#fic: thats just wasteland baby

[kaitsawamura]

THAT'S JUST WASTELAND, BABY

☽ SUMMARY ☾

Calamity Ganon has finally been vanquished for good, Link and Zelda have finally managed to break the wheel. But things are not as either of them had hoped they would be. Zelda is soon to be Queen with all the duties of such a position. Link would remain her knight and yet, he is restless. When he hears of the restoration efforts in Lurelin Village, he decides that he must go. He can’t stay cooped up within the castle walls, not after so long in the wild. Zelda and Link are unsure of the new direction their lives are taking but maybe they’ll find that their true north is you.

THIS SCROLL WAS LAST UPDATED: 1/23/24

☽ STATS ☾

Pairing: TotK!Link x Reader x TotK!Zelda

Rating: M for Mature, 18+ only minors do not interact

Warnings: Fantasy violence/gore, sexual content, angst

Tags: aged up characters, multiple pov’s (maybe possibly kinda), friends to lovers, semi-slice of life, semi-canon divergent, h/c (more to be added)

Projected Word Count: 15K

Author's Note: I have been tossing around a Link x Reader fic FOREVER but it felt right as soon as I started writing and the idea naturally morphed into a poly fic. I know I've been telling myself not to post any parts of a multi part fic until I've written the whole thing but ya know what, I need some dopamine and maybe y'all do to so I'll be posting the parts/chapters as I write them. Hope you enjoy (and even if you don't, that's fine too because mostly my fics are for me XD)

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☽ TABLE OF CONTENTS ☾

Prologue

Part 1 (TBW)

[cherryrainn]

can you write angst with striker,

a songfic with "i bet on losing dogs" by mitski??

like do whatever you want with the fic, theyre a couple, not a couple. anything. thats all up to you!

I LOVE MITSKI AND I LOVE THIS SONG AND I LOVE STRIKER AND I LOVE ANGST AND I LOVE YOU

☽ ༚  ༵ ۰ ✧ ۰  ༵ ༚ ༵ ۰ ✧ ۰ 

— i bet on losing dogs

striker x reader

song link; click here

the walls of your small apartment seemed to close in on you as you sat on the edge of the worn-out couch, staring at the silent phone in your hand. striker, the love of your life, had promised he would be home soon. but the hours turned into days, and the days into a week, with no sign of his return.

my baby, my baby

you held onto the hope that he was out there, fulfilling his dangerous duties, protecting you and the dark secrets you shared. each passing moment without him felt like an eternity, the weight of his absence suffocating your fragile heart.

you're my baby, say it to me

as the world outside grew dim and the shadows danced around you, tears welled up in your eyes. you remembered the tender moments, the stolen kisses, and the whispered promises of forever. striker had once vowed to protect you, to be your shelter in the storm of this chaotic world.

baby, my baby

but then, one evening, the sound of the front door creaking open filled the silence, causing your heart to skip a beat. striker stepped inside, exhaustion etched into every line of his face. his pale red skin seemed paler than usual, his yellow eyes weary and distant.

tell your baby that I'm your baby

you rushed towards him, hope flickering within your chest,

"striker, you're finally home!" you said, your voice filled with a mix of relief and apprehension. "i missed you so much."

striker glanced down at you briefly, his eyes betraying a hint of weariness. "yeah, been a long week," he muttered, his voice lacking its usual warmth.

but as you reached out for him, your touch was met with an unexpected chill. he sidestepped your embrace, his focus elsewhere. without a word, he trudged past you and made his way to the bedroom.

i bet on losing dogs

confusion and hurt swirled within you. the once vibrant love between you had faded into a shadow of its former self. striker's actions spoke louder than any words, leaving you feeling invisible and insignificant.

as the night wore on, your mind raced with thoughts of what could have caused this abrupt change. the love you had bet on, the losing dog you had wagered your heart on, was slipping away with each passing moment.

i know they're losing and i'll pay for my place

morning arrived, the sun's rays piercing through the curtains, but the warmth they brought couldn't reach the icy barrier that had formed between you and striker. you watched silently as he prepared himself for another day of his dangerous work.

by the ring

"i hope you have a good day, striker," you whispered, your voice tinged with sadness.

striker glanced at you briefly, his expression unreadable. "yeah, thanks," he replied curtly before heading out the door.

"i love you... striker."

and just like that, he was gone again.

where i'll be looking in their eyes when they're down

the room once again felt heavy with anticipation as you anxiously awaited striker's return. your heart had become a barren wasteland, starved of the affection and connection you so desperately craved.

i'll be there on their side

and then, as the sun began its descent, the sound of keys jingling and the creaking of a door filled the silence. striker stepped inside, his silhouette framed by the golden hues of dusk. his hat was tilted low, casting a shadow over his eyes, but the familiar presence of a cowboy filled the air.

"you've been waiting for me, darlin'?" striker's voice held a rasp, like a lonesome guitar strumming a mournful tune.

i'm losing by their side

you nodded, unable to hide the mix of relief and apprehension in your eyes.

striker slowly removed his hat, revealing a tired but genuine smile. the light caught the golden tooth in his sharp-toothed mouth, accentuating the rugged charm that drew you to him in the first place.

"it's been too long since i've really been home," striker admitted, his voice filled with a touch of remorse. "i've missed you, y/n'."

the cowboy had returned, ready to sweep you off your feet once again.

will you let me, baby, lose

as the night unfolded, striker regaled you with tales of his adventures in the vast, untamed land of hell. his voice carried the essence of the open plains and the scent of gunpowder, painting vivid pictures of a world beyond your reach.

on losing dogs

with the night drawing to a close, striker pulled you into his arms, his hold firm and protective.

i know they're losing and i'll pay for my place

"i can't promise i'll be here forever, darlin'," striker confessed, his voice tinged with both regret and sincerity. "but tonight, i'll hold you tight and make you feel like the only one in this wild, wild world."

a wave of both joy and melancholy washed over you as his words sank in.

as morning broke, casting a golden glow upon the land, striker rose from the bed, his cowboy hat perched upon his head once again. he turned to face you, his gaze filled with a mix of determination and longing.

by the ring

"i've gotta go, y/n," striker murmured, his voice carrying the weight of an assassins duty. "but tonight, y/n, i want cha' to go to our favorite restaurant," he said, his voice low and earnest. "wait for me, and i promise i'll be there."

your heart fluttered at his words, a renewed sense of hope washing over you.

where i'll be looking in their eyes when they're down

"yeah, alright. i'll be there," you whispered, your voice filled with a mixture of excitement and longing. "i'll wait for you, striker."

i wanna feel it

the night had arrived, filled with both anticipation and a glimmer of hope. you meticulously selected an outfit, something nice and sweet that would make striker's heart skip a beat. the words that had once echoed through your mind now took a backseat to the excitement of the evening.

i bet on losing dogs

you arrived at the restaurant, the familiar aroma of comfort and familiarity enveloping you. you took your seat, glancing at the empty chair across from you, waiting for striker to fulfill the promise he had made. minutes turned into hours, and the lyrics that had danced in your mind became a haunting echo, amplifying your heart's ache.

i always want you when i'm finally fine

you checked your phone, hoping for a message, a call, anything to reassure you that he was on his way. but there was only silence. the lyrics that had once been an anthem of love now became a somber melody, echoing through the empty spaces of the restaurant.

how you'd be over me looking in my eyes when i come

as the hours stretched on, your excitement turned to disappointment, and disappointment evolved into heartbreak. tears welled up in your eyes, a silent cascade of sorrow. you fought to keep your composure, to hide the pain that threatened to consume you. the words that had once sung of unrequited love now bore witness to your silent breakdown.

someone to watch me die

amidst the corner of the restaurant, you quietly wept, the tears falling like raindrops on the tablecloth. striker had failed to keep his promise, leaving you stranded in a sea of loneliness.

the night wore on, the restaurant slowly emptying, leaving you alone in a sea of empty chairs and untouched plates. the promise that had once painted a picture of hope now painted a stark reality, a reminder of the pain of betting on a losing dog.

someone to watch me die

and there you remained, seated in the empty restaurant, your heart aching with unfulfilled expectations.

time seemed to stand still as you held on to a sliver of hope, desperately clinging to the belief that striker would somehow find his way to you.

i bet on losing dogs.

but as the night wore on, the truth settled in like an unwelcome guest.

striker was not coming.

[rebuke-me]

so all of my stats are for JUST 2023 bc its easier lmao, and we don't talk about my actual most "popular" fics bc i hate them now <3

Words and fics

Total word count: 152,245!

Total number of fics posted: 24. apparently. wow.

