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Summarizing the fanfic I'm writing in a single sentence:
"No but- IT'S A BRILLIANT IDEA TO INJECT TITANS DNA INTO NEWBORN BABIES, ISN'T IT?? WHAT THE FUCK!"
#context: a fanfic that a friend of mine and I are developing#LIKE YOU KIDNAP LIKE 200 BABIES IN CALIFORNIA STATE AND YOU THINK WON'T GET SHIT??#the culprits are the eco-terrorists Your Honor#what a brilliant little shit idea isn't Jonah#Madison Russell will probably make appearances because I like her but not that much#Jia too but she's another part of the story#children with gigantic titans's dna who feed on radiation i mean yeah what could go wrong#It's not like fiction has shown MANY times that this DOESN'T work#AND I'M GOING TO PUT CATEMAY ALSO#oh but why? because I love them and I hate the fact that their development was that rushed thing in the series#I mean geez they deserved better than that rushed and poorly done romantic development#legendary monsterverse#monsterverse#monarch legacy of monsters#king of the monsters#legendary godzilla#godzilla#mothra#legendary mothra#godzilla kotm#godzilla x kong: the new empire#king kong#king ghidorah#monarch: legacy of monsters#mlom#kotm#jia andrews#madison russell#cate randa#randa family
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Larry questions
1. Do you think larry has read fanfics like TTS and y&b. A lot of people say no but to me that is SOOOOO HARRY LIKE. and Louis tries to always act like heâs not deep or meaningful (talking about how the tattoos mean nothing or whateve) but I feel like his real personality? definitely reading fics. Being harry and Louis doesnât change them from being human. Theyâre jus like us with experiences and money we wonât be able to comprehend but yea
2. Do you think larry uses this âshipâ for promo? Like have you seen things when theyâve been off duty thatâs shows larry is real? Or is it always during a fine like promotion, a FITF promotion that theyâll do soemthing larry like. For walls the tattoos as cover pages ⌠yk? Like was that a declaration or promo reasons. and frankly I do not think harry needs to do that anyways đ but it gets to me. Obviously what we saw in the band was pure love 100% and afterwards as well. I just sometimes think. Afterwards whether or not people think theyâre together, using Larry for promo would be so smart. I know theyâve gotten tatttos and have transcended a different level of love trust and commitment. But âŚ. I jut think. But again I donât think thoses boys could be in love and then out of love and using their love for promo years after. I donât know. What do you think?
3. Do you think larry was trying to pull a friendship narrative around July? As far as I know they were both off work (not relaising anything or touring) but they chose to be pictured CLOSE to each other in the same room. I feel like that shows that they wanted to introduce themselves to the public as friends slowly. Before the passing happend ofc. What do you think? Alor of people think they broke up. It would be funny after they broke up theyâre like ok letâs start to show them we are friends!!!! I feel like they couldnât just be friends thoses two. They were always soemthing more.
4. Whatâs your favourite year of larry? One thatâs your favourite to look back at and all that happend that year? Mine is 2015đ
4.5. Your favourite 1D friendship?
5. People are so dumb to excuse Larry when thereâs been a constant theme in the songs harry has written that shows heâs been in a long term realrionship. Kacey Musgrave saying Harry Harry larry and then the still the one situationâŚ. The interviewer who said 16 years is a long commitment⌠so many songs on fine line showing devotion and a strong sense of love that wouldnât develop thatâs quickly (it can but yk)
Do you have a post on larry having the same braincells? Like liking the same artist, being around the same people, having the same values?
And also do you have a thread on Larry friends â- not exposing but yk what Kacey musgrave did. âExposing larryâ do you know what I mean. Larrys friends showing that theyâre larries and /or connected?
Lmk ur thoughts youâre very insightful.
Hi, anon! Wow, that's a lot to unpack, so I'll answer everything under the cut to avoid bothering peopleâs dashboards with a massive post. đ
1. I think theyâre definitely aware of it, but I really donât believe they read it. Honestly, it would be so strange to see yourself in that kind of context. While we might think something feels âso Harryâ or âso Louis,â the reality is that we only know a tiny fraction of their lives. Fics are amazing for us as fans, but if I were in their shoes, Iâd feel pretty weirded out by seeing myself portrayed in fictional scenarios through someone elseâs perspective hahah so if it were me, Iâd avoid it completely and that's I also believe for them.
2. I do think they use Larry for fan service, especially in recent years, as I feel the small signals they give are more about giving something to the fandom/larries than anything deeper and meaningful for them.
But I donât think itâs entirely accurate to call it âpromo.â I think both of them have leaned into this treasure hunt dynamic over the years, using the fandomâs (larries) incredible cryptic-solving skills. I mean, we've been trained for that with the bears. And Louisâ fanbase, which has a higher percentage of Larries, might be more directly impacted by these little hints... maybe in his lyrics or actions, but I donât think Harryâs promo strategies rely on it at all. His fanbase is massive, and larries are just a small fraction of it. So this kind of signaling doesnât seem aligned with his career approach.
3. No, I donât believe in this âfriendship narrativeâ thing at all. Itâs just not going to happen.
4. Iâm going to say 2015 too, anon! There was so much entertainment hahaha and I loved seeing them together, I miss that dynamic so much.
4.5. Lilo!
5. Completely agree! Harry is so creative with his lyrics, but itâs also incredibly clear how devoted heâs been to this one particular relationship over the years. His songs are full of consistent themesâhe keeps revisiting the same emotions and ideas, for sure!
I donât have super consistent tags for the things that you asked, but here are a few:
SHARING IS CARING
MATCHY MATCHY
FAMILY AND FRIENDS
OUTINGS
EVERYONE KNOWS
Hope this helps! đ
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A SHORT (NOT) MESS OF AN ESSAY ON HOW CLARKE AND BELLAMY ARE INCREDIBLY ESSENTIAL TO THEIR UNIVERSE This is a half-humorous post about the ridiculousness of the plot, but believe me it's filled to the brim with my love for it
Or, in which explaining the plot of the numbers show would get me institutionalized. I refuse to check wiki while writing this post so if I'm wrong about any of the lore and dates, just look past it. So, ~100 years before S1 we have the following happening: Becca Franco is a brilliant billionaire who is a genetic engineer, a prodigy coder, oh and a eugenics supporter who is working on a superior black-blooded race. She also creates A.L.L.I.E - an AI that does not understand that sometimes the end does not justify the means In the background, WW3 is raging, Diyoza is blowing up fascist governments, the U.S. president is a Wallace. And then there is this bombshell blonde Josephine Ada Lightbourne, with her princess haircut, who is a huge fan of Becca's. She is preparing to embark on a mission to look for inhabitable planets onboard of Eligious III. Those who are part of this mission are equipped with memory drives inside their heads for storing data about new environments. Eventually, Becca has one of those inside her head, too. Meanwhile, Diyoza and >300 other prisoners are sent on a mining mission on a bunch of rocks in space aboard Eligious I. They are put to sleep in cryopods developed by Becca's company. Meanwhile, it can be assumed that Clarke's ancestors and Bellamy's great-great-great grandpa with 4 PhDs have begun their space station jobs.
97 years later, we all know what happens, 101 people are sent to Earth on what is believed by many to be a suicidal mission. There is nothing inherently special about Clarke or Bellamy. I mean, of course they are dearly special to my heart and turn out to be incredibly special to the universe, but before I humorously describe the plot progression, I need to emphasize, they are two humans who lived all of their life on a tin can in space, and while within the context of the Ark they are special (Clarke is a "princess", of course not literally but it does not seem far fetched that she would end up becoming the Chancellor someday; Bellamy is the only big sibling on the ark which gives him personality traits unique for someone his age as far as the ark is concerned). But they are not supernatural beings, they do not have nightblood, they are not chosen ones, know what I mean? And yet:
S1: the most down-to-earth season, after that the stakes will only go up. Objective: make sure that the 102 has as many survivors as possible until the adults get down to Earth. Enemies: grounders, reapers, wildlife, elements, toxic fog (mountain men but they do not know that yet), sometimes the delinquents turn against other delinquents. Clarke uses her calculating, cunning, and caring nature as well as her medical skills to gain respect among the group. By the end of S1 she is someone that the rest of the delinquents look up to guidance. Bellamy uses his PhD in public speaking (why is he sometimes "quiet" in blarke fanfic, he is literally the yapper boyfriend) and combat prowess to initially scare people into deference, however his caring side cannot be contained for too long. By the end of S1, he is someone that the rest of the delinquents look up to for guidance. Blarke status: co-leaders who respect and inspire each other and friends who flirt at the most improper occasions
S2: the season with the finale to end all season finales trademark.
Objective: break the 47 out of mount weather; establish a truce with the grounders and claim some territory for arkadians Enemies: Mountain Men, grounders and their commandor but in a "enemy-of-my-enemy-is-my-friend kinda way, gorilla mutant
Clarke - kills her ex-boyfriend (and that is the merciful option), and becomes a de-facto chancellor due to incompetence of A/bby and K/ane; negotiates a deal with the grounder ruler - L/xa who in her head HAS A MIND DRVE WITH ALLIE 2.0 THE MORE ADVANCED VERSION OF THE AI WHO NUKED THE WORLD and also HAS THE MEMORIES OF BECCA FRANCO. Clarke kisses l/xa - the start of a long situationship with the chip.
Bellamy - goes on an extremely risky one-man undercover mission to infiltrate Mount Weather. Just so it resonates, Bellamy is not a trained spy or a navy seal or a special forces soldier. He pulls of this insane feat of disabling the acid fog without being caught(the fog machine apparently has been killing the grounders for 50+ years and is the reason why the grounders could not retaliate against MW all this time!!!! He!! really!! did!! all1! that!! without being caught AND was actively working on protecting the 47 simultaneously) Blarke status: bonded over the actual genocide of MW (including the Wallace lineage) after the grounders forced their hand by utterly betraying them. S3 - the season when things start to get out of hand Objective: claim safe territory for arkadians to live and hunt for food; develop an alliance with the grounders (who stabbed them in the back in S2); make sure the commander keeps her word that arkadians are part of the alliance; make sure Ice nation does not ascend and wipe out skycrew; keep their own people from being executed by their own people; stop Emerson; stop THE AI THAT ENDED THE WORLD WITH NUKES, stop the zombies controlled by said AI; obtain a nightblood in order to access Becca and stop the evil AI SAVE THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE
Enemies: grounders (heh I see a pattern); Pike (kinda), Queen Nia, Emerson, Roan (kinda), Ontario, ALLIE, Jaha (kinda), l/xa (kinda), Echolocation wew, just writing it down, they really did try to do everything in those 16 episodes, didn't they? ALLIE the AI that NUKED THE PLANET bats her eyelashes flirtatiously at BELLAMY while possessing Raven. Calls out Bellamy for being more devoted to Clarke than to his actual girlfriend. i need to emphasise that THE AI THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENDING THE CIVILATION IS INVESTED IN BELLARKE RELATIONSHIP DRAMA.
Clarke enters the chip inhabited by her lover and by Becca Franco. Has a conversation with both ALLIE and Becca. The memory of 'together" gives her strength to pull the kill switch.
ALLIE: so essentially in 6 month is the last day of humanity because of the second nuclear apocalypse incoming,
Clarke: don't worry, me and Bellamy will figure something out :))) together :))) (with Raven ofc, I mean no erasure to my girl, its just this post is focusing on bellarke) ALLIE: :O Im exhausted Ive already been writing out this post for an hour, Im glad I'm halfway through
Blarke status: reunited and it feels so good. Saved the world (but not quite yet) S4 - the calamity season
Objective: Save the human race (again)
Enemies: Primefiya, Ice Nation (kinda), Ilian (for a hot second), ALLIE 1.0 (for Raven) Uncle Jaha sets up Blarke on a day trip in order to feed them some lore that will be relevant later. Bellamy picks up a coin with the 'from the ashes we will rise" written on it, which will prompt Jaha to correlate this with the grounder prayer which will make him ask the flaimkeeper about it which will lead them to check the temple which will lead them to discovering the bunker. So I think that all the ppl who found salvation inside the bunker owe their life to Bellamy in a round about way.
Clarke once again negotiates an alliance with the grounders. Acts as de facto chancellor. Bellarke act as the leaders of the sky people as god intended. Clarke becomes a nightblood (this will be extra relevant in S6) O*tavia is credited with something that was Clarke's idea in the first place and would be impossible without Bellamy's help. So everyone say thank you Clarke and Bellamy for saving us :) Blarke status: This voice mail is currently full. S5: We are not pretanding that the apocalypse could have possibly happened around 2050 anymore considering the technology available
Objective: Save the human race and Earth. Try not to destroy the only inhabitable spot of land left on the planet challenge.
Enemies: Paxton "Graveyard" McCreary, Diyoza (kinda), rest of the miner's crew, Kara Cooper, Octonian, Miller (for a minute) Diyoza, the former navy seal corporal turned domestic anti-fascist terrorist back from 106 years ago is very invested in the Bellarke relationship status. Bellamy makes a deal with Diyoza & her army by having a galaxy brain and keeping that Best Dad in the Universe mug - truly an iconic behavior. This leads to a) saving Clarke and Madi (a.k.a his wife and daughter uwu) b) opening the bunker, which apparently the 814 left in the bunker had no prospects of opening so please say thank you Bellamy fast forward to the end - Clarke and Bellamy are off to ANOTHER FUCKING PLANET?!?! and making decision regarding the fate of the human race again as God intended. Also Marper got to be happy and grow old together <3 miss them though. Blarke status: they got sick of their world-wide fame and now are onto their galaxy-wide fame. They have 2 kids. S6 - The most romantic 10 episodes of television brought to screen I think Objective: explore Alpha; find a safe territory for their people; make alliances with Sanctum; uh oh what are those people up to???; sci-fi horror intensifies; SAVE CLARKE; and the rest of sky crew I guess; keep an eye on Jordan and Madi (objective failed); act on feelings (objective failed)
Okay, so. We have this awesome chick Josephine and she and neuroscientist Gabriel are sooooo in love. They are quite crazy about each other. Josie is very flirtatious but you can tell that what she and Gabriel have is something special. But then BUT THEN Josie is murdered by her own dad while he was having an environment-driven psychotic episode. and Gabriel is NOT READY TO LET HER GO HE LOVES HER OKAY. And her dad, Russel, obviously feels guilty as fuck and cannot live with himself. So Russel and Gabriel work on defeating death. Yea you heard that right, we are dealing with immortality now. After decades of inhumane experiments they succeed in bringing Josie back in some innocent girl';s body. How? Because Josie was backed up on a mindrive, that was developed by Becca. You know, the same Becca that caused the world to end the first time and inadvertently caused the plot of the whole show to happen. The same Becca whose AI was very invested in Bellarke relationship drama. I digress
Fast forward ~250 years later, Josie is a bubbly psychopath (she sad endearingly). And Gabriel actually noped the fuck out of this eugenics oblation camp 70 years prior. This caused Josie to become even colder and more ruthless, she doubled down after she realised that the love of her life had become disgusted by her. She does no longer remember how it feels to be loved or how did it feel TO love someone as she did Gabriel. One day, She wakes up and discovered she was put in the body of the iconic Clarke "Ferrari" Griffin herself. She thinks she will get away with the (not successful) murder of her because she has a lot to offer her friends in return, namely immortality, territory, and all the intel about the planet they had gathered. BUT BUT BUT she did not expect one Bellamy Goddamn Blake a.k.a the love of Clarke's life.
