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[gracieart]

“When we stop again… can you show me how that contraption works?” … “Trying to figure out what it does has been driving us all crazy.”

Genuinely cannot believe this was a canon scene. Had to go and draw this as soon as I read it.

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I had this (very) fluffy Supercorp idea floating around and commissioned @heeeygracie Gracie M for some chibi cuteness to get it out of my head :)

Couldn’t have chosen a better artist for this — such a great experience and not only did she bring it to life with her trademark humour and details, but also her suggestions enhanced everything.

If you haven’t, check out her Zhaojudicator and SC Kissing Booth recent works (slightly obsessed with them :D) (but, like, also her other works, so many styles, all so good!)

[gracie-rosee]

2024 wrapped (Gracie’s doodles)

A couple of these are not from 2024, but I just chose my favorite faces and hands from sketches and finished pieces I created in this past year and a half, posted on @gracieart.

So let’s just call this a #faceyourart challenge. Except my face is nowhere to be seen here lol.

All but two of these are from SJMs books and as I go into 2025 I’m realizing I would like to branch out some more. TOG and ACOTAR got me into sharing my art with you guys, but recently I have been exploring new works and creating with different mediums. I’m excited to see where this year will take me! :)

Love u guys 4ever!

[jamearts]

Commission for check2you_ feat. GracieArt Ankha grew bigger and kissier! Gracie Bell © GracieArt Ankha © Nintendo

If you're reading this, support me on Ko-fi if you want <3 https://ko-fi.com/jamearts

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[harleychick91]

So cute! 😂

To the anon who asked if I would draw the Danvers sisters! <3 But I think it turned out a bit Dansen with a hint of Supercorp also haha

[foundress0fnothing]

2024 Fic Writer End of Year Roundup

Thanks for the tag, @popjunkie42! 💕

Answer and then tag three or more creators to keep the game going!

(If you're in my answers consider yourself tagged if you'd like to play!!)

1. How many words did you publish on AO3 in 2024?

57,016! It's by no means a lot, especially compared to what some are able to produce, but I'm pretty pleased with them.

2. How many fics did you complete this year?

4, all for acotar

3. How many in progress or ongoing fics did you start this year?

I have 3 published WIPs that I started this year: my Feysand secret santa for @beesays, and two Nessian-centric, modern AU WIPs. I have a partially published Azris academia WIP from 2023 hanging around as well that I haven’t given up on yet. I've started, but not yet published, a Feysandnyx first war AU that I'm planning to start publishing around my birthday (in mid-February).

4. What was your favorite thing you wrote?

I am forever in love with pied piper Feysand, whistles far and wee. I was also really pleased with how my elucien week fic, what lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why, turned out!

5. What piece was your most experimental or different from your usual style?

There’s not much of it yet, but leave a kiss but in the cup is probably the most experimental for me—it’s a long fic (or it will be) and the first thing I’ve written in present tense.

6. Did any fics surprise you - either while writing or their reception?

what lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why, I think—I had no idea where the second chapter would go when I published the first one—it was purely vibes and thots 😌

7. Do you have a fic you wrote and loved that went under the radar? (This is your sign to reblog/repost it!)

leave a kiss but in the cup—it definitely has a modern romance novel feel and is still very much a wip, and so the fact that it didn’t get a lot of attention wasn’t a surprise.

8. Who is an artist that inspired you?

There are so many wonderful artists that I couldn’t possibly name them all, but to name a few: @witchlingsandwyverns, @laxibbeb, @velidewrites, @stickyelectrons, @janearts, @froggybogwitch, @artinelysian, and @gracieart. 💗

9. Who is an author that inspired you?

SO! MANY! How can I choose?? But I’m so grateful for the community and inspiration offered by people like @popjunkie42, @yourstarsmyscars, @violetasteracademic, @beesays, @rosanna-writer, @the-lonelybarricade, @separatist-apologist, @thesistersarcheron, @dustjacketmusings, @jsmelodies, @reverie-tales, and @shadowriel.

10. Who is a new author you discovered?

Again, so many wonderful, wonderful folks, but I want to shout out @violetasteracademic! I’ve loved getting to know her this year—she writes the Archeron sisters beautifully and is a revolutionary beta reader 😘

11. Did you do any collaborations? How did it start?

Not this year! Over the summer, I tossed around the idea of an acotar key fic with @popjunkie42, @beesays, @witch-and-her-witcher, and @climbthemountain2020, and we went so far as to create all our throuple groupings, but I don't think any actual writing happened 😅 Maybe for 2025...

