#i seriously havent written fanfic since middle school

[cloth-moths]

Actions Speak Louder Than Words

It didn't take Conrad long to move his things into the alleyway by Sugah's. He didn't have much to begin with. It wasn't bad, really he kept twlling himself that at least. He was used to living on the streets, and he had some better protection from the rain now. And sure, the music and talking from the buolding was loud, but he found he didn't really mind. There was something sort of comforting about it.

Working with Dan wasn't bad either. He still insulted him almost contantly, but Conrad knew he didn't really mean it. Dan might call his ideas dumb, and shoot down his suggestions, but by the next day, he would be implementing them.

Dan wasn't the only one who listened to him, either. He would visit some of the friends he made during all this. They would talk, or catch up, or just hang out and do sonething together. He especially liked visiting The Fix. It was gold to see his old friends at the orphanage again. The Fix and Pasha seemed like much better caretakers than Madam Loathi-- Than Guilta ever had. Conrad visted her too, sometimes.

Between all that, and his key, and the compass, Conrad had a lot more influence in the city. It was something he was getting still getting used to. So maybe it was good that he had something familiar to return to, even if it was a pile of newspapers, and an old rivalry.

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There was one night when the familiar didn't really make up for it though. He hadn't been staying there long, but he found it hard to get comfortable on the hard pavement of the alleyway. He stayed up until long after the sounds of the club, which had become a sort of lullaby, had died down. It waa about hat time when Justin looked up at him.

"You know, I think the club's closed at this point. We could proabably sleep inside if we wanted."

Conad chewed his lip, uncertain about that. "Are you sure? I mean, people might be cleaning or something, and I don't wanna get thrown out."

"Well, we have been thrown out plenty of times before," Justin pointed out.

Conrad thought about that for a moment, and nodded, "You make a good point, Justin."

And with that, both of them went into Sugah's. They crept through the stockrooms that the alley was attached to until they reached the main club. Conrad found a booth in one of the corners, hidden away from the rest of the club. They curled up in the seat together, and both fell asleep.

Conrad and Justin continued that routine the next couple days. They would wait until the muaic of the club quieted, and the voices petered out, then slip inside and curl up in the back corner booth. Conrad had woken up fairly early at first, then went about his usual day. However, he was sleeping in more and more as this went on. One time he woke up late, and found a blanket draped over him. It wasn't one he recognized, all of his were old and worn out. This was incredibly soft, made of some rich fiber. The sort of blanket, he thought, that the pleasure center of the brain might own. Dan didn't say anything about it at their meeting that day.

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It was a very rainy day. Most days in Mentopolis were rainy, but today even more so. Wind blew the water in sideways through the alley, past what the overhang would cover. All of Conrad's belongs would get absolutely soaked, if he didn't work fast.

Fortunately for Conrad, he did move very fast, even when he wasn't driving. Unfortunately for him, this attempt to preserve his stuff was quickly noticed.

"Conrad, you medium shit, what the hell do you think you're doing, dragging all that muck in here!"

"Well, I didn't want my stuff to get wet so--"

"Why were you even out in this weather? Who keeps their stuff outside like that?"

"You're the one who told hin he could live in the alleyway," Justin pointed out.

"Right, almost forgot about that." Dan paused for a beat, and sighed, "Well, I suppose I have a storage room in the back that doesn't have much in it. You can stay in it for today, if it means you'll stop tracking mud through this place. But I'm increasing your rent!"

Dan lead him through the hall to a small room, not too far from the entrace to the alley. There were a few boxes, ansmall window, and a dim light, but not much else. It was the nicest place Conrad had ever stayed.

"I swear you're taking everything from me, you rapscallion. First my blankets, now my buildings," Dan grumbled.

Conrad brightened, "So it was you who gave me that blanket!"

"Ah, shut up."

Dan never did collect any rent. Nor did he try to make Conrad move back out of the room.

----

It didn't take long before Conrad found Dan moving furniture into his room.

"It's old shit. I was getting rid of it in renovations. Figure if you're going to be taking up one of my rooms, I can at least use it to store my other trash too. Beats dragging to the dumpster," Dan said in what seemed an all to hasty explanation.