He is the first one to realize that Clarke is not Clarke. He is the first one to realize that Clarke is ALIVE. By seeing Clarke memories Josie knows that what would be likely to make Clarke stop trying is the belief that Bellamy gave up on her. BITCH YOU THOUGHT
So she experiences Bellamy DRAGGING her on forest floor and being gentle with her body at the same time because it is CLARKE's body. While they are in a cave she teases him about his relationship with Clarke, then reminisces about Gabriel and gets all sappy, and then by taunting Bellamy she hears "I wont let you die" and let me tell you SHE'S SHOOk. SHE FORGOT. SHE FORGOT YOU COULD LOVE SOMEONE SO MUCH. SHE FORGOT YOU COULD BE LOVED SO MUCH. IT PROBABLY REMINDS HER OF HOW GABRIEL ONCE WAS DEVOTED TO HER AND T SHAKES HER TO THE CORE.
Fast forward to Bellamy showing up Just In Time, undercover (as is his favorite past time) Josie says mockingly "because of course it s" BUT YOU KNOW SHE'S IMPRESSED. Then, The Tent, o man, THE TENT. Josie, probably slowly accepting that this might really be her end, admits to Bellamy in the softest voice "she was right to depend on you" And then she pleads with Gabriel and it's heartbreaking because yes she's a villain, she's a eugenist, a psycho, even simply Evil, probably BUT ONCE SHE WAS A BRILLIANT, RESOURCEFUL, CONFIDENT YOUNG WOMAN LIKE CLARKE. AND SHE JUST WANTED TO GROW OLD WITH GABRIEL. AND GABRIEL TELLS HER I LOVED YOU FOR CENTURIES AND BELLAMY'S FACE AND JOSIE GOT TO HAVE TO SPEND HER LAST MOMENTS WITH GABRIEL THANKS TO BELLAMY AND CLARKE AND IT GIVES HER STRENGTH TO KIND OF ACCEPT DEATH, PERMANENTLY "IN THIS BIG SLEEP, WHAT DREAMS MAY COME" "I HAVE TO LET YOU GO NOW" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA NA DTHEn AND THEN WE HAVE THE CPR SCENE "I NEED YOU" "YOU'RE A FIGHTER SO GET UP AND FIGHT" "I AM NOT LETTING YOU GO" MOUTH TO MOUTH, TRUE LOVE"S KISS And Clarke looks at him like he hung the stars in the sky. Bellamy looks at her like he is the only star in his sky. And they save their friends. again. And they Do Better.
Cause they are better. together. And they are SO.POWERFUL
Their relationship literally transcends centuries and planets. Wow this is long. My legs are tired from sitting in one position. Who made it till the end?
#bellarke#josephine lightbourne#gabriel santiago#the 100#this is mainly an excuse to scream about Bellamy X Clarke X Josephine X Gabriel#But I take very long to actually get to the point#bellamy blake#I have no one irl to ramble at about this show so forgive me#my friends would think i'm on crack
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I just wanted you to know that I have developed so many short story continuations of like, all of your fanfics its not even funny. Like, I gave sheriff jimmy a whole ARC where he ends up in conflicts with Joel and then flees the division. BRUH!! you've given me brain rot, I demand compensation, I'm loosing actual sleep over these AU'S XD
Oh my goodness! I'm so honored that I've inspired you so much! <3
You're actually Dangerously Close to Tango's history with Joel when he left the division. Because they did end up in major conflicts around the time Tango left! But I'm very happy that you've created more based on something I made!
May I offer you a piece of the as-yet-untitled Even Ice Walls Fall Down Role Swap I'm working on as compensation? XD
For context: When I first thought of the idea of "superhero and villain AU for the Ranchers" I really loved Deepfrost and Sheriff as a villain and a hero respectively, but my friend who I ranted to about it (@soemthingsparkly who also did Deepfrost and Sheriff art in the fic :-D) really loved the idea of hero!Tango and villain!Jimmy instead. And I promised them I'd work on a version where Tango is the superhero Blaze and Jimmy is the villain Canary because as Ice Walls demonstrates, I am Not Creative⢠at coming up with hero or villain aliases. And I'm still working on it but I do enjoy it
AKA the version of the story where if they manifested different powers, they might have taken different paths?
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"Blaze, watch out! There are civilians nearby!" Joel barked in Blaze's earpiece as he loosed a wheel of fire. Canary squawked in alarm as Poultry Man tackled him out of the way of the wheel. The two hurtled to one side in a tangle of white and yellow feathers.
"I know that," Blaze ground out as he focused on conjuring another wheel. He liked wheels of fire more than fireballs, due to being a little more precise and effective, in his opinion. "So maybe step off my back a little."
"I will when you stop acting like you're out of control!" Joel snapped.
Blaze's whole body went rigid, the fire wheel spinning around his fist. "Out of control?" he demanded, his other hand holding the earpiece firmer in his ear as he ducked behind a concrete barrier to hide. "I am never out of control, and I resent the implication otherwise." An animalistic growl built in his throat. "Do you understand how much I work to remain in control with powers like mine?"
"Blazeâ"
"N-n-n-n-no. Between the two of us, only one of us has the one-hundred-and-sixty IQ. And that would be me. So don't you dare lecture me about not knowing how to use my own powers. I'm not you, Lore. I'm not a danger to myself and others because I don't know how to leash myself. So shut up and let me do my work." He ripped his earpiece out of his ear and vaulted the concrete barrier to throw himself back into the fight, hurling the fire wheel in Poultry Man's general direction. The villain squawked like a chicken and dodged out of the way.
"Blaze! What are you doing?!" HoTGuY shouted as Blaze lowered his head a little and charged forward. His Blaze Rods appeared around his head, orbiting fast. They lifted him off the ground and he was flying, his gold-blond hair turning into pure flame. It would return to normal later.
Canary saw him in the air and snapped out his wingsâenormous and vibrant, rich yellow. They beat the air once and shot him up to be almost level with Blaze. "Look who we pissed off!" Canary teased, voice singsong and high-pitched. "You here to play games, Fire Boy?"
Blaze's eyes were entirely the same shade of red while his fire powers were active and his Blaze Rods orbited his head. Iris, sclera, pupilâall the same. It was why he didn't bother wearing a mask. No one expected the green-eyed nerd to be Blaze because everyone assumed Blaze was red-eyed all the time.
Blaze bared his teeth in a frustrated snarl, sparks shooting between the gaps. He spun two fire wheels into existence. One spinning around each hand. "Let's see how playful you are when your flight feathers are ash, birdie," he spat. The inside of his mouth glowed like there was fire in his throat, its light reflecting outward.
Blaze had a temper. Blaze knew he had a temper. A bad one. One with a short fuse and a big explosion. He knew it was a side-effect of his powers. He didn't used to be so easy to set off. He used to be a lot more patient with people and situations.
But here he was, eleven years after his powers manifested, ready to burn a whole city block down and trying to stop himself from actually doing so.
But man did Canary piss him off. Even more than Poultry Man. Poultry Man was a pain in the neck. He was chaotic and antagonistically playful. He took nothing seriously. But CanaryâCanary was little more than Poultry Man's lackey. But he targeted Blaze like it was his life goal to see how much fire he could withstand.
Canary's eyes widened behind his mask.
"Take the shot, you idiot!" Poultry Man shouted.
Canary moved to aim his crossbow, but Blaze's fire wheel spun into existence faster. He hurled it across the distance like a chakram. Canary's wings flapped hard to go over it and avoid it. Blaze rushed after.
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Fanfiction Tropes Tier List (Reader Edition)
Thank you for the tag, @deliciouskeys! (Here's their tier list!)
I tag: @fuckingpajamas, @phtalate, @tzeentchs-secretary-tea-time, @digitalbath1988, @vanshoundd, @tocadoguara, and anyone who wants to do this! Iâd be very interested to see how yâall would rank âem :) but ofc no pressure if you donât want to or have already done this!
âŚSo I feel like I need to give some contextđ§đťââď¸đ The tl;dr is: I will read almost anything, but I have certain standards/ expectations that must be met in order for me to continue.
I tried to organize these tropes from top âĄď¸ bottom, have strong feelings about (would more likely read) âĄď¸ am less passionate about going from left âĄď¸ right. For the bottom tiers with asterisks, I arranged them from âthis specific trope represents the tier descriptionâ âĄď¸ âeh, it fits here but I donât really hold strong opinions about theseâ from left âĄď¸ right.
âŹď¸Expand for a detailed breakdown below the line break âŹď¸
My Tier List for fanfic tropes I consume as a Reader differ in some areas from tropes Iâd like to write or would be open to writing as a Writer. As a reader, I usually give almost every fanfic a chance with my own arbitary criteriaâalthough what I read is very ship dependent according to their canon dynamic (for example, I will devour Enemies to Lovers for one specific OTP in one fandom, but would NEVER read that trope applied to a different fav ship of mine in a different fandom). I also tossed in some danmei BL tropes, for funsies and because I want more people to know about them <3.
And remember, if you like any of these that I personally donât, thatâs great! Everyone has their own preferences. Please donât take offense. These are just how I view these tropes specifically according to me, haha. It says less about you and more about me being picky with what I like to read and gives context about what kind of bibliophile (person who likes reading) I am.
Tier 1 (SSS Level)
Slowburn: Just as context, I regularly read light novels (hetero, danmei, and baihe) which can easily range from 100ch-300ch each. So slowburns is the quintessential demisexual experience for me, and I love it when theyâre long fics where we get to see characters grow and relationships develop, with worldbuilding and an interesting plot. I think the longest Iâve ever read was +2.8K chapters of a story I was addicted to. Typically if I see itâs a slowburn, I know Iâm gonna have a good time.
Fix-It Fic: As much as I love canon of the original source material, there are certain canon story decisions and/or plotholes that hurt meâso itâs always great to see someone write their own interpretation to try to âfix it.â You get banger fics and itâs just so creative and a nice catharsis.
Canon Divergence: Same as how I regard a Fix-It.
Dark Fic: Irl I obviously do not condone any of the things that typically happen in Dark Fics. But as someone who has consumed your usual wholesome healthy Lifetime Original style romance stories for a loooooong time, that type of milquetoast wholesomeness has become bland and predictable for meâwhich is why the wild and crazy shenanigans that happen in Dark Fics spices things up for me and I like that it keeps me guessing. I donât want to read about things from my life. I think screwed up characters can offer so much more interesting stakes than a Good Guy. I like the tension and uncertainty. Ex. this is why I tend to prefer the protag/villain ships over the protag/childhood friend ships; itâs why a princely character who is secretly yandere is so much more interesting than a sidekick character with a bland and forgettable personality. The writers of Dark Fics, 9/10 times, produce something so interesting that I canât put my phone down and I just have to binge through their entire fic because the suspense is k*lling me.
Conspiracy & Schemes: Mysteries? Political intrigue? Palace drama? Yes, please, inject it into my veins.
Strong Protagonist & Strong Love Interest: Itâs similar to how Iâve come to prefer reading Dark Fics. The marketâs too oversaturated with the damsel in distress trope being saved by his/her prince charming. Iâve read too many novels and fanfics about that dynamic, itâs gotten a little stale for me, haha. Give me the clever, scheming, morally grey or villainous MC with a strong backbone. I like badasses. As for the ML or FL, I also prefer them to be strong or scheming as well so they can be a power couple with the MCâand curb-stomp the world and their enemies. âŚ*holds face like a blushing maiden* Donât they sound like the equivalent of a fairytale couple?
Mutual Pining: Yes, yes, yes. Itâll never be not good.
Revenge-Rebirth: I love underdog characters plotting their secret machinations and getting their revenge. Pair it with a rebirth, where a previous villain(ess) or cannon fodder whoâd suffered before learns from the mistakes of their previous life and uses their second life to faceslap their enemies and turn their destiny around? Yes, yes, yes.
Survival Game: I love the Infinite Flow (survival horror/ death game) genre, what can I say? If youâve read the famous ones, you know why. The writing is almost always superb and so interesting (seeing all the unique horror instances that the MC has to figure out in order to survive). Itâs just so imaginative.
Obsessive Love: Same as how I regard a Dark Fic. I do not condone it irl, but an unhealthily codependent partner in my fictional romances? Yes. I want them to be even more obsessed with my favorite character and fall deeper and deeper in love.
Misunderstanding: There is a difference between how I view misunderstandings versus how I view miscommunication (which can grate on my nerves if not executed well). I believe you fundamentally cannot have a good long fic without some misunderstandings that the MC or Love Interest has to clear up, and itâs always so good once the cat is out of the bag and the truth is revealed.
Isekai/ Transmigration (World-Hopping): Yes. Gimme. Itâs like 10 stories in one. I like it when your ordinary layperson gets transported into a different fantastical world or pseudohistorical world or into a different modern world of much different circumstances depending on their new identity. I like these duck out of water stories.
Historical AU & Royalty AU: Thereâs just something about pseudo-medieval settings that can be so charming and interesting to read. If youâve got royalty thrown in, thereâs the additional seasoning of power struggles between members of royalty and aristocracy, and political intrigue, and seeing how a kingdom is run. Writers tend to do a good job worldbuilding these types of stories with characters I like moved into this new setting.
Established Relationship: The domesticity and PDA of it all can make my heart go dokidoki (especially if theyâre a powerhouse couple). It can fall into the danger of coming across as bland, so this depends on the plot and writerâs execution of their relationship. I gotta have some stakes.
Enemies to Lovers: I love it for certain pairings.
Forbidden Love: Itâs the tabooness of it that makes it interesting to read.
Friends to Lovers: As long as itâs not milquetoast or bland, I think most of the time this is executed well. Itâs a step below an Established Relationship, so theyâve got wiggle room to develop into that.
Soulmate AU: Itâs inherently romantic, what can I say? I will REALLY LOVE it though if the writer gives it a unique twist.
First Kiss & Sharing a Bed: Itâs tender and sweet (or hot) and I will never get tired of it. You canât go wrong with it.