Most recent fic: technically wasteland baby, but thats a multichap so i don't count it. so. love after you (is a weight that i can't get away from)

Longest fic: wasteland, baby (currently at 44,325 words)

Shortest fic: bear with me tomorrow (1,711 words)

Top five fics by kudos:

smokey eyes (that's your name isn't it?

i'll be cheering for you

madeline fontaine's guide to fucking with chloe valentine

i'm socially absurd (but who cares)

you're rooted in my soul

Upcoming projects and events for 2024:

Fics to be finished:

my 7 deere week fics! they're all started luckily lmao

also, punk au 8, which will be the last punk au installment but will be planned/written for AFTER deere week.

i'll toss my piano prodigy rivals deere au here

Wips that hopefully will escape the plotting stage:

miscellaneous extra punk au content, probably?

maybe my paper girls au,,, idk

i don't plan very far in advance can y'all tell

no pressure tags: @aqueous-aerolite, @mountain-dew-tickledpink, + @pigeonwit !!

✨Fic Writing Review 2023✨

Rules: Feel free to show whatever stats you have. Only want to show Ao3 stats? Rock on. Want to include some quantitative info instead of stats? Please do this. Want to change how yours is presented? Absolutely do that. Would rather eat glass than do this? Please don’t eat glass but don’t feel like you have to do this either.

A tag game!

Words and fics

Total word count: 74372

Total number of fics posted: A whopping 9 baby

Most recent fic: Remembering the ones who can’t be here

Longest fic: The Genius Is Heere (41496)

Shortest fic: The Best Christmas Gift (391)

Top five fics by kudos:

The Genius Is Heere (49)

I Don’t Wanna Be Special (40)

The Magical Feeling of Falling In Love (38)

It’s Always Truth Or Dare That Screws People Over (37)

The Best Christmas Gift (28)

Upcoming projects and events for 2024:

Fics to be finished:

Memory Leak (BoyfRiends assassin/mafia au)

Existence and its questions (The Genius Is Heere bonus fic/Aroace!Squip and aroace!Christine bonding fic)

Wips that hopefully will escape the plotting stage:

A Prince’s First Journey: An Odyssey (Bmc fantasy au)

A Dance with Destiny and Deceit (working title/bmc light/dark academia au)

Android Boy (Bmc android!jeremy au/BoyfRiends)

Michael In the Bathroom: A series of alternate scenarios (a series of one shot of mitb what ifs)

No pressure tags:

@theabyssgazesalsointoyou @dragonairice @biscuitbakerbecca

[possumteeths]

writer chat tag game (Tagged by @nuwanders ✨)

What is your total posted wordcount on ao3?

481,595? This is more than i expected but also less than I expected somehow

Do you have a routine for writing?

No. I get bodysnatched by some kind of otherworldly creature and it uses my arms in the way that muppets flail around then I wake up and I have like 10k words of smut

Whats your favorite tropes/pairing

Im SO attached to Kaidan/Femshep lol, yet ive barely written any. All of the stuff I have is old and Im afraid to look at it lol.

As for tropes though??? I love me a slimy nasty POS villain. It makes me weak. The more horrible they are the more im swooning.

Do you have a favorite fic of yours?

I really like this Thane/Femshep piece, its almost a character study I loved really getting in his head and expanding on how the way he loves is entwined with his faith and yadayada. Also I gave him two dicks

I cant choose a #1 fav so im also gonna say I fucking LOVE this porny ridiculous wasteland gangbang. It is surprisingly so funny and cute I love the happy ending. I just had a ton of fun writing this.

Your fic with the most kudos?

Thats gonna be my Brahms Heelshire X reader chaptered fic. This is my brain baby. Im so impatient but I love this story enough to make it a proper slowburn lol

Anything you dont like about your writing?

Hmm. I think I’d like to get better at writing like transitions in dialogue, like inbetween words all the stuff that happens?

Oh and I get distracted so friggin quickly I’ll draft out a whole story write a few chaps and then all of a sudden im 20k words into a new story

Now something you do like?

I’m unsure! I can totally see hella improvement in my writing from like a ago when I started writing again. (Just checked and my first fic was from june 2021, and here i am kfhskfndk) Looking at an old piece and then a new piece I can super see all the improvement.

I think i’ve found a good niche with limited second person when it comes to x reader. I refuse to write y/n crap so I think I do a great job avoiding it.

Tagging:

@some27-url @screwyouflightlieutenant @ladyflaggermus @gaeadene @korblez @angry-jager

Tried to tag a variety of mutuals from diff fandoms hahaha.

[bangtanloverboys]

tagged by @jinpanman for the “which couples sit how” trend 

categorize the couples from your masterlist into 2 seperate seating habits whenever they’re out in public eating places:

The Ones Who Sit Side-by-Side

The Ones Who Sit Face-to-Face

okay this is really cute, but considering i have so many things on my masterlist, i’m gonna leave some out

Side-by-Side

wonderings about holding min yoongi’s hands - easy way to hold hands, bc duh 

good bad choices - in general, yoongi likes to be as close as he can be to yn cause he’s in Love Love

the first cringe of morning - yes okay, they practically are glued to each other’s sides by now

what are freinds for - bc hoseok 100% would put his hand on yn’s thigh and squeeze

found again - yn only sits next to hoseok, that was the only way. she love him

i’ve had no love like your love - namjoon loves to hold yn’s hand under the table and reassure him, that’s just a habit

push & pull - as the future leaders of the northern water tribe, they’e just always used to being side by side

like real people do - yn was literally touch starved as hell in this fic, no shit she sits next to tae

strawberries & cigarettes - he wants to throw an arm round yn at all times, lets be real here

hot boxed - they love to sandwhich each other

deep waters - jungkook specifically likes to sit next to yn

Face-to-Face 

sweet sugar - sugar daddy only sits across from yn, likes to watch his reactions when given stuff

until i see you again - the longing in jin’s eyes as he looks at yn ugh, so close yet so far

the sea prince - overtime, they’d edventually start sitting next to each other but for now, face to face

tale of the refugee and the roommate - as seen in the fic itself, yn and hobi sit across from each other so they can enjoy tea together

days in the sun - oh my god hoseok loved sitting across from yn, watching her smile ugghhh

greened out - awkward as hell, but they’d get through it

can you feel it? - idk i get the feeling this tae likes to watch yn and keep eye contact with him

thought trade - 100%, after going so many years without yn, all he can do is watch them when thye go out for dinner

wasteland baby - one formal motherfucker, he enjoys just looking at yn. thats it, love in his eyes

groovy baby - respectful and cheeky mother fucker, idk, it’s the vibe

deep waters - yoongi likes to sit across from yn, just to keep an eye on her and be all gross

tagging: @crazy4myself @breadoffoxy @jeonstudios

[atlaese]

✨AO3 Tag Game✨

tagged by: @pastafossa​! I- what!! when i saw this notif i think my heart stopped. like. i did not realize you knew i existed i am such a big fan of your work!! i read the whole of TRT in like... a week when i should have been studying (i am hardcore fangirling rn!!)

1. How many works do you have on AO3? right now i have 9 works on there! i only made an account last month and decided to publish some of my beloved fics on there too!

2. What’s your total AO3 word count? 35.777 sksks, it's not much but it's something! i'm still working on a few things (bucky stuff and matt stuff) so we might see an increase soon!

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos? okay so i'll do the ao3 version, but like on tumblr there's a different top 5?? so interesting!! these are all bucky fics, except for the last one - thats a spencer reid fic!

loving dawn as certainty of sunrise

kill with kindness

wasteland, baby!

black holes

liability

more under the cut bc i don't wanna clog the dash

5. Do you respond to comments, why or why not? yes!!! omg i love responding to comments! i honestly don't get many, but the ones i do get warm my heart so much!! its just so nice to see someone who read your stuff give a short comment why they liked it and idk its so nice to hear and everyone who has ever commented has my heart!!

6. What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

i think homesick at space camp? that is just angst from beginning to end lmao! but i wrote a fluffy part two to it, so i don't know if it counts, but yeah, that one!

7. Do you write crossovers? If so, what’s the craziest one you’ve ever written?

ooh, i actually haven't and i haven't even thought about that! maybe one day, but i feel like my writing skills aren't good enough yet to write more than one complex character in a fic with like... a good plot lmao.

8. Have you ever received hate on a fic?

not yet! my stuff also isn't good enough to receive hate so thats like a plus too lmao we love the duality

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

i tried to write smut once. it was a part two to the pool tables have turned. i had horny thots that night. i published it. then i went to bed. i woke up 8 hours later and it had decent exposure? i reread it. i cringed. and then i deleted it. yes, that was the saga of me writing smut, deleting it and thinking i should never do it again, haha! so atm i don't write explicit smut, but i do like some allusions to it, hehe.

10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

maybe in my wattpad days? also yes, i recently came across a site that all of the published wattpad stories copied onto it, my old stories to (from like 2014!!) so yes, my unfinished, downright horrible 5sos fics are also on that site :)

11. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

yes, i think in my wattpad days! i honestly cannot remember what it was about or what happened, but i did! recently i haven't! i might be open to it though!

