#its hard to like a rarepair

[calciferg]

Me tweaking out at any type of content these two had, even if it's just a crumb.

[surreal-duck]

live drama adaptations part 2 (prev)

cast reveal and girls movie night 🔥

[anexplosionofchaos]

every single dazai/soukoku/chuuya fan deserves to reside in hell for flooding every other bsd ship or character tag with unrelated fics

[justablah56]

has anyone ever considered vhas/enoch . hello . can anyone hear me .

[cloudysfluffs]

do you ever draw something that objectively ISNT tickle art.......but then you look at your own drawing like. hmmmmm. i know What You Are.

[lovesickeros]

thought abt focalors + tsaritsa sagau fic bc it'd be funny as hell to throw them in a room together but now its actually got me thinking a little too much.......similar but only in the barest sense and complete opposites..one of them fearing celestia and the other trying to bring celestia down.

[sergeantjessi]

hey google how do you ask for reassurance without actually asking for it

[justanormalfreak]

Am I the only one weirded out by the lack of ship anything on the HimeSane tag? I mean I knew that was a rarepair but holy shit.

It almost seems like I am the only one here who enjoys gentle giant x small gremlin dynamic in the kny fandom of Tumblr.

[flakytartart]

throw me in a padded cell and throw away the key i can't stop thinking about them

[sieglinde-freud]

i understand why having polyamory in fates would be hard especially with the bestie class system and the kids and marriage seals and whatever but i rly need that shit in the remake in 30 years i need laslow to have his dumb as shit werewolf husband and his mean scary witch wife in one save file i need it so bad… nyx should have TWO problematic terrible daughters who love her so much… god

[rebuke-me]

gonna be mildly petty in the tags but its not personal or anything

[paradoxspaceheater]

In an alternate universe, Star Wars (1977) is a commercial flop, and never sees any success outside of die-hard sci-fi fans. A low-budget sequel titled Splinter of the Mind’s Eye is released in 1980 to very little fanfare. The creators move on to other endeavors, and sci-fi fans move on to other franchises. The series fades into obscurity for several decades, until, in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, it gains a cult following online…

The most popular pairing in the fandom is Luke/Han, with most fanworks centering around the ship. There is some animosity with the smaller Luke/Leia fanbase. Other notable ships include Luke/Han/Leia OT3, Luke/Biggs (a rarepair with very devoted angst-loving fans), Han/Leia (the much less popular and generally less ship war-inclined arm of the trio), Darth Vader/Obi-wan Kenobi (whose fans pretty much always refer to Vader by his given name Darth), and Luke/Vader (which is hated by antis for its age gap and toxicity).

Aside from the Hanluke vs Lukeleia ship wars, another point of contention is whether Darth Vader should look like David Prowse or James Earl Jones. In the worst of the discourse, DP Vader fans argue that it is racist to depict a villain as the only black character in the cast, while JEJ Vader fans argue it is whitewashing to depict Vader as white. JEJ Vader is somewhat more popular than DP Vader due to Jones’ iconic vocal performance and more well-known career.

[homestuck-fanauthor-coalition]

The Homestuck Fan Author Coalition's November 2024 Competition was a split competition with the prompts "Bus Driver Eridan" and "Rarepair." For Side A (Bus Driver Eridan), the prompt was to write a fic in which Eridan at some point appears as a member of the working class. Participants had one month to write any fic they liked based on this prompt, and votes were done to determine the awards.

All Fic Submissions and Awards:

dear diary!! by @tehstripe

At the behest of her beloved Nanna, Jade begins documenting the events of her life.

Winner of the Eridan Award for Best In Angst Winner of the Eridan Award for Funniest Cameo

The Last Flight of the Toreador by @arealpeople

John Egbert-Crocker, a new face in the Skaia Wrestling Federation thanks to his connections to his sister, CEO Jane Crocker, and his girlfriend, famous heel Vriska Serket (AKA Captain Fang), finds himself struggling to find a way to help his fellow wrestler, and good friend, Tavros Nitram, AKA El Torero Fantasma, not get fired due to poor audience appeal.

Winner of the Eridan Award for Best In Action Winner of the Eridan Award for Most Characters Featured

therapist, mother, maid by @dave2olkat

The Petropavlovsk-612 offshore mining platform supplies the fuel used by every ship, station and base in the entire quadrant. Two women work there, sharing the same shift, albeit under the male names Daniil and Yuri.

