#don't talk to me about the logistics

[littlespoonevan]

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[the-zapped-part-timer]

I've been thinking about the gay gingerbread men every so often.... maybe I should write a little story for them. I mean, what better time then now?

It's not like there's any other pairs I could be writing about or anything... 👉👈

[horsegirlhob]

I'm actually the most annoying person in the world to watch severance with. You'll be like "I don't know how I feel about the ending of season 2 like yay for Mark and Helly but I feel really bad for Gemma" and I'll say some shit like "well that's good, you're supposed to feel kind of conflicted. But like in terms of story this is the only way that made sense for it to go and it gives Gemma space to exist as her own person rather than as a prize for Mark so like even if it sucks for her in the moment it's actually a positive for her character in the long run not to mention the innies who are finally making choices for themselves and and and" like ooohhhh my god shut up and let people have emotions about the show you're watching together.

[smile-files]

i have finished my homework... now i need to eat dinner... (i am normal and healthy and GOOD!)

[whoslaurapalmer]

i know kit has like actual folders with her in penultimate peril but i think when she was younger she used whatever book she was reading at the time as a filing system/a folder/a purse. she'd bring it with her everywhere so she could read it, and she'd never forget it anywhere, so of course she'd put important things she needed in it. money and notes and recent assignments and letters from her siblings and reminders she's written to herself and a pen clipped on the cover

beatrice meanwhile is a Big Purse person but it also has No Necessities and isn't even necessarily always Big, it is just Jammed with things. multiple books, pairs of stockings, scripts, a bottle opener, the pocket dictionary, six pens because she keeps stealing them from people, a pocket knife, pretzels she forgot about that went stale that she WILL try and eat later regardless, maybe even a pair of shoes. emergency heels

bertrand has the Seemingly Bottomless Inside Jacket Pockets where he does carry The Necessities. always some sort of snack. that is not stale. definitely some candy too, though

[pynkhues]

#i have such a specific headcanon for why the bite on lestat's next looks like that

do tell....unless you want to save it for the fic (WHICH I NEED)

(x)

Ahahaha, look, I'm still working out the exact logistics in the fic, so have the reasoning below the cut:

I do think Louis bit him there, and that he bit him from behind, given the placement, but it looks more like the leftover bruise of a bite under crescent moon cuts to me, the sort that fingernails leave, so I think it probably started to heal at some point and Louis dug his nails in (likely from somewhere above him / maybe during oral sex, maybe dragging him up off the floor) to reopen it. Kind of the opposite of Lestat healing Louis' in 1.01.

[ayamari-no-goshi]

I've been researching a criminal case that occurred in a hospital years ago. The 2 main sources I have are from people who directly worked with/interviewed the killer. But there are discrepancies between them. There are a couple other main sources which have more discrepancies.

I am so angry about this.

So angry that I contacted the police department in the place where this occurred to request access to the official documents. Because I'm pissed.

They were kind enough to grant the request as it's a closed case. This also included part of the original confession.

THERE ARE MORE DISCREPANCIES

I AM GOING FUCKING INSANE

At least I understand where some of the discrepancies come from now - it was from misspellings during the confession.

[moonshine-nightlight]

Would you ever release signed copies of Don't Shoot the Messenger?

the short answer is: yes, i'd love to do signed copies of 'Don't Shoot the Messenger'!

the long answer is: logistics are hard lol. in order for me to hav copies to sign, i'd hav to order author copies from amazon (paying for them in advance personally), sign them, and then mail them to ppl myself. this is definitely doable, but the mechanism for selling since it wouldn't b through amazon itself and actually collecting payment/mailing info would hav to be worked out.

a vague plan that i hav in mind now would be either to just do a limited run where people can essentially pre-order paperbacks via not amazon for lik a month that they were available and then i'd know how much to get and sign etc. i dont hav a patreon so i think i would try to do it through kofi where if u pay a set amount and say its for a signed copy i would then be able to send a signed book to u, after i messaged back for your address to mail it. this would obviously only work small scale but would likely more than suffice for now.

or if i decide to add a hardcover version, i could offer signed hardcovers as a promotion for a similar limited time and via a similar process as above. i'll probably do a poll at some point to see if anyone would even want a hardcover. same for dale

when will i hav the time to look deeper into all this and put it in action? no idea. life's been extremely busy, but its definitely been on my radar and i will try to make it happen in the next coming years.

i suppose if i ever did some sort of in-person book/author event after Dale is out, i might be able to offer signed books in person, but that'd likely b hard to reach for most ppl lol

until then, only one person has a signed copy - one of my beta readers who i thanked in my acknowledgements for being so wonderfully supportive!

