#is there a freya tag on ao3 yet? lol

[hyperfixated-homo]

idea for Freja: since she was part of a search and rescue team in overwatch, what if she found Amelie when she was captured? Amelia got captured and brainwashed by Talon, and she was found but then one night killed her husband Gèrard in his sleep and then went back to Talon and became Widowmaker, so what if Freja is the one who initially found Amelie?

Ooh!! This idea is really interesting- and fits well with what little we know about her thus far. if this were to happen, I can imaging it being part of the reason that Freya no longer does search and rescue but rather focuses on actual bounties now. There'd be an element of self blame that would probably arise from that, especially if you imagine that she knew Gerard and Amelie before she was captured.

This is also giving me thoughts about how Widowmaker and Freya might interact. We'll have to see when she gets officially added what kind of interactions she has with other characters, but I think it could be really interesting if they were... allies? I guess? Collegues? I mean, if you keep going along the thought that she knew Amelie before she became Widow, they'd probably act more jaded towards each other, but I could also imagine a universe where they only met afterwards and have a sort of "friendly" relationship because of it. Food for thought, I suppose.

[sassy-assassin]

9 5 people you'd like to know better

My lovely mutual (@reikurusu) tagged me in this and it seemed a fun way to get to know each other better! I kept it at 5 people because I don't know who else to tag since I haven't been back on tumblr for very long yet and am still getting reacquainted with everything/everyone on here.

Last song: Love From The Other Side by Fall Out Boy. I just saw them in concert and this song has been stuck in my head day and night. I like it a lot, it's super catchy! Plus, the line "I'd never go, I just want to be invited" is such a banging introvert lyric.

Currently watching: I recently started watching the show From with my family, we're only on the first season still. It's very dramatic and dark, and we all like to try to guess what is really going on. We'll see how it plays out though, my sister is afraid it might go the way of Lost and get too convoluted and just overall too much. Some of the characters are kind of annoying me already, but I am mainly just watching it when my family is watching it so I'll probably stick with it as long as they are watching it.

On my own, I am watching Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion and My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 on Crunchyroll, while also just randomly rewatching episodes of Moriarty the Patriot (mainly The Two Detectives Act 1 & 2 because I love watching Sherlock and William work together).

Currently reading: Uh I guess, the manga for Moriarty the Patriot since I just finished reading volume 12. I started reading the manga after I finished the anime and didn't realize at first that the English translation isn't yet caught up to where the anime ends with The Final Problem, so now I am impatiently waiting for the next few volumes that come out later in the year.

Of actual book books (I know comics/manga are real books too but it has been so long since I read an actual text-only book that wasn't for school that it is worthy of distinction here), I just finished reading A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske. It had exactly the right mix of intriguing plot and romance that I crave (I can't read much stuff with just one or the other).

Also, if we are talking currently reading then of course I am also reading a stupid amount of fanfics all at once. I am currently rereading floriography by ashrivaille because Sherlock and William solving murders together is my current favorite thing. I ship them so much it's ridiculous (also Mycroft and Albert but that's a whole other thing). I honestly have a difficult time finding actual books to read that aren't fanfiction anymore because I am so used to getting exactly what I want from a story in fanfics due to filters (praise ao3's tagging system) and already knowing the world/characters. I find it difficult to get invested in other books and often find them kind of boring, or like flat? Could just be also because without the specific tags/tropes that are used to label fics, it is harder for me to find books I would be interested in since I'm relying only on plot summary.

Current obsession: Hmm I wonder....?? Yeah, no it's pretty obvious my current obession is Moriarty the Patriot since over half of the media I'm consuming is related to it lol. It's just so satisfying watching William set up these intricate crimes/plots and Sherlock deducing the hell out of them (and also to see evil nobles get what's coming to them).

My sister showed me this scale once on Pinterest where someone had placed character pairs from "be gay do crime" to "be gay and solve crime" and Sherlock and William were in the middle lol. Whatever genre that scale is seems to be my BRAND since the "solve crime" end was Kato and Kambe from Millionaire Detective (one of my fav animes), and while I don't remember what the one originally on the "do crime" side was I feel that Rei and Kazuki from Buddy Daddies fits well there (another of my fav animes).

Wow, this got so long lol. Gonna tag some people I think it would be cool to know more about, but no pressure! Feel free to ignore it if you want :)

@demonicallysassy @hazeltea-returns-to-this-site @16ruedelaverrerie @yoddel @lillylakes

[katzkinder]

Hi Kat

I’m new here, found your blog after getting into servamp over spring break (forgive me, I’m still beginner level navigating through the fandom currently at like volume 5 I think?)

