#i'll probably add this to an au on ao3 when i upload it in the morning

[samthecookielord]

CURRENT LAYTON STATUS: AL done! onto plvspw next. at some point.

That's right, I'm dedicating a post to all the Layton content I've consumed and will consume. Wish me luck gamers. (I'll also add the status of my gameplay videos!) (And a list of layton AUs at the end)

Mainline Trilogies

(note: i call the games by which version i played (UK or US) but i tag by US titles)

(note 2: we only record towards the end of the game because my computer space will CRY and also i do not want to edit all that hope this helps)

PLAYTHROUGH PLAYLIST

CURIOUS VILLAGE: 100% completed

(not recorded)

DIABOLICAL BOX: 100% completed

Uploaded---

Chapter 7: (Part 1) - (Part 2) (fun fact: part 2 features the first instance of me using animated sprites for me and my friends!)

LOST FUTURE: 100% completed, all uploaded!

Uploaded---

Chapter 9: (Part 1) - (Part 2) - (Part 3) (fun fact: part 1 is the first time i use game sprites to give visuals to our improv bits, as well as generally being the start of me putting a lot more effort into editing and trying new stuff!)

Chapter 10

Chapter 11: (Part 1) - (Part 2)

Chapter 12

Chapter 13: (Part 1) - (Part 2) - (Part 3) Epilogue: (Part 1) (Part 2)

LAST SPECTRE: 100% completed

Uploaded---

Chapter 8: (Part 1) - (Part 2) - (Part 3) (fun fact: from this point on, our playthrough group has increased from 3 people to 4!)

Planned---

Chapter 9 -> 2 parts

Chapter 10 -> 2 parts

Epilogue -> just one

MIRACLE MASK: 100% completed

Planned---

Chapter 6 -> 6 parts left (HELP)

Chapter 7 -> 6 parts left Chapter 8 -> 1 part left Epilogue -> 2 parts left

AZRAN LEGACY: finished, not 100% yet

Planned---

Chapter 5 -> 6 parts left

Chapter 6 -> 5 parts left

Finale -> 3 parts left

Spinoffs & Extras

ETERNAL DIVA: Watched :]

Improv Fandub will come out soon. Probably

LB MYSTERY ROOM: completed

(not recorded)

PLVSAA: not started (will play after mainline)

will probably record? perchance?

MYSTERY JOURNEY: not started (will play after plvsaa)

The anime: not started (will watch after mystery journey)

Cheerful Mystery: i saw the lost future one lol ill go check out the rest later probably. I also read up to ch28 of the lbmr manga

Layton AUs

i have a lot of clive aus. here's a slideshow. here's their interaction tag

Puzzles Gone Wrong AU: (belongs to pastel-player) A take on "evil Layton" where we ask what if he wasn't evil evil, but morally dubious. Basically he's a dictator now but he hasn't really done much harm to the city of London. He's making some questionable decisions, but... he's still the polite gentleman Layton who cares about his loved ones. Said loved ones have many conflicting feelings about him. Takes place at least 1 year after main trilogy, unclear when exactly. (Ao3 series)

Pastel wasn't doing anything with Clive in this AU so I picked him up and ran off then came back with a whole new design and stuff. Anything I make with PGW Clive that doesn't involve Timeline Hopper Clive's shenanigans is proobably canon to the AU. Basically I'm the ceo of this one guy within this AU and nothing else <3

(PGW Clive's tag)

Layton Assassin AU: (belongs to snekatiemainy and thia-quiche) Layton but he kills people with swords. And also Luke beats people to death with shovels. And Flora also sword. Yayy!!! Initially inspired by our jokes from playing Curious Village, mainly Luke saying the phrase "this man is being VERY RUDE we should KILL HIM" (Ao3 series)

Assassin AU Variant: (belongs to me and snekatiemainy) A variation of the assassin au where Clive is adopted by Layton. Clive picked up a gun and has never been the same since. Guy who loves his 20 guns and is sooo annoying about it <3 Honestly 90% of my assassin au tag is just the variant instead of the actual original au hdtdhdhrfd

(Ao3 series)

(AV!Clive's tag)

Timeline Hopper Clive: (belongs to me, inspired by a-queer-kitkat's post) Post-canon Clive that starts getting tossed across dimensions at random intervals due to an abandoned machine prototype left by one of Dimitri's scientists. Often crosses over with Puzzles Gone Wrong and Assassin AU. He gets worse but then he gets better. Then there's a version where he gets worse again and weird buggified.

