#just me poking fun at myself

[joey-reads-fanfics]

MY FIRST PUBLISHED FANFIC

(The Beat Of A Heart) Ready To Love Again

for reference: this is a miraculous ladybug lukloe (luka/chloe) one-shot i wrote when i was fifteen, a little over two years ago. i wrote this under the name marichat_things (or Jenna Valdez) as part of a one-shot book sometime in january 2023. i remember a fanartist/fic writer who was kind of the unoffical queen of that ship commented on it which was amazing

however, in march of that year i had a moment of blinding clarity and decided i was far too deep in the throughs of fandom life 2023 me would hate to see 2025 me and deleted all my accounts. i tried to orphan the one-shot book but it didn't work, so i reuploaded it as a solitary one-shot and then orphaned it, along with another fic (which i will be posting about soon)

i know that this is actually incredible for a first published fic, but i honestly loathe it, because to me it is very amateur. but i thought it'd be fun to post about it and acknowledge my roots in fandom, and also give you a taste of my writing style (which hasn't changed a lot since then)

things i found in this fic

cool ass title

mr. pigeon or whatever the fuck his name is mention (luv that guy)

cologne mention (and rosin---the violinist in me is coming out)

now that i'm reading this the actual writing is fantastic

flashbacks and cutaways in center-aligned italics for some reason

ok so i vaguely remember this was supposed to be like, in a world where chloe was finally called out for everything she did and her life went to shit or somethin like that

OK so ive read farther and apparently lila did something??? (who knows)

flashback to chloe having some sort of massive breakdown

also mentions of sh surprisingly before i started

and also weight issues. why did i not tag these

RIDICULOUS UTTERLY RIDICULOUS

chloes thinking thru their entire backstory and lore and luka is just there. fuckin playing guitar

I KISS THE SCARS ON HER SKINNNNN

"plz dont hurt urself again" 0_o

romanticizing sh yayyyyyy (i do not associate myself with this "jenna"

redemption arc taking place over about 2 sentences

this was actually such an interesting backstory why did i not expand on this

whoa song lyrics

i remember writing a whole ass song why do we only get a chorus

somebody in the comments said its the best thing they've ever read. actually crying thats so sweet

in conclusion, 15yo me is not as shit a writer as i thought she was. still shit, but less shit.

also i need to get better at tagging

[marblerose-rue]

uh-huh

[jellydragons]

been watching a lot of hermitcraft recently and am happy to report that i am hopelessly endeared by these little goobers 💕 they’re like bugs to me

close ups under the cut!

gonna be real this was absolutely just me taking the opportunity to get my grubby lil mitts all up in their character designs lol i heart interpreting mc skins

[beatcroc]

what kind of frivolity would you engage in, mecha?

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[electrozeistyking]

individual who has emotionally destroyed people through their fan comics decides to make one involving an in stars and time au

[bitchesofostwick]

i feel like the worst part about The Veilguard Discourse(TM) is that i'm not like. over here having fun being a hater. it's not enjoyable. i'm actually deeply sad that a story i've loved so much and been so passionate about for years has gone in a direction that has felt so disappointing to me.

[moons-among-distant-stars]

fucking stupid gay people and their stupid found family

“in this moment you are loved”

i’m gonna sob

[bayetea]

seeing non-black people critique rick's portrayal of black characters is interesting sometimes. only like 30% of the critiques I see make any sense to me to be honest

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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[grantaire-lover-69]

Marvel Thor and Loki fans are missing out on so many crackfic ideas. I haven't found any but y'all could've written a fic based off when Thor had to dress up as Freya to get his hammer back and Loki was just vibing as his servant(I forgot how it's said but he does become a woman), ik the MCU isn't lore accurate to the Norse myth but still- there's crackfic potential-

[kirexa]

Mysme Tumblr I managed to lock myself out of my route

[rapunziedameron]

sometimes you get so excited about a new fic being posted by a favorite author that you literally go so tunnel visioned that you miss the thirty fucking warnings of "this will trigger you" smack dab in front of your face

[cresneta]

Me: As a perpetually single person, it's a little sad at times to cosplay Yor as I don't have a Loid to cosplay with me, so I should probably move on to cosplaying someone else at cons

Also me: OMG, that dress looks a lot like the one that one of my Yor figures is wearing, and I already have shoes that should work for the outfit. *buys dress*

[anubislover]

Ikkaku visits an old, used bookstore while in port, hoping to hunt down some classic bodice rippers to entertain herself with on the next voyage. Something steamy to enjoy in private as well as torment her shipmates with by reading aloud. What she finds is a new subgenre, complete with some unexpected - and likely unsuspecting - stars.

(I wrote a silly fic over on my RP account but I decided to upload it to AO3 and share it here so everyone can enjoy! Especially my fellow Benn Beckman, Shanks, and Mihawk simps.)

[ghost-opal]

oh yeah i did this a while back its still one of my favorite homestuck fanarts even if it is kind of plain lol the barely visible image of Paul is just there because i google image searched "alien" and couldnt stop laughing at this image, i happened to have this paint tool SAI/Photoshop project open so i was like haha why not fuck it i'll put in a comedic skewed UFO png too, it works

yeah this guy is still really funny looking. i haven't even watched the movie but i saw the trailer and he makes a pose like this while saying "its probing time" or something and i think thats really funny. isnt it so funny that an alien is acting really vulgar

[silverselfshippingchaos]

this whole scene is so nuts akdhajsb I love them