Winner of the Sollux Award for Best Fic that Combined Prompts Winner of the Eridan Award for Best In Drama

wildflower and barley by @dave2olkat

The croached woman had long limbs and harrowing golden eyes. She was on the ground of her pen, sinking her thick white fangs into the carotid artery of one of the cows.

Jadelynn’s survival instincts kicked in, and even if she was no longer in peak physical performance, she hauled ass back to the trailer like her life depended on it.

Winner of the Eridan Award for Best In Fluff Winner of the Eridan Award for Fluffiest Cameo Winner of the Eridan Award for Best In Overall Romance Winner of the Eridan Award for Most Romantic Cameo

Ma Meilleure Ennemie by @ambrosianlullaby

It is a different kind of love.

It is an appreciation and understanding.

Sotto Voce by @dualitysdownfall

sotto voce - in a quiet voice, as if not to be overheard.

It’s hard being an overachiever with a nitpicking older brother. It’s hard and no one understands.

The exhaustion of not being heard is taking its toll on Karkat, at least until his voice catches the ear of someone else…

Winner of the Eridan Award for Best In Fluff

the first few stones are the worst by @toxicchamomile

In which Eridan Ampora is an Uber driver for the two most annoying assholes in the world.

Winner of the Eridan Award for Most Canon Portrayal Winner of the Eridan Award for Best In Comedy Winner of the Eridan Award for Fluffiest Cameo Winner of the Eridan Award for Most Romantic Cameo

Just Another Hemoswap AU by @neapolitangirl

A duel doesn't go as planned. Thousands of sweeps later a rustblood heiress goes on an search for missing treasure.

Christmas Eve Party by Bralsra

Your name is Roxy Lalonde, and you just woke up feeling like shit.

arachnidsGrip has made a new post! by Bralsra

Vriska writes a post about her day as a troll who ended up on earth a while back, cites Rose's earlier work before getting onto her actual life!

Winner of the Eridan Award for Most Interesting Wagie Reason

damned if yoU do (damned if you don't) by @myusernameisstolen

Callie has always been very mysterious, never saying much about her home life, at least not intentionally. The fact she uses a typing quirk is the only clue to her being a troll. She most recently let slip that she not only lives on Earth, but in Seattle, and given the coincidence that John and the rest of their online friend group are in the city for a convention, he had thought he might be able to convince her to come meet them in a public space, if she was still afraid they might not be who they say they are.

But John is beginning to wonder if maybe what Callie is afraid of isn’t found in the outside world, but much, much closer to home.

Taxi Driver by Bralsra

You're Eridan Ampora. Human, alike everyone else. Taxi driver and man per obligation.

Winner of the Eridan Award for Angstiest Cameo Winner of the Eridan Award for Most Dramatic Cameo Winner of the Eridan Award for Most Violent Cameo

[writing-for-life]

Lupē

Finally, finally I manage a Calliope/Morpheus fic (the Sandman Rarepair Fest had to come along to kick me into gear). It’s just a short vignette, but I hope I did them justice because they will always be the OTP to me. The prompt is Hurt/Comfort.

You can read on Ao3 or here. And no matter where you read, your kudos, comments, shares and reblogs are so appreciated and help writers to get their stuff discovered 🖤

Lupē (616 words) by Writing-for-Life Chapters: 1/1 Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Calliope/Dream of the Endless | Morpheus, Calliope/Dream of the Endless, Calliope & Dream of the Endless | Morpheus Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Grief/Mourning, Reconciliation, Past Relationship(s), Rare Pairings, Canon Compliant, During Canon, Canon Related, Canon Rewrite Summary:

Calliope had wept for him so many times, and she felt the tight grip of grief resurfacing. She had mourned the laughter that would never echo through these halls again, the stories of his father he would never pass on to children of his own, the promise of a future shattered. […] And she was tired of mourning, of a grief that felt like it was hers alone to bear.

Lupē

The moon hung low in the sky, casting a silvery glow upon the twisted spires of the castle. She had not returned here since that fateful day.

The Gatekeepers stood before her, eyes like onyx reflecting the aeons they had witnessed. Last time, they had been impassive, their voices cold as they denied her entry.

But tonight, something had changed: They recognised her.

"Calliope," the wyvern’s voice echoed through the mist. "You seek the Lord of Dreams."

She nodded, and her throat felt so tight she could barely swallow. "I come to speak to him."

Calliope's fingers trembled. She remembered the bitter words they had exchanged—the accusations, the tears. Later, Oneiros had been unyielding, her attempts to speak to him ignored. She was not even sure what would have happened had he acted differently then; the thought of bringing forth an apology entered her mind and was as quickly dismissed. She felt her hands ball into fists, bitterness resurfacing.

