#fanfic writer appreciation

[starshinegazer]

Shoutout Sunday

I just wanted to collect some of the most memorable Astarion fanfics I've read so far and to give them and their authors a big ol' shoutout. These are some of the fics I strongly suggest others to check out, if you haven't yet.

Also, please feel free to comment and recommend your favorites as well! And, if you know of some of these authors on tumblr, lemme know, so I can add them too :) I'm not too good with words, so I'll be slapping some of the authors own words as descriptions (for now). Oh, and do be mindful of tags etc etc... Here goes, in no particular order:

Pieces Still Stuck In Your Teeth by howlsmovinglibrary (@wetcatspellcaster) "The Vampire Ascendent has crossed a line. Eleven years after making the biggest mistake of her life and losing the man she loved, tiefling wizard (now Archmage) Rosalie decides it’s time to put this Astarion in the ground for good. Hopefully, both her head and her heart are strong enough to see this awful task through to its end."

An Honest Lie by howlsmovinglibrary (@wetcatspellcaster) "Astarion and Rosalie think they understand each other perfectly, but they have each fallen prey to the other’s mask. As they both go forward with their adventure, will either of them dare to be honest?"

A Crooked Touch by eyes_of_the_lamb "If you want to read a story where Astarion is sweet from the start and Tav is here to fix him, this isn't the one. If you want to read about two terribly broken men spending a good long while making each other worse before they make each other better, this might be for you. If you thought the in-game romance was a little too easy and it should have been ten times more painful and difficult to convince Astarion he's worthy of love, this is definitely for you."

Perfect Slaughter by Imagineitdear (@imagineitdearies ) "Tyrus, a low-born drow with aspirations for necromantic wizardry, finds none of the hospitality he expected from his new noble patron, Cazador Szarr. Quickly he loses his life and future, his hopes and dreams—only to find something new to fight for in the unlikely arms of Cazador’s least favorite spawn."

A Novel Experience by meanboss (@meanbossart ) "Initially just an epilogue for my own game campaign with my big meaty dark urge drow, turned whole story which I accidentally deleted and am now reuploading, my bad LOL

Hope you enjoy!"

Carving Through The Dark by skitter "The realm is safe and the story is over.

Wren and Astarion descend into the Underdark in search of a new purpose, and learn a few things along the way. Namely, that healing isn't linear and sometimes love takes the long way round."

Blood In The Weave by gingealish "There is no need to breathe, but I miss it all the same. The suffocating silence, the desperate darkness have encapsulated me for I don’t even know how long; It could have been tendays or years. I’ve long since accepted my punishment, stopped trying in vain to crack the seal of my tomb against the onslaught of panic and hunger. Now I lay here, thinking of the friends I’ve lost, the lover who turned on me, and how to finally get even.

Astarion is the new Big Bad Evil Guy. Spawn Tav is rescued by a familiar face. "

When He’s all but Forgotten How to Love Again by bg_brainrot "You saved Baldur’s Gate almost 300 years ago. You died 150 years ago. On a new life now, you find that memories from your past lead you to a specific silver-haired man. Who was he, and why won't he leave you be? tldr; An Elf-Tav reincarnation story where Tav dreams about Astarion in their nightly reveries and eventually seeks him out once they reach maturity. Things definitely totally go well."

More Than Any Words by mataglap "They have saved the city and possibly the world. All is great and everyone is happy... except Astarion has been banished back into the shadows, and Tav is stuck in an uneven battle with his own oath. He's losing the fight. He knew he would from the moment he fell for Astarion. But he can't lose yet, not before they find a way for Astarion to walk in the sun again."

Inexhaustible Oil by homeward_bound "This is the absolute opposite of a redemption fic. A post-canon, fall-from-grace, "I can make you infinitely worse" kind of story, in which there is no simple happy ending. But there's mystery on the way. And dragons. True love, even. So if you're fine with that, come aboard. It's going to be a wild ride."

[peyton-warren]

Who wants to have writers sleep over this weekend? Just a group of people all trying to write. I usually am more productive if I know others are with me. Am already on discord, can crank out (another) random writers group for folks to connect together if we want. I don't care what fandom you are in, if you need to write a paragraph or have 20 WIPs to finish

..

Who's in??

Edit: share, reblog etc. Am tired of seeing other writers torn down. Let's build each other up.

[lele5429]

‘I need you to fight,’ the memory of Warriors’ voice whispers in his mind. ‘...trust that we’re right behind you.’