I was looking up drabbels about some of the characters and came across 2 asks (how I actually found your blog)… first one being this ask. Do you have an Ao3 or Wattpad or Quotev or DeviantArt or something you post these to? Or are they all posted on tumblr? Because I can’t really seem to find any other mention of the Counting Sheep (which I’m assuming has something to do with the images of a Shepard Kuro I saw floating around?) or that Sakuya ask and both have really peaked my interest! (Not to say the other mentioned Gluttony pair and Tsurugi birthday Freya works haven’t peaked my interest - I’m just not familiar with their characters yet) or do you at least have a little description or synopsis of the asks that Counting Sheep or the Sakuya one stem from, to know what they’re about?

I’m enjoying your content and guess I got a little excited so wanted to ask :) Hope you have a nice day

As ridiculous as it might sound, that was my reaction to opening my inbox to this ask xD

Welcome to the fandom, I’m so glad you’re enjoying yourself so far!!! I do in fact have an Ao3! You can find me under “KatnapKradle” over there (there should be a link to it at the top of my blog, assuming I did it right and it works lol)

You can also find most of my fanfic (and art!) posted here on my tumblr under the tag “pawprints”

The Sakuya one… I honestly forgot about it RIP I’m so sorry, but Counting Sheep is a little one shot series I’m writing where the Servamps help their Eves go the fuck to sleep get some rest. I currently have pairs 1-4 done, and am working on 5, Greed Pair

You really have no idea how much it means to receive a message like this, anon. It makes me indescribably happy that you were so interested in my work that you wanted to ask wheee to find it, so thank you!! If there’s ever any content in particular you’re looking for, like translations and such or even a particular official art, feel free to message me again! I’ll do my best to help you track it down☆

[aeruthien]

rules: choose your favorite works you created in the past year and link them below to reflect on the things you put into the world in 2020. tag as many writers/artists as you want (fan or original) so we can spread the love

Thank you @evanescentrainbow and @kylermalloy for tagging me!

So I've realized I've posted 41 TO stories, 1 Lucifer story and one A:TLA story in 2020... It's fun to see the growth in both length, content and writing style. Thanks again to anyone who sent in prompts! It helps immensely to get the creative juices flowing :D

I'll make it a top 10, in order of publishing:

Aftermath My first foray into Klelijah fic, and it is still very dear to my heart. I had to overcome some insecurities with this one, but I'm very happy I did it any way. I love how it turned out.

In Another Life  I loved exploring the different sides of known characters, keeping them in character while also having them change because the events changed. And Elijah naming his son Niklaus made me tear up a little

The Howling This one was actually my first planned multi chapter fic, so I learned a lot from writing it. And I also learned to write more self indulgent stuff... Note to self: write more whump/hurt/comfort.

Hope's School Adventure I adore this fic. It came to me in bits and pieces, and then suddenly I thought: I should write this down, and I wrote the whole thing in one setting. Outsider POV on this crazy family is still a favourite of mine, as well as hilarious misunderstandings. Also writing the thought process of a 7-year-old was interesting!

When It's All Over I've got to add a Haylijah fic as well. Hayley is a great character, but a lot of her struggles are not shown on the show, so I want to do that. And I love me some Elijah!whump and hurt/comfort. NOTE TO SELF:write more whump/hurt/comfort

I'm gonna love you (like I'm gonna lose you) First time writing smut and it's incest! My 15 year old self is gawking at me lol. "I'll never get incest" she thought. Well, boundaries crossed and all that... Compared to this, Aftermath was very tame, but I love both fics equally. This one also recently hit 100 kudo's on AO3 :D :D Thank you all!

The Monster that Howls and Weeps So fanfic is a wonderful playground to try out new things and this fic proves that. Why not write a fairytale klelijah fic? It was especially fun to use the fairy tale trope writing style, with repeating patterns, not using names, etc..

Hope's and Klaus' Painting Adventure Little Hope is so adorable. And throwing in little tidbits like Elijah and Hayley being the princesses in need of rescue made me laugh while writing it

Old Wounds A shorter piece, but any Finn x Freya x Elijah interaction is so fascinating to me. Elijah's intense dislike for Finn is great to write, because normally he is more of the mediator during fights.

The Originals: The Hunger Games It's still ongoing but I wanted to mention it nonetheless. This one is huge for my 1000 word fics standards, and I hope I'll be able to get it to where I want it to go. It really teaches me plotting more than any of the other fics.

I’ll tag @originalbarbieklaus and any one else who wants to do this and hasn’t been tagged yet!

