#my go to bed time fics are Merlin angst hurt no comfort major character death unrequit-

[kr-yoongi]

Missed him so much today my heart was physically aching, what’s up with that btw??

[the-starryknight]

2021 Summer Writin' Challenge Round-Up

So many thanks to @magpiefngrl for making this fabulous challenge happen! I had such a blast and learned so much. Thank you very much to my wonderful beta readers, alpha readers, and cheerleaders throughout July and August: @onbeinganangel, @hogwartsfirebolt, @sweet-s0rr0w, @softlystarstruck, @babooshkart, booktopus, and @p1013. I'm wrapping up the last post in the series a little early as I'll be away next week. Each fic is 1k! Find them in the series here, or at the links below the cut.

I. Let It Come to Them | T | No Archive Warnings Apply

Prompt: The Weaver • Trope: Only One Bed • Craft: Outsider POV • Object: A silver bracelet • Genre: Fluff

From her position at her loom, Narcissa caught her son's lover slipping in through Draco's bedroom window.

II. By Merlin's Hand, Save Him | T | Minor Character Injury

Prompt: The Ocean • Trope: Time Travel • Craft: Reverse Chronology • Character: A forgotten god • Genre: Action

"We've got him," Draco says, as they land back at the hospital room with everything that they'll need to reverse the curse.

III. The Pleiades Were Watching Too | M | TW: Major Character Death

Prompt: A Bonfire • Trope: Found Family • Craft: Future Tense • Character: A tattooed old lady • Genre: Angst

A house. A marriage. A love story. He'll pour every memory out, vial by vial, back into the earth. It's easier that way.

IV. Aftermath of an Accidental Bond | T | No Archive Warnings Apply

Prompt: His Hands • Trope: Accidental Bonding • Craft: Second Person POV • Character: A Shapeshifter Poet • Genre: Humor

When you took the Mungo's third shift, you knew there would be weird shit. You just didn't expect to find the most recognizable face in the Wizarding world shoved into a hospital cot beside Draco Malfoy.

V. Siren Call (It's Not Love) | E | No Archive Warnings Apply

Prompt: Salt • Trope: Getting Back Together • Craft: Unreliable Narrator • Object: A Gilded Mirror • Genre: Smut + Feelings

They were both too stubborn to lose the deposit on the stupid rental sailboat after the break-up, so now they're here in close quarters with one bunk.

VI. I Demand a Soft Epilogue | M | Psychological Thriller & Unreality

Prompt: The Forbidden Library • Trope: Identity Porn • Craft: Metafiction • Character: A Runaway Teen • Genre: Thriller/Darkfic

There was something about the building that called to him, and ignoring his better instincts, Harry had to go inside. What harm could a library do to him, anyway?

VII. Let Me Carry It Instead | M | Graphic Descriptions of Violence

Prompt: The Power's Out • Trope: Hurt/Comfort • Craft: First Person POV • Object: A Photograph • Genre: Hurt/Comfort

He's going to saving the Wizarding world again, they both know it, and Draco will hold him when he shakes and wash away the blood and tell him he's still a good man.

VII. Every Day and Forever Too | E | No Archive Warnings Apply

Prompt: Silver Lining • Craft: Story within in Story • Character: A Vampire Professor • Genre: Smut + Feelings/Romance

It's been a few years since Draco ran into the vampire who changed everything, but he'll still barely touch Harry. "I won't be able to stop drinking," Draco swears. "I couldn't risk your life." So they'll do it like this instead and maybe it's good in a different way.

[poetryincamelot]

               Fanfic Trope Meme                                                        

I was tagged by @dollopheadsandclotpoles Thank you! ❤

Copy/paste and bold your fic preferences because why not, gotta choose one (near impossible, but go with your first gut instinct), and tag someone because, again, why not.

slow burn or love at first sight (*ben wyatt voice* It’s about the PINING)

fake dating or secret dating (Big fan of the “I want my mother to be happy and/or to stop pestering me about my love life, so you can you please come home with me so she stops worrying?” trope)

enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers (Very few exceptions, but I never go for hatefic or enemies to lovers where they really hate each other at first. If it’s just a mild dislike/annoyance, I’m good with that! But “best friends to lovers” is my most consistent fic trope fave! See also some of my favorite ships: Merlin/Arthur, Crowley/Aziraphale [they don’t count as enemies in anything but name tbh], Matt/Foggy, Emma/Mr. Knightley. Exceptions include: Zuko/Katara, Anne/Gilbert, Elizabeth/Mr. Darcy. That said, I really consider all of these “enemy” pairings as two people who just got off on the wrong foot and later formed real, deep connections (aka enemies to friends to lovers) so I’m basically an advocate for the “best friends first, romance later” types of relationships!)

