#first time writing for these peeps so it was def scary

[sleep-escapes-me]

A completed collection of 28 one-shots all showcasing Imogen & Laudna in a variety of prompts and universes.

Relationship: Imogen x Laudna

Word Count: 38,923

Death. Merfolk girl. Lightning. Naked Fearne. Delilah!? Fleeing a prison, stuck in the hole, coming back to life, crashing at your ex's stronghold for a week 'cause technically you killed your patron!

Everything is written into a semi-canon compliant Exandria. (no modern/real world AUs) There’s angst and humor, fated first meetings and earnest confessions of love, dead rats and dead people, cute slice-of-life moments. Just a lovely amalgamation of universes for Imogen and Laudna to interact with each other again and again.

Read it on AO3

list of prompts under read more

mini summaries and (word counts)

Strange First Meeting (457) - Classic meet cute.

Caught in the Rain (681) - Imogen deals with stress.

What's up, doc? (392) - Just a cute caring for the other moment.

Second Love (892) - Imogen is leaving. Laudna is worried.

Roadtrip/Backpacking (885) - Sometimes it's not always best to go off the beaten path.

Pirate AU (948) - They're not pirates.

Pull a Rabbit Out of a Hat (443) - FCG doesn't like magicians.

Going Down a Rabbit Hole (1427) - They say drugs can open your mind.

Soulmate AU (1828) - Marks and tattoos on one's body glow when you think about your soulmate or are around them.

Opposites (1076) - Laudna is dead. Imogen reads her journal.

Why Are You Naked in my Bed? (538) - It's Fearne.

Secret Admirer (1168) - Laudna has a secret admirer.

Vampire AU (1071) - The hunger brings interesting developments.

Merfolk AU (2217) - Laudna finds a hidden lake.

Fairy Tale AU (2041) - Once upon a time Matilda got a second chance at life.

Starting a New Tradition (1158) - La Calamity: An Exandrian Opera

Fake Dating (1691) - In the name of undercover work.

Curses (712) - She’s blue! Again!

Blood is Thicker Than Water (1128) - Laudna will always support her girl...

Trapped Together (894) - 10 minutes in the hole.

College AU (1822) - Pining from a distance means nothing when Fearne gets involved.

Plenty of Fish in the Sea (1448) - Sad girl Imogen. [2nd person POV]

Crime/Mafia AU (3387) - Years have passed since Imogen and Laudna have seen each other.

Flotsam and Jetsam (1138) - Flotsam are things in the water deliberately thrown overboard. Jetsam are things in the water as the result of a shipwreck.

Lighthouse Keeper AU (5364) - Imogen finds an abandoned lighthouse and maybe a friend.

What's the Worst That Could Happen? (1539) - Laudna gets a job as a prison guard.

Nontraditional Format (1346) - FCG wrote a script.

Still Waters Run Deep (934) - Laudna loves the little things about Imogen. [2nd person POV]

[sleepymouses]

tagged by @littlepetbee, thank uuuu <3 i spent way too long thinking about htis lol,

Rules: pick 5 shows, then answer the following questions, tag a bunch o ppls to do it too (if y’all want to, supes no pressure or anything!)

Natsume yuujinchou  (a teenage orphan who sees spirits/monsters sets out to free the spirits who were bound in magical contract by his grandmother after he inherits a powerful book, aided primarily by a spirit who appears as an exasperated fat cat (who is just as fun as he sounds). Titular character is like my Fave boy in the whole world, he’s so kind and soft despite all the hardships he’s faced, the series has very gentle pacing/character development, and each episode is a carefully crafted lil story that have often moved me to tears, chuckles, or outright chinhands of fondness as u watch natsume slowly find a home in the world and amongst the humans &spirits around him. big focus on friendships, there’s like no romance with any of the main characters, lots of cool different creatures (most of whom arent all that scary once u get to know them), its just literally everything i could ever dream for in a show and it exists! <3)