[blurglesmurfklaine]

⏰ I’m not even in this fandom but I LOVE a time loop story and I know you’ll crush it! Sending good writing vibes your way!

Thank you Jenna!!! <333 This is late as hell but eh, the time will pass anyway amirite ladies!

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By some invisible stroke of luck, Buck and Eddie pull up to the scene not long after the rest of the 118 arrives.

"What's the damage?" Buck asks as they push their way through the crowd of bystanders that have circled around the first responders. Eddie fights off an inappropriate grin—but he did know that bringing Buck back to work would make him feel better.

"Victim—twenty-seven year old male—had a nasty fall from the rock climbing wall," Hen answers. "No signs of broken bones or internal bleeding, but there is this." Hen gently rolls the victim onto his side, revealing his most pressing ingury. The force of his fall jammed a caribiner right though the tendon on the back of his knee, now clipped shut in a lopsided oval through his skin.

The entire crowd winces in unison.

[interactivestorytellingwithkalh]

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Chapter 2: Part 2

Passing the stairs, he noticed the door to the cupboard under them stood ajar. So that was why the house seemed so quiet. 

He nudged the door open with the tip of his slipper. A pile of cardboard boxes had been pushed further in under the stairs, revealing a staircase spiralling down into darkness. 

He tugged the covers more firmly around himself and descended.

The darkness only lasted some four or five turns, before Ravio’s night lights started appearing on the walls. The soft glow illuminated the stone walls and cast overlapping shadows on the central pillar around which the staircase wound.

Eventually it straightened out into a corridor. At the end waited a heavy iron door, locked with seven peculiar locks, none of which looked like a lock actually should. Legend wasn’t even sure there were proper keys to any of them.

He paused to disable one of Ravio’s more outlandish traps, then warily made his way around the rest until he reached the iron door. He knocked seven times, paused, then knocked another two. 

As he waited for the iron door to open, he shivered and shuffled his feet closer together. Down here it was cold, and the grey stone walls did nothing to help the matter. Maybe they should invest in tapestries. Would they be able to afford woollen ones?

The iron door groaned open. “You’re awake!” Ravio, with goggles pushed up on the top of his head and some sort of magic powder streaked across his chin, beamed at him. “How are you feeling?”

“Like a hedgehog. Don’t you have any heating down here?”

“Not worth the expense.” Ravio stepped aside and Legend scurried down the two steps into the warmly lit workshop. Tools, jars, notebooks, and small boxes with scrawled labels were scattered across the various tables. Elaborate paths had been carved between scattered scrolls and discarded magic items. Piles of overdue library books leaned dangerously. In one corner, an area had been cleared for a permanent teleportation circle. A large fireplace crackled merrily next to it. In the centre of the room, a gaggle of interns huddled around a ring suspended in mid-air. One of the interns was poking it with the tip of a pencil.

“Stop it.” 

The intern jumped back and hid the pencil in a pocket.

Ravio finished doing up the various locks on the iron door and approached the suspended ring. The interns scattered like magpies in a field. Legend trailed after Ravio. 

“My latest experiment!” Ravio plucked the ring out of the air and held it up for Legend’s inspection. 

Legend took it and turned it over in his hands. Silver threads wove around an opaque golden stone with shimmering diamonds set on either side, like small snow crystals. Along the inside, impossible to see, but barely noticeable when he ran his finger along it, was a finely engraved spell. “What does it do?”

“This —” Ravio folded his arms and, with a satisfied grin, leaned against the table — “is a Mirror Ring, or a Ring of Spell Turning.”

Legend felt his mouth drop open. “It’s not.”

