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[naladot]

you look like home | HIMYF Sid/Sophie | Naladot

7k words, rated T

The thing is, he’s got a lot of really excellent reasons not to indulge his crush. Those reasons are: 1. Jesse 2. They’re roommates! Okay, so just two—but two good reasons. If it were just one or the other, sure, but—how does he tell his best friend that he’s got a thing for his ex? Who he lives with? Yeah, not gonna happen. Sid has at least some common sense, thanks very much. And like, a sense of ethics. Or at least he knows not to stir things up between your friends for no good reason. (or: Sid's down bad for Sophie, who lives with him now)

Read on AO3.

[calderacitylovers]

Zutara SlowBurn FanFiction: Personal Favs, part II

·        DESTINY IS A FUNNY THING by Megara Pike | Published: 2020-08-21 | 198K Words | 45 Chapters

ATLA Season 3 rewrite, fills in a lot of blanks between canon scenes. From the Southern Raiders to Sozin's Comet through coronation and aftermath. Growing friendships, bonding, being there for each other, a carnival & a cave, epic spirits' appearance on the Ember island, sparring, nightmares, assassination attempts, political ruses, and covert operations. Lovely, sweet. Exciting plot.

 ·        ATLA Book 4: Ashes by elayne_cypher | Published: 2018-10-27 | 306K words | 34 Chapters

This action-packed story picks up right after Ember Island Players and continues well after the war. Zuko is facing many challenges as a new Fire Lord. Romance, tough decisions, rebels, traitors, out-of-body experiences, secret headquarters, angst, teamwork, fire jets. The story has a bunch of OCs.

 ·        Refraction by caroes3725  | Published: 2020-09-09 | 215K Words | 37 Chapters

After breaking up with Aang, Katara needs to figure out her place and role in the patriarchal world. As determined Katara stubbornly bulldozes her way through Fire Nation political scene, her feelings for Zuko grow. Diplomatic visits, Gaang reunion, bonding with Kanna, insights into the life of Caldera city, stuffy politicians, cute correspondence, tropical storm, women supporting women, assassination attempts, personal boundaries. A sweet well-written coming-of-age story with a healthy measure of slow-burn and mutual pining. Katara and Zuko are both POVs, but the story mostly follows Katara. Bonus: Mai is NOT a clingy resentful idiot, but a smart person and a good friend. Some explicit language here and there, a bit of mild smut.

 ·        I Asked You First by halfhoursonearth | Published: 2020-10-03 | 142K words | 22/? Chapters

Ongoing, incomplete. Post Southern Raiders ATLAS3 rewrite. Mostly canon-compliant with blanks filled in between familiar scenes. Zuko and Katara develop a close friendship built on trust and sharing each other’s fears and hopes. Includes mentions of implied child abuse, Lu Ten’s diaries, exploring Avatar Roku’s legacy, sharing a balcony, heart-to-hearts, a hot spring under the stars, an actual date, and artbending. It’s incomplete, but what we have is bliss. Slowburn, mutual pining. Zutara-centric, but also explores the personalities of Team Avatar and their relationships.

 ·        Katara Alone by cablesscutie | Published: 2020-05-31 | 21K words

Katara is not an “unnecessary accessory to a more powerful man”. After the war, she is willing to forge her own path as she turns to people who need her the most on her journey of self-discovery. Features character exploration, correspondence, exploring outback villages of Fire Nation and Earth Kingdom, sweet reunions, and new firebending skills.

 ·        THE PHOENIX AND THE DRAGON - THE COMPLETE SERIES by JasmineTeaLatte | Published: 2021-06-11 | 100K words | 31 Chapters

This story picks up after The Ember Island Players. Zuko and Katara get to know each other during a late-night conversation by the campfire. In this story, you will find healthy boundaries, protective Sokka, a dash of Taang, sparring, funny banter & lots of flirting.

·        HESITATE by tiffaniesblews | Published: 2020-07-11 | 22K Words | 12 Chapters

This story picks up right after Zuko's coronation and spans two years afterwards. Zuko & Katara talk, share a few beautiful moments, write to each other, and reunite for the 2nd anniversary of the war ending. Very sweet, fluffy story about two sweethearts figuring out their feelings for each other.