[real-life-sucks-ass]

Annual Writing Self-Evaluation

*All answers should be about works published in 2017.

I’ve been tagged by @inrainbowz! Thanks for giving me an occasion to blab about my writing to the world :D

1. List of works published this year:

So, according to AO3 I wrote 224132 words in 2017. But tbh I’ve not been very productive, I only wrote a few chapters for two WIP (still unfinished) and a single one-shot. The rest is the exact same stuff, but translated into english. Take a look:

One Video Man (One Vidéo Man in french): This is a Youtube!AU fic for the One Punch Man fandom. I had this stupid idea about a AU where everyone is human, in our world, and every character runs a Youtube channel. That’s all. I just describe videos so the reader feels like they’re watching this on Youtube. I have no plan, no scenario, no nothing. But the thing is, I encourage my readers to post fake Youtube comments for the characters to answer, and to give me some ideas about what should happen next and what kind of video I should write. So yeah, it’s kind of a fun experience, and I like trying new stuff and interact with my readers (I did something a bit like this for a spn fic a few years ago). But I’m so slow at updating, my readers are dying with frustration lol.

Albion’s last bulwark (Le dernier rempart d’Albion in french): This is a BBC Merlin fic, and actually it is a sequel for my fic Le dernier souffle de Kilgharrah I have yet to translate into english. It can be read separately, though. It is a resurrection fic in Arthur’s point of view. He comes back to life in our world today and realize he’s lost his kingdom, his wife, everything, and Merlin looks like an old man and is obviously not so happy about his return. I wanted them to struggle to get their relation back. I wanted Arthur to feel lost and alone. This fic is filled with angst and is merthur. I still have about 5 chapters to write & translate to complete it.

A cheap spell (Un sort au rabais in french): I wrote this short Merthur OS just for funsies and I also made a drawing here. Basically Arthur went missing and everyone is worried sick (especially Merlin) and looking for him everywhere... but Arthur is right there under their noses, only turned into a toad and frustrated because no one recognizes him. Well it’s not much, but it was fun to write.

2. Work you are most proud of (and why):

Definitely Albion’s last bulwark (Le dernier rempart d’Albion in french). You have no idea. This fic is my precious, my everything. I’m pouring my whole soul in it. I could talk about it all day. This is the fic that made me want to get better in english just so I could translate it at some point.

Why? Because CloudFactory and I have been thinking about it for years before I even started writing it. I do all the writing, but we made out the story together, we thought every little detail through, and she’s my betareader both in french and in english. Because we worked hard to get the characterization right. Because I had been dying to read a resurrection fic in which Merlin has been deeply changed by centuries of living in a changing world, so I decided to write it myself. I wanted a Merlin who went through some rough stuff that had nothing to do with Arthur at all. I wanted a Merlin living like an hermit, but not because he’s waiting for Arthur to return, but for a totally different reason. Because I wanted Arthur to grieve for Camelot, for Gwen, for his past life. Because I wanted Arthur to return for a very serious reason, because Albion truly is in danger. Also, because dragons. In this fic, Merlin has a bunch of dragons, including a baby one, I love writing them.

So yeah, I’m so fucking proud of this fic and I will cry tears of pure joy once I complete it.

3. Work you are least proud of (and why):

Well I’m kinda proud of everything I wrote in 2017, but if I really have to pick one, I’d say A cheap spell (Un sort au rabais in french) because, well, I wrote it quickly and I felt the merthur was bit rushed and OOC. But that’s because I’m the kind of author who usually needs at least 10 chapters to bring some romance, so... Also, writing crack is fun, but I’m way better at writing angst.

4. A favorite excerpt of your writing: Okay so I’ll follow @inrainbowz‘s example and show one in french first, then one in english. But only for my fic Albion’s last bulwark (Le dernier rempart d’Albion in french), because yup, I’m really really proud of it.

Voilà un petit extrait en français, du dernier chapitre en date pour Le dernier rempart d’Albion :

- Et nous nous sommes rencontrés ?

Freya esquissa un pâle sourire qu’Arthur n’aurait su qualifier d’amusé ou triste.

 - Oui. Tu es celui qui m’as tuée.

Arthur eut une inspiration de surprise et ses yeux s’écarquillèrent.

- Quoi ?