Hyrule pushes past the panic, the fear. He grins back.

“Is something funny?” the dark image of Sky asks him, crossing his arms.

“Yeah,” Hyrule laughs. “You’re so dead.”

One quick sketch of Hyrule from Chapter 61 of This is an Adjuration by @not-freyja

Mainly a study for unusual poses and facial expressions! (Pose with reference)

[enjoythesilentworld]

idk what i’d do without yr fanfic y’all are so talented and the sheer amount of creativity in this lil pocket of fandom is so so incredible. thank you for all you do, fic writers. 🫶🏻💜🫶🏻💜🫶🏻💜🫶🏻

[the-blind-assassin-12]

✨Fanfic Writer Appreciation Weekend*✨

* Fanfic Writer Appreciation Day was August 21, but in true Alyssa fashion, the day flew by me so I���m late to the party. So instead of waiting a whole year to participate I’m just extending the party. 🎉

I’ll be popping into writers’ inboxes and reblogging fics this weekend, and anyone who wants to join this party is cordially invited to do so!

Also, if you’re looking for a fic rec for a specific character or trope, pop into my inbox and I’d be more than happy to direct you to a story I think you’ll love!

Happy partying, people!! 🥳

[mixtape--oh]

Fanfiction Writer Appreciation Day

Late into the bandwagon here but wanted to give a special shoutout to these awesome writers:

@seungcheorry - your Seungcheol drabble here was what first hooked me into reading K-pop fanfiction, then recently started this page to write my own – something I couldn't see myself doing at first, but now I'm forever grateful for. Thank you! <3

@nonranghaes - thank you for your sweet little thoughts! Love them so much, love how they come from mundane, everyday things. Also, thanks for replying to my reblog super quickly that one time, it makes me feel like I'm not alone here hehe!

@lovelyhan - you make some of the most awesome K-pop series I've ever read, truly. I love the entire Doting on You, and Game Over has quite literally rattled my entire K-pop fanfiction universe. Thank you & hats off!

@sluttywonwoo - apart from your spicy fics and sluttythots, I really like the way you answer questions – be it just a regular answer or turned into a drabble, they never fail to entertain me. Absolutely love your personality! xx

@bbugyu - I want to particularly thank you and shake your hand for an entire five minutes for (down) like six thirty – it was the first fic that truly tugged at my heart after a long while. Kept me up all night long bcs I just can't!! stop!! reading!!

Thank you all for being a fundamental part of my K-pop fanfiction journey, wishing you folks the best of luck for all your endeavors! *bows*

[awlimagines]

For Fanfic Writer Appreciation Day, I wanted to shout out to @daryls-favourite and their wonderful works on Ao3!! Honestly, I need to reread/catch up on The Scientist and his Farmer, but all of the steamy one-shots you have for him live rent-free in my mind. If you’re a Daryl lover, you must visit these works!! <3 

I know I’ve been slow updating my Daryl works as well, but we’ve got to keep the mad scientist love alive! I look forward to seeing more of your work when you can! ;3 

[nburkhardt]

I’VE LEARNED SOMETHING AND ITS

fanfic writer appreciation day!!!!

Here’s a list of ones I absolutely love that are on here!! There’s probably more on ao3 but idk if they’re on here or not anyway:

We got: @lexirosewrites @artiststarme @simplebtromance @gloomysoup @henderdads @steves-strapcollection @tartarusknight @estrellami-1 and probably so many more I’m not remembering right now.

& of course i can’t forget about my loves, @i-less-than-three-you & @strangersteddierthings 🥹 if they’re writing it? I’m gonna hype it up before I even read it, even the sad things. They’re amazing!!

Everyone is absolutely amazing 🥰🥰🥰

[insomniiyac]

Oop! It started already!? Aii time to rapid fire out the first four days~.

For @fanficwriterappreciation || Day 1: Tropes (Gen AUs)

Gonna plug in my drabble one-shot “La Isla Bonita!”

[livsoulsecrets]

Day 5 of @fanficwriterappreciation: Share a fic under 50 kudos/from a small writer

One fic of mine under 50 kudos: What if I lose my grip, admit that I’m terrified of you leaving?

Ship: Kitty/Yuri

Fandom: XO Kitty (TV)

Summary: In their first day back in KISS, Yuri and Kitty reunite and finally address the tension between them.

Yuri turned around to leave…

And didn’t make it out the door.

