#i have many game recs but if you want your life ruined in the most beautiful way PLAY LIS NOW đ«”đ„đ„đ„đ„
The first life is strange rewired my brain in the best and worst ways possible and with my whole heart I love that for me and wouldn't have it any other way
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hello! long time fan, second time asker! any fallout/fallout-esque ttrpg recommendations? esp. styled after 1, 2, and new vegas. could be recommendations based on setting, vibe, mechanics - whatever you like :) i did already get after the bombs fell by the illustrious aaron king on your recommendation, and am very excited to play! if you've already answered this kind of ask before, then maybe some recommendations for trigun-esque ttrpgs - i love the setting of trigun, and i think it would lend itself well to an rpg. anyways, thank you so much for all you do, and for opening my eyes to so many fun games! happy adventuring to you!
THEME: Trigun!
Alright so for Fallout games, I think I did a really good job in my Fallout Recommendation Post, and I also reblogged this post a while back that has a few more hits involved. I might also have a few more recs at the end of this post. So I guess what weâre going to try to do today is find some games that would lend themselves to running a Trigun-style game!
I havenât seen Trigun, so I did some research about it. From what I understand, itâs about Vash, a superpowered outcast whoâs being hunted by people for a big bounty, despite his vow to never take another personâs life. The series seems to be an examination about the choice to act or not, and the characters all seemed to be flawed or haunted in one way or another. Whatâs really interesting to me is that this feels to have a lot of overlap with the themes of Cowboy Bebop, especially since the creators of Trigun appear to be inspired by westerns as well.
With that in mind, Iâve got a lot of space - western ttrpgs here; the settings of all of these can probably be altered to reflect more closely the setting of Trigun, without doing that much harm to the way the rules work.
BXLLET, by Rathayibacter.
The world was broken, a long time ago. We've fought hard to build something better in the aftermath, but we're haunted by the ruins, weapons, and monsters of the past. Will you scratch out a corner of paradise, or will you give in to the temptations of the gun on your hip?
[BXLLET> is a game about systems of violence and power in a world rebuilding itself. As wandering gunslingers, you'll travel the world and do what you can to help the people you encounter. You'll become more powerful the more bullets you carry, but you'll also struggle with the responsibility that power carries with it. Violence will come easily to you, but can you feed crops with rivers of blood?
This game deals with issues of gun violence, exploitation, and apocalypse, and those sensitive to those issues should go into this fully aware. It's not a game for fascists, bigots, capitalists, or their lackeys, and shouldn't be approached from a perspective that boils the complexities of the world into "good guys with guns vs bad guys with guns."
If you want a game that directly tackles the uses of violence and the weight that comes with the decision to kill, I definitely recommend checking out BXLLET. One of the most poignant mechanics of this game revolves around the storage of bullets, and the way your bullet hoard gives you powers. If you spend a bullet, someone will die - you wonât have to roll for it. But if you spend your bullets, youâre also spending your XP. I think itâs very interesting that you only gain the use of special powers if you choose not to spend your killing resource - and by using your bullets to kill, you also lose special, very effective powers.
Even though BXLLET isnât necessarily a space western, I think it definitely communicates the themes of Trigun in a very interesting way, and I definitely think itâs worth checking out.
Orbital Blues, by Soulmuppet Publishing.
This is the rock and roll future of yesteryear that never wasâand nobody wanted.Â
It is an intergalactic age of cowboys, outlaws and bandits playing on an interstellar stage. It is a time of hyper-capitalism and a cut-throat gig economy. Unreliable trash-heaps carry scrappy underdogs to their next gig, and corporation freighters lumber across the horizon laden with an empireâs bounty.
These are the music-fuelled, moon-age daydreams of a rebel space age.Â
These are your ORBITAL BLUES.
ORBITAL BLUES is a lo-fi space western roleplaying game from SoulMuppet Publishing, written by Sam Sleney & Zachary Cox. Â A roleplaying love-letter to off-beat sci-fi, vintage music, and cooperative old-school styled roleplay, Orbital Blues allows you to play out rules-light tabletop adventures in the style of space westerns. Stepping into the shoes of Interstellar Outlaws, players band together to form Crews, and navigate a hard-going, gig-economy living on the fringes of a space-faring society.
Orbital Blues is more in the style of Firefly and Cowboy Bebop, but from what I gather about Trigun, that somewhat sad western feel rings true for that series as well. As sad space cowboys, each of the players chooses a Gambit - a special ability that is special to your character - as well as a Trouble - something that haunts your character, a problem that just wonât go away. Playing into your Trouble grants you a Blues, a measure of how much of your past sins weigh down on you. Should your Blues get too high, youâll have to confront your Trouble, but this also allows you to spend your Blues like a resource, and at the end of the scene, you can gain new abilities, restore health, or increase a stat by 1.
If you want a game where wrestling with your past and your worries is what fuels your characterâs story, you want Orbital Blues.
Clink, by Technical Grimoire Games.
Clink is a tabletop RPG about drifters, the creeds that bring them together, and the history that drives them apart. This game uses coins to tell a story inspired by spaghetti westerns, ronin tales, and shows like Firefly or Supernatural.
Your past is a mystery, but your Creed drives you forward.
Characters begin as rough sketches of the shifty sort youâd see in an old Western or Noir film. They all start as blank slates, their histories unknown. Tell stories about their past and create your character as you play.
You can play Clink in the setting of your choice, but what remains true about the characters is that they are competent, and they drift from place to place. As a group, all of you have the same Creed, a commitment that the group promises to follow - perhaps that they will seek revenge, or that they will never kill someone in their search for peace. Your characters will also have personal Triggers - certain situations or actions that prompt them to do something that puts them and the group in trouble. Your backstory isnât written at the beginning of the game, but rather unraveled through moments called Flashbacks, which do double duty as exposition as well as the reason why your Drifter is good at roping, shooting, piloting, and more.
Finally, Clink uses coins, two of which are flipped every time you attempt something difficult or dangerous. As long as one of those coins comes up heads, youâll do alright - but get double tails and your success comes at a cost - a Scar. Scars are dark moments from your part, moments you wish you didnât have to relive. Gain too many Scars, and your group may splinter, bringing the story to a bitter or sorrowful end.
Dubious Pursuits, by Nested Games.
Dubious Pursuits is a short, PbtA RPGÂ for 4-6 players about Bounty Hunters in pursuit of their target, emulated stories like Cowboy Bebop. Your pursuit will be propelled not by violence, but by learning personal details about your bounty and what brought them to this point. What will you do when you finally catch up with them?Â
Dubious Pursuits credits Cowboy Bebop as a source of inspiration, but I think it has the ability of delivering an emotional story that challenges your players to face the complexities of chasing down someone while learning things about them that might make bringing them to justice harder and harder to do. I donât own the game so Iâm not sure how much control the table has over the truths of the target, but I wonder if it might be possible to use this game to approach a super-powered bounty from the perspective of someone like Meryl Strife.
24BB: The Mud, The Blood, & The Beer by Calvin Jâonzz.
You are a sinner. You are wicked. You have taken human life, first in self defense but then because it felt good. You have stolen from those in need, first to survive but then because it was easy. You have treated humans as objects and property because they were less powerful and could not stop you. But now you have stopped doing those things. You are still that personâyou still want to do those thingsâbut you are trying on a different approach to life. You have realized a new ethos, and you feel deep camaraderie with any who share it.
A Western. The world presented here aims to reflect the weirdness of Trigun and the energy of The Mandalorian without losing the tension of For a Fistful of Dollars. The gravitas of Clint Eastwood's The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly or the schlock of Patrick Swayze's Steel Dawn is optional.Â
The rules for MBB are pretty easy to pick up - different size dice that scale up with your skill and a simple threshold of 4 to beat for any given roll - and the setting is minimalistic, allowing you to flavor or fill it as you like. Trigun is listed directly in the series of references for this game, which tells me that youâll be able to create a character similar to Vash without any trouble.
A unique mechanic to this version of 24XX is your characterâs edge. Edge is a meta-resource (that could have a physical manifestation) belonging to your character that can give you a boost when you need it, or that can help you avoid some kind of consequence. Edges are one-use items that are erased when tapped, although they can be gained again during play. You can take an edge when you play into your one redeeming virtue, such as never harming kids, taking othersâ burdens, or aiding in forgiveness. The game comes with a whole roll table to inspire your personal edges, and I think these virtues make this game an homage to Trigun more than anything else.
Magitech Space Western, by ApexCity.
Welcome to the Beyond, pard. Beyond what? Beyond hope or help, beyond safety and security. Unfortunately, not beyond the reach of the Law or the Civ, or the ever avaricious Corporations. Beyond just about everything that youâve been told is necessary to survive, though. But thatâs ok. Dust yourself off, pick yourself up, and letâs take a strollâŠ
Magitech Space Western is a card-based hack of Powered by the Apocalypse, using a standard set of playing cards to determine the outcomes of actions instead of dice. It also includes variants of Poker and Blackjack to abstract player conflict and vehicle action, respectively.
While this game comes from the PbtA design school, the use of cards instead of dice leans into the themes of the genre, asking the players to build their characters according to two card suits of their choice. These card suits represent different aspects of a characterâs personality. The staggered successes of PbtA show up here as the values on the cards you draw and play - 7-10 for a mixed success, Jack-Ace for a full success, and a 6 or lower for a a miss. However, since youâre playing from a hand that you might have, you may occasionally get to choose what you play - and playing cards that align with the suits youâve chosen give you something extra to spend down the road.
Since youâre playing from a deck, you can to some extent plan around whatâs already been drawn as you play. I think this might also allow an ebb and flow as you tell the story - a string of bad luck should lead to something good, and a string of good luck means that thereâs trouble down the road.
When it comes to setting, youâre all existing in a capitalistic world that ignores the troubles of the marginalized and the backwater folks. Expect to attract trouble from the rich, the powerful, and the desperate - and expect that things are never going to go completely your way.
Other Games I RecommendâŠ.
Check out my Post Apocalypstic Community Recommendation Post!
I also did a Nuclear Radiation Recommendation Post a while back.
Iâve got a Space and Stars Recommendation Post that might have some funky settings.
I also have another Space Western Recommendation Post that have some overlap with what you see here, but also have more options!
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âïž Fic authors self rec!
When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to other writers you know. Let's spread some self-love! đ
hello my friend! âșïž iâm getting to this very late and unfortunately i donât have any of my fics currently uploaded. i can share the ones iâm in the process of writing or planning to!
HUMANITYâS GUARDIAN
levi ackerman x isekai reader : a media malfunction brings you into a dangerous world filled with humanoid creatures. fortunately, it's a place you recognize. in return, it guarantees your death.
i wanted to blend dimensional travel and one of my favorite shows in one. i feel like levi deserves all the love and comfort after what he went through and i wish i, or someone else, were there to do it. what better way is there than to write a fic about it? itâs slightly reader inserted but not too descriptive.
THE ONE WHO SAVED PARADIS
levi ackerman x isekai reader : a moment ago, you were at the campus library. the next, youâre being escorted to the king of the island for a celebratory feast. adventure awaits beyond the hellish gates, a world of magic and death lies ahead.
this is an isekai fic but more like âthe rising of the shield heroâ type of universe. itâs medieval. magic and game-like leveling. includes dark content like prostitution, underground market and slavery, alcohol consumption. the reader is a woman, so she goes through catcalling, people calling her rude names, and things as such that adds to the storyline (that said, the reader doesnât get touched, just yelled at. i donât have the heart to write that dark of content). this is probably the most darkest fic i have ever written out, so itâs not for the faint of heart.
DEAL BREAKER
ceo levi ackerman x employee reader : the stupid things that people would do for money blows you away. sure, youâre in a desperate need of it, but you wouldnât do anything insane. something like that would be ruining a blind date on behalf of your friend, completely unaware that man is the ceo of the company you work for. no, of course you wouldnât make a deal with him, hoping he doesnât fire you. is the money worth risking your career?
this one is inspired by the k-drama known as business proposal. i wanted to make this comedic but angsty at the right moments. levi strikes me as a workaholic who doesn't want to be in a romantic relationship. i'm trying out love triangles in this one.
