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Hello, loves & thanks @artsyunderstudy for the tag!
I’ve finally finished Part II of my EGF. But don’t get excited because I’m turning it into a 3-parter and Part II’s a real downer 🤣 so glad I had the foresight to add “Angst with a Happy Ending” as a tag. Wasn’t this fic supposed to be about groping?!?!
Anyway, here’s Simon being magical and sexy:
He snaps his eyes open and I shiver at the heat he’s billowing. A gust of wind lifts my tailcoat. Can dream Simon summon wind?
Holy Magic.
“I just…” his mouth barely opens to speak these words “…want….” I can see the muscles clench in his jaw as he overworks them “…you to be…” the wind he’s conjuring loosens my hair from its slick hold, it’s whirling up my pant legs, a wildfire without the flames, the window shutters bang, I can hear the wind whistling. the floorboards creak beneath our feet, we’re caught in the centre of a tornado and Simon Snow’s its master “…happy.”
There’s a swift whoosh, a thunderclap, and then the room falls silent.
Simon pants like he’s just sprinted a mile.
Tagging @raenestee. @thewholelemon, @you-remind-me-of-the-babe, @bookish-bogwitch, @cutestkilla, @palimpsessed, @youarenevertooold, @iamamythologicalcreature, @alexalexinii, @ic3-que3n, @brilla-brilla-estrellita, @ileadacharmedlife, @mooncello, & @whatevertheweather
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rainbow i am once again asking for that snowbaz wedding/engagement short story 😭
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A YEAR OF (CARRY ON) ART
Thank you for ALL THE TAGS omg Im overwhelmed ahaha. (@noblecorgi @artsyunderstudy @ileadacharmedlife @nausikaaa @rimeswithpurple
@confused-bi-queer @monbons @emeryhall @run-for-chamo-miles)
I did so much art this year, a few of them being Carry On inspired, because how could I not. Didnt do as much art as I thought but here is my roundup for 2024!!
January
Penny's Birthday Art
February
Year of the Dragon Art
Baz's Birthday Art
Carry On Valentine Exchange for @thewholelemon
EGF Art - Splendid Morons by @noblecorgi
EGF Art - Direct Engagement of Restriction by @facewithoutheart
March
I didnt really do anything cause uni just started :,(
April
Snowbaz Wedding Snippet
Snowbaz in a Flower Field
May
I was mostly trying to get uni work and convention artwork done this month! cause I had a pretty big con at the start of June!
June
Simon's Birthday Art
Gay Plots (aka using memes to make me sane during uni part 1)
July
The Way We Are by @roomwithanopenfire
WS in a nutshell (aka using memes to make me sane during uni part 2)
August
Carry On Art Remix (aka using memes to make me sane during uni part 3)
September
Uni strickes once again, I needed to focus. Also did art that I cant show yet teehee.
October
The Chosen One
November
Carry On Through the Ages (I love drawing Simon angry, its fun)
December
Mage Commission done for @mooncello and @drowninginships as a gift for @valeffelees !!
Secret Snowfake Exchange for @onepintobean
Here's also a general wrap-up for all my art
I'll also copy and paste what I wrote on my instagram real quick:
"THATS A WRAP ON 2024!! This year has been…. a lot. From finishing honours to being hospitalised, I’ve had a lot of challenges this year but it proved to me that I am able to get over anything I set my mind to!.... ...The Simon Snow fandom has been incredible again this year and one of the best fandoms I’ve been a part of! So much support and love and so many collaborations with writers. I’ve been very happy to have been part of them... ...Besides the stress and pain I’ve gone through this year, it has been a good one overall. Thank you all! See you in 2025!!"
And Tags!!!
@aristocratic-otter @best--dress @bookish-bogwitch
@cutestkilla @ebbpettier @facewithoutheart @fatalfangirl
@hushed-chorus @iamamythologicalcreature @imagineacoolusername
@katatsumuli @leithillustration @letraspal @martsonmars @mooncello
@nightimedreamersworld @orange-peony @palimpsessed
@raenestee @roomwithanopenfire @scribble-tier @youarenevertooold
@shrekgogurt @theimpossibledemon @thewholelemon @valeffelees @wellbelesbian
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2024 in review
Alright, there's a handful of hours left in 2024. So many of you have tagged me which is lovely. Hi. So much brilliant and amazing work has been created and shared this year. As well as countless kind comments and fic recs and supportive messages and general community.
My roundup will be a little different. I'm not gonna focus on numbers or word counts. Instead, I thought I'd focus on the most unexpected and delightful surprise that happened this year: Dev and Niall.
I never dreamed that these two would show up in a Snowbaz fic (lost boys) and I'd become so enamored with them that I'd no longer want to write anyone else in the fandom. Ok, this is a slight exaggeration but only just.
So, here is my 2024 by way of Niall and Dev:
(under the cut because I can't write short things, even tumblr posts)
I started the year with the posting of lost boys. A weird, dark merging of Snowbaz and Neverland. I hope to finish this fic in 2025.
Here's how Niall showed up in lost boys (Baz POV):
I look up to see a boy. He has an absolute mess of shaggy brown hair, his eyes are kind, and there’s paint on his fingertips. “You seem to be the most sane person here,” the boy says, and lowers himself into the seat across from me in the school canteen. I raise an eyebrow at him. “Looks can be deceiving. Maybe I’m completely mad.” He laughs at this. A soft, gentle sound. “Most artists are. I’m Niall.”