Instead, with her hand still on the doorknob and her back turned to Kitty, she hurriedly spat out, “What did you want to tell me at the airport?”

One fic I loved to read and is under 50 kudos: last embrace by frozenwafflesagain

Fandom: The Umbrella Academy

Summary: Ben Hargreeves, the last hugs he gives, and the last ones he gets.

Such a beautiful and heartbreaking story, I super recommend!

[prolix-yuy]

Hi LJ! Since it’s Fanfiction Writers’ Appreciation Day today, I just wanted to send some gratitude your way ✨ I think your writing is fantastic, and I’m so happy to have had the privilege of reading your work. Wishing you multitudes of creative thoughts, mastery over the dreaded writer’s block, and more kudos, likes and reblogs than you’ve ever seen 💖

Jem, this is such a kind and thoughtful message! I can use as much help with some mastery over the writers block (it's been hella strong lately) and this just made my whole day. I've got my fingers crossed that a change in location (heading to a lake house for a week!) will help reset my creative brain and get more stories out.

Thank you for being a bright light in our fandom and spreading the love!

[walkawaytall]

Happy Fanfic Writer Appreciation Day! ✨ I love your thoughtful exploration of Leia's trauma and the soft mutual affection in your stories even before ESB. I'm still thinking about that painting class scene with Han's boots and Leia's hairpins in "Reconstitution".

Oh, thanks so much! <3 I really like the way you write Han and Leia's interactions -- I think you strike a good balance of humor and seriousness with a lot of your works, too! I just reread "if I stay here" this evening, actually, and really love the complexity you hit on in that piece!

[peyton-warren]

Fanfic writers appreciation day

I would like to share some of my favorite writers on this hellsite. ( In alphabetical order so no partiality is shown.). I know I don't give any of them enough love and support so here is a small attempt to make up for it.

@adulting-sucks - is first up. Masterlist. She hasn't been writing lately because life happens but that doesn't mean I don't go back countless times to what she's already written. She is my ride or die on this site, but that doesn't mean I'm biased. Go read for yourself. My favorite of her stuff is Oh What A Night, a Jake Jensen masterpiece that is exactly how I feel my first date with Jake would go.

@deandoesthingstome her Masterlist. Charlie is just a beautiful human who is so welcoming and supportive of other writers, essentially keeping fandom community alive and thriving. She does this amazing thing for other writers called Fanfic Writer Wednesday where she highlights a writer, which is so sweet and selfless and beautiful 😍. Her writing is outstanding as well! My favorite of hers is Walk With Me, which is full of drama, intrigue, smut and storytelling. Seriously you will not be disappointed.

@ellethespaceunicorn Their Masterlist. Elle writes beautifully about some of my favorites in the fandoms namely Walter Marshall and Lloyd Hansen. My favorite (currently) is Don't take My Sunshine Away . The series is dark (it's about Lloyd so to be expected). Give it and everything else they have written a shot.

@raccoon-eyed-rebel her master list is here. Her unique and beautiful writing has you coming back for more with each chapter, each post. The woman doesn't know the meaning of brevity and that's ok with the rest of us because her writing is so outstanding. My recommendation of her stuff is one of her one shots - In All Fairness... though you can't go wrong with any of her many series either.

@geralts-yenn Her Masterlist This woman is a phenomenal person above and beyond her writing. She is the glue that keeps fandom community together, she is one of the most supportive people on Tumblr of other writers. And her comments are legendary. As for her writing, if I had to narrow it down, it would be hard but I'll go with Believe in me, her ongoing series Vampire Modern Melot. As a person who ravenously have consumed everything vampire related since the late 80s til today (minus Twilight), I am madly in love with her new interpretation of Vampires and their lives. As well as she weaves several Cavill characters into the tale, even as background players. Love it. And more importantly I love her.

@mayloma her Masterlist this writer is phenomenal in talent and beautiful imagery. I love all of her stuff but the one I keep coming back to repeatedly is Sweetest Things. The visuals, the sensuality, the beauty. Just perfect. And unlike the other writers here, I need to mention my other most favorite of hers Of Investments and Returns. It had me locked in from the first word and I loved every second of it.

@ronearoundblindly her Masterlist. Ro is an amazing writer who is prolific and beautiful in her writing. She is also an incredible human being that I am so glad is in my life. She has helped me out of jams both in writing and in my own life. Love her. My favorite of her fics is Smells Like Team Spirit which is an unf hgggg wonderful tale about Lloyd x Reader x Steve Rogers.