Magic AU & Fairytale AU: Itâs a fantasy world. As long as itâs not bland and there is a serviceable magic system, I will generally like it. (One caveat: it cannot be a HP AU. Câmon. As much as I like HP, you can do better as a writer than transporting these characters into the HP universe. Come up with your own magic system.) For fairytale AUs, itâs basically your Hans Christian Andersen/ Disney fairytale with your favorite characters. I donât think you can go wrong with it. I just love any AUs in general.
Huddle for Warmth: Same as First Kiss & Sharing a Bed & PWP.
Tier 2 (A Level)
Fluff: Oftentimes reading cute fluff (like sneaking quick kisses or holding hands) can make me blush and giggle more than reading p0rn or smut on my phone in public. HOWEVER, unlike a oneshot where I can tolerate it, for me fluff has be spread sporadically throughout if itâs a long fic. If the long fic is just too fluffy and sweet all the way throughout (force-feeding me âmengâ and âdog foodâ (PDA)), I get the equivalent of a sugary overdose and any interest I have for the fic dries up into âugh, thatâs enoughââwhich usually ends up with me dropping the fic if the fluff had oversaturated everything (all sugar/ fluff, no real meaty substance). Thereâs only so much cutesy uwu, descriptions of someoneâs soft coquettish voice scratching the Love Interestâs heart like a catâs paw, etc that I can stomach at a time. Itâs like junk food; I canât eat too much of it.
PWP: As a connoisseur of all things slowburn and a demisexual irl, I have to be in the mood to read a PWP. Itâs p0rn without plot; I donât expect to be reading much plot (although itâd be a pleasant surprise if the p0rn came with some serviceable-enough plot đ). It is whatâs written on the tin. Iâm not here expecting a Shakespearean masterpiece. A writer was gripped by the h0rny and decided to share, and this was the result. Iâm here to turn my brain off, have fun, and read about two of my favorite fictional characters banging each other stupid.
Im Vino Veritas (Drunken Confessions): Yes, gimme. Iâm picky about the execution and the follow-up scene that comes after the drunken confession though (after the drunk character sobers up). The writer has to be skilled enough for me to root for the character and not cringe (unless the whole point is to cringe at the drunk confessing because itâs established theyâre a cannon fodder character who wonât get together with the MC or Love Interest).
Missing Scenes: I generally like it when writers come up with a What-If scenario that happens between Point A and Point C of canon. It can be fun and believableâespecially if they get the characterization right. Then itâs like reading a little bonus content (like, you know itâs a personâs headcanon but, dang, itâs written so well I could almost believe it was canon).
Office AU: I love me my rich Sugar Daddy AUs and doting CEO husbands pampering and spoiling their lovers. I enjoy reading about a business expanding into a powerful corporation and the power struggles that come with. Itâs a guilty pleasure. (I do have to try not to think about HR though.)
Showbiz AU: Itâs a guilty pleasure. Sometimes I learn something new about the acting or modeling or fashion industry, and itâs interesting. I also like seeing the journey of the unknown underdog MC rising like a phoenix from a nobody to a well-respected powerhouse of their industry.
Reincarnation: Same as how I regard almost other AUs here (inject it into my veins). With reincarnation though, I usually like to see the rebirth have an affect on the story. Itâs an important plot device after all. If it seems like the whole rebirth part could be omitted and it wouldnât even impact the story with that aspect removed, thenâŚwell, sorry, the story didnât execute it well.
Cold Love Interest: Depends on the execution, but I like it when you have this character whoâs known to be cold slowly be thawed out the more and more they start opening up to the Main Characterâuntil they inevitably fall in love. Itâs essentially reading about an ice cube that has melted into warm spring water. The transformation can be so beautiful and moving, because youâve been following them on their journey of self-discovery and finding happiness. (However, my tolerance toward Cold Characters does have a limit; they canât be irredeemable at the start. Because if itâs the equivalent of the Wife Chasing Crematorium trope, where the Love Interest is a cheating (?) murderous (?) selfish abusive assh0le who has essentially traumatized the MC and still gets together with them at the endâŚâŚ.ugh, 9/10 times I will dislike it even if the ML or FL realizes how much their actions have hurt the MC and tries their best to make up to it for the rest of their lives.)
Dense Protagonist: A protagonist who is oblivious to the Love Interest character pining and simping hardcore after them can be hilarious. However, I am generally picky about its execution. It can teeter the fine line between endearing and dumb/ annoying. At some point, their denseness can become too much (to the point where itâs no longer funny or amusing) that my suspension of disbelief drops and itâs no longer fun to read the story for me personally.
Unrequited Love: Depends on the context. Is it the writerâs intention to make it bittersweet and unresolved? Is the character pining after their unrequited love, and itâs the early stage of the story where the MC or ML/FL have yet to reciprocate? Is the intention to make me cry? For all of these, I usually like to know before I jump into a ficâbecause Iâm a sappy woman who gets easily teary-eyed and I easily get touched by moving depictions of the human connection. So I donât want my young glass maiden heart to be hurt too much, haha; thereâs only so much abuse my heart can handle.
Crossover: At some point, I run out of fics (the good ones) to read for the specific ship I like. So I turn to crossovers, to see how my favorite MC can be shipped with someone else. If the writerâs good, they can blend the worlds and these cast of characters together seamlessly. Itâs like a brain puzzleâso I have countless admiration for those who can execute crossovers well.
Time Loop: This is your usual Nicholas Sparksâ (a romance writer) type of story; a time loop is basically Groundhog Day where the MC has to figure out how to break the time loopâand Iâm usually invested in the mystery of how theyâre gonna pull it off. Iâd like to say when Iâm in the mood to read this, writers tend to execute the trope well (my logic: if youâre going to introduce a plot device, make it relevant to the story; if it can be omitted and it doesnât detract from the experience, then it doesnât need to be there).
Hurt/ Comfort: To an extent. Itâs the same as Fluff or Angst for me. Moderation is key.
Sex Pollen & Bang or Die: Similar to how I regard PWPs.
Arranged Marriage: Generally I will like if executed well. I almost put this in Tier 3, because I more often than not donât usually click on a fic if I see this trope tagged (because my brain thinks about the irl implications). BUTâŚit is the premise of almost every transmigration (isekai) light novel or manhua/manhwa I readâand they work because itâs a fish out of water story where the MC finds out there they have an arranged marriage to a king, prince, duke, noble, knight, etc with a certain cruel or perfect reputation, and you get to read about them learning about their real selves and falling in love over time with their fiancĂŠe/fiancĂŠ. And itâs so cute. This is my expectation when I read fics with this trope: a fairytale-like romance, where the arranged marriage managed to work out in this coupleâs favor instead of it being loveless.
Baby Fic & Pregnancy Fic: I would not go out of my way to read oneshots where the whole premise is specifically only about either of this. It has to be just one of the ingredients in the whole long fic. Writing children is tougher than you think (you have to be so careful writing about them because you can toe the line between making them precocious and making them annoying), and some people are unable to respectfully write pregnancy characters, choosing instead to focus on the humor of pregnancy stereotypesâbut the gags can come across as shallow writing than giving it the proper respect it deserves. So it depends on 1) the execution and 2) my mood. Iâve read a couple good ones, but thatâs because the writer is good at delivering the concept that is easily digestible and frames the whole process of birth and child rearing as a beautiful process of nature and life.
Tier 3 (B Level)
A/B/O: I will not intentionally go out of my way 99/100 times to read Omegaverse stories. Shocker, I know. Itâs just, for me, I tend to find a majority of these general A/B/O ficsâŚshallow and of little substance. Most of the time, I find the writing can also be a bit distasteful, especially when it comes to the omega and alpha dynamic in this kinda story (in the wrong hands, the writer can make their story come across as r@pey and sexist/ misogynistic, especially if an alphaâs being aggressive and forceful with the MC because theyâve been affected by the smell of an omegaâs heatâand now Iâm reading descriptions of the omega character sobbing and crying out âno, no, noâ and âplease stopâ and Iâm in disbelief why people find this hot). I also donât like the submissiveness of the omega character where itâs like Iâm reading about a milquetoast wet rag who has all their fight drained out and has no personality other than being a hole that produces slick and blushes constantly. Also, for me, predictability is not something I like; if I can predict everything thatâs going to happen in a fic, I will become bored. I need some kinda serviceable plot for me to be emotionally invested in an A/B/O fic or thereâs some kinda hook that keeps me coming back. I can enjoy the rare one A/B/O fic out of one hundred similar A/B/O fics, but I am INCREDIBLY PICKY about what I choose. The premise itself is also very important to what makes or breaks an A/B/O fic experience for me (for example, if itâs a Dark fic, then I can be more forgiving because itâs expected for there to be dark themes).
Miscommunication: For me thereâs no in-between. I will either hate or love this trope, depending on its execution in the fic. On the extreme end of hatred, I am ticked off when a conflict in the story can be easily resolved had the character(s) communicated properlyâand itâs just so incredibly dumb. On the opposite end, miscommunication can be done well as a funny gag or a plot device that shows how differently characters can interpret a situation or words. So depending on which one of these the fic delivers, it determines how much I can enjoy a fic.
Love Triangle: See my opinion on Harem Fics, and now make my aversion less strong. Iâm a wee more forgiving on this trope because itâs a love triangle where you start off with the MC, the ML/FL, and the love rivalâand the story is about the MC choosing one of them. The other Love Triangle Iâm okay with is if itâs obviously a poly ship where the MC ends up with two peopleâbut it has to be executed well (I generally have to like both options for the MC). Iâm more of a monogamous soulmate type of gal, so Iâm kinda picky on the execution when a story focuses on the love triangle. It canât drag on to the point where I find it to be insufferable. The danger with a love triangle is I, your reader, might come to like the Second Male Lead or Second Female Leadâand think they were a better fit for the MC than the actual Fe/Male Lead that was chosen just because this character was the writerâs favorite. In this case, the moment the wrong candidate is chosen, my interest in the fic dwindles and I feel like Iâm reading a lesser version of what initially drew me to the fic in the first place. So now itâs the writerâs responsibility to show me why their choice is the correct one.
Angst: Itâs like junk food; the key is moderation. I canât have too much of itâotherwise itâs too angsty and the poignant emotional knives become laughable.
Humor: Humor is subjective, and differs for each person. What the writer finds funny might not be what I find funny. Iâm more of a subtle gal. So if a ficâs meant to be funny throughout, it runs the risk of teetering towards me feeling secondhand embarrassment and cringingâbecause itâs too much and unfunny. But if a writer genuinely writes something surprising that makes me laugh, I do appreciate their talent at grasping the opportunity and having the know-how to effectively inject some lighthearted humor.
Fake Relationship: âŚMy enjoyment level HEAVILY depends on its execution. Itâs the characterization, their chemistry, and plot that have to save it for me.
Amnesia Fic: See, I understand itâs a plot deviceâwhich is why Iâm a lil more forgiving. But donât you hate it when all of a sudden a character gets memory wiped after all that progress? (I feel like I wasted my time just as the story was turning good, and now they have to start over? Kinda feels like unnecessary filler and it can drag on, and I feel like banging my head against the wall.) On a lesser extent of my pickiness, I donât like it as much when itâs used as an exposition framing device, with the MC or Love Interest having no recollection of anythingâand theyâre lied to at the start about who theyâre supposed to beâŚbecause you know there will be a dramatic fallout happening when they inevitably find out and that predictability (they fall out, and then you know sometime later something will bring them back togetherâŚthe fakeout dramatic âbreakupâ is just so contrived and mechanical and formulaic) is what turns me off. (I donât mind the amnesia trope as much if itâs used in a psychological horror/ thriller story though.)
Shizun F*cker: Itâs your master (teacher) x disciple Chinese classic. I went through a phase of binging these stories and I find theyâre generally all very good, but there does come a point where you start seeing similarities and not enough freshness with this trope and they all blend together (especially if it feels like itâs a pale imitation inferior copycat version of certain shizun f*cker classics). Nowadays this kinda premise has to be accompanied by something fresh and unique in order for me to keep readingâand turn my brain off from thinking about the irl teacher-student implications.
Secret Identities: If executed well, I like the reveal of their true identity in the story. Itâs like you have this lowkey cute crush who has been helping you all this timeâand you find out heâs, like, a mafia don or the CEO of a conglomerate or an international spy. Itâs the gap moe contrast of who they pretend to be versus the secret badass they really are. It does come with the risk of some predictability for me though which can ruin my immersion (yâknowâŚthe typical MCâs outrage when finding out their Love Interestâs real identity: âYou lied to me?! How can I believe you now when all youâve done is lie to me?!â âĄď¸ A genuine apology âĄď¸ Fallout âĄď¸ Some sort of dramatic reconciliation after the MC or ML/FL was kidnapped).
Tier 4 (C Level)
Dubcon: Itâs teetering on the verge between what I find tolerable and what I find unacceptable. As long as it does not fall into the Non-Con territory and isnât written distastefully, I can read dubcon stories where the consent is a blurry line between these two characters.
Major Character Death: I usually donât seek this outâbecause Iâm a big weepy baby and I donât want to grow attached to these characters and bawl at the end when the inevitable happens. But on the super rare instances where I do click on a fic despite this warning tag, it means I have mentally and emotionally prepared myself to get knifed in the heart.
Mary Sue Fic: As much as I love power scaling fics and OP MCs, it does get boring if thereâs no setback or conflict for the MC to learn from. I mean, sure, itâs fine for them to steamroll over everyone but if Iâm reading +1K chapters of them just steamrolling, theyâve become a Mary Sue. I want flaws. I want setbacks. Thereâs only so much chuunibyou I can tolerate. Thereâs only so much descriptions of how ungodly beautiful or how shockingly genius the MC is at everything before I start rolling my eyes. Fatigue has set in and the OP character has become an insufferable milquetoast Mary Sue/ Gary Stu who can do no wrong. My suspension of disbelief has finally been worn away into nothingness. This can also apply to the Love Interest character (I understand their role in the story is to satisfy the ideal dream lover tropeâbut please give dimension to the character). I want three-dimensional characters with backstory and flaws and an interesting personality, not Mary Sues or Gary Stus.
Y/N (OC Fic): If Iâm reading fanfic about my favorite character(s), I donât want to spend my time reading about a writerâs Original Character or Self-Insert character being shipped with my favorite. I went in to read stories with my fav shipâand only that. There have been the few exceptions to thisâbut me liking a Y/N or a fic with OCs is ultra rare.
Breakup: Similar to my thoughts on Unrequited Love. But taken up to a hundred. If thereâs been a breakup between the main couple in the ficâand itâs not in the beginning exposition chapter where we donât yet know enough information about these charactersâin the middle or near the end, chances are I think the relationship is f*cked anyway and therefore lose interest in the main ship itself in the fic. Even if they get back together at the end, I just think, âHoneyâŚyou can do so much better than him/her.â Which is why I usually donât like reading breakups between the main couple in my fics. (And if the breakup is because the MC or Love Interest is in a precarious situation and they think pushing them away is the best way to protect them, itâs a clichĂŠ that makes me roll my eyes because itâs been so overdone and ugh, why pretend to be awful INSTEAD OF COMMUNICATING?)
