#hklnvgl

[ailec-12]

🪩 👾

Thanks for sending this and sorry for taking so long. >.<

🪩 Do you have any “good” writing habits you want to cultivate?

Writing detailed outlines of my ideas instead of just noting down the basics —besides making writing easier, it helps the idea to feel more real than if it's only in my head. I'd also like to start writing at night again. Nowadays, I rarely have the energy to stay up late writing, but there's something special about working on a story when the whole world is silent and there are no distractions.

👾 Do you have any “bad” writing habits you want to break?

Putting off writing when I want to write. It's so frustrating, especially when I've just finished something and my brain feels like there's no need to keep writing right away. I want to write more and procrastinate less.

Writer Goal Ask List for New Year

[of-stars-and-moon]

rules: choose 4 of your favorite characters from 4 pieces of media as options and let your tumblr pals decide which one most suits your vibe

Tagged by @sapphoslibrary!

Tagging @ashes-and-ashes @ive-garden @hklnvgl @catboynecromancy @fruitquake <3

[cheeeryos]

AO3 First Lines Tag Game

thank you @kelliealtogether for tagging me!

rules: share the first lines of ten of your most recent fanfics and tag ten people. if you have written fewer than ten, don’t be shy and share anyway.

Troublemaker: “Mr. Parrish. Nice of you to show up.”

(Miles to Go) Before We Sleep: “Gentlemen, we have a new student in class today. This is,” Whelk glanced dispassionately down at the note in his hand, “Richard Gansey.” 

The Backup: Ronan Lynch is not lonely.

Zero to Sixty: There was something arrogant to the way Adam was kissing him tonight. 

Get Off at My Stop: Adam Parrish was barely paying attention to the audiobook narrator as he dug through his messenger bag, searching for the address of his new building.

The Slender Present: Adam and Ronan watched as the final stragglers around the campfire headed inside to bed; some of them possibly even to sleep.

Nothing Like a Love Song: “Lynch. You’re on a plane to Miami next week.”

Lost in the Invisible: With a final look—only to make sure that Will wouldn’t slip and knock himself out from sheer exhaustion, of course—Kim left him alone with his bath and went in search of suitable clothing.

Phantom Fireworks: “So. Parrish.”

Peace Comes Dropping Slow: Welcome home, Adam said.

I’m gonna tag @silhouette-sky, @seashell-hawke, @flightspathfic, @thelace, @behindtheatlantic, @ronanlynchgender, @your-void-senpai, @sleepy-skittles, @hklnvgl, @avalonjoan

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rules: Pick any 10 of your fics, scroll to the midpoint, pick a line (or a few), and share it!

Sophiieeeee merci 😌 I am lowkey reentering my fic era after my year hiatus 👀

Including TRC one-shots! Ordering these shortest > longest! One day I’ll write a character that isn’t Ronan 😂

Cliff’s Edge (Get a Little Closer) | Gansey turned back and grinned. “C’mon, cowboy, let’s go see the stars.”

Kiss Me Again |  It wasn’t that Ronan was good looking, exactly. It was more that he looked like home. Adam had seen every expression his face could make.

Better Than the Drugs | “I’ll be good this time,” Gansey mumbled, and then Ronan’s mouth was on his mouth, Ronan’s lips were parting his lips, Ronan’s breath became Gansey’s breath.

i still see your face in the white cars | But hadn’t he had enough excitement for a lifetime, hadn’t he bled his black excitement onto his best friend’s twice-dead body? Hadn’t he lost his forest because of an excess of excitement?

a sort of messy, too-red mouth | Ronan looks up as he catches his breath, and the doorman is contemplating him. “Tough guy’s good at this,” he says, and then Ronan’s head is pulled forward again, his throat stuffed again, his senses overwhelmed again.

hey wolf, there’s lions in here | Lynch stood, slowly unfurling himself to his full height, his full stature, and when he did, suddenly this house looked a lot less kitschy and lot more like a fucking horror movie setting. “You can’t kill me, Colin, because then you’d have no one to play with.”