“It is.”

“You made this?”

“I repaired it. Remember the peddler who came up along the coast with that co-worker of yours? At the docks?”

Legend nodded.

“I bought it of him for a joke of a price. It was a complete wreck, mind — the metal was bent out of shape and the spell had been scratched out in places. It took a lot of work to restore, and I don’t know if I’ll be able to replicate it, but —”

“Does it work?”

“Sorry?”

Legend ran his fingers across the stone and the diamonds. “Does it work?”

“That’s the prize-winning question, isn’t it? Want to do a trial run?”

“I’d kill to do one.”

“Fantastic! If it kills you, I’ll pay the funeral.”

“Deal.” Legend put it on. The metal warmed and tightened until it sat snugly around his index finger. 

A cacophony of silver bells started chimed from the iron door.

Ravio blinked. “Are you expecting guests?”

“Not that I know.”

“Let’s go see who’s knocking, then.” Ravio straightened and clapped his hands. The interns looked up from their various projects. “Shop’s closing for the night. Finish what you’re doing and make sure you tidy up — I don’t want any of my tables damaged, you hear me, Maple? Oak is expensive.”

One of the interns, a dark-haired girl with heavy shimmering eyeshadow and dark robes, rolled her eyes and started muttering a cantrip under her breath. Legend faintly recalled encountering her during a visit to Holodrum. Her grandmother ran a magic shop in the outskirts of Sunken City, if he remembered correctly. Perhaps Maple was training to inherit the shop.

“Right, let’s go.” Ravio shushed the silver bells, unlocked the iron door, and ushered Legend through.

Through the cold corridor, up the spiralling staircase, and out of the cupboard under the stairs. At the sight of the kitchen, Legend’s stomach rumbled.

“Go have something to eat —” Ravio grunted as he pushed the cardboard boxes back into place over the stairs — “I’ll get the door.” 

[shinesurge]

Do you think requesting my library to buy the Kidd Commander books will help you

I'd really appreciate that, and it's usually good advice to do this for any indie author you want to help! Accessibility is super important to me, libraries snd webcomics are brothers in arms imo. But I will say, while I DESPERATELY want to work with more libraries they won't usually carry my books either. I've struck out with every local library I've ever lived near and tried to connect with, it's been mortifying every time ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

There is exactly one library with kc on its shelves tho, shoutout to the Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library in Kentucky! It remains the only place to ever reach out and intentionally invite me to an event lmao

[moteldogs]

imagine if they filmed supernatural anywhere that wasn't vancouver bc. imagine

[companion-showdown]

(In reply to previous anon) It's pretty well-known by now (or, at least, I thought it was) that people will vote randomly if they are unfamiliar with both options and want to see results. Having an option for people to click that doesn't affect the results is the simplest solution to prevent squewing, and is pretty common. I'd just figured you were doing that

exactly, if just one person uses it when they don't know both characters then its done its job

[running-in-the-dark]

oh, yeah - we found a storage unit place (it wasn't that easy, those aren't common here - or at least not where I live). it's actually an old barn that's been converted lol. anyway, so we've rented that for three months (the shortest period they allow), which is perfect. then we don't have to move everything out of there immediately when we can move into the new place in April.

I think I've got enough boxes. I've got a spreadsheet that I'm putting all the information in about what's in which box. I've planned where everything will go and when. I think it's going to work out fine. the last time we moved was so stressful (because I was pretty sick and that made everything really hard), I really want it to go better this time.

[chaoswillcalmusdown]

the past 20 hours have been off the wall bonkers. i feel like i've gone through a week's worth of frustration, stress, and emotions in less than a day??

[apatheticsunday]

Dead Serious Arranged Marriage

AKA "Damian al Ghul and the High King of Infinite Realms, Space, and the Dead are married because of some ritual Ra's al Ghul did when Damian was a baby. The Batfam only find out because Damian casually mentions his husband and they're like?? WHAT???" prompt idea!!

Loosely inspired by this post where Billy Batson & Danny Fenton accidentally get married and Billy spills the beans in front of the JL.