And Dev:
There’s the solid thump of a hand against my shoulder and the dramatic collapse of tall, muscular limbs into the seat beside me. “My favourite nerd. How’s it going, cuz?” Dev flashes his white, perfect teeth at me before snatching my remaining bourbon biscuit. His fingernails are painted turquoise today, his dark hair is swept away from his face, and he’s wearing eyeliner. The bastard looks amazing. Despite being cousins, we never really hung out as kids. Always kept to different social circles. Which is to say Dev constantly had a roving pack of friends, and I had nobody (save for the lost boys in my dreams). But when I got outed this past spring, Dev decided to take a more active presence in my life. He even convinced me to join the football team with him. He’s charismatic and popular in his own way, and so unabashedly and loudly himself that even the nastiest bullies don’t bother him. It's been nice, having Dev in my life. Even though it means I now deal with his chaotic, abrasive personality all the goddamn time.
Around this time, I was also drafting my COBB tripping over stars, a celebrity AU with skateboarder Simon and model/influencer Baz Pitch. (I have no idea if I'll finish this one. I want to; we'll see.) Niall and Dev showed up again in very different roles. This time Niall was a competent asf talent manager, and Dev his in-the-background supportive partner. I love this Niall so much. He's so feisty.
There's the clicking of smart brogues across the wood floor, and Niall appears in my line of vision, his gold-brown eyes blazing at something behind me ... As both my talent manager and personal friend, Niall is a goddamn force. And people think I’m the ruthless one. (Maybe on the runway. No, definitely on the runway. But everywhere else it's Niall Niall Niall.) “Sweetie, what’s the problem?” I ask Niall. I’m still slouched in the ancient chair, my arse so numb I’ll need an extra-long bath tonight, and I feel the beginnings of a migraine coming on. “I’m fixing it,” Niall returns crisply, and I swear his eyebrow quirk is now superior to mine. The traitor. His breath is minty which means he’s been chewing wintergreen Altoids nonstop. Which means he’s either very stressed or trying very hard not to smoke. Probably both.
And here's a fun lil something from the unpublished, unfinished chapter 3:
“Shit. Fuck.” Niall’s fingers are flying across his phone. “Okay, okay, here’s what we’re going to do. Dev’s going to take you home. Wash up. Stay off your phone. Do not post a single goddamn thing. Do not engage with any post, any comment. Do not answer phone calls or emails. I’m going to stay here and get more information.” There’s the muffled clacking of dress loafers on porcelain tile, and my head snaps up to see Dev running down the long hallway towards us. He takes one look at me, and his eyes light up in a kind of horrified-transfixed combination. “Hell’s teeth, Basil. You look like the first murder victim in a horror movie.” He smirks. “Or a really sloppy vampire.” “Can you not,” I growl. My skin starts to burn and itch. I need to get this foul shit off me now. “Take him home.” Niall tosses his car keys to Dev without looking up from his phone. I can hear the soft rumble of guests in the grand foyer through the wall. Niall suddenly glances up, skin pinched between his eyebrows. “No, wait, pap will show up there. Take him to mine. Discreetly.” “You got it, babe,” Dev drawls. Niall returns his attention to his phone, and says in a tight voice, “Dev, darling, this is serious.” Dev rolls his eyes. “I know.” Then he loops his fingers around my non-splattered arm. “C’mon Nosferatu, we can sneak out the rear exit.”
I got majorly blocked on both of these fics during the spring. I had no clue where to take either. I blew up my original outlines because they didn't feel right. Like ... I was way more interested in how Niall and Dev met in the celebrity AU and began daydreaming their story more than Simon and Baz. 🤔
Around this time I saw a carry on prompt on tumblr for a Dev and Niall fic in which they play matchmaker to Simon and Baz. And the seed was planted for more than a footnote.
more than a footnote started as a lark. It was supposed to be six chapters, 12k max, silly, fluffy, ridiculous, not serious. A palate cleanser if you will, until I got clarity on my other two wips. HA. This fic has captured my entire heart, and it is my absolute favorite thing I've ever written. Niall and Dev get to be center stage, and it's been such fun to flesh these characters out.
From Niall's POV:
Dev has always been comfortable in his body. He’s open and confident in a way that makes my chest ache. I wish I were more like that, but I’m sinew and bone whereas Dev is polish and muscle. Half the time I feel like something the cat drags in, and Dev, well … Dev’s the cat.
And:
The truth is: Dev is stunningly beautiful. He’s got one of those faces you want to stare at. Dark, liquid eyes and sharp angles. Expressive mouth. Then you add his piercings and eyeliner and nail polish and … overall Dev-ness and— Like, yeah, I get his appeal. But his looks are only a sliver of who he is. People don’t actually know him, and I kinda hate how much everyone talks about his abs and his cock, and not about him as, you know, an actual person. Because he’s really cool, with wicked intuition and an absolutely mad sense of humour. Underneath all his swagger, he’s deeply good.
And from Dev's POV:
What was I supposed to say anyway? That I’m looking at him, always? That I want him? I’ve had months to think about it, and my list just keeps growing longer. Of what I wish I had the balls to say that night. You should never spell your irises blue because your big brown eyes are enough to make me commit forbidden magic, if you asked. Your hair keeps getting darker each year. So the ginger kid I met at the Crucible now has brown hair threaded with copper, and when the sunlight catches it, I kinda want time to stop because it’s one of the prettiest fucking things I’ve ever seen. Your smile could power the sun. It sure as fuck controls my breathing. You’re real and honest without even trying. And you have the weirdest sense of humour. You make me laugh. You always have. You’re my favourite person. Ever.
Yeah. I love these guys.
And can I just say that DeNiall stans are the best? So many of you have left the most amazing comments on mtaf, and I've enjoyed chatting with you as each chapter's gone up. @rimeswithpurple made gorgeous fanart from chapter 3 and the cutest, most colorful DeNiall friendship bracelet I wear all the time. And @monbons MADE DEV AND NIALL DOLLS. Which I still can't get over. Just last night I saw my snowflake exchange gift from @iamamythologicalcreature who illustrated fanart from chapter 1. I am speechless; it is so very beautiful.
