#guys I'm obsessed with my wip

[incomingplottwist]

If this was set in the world of my wip Moira, healers would've decimated their opponent if worse came to worse. Their powers work on the principle that they must absorb energy to be able to give it to others and while the easiest way is flora (using fauna is frowned upon), environmental protection laws prevent them from causing mass destruction of natural ecology tho and sort of places a limit on their power. So it's pretty common for healers to maintain greenhouses or to have big gardens near archaic hospitals to circumvent these concerns. I could go on about illegal fight rings and the black market but I won't because well I'd be rambling for days and I- ok just wanna conclude that if a healer was in such a position, I'm pretty sure the opponents would get wrecked 🫡

but in general as well, healers are awesome and should not be underestimated!!! learning to heal also means learning to do the opposite if needed :)

You’re the healer of the group. The rest of the party has always treated you like you’re made of glass. You were content to stay out of their way and let them do their thing. Until they all got downed leaving you the only one standing. That’s when you show them how deadly healing magic can be.

[toaster-fire-art]

Hi! I got supper busy! and by busy I mean injured.

I'm fine but hey happy trans visiblity day!

totally unrelated but I have just been laying around distracting myself so now I have decided to once again draw a cast line up. All the martial gods for now, since I got to tweaking up the QYZ and YY one I'd already done and redoing my awfully huge poster thing I started like 4 years ago now. Doing it this way is more fulfilling to me, maybe one day I'll return to it but not now.

[cringetownusa]

noir max noir max noir max noir max my tablet screen stopped working so here's all these and an unfinished sketch page. plus a western au max from the disc (if u see this lmk and i'll @ u)

[meadow-roses]

HELLO I have a terrible cold and desire knowledge infodump about your latest obsessive fascination please

NOOO I'm so sorry to hear that!! I hope you are on the mend now! Make sure you get extra rest and drink lots of tea and juice 🫂

I shall attempt to entertain you with my latest obsessive fascination but full disclosure I totally suck at trying to explain my hyperfixations asdfsdf 😂

This last week I was working on scripting some major scenes for the Season 1 finale of "Dauntless"! ("Dauntless" is the first installment release-date wise for the Keepers saga! Felix is the first of the main protagonists to get introduced, but he won't cross paths with the wizard characters until a good bit into the story. XD) I've been working on drafting this in earnest since last year, so it's kinda been my perpetual obsession since then 😂 so obsessed with this silly guy

(technically this is S3 Felix cause he's missing an eye but shh shh I really liked these drawings asdfadf)

The story is set in an alternate history of earth where humans developed superpowers! To prevent the problem of supervillains, the government exerts tight control over anyone born with powers- and the rest of the population for that matter too.

Felix wanted to be a lawyer- protect the innocent from misapplication of the law etc, make the world a better place, and make his mom proud but... the judicial system's just so messed up those dreams might as well go down the drain. What's he gonna do? Reform the government???? (spoilers, this is the route he ends up taking) He drops out of law school and goes back home to continue working alongside his dad at his mechanic shop/community assistance center that's not-quite-legal-but-not-quite-illegal. (basically provides food, medicine, support etc for disadvantaged people that have little to no protection from the law)

After Felix gets kidnapped by an organized crime group and rescued by their rival gang's leader (Thomas!) he starts getting in over his head. Thomas shares some pretty unsettling things the government is doing- it almost looks like they're trying to build an army. (why would they need an army?! The world is united under one government? There's no one to fight!) His exploits trying to find out if this is true earns him the nickname "Dauntless" from the Press, and a spot on the authorities' list of "most wanted". Now there's an entire team of special ops units hunting him down, plus a serial killer who's probably going to go after his mom...

He's a total nerd with an affinity for mechanics/inventing. He's SO lawful good he only goes vigilante because the law... isn't good. He's a little anxious, but he's trying his hardest to live up to the hero the public so desperately needs and somehow saw in him. He's not dauntless, but he's trying to be!

The secondary main character is Grace Rocha!

Her parents were part of a smuggler's ring, (smuggling food and medicine to underground communities of "innocent criminals") that was arrested when she was around six. She spent hardly any time in the government "second chance" orphanage before successfully escaping with her three roommates. The four girls are taken in by an amnesiac escaped lab experiment (? He's not sure, he's kinda missing his memories, his name is Thomas 😏) and a former government worker who was involved in a top secret project (Kate! She knows too much etc etc so the gov wants her dead). They form a little hiding-from-the-government family and collect other fugitives along the way.

