#god bless fic writers you are saving lives

[yorkshirekiwi]

I'm genuinely concerned about what's going to happen to my psyche when everyone moves on from Master of the Air and the fics stop rolling in.

[hana-no-seiiki]

Hi, i dont know your request are still open, but. Maybe Arlecchino! reader? where the batfam first time met them, they think she is a enemy? (well she is actually, idk) by her mysterious manner? they know her from Damian, who is friends with Lyney and Lynette. Damian never met with reader. But, one day. Lyney and Lynette is been bring to the Wayne Manor by Damian. For a simple dinner, yes. They tell that they are orphans that live in a orphanage named "House of Hearth" at France.

They come to Gotham for study. And yes, Bruce feels sympathy for them (actually want to adopt them.). Well thats just an idea he have in his mind. But, now. Bruce interested as they said that "Father" which is reader is a woman. And lucky, Reader is at Gotham for some "business", Bruce added that he like to make this "Father" came to have dinner with them tommorow.

(Fatui Harbinger is a netral organisation. Yet, still indeed dangerous. They only search something important for their own fortune, maybe like a mafia or something?)

Anyway. When the Batfam met with Reader, they cant help. But find, reader is.. Strange, and mysterious. But cant help by their charming aura. And, why is reader suddenly accept the offer to met with the Batfam? because, she want to make sure about her guess that Bruce Wayne is the Infamous Batman. (okay, maybe the fatui harbinger have some issues with the superheros ig). As Batman was the one who failed her mission for seeking a Hydro gem. She managed to escape of course.. (Idk, its your choice to finish the rest of it, im already fucked up to think the rest of it.)

Anyway, love your writing. I mean, the things i imagened of batfam have a crossover with genshin or hsr became true by you. I never found a writer that made such a Batfam x Genshin/Hsr/Honkai impact one like you. Maybe later make a Ada Wong! reader x Batfam? Im sorry if i have a lot things to say. Thank you for reading this shitty words of mine. Rest well, may God bless you. 💕💕💕💕💕💕

omfg i was just about to start a draft on Arlecchino reader!!! but i wanted to wait for when our dear Father is out first so I can read her story, etc.

I’ll save the bulk of my ideas/fic for when I fully know her lore but this is what I got from the story quest.

The name Arlecchino was the most people got from digging information on you.

You were this mysterious entity among the notorious Fatui Harbingers. Neither vengeful nor greedy. Nor were you ever known to actively seek out blood outside of the Tsaritsa’s orders.

Your priority has and will always been the House of Hearth. Your children. You were never too far from them.

After one of the relics your master told you to obtain was destroyed, you were to punished by being forced to help with the next acquisition. The Crown of the Pyro Clan.

You were stationed in East America. Particularly Gotham for investigation.

An ordinary Wayne Ent. office worker by the day, mafia capo causing havoc by night.

You weren’t really taking your job seriously, so you were soon caught by Gotham’s finest.

And soon after that, their obsession.

God is Tim such a great pair for Arlecchino reader tho. I already see him drooling all over them-

[moremaybank]

VISIT MY LIBRARY ♡︎ FIC RECS (II) .𖥔 ݁ ˖

hi babies! it's been a while since i last made a page for my fic recs, so here i am with another one. under the cut (it got way too long LOL), you will find a collection of wonderful, imaginative works written by incredible writers who take the time out of their lives to bless us with their creativity and talent. don't forget to like, reblog and comment to spread the love! happy reading, i love you all! ♡︎

-͟͟͞☆ JJ MAYBANK

talk like this @sevenwivesofrafecameron

flying together

stubborn car ride

save the day @katsu28

au with jj @thatsthewaythechrissycrumbles

bullet train @madelynie

learning to love @jjsbank444

jj maybank x pregnant!reader @rafesveryrealgf

you, the ocean, and me (two) @obaex

dying to tell you

pinch me

tired of waiting @blueicequeen19

charter (series)

making up

magic touch @pankowperfection

finally free @slut4drudy

the one with the celebration @mvybanks

the one with boxer!jj

false god

cool for the summer @surftrips

-͟͟͞☆ RAFE CAMERON

obsession @rafesmuse

need to know @geniedetails

rafe cameron headcanons @emsgoodthinkin

cold showers with boyfriend!rafe @forevermoreharrington

the three times duke tried to tell you something @obaex

prompt twenty-five @cal-flakes

always there for you @jjsbank444

protector

rafe has to come home from work early to punish you @rafeandonlyrafe

rafe x cockdrunk!reader @randomoutsiders

no drinks, no pools, no molly @runningfrom2am

rafe and princess watching a movie together @maybanksbabe

undercover @achromatopcia

the icebreaker (series) @sweetestdesire

betrayal @dreamingwithrafe

take care of you @sunraies

-͟͟͞☆ SARAH CAMERON

firsts @amournoir

playtime

labyrinth @surftrips

-͟͟͞☆ STEVE HARRINGTON

moody gf! reader + steve who puts up with it @rafesveryrealgf

summer lovin' @vnusology

aftercare stevie @allsmilesreally7

redemption @eddiemunsons80sbaby

what comes after @roanniom

steve sending audios @hungharrington

-͟͟͞☆ EDDIE MUNSON

freezing @inkluvs

friction @vnusology

you've got some new perfumes and eddie is a blind idiot @ghost-proofbaby

restless @aphrogeneias

sweet little bunny @belokhvostikova

[someprettyname]

NAMIIIII ITS ME!!! the anon who was trying to find you that toe curling, claw at the walls 18+ isagi fic! guess what? I FOUND ITTTTT🥳🥳!!! I FOUND IT I FOUND IT!!! after spending all morning literally from 6 am i was trying to find it and i was texting my friend to see if she could help and she suggested ao3 or wattpad since people from tumblr also upload their works on there sometimes... WHEN I FOUND IT I FELT SO STUPID LOL because why didn't i think the author could've just uploaded her works on another platform 💀💀 i can't send links on anon but it's on ao3, just search up isagi yoichi x reader ao3 and it should be in like the 5th column if you go through the numbers😆😆😆 the author's name is chocofwndant btw!! that fic was uploaded a while ago actually so maybe you could've read it on tumblr? it was around november of last year when the author posted it on tumblr 🤩 either way i hope you enjoy it because they're highkey my favorite writer for writing isagi and i'm devastated they deleted their blog because i think you two would've gotten along and I CANT FIND THEIR OTHER BLOG BC THEY MENTIONED THEY MADE A NEW ONE BUT THEY WANT TO STAY HIDDEN since they haven't uploaded anything😭like no please come back!! my two favorite isagi lovers *cries* but PLEASE. PLEASE GIVE ME A REVIEW ON THE FIC i hope it was worth spending all morning looking for it hrrrghdhd enjoy the meal nami🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

I'm just going to live blog this because BARELY 2 PARAGRAPHS INTO THE FIC AND IM ALREADY GIGGLING AND KICKING MY FEET EHHEHEHHEHHEHEH something about this fic is making my heart go skiiydssdhkixssd *chef kiss*

This is making me so happy because it's been a WHILE since I last read isagi only smut fic hehe

[ almost halfway through it and oh my god why is the author so good at this. I'm loving it so far. This is so filthy i love it. ]

ISAGI AND DEGRADATION ?!?!???! SIR. ON MY KNEES. 🧎🏻‍♀️

"pretty girl can’t you see you’ve ruined him?" I should not be reading this shit given the panels i have of him on my walls. I really shouldn't.

*inhales deeply* did i just get called angel by him? Oh OUCH- i just fell. On my knees.

This was so good, I'm gonna save the link so I can re read anytime.

And you non-non, yes you 🫵🏻

Thank you for recommending this to me, I indeed hadn't read this before and I feel blessed rn 🙏🏻

[totallovestrucksimp]

Marian and Larry fic request - I love in episode 1.09 (the scene when Marian is trying to stop Larry from delivering the letters to her aunts) how Larry immediately plays along with Marian’s story.

Can you write another time (or times) where without verbal communication they immediately backed the other’s story up?

Been in a bit of a writers block recently, so I hope this is good.

Takes place in between when Larry bumps into Marian after his lesson and when Larry tells his father about his lessons

Almost caught in a lie (Thank goodness for you)

In hindsight, Larry should’ve known that he was going to cut it too close to the charity event. Timing has never been his greatest skill (frequently reminded to him by his family) Today however, was an important day for Larry-or more specifically, his mother. His family had been invited to a charity tea hosted by Mrs Fane, which was apparently a big deal for their rise in New York society. He had agreed to meet up with them at Central Park where the tea was to be held, but  lost track of time while studying with Mr White. Not that his family could know were he’s been-as far as they’re concerned, he’s been meeting up with some friends at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the past hour. Cursing himself, he paces through the streets of New Your with his things in a hurry.