And finally, to get ridiculously sentimental on main: I've loved this fic more than I thought possible, in large part, because I got to know @valeffelees through the writing of it. Words are gonna fail me, dude, so I'm just gonna say that your friendship is one of the best things from this year. HOW'S THAT FOR PUBLIC AFFECTION. Are we puking yet?
a few stray thoughts:
while I love collabs and fests (I had a lot of fun collaborating with @iamamythologicalcreature on lost boys and @shemakesmeforget on tripping over stars), I've definitely (unfortunately) learned that time-constrained fests are not my friends. I want to participate in them, but my brain is very unpredictable and I end up stressed and worried about disappointing people, like my collaborators and mods. As I write this, I'm painfully aware of how very late my exchange gift is gonna be. But I've given my recipient a heads up and I swear the wait will be worth it. 🩵
I feel like I'm a slow writer. Perhaps speed is subjective. I do know that I have so many ideas bursting at the seams of my brain, and I often wonder what my creative output would be like if I didn't have my mental health shit to contend with. I spent entire weeks frozen this year, deep in my cave, unable to touch my writing projects. For someone for whom creativity is essential in feeling fully human, it sucks to have that part of myself unreachable. Urgency is a construct of capitalism so I'm trying to resist that wretched sense that I'm losing time, falling behind, etc, while I still have so much that only exists in my mind, desperate to be shared w others. Fics, original novels, screenplays, on and on. A filmmaker friend of mine gave me the advice: Don't plot it out. Trust the process. And nature reminds me all the time to allow things the time they need. You can't force it. Fuck, it's easier to say all that than actually let it settle into my bones. But I'm trying.
A spot of brightness: All of you. This community. As others have already mentioned in their roundups, truly the best part of the past year has been the relationships. I cannot list everyone but you know who you are. I didn't know I could be known and cared for in this way. I've been writing on my own for a very long time, and it feels deliriously good to write in community. To have friends and betas and cheerleaders, and to be these in return. Like, what the fuck. I'm never gonna write in isolation again.
Ngl I'm heading into the new year with large amounts of trepidation. It's gonna get even scarier than it already is for several vulnerable populations here in the US, including my trans community. But I also have a rooted focus and clarity. I'm gonna keep writing queer love stories. I'm going to nurture queer and trans community in my town. I'm gonna keep hanging out with all of you. Y'all make the world better and brighter, more honest and brilliant. Love ya. 🩵
thank you for the tags: @run-for-chamo-miles, @drowninginships, @artsyunderstudy, @emeryhall, @monbons
@rimeswithpurple, @ileadacharmedlife, @alexalexinii, @best--dress, @you-remind-me-of-the-babe
@imagineacoolusername, @skeedelvee
tagging: @valeffelees @blackberrysummerblog @orange-peony @youarenevertooold @shrekgogurt
@hushed-chorus, @whatevertheweather, @cutestkilla @iamamythologicalcreature,
@bookish-bogwitch @thewholelemon @brilla-brilla-estrellita, @larkral @messofthejess
#year in review#co/ws/awtwb#snowbaz#deniall#more than a footnote#lost boys#tripping over stars#my writing
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Six Sentence Sunday
With two of my WIPs because I worked on both this week and I can't choose between my children
NATASHA/MALCOLM
Malcolm
There’s nothing different about Natasha. She is saying the same thing as usual, she is carrying her bag and her books as usual, she is dressed as usual, her hair is done as usual. Yet I feel like it is a new person I have in front of me.
I don’t feel good about this new person.
I announce the total for her order, accept the five-pound note she hands me, keep the change when she tells me to, make her drink and hand it to her.
“Congratulations on your engagement,” I murmur with a cold smile.
SNOWBAZ TEXTING AU (summer before 8th year)
bold = Simon / italics = Baz
(10:54 AM) i disobeyed him
(10:56 AM) i was supposed to stay in care this summer, but i didn’t go. i took the money he gave me for the train but then when i arrived in manchester i just couldn’t do it
(10:57 AM) How would you even go back? Aren’t you too old now that you’ve turned 18?
(10:57 AM) he did something to my papers. cast a spell on them to make it look like i’m 17
(10:57 AM) Snow, you do realise that that’s crazy? And very illegal? And extremely controlling?
(10:59 AM) don’t, please
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20 questions for fic writers!
Thank you @artsyunderstudy, @alleycat0306, @cutestkilla, and @ileadacharmedlife for tagging me in this game!
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
Currently 22, but I think of only 16 of them as "real" fics. The others are podfics, the pornbot meta, random stuff I could've just left on tumblr, etc.
2. What’s your total AO3 word count?
108,039. If you subtract the words I didn't write (like 97% of Birthday Man and add words the AO3 didn't capture because they're in screen shots (like Impulse Shopping with Simon Snow), it's more like 75k.
3. What fandoms do you write for?
Carry On exclusively. I did set out to write a Buddy Daddies fix-it fic right after the series finale but abandoned it because (1) I actually just wanted to read BD fic, not write it, and (2) omg, it is so much harder to write for a TV show where there's not an existing written author voice to imitate.
4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
Ready or Not (20,698 words) Kudos: 460
Missing (8,823 words) Kudos: 422 (co-written with @oxi-is-a-moron)
Impulse Shopping with Simon Snow (12 words that AO3 can count, more like 5k in the screenshots) Kudos: 328
Birthday Man (39,132 words, of which about 1k are mine) Kudos: 178
Size You Up (6,850 words) Kudos 133
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
I do! I love getting comment responses and engaging with writers that way.
6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
That has to be What Eats You, but it wasn't angsty for Snowbaz, only for Lamb. 😂 Ooh, and the ending of Missing was sort of angsty--though again, not really for Snowbaz--but I didn't write that part, @oxi-is-a-moron did. (So it's not boasting to say that it's beautiful 🥺.) I have a WIP idea that's still just a summary paragraph. It's extremely angsty with a bittersweet-at-best ending, and I will only ever write it if I decide it hurts more to keep it in my head than to let it out.
