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[theskeletoninthegarden]

Growth means giving every character a chronic illness and a service animal, as a treat.

[sweetpotatoesintheoven]

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I mostly write NSFW Character x Character, but I'll write fluff or angst as well. Happy to write OC x Character or OC x OC too!

Wont write: Incest, Underage, Any Non/Dub-con and all the general illegal stuff. Also won't write CNC, scat or feederism (for personal reasons only, nothing wrong with these).

Will write: BDSM very happily, especially pet play. I have an omorashi fic example too and lots of miscellanious kinky stuff. Threesomes, foursomes or a gangbang. M/M, F/M, F/F.

Please feel free to ask about any kink/fetish! Even if i have to say no there will be no judgement at all!

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I'll give a 10% discount for SaeBaba lol

I am currently playing Infinite Wealth (on chapter 10), have played everything else Ishin included. I have yet to play the Judgement games, but if you are okay with that I'm happy to write Judgement characters too!

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[nebuvoid]

you ever read something so stupid youre baffled? like a really well written fic but then op makes the most flaccid choice possible?

having sas agree to leave the elders and danzo alive?? fucking danzo??? out of what, the moronic sense of 'not perpetuating the cycle of violence'? like theres nuance to that??

cycle of violence is me avenging my murdered loved one, then the child of this murdered person taking revenge on me, then my friend taking revenge on that child and so on

bringing the people that instigated an ethnic massacre, put the blame within said ethnic group, exploit the remains of the ethnic group to this day, to justice is not the same are you an idiot 😭

ill give you that murdering them in silence will only be short lived, you should bring their crimes to light first so they can die in dishonor as they deserve. and in a more sane world yeah you could do a whole court spiel about it, tho thats really not needed within narutos world, where violence is the language.

sasuke loses himself in his frantic hatred by the end, justifiably so considering itachi and the konoha truth and what not, but his original plan WAS restoring the uchihas honor so revealing the truth about the elders and THEN murdering them would be in his favor.

but the worst thing is when people depict just leaving konoha be as is as the wise choice. like wow sas finally saw the light and wow naruto was so right about this. wowie no more violence now 🤗

when the whole point of sns is that they balance each other, they are literally canonically yin and yang, naruto teaches sasuke that its okay to let himself love again and to want happiness for himself, yes, but sasuke also teaches naruto that he doesnt need to chase for love from people that dont care about him as a person, that its okay to be open about the hurt you feel and youre loved ones wont leave you for that. that being loyal doesnt mean being a sucker, that you can both love and hate at the same time >of course we didnt get that much of that second part because kishimoto gave up but the entire source material very clearly tells us this

my point is. does anyone still try to put themselves in a characters shoes to understand them and write them right??? is this still a thing we do hello is anyone in here

[candlelitmassacre]

Meet the Author 🌸

Age: 24 Name: Niamh (N-eev) Nationality: British  Where do you publish/where can readers find you?: I’m on A03 @candlelit_massacre, but am in the process of re-doing/tidying up all my old fics. I hope to start posting again around the new year. How long does it take you to write a fic?: Anywhere from a weekend to months! It depends on how challenging I find the subject matter. I think the longest I ever spent on a fic was 2 years  Do you have a favourite fanfic trope?: Probably the ‘Oh no we have seconds to live, should we fuck, now seems like a good time to fuck’ one. It just keeps getting funnier every time I see it. Do you have a writing routine?: I like to write in the afternoons on my day off. It all comes out in one big gust, or it doesn’t come out at all. So I sit down with a hot drink,  put on a ‘Disney oldies in another room’ playlist for horror, or just rain sounds open my docs up and feel it out.  Where do you get your research from for fic writing?: If a quick google wont do it, I try jstor. That’s rarely necessary tbh. And of course, rewatching/reading the original source material   What inspires you?: besides the source material I like drawing from dungeons and dragons sessions, books I’ve read, music I like, Pinterest, my best friends advice… anywhere really Which fandoms do you write for?: Hannigram :) Do you share your fics with your friends and family?: I do lol, my dad has read the entirety of Therefore, God Spare Him except for the smut chapters. I gave him a list of which chapters to skip… What do you think makes a good fan fiction?: care for the characters and attention to details, plus a healthy dose of tropes of course! Do you have any writing tips?: Basic I’m afraid but the more you write the better you will get at it. And don’t be afraid to write fanfics in a ‘fanfic style’, using “chuckled” and “growled” etc.! I don’t care what anyone says, it’s a genre and an acceptable style, do what makes you happy. 

[asscrackcreed]

part 2 after the author replied i wasnt sure if i should carry on but with their unapologetic attitude ofc i went through with it

STOP WITH THE KADAR AND MASTURBATING THING ITS FUCKING GROSS WHY DOES HIS BROTHER A N D MOTHER KNOW !!!!!!!’ ENOUGH

omg kadar is 16 and maliks 19 shut the fuck up EWWWWW

ok let me explain it properly this author fetishised kadars teenage hormones why do we keep coming back to kadar wanting to have sex esp if hes a minor its disgusting theyve made a point that u can explore gross things in fiction because yk its fiction and not irl and tbh idgaf because youre telling me you enjoy reading about a minors sexual life? youre telling me you enjoy reading about a brother telling his MINOR brother about HIS sex life? defend incest if u want im not here to change ur mind about incest but if u think that u can just write about minors sexually u are fucking disgusting

a lot of talk about god but none of it relates to the story or being gay so idk not interested

DES AND EZIO KISSED. WITH TONGUE. AND EZIO INSTIGATED IT?

chapter 27^ i cant do it anymore its 3am as im typing i’ll finish the rest when i wake up

kadars only personality trait is being horny tf

adha is very religiously strict and thinks altaïr is a godless pig uhm. ok… making adha rude is very uncalled for you couldve chose to use a random woman like…. a stranger but no it had to be canon altaïrs dead ex… and altaïr says ‘i dont know much about islam’ i dont understand why some fanfic authors insist on making altaïr completely atheist, i feel like altaïr wouldn’t be religious tbfh but hed still have islamic norms and values. when we can write characters in a way the original source material doesnt why cant we include cultural and religious aspects? why do ppl try so hard to remove the fundamental aspects of islamic culture. altaïr not knowing islam just drags the story more because if he did then hed understand adha and like idk hed connect with malik more and adhas anger would be justified but here she is being an ass and assuming the worst because…? she could’ve just called him an asshole idk why she dragged religion into this its reminding me of strict religious ppl who hate the new generation so far there hasn’t really been much about the good things of islam

adhas apologising now for assuming the worst. she paints smth for him? doesnt really make sense but alright

if altaïr can honor his mum with a tattoo (which is haram but anyways) he could surely honor his dad by celebrating eid or smth or just praying some time idk the paragraph im reading is about how his grandmas not religious and his dad was a practising muslim but never taught altaïr which ok he died when altaïr was 5 fine but idk the authors very intent on making sure altaïr isnt muslim but personally if he was muslim it’d be interesting because then hed struggle with his faith and himself i mean malik doesnt seem to struggle at all so idk ig everyones different

excuse me? so we can add black fetishisation to the list as well cuz wtf was that? it doesnt even add to the story its so random and unnecessary?

