#maybetwice

[intosnarkness]

[oddthesungod]

I would love to do a commission, BUT any recommendations for getting out of the "oh no I've never had an idea in my life" panic I get as soon as I open the form?

Ahhhh dang, the slots got filled just as I saw your message, apologies! Feel free to try again when I open more slots in the future! 🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️ But one thing I like to do is to just note down an idea I've had in my head before filling the form, it can be something simple like "X character in Y pose etc" or it can be something more detailed like describing the mood of the pic, what you're trying to convey, or some scene you have in mind! If at any time I need more information or some clarification I can always ask! <3

[finncakes]

ExU was also my entry to CR and I'm VERY fond of it, too! I've been thinking about them and how much I miss them a lot lately.

i started to relisten to exu a week or so ago and man. i MISS them. love bells hells but the crownkeepers my beloveds... they were such a perfect balance...

i hope they get to meet bells hells tho. can you imagine. the talks fy'ra rai could have with imogen. fcg would probably be so interested in someone "favored by the gods" like dariax and god to see chet interact with dariax would be funny. also you know laudna and ashton would be obsessed with opal.

[standbyyourmantis]

1, 20 & 30!

1. How many words have you written this year?

224,776 on AO3. I have a few thousand more tucked away in WIPs right now. Not a significant amount but we're definitely over 225k.

10. What work was the quickest to write?

Hm. So, from just sheer WPM probably Kiss Me? The whole thing took about 6 weeks and it's over 86k, 90k if you count the extra scene for chapter 11 which I do because it was meant to be in the main story I just didn't want to change the rating. Actual speed of concept to here's a fic, I wrote chapter one of I Made My Own Bed (And Now I Must Lie) as a standalone fic in response to a Tumblr ask over about an hour during a boring meeting. I added chapter 2 later, but yeah. Either that or Fluff Fics For Your Nerves which was five ficlets in six hours and a sixth the next morning so that there was fluff in the tag the day after everyone fucking died.

(I just realized you didn't ask for 10 but I put those links in there so I'm leaving it and you get a free extra answer)

20. Which work of yours have you reread the most?

I literally don't know if I can answer that. If we're strictly going in 2022, probably A Prize To Be Won because I am pretty proud of how that turned out. There's a couple things I keep wanting to change but I do think it's reasonably close to the perfect version of itself in that I achieved everything I wanted to achieve with it. I also accidentally made up a fanon of halflings having proportionally thicker dicks and of Dorian having a sweat kink that I am so pleased everybody else just ran with but also sometimes leaves me questioning my life choices. So yeah. Probably that one. I do go back and read individual scenes from Kiss Me on occasion though.

30. Biggest surprise while writing this year?

I know you know this story already, but my biggest surprise is a) that I am writing at all and b) that it's Dorym.

I didn't write at all in 2021, I did one thing in 2020 and one thing in 2019. Only five things in 2018. I had pretty much given up on writing recreationally, but I was reading a lot of Widomauk fic as C2 wrapped up and really wanted to get into writing again as C3 was taking off. A friend of mine accidentally (?) got me interested in Dorym by sending me cute fanart and when I was trying to think about what to write I really wanted to write Widomauk but the only idea for a fic I had was based on the movie "Marry Me" which I probably could have done Widomauk but it felt more Dorym so I posted about it and got two whole positive responses about doing the Dorym fic and still had no ideas about Widomauk so I wrote Kiss Me And Smile For Me (which is a stupid title and I wish I'd thought five whole minutes before doing it) and it was surprisingly well received. And anyway now I'm here. Talking about my 225k of Dorym in five months. Because I couldn't think of a Widomauk fic idea.

[drawsmaddy]

[ID: A digital drawing of Orym and Will from Critical Role. They are in the Wildmother's realm and both of their bodies are made of plants. Their hands are clasped together with vines and flowers blossoming from them. Will holds Orym's face with his free hand and smiles softly at him. Orym smiles back at Will while crying. End description.]

A kofi doodle request for @maybetwice!!

You can request a doodle yourself on my kofi!