A HEAVY BURDEN CALLED FATE
satoru gojo x isekai reader : your mundane life takes a heavy turn when you land up in the world of jujutsu kaisen, a popular shonen manga.
yet another isekai fic but with jujutsu kaisen. satoru gojo is one of the characters that i instantly fell in love with, but this is mostly for comfort with other characters. perhaps we all know what happens in the manga with gojo. but i just want to give so many people a hug, especially nanami. can the reader save people? itâs heavily canon divergent, so i donât think a lot of people are going to like it if i ever posted it. itâs also slightly reader inserted for the storyline, but again, not too descriptive. also the readerâs technique is literally sung jinwoo because heâs so badass.
last but not least, PROMISE ME
satoru gojo x sorcerer reader : everyone in jujutsu high knew not to mess with the strongest trio. that was you, satoru gojo, and suguru geto. undefeated, one of a kind. a friendship so strong that nothing stood in the way. an intimidating amount of strength combined together. there was always a solution to a problem as long the trio had each other, no matter the horrible things that came by, itching for a fight. but in a world full of curses, nothing was promised except for one thingâan expiration date.
this is a canon fic where you become best friends with satoru and suguru in the early years of jujutsu high, but things happen. you leave to study at your hometown, away from satoru, but you and megumi know each other and keep contact. youâre still trying to find suguru since he left. at some point, you come back as a teacher for megumiâs sake but have to deal with satoruâs shenanigans. does your friendship with him blossoms again? is there more? maybe he ruins it once and for all. maybe you do.
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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. Letâs spread the self-love â€ïž
OOh this is so fun!! I'm cheating and giving you seven since I tend to have favourites for each fandom I've written for and at this point I've written for way too many fandoms.
give me a sign, I want you next to me
Buddie || teen || 7k
Buck loves working at the 118. He loves living in LA. He loves his kid. He loves the life they've manage to build. The only thing he doesn't love is that his husband is across the world in a war zone.
OR
The 118 knows Buck has a really cute kid and a partner he loves, they just think that partner is his husbands ex.
it's like everything you say is a sweet revelation
Buddie || mature || 5.6k
âMarry me,â Eddie said. It wasnât a question, it was a sentence. He said it like he was commenting on the weather or last night's Dodgers game.
Buck slowly lowered his coffee cup, eyes wide. Eddie lifted his drink and took a sip, a satisfied hum escaped him as he did.
âCome again?â
âMarry me,â Eddie took another sip of his coffee. âPlease?â
wet your lips (and smile to the camera)
Buddie || mature || 6.8k
Buck has a problem and that problem is that Eddie Diaz is going to ruin his life.
OR
Eddie starts modeling on the side and Buck can't stop looking at his pictures, mostly because Eddie's ads are everywhere.
Baby On Board
Steddie || teen || 27k
It took less than a day after the news that Steve Harrington had gotten Tammy Thompson pregnant for his friends to all but abandon him. It took less than a ten minutes after finding Eddie Munson under the bleachers for Eddie to adopt Steve into his merry band of outcasts.
Prequel to Dustin's Dad(s)
I'm Yelling Tinder
DexNursey || explicit || 6.9k
Dex wasn't supposed to know anyone in New York.
Nursey was supposed to be in fucking Europe for the summer. Instead of being in Europe Nursey was smiling up at Dex from his Tinder profile.
Dex swiped right.
Like James Dean, Only Sadder
Sterek || teen || 3.8k
The star of the Beacon Hills High School baseball team and Beacon Hills resident bad boy probably have nothing in common, right?
Queer Robins Club
DC (multiple ships) || mature || 4.9k
In which the Robins arenât so good at keeping their sexualities a secret, not that most of them would want to anyway.
Or
How each of the Robins accidentally came out and made a club to commiserate together.
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Stardew Valley mod rec compilation
this is a regular question asked on the discord so I wanted to put together my own constant pack to link.
These are NOT all mods I use. These are the mods Iâm **completely confident **in recommending together, that definitely work well, combine well and wonât create any cognitive dissonance.
(Note that Iâm not listing any prerequisites. Whichever mod youâre installing, you obviously need to install its prerequisites too)
(Most of these are on Nexus, but not all. MARGO is on GitHub, for example. Search on Nexus first, then duckduckgo or google it if itâs not there)
Utility if-youâre-modding: (mods that maybe wonât improve your game per se and you donât want to install Just Them if youâre picking and choosing, but if youâre already using other mods, you want to look at these)
Advanced Save Backup (obvious function is obvious, donât let mod fuckups permanently ruin your save)
Generic Mod Config Menu (absolutely mandatory if youâre installing like⊠>1 other mod)
CJB Cheats Menu + CJB Item Spawner (the more mods you have the more likely youâll need this to recover after glitches. There are vanilla bugs you might want this to help you with too)
Jump Over (or noclip, in case you get stuck somewhere)
Mod Update Menu (fully optional, but might be nice)
Quality of Life (mods that Iâm completely confident work well together and will improve your game withough particularly changing it. You do want to meddle in config for many of these though. Increase complexity at your own pace)
Action Sitting
After Midnight Speed Buff
Easy Coal
Balanced Quarry
Better Artisan Good Icons
Better Beehouses
Better Chests
Better Ranching (turn off âprevent failed harvestingâ in config, add Fix Animal Tool Animations for that functionality instead)
Bigger Backpack
Collapse on Farm Fix
Destroyable Bushes
Gift Rejection
Grass Growth
Horse Overhaul - Immersive Scarecrows
Immersive Sprinklers
Lucky Rabbitâs Foot
Mail Services Mod
MARGO - Tweex, Tools and Ponds modules
Remember Birthdays
Robin Work Hours
Expanded Big Shed
Sturdier Saplings
Time Speed
Zoom Level
Friendship QoL: (Iâm putting these into a separate category because they specifically make one thing easier and might be unbalanced together - but if you want lots of custom NPCs they might be necessary as a breath of air)
Part of the Community
Passive Friendship
Friend of a Friend
Visual (This is specifically the combination I use, that I know for a fact works well and looks good together. These are mods that donât alter any mechanics or add any content and mostly donât impact balance, theyâre purely to make the game look better)
Custom Menu Background
Better Water
Cuter Coops and Better Barns or Coop and Barn Facelift
Darker Vanilla Crops
Darker Vanilla Forage
Dynamic Night Time
Dynamic Reflections
Happy Fish Jump
Iridium Sprinkler Desaturated or Burnished Bronze Iridium Sprinkler
Less Ugly Spouse Rooms
Medieval Buildings
Simple Foliage
Skellâs Flowery Tools
Starry Night Interface (deleted from Nexus)
Vintage Interface (and this if youâre using Bigger Backpack)
Vibrant Pastoral Recolor
Way Back Pelican Town
Wind Effects
Yriâs Modular Flowers
Eemieâs Dark Wood and Gold Craftables - Scarecrow and Rarecrow Recolors - Climates of Ferngill
Swimsuit Selection
Spritemaster, and you can turn off the smoothing just for faster rendering everywhere with no visual changes
Dialogue + NPCs (Thoroughly vetted - exclusively the mods that donât create any contradictory lore, fit fully with vanilla, and might make you feel like vanilla was always intended to be this way)
Dusty Overhaul
Community Wednesdays and Community Center Reimagined
David the Hamster
Demetrius Visits Farm Cave Redux
Diverse Stardew Valley
the ethnic wedding outfit collection (Emily Ukrainian Wedding Dress and others with the same naming scheme, entering âweddingâ into search is a good way to find these)
Haley Reads Magazines (plug of my own mod)
Immersive Spouses
Jean and Jorts
Social Haley
Unlikely Friends
Immersive Sandy
Make the game more fun (This is a fairly diverse category - these are the mods that will substantially alter the game and give it a decidedly non-vanilla feel and balance, but that Iâm willing to vouch for as fun, non-conflicting, non-glitchy and not making your life harder. Some of them are smaller than others)
Walk to Desert Redux
Archery + Archery starter pack
Artista
Cape Stardew
Cat gifts
Deep Woods
Farmhouse visits
Festival of the Mundane
Hot Spring Farm Cave (or another farm cave mod)
If It Fits I Sits
Improved Cindersap Forest (plug of my own mod)
Like a Duck to Water
Lost in the Mountains (or another custom farm map mod) (plug of my own mod)
MARGO - Combat, Professions and Taxes modules
Stardew Druid
Swim Mod
Wrenâs Expanded Greenhouse (or another greenhouse mod)
Animals Need Water
Even More Secret Woods
NPC Adventures (and content packs for it)
Map Editor Extended
Free Love pack (This is for the people who think SV is nice in allowing the player to date multiple people, but unnecessarily restrictive in allowing them to only marry one of them. Iâm putting other romance/marriage/parenthood mods in this category also) necessary: (these are the mods you need to make a multi-spouse household function smoothly, period. Need extensive configuring, usually, so pay attention when you install them)
Bed Tweaks
Custom Spouse Patio Redux (this one can glitch, but Map Editor Extended has fixed it for me fine every time)
Custom Spouse Rooms
Free Love
Wedding Tweaks optional: (these are the mods that can substantially improve your personal life if youâre into them, but Free Love functions fine without them)
Platonic Partners and Friendships
Bachelors and Bachelorettes stay friends
Fourteen Heart Events for All
Gender Neutrality Mod
Not In Here By Yourself (plug of my own mod)
Hugs and Kisses
Multiple Spouse Dialogs (+Tiaâs and Lilietâs packs for it) (plug of my own mod uwu)
Planned Parenthood
Swimsuit Selection
Unique Children
Unique Children Talk - Tâs Spouse Room
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tauria!! 9, 14, 21, 74, 80, 84, 104, 122 from the book rec ask game please <33
ahhh thank you maya!
9. your favourite book of 2020
ahh, i'm actually going to answer this for---last year, because i remember it and also bc i hit my reading goal last year!!
so my actual answer would be nona the ninth, but as i have already rec'd gideon to bean and mentioned harrow in this list, i shan't count it.
s o.
i think i'm gonna go with The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski, which is part one of a duology. the first is a retelling of cinderella, the second of sleeping beauty.
the first, to me, was much more enjoyable than the second, although i deeply enjoyed both. the first is singular pov, the second is split (i liked the LI's more!)
the book takes place on an island which is segregated into three classes / rings, each of which enjoys a vastly different quality of life than the other. the protagonist lives in the lowest class, where, if you're charged with a crime, no matter the severity, the guards can take any tribute they ask---from a few strands of hair to some blood to an eye, etc. she works with her guardian to help sneak people out of the lower ring and into the upper rings, and has always yearned for a taste of them hersellf. after spending a night in prison, she meets an outsider--the first on the island in many years--who helps her achieve just that.
also the plot twist in this book is. amazing.
14. a book that made you trip on literary acid
like. in the most positive way possible.
Harrow the Ninth.
look. i wasn't going to rec sequels. i wasn't.
but oh my god.
i walked away from this book with a headache and i said thank you ms. muir <3
(runner up answer would be the stars are legion, bc. oof. that book was a mind-fuck. again? best way possible. but also. damn.)
21. a book with a red cover
literally the first book that came to mind was Eldest, of the Inheritance Cycle.
(i was going to answer with "witches of ash & ruin by e. latimer" but my kindle cover is now blue -.- and uglier, imo. whatever.)
but, uh. The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett!! i started the discworld series with the tiffany aching series, and i highly recommend <3 the nac mac feegles make me giggle so much <3
also i deeply love tiffany and all of the things that pterry conveys through her <3
74. your favourite love triangle
i didnât forget to answer this before i clicked post wdym
this is hard!!! ngl i actively avoid love triangles in books after being so inundated with them during some of my peak reading years lmao
ahhh but
i actually didnât mind how the love triangle was handled in the early throne of glass books!
i donât necessarily recommend those but i was. obsessed with them for a time xD
80. a book that reminds you of a loved one
i technically answered this on bean's! that would be "a girl of the limberlost" or "the secret garden" bc they both remind me of my mom.
also almost any murder mystery will remind me of her, as those were her favorite genre.
u h m. but to name a different book; i think of my brother every time i see a riordanverse book, particularly the Percy Jackson <3 i let him borrow my copies (i've. mostly forgiven him for their now beat up / falling apart state) and watching him develop his first otp / devour them was so sweet <3
104. a fluffy, sweet read
so i didn't technically rec it on bean's list, i just mentioned it.