Finally, he arrives. Peering over the large crowd of people, he spy’s his well poised father and sister speaking to Ms Brooke. Walking closer, he hears the backend of their conversation.

“-it’s not so hard, once you get a feel for it. Watercolors are really just like any other art medium.”

“I think I’ll stick to painting, but you’ve given me a bit to think about. Where did you say you painted them?”

“The Metropolitan Museum of Art.”

He freezes. Oh no.

Gladys perks up at this. “Oh! You must’ve seen my brother there, he went there earlier with his friends. Did you see him?”

He sees Marians face falters slightly, and it’s clear that she’s confused. Before she responds, she sees him from just behind his father, eyes meeting.

Marian, please.

He must’ve conveyed his pleading on his face, because she completely switched gears once she saw him.

“Y-yes! I remember now. He talked for a brief moment but I didn’t want to pull him away from his group. Must’ve slipped my mind.”

God bless you, Marian. Larry thinks to himself. For saving my skin. Now I just need to find my watch- he pads his pocket,only suddenly remembering his work folder in his hand.

Damn, I need to put this somewhere before I talk to them. But where?

“Tea sir?”

Larry nearly jumps out of his skin as a nearby footman loudly offers him a drink. Loud enough, in fact, to alert his father as well.

“Larry, there you are. We were beginning to wonder if you’d arrive on time.”

He eyes him up and down. “What’s that in your hand?”

“It’s, uh-“

“My water colors!” Marian says immediately.

“I forgot them at the Metropolitan, and he offered to go back get them for me. Isn’t that right?”

As long as I live, I will forever be grateful to you, Mrs Brooke.

“Of course, you can have them back now.” He hands he the folder.

“Oh look, Mrs Fane is about to give a speech.” Gladys says as she points to a group surrounding the woman.

While everyone’s focused on the speech, Larry takes the opportunity to whisper in Marians ear.

“Let my family take you home. Then we can talk when I walk you to your doorstep.”

She smiles. “Deal.”

***

“So I’m assuming you were not, in fact, at the art museum?”

Walking farther and farther away from the Russell home, Marian and Larry walk arm-in-arm to the Van Rhijn household.

“No, I was studying with Mr White in fact. I lost track of time so I couldn’t run back home and give my things to my butler. But thank you for covering for me-twice.”

Marian hands over the folder. “I’m glad you’re not giving it up, but you really should tell your family soon. I’d hate to think what would happen if you were caught in a lie again.”

“Then you would cover for me again, wouldn’t you?”

She smiles. “I wouldn’t be a very good friend if I didn’t Mr Russell.”

“Please tell me if you ever need a favor. I certainly owe you a few by now.”

“I will keep that in mind. Good luck Larry, I wish you the best.”

She smiles brightly at him as the butler opens the door for her, signaling that he needs to leave before he becomes a topic of conversation for the family. Walking back home, he smiles to himself.

A very good friend indeed.

***

Got a Marian x Larry Gilded age fic request? Submit it here!

[lady-corrine]

Do you have any fic recs for book bamon? Thnx xx

Book bamon revival, let's go! 💖

My absolute favourite writer for them is WriterbyHeart. She captures book Bonnie and Damon so well in her fics, and they're always so electric and so delicious, simply chef's kiss! Red Flags, Slip, Storms and The Best Kind of Medicine are only a couple of my favs from her. (I'm still waiting for her Intentions Part 2 🤞)

Shock to the System is also one of my favourite fics for them.

ErzsebethBathory also had amazing fics with them, especially No Regrets, Mine, etc. Shine Together is especially dear to me because it's a pregnancy AU one and these one are so rare 🥹 The Way It Should Be it's Stelena centric but it's extremely fun how the author points out how nonsensical the ghostwriter's version is.

You Only Live Once is very very good, and the author in general has amazing bamon fics, predominantly their show version.

Just Let Go goes with the "what if Damon didn't manage to save Bonnie in Midnight and she really dies" route and it's heartbreaking. (At first I thought that maybe it's ooc for him to be so shattered by her death but that was before I read Lisa's continuations. Once I did read them, oh boy... The way he blames himself for putting her in danger and reacts at the posibility of her being slightly hurt makes it clear he would indeed go absolutely berserk if he were to lose her.)

Danielle Salvatore's fics for them are always so fluffly and so sweet. And I love that she really captured how soft and tender Damon is with Bonnie in book canon, something that many times is ignored.

Inevitable is a one-shot but it's genuinely so good.

These are the ones I remember for now, I'll add more at a later date. Unfortunately, as is probably obvious, there aren't that many fics (especially recent) with them. However, it's interesting to note that book bamon is the most popular book ship in terms of fanfics (as it should be god bless 😌). The lack of more works I blame on no one but Julie Plec and the rest of the tvd show team, who did not follow the books on their romantic relationship because of their racism. 😒

[sonosvegliato]

you always rb fic recs but what’s YOUR favorite fic? one that you will reread forever?

*sweats* I know you just said one but I've been meaning to do this for ages, to contribute to the greater good of this fandom, but the problem is I go so far down the bookmark/history rabbit hole I get sucked in all over again. Me and my bookmarks are like a squirrel and its acorns; I save 'em up then forget about them and years later it's like I've been blessed with a flood of good fic food.

been a number and a name by WynterSky and everything else by them. I love this fic. I love this author. I feel lucky just to have stumbled upon any of their work---their 1990s Tim/Kon work lives in my heart and I'll highly suggest it to anyone to give it a shot, even if you're not a fan of ships or TimKon. My bookmark note: CREAMY ORANGE POPSICLE OF FICS TRY TRY TRY

The Power of Family and This Stalker I Found by JackHawksmoor. Bookmark note:

hands in my hair mcfreaking incredible can i learn to write adrenaline scenes like this is there a course where is that course also i need to learn how to bedazzle a sash for this author a sash of wow so everyone knows wow WOW if anyone goes through my bookmarks click this one click this one i promise your circadian will be so messed up but you will like it you will mcfreaking enjoy the blurry word at hour 2 you will drink from the fountain of wow i feel like i'm on a rollercoaster like legit like stomach in my ribcage throw up out of excitement and also fear i've never actually been on a big kid rollercoaster ahHHHHH pacing flipping tables i don't know man I DON'T KNOW this is without words this is beat my fists through the fourth wall fall into the fifth dimension into the white water rapids that's where the fountain of wow comes from

READ THIS FIC

Anything by Vamillepudding. I am not subscribed to many authors, mostly because I'm forgetful, but I did remember to subscribe to them---and whenever I get a little alert my heart goes rahrahrah. Extremely talented writer.

Anything by incogneat_oh. One of the first authors I ever read; I found them over PINTEREST over a screenshotted tumblr post. I had no idea who this Tim character was, but thus my life was changed forever. Story in particular was Just Like You, but I read everything---and they have LOTS. God bless.

Obedience by Sohotthateveryonedied. I read lots from them, but Obedience I read very early into my tumble into Batman and it just sort of floats into my head from time to time, the way some fics do.

The Next Life by spqr. Another one that floats around the brain. Bookmark note: STUPENDOUS

contemplate the beauty of the earth by downwithtyranny. I'm a bit biased on this one, but it's short and sweet and pleasantly different. And written by a very smart person who I know for a fact picks up roadkill off the side of the road and fixes them up nice and pretty for study (if you ever meet a real-life-not-a-medical-doctor-biologist, you're in for a treat). Bookmark note:

Human achievement at its finest 👏 👏👏

s c i e n c e r u l e s

And for the holiday season---only you will have stars that can laugh by silverwhittlingknife. Though I did go through all their works---SUPERB Dick characterization.

[hazelmaines]

Curious anon here: When did you start writing (fic or non-fic)? And for fic, do you prefer writing AUs or canon universe? Because you’re amazing at both 😍

Thank you so much, curious and kind anon!! 🥰

I don't remember when I started writing, but every memory I have, I have a notebook and a pen with me. I was always writing stories. Now I have a phone that makes it even faster and easier! Love it.

My first fanfiction was a self insert OC and I don't remember if it was a Black Stallion rip off or a Romeo + Juliet rip off. I was 13. I wrote both that year. It was a lot of fun. I was a horse girl who loved Shakespeare. I had an old set of the Black Stallion books that I read so many times they were falling apart. I can't find them anymore and it makes me really sad TBH.

And I had a huge crush on baby Leo. He was too old for me then, and yet somehow I am too old for him now, even though he is still over a decade older than me!

Then in my twenties I was getting divorced and I read Harry Potter for the first time and I went through a huge fandom period there, live journal fanfiction saved me from the deepest depression and toughest time. My OTP was Remus/Sirius aka Wolfstar.

And now ... I write original stuff sometimes, write online content for industrial brands for work, and thought I would never write fan fiction again. But then I saw somebody on Reddit say "God bless the Haladriels, there are some really cute stories on AO3."

That was 5 months ago and I have written over 100,000 words since then?!?! About goddamn Galadriel and Sauron?!?