uhm altaïr and adha fell in love not a lot of depth to their relationship considering this mustve been over the course of days maybe even a few weeks idk just not a lot of time as it is to uh fall in love but shes engaged so theyve left it at that still not a bad plot point ig but it doesnt affect malik as of yet which undermines this plot point but lets see what happens

leo and sofias interactions are cute i like this leo malik and sofia friendship going on

im not gonna comment on any more incest its obvious this author just has a thing for it and theres so many fics that have incest and if i was to really fight that id do it for the other fics too also i wont comment on their writing as a whole anymore the main issue here is the cultural erasure and fetishisation

these do not affect the plot in any way shape or form, yes its an old 2014 fanfic but the author seems to not give a fuck that theyve written gross things. as well as poorly write islamic characters, it feels like a ‘youre either religious or your not’ and writing things like this is harmful! youre telling readers that muslims are either very harsh (like adha was) or very sweet (like maliks mum for being okay that maliks gay) but what about the catholic side of the family? theres no indication that they’re homophobia stems from religion. also ppl think its okay to just make altaïr unaware of his own heritage and faith? yes hes not muslim per say but hes syrian? his father died young but you can choose to write about the family wanting to help altaïr keep his customs alive. its white. its so white. it makes me more upset that the author will only focus on us disliking incest rather than accept that they’re wrong for cultural erasure. youve told hs that he’s syrian and white but just added that he misses his dad. and u cant defend sexualising kadar at all i wont hear anything about that because what u enjoy in fiction is also a reflection of what you enjoy irl. if you think incest is cool you will have a natural interest of it irl theres a reflection of your interests in your writing. if for example i wrote angst you would naturally expect that i like it or have a connection to it in some way, that i enjoy somehow. but i dont really like angst i could write for it but thats from my experience and thought process. someone who writes smut doesnt mean that they’re sexually active but theyve thought about it, they might’ve done some research to it. do u see what im tryna say? you are actively advancing on your interests when you right about them in fiction, you have a connection to it. if you hated smut someone would assume you hated it irl. the logic applies here too, if you dont like incest irl and it grosses you would simply not read incest in fiction because it grosses you out. if you dont like cultural erasure and sexualising minors irl then why tf would u add it to ur fic? why would u think that the boundary fiction would allow that to be okay? and the thing is micro-aggressions back in 2014 were bad and i know that but the author having had feedback and not even acknowledging it in this day and age is disgusting. ppl say they like sass verse, i have to say the plot of it is interesting but there were so many unnecessary aspects that did not contribute or feel nice to read at all. even if someone uses the excuse that they didnt know smth about islam, i as brown muslim you can not dismiss my feelings towards the way they wrote any muslim characters.

[kiwinatorwaffles]

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[mieczyhale]

tua s2 made me fall out of love with tua and that’s just how it is

like i still love the content, s1 and the comics and stuff, but there was just too much about s2 that...wasn’t good. or was disappointing. cringe and not in an entertaining kind of way. they tried too hard with the music (the soundtrack was good but it by no means had the same power as the one for s1), underutilized or ignored main characters, little to no character development, gave one character all the power (listen there as literally no reason for vanya to be THAT powerful AND be able to control it - not after the *gestures to entire show*. plus she had powers that weren’t her powers. no. you have seven main characters who all have original powers. fucking USE THEM) they had no business not only wasting but ruining klaus the way they did - he was fan favorite ffs how do you NOT take that into consideration?? AND YOU HAVE SOURCE MATERIAL!! USE. IT. FUCKING USE IT.  

ahhhh tua season one (1) my beloved

i tried really hard to love it - and did convince myself to for awhile, bc tua means so much to me and i didnt want to be disappointed about it - but the fact is: i am. like so incredibly lmao i don’t tend to back off in a fandom, even during a hiatus, unless given a good reason to not care anymore. i haven’t read a tua fic in months, i dont get involved in the tua discord (clowns, if u see this, i love u) and that’s like also for anxiety reasons but also bc i have nothing to say about this show. the fic i had started posting probably wont get worked on anytime soon (i’m a whump / hurt / comfort / angst lover and writer. s1 gave me plenty of inspiration and thoughts. s2? i mean.. there’s some. but it’s SO different from s1 my connection to the characters emotionally is gone. i cant write trauma i don’t feel attached to, karen, and i can’t write about characters i haven’t extensively analyzed. i mean idk maybe i can but i don’t really want to. drunk!me might try some time, that bitch DOES things, but otherwise.. not really my cup of coffee) i have no desire to make or consume content for it anymore-

maybe my feelings on *gestures to this entire post* will change when we actually start getting stuff for s3 (and i fully intend to watch the third season, even though i couldn’t care less about the stupid sparrows - one bad season isn’t enough for me to totally give up on it) but right now - and for the last several months.... the only love i have for the umbrella academy lies with season one and the comics. i don’t even care about getting more klaus - THAT’S how bad it is!! y’all know i love that motherfucker, we identify the same - i got some of his tattoos, our fashion sense is just Like That. he is baby. but rn i don’t give a shit about any of it or him. bc s2. 

not saying s2 didn’t have it’s good things, its humor and whatnot, but it wasn’t enough to make up for everything else (and there’s a lot. this post mentions only a few things bc i didn’t even intend to make this post or get into any of this - real talk, i only meant to post the first sentence and then a vague short paragraph maybe. just to make my point, bc i never did acknowledge my backing away from tua and the fandom. but now it’s a lot of words and i’m not re-reading it! if i do my ocd will keep me here for hours and i have housework to do and dinner to make so)

dsl;fjsd;lfs

k so i could have maybe typed out more, made a little more sense, connected my thoughts and wrapped it all up with a nice bow, but my brain is Stopping. no more thoughts, not even in the empty void i go to when i make posts. just The End.

so i leave this incoherent overview of thoughts with the following::

s3 please don’t fuck up challenge

s3 please give me my dysfunctional family back

s3 please know literally anything about your characters

s3 please give the gays some fucking happiness and bring dave back. klave is forever no matter what but we’d all love to have our boys reunited (and still in love thanks. if you separate them i’ll put your balls in the toaster and your fingers in the garbage disposal. your head?? oven doors. they hurt.)

[bigskydreaming]

That last reblog is very informative and useful in figuring out where to find certain storylines. Purely on a personal recommendation note, for anyone looking for good reads and who tends to like my take on things, my recs from that list (and not saying that others I don’t rec aren’t good, just what immediately popped into my head) would be:

Batman: The Long Halloween (yes. its a good)

Batman: Birth of the Demon (if you want to set canon on fire, as many people are wont to do, a good place to start is aggressively ignoring Morrison’s take on Damian’s birth and origin and instead treating this story as his origin and just building off the idea that Talia lied at the end which is waaaaaaaaay better and just like...go from there)

Batman: The Killing Joke (kill it with the fire. we’ve had enough of the killing joke. it can die. even alan moore hates it and he wrote it and alan moore usually loves everything he writes and hates everyone ELSE for like, liking it the wrong way, so I mean, that should tell you a lot)

Batman: The Cult (holy shit I totally forgot about this story and now am off to go reread it again myself)

I have Issues with how ADITF AND A Lonely Place of Dying play out and most popular takes on them, so like, I’m not like, recommending RECOMMENDING them, but I mean like, they are pivotal.