7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
Everything's a Story. Because the ending is Baz pandering to ME.
8. Do you get hate on fics?
Not yet, but it's been less than a week since I posted the fandom's first bestiality fic, so we'll see.
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
Yes--about half my "real" fics are mature or explicit. I find it very very challenging to write, it takes a lot longer than other writing, I think because my discomfort makes me very self-critical. I've come to realize that the sex has to have emotional / narrative significance for me to want to write it--the one time I wrote a sex scene where the whole point of it was sex, I cringed afterward. (Tbf to baby me, it was my first explicit fic and second fic ever and unbetaed, so whatever.) I guess I can deal with writing smut a little better if it's super cracky but even then, I'd want to keep it brief.
10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?
Nope, probably wouldn't. I've thought about "what if Snowbaz time traveled and met Kim and Will from the Will Darling Adventures" but it would be pretty boring my only thought is "they're the same, huh?" (For the record I would read the hell out of that crossover.)
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Not that I know of.
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
Not that I know of.
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
Yes! I love collaborating. For WIPfest I finished @facewithoutheart's WIP, What Eats You?. And @oxi-is-a-moron finished my WIP, Missing. And there was Birthday Man, the Simon's b-day round robin with probably most of you reading this. AND @ic3-que3n and I wrote our bizarre tell-all confessional about the pornbots together. And this spring @ivelovedhimthroughworse and I spent a lovely spring day writing to prompts and thought we'd memorialize it. Honorable mention to @ic3-que3n's art in Behind the Magic. Technically I wrote the words (it was CORBB) but the concept was their idea and we did so much scheming and giggling that it felt like co-writing.
14. What’s your all time favorite ship?
Malmage.
15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
None. I have a long google doc of ideas but don't really think of something as a WIP until it gets is own file and I start writing. I tend to only have 1-2 WIPs going at a time, and right now there's only one, Basil Pitch's Diary. (Of which ~ 200 words are posted but I have 20k+ and plan to start posting after COC.) So, none. If I ever start the aforementioned angst fest there's a good chance I'll bail partway through.
16. What are your writing strengths?
I'm funny. I'm told I am good at mixing humor and sex and angst. I have come up with some original concepts. I commit to the bit.
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
While I might have original concept ideas, I'm weak on worldbuilding. I tend to stick squarely within the canon-verse. I've never written an AU. My only OC was a sentient mop. I've never even written a villain, I don't think. I struggle with making the MCs do things that I wouldn't do myself, for good or bad. (For instance, I've written almost zero love confessions and tend to write around them because I've never love-confessed to anyone I wasn't already dating and even imagining it makes me want to vanish in a puff of smoke.) I am a very slow writer--I'm in awe of people who can bang out thousands of words in a day, or go from idea to execution in hours. If I can manage a steady 200 words a day, not including editing, that's pretty fast. This pace makes it hard to picture writing a really long fic, ever.
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?
I've never really thought about it. It could be nice for scene-setting; I love all the Norwegian in @scone-lover's Northern Downpour, it really adds to the atmosphere, and the German in @spockzilla's Twelve Days of Christmas cracked me up. The lack of translations made it that much funnier when I finally looked it up myself, or when the meaning was obvious. (Guten Abend, meine kleinen Twinks!) So--maybe someday?
19. First fandom you wrote for?
Carry On
20. Favorite fic you’ve written?
Ready or Not. It's the only thing I've written that I've also read for my own entertainment.
Tagging everyone mentioned above, @you-remind-me-of-the-babe, @skee3000, @thewholelemon, @facewithoutheart, @hushed-chorus, @captain-aralias, and @nightimedreamersworld.
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Shepherd Love is a mess ™️
Shepherd is one of my favorite characters in the series, but he is a little bit of a mess. See below.
He knows about magic and…. is part of an online community for it
When he was 18, he got drunk for the first time with a creek dryad who told him her life story.
He owes ‘at least 3 imps his firstborn’
Befriended trolls with bone broth
Midwifed a centaur foal
Helped a unfairy with taxes
Swore on his life he wouldn’t tell about the Snowbaz plus penny thing
Went backpacking with a Sasquatch and gave it his toothbrush
Met a water/river spirit… by introducing himself to it
Used to be a storm chaser now chases Magic because it’s more thrilling
Willingly goes into a vampire lair with not much hope of escaping alive.
Starts to try and tell a vampire named Josh his life story some highlights include: ‘My name is Shepard, I’m from Omaha’ and ‘My parents are divorced, how about you’
Tried to warn Josh the vampire that drinking his blood is a really really bad idea
Promptly kills that vampire when the vampire tried.
‘And I am also slightly… a little bit… cursed’
‘Wrong place, wrong time… a series of miscommunications and cultural differences’
The curse left him ‘well and truly fucked’
He’s now an illegal immigrant
He tried to get help from the curse from a genie
He learned of the curse ritual from ‘some guy I met’
He lost his third born child to a giant for the ritual
The demon he summoned? He actually got engaged to it…
He was not forced to marry it, he asked for its hand… on accident
He has tried to hook up with a fairy
It is highly implied that he has gone home with other creatures
He lost his firstborn child to three imps
Lost his last name by telling it to a fairy.
He got an STD from a merperson, but don’t worry, he’s only a carrier
The curse was labeled invalid because of how much if a wreck he is. See above.
#simon snow series#simon snow trilogy#simon snow#baz pitch#shepherd love#can I even call him shepherd love? he lost his last name to a fairy…#not even a week into being an illegal immigrant he falls in love#only for her to summon a demon for him#penelope bunce#rainbow rowell
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20 questions for fic writers
Big thanks @artsyunderstudy and @prettygoododds @confused-bi-queer @bookish-bogwitch tagging me in this! And to everyone else who's tagged me in a tumblr meme recently. It's been a while since I've done one of these.