AU feels a lot easier and more natural and overall fun to write. But I think I take more satisfaction as a writer when I get the phrasing to cooperate and the details to ring true in a canon universe? Also, the stakes feel higher because it's not about two humans it's these power players in a cosmic level story!

[fragilecapric0rnn]

Steddie Fic Rec #2

Like most, the Steddie brainrot is still very much active. I’ve also discovered that I love making rec lists, so here is another! There’s not much cohesion to these ones other than the fact that I just really enjoyed them, so you should enjoy them too!  

In order by word count:  

Up the Punks by @sparklyslug 

Steve has good intentions, but does not realize that punks and metalheads are natural enemies

Explicit. Completed. (Word Count: 5,505)

Oh, sparklyslug, how you’ve managed to steal my heart with your Steve and Eddie in only five thousand-ish words. As if I could expect anything less from ½ of the brains behind the Fair Ithilien series, it makes perfect sense for their solo work to be fantastic! 

This fic is perfect if you’re looking for something short, sweet, and hilarious. Like the dialogue and characterization is just so *chefs kiss* I could basically see the interactions very clearly in my head and it’s just too good too perfect. 

the boys of summer by steveharringtoned

(Steve knows Eddie’s alive. Wayne’s the only one who believes him. So they team up to save him.)

Not Rated. Completed. (Word Count: 19,926) 

A very creative fix-it fic and like a very interesting and creative way in which Eddie is saved. I am honestly such a sucker for Uncle Wayne being included in the plot of fics, especially in the context of him being like ok sure there’s another dimension being hidden by the government, so how the hell do we save my boy. And Steve. He is just so stupidly brave and the characterization of him and his grief in this fic is just so good and different than what we typically see in fics from his POV. The dude is hurting and sometimes being hurt can be ugly and the way the writer shows that is just sooooo gooooood. 

all the missing girls are hanging out without us by @greatunironic 

“Here is a riddle: the answer is one.” Eddie Munson lives, and dies, and lives again.

Mature. Completed. (Word Count: 20,761) 

Another instance in which greatunironic does THAT. I have seen people call this a kind of feminist take on the ways in which the D*ffer Bros treat their women characters as plot devices and dispose of them at ease for the sake of the plot, and I couldn’t agree more. I don’t want to give too much away in this, but I will say this: Eddie’s characterization in this is SO GOOD. He spends the first chunk convincing himself that he’s tripping balls and if that isn’t an Eddie mood than idk what is. 

Quick note: the Steddie in this fic is more implied and is not the central focus of this fic. 

Not Exactly Napa Valley by @twiceasfar

The fake relationship AU that literally no one asked for. Featuring Steve and Robin as platonic soulmates, a destination wedding to a winery, and a thrilling quest to piss off Steve’s parents.

Robin lets out an exasperated sigh. “Eddie would be the perfect date for the wedding!”

Steve freezes.

“Whose wedding?” Eddie asks.

Mature. Completed. (Word Count: 28,900)  

This fic reminded my how much I love the fake dating trope. I always find it interesting to see everybody’s different takes on what Steve’s parents are like, and how we just all agree that they’re awful. Despite that, this fic was very fluffy and had me blushing and giggling like a child. The buildup was so good and the pace was perfect and I honestly love this fic so much. 

The Spaces In Between by @indibdraws

Steve Harrington, ex-lifeguard and babysitter extraordinaire, happens to be blessed with knowledge of first aid. Eddie is the recipient of this aid, and as he recovers he must learn to live with the fact that he owes his life to a prom-king with a 12 step haircare routine. This would be easier if he didn’t find said prom king so uncomfortably attractive.

And if the world would stop ending for five minutes.

Geez.

Explicit. Not Complete. (Word Count: 80,210) 

Typically, I try not to read fics that are unfinished, but this one ended up on my dashboard 5 times in the span of an hour and my impulse control is bad and THANK GOD IT IS BECAUSE HOLY HELL. THIS FIC. This writer should be in the writer’s room for s5 and it is honestly a crime that they aren’t. Like yes, this is a Steve/Eddie fic, but it is also SO much more. The use of canon to create an ending that was satisfying to the store and gave the characters their justice. I cannot explain how much this fic has ended up imbedding its way into my heart and soul. As soon as it's completed, I'm going to reread it again and again and even when s5 premieres I am probably going to prefer this over canon until the day that I die.

Doing Nothing With You by @red-0ak-tree 

Steve and Robin get a two bedroom in Hawkins. It's perfect, except for all the ways it isn't. Drafty windows, clogged drains, shitty landlord. But it's got a couch. A couch that's often occupied by Eddie Munson. Home isn't really the kind of thing Eddie has much of anymore, ever since his trailer became the primary source for all his nightmares. Luckily, he knows of a semi-comfortable couch where he's always welcome.

Despite all it's problem, the house has perks. Primarily, it's somewhere Steve can actually call home. Secondarily, it's somewhere he can share with the people he loves.

AKA: The fruity four live in a convoluted roommate situation, and romance happens along the way.

Mature. Completed. (Word Count: 106,402) 

The fluff. The fluff. THE FLUFF. Ok, yes, there is more to this story than fluff, but this fic makes you feel like your drinking a cup of tea on a rainy afternoon in your cozy living room and a comfy blanket. The way we see these two fall in love over the course of a year and the buildup and just the comfort. God. It’s just so good. I love seeing Steve’s relationship with Joyce and how he really leans on her and how she just loves him like one of her kids. If you loved Lovesick in Loch Nora, you’ll love this one! 

[x-populuxe]

Fic authors self-rec! ✨ When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you’ve written, then pass on to at least five other writers (if you would like to)!

Ahhh, thank you so much for tagging me, @gerec​!

I’ve published nine fics, and I honestly love all of them (lol is that a funny thing to say about your own work? I write the fic I want to read yada yada yada), but there are specific things I’m proud of with some of them, so:

1) “Contingency” (Charles/Erik, 74K words): the first fic I ever published, by far the longest one, and the only plotty multi-chapter story I’ve ever actually completed (god bless @1degosuperego). A canon-divergent AU of XMFC where Erik meets Emma a few years before the events of the film and they kill Shaw together, which subsequently alters the path of every other character/the course of history.

2) “Three Journeys” (Mystique/Angel, Charles/Erik, 33K words): In the same universe as “Contingency,” character studies from the POVs of Mystique, Emma, and Erik as they embark on three respective mutant-related trips. This is the only proper (not background) f/f I’ve published, and the whole thing took longer to write than any other fic, so I was v happy to finish (and proud of how it came out!).

3) “What We Inherit” (David & Charles, 20K words): Modern AU from the perspective of 15-year-old telepath David, who’s come to live with his father after his mother dies. A non-romantic slow burn! I wasn’t expecting to write a father-son genfic this year, but I loved doing it so much that I’m 32K words into writing a sequel lol. (That will be cherik, but still, the David & Charles relationship is at the center of it!)

4) “Unlived Histories (The Double Vision Remix)” (Charles/Erik, 18K words): My most recent fic and a remix of the wonderful “The Cost of a Good Man,” mirroring the original directly from Erik’s POV rather than Charles. (Tl;dr, Charles from another universe goes back in time to save Erik and his mother in the early 1930s, which dramatically alters not only Charles & Erik’s paths, but their personalities and worldviews.) This one let me draw on my several decades of reading 20th century queer fiction lol, and some parts actually left me pretty emotional as I was writing them.

5) “the way it travels in and keeps emitting light” (Charles/Erik, 30K words): Modern AU enemies to friends to lovers, where Charles and Erik’s antagonistic relationship starts to shift after Charles gets into a major accident. Most of my modern AUs are slow burns, but this is definitely the slowest, and I was really happy to be able to keep the thaw between them suuuuuper gradual and, as a result, hopefully relatively realistic.

Since I’ve barely been on Tumblr this month while traveling, I’m not sure who might have done this a few weeks back/who I could freshly tag. @midrashic? @joshriku? @rozf? Or outside X-Men fandom—@destinationtoast? I know you love self-analysis ahaha. :-))

[othercat2]

Which Boys?

@imhereformysciencefriends: Are these your boys?

Me: *thinking* Which boys? there are several boys!

*shows me animation of Xie Lian and Hua Cheng being devastatingly cute.*

Me: Yes, those are my boys.

Friend: They are very cute

Me: Yes, yes they are.

Friend: *may not know about the three different books and three different pairings that are coded light colors x red and black

Me: Okay, three novels! Three main ships! All with the same color coding!

Heaven Official's Blessing: A sweet martial god and the ghost king that luv him.

Xie Lian (White colors, armed with a long white bandage with its own angsty backstory, very STRONK, bound by two seals. Very Tired, would like everyone to Get Along because Very Tired. Trash collecting god, former martial god.)