I love the idea of Ra's al Ghul knows Danny because of the Lazarus Pit; maybe Ghost King!Danny came to Ra's and was like, "You know unsanctioned resurrection is forbidden, right? You have to submit an Undead Appeal form in the afterlife. I'm gonna have to confiscate your Goop." But Ra's is a master manipulator and gets Danny to agree to a truce... a marriage with his grandson in exchange for continued use of the Lazarus Pit. Don't ask me how it happened; Ra's "wins" either way because his grandson gets married to a High King and he gets to keep his Goop.

(Because Danny's young, okay? Logistically speaking, he's not going to outsmart an immortal cult leader. Maybe sometime down the road Danny gets tired of Ra's talking circles around him and just, like, punches him in the face or something. Makes "Redemption Arc" Dan take care of it. Who knows?)

But for now, Danny is now married to a literal baby. He's confused as hell how this happened. He's like, omg, am I a groomer now?? Am I one of those creepy ancient kings that get married to 12 year old girls?? What the fuckkkk!!! So, he runs to the Ghost Zone. Goes off-world, maybe he gets swept up in Ghost King duties and totally forgets about it. The thing about the Ghost Zone is that the time dilation is different: a couple of days/weeks/months in the Ghost Zone is actual years on Earth. That's why Danny is still so young despite depictions of him going centuries back (time is even messier because he can actually time travel, too, so there may be paintings of him during the Aztec civilization but only because he was there for maybe a week or two.)

This leads to everybody on Earth thinking he's an Ancient Being. Ra's is elated that his grandson, the heir of the League of Assassins, is married to the equivalent of a God (he doesn't know that 99 percent of the time, Danny's lounging on Sam's couch in sweats and eating cheese puffs, watching melodramatic reality TV with Tucker).

And Damian grows up hearing about this legendary marriage, how this Great Ancient Being is his husband, and is... maybe scared? A little angry, resentful? He's had the choice taken from him from before he could even conceptualize it. He was a kid growing up thinking this All Powerful Being was watching his every move, judging him for not being the best like his Grandfather says, and waiting. He trains harder, learns more, maturing faster than anyone his age. And he's still waiting. Because the High King doesn't show up. Not when Damian's four, six, ten, twelve, fourteen. Damian thinks maybe he's not good enough yet despite vastly outdoing even the most seasoned senior assassins in the League.

Danny comes back to Earth and is like, oh, shit, I need to check on my baby!!! Except when he drops in on the League of Assassins, he's met with an angry, resentful, offended Damian al Ghul who's the same age as him. And Damian's met with.... some guy?? What the hell?? This can't be the High King of Infinite Realms, Space, and the Dead, Ancient Being, etc. He's heard so many stories of his husband, spanning centuries of different culture and in varying dead languages.

Needless to say, their introduction doesn't go great. But Danny wants to explain himself and make amends, and Damian's just baffled enough to listen. ("What do you mean, the Undead Siege of The Great Wall wasn't you???" "Yeah, that was the previous Ghost King. I've never risen an army of the dead before.") But as they talk, Damian begrudgingly accepts that his husband is... actually pretty cool (despite the god-awful sweatpants). Danny's recounting his various tales, usurping the previous Ghost King, and Damian even starts to respect Danny.

So, they keep talking. Keep meeting, learning about each other, becoming friends, and eventually becoming more. Damian originally thought Danny was too stupid for words, but quickly realizes that he's a great strategist, knowledgeable about a vast amount of stuff, and is incredibly loyal. Danny thinks Damian's deadpan bluntness is hilarious, understands Damian's pathological need to be the best (courtesy of the Demon Head's traumatic teaching during childhood), and is almost single-mindedly, unconditionally loyal. He's also incredibly petty, which is also hilarious.

Maybe years pass and they're now lovers, Danny sticking around Earth because he's scared if he goes into the Ghost Zone, he'll unintendedly come back when Damian's 90 or something. So, Danny's there when Talia takes Damian aside and says, "Bruce Wayne is your father. I'd like you to train under him before you become the new Demon Head."