Body Swap: âŚIt depends SO MUCH on the execution. I cringe so hard if a character (usually the guy in the body of a girl) is feeling up their developed chest like a perv. Thereâs only a handful of Body Swap stories that do this trope well. If two characters are swapping bodies, I want to read about how theyâre trying not to OOC (lol) and see how this body swap impacts the story and cast of characters in any meaningful way.
College AU: Iâve long since graduated from college. Nuff said. Might give a fic a try if itâs well-written or a short PWP (it is whatâs written on the tin) but, as a working adult, reading about petty school drama wears on my patience. There has to be plot to keep me invested. Might also read if it dives into college controversies or campus scandalsâbut the suspense has to be executed well. Most of the time, it works if thereâs some kinda big mystery like thereâs been a crime committed. Because now you have a whodunnit mystery. And thatâs so much more interesting than reading about students studying and doing homework, going to parties, crushing on the professor (also, here, yikesâŚif you want me to turn my brain off and not think about the real life implications (the teacherâs immediate suspension (hopefully) and losing their teaching privileges and license), you gotta reel me in with the plot or characters), or the typical student college experience.
Gen Fic: Itâs bland, milquetoast, mid and forgettable. Itâs like sucking out all the fun elements out of a ficâand thatâs not my idea of a good time. I think the only way to pull this off is if itâs a Character Study fic.
Tier 5 (F Level)
High School AU: Give me real men or women; get out of here with the kiddy stuff. Iâm outside the age range to be able to enjoy this. As a working career-woman, I really donât want to spend my free time reading about minors and teen romance and teen drama. And if thereâs adult content, sorry, justâno. My brain more often than not associates it to underage s3xâand it squicks me out. Itâs also so much harder for me to suspend my disbelief that this inexperienced kid from high school is like this super genius hacker or ultra cover model beauty whom grown wo/men salivate over. (BecauseâŚgod no, I DONâT want to read about a minorâs âmilky thighsâ or âcoquettish voice.â Theyâre, like, 14-16 y/o. Who wants to read about a predator who has designs on a teenager?) Also, unless it is at the hilarious peak levels of highschool romcom like Kaguya-sama: Love is War but in fanfiction form, reading about two high school students crushing on each other is 99/100 times so boring and milquetoast to me. I am not the target audience for this trope.
Non-Con: The real life implications ruin any chance for me to want to do anything with this trope. Consent is king, yâall. Non-con is a personal squickâand therefore I will not read if itâs whatâs gonna happen between the main couple no matter how sweet and regretful the ML or FL acts after the act. Itâs r@pe; I do not find SA and being forced sexy in any way. The moment I see that thereâs non-con between the main couple, thatâs ruined any chances of me enjoying that ship in the fic. (The only exception I can think of for this is if the ML/FL was mind-controlled or didnât have autonomy over their body due to some kinda magic shenanigans. Or if itâs non-con framed as a horrifying traumatic experience between a character and the unimportant cannon fodder whoâs there in the story to be punished as a villain and wonât be forgiven in any way.) I will not seek it out if I see a ficâs been tagged with this. And if I encounter surprise non-con in my reading, I will immediately drop the fic.
Unhappy Ending: I have a glass maiden heart. I tear up easily when characters die or suffer in a book. I donât want to get emotionally invested in a story and its characters, only to end up with an Unhappy Ending at the end. It just feels so unsatisfactory, like Iâd wasted my time on this long fic when I couldâve spent that time productively reading something else that has a much happier and better conclusion.
Crack Fic: Now, the one exception to this is if a writer jokingly says their story revolves around a crackship, but the writingâs so dang unbelievably good you donât even think itâs a crackship in a crack fic (itâs a bonafide good story). But aside from that, 99 out of 100 times, I will not read crack fics. A crack fic is a writerâs attempt at humor. And humor is so subjective. What they find funny or entertaining might not be what I find funny or entertaining. Most of the time, itâs also of little substance and random and the writing is all over the place (whichâŚyâknow, I get it; I notice a lot of people mention they had a wild dream about this and thatâs the reason why theyâre writing a crack fic.) Iâm happy that theyâre writing what they find funny and Iâm hoping itâs fun for them, but crack fics are not my cuppa tea.
Coffeeshop AU: Itâs so mid and blah to me. Itâs the most milquetoast Meet Cute out of all the Meet Cutes they could have chosen. I think the only one I recently read in, like, years, is because of a Art & Fic Exchange Bang Iâd participated in. Itâs so long ago. Basically unless itâs a stalker or secret identity or psychological horror story to make it interesting, Iâd rather read anything else than a bland Coffeeshop AU.
Next Generation: Similar to how I regard OC Fics or OCs in general. Iâm here to read fanfiction to read about canon characters of a show or book. I did not come here to read about a writerâs cast of Original Characters or Self-Insert characters. If 99% of the fanfic is about the OCs who are the sons and daughters of the canon characters, I just wonât read it. Wonât touch it. Wonât come anywhere near it. They might as well have written an original story of their own instead of a fanfic. (But 99/100 times, itâs poorly written and you can tell itâs written by a younger writerâŚeeesh. The good thing is, the more they write, the more practice theyâre getting, so the better their writing will be.)
Bonus (F Level)
Cheating/ NTR: my brain automatically associates irl with thisâand I find it despicable. The 1% chance I would read this trope is if the MC/ Love Interest is shown the consequences of their actions and the story promises that the person whoâs been cheated on breaks up with them. Or if itâs a Mindlessly Self-Indulgent PWP oneshotâso I know to turn my brain off and lower my usual standards coming in.
Harem Fic: Itâs Love Triangleâbut taken up a notch. Itâs so hard to write stallion (er0tica) protags that come across as endearing and not a playboy scummy f*ckboi. It annoys me if Iâve developed attachment to a ship or character and am interested in their relationship development (my waifu or husbando), but the story suddenly shifts to Side Character No.50 whom I couldnât give two hoots about. The only exceptions to this, for me to keep reading a harem fic, is 1) if I like the storytelling, worldbuilding, and/or protagonist or main ship that makes it worth it. Itâs very rare but there have been handful of writers who have actually made a harem where I care for and like ALL of the waifus. 2) I also enjoy harem dramas where the MC face-slaps every love rival, evil concubines, white lotus conniving mistresses, jealous queen/ mother, etcâand gets The Wo/Man.
Fanfiction Tropes (Writer Edition)
Iâm much more open-minded writer usually đ
, so Iâm usually open to try almost anythingâbut my criteria of tropes I will write for the story depends on my mood and the storyâs premise. They usually have to pose some relevancy to the fic (which depends on its premise and characters) and satisfy my want to contribute something fresh/ interesting to the fandom if I decide to write that trope.
The biggest two changes are: 1) Iâd move most of these tropes up into Always Down to Write and a few into If the Plot Calls for It. Iâd also probably reorder a couple tropes if I look at them from a writerâs perspective (left âĄď¸ right, arranged from tropes I feel strongly about âĄď¸ the tropes I consider mid and donât hold much strong opinions about). 2) Iâd change the categories to:
Always Down to Write tier (probably 90% of these)
If the Plot Calls for It, or if Iâm Curious and Want to Try Experimenting with It tier (I typically donât go out of my way to read these, but would be willing to challenge myself and see what the writing experience would be like)
Youâd Never Catch Me with My Pants Down Writing It tier (fun fact: thereâs only maybe 4 or 5 of these Iâd put here)
If you happen to be a writer whose tropes fall into ones I do not like and you know Iâve gushed about your fic before, know that you were one of the rare exceptions and I hope knowing this makes you happy. â°(*´︜`*)âŻâĄ
#phoenix talks#fanfiction#fanfiction tropes#reading#writing#fanfiction tropes tier list#ask#deliciouskeys#thanks for tagging me!
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1. 4 published, but technically I worked on The Shadow of the Wicked but didn't publish anything for it.
2. One shots!
3. Fallout lmaoo
4. 2, Skyrim and Fallout, 3 if you wanna get technical and say My Father's Name is FNV and Too Much has Fallen in Mine is Fo3
5. Butchicity.... Goober n Gore......
6. Butch DeLoria and Moira Brown
7. Yeah! Started writing for Fallout, and the new ships would be Moira and Lissy and Butch and Lissy but that technically hasn't actually come up in any writing yet. There's stuff I've been writing for it tho.... But for later.....
8. TMHFIM, it was really special to me because it was like... The first thing I was able to write after being really depressed for a long ass time. God bless antidepressants.
9. Ooh... Hard question. I was really happy to work on all of them, but I think Let me hold you until I soften your hands made me the happiest because it's just. Pure fluff.
10. One of the oneshots, I'm a whore for unfinished long fics nshdjejdbd
11. Uncanny Blood, mostly because I wanted to work on later parts a lot and had to figure out travel times and then had to write a whole extra chapter even though technically I had 2 chapters after it written, so currently the fic is at a standstill because I have to write chapter 3, even though I have 4 and 5 ready to go đđđ
12. None of them lmaoo. My Father's Name, probably. I know the beginning of New Vegas pretty well.
13. Shortest: My Father's Name, Longest: TMHFIM
14. Depends on when in the year I was? I've got a couple character playlists n stuff sorry for the terrible answer lmao djsjjzbd
15. TMHFIM, I was stuck between several titles, but I'm using at least one of them for a later chapter, so all is well.
16. Let me hold you until I soften your hands. Makes me emotional
17. "Evenings by the fire were always their favorite part of the evening." Or "Her father had been⌠distant lately." I feel like both of those set up the tone of the story pretty well. And I giggle at the sentence mistake in the first
18. Well. I've only got two of those. But it's " âI think I'd like that, blood.â " which makes more sense in context. I'm gonna go cry about it now.
19. Eheheheh my favorite part. I have 2
âHey,â Amkar said lightly. âEven if there's no real information here, at least it's very pretty to look at. Those Nords sure were on to somethingâŚâ
âWeird to hear that from a Thalmor soldier,â she pointed out, pulling out her journal and beginning to sketch the crarvings.
âJust because I'm a racist doesn't mean I can't enjoy art,â he said.
She took a long pause trying to figure out if he was being serious or not. âAre you joking?â
And
âHey!â a voice shouted from above.
She looked up, shading her eyes with her good arm. âHi?â
âAre you a raider?â the voice called down.
âWhat's a raider?â Felicity asked, flabbergasted.
âSherrif! You should get over here, there's some weird girl covered in blood at the gate!â
20.
âOh? Family? You're not some deranged lunatic who spawned into Tamriel with a poor haircut and a strangely lovely taste in music?â Caryalind had pushed himself up onto his elbows to look at her.
21. I don't think so...? I think what surprised me most is how terribly Bethesda's characters in Skyrim are developed, I guess? At least for the minor ones and the general factions. Too many bandits. So I gave them personalities.
22. Google docs đ
23. Felicity punching Moriarty, no question about it.
24. Nope
25. I didn't, I guess? Just... Fell into a writer's block and then came back months later.
26. Looooots of fanart, my azure arted tag has almost all of it.
27. None in the fanfic world, but I had 2 art trades this year and that was fun! I'd love to do more in the future.
28. My friends who listened to me ramble about my characters :]]
29. Finish up Chapter 6 of TMHFIM!
30. Oughg more TMHFIM and maybe a New Vegas fic or prequel that covers Celeste? Those would be fun...
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omggg a snippet just for meeee i'm so honoured u wanted to share something with lil 'ol me. stop it before i develop a parasocial relationship with you...
on a different note, if u will allow me to rant for one wee second.. this is completely irrelevant to anything but i was looking for some romcom novels to read (bc i need to stop letting fanfiction consume me), and tell me why authors pick the ugliest most generic ytest names. i haven't read a real book in a while and i'm so used to reading ff now where even side characters have korean names that the switch over back to western books is awful. i had to stop my search bc wtf is GARRETT and TUCKER. ik a korean name is just a name, there's nothing objectively special, but it's just more unique in the sense that i don't see it often outside of media. the only way to get around this is fantasy books where the names aren't even real names (thank god the book im currently reading is fantasy). PLEASE can i just get an ethnic name and maybe more ethnic characters or something... sob. i just want a college romcom to cope so i can get away from college au'sđ yeah it's fucked for me. thank u for listening to my unsolicited bitch sesh
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just for you, for always being so thoughtful in your words. more under the cut to spare the dash.
your first messages back in june struck a chord within me for two reasons: talking about my writing was an incredibly kind thing for you to do and it validated the hell out of my work. but also, i was experiencing a lot of friendship turmoil that i had to navigate (re: why i wrote never to keep).
i donât know if iâve ever expressed just how grateful i am to have read your messages at that time because for that entire month, i felt like i did not have anyone in my life to back me up when i stood up for myself. knowing that you thought i must be someone with a great deal of empathy and kindness restored a bit of faith in me and who i am as a friend. i reread your message over and over again until i could remind myself that i am who i am for a reason. so thank you.
character names are something i think about a lot, both in fanfics and regular fiction. iâm oftentimes taken out of the story when it feels so incredibly yt (but go figure, iâm not white but have a âwhiteâ name so i understand that there is some nuance sprinkled in there). but sometimes we just crave that subtle representation in an ethnic name so i donât have to wait for the author to explain that theyâre notâŚ.white. in every sense of the word. but like if youâre gonna pick a white name then at least make them sound HOT?
onto the snippet! iâm excited to post this one. no idea when iâll finish writing/editing but iâm excited that youâre excited. not providing context bc im a menace and will make you wait. đ (thank you for being excited.)
*â§ď˝Ľďžâââââââââââ *â§ď˝Ľďž
Sunghoon turns to look at you. âYou were always the most unpredictable part of my day.âÂ
âMe?âÂ
âYeah. You moved into the apartment next to mine and running into you a few times a week kept me on my toes. I donât know. I guess I saw you as someone I would have potentially befriended. I could at least pretend I was coming home to talk to someone who cared.âÂ
âThatâsâŚvery sweet. Youâre a nice person, Sunghoon.âÂ
He sighs. âI donât feel that way. I donât know when Iâm gonna see my family and friends again and explain all of this, but I'm starting to get the feeling that theyâll never hear from me and theyâll never know what happened tonight.âÂ
âYou know,â you begin, âa lot of my life was spent moving from place to place and never having anything or anyone to call home. I canât imagine what it must feel like for you to leave everything behind. For that, I truly am sorry.â
âItâs really not your fault,â Sunghoon says dryly. âWhoever tried to kill you should get a bullet to his head.â He hears you laugh awkwardly.