Hua Cheng: (Red and Black Boyfriend! Decided he would be smartest and bestest boy who knows everything v. early on so he would be Worthy of His Prince. Also decided from some reason to be an awesome criminal kingpin. As you do. Only one eye! Ghost King with the awesome title Crimson Rain Sought Flower.)

Romance roughly goes "Spy vs. Spy is this guy Hua Cheng/alive or not?" through first volume. This is hilarious.

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: adhd necromancer and autistic paladin team up and fight crime...after the death of necromancer

Lan Wangji: (White colors, armed with a sword and carries his own angsty back story. Lawful Good. Has been grieving the death of adhd necromancer for a variable length to time depending on canon material (book vs live action). I would say he's pure of heart but uh...no.)

Wei Wuxian: (Red and Black Boyfriend! Has been through hell and back. Left with a sword and came back with a magic flute used for necromancing dancing. Completely shocked that he was summoned as an evil spirit to get vengeance, because he was the quietest and most peaceful of dead people. The most peaceful! Fastest flute carver in the cultivation world apparently. So smart he goes right back around to stupid. Does not realize Lan Wangji like-likes him.)

Scum Villain Self Saving System: Hate Reader must be the villain of the novel he hated. The villain that becomes a human stick. Hate Reader would like to avoid this. Meanwhile, the writer has to wade through his own crappy novel as yet another minor villain.

Shen Qingqiu: (White/Light colors! armed with a sword, a System and a desperate desire to not be tortured by the protagonist. Is too terrified (and trying to watch Protags meet cutes) to realize Protagonist has a crush on his dumb closeted ass.

Luo Binghe: (Red and Black Boyfriend! Does not understand how relationship is formed. Is angry and hurt because his beloved Shizun apparently betrayed him and he wants to find out why. Armed with evil sword, vast power and a protagonist halo that ensures he can never be defeated because the writer was writing power fantasy smut fic.

Bonus:

Shang Qinghua: (Light colors, or colors the exact same as his boy! The writer, forced to be another villain, who is meant to die at the hands of the character he basically wrote as romantic fulfillment. This fate was successfully avoided.)

Mobei-Jun: (White and black Boyfriend! This king is an ice demon and does not emote very well. Seems angry most of the time, or at least to writers with anxiety, with Shang Qinghua definitely has I think. Armed with Ice Powers and exasperation for servants who are referred to as hamsters in fanon.)

[holdmytesseract]

After @muddyorbsblr just shredded my heart with her beautiful, fucking amazing but utterly angsty story, I feel like this wonderful story of yours could mend my broken heart...

Then…there was a voice. Breathy, baritone, low, rich-and it whispered your name in echoes. 

Chills, bestie... I got literal chills! 🥺

“I will make a new one here- we will make a new one here…Thor and Frigga gave me their blessing before I left. They saw how happy we made each others…and that is what they want. I told them what you did. The people you saved…and they’re…they’re proud of you.”

Nooo, I'm not crying, not at aaaaall... 😭🥺

“This one…a man named Steve…or Marc…he’s three at once, it’s very complicated….” Loki explained.

I caught that reference, bestie! 🫡😉

“Asgard now has a new goddess…” he said. You went up, and kissed him. You cried as your lips touched. And there was a shudder that went through the trees and rattled through the forest like a wind. 

yes. Yes. YES! 😍

A year and a half went by before you knew it, as swift as mortals lives. the cottage had an infant girl living in it.  She had dark hair, and your skin and eyes. And she was starting to walk. You held her up by both hands in the grass before the forest.  

Ahagajahsggsa 😩❤️‍🩹

Motherhood was not going to stop your gifts and powers as a goddess of fate. You touched the vines and turned fates however. But you had to give happy ones to the friends of him. The ones who meant so much to him, did so much for him. For Mobius, you made sure his sons grew up healthy and strong and happy, with long vacations by lakes and oceans. For Ouroboros, you gave him several awards and successes as a writer and the inspiration and motivation to create, pour water into his own well, and never lose the joy of it. You made sure they all were safe and content. 

🥹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

You turned your face to the baby with a smile, and then to the portal door and the god of stories waiting inside.

'God of Stories'... The power of those words, I-... Fuckque... Chills. Again.

Wow... @smolvenger ... Just wow... This is beautiful... What a lovely fix it fic. 🥹❤️‍🩹

Yggdrasil (Loki x fem! Reader Oneshot)

Summary: Your husband, the god of mischief, has made the ultimate sacrifice for his friends, and the world...he lives, but now he is alone...that is until you choose to join him in his solitude and make a life there.

Warnings: MAJOR spoilers for the ending of the Loki series. Angst, but fluff and hurt/comfort. YN becomes a goddess in her YN-y moment. Brief mentions of sex and pregnancy, but no smut at all. Fix it Fic goodness. Canon and Norse mythology is not a code and more like a guideline. Is it accurate? I don't know. And this is fic world. Accuracy don't mean shit. I just want my boy to be happy after all that and do my part as a Loki fic writer after...THAT.

Word Count: 2K

@fictive-sl0th @ladycamillewrites @villainousshakespeare @holdmytesseract @eleniblue @twhxhck @lokisgoodgirl @lovelysizzlingbluebird @raqnarokr @holymultiplefandomsbatman @michelleleewise @wolfsmom1 @cheekyscamp @mochie85 @muddyorbsblr @asgards-princess-of-mischief @huntress-artemiss @ijuststareatstuffhereok89

A03//My Ko-Fi//My Etsy Shop//Masterlist//Wattpad

You walked over to the tree. It was incredibly beautiful. The vines reaching out. The colors are everywhere. The trunk of it twisting, twisting round. The blueness and soft greens that surrounded you. Light purple flowers high up, blossoming. You had heard of it in stories. Maybe dreamed of it once. But here…here in person it was even more beautiful.

“Hello there, Yggdrasil.” you greeted with a smile.

There was a breeze in the wind. It rattled the leaves above. The starry sky. It didn’t feel too cold here- it felt sweet, crisp. An early autumn night. You took several steps closer until you were right before the trunk. Your voice lowering.

“But I know who you really are…who is in there…” you continued.

The search had been long. It had been a month. A month since you saw him. The look on his face, and felt his sacrifice, his steps going forward. Now here it was-in person. Here he was.

It shivered in response. You went up, gently placing a hand on the bark. 

You felt the curves of your lips to a gentle frown. A voice that was not begging…only requesting. Soft, but grounded. As grounded as the tree was though in it’s magic it seemed like it floated where it grew.

“Please…take me to him…it is all I want, all I wish, all I ask for…please allow me to see him…even if it’s only once…”

Was your prayer answered? Even heard? You sucked in a breath, feeling your chest grow tight with anticipation. The delicate lines of both despair and hope on a thin line.The golden band around your finger felt tight- shimmering amidst the dark wood of the tree.

The vines relented. They thinned and opened up- as easily as silk. There was a glowing opening within the tree. You felt it- a stillness. As if you were waited. Expected.

Inside it, you took your steps into the heart of the tree. It felt like the cool mist, the light rain as you walked through-like the light rain that poured the first night you let him into your bed. Your heart raced, your palms clammy. 

Was this a mistake? The wrong one? It had to be…it had to! It couldn't have done that unless… it was really…no- was this it? Would Yggdrasil kill you? Destroy you for knowledge so intimate, so secret?

Branches, vines, leaves- so much wood here. There was a green light that glowed about it, shining everywhere- how perfect for him, you mused. 

Your head turned. Throat going dry and tight with dread, fear. You searched around. Eyes skittering through the thick vines.

You looked around-nothing but the greenery…

Then…there was a voice. Breathy, baritone, low, rich-and it whispered your name in echoes. 

The greenery opened up. You saw first horns. Then…

There, on a throne, surrounded by vines, there he sat. Pale and handsome. He was always handsome to you. Despite the lines of care, his drooping eyes…it was him. You knew that face- caressed it, kissed it so many times.

His eyes then lowered to you. Its blueness seemed darkened, dimmed. Then he looked at you, squinting. He whispered your name again, to you. You felt everything in you freeze. You wanted this. Processed it. It was real- very, very real.

“Is…is that…” he began to whisper.

Tears brimmed up your eyes and you cupped your mouth, as you felt them drop down your hand already.

“Loki it’s you!” you cried out.

Sobbing hard, you ran into him, almost tackling him into a hug. Crying so hard your whole body shook with each tearfall. So much your face felt hot, even as it scratched against his cloak- against the long vines. You felt his hands wrap around you. And you heard him just say your name again- an incantation. A spell to bring you back. A spell that worked. You cried as he held you, the vines around him shivering.

“What…what is it…why…why did you come here?” he asked.

You released the hug. Wiping off your tears with your sleeve like a little child. Your tone returned to the old teasing. 

“You silly man! What kind of wife abandons her husband?”

Loki’s mouth opened, but he said nothing. His face was in awe.

“I came here for you! I figured out how- and I did!” you replied.