 - Laisse-moi te rafraîchir la mémoire…

Lorsqu’une main creva la surface du lac, suivie d’un poignet gracile et d’un bras nu, Arthur se recula vivement et tomba assis, le souffle coupé. Le reflet de Freya soulevait la nappe d’eau et sa tête émergea à son tour, ses cheveux ruisselant sur son visage, ses épaules et sa poitrine à peine couvertes d’une robe en lambeaux. Le cœur battant à tout rompre, Arthur déglutit et s’efforça de rester calme et de ne pas dégainer Excalibur face à ce spectacle aussi terrifiant qu’époustouflant. Car ce corps qui avait surgi jusqu’à la taille et se penchait à présent sur lui la main tendue, il était translucide, uniquement composé d’eau.

And now another one, in english this time:

Merlin steadied his stance and turned a dark and hateful glare at Arthur. His cheeks seemed hollower and his cheekbones sharper now that he had turned back to his young self. The look on his face was frightening, full of rage.

"Merlin, pull yourself back together!" Arthur ordered, striding right to him. "Don't make me knock you out!"

There was a heavy aura surrounding Merlin when he raised an open hand toward Arthur.

Everything happened very fast. The shock wave that hit him threw him back with a staggering blow, tearing his feet away from the ground. He crashed into the glass doors, smashing them to pieces, and pain flared in his back. He might have lost consciousness for a few seconds. When he opened his eyes again, he was lying on the concrete strewn with sharp glass fragments and the wounds on his back had reopened, soaking his t-shirt with blood.

He cut his palms on the shards trying to get up, but he clenched his teeth and ignored the pain. There would be plenty of time to worry later about how dizzy he felt and his vision starting to blur. For now, the urgency was Merlin.

5. Share or describe a favorite comment you received:

Okay so I had never once received a comment on AO3 for my fic Le dernier rempart d’Albion because well, french readers are pretty rare on this website and most of them prefer to read in english anyway. And when I started translating it into english, I got a very enthusiastic comment of someone who loved it. And she wanted to know what happened next so bad, she couldn’t wait for me to translate, so she went and read the next chapters in french, even though her french was rusty and she couldn’t understand everything. I had never been so happy reading a comment. That someone enjoyed the story so much they made the effort to read it in french... Yeah, this made my whole year :D And she still reads both the french version and english translation, waiting for each new chapter. Best reader ever. I love her. <3

6. A time when writing was really, really hard:

From august to december, biggest writing block ever. I had no motivation, no inspiration, no energy and I think it had to do with work and real life being crazy, but also because CloudFactory was very busy, so I had no cheerleader to force me to write lol.

7. A scene or character you wrote that surprised you:

Probably ever character in One Video Man? I control nothing in this fic, I just get carried away by my readers’ ideas and the inspiration of the moment.

8. How did you grow as a writer this year:

I think I started to understand that I should not be so hard on myself. I’m a perfectionist, so sometimes it blocks my writing when I’m putting a lot of pressure on myself to get it perfect on the first draft. I think I made a lot of progress in descriptions too.

9. How do you hope to grow next year:

I hope I’ll be able to write faster and to stop procrastinating. I need to use less adjectives too.

10. Who was your greatest positive influence this year as a writer (could be another writer or beta or cheerleader or muse etc etc):

CloudFactory ( @less-life-and-more-dream ) and Jackallh ( @geek-trough-time-and-space ) are the best. I just have to chat with them about my fics, and yay! Ideas! Inspiration! Motivation! Also tumblr and the Merlin fandom inspire me every day new ideas :p

11. Anything from your real life show up in your writing this year:

When Merlin brings Arthur in London, I used some real life experience, since I’ve been in London for my 30 years birthday with @less-life-and-more-dream, @geek-trough-time-and-space and @dupond-and-dupont. The fish n’ chips I described in the fic, also Hyde’s park and its geese, all came from my happy memories :D

12. Any new wisdom you can share with other writers:

Don’t thrive for perfection. Just do your best, and even if you hate it, you can still edit later. You WILL get better by writing, it’s a slow process, but for this to happen you have to write.

13. Any projects you’re looking forward to starting (or finishing) in the new year:

First, I have to complete Albion’s last bulwark and One Video Man, both in french and english. Also in a few months I’ll post my translation in english for Albion’s last bulwark’s prequel: Le dernier souffle de Kilgharrah. Then, I plan to write a prequel to Le dernier souffle de Kilgharrah, about the days, months and years just after Arthur died. The whole story will be a trilogy in the end! :D

I consider taking back one of my old abandoned WIP too (I have a Supernatural fic and a Whitechapel ITV fic uncompleted), but I’m not sure I’ll have the time for it. I have AT LEAST three other Merlin fanfics I really reaaaaaally want to write.

14. Tag five writers/artists whose answers you’d like to read.

@creepywonderland-pony @dupond-and-dupont @andersandrew @istadris @always-keep-writing and whoever wants to do this!