Leverage (team of modern day robin hoods ruin rich peoples’ lives via  delightfully crafted spy cons to give back to the regular folks the rich people hurt. Extremely good, strong found family vibes, and v cathartic)

Brooklyn 99 (follows diverse cast of character who make up a NY precinct. Hilarious, immensely wholesome & groundbreaking, & probs the most lighthearted crime show besides like psych tbh)

Blackspot/Zone Blanche (spoopy french/belgium crime series set in a small village way out in the mountains surrounded by misty, mysterious and murdery woods. eerie and atmospheric, but also like one of my fave characters (everyone calls him teddy bear) keeps a pet guinea pig at work, so it’s not entirely grim and bleak)

Longmire (a modern western crime drama centering around the titular sheriff and others in their small town wyoming county, well written and lot of chracter development revealed alongside some really good case mysteries bc i love trying to figure out whodunits apparently based on a book series well adored by dads btw)

who is your favorite character in 2? (leverage) ahhh,,, this is hard... Eliot maybe? like Hardison is baby ofc, but i relate to elliot a ton (i think if i was on a team i would want to be the hitter tbh?) and love the subversion of so many action hero tropes that he is, also endlessly amused by how very put upon he is despite all his rad/random skills

who is your least favorite character in 1? (natsume yuujinchou) oh seiji matoba for sure, he can go eat a mouldy tree stump. absolutely evil nasty dude

what is your favorite episode of 4? (blackspot) the end of the road. great opening, didnt end up too devastating unlike a lot of the cases, Hermann was gr8, cool twist i hadnt super expected in the plot which was neat.

what is your favorite season of 5? (longmire) probs 1, walter reeally started to piss me off being Such A Man in later seasons, also me being extremely anxious about Henry and his life choices later, that creepy stalker storyline starting up with Someone and when Someone else in the main cast got died really suddenly and upsettingly later on as well, also when a weird relationship started between some of the characters that i really aint feeling so. before all that happened was nice (also sorry if this is super vague, im trying to avoid spoilers)

who is your favorite couple in 3? (B99) Besides Jake/Amy and Holt/Kevin (bc oviously theyre gr8) uh.. i know it was a long time ago and didnt last very long, but i thought rosa and marcus were really sweet? it brought another layer out to her character, even when they broke up that helped rosa starting to show emotional vulnerability and all, even tho it ended it was still just, idk, i liked them.

who is your favorite couple in 2? (leverage) Does trio count, cos Parker/Eliot/Harding 4 life yo

what is your favorite episode of 1? (natsume yujinchou) i have sooo many faves ahhh!!! i dont think i could pick just one on pain of death, every episode is acrefully cosntructed gem all on its own and i have too many that i love and adore to pick jsut one :((

what is your favorite episode of 5? (longmire) Dog soldier!! ive rewatched that one a ton, so so many good bits, really satisfying resolution of the case despite the shitty system that was revealed, and i rmr getting chills by the end the first time i saw it.

what is your favorite season of 2? (leverage) i guess season 1? just, idk, everything being set up and watching all these grumpies/less grumpies who have no plans to stay together start working together as a baby team, and just the joy of seeing their first heist together with the first plot twist, just.. such a delight, but all seasons that ive seen so far were all excellent, it’s a stellar show

how long have you watched 1? (natsume yujinchou) oh idk exactly, like years and years man... defs the longest out of all on this list

how did you become interested in 3? (b99) i think it was just on netflix way back in season 1 and i started watching it, loved it and never stopped? i think that might have even been before it got rlly popular lol

who is your favorite actor in 4? (blackspot) i dont rlly know any of these french peeps? but teddybear’s one of my fave characters, so hopefully the person who plays him is also cool, in which case hubert delattre (if not, Suliane Brahim does a v good job as the lead)

which do you prefer, 1, 2, or 5? (natsume yujinchou, leverage or longmire) um... real torn between natsume and leverage here, they’re both such lovely gems that do found family so, so well.. leverage is a team of modern robin hood-esque spies with brilliant writing and exciting heists and multiple delightful plot twists every episode and great character building and so much catharticism in ruining evil rich peoples lives.