oh no there’s only one bed or long-distance with correspondence (what will they DO? SNUGGLE! ACCIDENTALLY!)

hurt/comfort or amnesia (I work with folks with amnesia in my day job, very painful IRL and it defeats the purpose when I’m reading fic as escapism)

fantasy au or modern au (Modern AU only for Merlin, tbh. Otherwise, probably neither. I prefer canon-compliant fic)

mutual pining or domestic bliss (too hard, I’m not answering this!)

smut or fluff (both are good but teeth-rotting fluff wins for me!)

canon compliant (missing scenes) or fix-it fic (Depends on the fandom again and how happy I was with the ending of the source material)

alternate universe or future fic (tricky, but I think I prefer future fic for most fandoms except for Merlin)

one-shot or multi-chapter (one shots for the WIN. I find the pacing to generally be stronger for one-shots, although obviously there are exceptions!)

kid fic or roadtrip fic (I don’t really read fic where the main characters have kids but I’m okay with them being kids as long as things are kept age-appropriate!)

reincarnation or character death (Noooo sad fic please)

arranged marriage or accidental marriage (this one is also tricky...I like both but probably read more accidental marriage fics between best friends)

high school romance or middle-aged romance (I don’t see enough middle-aged romance in fandom, actually. I would absolutely love to see more!)

time travel or isolated together (they’re stranded in an elevator/cave/dungeon together! They have to finally face their FEELINGS)

neighbors or roommates (see also: best friends to lovers above)

sci-fi au or magic au (this depends on the fandom)

bodyswap or genderbend (A couple of my favorite ships involve one character keeping a major secret from the other that would be revealed through a bodyswap [Merthur and Mattfoggy] so I definitely read more of those!)

angst or crack (Crack leaves too fleeting an impression on me)

apocalyptic or mundane (I love domestic bliss fics. There is beauty in the mundane!)

A, thank you for tagging me! This was really fun!

I tag YOU: the person reading this post!

[gwainefest]

Gwaine Fest 2019 Prompts

Thank you everyone for signing up! Below the cut are the prompts that are available for claiming. If you have signed up to participate, then please peruse these prompts at your leisure. The claiming form will open on Friday, October 25 at 12:00 PM PST (noon; countdown clock here) and will remain open until Monday, October 8, or everyone has replied (whichever comes first).

You will be asked to list your top 3 choices.

>> Claiming Form << >> Countdown Clock <<

Prompts below!

1. Characters or pairings you'd like to see featured? Gwaine/Percival, Gwaine/Arthur/Merlin, just general knight friendship and shenanigans Prompts: Modern au: knight group secret Santa and/or snowball fights Either canon or modern: gwaine getting really excited about snow and someone finding it adorable. Bonus points for a grumpy Arthur snowman existing Cuddling for warmth. Preferably Gwaine using Percy as a human space heater. Can be established relationship or catching feelings. Any tropes that really get you excited? I am a sucker for bed sharing, fake relationships, and soulmate au Favorite wintery things? What winter holidays might you like to see featured? First snow of the year, gift exchanges, drinking warm drinks by a fire, obnoxious sweaters. If modern au, lots of lights (though i guess with magic that could work with canon). Squicks, triggers, or other content you do NOT want in your fill: No major character death, non-con, dark themes. Its a holiday thing, so mainly looking for fluff here. Hurt/comfort super okay as long as it gets resolved Anything else you'd like your match to know? I'm pretty easygoing! 

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Characters or pairings you'd like to see featured? Gwaine, Merlin, Arthur, Knights of the Round Table Prompts: Gwaine’s nobility getting revealed, Merlin and Gwaine going on an adventure, Gwaine finding out about Merlin’s magic and/or dragon lord heritage Any tropes that really get you excited? Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Whump Favorite wintery things? What winter holidays might you like to see featured? Exchanging gifts!! That’s where it’s at Squicks, triggers, or other content you do NOT want in your fill: Smut or slash

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Characters or pairings you'd like to see featured? I’m a sucker for all things Perwaine, but also ALL THE KNIGHT SQUAD BOOOIIIISSSSSS i love them Prompts: Soothing nightmares, Gwaine’s childhood, surprise holiday gift, SNOWBALL FIGHTS, traveling around the kingdom, GWAINE WRAPPED UP IN A FUZZY BLANKET WITH SOME HOT COCO WITH MARSHMALLOWS HOLY CRAP Any tropes that really get you excited? Most tropes get me pretty excited Favorite wintery things? What winter holidays might you like to see featured? Snowball fights, hot coco, roaring fires, SLEDDING, s’mores over said fire, cats playing in wrapping paper, homemade Christmas ornaments, ugly sweaters Squicks, triggers, or other content you do NOT want in your fill: No smut please. No death please. Keep the clothes on please. Anything else you'd like your match to know Gwaine+ponytail/bun=adorableness

