my "im not reading that" list
please note: this is my list with my personal preferences. if you disagree, thats okay! however you will not change my mind. this isn't about good or bad, this is knowing i wont enjoy reading them
stephen king- i really cant do horror and one of his most famous characters shares my name and im just petty enough to care about that sorryyyyy
brandon sanderson- the amount of people who tell me to read his books is hysterical. ive tried mistborn three times. its not happening
neil gaiman- ive read like 6 of his books and 4 were for class please please let me read another author
song of ice and fire- this series sounds so unappealing to me and i also do not want to watch the series.
lies of locke lamora- i am not the target audience for this book, trust me on this
sarah j maas- ive heard acomaf was her best. thats where i ended and ive never looked back
flowers in the attic- no god why no please stop never
wheel of time- thats just too many books for me to commit to and i refuse to be ashamed of this fact
james patterson- maybe if he actually writes a book by himself ill finally forgive him for maximum ride
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If you had to pick 5 fics you’ve written to make a “crash course” and sum up your writing personality, which would they be?
Oooh thank you so much for asking! <3 I had to ponder this a bit, but here's what I think:
I love angst/confronting your feelings at the moment your loved one faces mortal peril so Only Ghosts (4,267 Words). It's all the tasty Zevran/Wen feelings after she takes a deadly wound in the Deep Roads.
I have to include As Two Reflected Stars (12,429 words) because I also love hurt/comfort and tracing the role a specific habit or occurrence has in character growth over time. In this case, healing.
Internal conflict is (I think!) one of my specialties so I offer up Only a Kiss (1,215 Words), the first thing I ever wrote for Wen and Zevran. Wen is always such a treat to write because so much goes unspoken with her, but I feel like this is a peak example of her warring with herself.
I also consider tropes I don't love a little puzzle to unwrap for myself, so next is Search Your Hands (13,581 words). I wrote it as a silly little story about cultural misunderstandings between Cullen and Lavellan. It wound up being a more well-liked fic than most of mine, which surprised me a lot!
Aaaand last but not least I will always be a sucker for unspoken feelings, idiots in love, and romantic tension, so Summer Tea (897 Words) with Elowen and Cullen. These two are the worst at making that first move with each other but it's so fun to write the lead-up.
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dreambur drei haselnüsse für aschenbrödel au with wilbur as cinderella, living in a big estate and suffering from abuse by his stepmother and stepbrother after his father died.
the only connections he really cares about are the ones to his animals, dog tommy, horse tubbo, and owl niki, and the one to servant phil.
one winter morning, after escaping a punishment of separating lentils and ashes with the help of a flock of white doves, he goes on a ride with tubbo and interrupts the hunt of prince dream and his two companions george and sapnap.
the three chase him through the woods and manage to catch him, but instead of backing down, wilbur insults the prince and flees on dream's horse, said to be unpredictable.
at the same time, wilbur's stepmother and brother manage to get invitations for the royal ball where dream, after too many shenanigans, is forced to choose a betrothed.
since the two need material for outfits, they send phil into the city, where on the way there, he meets wilbur, who's washing clothes in the ice cold river.
after talking about the ball for a little while, phil leaves, promising wilbur to bring him back a gift that 'hit him right on the nose'.
and that's exactly what happens when on his way home, a nest with three hazelnuts falls onto phil.
he gives them to wilbur.
a few days pass, and after getting away from another punishment with help from the doves, wilbur finds himself talking to niki, expressing his wish for a disguise so he could escape for a while.
as if it heard his words, one of the hazelnuts drops to the floor, transforming into a hunter's outfit.
relieved, wilbur takes tubbo and tommy and leaves for the woods where he stumbles upon dream's hunting party, who are competing for a ring from the royal treasury.
the challenge being to shoot down a bird of prey, wilbur is the only one to manage it, even from his hiding spot.
when he steps out, true to the promise, dream puts the ring on wilbur's finger.
but wilbur slips away soon after, and when the prince comes to look for him, he has already changed back into his normal clothes and hidden in a tree, making fun of dream and refusing to tell him where the 'hunter' went before disappearing.
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on the day of the ball, after enduring mocking comments from his stepbrother, wilbur finds himself back with niki and the hazelnuts, wondering and hoping if he might get another outfit and a chance to see the prince again.
eyes closed, he lets the second hazelnut fall, almost breaking out in tears when he finds a beautiful suit made out of silk and chiffon, gemstones shimmering in the low light.
tubbo and tommy accompany him to the castle, and after fighting with himself for a bit, he finally enters.
he doesn't notice the way all eyes are drawn to him.
hiding his features behind a veil, he enters the ballroom, almost immediately running into dream who just wanted to leave after an outburst, tired of all the people throwing themselves at him.
but intrigued by the mysterious stranger, he decides to stay, asking wilbur for a dance.
his curiosity only grows when they talk a little, and he's soon captivated by his dancing partner.
it's easy for dream to voice the wish to marry him.
against his expectations, the stranger doesn't accept.
wilbur steps away and ties his agreement to a riddle dream has to solve, a riddle that references their previous encounters.
when dream fails to answer, wilbur runs.
he's out of the castle in seconds, but on the steps outside, he stumbles, falling and losing one of his boots.
with no time left, he leaves it, taking tubbo and tommy and riding off to get back home.
dream doesn't give up that easily though, way too enamoured with the stranger to just let him disappear.
with george and sapnap in tow, he follows wilbur, arriving at the estate not long after him.
wilbur has already quietly returned to his small chamber, and compared to his arrival, dream's is loud, alerting the servants and workers of the estate and its farm.
they're surprised to find the prince, even more so when he starts to question them about a beautifully dressed stranger.
it's george who finally suggest that all the men try on the lost shoe, something the villagers agree to but not without jokes and humorous pushes.
in the chaos, no one notices the stepmother and her son returning, and they're the only ones who catch sight of wilbur through one of the windows, still in his suit and coat and the tiara used to secure the veil on top of his head.
without any eyes on them, they have no problem sneaking up and overpowering wilbur, taking his coat and leaving him tied up on the floor.
when they arrive back in the courtyard, it's with all attention on them this time.
dream, who recognizes the coat, approaches them, but the stepmother stops him before he can get too close, trying to get him to propose and refusing when dream wants her son to try on the shoe.
instead, she takes the boot and the two of them leave in a sled.
the prince follows, but when the sled crashes into a pond, he recognizes the stepbrother as someone who tried to flirt with him at the ball, and he grabs the shoe, riding back to the estate.
in the meantime, wilbur was able to free himself, now seeking refuge in niki, hopeless and heartbroken.
only with the owl's encouragement does he reach for the last hazelnut, letting it fall to the floor.
it turns into a wedding outfit, white and embroidered, lace and small gemstones decorating it. a silver crown rests on top of it, and wilbur lets out a breathless laugh when he realizes that one of the boots is missing.
it's in these clothes that he takes tubbo, tommy, and niki and returns to the estate.
at his arrival, everyone is staring at him, and in the end, george and sapnap have to push dream towards him for the prince to finally get to him.
the shoe slips onto wilbur's foot without any problems, but when he wants to give the ring back to dream, the prince protests, sliding it onto wilbur's finger again.
it prompts wilbur to repeat his riddle, and this time, dream remembers.
the boy in the woods, the talented hunter, the mysterious stranger at the ball.
wilbur, the name he got from phil, falls from his lips, instantly followed by a marriage proposal.
wilbur smiles.
and of course, he accepts.
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