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
33!
2. What’s your total AO3 word count?
Around 370k, but of those about 40k aren't mine. So in reality, something like 330k?
3. What fandoms do you write for?
Only Carry On! I don't have the attention span for more of one at a time lol
4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
1. How I wonder what you are aka baby fic
2. Mess is mine aka secret dating fic
3. Every little helps aka snickers fic
4. You and I will not be shaken aka huddling for warmth fic
5. From across the room aka my FIRST fic
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
I don't 😭 which makes me feel guilty and ungrateful, but alas. Every time I've tried to in the past, I'd run out of steam after half a dozen comments or so. Don't get me wrong, I love comments, they fuel me etc etc. Replying just makes me unreasonably anxious
6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
Technically it's Love of Fate because it doesn't have an ending. It was supposed to be a prologue to something longer that would eventually have a happy ending, and that I simply never wrote lol
That said, the true angstiest ending is probably my All there's left is a ghost of you series - same moment, one from Simon's pov, the other from Baz's. Set between carry on and wayward son, which tells you everything about why it's here :) (Although arguably, those are hopeful endings. Kinda.)
7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
Almost everything I write has a happy-ish ending, but the one indisputable happiest ending is probably How I wonder what you are
8. Do you get hate on fics?
Not necessarily hate, but one time I did get someone mocking my fic for a mistake I made. Which, like, I deserved, for straying so far out of my comfort zone lol
Anyway. I have upped my research game since, so. Lesson learned?
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
Yes! The kind I want to read lol
Seriously, though, I tend to write weird stuff I can't find elsewhere. Someone once mentioned there's little mirror sex fic in the fandom, and BAM! I got the itch to write one. I've also tried my hand at web cam sex, body modification, and... [reads smudged handwriting] cemetery sex?
10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?
I haven't yet, but never say never, right? Although I'm much more likely to just write AUs instead. As in, take the world of the original, chuck the characters and just replace them with snowbaz lol
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Probably not? I mean. I hope so lol
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
Nope. I've thought about doing it myself, but there's roughly any engagement with fics in Portuguese on AO3, so it doesn't feel worth the trouble
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
Birthday man! Though I might be open to it if a) someone with a compatible style is interested, and b) I find some free time to actually write lol
14. What’s your all time favorite ship?
Do I even need to say anything? (It's snowbaz)
15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
Sigh. It's probably Let your colours bleed, because It's been 3 years, so I've just... sort of grown past the story? Which makes me sad, because I still like the concept, I just can't connect to anymore
There are a handful other WIPs still hanging on my ao3, but I still have hope for them.
16. What are your writing strengths?
I like writing plot! And also actions scenes. And banter, maybe a bit too much lol
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
The beginning of a fic. And also the ending. And also the mid-
Seriously though, I find that I tend to be either too verbose or too succinct when I don't know exactly what I'm trying to say. Like, I either charge through it and the thing falls flat, or I drag it on for several paragraphs that amount to barely anything. Hopefully, I can mitigate that with the power of editing and beta readers
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?
I think it's cool depending on context! Like, is this a situation in which this character would simply switch to another language? Also, why?
I haven't done it yet, though.
19. First fandom you wrote for?
Take a guess. (It was actually Harry Potter)
20. Favorite fic you’ve written?
Dance Like a Flame! My specialest baby. My little darling. My magnum opus.
I'll jump at literally any chance to talk about this fic, so beware.
Phew! Can't believe I actually answered one of these for once... now, I'm pretty sure almost everyone has done this already, but I'm going to tag a few people anyway just so this doesn't get lost in the abyss
@palimpsessed @captain-aralias @cutestkilla @larkral @aristocratic-otter @hushed-chorus @whatevertheweather @ivelovedhimthroughworse @whogaveyoupermission
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Hello. Sorry if this is weird, but you're the only snowbaz fan person I follow who has followed me back, so I figured you probably don't think I'm too crazy.
I was wondering if it would be ok to get an invite to the discord server? If you are on there of course. I'd like to do some podfics and I'm not sure what the etiquette is, if I should be asking permission from the writers. It seems like that would be the right thing to do. It doesn't seem possible to send a dm to someone on ao3, so I thought the discord might be the easiest way to find them.
Hope you're having a good week :)
Hi there!
I’m so glad you asked, we love having new people join the Carry On discord!
When you get in, you’ll need to introduce yourself in the intros channel, which allows a mod to get you set up and give you access to everything. After that, you can engage in whatever level works for you. Everyone in there is really nice, too.
That is very exciting that you’d like to make some podfics! That’s a great idea to ask first, though I’m sure most people would be tickled by the idea. If you need help finding anyone in particular, please reach out, and I can try my best to direct you to them if I can.
Here’s the link, and if anyone else sees this and would like to join, feel free! The server ‘leveled up’ recently and this new link no longer expires 🎉: https://discord.gg/carryon
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20 questions for fic writers!
Thank you for the tags @wellbelesbian @orange-peony and @you-remind-me-of-the-babe! I’m always curious about how others respond to these things! I’ve been a little distant from tumblr recently so hoping this can get me engaging properly again!
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
12!
2. What’s your total AO3 word count?
223,290.
3. What fandoms do you write for?
Carry On/Simon Snow! I love them boys too much, and I love all the weird speculative shit you can get up to in the World of Mages.
4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
Accidents Happen
What Remains After The Storm
Call of the Sea
Just Say The Word (The Word is Hedgehog)
Worst Disney Princess Ever
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
I do! It’s just lovely to chat a bit with people, and I also want them to know I appreciate their comments. Sometimes it’s a little while before I respond but I always do.