He let out a deep sigh. He lifted his white hand, caressing your cheek. You leaned into it, enjoying the intimacy, his touch that you had been deprived of, that he had been deprived of too for so long.  

“You know I cannot leave this. Ever. I…I must do this, my love…I had to…to save all of them…to save you…I…I must make sure…their stories all…all are happy…are managed, well…even yours.” he voiced. His face serene, though a tear fell down across his cheek.

You then took his hand and clutched it. 

“Loki, the many times you comforted me when I cried. Stood by me. Protected me when I was in danger, scared. Saved me, even. And you know how…how lonely I would get in Asgard. Who else would run to my side to comfort me…but you. I shall do that for you!”

His eyes widened.

“But…you cannot give up your home, your life!” he replied.

You shook your head.

“I will make a new one here- we will make a new one here…Thor and Frigga gave me their blessing before I left. They saw how happy we made each others…and that is what they want. I told them what you did. The people you saved…and they’re…they’re proud of you.”

He blinked rapidly, more tears falling down. You lifted two of your hands- cupping his face lovingly. He had no choice but to look in your eyes.

“When we were married, we promised, before the AllFather and AllMother to always stand by each other...I will honor the vows I made on that altar, as you honored your vows to me,” you declared.

The wind rustled above. Inside, there were a few violet buds that dangled, moving slightly. Willing the flower to open.

“My darling….Asgard will lack its princess.”

“A mere consort? No! I am not an heir to anything! A mere accessory to a throne, a part of a painting…and nothing eles? And alone? Loki,  I don't need a palace, gold, riches, and titles…I only ask to be loved and safe…and Loki…you will be alone…now- you won’t be. I will stay by you. We will face this new part of your life together!”

There was a slight grown from the wood. Both of you looked about, your hands dropping. He nestled into the green cloak he wore around him. His helmet perfect for him- never once slipping off his head.

“It’s quiet here…there’s no one…nothing…a life of nothing…but making these stories” he mused.

“Then let me stay…let me help…if only…if only to be with you…I will live here. If not near- then give me access. I will stay here, come by every day. Visit for hours…just to be with you.”

“My darling…sweet, sweet wife…I was alone and I…I don’t have to…”

There were tears in his eyes.

“Thank you…thank you, my dear…”

He pressed his forehead to yours. The cold metal of the forehead touching your own. You only held hands. Felt each other- the love in your systems bursting forth.

A vine went to you, grazing against your arm. You lifted a hand.

“Which one is this?” you asked.

“This one…a man named Steve…or Marc…he’s three at once, it’s very complicated….” Loki explained.

You lifted a finger to touch it. There was a ripple. The vines shook, some of them went to you. You wondered…you lifted a hand. It allowed you to touch it. There was a small, reddish glow, it went up and through.

“You just…just…made something happen…something will occur for Steve…he’s about to learn what gifts he truly has…my dear…has this happened before?”

“No- not until now…”

“You think that…you have a certain…gift?” he asked.

The vines reacted in turn. You realzed as you touched them, you could help move these stories. Turn them- touching made something happen and Loki would tell you.

“My dear…you have a gift. One of fate…”

“Then…I guess I cannot leave now. You will help with stories. I will help with fates. We both have work to do.”

He smiled.

“Asgard now has a new goddess…” he said. You went up, and kissed him. You cried as your lips touched. And there was a shudder that went through the trees and rattled through the forest like a wind. 

It was an adjustment. Making a home just outside of the remains of the earth. Fortunately, you knew enough magic to get by. To transport and conjure food. Even gather some from the nearby village. Enough to make a garden, a home.

And every day, you walked out to Yggdrasil. Vanished for hours. Then returned. 

For the villagers, it was odd that a goddess of fate was just going about the streets getting groceries among them. You merely shrugged and laughed it off. 

You said your husband was busy. Quite busy. He had an important job-crucial one. Yet people wondered at you- the mysterious goddess who lived in a cottage by the woods, whose husband never appeared, and vanished into the forest. The forest at the end of the world, mind you- every day and returned with a smile on her face as if nothing happened. 

It was quiet and simple. No opulent balls and feasts of Asgard. But no fathers with clear favorites and tears and bloody battles with countless corpses and heartbreak either.

 How often you polished the horns on his helmet and washed his cloak by the river. Then he would tell you all about what happened. Fates and stories.  You would mend them, mind them. Determine what worked, what did not. And you would laugh and cry so hard over every story on earth of each person you would feel like a rag rung out…yet in a good way.

And you would wrap your arms around him. Sit on his lap on the throne, as you did back then so many times before. Kiss him and nuzzle into him. Feel his touch- remind him through the brush of your fingers through his dark curls. I am here, I am here, I am here. 

It was like being remarried- A honeymoon fortress of oak, willow leaves, and flower petals. The newness of your husbands role, his abilities. As well as yours. But without everything else…no, you didn’t need anything else. Only each other.

It was a month later, you knew the change. You felt it. The suspicion. The inkling you felt since you began your journey. Counting on your fingers from when it last happened, and your journey to him began, the timing was right. The intuition. The small ringing of a bell in the back of your head getting louder, and louder with each passing week. The one reason on the backburner that was never confirmed. And now it was. You both wanted it. Hoped for it. Now, though the circumstances could have never been guessed, you would both receive your wish. The confirmation long awaited. 

On Yule, you teasingly adored the tree in ribbons. Loki inside scoffed, rolling his eyes. But it only made you laugh harder. In Spring, you collect its flowers and put them in vases. In Summer, you cooled beneath it’s shade. Loki made sure your story was hte one most preciously protected, guarded. You made old charms from the flowers with his magic- for your safety and good health. Flowers worn over your head in crowns, on your neck. And in Autumn, you watched as they oranged and swirled. How lovely they were surrounding you as you held each other. 

A year and a half went by before you knew it, as swift as mortals lives. the cottage had an infant girl living in it.  She had dark hair, and your skin and eyes. And she was starting to walk. You held her up by both hands in the grass before the forest.  

“Come along Freya! There’s a good girl! A step at a time!” you cooed at her.

Who knew what her powers would be. What she was goddess of. But here, she wasn’t a goddess. She was just a baby.

She was Babbling as the grass tickled her feet. The loving, green dress you tucked over her. You held her tiny, chubby hand as she experimentally bent her knees. Then she made a sound of triumph.

Motherhood was not going to stop your gifts and powers as a goddess of fate. You touched the vines and turned fates however. But you had to give happy ones to the friends of him. The ones who meant so much to him, did so much for him. For Mobius, you made sure his sons grew up healthy and strong and happy, with long vacations by lakes and oceans. For Ouroboros, you gave him several awards and successes as a writer and the inspiration and motivation to create, pour water into his own well, and never lose the joy of it. You made sure they all were safe and content. 

 You scooped little Freya up your arms, giving her a kiss on the side of her head. She was behaving well- not crying loud to wake the whole village. Needing perhaps a cradle from the vines of Yggdrasil again in Norns Know what time of night if she was especially fussy. 

You walked her again to the tree. She looked out with her wide eyes. One hand trying to touch the leaves, the vines, the branches. A thing of flowers bloomed for her. One leafy vine went over to graze her cheek. She kicked in enthusiasm, giggling in such pure joy.

 You smiled at her and then at Yggdrasil. Seeing the portal open once again.

 Knowing he was inside again- to see her. Meet her. Hold her as he did when she was a swaddled newborn to be brought- for him to just hold her. Despite the great loneliness of Loki’s inital fate, you all did everything to change it. He would meet Freya and watch her grow up. He would see her, hold her, love her. Again. Again. And again. 

You turned your face to the baby with a smile, and then to the portal door and the god of stories waiting inside.

“Freya- let’s go see your father.”

[wangxianficrecs]

Follower Recs

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Hello Mojo, hope you're doing well and that you had a good break! I wanted to signal boost the MDZS May Diaspora event collection on AO3, and point out my favorite fic from there: 归心似箭 | Longing to Go Home by dragongirlG! It's both tender and bittersweet and it features such mature writing. The author got some hate for it when it initially got posted so I wanted to counter that and give it some love instead! [Who would do such a thing?!  @dragongirlg-fics I’m sorry that happened to you, and here, have *so many hugs!* I’ll try to do a thing just for the diaspora event, but meanwhile, I’ll just treat this as a follower rec.]

归心似箭 | Longing to Go Home

by dragongirlG (M, 8k, wangxian)

Summary:  The destruction of the Yin Tiger Seal does not kill Wei Wuxian; it ages him instead. He takes shelter in a cave expecting to die, but instead he lives, slowly learning to embrace life with each new day.

Thirteen years later, a young man with a Lan forehead ribbon stumbles into the cave. His name is Lan Sizhui.