12. What’s your all-time favorite ship?

me x fictional character because i am lonely lmao. no um. super niche but there was this book series called the chemical garden and i liked the main characters relationship with gabriel. i think it was rhine x gabriel. yeah, i liked those two together! i like most canon ships ngl so this one was the first that came to mind.

13. What are your thoughts about writing dialogue in another language in a fic?

depends on the execution honestly! i like little words here and there, sometimes a full sentence if i can deduce whatever is said through context, but when there's full on another language with translations at the end of a fic, i'm less inclined to read it! (most of the time i can understand what is said though! bless me and my obsession with languages!)

13. What was the first fandom you wrote for?

okay. this is hard. i am a little embarassed. so i wrote for 1D first BUT i was never a fan? i was a little capitalist back in my wattpad days and i saw those stories got way more likes and reads than original work? so i was like, lemme use these men to my advantage. i also was too lazy to make a complex character of my own. so yes, 1D, then 5SOS.

14. What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?

hmmm, difficult! black holes is one i adore, just because i put so much of myself in it. but then i also love my short matt fics, and i also really like this one from fatws... so i think those! they're also so different so egjzrgr

no pressure tags💞: @therootsinmydreamlands @belowva @imaginearyparties

[aloera]

The ask prompt is too long to fit into an ask TT_TT but here's the doc for it docs(.)google(.)com/document/d/1yDI7iFRhOJ8ENv_IwZAo3rDSUqj80EiJROS10RzRbj4/edit

the lengths u are going for this,,, much appreciated you're very sweet!!!

prompts + answers under the cut!!

INTRODUCTION

Name: aloera

AO3 account: aloera

Fandoms you write for: bnha

How many stories have you written so far: 19

FANFICTION PROFILE

What's your favorite fandom to write for? hmm,,, used to do pjo and eah (ever after high) and eah was fun as fuck i will say!!! i think bnha is my fav mostly bc i made the most friends in this fandom :D

What's your favorite character/person to write for? bkg and kirishima!! cannot choose do not make me <3

Fic you'd want to improve? probably what we deserve? i rushed the beginning and the confession is a bit stilted imo

Hardest fic you've written? between lion and men -_- bc there is so much canon compliant stuff i've gotta write out before i get to the divergence and its HARD

Easiest fic you've written? come home to me!!! it happened so easily,,, no second guessing no writers block just vibes <33 was lovely i miss it

What would you say is the most "famous" fic you've ever written? also probably come home to me? its got the most interaction

first line of the first fic you've ever written and published. [not including my 2014 ffnet fics] "The bell rings, class starts, and Katsuki and Midoriya are inexplicably absent." from come home to me

Have you ever done a collab with another writer? yes!!!!! on two separate occasions and its so fucking fun i highly recommend trying it out its the best

Do you beta? if asked but honestly im a shit beta lmao

Do you like joining fic fests/exchanges? depends on what i have going on irl but in general yeah!!

FANFICTION PREFERENCES

Fluff or angst? definitely fluff

"OCs" or "Reader" inserts? reader inserts!! have been going ham on them recently

Blurbs or drabbles? blurbs!!

One thing you love about fanfiction i just. i really love slice of life romance?? and most media doesn't give you that bc its dedicated to plot and action and that's valid!! but fanfiction fills in the gap which is really nice

One thing you don't like about fanfiction most of the stuff i don't like is less about actual fanfiction and more about how people behave about it

What is/are your favorite fandom author/authors? IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE!!! TURN IT UP!!!

bnha: hiuythn, rae_tnub, Moniix, Ata_Lanta, wrunic, chezka, PurplePersnickety, surveycorpsejean, mahadevi, arxaris, deviance, Oceanbreeze7, MikeWritesThings, bonnia, wonhaebunny, dinosuns

voltron: hiuythn, Oceanbreeze7, DeerstalkerDeathFrisbee, arahir, dinosuns,

and honorable mention to loveclouds im not even in the haikyuu fandom i just love their fics So Much

these are just the ones off the top of my head i have so many favourites idc if i'm only supposed 2 have one!! die mad about it!!!

What is your favorite trope? secret relationship + relationship reveal til the day i die babie <3 <3

Least favorite trope? hm,,, probably just like. angst lmao i cannot stand 90% of it

A fanfiction cliché that you can't help but love? coffeeshop aus,,,, so good

Do you have a type when it comes to pairings? the otp where its like. piece of shit + himbo = love. ex. krbk, catradora, jade/beck

Favorite setting/au? hm,,, truly i cannot pick one KGKSJNHKj but i really like college aus!! and modern aus!! and roommate aus!!

Explain the meaning of your favorite line of dialogue you've written as if someone hasn't read it in context. “He doesn’t know,” Katsuki says, softly. “My timer stopped and nothing happened. He’s not mine.”

the line is from what we deserve!! it's a soulmate au where your timer counts down to the moment that you meet your soulmate!! bakugou's timer ends at USJ when he and kirishima attack kurogiri at the same time (impulsive kings <33) but kirishima's timer doesn't end until kamino because that's when he accepts himself as bakugous soulmate!! unfortunately, when bakugous timer has reached 0, he turned to see that kirishima's was still ticking and therefore believes that kirishima isn't his soulmate.

this line just,, idk. it's really sad. bakugou is such an action-driven character? if something doesn't go his way he Makes it go his way. he's got this insanely volatile quirk and he's got impeccable control of it!! but his love for kirishima isn't something that he can change and he's not going to ruin kirishima's chance of finding his own soulmate because he loves him and wants him to be happy. i really wanted to focus on how resigned he is? and how unusual that is for a character like him.

Favorite trope/genre to write? again, secret relationship with relationship reveals <33 fluff in general is my wheelhouse!!!

A trope/genre you haven't written but think would be a fun challenge? idk if this counts?? have been working on some dead dove concepts!! its super different from what i normally write so its a cool challenge

The one trope/concept you'll never touch and why probably cheating/infidelity?? it just looks,,, super difficult to write well and i don't have enough of an interest in it to try it out

Which do you prefer to write: longer or shorter fics? shorter!! low attention span gang <3

Ideal length to read? 5-10k?

Ideal length to write? 4-8k!!

How long was the longest fic you've ever written? control fraek is around 28k i think?

Have you ever written an AU? yeah!! i've done restaurant au's, soulmate au's, pro hero aus, and fantasy aus (general, not the bnha fantasy ending)

What's your favorite AU trope? hm,, probably when two people in authority are in a secret relationship? ceo's/uni professors/etc etc

Have you ever written smut? yeah!! was. difficult tho

What's your comfort genre? (the one you fall on most in writing/reading) fluff,,, hurt/comfort,,, fix-it fics with happy endings <3

If you were to start writing in other fandoms, which would they be? maybe jjk?? the characters are really cool!!!! fr i might go back to my ever after high roots i love the characters and setting so Much its so fun!!! idec if no ones into it anymore!!!!!

Is there a trope you think you could be easily recognized by in your writing? i've had people say they saw the mention of buff hagakure and recognized it was me so. probably that skdjhnksjd

WRITING STYLE

How would you describe your style? i tend to use shorter sentences and pretty simple words i think? and i gravitate towards lighthearted concepts that allow for ensemble casts and humour!!

Describe your style in three words romcom but fanfic

Favorite words to use when writing? the word reverent!! fuckin love including it!!

Dialogue tags or no dialogue tags? (she said, he said, they said, etc) dialogue tags!!!

Favorite dialogue tag (other than said, if you use them) again idk if this counts but "they said softly" is unmatched

Long sentences vs short vs a mix short <33

What colors would you use to describe your writing? hm,,, depends on the fic i would say?? control fraek is dark green to me?? kinda like a forest at night yk?? scary but there's still life there. sugar cookies is yellow like early morning sunlight, when it rains is yellowy-orange like a caution sign. not gonna list all of them cause theres a lot its just. do u get it? the colours change based on the vibe of the fic.

What song or music genre would you use to describe your writing? think. i am constantly trying to emulate that moment at the end of wasteland baby when hozier goes "im in love/im in love with you."

What kind of metaphors do you rely on? religious metaphors my beloved <33 they're just so pretty!!! i also love comparing stuff to water for some reason?? like that ocean vuong quote thats like "what are you now?/water." it goes hard!!!

What's something you'd say is experimental in your writing at this time? definitely action!! i have,,, no idea how to write it so anything i do is really just me playing around and seeing what works and what doesn't

Do you prefer to write by hand or to type? i've tried both!! personally i prefer typing because it goes way faster but i will say that writing by hand lets me get words down when i'm going through writer's block

What is your preferred place to write (notebook, laptop, cellphone, etc.)? laptop!!