I Want to Hold You Like You’re Mine | He cupped Ronan behind the neck, pulling his head forward into the stream until water ran down his face, Ronan’s eyes closing like a prayer. Ronan kept his eyes closed even as Gansey turned the water off, his head hovering there in the middle of the shower, halfway into Gansey’s personal space like an offering.

no other witnesses, just us two | And so while Adam Parrish was flipping through a math textbook, and Declan Lynch was blowing off steam with a girl, and Richard Gansey turned to Noah Czerny, who just found himself standing in the middle of Monmouth Manufacturing, and Joseph Kavinsky was sweating under the careful work of Ilya Prokopenko’s mouth, Ronan Lynch stepped deeper into the forest, and that’s when he heard the scream.

Anatomy of a Punch | He led the group like a tour guide, but he only watched Gansey’s face. And if you look to your left, you’ll see the place where we crashed Declan’s Volvo into the shed, long before either of us had driver’s licenses. Up ahead, that’s the spot where we’d sit in the summer, the only patch of shade that wasn’t attached to the house and the prying eyes within. Oh, and up these stairs? In this bedroom? Ronan watched Gansey’s expression closely.

Filling In the Blanks and Gaps | He sighed. “From the very start, Ronan. Your fault. All your fault.” He heard a foot creak across the floor. Then stop. Then another. Pause. “Your fault I came to Aglionby. Your fault I got away from him, and your fault for St. Agnes.” Ronan was moving steadily toward him and Adam kept looking at the door. “Your fault for fucking dreaming Cabeswater, and it’s your fault for being so goddamn cruel and beautiful and dangerous and safe that I fell in love with you.” Ronan’s hand was on the back of his neck. “It’s your fault for letting me go to Harvard and it’s your fault for staying behind. And when I let you go, it’s your fault I never came back.”

tagging @hklnvgl @rodansey @dameferre @nialltlynch @creativefiend19

[andrea-lyn]

Stealing from @kaydeefalls because I have my folder open!

WIP Tag Game RULES: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it.

runaways genie fic assassins outlander big bang pov switch jeweller pushing bluesey midsummer aliens sanders feels malex post-marriage hangster much ado malex secret santa

I’ll throw a tag out to @lambourngb @hklnvgl @queersirius @rhubarbdreams @bestillmyslashyheart and anyone else who wants to steal!

[theanimalsarecalling]

Happy to oblige.

3 ships: Sorry, not a shipper, but if I had to choose one, Crowley and Aziraphale. Don't know about the other two.

Last song: T-bone Blues by T-bone Walker.

Last movie: Gatsby. I didn't finish it, though. Before that, Brave.

Currently reading: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (great book, I highly recommend) and The Witch by Ronald Hutton.

Currently consuming: Chai Tea Latte

Currently craving: Sleep!!! I'm chronically tired.

Nine random tags of people I don't know. Feel free to ignore. It's nothing personal.

@just-shower-thoughts @itsceciliagrace @brrrrgoesthecanon @gennygreenteeth @uvcatastrophe @excelxiors @hklnvgl @rainingnerds @inevitablecorgi

(starting a new thread 'cause the other one got really long)

Tag 9 people you want to get to know better

Thanks for the tag, @juniperjellyfish!!

Three ships: Pixane, Ralbert, Orphydice

Last song: Phenomena - Douran

Last movie: Hmm, I really can't remember

Currently reading: RED (As in Russia and Measles and Love) by Linda Jane Niedfeldt

Currently watching: Ninjago!

Currently consuming: Strawberry-orange gum and grape soda (I know, I'm sooooo healthy)

Currently craving: Nothing. I just woke up, and I'm never hungry after I wake up (even though I fell asleep starving)

Nine tags: @beetr0t @roguendeavor @giddlygoat @lennon-cuddlywump @dapper-nahrwhale @not-quite-my-tempo @kentucky-fried-thea @orcaofmyheart99 @frau-wilhelm-klink

[creativefiend19]

Tag Game

Thanks Dory @hklnvgl for tagging me in this! It's my first tag game in forever, so I had fun!