Legends And Lattes - Travis Baldree! cozy, slice of life fantasy with a sapphic romance. an orc retires from adventuring to open a coffee shop in a city that's never heard of coffee. (its a gnomish thing.) has a lot of dnd-like setting things and so much found family <3
also it made me hungry, so like. have ur favorite warm drink & pastries on hand when you read it bc you may also end up wanting them <3
122. your favourite winter read
hmmm.
okay so first! um. when i think winter / autumn / summer / spring read i don't necessarily think about season in the book itself, but rather like... how i feel during those seasons. so! autumnal reads i prefer spookier vibes; summer i want lighter books i don't have to focus too much on bc the heat has melted my brain; and for winter i want books that are good for spending a long time under blankets, so. chunkier the better. (i don't know what a spring read is to me.)
i am going to answer this one with two books!
the first i have not actually read -- The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon, which is a fucking beast of a book. i am... about 20%? through it? i think? but i had to put it down bc i couldn't give it the full attention it deserved. however, i think, due to its size, it would be a lovely book to devour over a handful of snowy days, curled up in blankets <33
the second i have read, and i actually wouldn't call this one chunky, but. i dunno. it's made for a nice evening read, i think. anyway! The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A McKilip.
[ book rec ask game ]
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Different anon but I recently watched crash because of your james spader posting and I loved it!! I also am exclusively picturing daniel as him now, heâs the perfect face claim. Also would love to hear your film recs!
yessss, it's such an insane movie, it's SO good! and it's not vampire-relevant at all but somehow a man who chases vampires and dates one and a man who chases the sexual thrill of car accidents are just two sides of the same coin imo
(and he is perfect, right?? welcome to the club đ„č)
so my offical spader recs are:
Sex Lies and Videotape
Spader plays Graham, a gentle weirdo who is impotent and has a kink for interviewing women about their sex lives and then watching the videos of said interviews back when he's alone.
watch it for: the interviewing the impotency combo have huge vampire!daniel vibes. he's so non-threatening, so politely weird, so eager to lie back and let a pretty auburn haired person touch his face. 100% molloy vibes.
Crash
you've already seen this, anon, but for anyone who hasn't: Spader is James Ballard, a guy who gets into a car accident and discovers a whole underground culture of weirdos who are horny for car crashes, and keep escalating their dangerous sex acts to find new thrills
watch it for: listen this movie is so outrageously horny and all about putting other people's lives at risk to get your own thrill, and if that isn't vampire adjacent i don't know what is. also the wife of spader's character is so emotionally flat and full of clinical vocabulary. the scene with her and spader in bed, talking about him sleeping with a man- it's armand and daniel, just trust me.
Secretary
a CLASSIC. he's the original Mr. Grey, deeply repressed dom who hires maggie gyllenhal as his secretary and ends up in a bdsm relationship with her. it's a very sweet movie with lots of kink, it's a lot of fun.
watch it for: the theme of letting your guard down and being fully understood. he's not at his most molloy here, but it's just a great film and gives you lots to think about in terms of what constitutes a relationship and letting another person in.
Dream Lover
Spader has a one night stand turned marriage with Madchen Amick, with all sorts of psychological twists and guessing games about who is the insane one and who is lying about their entire life.
watch it for: he's gorgeous, the sex scenes are đ„” and if you squint you can blur Madchen Amick into looking like Armand lol he goes from gentle lover to mentally unhinged to murderer and looks beautiful the whole time, what else do you want?
Jack's Back
i don't even know how to explain this movie except to say that it's an 80's serial killer flick that's so bad it's good. Spader plays twins so you get to see him as the good boy and the bad boy here.
watch it for: the twin he plays in the first 1/4 of the movie is very molloy, so sweet and flirty and dedicated to his job. he does a lot of great eye rolling and arguing and then gets into the most weirdly kinky bad spot before his brother shows up. lots of nice shots of spader bloody, sweaty, smoking, exhausted, or some combination of all four. pure 80s trash but molloy adjacent in that he's a beautiful eyeful getting into trouble.
Bad Influence
More schlock in which Spader strikes up a friendship with bad boy Rob Lowe and gets his life ruined/is convinced to do some awful shit before embarking on a quest for revenge.
watch it for: Spader looking gorgeous in glasses, starting out innocent and then doing lots of unhinged things. it's more 'so bad it's good' stuff and seeing him be gentle but also get violent gives me so many thoughts about vampire daniel.
Stargate
A sci-fi flick in which he plays a physics nerd who is able to open a portal to another planet. Basically ancient aliens meets terminator.
watch it for: his character is literally named daniel and he's so sweetly passionate about his science stuff/ancient languages, very 'daniel molloy: pupil of marius' tbh
Other fun movies, but which are scraping the bottom of the barrel in terms of quality or how often he appears:
âąTuff Turf (he is SO pretty in this one)
âąCocaine: One Man's Seduction (watch a compilation of his scenes via youtube for some 80's daniel/angry daniel fodder)
âąPretty in Pink (he's a wealthy 80s bad boy who's only in part of the film, the visuals are nice for picturing Night Island Daniel)
âąThe New Kids (an awful movie in which hs plays an awful person but he gets covered in blood and has the kinkiest scene where he gets tied up, when you see it you'll know)
âąA Killer in the Family (more god awful stuff, but he's so so pretty and so permanently annoyed I couldn't look away)
âąStoryville (so, so dry but the jiujitsu scene and the kiss scene with the lawyer lady are worth seeing)
âąCurtain Call (really, really hard to hunt down but it's a cute romcom where he lives in a haunted house and is permanently annoyed, also him dancing with his love interest is so sweet and lovely i'm still picturing armand and daniel dancing like that)
I think this breaks down 80% of his filmography lol But really, watch sex lies and videotape, crash, and secretary for sure!! The rest are just excellent oggling material/potential smut inspo â„
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Tbh Iâm still recovering from the tsunami episodes so I havenât watched more, but I was wondering if you have any Buddie fic refs? Iâm sure thereâs a lot of episode-specific ones so I want to avoid spoilers. But maybe AUâs?
Hellooooo FRIEND!!
Sure I can give you some fic recs - there are definitely some fantastic writers in this fandom! [This is not at all about the quality of fic, but I've found a lot of it trends towards spec/extension fic and very fluffy/T, which is less of what I'm personally looking for from fic, so I'm not sure how many of these I'll have but I know there are some!]
Not to toot my own horn but I'm going to anyway - I wrote my first Buddie fic recently! I don't think.... it has spoilers? Not big ones?
That's What Friends Are For (E, ~4200 words)
Eddie shows up an hour later. Heâs clearly gone home and showered, as his hair is damp. Heâs wearing sweats and a t-shirt that Buck is pretty sure is his, and he smells of soap and bacon. No, wait, the bacon scent is coming from the bag of takeout containers heâs carrying in one hand. Buckâs eyes narrow at the sight of the object Eddieâs clutching in his other hand.
âTequila?â he asks, raising one eyebrow and then laughs when Eddie just makes a bitchy face back at him. âI mean, Iâm in, obviously, but itâs like nine in the morning.â
Okay as I was trying to find some recs for you, I realized, a lot of these have spoilers (not the ones I've linked to I DO NOT THINK) - so these are going to be more in the AU realm. @fraddit do you want to weigh in as well?
Leading with the Left (E, ~84K) by @letmetellyouaboutmyfeels
When Buck said he was a "bartender" in "South America" what he actually meant was "stripper" in "Mexico."
And when Eddie said, "What's your problem?" what he actually meant was, "Is this about the time you gave me a lap dance?"
In other words, there's a few things the 118 doesn't know about Buck. Or Eddie. Or Buck and Eddie's relationship.
Awesome writer, fantastic fic!
I Hit the Accelerator (But the Car was in Reverse) ($, ~68K) by @extasiswings and letmetellyouaboutmyfeels.
When Buck is forced to confront the truth about his breakup with Abby, having casual sex with his hot new coworker seems like the best rebound idea.
Unfortunately, that hot new coworker turns into his best friend. But best friends can keep having sex with each other, right?
There's no way this could possibly go wrong.
Both fantastic writers and this one is fun!
to your front door (G, ~3K) by @henwilsons
Pepaâs been eyeing him all evening, so it shouldnât be a surprise when she says, âWhy arenât you dating Eddie?â
And yet Buck still nearly veers the car straight off the road.
I know I said I'm not usually one for spec fic but this is hilarious! Another writer I'll probably follow most places to be honest.
Weep, and call it singing (G, ~1200 words) by my amazing @xanthippe74
The apartment feels as hollow as an empty nautilus shell.
Buckâs going to come home again, Eddie tells himself. Thereâll be more dinners around the big table, more game nightsâwell, assuming Buck ever gets around to buying a new couch. Buck will bustle around the kitchen, his and Chrisâ laughter will fill the echoing space, and Eddieâ
Eddie will never, ever take any of it for granted again.
On the third day of Buck's medically-induced coma, Eddie visits his apartment.
This is fuckING BEAUTIFUL AND PAINFUL BUT ALSO GORGEOUS (unsurprising because this author is amazing)
Ruin Me Like Castle Walls and Burn Me Like a Village (E, ~4200 words) by letmetellyouaboutmyfeels [just go peruse their entire catalog honestly]
When a call goes wrong, Buck sees a new side to Eddie, and starts to realize a lot of things about his best friend.
And himself.
Okay so. This is not... my usual vibe but this fic has literally the best tags I've ever seen that make me laugh so hard, and that I think of REGULARLY (as like, a life's motto) and... yeah Worth it.
Okay there's a few to start!! I know there are a bunch I've loved, If you want me to go through my AO3 history for more recs, I am happy to do so!! xox
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unrelated sidenote, your inbox is the only place I actually use emojis so to say my most recent ones are very random is an understatement lmao
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What's something that appears in your fics over and over and over again, even if you don't mean to?
wilbur soot in a blindfold /hj
ok more serious answer... themes surrounding different types of trauma I guess? I don't mean to make so many of my stories a vehicle for talking about trauma, but it just happens. world forgetting was kind of a loose metaphor (but also kind of literal) way to show how trauma changes you as a person. stars digs into childhood neglect, glass is obviously centered around religious trauma, honey and tangerines showcases a variety of ways our childhoods can fuck us upâI don't set out to tell stories about trauma but it just happens
â Do you have a fic you started, but scrapped?
so many... most of them stay unpublished but very rarely I fuck up and post a chapter of a fic and then lose all motivation to write more of it (I'm so sorry to fans of the crimeboys surfing au). but yeah most of the scrapped fics stay in the vault of my google drive. I have a cyberpunk au (similar to glass but without the religious and royalty elements) that I still might hop back on one of these days, I have a few midwestern gothic horror fics I started that I'm holding onto for a rainy day, there was a slice of life sandduo fic that was supposed to be like 3-4 chapters but I didn't even get the first chapter finished before I lost interest, but that's just off the top of my head. there are dozens of wips I start and sometimes I know I'm never going to publish them, but other times I'm like hmm I'm gonna write a bit and let me feel this out to see if I want to write more and then I just. don't.
I think the furthest I ever got in an unpublished wip that I ended up scrapping was uh... over 50k words. I'm not joking I scrapped over 50k words of a fic once (it's a really old one that I started pre-clinic so it's not really the kind of stuff I write about now) (it's actually c!ranboo centric that's how you know it's old LMAO)
đŠ What's the sweetest fic you've created so far?
oh for dsmp(ish) probably dance with me that one was just so cute and fun. I wrote the entire thing in a few hours while blasting the kingdom dance music from tangled it was such a good time
for qsmp then I think most of my tallulah and wilbur one shots are really sweet, but especially like a sunflower that one was just tooth rottingly adorable
ask game!
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đȘ°đȘČđŠ for the fic rec asks?
bug me for fic recs! ask game (My computer is having issues loading the emojis, so apologises in advance!0)
đŠ Recommend one or three of your own fics!
Svalbard - A short Cabin Pressure Fic focusing on Carolyn/Herc on a Christmas vacation to Svalbard with the crew.
Paint It Red - Romana teaches Brax that applying make up can be a powerful tool.
The Edge of Existence -An AU! version of that scene in Power of the Doctor, but with Brax. Is Brax ready to move onto the final stages of the afterlife? Or is everything as it seems?
Recommend a great fic centered on your favorite character!
Oh, I have so many involving Brax! There's so many fantastic works out there.
After All, I collected you by @c0rrupt3dsp1r1t It's such an amazing fanfic, and i'm currently doing a re-read of it to catch up.
They've finally set the Collection's timeline straight- or as straight as it'll go. A century ahead of where it should be, but that's fine. Benny's been off with the Doctor again, but Brax isn't keen on it. When another alien infection gets into her head though, there are things she realizes she can't hide from him anymore.