·        LIKE WE'RE MADE OF STARLIGHT by Naladot | Published: 2021-11-28 | 5K Words

Katara leaves her post as the ambassador to the Fire Nation to take up a new one as the ambassador to the Northern Water Tribe. Her absence makes Zuko realize that he's got an unfortunate crush, which he is determined to keep secret. Unfortunately for him, subtly has never been one of his strengths—especially when he arrives in the Northern Water Tribe and she keeps taking him on what seem to be dates.

·        FIGURE IT OUT by clearascountryair | Published: 2021-12-20 | 35K words | 13 Chapters

After choosing not to kill Yon Rha, Katara rethinks her sense of self and others' perceptions of her. Or,    In which Katara learns that there’s a really big difference between being kissed when you don’t want to be and being kissed when you do. Aged-up 3B/Ember Island AU.

-  I FOUND YOU by that_turtleduck | Published: 2020-11-01 Completed: 2024-02-24 Words: 157,541 Chapters: 28/28

After divorcing Aang, Katara uproots her family and travels to Caldera. There she finds comfort, kindness and support from an old friend. Katara tries to find her footing as an independent political figure. Great story & relationship dynamic of Momtara & Dadko in their early 30s (Ember island, diplomatic meeting, dancing, turtleduck pond, letters). Delicious slow burn with rewarding spicy resolution in the end (explicit open door). Titters on the side of Anti-Aang.

Here’s a link to Part I of my personal favorites.

Here’s a link to Wholesome Zutara Short Stories.

[isalovesslowburn]

Fun Writing Game!!

Tagged by my dear friend @whatsaboomlakalaka

Make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! Then, tag as many people as you have WIPs.Oh boy. Here we go...

Christmas Office Party (Reylo)

Christmas Fake Dating (Reylo)

Stuck with You (Dasey/Life with Derek)

Soulmate AU 2 (Dasey/Life with Derek)

Jedi Academy (Reylo)

Actors AU (Reylo)

Canon Universe 3+1 (Reylo)

Time is Up (Dasey/Life with Derek)

Spillways (Dasey/Life with Derek)

Angst Attempt (Dasey/Life with Luca)

Frat Ben (Reylo)

A Silent Voice AU (Reylo)

It's Our Place (Dasey/Life with Derek)

Summer before college (Dasey/Life with Derek)

Casey Going 30 (Dasey/Life with Derek)

Tagging my gang here @wroteathingtoday @naladot  @imaginaryhaydee

[naladot]

Thank you @ridasart​ for this beautiful artwork!!

My artwork for @zkbigbang to accompany the fic 'Strike A Match'!

Please check out this wonderful story on AO3!

A big thank you to the mods for organising this ❤️

[tofufei]

[bossladytae]

Get To Know Me: Fic Writer Edition

Borrowing this from @naladot 💙 I’m going to be mainly talking about Gintama for this due to my blog’s nature.

Name: @bossladytae or Garowyn

Fandoms: Fic-wise, Gintama right now. But I’ve written for a number of different fandoms over the last 18 years.

Most popular fic: Top two by kudos: Catharsis and A Siege of Shadows Top two by comments: A Siege of Shadows and The Key to Success Is to Plan for Failure Top two by bookmarks: The Key to Success Is to Plan for Failure and A Rabbit with No Name Top two by subscriptions: A Rabbit with No Name and A Siege of Shadows

As appreciative as I am about kudos, it would be nice to hear more from readers if they enjoy my stories.

Personal favorite: There’s a special place for each fic in my heart, so I’ll talk about seven of them:

A Siege of Shadows – this is my Hijikata psychological/horror fic and probably the one I’m most proud of. I invested a lot into this fic, everything from various topics of research to careful selection of songs for each chapter’s mood. Sorry, Toushi, for putting you through a hellish nightmare of a tale.

Until Silence Prevails – delving into the dark depths of Takasugi’s mind. It’s my shortest fic, but still packed with meaning.

Keep Walking Forward Until You Never Look Back – this is a multi-chapter, character study on Sasaki Tetsunosuke, which is the first of its kind for Tetsu, I believe. I fleshed him out more and focused on his bond with the Shinsengumi, Hijikata in particular.

The Key to Success Is to Plan for Failure – a multi-chapter Katsura-led comedy fic featuring POV scenes from almost the entire main Gintama cast. This fic was a monster to write, utterly exhausting, yet a worthwhile venture for me.

The Transience of Dawn – an Itou character study focusing on three events in his life. It’s set before he reunites with the Shinsengumi in what will be his final days. Itou is my favourite antagonist after Takasugi, so I had to write about him.

