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[lyralu91]

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Tag by @discocritic:

For every "🌹" received in my inbox i'll post one random sentence of a random WIP i'm currently writing!

“Look at him,” she said, smiling at Blue - the mouth breather - wearing the biggest, breathiest sun grin on his face. “So bloody pleased with himself.” “He is, isn’t he?” Tom agreed, and the sweet, low chuckle in his chest sounded almost proud.

Cradling his cup of tea in both hands, he sat leaned forward a little as he admired his dog. His best mate. “Little bugger,” he scoffed with a smile, but there was something tired to his voice, like a parent envying the simple life of their child. "Could use some of that myself, couldn’t I. Yeah? You wanna share?” Blue reacted to the questions and trod over to investigate, settling for strokes at first then putting his paws on Tom’s knee. “Not my tea, mate, you can’t have that.” 

OKAY, I KNOW, IT WAS MORE THAN ONE SENTENCE but I felt like sharing a bit more of this scene! 🤭

This is from my Tom Hardy RPF - which I haven't touched in ages... Had fun opening it up though, adding a few things/making changes!

The story is about him and Blue meeting/getting to know/falling in love with a woman named Lyra... 😌 (and her dog Embla! 🐾❤️) Here are some pictures I've kept for inspiration!

[discocritic]

Summary: While on a routine trip through the Zones, Jet Star finds a boy all alone in need of immediate help. Instead of parting ways afterward, Jet and the boy form an unlikely companionship.

here’s an old piece of a fic (originally it was going to be longer but i never finished it) i was writing back in like 2021 that i found and was convinced to publish! just in case anyone that’s still active in dd is still following this account <3 

[trans-elrond]

hey! do you have any axe-centric fic recs? 👀

i do!!!!! the axe tag is rather sparse at the moment (join me on my mission to change that), but here are some i've enjoyed!

fair warning, i'm an axe x anyone truther. to me, that man's a bisexual whore (affectionate.)

a place where we can grow again by kaydear: after paz's death, axe adopts ragnar. really gorgeous prose and a fully believable adoption scenario (i think a lot of adoption scenarios overlook the fact that ragnar thinks axe is a heretic / axe is a long way away from being gung-ho about kids, but this one does both characters justice!) rated G.

face in the mirror by Crystalshard: axe meets boba fett! fun linguistic/historical theorizing, great character interactions. rated T.

meet me halfway by Perilous_Grey: paz x axe, axe saves paz's life. rated T.

flourishing by beautifulbb8: paz x axe, marriage, gorgeous infatuated inexperienced husbands. rated M.

blowing off steam (series) by @chadillacboseman. axe x reader. 2021 era axe fic my beloved, only had him for a few weeks and already making it everyone else's problem <3 rated E.

and plugging my own axe-centric fics:

bird in your teeth: axe x bo-katan breakup/character study. rated T.

the blade against myself: axe masturbation fic. rated E.

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[lyralu91]

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“Oh but I own it. I own the trees and the rocks and all the animals that try to hide in it...”

From a scene where James meets Julia, one of my OC's! 🐺🌲🏹

[graffitibible]

why do you not usually use the diner as a setting?

lot of reasons, principle among them being that the way i write the fabulous killjoys, they're just way the hell too high profile for them to have a static home base. they are in CONSTANT motion; the trans am is the closest thing they have to a "home" structure.

ive noticed that a lot of fanon tends to hold the diner as this kind of home base and the ubiquity of that mindset has always kind of puzzled me considering that we really only see it in a handful of shots in the "na na na" music video. everyone spends most of that music video on the move pretty much perpetually.

but i don't knock it! it's just not something that suits my understanding of the universe. the killjoys are hugely wanted targets and being in one consistent location is incredibly, incredibly dangerous, particularly with the girl in tow. no way are they risking indulging in anything as traceable as a consistent location! they have to be sporadic even when checking up on allies like dr. death, again by necessity - BLI wants them bad and they can't afford the risk of becoming predictable.

add that to the fact that the idea of "home" and "family" are pretty central themes to the way i write the canon, i like the idea of those things being tied more to people than to objects or locations. the killjoys' home isn't with any particular building and it's not even really the trans am - their home is each other, first and foremost.

so thematically and logistically, it's just not a location i utilize a whole lot. that being said in my version of canon the killjoys do have to hole up in the diner setting for a good six weeks (they're all very used to their nomadic lifestyle so they pretty much all hate it) and for this bit i've been stuck revising, i'm taking time to sort of dwell on how being stuck in one physical location has taken its toll on some of them psychologically.