Batman: Knightfall, Legacy, Cataclysm and all things No Man’s Land related have some good stuff throughout all of them. Like, things I don’t like, sure, but overall, there’s a lot of good material in them. Also, a good way to get a strong sense of actual canon Tim, who is not fanon Tim, and who would probably take one look at fanon Tim and go LOL nerd, and kickflip away on his skateboard to go tell Nightwing about this AU version of himself he just met, as like, he actually likes and respects Nightwing, among other differences.

JLA Tower of Babel (its a yawn from me, lads. the source of pretty much all “Batman can beat all of the JLA because he has the greatest superpower of all: PREP TIME!!!” hot takes and I mean, yeah that’s pretty core to Batman and who he is at this point, but the story itself its just like. Eh. Could you not. Idk. Basically I just mean this is all part of an era of JLA that for the most part I actually tend to LIKE Bruce’s interactions with the rest of the team, but then there was this and it was just like. Eh. Could you not).

Bruce Wayne: Murderer? and Bruce Wayne: Fugitive (Quality reads IMO that emphasize the Detective part of the Batfranchise and contain good moments for the whole currently present Batfam, lots of great Cass and Dick stuff in particular. Idk. I havent read them in awhile but I have fond memories)

Batman: Hush (this gets a bad rep and not entirely deserved IMO. Like, its not the greatest story in the world but I like how it portrays Bruce as having flawed dynamics with a lot of his loved ones but not shying away from his role in that but also without overly vilifying him....he’s an appropriately complex character in this, is what I mean, and I also like that this is another story that emphasizes the often lost-and-forgotten Detective part of his core concept. Also, it utilizes some of my fave villains in ways that bring home how much potential certain combinations/team-ups of villains could have if they were utilized more instead of overlooked in favor of ITS TIME FOR THE JOKER AGAIN WHEEEEEEEE!)

Batman: Under the Red Hood (hahahhahaha no. like could you imagine me reccing this? LOL its not realistic. Nah, stick with the animated movie retelling. At least Bruce doesn’t slit his son’s throat in that one to save the damn clown again)

Batman: R.I.P (I reluctantly rec this not because I like it, cuz I don’t, its Morrison back on his bullshit in a most I AM THE MOST GALAXY BRAINED OF ALL THE GALAXY BRAINED AND ALSO IM A CHAOS MAGICIAN DID U KNOW THAT HUH DID YA DID YA, like, fashion. Its. A lot. The story is A Lot. I don’t say that in a complimentary way. BUT I recommend it anyway out of pure stubbornness and Dick Grayson fanboy spite, as its set like, directly before Bruce is believed dead and gets lost in time, and like, A LOT happens to Dick in that story that SHOULD BE extremely relevant and crucial to examinations of his mental and emotional state at the time of him assuming Bruce’s role in the family and as Batman, but that just like....ISN’T, and that annoys me. Also, the primary villain of this, Dr. Hurt, like.....

his grand endgame involved torturing the fuck out of Dick to hurt Bruce specifically, and pretty much the first thing that happens when Bruce DOES come back from being lost in time is Dr. Hurt pops up out of nowhere and shoots Dick in the head, like FIRST THING, like this is the absolute first thing Bruce has to deal with when coming back, and this is just like....NONEXISTENT in most fics about that era. Because lolol how can we blame Dick for everything that went wrong and make Bruce be mad at him for how Dick wronged Tim and Jason and all of Gotham probably, if we’re going by actual canon and thus dealing with the fact that Bruce is preoccupied with hovering over his just-shot-in-the-head-specifically-to-fuck-with-Bruce son’s bedside and WORRYING about him. LOLOL hashtag Fandom Willfully Erases The Majority of Dick’s Canon Traumas Not Because They Want To Set Canon On Fire - they’re usually fine with sticking to every instance of canon in which Dick does something even in the ZIP CODE of wrong - but rather because if we acknowledge Dick’s traumas then eww, he might come across as....sympathetic? No, we can’t have that. ERGO HE WAS NEVER SHOT IN THE HEAD HAHAHAH WE FIXED IT, WE FIXED CANON).

But I digress.

Battle for the Cowl (another reluctant rec because like, its dumb and its bad, but its one of those things that I’d still rather more people read than didn’t, because like it is pivotal and relevant, and it contains key plot points like oh Idk, Arkham literally blowing up as all the currently locked up inmates escape, which led to Dick having Wayne Enterprises rebuild it himself, and like, the only villains present in it when he was Batman being the villains he and Damian CAUGHT while he was Batman, which did NOT include the Joker, and thus all the hot takes about how Dick locked up Jason two doors down from his murderer like the uncaring bastard that he is, like.....instead of the reality that Dick pulled strings to have Jason put in Arkham instead of Blackgate when the POLICE ARRIVED ON SCENE AND LOCKED UP THE ANONYMOUS RED HOOD BECAUSE HE WAS CLEARLY DEFEATED AND CLEARLY A WANTED CRIMINAL AND THUS LIKE, HIS IMPRISONMENT LITERALLY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH DICK OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT DICK DEFEATED JASON RATHER THAN LETTING HIM KILL HIM AND DAMIAN.....

like, its literal canon that Dick explains himself for having Jason put in Arkham instead of Blackgate because it allowed him to keep Jason OUT of gen pop where he had literal dozens of enemies that he, Jason, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING THEM IN THERE HIMSELF, and it was to keep Jason SAFE, and it WORKED as Jason’s only actual canon complaint at that time was that he was BORED. So in conclusion, AS ALWAYS, you can do what you want, but when you literally manufacture the fake fanon - and completely fail to make any effort to establish that this is NOT actual canon and that you’re not actually riffing off of an actual canon moment - that Dick callously locked his brother up a few doors down from his own murderer (the dude that Dick himself literally once beat to death because he killed Jason).....like, inquiring minds would like to know, why are you trying so hard to make Dick look like THIS MUCH of an asshole, hmm?)

Batman: The Gates of Gotham (a weird, but fun little read IMO, that delves deep into the backstory of Gotham, the Waynes, and also Dick’s ancestors the Crownes, and establishes a lot of the history revolving around all of the above, and like, it actually has Dick as Batman and being competent and respected by the rest of the family in that role, and its also one of the only times Cass and Damian interacted one on one, stuff like that)

Batman and Robin Eternal (eww no, kill it also with the fire, burn it, I hate it, uggggggh why is this series so praised, its so baaaaaaaaaaaad, its like what if literally every character involved in it is an asshole to Dick for no valid reason whatsoever.....huh, weird thought, wonder if the fact that its so praised as being so good and Dick’s so hated for weird reasons by a lot of fandom are connected....almost like.....the fiction influenced how people viewed his character....and thus....critical commentary of how the fiction was bad is....relevant....HMM I MUST PONDER THIS STRANGE AND NOVEL THOUGHT).