Finding the Light That Never Fades – my favourite HijiTae fic of all the ones I’ve written, thus far. This combined comedy and drama with a touch of angst and romance, as Hijikata and Tae navigate their deepening friendship and budding attraction to one another.

Finding Our Place in the Sun – a fic about Tae and Tsukuyo spending time together. That’s pretty much all there is to it, because Tae and Tsukuyo content is still a scarcity in this fandom, and that’s a darn shame.

Current WIPs: Violet Moon Rising, which is a Tsukuyo-led film noir-inspired fic dedicated to @arirna. A Rabbit with No Name, a Kamui-centric AU in which almost everyone, including Kagura, has died as the result of a powerful android invasion. I do intend to update these fics once time allows me to, as I’m quite busy at the moment.

I also have several unpublished, semi-complete Gintama fics that I’ve accumulated over the last 15 years since I started dabbling in Gintama fic (but never finishing or posting anything until 2017, lol).

Favorite type of fic: I like writing a variety of fic. I’ve done character introspections, romance, comedy, action, psychological, horror/supernatural, time travel, and mysteries. Basically, whenever and whatever the muse strikes and provides, I may just write it. However, I’m slow with updates, because fan fic isn’t a priority.

As far as fic-reading habits go, pretty much the only Gintama romance fic I write or read is HijiTae whenever someone writes a new one, whether that someone is me or others. I have dabbled in fic for two other ships (it’s a secret; please don’t ask because I really won’t be telling!), but they’re unpublished and unfinished. If I ever do finish them, I may publish them with my pseudonym account (also a secret).

Beyond that, I like to read character studies, mysteries/psychological, or comedy/gen fic that involves characters other than the Yorozuya because there are already so many dedicated to them. Whatever catches my eye depends on whenever I check Gintama’s AO3 section.

Writing habits: I don’t think I have any standout ones. I just write whenever I can, especially if the muse is strong. Also, I read. Writers must always be reading. Don’t only read fan fic. Read other fiction, non-fiction, anything you can. Read inside and outside your favourite genre. Study the different styles. Read, and then write; write, and then read. Keep up a daily writing and reading routine if you can.

Fic recs: I’ve read many with interesting concepts, but, to keep it short, I’ll rec five Gintama fics.

Plan B by xxkoffeexx – the second HijiTae fic ever written in English back in 2009, and it’s dedicated to me by an old friend.

Your World by xxkoffeexx – a story about when Takasugi was a hero, not a villain, to somebody.

Jump is best when fought over by maydreamer – a short but meaningful Zenzou fic, as he tries to buy Jump magazine in a world without Gintoki.

They Say It’s Only the Worst Day of Your Life So Far by StarryDustandFluffyStuff – a fic on Katsura’s wartime experiences following Shouyou’s death.

Tiger Mom by gettinyinggywithit – a Tsukuyo introspective fic on education, family, and her role in Seita’s life.

[grnglxy]

jjp fic rec

yeah, so i stumbled across a post that suddenly made me remember one of my favourite and most heart-wrenching fics i've ever read. kinda darkish, meta-ish about the nature of the idol industry, involving characters that feel so human and relationships that are messy. it's so well written and goddamn angsty, so i'd definitely recommend you checking it out if it sounds like something you'd like!! (and if it doesn't, you could also check out the writer for their other fics because they write other genres like humour really well too! theyre not primarily a writer for jjp or got7 fics for that matter but imo anything they write is just so good ;_;)

the price we pay by naladot (it's on ao3, ill add a link in the reblob because tumblr hides posts with links apparently)

Summary: People say you shouldn't date your co-workers, but in the industry, it's hard for all your relationships not to get muddled up together. For Jinyoung, there's Wonpil—Kpop's perfect friends-to-lovers dream couple, if it weren't for the whole part where Jinyoung cheated. He's older and wiser now, and he's not going to mess up a good thing. Except there's a big gap between who Jinyoung really is, and who he pretends to be.

[naladot]

Thank you @badlucksav​ for this beautiful artwork!!

Drawn for the 2022 @zkbigbang. I created this piece for the fic, “Strike A Match”. I really enjoyed working with the team on this project and watching the author’s vision come to life. It’s been a while since I’ve drawn these two, and it felt great to get back to it. Be sure to check out the fic!