[teaweltzer]

A gift for @maybetwice (Luz belongs to them & Iskr belongs to @dandylorian )

[esther-dot]

Sansa's Sworn Shield 3k by @kittykatknits

“You could play come into my castle with her, she likes that game,” Rickon offered helpfully. Jon desperately wants an evening alone with his wife. Unfortunately, Rickon is determined to protect his dear sister from Jon's less than honorable intentions. Challenged to yet another duel, and running out of champions, Jon decides to find another way to solve his problems so he can finally come into Sansa's castle.

The pursuit of non-bath time happiness 3k by @captainbee89

After Jon refuses Gendry's ask for Arya's hand, citing the fact Sansa was not yet betrothed, Rickon observes and, with the help of Shaggydog, Ghost and Arya, comes up with a plan to have Jon realise he should court Sansa himself. And if it were to result in Jon being less strict about bath times, that was totally coincidental!

Goodbye Means Going Away (And Going Away Means Forgetting) 2k by @vixleonard

Memory is unreliable. No one understands this better than Rickon Stark.

corresponding manip by @norrlands-nonsense

what this palace wants is release 26k WIP by @bravegentlestrong

When Sansa and Jon show up at Bear Island, Rickon is already there holding court as King in the North and planning a war with Lyanna Mormont. They look exactly like the parents who he lost. Once Jon and Sansa take over the whole ruling-the-kingdom thing, Lyanna and Rickon use their political capital to parent trap Jon and Sansa.

No Smooth Road 4k by @maybetwice

Jon and Sansa are in love. It ought to be as simple as that.

His King's Command ficlet by @vivilove-jonsa

“Sansa wants a babe. You should give her one.” Jon had been cleaning Longclaw but glances up at his king, his ten-years-old cousin, who is staring at him expectantly with his arms crossed.

Rickon's Refuge 1k by @vivilove-jonsa

On those nights, Rickon feels like a child of eight, not a man grown. On those nights, he seeks out Sansa, a tolerable replacement for the mother he lost, the one he barely remembers now, though that is not in his conscious thoughts.  She lets him lie in her bed.  She will stroke his hair softly and sing.  He's never told her but he likes that.  It makes him feel safe and loved and like he still has a mother who isn't a faded memory.   “Rickon? What are you doing in here?” He scowls at the deep voice even though he loves him. “What are you doing in here?!” he asks sharply in reply to Jon’s question, the petulance plain in his tone.

Marry Me In Some Old-Fashioned Way 2k by @blackholeofprocrastination

A misunderstanding with Rickon leads Jon to reconsider his future at Winterfell and his feelings towards its red-haired mistress.

PRE CANON - WESTERN - FAIRYTALE - REGENCY - LITTLE WOMEN - HOLIDAY - SEASON SIX - ANNE OF GREEN GABLES - THE GIRL IN GREY - FREE CITIES - FAIRYTALE PART II - POLITICAL MARRIAGE - SALTY TEENS - POST CANON - next time -> HISTORICAL: 1930S

[artsystargazer]

Commission I did for @maybetwice. A cozy scene from this absolute masterpiece of a fic they wrote.

[xombigirl]

thoughts on braius doomseed?

I have MANY MANY THOUGHTS about one Braius Doomseed.

First: Sam you really went and made a "Horny Cow Boy" and I cannot get that fucking Big and Rich song out of my damn head.

Second: THE HOMAGES/EASTER EGGS TO FUCKING LOQUATIUS SEELIE I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT. (thank you @maybetwice for pointing them out to me and also thinking of me lovingly losing my mind while they were at the live show)

Third: He is 1000000000% a virgin and he just really needs a good dicking.

Four: HE IS SO HOT. SAMUEL BRENT.

[critter-rarepair-reccs]

Hello and happy Friday to you all! Midway through May now and this week we have mighty list for you all; twenty-one fics that feature a variety of different and unique AUs! As always, you can find them below the cut and if you check any of them out, I encourage you to leave kudoes and comments to spread the rarepair love 💕

The Changeling by maybetwice (5,899 words, Teen) Pairing: Queerplatonic Fearne Calloway/Orym Warnings: None

Orym is given to the feywild as a child, and grows up as a changeling in the service of Morrigan, companion to Fearne. Its so funnn, the speculative feywild and its politics (pre canon-Morri), Orym's desparate grip on his identity, and how things change and shift, Fearne trying to help but not quite understanding