As a relationship between a now technically elderly human woman and the manipulative Time Lord best friend who sort-of-kind-of-didn't-actually ruin her life though, it's bound to be a bit of a rough one, at least at the start. Especially with ghosts of the past, both friend and foe, coming back to haunt them. And a broken piece of magical Gallifreyan ceramic is causing time to unravel- but for the most part that's a separate problem entirely.
Bernice Summerfield has a lot of friends though, both faces old and new. It can't be all bad with them around.0
I'm also going to recommend another one, because I binged read these two so hard last year and i still think about them constantly. It is a Ten/Rose and Brax/Romana-centered fanfic. But it is SO well written. It's not completed and I'm not sure if the author will ever up date part two, but its such a fun ride.
They are called Speaking His Language and Reclaiming Gallifrey. by Groovykat. Reclaiming is the sequel, but I highly recommend reading Speaking His Language FIrst. The first one is more centered on Ten/Eight/Rose, but the beginning of Brax/Romana and the Gallifrey gang saving Gallifrey plot in this build up is fantastic.
Summary of Speaking his Language:
When Rose Tyler runs because of an adventure gone awry, she ends up deep inside the TARDIS of another Doctor. He takes off before he realizes he has a stowaway on board and ends up on a planet Rose never thought she'd ever get to see. When he finds his little stowaway, and sees her current state, he finds out that this is not going to be as simple as just taking her back to himself...
...Especially when she's undecided whether or not she wants to go back to him at all.
Recommend a fic that makes you sad (in the best way!!)! Some great angst and/or hurt/comfort!
The one I can think of at the moment is probably Sepelio by @strange-destinations that is a beautiful, deliciously written Hannibal! Bernice Summerfield AU.
A seemingly endless trail of murders and murderers springing up all across Dellah. An insatiable, inexplicable morbid curiosity. An abundance of cold, hungry earth. Ignorance is bliss, as long as you can maintain it.
Sometimes it doesn't matter how good your intentions are.
My brain is too tired to think of any others, but I'm probably missing some!
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Hiii! Been delving into Steter now, in the year of our lord 2021, even though I never really did when I was active in the fandom years ago and I was wondering if you'd have some longfic recs for the ship? Like, fics that are Classics(TM)? But happy endings! And I'm not super into those in which Stiles is still underage đŹ do u have any recs? Thanks!
Welcome to the Steter fandom! I definitely have some long fics to rec, some of them are super old lol, and I'll stick to ones around 20k or over, and most of them are finished. And hmm, considering the ship, and a lot of fics like to start off in season 1 where Stiles is still technically a teenager, I'll try to limit these to ones with Stiles being at least 16/17 before anything starts happening, and only 18+ if there's explicit content. I hope that's okay.
drowning in the sea of you by Corpium
Beacon Hills was perfect for Stiles growing up, but now, with werewolves, hunters, and an anxious best friend running around, it's turning into a place too chaotic for an empath like Stiles to handle alone. And pain killers can only go so far.
Wake Me Up by ToAStranger
Stiles has been in a coma for six years. Now he's awake.
Tremors by Corpium
(Stiles has a taste for him now. All Peter needs to do is wait.)
Surviving Peter and the Zombie Apocalypse by Nopennamesleft
Its the end of the world and Stiles has run out of luck. He saves a werewolf from certain death. Will they begin to rely on each other to survive or will the wolf just eat Stiles for a midnight snack?
Bite Down by EclipseWing
In which Stiles is forced to survive the zombie apocalypse with a sociopathic murdering werewolf for company.
as you are by veterization
Stiles runs straight into a tree and suddenly, things are... different. Namely, he's in a world where Peter Hale is his boyfriend.
Call My Name by KouriArashi
After moving to Beacon Hills, Stiles starts having recurring dreams of a man in some kind of prison, who needs his help. Things get so bad that he ends up in Eichen House, where he finds out that the man is real.
Devil of Mercy by KouriArashi
Peter's heard people talk about what it felt like when they saw their mate for the first time, from those who actually believe in the mystical bullshit. Like a magnet, like gravity. Peter just feels... sharply curious.
Whiskey is My Kind of Lullaby by taylorpotato
Peter is a simple saloon owner on one of the outer planets between the Aaru Belt and the Olympus Galaxy. Heâs done with trouble. Done with adventure. So fucking done with rustlers. That is, until a cute young outlaw named Stiles wanders into his bar. Peter has this problem where he canât seem to resist charming narcissists (perhaps because they remind him of himself). And when said narcissists turn his life upside-down, the worst part is heâs not even that upset about it.
Proposing To Strangers by moonstalker24
At the end of a strained relationship, crime novelist Stiles chooses to hide from the world inside a bar with far too many motorcycles outside it for comfort. Here he'll meet the man of his dreams, eat food and propose marriage, all within the first five minutes.
Peter doesn't know who this kid is, but he's cute and looks like he could use a break. So he feeds him. He's not expecting a marriage proposal, but with what comes after, he doesn't really mind.
Stiles Stilinski, Disaster Chef by Guede
The zombie apocalypse forces Stiles to learn how to cook.
The Will by Guede
We are gathered here today for the reading of Gerard Argentâs will.
On the Importance of Lunar Influences in Gardening by Guede
âOh, itâs you again,â Stiles sighs. He puts down his basket and drops the bunch of onions into it, and then dusts off his hands. âCanât you get your own strawberries? I mean, I have it on good authority that wild strawberries? Theyâre a thing. They exist. Theyâre out there.â
âBut Stiles,â says the werewolf dangling by one foot from the tree, sticky red smears around his mouth and all over his fingers. âYour berries are so juicy, so ripe. Those ones in the woods are mere passing indulgences compared to the royal feast you have in your garden.â
Genii loci Stiles and his father run a community garden, and itâs all good, except for the werewolf who keeps sneaking over the fence to raid Stilesâ strawberry patch (and the hunter whoâs constantly hanging around his father).
Runes and all kinds of things by FeelingsDusk (WIP)
Enough is enough. Stiles is tired of being always a last choice when he always tries to do his best for his precious people, so they better get their act together or face being left behind.
OR
The things in the Argent's basement get nearly fatal, the Sheriff finds about the supernatural, Allison can have a wicked, wicked mind and Peter Hale appears to be everywhere.
Oh, and Stiles can't seem to stop breaking the laws of physics with his magic.
Sanctuary by DiscontentedWinter
The Hale Wolf Sanctuary isnât just for wolves.
It turns out itâs for Stilinskis as well.
Out Of The East, Never See The Sun Rise by neglectedtuesday
In the beginning, there are three absolutes.
One. Stiles is a god, forged of starlight and collapsing galaxies and he is eternal.
Two. Peter is human, fragile bone and viscous blood and he is temporary.
Three. Stiles and Peter are in love; love that claws its way inside oneâs heart like fish hooks; all encompassing love that is beautiful but dangerous.
Stiles is a god. Peter is human. They love each other.
Three absolutes.
You Had Me at Canapes by LadyArinn
Stiles doesn't mean to sneak into the Hale wedding, and he certainly doesn't mean to have cliche coat-room sex with the bride's uncle, but what had happened, happened, and it wasn't like he could just leave. At least, not until he got to have some of that cake.
Infinite Space by DiscontentedWinter
Stiles needs Peter's expertise to help stop the latest threat to Beacon Hills.
And, as the pack falls apart around him, he might even need Peter for more than that.
Hook, Yarn, Sinker by pprfaith
Stiles is happy with his store, his hobbies, his friends. Peter's just trying to figure out how to raise his nieces and nephew without fucking them up too badly.
Paths cross.
Open Wounds by Guede
Talia got out of the fire with Peter, but everyone else died. Years later, theyâre still struggling with injuries, but theyâve at least settled in with oddball werewolf Stiles. And then other werewolves start showing up. Familiar ones.
Bittersweet Creek by Guede
When Stiles finally steps off the westward trail to California, heâs the last of his pack. He starts building a den, but then he finds a dying man next to a burnt-down house and it turns out heâs not really much of a settler, after all.
For Great Justice! by Green
Stiles is a vengeance demon, drawn to Peter just as he's waking from his catatonia.
"Whoever did this? We will make those fuckers suffer. I promise you."
Bone Deep by ShippersList
A body in the woods, a mate, and a long-awaited revenge.
Peter had no idea how his life would change when he followed the strange pull in his chest.
Love What is Behind You by KouriArashi
Basically what it says on the label. Hunger Games type fusion. Stiles doing way better than anyone anticipates. Peter finds him intriguing. Ruthless, devious assholes working together to ruin bad guys, as the Steter ship is meant to be.
Soothing the Burn by Therapeutic_Steter (WIP)
Peter is burnt out and breaking down. Stiles notices and offers him solace, along with the one thing he wants most: Pack.
Til Death by Bunnywest
âHow long do we have to find him someone?â Stiles asks.
âTwo weeks,â says Derek, eyebrows pulling down even further. The fierceness of his expression tells Stiles just how concerned he is.
âHe marries, or he goes to the camps. And you know what your father told us,â Scott reminds her.
The campsâŠâŠarenât camps.
Peter either finds a wife, or he dies.
Ink Blossoms by Triangulum
"So, you're going to ruin your niece's baby shower with flowers in the wrong color?" the florist, Stiles, asks when they reach the counter. He pulls out a binder and starts flipping through it.
"Not ruin. Mildly inconvenience," Peter says.
"Right, messing with a hormonal pregnant woman seems like a great plan."
"To be fair, her fiance and the father of her baby is my ex-boyfriend," Peter says. "And we weren't broken up when they started 'dating'."
Stiles looks up at him in surprise. "And you're still getting her flowers?" he asks.
"It's under duress, I assure you," Peter says. He absolutely wouldn't be here if his alpha hadn't ordered it.
"Well, shit, yeah, let's get you some purple revenge flowers," Stiles says.
After You by FlyAwayMeow (rjaejoo)
Itâs true that sometimes what you want the most, you canât have and that youâll miss what you once had all along when itâs finally gone.
After breaking his engagement to Chris, Peter heads to New York to start over. He meets Stiles, a young author at his publishing house who helps him piece his confidence back together. When tragedy strikes, he discovers how to finally let go of his past and have the family and future he's always wanted with the pieces already in his life.
love me lights out by veterization
Stiles and Peter get snowed in together. (Or: what happens when you accept phone calls from people you haven't spoken to in over five years.)
Uncle Peter Doesn't Date by Mellow (SweetCandy) (WIP)
âOh donât lie, you love it.â Peter purred and winked at his newest arm candy, who spluttered for a few seconds, before blushing like a 16 year old virgin. Considering how young he looked Laura wouldnât be surprised if he was actually 16.
âShut up Peter!â Bambi squeaked, still flushing and averting Lauraâs eyes. âWell, anyways, Iâm,â
âBambiâ.
âStiles. Stiles Stilinski, pleasure to meet you- again.â Stiles smiled sheepishly, obviously nervous.
Stiles Stilinski. Definitely a stripper then.
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Or: Laura was prepared for whatever piece of armcandy her uncle had decided to show up with, what she hadn't been prepared for was Stiles Stilinski...her uncle's boyfriend.
Under the Songbirdâs Wing by mia6363
Captivity easily destroys the will of escape. It can break the fiercest of animal. It can strip the most regal man and woman down to nothing but animal needs.
Captivity can, if met with unwavering determination, shape a person into something unimaginable.
Stiles is sixteen when he's captured. Stiles's first thought is, "I won't die here."
Baby Whisperer by twothumbsandnostakeincanon (somanyofthekids)
âWhat. Is that.â
Scott looked up at him, apprehensive.
âHer nameâs Lily.â
Stiles stared at the fuzzy head peeking out of the papoose.
âHer. Her name. That is a real live human baby. Oh my God-â
âActually I donât know if sheâs human?â Scott said with a confused frown. âBecca didnât say.â
âWho the fuck is Becca?!â
Sacrificial Lamb by Bunnywest
The Alpha has a scruffy beard, unkempt hair and dazzling blue eyes. The scar on his face is raised, running down his cheek like a twisting, gnarled rope. Stiles knows that it came from the blade of Kate Argent herself, and that the Alpha got it fighting in the battle where Kate killed his lover, cutting his head clean from his neck, if the stories are to be believed.