âYeah, well that likely wouldnât solve our problems.â
âWhat do you mean?âÂ
âI donât think that man acted on his own accord. Itâs too professional to assume heâs working alone.âÂ
âYouâre saying heâs working with someone else?âÂ
âOr, heâs working for someone.âÂ
Sunghoon gulps. âI hadnât thought of that.â
âThe price of freedom is high. Remember that.âÂ
âYou know, none of this explains how you know what youâre doing. If you know, for that matter.âÂ
He doesnât hear you move for a short while and closes his eyes shut. Once again, heâs found himself slipping up and saying things that don't translate well. Too afraid to speak, Sunghoon considers sleeping and dealing with his actions in the morning.Â
âI know what Iâm doing because Iâve done it before,â you say through the darkness. âWhen your whole life revolves around survival, you adapt to the best of your ability and do anything to stay alive. Iâve learned a few things from my time on the run so please know that I know what Iâm doing.â
âWho are you?âÂ
The room is silent.Â
âSomeone you can trust.âÂ
#ask#very emosh on the dash today but yeah#tor was essentially me writing the dynamic of how i used to be and who i am today in relation to people in my life#knowing you analyzed it yourself and had kind things to say about me really justâŚit made me so happy#sending me those messages too was just so incredibly kind. i will never forget those messages#comet
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I just wanted to say that I am in the process of reading all your Simbar oneshots and I LOVE them. I'm not going to lie... I haven't even watched Soy Luna yet. I'm here from listening to Caitlin McKillop on YouTube scream about them and when I heard Ămbar was the stereotypical bad girl who fell in love with the good boy, I tell you I was SOLD.
Maybe it's a little strange I've developed the habit of reading fanfics for shows I haven't watched, just because the ship speaks to me but it's fun! So what can I say, you're technically my first introduction to this ship...
HAHAHA Oh my god, I LOVE that you haven't watched the show yet đđđ "Saw this on YouTube and I was sold", I support you so much, my friendđâ¤ď¸
(Honestly? Expect nothing from the show. I mean it. Keep your expectations under the ground and you might like it.)
Have you had any problems understanding the context to my oneshots?? I just realized I usually don't explain much of what's going on around them because I just assume we've all watched the same thing. I hope it hasn't been too confusing. If you ever, like, not get a reference, just ask me, I'll explain what's going on <3
"Maybe it's a little strange but it's fun!" And that's all that matters!! Shows and fics are for entertainment and I'm so happy you've found entertainment in mine 𼚠đ
"you're technically my first introduction to this ship..." I'M SO HONORED !!! ksdjnfjksd. Oh my god. I'm speechless, seriously. Thank you so much for giving them a chance and letting me know you like them; it means the world to me :')
Oh my god, now I'm curious about what your thoughts will be on the show after reading fanfiction first. I hope my fics are superior!! Hahahah, but that's just my pride talkingđ
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I had the most delightful, fanfic-esque scenario play out before me today.
Unnecessarily long (but wholesome) story time below the cut!
I want to tell you all about this relatively new friend of mine (we've been friends for maybe 4-6 months now), whom I love dearly /p. The story is sort of in two parts; the background context, and then the actual story that happened today.
Background/Context
This kid appears to look like your stereotypical "fuckboy", right? Smooth, calm, collected demeanor. Well-dressed. A bit androgynous. Long, well-maintained hair. A pretty boy. I originally think to myself, âHuh, heâs kinda pretty(?) Uh oh. That canât be good." Basically, I assume this dude is a douche-bag, because, well, your brain learns to recognize patterns, right? I've learned that conventionally attractive people typically only interact with me if they want something (cynical, I know).
Fast forward a few months and I find that I actually enjoy talking to him, and that he enjoys talking to me. Meâsomeone who mostly presents feminine (when I assumed him to be somewhat misogynistic) and is awkward as hell. He looks at me and speaks to me like Iâm a real person..? Like heâs not just tolerating my presence and actually enjoys interacting with me. Like I'm "one of the guys", an equal. Pretty much any cishet guy Iâve ever met looks and talks to me like Iâm an inconvenien. So the fact that he wasn't acting that way should have been the first sign that he's not at all what I had assumed.
A few months in when he feels comfortable enough, he tells me heâs been transitioning MTF(*) in secret for some time now. And it makes perfect sense. Thatâs why he had a pretty, feminine face. Thatâs why he had his hair grown out long. When I told him that no cishet guy has EVER been that kind to me, he said it was probably the estrogen lol.
*(Everyone who ~knows~ calls him by his given name and pronouns, just to be safe. We go to a religion-based school in a state that isn't very progressive or safe. Iâve only ever heard his girlfriend, who I also love and adore, use she/her in private, and even then itâs rare. So until Iâm given explicit permission to openly use feminine pronouns, weâre all playing it safe by sticking with he/him.)
Iâve always been a mom friend, but I'm telling you this person is bringing out the âthey must be protected at all costsâ in me. The person who I thought was this smooth, sauve, chill dude (think Buck Dewey from Steven Universe lol) is actually just a scared, insecure little girl behind the curtains. A young adult who, because of the hormones, is basically going through Second Pubertyâ˘, angst and all. Someone who hid behind his guitar during a jam session because he was afraid someone would notice his developing chest. The friend who surprised me when I looked over and saw him crying during the animated film we were watching in the theater.
Guys, this is like my own real-life Zuko or Nico friend. The character in fiction that you just wanna shower with comfort and reassurance and warmth (but you can't, so you do so through writing and art). The friend you see almost as a younger sibling, that you feel compelled to protect. The one that you wanna hug and tell them that everything will be alright. This is all in my head of course, I don't want to risk accidentally smothering, patronizing, or otherwise scaring him away. But I feel honored any time I get the chance to see his walls come down even a little.
So because heâs got this particular demeanor about him, I was thinking to myself how much I want to see what would happen if someone were to... break down those walls a bit (yeah, you know what I'm talking about lol). Like really truly see past the facade he puts up every day. Because the thing is, Iâve seen him express and react just like everyone else. Happy, sad, angryâIâve even seen him get playful before, but itâs always at about the same even level of reaction. I want to see him finally "crack", you know? What I would give to see him lose his cool and drop all pretenses, to see him be lovingly destroyed.
And oh how this sets up like the premise of a fanfic, am I right?
Unfortunately weâre not yet close enough to have crossed the barrier of physical contact (he doesnât seem like the touchy type anyway), so it definitely would have to be coming from his girlfriend. Even if it did happen, the chances of me getting to witness it are low. I assume his girlfriend probably respects him enough not to embarrass him too much in front of others. Still, one can dream đ
I wait for the day when the subject of being ticklish comes up (bc there ain't NO way this ball of hidden angst isnât ticklish), someone teases him about it, and chaos ensues.
Today.
(aka the actual story, the reason for making this post)
Spoiler alert: No tickly shenanigans take place, unfortunately, but it's just about as good in my book :)
There were five of us friends (since when did I get a group of friends to hang out with??) piled into his car. I canât remember exactly what happened, I think his girlfriend changed something about the radio, and lo and behold IT HAPPENED. He cracked!... even if just a tiny bit, hehe. It wasnât an angry outburst in like a concerning, toxic way, but he was like âAh, câmon whyâd you do that??â more akin to a whiny twelve-year-old who's parents unplugged their TV to get them to go to bed. It was funny and endearing more than anything, like watching an old married couple fight. We all snickered a bit at the sight, and I saw my opportunity to tease him a little.
I said something along the lines of âyou know, for someone who has such a calm and collected demeanor, I absolutely love when I get to see you lose your cool. I mean that in the nicest way possible, of course. Itâs just the best". He said that he didnât think he gave off that kind of vibe, but he appreciated that that's how I see him đ
Then, a few minutes later we were in the drive-through line getting sodas at McDâs. One of the friends in the car with us says idk, maybe two words, and he LOSES it (you know how inside jokes with friends are). Like, full-on busts up, flops against the wheel wheezing, which eventually turns into loud genuine laughter. Now I completely lose it, doubling over and burying my face in my lap laughing, but not because of the joke (cue the sappy music). The sudden, uncontrollable bout of laughter coming from him was so unexpected and so contagioius... It was one of the best sounds Iâd heard in a long time! I was basically cry-laughing at that point. There were actual tears in my eyes that I had to wipe away. It all sounds so clichĂŠ but it really was an incredible sight to behold, and, in a roundabout sort of way, my dream came true.
So yeah. I just wanna hug him and fawn over him like a mom or an auntie. Poke him, help him loosen up a little. Weâre not quite at that level of friendship where that would be well received I think, but maybe someday. Yeah, someday.
#story time#personal#personal story#flame rambles#personal life#transfem#trans#idk how to tag this lol#flame is a big ol sap who wants to ramble for hours about how much she loves her friends
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First things first: the origins.
On the original version of my first fanfic I ever made, and why I decided to redo it 8 years later. So. Context. Pokemon Opal and Garnet (2016) is the first fanfiction I ever made. It's technically a crossover fanregion fic set in a region created by me with Pokemon created by me, but I use "crossover" extremely, extremely lightly. Technically, it was entirely new, but 5 of the main mons were named after (and of those 5, 4 were based in part on) characters from Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame, which is my all-time favorite Disney movie if not my favorite movie period. Given that it was my first ever fanfic, it is a mess. It is rough around the edges, and by god it shows. Among the many things in the first fanfic I ever wrote: HOND references like crazy, blatant Element of Harmony expies in the form of the 14 virtues (more on them later), a blatant Trump allegory, my first time writing a court scene, and a French anthem performance straight out of Casablanca. This was back in the Cringe Old Days (TM) of 2016 when the word "subtlety" was not in my writing vocabulary, when I did not know what "character arcs and development" were, and when I genuinely believed that fanfic sites would automatically send their copyright bots out to companies so that they could sue you out of your minds if you dared put non-public-domain song lyrics into your fic. After a while I stopped updating the fic out of boredom, writer's block, and distraction due to a bunch of other things entering my brain (oh hi, something called the "Dutch language"! Oh hi, fanmade musicals!). But the original fic still exists today and can be found. I plan to one day delete my fanfic.net account, though, and with it all the original stories, but you needn't worry-- the original Opal and Garnet can still be found on Lake Valor; all 20 chapters of it. After that, life went by. I joined We Are All Pokemon Trainers, where I met people who are numerous friends of mine, and, more importantly, learned how to actually create character arcs, developments, lore, and backstories. It was an incredible experience for me, and I thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of it. I went to college and graduated; I had an extremely long period of health anxiety... and in my last year of college, in 2024, I decided to look over my first ever fanfic and figure out what worked and what didn't. Two things from the fanfic-- the PokeLatin language and Orwell the Newspeak-speaking Crawdaunt-- made their way into WAAPT, albeit the PokeLatin language became the Poipolian dialect of UBese and had tons of tweaks done to it. This was also the year after the Disney company celebrated their 100th anniversary. And given that, the fact that many HOND references were made in the original fic, and the fact that TV Tropes erroneously labeled it a crossover because of those references, I ended up deciding "screw it, I am leaning into the Disney angle and I am leaning into it hard". Cue the creation of the Gisnep company (I'm not kidding, that's actually what it's called) and by extension, the Gisnepverse, which consists of Opal and Garnet (2024) and the WAAPT continuums. (I retired from WAAPT and branched each of my characters off into their own seperate stories.) The next post I make will delve into the lore surrounding the Gisnep company and its differences from its real-world analogue.
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đ, đ and đ for the fic writer asks?
đ What is your favorite fic that youâve written?
That's a tough one, honestly! There are some fics of mine that I think are technically better than others, some that are more meaningful in other ways. Sometimes, a fic of mine will get a better reception than I anticipated, but it's almost never the ones that I put my heart and soul into. Sometimes, I revisit a fic years later and I'm proud of what I did, sometimes, I never look at it again.
I would say...possibly Metempsychosis. Mainly because, imo, it has some really good writing from me in it, but also because it's a deeply, deeply personal fic. Nannerl's story became really important to me, both the tragic side of it (which is what almost ALL writing about Nannerl focuses on), and the happy moments. This is a woman who's lost everything at various points in her life, but she still finds a way through. And that's a lot more important to me than the common narrative of Mozart's Tragic Sister.
It was also coming at a very good time for me -- I go into the background to it in the author's note, as far as it being written when I had gone about 28 hours without sleep, for a fandom event that ultimately never happened five years before, I'd had a ~five hour bus ride, and I was facing a long plane flight back to the States, but what I don't talk about is that it was written at the tail end (...well. not quite the tail end) of a very long depressive episode that had been ongoing since 2021, when I joined my department and other things happened. I had been left feeling like there was nothing I could contribute, I'd never be able to write again like I used to, I couldn't make or keep friends long term, that I was inherently unlikable and the only thing that I could contribute was my content creation (and even that was going by the wayside, since my program made it impossible for me to write or publish as consistently as I used to and I felt like the quality of my most recent fics wasn't living up to the quality of my earlier fics...which, tbh, I still believe to some extent), that I owed everyone an apology for not being able to do anything because they deserved more, especially when I had so many WIPs that were likely never going to get published.
It was, quite possibly, the lowest low of my life up to that point, and that's including the year of Hell in middle school when I was bullied non-stop.
And then, in some random gate in Heathrow Airport, I hand-wrote out the skeleton of a fic. One that I thought was never going to get written. For a fandom I'd never written for before. Edited it, did some adjustments, and published it shortly afterwards.
đ What inspires you and your writing?
Oh, interesting.
I take bits and pieces from everywhere -- paintings, sometimes. Classics. Operas. Museums. Folklore motifs. (Never Campbell's monomyth, on the record.) The last few years have made me somewhat solitary and reclusive in a fandom context -- I don't join Discord servers often and, when I get super into a given ship, I usually don't even read fanfic consistently, mainly out of a fear of being influenced or accidentally copying. (Re: the latter, I'm a purist in the sense that I really like to develop my own take on characters' dynamics with one another, and I can't always do that if I'm in a fandom environment where headcanons quickly become canon. Re: the former...well. Too much of a fear of things going wrong. I said that it was ALMOST the tail end of my depressive episode, not quite the tail end yet.) I talk with friends, I get deep into the source material, and I see what I can try to pull out.
Sometimes, for my historically relevant fanfics, I'll read about something that happened in history and go "Oh, that's interesting" and make a note of it, or read a fact in some book or another. I might watch a musical or read something and think that there's a gap that needs to be filled and I'll try to fill it.
đ What is the most impactful lesson youâve learned about writing?
I suppose it's always striking to see the full RANGE of what is most impactful to people, what people are drawn to. Even the fics that I think are flops for various reasons usually have at least SOMEONE to like them, even if that person isn't always me.