Most of the furniture was admittedly the more beat up stuff that used to to belong to Sugah's, but Conrad did find it strange that Dan would have been throwing out a dog bed.

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And so they went on like that, with Dan bringing him along to see movies, or go to resturant, under the guise of "keeping an eye on him so he didn't get into trouble". Dan slipping him food, newspapers, and various interesting or useful things, becayse he was "done with it, about to throw it out anyways."

Conrad didn't call him out on it, and most of their friends would just silently raise an eyebrow if they noticed. But Conrad knew that he was cared for, even if Dan refused to admit it.

[projectshadowz]

i made an extremely self-indulgent sonic g/t au and am now writing a fanfiction for it.

here are some refs,,, first up are sonic and tails. i ripped tails' goggles straight from sonic boom.

they live together in a house they just moved into, and strange things have been going on..

next up are shadow and rouge, who are both borrowers. they are both basically about 3 inches tall in this, with rouge being a little taller.

they live in sonic and tails' house and steal stuff giggles evilly,, theyve been living there since before sonic and tails moved there actually

this au has sonadow in it and so will the fanfic. i wanted to see more g/t sonadow,, so i decided yknow what ill make some myself

and finally... here is a ref of shadow and rouge's mini home. yes the beds are matchboxes and the rest of the furniture are things made for toys that actually work. this is very messy and low effort because i didnt want to put too much effort in it LMAO

they barely have anything help

this is my first tumblr post so i have no idea if thisll do good HELPDaauahh

ANDD... heres the fanfic!!!

go read it if you want, its ongoing with 3 chapters made so far!!!

KEEP IN MIND,,, i havent written anything seriously like this since like, middle school. so my writing is a bit rusty and may not be good at times,, bare with me 🙏

[dnds]

why do you write fanfiction about real. people

i havent seriously written rpf fanfic since i was like 15 and as for the present ive come to the realization that reducing real life people to characters is an deeply unhealthy way to engage w celebrity culture but also. if pete wentz is sad that i wrote a story in middle school where he kissed patrick stump he can wipe away his tears w hundred dollar bills lol

[ryoshan-a]

ok. listen i know i havent been here in ages and this isn’t an original idea but hear me out:

RWBY as a live action tv series, and our characters as the actors, actresses, and crew.  

set in our world modern verse. featuring a small production company, employing and casting crew and actors from all over the world. not convinced yet? here’s why y’all should indulge me: 

your muse canonically dead or afk? not anymore!! they produce the show now. or write it. or just hang out on the set when they’re free. 

your muse a villain and hard to rp with other folk? not anymore!!! let them be pals with the most unlikely of other people. see how they deal with fndm hating their character. (or loving their char too much)

your char an oc? nOT ANYMORE. theyre canon chars now. maybe they write the show. direct. tell qrow off when he almost posts spoilers on twitter. ANYTHING

whats a crossover? the ocs you rp with are now actors/crew in their own universe’s movie/game/tv show. the chars from other fandoms are actors/crew in their source’s show/movie/game. 

your ship a rarepair u jump through hoops to put together? not anymore!! their actors are shacking up. 

lbr we’re all suffering the hiatus. who needs canon material for this!! they’re in shooting for the eps that’ll air in october. 

seriously, how easy would it be to get,, literally the entire community involved in something like this. TAG ME IF YOU DO!!! i wanna see what folk come up with!!

still not convinced? here’s some ideas i came up with, with the help of @iruzurru and @rosescattered. obv if i mention your muse and you wanna get in on this dont feel like you have to follow these!! these are just meant to inspire™

under the cut, cause lONG: 

taiyang and summer club together every year to fund a holiday for the entire cast and crew to celebrate the end of a season. they buy out an entire plane for the journeys and instigate travelling songs 

taiyang is a writer for the show who played ruby and yang’s dad more as a cameo, but got given more scenes when the character proved rlly popular 

summer is a writer too. noone, not even tai knows she’s gonna be playing summer when she shows up later in the show >:3c 

emerald and cinder being best friends who play up icly for the fans. emerald throws down on twitter with anyone who harrasses cinder for playing a baddie 

winter wasn’t an actor originally. she writes novels, but she was on set one day waiting for weiss to finish shooting so they could go to lunch. 