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Hi Momjo!!! I recently read the most *adorable* fic, and I loved it so much that it dragged me out of seclusion (read: social anxiety cave) to rec it. It's called 'Covered in Bees' by ScarlettStorm in which the Cloud Recesses is an apiary, and Wei Wuxian has suddenly found himself host to a swarm of bees. ~ @akyra-talanoa

Covered in Bees

by ScarlettStorm (T, 8k, wangxian)

Summary: “Cloud Reccesses Apiary,” says a toneless, deep masculine voice, with zero question in it. Wei Ying doesn’t care, because whoever possesses that voice is probably going to come save him from bees like a fucking hero while wearing like, a suit of armor. That’s what you wear to catch bees, right?

“I have like, so many bees outside my front door right now,” he says, mouth running out ahead of him before he can even begin to think about reining it in. “It’s like a sandstorm of bees out there. There are so many bees. I got out of my car and there were just bees and I don’t want these bees. Do you want these bees? Please tell me you will come get these bees. I can’t leave my house and I have enough food for maybe a week but then I’m gonna have to learn how to cook dry beans and no one wants that, especially not me.” Wei Ying runs out of air, takes a breath, and belatedly adds, “My name is Wei Ying. Hi.”

Or: The beekeeping AU that no one asked for.

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Hi, you are a bless to this fandom. Your blog feels like a library, so thoroughly arranged and always within hand reach. [Thank you, wow!]  Recently, I was going through Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn is a Wēn tag and came across a fanfic, it has 3 chapters till now and is so intriguing that i thought to recommend it to you. I don't know if I can recommend or if you have already checked the story, The legendary Phoenix and his Dragon by Devipriya. I am in love with this story. I hope you will enjoy it too, do check it out

The legendary Phoenix and his Dragon

by Devipriya (T, 7k, wangxian)

Summary:  Wen Wuxian, the essence of who he is, he is a naughty child, a prankster, an enchanting dizi player, a graceful dancer, an irresistible lover, a truly valiant warrior, a ruthless vanquisher of his foes, a man who left a broken heart in every home, an astute statesman and kingmaker, a thorough gentleman, a righteous individual of the highest order, and the most colorful incarnation.

He has been seen, perceived, understood and experienced in many different ways by different people. Different people saw different facets of who he is. For some, he is God. For some, he is a crook. For some, he is a lover. For some, he is a fighter. He is so many things.

But the phoenix, seen from the eyes of time was just a playful man. A man who plays with his awareness, with his imagination, with his memory, with his life, with his death. An individual who does not just dance with somebody. He dances with life. He dances with his enemy, He dances with the one he loves, He dances even at the moment of his death.

To taste an essence of who is Wen Wuxian, be with me in the journey of exploration, NO! playful exploration of life of a playful man.

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Hi! Thanks for running this blog, it's helped me find so many fics. For your next follower recs post, I wanted to rec "This love like a flood, a fire, a fear" by natcat5. Its summary is vague (which I suspect is why it isn't better known) but it is a beautiful retelling of canon from LWJ's POV with slight canon divergence. I love the author's characterization of him and the prose is gorgeous. It is easily my favorite fic in the entire fandom, and I don't say that lightly. ~ @nyanja14

This love like a flood, a fire, a fear

by natcat5 (M, 57k, wangxian, lan wangji & lan xichen)

Summary:  “I will love you as misfortune loves orphans, as fire loves innocence, and as justice loves to sit and watch everything go wrong.”   - Lemony Snicket

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i came to this ask to rec this baseball one called "Waiting for Spring" by thievinghippo on ao3. It somehow made me care about baseball soooo 'nough said ~ @scifikimmi

Waiting for Spring

by thievinghippo (E, 131, wangxian)

Summary:  “It is a well-known fact across the major leagues that one does not smack Lan Wangji’s ass.”

Wei Wuxian rolls his eyes. Everyone smacks everyone’s ass in baseball. It’s how the game is played. Lan Wangji does not get to be exempt from this most sacred of baseball traditions.

Wei Wuxian will make sure of that.

Or, a Major League Baseball AU

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hi mojo! i wanted to rec Something Good by boxoftheskyking (a loose sound of music/canon divergence au) and also MDZS: The Golden Engine by iffervescent (immortal wangxian modern au where they gotta solve a mystery and save china, featuring jiang cheng/lan xichen)

Something Good

by boxoftheskyking (T, 43k, wangxian)

Summary:  "That Wei Wuxian, you know he used to be such a promising cultivator. Head Disciple of the Jiang Clan, can you believe it? You see, juniors, the punishment for traveling the path of demonic cultivation. No golden core, not so much as a whisper of spiritual power."

As a punishment for real and imagined crimes, Wei Wuxian is sentenced to work at Cloud Recesses as the lowest of servants. When a surprising reassignment lands him with eleven children to care for, everything changes again.

A Sound of Music AU

MDZS: The Golden Engine

by iffervescent (E, 82k, wangxian, xicheng)

Summary:  In the modern era, immortals Lan Zhan and Wei Wuxian return to Gusu. New evil and old friends + new friends and old evils.

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Hi Mojo! First of all let me just tell you that you are amazing and this blog is like a gift from the gods! Bless you and your endless patience and hard work. [Oh, thank you so much!]  I know that you have just accepted follower recs and I have missed miserably but I still wanted to write and bring attention to a writer by the pseudo Xiao_Hua on ao3, I think they are quite good and I just recently found the account with so much content. If you do have the time to check them out, I'd rec catfish, my fox or the red ribbon.

The Red Ribbon

by Xiao_Hua (M, 21k, wangxian, TGCF crossover)

Summary:  Wei WuXian died but not before saving HanGuang-Jun and A-Yuan, leaving so much more behind than just his ribbon.

My Fox

by Xiao_Hua (E, 13k, wangxian)

Summary:  Once he headed to YiLing that all changed for him. His priorities have been mingled with and ordered in complete disarray even without him noticing as he was left heavily influenced by a creature.

Or one where Lan WangJi is a dragon-spirit and he finds his mate in the form of a fox.

Catfish

by Xiao_Hua (E, 15k, wangxian)

Summary:  Wei WuXian has a common sense that believes it has a nine-to-five job while Lan WangJi finds that incredibly hot.

Or one where two catfish realise that neither of them truly catfished.

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Hi Mojo i'm recommending this amazing fic it is called song of joys and regrets. it's a time travel AU it's amazing. And your Blog is a Godsend Thank you! [Aw, you’re so sweet!]  ~ @highgoddess

Song of Joy and Regrets

by HelloKitten (not rated, 59k, wangxian, WIP)

Summary:  The Archery competition at Qishan this year has hit a snag. As the Sects face the wrongs perpetrated by their future selves, Wei Wuxian finds himself adopted by half of the cultivation world who are determined to save him from himself.

Baby Wangxian suffers. Adult Wangxian's job here is done.

"I'm starting to see a pattern to all his plans..." "Do they all involve him being bait?" "Yes" came deadpanned responses.

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Here’s a 2021 Reverse Big Bang entry, in time for Father’s Day; [Oops, my bad, sorry!]  Under a Blanket of Black Wings, by ChaoticAndrogynous (#31398395); LWJ, recuperating from the 33 lashes, tells A-Yuan a series of fairytales about a heroic monster and the brave little boy he befriended. Vampire! WWX (in the framing story as well as the story-within-the-story); happy ending.

Under a Blanket of Black Wings

by ChaoticAndrogynous (T, 19k, wangxian)

Summary:  Lan Wangji tells A-Yuan a bedtime story about a beautiful monster and the brave little boy who was his friend. Thirteen years later, the monster returns.

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Hello Mojo! Have you read ‘Key Differences’ by Pupeez4eva? Its a MDZS!WWX meets CQL!WWX and its really good! [It’s on my list!]

Key Differences

by pupeez4eva (T, 6k, wangxian)

Summary:  “I don’t understand,” Wei Wuxian said, while his alternate self continued to stare at him with almost a look of hurt in his eyes. There was longing in there too, which Wei Wuxian would have easily recognised if he paid enough attention. “How could you not get together, after everything. What even went on in the Guanyin Temple if you didn’t confess?”

“The Guanyin Temple,” Wei Ying repeated incredulously. “You’re asking me if I confessed at — honestly, a lot went on that day. It was a life and death situation. There was no confessing.”

Wei Wuxian stared at him, appalled.

(Wherein Wei Wuxian ends up meeting an alternate version of himself who, much to his horror, never married Lan Wangji. Obviously he has to do something to fix this).

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Hey Mojo i would recommend this fanfic if you already haven’t, it’s called “ take me back to a time “ by DizziDreams. It’s sooooo good

take me back to a time

by DizziDreams (T, 144k, wangxian, 3zun)

Summary:  Wei Ying has a lot on his plate right now.

It’s finals week -- which isn’t so bad. He’s never had to study much to do well in classes. But that just means that things are that much more tense with Jiang Cheng, who, as far as Wei Ying can tell, only takes study breaks long enough to glare at Wei Ying where he sits on the couch playing video games.