[toxicsamruby]

hello! i have to ask: what do you think about supernatural au's where monsters don't exist/monster hunting is not a thing? do you think the characters could even exist out of that realm? i honestly have conflicting views on this because on one hand i do enjoy the character dynamics but i also feel it would be wrong to just take away something that is fundamental to this show, idk though

i LOVE this question. thank you. im going to write a very long post now

obviously there are infinite ways to interpret a story, right? but sam and dean (and castiel too of course) as characters are completely inextricable from their backstories, and their backstories are inextricable from themes of transience, poverty, loneliness, violence, familial duty, masculinity, otherness, american protestantism, horror, humanity, and monstrosity. i dont think that it’s Wrong to take away the monster hunting as an element in the story, but i DO think it would be bad storytelling to do so bc the fact is that these characters w these personalities wouldnt EXIST without a few VERY crucial plot points/themes. and thats a GOOD thing!! say what u will abt the writers (and i do. i do) but the early seasons do an EXCELLENT job of building characters who are inseparable from their stories, characters whose every action is reflective of the Story itself in a bigger sense, characters who are interesting because of the way that they’re used to tell that bigger Story. there’s a sense of cohesiveness between character and theme and narrative, and removing one of these aspects would lessen the other two. that is the mark of good storytelling (that, in my opinion, distinguishes seasons 1 and MAYBE 2 from all the rest; although funnily enough i think castiel’s arc in s4 is the best example of what im talking about outside of s1-2. but anyways).

without these crucial themes and narratives, who ARE sam and dean? why do they even matter? what’s the value of them as characters? aus that strip away all those VERY important themes and plot points strip away the actual artistic value of the characters, and reduces them to objects of the audience’s emotional whims. the only reason u have any affection for these characters in aus is because you know and understand the source material, and you remember why those characters STARTED to matter to u in the first place. this is something that happens in a lot of fanfiction i think: the most essential themes of the original work are ignored for the sake of emotionally expedient scenarios where both writer and reader can clock out of having to do a bigger analysis of the story and just focus on, for example, a certain ship getting together and/or having sex, or a certain character getting a happy ending. and like i wont deny that theyre fun to read! they are essentially transplanting already-developed characters from their already-developed stories into a new fun scenario without the themes and narratives that actually made the characters compelling. and sure, sometimes a truly good author offers us a compelling new set of themes and narratives, ones that are interesting and make us think, but i’d argue that the characters in those rare good fics are 1. not...really the same characters from the show, since the story they’re in has been so completely transformed 2. basically shortcuts for the author to cut their teeth on writing original fiction. in any case, a vast majority of fics that remove the themes and narratives of the original story DONT offer a truly satisfying replacement, so the point is almost moot.

my answer, in short, is that aus without monster hunting destroy the character-theme-narrative cohesion that all good stories require, and by extension doesn’t require either author or reader to think critically about the story as a whole. you know that joke that goes around about supernatural just being a crate full of toys that we’re all sitting around and playing barbie dolls with? that is what the fics ur talking about basically are. it isn’t seriously engaging with a story as a piece of art, it’s grabbing a few barbies from a box and putting them in different clothes. and i think the fact that supernatural does fall apart both thematically and narratively so early in its incredibly long runtime is what allows people to treat it as a box of dolls, because most of the time it seems like the writers themselves treat the show as a box of dolls instead of a story that deserves respect and care and thought. so i actually do understand the urge to play with the barbies, so to speak, and to a certain extent i dont even think it’s a bad thing. but i DO think that sometimes, especially online, ESPECIALLY with a show like this where the lines between genuine engagement with the text and playing barbie dolls gets so blurred, people actually start to lose track of which is which, and THATS what irritates me. people start to view the ENTIRE STORY as just a way to see their personal favorite character do what they want that character to do. the character (and their emotional attachment to said character) becomes the whole reason for the story, instead of the story being the reason for the characters. playing barbie dolls is fine! but it DOES need to be balanced out with actual engagement, with literary analysis, with criticism if the story needs it (and my GOD does supernatural need criticism!), and there needs to be an understanding of the difference between genuine analysis and personal loyalty to a character. 

like, not to be a snob or anything, but it is important to engage truthfully and fairly with a text. things arent good just because you want them to be good, and stories can only offer you genuine satisfaction and critical/artistic growth if you truly engage with them. engaging with supernatural means thinking/writing about monsters and the Other, and to remove monstrosity as a theme and narrative hollows out the story completely.

[theartone]

Here’s my 2020 year end writing summary:

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I didn’t write anything lol.

No, actually I did. I just didn’t post a lot of what I wrote. Due to a concussion, a med fix and getting the rona a lot of my writing was incomprehensible. 

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Here’s what I posted:

Three Inch Lifts vs Five Inch Heels - MCU, Dr. Pepperony (or whatever the pepper/tony/dr strange ship is called) smut that’s pretty incoherent 

Of Grief, Schemes and Sundry - MCU, Ironstrange main story. This is a side fic to the Cat Ears series

The Dead Ringer Ax - Marvel, Ironstrange, smut and fluff

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Here’s what I worked on:

SAO type fic - MCU, ironstrange + ace loki poly - I’m working it into an original novel bc the characters are so ooc y’all’d hate it. And, it was my NaNo to get a plot set and feedback for an original novel anyway so yeah. Doing the novel, then I’ll write fic about it lol

A/B/O soulmate time travel fic - MCU, ironstrangefrost - it’s dark y’all. and it deserves careful planning.

Dragon!Tony fic - MCU, ??? - I just started it/got down ideas and it’s super weird. 

Cat Ears part 2 - MCU, ironstrange - had a lot of blocks on this but now i’m 8 chapters in and i can see the end of this segment

Of Marriage and Other Binds - Sherlock, Johnlock - I’ve got part of the next chapter done. I lost the notes for the rest of the fic so remembering everything is difficult

A Coincidence By Any Other Name - Sherlock, Mystrade and Johnlock - I wrote the next two chapters, decided they sucked and now I’m stuck

Dragon!John fic - Sherlock, Johnlock - when I asked for more info the feedback I got was way darker than I wanted to write. I am already kinda uncomfortable about some of the stuff in there. So idk, it’s on hold until I can decide what to do with it.

His Dark Materials fic - MCU, FrostIron - jotted down ideas and wrote some. it’s def “off” so it probably wont go anywhere

2 Broke Girls fic - MCU, Ironstrange - it doesn’t work without being ooc. I am looking into making it a Sherlock fic

Some stuff that my computer deleted bc it’s helpful like that

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And I’m probably forgetting a lot. If I promised to write you something shoot me a DM or smth. It’s not malicious, I just have a terrible memory and my computer deleted the list of things I needed to do.

