#i don't think this is too spoilery

[braveblackbutterfly]

Thanks for the tag friend!! I missed reading your TOH fics!

This last sentence is from one of current my TOH fics, For You I Will. I haven't really had a chance to edit this chapter since I really need to sit down for like an hour or more and decide how to end the chapter/fic.

"Willow and Luz wrapped their arms tightly around Amity, making their mutual girlfriend love and appreciate them even more than she thought would be possible."

Open to all my writer friends/mutuals

Last sentence tag game

RULES: Post the last sentence you wrote (fanfic / original / anything) and tag as many people as there are words in the sentence.

Tagged by @lurkingshan and I haven't really written anything in a bit, so have a little peak at the latest entry into my always growing notes app

And in the end, heroes and villains don't matter, because only the strongest survive.

Tagging @dimplesandfierceeyes, @waitmyturtles, and @anixknowsnothin to play, no pressure of course!

[batshaped]

i paused reading chapter 76 to make this LOL

[floating-far-from-earth]

hiii so I made some isat style face sprites for Claire from witch's heart! :3 (there's a whole au attached to them but shhh we'll talk about that Later.)

[luifaro]

playing that in stars and time game everyone's been talking about and idk why but i just don't trust loop like i can't shake the feeling that they have ulterior motives. i think it's just paranoia from flowey though this is like the second time some weird creature was able to remember everything despite time loop shenanigans and the first one i know of was definitely evil.

UPDATE: taking all the smiles i'm getting in the replies as a sign they ARE evil. thanks for the help gang!

[sudden-memory-loss]

I want to extend my deepest thanks to everyone who convinced me to watch doc. I understand why hermits think it's so fun to mess with him now

[softichill]

Attempted to throw together a bingo card for the first part of the finale? I'm not super great at these fjsbgksng

[autumnoakes]

thinking about it actually that i do not think hecate will be very happy if melinoë and nemesis end up together. she doesn't understand why mel defends nem to her, and isn't a big fan of nemesis to begin with.

[faislittlewhiteraven]

Tower of Dormont ISaT AU

Had a weird dream I figured would make a great ISaT AU if anyone wants to take a swing at it so umm, general idea:

Instead of the House being taken over by the King, instead the Favor Tree is warped into an evergrowing tower reaching up, up, up into the heavens.

Instead of the King's Curse slowly making its way across the land and Mirabelle being the 'Chosen One' to collect the orbs to stop it, it's time freezing Sadnesses raining down from the top of the Tower all over Vaugarde and surrounding countries, with heroes from all over (Euphie, Claude, various Defenders, people from other countries, etc) heading into the Tower to figure out what is happening only to never return...

And well. It looks like the end for Vaugarde, Mirabelle (having finally hit the 'I know what Euphrasie said but I've got to do something' point) has recruited Isa, Odile and Bonnie for a last ditch effort to try and stop the world from ending by Tower and...

Within the first few floors (which keep changing but kind of look like... The House of Dormont? No, that bit there looks like Odile's family home, and that room there is just like Nille's???) they find an unlocked bedroom and in that room an exhausted, terrified and near hopeless Siffrin who can barely remember anything from his life before being imprisoned here (even takes a bit to recall his name over the now despised 'Bright One') but after a bit of coaxing they admit they know a LOT about the floors ahead and might be willing to help the party reach the top of the Tower where they can put a stop to the madness going on outside but in return they must not let the King catch them (not again not again not again)...

Party are actually pretty cool with this (you know, aside from general 'is this person legit or actually an enemy?' concerns) but well, it's hard not to notice as their guide goes from barely able to fight beyond weak scissors craft and buffs to healing and every craft type under the sun. From claiming they don't know what's behind a certain door or above the next floor to explaining in detail that the prisoners in cages on the next floor are all Sadnesses, or that 'the King is coming, he hasn't realised I've left the room yet but I need something, anything, to mask my scent' (and later gets everyone to leave false trails down halls via jars of sugar and honey they picked up a few rooms previous). From claiming that the party are the only other people they've ever seen here to having near breakdowns over finding books or paintings with imagery and words that seem eerily familiar (think a book that reads like 'Claude wonders why Euphrasie and their amnesiac guide are so fussed about the walls here apparently being covered in stars? Why do stars matter anyway?'), etc.

Oh and they glow more and more with each floor which er, is probably going to make hiding from the King (who is VERY DEFINITELY after them judging from all the "Bright One, you know you are not supposed to leave you room. You do not want me angry again do you Bright One?" roaring) increasingly difficult.

...