[voughtcorsair]

7, 10, 21!

7 - quote?

"here's to the wars" from the wwi helmet i found, or "to those young warriors of the sky whose wings are folded about them forever" from wings 1927. also a bunch of stuff from all quiet + the road back by erich maria remarque but they're too long to put here .. they makes me emotional and have interesting contexts/stories but i don't like inspirational quotes grrrrrgrrrbhrhgghrhhhh

10 - sad song?

bury me beneath the weeping willow by the stanley brothers i think.....

21 - ending in fictional media?

all quiet on the western front - both the movie and the book, in the movie paul reaches for the butterfly and the last thing he sees before he dies is something beautiful and not just the war so there's a sense of peace there. the book implies that he as the narrator (post-mortem ig lol) tells the readers a lie to parallel what he told kemmerichs mum (about dying quickly and peacefully) and some ppl speculate he got out of the trench intentionally. and the fact he died just a few weeks before the war ended. WOW erich was on some shit to make me specifically cry. the road back as well because it ends w ernst deciding that he can like. heal and make it through and stuff. also crying. oh and the regeneration trilogy by pat barker.......WTF!!!!!!!!!

[sleevesareforlosers]

you 🤝 me solidarity on having baby kj ocs and i think that's fantastic of us

hell yeah!!! go us!!

[killjoynest]

worst food texture is undeniably warm brussel sprouts

i am in distress why would you make me consider that texture awful bad terrible disgusting i am filled with anger at the mere idea of the texture

[saveyourself]

14 and 22 for poison? 👀

y’all really like 14, huh? 

14. What is something that never fails to make them excited?

Painting! He tends to just get votes from around the Diner on what to paint when they don’t know what to paint, and it’s usually the act of painting itself that gets him excited. It’s just - it’s just fun and methodical and it brings art into the world. 

22.How indecisive are they?

More than you’d think, but only about the little things. Like which way to part his hair that day, he doesn’t know what to decide, but if it’s between going out to a Zone 4 party or stay in, he’s got his answer on the tip of his tongue.

send character asks !!

[hyperthrust]

top 5 things u can find in kobra's pockets at any given time

clippings of wires and yarn (sometimes tangled up to make the nastiest texture)

keyrings (no keys attached)

nifty little knife (useful)

piece of rubber (not useful, likes the way it smells and to chew)

Smooth Ass Rock

[dykeyfuckingway]

eeee birth! congratulations!

thank you!! 😄✨

[enby-jetstar]

do you have any favorite jet star hcs? 🥺

Yes!!! 💜🌟💜😍💜🌟💜 In no particular order:

Purple hair!! He rarely if ever bleaches it, just puts the dye in on top of his natural brown hair, so it's a really dark purple that can be hard to see except in the sun.

Chaotic fashion!! He wears crazy mismatched stuff all the time, and it's always an amazing outfit that no one else could pull off.

Nonbinary!! Jet's amab and still has some connection to his assigned gender, but he is decidedly not a man. He's tried using they/them, she/her, and a few neopronouns, but none of them fit and he likes he/him, anyway. He also likes to keep his chest covered up for gender reasons.

Dad bod!! Jet's got a nice combination of fat and muscle, with big strong arms and a soft chubby tummy. This means he gives excellent hugs.

Blind in one eye!! This hasn't appeared in any of my fics yet bc it's a relatively new hc, but he got injured during a fight and his eye was damaged. He doesn't usually wear an eye patch though, not since the wounds healed.

T4t king!! He only dates trans men and nonbinary people. This isn't an intentional choice, he just realized one day that he's only ever really formed deep romantic connections with other trans people.

I think that's it!! I love jet star very much..... As you know..... :') 💖

[newsagogos]

2, 15, and 30 for the song asks?

2:the first song you remember loving.

You're gonna laugh, boom boom pow by black eyed peas, heard it back in 2009,life altering event /j, I'd play it all the time

15:a song to listen to on rainy days.

Hmm i never thought about this before, I feel like buried water by dead man's bones is a good one

30:a song with really good lyrics.

I'm bad at listening to lyrics but

Inni mnih by mashrou' leila (i just think they're neat)

(Some Translated lyrics: Since you own nothing, you have nothing to lose/And I got bored of my own company/I wanted to change the world, I don't know how the world changed me/ I wanted to carry the sky on my shoulders. Now I have trouble carrying myself)

Song asks

[starman-trashcan]

11, 44, 86? 👀

11. How many pairs of shoes do you own? More than I really need, but mostly a reasonable amount. I’ve got 7 pairs that fit, but a couple of those are only for special occasions or if I feel like it :) One pair is just for dresses or when I wanna feel tall or something, another I got just to be my boots for my Jet cosplay, I have two pairs of tennis shoes, one of which I use for messy jobs and stuff cause they’re already covered in wood stain and paint. I have simple dress shoes for school and church. I’ve got sandals, winter boots, and I guess I’ve got others that either don’t fit or I don’t really wear for some other reason. :P Shoes, man... I don’t consider myself crazy about shoes, and I don’t really care about having many, but I just happen to have em all...