Clive Triton AU: (belongs to me and snekatiemainy) what if clark adopted clive. Send post

The BEHUH??? AU: (belongs to me and snekatiemainy) ???? goddamnit timeclive what did you DO (BEHUH??? stands for Butterfly Effect HUH???) (two guys chilling in the river 5 feet apart because get pitted idiot)

CSAU: (belongs to me and snekatiemainy) clive is adopted by descole. I encourage you all to ask us what CSAU stands for several times.

Apprentice Nils AU: (belongs to me and snekatiemainy) that random miracle mask npc's parents died so layton yoinks him

Little Hershel and the Curious Playground: what if it was all elaborate playground roleplay, and targent is a group of school bullies? (some ideas come from conversations with friends on discord)

Commander Cardinal AU: mackintosh takes over targent while layton & friends are busy procrastinating on getting the last egg back by going puzzle searching

Randall Possession AU: (belongs to snekatiemainy) what if he became a ghost and hung out with his best friend Layton forever now

Layton Object AU: based on those silly object show things. They're living objects with limbs and faces etc etc and the only real changes in this au right now is just names, designs, and minor things that come with those design changes. i make this kind of au for almost anything i touch loll

Vampire Layton AU: what it says on the tin. One of my earliest tagged AUs. It didn't really go anywhere but it's fun to think about sometimes. Based on a joke we made while playing Diabolical Box.

[isabellehemlock]

Hi Kat! Yay for the new ask box configuration! Wondering about #10 & 19 of the Fun Meta Asks for Writers 🤔 (you can choose one if you don’t feel like answering both ;))

Thank you love ❤

For those interested, you can check out questions from this list here. I'll put my answers under the cut, since this got longer than I thought it would that's what she said.

10. How would describe your writing process?

I think on a technical basis, it's pretty straightforward.  I average about 1200 words an hour, and maybe spend one to three hours a day writing (depending on my schedule) - though unfortunately I haven't written in one week, which is the first time that's happened in over a year *sighhhh*.  Something that can help me write a lot in one day is simply the fact that I can easily "tap in, tap out" throughout the day.  I think it's my ND coded brain lol, but yeah I don't need to schedule three hours to write (though of course it's fun when it works and I can hurriedly get it all out at once).  But yup I tend to write in spurts throughout the day.

For the basics, I tend to write linear, sometimes within a chapter I might "move around" - but in a multi chapter fic, I don't write ahead and circle back between chapters. 

Oneshots get a general quick bullet point outline, while multi chapter fics get the extensive Google docs of like pages and pages - backstories for AUs, characterization/motivations, plot points, research on specific subjects, links to resources, each chapter outlined, quotes, some dialogue, songs, moodboards - very, very useful when I reach say, 20k and need to look back at the doc and make sure I include certain plot points in a specific chapter, or need motivation with what I was hoping to convey in a specific arc of the story.

The final editing process tends to take me the longest.  I do usually edit as I write, but also give each chapter two read throughs as well, then one more once I upload it to AO3 to make sure the coding looks okay in draft mode before I publish.  It is very common for me to add on a chunk (anywhere between 1 to as much as 7k) on a chapter during the final editing process lol.  And then of course I still might notice a typo months later and I'm like "How dare you?  I edited the crap out of you, come onnnnn." Lol.

19. Is there something you always find yourself repeating in your writing? (favorite verb, something you describe 'too often,' trope you can't get enough of?)

I'm sure there's probably words I've used redundantly, or at the very least frequently, though I do try to keep that sort of thing in mind between fics - but I suppose it might be more obvious for anyone who is reading any of my works back to back?

I will say I have definitly noticed some overall themes in a chunk of my stories:

I care a lot about communication and interpersonal dynamics, how people can communicate their boundaries, feelings, and needs with mutual respect.  So I tend to focus on the dialogue between the characters the most (versus say, some of the gorgeous flowery prose I've read of other writers setting up the scene of the environments, world building, etc).  I definitly do some of that, too, but I can see where my focus goes lol.

I also have explored themes of interfaith dialogue, religious affirming, love languages and how they can help each person in (romantic and platonic) relationships feel seen and heard, aspec sexuality, explicit consent and kink negotiations (and how those last two rely on honest, open, communication in safe enviroments), and healing after trauma.

Thanks Nara for the fun ask!! 😍

[thunderpetal]

YAY anon asks!! Anyway I would love for you to answer hmmm 19, 29, 32, 33, and hehe 37 please. :3 (feel free to omit any of them, I choose violence by choosing not to choose but you don't have to!) <3

Still can't believe I never realised I have anon asks off when I've been on here since like December. ANYWAY,

19 - Stephen King once said that his muse is a man who lives in the basement. Do you have a muse?