she was given first dibs on an audition to play weiss’ ic sister and nails it. weiss insists she’s not even acting, she’s just Really Like This 

winter writes fanfic of emerald/cinder on ao3 for shits and giggles dont @ me. noone knows its her bc she uses winter’s ic callsign as a username and ppl just assume its a winter fan

this is yang’s first big acting job, but she’s Known in celebrity circles because her mom is the Very Famous Raven Branwen.raven’s a household name 

raven subsequently gets cast as her real mom because it just makes sense and would boost the series’ popularity following her guest appearance at the end of volume 2 

qrow is very vocal about his character’s storylines and supports charities relating to substance abuse. he frequently finds himself in twitter discourse with fans because he loudly discourages romanticising his character 

this gets him accused of hating his character, which he doesn’t. fandom either loves him or hates him 

qrow and raven arent siblings but they might as well be because they’re so fking close and roast each other on twitter all the time 

neo’s actress is actually a really famous opera singer who’s breaking into acting. this gives rise to the popular fanon that neo actually can talk and has a bitchin’ voice but chooses not to. 

emerald’s an orphan. she bounced around kids homes and developed a great talent for lying in the process. hearing a drama teacher describe acting as ‘lying really well’ sealed the deal for her career choice. she’s had bit parts and lives in a shitty apartment until rwby becomes her first big break. 

coco was a big actress in france. she came to america seeking to break into hollywood, and found it pretty difficult. she’s emerald’s roommate, and it’s emerald who tells her about the opening for a member of team cfvy and pushes her to audition. 

ilia has to wear one of those green screen suits all the time so they can animate her scales. yang gets a selfie with her every time she’s wearing it. takes upon takes have been ruined by blake and sun laughing at her. 

it annoys ilia at first. then, she starts to find it funny. then, she gets her own back by purposefully making people laugh. she does the yoshi mlem every time she cracks her whip. 

pyrrha’s actress routinely gets bit parts and cameos in future volumes bc the cast and crew love her so much they want her around all the time. she’s like 50% of the reason a comedy mini-series where nothing bad happens exists alongside the main series. 

the entire cast and crew rallying around cinder after v3 when the fan backlash comes from pyrrha’s onscreen death. they throw a party after to celebrate pyrrha and cinders great performances. its a greek theme

team rwby, smartasses that they are, all come dressed as achilles with little papier mache arrows stuck in their heels

weiss is a Career Showman. she started off in ballet, then moved to broadway, then onto the bigscreen. she’s had a huge amount of success despite how young she is, and was continually pushed to land greater and greater roles. she suffered a very publicised breakdown because of the stress. 

she ‘disappeared’ in the showbiz scene when she went to live with winter in her remote little writing shack in the middle of assfuck nowhere to recharge. 

rwby is her first acting job since then. she was hesitant to start back at all, but finds herself extremely supported and refreshed by the small, close-knit production. 

blake’s had to work twice as hard for every role she’s ever landed due to being an ethnic minority. her professionalism makes her seem closed off and cold, so she hasn’t made many friends. she has a small, devoted fanbase, though.

summer is one of those fans, and has always wanted to cast blake in something. her character was written with her in mind, and summer was elated when blake accepted the proffered audition and subsequent role in rwby. 

ruby is summer and tai’s daughter!! they are not shy at all about saying that her part was written For Her. they don’t apologise for it either fuck u they created this show they cast who they want. 

the red trailer only initially existed for ruby to do a screentest of her character. it was so well produced and nailed so hard they made it promotional material and wrote the white, black and yellow ones to go with it. 

ruby grew up reading her parents’ stuff and writing her own, too. in school, she wrote, directed and produced an entire play for her classmates, but never thought of acting until her parents suggested she play the lead in this new show they’ve been thinking about. 

ruby and yang met on set. they’ve been thick as thieves ever since. 

...AND SO ON I COULD DO THIS ALL DAY GUYS