What app/apps do you use to write (word, notepad, etc.)? google docs skjdnkjh its fine on desktop but mobile is,,,,, disgusting

Do you keep a notebook or file/notes page in your phone/device for notes on your writing? ngl i just have everything organized in my drive?? one folder per fandom and then sub folders for ideas+hcs, unfinished wips, and finished fics. multichaps get sub sub folders so i can organize outlines and drafts

Do you listen to music to help you write? yeah!! playlists organized by fic vibe :D

Where do you usually go to write (bedroom, living room, etc.)? mostly in my bedroom??? but moving around to different stops helps too i think!!

How long does it usually take for you to write? again this depends on what i have going on irl, how attached i am to the idea, my mindset at the time, etc!! i am,, the least consistent person skjnhdkjh.

What's your favorite font to use when writing? times new roman my beloved

Other writing habits? sometimes i'll write in the dark?? bad for my eyes but for some reason it gets the words flowing

CONCEPTUALIZATION

How do you conceptualize your ideas? (See specific moments like they're a movie, writing specific lines in your head, don't know until you put the words on paper, etc.) i tend to get inspiration from movies, books, poems, or other fics!!! sometimes one line just makes me go oh,, i want to write something like that,,, and then it helps me create an idea that makes me feel the same way?? i did this with control fraek!!!! i wanted a scenario where bakugou was cold and calculating and i was like hm. to do that he’d have to be focusing on something important. and from there i was able to flesh out the rest of the idea.

Which comes first: the pairing or the plot? with krbk its always always the pairing,, i'll be sitting there like wow <33 i love them <33 what if one of them had amnesia <33 (which, yes, wip!!) otherwise it's usually the plot!! and i slot in characters that i feel make sense

Have you ever used a prompt? yeah!! used a prompt for wlw week 2020 and it was fun as hell

Do you write around the story around a specific scene you want to get to or do you start from a plot idea definitely the first!!!! i almost always write like,,, a super messy scene thats 90% dialogue, keep it in my head, and then write the entire fic around that one moment

Do you find that you include a projection of some part of yourself in the way you write a character? a lot of the time when i write love confessions or love in general i'll have one of the characters think or say that the other person makes their head quiet? and it's because that's what i feel whenever i'm in love?? a quiet mind. i project on characters yeah but i think most of the projection actually goes to the way that i write love

Do you research some of the things you write deeply, partially and kind of wing the rest, or play entirely by ear (in this case, go with whatever base knowledge of the subject you have)? most of the time if i do research it'll be about the setting (ex. the izakaya in to have and to hold) or if i'm having the characters interact with an object that they like. need to know how to use (me, in control fraek: google. hey google. does someone die if they get shot in the foot??? no???? awesome thank u <3)

Have you ever had an idea for a story and forgot about it? lmaoo yeah all the time i'll find like 500-2k words of concepts in my gdocs like i do. not remember this at all

Is there a trope you think you could be easily recognized by in your writing? probably krbk secret relationship lmao

Are there concepts you've tried that turned out better than expected? yeah!! i fully thought the action in control fraek would be awful but it turned out not bad??? which im happy with

Are there concepts you've tried that turned out worse than you expected? again, what we deserve, i personally think it would have worked out better if i'd paced it slower and drawn out the pining but i. do not feel like going back to fix it so its staying the way that it is. pining is so fucking hard to do AHHHH i get so tired with it!!! im like just date already!!!!

PROCESS

How do you come up with titles? in rare occasions (literally. all my multichaps for some reason) the title comes after writing like .5 words of the first chapter im like YES this is it!!!!! sometimes i write the whole thing and pick out one line that fits (what i did with come home to me) a lot of the time i just. steal from songs or poems that i like

What's your favorite emotion to cause on your readers? i like making people happy!!!! love when people comment saying they're cheered up

What's your favorite emotion to write? lovelovelovelovelovelove

Have you ever cried or felt any emotion while reading something you've written? never cried?? but sometimes i'll rereading my hurt/comfort fics 4. yk. comfort

Do you write in order or whatever comes to you? in order!! unless i have a scene that i Need to write and i'll quickly jot it down so that i don't forget

Usual way you procrastinate while writing? ...doing asks like this, making playlists, discord, watching netflix. what don't i do smh

Do you outline or free write? i am. so shit at outlines. i mostly free write and write lil notes for stuff that i wanna add later

Do you set word goals or scene goals (scenes you want to include)? yes!! like i said i'll write loose notes for scenes that i want to add later!! it gives me something to write towards :D

What do you consider when writing your scenes? what goes into making the atmosphere and mood you want? to set a scene i do two things? the first is like,, the five senses bc that always sets the scene really well and makes it feel Real. i'll visualize stuff in my head like its a movie and write out what i would want to tell the set designer?? if the lights are low, if the space is busy, if it's supposed to exude comfort or not.

for putting forward the character's mood one thing i've found that makes a difference is sentence length!! long sentences are good for making a character seem flustered and nervous or not really in control of their emotions? good for love confessions. short sentences are good for when the character is focused on something or short on time. good for fights!!

What's something you never considered to include in your writing that you can't leave out now? def buff hagakure,,,, once i thought of it i was like. if i don't include this at least once in every single fic how could i look at myself in the mirror!!!!!! how could i face anyone!!!!

How do you start a story? establishing a fact about the character or describing the setting! option a is one single thread of gold, option b is between lion and men

How do you end a story? either by tying it back to the beginning or doing like a funny kind of closing??? option a is sugar cookies, option b is a godless society

How do you get out of writer's block? change something!! move something!! i go from typing to handwriting, moving from my bedroom to my living room, switching wips to work on something else!! i do sprints as well?? give myself like fifteen minutes to write something and sometimes 200 words opens up the way for another 2k. sometimes i'll just delete like 500 words and start fresh

Do you edit? or do you toss your writing out there? i edit!!! i'll go over it myself then send it to one or two betas (bee my beloved <33)

How do you edit? do you use spellcheck, grammar checkers, etc? bee is my grammar checker bc he is So Good with grammar. i use grammarly as well for spellcheck stuff mostly?? sometimes my edit process is just like "am i tired of looking at this!! yes <3" and then i post it

PROGRESS

Do you usually like what you write? yeah!!! i post stuff that makes me happy and that i'm fine with rereading!!! i write stuff for self-indulgence reasons first and foremost and i think my writing reflects that sjhnksj

Have you ever written something you didn't like but posted anyways? nope!! even what we deserve i LIKED even if i see a lot of room 4 improvement!! if i don't like smth it's not getting posted

Do you find yourself rereading your writing often? yeah!! the reason i wrote so much krbk secret relationship is because i loved it but i'd read all that there was so i just,, wrote more,, ngl its kinda nice being in a place where i actually like my writing bc i can write stuff that i want to see and really enjoy it!!

Can you tell us anything about your current WIP? sure!! i'm currently working on when it rains which is a fic where bakugou gets hit by a crying quirk!! i'm gonna be using it to explore So Much of all might's character and his relationships with bakugou and aizawa (and i think some people from his past!!)

Can you give us a sneak peek on your current WIP? “You did something. What the hell did you do?” Kirishima sounds pissed off. It would amuse Katsuki if he wasn’t fighting just to stay standing.

“Nothing he didn’t ask for,” Shinsou replies.

“K’ri… shima,” Katsuki croaks out. “‘S fine. Not him.”

His chest collapses back into the familiar dry heaving after that but Kirishima shuts up. He doesn’t apologize to Shinsou.

Kirishima’s a good friend, stubborn and loyal. He stands by Katsuki’s side like an attack dog, blocking him from the view of anyone ogling at his tears.

The last line you've written Ochako knows more than she'd realized. She knows enough to keep her guard up.

It’s not enough.

Open a wip. what’s the first line?

Katsuki wakes up feeling like absolute fucking shit.

INSIGHT

What's your favorite thing about writing? touched on this before but it's mainly just being able to write the things that i want to see and actually enjoy them!!! actually reread them!!!! i thought "wouldn't it be cool if bkg and kirishima owned a restaurant together" and then i wrote it and i like it enough to reread it!!!! being able to create content for myself makes me. so happy

How do you keep yourself inspired? this is gonna sound narcissistic maybe but honestly i'm just really excited about my ideas and where i'm gonna take them and the idea of "i'm gonna get to That scene" keeps me going through the entire thing. also my friends!!!! i'll talk to them about fics and their reactions keep me hyped up enough to finish!!!!

What is your favorite thing to write? just,, slice of life romance,,, stuff thats silly and makes people laugh!!

What do you think your strengths are in writing? i'm good with dialogue!! i do lil voice acting sessions with myself to make sure everything sounds natural and like it's coming from that character skhjnskj

i'm comfortable with my portrayal of love as well??? i spend a lot of time thinking about what it is exactly that i'm trying to get across and i think it turns out well!!

