#author: synestheticwanderings

[lockwood-fic-recs]

The world is bigger than the Problem

by synestheticwanderings on ao3

Rating: T | Category: Gen | Relationship: George/Flo, Lockwood&Flo, Lucy&Flo

Flo gets lost in thought while biking back to Matilda after dropping George and the bone glass off at DEPRAC.

[monsterbananatv]

So I got to write a fic with some of my favourite people (and favourite authors) :D

It was a lot of fun and these are guys (in my opinion) are some of the best writers I know <3

Gold stars to whoever can guess which part is mine

[worldofkaeos]

Answer the Questions and Tag 5 Fanfic Authors

@cate-deriana Thank you so much for the tag!! tbh i havent written in a long time (writer's block + burnout) but this was funn

1 . How did you get into writing fanfiction?

I just finished reading Lockwood and Co and was surviving solely on fanfictions, but i still missed the characters too much and theyve become so real to me i couldnt survive without them!! And then I had this lovely cosy scene play out in my head and it felt warm and lovely like home, and so I started to write it, on my notes app, and it felt really good. And it wasn't meant to be posted or anything, just for me to experience the world again. Then, regularly I would write short scenes of them and daydream, and it was really fun. By the time exams were approaching I had built a solid idea out of that short snippet I first started with, and when exams ended all I could think about was that idea, I spiralled so much I wrote secretly in school and on the train I would source for inspiration, and at night I'd write with spooky music and get vivid images flash across my head for new ideas. I have dreams about it too. In the end I wrote 37k in 2 weeks, even with school and while I was on holiday, and I thought it would be the end but I had more ideas!

Boy, am I long-winded.

2. How many fandoms have you written in?

1 (Lockwood and Co.)

3. How many years have you been writing fanfiction?

not even a year! I wrote 7 months since last august and stopped

4. Do you read or write more fanfiction?

Read, definitely! I've learnt a lot from reading, and played around with writing styles. Also, I've gotten a better insight of characters this way and inspiration ✨

5. What is one way you’ve improved as a writer?

I actually know that I'm writing when I write 😂 so yes, now I'm less long-winded, more to the point, and writing style changes. I guess in the past I didn't really care for the writing part, I just wanted to experience the world as much as possible through writing which is why my writing is sooo long-winded.

6. What’s the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?

I've once searched how long a body decays if kept at refrigerated temperature in a damp environment. Oh, but I had this incredibly in depth research of a cathedral, I drew out maps and went on 360 virtual tours to learn about them.

7. What’s your favorite type of comment to receive on your work?

Anything! I love it most when people point out a certain part in what I write and talk about it. I get really excited like yes I love that part too! It makes me more confident about my writing.

8. What’s the most fringe trope/topic you write about?

Crack where the characters are in a tea shop in china, and I used some chinese (with horrible english translations) for a ghost.

9. What is the hardest type of story for you to write?

Angst, anything with a lot of emotions, I am bad at them because I make myself too sad thinking about it 😂

10. What is the easiest type?

Crack, casefics, action, horror!

11. Where do you do your writing? What platform? When?

Notes on my phone when i want something quick, but usually google docs on my phone or ipad. In the same account with all my work. Yes, I am messy.

12. What is something you’ve been too nervous/intimidated to write, but would love to write one day?

Detective x Paranormal investigation AU, AUs playing around with lore. Mainly very long AUs

13. What made you choose your username?

Since I was young my friends said I was Kaeos because my name is Kaelyn and I am chaotic

no pressure tags!: @synestheticwanderings @waiting-for-my-hogwarts-letter @menina89 @dangerously-human @almostlikequake @cats-and-metersticks @nomolosk @itripandfallalot @the-biscuit-agreement

[redrobin-detective]

If you are interested, there’s a small niche of rarepair authors in the L&Co fandom - mostly cot3 shippers, but def some Kipps fans and some Skull fans. There was recently a gift exchange with some good Skull content. If you’re looking for non-Locklyle, here’s a good place to start:

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/LCoPolyculeGiftExchangeFeb2024

(I highly rec all these authors, but particularly justice_for_skull and synestheticwanderings for Skull content)

Oh thank you! I have absolutely no problem with Locklyle I'm just not a huge shipper in general and want to read different (IE Gen, non romance) stories.