[lady-of-disdain]

New influx of this trashcan of a ship here: thank you for your time served.

CW: S*ssR*n canon mentions, grooming, p*do mentions

I’m an ex sessrin shipper and I hate to call it that. I have enjoyed some sessrin content that is heavily vetted before I read it is more accurate (Au CD etc). I’ve been in this fandom since the early 2000’s and let me tell you if you go looking through that sessrin fics and art you don’t even have to go to the second page before you hit something that will make you regret having eyes. So when they say adult! That’s a lie.

Anyway the things I’ve seen posted today... horrific.

But the one that got me was someone saying ‘15/16 would have LEGALLY been an adult back then. So she was legally an adult and it’s fine.”

Bruh. First of all the concept of “legal” adult hood is pretty new. And “back then” women were seen as property because misogyny. So miss me with legalities unless you can point me to the case law and or statutes.

But in this last episode that girl was 13 and married, they said.

Wut? Did we watch very different things? She was MORTIFIED that men where @ her when she turned 13. She was kidnapped. Said multiple times she wasn’t his wife. Contracted bounty hunters to kill him. Like, that wasn’t proof of 13 being a good age to get married. It wasn’t a romance.

Why would anyone want their ship to be canon of the terms are so rife with misogyny, grooming behavior, and just general problematic framing?

Greetings nonny and WELCOME! I appreciate your stance as having previous experience with this ship, and I can relate because I too enjoyed fics of a VERY SIMILAR pairing (and hell even still do sometimes). But also like you under very specific circumstances (AU, time shenanigans, universe hopping, etc. Let’s just say the fandom my problematic fave is from is VERY well known for its AU lol.)

If there is one thing I’ve been extremely firm on from the very beginning it’s that fans NEED to separate their headcanon, and fan interpretation from the canon material. I don’t think there is anything wrong with interpreting characters differently from other fans, and writing your own fanfiction based on those interpretations, but being extremely, OBNOXIOUSLY vocal about those views becoming canon is an entirely different story. ESPECIALLY when the canon material is media that is marketed for children!

Arguments about what was “Normal” or “Legal” for the time (as wrong as their ideas of this may even be) are COMPLETELY MOOT when we are talking about a children’s show.

What would ‘Mulan’, ‘Hercules’, ‘Beauty and the Beast’, ‘Cinderella’, etc look like if the writers included “problematic themes” just because they were historically accurate? (Spoiler alert: parents wouldn’t take their kids to see them at the very least.)

I am all for letting people ship what they want, but there are two VERY IMPORTANT caveats to this creed: 1) That doesn’t mean shippers should DEMAND that their ships be validated. (Hell it’s super annoying when shippers do this even with the “vanilla” ships, like stop, let the creators write what they want, you’ve obviously liked their work enough so far to get so worked up about it, let them keep doing their damn jobs!) And 2) If your ship contains problematic material you need to be DAMN sure you are tagging your works properly, hiding it under a read more, giving adequate and VISIBLE content warnings, and most of all if it’s from a media that is marketed for children, and thus has a very large child audience, needs to NOT be in the main tags of that fandom.

Anyways, I’ve rambled off the rails from your original point anon, as I am wont to do, sorry about that lol.

[illfoandillfie]

Hey how are you? 😊 so this might sound a little cheeky but I've noticed a real lack of roger fic material out there and since its my birthday today (22 oh my god 😯) .. I was wondering if youre not busy .. perhaps you might like to write a little roger x reader smutty blurb for me please? 👉👈 only if you would like to of course 😁

oh happy birthday!! I hope it was a good one! Your lucky we like things a little cheeky on this blog and also any excuse to write rog smut lmao.

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You were on the road when you realised what day it was. Your grasp of time was spotty at best when you were travelling and Roger’s was completely hopeless without the set dates of a tour to keep him on track. And this trip was no tour. Just you and Roger, crossing a few European countries off your bucket list. You knew it was sometime before early June because that’s when you were due to switch accommodation but it took stopping in at a petrol station to know for sure. Roger refilled the rental car and you took the chance to stretch your legs, ducking inside the store. You were mentally weighing up whether you should buy more snacks or hold off until you reached the tourist spot you were planning on visiting when you saw the paper. A language you couldn’t understand but a few words jumped out and the date at the top of the paper. Your birthday. You found Roger as he finished paying for the fuel. 

“I’m 22 today.”

“What?”

“It’s my birthday Rog,”

He stopped with the key in his hand, a look of concentration on his face as if he were trying to wrap his head around a maths problem, “Shit, is it? Happy birthday love. I should have got you something.”

“Don’t worry, I totally forgot it was today too.”

“D’you want a keychain with your name on it becasue I think I could get one of them inside.” He pointed back to the dingy store with his thumb but you just laughed and shook your head as you climbed into the passenger seat. Roger started the engine once more and you took off. 

It was a peaceful drive, the radio playing recognisable pop music between bursts on conversation you couldn’t follow, fields of flowers passing by your window. It was wound down so your hair caught the breeze and you could smell the sweet aroma of the blooming fields muddled up with that of Roger’s last cigarette. You barely saw any other traffic, and what you did see was all headed in the opposite direction. 

“Y’know, we don’t have to go see this ancient ruin thing,” Roger suddenly said, “we could do something else.”

“What else is around here?”

“Well,” his hand came to rest on your thigh.

You chuckled, “I should have known. What got you going this time? The hills kinda look like boobs, is that it?”

“No, Jesus,” he laughed, “nothing like that. Just thought it could be a fun way to celebrate your birthday.”

“Oh yeah?” You were interested but didn’t want to give in too quickly, “You really wanna drive all the way back to the house without anything to show of our day just to have the sex we’d probably end up having before bed anyway.”

“Two things. One, that makes us sound like the sort of couple that only has very predictable and boring sex because they’re desperately trying to keep the magic alive. And two, I never said we had to turn back.” His hand was still on your thigh, slowly moving higher.

“And where would you want it then?”

“Up your arse if your offering.” he turned to throw you a wink and pulled his hand back to the steering wheel, “Side of the road works for me, if you’re into it. No one else around. We could just pop into the backseat, christen the rental. And then we turn around, stop in at that bakery we passed closer to town and pick up some cupcakes or pastries or whatever they have. Take it back to the house where we can sit in the sun and eat it, maybe with a glass of champagne. Have an afternoon nap. And then when you’ve got your energy back I can wear you out again.”

“That your idea of a birthday present?”

“I’ll even tie a bow around my cock if you like,”

“Well it sounds fun but I don’t think I want to fuck in this car. Lord knows how many other perverts have driven it before us.”

“So should I turn around then?”

“Pull over.”

Roger grinned as he did what you asked, pulling up onto the grass beside the road, under the shade of a tree. You stretched your arms over your head as you got out of the car.

“You up to jumping a fence, Rog? Fuck me amongst the flowers?”