What are things you wish you could practice more? on one hand i wanna get better at writing angst on the other hand i dislike writing angst. do you see my issue

One way you've improved your writing since you began? characterization!! i think i've gotten better at writing characters that are all Different and bring different things to the table!!! i used to project a lot more and it would compromise the characterization because the character was like 70% me and 30% them? not to say that projection is bad but if you do it too much it just,, doesn't read like the character and from a reader's standpoint the narrative can become less compelling

One aspect of writing you're still working on? writing action!!! i. literally hate writing it but i write for a fandom about superheroes so. Unfortunately i gotta learn.

A piece of writing advice you've learned while writing saw this on another tumblr post but they said sometimes if you're struggling with a scene, the problem is five lines back. i've found that to be true!!!! sometimes u gotta delete a chunk and start a little ways back!! i did this with too busy being yours because i was stuck for Weeks and i deleted like 25% of what i had but it helped me actually finish it :D

A bit of writing advice you can't stand when people shit on show don't tell for being overrated lmao bc when u read their writing you can Tell

Something you wish you knew when you first started writing? ,,,,honestly i kind of wish i could know some of the stuff that i used to when i first started writing?? technically i'm better now but creatively i was must better when i wasn't stressing about whether anyone would like what i was writing. so i guess i wish i knew that i should keep that confidence? i kinda wish that i wasn't as insecure about other people's writing styles because i never used to be!!

Something you've learned in life that you apply in writing there's no point in feeling inferior?? writing one genre isn't better than the other. being in one fandom isn't better than being in another. the kind of language you use or the length of your paragraphs- none of that stuff like. matters. what matters is that you're having fun and happy with what you're creating!!!! enjoy other peoples writing but don't let it make you feel worse about yours :D

[station26]

selfcare list, tagged by @femmelf ... making my big comeback after not posting for weeks jsdfvfe.

🌿 favorite comfort food: most recently dango. but ONLY mitarashi or however u call it.

🌼 favorite alcohol (or hot drink): ive yet 2 find alcohol that i like... 4 now i just smoke sdvfdhfkj. but i like hot chocolate! and milk tea is good too

🌷 favorite relaxing activity: i dont have a lot of good relaxing activites :( but i watch vocaloid clips to make me feel happy when im sad and i listen to loud angry music when im mad

🌸 favorite fluffy/feel good fic: theres some fics by assistedrealityinterface on ao3 that have well written trans cisco which i ADORE

🌻 favorite calming scent: baking bread or burning wood

🌺 favorite relaxing or uplifting song: i have many considering im not a calm person. wasteland baby by hozier, i wanted you to know by the plain faradays, no one else from tgc, the pacific by dave malloy

🌵 favorite white noise: honestly i used to listen to LOUD music and i would fall asleep to it, mostly mcr or green day albums. nowadays i dont really have a favourite white noise.... maybe when someone is sleeping next 2 u... thats always good :’)

🍄 favorite book to get lost in: ahh i dont really have a fav book anymore.. but aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe is always a classic for homos like me

💐 favorite chill out tv show: ive been watching “im not okay with this” and its very good! and some lucky star from time to time. fuck what everyone says slice of life anime is GOOD

🌹 the best advice you’ve ever had: humans are incredibly resilient, and we’ve survived disaster before. i have a lot anxiety abt current events so thats very nice to hear. also dont trust cops 

tagging @manic @idiotphobic @sitcomcore @venake @notionsoflove @emptylesbian @donnynovitzki 

[old-knightsvow]

1, 16 + 24 :0

1. If someone wanted to really understand you, what would they read, watch, and listen to?

HMMM thats a tough question actually...i do not feel like most of the media i consume is like or would function as an explanation for myself but HMMM

i guess the ask could also be interpreted as things that are definetely my brand and that i like? maybe not but like. a good way to sum up my likes would be a few of my fav things!

reading wise, id say my ultimate fav ace attorney fic...theres something abt it that made me feel emotions like NOTHING has ever done n i followed since it started? honestly its the kind of thing i enjoy to read and something Very My Brand! its The Miraculous Disappearance Of Phoenix Wright by JJsADragon! i really cant put into words how much i enjoyed every single bit of this work! triggers n warnings are on the tags so id check that before reading!

now. watching wise. thatd have to be a movie or series...talking abt movies at this point i really do consider into the spiderverse my favorite, everything abt it is just. SO good! id mention some of my favorite animes but i cant really think of anything that is what i usually look for when i want to watch something...maybe K-On! ? i love the music, the characters, its pretty slice of life ( something i enjoy a lot too! ), plus it has its bits of comedy n just some really good bops? i think it would be something that you could really watch and see why i am the way i am!

and for listening as much as id love to mention just albums ( well actually i WILL mention albums too, listen to Wasteland, Baby! and Free Spirit ) i think a few mins w shuffle on my personal playlist is more than enough to guess how awesome my musical taste is :^) ( jk theres actually a lot of genres mashed up together but i love every song on there SO much...oh ALSO dont mind my deadname there spotify sucks n i cant change it )

16. If you’d grown up in a different environment, do you think you’d have turned out the same?

hmmmm i dont think so? i think the environment i grew up in is the cause of practically every trait of my personality n ideals? i do think some things would have ended up similar or the same but i think there would be a lot of changes! i think i would have perhaps a lil less of issues surrounding me :> but well i guess it depends!

24. Have you ever felt like you had a “mind-meld” with someone?

kinda but not really at the same time? i find myself taking up traits of friends n others a LOT but thinking wise im not too sure? my friends n i jinx each other a lot but i do not think it reaches a mind-meld kinda thing! i do think most people i interact with are similar to me in someway or another tho!

ask me stuff!

[hoteyelinerguy]

I remember getting caught up on vaccines, my friend would forget and they liked to jokingly swat at you- not fun with sore arms! But tell me about your favourite fics! Gotta get those lovely new recs stored away and it's fun to see different peoples tastes

my number one all time fave fic is young & beautiful i would go to war for her but we all know that lmao

but i Really Absolutely Need to rec red hands: wasteland, baby which is a little addition to the beautiful dystopian au Red Hands by @dystopianharry which changed my life, absolutely stunning, ive wanted more in this world since my first read and this didnt let me down, please go read them both but warning its got some pretty heavy content im a slut for pain & angst read the warnings

and i just read Collision last week and it was fucking superb. i am such a slut for that mythology enemies to lovers shit

and then before that i read Take My Breath Away which. its a airforce navy training fic and im abt three years too late but fuck man this left me reeling for days and thats how u know a good story

[kaitsawamura]

PROLOGUE

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EIGHT MONTHS AGO

The smell of burning wood combined with the brine of high autumn salt air lays thick and suffocating on your tongue. Cries of fear and anger echo out across the sliver of beach that you call home. Fucking pirate monsters. Your face is pressed into the sand, a gnarled hand shoving you down so you can’t move. A knobby knee digs into your spine as you scramble to find anything you might use as a weapon but the only thing your fingers find purchase in is the earth beneath you. The silver bokoblin bends close, its pungent breath making you gag. It chitters and growls and as it gets closer to your face, closer to your neck, you see the points of its teeth. They are blunt and yellowed and dripping with saliva. Still, it is evident they were made for killing. For tearing their prey limb from limb.

You feel the moment when it rears back and plunges down, its maw latching onto the junction of your neck and shoulder and try as you might, you cannot contain the scream of pain that rips from your throat as its teeth sink deep in your flesh. You thrash in the sand, searching searching searching as the creatures grips harder and then yanks back, tearing the skin and muscle. If you thought the bite itself hurt, you nearly black out from this. Blood rushes warm and copious from your veins.

The life is draining out of you at a rate that you realize with a sharp pang in your gut is most likely going to be impossible to recover from. You also realize that if you can’t find a weapon and fast, you won’t even have the opportunity to try. You close your eyes, trying to ignore the stars you’re beginning to see. Something slices raggedly into your palm and you gasp when you latch onto the hilt of a rusty dagger. With all the force you can muster, which is dishearteningly very little, you flip onto your back and kick. Your foot makes contact with the bokoblin’s left side; it lets out a little grunt but the blow seems to do hardly anything. There is a glitter in its eyes as it leans in for another bite. You wait until it’s as close as it’s going to get without doing anymore damage and steel yourself as the last bit of adrenaline in your body rushes through.

Swift as a hightail lizard, you thrust the dagger upward; the jagged broken blade pierces the hide of the silver bokoblin at its neck. The monster screeches, clutching at the weapon lodged in its throat. Blood that looks closer to sludge drips from the wound and bursts in a steady stream when it finally rips it out. The liquid arcs across the ground and onto you but satisfaction ripples above the dizziness crashing over you. You let your head thump back onto the sand as the bokoblin stumbles backwards and falls, dead.