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Characters or pairings you'd like to see featured? Gwaine/Percival, Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (secondary pairing), Morgana, Kinghts of the round table... Prompts: 1. Gwaine is in the tavern one night when he gets attacked by a group of guys. Percival saves him. 2. Gwaine finds out about Merlin's magic and decides to have fun with it. Any tropes that really get you excited? Hurt/comfort, fluff, humour, angst with a happy ending... Favorite wintery things? What winter holidays might you like to see featured? Yule or Christmas, but anything is fine! Squicks, triggers, or other content you do NOT want in your fill: Mpreg, A/B/O dynamics, rape/non-con between main characters, vampires, werewolves, fuck or die, magic made them do it.

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5. Characters or pairings you'd like to see featured? Gwaine and Merlin and Arthur is an iconic trio if this is all about friendship, ship wise I'm into Merthur!!! Prompts: GWAINE TRYING TO GET MERLIN AND ARTHUR TOGETHER SOMEHOW? OR MERLIN MAKING GWAINE GO CHRISTMAS SHOPPING WITH HIM FOR ARTHUR ?? Any tropes that really get you excited? I like meet cutes!! BED SHARING TOO THOUGH IDK HOW THAT WOULD WORK. Favorite wintery things? What winter holidays might you like to see featured? MISTL E TOE BABEYYY !!! OVERSIZED SWEATERS ADN BEING WARM?? So CUDDLES... I celebrate Christmas so it would be fun to see that~ Squicks, triggers, or other content you do NOT want in your fill: Don't have anything I can think of from the top of my head! Anything else you'd like your match to know? Nope!

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Characters or pairings you'd like to see featured? Percival/Gwaine; (Just a hint of Merthur, maybe) Prompts: - Gwaine helping couples get together, but being totally oblivious to his own love life - Gwaine and snow/winter activities (e.g. ice skating, building a snowman, etc.) That’s it. - A pile of Love Letters to Gwaine just magically shows up on his doorstep and they date back all the way from a decade ago to present day - Or Gwaine writes love letters to this one person he likes over a decade, and they miraculously disappear. Until he realizes someone found them and sent all of it to the addressee (ala To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before) just in time for the Christmas party at said person’s house - Winter ball/masquerade (maybe?) Any tropes that really get you excited? Caught underneath the Mistletoe; Accidental confessions; Scarf/Umbrella-Sharing; Snow in Hair/Eyelashes/Etc. Favorite wintery things? What winter holidays might you like to see featured? Hot cocoa; snow days; Christmas; Cuddling by the fireplace; Air so cold that your breath can be seen; Squicks, triggers, or other content you do NOT want in your fill: Character death (it’s unlikely to show up, but still! I can never be too sure.) Anything else you'd like your match to know? Angst is perfectly fine (I actually kinda love angst), so long as a happy ending is involved.

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Characters or pairings you'd like to see featured? Besides Gwaine, Arthur foremost (Gwaine/Arthur would be awesome). Merlin and the other knights would be great, too (as friends, but I'd be interested in Gwaine/Leon romance too!). Prompts: Gwaine finding home and hope in Camelot (basically, a missing scene between S3 and S4). Gwaine sharing a personal holiday tradition with one or more of the boys. As many of the boys as you want having a peaceful and joyful gathering in Arthur's chambers. Gwaine and Percival getting up to no-good in the castle during the holiday festivities (and maybe dragging some of the other knights into it). Any tropes that really get you excited? For Gwaine/Arthur - soul bonds/marks. And generally speaking, I just like the idea of brotherhood among the knights (+ warlock)...is that a trope? Favorite wintery things? What winter holidays might you like to see featured? Christmas Squicks, triggers, or other content you do NOT want in your fill: Dub/non-con between the main pairing. Pure smut (Nothing against it! I'd just like something more character-driven this time). Anything else you'd like your match to know? Just how excited I am to see what they create! :)

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Characters or pairings you'd like to see featured? Perwaine for sure :) Prompts: Snowball fight Fireplace Ice skating Ugly Christmas sweater! Sharing a scarf!! Favorite wintery things? What winter holidays might you like to see featured? H o t chocolate!!  Mistletoes !! Snow!! Squicks, triggers, or other content you do NOT want in your fill: I’m fine with everything ! Anything else you'd like your match to know? I’m french, English isn’t my first language !