I don't know. I get inspired by lots of things. Music being one of them - I come up with a 'what if every character played an instrument' AU for every fandom I've in, even though most of them never see the light of day. I'm also inspired by songs from time to time, but not as often as other writers, I don't think?

My family also visits Italy every year, and I always get sooo many writing ideas when we're there, it's ridiculous. I think just being in a wildly different place to miserable England shakes up my brain enough that plot bunnies start falling out left right and centre.

29 - If you could write the sequel (or prequel) to any fic out there not written by yourself, which would you choose?

Ooh, this is an interesting question. I went through my recced bookmarks on AO3, aka my absolute fave fics collection. In the end I only found one I would want to add to, since most of them ended in the perfect place. But Kids Protecting Kids by quirkle is a fic that's really stuck with me (everyone should read it), and I would want to write a little mini sequel after Wild wakes up where him and Legend just get to have a little chat and breathe out. together. Just another dollop of comfort atop the hurt/comfort.

33 - How do you feel about crack?

I love crack! And honestly I don't write enough of it nowadays. I'm really good at dialogue so crack used to be my forte, I wrote lots of silly fics back in the day. Now I've moved onto more serious horizons, I suppose, but writing serious fics is still kind of a struggle for me. I miss writing crack. My closest fic to actual crack is probably Five Teaspoons, but that probably counts as more just general humour.

37 - Talk about your current wips.

Oh, you've unleashed a monster by asking me this!!

Someday We'll Stand Here By The Sun (TOH, ongoing) - My magnum opus tbh. It's like 80% written rn, and I'm able to keep up a weekly updating schedule on AO3 because of that. But it's still far from done! Anyway, after S2 finished I was full of post King's Tide ideas, and most of them have made their home in this big multichapter. The main plot is the story of Luz, Amity and their trauma /lh. I have so much brainrot for them and their relationship, and S2B builds on their mutual confession so well. As we know there are two episodes in which Luz shows the same character flaw - hiding things from Amity/her loved ones due to a belief that her problems aren't as important as theirs, and wanting to protect other people's feelings. The fact that Luz doesn't seem to grow out of this flaw despite 2 EPISODES focused on it says to me that it's 100% something ingrained in her that isn't going away anytime soon. But I'll stop before I write a whole Luz character essay.

Point is, with the whole 'helping' Belos thing, Luz totally blames herself for the Draining Spell and is gonna spiral post S2, feeling like she has to get back to the Isles asap and fix all her mistakes, and MAYBE that will make up for how much of a horrible human being she thinks she is. So why did I choose to write from Amity's POV, when I started writing this to explore Luz's emotions? Well, at first I was worried about SWSHBTS being a 'Amity is Luz's therapist' fic, but Amity has so many issues herself that that was not a problem lmao. And I deliberated on doing alternate POVs - even made a pros and cons list - but in the end I went with Amity's POV only because she has a lot of things to say! (But there may be a chapter of Luz's POV... you'll just have to see)

I just love this fic so much, it is my baby, and uploading it is kinda the highlight of my week rn. There is so much in future chapters that I am excited for the world to see. Also, when I started writing it, it was out of motivation to make more Lumity Post King's Tide angst, cause there REALLY wasn't enough, but there have been many more fics in that genre uploaded since I began, and I inhale each one like they're my life force. Cause they kind of are. WOW that was a lot of words too bad I'm about to infodump about another 2 wips

Untitled Music AU (TOH, unwritten) - So I said that I come up with a 'what if every character played an instrument' AU for every fandom I'm in, and TOH is no exception. This was going to be a silly oneshot and now it's expanded into a whole multichapter universe that mostly exists only inside my brain. When I have the time to actually write it, it'll be great I'm sure lmao

But essentially Amity plays clarinet, Luz plays oboe, and they're put in the same woodwind quartet by Raine, their teacher at Hexside. This leads to them starting to become friends, but as they do, Amity starts seeing certain weird/supernatural things around school. (This is a human/no magic AU, to clarify). She thinks she's just going crazy, but she decides to confide in Luz. Luz is of course overjoyed to learn there's a potential mystery to be discovered in their school, and immediately joins Amity in playing detective. Yes I want there to be mystery in this AU, but I really have not worked out the finer details yet.