She's super sweet and intelligent but always down to throw hands with little provocation 😂 She's also spent her entire life on the run from the government, so she's got all the tricks and skills. When Dauntless shows up on the scene, she totally clocks that he's going to be the epicenter of the revolution and man does that mean he's gonna need backup. She spends a good deal of the story trying to find Dauntless and convince him first, that they can save the world, and second, that he can't do it alone.

Some other main players in Season 1 are Felix's parents, Emmett and Julia Rodzic.

Emmett runs a mechanic shop (that Felix helps out a lot with) and does a lot of community outreach stuff. The classist divide is really bad, and a lot of basic necessities are just restricted for the 3rd class. He's a 3rd class citizen himself (his parents were arrested over something trivial and he was raised in a gov orphanage) He's able to get away with a lot more than he would otherwise because he's married to a 1st class citizen (Julia), but he still has to be really cautious and cover his tracks. One wrong move and he'll be arrested no questions asked. 😔The sorts of things he'll do is like. repair someone's vehicle for free or without reporting the work done to the gov. Buy more groceries than his family needs and pass it off to families that are struggling on their ration cards (they're a 1st class household, they don't have a ration card!) He'll also help people fill out paperwork or give technically false alibis for people out too late past curfew etc. He's a busy dude lol and Felix's HERO.

Julia is part of the government administration, a member of the board of directors of the Department of Public Health. She's in charge of overseeing the research division. She has totally figured out that something sus is going on, but she's trying to be reeaaally cautious figuring out what it is, because one wrong move and it's game over for her and her whole family. She and Felix are at odds over his decision to drop-out of college, so there's a little subplot about their current relationship drama lol They both love each other so much but there's hurt feelings and broken trust. :(

Some other key characters are Hiro, Andrea, Marco, and Harley!

They are a special ops team of super superpower soldiers (the result of the afore mentioned top secret gov project Kate was involved in) They're all OP on their own but together form a pretty unstoppable team. They serve directly under the Chancellor (there's 7 guys ruling the planet basically and he's one of them) as one of his several teams of personal guards. He uses them to sniff out and apprehend traitors. :,) When Dauntless (Felix) starts getting too much attention, the Chancellor sends them out to catch him. Jokes on him! While looking for Dauntless they make friends with Felix! 😂

Hiro and his squad are also sent to catch a rogue officer, Carmen.

A test subject from a different secret government project, she's trying to stop their research by... killing everyone she thinks is involved. This includes doctors, scientists... government officials in the Health Department. And ya know. Dr. Julia Rodzic, head of the dept of medical research is a pretty obvious target. I don't know how much August has told you about the Chaos magic yet? But she is going insane and slowly dying. :)

That's about the jist of it I think. Season 1 ends with them mostly figuring out what the government's up to and a game plan for how to stop it (which totally doesn't go the way they planned of course :3). Season 2 has a lot of super fun heist shenanigans and Season 3 (current fave LOL) is lots of angst and identity shenanigans. Season 4 wraps everything up and has a really fun villain PLUS the "the whole gang's together!" trope hehe

I hope that was cohesive and if you have any questions feel free to ask!! :D I could go on about this story indefinitely 😂😂

I have also posted pretty much all the concept art etc I've done for the project if you're interested in perusing: Dauntless Wip

Oh, and here's a link to the Pinterest board :D

[insomniiuh]

more Killian sketches... i'm deeply obsessed with him... he's so shaped... URGHHGH evil man has my brain in his clutches...

[mkstrigidae]

Another rough Winter's Child WIP sketch of Sansa in the Godswood, because that's all i've been able to do lately 😅

[jtownraindancer]

scribbling out some stuff for my coma!dream fic and so far it's mostly buck angrily following around Not-Bobby like:

[nanamugu]

ngl I'm lowkey feeling like my dragon ball hyper fixation might be coming to an end, wich I mean it was to be expected considering it started back in March but ugh I really don't want to get obsessed with something else just yet)))))))):

[bookshelf-in-progress]

Guess what?

I just came up with more

Fantasy politics

💖💖💖

[daringyounggrayson]

It's my 10 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

[encrucijada]

i hope u know ur greek tragedy characters have been living rent free in my brain i’m obsessed with them

[rambleonwaywardson]

On the Wings of an Angel? 👀

Also requested by @alienoresimagines. Thank you both ❤️

This is such a vague flicker of an idea but it has been in the back of my head since the summer when I went to an airshow (one of my favorite experiences ever).