[lockwood-fic-recs]

November Masterlist

All the fics we shared in November 2024! Thank you everyone for all your support <33

01/11 | [EXPLICIT] Inside, This Place is Warm by chibiosaka

04/11 | Perfectly Incandescently Happy by OceanSpray5

07/11 | The world is bigger than the Problem by synestheticwanderings

11/11 | Someone Throw A Lifeline (I Don't Wanna Drown) by WaitingForMyHogwartsLetter

14/11 | The Summer Garden by SciroccoOrion

15/11 | [EXPLICIT] Lucy Nails The Practical by co-tee-free

18/11 | always, to the ends of the earth by god_on_crack

21/11 | but i won't let you lose yourself in the rain by blackjack_15

25/11 | and the walls kept tumbling down in the city that we love by thethinkingcloth

28/11 | Consequences by nevercatchme

29/11 | all you need's a bit of direction by Pages_turn

[lockwood-fic-recs]

there's no such thing as one true love

by synestheticwanderings on ao3

Rating: T | Category: F/F, F/M | Relationship: Lockwood/Lucy, Lucy/Skull, Lucy/Norrie

The whole thing was fucked up anyway. Even as a child of twelve, even before she saw her number, she knew that the universe was cruel. Why give a number and no names? Why no sign when you finally—if you ever—crossed paths with a soulmate? The only time the number changed was the slow march down to zero, when one of the souls passed to a place unreachable.

Soulmark AU where all you get is a number. Follows Lucy and her three great loves throughout the series.

[lockwood-fic-recs]

November Masterlist

Can you believe we've been doing this for two months already? Thank you for all your support so far! In case you missed it, here's last month's masterlist.

02/11 | Sweets for the Sweet by Savoirfaire

03/11 | Ask: AUs

06/11 | my shirt sits on my body (like it's not meant for me) by woahpip

09/11 | aftershocks by thewestwinged

10/11 | The Darkness Beyond the Gates: A Halloween Chronicle by worldofkaeos (submission)

13/11 | lay all your love on me by the_one_that_fell

16/11 | Renegades by WaitingForMyHogwartsLetter

20/11 | there's no such thing as one true love by synestheticwanderings

23/11 | The Faith and the Fighter by barronsfever

24/11 | Ask: Short Fics (4k and under)

27/11 | Party For Two by cherriepixie27

30/11 | you should never know how easy you are to need by grasslandgirl

[lockwood-fic-recs]

January Masterlist

All the fics we shared in the first month of 2024!! Thank you again for all the support :))

01/01 | Karim Family Christmas by TheMalapert

02/01 | Ask: Gen, ≤T-Rated, No Book Spoilers

04/01 | Trust and Consequences by ConYamArtist

08/01 | Eye of the Beholder by cassiopeia_story

09/01 | Ask: Bookverse

11/01 | No feelings are free from heartache by plattypie_humano

12/01 | [EXPLICIT] Once Upon a Loving Night by WolfjawsWriter

15/01 | Where You Are (Is Where I Always Want To Be) by WaitingForMyHogwartsLetter

18/01 | Make a House a Home by EmilyWallas

22/01 | can't leave the night by synestheticwanderings

23/01 | Ask: Kipps-centric, Fittes-related

25/01 | So This is What it Feels Like to be Home by fastidious_and_a_mess

26/01 | [EXPLICIT] Oceans Open Wide When You Obey by buggybugs

29/01 | what a glorious feeling (i'm happy again) by Fandomscraziness22

[lockwood-fic-recs]

Fic Discussion #116

Our second fic last week was The world is bigger than the Problem and it's finally time to start a discussion! What did you think of this Flo POV? Reply or reblog using the tag #lockwoods book club and let us know your thoughts!

[lockwood-fic-recs]

Fic Discussion #33

Last week's first fic was can't leave the night, and now it's time for a discussion! We love hearing what these two talk about on their sleepless nights. What did you think of this one? Reply or reblog using the tag #lockwoods book club and let us know!

[lockwood-fic-recs]

Fic Discussion #15

Last week as our first fic we recommended there's no such thing as one true love and now it's time for you to tell us what you thought! It's not the first time we've shared soulmate AUs, so how did you enjoy this one? Was there a part that really stood out to you? Don't be afraid to share! Reply or reblog using the tag #lockwoods book club and let us know!