No, this is not the time.

The guardians exchanged glances, their expressions unreadable. "Why are you here, muse?" the hippogriff asked.

She hesitated. "Our son's absence binds us, even in sorrow."

There was no more talk, no further interrogation. The gates just creaked open.

Calliope stepped across the threshold, and her footsteps echoed on the stairs and the marble corridors. With every step, her heart picked up pace until it was racing so fast she could hardly catch a breath.

The door was as she remembered—unchanged, the wood dark and polished, etched with symbols whose meaning she understood and yet didn’t.

Just like him.

But that wasn’t true. He had been changed when last they met. Familiar yet different, faint echoes of what once she loved—and hated.

Calliope pushed the door open, and the air itself seemed to hold its breath. For a moment, she wondered what she had expected to find. How she had expected him to greet her. And then she knew that this was exactly it:

His back turned on her, no sign of movement, frozen in space.

She crossed the room, her breath catching in her throat, unable to speak.

She didn’t have to.

"Calliope," he whispered, still not turning. There was a rawness to his voice, even in that whisper, that caught her unaware.

She reached for him, without any hesitation, and while it surprised her, it felt right. As her hand touched his shoulder, he flinched subtly, but he didn't pull away.

When he finally turned, his eyes held galaxies, and their shared history was etched on his face—the pain, the longing—it was all there, laid bare.

And it was hard not to see Orpheus in him. Hard not to remember how he had told him stories, his voice like a melody spun from darkness and light, stardust and moonbeams, while the boy’s laughter would echo through the halls of the castle, and his cries for more brought a moment of happiness to everyone who heard it.

And then it was gone.

Calliope had wept for him so many times, and she felt the tight grip of grief resurfacing. She had mourned the laughter that would never echo through these halls again, the stories of his father he would never pass on to children of his own, the promise of a future shattered.

She had sung dirges and sought solace in memories, but they only deepened the pain.

And she was tired of mourning, of a grief that felt like it was hers alone to bear.

In that moment, his eyes searched hers. “You came.” And perhaps, they were seeking answers and forgiveness.

“You called.”

And perhaps, they were also holding the faint glimmer of hope…

[thatrandomartistjavi]

If I have to see one more person go I know its controversial but I dont ship Cheshire and Piper like

GIRL

Five other people other than me talked about it O N C E shut uppppppppppp

Like nobody cares about Cheshire unless its to objectify him and nobody gives two fucks about Piper nobody is gonna give a shit man

Nobody is coming to harass you omggggg

I gotta stop going into even character specific eah tags cause I get so mad

[getawayfox]

Happy birthday, darling @wolfpants! I’m bringing you a banner with Draco on it since you share a birthday with him, what a fun coincidence! When deciding how to celebrate you and your writing, I knew I wanted to do an author’s reclist but wasn’t entirely sure how to go about it because every single fic in your catalogue is worth a rec of its own. So I took inspiration from an ask game - a list of categories I could fill with my rambling. I hope you have a wonderful birthday full of nice things! ILY! 🤍

🤍 A fic I want to read again for the first time: Under Giant Mountains (Drarry, E, 34k)

I thought about it for a long time because I would give anything to experience all of them for the first time again but eventually, I landed on Under Giant Mountains. It feels a bit sacred to me and I think it’s because I relate to this Harry a lot; because it’s a gentle story about healing; because it made me cry but in that really good, cathartic way. I think it will do the same regardless of how many times I read it.

🤍 A fic I reread the most times: Pages of You (Drarry, E, 102k)

According to AO3 the fic I have visited the most is Pages of You, which is no surprise. Do I share how many times I clicked on that fic? Is it embarrassing? Probably. Oh well, here it is:

Look, it’s my comfort fic, okay? What can I say - an 80s coming-of-age story? Sign me the hell up. In all honesty, I don’t really have words to describe how this fic makes me feel - it’s like a safety net for my inner child maybe, or something similarly, horribly cheesy. It’s a book I want to own, have on my bookshelf, and return to it over and over again. Maybe one day it will be.