12. What accomplishments are you proudest of?

Honestly, just getting some writing done at all this year. PPD was a bitch, and 9/10 I will choose to read in my downtime rather than write, and so the fact that I ended the year with words at all feels like a pretty big win to me.

13. What did you learn about writing or creating this year?

The joy of sprinting as a writing technique! I hadn’t used it before, but it was summer and I was feeling intense guilt about not having finished last year’s secret santa gift, Firm and Fragrant Still the Brambleberries, and so I tried spriting with some friends on a whim and found it to be a really useful way to trick my brain into writing.

14. Any advice you’d like to share with new or aspiring writers?

If you’re stuck, shift to writing with a pen and paper!! I work out so many writing ideas and issues and questions this way before shifting back to the computer. The physicality and slow pace of it is really important for me.

15. What are your creative goals for 2025?

I’d like to get my WIPs cleaned up. They’re all stories I’m interested in telling, even the older ones, and I look forward to having the chance to do so, even if it takes a while.

(I’m also planning to defend my dissertation in the fall so lololololol we’ll see what actually happens)

If you’re tagged in this, please consider yourself tagged for the game 💕

[rosanna-writer]

2024 Fic Writer End of Year Roundup

Answer and then tag three or more creators to keep the game going! Thank you to everyone who tagged me!

(If you're in my answers consider yourself tagged if you'd like to play!!)

1. How many words did you publish on AO3 in 2024? 220,811 but some of those aren't mine because collab fic

2. How many fics did you complete this year? 12! but a lot of them are oneshots

3. How many in progress or ongoing fics did you start this year? Two, if you count the abandoned one

4. What was your favorite thing you wrote? The fics written with friends in mind, so Love at First Sight's for Suckers, Baby, I'm the One to Beat, The Great War, and you're in the kitchen humming

5. What piece was your most experimental or different from your usual style? I think Knuckles Bruised Like Violets was my first no-magic modern AU? And inspired by a specific real life event, which isn't my usual thing

6. Did any fics surprise you - either while writing or their reception? I'm kinda shocked by how many hits I got on You All Over Me, and the ratio of hits to kudos is definitely out of sync with what I normally expect. I have my suspicions as to why - it's omegaverse but with a male omega and female alpha, so I think a pretty decently sized chunk of people didn't read the tags and noped out halfway through the fic when they realized Feyre was knotting Rhys and not vice versa. Or maybe that's pessimistic and it's hella re-reads, idk

7. Do you have a fic you wrote and loved that went under the radar? (This is your sign to reblog/repost it!) It was expected for a non-smutty rare pair drabble, but now i've read all of the books beside your bed didn't get a ton of traction

8. Who is an artist that inspired you? I was lucky to get a few peeks of things in process that friends shared, and I find that so inspiring. It's like a little peek behind the curtain as the magic happens! @stickyelectrons, @gracieart, @witchlingsandwyverns, @santkazoya all come to mind!

9. Who is an author that inspired you? Oh my goddddd so many people! @witch-and-her-witcher and @violetasteracademic for tackling ambitious, sprawling interconnected fics; you two are creating whole damn universes and I am in awe. I can see the influence of @thesistersarcheron and @the-lonelybarricade inspiring how I write things like Feysand's interpersonal dynamics (Rhys is insane and pspspsing his feral cat of a wife who may or may not know she's his wife) and daemati abilities (everything's happening in their brains, but ya gotta bring it to life with some physicality, if that makes sense?). And I quietly ask myself "what would @whatishowedyouinthedark and @belabellissima do?" when I'm staring at my document trying to make the whole thing a bit more sexy/bloody/generally insane <3

10. Who is a new author you discovered? So many new people who feel like they've been here forever!!!! @violetasteracademic, @lady-bluebird-luv, @tunaababee, @astra-aeterna, @trappedoutside124, @beesays and there's probably at least like ten more?

11. Did you do any collaborations? How did it start? @gaeleria was just chatting and whoops @feysand-hivemind was born!

12. What accomplishments are you proudest of? I set out to challenge myself to write a bigger variety of pairings in 2024. In 2023, I'd only written Feysand and Gwynriel, but this year I tried my hand at Elriel, Elucien, Gywnlain and Feyrhysien for a few oneshots and event week fics. yay for setting a goal and doing it!