[naladot]

While we’ve got a chance

Lockwood & Co., Lockwood/Lucy

by @naladot and garowyn​, 5487 words, rated T

Tags & Warnings: First Kiss, Angst and Romance, Canon Related, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Getting Together, Unresolved Romantic Tension, Sharing a Bed, Arguing, Canon-Typical Violence, Spoilers

Summary:

"If we get out of this alive,” Lucy says, “I’m going to kill you.”

Or: four scenes where the TV show adaptation should totally add a Locklyle kiss (+ an interlude with Lucy and Skull).

[naladot]

an old friend | Lockwood & Co, Lucy & Skull, Lucy/Lockwood | Naladot

2.7k words, rated light T

Happy birthday to one of my dearest friends 💕

“Mum! There’s a ghost boy in the garden.” A reunion. Post-series.

Read on AO3.

Spoilers for book 5. Mostly books canon but works for TV canon too.

[naladot]

Hey! Maybe it’s a long shot but if you’re still taking fic prompts, could you do one of dasey inspired by taylor swift’s “the great war”? Cause I read the one you wrote inspired on “you are in love” and loved it so much!!

It took a minute but I did it!! I hope you like this ficlet I just dashed off!

My hand was the one you reached for | Derek/Casey (mostly gen) | 810 words | rated g

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“Do you want to talk about it?”

It’s after midnight. Derek’s not really used to Casey peeking her head into his room at this time of night, and absolutely not when she’d been yelling at him just a couple hours ago. (He’d asked if Max made an effort to pretend like he listened when Casey talked or if he just ignored her—a serious question, and not his fault that Casey took it so personally.)

“No,” he answers, without looking up from the textbook on his lap. He hasn’t managed to read past the first sentence in the last hour since he announced that he needed to go do homework, which had elicited a genuine gasp from Nora.

“It might help if we talk about it,” Casey continues, taking a tentative step into the room.

“It won’t. You can close the door on your way out.”

“Der-ek,” she says softly, not moving to leave.

He sighs and rubs a palm over his face. She won’t leave unless he gives her a reason to. Annoying. “My mom is like this, okay? I don’t need to talk about it.”

Casey does close his door, now, but she’s on the wrong side of it. He wants to get up and push her out of the room, but he doesn’t really have the energy and when she’s hellbent on “family bonding,” he has to be a lot meaner than usual to battle her off. Maybe he should be ashamed of himself for letting her win this one. It happens way too often these days.

She doesn’t say anything though. She straightens her shoulders and then crosses the room to sit herself primly on the end of his bed. She doesn’t look at him or speak, and a strange sense of—something spreads through him. Relief? Affection? No way, definitely not.

But it’s weirdly nice to no longer be alone.

When she speaks, she doesn’t push him to open up like she expects. Instead she twists one hand around the other, her eyes focused somewhere above his computer.

“My dad is seeing someone,” she says.

“Oh,” Derek says, not sure what else to say.

She glances over at him, her chin jutting out in a weird way that suggests she’s fighting off tears. This normally bothers him but this time he holds still, waiting for whatever she’ll say next.

“It’s—fine, I guess. He just told me and Lizzie,” she continues. “I found out the woman he’s seeing has two kids around our age.”

“Ouch,” Derek says, suddenly understanding. He waits for Casey to get mad at him, but she gives a weak smile and shrugs.

“Yeah,” she says very softly. “I just keep wondering if…”

She trails off and doesn’t finish, but he hears her thoughts in the silence. It’s the same thing with his mom—after months of planning for him to go to Mexico with her over the summer, she pulls the plug like it’s no big deal. He’s been saving for it, and worse, he actually wanted it. His fault. He should have known better.

“I don’t think Nora would have been happy in New York,” he says.

“No,” Casey agrees. “But still.”

He doesn’t say anything, trying to imagine the McDonald nuclear family living in some high-rise apartment. He can’t quite picture it—can’t picture this house without them, can’t picture living here without Casey anymore. He’s imagined that reality so many times that he doesn’t know how to feel to discover he can’t imagine it in this moment, like the other was just a daydream but this, a real alternate reality they might have had, feels impossible.

“So that’s what’s going on with me,” Casey says. She looks at him, her eyes luminous. “You okay?”

“I’m good,” he answers—quickly, but without malice.