The Alpha lets Stiles look his fill, before indicating that Stiles should take the other couch, and Stiles does so, his fatherâs words echoing in his ears. He can do this, can be pleasant and amenable. The lives of his people may depend on it. The Alpha spends long moments surveying him, before saying, âI like you, Stiles.â
You donât know me, Stiles wants to blurt out, but he bites his tongue.
The Various Triumphs of Mischief Bilinski by Whispering_Sumire (WIP)
"Hello, Chris," sings a honeyed voice from behind.
Chris' attention snaps toward the intruder, his gun already out of its' holster and aimed at whoever it is â a boy, apparently, with braided russet hair, a red jacket, and wise eyes. He's wearing a gas mask, but Chris can tell by the way his eyes crinkle around the edges, the way sun-burnt sand swirls in his irises, that he's smiling.
Chris cocks his gun.
"You killed my father," he says.
"No offence, but he totally deserved it," the stranger agrees with cheerful solemnity.
"What the hell are you doing in my home?" Chris demands. The kid is perched on a windowsill in Chris' office, as nonchalantly as if this were something he did every day, as if they were familiar.
"I was just wondering," the kid speaks softly, fond amusement sewn through with a peculiar resignation, "how you'd feel about putting down some nazis?"
[Or: The one where Stiles goes back in time and subsequently fucks with everything.]
A Curious Magic by Triangulum
Overall, Stiles is very well-known in the supernatural community. Itâd be hard not to be, not with how his reputation has grown like wildfire. He knows and is on good terms with nearly all the fae that reside in the preserve, the asrai that live deep in the lake, the Ito pack, the vampire couple that lives over in Beacon Valley (they buy an ethically-sourced food supply from Stiles), as well as almost every other supernatural entity in the area. But Talia Hale doesnât like him, and a werewolf pack tends to do what their alpha tells them to.
So itâs a definite surprise when the wards at the edge of his property trip, the tingling down his spine telling him itâs a werewolf, the lack of burning sensation letting him know thereâs no hostile intent. Stiles, in his office in the second floor turret, sets down the amulet heâs packing up for Marin and moves to the large window overlooking the front of his property. Heâs expecting to see an Ito packmember, even though they nearly always call in advance, and is surprised to see a man that he recognizes as Taliaâs brother, Peter.
Light in the Dark by cywscross
It still surprises Stiles sometimes, how easily heâs adapted. Seven months in a world filled with train tracks and soul-sucking fae, and it feels like heâs never known anything else.
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Or, the one where diverting the Ghost Riders from Beacon Hills to prey on a different town only succeeded in setting them free.
Vengeance Looks Good On You, Sweetheart by cywscross
Just because Scott refuses to see the Argents for what they truly are - prejudiced serial killers sitting proudly on a mountain of innocent corpses - doesn't mean Stiles will. It's about time someone did something about the Argent Empire anyway, and what a coincidence - summer vacation is just around the corner.
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Or, the one where Gerard Argent kidnapped the wrong fucking person to torture. Stiles has never subscribed to the policy of forgiving and forgetting anyway, not when razing the problem to the ground and salting the earth for good measure has always been a far better solution in the long run.
He doesn't expect to have company.
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fellow jaemin simps, i decided to put these two asks together because they were perfect lol
jealous sex, mentions of alcohol, fingering (from rec), penetration.
âyou really like him huh...â
you and haechan were sitting on the counters in your kitchen. haechan always gave you great advice.
âwell yeah of course i like him. heâs my best friend.â
jaemin. while haechan guided you through the toughest parts of your life, jaemin was your rock.
âno y/n. donât dance around it. the best way to cope with something like this is to acknowledge your feelings.â
you sigh and lean your head against the cabinet.
âfine. i love him.â
âsee that wasnât too hard.â
âi donât know what to do. heâs been my friend for so long, and i doubt heâd want to change anything.â
haechan listened quietly.
âi guess iâve loved him for a while. he treats me so good all the time. heâs makes me so happy. but i know he wouldnât want to date me. we almost did. you remember that?â
haechan chuckled.
âi do.â
âwe were both so over our exes and... we were desperate. and we know each other so well we wouldnât fight about anything.â
âyouâve thought a lot about this havenât you?â
you bite your lip and nod.
âitâs just so frustrating.â
âi know.â
he slides off of the counter and stands next to you. he takes your hand and holds it.
âyouâll get through it y/n. i know you will.â
that night you laid in your bed, thinking. you needed someone to distract you from him. so, you went on tinder. you found this guy named lucas.
he was really nice and pretty. not like, jaemin pretty, no one could top that. but he was cute. and the stroke game? fire.
you messed around with him for a couple months. it made you forget about your best friend in the moment, but once he left, you spiraled all over again.
there was a party coming up, jeno, a mutual friend of you and jaemin, invited you both. you texted jaemin the day of, making sure he was coming. you didnât really feel like going anywhere without your other half.
y/nđŒđȘ±
hey jaem youâre going to jenoâs party right
jaem đđ
hey loser
yeah iâm going
y/nđŒđȘ±
just making sure
jaem đđ
youâd miss me wouldnât you
y/nđŒđȘ±
đđ whatever you gotta tell yourself. see you soon
you dropped your phone somewhere on the bed and started to get ready.
there was a knock at your door. you were looking at your outfit in the mirror. it was cute. it made you look hot. you went to answer the door. jaemin was leaning against the doorway.
âhi princess.â
you flushed.
âdonât call me that thatâs gross!â
your heart fluttered, but you ignored it. you shoved him in the shoulder. he laughed and shoved you back.
âyou ready?â
you nod and walk with him to his car. on the way to the party you talked about the guy you met.
âthereâs no way heâs that hot. i think thatâs your imagination y/n.â
âno way!! heâs literally burning bro.â
âheâs not as hot as me right?â
you sigh. of course not. jaemin was your type.
âi dunno... heâs pretty hotâ
âouchâ
you both laugh, then sit in a comfortable silence
it was a smaller party than you thought it would be. you and jaemin walked in together. haechan sauntered over to you.
âhello bitches.â
he was drunk.
âyou guys kiss yet?â
super drunk.
jaemin laughed while you froze. haechan was good with keeping things to himself. heâd never reveal your feelings for jaemin, even when he was drunk, but he would definitely tease you.
you an haechan were standing next to eachother in a corner.
âare you gonna tell him~?â he slurred
you punched him in the arm.
âno.â
âthen iâm gonna.â
âwhat?â
âiâm gonna tell him. you have been..â
he paused, thinking of the words he wanted to say.
âbeen so obvious. he probably knows.â
you scoffed.
âdonât tell himâ
âiâm gonna.â
âdo it and iâll kiss you.â
if he were sober, he wouldâve grimaced. instead he smirked.
âdo it. kiss me.â
âdonât tell him.â
âi wonât if you do it.â
you rolled your eyes and kissed him.
âyou happy?â
he smiled. you scoffed and went to go find someone else to talk to.
you found some people and were having a pleasant conversation when jaemin pulled you aside.
âwhat the hell was that?â
âwhat do you mean?â
âwhy did you do that?â
âdo what?â
âkiss haechan!â
shit. he saw you.
âjaemin he just- itâs complicated.â
jaemin scoffs.
âtoo complicated for you to tell me about it?â
you ran your fingers through your hair aggressively.
âwhatâs it to you anyways? itâs not like youâre super close to him.â
âiâm super close to you.â
you went silent. jaemin was frustrated. he hated that you kissed him. he didnât give you time to answer, walking away.
you felt devastated. you wish you could explain yourself, but you couldnât. not without confessing.
jaemin sat outside, he finally had some time to think. you kissed haechan. he felt so many emotions. he didnât want you to kiss him, he didnât want to to feel anything romantic for him.
he knew you wanted him. he could tell, youâd been acting different in the most recent years. his feelings towards you were complicated. well, complicated to him. to put it simply, he loved you. but he was scared. he felt the exact same way about you that you felt about him. he loved you so much, and seeing you with other people hurt him. but he didnât want to ruin anything.
he loved you.
you walked outside and stood with him. neither of you said anything. you held his hand.
âdo you love him?â
jaemins face was serious. he wasnât looking at you.
âwhat? no!â
âreally?â
he wanted you to say it. he was ready now. he wanted you. and he knew you wanted him.
you couldnât admit it. you couldnât tell him you loved him. youâd lose too much. youâd lose him.
âfine, i love haechan.â
that was the biggest lie youâve ever told him. and you rarely lied to him. you felt so gross. you wanted to take it back.
âhaechan?â
that pissed him off. haechan?? really? he could treat you so much better than that.
jaemin scoffed.
âreally y/n. haechan?â
you were about to cry. this was too much. you hated lying to him. it was the worst feeling ever.
âyes.â
he moved closer to you and held your chin. your heart was pounding. what the fuck was happening. he brought his lips to brush against yours.
âyou really think haechan will treat you better than me?â
jaemin didnât know what he was doing, but it felt good. you gulped you felt guilty for liking this. heâs your best friend. you two shouldnât be acting like this. you shake your head.
âmm... then why do you want him?â
youâre entire body was on fire. this is what you wanted. you wanted jaemins lips on yours forever.
âi donât.â you confess.
he hums and pushed his lips onto yours. tingles went up and down your body. finally. after years of wanting, he was kissing you. he pulled away.
âis this okay?â he whispered
âyes please keep going.â
he smiled and kissed you again. it was harsh. he bit your lip.
âwe should go home.â
you nod.
the air in the car was thick. the 10 minute drive felt like hours.
when you got to his apartment he pushed you against a wall. he kissed down your jaw. he bit the skin and you whined.
he slid your pants down your legs, and brought his hand to your heat. he chuckled.
âyou think haechan would make you this wet by kissing you?â
you shake your head.
âsay it.â
âno jaeminâ
you wiggle in his hand.
âso eager. youâve been waiting for this havenât you?â
you have. thereâs been so many nights you got off thinking about how he would touch you.
he ran his fingers up and down your slit, lubricating his them. he pushed two into you. you moaned. he quickly pumped his fingers
âfuck jaemin.â
âthatâs right princess say my name.â
you clenched around his fingers. that was so fucking hot. he was so fucking hot. his eyes were dark and full of want, looking down at you.
âmm youâre close already.â
you nod. he speeds up his fingers.
âyou gonna cum?
âyes jaemin please!â
he pulls his fingers out of you. you whine loudly.
âi know baby.â
he leaned into your ear.
âfeels empty without me doesnât it...â
your body erupted in goosebumps.
â... donât worry princess. iâll fill you up again.â
his words made you moan. he motioned for you to follow him. you took your pants off all the way and followed him.
âlay down.â
you do so, plopping into his bed facing him. he spits in his hand and jerks himself off until heâs slick enough. he slides into you and moans.
âfuck princess... youâre so tight.â
he slowly thrusts into you, hitting your sensitive spot.
âfuck jaem! feels good!â
you didnât know if you liked calling him by his nickname while he was fucking you, but something about it made you more excited.
jaemin scoffs.
âalready? baby iâm barely even fucking you.â
he picks up the pace, making you whine pathetically.
âyou sound so pretty doll.â
you lock eyes.
âjust for me right?â
you nod feverishly. he speeds up, fucking you at an ungodly speed. you felt so fucking good.
âthink haechan could fuck you like this? make you feel as good as me?â
âno!â you were losing your mind. he was fucking you so good, and you loved it. you loved him.
âfuck princess iâm close.â
you clench around him, signaling you were close too. he goes impossibly faster, you could barely hold in your moans.
âi wanna hear how good i make you feel.â
you moaned loudly.
âthatâs it baby.â
jaemin brought his hand down to rub your clit. you whimpered as tears welled up in your eyes. it felt so good it was almost unbearable. you came in seconds.
âfuck.â
after you came down, jaemin kept going. you whined at the sensitivity
âiâm sorry baby iâm almost there.â
with a couple more fast thrusts he released inside you. he pulled out and laid on top of you.
âyouâre crushing me.â you groaned.
âsuck it up.â
you scoff.
âyouâre such a big baby.â
âbut your big baby... right?â
your eyes widened.
âi i mean-â
he hummed.
âyeah...â
he giggled and sat up next to you.
âi love you y/n.â
you looked at him. he loved you. this whole time he loved you and you didnât even notice. you smiled.
âi love you too jaemin.â
he smiled.
âyou should totally call me baby.â
he rolled his eyes.
âokay babyâ
you grinned.
âwhat do you want me to call you?â
he thought for a minute, his smile stretching.
âsexy.â
you sighed.