Reccer Says: The characterization *chefs kiss, the world building, its very fun. Atmospheric, fairy tail esque? The sworn oaths and loyalty *chefs kiss chefs kiss, you love to see it every time. And! It's part of a series!!! So there's more >:D

your touch's so sweet (throw me in the water) by quinn_of_aebradore (1,872 words, Teen) Pairing: Fjord/Caleb Widogast (Widofjord)

Evil AU polyam, Bren visits Fjord for the night and they discuss things (and also have a fun night)

Reccer Says: Sexy evil au brain go brrrrrrrr

steady lodged between beast and god by Junkyard_Rose (6,737 words, Mature) Pairing: Lucien Tavelle/Essek Thelyss (Luciessek) Warnings: Suicidal ideation (first half)

After cognouza, Lucien is the one who comes back. The M9 leave him with Essek, who convinces Lucien to (take a second chance) work as his bodyguard. They sort of start to figure things out

Reccer Says: Its kind of a little Lucien's worst nightmare, but also a soft third(?) beginning? Essek trying to be the mirror that Caleb was, and extending the hand, and Lucien is taking it, extremely brrrrrrrr

Shame on a martyr claiming friends by thought (1,641 words, Teen) Pairing: Dorian Storm/Verin Thelyss Warnings: None

Crack played straight, arranged marriage between two second sons who have older, overshadowing brothers, and a desire to carve out a place outside their family's expectations (heheh)

Reccer Says: Its just fun! And honestly, yeah? Yeah! They have a lot of common ground on siblings and their desires to prove themselves to their family's legacies. Also sharing the wish to sidle out of a very awkward room lol

first bloom by flappingduster (3,484 words, Teen) Pairing: Queerplatonic Beauregard Lionett/Essek Thelyss Warnings: None

Essek and Beau are together (romantic) but then they figure things out at separate, but are still close friends (qpr). Essek has complicated feelings when Beau asks for dating advice for a girl she's met

Reccer Says: Complicated Relationship and Feelings brrr

a home where my heart is by DesertLily (1,252 words, Teen) Pairing: Jester Lavorre/Beauregard Lionett (Beaujes) Warnings: None

Jester sends Beau a text asking her out. Beau over analyzes it and goes to Fjord for advice.

Reccer Says: Very cute!!! Beau is a disaster and I love her.

this is a promise (with a catch) by Anonymous (42,357 words, Explicit) Pairing: Orym/Dorian Storm/Will (Dorymwill) Warnings: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics

Orym and Will are together in an alpha/alpha relationship. It’s perfect, except that Orym’s ruts are difficult and he can’t stand to be around Will during them. And then, set up by Fearne, Orym mets Dorian, an omega in need of a heat partner, and things spiral out from there.

Reccer Says: The sex is hot, the relationships are so wonderful and sweet, the world feels so real around them, and the twist at the end is incredible.

burn, scourger, burn by Anonymous (1,362 words, Teen) Pairing: Mollymauk Tealeaf/Essek Thelyss (Shadowmauk) Warnings: None

Witcher AU, Essek is Yennefer, Molly is Jaskier, and they both have been cast aside by Caleb as Geralt. Allied with Astrid and Wulf, Essek seeks out allies and finds himself watching one of Molly’s performances.

Reccer Says: It’s such a brilliant AU in so few words, the history built perfectly in that small space. The emotion, the layers of it, are so delicious.

warm, unalone (come settle down) by Meridas (20,811 words, Teen) Pairing: Queerplatonic Mollymauk Tealeaf/Yasha Nydoorin Warnings: None

A modern AU in which queerplatonic partners Molly and Yasha move to Zadash to start a soft, domestic life.

Reccer Says: Truly one of the sweetest, fluffiest series out there. QPP Circus Kids are soooo important to me and this series is a large reason for that. You can FEEL the love between Molly and Yasha, the depth to which they care about and for each other. It’s just. So so tender. Also! Baby the Cat beloved. And a very nice side of Widomauk fluff!!!

Something Happened On The Way To Heaven by SweetSilentSteps (24,014 words, Explicit) Pairing: Orym/Dorian Storm/Will (Dorymwill) Warnings: Minor Depictions of Violence

A retelling of Ladyhawke (1985), featuring Orym/Will as the cursed couple and Dorian as the jail escapee.