He watches her contemplate something for a moment, chewing at her bottom lip, and then she seems to make up her mind and reaches out for his hand currently holding the textbook. Maybe she just intended to pat his hand or something, but instead she sort of clutches at his fist. He doesn’t know if he should let go of the book to hold her hand or—what, but now they’re both looking at her hand over his.

And in a split second, he once again wishes the McDonalds did not live in his house.

“Um,” Casey says. “I just wanted to make sure you were okay, and, um—” She pats his hand a couple times, neither of them daring to look at each other. “And, yeah.”

She gets up and leaves in a hurry, giving him just a glimpse of her flushed face before the door closes behind her with a soft click.

Derek leans his head back against his headboard and closes his eyes. There was more than one reason he’d wanted to get out of the house for the summer.

[naladot]

Ohhhh can I request a dasey ficlet with a splash of jealousy (secretly my fav trope) 🥰 I just love how you write those two 🥹

hi anon!! Thanks so much for this prompt!

It got a little long for tumblr so I went ahead and posted to AO3. Hope you like it!!

jealousy, jealousy

derek/casey (implied), 1964 words

“You know,” Emily muses after hearing all the details, “I never considered it before, but maybe Derek is jealous of Max.”

Read on AO3.

[naladot]

intrigued by lil fic and also painting!

Hiiii friend thank u <3

lil fic turned out to be this svt fic I started but did not continue when I realized I was totally self-plagiarizing. Here is the first segment though:

Although it probably was not wise for Wonwoo to be watching videos of himself, this is what he was doing when he happened upon the strangest channel he had ever seen. He didn’t realize it was strange at first. The video he clicked on was, he assumed, a fan-taken video of a performance of “Fire.” He wanted—or, rather, he felt obliged—to monitor himself, find flaws in his execution, do better the next time. After a few minutes of watching, it occurs to him that his hair in the video is blonde, and the costumes are black trimmed with red, and the video says it was taken in Los Angeles, where they certainly have not yet performed this song. He sits at his desk for a long time, staring at the paused video, goosebumps raised on his skin.

Painting also turned out to be a svt fic which is my long-dreamed, never-fulfilled desire of writing a gose episode:

Whoever pitched the episode theme for this recording of Going Seventeen clearly wanted to make Minghao miserable. Upon reflection, it was probably Mingyu who pitched it, which seems about right. Anyway, Minghao is miserable. “Great work!” coos the art teacher, a very cool man in his early sixties who looks like an art teacher in a movie, destined to train a young artist full of raw, unpolished talent into his full potential. Unfortunately, he’s chosen Wonwoo to focus on. Wonwoo! Minghao shifts on his stool, frowning at the canvas in front of him. “Have you ever painted before?” asks the art teacher. “No,” Wonwoo answers, bashful. He glances sidelong at Minghao. Minghao doesn’t dare look up. “You should,” says the art teacher. “You have a real gift.” Wonwoo bites down on a smile. Minghao stabs his brush against the canvas. Wonwoo!

Anyway idk if these will ever become anything but here they are!

[naladot]

Fun Writing Game!

Tagged by my dear friend @isalovesslowburn

Make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! Then, tag as many people as you have WIPs. Oh boy. Here we go...

(...lol at my titling habits)

sequel take ??? (kpop fandom)

Sequel? (kpop fandom)

version 4 (kpop fandom)

i think this is version 5 now (kpop fandom)

new Zutara

lil fic (idek what this is)

Painting (kpop fandom)

Sequel take 2 (kpop fandom)

Zutara bodyguard

NEW atla au pt.3 (Zutara)

jrzy renaissance (kpop fandom)

Himyf multichapter (HIMYF Sid/Sophie)

Tagging anyone who wants to do this! I'm not on Tumblr much lately so idk who is around but please do this if you want to~

[naladot]

little secrets

Lockwood & Co., Lucy/Lockwood

by @naladot for @locklyle-week, 5676 words, rated T

Tags & Warnings: Secret Relationship, Getting Together, Making Out, Sneaking Around, everyone knows, Implied (mild) Sexual Content, Minor Spoilers, Love Confessions

Summary:

Lucy and Lockwood decide to keep their new relationship a secret. This goes about as well as you'd expect.

[naladot]

First Date | HIMYF, Sophie/Sid | by Naladot

1,317 words, rated G

Written for Yuletide 2023!

Sophie helps Sid prepare for his first date post-divorce.

Read on AO3.