Last Song: I’m listening to old BBC Proms stuff, so I’m rewatching the 2015 Beethoven’s 9 Choral (my favourite piece of music ever) that I attended. I was in the choir seats, because the acoustics are shit in the Albert Hall. I just burst into tears at 3.19 on the track

Last TV Show: The last new thing I watched all the way through was The Queen’s Gambit (yeah I’m late to the party I know). It was very good It would’ve been even better if we were ever allowed to forget she’s a long-legged beauty acting the part of a chess prodigy

Currently Watching: I just watched the first two episodes of Emily in Paris - I was curious because Paris. Well, that was a mistake! As a palette cleanser I’ll watch some DS9 before I start on Sandman *rubs hands together gleefully*

Currently Reading: A Conspiracy of Kings (Queen’s Thief series). Gen is baby ofc, but I am in love with Helen (Eddis) and want to be her consort, if she’ll have me

~

Any of you feel like doing this? 

@gaychaosdemon

@emmerrr

@your-void-senpai

@frootloopscereal

@ronanlynchgender  

@anoiseofgloriousdisdain

@ephemeraltea

@semicolonsandsimiles

anyone else who wants to do it, just say I tagged you :)

[navigatrixart]

as suggested by the lovely @hklnvgl for this palette challenge!

I kind of got off-track in terms of the actual palette but I’m not at all sorry bc LOOK AT THEM

edit: posted on AO3 here!

[toast-the-unknowing]

pynch at the beach? 💛

"You're going to get a sunburn."

"You're going to get an ulcer."

"Yeah, probably," Adam agrees. "How is my ulcer supposed to negate your sunburn?"

"I don't want to put on sunscreen," Ronan says, half-expecting Adam to argue you can't change reality just by wanting it bad enough. "I want to drag your ass into the ocean." He tugs on Adam's arm again.

Adam digs his heels into the sand and doesn't budge. Fuck, why does he have to be so stubborn; fuck, Ronan loves that he's so stubborn.

"Lynch, we drove two hours to get here," he says. "We're damn well not leaving until we've done everything we want to do. You have time to prevent skin cancer and shove me under a wave."

Ronan squints through the impossible brightness of the day, staring hard to see Adam -- his Adam, Adam Parrish, telling him that they don't have to pick and choose which desires to chase, that they don't have to ration joy, that today they can have everything we want.

He thumps down on his ass next to their beach towel, "fine, get it over with," and lets Adam take care of him.

[ailec-12]

3, 7 & 17 for the books asks? 💛💛

Thanks, dearie. x3

3. What were your top five books of the year?

Un elefante bajo el parasol blanco

Legado en los huesos

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Pride and Prejudice

My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece

7. What was your average Goodreads rating? Does it seem accurate?

4 stars. I'd say so, I've really enjoyed most of the books I've read this year.

17. Did any books surprise you with how good they were?

Pride and Prejudice. I was so ready to find it boring, but it was actually quite funny.

End-of-year book ask

[of-stars-and-moon]

🍰?

🍰 Name one of your fave comfort fics (doesn’t have to be your all time fave)

dory how can you ask me to only say one?? i tried my best and narrowed it down to four!

i'll be there for you because its two of my fav things and the best friends to lovers trope in this is just perfect!

Talk some sense to me one of my fav fake dating fics ever!

skinny fleas you know this was coming :D i love kidfics and this one is both so sweet and heartbreaking at times!

10 yards to go i think this is the first long fic i've read that has like no angst and it has really cute moments!

thanks for the ask!!

[tinyarmedtrex]

All those prompts are amazing! It was so hard to choose! Pynch + 46, please? 🤭

“You flinched.”