Reccer Says: Absolutely amazing character voices! It's such a fun read! I enjoy this more than the original movie.

(sing another) song for the lost ones by elanoides (21,453 words, Teen) Pairing: Fjord/Caleb Widogast (Widofjord) Warnings: None

Fjord crashes in a small seaside town, meets The Mighty Nein, and finds he isn't lonely anymore.

Reccer Says: This is such a cozy comfort read for me. 10/10.

Advanced Book (And Heart) Stealing by Attila (2,776 words, Teen) Pairing: Kima/Allura Vysoren (Kimallura) Warnings: None

The first time Allura checks out a book Kima needs for her thesis is an accident. The second, not so much.

Reccer Says: This is a hilarious story with fantastic character voices and several laugh out loud moments! Also very cute.

a hundred years still in my pocket by burningafterdark (3,360 words, Explicit) Pairing: Fjord/Caleb Widogast (Widofjord) Warnings: None

Fjord and Caleb have sex in Caleb's office.

Reccer Says: I love the post-canon vibes, I love how the established background Polynein colors their conversation, I love how comfortable the two feel together. It's also just well written sex!

Shut Up And Take My Money by Attila (14,024 words, Teen) Pairing: Jarrett Howarth/Vex'ahlia Warnings: Descriptions of blood, off-screen violence, off-screen healing of a gun shot wound

Vex needs to hire someone for the (money laundering) coffee shop. Jarett is a perfect fit - and attractive to boot. The question remains: is he a fed?

Reccer Says: This fic is hilarious! It feels like Vox Machina!

Spitfire by kitthekazoo (1,352 words, General) Pairing: Scanlan Shorthalt/Vax'ildan (Vaxlan) Warnings: None

Vax meets Kaylie, Scanlan's 8 year old daughter.

Reccer Says: Lovely!

teakettle love (i'd do anything) by redhoods (6,360 words, Explicit) Pairing: Fjord/Caleb Widogast (Widofjord) Warnings: None

Fjord takes care of Caleb when Caleb forgets to take care of himself.

Reccer Says: It's so soft........ such lovely character voices!

houses, homes by Ffwydriad (2,414 words, Teen) Pairing: Yeza Brenatto/Veth Brenatto/Caleb Widogast Warnings: Implied off-screen transphobia, homelessness

Caleb and Veth are on the streets together, and then move in with Yeza.

Reccer Says: I really enjoy trans!Veth and how the Caleb/Veth/Yeza relationship builds!

and coffee the morning after by impossibletruths (2,546 words, General) Pairing: Keyleth/Pike Trickfoot (Pikeleth) Warnings: Blood*

Keyleth and Pike meet in their apartment building's laundry room. Their relationship builds from there.

Reccer Says: It's so cute! It just feels lovely!

*Keyleth meets Pike when Pike's scrubs have blood on them.

it starts with an earthquake by impossibletruths (13,520 words, Teen) Pairings: Percy de Rolo/Pike Trickfoot/Vex'ahlia, Kima/Allura Vysoren (Kimallura) Warnings: None

Vox Machina's Conclave Arc, but make it post-apocalyptic.

Reccer Says: Absolutely amazing character studies, great plot, and a wonderful way of making things feel hopeful even in the apocalypse.

Free as the birds that fly with weightless souls by impossibletruths (5,643 words, Teen) Pairing: Keyleth/Kashaw Vesh (Kashleth) Warnings: Prominent themes of grief and mourning

Keyleth and Kashaw fall in love during their art collaboration.

Reccer Says: Beautiful.

End Racism in the OTW; you and me and some l-o-v-e (all good things come in threes) by mischiefseven (8,594 words, Teen) Pairing: Shaun Gilmore/Keyleth/Vax'ildan (Vaxlethmore) Warnings: Off-screen violence, aftermath of violence

Vax finds Gilmore's Glorious Goods and finds himself in love with both Keyleth and Gilmore.

Reccer Says: This is one of my favorite fics of all time. I highly recommend it!