Blue Angels AU. Our beloved boys as US Navy Blue Angels pilots, doing these amazing flight demonstrations across the country. Gale is the flight leader, or "Boss," Bucky is left wingman, Curt is right wingman, and Benny is the slot pilot (not sure who the solos are yet). I don't know how to describe the vibes that I'm feeling for this, but really cool jet stuff, the boys traveling the country, flying jets together, inspiring millions of people, being in love.

Here's literally the only sliver of a snippet I've written for it, and who knows if I'll keep going:

They start to bank, moving like they're extensions of one another, and out of the corner of his eye, Bucky can see their shadows gliding along the blue sparkling water below. Four dark jets in the bright sunlight, merging together to become one, four contrails tracing their path behind them. Bucky. Curt. Benny. And Buck up front. They’re flying so close that from the ground it looks like they could knock right into one another, wing slotted neatly over canopy, less than 2 feet of space between each bird. Gale’s left wing is right over Bucky’s head, casting a shadow over his cockpit. If Bucky looked up, all he would see would be the blue underside of an F/A-18. One wrong twitch, one hesitation, and they can all come crashing down. But they won’t.  Bucky smiles as Gale’s voice comes over coms again, a smooth cadence telling them to start the left turn for the diamond roll. 

[thelittlestspider]

i wonder which of my wips is people's favorite

[chronic-silliness]

Another dead drop, another target. This time it was Ungolim, a wood elf by the look of him. Leoart lurked in the shadows of the night. Ungolim, the poor, unsuspecting fool, was kneeled infront of the Lucky Old Lady statue. Unsheathing his blade, Leoart approached. Each step he took was deathly silent. As quiet as the Void itself. Raising his dagger above the Bosmer's head, Leoart plunged the blade into the former's neck. He went out quickly, but a bit too loud for Leoart's taste.

"Another dead drop, another target." He thought. That was, until a familiar voice yelled out.

"No! No, I'm too late! I thought I could get here in time, thought I could stop you! By Sithis, what have you done? What madness has claimed you?" Enraged, Lucein confronted the Breton, who stood like a deer in magelights.

"I-I was just following orders.." Leoart tried to blurt out, but before he could answer, Lucien spoke again.

"You have betrayed me, you have betrayed the Dark Brotherhood! Why? I am here to end your miserable life, to… But… I can see the confusion in your eyes. You… You have no idea what I'm talking about, do you?"

Does anyone want to see my stupid little Lucien Lachance x Oc fanfic I'm working on? it's during the "A Kiss Before Dying" quest

[florestalio]

FATAL OBSESSION — l.hs

even if your best friend seemed to have found the love of her life, the one that keeps her the happiest, while also treating you, and everyone else with respect—you can't help but feel something was... off about him. you didn't dwell on it much—something which proved to be a fatal mistake on your part.

GENRE — pwp, kidnapping au, psychopath au, best friend's boyfriend trope

WARNINGS — DEAD DOVE DO NOT EAT, noncon, noncon-ish dumbcon, psychopath!hee, kidnapping, character death, gun play, unprotected sex (don't) + a LOT more

WORDCOUNT — est 10k+

NOTE — READER'S DISCRETION ADVISED!!! went a little too insane while writing this. thank you to my bestie sena who always encourages me to write my deranged wip ideas that I get during the most random times—this one in particular came to my mind while I was... studying. no I'm not lying.

RELEASE DATE — TBD.

MINORS DO NOT INTERACT

teaser under the cut: (teaser wc — 0.6k) (teaser warnings — none)

there was something severely off about heeseung.

your best friend, chaeyoung, had met heeseung—who is currently her boyfriend—at a bar. from what she had told you, apparently she was simply drinking there alone, celebrating her first ever paycheck—alone, since you were stuck at a family event. when it was time for her to pay, the bartender informed her that someone had already paid for her. surprised, she asked about this mystery person, getting directed towards a guy sitting a few seats away from her.

apparently for her, it was love at first sight.

he looked like everything she ever wanted in a guy—tall, dignified and confident posture, rich attire, a good taste in fashion—not to mention how attractive he looked while sipping his drink, a light smirk on the corner of his mouth, eyes locked with hers. he never broke eye contact—not even once, as she walked over to him—albeit quite bashfully.