but natsume’s title character is one of my very favorite characters ever, hes been through so much but he becomes the most kindest and thoughtful boy ever, and its so, so soft and gentle in its development of characters and their slow build of getting to know each other and becoming friends, and the interactions with the paranormal world are very rarely entirely malicious/scary, and there’s pretty well no romance, at least like no romance for plot/with the main characters anyways, and there’s lots of female characters who have important roles but arent sexualized/killed off for man feels/exist for romo (which sadly cannot be said about a lot of media, especially manga/anime tbh, even leverage does not win entirely on that front).. its defintiely my favorite anime ever (i dont watch loads, but literally no other one can ever come close to topping its perfection),

i guess tho, leverage is over, and natsume is still technically ongoing, so i guess for that then i have to go with natsume?

which show have you seen more episodes of, 1 or 3? (natsume yuujinchou or b99) Natsume for sure, they’re so short its easy to power thru like half a season in an afternoon

if you could be anyone from 4, who would you be? (blackspot) i would probably want to be someone who didnt live in villefranche actually haha uh, it’s a pretty spoopity place.. even some of the characters i do like make some Bad decisions that are v bothersome. Dr. Leila barami seems to have a good head on her shoulders tho, so if i Must be a character here then let’s go with her

would a crossover between 3 and 4 work? (b99 or blackspot) oh god... the cheery upbeat department at the 99 meet up with a grim, misty tiny mountain forest village with bleak day to day life, solving crimes amidst small town paranoia and weird maybe cult-related conspiracies and honestbhly something/s paranormal and menacing going on in the woods?? i just... cant see any of the characters even interacting lol, im just picturing jake’s confused befuddled face when he hears something weird but like x 10000

pair two characters in 1 who would make an unlikely but strangely okay couple? (natsume yujinchou) hm... i mean, one of the things i love about Natsume is that there arent really any romo relationships tbh? at least not with any of the main characters in the main storyline (so far), just like the odd one-off of minor characters (and takashi’s adopted parents ofc, but that’s different). so, yeah, i cant really think of one (although i think the big fandom fave ship of takashi and his worst enemy is rlly.. nope, and i dont know what’s going on there? takashi and tanama however, that would make sense, tho it is not unlikely so i cant answer this question with them)

overall, which show has the better storyline, 3 or 5? (b99 or longmire) b99! cos ya know my annoyances with some of the stuff happening later on in longmire lol, b99 just got better n better as it went along, and it’s still going :’)

which has the better theme music, 2 or 4? (leverage or blackspot) blackspot has a real good eerie atmospheric theme which is gr8 and i love it <3 (leverage’s tune is like, elevator music/cheesy jazzy spy tune, which does suit it tho lol)

and idk, anyone bored and stuck at home who wants to do this? no pressure if ur like nah but if u wanna go ahead.... @creepy-friend-of-darkness @anna-wa @rhinky-thingz @rexbasileus @aeolian-harp @warrenkoles @softbrobarnes @damnitttana @cluelesswolf @moondoggiestyle @blloodorangeisthenewblack @my-nail-beds-suck @frankiecolours @savvylikeyeahhh @lake-effectkidx @justhugharry @casualmisandry @j4ya @galaxygalpals @thesecondwarm @dealwright @knipperdollin @curlycombover @kaspbrakeddie (and if i didnt tag u and u still wanna do this, consider yeself tagged)

[veliseraptor]

more money talk from last night’s stuff, replying to some folks, etc. etc.

first off: thanks you guys for your sympathy, and your generosity (some folks dropped money in my ko-fi last night and I’m so fucking grateful) and generally just being...awesome people. I really appreciate it.

more specifically:

pennie-dreadful replied to your post “money talk nonsense under the read more[[MOR] so today I might have...”