It’s not studies that have Wei Ying stressed out. It’s everything else. It’s the recruitment for the research trial he’s coordinating. It’s jiejie and her impending marriage to His Royal Douchebag Jin Zixuan. It’s the volunteer work at the palliative care facility. It’s Wen Ning’s worsening condition. It’s Wen Qing working herself thin to care for her brother and Wen Yuan. It’s the way Wen Yuan never seems to have enough food.

So, yeah. There’s enough on Wei Ying’s plate already, meaning it’s not entirely welcome when he comes home and finds a man standing in his bedroom. A man in extravagant white robes, a ribbon tied around his forehead, long hair gathered into a topknot, fist clutching a sword at his side, who asks him, “Where am I?”

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Idk if this has already been rec’d (I’ve been off the grid for a while now), but there’s this absolutely incredible fic called Restitution by an anon on ao3 people should definitely check out!

this one?

on restitution

by Anonymous (M, 78k, wangxian, jin ling & wei wuxian, lan sizhui & wei wuxian, WIP)

Summary:  When Wei Wuxian regains consciousness, he is in a bed. A real, proper bed, not the slab he called a bed in his cave in the Burial Mounds.

Jiang Cheng is glowering above him.

Wei Wuxian doesn't die during the siege of the Burial Mounds. Rather, he is captured in secret and confined at Lotus Pier. Things change accordingly.

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Hi momjo! I feel like every time I come to your blog there's twenty more new and amazing fics for me to read. Thank you for everything you do for this fandom!  [Thank you, sweetie!  And yes, I think there ARE 20 new fics every day out there in the fandom.  It’s amazing!] Today I come bearing my own rec to you. I've recently read this and it's IMO one of the best fics out there. It's called Lapsteel by carriecmoney and it's a modern stormchaser AU featuring country songs and coming home. ~ @manaika-chan​

Lapsteel

by carriecmoney (T, 42k, wangxian)

Summary:  Now and then, I think about you now and then...

It's been thirteen years since Wei Ying ran for the prairies, leaving behind a family in shambles and a secret on the Pacific wind. What happens when the storm he swirled catches up to him?

Modern AU with country music star Lan Zhan, stormchaser Wei Ying, and shared crossroads.

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[woulddieforloki]

Your blog has been visited by Lokitty of positivity. Name 5 fics you've enjoyed lately and why you think they're amazing.

I'm so confused because I know I've followed you before but tumblr seems to think I wasn't following you so I refollowed you but now I'm paranoid that it was a glitch and it's gonna unfollow you so catch me checking your account every 20 minutes for the rest of the night to make sure tumblr's not gonna unfollow again fhskjfhakj

LOKITTYYYYYY FHSKJHFJAK HE'S SO CUTE 🥺🥺🥺

okie, top five fics I've read recently are:

Fix You, a FrostIron fic by ZappyTiel. I'm not caught up yet because it's 400k words, but I started reading it at like 7 pm one night and I finally put it away at almost 3 in the morning iirc because I was in school and I figured I shouldn't fuck up my sleep schedule too badly. This is literally my favorite fic of all time ever, and I refuse to allow myself to catch up because I don't know how to go through life knowing that I can't just sit down and spend the next five hours reading it. If anyone's going to read it, heed the warnings -- there's noncon, very graphic depictions of violence and torture, and it comes with a strong urge to break through the screen and give Loki a hug because this poor little man has been through so much and he's finally found love (even if he refuses to let himself have it at first) and he's so scared that he's going to lose it and the worst part is that he would lose it if his secret came out and if they realized it was him and god dammit Tony go give him another fucking hug before I tear through this fourth wall that separates our worlds and do it myself

Stranger... Not Danger?, a Frostwidow fic by ChocolateXMyMouth. I happen to be blessed with a fantastic writer as a best friend, and though it was a bit of a struggle to figure out which one of his fics I would put in this post because I literally love them all, this one's gotta take first place because it's so fucking funny. He's just??? In the walls??? Taking the piss out of people??? The fucking Cheetos??? Thor is at peak himbo??? Absolutely iconic.

Infinitely Mine, a Lokane fic by lodgedinmythoughts. I actually read this one a while ago, but it kinda lives rent-free in my brain. Loki and Jane are in the Soul Stone, and there's just something about the writing that you just know it. I just love the ambiance and the whimsical feeling of it all.

The Enchanted Tube of Pleasureable Transmission, a Stony fic by valdomarx. Listen. I don't read a whole lot of smut fics. It's not really my thing. Hell, neither is Stony, for that matter. I don't know if I've ever read a Stony fic before. But through a series of unfortunate events, I somehow stumbled on this fic yesterday, and I thought the summary was so fucking funny, I just had to give it a chance, and I am so glad I did. Tony just??? Fuckin??? Asks Strange to make him a magic fleshlight??? So he can??? go??? fuck himself??? And then Steve accidentally picks up this magic fleshlight with no idea that it's magic, and poor Tony doesn't have the heart to tell him that he can feel everything Steve is doing to it 😭 😭 😭

Not So Bad, a gen Loki and Tony fic by playinggalaga. I've had a fic planned for a few months now where Tony helps fix Loki up post-Avengers and to work through his trauma, so stumbling upon a fic about Tony helping save a poor half-dead Loki immediately piqued my interest. There's a lot that I like about it, but I think the dialogue's gotta be my favorite part. It really does capture both Tony and Loki's snark perfectly.

[thetragicallynerdy]

Okie dokie, I ran out of spoons Friday after making this thread on twitter BUT finally have the time to copy it over, here are a bunch of my recs!! I've got an older list of OFMD recs over here (most of which are Jim-centric in some way, several of which are also on this list), but it needs to be updated, so here's some of my favourite TealOranges and Garlic Soup recs!!

Disclaimer: this is by no means all of the TealOranges & Garlic Soup fics I adore, it is merely the ones that I a) already had on a twitter list, b) had in my bookmarks, c) remembered because my memory is terrible. Anyway, here are some fics I love!!

1) Two by the wonderful @nevershootamockingbird!!

Suck the Rot Right Out Of My Bloodstream - Jim/Olu. Post S1, this fic is about Jim on the Kraken's ship. It's beautiful and sad and I fucking adore this fic, it is one of my all-time faves. Jim+Frenchie+Lucius friendship!! Super sad and yet hopeful!!

there's orange juice in the kitchen - this is the sweetest Jim/Olu sick fic, I have read it so many times and will read it many again, it's just lovely and so perfectly Jim/Olu

2) Some Say Its A Blessing by @swallowtailed

Jim/Olu. This is another Post s1/Kraken era fic. Jim and Olu are soulmates who feel each other's pain. The fic explores them meeting, on Stede's ship, post-s1, and reunion. Gorgeous hurt/comfort, lovely imagery, the fic that I like to say made me lay down on my couch because I was Having A Moment.

3) I have two for you by @yerbamansa, all of their fics are amazing but I especially adore their Jim/Olu stuff!!

The Revenge Ranch series - a lovely character-based series where Jim and Olu go out west to work on Stede's farm. Trauma and healing and tenderness.

The Way Things Are Going - God. This fic y'all. It's one of the rare long TealOranges fics, and it's also SO GOOD. Post-apocalyptic, Jim and Oluwande on a roadtrip to save the world (kinda, in a low key way), full of hope and finding new ways of living and lovely Jim/Olu (with hints of Garlic Soup polycule along the way).

4) Another author with two I'm going to rec - @oluwandesorange!! Camp has a ton of amazing tealoranges and garlic soup fics, so here are two of my faves!

All Things Grow, a t4t Jim/Olu 'The Bear' AU. Hot smut and GREAT gender vibes and did you know 'Yes Chef' is a gender-neutral phrase??

Wherever We're Together, That's My Home - a lovely sapphic tealoranges fic. Roommates Jim and Olu, falling together in the best of ways.

5) Yet another author with multiple fics!! @alfalfairy is one of my all-time fav Jim-centric authors, please go scroll through her Ao3 if you haven't before. Three of my faves are:

Drink Of the Feeling Of Quiet Again - this is a post-canon (S1 specifically) fic where Jim returns to St. Augustine to care for aging Nana. Trauma, healing, and gorgeous Jim/Olu. This is one of my favourite OFMD fics.

Till Human Voices Wake Us, And We Drown - this is a series in which Jim is a merperson, but like, the scary kind XD It's SUCH a fucking good series, the installments are all easy reads, highly recommend giving it a try!!!

Bitter Like Whiskey, Sweet Like Wine - A long pre-series fic that follows through into Season 1. Ahhh, I just love this exploration of JIm and Oluwande meeting and falling together. It's not finished, but still well worth the read.

6) Tenderness, Above All by @jackuntiljune

Fuck, this fic is SO GOOD. It's a long plotty hurt/comfort fic that switches between Ed/Stede and Jim/Olu. Hornigold, now a pirate hunter, captures the crew. If you're a whump fan, this is the fic for you!!