TW for mentions of past child abuse

Ronan was being surly. Adam couldn’t exactly blame him but still-

“Can we talk about it?” Adam asked. He was perched on the arm of the couch and Ronan was lying on it, pretending to be asleep. Adam knew it was for show though. He knew how Ronan looked when he slept. The lines on his face relaxed and his breathing deepened. His eyebrows would twitch, like he was upset with whatever his dream was doing- which he likely was. None of that described how he looked now.

“Ronan-” Adam said when he didn’t reply, prepared to insist they talk.

“Fuck off.” Ronan mumbled, throwing an arm over his head. “I’m trying to catch some zzz’s.” 

Adam rolled his eyes, getting off the couch and kneeling near Ronan’s face. He didn’t touch the man, not yet, but he was sure that Ronan knew he was there. They had a sixth sense, able to tell when the other one was near without needing their eyes to confirm. Usually it was comforting, now it probably annoyed Ronan.

He waited another minute for Ronan to acknowledge him but it soon became obvious that he wasn’t planning to.

“Ronan, you’re upset.”

At first he thought that Ronan was going to pretend to not have heard him but then he sighed deeply and mumbled “I’m fine.”

Adam resisted the urge to snort. “You obviously aren’t.”

In a quick motion Ronan sat up, putting space between him and Adam. He stared straight ahead, not looking at Adam. “Can you blame me?”

He swallowed. “Ronan, please-”

Ronan shook his head. “You wanted me to talk, let me talk.” Ronan turned his head, his gaze meeting Adam’s straight on. “I went to kiss you and you flinched. You flinched. Like you thought I was going to hurt you. Like you thought I was-”

Ronan stopped, his jaw visibly tightening. He didn’t need to finish. Both knew how the sentenced ended. 

Adam moved off the floor, sitting close to but still not touching Ronan. “I didn’t mean to.”  He wasn’t sure why he’d flinched. Ronan had approached on his hearing side, so it wasn’t a surprise, but still, when Ronan had leaned in to kiss him Adam had practically jumped back, moving out of the way and surprising them both. Then they’d just stared at each other for a second before Ronan had declared he needed a nap and left. Adam had stood outside for another minute, trying to collect his thoughts and examine what had happened. Even now, he wasn’t sure- beyond that he knew what it wasn’t.

“But you did.” Ronan said stubbornly.

Adam nodded. “I did. Ronan I-” He took a deep breath, thinking through his next words carefully. “It wasn’t you. You didn’t make me flinch. Eighteen years of abuse did, never having someone touch me with love did.” Ronan knew all this but still needed to say it. “But still, it wasn’t you that made me flinch, it was my past.” The big, scary thing that still reared its ugly head at the worst times. Every time Adam thought he was doing better something like this happened and he didn’t know how to fix it.

Ronan was quiet for a minute then he slowly reached out for Adam, making sure he had time to see his action. He took Adam’s hand, intertwining their fingers. “What should I do differently?” He asked.

Adam couldn’t help but smile a little, knowing that Ronan meant it. Whatever Adam asked Ronan would do it.  Adam had never experienced a love like Ronan’s, beautiful and all encompassing. Sometimes the implications of that terrified Adam but mostly he tried to convince himself that he was worthy.

“Remember that it’s not you. I’m not scared of you Ronan. Out of all the feelings you draw out of me, fear has never been one.” 

Ronan raised Adam’s hand to his lips, pressing a soft kiss to it. “I wish I could help.” 

“You do.” Adam replied honestly. “You help me every day.”

Ronan rolled his eyes. “Loser.” 

Adam smiled, moving onto the couch and resting his head on Ronan’s shoulder. “You love it.” 

“I do.” They sat quietly for a second then Ronan spoke again. “I’m going to kiss you, try not to run away.”

“Asshole.” Adam said, tilting his face up to accept the gentle kiss. 