from what she told you, they talked all night—about their reasons for being in the bar, their hobbies, their backgrounds, their families, and other things that you couldn't really bother to keep track of.

they exchanged numbers, texting each other every single day. eventually, he asked her out, taking her to the most exquisite restaurant in the city, treating her like royalty. according to her, he was the biggest gentleman—a complete green forest, if you will. he always took care of her interests, noticed every single detail about her, and never failed to bring a smile to her face. truly, she was the happiest version of herself while they were dating.

eventually, she introduced him to you, him being an absolute sweetheart with you as well. he made sure not to make you feel like a third wheel, including you in their conversations. it didn't feel awkward for you at all—almost as if you three were a trio of best friends who hadn't met in a while, catching up.

everything was perfect with him. until it wasn't.

you didn't understand why, but for some weird reason, you started to get a certain... vibe from him—even though his behaviour never really changed. he was still an absolute sweetheart, treating chaeyoung like his own personal goddess… yet there was something so—unsettling about him.

heeseung didn't really do anything, but you still found a chill running down your spine whenever chaeyoung mentioned his name. if you saw him in front of you? you bet either your leg or hand would shake uncontrollably, betraying your anxiety.

anxiety for exactly what reason, you didn't know.

you thought it was ridiculous. why would your best friend's more than perfect boyfriend’s mere presence have you shaking like a goddamn leaf? it made no sense at all.

until it did… sort of.

well… heeseung, despite being such an amazing boyfriend, ends up becoming an ex. how? the story behind that is… messy. extremely so.

you see, they had been dating for almost a year. everyone expects a good and memorable gift from their partner for their anniversary, right? so did chaeyoung. she was really looking forward to it too, given how much of a great boyfriend heeseung was.

and he didn't disappoint. he gave her a present, one that was definitely memorable. it wasn’t memorable just for her, either. it was memorable for you as well. was it good? not so much.

[saintvainglorious]

Fics I Enjoyed in December - DC Comics Fic Rec List

Fell headfirst back into DC Comics for the first time in years this month. Reread some old favorites and discovered some new gems!

My January DC Comics fic rec list is here!

Heart, Humble by Betty (Mature, 8k, 2005) Jack Drake deals with finding out that Tim is Robin (poorly, and then not so poorly). THEE canon-accurate Jack Drake-focused fic of all time, this is canon in my heart.

Back then, all the boys his age had hero-worshipped costumed vigilantes. Jack supposes they still do.

Exit Strategy by smilebackwards/@smilebackwards (Teen & Up, 13k, 2021) Tim plans to leave a family he thinks he was never really a part of and decides to train Damian on how to run Wayne Enterprises before he goes. Delicious angst, excellent character work, and fun Wayne Enterprises worldbuilding.

Batman needs a Robin and Batman has a Robin. Tim is just extraneous now, vestigial. He’s a bandage over a healed wound. He doesn’t know what he’s hanging on to. Or: Tim didn’t expect his exit strategy from the Batfamily to involve quite so much bonding time with Damian over Wayne Enterprises bureaucracy.

On the Downbeat by medusaceratops (Teen & Up, 2k, 2019) Bruce and Jason talk while waiting in line at a drive-thru (featuring Gotham-typical violence and husborth-typical gorgeous prose). I've always adored husborth's Star Wars fics and I'm so glad I dipped my toe into their DC works, no one's writing hits quite like husborth.

Jason has recovered his sanity, and Bruce and Jason have recovered their relationship; but there are some things that are hard to forget.

A Zoo for Canines by medusaceratops (Mature, 45k, 2019) Part 2 of Zoology; Dick and Jason try to help Bruce recover from addiction. If you're used to fanon Dick Grayson (cheery, friendly, forgiving) you will not find him here - his anger and pain is ugly, raw, and so fucking captivating.

Edit: This fic and the series has since been deleted off ao3, though Part 1 (An Aquarium of Nameless Things) is still up; DM me if you'd like to read it.

Dick, Bruce, and Jason head out to a cabin in the mountains, and they handle things about as well as they handle anything.

All the Roofs of Uncertainty by Kieron_ODuibhir/@kieron-oduibhir (General Audiences, 70k, 2015) Dick almost dies and makes Jason promise to take care of the family for him. A masterclass demonstration on how DC fic can square all the wildly divergent canon versions of Jason Todd into a single compelling character.