âjaemin iâm not gonna call you sexy.â
âwhy not. i am arenât i?â
âyes but iâm not calling you that daily.â
âi think you should.â
âiâll call you it once a month howâs that?â
he looked at you smugly.
âpay up.â
you rolled your eyes.
âokay sexy.â
///
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Massive Dream SMP Fic Rec!!
Hey- Hi, I just feel like there are a ton of fanfiction that's really underrated in this fandom- so I'm going to dump it on your dash!!! Most of it is going to be Tommy-centric or SBI-centric, but they are very good!
Source: Me
Finished Fanfics:
Multi-chaptered Fanfics:
that's, like, a hundred miles by No_one_you_know
Dream would kill him. Dream was going to kill him- he was going to- no, he wouldnât. Dream was his friend- friends donât hit each other- Dream was supposed to take care of him- Dream /was/ taking care of him.
It hurt to breathe. It hurt to think. He couldnât clear his thoughts as he stumbled to the family computer, pulling up a tab on google and frantically typing the name into the search bar.
The words Technoblade Watson stared back at him, the little black bar at the end of the letters blinking slowly, mocking him.
Why, of all people, did it have to be Technoblade?
in short: the one where dream sucks as a parental figure, tommy runs away, and visits his least favorite family member technoblade
Hard-hitting, but has a happy ending, though I recommend reading the prequel (in the same series) first, otherwise, it's lowkey depressing.
MORE RECOMMENDATIONS BELOW THE CUT!!
youâll rise above (crowned by an overture bold and beyond) by azvremoon
Tommy is not sixteen. He has faced too many open wounds, dripping ichor onto blood-stained warzones, to be just a child. He is Blood and War and needless Death, an all-in-one special of everything that can ruin reality.
(Tommy is the blood god. No one should know, but this server can't stop pushing him over the edge.)
+2 more Works that were Inspired by this one
Tommy is a BAMF and Dream, Technblade, and Phil get fucked it is what it is.
Responsible Forever by SilverWing15
âYou become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.â
/////
âSo,â Techoblade says, slow and deliberate, his face shows clearly just how unbelievable he finds all of this, âyou saw a boy last night, in the middle of the night, living with raccoons and eating our garbage?â
âI know how insane it sounds,â Phil says, âbut I know what I saw. We need to help him, who knows how long heâs been out here?â
âOkay,â Wilbur interrupts, âletâs say that raccoon-boy is real. What is it you want us to do? We canât go searching the woods for specific bunch of raccoons, I donât know if youâve noticed Phil but there are a lot of them out there.â
âGoing out and hunting him isnât going to get us anywhere,â Techno says, âwe have to let the raccoon-boy come to us. Heâs already come once, you know how tenacious raccoons are. If they came to the garbage pit once, theyâll come again. We just have to set a trap.â
âThose raccoons arenât gonna know what fucking hit them,â Wilbur mutters.
Or: RaccoonInnit taken well beyond its logical conclusion
Tommyinnit is a Raccoon boi that lives with other Raccoons
Protecting the Traumatised Youth by spookyserpent
Sam blinks. âWhat?â
Even behind the mask, Sam has the distinct impression that Dream is grinning at him. âA week and he was begging for my attention, even after I stole and burnt his armour, even after the beatings. He couldnât stand me leaving him because I was the only one to show up, to pay him attention. It was hilarious.â
Sam is going to be sick.
Or, Sam decides to ask Dream about his intentions and ends up becoming a big brother to Tommy and Tubbo. All the while, Dream and George fight, Niki and Jack plan child murder and Ranboo is slowly getting adopted into the SBI.
Awesamdad written back when it was possible... ahhh
Chaos In a Bottle by Lovetribable
After a realization, Tommy leaves the pillar, but instead of going to Techno. He just disappears, leaving everyone to think he's gone.
It takes a war to bring him back.
+2 Sequels and an Alternative Ending
Dadinnit!! + A Sympathetic Dream
Absolutely Anything For Them by Numanum
âThereâs a lot you donât understand, Tubbo,â Dream sighs, meeting his eyes cooly. Tubbo, back against a tree, shudders at his tone, at the look on his face.
The sword at his neck skims across his skin as Dream shifts his grip on it, and he flinches back into the rough bark behind him. Dream smiles at his reaction, seeming pleased- like the cat thatâs been toying with a mouse that always tries to run no matter how many times itâs caught. And, despite this being his first encounter alone with the man, he thinks that the comparison is fairly accurate; Tubbo has never felt smaller than he does now. Thereâs supposed to be a buddy system to prevent things like this- he shouldnât be alone here, stuck in this situation.
Or: Tubbo becomes a traitor to save everyone and has to struggle with his choices
Traitor Tubbo, but it has the happiest ending possible since it follows the rest of the story.
Where Did You Come From, Kit? by KadeAK (zacixn)
Hybrids are an ancient species of humans crossed with animals, blessed with the favour of nature. They used to live in peace on the SMPâs land, but ever since the dawn of humanityâs modern culture, they have become ostracised and hunted by their once-brethren. Now, the once-thriving subspecies of hybrids have been reduced to ashes, the majority of their peoples struggling to survive in a city capital that can't stand their presence.
To the members of LâManburg, General Wilbur Soot is just another mildly prejudiced human being, stuck with a hybrid fox kit for an adopted child. However, that assumption could not be farther from the truth. As it turns out, there's a reason why he is the man he is today.
This fic is entirely pre-LâManburg.
Part of a series, very good.
Take It Easy by sweet_magnolias
Five times Techno scared Michael, one time Michael scared him, and the resolution of those fears.
AKA - Techno learns how to be an uncle.
Technoblade's POV, so expect some Tubbo bashing on the margins of all that Michael fluff.
I suppose itâs never my time to die, is it? by Birb_Whale
The first time it happens, he barely remembers.
The second time is when he realized.
The third...
Twice is a coincidence, three times is a pattern
âItâs not your time to die yet, Tommyâ
Messed up, but not unrealistic. Purely for the Hurt/Comfort lovers.
This Wasn't Planned, But It'll Work Out by Anonymous
Dream isn't sure what to think when he finds a kid on his doorstep, but he can't just leave him there, now can he?
(He doesn't know what he's getting into, or what he's gotten the kid into, either)
Long, and angsty, with a bittersweet ending Imo.
let's play a game by Aria_Cinabun
Tommy was once a slave. That's gone now - shoved in his past with the memories of blood and gore and death. He wants to forget who he was; what he has to do to survive.
Of course, the Elementalists will always come back to haunt him. They aren't the ones who killed his mother, but they're close enough.
And now he and his brother have been dragged into the mess, as Elementalists with their own, separate covens, to find the Pit - the place where he'd lived and killed and hurt for the first twelve years of his life.
His coven can't know. Can't know who he really is, what he can really do. Can't know anything about his past.
He doesn't want a coven full of Elementalists who don't trust him; one of whom he's pretty sure despises him. He doesn't want that life. He wants the life of a pickpocket, on the streets, because nobody questions street kids, and nobody comes asking about his past and pushes him to tell his secrets that he holds closest inside.
Tubbo tries to tell him to trust people.
But trust is how you die.
Good fantasy AU, has SBI, and is thus fluffy.
Turn of the Tide by SilverWing15
Tommyâs fins twitch at the mention of Dreamâs ancestors. Dream talks about them a lot, how they made their fortune hunting down mer pods, how they were cruel and greedy. Nothing like Dream is. Theyâve both overcome their roots he says.
Tommy is nothing like the wild mer out in the ocean, who spend their lives scraping by just to survive, who kicked him out of the pod when he was a baby because he was too small. Heâs also better than the pit mer, who canât overcome their wild instincts and know nothing but fighting.
Heâs different from them, heâs better than them. Heâs Dreamâs.
////
OR: Change is like the tide, when it comes, you can only sink or swim. You would think that a mer would be better at keeping afloat.
Mermaid AU Pooog. Part of a series.
One-Shots:
Snapped by AmberRunnel
âYou donât know what I went through in that prison cell.â
Jack burst out laughing, blinded with rage and the overwhelming urge to hurt Tommy, to give him everything he deserved. âOh, is the poor child traumatized? You want pity now?â He twisted his blade, and Tommyâs axe was sent clattering to the ground.
âIf the prison was so awful, why donât I send you back there?â
-|-
Jack doesn't handle Tommy's revival well.
There's a simple solution, though. Kill Tommy, and Dream revives him right back into that cell. Problem solved, kid dealt with.
It takes a few confrontations for Jack to realize he's an asshole.
It's fucked up, but god does it hurt in a good way.
the sky is coming down blue by salinesolution
An imagining of New Milo's perspective throughout the Skyblock Randomizer adventure. What did he think of the world he found himself in, and how did Wilbur's feelings and actions change things for him? Here's my way of answering those questions.
He made the fish think, funniest shit I've seen.
You told me to be a hero (so let me die like one) by spiromachia
"You told me to die like a hero," the blond interrupted, spinning on his heel to face the others, holding his arms wide open, "So why not fulfil the ending that was always meant to be."
Across the battle field, through the chaos and destruction, a tree burned.
Even the sound of explosions and cries and bloodshed felt distant enough for the world to become silent for a few moments, each individual slowly coming to the same conclusion, each of their bodies tensing.
Tommy's face broke out into a grin as he lowered his head, glowering at the people around him, and Philza's face flashed with recognition.
"Kill me."
Or...
In the middle of Doomsday, Tommy decides to ask Technoblade to be the Lycomedes to his Theseus.
Heavy and dark, but at least Dream gets it.
tomorrow night by meridies
Tommy is desperately searching for his missing brother. Techno is the reluctant psychic who unfortunately got dragged along.
or, two people, more alike than different, learn what it is to have a family at their side.
It's cute what can I say :]
maple syrup by itisjosh
"We could run," Tubbo stares at the sun. "We've got everything we've ever wanted right here. We could run."
"Yeah," Tommy agrees, feeling his head swim. "We could."
(or, tommy and tubbo run away together)
Children get away from toxic adults :)
Whyâd it have to be so sunny? (The sun shouldnât shine without you.) by AToZRainToBe
âA realisation hits Phil in the face like a truck. âWi- Ghostbur,â Phil says, turning to his grey-scale, translucent, actually-dead son. âYou definitely told Tubbo that Tommyâs alive, right?ââ
To get away from Dream, Tommy agrees to fake his death, going with the cover story that he jumped from the pillar in Logstedshire. Unfortunately, someone forgot to tell Tubbo.
Misunderstandings are one of my favorite tropes.
sugar and ice by princedemeter for Aenqa
âHe is my son,â Philza says. âMortal or not, I would see him grow strong.â
Technoblade looks down on earth, at the tiny, angry bundle of cloth and pinking, wrinkled skin. This mortal child, he thinks, lungs filled with breath from the king of gods himself, will not grow strong.
It's mostly centered around Technoblade and Wilbur with Phil being a shitty dad. Pog Gods AU.
a matter of time by meridies
Tommy is twelve years old when his wings first appear, and he is twelve years old when Phil tells him, "All it takes is time and patience, Tommy, and soon you'll be flying even better than me."
or, Tommy grows up feeling like a failure, and it takes him a while to figure out where he's happiest.
Tommy is just finding his place in the world. Powers AU.
That Time a Baby Decided to Raise a Baby by Scitrust
Tubbo wasn't good at making excuses, so when Schlatt asked him why he was leaving in the night, he made something up on the spot. That had been months ago.
At least he sort of had an alibi for that, now.
Or, in which Tubbo finds a baby in the woods on his way to see Tommy, and promptly adopts it.
Part of a collection!! Read it all.
spider lily by blue000jay
Wilbur has a body.
The freckle on the base of his left pinky finger (shared with Techno). The scar on his chin from when he was twelve and over ambitious, diving into too-shallow water. The scar on his throat from the final control room, and the puckered skin on his shoulder from the poisoned arrow that killed him next. Various other nicks and things that litter his skin from years of rebellion and living wild, a kid thrown into a vicious world with too little self-preservation.
(Resurrection AU, for when/if Wilbur comes back.)
The author knows how it's like to live with chronic pain, and it shows :(
Hands tied loose by rabiddog
"Let's run away, Tubbo." Tommy breathed; a wide grin split across his face as his hope grew. "Let's get out of here â far away. We can go anywhere, can't we? Let's just go, you and me right here, right now."
-
Tommy needs to leave. He has to get out of L'Manburg, he has to leave the Dream SMP for his own sanity, and he wants Tubbo to come with him.