Damian goes and Danny follows. When he worries about Tim usurping the title of Heir, Danny's there to say, "You don't make friends by attacking them, Dami! He's your family, not your enemy." The whole "Damian trying to kill Tim" thing doesn't happen. When he worries about disappointing his Father, Danny's saying, "He's your dad. He missed your childhood so he wants to get to know you - just be yourself." Damian doesn't act violently, aggressively, or is offensively provocative; he's still petty, painfully blunt, and exasperatingly self-confident, but he's also honest and thoughtful.

Damian transitions into the Batfam easier with Danny beside him (invisible, only showing himself while in Damian's room or when they're alone). Because Danny wants his husband to feel accepted, appreciated, and get the unconditional love that he never received while living with the LoA.

Let's imagine several months go by and the Batfam are totally comfortable with Damian. He's truly like their annoying younger brother. So, they're at family dinner, maybe Dick is discussing his relationship with Barbara and Steph makes a comment about when are you going to propose already?? Tim and Jason are ribbing him about commitment issues (Bruce is suspiciously silent, likely knowing that if he says something, his kids are going to verbally tear him apart for his Situationship with Selina).

And Damian says, "Many feel apprehensive to marry. I was not, of course, but my husband was very trepidatious."

The whole Batfam are like... what?? What do you mean the youngest kid of the Wayne household is the first to be married?? (Aside from Alfred, who's since divorced.) Is this even legal???

But Damian just continues on, "Perhaps discussing the progression of your relationship with Miss Gordon would be beneficial. Marriage should be consensual." (Damian learned that from Danny, who had offered to null their marriage in the early days. It was a heated conversation, Danny feeling guilty because he'd trapped Damian into this relationship and Damian feeling betrayed because what do you mean you're leaving me? This is unacceptable! They shared their first kiss after realizing neither one wants to end the marriage.)

And the Batfam, as comfortable as they are with Damian, knows he's a little like a feral animal. He doesn't share things about himself often. They don't want to scare him off by prying, even if Bruce is gripping the table cloth, sweating, and is looking pale. Because his child is literally married and God, please don't let it be to one of those old assassins in the League, please. So, Dick just says, "Uh, yeah. That's - thanks, kiddo, that's... a good idea."

Damian continues to make occasional comments about his husband, but nobody knows who it is. He doesn't use Danny's name. And Danny has to leave to do Ghost Stuff (despite being terrified of losing track of time, but Damian's now living with a loving family so he's kind of okay with being dragged off for his Kingly Duties). So, nobody's ever actually seen Danny.

Until the Joker decides to make his mark on the newest addition of the Batfam. He's already killed one Robin, traumatized the hell out of another, and paralyzed Batgirl. He's eager to add another of the Batfam to his roster.

Joker nor the Batfam anticipate the High King of Infinite Realms, Space, and the Dead to straight up portal Joker's ass into Frostbite's territory (aside from Damian because he absolutely knew what was going to go down the second he saw a glowing green aura illuminate the warehouse). One minute Joker is threatening a civilian Damian, whos' still dressed in his Gotham Academy uniform, and the next he's being violently yanked into a massive swirling void of green.

And who steps out? Ghost King Danny, in full kingly attire, including a wreathy crown of white-hot, broadsword hung on his hip, and a skull mask over his face. The Batfam are scrambling to get Damian's chains unlocked and haul him away from whatever-the-fuck that is. They get Damian unlocked, but he just snaps for them to desist your hysteria, Richard, 'that' is my husband.

(Cue the very tense family dinner afterward. Danny's in Damian's sweater and ripped jeans but the Batfam are just squinting at him like, how is this the same as that Thing from the warehouse?? Danny's totally oblivious, holding Damian's hand and saying, "Mr. Wayne, I love your home! The painted ceiling in that one from on the second floor is amazing, the constellations are actually super accurate!" He forgot that the Batfam had no idea he's visited Damian literally hundreds of times since he moved into Wayne Manor. Bruce looks like he's gained several greys in the last hour.)

(Bonus points if at some point Damian can be seen lovingly feeding Cheetos to Eldritch Monster Danny and the Batfam are just like that's... definitely not pants-shittingly terrifying... Bruce tells himself he's just glad his son isn't married to an LoA member.)