Other character roles include - Raine as Head Of Music. Lilith as their second in command in the music department - but she was also Amity's clarinet teacher until Amity was like nine/ten. One day, she suddenly dropped all of her private students and joined Hexside as a teacher instead. Why? Who knowsss! (You'll find out I promise). Eda runs the wackiest corner shop that sells Everything You'll Ever Need, and Luz is her employee and also her only oboe student. She's a longtime family friend of Camila, too. She took in Hunter, who plays bassoon, and Luz still considers Hunter her brother in this AU. Willow plays flute. She and Amity have a similar arc to canon, but it plays out a bit differently in this. And - this is my fav part - Blight Industries is a well-known company, and engage in copious amounts of rainbow capitalism every year. Meanwhile the Blight kids still genuinely have no idea if Odalia is homophobic or not.

And last but not least - the LU multichapter where Time dies and Twilight picks up the ocarina to go back in time and save his life (working title). But Time keeps dying, so Twilight keeps using the ocarina, and before he knows it he's in a Majora's Mask nightmare scenario of his own. This is one I was planning to write this summer before SWSHBTS came in and demanded attention. Lots of attention. So, I'm planning to get to this when SWSHBTS is done. I'm just so excited to write it - it's really going to push me as a writer, but I'm ready for that challenge if it means i can provide juicy Twi angst. The poor lad. I'm really going to put him through the wringer. And Time too, considering he's gonna die many times in the fic, but that's kind of just the plot.

This question really enabled me, so I'm impressed if you actually read all of this. But thanks for sending this ask in, anon!

[thatfanfictiongirl76]

Supernatural Fanfiction Rec

So I haven't really read any new supernatural fanfiction since I think about 2016, so most of these are pretty old and aren't really up to date with canon, but I still think that they are really good.

It's All in the Details

By: Colleen

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7002492/1/It-s-All-in-the-Details

Summary: When Dean goes to sell his soul at the crossroads to bring Sam back, someone else steps in to negotiate the deal. Cas did get a sign and it sent him off into the past to change things. AU from "The Man Who Would Be King" and "All Hell Breaks Loose."

My Comments: This is a WIP and it hasn't been updated since May of 2016, so it is abandoned, but I still think that this is worth your time. The basic premise of this is Castiel from the season 6 episode “The Man Who Would Be King” travels back to the end of season two. So it is a rewrite of season 3 and 4. But it still is mainly original work and I promise that you will love it. This is probably the best Supernatural fanfiction I've ever read, and that's saying something. I can promise you that it will not be a waste of your time. Somebody uploaded this work on AO3, which I will link down below, however it was originally posted on ff.net, which is linked above. You do need an account to access the AO3 link, just so you know.

Status: Incomplete

Last Updated: 5/16/16

Length: 184,265 words

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/36412555

Hail Mary

By: GalaxySoup

http://archiveofourown.org/chapters/2036435

Summary: Take one newly human ex-angel on the run from Heaven. Combine with one mysteriously resurrected and increasingly pissed off Mary Winchester. Add overtones of the Apocalypse. Shake well.

My Comments: God, do I love this fic! This fic was written during season 9, and goes AU right after Cain is introduced, so there is no Demon!Dean in this fic!! Also this was written before Mary got brought back on the show, so GalaxySoup’s Mary is very different from the Mary in the show. The thing I love most about this fic is how it shows Mary’s relationship with all the characters. Also I love the amount of detail GalaxySoup put into this fic. She builds up these themes that were very interesting and I honestly wish had happened in the show. Anyway I highly recommend giving this one a read!!! You do need an AO3 account to read this fic.

Status: Complete

Length: 191,627 words

Building Dean Van Halen

By: CaffeineKitty

https://archiveofourown.org/works/1015000

Summary: John recognizes Dean from a man he met in 1973

My Comments: This fic is basically based off of the episode "In the Beginning" (Season 4; Episode 3). A really good short fic. I have to say that after reading this season 1 makes a lot more sense (mainly why John left). It's a good read. This fic is cross-posted on ff.net, so I'll link that down below.

Status: Complete

Length: 1,741 words

Ff.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5324548/1/Building-Dean-Van-Halen

Fraternity Series (4 Parts)

By: Fiachra Ochiem

https://archiveofourown.org/series/2453464

Summary (for Jump in the Fire): John Winchester is hunting a witch (at least a witch is his best lead so far) in Missouri while his boys are on spring break. When he gets into trouble, a new hunter comes to help, a man he's never met before with floppy hair and familiar eyes.

My Comments: This is a really good series! They are set somewhere near the end of season 8 (you'll find out how). You really only need to know about the trials to read this fic. It's a really good read, and I like how it kind of gives a background on some things in the show. I love who John thinks "Seth" is at the end of this series. This series is cross-posted on ff.net, so I'll link them down below.