You stare up at the blue sky above you; the sun beats down on your wounded body. You can’t tell if the trickling you feel on your neck is your blood or sweat but you’d wager it’s both. At least if you die here, you took the monster down with you. What is that thumping? It’s a staccato rhythm pounding in your head. It’s your heart beat. Despite the heat, you’re beginning to feel cold. Black swims at the edges of your vision and then takes over as you slip into the dark.

PRESENT DAY

The great evil had been vanquished. This time, it was for good. Link knew. Princess Zelda knew. Her team included some of the greatest minds besides herself; Purah and Robbie had concluded extensive researching and testing to make sure that the Demon King was completely and wholly gone. There were no traces of the Calamity like there had been when she and Link and the Divine Beasts had destroyed him before. No evidence of the chaos he had caused aside from the wreckage that was being repaired all over Hyrule. As the months went on, there were less monsters and more citizens. Many had been in hiding. Families had been ravaged, torn apart and flung to every end of the kingdom. Reunions were becoming commonplace and while there had been great loss, the people of Hyrule were growing stronger than they ever had before. Their persistance in continuing on when the very world seemed to have been ending was one that would be heard across the fabric of time for eons to come. And yet, among the happiness, there was a restlessness growing in Link that both he and Zelda knew well.

“Where will you go now?” Moonlight streamed in through the window of Zelda’s private chambers, across the stone floor and onto her bed where she lay with her knight. He was quiet, as he usually was. The princess (soon to be queen, he mused internally) lay across his chest, an arm slung over his stomach. Since she had returned to her human form after the last battle, they had taken to sleeping in the same bed; it was the only way she could get anything close to sleep. She still dreamed strange dreams and had a difficult time sticking to any normal sleep schedule. He traced circles into the skin of her arm.

“There’s restoration efforts in Lurelin Village. Bolson is heading the project.” He doesn’t offer anything other than the facts. Zelda can read between the lines. I don’t know why I can’t stay put. I just have to go. It hadn’t surprised either of them when this urge for going had sprouted up the last time Calamity was killed. Link had spent so long in slumber and then so long traveling that he didn’t really know how to stay in one place anymore. And Zelda was always busy now; she had council meetings and relief efforts of her own to attend to.

“You know you always have a place here, in the castle. With me.” He nods against the crown of her head, breathing in the floral scent wafting gently from the golden strands. Zelda too, left words unsaid, he could tell. I love you. Don’t go. I love you. I know you must do this. Maybe some years down the road, he wouldn’t feel such a pull in his heart. He just had traveling in his blood and once it ran out, he would come back. Wouldn’t he? The sensation of a plucked string sang behind his rib cage. There was something waiting for him out there. He just didn’t know what. “You should be the one stepping in as Captain of the Guard, you know.” Her words are prim, clipped, said with a smirk.

Link grunts in sarcastic acknowledgment. Zelda knows that things have changed; duty was still everything to Link but not in the same way it was before. It had always been less about the monarchy and more about its people but now… Link was loyal to Zelda but outside of that, he had no use for the palace or any of its frills anymore. Neither did the princess, really, but she had a kingdom to lead. Her people were just as important to her; she served them in different ways than Link.

“I’ll be leaving at dawn, Little Dragon. I already sent the letter to Bolson.” Zelda’s eyes are heavy but they snap back open at Link’s words. She draws in a quick breath, both at the term of endearment and at the knowledge that his departure was coming so soon. She should have known better than to think he wouldn’t have been ready to go before he had told her where he was leaving for.

“Of course, your assistance will be appreciated, I'm sure.” Zelda replies quietly, grasping onto Link tighter. If only for the night, she can pretend that this is where he belongs.

You hear Bolson’s voice before you see him; he’s nudging at you with his sandaled toe, intoning enthusiastically with words you can’t quite understand in the throes of your sleep-laden mind.

“Link… coming here… be here… the end of the week!” The fog clears too slowly from your brain as you roll back over on your cot, burying your face in your pillow with a groan. You didn’t sleep well again; you don’t sleep well most nights anymore. Nightmares still plague your dreams. The silver bokoblin’s attack had left you with a nasty scar. You slip a hand up to touch at it, wincing when you find that it’s still impossibly sore. Complete mobility in your right arm is a thing of the past. Since training yourself to be ambidextrous has proven to be much more challenging than you’d thought it would be, there’s a lot you still can’t do.

“Did you hear me?” You finally roll over to look up at Bolson with squinted eyes. The ground is lumpy beneath you. It’s probably time to find a better spot to pitch your tent. Your back and limbs and neck all protest when you sit up, yawning. The architect is so obviously impatient, you decide to move a little slower. His foot taps in the sand, his arms are crossed, and he continues to huff the longer you take.

“Hm, I heard something about our savior Link. I didn’t sleep very well and since I was so rudely awakened,” you blink up at him with a sarcastic grin, “I didn’t quite catch the rest of it.” Bolson throws his hands in the air and rolls his eyes. But then he’s looking down at you and the taste of what you perceive as pity sits bitter on your tongue. You had lost almost everyone dear to you in the attack. Things were slowly getting back to normal now that Link and Princess Zelda had defeated Ganon; there were less and less attacks from dwindling monster ranks. It didn’t change that fact that life would never be the way it was before. Bolson takes a step closer, as if he might put a comforting hand on your shoulder but then steps back, thinking better of it.

“I said that Link has heard of the restoration efforts here and has decided to come help. He sent correspondence by way of Rito Post. The letter arrived this morning but was dated two days ago so we’ve already lost time to prepare. I know there’s not much that we can offer him yet in the way of private quarters but I want to give him the warmest welcome we can.” You think Bolson goes on to say something else but once again, you don’t hear a word.

Link is coming back to Lurelin Village. It should be excitement coursing through your veins, reverence, and yet… The sensation fluttering in your stomach is apprehension. You’d heard plenty of stories from Bolson about what a good young man he was (and cute too!). Why, if it hadn’t been for Link, Bolson wouldn’t have gotten to see as much of the world as he had. Stories were plentiful from those who had encountered him elsewhere, words like selfless, courageous, strong, intelligent, good good good, flowed easily from peoples’ mouths.

Yes, he deserved a welcome far grander than any of you could give him. And that made you want to crawl in a hole and not come out.

“You didn’t hear a word I said did you?” Bolson looks at you, hands on his hips. You give him a sheepish smile, stretching in place then stand, amused by all the pops coming from deep in your joints. “Give me just a few hours today and then you can come take a nap.” Words of protest form on your lips but he finally closes the space, gently placing his hands on your shoulders and forcing you to make eye contact with him. He is far kinder to you than you are to yourself; nearly everyone lost something or someone in the chaos. You are not made special in your sorrow. “You need it, you deserve it and I won’t hear another thing about it.” There’s a sparkling determination in his eyes that you know you won’t refuse. He knows the moment you give in and smiles, bright and unabashed. “Excellent. There’s smoked Armored Porgy with eggs and tomatoes waiting for you when you come out.” Your mouth waters.

“Thanks Bolson.” He waves at your as he steps from your tent. A few hours of work and then a nap… It was more wasted time than Lurelin Village could afford but if there was anything about you and your people, it was that the community was strong. Someone would be there to pick up your slack and in time, you would be able to return the favor. It was a group effort. Now, it was a group effort to make a place for Link. You smile to yourself as you step outside, blinking into the rising sun. Its rays glint off the waves in the distance. The air is already warm but it smells salty and fresh. A storm head gathers in the distance, promising a reprieve from early summer heat.

The breeze whispers someone’s coming. Someone is coming, indeed.

[gocatboygo]

1-50 for Rosa

I’m Love You.

1) What is your OC’s favorite color?

maybe red? could also be brown, but like probably red

2) Does your OC collect anything? What do they collect?

bad christian romance novels from pre-war. cass gives her most of them. twilight is included in this but its by no means her favorite like she thought it was just ok

3) What kind of things is your OC allergic to?

nothing comes to mind

4) What kind of clothing does your OC wear?

in public she almost always wears a mask, usually either the legion recruit mask or the ncr ranger mask. also construction gloves. spends most of the beginning of the game in a sherrif’s duster & then from there she just wears whatever covers most of her and supports her gear, if it’s really hot out she’ll wear the wasteland surgeon armor

5) What is your OC’s first memory?

she still has her memories from before the bullet so probably something from her childhood

6) What’s your OC’s favorite animal? Least favorite?

she really fucking loves horses. like she’s a Horse Girl TM. least favorite is like,, djfdsfjs cazadores idfk

7) What element would your OC be?

definitely earth!