6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
I’m a happy ending person, or at least hopeful ending. That being said, The Danse Macabre ends on a glum note.
7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
That’s a tough one (see above), but probably What Remains After The Storm.
8. Do you get hate on fics?
Not these days, but I got a couple as a teen. The silliest was someone angry that my fic was a canon divergence–nothing more, nothing less. It was silly.
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
Sometimes. I struggle with smut. If sex seems right for the story/plot, then I’ll add it, but I don’t tend to write it for its own sake.
10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?
No, the closest I’ve come is an idea for an AU, but even then I’ll probably strip out all the characters from that setting
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
I don’t think so!
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
No
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
Yes! Currently co-writing For All Intents and Purposes with @erzbethluna. It's been such a blast! I'm hoping to get back into writing soon
14. What’s your all time favorite ship?
Snowbaz (obvs)
15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
I had an idea for a Piranesi-inspired fic. Wrote a bit of it by hand almost a year ago. I’d like to keep working on it, but realistically I don’t think it will happen.
16. What are your writing strengths?
Plots, maybe? I like writing little twists and reveals.
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
Smut or otherwise physically intimate scenes.
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?
Personally I don’t like it. If I can understand the meaning contextually, then that’s great. If I don’t need to know the meaning, also, great. But if that text is relevant to the scene in some way, I don’t like it, even if translations are provided at the end. No shade on anyone who does this, but I find it brings me out of a story. Edit: Now remembering I did this in When Pigs Fly, and while it wasn't plot relevant, I understand if anyone thinks me a hypocrit.
19. First fandom you wrote for?
Good Omens (I think)
20. Favorite fic you’ve written?
That’s a tough one to answer, but I’ll say What Remains After The Storm. There are definitely parts I think, in retrospect, I could have done better, but overall I’m really happy with it. Also, it just combines so many of my loves. The Ocean! Moors! The Fae! Stupid Sexy Mermen!
That being said, Accidents Happen will always have a special place in my heart.
Tags! Would love to see your answers @cutestkilla @artsyunderstudy @aristocratic-otter @shrekgogurt @theearlgreymage and anyone else who fancies joining in!
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About me:
My name: KhepiAri
Pronouns: She/her/They/them
Age: 31
Bi🌈. Bookworm👩🏫. BL Connoisseur👬. Bored😮💨.
My Strawpage: Khepiari
Here are the screenshots of my Strawpage responses!
I write fun Crappy One Piece Theories and equally funny deranged Fanfics, especially LawLu fics. And I occasionally doodle and make memes! And I use only one pen-name as fanfic writer aka KhepiAri.
Where you can read my fics?
My Ao3: KhepiAri
My FFN: KhepiAri [Currently fics are on hold here]
My Wattpad: KhepiAri [Currently fics are on hold here]
Ships I write for:
LawLu/LuLaw.
WangXian.
DofuWani.
StanXeno
Ineffable Husbands.
ZoSan/SanZo
FakirAhiru.
Junjou Egoist.
SnowBaz.
AnselEvan.
LuSan/SanLu
SatoSugu
DargoDile
NamiVivi
LawSan/SanLaw
CoraLaw/LawCora [Only as a side doomed by fate ship to build the Main ship Law is in]
DofLaw/LawDof [Only as a side ship for angst to build the Main ship Law is in]
Ships I plan to write about in future
NavierHeinrey.
RiverSong x 13thDoctor.
Digital Places You Can Find Me At:
Twitter: paulOaries
Instagram: terrible_doodles_by_khepiari
Substack: KhepiAri’s Afterthoughts
Favourite BL/Ship Pairing:
Law X Luffy
Hiroki X Nowaki
Urahara x Aizen (Occasionally)
Simon X Baz
Ansel X Evan from the Amazing Webtoon (THAT AWKWARD MAGIC)
Life X Death (from the now discontinued webcomic, A Matter of Life and Death)
Aziraphale X Crowley
Magnus X Alec
Wei Wuxian X Lan Wangji
Shen Wei X Zhao Yulan
Xie Lian X Hua Cheng
Zhao Zishu X Wen Kexing
Sarawat X Tine
Xeno x Stan
Gojo x Geto
Kang Dae x Bo Seon [From To The Stars and Back]
Minh x Bao [Adding You To My Cart]
Current favourite BLs/Yaoi Tv/Manga/Manhwa/Manhua/Danmei/ Series
That Awkward Magic on Webtoon and Tapas (less censored)
Matter of Life and Death on Webtoon and Tapas (less censored) (Author stopped updating)
FOOLS on Tapas
20 Twenty on Webcomics (Author has stopped publishing on the app)
Heir's Game on Webtoon
The Grandmaster Of Demonic Cultivation
Guardian by Priest
2gether on Viki
Manner of Death on IQIYi
Adding You To My Cart on webtoon
Here U Are on Webtoon (censored version)
Beauty and The West Chamber on Webcomics (Censored and poorly translated)
Semantic Error on Manta
To The Stars and Back on Webtoon
Favourite GL/Yuri Ship Pairing:
Vivi x Nami
Marcille x Falin
Rukia x Orihime
Hong Ji-yo x Heo Bo-ra (Glitch Kdrama)
Ongsa x Sun (23.5)
Emily x Sue (Dickinson)
Current favourite GLs/Yuri Tv/Manga/Manhwa/Manhua/Baihe Series
ISADORA on Webtoon
The Witch on Webtoon
Office Talk on Webtoon
Show me your Bust
She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat
Bittersweet Con Panna on Manta
On a Leash on Manta
23.5 on YouTube
Dickinson (Apple TV)
Warning for future followers:
I don’t care what people ship, read, watch, listen, consume or discuss. I try to follow and practice don’t like it don’t engage with it and live and let live.