Another, and it was hard-earned, was that rules don't really matter. When I was a teenager, I was bored out of my skull hearing every single bit of writing advice I got, even into a creative writing class in college, saying "write like Hemingway write like Hemingway write like Hemingway" when my natural style has ALWAYS been more 19th Century Gothic Romance Writer Getting Paid By the Word. It was stifling. And it wasn't necessarily bad ADVICE, it was badly GIVEN advice, because it was treated as an absolute. As I got older and started to work on writing more, I gradually realized that, fine, you should be careful of word count, but I also then proceeded to toss that bit of advice out, never paid attention to it again, and never bothered with it. I sometimes seek out writing advice now for scenes that I find technically confusing (battle and sex scenes in particular), I still am constantly trying to improve my style, but I don't care as much about making my writing follow a list of rules for what Good Writing Looks Like.
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Dove! DOVE! That's Dove! That's my baby! (And kind of Kary too, but Dove was the first.) Fan characters count, right?
Long story short, I ended up with three (yes, THREE) of the exact same 3.5" Raven action figure. But they were made by Bandai, which doesn't exactly have strict quality control, and all three of them looked slightly different, especially in the face. So I decided the one that looks most like Raven in the cartoon was, in fact, Raven, and the other two were her sisters.
Long story long:
It started off with only having two of them, actually. So naturally, in a household with four siblings, the default assumption was "One of them is Raven's sister!"
I can't remember which happened first: if we were playing with the 80's NTT figures and the 3.5" figures in the same session, and that NTT Raven is like 6" so OBVIOUSLY she was the "big sister" and the 3.5" one was the "little sister", or if it originated with the 3.5" figures...
Originally I mostly only had 2 of the figures at a time. For the sake of context, I grew up with a shared custody situation where I spent MOST of my time with my stepmonster and Dad and certain weekends and holidays and parts of summer vacation with my mother. Both parental households had gotten me the same figure! Stepmom and dad gave me TWO because one was just "mine", and the other one was "for the family"!
(I was hyperfixated and everyone who knew me knew it. And there wasn't a whole lot of Teen Titans merchandise, especially that was available at regular stores. Both figures ended up in my possession because my siblings weren't as obsessed with Teen Titans, especially not with Raven, as I was.)
My mom insisted we keep the toys she bought us at her house. But I would bring the ones from stepmom/dad to Mom's sometimes. So sometimes it was the two from stepmom/dad, and sometimes it was all three at my mother's.
This is part of why Dove is my main OC actually, and part of the reason Kary was a wandering vagrant(*) from inception: Because the one I decided was Dove was the most consistent sister present.
A lot, like a LOT of my modern fanfics developed out of adventures those little 3.5" figures had during playtime! (Most of them were from when I was playing alone, tbh. The wild continuity when I was playing with my 3 younger siblings would put DC's constant Crisis Events to shame. I could never figure out how to narrate the chaos in a Teen Titans fanfiction. ;P )
(*) The other part of Kary's vagrant backstory was that when my best friend and I played with my action figures with his character Kary for the first time, the story was that she was homeless and randomly stumbled upon by Raven and Dove, and they had to convince her to come with them or something. And yes, Kary was originally HIS character! He wrote+drew a character bio for her and everything. I adopted her into my stories and eventually she took on a life of her own and became one of my eternal babies, too.
Tag that OC that originated from a toy of some sort
(Examples: Littlest Pet Shop, La La Loopsy. i couldnt think of any others. :<)
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#I know this said ''tag'' but I wasn't able to fit the story into thirty tags or less. /^w^';#oc rebloggables#iala yona#iala kary#rhs childhood#rhs personal teen titans#rhs fanfics
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So Many Fanfics So Little Time
This is just my list, I have seen so many (but if you want to use it itâs all yours too!). Iâm not a writer. But I am a hell of a reader. Voracious one might argue. I just wanted to track my progress through the weeds of the absolutely never ending supply of Destiel and Cockles fanfic.Â
Read on if you want to see what Iâve read, and what Iâve thought. I am but one person with opinions - some of them may be unpopular - some of them you might agree with, but if you find something you havenât read here, I encourage you to do so.Â
Honestly, this is just so I can track what I have read already, and when my friends ask, I can reference something easily. I have found some different fics on all kinds of âbest ofâ lists all over the interwebs. And I love recs - so rec away friends.Â
As someone who reads a solid 40 novels a year typically, I donât come by the âI read a lotâ innocently. I do actually read a LOT. When not reading fanfic (a new obsession, all things being fair), I usually read a lot of Fantasy/high fantasy, romance/erotica, and or YA (yeah, that was a bit of a ride no?). So from this one might digress that I like fluffy, cute stories, complicated and supernatural/paranormal type stories, and I sure do not shy away from violence or smut (or maybe violence with smut? *smirk*).Â
I have read all of these in the last 2-3 months (I will continue to add as I go). I had never read a fanfic until 2-3 months ago. A lot of these wonderful people are on here, and I mean you no offence by not directly tagging you - Iâm still learning how to actually properly use this site. Links to AO3 are included (and I love you all).Â
These arenât necessarily in any real order - I did read T&S first, followed by 91W, and 4LW...after that itâs just a shit show of Long or Short, Destiel or Cockles - smorgasbord. Some of these are the most popular Fics out there, and others Iâve never seen reccâd anywhere (just sort of accidentally happened upon them). So letâs get to it, shall we?Â
Twist and Shout - ok look. I understand the stigma associated with this one, but it was the FIRST one I read. It was the ball that shot me down the hill, and I havenât stopped since. So. I loved it. I CRIED like a baby. SOBBED. It was not the quality of the writing but the way the story was developed and delivered. I have Never Cried Like This Reading a Story IN MY LIFE. Itâs a rite of passage. Read It and have an opinion - it doesnât need to be mine. Â
Author(s): gabriel, standbyme  https://archiveofourown.org/works/537876/chapters/955188
Ninety-One Whiskey - aka 91W, it is mentioned so much, and is SO worth the read. I continued my dive into the war fics (not typically my bag really and here I was reading 2 in a row). There are a couple of followup stories as well to this series (and yes, Iâve read them all). Although Iâll say that the original is my favourite. I often got lost in a bit of the War/Tactical descriptions, but would recommend it to anyone anyway. Ugh...the âstolen momentsâ...they were at the same time tragic and the most amazing things ever. You feel me? no? go read it.Â
Author: komodobits  https://archiveofourown.org/works/2362190/chapters/5214500
Four Letter Word for Intercourse - aka 4LW. OMG just, OMG. I loved this story. I loved it so much. I think I read it in a day. Devoured it. Itâs so HOT. Just read it. If you havenât youâre missing out. LEMME AT IT. I loved âknowing the secretâ, and had some major anxiety about that realization dawning (I had to take a breath, and be like, no, no, this is gonna be a mess, but itâs gonna be SO GOOD - I was not disappointed). Thereâs more than one work here too - read them all. PLEASE.Â
Author: bendingsignpost https://archiveofourown.org/works/16086839/chapters/37568591
Memories Bring Back Memories (Bring Back You) - This was the first Sobs one I read, but it sent me on a spree. Â this is the Memory Loss one. Â I have one piece of advice here - read everything by Sobsicles. You can thank me later...just go to her page, and fucking sort to supernatural (or not, read it all!) Iâd list them but Iâd fucking seriously be here all day. Â Also, her tags make me laugh so hard.
Author: Â sobsicles https://archiveofourown.org/works/24022945/chapters/57796885
Orpheus - I love this one too, Tattooed!Cas, my LOVE. paired with Mechanic!Dean, my HEART, #help. Read this one in one evening as well. (I was on a roll). Itâs a one night stand that turns into more (much like my last relationship)....hmm...maybe this is why I was pulled in - although to be fair that is the last similarity to my shitty love life! I do not remember how I stumbled onto this one (tattooed Cas may have been the draw...tbh). Read the warnings though, there is some triggering stuff in this one - but if you can handle it, itâs definitely worth the read.Â
Author: sysrae    https://archiveofourown.org/works/2364347/chapters/5220227
Have Love, Will Travel - Can you say no to Stripper!Dean? Cause I sure as hell cannot. Typical sort of character development here with Dean having trust issues, and Cas being painfully awkward...(but in like a super cute way?). Would Recommend.Â
Author: squeemonster  https://archiveofourown.org/works/565455/chapters/1011747
The Inexhaustible Silence of Houses - Change of pace here...Itâs got a nice twist. I didnât actually clue into how it was going to end until very near the end (maybe I was being oblivious), when the realization came over me and I was...man. I was DONE IN. I hope that doesnât spoil (I need some kind of way of remembering them). Voiceless!Cas Hunter!Dean
Author: Askance (doomcountry)Â Â https://archiveofourown.org/works/560268/chapters/1000755
Adagio - This is super short, and super cute. Honestly, I would read the whole thing just for the last line. Itâll take you less than an hour if I remember correctly. Go, Iâll wait. I squeeed. did you?Â
Author: noangelsinthegarrison  https://archiveofourown.org/works/1397248/chapters/2928145
Any Little Heartache - super easy read (not in a bad way, but in a âyouâll fly through itâ way). Itâs mid-length, not graphic, but really fun hospital AU. HeartSurgeon!Dean / Nurse!Cas - enemies to lovers anyone? Fuck you to Fuck me? yeah. YUM.Â
Author: followthattardis https://archiveofourown.org/works/5143376/chapters/11838311
Ad Astra - This is another short(ish) one, just one chapter. And by that I mean that this is written like a very long poem. Cas as a star who has visited Dean many times over the years of his life, that culminates in 4x01 barn scene. Itâs âaweâ sad. âpuppy dog eyesâ sad. The writing format took me a bit to understand what was happening - itâs my lack of poetry knowledge, not the writing. Â
Author: nhixxie https://archiveofourown.org/works/1013491
Ad Astra Per Aspera - This is a cute story. ESL writer, no judgement. I found this while looking for the one above, and thought the premise looked cute - and it was. Misunderstanding leading to Dean realizing heâs actually Bi. Miscommunication leading to realization. Â
Author: Riverchester https://archiveofourown.org/works/12354336/chapters/28101816
Psalm 40:2 - Time travel post-canon Cas and Pre-series Dean. If youâre wondering how that works, strap in for this ride, itâs well worth it.Â
Author: unicornpoe https://archiveofourown.org/works/30786425/chapters/75992444
Addicted to You - Warlock!Dean/Incubus!Cas - accidental âmatingâ (I actually really donât like that word, but thereâs sort of no avoiding it in this situation). Cute story. When you drunk dial a succubus and get an incubus instead...Whatever will we do?Â
Author: Ltleflrt https://archiveofourown.org/works/4387346/chapters/9959288Â
A Glimpse Beyond - End Fix-it. Not yet complete, 10 chapters so far...I want MORE! Reliving memories Dean/Cas & Sam/Eileen. Â
Author: NorthernSparrow https://archiveofourown.org/works/27731689/chapters/67875925
Cas-ti-el - Please I want more...Itâs like the story just started. Please write more of this story!! 1 chapter, itâs a trope prompt challenge, but I want it to be a full on story of its own. Imprinted names of their soul mates, Dean doesnât understand his (because itâs in a different language)...Iâm frustrated by wanting this story to keep going.Â
Author:Â Valinde (Valyria) Â https://archiveofourown.org/works/1941591
Our Bodies, Posessed by Light - another short one. Not going to lie, this one took a little getting used to, and I canât say that I enjoyed it too much for the sole purpose that the premise gave me the willies. Cas has to vessel jump - ends up in Sam...I got through it, it had a good ending, but yeah, sorry. This just wasnât for me.Â
Author: obstinatrix  https://archiveofourown.org/works/260289
Peanut Butter Pumpkin Wedding Cake - Waiter!Dean / Writer!Cas - This is so effing cute, just misunderstanding after misunderstanding bumbling around like the couple of dorks that they are. Itâs only one chapter. 100% would recommend.Â
Author:Â Sparseparsley https://archiveofourown.org/works/223962
Destiel, Actually - This is another super cute story, 5 chapters. Gabriel playing a singular role in putting Dean and Cas in awkward positions to push them together. I fucking DIED at âoh, I am the subâ - needs context, but I guarantee you that youâll laugh out loud...
Author: Bexism  https://archiveofourown.org/works/399934/chapters/658398
The Smell Before the Rain - This was my first A/B/O - a big apology to all those who are into mpreg and whatnot, this was my lesson that I am not. this was not for me. Also - Iâm a firm Cas (Alpha/Dom) believer, and iâm good with switch Cas, but itâs hard for me to take him being the full Omega here, when paired with the rest I just couldnât do it. I finished it, but, not my thing. I know now.Â
Author: jscribbles https://archiveofourown.org/works/22355230/chapters/53406127
Crazy Diamonds - This is another short one, only 3 chapters - itâs a body swap for Dean, 4x02 him and 2018 him swap places (assumption that 2018 him is âwithâ Cas). Itâs a super cute little story.Â
Author:Â pantheon_of_discord https://archiveofourown.org/works/16151642/chapters/37738631
The Breath of All Things - Wheelchair!Dean / Volunteer!Cas. This is a lovely story, typical Dean self-hatred etc. Triggering for those with suicide warnings. It had me in tears at the end. Thereâs a really spectacular quote near the end that I found so romantic I screen grabbed it.Â
Author:Â KismetJeska https://archiveofourown.org/works/994750/chapters/1967519
Kind of a Forever Deal - SummerCamp!AU This is just a really cute and fluffy summer camp AU. Which is so different from 91W (Thatâs right, check the author)! I was a little disappointed with the ending, but otherwise really enjoyed this all the way through and was loving all the discovery and young characterizations of all the characters.Â
Author: komodobits https://archiveofourown.org/works/999291/chapters/1978478
Everytown, USA - Best way I can break this one down? Wanderer!Dean (listless and without a place in the world, he ends up in a small town...), Twin!Cas (that leads to some fun things). There are a number of points where youâre gonna yell at Dean for doing stupid shit (that are very much in character for him to do), you think, well, yes, obviously youâre going to do that you silly fucking boy [affectionate]; but whyyy? (but we know).Â
Author: aileenrose https://archiveofourown.org/works/1797559/chapters/3854836
Chalk and Chainmail - HighSchool!AU, Cas is an artist, Dean LARPâs - itâs cute and angsty.Â
Author:Â lemonsorbae https://archiveofourown.org/works/804704/chapters/1517551
A Little Patience - Ok. you want smut? This is your story. You want Kink? This is your story. I actually did not finish this. It got a little carried away in my opinion. It was VERY panty kink oriented (which, while essentially canon isnât really my kink) so, if you want that Panty Kink on full display? Go forth and enjoy! it is thirty something chapters, I got to the mid-twenties I Think.Â
Author: riseofthefallenone https://archiveofourown.org/works/1750058/chapters/3739232
Control - I REALLY ENJOYED THIS. Which is saying a lot for someone who has already admitted that a Subby Cas isnât really my HC - so to so thoroughly enjoy a Sub!Cas story? (maybe itâs the tattooes...*wink*). Itâs an AU where Cas is the head of a company - Dean is a callboy I guess, for lack of a better term. Just read it.