Just thought you should know the link to your kofi is missing from your mobile header.

augh. does anyone know if there’s a good way to add it in? is it an issue with html? because...yeah that would be a nice thing to have there but I guess yeah the button isn’t showing up (also for some reason the “fic tag” link doesn’t work, what the eff is up with mobile)

not-poignant replied to your post “money talk nonsense under the read more[[MOR] so today I might have...”

I'm all for Patreon, but if you mention it once on AO3 (same with Ko-Fi) in the comments/author's notes/wherever, it will - at best - mean you get warned, but it can also lead to account deletion (I've seen it happen many times now). While donations do circumvent copyright law, Patreon does not consider itself a 'donation site' and nor does AO3 consider it a donation site. So it's...a tricky thing to do (trickier than with fanart unfortunately).

But I def think people would sign up for a Patreon. And not everyone offers extra. Ursulav didn't for years. You're not obligated to do a reward based system, and certainly not obligated to start out with one that eats all your resources. But yeah, AO3 + ever mentioning Patreon is a total no-go. I've talked to AO3 about this myself (since I have a Patreon for my AO3 original fiction) - and they have a SUPER hard line against it.

(The best way to circumvent that is to just mention that you have a Tumblr on the regular, and have your Ko-Fi / Patreon links be part of your fic posts there. I mean I still do okay on Patreon for original fic on AO3 despite never having mentioned it once on AO3? But I'm not comfortable setting up a Patreon for fanfiction, because I know peeps who've had their Patreon accounts deleted/banned for it - some folks do fine, some don't. It depends a lot on content too.)

(Antis LOVE reporting that crap).

(And one more quick side note: I would also totally throw in for a Patreon for your *articles* and comic/media meta as well?)

Thank you for all this. And yeah - I did know that about Patreon/Ko-fi and AO3 - that it’s a very dangerous area. I’d stick to mentioning it here on the blog. But yeah, I have...thought of the legal issues (and my frustration about the fact that fanart doesn’t have the same issues, sigh) and I don’t know exactly how that works? 

I could hypothetically do it, like you said, for the articles and media meta and stuff, but I don’t feel like I write enough of that to really make it worthwhile. Like...maybe I’m underselling myself (it’s definitely possible that I am) but I feel like what most people are here for...is the fic, and that’s what I do most of. (The analytical stuff just doesn’t come quite as easy or as fast.) 

I should be adding the link to my fic posts, though. Just haven’t because...again, weird shame about asking for money for fic, which I think is maybe kind of an old fandom thing? but also given all the legal issues around fic and money...ehhhh. 

(When I was poking around this yesterday I thought of a few things I could hypothetically offer - early chapters, excerpts, extra meta/commentary maybe? - but yeah, the whole legal issue is so sticky and scary and I just don’t even know.

Probably what this means is that I should try to work more on writing nonfiction, since that’s the stuff I can actually get paid for doing (once I figure out how to do that) but...odds are that’s going to continue to be slow.)

mostfacinorous replied to your post “money talk nonsense under the read more[[MOR] so today I might have...”

If you need help figuring out those forms, hit me up. I swear that's my stupid mutant power. And... is there any chance of asking for a raise at work? If your cost of living is going up, that seems like the first stop in trying to make ends meet.

I am...soldiering up and trying again today (and possibly just walking into the offices of the people in question, after checking with someone else who writes for the website and knows who those people are) so...will let you know? but thank you. 

unfortunately asking for a raise is...something that only happens yearly and isn’t under control of my boss (but rather corporate). it’s another thing I might have to suck up and actually...say something to my boss about, though, just on the off chance there’s something she can do. my understanding is no? but...maybe I’m wrong, and I probably should try to find out.