But Tubbo has a family now, a better life - something that he can't give up... not even for his best friend.
Unhappy ending :(
The serpent underneath by rabiddog
Tommy and Techno sit at the memory-filled bench and talk. Technoblade reminisces, he talks, he admits his pent-up feelings, he cries. And Tommy? Tommy listens. (That's all he can do.)
-
âIâm sorry for everything, you know? For all of it. Iâm so sorry about... about the first war, about the withers and the fighting, about...â Technoblade's fingers began to curl around Tommyâs blonde locks. âAbout Wilbur and everything after. I'm so, so sorry.â
:((((((((
Damning choices by rabiddog
Ranboo would have never expected to find himself in a horrifying situation such as that one - quite literally sandwiched between a rock and a hard place, with three lives dangling over his head and the answer on the tip of his tongue.
Tubbo, Michael, Tommy.
It's his choice. He chooses who lives, and who dies. His new family, or his first friend. But Ranboo... Ranboo already knows.
-
"Ranboo," He hissed out, voice cracking and somewhat staticky, "It's not your fault. It's not. You had no other choice; I know that, okay? I- I know that- I know- I know..."
:(((((((((((((((((((((((((((
Jealousy is a disease by rabiddog
Tommyinnit isn't new to the idea of jealousy. He understands it completely. He understands the way it runs rampage through his body each time he catches even a glimpse of Tubbo and Ranboo's new relationship, he understands that the emotion makes his heart clench uncomfortably from time to time. He sees it, feels it, and yet he doesn't care.
He doesn't care at all.
-
"You took Tubbo away from me. You took him away. You took my best friend, and now he's- now he's not my best friend anymore, and I-!"
:)
Word of Honour by rabiddog
Tommy could only stand and stare as Technoblade agreed to hand him over to Dream - as his brother traded him off like he was nothing. Like Tommy wasn't important.
-
Technoblade was a man of honour. He was a man of pride and sticking to his word. He knew that he owed Dream a favour, and no matter what that favour might be, he'd be compliant with it. Nothing would change his mind. (Not even Tommy.)
Almost canon. F.
Sweet Repentance by rabiddog
Perhaps Tommy should have told Phil about his arguably life-threatening injury the minute his father had opened the door. But of course, Tommy being Tommy, did not.
Dying seemed like a nice enough option as long as he was with his family.
-
Tommy just wanted acceptance, forgiveness, and peace. He wanted to close his eyes for the last time and finally be able to let go.
Tommy dies painfully.
A White Tulip by astervoid
He picked the white tulip from the bottom of the stem, standing up carefully as he held it pinched between his fingers. It would die now, inevitably, but Tommy relented and held the flower to his chest. What a silly, stupid thing to ground him. He almost hated that it made his breaths come easier and his steps feel lighter. Almost.
Tommy & Ranbooo chill on the bench.
lying to the authorities (again) by touchgrass
"Please tell me that my right-hand-man, my soon-to-be vice president, one of the people I trust the most on this godforsaken server, did not lie straight to my face and tell me he was twenty-fucking-years-old.â
Tommy opened his mouth to protest, but then closes it shut at the furious look on Wilbur's face. Oops.
~
It is the day of the elections and Wilbur Soot could not have chosen a worser time to realize that half his staff is underage.
The ONLY fic with this premise I've seen on Ao3.
Dear Theseus by rabiddog
Tommy had thought that they'd won - thought that they'd finally beaten Dream, and that everything would be okay. As it turns out, however, apparently Dream had called in that favour from Technoblade after all.
-
âPlease,â Tommy whispered after a beat, quivering hands edged upwards to hesitantly press against the tip of the sword striking through his chest. Why, why, why? Why him? Why now?
Tommy almost wins.
A Shifting World by AplusIsRoman
How was Wilbur supposed to know it would end like this?
The smoke hung in the air and soot clung to his skin. His brother - adopted, but older by two minutes - stood back-to-back with him. The chilling cries of people and the calls of the withers rang through the air above the chasm that was once his home.
This wasnât supposed to happen.
How could he have known this would happen?
-
Sequel to A Child's World
Age-swap AU. Has a prequel.
heart of the sea by RyDyKG
Here is the secret that he barely thinks about, a secret that he shoves deep and far down in himself:
Wilbur Soot is a siren, and heâs not exactly proud of that fact.
Wilbur-centric. Urban Fantasy AU.
He knows, ok? by Ralli
By some means, Techno has given his raccoon younger brother some cotton candy. It doesnât end as well as either of them would like.
Very, very cute :)
that's it, it's split (it won't recover) by Jk_Kat
Tommy has always been the fighter.
He has never been the fought for, and he knows it, with every whisper Tubbo directs at Ranboo, with every glance thrown his way- Tommy knows, the way he wishes he didn't, that they think he's dead.
If they're so convinced he's still dead, maybe the one good thing left he can do for them is die.
---
Or, Tommy gets addicted to being dead and thinks that nobody cares about him. The people who very much do try to pull him back from the brink before Dream can't resurrect him anymore.
Messed up, but with a happy ending.
Hugs 'n PTSD by rabiddog
Ranboo knew from the start that the recovery process would be hard - that moving on from quite literally being beat to death would be something hugely difficult to step away from, and that's if Tommy could even manage it at all.
He knew that it would be stressful and arduous, demanding and tough... he just hadn't expected to be holding Tommy through a PTSD-induced panic attack only days after his release from Pandora's Vault.
-
Ranboo isn't typically an overbearingly protective person. But for Tommy? He just might be.
I love this author if you can't tell.
Big Men don't cry by Shiny22Snivy
The room is small and warm, almost stifling compared to the cool openness of the ravine. Itâs cosy and candlelit, and a chest sits open in the corner, full of what looks to be burnt rags of a former smart suit. And sitting in rumpled blankets on a bed, cradling a mug of something steaming, sits Tubbo.
At first, Tommy forgets all about Nikiâs vague warning. Heâs just so happy to see his best friend again, alive and well and all in one piece. Tubboâs okay. Tubboâs okay, and in front of him, and suddenly everything bad in the world is gone, if only for just a moment.
âTommy?â
And then Tubbo turns to look at him.
Clingyduo fluff.
sins of the father (i broke all my bones that day i found you) by ryter
The thing that hurt Wilbur most was when he saw Fundy tear down the walls of L'Manburg. After all, those walls had gone up to protect his son. But in this world, Fundy trusts his father just a little bit more, and it ruins him.
Or: there's only one way Wilbur never becomes the villain. It's unclear whether this was the better path.
SOME VIOLENCE WARNINGS/BLOOD MENTION. CHARACTER DEATH. SO MUCH ANGST.
Sad, but cathartic.
REVIVED TOMMY HEADCANNONS AHAHAHAHA by racooninnit
iâm dropping ALL the fucking revived tommy headcannons on you guys today get ready for some ANGST
this is different from what i usually post but it was fun
i donât think thereâs a lot i need to put warnings for, obviously there are mentions of the way tommy died and the aftermath of that (i.e. injuries and trauma), but if thereâs anything that needs a warning please tell me!
What it says on the tin- not really a fic.
Unfinished Stories:
Ongoing (Less than a month since the last update):
Over the River Styx by CorpseArt
I feel like we should name him.
Thereâs a scuffle at the back of his mind as he rolls up, curling tight with a shiver despite the heat of the flames licking up his back.
I mean, heâs like â us, but like a worse version clearly because oh man, this is just weirdness. Thereâs a flare of a tangle of emotions, complicated and fearful, resentful and livid with anger. I canât believe this is what Iâve been reduced to, stuck in the mind of this- this child.
Heâs like your age, Tommy. Are you calling yourself a child?
I mean, I am one so fucking duh. Child murderer.
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Or: trauma bonding in the most unconventional of senses.
Just- Read it. Show the writer your support, it's unique, it's amazing and there needs to be more of it.
If history is dead and gone by iregretallmydecisions
âDonât come any fucking closer,â Tommy shouted, startling Phil into stepping back. Tommy was still looking around wildly, like a trapped animal âDonât fucking do it.â
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In which Tommy finds himself faced with his splintered family, while it was still mostly whole. The past is not an easy place to be when the future was not kind. His family is forced to deal with the fall out.
It's better than Rewind, but you didn't hear that from me.
Wilbur Soot's Redemption (OR Ghostbur's Retry) by luckykitty0523
Wilbur had many regrets in his life, being lost in his madness and the urge for revenge drowned leaving a shell of who he once was. It was only in his dying moments that he regained himself but it was already too late for him leaving him drowning in wishes and regrets. However waking up in another different universe where wilbur was never born and family soulmates exist, so when wilbur said he wanted to fix the mistakes he never expected this turn of events.
OR
In one world wilbur dies and he would return as a ghost missing his memory and trying to fix what he did in life but in this one wilbur dies and wakes up in another world where soulmates exist and the wilbur of that world was never born so wilbur/ghostbur takes his place and tries to make up his mistakes to the other version of his friends.
Wilbur adopts SBI + Fundy + Dream.
A Talk Long Overdue by penink
Tommy has his first therapy session with Puffy.
Tommy gets therapy.
Into the Night by Interjection
âDonât touch me,â Tommy hisses, leaning against the railing. âI will - I will-â
Theyâre a hundred stories up. Wind lashes against Philâs face. Next to him, Sam makes choked noise.
âBut why?â
Tommy looks up to meet Philâs eyes, terror struck so deep in those pale blue irises Phil thinks they must hold all the worldâs fears within them.
âYouâll die,â he whispers. âAnd then Iâll die. But Iâll come back.â
âAnd I donât want to come back.â
Others have the freedom to live. Tommy doesnât even have the freedom to die.
But maybe they can teach him that living doesnât have to be so bad.
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(Superpowers AU where whenever someone touches Tommy, they both die. But Tommy will always come back to life eventually. He just wants it to end - but instead, heâs on the run, terrified of how his power will be exploited if heâs caught.
A few people reluctantly team up to save him.)
Funky SBI dynamics + a Sam that cares. Also a lot of angst.
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Fic Author Self Rec
Tagged by @dreadfutures, thank you! đđđ
Tagging @ir0n-angel, @fasterpuddytat, @pikapeppa, @sinsbymanka and @sorrelchestnut. No pressure, as ever.
When you get this, reply with your favourite five fics that youâve written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Letâs spread the self-love.
I've written a lot, you know, over several fandoms. This was incredibly hard. In the end, I determined my own favorites are the ones I have reread over and over. And even then I'm gonna cheat with some honorable mentions at the end.
In chronological order:
1 - Unexpected (FO4, F!SoSu/Kellogg, rated E, 30K words, 'ware the tags). Listen, sometimes you just need to be the change you want to see in the world. Kellogg's arc disappointed me on many levels. From the standpoint of him being a 'villain' to the possibly haunting everyone's favorite synth bait. This was my first truly canon divergent AU, and I never meant for it to become a full fic, I honestly didn't. But I ended up falling in love with the concept I'd created, so I had to see it through to the end. I have a weakness for the broken ones. Tien Xu remains the OC with the darkest backstory. Seriously, pay attention to the tags if you read it.
2 - Accidental Synchronicity (ME, Jack|Subject Zero/Thane Krios, rated E, 17K words). Ahh, rarepairs. Completely unplanned ones, at that. To date I am still 22% of the ship's authors. A one off line in the main fic of my Shakarian series became a plot bunny that wouldn't quit. It grew into a slice of life romance that covered the events of ME2 and ME3, leading to canon's hamfisted ending for Thane. The only reason I didn't change it is because it was already established elsewhere. Still, it remains one of the fics I am most proud of.
3 - Hope Is a Fragile Thing (DA:I, Solas/OFC, rated T, 13K words). In a lot of ways this fic was an experiment. I love to write MCIT's, but it's hard to come up with a backstory sometimes, so I didn't make one. I wanted to write something post-canon, a favorite trope of mine. And I wanted to completely finish a fic before posting it. Many, many of you have found me because of Twist, which is light and relatively fluffy, to say nothing of its sequel that is pure, unadulterated sugar. But angst with a happy ending is my bread and butter.