Before we make any judgment, remember, that context matters. Nothing is black and white, no creator is perfect, and every one of us has said, done, and indulged in activities that have hurt someone! Hence, engage in things with maximum contextual awareness before making a decision.
Some things don’t need a devil’s advocate, so treat them from the POV of how you can learn from the past instead of trying to justify it!
Racism, transphobia, homophobia, fat phobia, antisemitism, being anti-Palestinian, Islamophobia are bad! Any idea that tells you—that other humans need to be oppressed and eliminated, and their experiences discredited, is BAD!
I am an antinatalist, so my world-view is screwed up, and I do not entertain or encourage or endorse ideas of eugenics pandered in the name of antinatalism.
I have severe depression, and I have opinions about anything and everything!
If you are a minor following me, please be aware, contents and opinions I share are mature, NSFW, and sensitive, most of the things I share totally depend on my day’s depression and anxiety.
And I do not like distortion of spellings, misuse, or lack of tags and watering down meaning for sensitive topics. As deliberate misspelling and distortion make the purpose of muting, meaning-making and blocking redundant! So don’t write wrong spellings or water-down meanings of words! I will report you if I see you doing this!
Who gets blocked?
And if you are an account with no profile pic/no bio/no activity who suddenly followed me: I will choose to believe you are a bot and block you.
And if I see accounts anti or people with DNI instructions to my ships, I block them in advance to save all of us the headache of running into each other.
My thoughts on censorship
My thoughts on why shipping
My thoughts on age-gap romance
And use that block button before you think you need to be SJW on someone’s posts!
And my main obsession
My favourite ani/manga is One Piece.
I am obsessed with One Piece, I started watching the series at 11, and it has been 20 years as a One Piece fangirl!
So, yes, I will bite you if you badmouth the story without any reason or explanation.
My concerns about One Piece Live Action and why I think Netflix is the problem.
My thoughts on the first teaser-trailer of One Piece Live Action.
We don’t accept Iñakï hate in this house!
My other obsessions
I love 2gether the Series and Still 2gether, and am devoted to loving BrightWin. That doesn’t mean I can’t distinguish between fiction and reality.
So I will not cry in future when Bright and Win find partners in future and live their lives. [Edited: Bright is dating now, and delulu fans proved me again they are idiots.]
I absolutely do not support people demanding Fan service or so-called proof of love from BrightWin as a BL couple. They don’t owe us fans anything. This kind of behaviour is not healthy.
Food TV shows I will sulk and curl up if I don’t get to read and watch cosy Japanese Food Tv Series, books and animanga.
Among cosy Japanese Food TV/books/animanga, I love BLs that revolve around food. My all-time food BL is: What Did You Eat Yesterday. Followed by Our Dining Table and Old Fashioned Cupcakes
My favourite BL webcomic is That Awkward Magic! It is currently being self-published on Webtoon.
My favourite GL webcomic is The Witch, which too is being self-published on Webtoon.
My favourite Danmei book is The Grandmaster Of Demonic Cultivation.
My favourite Danemi author is Priest. Yes, I love MXTX to death, but Priest has me in a chokehold.
And there will be Hozier every now and then.
My DM/Ask Inbox is Open For Fic Requests.
I accept fic requests for my main ship LawLu/LuLaw as well as the ships mentioned in my list at the top.
And if you want to know why I love LawLu, here is my answer.
I love getting feedback on my stories. Though, I don’t appreciate or want to see rude comments disguised as constructive criticism.
I will take screenshots of it, and I will cry about it like an injured dog on Twitter! I am a pathetic person. So yeah, you have Fic requests, my DMs are open.
You can ask for memes too! I make them for fun!
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Thanks for the tag!
○Last song I listened to: Lowlife by Yungblud
○Currently watching: Do podcasts count? I've been watching Brain Leak
○Spice/savoury/sweet: all three
○Relationship status: engaged/poly
○Current obsession: Snowbaz from The Simon Snow Trilogy
No pressure tag @kianlime @valeffelees @cultofsappho @muscaria-dew @martsonmars
Ahhhhh, thank you sm for the tag @reikunrei 🫶🏻 ⤷ 。˚ੈ✩‧₊˚nine people i'd like to get to know better 。˚ੈ✩‧₊˚
Last song I listened to: Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall by Simon & Garfunkel Favorite color: Uhhhh, probably lilac. Although, I do love a good baby blue Currently watching: Just finished catching up on 911 (!!!) Trying to figure out what to watch now Spicy/savory/sweet: Sweet Relationship status: Very single, might try dating again once I move Current obsession: Collecting queer pulp fiction - just bought a bunch and am gonna start reading those.
Tag, you're it (no pressure): @fizzypineapplesoda @kiirotoao @greenfiend @bewilderedbuck @sleepymrshmllow @fluffyfangirl and anyone else feeling it!
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Carry On Countdown - Day 28: Party
AO3 // Read it on Tumblr below the cut! Words: 812
Of queer weddings and family parties: “ Baz and Simon are loudly queer in family events, especially now that they're engaged.“
As in: I’m queer, I’m MLM, I’m pissed at my relatives, so of course I’m writing about SnowBaz in both gay as in happy and queer as in fuck you vibes. Enjoy!
Of queer weddings and family parties
It’s appealing to see Simon trying to bite back his cheeky grin.
We’re standing side by side now, next to the appetizers table, looking at the party in front of us. His tail is flicking around, eventually wrapping itself around my waist or my arm, then letting go again. I don’t think I’ve stopped holding his hand for even a second since we arrived.
It started as a joke, saying that an event like that, gathering all kinds of homophobic, transphobic, and overall ignorant and annoying relatives, was the kind that demanded excessive PDA. In our relationship, Simon and I never really displayed acts of physical intimacy in front of others, because of a number of insecurities. That is, until some weeks ago, when we got engaged. Suddenly, being appropriate and discreet or preserving what little dignity I had left was not important at all .