And yeah. I don't actually know what is going on in this story beyond cool imagery due to the whole 'Literally woke up with this in my head because dream' but...

Been thinking it's kinda like an 'end game Persona series' situation where a chance friendly meeting/talk between Sif and the King right before the King's rampage would've started, led to the King to realizing he could use his Wish Craft to force the people of Vaugarde to 'wish with him' (see: escalating brainwashing madness), forcing a terrified Sif to go along with it (no brainwashing for the Bright One no, not when they were clearly sent by the Universe to be the King's guide ignore the Bright One's screams that this is wrong, that they want nothing to do with this; clearly oracles only relay the Universe's intent not share it themselves), and the current 'raining time freezing Sadnesses/Sif clearly being stuck in some weird looping variant' stuff being the result of Sif's 'Please protect Vaugarde and restore our home' wish said at the King's orders being heard by the Universe as "please Universe do whatever you can to stop all of Vaugarde- No, the world from falling under the King's control! + Someone, anyone save me! + 'immense amounts of self loathing and a desire to known and held accountable for inadvertently sparking a man made apocalypse' + Universe I wish I had people who actually cared about me/who would never only use me as a tool to save the world" and er well. The Universe had a way to 'protect everyone from the King' that would also kind of fit the King's wishes, a whole heap of power from all the brainwashed people the King was leading plus the 'meant to be repurposed' freezing all of Vaugarde in time ritual the King crafted to work from Dormont and... Yeah. Add to that people all over Vaugarde and possibly other countries 'adding' to the 'please save us' wish bank after Sif had already accidently centered it all around himself and basically both Sif's loops and the Sadness hell storm are being powered up by everyone everywhere in one huge ball of 'Hmm, I wonder if this all ends with the King getting killed or is there gonna be a big old morality question thingy post King killing at the end where Sif, upon remembering that "this is all my fault" tries to get the others to kill him which other heroes may have done (and thus triggering the loop, sending Sif back to the start possibly missing memories of them to hide away in shame/terror/etc) whereas Mira, Isa, Odile and Bonnie have gotten far too attached to this tragic, self sacrificing idiot and were willing to let the rest of the world be fully frozen for the rest of Sif's natural lifespan if it meant he could finally be free (not happy about it mind you, but like, just the 5 of them living in a quiet world until everyone else is safely freed after Sif's natural death is better than murdering someone who went through an eternity of horrors to protect a world they couldn't even remember and who's death might not even be the true answer anyway)'.

Oh and the King should basically be treated like a yandere version of the Reaper or something throughout the story (dream had way too many 'and then the King was suddenly there killing someone until Sif slashes their throat -no tears to use in this Tower alas- and from the party's perspective basically has a 'vision of the future' and/or freakout for seemingly no reason in the middle of Snack Time), while each of the many many floors of the Tower are basically due to being altered to match the minds of everyone (frozen or not) in the Tower, kinda like a Palace or P4 dungeon, due to well, Sif unconsciously wanting to learn more about them, wanting to remember/forget, possibly on some level wanting the King to how horrible this all actually is IDK (snack rooms, like the bedroom Sif was in are basically P5 saferooms but less 'area weak in cognition' and more 'Sif wishes for there to be places safe from the King and all the Sadness so there are some even if he knows he can't stay in them forever least they become prisons for him'). ...Might be nightmare floors as well? To represent Sif's terror of bad things happening to anyone he becomes attached to and wanting to be able to protect them so basically, they are accidentally making their own opposition (possibly based off of what they hear the others being afraid of/the desire to be useful to them) and I think Slay the Princess might make for great inspiration there if you need an idea of how crazy that might go~ XD

...So. Yeah. If anyone wants to use any of this for any fanfic ideas, please go ahead as I kind of would like to focus on my Selkie Au and fics for other fandoms more than this weird dream that basically took over my brain and said SHARE in caps so loud I've been stuck thinking about it ever since.

[cockadoodlebumtits]

OK, Dimension20 have to stop going back to Calorum now before we all run out of foods we can eat without emotional consequences.

That said:

[ink--theory]

ty to pearl for having my back 💪

at the halfway point now :]

[ardentcastle]

I'm feeling a little bit bad about the delay on the next chapter of Returning to You. I thought I would have a lot more time to write last week than I did, so, for anyone following me because of that fic, here is a short snippet from Chapter 14

The link to the fic is here - it's an AU from season 3 where Polin don't end up married, and Penelope raises their daughter herself. It's Agatha who starts to bring them back together once she finds Colin

~

‘Let us show you to your rooms,’ Kate offered.