8) What is your OC’s theme song? 

probably a mitski song lmfao. either that or everybody wants to rule the world by tears for fears

8) Do you have a faceclaim/voiceclaim for your OC?

bold of you to assume i have anything for this oc / i just realized i fucked up the numbering here so enjoy that sdkfjdsk

9) What deadly sin would best represent your OC?

after she gets pretty deep into the game, maybe after the sierra madre? greed. i can see her going a little out of control after she has to give all that gold up (even though she could bring 1 bar back bc She Big) and just kind of. taking everything

10) What are your OC’s hobbies?

she’s a courier at heart so delivering packages dsjkflsjdw. farming, solitaire, reading those bad novels i previously mentioned, knitting, gecko hunting… watching holotape movies on her pipboy… getting terminally bored and taking med-x ksdjfkds

11) How patient is your OC? How hot-headed are they?

she’s fairly patient, the only time she really gets hot-headed is at fortification hill when she goes to meet with lanius (caesar dies of his cancer p early in her canon). also probably at the tops, she doesnt like bein in there

12) What is your OC’s gender / sexuality / race / species / etc.?

cis woman / bi / mexican / human / etc.

13) What foods does your OC like to eat? What are their least favorite foods?

uhh she learned how to cook from home-grown ingredients and in lasting bulk so she mostly eats stew and potatoes. every time she goes to freeside she gets that “mystery meat” from the stand in front of the gate despite the fact that its transparently radroach meat. she doesnt like the meat from the ultraluxe (even before she finds out it might be people, its fancy and garnished and she dont trust like that) but she loves their brahmin cheesecakes so she like, settles kdsjfksd

14) If your OC could have any pet, what would they choose? Why?

rex. rex. rex. rex. r (she also has like 2 brahmin at some point ksdjfksdf)

15) What does your OC smell like? 

that’s ! a wildin question huh! probably gunpowder and old leather 

16) How do they make a living? What kind of job do they want / not want? What is their dream job? What do they think of their current job?

she works for house, owns a small farm (after a while, in spring of 2282), and does various quests around the mojave for money. she was a courier for 8-9 years and she loved it, so id say thats her ideal job, but she’s past it. she’s very happy with where she is in all 3 of those jobs !

17) What are your OC’s greatest fears? Weaknesses? Strengths?

her biggest fears would probably be claustrophobia and getting buried alive (because benny). she has nightmares abt it, like 2 the point where every so often she wakes up and just Has A Good Sob. she has very low charisma (1) and very high endurance (9), her strength is also pretty good

18) What kind of music do they listen to? Do they have a favorite song?

she thinks truly madly deeply by cascada is the best love song ever written. she also listens to radio new vegas & a holotape cass gave her that’s mostly feminist anthems from the 20th century and 2 instances of mad about the boy

19) If they came from their world to ours (if not already in our’s) how would they react? What would they do?

oh god she would fucking hate the pre-war world. she would probably just go find a horse tbh sdfjsdkf what else is there to do! 

20) What personal problems/issues do they have? Pet peeves?

she has brain damage from the bullet. it didnt affect her intelligence or (for the most part) her memory, but she does have, like. chronic headaches, brain fog, dizzy spells, things like that. like i said before, she also has nightmares & claustrophobia from the same incident. as for pet peeves, she hates people who talk a lot without saying anything or try to sound smart for no reason. she has no problem with talkers as long as they like,, Say Something dsfdksfj

21) What kind of student were they/would they be in high school?

she grew up in a very small (very catholic) village, so im not sure if she exactly went to high school?? but she did attend school. she was sort of a loner, she had a single mother w no siblings & shes like 6 feet tall so both of those things made her a little bit outcast ksdjfksd. i mean she. She Was A Horse Girl what else do i have to say

22) What is a random fact about your OC? 

god i dont know!! uh… oh omg she thinks astrology is something vulpes made up and when she hears arcade talking about it she out of bodies

23) What is their outlook on life? What is their philosophy / what do they think in general about living?

rosa’s a very simple person, she mostly just wants a good life for herself. stable work and a stable life make her happy. a lot of her philosophy throughout the game is based on the fact that she’ll do (almost) whatever her employer asks her to, thus her being a house courier. most of her relationships are based almost entirely on trust, which is another major philosophy of hers 

24) What inspired you to create them / how did you create them? Were they originally a fancharacter? What was their personality / design like when you first made them?

honestly??? i read so many fics (especially f!courier/vulpes) where the courier was a Relateable Pretty Girl TM that i probably just wanted to make a female courier who had actual substance and weight. rosa is married to (ex-legion) vulpes so she rlly does largely serve to subvert the genre in fnv fic

25) Who is the most important person in their life? Why? Who is the least important to them (that still has an impact and why?

i mean. her husband probably skdfjkdfs. she’s been travelling with vulpes for a long time and she’s had to put her life in his hands a lot of times because of that, so he’s grown to be very important to her. mr house is a close runner up. i hate to say this but arcade is probably her least Impactful TM companion skjfdkds she barely travels w him 

26) What kind of childhood did your character have?

i say some of this in the other questions but like heres all of her backstory in one i guess kdsjfsd. rosa was raised in small catholic village somewhere outside nevada, i havent decided on what state its in bc im fucking dumb as hell. her family (like great grandmother type shit not her personally) & a few others came up from mexico years ago to get away from raiders, made a village and Kabaam. her mother had her, and then a second baby who was stillborn, and her father disappeared a few months after this happened. her mother raised her there until she was 20 and she signed on with the mojave express as a courier in an attempt to get out of her village and find Something To Do With Herself TM. she was a little outcast growing up, not totally isolated but certainly not very popular, and it caused her to be a very independent person later in life.

27) What kind of nervous habits do they have? Do they stim? Do they have any kinds of addictions?

she fidgets sometimes but i wouldn’t say she stims. clenches her fists when she’s nervous. she likes to smoke and chew tobacco (especially when she’s stressed out) but it’s only a minor addiction

28) If they could choose their epitaph for their grave, what would they choose?

honestly?? “Forgive Me Mama” bc that’s what it says on her helmet sfjdsfhd

29) Do they want to get married? Why or why not? Would they ever want kids? Do they have kids? Why?

apparently bc she fuckin did! she wants stability and someone to take care of her, and she likes the idea of being a unit with someone a lot more than she likes the idea of just dating them, so i guess thats how vulpes Happened ™. she actually can’t have kids bc she got irradiated pretty bad while she was looting searchlight :/ but she doesn’t want kids because 1) she’s travelling a lot for her work and 2) she doesn’t want to have to shape her life around a child. god knows vulpes cant interact w children, but he still wants them in theory because he wants a legacy

30) What is their most traumatic memory/experience? What is their favorite memory?

ring-a-ding-ding! it’s getting shot. her favorite memory is probably either like, easter when she was a child, or some time she swam in a river with vulpes, she’s fuckin basic

31) If they could have one thing in the world, what would it be?

a horse. i wanted to answer this differently but it really is just a horse

32) Would they ever kill someone? What would someone have to do to push them to kill someone? If they would kill someone, why? 

she’s killed! if she’s provoked or if her employer asks her to, she will absolutely kill someone. destroying the bos bunker was hard for her though :/ i like to pretend she didnt do it even though shes house ksdjfklsdhg

33) What social groups and activities does your character attend? What role do they like to play? What role do they actually play, usually?

maybe its just the fact that its 2am and i have poor reading comprehension but i have no fucking clue what this means

34) How is your character’s imagination? Daydreaming a lot? Worried most of the time? Living in memories?

her imagination is pretty good! i wouldnt call it excellent but it’s pretty good. she usually only daydreams before she falls asleep or gets up in the morning (or if she’s just like rlly chilled out skdfjds). she doesn’t worry much.

35) What does your character want most? What do they need really badly, compulsively? What are they willing to do, to sacrifice, to obtain?

i have no idea how to answer this one, which is a tragedy. maybe ill come back and answer it someday lmao

36) What’s something that your character does, that other people don’t normally do?