“I’m not getting a bee sting on my arse again,” he said, wrapping his arms around your waist. He let his hands fall to your arse and you expected him to kiss you. Instead you squealed in surprise as he picked you up and dropped you to sit on edge of the hood of the car. The quiet road was behind you as you leaned back on your hands, Roger’s fingers already unbuttoning your jeans and pulling them down your legs.

“What if someone else uses this road?”

“They wont see us until they’re already passing us and then they’ll wonder if they saw us right. At worst we give someone wood while they drive.” He flung your jeans through the open door before finally leaning in to kiss you, smiling and eager. You snuck your hands down to grab his bum, giggling as his hips jolted forward.

“Ms needy,” he mumbled against your lips moving his hands down to his own pants, hastily undoing the fly and pushing them down to his knees.

“birthday, ‘m allowed,”

“s’pose,”

You let your legs fall open a little wider to accommodate Roger as he pulled your undies to the side and eased into you.

“Good girl, you okay?”

“Mmhmm, just,” you dropped your head forward onto his shoulder as you tried to adjust, “just give me a few seconds okay?”

“Take as long as you need love, the longer I get to be in your cunt the better,”

You groaned at that, louder than you meant but the road was still deserted so you didn’t mind. “fuck I – just fuck me Rog,”

“Yes ma’am,” his fist tightened suddenly in the back of your hair, pulling your head up so he could look at you as he pulled out a bit and then thrust back in. You gasped at the sensation, clutched at his shoulder to keep yourself steady as he repeated the motion again and again, gradually picking up the pace. Roger let you fall back against the hood, your back arching as you moaned for him. It left him free to push your legs even wider, to put more weight into each thrust, to rub your clit as he encouraged you to cum.

“That’s it love, sound so fucking hot. Gonna cum soon?”

“Y-yeah, yes,”

“Wanna feel you cum Y/N. T-then I’m – fuck – gon-gonna fill your tight f-fucking cunt, make you hold it all the wa-y home.”

Roger swore as you came, pulsing around him until he had no choice but to follow and make good on his promise. He leaned over you, one arm braced by the side of your head, as you both tried to breathe normally.

“You still with me love?” he asked softly, stroking your cheek until you opened your eyes again, “Ready to head back to the house?”

“Yeah, so ready,”

He dropped a kiss to your forehead before he carefully extracted himself from you. He pulled his pants up and then helped you with your underwear and gave you a hand to hop off the hood. You didn’t bother putting your jeans back on. Knowing Roger he’d try and make you cum again before you reached the bakery.

“Not how I expected today to go,” you laughed as Roger restarted the car and made a wide turn into the opposite lane.

“Think this might be a better plan than our original one.”

“Think you might be right,”

Roger laughed too, reaching over to give your thigh a quick squeeze, “happy birthday love.”

[yeoldontknow]

Howdy. I return on a more serious note: how to copyright your works. I know you’ve been very thorough in explaining writers rights following the most recent watt pad scam artist. I was wondering if you had by any chance already made a tutorial on how to set up a copyright for your writing, or if you knew where to find a tutorial on how to do so. I’m soon to be a new writer on here, but I’m scared to publish my stuff at the risk of it being stolen. Hope all is well otherwise! -inarticulate anon

hey there love! this is a great question and tbh i think a lot of people are wondering this too. im more than happy to explain a bit more.

copyright exists as soon as you put pen to paper, word to word doc, brushstroke to canvas etc etc. anything original, created by you, is considered intellectual property. a long time ago, back when i wrote fanfiction on livejournal (god i LOVE ageing myself lmao) it was natural and normal and expected that the writer would put in a disclaimer stating that they dont own the people, the characters sourced from the fandom material, settings (if, say the fic is harry potter and it takes place in hogwarts), but they do own all original characters, locations, etc. when it comes to RPS fanfic, any original character (this extends to include reader, because reader is technically an OC), plot, etc is YOUR intellectual property and you own all the copyrights to it. therefore, these aspects, including the story, are yours under copyright law.

to register your copyright, you have to take your IP to the national government to have it registered. doing so will incur a fee and they will mark the year that it was brought to them. however, you are not required to register your copyright. this is only an added protection should someone try to steal your work.

for fanfiction - because, we are writing for free, no money is made, and i certainly do not have the time or the money to register copyright for all my work, chapter by chapter etc for something that, again, is making me $0 - you can express your copyright. gif makers can do this by creating watermarks. watermarks, too, can be applied to traditional fanarts. for fanfiction, you can simply say [story title] is copyright [year] by [author name/url], all rights reserved. © is also recognized under copyright law under the DMCA, so you can even use [ © YEAR by URL, all rights reserved] as an example at the end of your fic.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT because this is the clause that protects your work. you are expressing YOU control the sole right to the work and, so long as that statement is there, any requestor/licensee seeking to use, reproduce, quote, etc your work MUST ask permission.

unfortunately, for fanfiction, its kind of hard to continually protect your copyright and, sometimes, if that above clause is not mentioned on a work, your writing can be considered public domain. this is not true so much anymore under the DMCA, but just keep that in mind. if you dont have time to research copyright law, fighting for your copyright without the above can get difficult (should it come to that but, honestly, it likely wont)

i hope that helps clear some things up for you!

[isaksforelsket]

But serious question, do you have writing tips? Because I finally tried to write something yesterday but I don’t know how to go about the story. I don’t know if I’m making the characters sound human. It’s just such a mess gkdngd

Ah goood, i dont even feel qualified to give any sort of advice cause i dont think im any good lmao

but when it comes to the characters sounding human and realistic i just take inspiration from real life, like people around me, myself, or things that im attracted to, for example, in my fics even is the person that im attracted to, so some of his actions (smoking, being cocky) are just traits that i personally find attractive and these are the things that would make me look at him and go ‘holy fuck yes sir pls wow’, just like isak has some of my traits or to be more specific, i just took the traits canon isak had and amplified them. isak is shy?? ok in my fic he blushes all the time, and stutters sometimes. isak being confident?? ok here’s isak wearing tiny ass shorts in front of even, bending over in front of him and swaying his hips. isak is stubborn?? ok in my fic he will refuse to admit he’s slept with even purely cause he doesnt want to tell the guys that they were right and he thinks even is hot as fuck. so for fanfiction specifically, i just observe and analyse the actual characters, take their traits and either minimise them or amplify them depending on what the fic is like and what i want the characters to be like.

or sometimes even other sources of media such as shows and movies etc. i try to imagine every single interaction, every single thought the characters have-- which is why sometimes some characters can be self inserts, cause i just kept thinkiing like ‘what would i say, what would i find funny, what would i do??’ but just try to imagine witnessing that interaction, or imagine if you were watching it in a film, does it look and feel real? if not, read it again and try to pinpoint what exactly doesnt feel natural in the scene. is it the dialogue, the description or something else? 

aaand going about the story... listen i genuinely dont plan everything out, i know which direction i want the story to go in, but i dont have all the chapters planned out, only like the big events or the plot points, everything in between i come up as i write it.

personally, im a much better editor than i am an actual writer, so i tend to just write everything out with as many stupid shitty words, as many mistakes or as many repeated words as i want, i do that first to know where i want the chapter to go, cause for me that’s the hardest part over and done with, i know what i want it to be like, and then i just go through it, i edit everything, i search for synonyms so that i dont repeat words (although i still do that) and i try to make everything coherent

writing takes a lot of practice, personally i feel like im already a bit better than i was when i first started and this wasn’t even that long ago. but like i still read some things that i wrote at the start and go ‘oof ok that could’ve been a lot better’, but it doesnt matter. it’s fanfiction, it’s fun, if you enjoy writing then have at it, figure out what tropes and hc’s you like, write the characters whichever way you want even if they’re completely different from what they were like in the original material. it doesn’t matter, writing is meant to be fun and entertaining, so as long as you’re happy doing it, it doesn’t matter if it’s perfect. because honestly, it probably wont be perfect at first, but if you had fun writing it then it doesnt matter at all.

if you want some actual good advice on writing, i used to watch Jenna Moreci a lot, like all the time, so you can check her out if you’d like, and the @ao3commentoftheday blog tends to have some really really good advice!