13. What did you learn about writing or creating this year? I've been writing fic on and off since I was a kid, but I've been writing for ACOTAR for almost two years now. 2024 was really the first time I've been a consistent enough writer in a fandom to become sort of a "known quantity" - people sometimes recognize my username, and I've written enough fics to identify patterns. Writing feels a bit different when you think your audience (even if it's just a handful of regular AO3 commenters lol) is coming in with a set of expectations. It's not pressure per se and doesn't stress me out, but once you've written enough, there's a new awareness of when you're deviating from your style or not.

Sierra Simone has some free worksheets from the course she teaches on writing erotic romance (you can find them here, highly recommend!), and the exercises for identifying voice ("What makes your work, your work?", "when a reader picks up a book written by me, they can expect _____.", etc) got me thinking a lot about this kind of thing. You can really only start to wrap your head around voice/style once you have a body of work to reflect on, and that takes time.

14. Any advice you’d like to share with new or aspiring writers? Don't be a weenie about asking for beta reads, and when you do have a beta, interrogate them a lil. We all get squirrelly and wanna just yeet the document at them and then go hide forever. But asking them to read for something specific - "Is xyz confusing?", "Do you think this feels like a cop-out or am I doing the right thing by keeping it simple?", "Were there any parts you were tempted to skim?", etc - can really help you grow. Sometimes comments on a document are enough, but sometimes it needs to be more of a conversation.

You are not being annoying by asking for a beta read. It's not a burdensome thing to put on someone. We ALL need a second set of eyes, and we're in this together!

15. What are your creative goals for 2025? I'm trying not to start new multichapter fics until I make good progress on my two "open" ones. So more oneshots for the vibes and then lock in and crank out chapters for we said hello and Baby, I'm the One to Beat!

[nikethestatue]

Hello New and Old Followers!

I was inspired by @gracieart and her cool intro to herself, so I figured I'd do something similar, because it's been a hot minute and I have thousands of followers and it feels like it's time to do this.

My name is Nike and I am an Elriel

It's funny, but I don't really remember how I became an Elriel, but I think I got so mad over Azriel's POV that I started looking for other Elriels and I found them! (phew). The first 2 people i got to talking to were @elriell and @tswaney17

But I actually started off as a MAD Feysand(er) and Rhys is my first love in SJM books.

Before SJM, I never really read fantasy, beyond LOTR, and one day, my Kindle suggested a 'sexy dark fantasy' and I was like, what's a sexy dark fantasy? And it was ACOTAR. I read the first 2 books, and then ACOWAR came out and I read that, and I just wasn't enamoured with ACOWAR at all, so I sort of lost interest. And then it was Covid and literally months of nothing to do, so I picked up ACOFAS, and then ACOSF was coming out soon after. So I re-read all the books in the mid-2020 and got into the fandom.

A little bit about me.

Food: I love anything that swims. Any seafood. In general, I will pretty much eat anything. Don't particularly love sweets.

My least favourite food is pasta.

Hobbies: I write and sometimes I paint/draw. I have a case of extreme wanderlust and love to travel. Anywhere, everywhere. I love art--hence the amount of art I post.

TV: I am known for not watching TV and having no clue as to what is popular.

My life revolved around football (or soccer in the US). I watch it all the time--in fact, I am watching it now. I am a massive Premiere League and Seria A fan. Otherwise, I like House of the Dragon and Euphoria.

Music: Best way to describe my music style is chaotic. I love everything.

I loath Adele.

Books: Dark romance is where I am at. I don't actually read a ton of fantasy--only very specific fantasy and only from authors I like and trust.

I love Angel Lawson, Amelia Hitchins, and my girls Peckham and Valenti, I love David Ignatius and Daniel Silva, and I used to love the Pendergast Series, until it jumped the shark.

Dude: I have a dude. He looks exactly like Cassian. He often acts like him too. I love him.

Sometimes, he BETAs my fanfics. He's got strong opinions on fantasy dudes. (Cassian is his fave. SHOCKER)

Ships: Darius Acrux and Roxanya Vega is the ultimate ship of my life. That is love. And I am waiting for Elriel. I love Nessian.

Edu: I have a BA in International Relations, a Masters' in History, and an MBA

What am I like? The closest you can compare me to is Lance Orion. Kind of bitchy, but loyal, and only love like 4 people.

I HATE fighting. I am not confrontational, especially not online, with people I don't know. I am not going to waste time proving something about myself to a gray box.

There are definitely people in this fandom that I hate. But I try to avoid them.

Distinctions: I am fluent in 3 languages, know 2 more.

I've not been to the movies in like 10 years. I've had one, maybe two blogs dedicated to just hating me. LOL

I don't have any other social media that's associated with this fandom, so no need to look anywhere.