The House Always Wins I-VIII

37) What would your character do with a million dollars? 

in all seriousness she’d probably just stop having any financial restraint and start buying whatever she wants whenever it comes to mind. also she’d buy vulpes like 100,000 gambling chips from gomorrah and tell him to lose his mind skdfhjldksg

38) What is in your characters refrigerator right now? On their bedroom floor? Nightstand? Garbage can?

fridge at her farmhouse: vegetables, gecko meat, some seasonings, leftovers, beans, cram / fridge at the 38: An Entire Pot Of Stew ™, leftover tops restaurant takeout, a cheesecake, crispy squirrel bits, a post-it note from veronica saying they’re out of shampoo / bedroom floor: ;) / garbage can: empty cans, vulpes, plastic wrappers

39) Your character is getting ready for a night out. Where are they going? What do they wear? Who will they be with?

first thing that came to mind was to gomorrah, in her Fancy Riot Gear and ranger’s helmet, with raul. no idea why but like have a fun night bb sdkfjdslkf

40) What does your character do when they’re angry? Why?

depends on why she’s angry, but usually she’ll either start ranting at whoever she’s mad at (which never lasts long) or just go silent and tense up. she’ll also grumble. i mentioned this before but fortification hill was probably the only time she was so mad she was just yelling at everyone skfjkdsf

41) Does your character have any scars? Where did they get them from? 

she has a lot of scars! the most visible one is a cobweb-shaped scar on her forehead from when benny shot her. she also has another less prominent scar on the side of her face from Some Shit. various scars on her torso and arms from various sources, another bullet scar on her arm from raiders, maybe more. there’s a particularly bad scar across her ribs from being slashed w a knife (raiders again)

42) What was the most offensive thing your character had ever said?

she hates the irish

43) How does your character react/ accept criticism?

i dont know if she really cares? shes still a little bitter abt some insults she took as a kid but like arent we all. it makes her more angry than insecure

44) If your character was given a slice of pineapple pizza and they HAD to eat it (or something bad would happen), how would they react? Do they even LIKE pineapple pizza?

under normal circumstances, she’d throw it in the fucking trash. if she HAD to eat it she’d be fine skjfsd she just wouldnt like it

45) Your character is given a voodoo doll of themself. What do they do with it? Do they see if it actually works?

yeah, she probably puts a needle in its shoulder or something to see if it works. shes so used to being end 9 she doesnt consider the fact that She Will Lose Her Shoulder

46) Can your character draw? What do they like to draw? Do they doodle?

she can’t draw slkdfjsd. she probably has like… some warrior cats type drawings from when she was a kid and thats it

47) What were their parents like? How has that affected how they are as an adult?

her father dipped when she was maybe 1-2 years old, a few months after her brother was stillborn.

48) Does your character like candy? Do they get sugar rushes? What are they like when they get a rush?

she likes a little bit of candy, mostly lollipops. i cant see her getting a sugar rush

(i know i fucked up the numbering) 50) If your character was presented with imminent and unavoidable death/fatality, how would they react? Would they try to avoid death anyways? Would they try to make their last days count?

this,, could actually very easily happen because of her brain damage, ive explored that concept before. she would probably spend a lot of time alone or with the people she’s closest to reflecting on her life and trying to die in peace. if she had enough time she’d go see her mother again, but it’s still unlikely

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jesus fucking christ thats long, rip mobile users. tysm for sending me this!! i didnt realize how much 50 questions was dksjfkds. yall can keep sending me these (like 1-10 at a time skdfjdg) for other couriers if you want but like i understand if ur tired of hearing me Fucking Talk after this

[aibrechts]

Would you do a Tyki/Allen reclist??

YES, i certainly WILL HAHA

if you know me then you know i love my tykillens 100% consensual and thats. That’s a bit tough, cause not many in the fandom seem to agree with me lol.  it’s a bit of a wasteland in ao3 not gonna lie but the tag there has recently been blessed, and I’ll dig out some old gold too

Honestly it’s uh. It’s probably gonna be easiest to organise this by authors and then I’ll like. Pick a couple of my favourites from each of them, and link a few randoms i like at the end. 

 Moonswing: I love the way this author writes them - the dialogue especially is quick, witty and so so fun, and the ideas they come up with are

Loves Company is the first poker pair fic i read that gave me hope for this ship. it’s so light and funny and good and went a long way to inspiring me to continue writing for the pair.Some Minor Issues looks like it’s only just been started and I honestly cant wait for more. Modern AU where Tyki is the son of a mob boss, the best trans Allen i’ve ever read (in a world of fem!allen i have finally found an oasis of casual and accurate representation). definitely excited to see where it goes, if it goes, idk if it’s gonna be continued or what but !!!!Reapers is another new one, and the title kinda says it all lol. Allen and Lavi are reapers working for the Earl, and Allen is designated Tyki’s personal servant ahahaha

hiat:Not gonna lie i haven’t actually read a LOT from this author, but what I have read has been exceptional

A Small Reprieve is wonderful, especially considering it’s the author’s first smut like. Damn. It’s sweet and a little bit sad, but this is Tykillen so what did u expect lmaoFondant and Fakery is so cute and sweet like omfg ahahaha it’s all the lighthearted Tykillen fluff i ever neededWorlds Apart is probably my favourite from them, but im not sure if it’s ongoing or if they’ve abandoned it? Another mob AU and i really really hope they continue it because !!!!! im in love with this fic ahahaha and want to see more

ArbitrarySpaces:oohhh boyyyy //rubs hands together

While You Sleep is somehow the only soulmates au (that i know of) and i love it?? its amazing and cute, where each Allen and Tyki sees through the other’s eyes in their dreams.Mr. Poker Face is super funny and lighthearted - i love the flow of dialogue, it’s so quick and witty and them I honestly yelled a lil when I saw it’d been updated with a second chapter.How to Build a Life Together depicts snapshots of Tyki and Allen, uh. Building a life together i guess lol. Each chapter is a different point in their relationship, starting from the point where Tyki gives Allen a rock (and not in the traditional sense. That comes later lmao).

rustandstardust:they’ve got some damn good shit i tell ya

it’s all a game is so ???? good ??? casino au where allen’s a tease and tyki’s a sucker, everything feels so lavish and indulgent and i love it!connection I haven’t… actually…. read. But! it’s on my agenda tonight tbh and I have high expectations lollove me like you mean it is also really good, like. I don’t know what else to say lmfao it’s just… good. 

CandyCrackpot:I am shocked and appalled by the fact I almost missed them because they’re like. Like. If there’s a holy trinity in this fandom then they’re god. just. Just straight up they’re a fucking god okay.

Gamble got me on the bottom!tyki hype train and i have yet to follow through - mostly because i’m intimidated by the quality of writing and characterisation that went into this 100% rly fukkin good would recommend.//squints// and uh that’s all for them??? but they have a HEAP of other fics for this fandom ((if ur looking for some soft papa mana and baby allen fluff then Smile is def the place to go))

Hurryup:every time i think about them my chest gets tight and my hands start shaking like ???? is this love ?????????????? fam help i think im dying honest to god

shutdown is… its, uh. I honestly can’t put it into words. It’s the best Tykillen fic I’ve ever read. It’s beautiful, subtle, quiet, so bitter and sweet, but somehow not bittersweet and i honestly. i dont know how to explain how that’s possible but it is and it’s perfect and i will scream from the top of mount fucking ararat about how good it is til the day i drop dead okay like. if you read only one fic from this list, let it be this one.idk why i thought they’d written more tykillen than that, probably because it was so fucking good and the characterisation was flawless, but for the life of me i can’t find any others for this ship by them so…??? but lots of link/allen if ur into that. i haven’t read them personally but if shutdown is any indication they’re gonna be lit like a talking bush.

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Chinchirinoda’s fic Worship gave me a hand kink. No kidding, it’s short and sweet and quiet and sad and lovely and one of my OG favourite Tykillen fics

I haven’t actually read Allen’s worst Struggle by slaying_dragons, or Night of Truce (new author on the block what up) but I have the tabs open and im prob gonna get to those tonight too lol

Let’s Do Something Wrong by kittybandit is a super cute collection of super short super sweet prompt-drabbles. Like condensed milk. Or a shot of straight cordial. Or cocaine. The yoga one is def my favourite, but they’re all amazing

autumntea is the kind of cruel where they’ll write 700-ish words and every single letter is perfect and amazing and makes u want MORE but then like. there isn’t. there isn’t more thERES NEVER MORE AND I WISH THERE WAS BC IT’S ALL SO GOOD. all of it. Every tykillen fic they wrote is a dicktease and i want MORE, DAMMIT

If you want crack (and for some reason Kingdom Hearts characters working in a casino ????), Sin City Dreamers by The_Button_Harlequin is lit the most well-written shitpost i’ve ever had the experience of reading, like. I lit couldn’t stop laughing while reading it it’s… No, i can’t explain it, you have to read it yourself to understand lmfao definitely worth it, I promise. i promise.

And, uh. I dont mean to toot my own horn (i totally do bruh look at my ego okay) but if you’d like a chef’s special then i recommend make it out alive for smut, and Pilate saith unto them, behold the man for ‘fluff’ (so far as fluff goes in my vocabulary) and Mutually Beneficial for Tyki’s big dumb crush.

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There you have it !!! that’s. That’s pretty much the entire consensual Tykillen tag right there. And it’s all good like idk how yall do it but ur fukkin masterminds okay im honestly in shock, still in shock actually after reading Hurryup’s fic last night like. fuck i wanna cry just thinking about it lmfao it’s so perfect and beautiful and sad like jesus fam let me breathe. 

I know you’re going to find something in here you love and if you don’t then im. i don’t know what to tell u man lol this is the best of the best so i hope u enjoy yourself

[kaitsawamura]

Coming out of semi-hiatus just to say the first part of a TotK!Link x Reader x TotK!Zelda fic is coming to you tonight or tomorrow 👀