[tferins-blog]

woah sorry i’m late fam, it’s not my fault tho, i walked here. anyway ! i’m m and i’m straight up dying out here in the cst. i think my brain broke when i applied bc not only did i expose this bish to the nth degree by putting her middle name in the app ( how extra ) but ..... i def didn’t hit send when i first thought i sent it. i’m a disaster. anywayx2 i’ll put a little bit about little miss sunshine under the cut and all you gotta do is smash that little heart button and i’ll come to you for all of the plots

 DANIELLE CAMPBELL. — OH, HAVE YOU MET ERIN TAYLOR O’SHEA? SHE IS A TWENTY-TWO YEAR OLD CISFEMALE THAT IS FEELING DUBIOUS ABOUT THE PLANET’S IMMINENT DOOM. A BARTENDER, THIS AQUARIUS IS KNOWN AROUND TOWN AS THE ICARIAN, BECAUSE SHE IS COMPELLING & EFFERVESCENT, AS WELL AS SARDONIC & AUDACIOUS. HOPEFULLY, ERIN WILL SURVIVE. 

so this little spitfire is erin. your mildly unfriendly neighborhood bar wench.

she’s kind of a mess but not like….a hot mess. more like when your mom walks in your room and there’s like a sweatshirt on the ground and your sock drawer is open and shes like omg your room looks like it got hit by a tornado.

very headstrong. does not like rules.

she’s adopted bc her mom is dead and her dad is basically incarcerated sort of. it’s not something she like……advertises so i’m not going to go into deets here unless we determine it’s something your character would know about. ( sue me, i’m lazy )

all i’m gonna say is she went into therapy at a young age and as far as she’s concerned she doesn’t have any residual effects from it.

her dad’s best friend and his wife adopted her at seven and as far as everyone in the world is concerned they’re her parents.

she absolutely loves them ( me ? writing a muse who has a happy family ? the apocalypse must really be happening )

dad is former military. runs his own security company now and is lk scary af. def made sure erin knows how to handle herself. she might be like two feet tall but probably knows 12 ways to kill you with a spoon okay. and her mom is a high school guidance counselor.

spent her primitive years moving around a lot because of her dad’s job.

ended up in hawley about 5 years ago when she got into the university of scranton ( pre-med major. what a nerd. ) 

told herself she was not going to be that cliche girl who goes to school and falls in love and ruins her life but HAH, life is a real bitch like that. it was not the best relationship tbh, pretty dang toxic and her parents were not fans of him. (( oh hey look a connection. peep this for inspo if you wanna fill it ) actually that’s.... a bit extra ..... but it still makes me cry tears of blood every time i read it )

as most young love sob stories go, she ended up pregnant but ( probably ) never told him. took a random gap year in the middle of her college education to take off with her best friend. mostly bc she didn’t want her parents to know about the baby but also partly because she was just having one of those fuck it moments.

gave the baby up for adoption, obviously. you will not catch her doting around a toddler at the bar.

an odd combination of wine mom and vodka aunt.

she’s very tell it like it is, in your face. if you’re telling her your sob story over your seventh whiskey and coke she’s probably going to tell you to switch to well drinks before you go fucking broke.

wasn’t ever perfect but she used to be a pretty good kid. just kind of hit college and got a bit more free spirited and after the bad luck pregnancy she was like lol, ima do what i want. yolo.

part time pot baker. ( harry vc: i used to be a baker ) but seriously try the cupcakes.

if her parents wouldn’t have a stroke and die her life goal would literally be to own a food truck where everything has pot in it.

the paula deen of pot.

full time karaoke junkie.

likes the sad eyes, bad guys, mouth full of white lies.

has a little hedgehog named harvey. ( needs a roommate tho. )

as far as the apocalypse she’s kinda doubtful of it. like she’s heard the world was ending about a million times at this point and she’s pretty much walking around like jesus take the wheel.

relatively nice, just if you’re being a fucking idiot she’s going to tell you you’re being a fucking idiot.

comparatively she’s a lot like max from 2 broke girls, an odd combo of all the girls from friends, and robyn from himym. all my favs mixed into one little hurricane tbh.

i’ll stop rambling now but if you wanna plot just hmu or like this and i’ll come to you. :)