That's me and my sister.

We don't look like that anymore.

[writtenonreceipts]

In honor of my birthday I'm sharing some blogs and stories that I love and mean the world to me!

@gracie-rosee ,, @gracieart

Gracie is such a wonder addition to the fandom! I love you, friend. You share your art, you share your love, you share your kindness and the ACOTAR fandom is better for it. I just so appreciate your desire to spread that kindness and love ships and characters and how you choose the positive. I am so in awe of you and all you bring to the fandom. You're so wonderful and supportive and just a generous light for all of us here and I count myself lucky and blessed to know you!

[gracieart]

Elain is a cuddler and Lucien is a living furnace.

This piece is a gift for my dear friends @separatist-apologist and @lucienarcheron 🧡

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Needed a serotonin boost so I commissioned @heeeygracie for a bit of Red Daughter fun. As usual, Gracie knocked it out of the park — look at her ☺️

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You're going to Club Lepus!

Wanted to draw GracieArt's sona, Gracie, putting a recent Club Lepus "recruit" in their place! That new shapely bunny body of yours is going nowhere, and neither is that fashionable uniform! It's fuzzy ears, long stockings and late works hours for you!

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[the-lonelybarricade]

Hell yes!! Please support real artists!! I've added a few more, I hope you don't mind!

@eospaint has been sharing so many lovely pieces with us lately! Most recently we were blessed with the softest Nyx, Feyre, and Rhys art

@lib-arts is another incredible artist!! This Elucien piece from earlier this week had me fanning myself and sweating

@emsdrawsthings has recently been working on an acotar red carpet series! Check out this stunning Mor!!

@laynsii is one of my favorites artists on here (and is also the sweetest person in the world!!). Check out this Elucien piece that made my heart flutter 🥺

@gracieart is another incredible artist whose version of Feyre is one of my all time faves (bangs and all hehe). Here's a wonderful Feysand piece she shared last month!

@unicornsparklesblog shares so much wonderful art with us!! Have you seen this Feyre WIP??? It melted my brain a little bit 🥵

@artsbygih is another fave of mine!! Did we see this Feysand piece? Are we still crying about it?? I am

There's also @queercontrarian who did this genderbent Rhysand that rescrambled my brain chemistry. I will forever think about femme Rhys carrying Feyre like a sack of potatoes in her wedding dress thank you 🙏

@sassyhobbits does my favorite Lucien probably ever. She tends to post most of her work on instagram here and I wholeheartedly recommend giving her a follow!

@evermorelore has been blessing us with so much wonderful Elucien content lately!! I encourage you to have a peek at this delicious artwork ft. Prythian's Ass

@elleybug has been blessing us with so much Azris content!! This piece is just so beautiful!! And it's one of many!

There's also @volddraws who last month gave us this beautiful Elucien stolen moments in moonlight piece! I'm still swooning about it.

@cursebrkr also does so many incredible pieces! I love her Elucien art more than words can say!

And my friend @sajirah recently shared this stunning Feysand piece!

There's so, so many more talented people in this fandom and I could go on for ages, which I guess is kind of the point! Please stop supporting AI when there are so many artists in this space pouring their heart and soul into their works. For all the acotar artists, whether you're listed here or not, thank you sincerely for all the work you share with us 💕

LITTLE THREAD OF ARTISTS THAT YOU CAN SUPPORT IN THE ACOTAR FANDOM

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@velidewrites

Velide is a good friend and an amazing artist and writer, she has a lot of content that you can enjoy and support! Just check her Cassian or one of hers Lucien! And she has a whole NSFW series that you can easily find in her masterlist xx

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@laxibbeb Laxi is one of my fav artists here and you should definitely check her works. I am so fond of this Elucien Piece that she created for the last Elucien Week!

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@krem-does-stuff One and only Krem, she's one of the most talented person that I know and her style is unique ♥️ I am very grateful to have a Kaz Brekker made just for me 🥺

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@witchlingsandwyverns I am so obsessed with her art I can't even explain, her Gwynriel pieces are insane. It just scratches my brain in the right way!

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@dustjacketdraws She has two of my fav Nessian pieces ever!! This one is my absolute favorite

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@ginya-writes I just discovered this artist and I love their latest Feysand!

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If you have any other suggestions please add to this list!

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(Part of a project entitled: "Cognitive Dissonance", Gracie Mandel)

[gracieart]

Colored version. I just love Elorcan so much <3

[upsmymindwanderedagain]

Best thing EVER

Kissing Booth