🤍 A fic that made me (re)consider a ship: Spellbound (Draco/Albus, E, 2k)

So here is the thing - I’m pretty faithful to my favourite ships and don’t often read outside of them, except when it’s a rarepair that catches my eye and then I’m happy to be persuaded. And Wolf is brilliant at that, honestly, they could talk me into anything. And so even when it comes to a ship I didn’t know I needed, like Draco/Albus for instance, I just know that in their hands, it’s gonna be layered and thought-provoking and just so, so delicious. Here is the proof: Spellbound, a Dead Dove fic that is just the perfect flavour of dirtyhotwrong. Yum.

🤍 A favourite rarepair fic: Galvanize (Scorpius/Ron, M, 1k)

Speaking of rarepairs. Wolf has a whole collection of kinkuary fics, which is a rarepair heaven, go forth and pick your poison. I’m gonna go with Galvanize, in support of Hot Ron Agenda ™. It’s an M-rated Scorpius/Ron fic and the dynamic here is unmatched - so innocent and yet. Gah!

🤍 A line from a fic that’s haunted me: Waiting for the Moon to Rise (Drarry with a hint of Bill, E, 9k)

This is hard because I can think of many (see QQR) but if I had to choose just one, it would have to be this masterpiece:

—his voice had been thick, Draco remembers that, because he’d been eating an apple stolen from the kitchens on their way outside. He kept trying to get Draco to eat it too, playfully pressing the bitten edges to his mouth, damp like a kiss, until Draco had pushed him off him with a laugh— “stop that, Potter, or I’ll shove it someplace where it’ll hurt ”—and all the while, his lips had tingled with sweetness, a phantom caress he would take to his bed later that night and think about with his hands while the rest of the Eighth Year boys would sleep and snore, none the wiser—

Which is of course from Waiting for the Moon to Rise, featuring an intimate friendship, lots of UST and Bill the matchmaker 😏

🤍 A fic that ripped my heart out (but it hurt so good): The Hollow (Remus/Draco, E, 12.5k)

Oh boy. We’ve all read The Hollow, right? Right. It’s one of those fics I think about so often it can’t be healthy and yet I can’t go anywhere near it again because I don’t think I would survive a second read. It’s so, so, so good. It’s so painful. It’s everything I want from the pairing. I never want to see it again. It carved itself into my heart and will stay there forever.

🤍 A fic that made me laugh: Romp and Circumstance (Drarry, E, 33k)

So. Many. Wolf’s banter in fics is unmatched but for the sake of this game I have to say one, so I’ll go with Romp and Circumstance - and as much as this fic is hilarious, it’s also so full of love and longing and romance. It’s so vibrant! A perfectly executed AU with characterizations that are just chef’s kiss!

🤍 A song I now associate with a fic: Everybody Hates a Tourist (Drarry, E, 52k)

I will always associate Common People by Pulp with Everybody Hates a Tourist. I remember sitting in a beach cafe last year and the song started playing and immediately transferred me into the holiday vibes of the fic. I’m obsessed with both Harry and Draco in this story: with who they are, separately, and eventually together. Their characters are written so brilliantly here; they’re both given space to grow into themselves, into what they want out of life and their getting together feels like the most natural thing in the world.

🤍 A fic that’s between me and my AO3 history: Seat You Higher than the Stars (Ron/Harry, E, 1,8k)

Ha! I have no secrets or shame. Nothing is just between me and AO3, I’m an open book and will shout about it, and especially about this fic I thought was fitting (pun intended) for this category - just look at the tags: emotional vulnerability and fisting (elmo fire emoji). This is Seat you Higher than the Stars, a Ronarry fic that has got to be one of my favourite things ever written. It’s so tender and beautiful! 

🤍 A fic that feels like a warm blanket: Thickets (Drarry, E, 17k)

That is *exactly* how reading Thickets feels. Oh, this fic. So gentle and mature, full of soft, quiet pining and second chances. It’s so atmospheric and nostalgic. Layered with complicated grief and vowed with humor and warmth, this fic is simply stunning. It’s a getting back together story that feels like a deep exhale. It’s melancholic and hopeful and it has one of my favourite characters of all time - a portrait of Young Draco to perfectly illustrate just how far current Draco has come.

🤍 A fic I want to be made into a film: Led by Light of a Star Sweetly Gleaming (Sirius/Remus, E, 53k)

My Wolfstar-loving heart could not forget this story - in a way a prequel to Pages of You but also a standalone fic set in the '60s. Wolf’s worldbuilding and attention to detail really shine here - it would make such a stunning film! But it’s not just that, it’s the characters, too, where the magic lies: completely in awe of each other and unbearably lovely. “You’ve no idea how much I want to worship you.” will be forever my favourite thing Sirius has ever said.