I’m spending the rest of my life with this man, and I’ll be soft with him and loud about it whenever I want, thank you very much.
— They’ll never consider coming to our handfasting with us acting like this.— he whispers to me, leaning his head so he speaks close to my ear while I wave briefly at a great-aunt that looks mortified in seeing us. I wonder what it is – Simon’s wings and tail out for everyone to see them? Our very obvious gay behavior? My big, voluminous, magnificent floral skirt matching my equally gorgeous floral suit jacket?
Probably all of it.
— You really think they’d come to our handfasting at all ?— I ask. He shrugs. Crowley, I love this man.
— Well, it’s kind of important, innit? You’re the Pitch heir, your wedding is supposed to be a big deal.
I’m going to combust. He’s so lovely.
— My queer wedding? I don’t think so, Snow.
— I do, Tyrannus .— he bites back. It’s his way of calling me out for saying Snow instead of Simon.— But I don’t think we should invite anyone.
I immediately smile.
— No point inviting all these people. I figured only a few would come anyway. Our friends. Ebb and Fiona. Daphne and the children, mabe my father. I think we should only invite the people we actually want there. Maybe not for the next year, the more official thing, but at least for this first ceremony. It’ll be like having your wedding dinner rehearsal in the form of an engagement party.
Just as Snow is about to reply, there’s someone catching my hand.
— Basil! — that’s my aunt giving me a handshake. Not Fiona, I mean, she’s from the Grimm side of the family. Dev’s mother. Since he’s not hanging around under her wing, I’m guessing I’ll be seeing him with Niall very soon. I still don’t know where they stand on their relationship being open for the Old Families to know about, so I can’t tell if it’s a good or bad sign.— I’ve been looking for you everywhere, dear! There are so many people here, Merlin, it’s impossible to find the people you want to meet. Oh, I almost forgot! Dev told me the news, congratulations on the engagement!
I thank her, still distracted, thinking about Simon. I’m not surprised she didn’t find us sooner. Honestly, the way we are, it would be normally very easy to spot us. But Snow and I have been running around all evening. Mostly because we wanted to provoke as many people as possible.
Back in the beginning of our relationship, Snow was terrified of a scenery like this. Surrounded by people who openly disapproved of us, who were openly staring and commenting, and even avoiding us. Now that he had gotten over it, it seemed like a challenge. He’d push his jaw forward, smile at me, and his eyes would scream trouble.
I love to see it. We’re a perfect match.
We danced together, we kissed a lot , and I made sure to say hello to every relative I knew and ask if they had already met “my fiancé, Simon Snow” . Which of course they did, or at least had heard of him, obviously. What kind of mage doesn’t know Simon Snow, our savior? And of course they’d known about our relationship. It was quite a scandal when word got out. But I spent nearly a decade pining for him, I’ve owned every right to brag about being with Simon, especially to people who find it revolting. It almost makes me want to invite everyone to our handfasting out of spite . Fiona would call me a dramatic arse and, influenced by her own queer rebel feelings, say I should do it. Which is exactly why I shouldn’t.
Simon elbows me, as soon as my aunt leaves.
— Alright, maybe she can come.— he whispers.— What do you think?
I simply smile and take a sip of my punch.
— Do you want to go dancing again?
#coc 2020#carry on countdown#carry on countdown 2020#carry on countdown day 28#pen and paper#party#snowbaz#simon snow#baz pitch#queerness#family gathering#family party#engagement#engaged snowbaz#wedding#handfasting#wedding planning#sort of#fluff#i guess#pov baz pitch
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Here’s some angst free ending Simon and Baz content! 💛💙
#they’re engaged#drawing baz has a gucci belt#rainbow rowell#simon snow#baz pitch#tyrannus basilton grimm pitch#snowbaz
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Here’s some angst free ending Simon and Baz content! 💛💙
#they’re engaged#drawing baz has a gucci belt#rainbow rowell#simon snow#baz pitch#tyrannus basilton grimm pitch#snowbaz
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Chapters: 1/10 Fandom: Carry On Series - Rainbow Rowell Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch/Simon Snow, Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch & Simon Snow Characters: Simon Snow, The Mage (Simon Snow), The Mage's Men (Simon Snow), Penelope Bunce, Agatha Wellbelove, Fiona Pitch, Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch, Natasha Grimm-Pitch, Malcolm Grimm, Niall (Simon Snow), Dev (Simon Snow) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Royalty, Royalty, Alternate Universe - Medieval, Magic-Users, Alternate Universe - Magic, A different type of magic than carry on, But still magical, Alternate Universe - Still Have Powers, Ballroom Dancing, Prince! Simon, Prince! Baz, Penny is here because I love her, Alternate Universe - Arranged Marriage, Arranged Marriage, Engagement, Royal Engagement, Partner Magic Summary:
Watford Castle is playing host to a delegation from Hampshire, and Prince Simon is certain they aren't visiting to improve relations like they say. He's especially suspicious of their Crown Prince, Baz. But when Hampshire proposes a marriage in order to create an alliance once and for all, Simon doesn't know what to think anymore.
Prince Baz went to Watford with a mission. He was assured that his task would be complete long before he'd ever have to follow through with his engagement to Prince Simon. That was just a distraction while his family collected information on Watford and planned its downfall. But when Watford is better than he ever expected, Baz starts to have second thoughts about destroying it and its golden prince.
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Hey everyone! This is going to be my next big project, and if people like it, I’ll be updating pretty regularly. It would mean the world if you would check it out. I hope you enjoy!
#snowbaz#simon snow#baz pitch#simon x baz#watford#carry on#wayward son#snowbaz fanfiction#fanfiction#penelope bunce#penny bunce#baz x simon#carry on fanfiction#royalty au#royalty#snowbaz engagement#my writings#my fanfiction#ao3#I See You Through the Starlight
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