For all the blood on his hands, Red Hood was never just a villain. And Nightwing never gives up on family, not for good. (Or: The one where Dick bleeds a lot and Jason argues with everybody.)

The Till-Then From the Ever-Since by Kieron_ODuibhir/@kieron-oduibhir (General Audiences, 85k (WIP), 2020) Kid versions of the whole Batfamily mysteriously time travel to the future! I livetexted a friend the whole time I read this so I could yell about how amazing the character writing is; also I'm wildly impressed with how the author deftly handles tons of dialogue-heavy scenes with like 12+ guys in it without anyone going unmentioned.

It began, or seemed to begin, with Jason. Usually that would have meant something in the order of fire and explosion and probably at least one gunshot wound, but for once (as Tim said, sourly), it wasn't actually Jason's fault.

only you will have stars that can laugh by silverwhittlingknife/@silverwhittlingknife (Teen & Up, 9k, 2022) Dick finds out Tim is alone on Christmas and invites him to Babs' Christmas party. Discovered silverwhittlingknife through their galaxy brained Dick & Tim meta essays, stayed for every single line of Chapter 2 ripping out my heart and roasting it over an open flame.

You coming over is possibly the only thing that’s gonna stop me from wanting to punch your dad in the face, Dick doesn’t say. My current Christmas Day plans are 1) pace around at home, and 2) try not to obsess about what Bruce is up to, so trust me, you’ll be an improvement, Dick doesn’t say. Tim's alone on Christmas Eve. Dick finds out, and fixes it.

nerve endings by silverwhittlingknife/@silverwhittlingknife (Teen & Up, 5k (WIP), 2024) Post-Catalina Flores, Dick, Tim, and Bruce go on a (canon-accurate) cruise and dance around their open wounds. This is a glorious example of "he WOULD fucking say that", Dick's voice is so canon-accurate that the angst is even more painful i cri

It's all right, even, to have a foreign hand pressing against his skin, testing him, testing his reactions. He keeps his breathing controlled. Just Tim, damn you, it’s just Tim, don’t fuck it up. Dick's on a cruise with Bruce and Tim. And he's fine. Mostly.

Red Letter Day by silverwhittlingknife/@silverwhittlingknife (Teen & Up, 42k (WIP), 2022) Dick is sure the cryptic scribble in his agenda refers to something he's supposed to do for Damian, but he can't remember what. Mostly about Tim and Dick s l o w l y mending the post-Damian rupture in their relationship, but the whole family is here and Jason, especially, is fucking hilarious.

Dick Grayson, stressed pseudo-parent to a preteen assassin, tries to solve the case of Damian’s Mysterious Wednesday. He never expected it to help him fix his relationship with Tim, too. (… Though only after everything fell apart first.)

Gonna Be A Better One (A Thousand Miles To Your Door) by Traincat/@traincat (Teen & Up, 18k, 2011) Tim and Kon keep dating even after Jack forces Tim to retire as Robin. I reread this fic annually and every time am delighted to rediscover how funny and heartwarming and squee-inducingly kind it is, pure Timkon perfection.

In which Tim quits being Robin, Kon refuses to quit Tim and Ma Kent is full of relationship advice.

last light in a darkened room by bigdamnher0/@bigdvmnhero (Not Rated, 6k, 2024) Tim finds a distressing video of Robin!Dick and wishes that things were different. The whole fic, particularly Tim manifesting a happy ending in the bathroom, is a gorgeously crafted tragedy such that you're left kind of awed at how thoroughly massacred your heart and soul are post-read.

Tuesday morning: a video was uploaded to one of the deep web black markets. The footage, shot on those grainy vintage camcorders. But Tim knew that boy in the thumbnail; his eyes had memorized him, the heft and shape and dazzle of him, imprinting like an afterimage. Or: a brother is a witness; there's your tragedy.

buy back the secrets by sundiscus/@vinelark (Teen & Up, 91k (WIP), 2024) Superboy rescues civilian Tim Drake before learning that Tim is Robin and shenanigans ensue. I spent my whole holiday vacation intermittently screaming at this fic while my family members looked on with vague concern this fic is ADORABLE and AGONIZING and PERFECT please and THANK YOU.

He takes a long, slow breath. Ignores the glares from the other students. “Superboy,” he murmurs. “It’s me. If you’re listening, I could use some help.” Or: 5 times Superboy saves Tim Drake, and one time Tim Drake saves Superboy.