Penelope nodded gratefully. Two of the footmen had their luggage in hand, and Penelope and Agatha followed Kate through Aubrey Hall.

It was surprising to Penelope, just how little the place had changed. So many memories were unlocking as they walked up the stairs and through to the wing where most of the bedrooms were. They stopped at one door.

‘This is your room Agatha,’ Kate said, pushing the door open.

‘I get my own room?’ Agatha asked in awe.

‘We don’t mind sharing,’ Penelope offered.

‘Nonsense. You are Bridgerton’s. You can have your own rooms.’

Penelope knew she should correct Kate. She was not a Bridgerton. Not even close. It hardly felt like the right moment though. So she let it pass.

‘Penelope,‘ Kate turned to her with a devastatingly beautiful smile. ‘You are next door.’

Kate opened the door for her and Penelope stepped in. It was like being transported back in time. It was the room she always stayed in, back when she was still a child. The room was all greens and blue accents. It looked exactly as she remembered it.

‘We though you might like something familiar,’ Kate said with a smile.

‘Thank you,’ Penelope said, her voice was soft and she was worried it would crack. ‘All of this means so much to me. I know it cannot be easy and I-‘

‘Stop,’ Kate said, her tone gentle. ‘You are family, Penelope. No matter what anyone says.’

‘But I-‘

‘We are just grateful you have returned, and to have the precious gift that is Agatha brought into our lives. Regardless of how long it took for us to find our way together again.’

Penelope nodded. ‘Thank you Kate. This is all appreciated more than you will ever know.

‘We will let you freshen up for dinner. We will meet you in the dining room in an hour. You can call for a ladies maid if you need one.’

Penelope nodded. She stood there, in the middle of the room until Kate and Violet shut the door behind them.

[phantomoftheorpheum]

The Expanse || A Beautiful Dream

[sunnyaliceart]

So hi, hello, I didn't want to bother you with this but I thought you might enjoy this thought I had from your Professor Layton art so: Aurora would be a Zonai

Hi, no bother at all! In fact, I couldn't stop thinking about it all day. The instant I finished work, I went and doodled her

[asexy-phoenix]

Thoughts on the last few chapters of the Blue Castle

Okay, so Valancy asks Barney not to "make love" to her but to just act normally, and this is very interesting because in the 1920s the phrase "make love" was just starting to shift from its original meaning of courting, flirting, etc. (basically just making romantic advancements) to its modern meaning of having sex with someone.

I find this interesting because it means that Valancy is a) asking for a friendship first and a romantic relationship second, but b) not completely discounting a romantic relationship.

This is important to me because we know from their first extended interaction where Valancy realizes she's in love that she doesn't need that love to be reciprocated. She wants that but doesn't need it. So, even though she enjoys her first kiss with Barney and talks about enjoying physical intimacy in front of her family, she doesn't want Barney to prioritize that over their friendship.

Which makes sense! Their entire conversation leading up to the moment where Valancy asks for friendship first is about how they agree to not tell lies to each other, but still maintain personal boundaries. For being in such unexpected circumstances, they are a very well-adjusted couple.

[onward--upward]

WIP Word Search

Thank you @heybuddy-drabbles and @firenati0n for the tags!!

RULES: use this generator to generate three random words (or however many you'd like to do!) and share the lines where they show up in your wips!

(I had to cheat and generate like six words because somehow every word i got was not showing up in my 100 page document lol)

CALM (from make me misbehave - chapter 2)

Like, neither of them have used the b-word (boyfriend,) but Alex also released a song that’s literally titled “baby” which is essentially all about how soft he is for Henry, and Henry never fails to call him after he’s had a terrible meeting with his grandmother just to listen to Alex ramble at him until he’s feeling a little more calm.

DRAW (from make me misbehave - chapter 3)

“It does,” Henry says hoarsely, but he doesn’t draw away from Alex’s touch, so Alex risks brushing a thumb gently across the warm skin just beneath the sleeve of his t-shirt. “It’s hard enough to exist under her control when it’s just me. I can’t watch it happen to you, too. I think it would actually kill me.” 

CONSTRUCT (from make me misbehave - chapter 2)

Just another one of those gender expectations that has been built upon lifetimes of social context and prejudice, entirely constructed by society over years and years. 

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tags @eusuntgratie @hoodie-buck @shitouttabuck @inexplicablymine @celeritas2997 <3

[applesaucesims]

New trigger warning for today's post:

There will be mention/depiction of postnatal depression, so if you're triggered by that, feel free to blacklist "postnatal depression tw" which is what i tagged. Sorry for the heavy stuff!