement Gale didn’t deny.

-> read here on AO3! <-

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[leviackermanscleaningbuddy]

And once again, I bring you something so Mafia!Minho coded that I want to scream.

[pastelpinkillustrator]

To anyone who hasn't seen the Black Diamond meme, I envy your innocence :')

(Don't click this tiktok link if you want to stay innocent)

[woefulstar]

sometimes id read a marauders fanfic with Indian james and wish i didn't understand hindi