[fanfictionlive]

My mom has found my AO3 account

made this account just to talk about it, because my sibling follows my main reddit, and I dont want another family member finding out about this.

Quick backstory, my mom is super into Supernatural, and about 6 months ago, she got interested in finding more material from the fandom to consume. I had been reading fan fic for about 5 years now, and knowing the abundance of material on AO3 containing supernatural, I directed her too it.

Next thing I know, she's created an account and has read over 100 fics in the fandom. She was immediately sucked in. I was fine to leaver her too her fanfic, occasionally helping her with tech questions. her fandoms didn't overlap with my own very much so we were in separate bubbles.

But a problem began 2 months ago. I had started writing works to make me feel good, first flash fiction, then one-shots, then more comprehensive stuff. I eventually worked my way up to writing 18+ material, and finally had the nerve to post it to AO3. I would say its your run of the mill smut; nothing too outrageous, and also with no references to any fandoms (All OC stuff). It's only two works in, but I plan to write much more. I even made a separate account (not pseudonym) in order to post non nsfw stores Ive written; having a 'mostly tame' and 'more spicy' account.

At dinner last night though, it happened. for my +18 account, my username was a reference to a nickname I had when I was younger, and in the notes part of my story, I gave just enough description on why my updates were late to let anyone who knew me be able to recognize it (ex. just finished moving into a new place, etc). She brought it up gently, letting me know that it's me. She then proceeded to tell me that she read the works and left kudos on them. the final bombshell being that she is also interested in writing smut fanfic (for supernatural) and wouldn't mind if I was the beta reader(someone whos never seen the show and knows everything through online osmosis).

the one good thing in my favor is that I'm a legal adult who lives on my own, so it's not like I'm still a child in her care. She's also a very understanding person, but it's weird to know that any sexy stories I write in the future on the account can be read by my mom. I have a few finished fics that I was going to post on there, but now I'm not so sure; because Ive also started to get more daring with the stuff I'm writing.

Should I move everything to my other account (its a name she probably wont be able to guess), or should I just brave the storm and keep hosting on the original (I know how much having someone delete a story you really liked can be sad, and a handful of people have bookmarked my stuff). Any similar stories to share would be great.

TLDR: My mom found my smut fanfic I write. She thinks it's cool and wants to make her own. I want to write more stuff, but do I risk the fact knowing my mom could see it or do I jump ship to a different account.

Also dont know I tagged correctly or not. let me know

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[pabotofus]

A Long and Screamy Rant

So this is a rant dedicated to @apvrrish's fic (aknightley on AO3) 'calling me to come back', a gem of a fic and a sincerely gorgeous work. (If you haven't read it yet, go do it here and now!! Seriously, you won't regret it)

I was originally going to make this only about how I felt, but she writes so well I have to put something about her writing style there

Spoilers for the fic under the cut!!

1. Her worldbuilding

Literally once the fic started, I had such a good idea of what the shop looked like. Even if it may not have matched her mental image, it was so clear in my head (which is extremely rare for me). Apvrrish also does amazing descriptions, and it's like I'm actually living in the moment. It's so awesome!!!

2. Characterization

She nailed it. Completely and actually nailed it; bullseye after bullseye; on point. Shiro and Keith's relationship, later on Keith and Lance's relationship, Pidge (idk why I really liked the mental image of Pidge with a bun. I just did) staying up really late to help Keith, the way pIDGE CAN USE HER MAGIC THROUGH ELECTRONICS HDKCKSKCKFD

3. Lotor and Honerva/Hagar

Honestly, I was going to make this a side note on characterization, but this is so good it deserves its own topic. Honerva is so extra and I love it? I mean obviously it's not cool that she literally tried to kill Lance so that Lotor could go to a school. But that is something that she would totally do, and I can't really express my love for the all of this.

I also love the way aknightley wrote (or rather, mentioned) Lotor. Here's a beautiful beautiful quote: "Lotor was evidently interested in genetic science, something that Alfor specialized in, but Alfor was also specialized in avoiding people he didn’t care for, something Keith found enviable."

So maybe that quote doesn't focus on Lotor specifically, but it's such a GOOD SENTENCE. It wasn't the type of funny that would make me burst out into laughter, but the kind of brilliant genius that made me stare at my laptop screen and re-read that sentence five times, because it's that good.

4. While we're on this topic, QUOTES.

"Scrolling to a number that’s only labeled with a small bird emoji and a poop emoji, he texts, Can you do some research for me?" It isn't really the quote itself that I liked, per se, but the idea that Pidge's contact name is a bird and a poop emoji. That is perfect?? And I love it so much???

“Am I wrong, Sunshine?” Lance asks, tilting his head and smiling slyly." Lance calls Keith Sunshine. LANCE CALLS KEITH SUNSHINE OH MY GOD I CANT??? !!!!!!!

"You don’t need it to look pretty, Keith thinks, unbidden." Do I even need to explain here? Seriously, look me in the eye and ask my why I love this quote so much, I dare you. KEITH ADMIRING LANCE'S BEAUTY IS MY GODDAMN JAM

"“Sure, kiddo,” Shiro says, taking a sip of coffee with raised eyebrows." This. THIS!! The amount of pure goodness in this line is enough to make me cry. Shiro knows. Shiro knows!!!

"“Besides the obvious reasons,” Shiro says, raising his eyebrows. Keith gives in to pettiness and uses his magic to fling the pieces of cereal still on the counter at his face, grinning when they nail him directly in the nose." THIS IS THE GOOD BROGANES CONTENT THAT I LIVE FOR DID YOU KNOW??? Again, with characterization,, such perfection.

"“A customer,” Pidge says, doing air quotes. “A customer you dream about and who makes you go super smiley when he calls you on the phone.”" PIDGE KNOWS. SHIRO KNOWS. THEY ALL KNOW AND STILL KEITH REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT. A GOOD TROPE. I VERY MUCH APPROVE.