7) Make Your Peace With Weariness and Let It Be by @anirondack

@anirondack - this is a stunning Jim character study, starts at their childhood to post-s1. Absolutely gorgeous writing, weaves in catholicism beautifully. Imo, a Jim/Olu must-read. https://archiveofourown.org/works/38584641

8) @anabsolutetwat is another of my fav Jim/Olu writers - go check out C's Ao3 if you haven't!! Two faves are:

How To Get Away With Murder Before Summer Vacation - this is a long modern au where Jim is a highschool teacher who is trying to kill Alfeo de la Vaca. Lovely Jim/Olu relationship.

It Has To Occur Organically - a silly and cute little Jim/Olu in which Jim tries very hard to get Olu to hold a knife between his teeth, like he did in the raid, organically. I love this one, it's peak dumbass Jim Jimenez

9) Be Gay, Do Crime by @ophelia5wims

A heist fic!!! Oceans 8 style, but gayer. This one has a really solid Jim/Olu b-plot, and features amazing badass Jim and sweetheart Olu. I really enjoyed it, it was a lot of fun.

10) Another fav Jim/Olu series is Mintpepper's Oluwande/Jim Collection - 5 fics, has one of my fav Jim smuts of all time, lovely h/c and character studies.

11) orange & teal by @owlinaminor

this is another series! It's an early one in the fandom, and fuck, this series is so so good. Both Jim and Olu POV, I adore how Jim and Olu are written in this series SO much. Canon time period, explores backstory and more.

12) Made A Promise When I Left For The Coast by @aletterinthenameofsanity - this is a very long (40+fics) alt S2/post-s2 Jim/Olu/Archie & Lucius/Izzy/Pete series. I've only read a couple, but what I have read was fantastic. If you're looking for a really meaty series, this is it.

13) Here Be Monsters by @clairegregoryau

This is a really long Ed/Stede centric fic, but it has a fantastic (and substantial) Jim/Olu b-plot. Long and plotty, involving treasure hunting and the siete gallos. Action hero Jim!! Jimenez family secrets!! I listened to the podfic (by kninjaknitter) which was A++

14) La Jayaera by ladymixerlot

Jim/Olu, A Fast and Furious AU, Olu is a private detective and former street car racer hired to investigate Jim's gang. Wonderfully plotty but also character-centric, slow burn galore. I loved this one.

15) Both of Them by @halfeatenmoon

A Jim/Archie smut one!! Jim/Archie fucking after cutting off Izzy's leg. Very hot, very bloody, captures both of them so well.

16) Leda House and the Kraken 'Verse by @dragonmuse

Jim/Olu, the Drag Queen AU. I fucking love this series. It's primarily Stede/Ed and Lucius/Izzy/Pete focused, but gorgeous exploration of other characters. Bring Me A Higher Love, the Jim/Olu backstory one, is my fav.

17) Like Pearls In A Pod by squidcats

Garlic Soup Polycule. Archie and Jim go on a mission to 1) find Zheng a gift 2) stop whoever is making hot topic shirts of Jim's face. It's hilarious and very sweet!

18) Daybreak by QueerCanonCo

A fucking gorgeous Jim/Olu poem, it's a quick read but will linger with you for a long time. Folks who've read my latest fic know I'm a sucker for Oluwande as the sun metaphors, and this poem leans into that BEAUTIFULLY

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ALRIGHT that's the end of this first round of recs!! Please expect more recs from me in the future, I am going to be trying to rec at least one new fic that's NOT on this list during the entirety of Garlic Soup Week!!

Other folks, please feel free to add on or self rec, I love learning about new fics I might not've found on ao3 or might have forgotten about!! Aand if you're on this list and I didn't tag you, please let me know and I can do so, it means I couldn't find you XD

It's Fic Rec Friday!! With TealOranges & Garlic Soup Week just around the corner, what are some of your favourite TealOranges and Garlic Soup fics? Let's spread some love for older fics!!

[collecting-stories]

JJ Maybank Rec List - 6/20

I’ve seen some people do rec lists and I know I have a wealth of JJ fics that I ABSOLUTELY adore so I wanted to comply them all here!!! So, here’s my JJ Maybank Rec List as of 6/20.

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This list is in no particular order: 

1. Happiness is a Butterfly : @johnb-routledge

  - I think I’ve read this a few dozen times at least, I really love it. And I love the way JJ is written in this one too.

2. Best Friends to Lovers : @sunflowerbecca

  - I love that this is broken up into moments in their life together. Definitely my favorite JJ piece she’s written though her whole masterlist is worth a read.

3. For Me : @obx-sos

  - Any of her JJ pieces are incredible, her characterization is spot on. This one in particular I love just because it deals with mental health in such an honest way. 

4. Untitled : @obx-writings

  - I don't actually know if this has a title but it’s one of my all time favorite JJ pieces I’ve read on here. Honestly, it’s in a league of it’s own.

5. Day One, Done : @ijustreallylovethem

  - I haven’t read a lot of in-the-future fics but this was one of them and it’s just so sweet honestly. Imagining JJ with a family😍

6. My God, You’re a Sweet Thing : @maybankiara

  - I love this! Prom night JJ? Please!! Honestly I’ve loved everything she’s written. It’s really wonderful, like it’s out of this world how good she is. 

7. Badass in Heels : @midnightmagicmusings

 - This is basically the latest thing I’ve read by her and that’s why I chose it because honestly it was a  hard fucking choice like, there isn’t a bad fic on this masterlist. And her HOH stories are really great.

8. Fools Gold : @outerbxrafe

  - I’m a sucker for a friends to lovers and this one is so good. I’ve read it quite a few times! Along with everything else on her masterlist.

9. Not Just Any Guy : @johnbstwinkie

  - There aren’t too many JJ x m!reader fics that I’ve read but this is one of my favorites! Just really well written. 

10. There for You : @johnbstwinkie

  - I didn’t wanna rec anyone twice but I have to because I love this fic too much not to include it on my list. I love JJ in this! 

11. Longing for You : @poguesrforlife

  - This 100% has to go on my list! This was the first JJ fic that I read and it’s still one of my top favorites! 

12. The Four Times He Heard You and the One Time He Didn’t : @lifesabe-ch​

  - I mean I even wrote a fic inspired by this fic, how could it not be on my list lol. It’s such a good fic, I still can’t get over it.

13. Sunburnt : @lifesabe-ch​

  - Sorry I’m breaking my rule again. I love this fic and it’s too good not to put on this list.

14. Police on my Back : @milamaybank​

  - Hands down one of my favorite obx writers on here and definitely one of my favorite JJ fics. This is truly a masterpiece. 

15. Only a Little : @uwubonebabie​ 

  - So...first JJ in that gif. And then...JJ in that fic. So good. Just serious perfection. 

16. Graveyard : @amandaisverycute​

  - Finding this fic on tumblr was honestly like a blessing. The writing is so good and JJ is spot on. I love this to pieces. 

17. Name : @woogity-boogity-pogues​

  - This is so cute! I’ve seen a lot of name speculation/name fics about what JJ stands for and this is definitely one of my favorites.

18. Consent : @obxfishon

  - It’s not letting me tag this because her blog was labeled adult but this is such a good fic and such an important topic. I really love it, I’ll tag it when I’m able.

19. I’m Right Here : @winchester-books​

  - As it turns out the anon who requested this sent the same request to me. That being said, this one is like 12952984957 times better than the version I wrote. 

20. It’s Just Polyester : @thebutterflyonhischest​

   - The angst! But also the talent! This is such a good fic and it’s got a sequel which just makes it even better!

21. September : @rudethstyles​

  - I was only going to include 20 on this list but realized I hadn’t added this and had to include it because it’s such a good fic. Like...so so good. 

22. Is There Somewhere : @pogue-writings​

  - This is so sad and so beautiful and I’ve read it so many times. Also, here’s her whole masterlist cause there is not a fic on there that isn’t this beautifully written. 

23. Midsummers : @softstarkey​

  - Again, worth reading everything she’s written because it’s all flawless. But Midsummers is up there with my like, top 5 favorite JJ fics. 

24. Sober : @poguegarbage​

  - I saved this fic and kept putting off reading it and finally read it and just thought...I could’ve been reading this all this time? This fic is so good, I love everything about it and JJ in it. 

25. Coconut Breeze : @outerbxrafe​

  - not a xreader fic but so good. I love  JJ x m!oc so much and I had to include it. Beautiful, simply. 

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Masterlists I love:

1. @outrbanks​ masterlist : there are two JJ fics and a series all worth reading.

2. @normatural​ masterlist : literally adding new, amazing fics daily.

3. @extratragic​ masterlist : I could not possibly pick just one fic to rec. (soon to be @louisolos)

4. @obxsummer​ masterlist : all the best stuff lives here.