Status: Complete

Length (Whole Series): 65,213 words

Ff.net:

Jump in the Fire: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9708706/1/Jump-In-the-Fire

Creeping Death: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9818284/1/Creeping-Death

Fight Fire with Fire: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9927971/1/Fight-Fire-with-Fire

The End of the Line: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10086182/1/The-End-of-the-Line

Familiar Faces

By: Sg2009

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5850739/1/Familiar-Faces

Summary: John and Mary live only to hunt evil after losing their sons to the fire. When they enlist a runaway to play bait for a monster, they discover that things aren't always what they seem.

My Comments: This is an AU fic, but it's surprisingly good. I think that this fic really captures both John and Mary's personalities perfectly. I promise you that this fic won't waste your time.

Status: Complete

Length: 56,989 words

Crap Job

By: SciFiNutTX

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3470242/1/Crap-Job

Summary: What happens when Sam & Dean stop in for supplies at a convenience store and find themselves in the middle of a robbery.

My Comments: It's a nice short read. It is from an OC POV, but I think that SciFi pulls it off really well. I also particularly like the backstory Sci added to Sam's money clip shown in Tall Tale.

Status: Complete

Length: 3,692 words

Dies Felices

By: Jedi Sapphire

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7025249/2/Dies-Felices

Summary: Gabriel has a proposition: on November 2nd, 1983, Sam dies instead of Mary. Sam goes straight up to Heaven, bypassing a miserable life and the horror of the Cage. His family has relative peace. Sam says no. If only it were that simple.

My Comments: It's a good fic. I particularly like the background info on spirits and salt. The only thing I would've liked to know more about Dave. I loved Gabriel, and was heartbroken when he died, so I always love Gabriel fics. Not to mention the amulet, as well. Really good fic, I can guarantee that you'll enjoy it.

Status: Complete

Length: 39,746 words

Before Your Time Has Run Astray

By: DollarForMyName

https://archiveofourown.org/works/490414

Summary: The Winchesters are a jacked-up brand of retarded, and Adam passionately hopes he never becomes one.

My Comments: This fic is hilarious. I've always loved fics about Adam, and let me tell you that this one you will definitely love. I love how it shows the relationship between Sam and Adam, and also further explores Sam and Dean's relationship as well. Not to mention that Adam is just frickin hysterical as well. If you are looking for something that will make you laugh I definitely recommend this fic!! This fic is cross-posted on both ff.net and LiveJournal, so I'll link both down below.

Status: Complete

Length: 9,715 words

Ff.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6689602/1/Before-Your-Time-Has-Run-Astray

LiveJournal: http://dollarformyname.livejournal.com/27951.html

Back to Infinite

By: Toneskis

https://toneskis.livejournal.com/4599.html

Summary: Revenge isn't always aimed at those who deserve it.

My Comments: So this is a really good time travel fanfiction. It's a bit heartbreaking, but still really well written. The demons in this fic is an interesting concept. I think that this fic was written back in either season two or season three so it doesn’t really match up to canon. But the two things I really like about these fics are Bobby and John. I really like how it shows their relationship. I promise you will enjoy this one.

Status: Complete

Length: 13,019 words

Look Back in Anger

By: Vailkagami

http://archiveofourown.org/works/268671/chapters/422905

Summary: When John Winchester is possessed by the yellow-eyed demon and asks his son to kill him, Sam does so and disappears, leaving his injured brother behind in a hospital. As a result of the demon's early death, deals are never made, and a lot of bad things never happen --- but Dean doesn't know that. All he knows is that Sam killed his father and abandoned him.

My Comments: The original summary was longer, but I thought that this worked better. This is a really good time travel fic. It's set both in season 6 and the end of season 1. It's from Dean's POV which is interesting. I highly recommend this fic.

Status: Complete

Length: 24,157 words

Face to Face With the Skies

By: Quiddative

http://archiveofourown.org/works/587057

Summary: Castiel was not killed by Raphael on the night of Lucifer's release. Instead, he's sent to the year 1996 and encounters the Winchesters. Unable to return to the present, Castiel resigns himself to traveling with them on their hunts across the states. Meanwhile, in the year 2008, Dean has barely gotten used to being back in the land of the living when he gets the biggest shock of his life; the man he fell in love with when he was 18 has seemingly come back from the grave as well, claiming to be an angel of the Lord. The thing is, he doesn't have a clue who Dean is.

My Comments: This fic is actually the first Destiel fic that I ever read, and god is it a good one. I found this fic when looking for time travel fanfictions. I really love how it shows past Dean, and current Dean and the differences and similarities between both of them and how Cas fell in love with each of them. I highly recommend giving this fic a read! I promise that you’ll love it!!!

Status: Complete

Length: 42,168 words