4 - Of Ruins and Restoration (DA:I, Cadash & Solas, rated G, 3870 words). If you asked me where Lark Cadash came from, I would immediately blame Manka (with all the love, of course), because without her whole entire throng of Soladash works, I wouldn't have fallen down this rabbit hole. Suffice to say, I got hooked. And then I got Ideas(tm). OR&R is the culmination of many headcannons about dwarves, the desire to have more content for a ship I didn't know I needed and the feverish grip of the Muse that sprang out of my head wholecloth at the end of 2021. It is the introductory work for this character I've absolutely gone to pieces with love for. Eventually there will be more of it, but for now it stands alone as a oneshot. There is a companion oneshot that falls outside of her 'canon', as well.
5 - What a Wicked Game to Play (DA:I, Solas/OFC, rated E, 278K+ words, current WIP). đ Did you really think this wasn't going to make the list? WG is everything I have ever wanted to put into a fic, and Imogen is the character I have always wanted to write. Aside from being the new shiny (because it really isn't at this point), I have enjoyed almost every moment of digging into the lore and rebuilding it from the ground up. I have so many plans and so much left to tell for my curly haired girl.
Honorable Mentions (in no particular order):
Junkyard Dogs (FO4, F!SoSu/Hancock, rated E, 107K words) my very first fic.
No More My Heart Beats Without You (DA:I, Solas/F!Trevelyan, rated E, 5555 words), sad, angsty pwp. 'Ware the tags.
Unrepentant (DA:I, Solas/F!Lavellan, rated E, 3096 words), smutty dark!Solas Fade shenanigans.
And Maker Damned Fools (DA2-I, Varric/F!Hawke, rated E, 16K words), my vector into writing DA. I will go down with this ship.
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I always see you on my dash because you keep reblogging so many fics with all your comments and on behalf of everyone Iâd like to thank you for that! Iâm not a writer but I just know this must mean the world to someone who put this much work into creating something!
Iâm quite new to tumblr and I was wondering if you could recommend some of your favorite Fics, especially for Tom? :D
Hello darling! Youâve just made my day!! I am so afraid people are annoyed by my constant rambling so itâs always so nice to hear that someone enjoys that!
Okay, okay so Tom fic recs...
The first to writers that come to my mind are the loves of my life, H and Nancy
H @duskholland (hereâs her Tom masterlist) doesnât have to always go so hard but she does. Every single thing she writes leaves me breathless and in need of a cold drink đ The series called âthe fama gameâ has been my motivation to live through the week just so I can read the new chapter on Friday night. And her oneshots? That shit slaps so hard you get backlash. She also does so many amazing aus as well, she even made me kinda into sports!au and that says something. I highly recommend her Peter fics as well!
Nancy @peeterparkr (hereâs her masterlist), this girlâs writing style is just so poetic that no matter how hard the plot of the story kicks you in the stomach, reading is just like honey to your heart. Her serieses (is that even a word?) are out of this world good, each one better than the last. The first one I read was âlimits of desireâ I think, and it made me fall head over heels in love with Nancyâs work. But her talent jump out the most in âperdifyâ and its sequel âperennialâ that is curently in the progress. And let me tell you, itâs not over yet and it has already killed me on so many levels but itâs so worth it! Nancy writes for other people and characters as well, I especially recommend her Harry Styles fics and the series sheâs currently wiriting for Anthony Brigderton!
Okay, another person thatâs been giving me reasons to live lately is B @touchmethomas (hereâs her masterlist) she really fucks me up in the best way possible. She has some serious talent, that girl... her series âheartstringâ thatâs currently in the works (itâs tom x reader x harrion) is the best and the worst thing that has happened to me in a while. Itâs so full of emotion and it hits you right in the heart and even though you read it with tears streaming down your face, you have to go on and just want more cause itâs so damn good. So yeah, thanks for ruining my life babe đ
Then we have Ava @greenorangevioletgrass (her masterlist). My gosh, Avaâs fics are just fucking amazing, man. I donât even know what to say, youâre gonna love every single one of them. Her specialty are actress!reader fics and they no joke make me want to drop out of med uni and try acting đ
Oh lord, now M @peterbenjiparker (her masterlist) okay, so she writes for Tom as well, but first and foremost I have to recommend peter series âinvisible stringâ thatâs curretly in progress and making me have a breakdown after breakdown. That girl really goes staright for the kill and just fucks us up everytime. Itâs 3 chapters in and I can already tell you itâs gonna be one the best peter fic on this hellsite
My darling Laura @lauras-collection (her masterlist), I love all of her work so much!! Sheâs so amazing, oh my! âtwo lies and a truthâ? Incredible. âpaint the grass greenâ? phenomenal! and her haz series âbeyond being friendsâ that has brother!tom is currently making my friday nights and giving me life
Kaili @wazzupmrstark (hereâs her masterlist) and her series âbreaking curfewâ has really made my mind go đ€Żđ€Żđ€Ż She has a series called âinstead of youâ currently in progress that I also love quite a lot. And her oneshots are just incredible as well!!
If you like shorter thing I highly recommend Ellie @multiholland (hereâs her Tom masterlist) who writes amazing blurbs for Tom as well as Haz and Harry. You know, I am a simple gal - I see Ellieâs blurb on my dashboard, I stop what Iâm doing, read it and love it so much!!!
Chloe @strawberrytom (her masterlist) is a fucking champ, you canât go wrong with her fics. theyâre golden, every single one!
B @worldoftom (her masterlist) such a talented girl that one. So many amazing fics, âriding myâ is just đ„
Sophie @spidey-sophieâ (her mastelist) her Tom one shot are, who to put it? So fucking hot!! Donât start reading without a glass of water next to you!
Other memorable mentions are:
@stuckonspidey (âi only feel youâ is just đ„đ„), @spideyyeet (the full bibliography is out of this world), @marvelouspeterparker (phenomenal, professor!tom is to die for), @kelieah-deactivated202201248 (AMAZING!!), @uglypastels (INCREDIBLE!!), @blissfulparker (đđđ),
And last but definitely not least a very important peter fic recommendation. The cherry on top, my lord and saviour, the queen herself @hey-marlie (her masterlist). This girl... if talent had human form, she would be it. The way she writes, itâs just pulls you in comepletly and doesnât want to let you go. And itâs okay cause you donât want to go anyway. Both, the âfar from youâ trilogy and âjust out of reachâ that is gonna have a sequel in the future are the best fics i have ever read. period. She literally is unable to write something bad, itâs just not her style. Once you jump in, you wonât ever want to stop reading. And I could not not recommend her self-published book (like a real life, paperback book thatâs casually sitting on my bookshelf rn!!!!) ânoveltyâ becasue itâs no joke the best ya novel I have ever read. And I read quite a few of them, let me tell  you
I would like to finish this by saying thank you to all of you amazing authors (not only the once I mentioned, all of you!). Thank you for creating your beautiful stories, thank you for sharing them with us, thank you for making our lives better. You have no idea how many times your work has managed to make a hard day better. I could never repay you for what you do, so just know that I love and appreciate every single one of you! You deserve the world! âšâš
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Drarry Tag Game aka I really should be doing this on my laptop instead of mobile but yolo?
Thank you so much @makeitp1nk and @lqtraintracks for tagging me!
When did you get into Drarry and why?
@tepre made this post about Draco being the best kisser at Hogwarts (did I creepy scroll through their feed to find it again? Yes, but only so people who haven't read it, can- it'sonly weird if you make it weird) and I'd never really thought about Drarry until then. I sent it to my bestie, talked to a couple of people in a different fandom about Drarry, got a few fic recs, and I got sucked in. It was...according to my Ao3 history, sometime early 2019
Which Drarry fic hooked you?
I read Come for Me by Frayach then immediately read all I could of @letteredlettered 's fics. I think my favorite is still The Boy Who Only Lived Twice. It's a masterclass in emotions and intrigue
Top three favorite Drarry fics:
I literally cannot do this. That's like asking me which child I love more or which cat I prefer (OK that one is Tasha because she's so floppy). But honestly, I have over 900 fics on my kindle, I cannot pick three. I know I didn't have to answer this, but I wanted to express my love for all the fics I've read. When I'm reading them, they are my favorite
Why can't you quit them?
I don't know, but i sure can't. I got into fandom late (I grew up on HP, did the midnight release parties for the books, all the things college age people did in the late 90s/early '00s) but like ao3 and tumblr and fanfic was new to me until like 5 years ago. I was in two other fandoms first, got burnt out, found Drarry and I keep coming back. I've dabbled in like 5 other fandoms since I started reading, but I always return to Drarry.
I think the redemption arc, the tortured child soldier, the fact that almost all of my friends are some of the most talented fucking people and create for Drarry (and other HP characters) and the fact that I still enjoy writing them. Plus it's a HUGE fandom and there are so many choices still
Who breaks your heart more often?
Draco. Because he did the wrong thing and now he has to live with a mistake he made as a teen, something that was heavily influenced by his parents. Harryâs life is tragic af, don't get me wrong, but the struggle for atonement will always kick my heart in the balls
Ideal career for Harry? For Draco?
Omg, I don't know! They're both independently wealthy (well, depending on how you hc the Malfoy wealthy post war) but I just want them to be happy. I want Harry to have a job that he loves that doesn't ask him for a sacrifice. I want a job for Draco that makes him feel like he's giving back to the world in a healthy manner. I want something soft for them both because they both deserve to heal
Harry and Draco are being sent to a desert island for a week with plenty of food and water. Each is allowed to bring three additional items (no wands). What do they bring?
Draco brings a book, or the wizarding equivalent of an eReader, sunscreen (I'm very pale, sunburns are no joke), and a change of clothes, because he cannot wear the same thing every day Potter, no matter if they're the only two people there
Harry brings some sort of ball or sports equipment to keep his hands busy, a change of clothes for Draco because Draco will NOT be able to wash his clothes in the ocean- no matter what he says- and Harry doesn't want to hear him complain, and an mp3 player (with headphones) so he can listen to music
Favorite non-Drarry HP character?
ALL THE KIDS! SCORPIUS! LILY! ALBUS! JAMES! ROSE! HUGO! (Mostly Scorpius, I love that little boy so much!!!!!)
If you had to pick one, enemies to lovers or (enemies to) friends to lovers?
Friends (nitwits) to lovers! The pining! The obliviousness! The "I don't want to ruin our friendship with my (singular) feelings" while their mutual friends all simultaneously facepalm. Ugh, give me two idiot friends who are in love but think the other person isn't interested in romance any day
Would you rather read a fic that made you laugh or one that made you cry?
Usually I laugh and cry at the same fic. It's catharsis in different ways, and I love them both so much
Three songs that scream Drarry to you (feel free to include the Drarry-est lyrics!):
Oof this one is hard.
The first one that comes to mind is Draco, I Guess I'll Just Lie Here by Noah Reid.
I guess i'll just lie here/way too awake/thinking of everything/that could go wrong/thinking of everyone/i've treated wrong/and the list is long/so the night is long
For Harry, The Boxer by either Simon and Garfunkel or Jerry Douglas feat. Mumford and Sons (to be a bit twee).
When I left my home and my family/I was no more than a boy/In the company of strangers/In the quiet of a railway station running scared
I am older than I once was/And younger than I'll be, that's not unusual/It isn't strange after changes upon changes/We are more or less the same/After changes we are more or less the same
"I am leaving, I am leaving"/But the fighter still remains
Ugh, just massive HJP angst and survivor guilt right there
And then uhhhh, a real throwback, Bandages by Hot Hot Heat. That's the biggest canon Hogwarts mood to me
I've been shaking from making an awful decision/I've been running and running
Feels like my head is spinning round and round, around, around, around, around, around
Bandages on my legs and my arms from you/Bandages, bandages, bandages/Up and down on my legs and my arms from you/Bandages, bandages, bandages
These are all incredibly literal, but they're what I first thought of
Favorite authors outside of fic?
N.K. Jemisin, Neil Gaiman, Ann Patchett, Libba Bray, Matt Fraction, Kelly Sue Deconnick, Jim Butcher, Erin Morgenstern, Kate Atkinson, Jacqueline Carey, Ken Follett, Nnedi Okorafor, John Allison, and Kelley Armstrong. I mean, there's so many more, but these are the ones I could think of on the spot
Tagging with no pressure, and please feel free to pick and choose the questions youâd like to answer!
@static-abyss @p1013 @ladderofyears @iero0 @tackytigerfic @caroll-in @thusspoketrish @gnarf @fantalf @glittering-git @cassiaratheslytherpuff and anyone else who wants to do this (you! I mean you reading this!)
I did this like a year late (or a week, which is a Tumblr year) so I'm really sorry for any duplicate tags!
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