44. Do you have a strong accent? Uhhh no? Yes? I don’t know?? I don’t feel like I have an accent but I know that technically everyone does. I live in Ohio, and the accent tends to be pretty similar to the Hollywood accent so it sounds pretty much like what most voices that people in movies and shows and other widespread media are like? Like the typical/standard voice for that I mean. I know it’s not everyone and everything obviously. But like it doesn’t stand out as a noticeable thing unless I’m travelling? (Or when I say soda instead of pop and make my mom confused and upset lol) Idk 🤷‍♂️

86: What are you allergic to? I’m allergic to treenuts. Walnuts and hazelnuts are the worst, but I’m also allergic to Almonds, Pistachios, and Pecans, to name a few. I used to have a mild allergy to Coconuts and Cashews, but I no longer do, though I still don’t eat them out of caution and anxiety. I don’t think I’ve ever been tested for Macadamia or Pine Nuts, but I pretty much never encounter the former, and the latter is only really a concern if there’s pesto, which kinda bothers me, but only to the extent that Cheesecake makes my throat feel weird. (Which is an entirely different thing and I don’t know why it does) I can eat Peanuts just fine, and my allergies are mild enough that I only have to not eat things with actual nut content. If it says ‘may contain traces’ or ‘was processed on equipment that also processed (name of nut(s))’ I’m completely fine. There’s also no airborne or proximity concern, so I can sit next to someone eating Nutella and be fine. The only one that bothers me in a non eating way is Pecans cause they have a very strong smell which makes my throat feel itchy.

Now you know a lil more about me! Sorry to ramble lol

[graffitibible]

12, 15, and 24!

12) your weaknesses as an author

PACING oh my god pacing i am SO BAD AT PACING. my general rule of thumb when i start out writing something is that it will be as long as it needs to be so that i don't stress over word count and the like. and this works in keeping me from getting nitpicky about the length of each chapter or section or installment of a thing, but it also means that i'm absolutely rotten at pacing.

i'm also incredibly long-winded. i've tried getting better at cutting stuff that doesn't need to be there but i really do need to improve at that. there is so much fat i could and should trim from my works because less really is more and i honestly tend to run way the hell too indulgent.

15) why did you start writing?

like in general? honestly it is a thing that i've always just....done. basically as soon as i was old enough to form words and sentences i was fixated on creating and telling stories. i couldn't engage in any kind of casual play with my brothers or on my own without building some kind of narrative out of it, no matter how small. i was writing terrible little short stories in grade school on the family computer. (i actually finished one once! and then the computer crashed and i lost it forever rip lol) in middle school i had reams of notebook paper devoted to godawful warrior cats fanfictions that i wrote out by hand during and between classes.

i straight up do not remember a time in my life when i did not have an attention and passion for stories. it's just something i can't really turn off. at this point i am resigned to it. like it or not i'm just gonna be stuck writing and making things forever i guess!

as for why i started writing for danger days specifically, it was sometime in the middle of 2019 when on a whim i loaded up the danger days album on some streaming service or another because i'd never given my chem a proper listen before and i remembered that 2019 was some kind of important year for that band. i liked the sound well enough and i liked the world so i promptly dug into it and then before i knew it i'd banged out about 30k words in two weeks and wanted to do more. which i guess is very telling as to how i simply Can't engage with stuff and not think about how i'd shape the story on my own terms lmao

24) have you ever become an expert on something you previously knew nothing about, in order to better a scene or a story?

OFTEN. if my government-assigned fbi agent wasn't concerned about the number of times i've looked up how to do stuff like set a bone or draw blood or how much it'd cost to purchase alcohol in x country, they probably were by the time i was looking up homemade bomb recipes.

the last thing i did research-wise was fairly benign though! i looked up a ton of different articles and speculative pieces about prosthetics and the like, including sci-fi stuff that dealt with those kinds of things specifically. as much as danger days is a silly little world full of silly little discrepancies, i wanted to make sure that all those fancy schmancy scarecrow bioaugmentations i'd be writing were at least a little rooted in something real