"“So I guess I should -- um -- take this off?” He pulls lightly at the material over his chest and Keith feels his own face heat up." FLUSTERED KLANCE IS BEST KLANCE. NO, I DONT ACCEPT OTHER ANSWERS. THIS IS LAW.

"Lance leaned in close so he can peer into Keith’s face.

Across the room, a cedar branch catches fire." AGAIN. FLUSTERED KLANCE IS BEST KLANCE. NEED THERE BE ANY MORE PROOF? (Also, I hope all these quotes convey the immense love I have for aknightley and her writing)

“I’m going to have to buy her something very sparkly,” Keith murmurs to himself, smiling at the little heart she’s drawn next to her name.

Just,, sparkles!! ✨✨give Allura all the sparkly things 2Kforever please and thank you :)

“I’m good, Sunshine,” Lance says, stretching a little. “In fact, I kind of feel lucky right now.”

OHHHHHH BOY. THIS IS THE CLICHE BUT WONDERFUL TYPE OF THING THAT A HERO GENERALLY SAYS BEFORE THE BIG SHOWDOWN AND I LOVE IT A LOT??? ITS BEAUTIFULLLLLLL GIVE ME EVERY AND ALL THE CLICHE TROPES

5. Keith taking off his protections so that he could talk with Lance in his dreams

I'm probably reading way too much into this, but Keith literally let Lance inside all of his defenses. This is his how much he likes Lance. He stripped down all his protection that he's had for like, forever and let himself be vulnerable ALL FOR LANCE. I CANNOT BELIEVE,, THE SHEER EMOTION AND TRUST SHOWN IN THIS SCENE,,, UGH MY HEART

6. Similarly, the garden scene

This is Keith's private place. This is where he goes to remember his parents, and he let Lance come with him. Again, probably reading way to much into this, but Keith is actually letting Lance in? I mean it's never stated explicitly in the fic but I don't think Keith really goes around sharing the garden with people... wHICH MAKES THIS SO MUCH MORE SPECIAL HDJCKDKSKC I WAS LITERALLY CLUTCHING MY CHEST I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS

7. Keith giving Lance his mom's jacket

Keith didn't even let Shiro, his own brother, keep some of his parents' books from him. Granted, it was a different situation, but still. Keith is incredibly protective of anything and everything related to his parents, so the fact that he let Lance wear and KEEP his mom's jacket?? Is like the equivalent of other people literally ripping out their heart for someone else. The Klance here is absolutely wonderful.

8. The 'fuck your emotions' scene

WELL DAMN, APVRRISH, FUCK WITH MY EMOTIONS WONT YOU?? THEYRE BOTH SO GODDAMN SELF SACRIFICIAL??? LIKE LANCE I GET IT YOU LOVE HIM AND DONT WANT HIM TO GET HURT BUT DONT PUSH HIM AWAY LIKE THIS PLEASE,, ON ONE HAND THIS SHOWS HOW MUCH LANCE CARES FOR KEITH AND WANTS HIM TO BE SAFE BUT ON THE OTHER HAND 'FUCK YOUR EMOTIONS' LANCE QUOTES LIKE ITS NO BIG DEAL... stop taking both mine and Keith's hearts and stomping them into bits you HEARTBREAKER

9. "The bell, when it rings above Lance's head, still cruelly sounds like laughter."

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. CATCH ME SCREAMING INTO THE VOID BECAUSE DAMNNNNNNNN. THE HOLY UNION OF BEAUTIFUL WRITING AND ALL OF THE FEELS IN THE WORLD. My eyes do not deserve to see the glory that is this sentence,, I had to give it a separate topic from Quotes because it was just. So good,,, Even now I feel like I'm not doing it justice, but it's so MIND BLOWINGLY AWESOME that I just can't. 👏🏻👏🏻 you did good, apvrrish.

10. Keith realizing he loves Lance

Need I say any more? Literally ALL I could dare to ask for. It's beautiful and I love it a lot. I also like how you didn't make it this big panicky moment for Keith, because honestly? Finding out that you're in love with someone isn't supposed to be all 'oH MY GOD WHAT DO I DO THIS IS BAD'. If realizing that you're in love with someone is bad, well, why are you in love with that person in the first place?

I kinda went off on a tangent there but anyways!! My main point- I really REALLY liked you portrayal of this scene and the way you wrote it. *swallows down the screams of the damned my emotional heart*

11. The dandelion

They're soul bound. They're soul bound, and Keith used a love spell thingy to track down Lance because he loves him and holy hell they're SOUL BOUND. I mean, the whole soulmate thing is low key overdone, not just in this fandom but everywhere. Yet apvrrish manages to put her own unique spin on the whole thing, incorporating magic and the idea of 'marriage bonds', which is really unique.

12. The idea of modern magic

Okay so I've been trying to go in chronological order but as I keep reading I just find this world so so cool. Most times there's a magical AU, the characters are somehow in the past, or it's a different world. But this, this is a combination of modern tech and somehow also these awesome magical abilities. There are potions with real life ingredients (certain types of wood, flowers, stones or minerals, etc.) and for realistic purposes. This is so realistic that I can actually imagine it happening, which is GREAT because it shows just how good of a writer that apvrrish is, but at the same time, makes me wish so so hard that I could be part of this world. Modern magic,, hdjckskc stab me in the heart with everything I've ever wanted, won't you?

13. “True love or some shit, I think,” Lance says cheerfully, and waves his hand.

Another quote too good for the Quotes section. He says this so nonchalantly?? It fits Lance's character SO WELL and so was really funny (idrk why it just made me smile a lot). Also, they're in LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEE~

14. Red!!

Beautiful cat child is cute and deserves all the love. I ADORE witch familiars, and Red helping Keith out with the exorcism thing was really pleasing to read. Also,, Red and Lance interactions. The pLaYFuL bAnTEr between Keith and Lance. Hhhhhhhhhhhhh I love this so muchhhh

15. The ending

tHE ENDING, OH MY GOD THE ENDING. THEY LITERALLY RODE INTO THE SUNSET ON A MOTORCYCLE. IM CRYING ITS SO CLICHE BUT BEAUTIFUL??? ME, SOBBING? ITS MORE LIKELY THAN YOU THINK BECAUSE THIS IS A GORGEOUS CONCLUSION.

Also! "“Why not?” he says quietly, leaning back against Lance’s chest. “We’ve got time.”"

That. THAT. I've already said this in a comment on the fic itself, but this is so good it needs to be said again. This entire story has kind of a recurring theme of how Keith doesn't have enough time with his loved ones (his parents and Lance because of the curse). But now that he broke the curse, he finally had time to be all cutesy and happy with Lance because they have time. Lance is no longer in danger of dying, and so they can take the long way and enjoy life just because now, they can. Catch me screaming into the void again because THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.

A last note- I found a song that kinda fits for this fic. The lyrics match the best, but in general the song is also super pretty!! So if you have time give it a listen because it's,, so good (jUST LIKE THIS FIC).

I still feel like all this ranting isn't enough to do this work of art and perfection justice, but anyways!! Apvrrish, continue being the awesomely amazing writer you are.

~Paladin