Author: dothraki_shieldmaiden  https://archiveofourown.org/works/31156601/chapters/76993217
More (I copy pasted the next lot from my google doc, Iâll flush them out later - no i wont...)
Teach Me (short) - movie night in the bunker, things get a little carried away  Author: Chiyume  https://archiveofourown.org/works/5961327
You Light the Spark (in my bonfire heart) (short) - when cas doesn't realize that dean is unaware of his feelings, super short, super cute           Author: noangelsinthegarrison https://archiveofourown.org/works/1193910Â
Communication Breakdown (short/cockles) - dean ends up in Jensen's head while he films the confession scene, no sexual content Author: jujubiest  https://archiveofourown.org/works/29669601/chapters/72951339
Look What You Made Me Do (short/cockles) -   -  Vegas Con 2020 / jensen comes out with a song   - cute short - no sexual content Author: green_blue_heller https://archiveofourown.org/works/30251592 Full House (short/cockles) - reimagined version of the rented house story - putting it in order (so to speak). funny / cute / fluffy not explicit  Author: n_nami  https://archiveofourown.org/works/30855827
Cyber Sex (short/cockles) - anastiel https://archiveofourown.org/works/31467086    - shameless post GISH Fest zoom call porn    - Short (very short)
It's Complicated (cockles) - gail_morgan https://archiveofourown.org/works/31434938/chapters/77747519    The GISHtake (short/cockles) - MellyCrazyCoconut https://archiveofourown.org/works/31508099   - cute short post GISH zoom   - oops "babe, really?" Â
(10.02.2021 updated) Since last update: New reads - Fuck iâm gonna be here all day - thereâs not gonna be as much gonna be NO detail in these breakdowns...sorry! This has now just become a âwhat iâve read listâ as opposed to a Rec list...
Love, All Alike (Pt. 1 Love, All Alike) - Phantoms_and_Foxgloves  https://archiveofourown.org/works/4555599/chapters/10370646               - Though The Stars Walk Backward (pt 2 Love, All alike) - Phantoms_and_Foxgloves
And this, your living kiss - opal_bullets  https://archiveofourown.org/works/18083927/chapters/42744872
Come On, Let's Strike a Match (Domination and Submission: a love story pt 1) - anyrei & queerwerewolf ***Â Â https://archiveofourown.org/works/25722478/chapters/62458810 Â Â - Playing With Fire (D&S: a love story pt 2) Â Â - We Kiss and the Flames Get Higher (D&S: a love story pt 3)Â Â Â - Sparking That Old Flame (D&S: a love story pt 4)Â
Cinderwings - bendingsignpost Cinderella!AU**Â Â https://archiveofourown.org/works/12847041/chapters/29336421
Linden - fleeceframe Swan!AU**Â Â https://archiveofourown.org/works/33126730/chapters/82236118
No Netflix, No Chill (short) - dorian_they  https://archiveofourown.org/works/28764966
Can't Drink You Away (short) - dorian_they  https://archiveofourown.org/works/28785792Â
Jensen Totally (Does Not!) Snore (short RPF) - Dorian_they  https://archiveofourown.org/works/30315717
Dean Ships It (short) - dorian_they  https://archiveofourown.org/works/30349434
All about control - wingless  https://archiveofourown.org/works/9151930/chapters/20791243
Aesthetics in Autoerotica (pt 1 Aesthetics in Autoerotica) - relucant  https://archiveofourown.org/works/3885544                               - The Ties that Bind (pt 2 Aesthetics in Autoerotica) - relucant
Let's take a drive - sobsicles  https://archiveofourown.org/works/32581027/chapters/80819581Â
Enchanted ink - castielslostwings TattooArtist!Dean TattooArtist!Castiel AU ***Â Â https://archiveofourown.org/works/23043622/chapters/55109530
The bones beneath our skin - darknessbound  https://archiveofourown.org/works/24633754/chapters/59515804
The Plot (RPF) - Castiel_Left_His_Mark_On_Me  https://archiveofourown.org/works/2795588/chapters/6274970
The Gentle Force with which you Take Me (RPF) - Phoenix_Ascended  https://archiveofourown.org/works/32110120/chapters/79549183
According to all known laws of Life (Pt. 1 Cursed Metaphors) - sobsicles  https://archiveofourown.org/works/29207901                             - and he's back (with a mind of his own) (pt. 2 Cursed Metaphors) - sobsicles
Six hundred sundays (and many more) - sobsicles  https://archiveofourown.org/works/31158776
Aching in the Absence of you - sobsicles  https://archiveofourown.org/works/31832977/chapters/78811378
gorging myself on you, still canât get full (insatiable) (Short) - sobsicles  https://archiveofourown.org/works/32203291
memories bring back memories (bring back you) - sobsicles  https://archiveofourown.org/works/24022945/chapters/57796885
Dream Come True (short) - bendingsignpost  https://archiveofourown.org/works/28071159
tall grass - aeli_kindara  https://archiveofourown.org/works/13127040/chapters/30030726
asunder (Short) - rageprufrock https://archiveofourown.org/works/62115
Apheresis - bendingsignpost BloodDonor!AU **Â Â https://archiveofourown.org/works/32674783/chapters/81056680
we always were but never knew it - frightfullyrude  https://archiveofourown.org/works/32698324/chapters/81119503
In this Louisiana Bar (Short) - fleeceframe  https://archiveofourown.org/works/31764487
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Alternate Universes - n_nami  https://archiveofourown.org/works/32687929/chapters/81092785
my heart a compass - lagaudiere https://archiveofourown.org/works/28629951
Unsound Inverses - sp8ce (not complete)Â Â https://archiveofourown.org/works/29836881/chapters/73413300
The Jensen Mistake (RPFish) - fellshish  https://archiveofourown.org/works/31950169
tell me about the dream (Pt. 1 Kids are coming home) - playedwright  https://archiveofourown.org/works/27984813/chapters/68544450
It's handy to know (FIMMF Themed ;)) - RosaMarloes  https://archiveofourown.org/works/31761322
So Says The Sword - komodobits AngelTrueform!AU**Â Â https://archiveofourown.org/works/12597892/chapters/28695592
Communication Breakdown (RPFish)- darkshrimpemotions (jujubiest)  https://archiveofourown.org/works/29669601/chapters/72951339
Carry You Home - Casloveshisfreckles  https://archiveofourown.org/works/26982637/chapters/65862916
In the Shadow of your Wings - Enochian Things (Salr323)Â Â https://archiveofourown.org/works/7531294/chapters/17121655
When Harry Met Sally (RPF) (Pt. 1 When Harry Met Sally âverse) - mnwood  https://archiveofourown.org/works/7622347/chapters/17351845   - Eight Dildos (RPF) (Pt. 2 When Harry Met Sally âverse) - mnwood   - Attention, Please (RPF) (Pt. 3 When Harry Met Sally âverse) - mnwood       - Boat Trip (RPF) (Pt. 4 When Harry Met Sally âverse) - mnwood
A Winter's Tale - NorthernSparrow  https://archiveofourown.org/works/2654327/chapters/5930561
A Close Shave - NorthernSparrow https://archiveofourown.org/works/3090167
r/supernatural - renrub (short)Â https://archiveofourown.org/works/27626783
sam reads destiel fics - rebshome (short - funny!)Â Â https://archiveofourown.org/works/33721624
Angel Cookies - noxsoulmate Chirstmas!AU **Â https://archiveofourown.org/works/11729640/chapters/26427765
Under The Midnight Sun - NorthernSparrow Arctic!AU **Â Â https://archiveofourown.org/works/16690645/chapters/39143677
Bron-Yr-Aur - mrbluesky (Short)Â https://archiveofourown.org/works/28225335
The Dean Winchester Beat Sheet - saltyfeathers  https://archiveofourown.org/works/19258594/chapters/45800209
The Meaning On My Skin - saltnhalo  https://archiveofourown.org/works/18005378/chapters/42538133
Red Right Hand (Pt. 1 Murder Ballads)  - Duckyboos  https://archiveofourown.org/works/4306110/chapters/9760008   - Are you the One that I've been waiting for? (pt. 2 Murder Ballads) - Duckyboos Â
Riptides - sharkfish  https://archiveofourown.org/works/13230426/chapters/30263556
Damn Fine Ride - Cimorene105 (pt 1 - rodeo) Cowboy!AU** (Iâm a horse girl, sue me...)Â Â https://archiveofourown.org/works/14342340 Â Â - My Face Just Does This, Sometimes - Cimorene105 (pt. 2 rodeo) Â Â - The Kinkiest Thing I've Ever Done- Cimorene105 (pt 3 rodeo) Â Â - All Signs Point to Love - Cimorene105 (pt. 4 rodeo) Â Â - Monster Love - Cimorene105 (pt. 5 rodeo) Â Â - My Man, The Siren - Cimorene105 (pt. 6 rodeo) Â Â - A Pain in My Ass - Cimorene105 (pt. 7 rodeo)
Astrolabe (terra incognita pt 1) - reluctantabandon, Winter_of_our_Discontent  https://archiveofourown.org/works/3348812/chapters/7326794   - Drollery (terra incognita pt 2) - reluctantabandon Winter_of_our_Discontent   - Rubrication (terra incognita pt 3) - reluctantabandon Winter_of_our_Discontent
Go Down With This Ship - PorcupineGirl  https://archiveofourown.org/works/8023642/chapters/18370474
Fire and Ice - Castielslostwings (Firefighter/Paramedic AU!) **Â Â https://archiveofourown.org/works/23286295/chapters/55768486
The Structural Similarities of Hunters and Onions - Faster_Than_the_Speed_of_Sound (Short)Â Â https://archiveofourown.org/works/33383101
Castiel Novak's Office, This is Dean - emmbrancsxx0Â Â https://archiveofourown.org/works/22411336/chapters/53545840
Out of the Deep (out of the deep pt. 1) - riseofthefallenone - MERMAID AU! **Â Â https://archiveofourown.org/works/548878/chapters/977676
Dean (and Cas') Top 13 Zepp Traxx - pantheon_of_discord  https://archiveofourown.org/works/10909440/chapters/24256989
I'll Be Good - LittleAngelCassie  https://archiveofourown.org/works/4118334/chapters/9282234
Kenosis - CastielsCarma (Short - part of Destiel ABC collection)Â Â https://archiveofourown.org/works/30411720
#fics#fic recs#fanfiction#ao3#cockles#destiel#dean and cas#jensen and misha#one track mind#supernatural#please send me recs#read more fics#this is my new obsession
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11. Something neat Iâve learned while doing research and how much do I worry about research in general.
Few weeks back I watched two YouTube videos explaining the rules of cricket, because I was looking for the name of a specific throw for a metaphor that I ended up not using. So it turned out pretty useless for my story, but at least now I finally understand what that sport is all about!
Also once, I had a conversation with a real paramedic for a tragic medical emergency storyline. In the end I disregarded half of the thing he told me coz it wasnât plot convenient đ but it was super interesting.
Overall I care a lot -too much- about accuracy and not being second-guessed by anyone (apart when I write things that only my three biggest fans will read) but Iâm also lazy. Which is why I tend to stick to what I know or to fields that someone Iâm close to is knowledgeable about. That way I can just Whatsapp them very specific questions instead of spending hours on Google for a couple of lines in my story.
14. Worst writing habit.
I guess itâs the fact that my brain has decided a long time ago that it wouldnât be productive at home earlier than 10pm. So in order to write during the day, I need to go to coffee shops where I spend a looooot of money on coffee and food.
17. Favourite line Iâve ever written.
Hmm, I donât know⌠I guess right now I want to say âLibertĂŠ, ĂŠgalitĂŠ, frappucinoâ (which means nothing out of context haha), because I donât often amuse myself but Iâm still laughing about it two weeks later. Overall, Iâll kind of cheat my way around that question and say âMais tu te trompes. Le plus avisĂŠ de tous les professeurs, câest toi.â Not for its quality but just because itâs the final line of my biggest pride and accomplishment so far.
41. Weirdest story idea Iâve ever had.
It has to go back to McFly times, when my sister and I used to come up with three new ideas every week, putting the boys in all sorts of scenarios. I canât really recall the weirdest one, but I guess the weirdest thing weâve done is to make the McFly characters from her main fanfic and the McFly characters from my main fanfic become friends and chat online for hours in a sort of undefined universe.
62. Weirdest reason Iâve ever shipped something.
Iâm pretty sure Iâm forgetting about my weirdest ship here, but for now Iâll go with one that might not be âweirdâ but still a bit wtf. Again with my sister, we wrote that AU fic where every single MCU character (existing back then) were students in an American high school. We built the story around mainstream ships like Stucky and Clintasha, but along the way some crossovers relationships developed in our universe and I ended up shipping Wanda Maximoff from Avengers and Matt Murdock from Daredevil so hard. To the point that I started writing a sequel spinoff fic about them and I actually ship the two MCU characters even though theyâve never been and will never be in the same movie/TV show.
63. Best insult Iâve read in a fic.
Okay, because I canât recall any great insult read in someone elseâs fic, Iâll go with one of mine, because âYou judgemental caring kissing piece of shit!â (and the context it was said in my âfine arts schoolâ fic) is something Iâm pretty proud of.
98. What I donât like about my writing style.
I donât like that Iâm still a bit too âshyâ about being crude and gutsy in my writing, sometimes itâs a bit too polished, when rougher phrasing can hit the reader right in the feels, and makes it easier to respect the âshow donât tellâ rule. But because it doesnât come naturally to me, if I do it, it doesnât read natural so most of the time I reverse back to being more poetic and stylistic.
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In love with her
Talking about being back and about fanfics and writing... I recently wrote a short love story between two of my ocs. For context, the story starts with Seika, one of my ocs, writing in her diary (I didn't write that in the story cause I thought it was obvious and because I was too inspired to notice that context was necessary). Seika is a trans lesbian who uses she/they pronouns who realizes she has developed a crush on a friend of hers that she met at her new school (listen, I'm gonna be honest, the school is Night Raven Collegue cause Ruby (my other oc) is a Twisted Wonderland oc of mine and THIS is an au where my two ocs Seika and Arlo find themselves in Twisted Wonderland cause why the heck not), Ruby, who is a trans fem greyace/aro guy who uses she/her pronouns, the whole story focuses on Seika being confused on why she would feel attracted to a guy when she's a lesbian (the answer is that sexuality is wacky and confusing :)). Btw, their ship name is "Cards and Roses" because Ruby is a gambler and Seika really likes flowers and is really good at flower magic and Ruby's last name is "Rosebud" :).