Thank you for joining us this week’s recc list! All the love to everyone who submitted a fic 💕 All enclosed recommendations were submitted by the community via our submissions form, which you can find here. All fic information is as it was provided by the reccer, so it may not be accurate to the author’s intent or the precise contents of the fic itself. Please assume good intent from all parties 💕

Submissions for next week’s list are already open! We’ll be featuring Hurt/Comfort. If you have any you’d like to highlight, you can send them in here. The week after that, the theme is PC x NPC and the weeks after that we’re taking recommendations for Proposals & Marriages and Oneshots! Submissions for all of these themes are currently open.

If you want more rarepair fic, check out @cr-summer-wildflowers and their event collections on ao3! If you want some friendship after all this romance, take a look at @critter-genfic-events and their recc lists! And if you’re interested in everyone’s favorite wizards, you can’t go wrong with the lists at @aeor-is-for-reccing !

Thanks all and have a lovely day/night/timezone! 💕

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Missing him.

Thank you to @maybetwice for letting me run Fearne’s characterization by them!

Image ID below 🍃

[Image ID: Two-page grayscale comic of the characters Orym and Fearne from Critical Role Campaign 3. The comic takes place right before Fearne’s prayer to the Wildmother in Episode 55. Orym has short dark hair, freckles, pointed ears, and he wears armor. Fearne has long wavy bright hair, freckles, two horns, and lightly furred hands. She wears a dress with a strap made of leaves and a long flowing cape.

Page 1: 4 panels drawn from Fearne’s perspective. She’s recalling a memory of Orym. In this memory, she watches him smile as he magically conjures a small bouquet of flowers before presenting them to her. Fearne’s right hand reaches out and takes the bouquet— wild grasses, chrysanthemums, and heliotropes. Behind the blooms, Orym grins in bright delight. The last panel is a jerk back to the present. Orym is no longer in front of Fearne. In his place stands a relief sculpture of a gently smiling Wildmother with her arms outstretched and hair fanning out. The bouquet is now a small haphazard handful of tiny flowers and salvia that Fearne pulled from the ground. The sculpture’s rectangular shape resembles a tombstone.

Panel 2: 3 panels. First, a wide-shot of Fearne standing in front of the relief sculpture with her back to the viewer. Zoomed out, the relief is surrounded by a circle of flowers— a shrine for the Wildmother. Snow gently falls around Fearne and the silent statue. A wind blows through Fearne’s dress. The last two panels show the lower half of Fearne’s face. At first her mouth is only slightly open as she calmly regards the shrine. Then her lips roughly press together like she’s suddenly holding back a swell of emotion. Orym is gone. Fearne doesn’t know where he is. All that is left of him that she can reach is the shrine of a goddess who once blessed his sword.

Watermark on both pages reads “@threadcountart” and “Do not repost” End ID]

[intosnarkness]

Perks of being friends with me: if you and I have been giggling over the same line from a fic for 14 years, I will sometimes do random email archeology on a Wednesday to find an email from 2013 and share the link with you.

[oddthesungod]

you are giving us so much, and I am so happy you are!! Thank you forever. the crow in my neighborhood is back and has been visiting my balcony, AND the blue heron in our lake has been showing off how beautiful he is lately.

aawe thank you!! 🥺💖 omg, the one time i went to the US I saw a crow that was SO SO SO big, i'm not sure if they naturally get that big or I just saw a super jacked up cat sized crow. but anyway CROWS ARE NEAT!!!

ouughh herons are also really pretty!!!!! <3333

[brondoesart]

A commission for my friend @maybetwice! I got to design what I think Orym and Will's wedding might've looked like 🔴🌙🌸💚

[luddlestons]

i am once again making myself feel my feelings about Orym and Will. (thank you to @maybetwice for inspiring me to finish this with their latest fic! i highly recommend it.)

Seeing in Color

Will/Orym | 4.5k | Explicit

On a quiet evening, with nobody around, Will turns to Orym and asks, "why aren't we having sex right now?"

(ft. ill-advised races up stairs, Orym desperately trying not to think about sex ed with his mom, conveniently timed thunderstorms, and speculations on what a halfling Will would look like)

[drawsmaddy]

[ID: A digital drawing of Tristan, a fairy character belonging to @maybetwice. He has pink hair and light blue wings with yellow and pink details. He is wearing a pink varsity jacket, green trousers, and green boots. He's riding on a scooter and holding a cup of coffee. End description.]

A kofi doodle for @maybetwice of their character Tristan!