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Characters or pairings you'd like to see featured? Merlin and Gwaine's friendship / Knight of the round table / Just Gwaine alone is also fine Prompts: Getting up to trouble together / Strength, courage and magic / Fighting side by side / Having a feast together as a family Any tropes that really get you excited? Found family / Chosen one Favorite wintery things? What winter holidays might you like to see featured? Christmas Squicks, triggers, or other content you do NOT want in your fill: Shipping

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Characters or pairings you'd like to see featured? Merlin/Gwaine, Gwaine & Merlin, Gwaine & Aithusa, Gwaine & Gwen Prompts: - Modern!Merwaine: First holiday together.  - Golden Age AU: Aithusa has to stay in the castle over winter because it's cold - she and Gwaine get up to all sorts of mischief.  - Or, Merlin has to do something and asks Gwaine to babysit her.  - "And there was only one bed" - Merwaine: Gwaine is gone on an extended patrol, filled with pining and letters - Or, really, just general winter shenanigans with a Gwaine and/or Merwaine focus would make me happy lmao Any tropes that really get you excited? - Hurt/Comfort  - Angst with happy ending  - "I didn't know how much I cared for you until I almost lost you"  - Domestic fluff  - Epistolary fic  - (Gwaine!)whump with happy ending - Reunion after one of them thinking the other is dead  - Druid Centric AUs - Accidental Baby Acquisition Favorite wintery things? What winter holidays might you like to see featured? Yule, Ice skating, hot chocolate, watching the snow fall Squicks, triggers, or other content you do NOT want in your fill: - Large age differences/underage - Please no Merlin/Arthur even if it's only background Anything else you'd like your match to know? I hope you have fun :D

[queenangst]

A-Z 😂

unanswered: a, c, d, e, f, j, if anyone wants to ask me those (fanfic ask meme)

B: Any of your stories inspired by personal experience?

Not particularly. The one I probably most closely relate to/poured my heart + personal feelings and experiences into is Unsung.

G: Do you write your story from start to finish, or do you write the scenes out of order?

Mostly start to finish! Sometimes, I’m hit by scenes, so I’ll write those.

H: How would you describe your style?

poetic

I: Do you have a guilty pleasure in fic (reading or writing)?

i never really feel guilty about any of it so no?

K: What’s the angstiest idea you’ve ever come up with?

they’re awful fics but uh, there’s one called shivering souls and the spirits of the dead oh that ones real fun, solangelo angst. before solangelo was canon. lol called it

familiar is pretty sad i guess i dunno

L: How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?

usually none. i kind of edit as i go, but it’s mostly “fuck it”

M: Got any premises on the back burner that you’d care to share?

plenty. mostly for voltron: - blackup au- hvz klance (yikes) au [if you dont know thats humans vs zombies]- soulsense allance au (a soulmate au ft senses, too much to explain but.)- druid lance aua ton more but those are a few vld onesand then i have two wips for ml:- sequel to unsung- a post-reveal fic tentatively titled The Ladyvlog in which Ladybug and Chat run a YouTube channel and tease fans about their relationships

N: Is there a fic you wish someone else would write (or finish) for you?\

ugh, all of them

O: How do you begin a story–with the plot, or the characters?

uh, plot

P: Are you what George R. R. Martin would call an “architect” or a “gardener”? (How much do you plan in advance, versus letting the story unfold as you go?)

gardener, but sometimes i do have little ideas of where to go

Q: How do you feel about collaborations?

I WOULD LOVE TO COLLABORATE. SUCCESSFULLY. someone hmu please

R: Are there any writers (fanfic or otherwise) you consider an influence?

yes!!! HecateA from ffnet is always a writer i think of

S: Any fandom tropes you can’t resist?

what are tropes even, uh, Sharing a Bed, Hurt/Comfort, Presumed Death, Actual Death Probably, Do These Count

T: Any fandom tropes you can’t stand?

like, all the Sex ones, you know them, i know them,,

U: Share three of your favorite fic writers and why you like them so much.

nooo i have so many? 

@bananannabeth dearest ashlee is not only a wonderful person but a wonderful writer and i just!!! i love reading her fics so much and being immersed in them. like i’m there, and i can see their faces, writing is just so!! nice

@hecatea i mentioned earlier but hecate!!!!!! oh my goodness i could talk forever and i have before but. they got me into fandom. they inspired me to write. and their writing is like, it’s always so beautiful and i always feel it. 

@maychorian gen fics??? blessed. great writing?? blessed. just?? everything

V: If you could write the sequel (or prequel) to any fic out there not written by yourself, which would you choose?

ohh this is a good one. i would love to write.. idk but i read a merlin fic recently called In the Shadow of Kings that i reeeally enjoyed, and i’d love to see a Magic Reveal because isn’t that what we all want,

W: Do you like more general prompts, or more specific ones?

specific!

X: A character you enjoy making suffer.

do you need to ask

Y: A character you want to protect.

do you need to ask

Z: Major character death–do you ever write/read it? Is there a character whose death you can’t tolerate?

yes,, and hunk