@sarahdonald87 Although she has yet to officially publish a full chapter of her Andy and Everett series, she still wets our appetites with her beautiful snippets. I am so excited to see what she gives us when she gives us the whole story. My favorite of her drabbles is The Dark Room Redux. It's a beautiful view into where Andy and Everett are headed. Also I adore Sarah and am so very thankful she is in my life. I love her realness and honesty as well as her beautiful heart.

@sweater-daddiesdumbdork her Masterlist This woman is an outstanding writer. Her serieses (is that a word?) keep me coming back again and again to read and reread. Her current ongoing series about a certain Train!Daddy and Honey is pure love and wonderfulness and very inclusive (I feel very seen in that series). But the series I adore the most that she wrote is Wilford Demands. The twists and turns plus the outstanding smut just... It's wonderful.

@sweetandgentlecreature her Masterlist Sweet is a newer writer in Tumblr who has definitely made her presence known with her Sy fics. My favorite is Homeward Bound .

Go give your favorite fanfic writer some love and appreciation today, and all days. As always reblog their work to help spread the love around to others. Your likes are all well and good but Tumblr reblogs is the only way fic gets spread to other readers.

[lele5429]

By the end of this there will be no pain.

Good night, Captain.

This is my first time drawing Warriors, if you don’t count his back in my very first fanart. I can’t believe it’s for this scene.

@not-freyja

I just need some time to process.

[zerolostwalks]

HAPPY FANFIC WRITER APPRECIATION DAY!!

In honor of the day I've compiled a list of some of the awesome authors I know!! (As well as some of the fandoms they currently/previously have written for)

@anthonyjlockwood : AO3

The Bright Sessions (Podcast), Lockwood & Co., The College Tapes, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series

@bananakarenina : AO3

Julie and the Phantoms

@bbreaddog : AO3

Rent (Larson), Julie and The Phantoms

@blackandblue13 : AO3

Julie and the Phantoms

@caswellseyes : AO3

Julie and the Phantoms, High School Musical: the Musical: the Series

@chickwiththepurpleguitar : AO3

Julie and The Phantoms, Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms, The Bright Sessions (Podcast), Supernatural, The AM Archives (Podcast)

@daintyduck99 : AO3

Julie and The Phantoms, Stranger Things, IT (Stephen King), IT (Movies - Muschietti) , Victorious

@floating-in-the-blue : AO3

Julie and The Phantoms, Metal Gear, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

@finditagain24 : AO3

The Shadowhunter Chronicles, Push, Julie and The Phantoms, Les Misérables

@ginervacade : AO3

Chronicles of Narnia, Julie and The Phantoms, Little Women (Howland/Dickstein/Knee), Descendants, Little Women Series (Louisa May Alcott)

@kybee1497 : AO3

Julie and The Phantoms, Wednesday (TV 2022), Do Revenge, First Kill, Wynonna Earp

@legolasghosty : AO3

Julie and The Phantoms, Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms

@locketletters : AO3

Julie and The Phantoms, The Owl House

@innytoes : AO3

Julie and The Phantoms, Leverage, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Gilmore Girls

@invisibleraven : AO3

Julie and The Phantoms, Glee, Glee RPF, Teen Titans (Comics), Legally Blonde (Hach/O'Keefe/Benjamin)

@jatp-spinsb : AO3

Julie and the Phantoms, Sanders Sides

@onlygenxhere : AO3

Julie and The Phantoms, Teen Wolf (TV) 

@ri-jane : AO3

Moonlight, Chuck, Doctor Who, Captain America

@salamandergoo : AO3

Stranger Things, Julie and The Phantoms, Miraculous Ladybug, House M.D., My Hero Academia

@sarah-sandwich : AO3

Spider-Man, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Deadpool

@squirrelno2 : AO3

Julie and The Phantoms, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars, Doctor Who, Marvel Cinematic Universe

@tillstarscollided : AO3

Julie and The Phantoms, Red White & Royal Blue (Casey McQuiston)

@where-you-go : AO3

Julie and the Phantoms, Stranger Things

@wr0temyway0ut : AO3

Julie and The Phantoms, Hamilton (Miranda), Good Omens, Descendants

[doo-odle02]

Everynight, around 2 am I start refreshing the Lifesteal fandom page on ao3 every ten seconds, and then Spectrum gives me food, and then I'm happy