Also, I didn't write the ending of the story yet (where they go to prom) because I didn't feel inspired enough. But I might add it later on (or not lol)
Anyway, here's the story:
In love with her
A âCards and Rosesâ story
âI donât understand, I donât understand whatâs going on. I thought I knew myself. But everytime I pass her in the hallway I feel my heartbeat get slightly faster. And when she turns and smiles, I pick up the pace.Â
I see her signaling for me to sit next to her in the cafeteria and I canât. I donât understand, all this time, I thought I didnât like boys, I thought I couldn't feel attracted to a boy, Iâve never felt attracted to a boy!!
But sheâs different, I understand her, we have similar experiences, sheâs nice and kind, she smiles at me. And now, I canât help but to avoid her, scared to confront whatever these feelings are, Iâm terrified. I want to be next to her, to spend time with her, to be close to her. But I canât.Â
I donât know what to do. Iâve consulted Arlo and they say I should just approach her and that surely she likes me back, but I.. am scared. Of her.Â
What if I confront these feelings? What if I realize I like her? What will I do then? God, Iâm a mess!!!
I think⌠how must she feel? Do you think she feels the same? Do you think she likes me? Do you think sheâs interested? DO YOU THINK SHE KNOWS???
Iâm terrified. What should I do?
Prom is just around the corner. Should I ask her out??? DOES SHE EVEN LIKE GIRLS??? AAAAAH. Iâve never felt attracted to boys, I donât know what to do, I donât know how they work!! Or what they want!!Â
Then again, we ARE very similar. We have very similar interests, weâre both very femenine, and both of our environments werenât supportive.
Ughh, I donât know what to do. What would Aro do?...
Arlo would just do it. They would just go for it, theyâve never been the type to care about what other people thought or about how they looked or came across to others. Iâve always admired that about them. I donât know what to do. Should I just do like Arlo would?? But Iâm not Arlo!!Â
IâM SO CONFUSED!!Â
Damn, she makes me feel so braindead. I feel like I canât think, like nothing makes sense, like I canât breathe or remember how to walk or function. I want to be with her, I want to hold her, I want to get interested in her interests, I want to know her past, I think I want her.
I think I know what to do. Actually.â
***
As I approach her in the hallway, I canât help but feel my heartbeat quicken, I gulp nervously.
She looks so pretty in that uniform.
-Hi Ruby!
-Oh, oh! Hi Seika! I-
-I-
As I realize that I had cut her off, I stop, and let her continue.
-Um, you talk first.
I rub my arm nervously, and look to the side. God, how come this is how she makes me feel?
-Um, right, well. I just wanted to say that Iâm glad that youâre talking to me again. I thought you mightâve been avoiding me lately and I was scared that I had done or said something wrong, Iâm glad it wasnât the case.
-Oh, WHAT?!?! No! Not at all, it's just well, I did wanna talk to you about something relating to that.
-Oh?
-Um, Ruby, I have been avoiding you- I saw her expression fall for a moment and that alone made my stomach churn-, for a reason! Not a bad one! Itâs my fault, I mean-Â
I get entangled in my words and I stop to think and find the right ones for a moment.
-The reason Iâve been avoiding you recently is that I like you. And I found that confusing cause Iâve never felt attracted to a boy! So it was confusing for me, I didnât want to confront or accept it and Iâm sorry.
Ruby looked like she wanted to add something for a moment but I cut her off.
-But I really like you Ruby! I think youâre pretty and kind, and great and soo cute! And, I want to ask you out for prom. I want you to come with me.
Rubyâs face turned a shade of red similar to her vest, and as she scratched her neck nervously for a moment, I saw a small smile start to form on her face.
-Itâs, wow! I⌠donât know what to say, ehehe.Â
Rubyâs eyes looked everywhere but at me.
âTo be honest, I feel the same way. I really relate to you, to how much you like femininity. And Iâve never found someone like that! Like me. So, I think that made me feel that much closer to you, it made me feel a connection that I was afraid you wouldnât feel, I was afraid it was only me who felt like this. Iâm glad I was wrong.Â
And⌠uh, yes, Iâd love to go to prom with you. Although Iâm not a great dancer.
-Oh, me neither! Donât you worry! Thatâs not why I asked you to prom.
I smiled at her, eyes practically glowing with glee and joy. Iâm so glad she feels the same way! I jumped into her arms and just stayed there for a while, hugging her.
-Oh, oh my god, Seika! Hahaha! What are you doing?
I held her in my arms and didnât let her go. She reciprocated.
-We need to get to class.
-Just five more minutes.
#writers on tumblr#story#fanfic#ocs original characters#twst au#twst ocs#seika only knows about violence flowers and girls and it shows#she doesn't even know that much about the third one#anyways your honor they're gay#if you give me shit cause it's a guy and a lesbian ship I'll kill you sexuality is complicated#don't come to my blog to gatekeep queer relationships
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nobody (okay, well, 2 people DID ask, but itâs too late to change the title of this essay series now)Â asked but here are three main humor techniques i apply a lot in my fanfiction | a 2k word long post where i talk humor theory at you for entirely too long
I love humor. A good 75% of my personality is based primarily on whether or not it would be funny and thus, the study and application of comedy is something of a very big huge large interest of mine. I love watching standup comedy, I love telling jokes, but most of all, I love literature that makes me laugh.Â
I write humor, and I put a lot of thought into it, and here, I will do the least funny thing ever: I will over-explain my jokes.
Before we do that, we must set some ground rules first. What is humor? Well, in Humor: Its Origin and Development, Paul McGhee contends that no single theory could encapsulate the entirety of humor. Additionally, according to McGhee, humor does not physically exist. It is, instead, a perception brought about by certain scenarios with certain characteristics. What we can take away from here is that first, humor is vast, and there are many ways to both explain it and achieve it, and second, that humor is something caused by certain other things.Â
I do not claim to be an expert in humor, just an enthusiast, so what I will not be giving a cheat code to humorous writing. I will, instead, share three techniques that I frequently use and explain how they work.
The three techniques are the following:
INCONGRUENCY: Things that donât fit.
SLAPSTICK: I hope that doesnât happen to me.
CHEKOVâS GAG: If the gun is there, it better be funny.
My examples for each of these techniques will come from various sources of media. My examples of my own writing will all be coming from the most recent fanfic I have written, my Polygon Cyberpunk Red high school au âteenagers scare the living shit out of me.â Examples will sometimes have overlap in the technique they utilize, but Iâll try my best to keep everything clear on what exactly Iâm trying to explain.
Without further ado, letâs jump right into it!
INCONGRUENCY: Things that donât fit.
GĂśran Nerhardt, in McGheeâs book, states that âHumor is seen as a consequence of the discrepancy between two mental representations, one of which is an expectation and the other is some idea or percept.â Nerhardtâs definition of humor is one that relies on incongruity: wherein there is an element that is not in accordance with the other elements. An incongruous element is one that is not the expectation, and in this subversion of expectation, humor is achieved.Â
In simpler terms, a congruent situation would be âA man walks into a bar and orders a beer.â An incongruent situation would âA man walks into a bar. âOw!â He says.âÂ
In the first example, everything is as expected, and in the second, the word âbarâ has the characteristic of being a homophone, a word with different definitions. The second example takes advantage of the other definition of the word âbarâ, that is to say a metal tube object, and thus the reaction of the man.Â
Incongruency plays on the unexpected, the out of place, and the odd. This technique in particular I learned from writers like Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett. They use incongruence, they use it A LOT but what I want to talk about is, first, its use as a descriptor.Â
âThe ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.â -Douglas Adams, The Hitchhikerâs Guide to the Galaxy
âIn a distant forest a wolf howled, felt embarrassed when no one joined in, and stopped.â -Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic
Description is a fertile ground for humor. You have a thing, there are expectations to how that thing will appear or act, and then you describe it in a way thatâs unexpected. I pull this trick off in so many fics, but here is an example from chapter 4 of the high school au.
Mr. Hypo sits at the desk in front of the classroom, staring all three of them down. Vang0, Dasha, and Burger are seated in the stupid circle again, looking at Robbie as it powers up like a man with gout.
Incongruency here is Robbie, the animatronic. Expectation is that it will be described in a robot like manner. Reality is that I describe it having the same condition that occasionally ails my nearly 50 year old father.Â
Aside from description, incongruence is also something I play around with in the events of situations themselves. The most clear example I can give is this scene, from chapter 6, is this:
Burger picks up the closest thing.
That thing happens to be Peter.
âPeter!â Burger looks at Peter in the eye as Edmundton picks up a chair and starts menacingly walking towards Burger. He says, very quickly âDo you consent to be used as a self defense projectile!?â
Peter, pigeonly, nods.
âThank youuuuuuuu!â Burger yells as he throws Peter at Edmundtonâs face.
The context of this scene is that Burger has just entered active combat. Combat is serious. Combat is deadly. Combat is hitting and getting hurt. So whatâs something unexpected you can do in this situation to make it funny? Have Burger ask a pigeon if itâs alright with being thrown at an enemy, and then make Burger actually throw the pigeon at the enemy.Â
Incongruence is something that is present in a lot of humor situations and itâs very, very fun to play around with. Messing around with incongruence makes you think about what is expected in writing and forces you to think outside of the box in a manner that will elicit laughter.
Letâs move on to our next topic now!
SLAPSTICK: I hope that doesnât happen to me.
Kevin Casper in his article Iâm so glad youâre fake! describes slapstick comedy as a physical type of humor wherein actions are done in an excessive, ridiculous, and sometimes violent manner. Slapstick is Mr. Bean exploding a can of paint to paint his apartment. Slapstick is Courage the Cowardly Dogâs eyes popping out of his sockets when he sees something scary. Slapstick is the ending of Polygonâs video on Slapstick and Doom Eternal (a very good video about slapstick and horror violence) where Pat Gill gets hit in the face with a tube of paper.Â
The excessiveness of slapstick creates a non-reality for viewers to enjoy in safety. It is a type of humor that revels in the suspension of reality, but more than that, it is a type of humor that you particularly gain enjoyment from because of the fact that itâs not happening to YOU.
Now, I use slapstick comedy sometimes, but I deviate from excessiveness and instead lean more into that last thing I said. I write situations that are funny and that you also donât want to ever happen to you as a person. One example of âfuck, thatâs hilarious, but I hope it never happens to meâ is the following scene from Spiderman: Into The Spider Verse, where Miles Morales, invisible, has to find information on Doctor Octaviaâs computer. When he accesses the computer, he is met with this.
You donât want this to happen to you. But damn is it hilarious that itâs happening to somebody else.
When I am creating scenes that I want to be funny, I think about whether or not it would be funnier if I made it excruciating for the characters involved. So excruciating that you really, really, wouldnât want to be in that situation. An example of this technique in play is from chapter 4 of the high school au, where the gang are in a room they shouldnât be in, somebody is about to come in and stop them, and they are all at the mercy of a program slowly, slowly uploading.
 âHey!â The somebody outside says, jangling the doorknob more violently. âClub time is over, nobody should be in this room!â
âVang0, how long until the program is done?â Dasha hisses.
â43% Uploaded,â Vang0 says, panicked.
âHurry.â
âI canât make technology be faster.â
âWhoâs in there!â The person outside yells.
âShould I answer?â Burger asks.
âDo not answer.â Dasha says.
Burger nods. âIâm gonna answer.â
âBURGERââ
âWEâRE JUST A COUPLE OF NOT FRIENDS. JUST LOOKING AROUND.â
âWho are you!â The person outside yells.
âDo not answer, Burger,â Dasha says, sounding like this conversation is actively shaving years off of her lifespan.
âBut heâs asking,â Burger looks at Dasha then at the door then at Dasha again, looking very nervous.
âJust lie then,â Dasha tells Burger.
âGotcha,â Burger nods, determined, and turns to the door to yell. âIâM NOT BURGER CHAINZ.â
âOh my god,â Dasha thunks her head onto Vang0âs shoulder. âIs it done loading, yet?â
â98% Uploaded,â Vang0 says, feeling his blood pressure in a way heâs never felt before.
I make this situation worse for the characters by making Burger completely fail at being stealthy. As one reader told me about this chapter âI love Burger, but if I were in that room, I would strangle him.â Exactly! Itâs not a situation youâd ever want to be in!Â
But the characters are in it and you get to enjoy their suffering from a safe vantage point as a reader.Â
Slapstick comedy is all about making situations outrageous and ridiculous and something readers wouldnât want to legitimately experience. Itâs about tapping into your audienceâs mind and wondering what they want to see but not want to go through.
And last but not least!
CHEKOVâS GAG: If the gun is there, it better be funny
The principle of Chekovâs Gun is a principle that emphasizes that objects in a story should have a use. According to Bill in Chekhov: The Silent Voice of Freedom, Chekov says âIf you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it's not going to be fired, it shouldn't be hanging there.âÂ
Chekovâs Gag is that same rule, but instead of the gun going off, the gun better be fucking hilarious at some point.Â
The first example I can think of is from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. In the beginning of the movie, King Arthur stops by a castle and asks the guards to tell their master that he is here. This exchange happens:
Now, this, on its own, is already hilarious. It plays on incongruence (guards being very enthusiastic about birdâs holding coconuts and the logistics of that), slapstick (if you were Arthur and you wanted to have a simple conversation, people suddenly talking about birds and ignoring you is not a situation you want to be in), but what about Chekovâs Gag?
To become Chekovâs Gag, this situation must be brought up again in a funny manner later in the movie.
And so it does.
An hour later in the movie, The Knights of Camelot are at the Bridge of Death. There, they have to answer 3 questions correctly. If they do not have an answer, they are shot into a deadly cavern of doom.
King Arthur steps up to answer his 3 questions. Here is what happens:
The African swallow or the European swallow has achieved Chekovâs Gag-age.
Chekovâs Gag is something Iâve only started doing recently, in fanfiction. An example of this in the high school au is that, in the first chapter, I introduce two things. 1) Peter, an overfed pigeon, and 2) Robbie the RoboDog, an animatronic of the school.
Throughout the fic, I donât forget about Peter or Robbie. I bring them up again and again and I make sure to make their presence not just integral to the winning of the final boss battle in chapter 6, but I make their presence funny.
Chekovâs Gag is a new trick Iâve started doing, and it definitely requires foresight and planning. It makes you think long term but at the same time forces you to think about the things you already have present in your story and make you re-evaluate just how else they could be used. If done correctly, the effect is hilarity, but also deep, deep satisfaction.
So there we have it! Three humor techniques that I use in my fanfiction. Shit that doesnât make sense, shit you donât want happening to you, and shit that you saw a while ago which youâll see again later and when you do, itâll be awesome.
Thanks for reading!Â
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