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Adam for the character ask? 💛

favorite thing about them

He's very deliberate. Nothing he does is accidental. So when he's being cold, he's doing it fully on purpose. And when he's letting loose, that's something he's thought about and allowed himself to be. It also means that, although he has very rocky relationships with, well, everyone: Gansey and Ronan and Blue, he deliberately puts in the effort to maintain them.

least favorite thing about them

He's so insistent on being alone. I understand that trust is hard for him, but it's frustrating to watch him push people away time after time.

favorite line

I don't have the energy to scan all the books, but I love bitchy Adam. Anything like "That's the biggest lie you've ever told" or "Not in this car you haven't," any of those roasts I just love.

brOTP

I would do anything for adansey, romantic OR platonic. Additional shoutout to Chainsaw and Opal though

OTP

(Again, adansey makes me lose my mind but) I really fucking love pynch

nOTP

There are some that don't make sense to me, but nothing makes me go 🙅‍♀️

random headcanon

I think Adam had a crush on Ronan first. I think he saw him from afar, or heard him be Super Smart in Latin, and was like 👀 And then the second he got a glimpse of Ronan's personality he was like NO THANKS.

unpopular opinion

I've been vibing with TDT!Adam. I think it's genuinely fucking insane that he drove 16 hours to visit Ronan on Halloween (I will never shut up about how most of CDTH takes place on fucking Halloween) but I boil that down to a mstief impracticality. But yeah! I'd be bored with three books of a smooth sailing relationship, so I've enjoyed his character treatment so far.

song i associate with them

Many, of course, but I like this one a lot: I Am - James Arthur

favorite picture of them

There is SO MUCH good Adam art out there but I really like @cowboymoonking's Adam (here's an example)

[catboynecromancy]

12 for the fic ask game? 💛

Dory!! Ty!! 🥰

12. Favorite physical location you wrote in? - I did some (but not a lot) of my writing this year underneath the huge maple(?) tree in my back yard 😊

Pics for reference!

[piningeddiediaz]

19 fornthe unpopular asks? 💛

hi!!

19. What is the one thing you hate most about your fandom?

i’n in quite a few lol but for trc i think it’s probably some people’s insistence on pretending their character is perfect and had no flaws. the reason why i love the trc characters so much is because they are all flawed, and the whole point of their character arc is them working on those flaws! adam’s pride, gansey’s tendency to try control everyone’s lives - all of it forms a part of what makes them the very well written characters they are, so i hate it when people try to act like those flaws don’t exist bcos it takes away from their growth throughout the entire series!

marvel, it’s kind of the same thing. i hate seeing a*ti t*ny because every single time i see it i just think.... did we even watch the same movies? did we not see him try to make amends? did we not see him do whatever he can to fix his mistakes, including die to save the universe? yeah he is far from a perfect character, but that’s exactly why he’s my favourite! he makes mistakes, he owns up to them, and then he tries to fix them. he takes responsibility, which isn’t what many others do. i love steve, steve is my number 1 favourite, but he’s so stuck in what he thinks is right he doesnt consider that other people might be right too. and i hate how the fandom can both hate on certain characters for the same things they’re perfectly fine with other characters doing (<< this one applies to pretty much every fandom im in, including trc)

[creativefiend19]

14 & 42 for the weird asks? 💛💛

Hi Dory!! *waves happily*

14 - do you love the smell of earth after it rains?

Oh Gosh YES! I live through my senses, esp my sense of smell, and wet earth is one of the most evocative sensations ever.

I also like my bare feet to touch the ground when it rains, esp when it's warm rain, because there's something totally visceral about mud or sand or w/e under the soles of my feet - I feel grounded in a way that I can't explain.

42 - an app you frequently use besides this godforsaken site?

I cannot Tell you how much I hate social media - or my phone! I'm very Ronan in that way. I'm on FB v rarely, and I have LinkedIn to fool ppl into thinking I'm normal about technology (and just normal in general lol).

Only Pynch could've got me on Tumblr, and my super cool and interesting mutuals (like you!) kept me here. I'm not even joking a little.

ask me some weird asks