#ohhh maeve

[blindmagdalena]

Hi, Amy, how are you? What are the top 5 people in The Boys that you'd trust with your drink at a party?

hello you!! i'm good. hope you're well! and OHHH good question!!!

M.M., Starlight, Hughie, Kimiko, and... uh... Maeve, because i'm fairly sure the worst she'd do is drink it.

[pathologicalreid]

ohhh I wanna jump in on the little maeve ,discussion‘ and maybe spencers love interests in general:

honestly I don‘t dislike maeve, maybe it‘s because I‘m really gay and was like ,oh she has a nice voice, I totally get why spencer would be into her‘ so that blinded my judgement but yes she is a pretty one dimensional character.

even when the writers tried to give her more character, like not wanting help or hiding her fiancé, they didn’t write it well enough? she had much potential but was used to give spencer more trauma/develop spencers character more.

I loved seeing the scene between him and blake where he‘s worried that she might dislike him because he might be weird or whatever and basically the quote: ,it doesn‘t matter what she looks like - she’s already the most beautiful girl in the world to me‘ because it shows how sweet spencer is but again used to underline spencers character.

i don‘t hate her, i don’t like her, when she died I didn’t cry because she died, it was because of how spencer reacted.

(and don’t get me started on how the writers ruined spencers and jjs friendship-)

as you said he had more chemistry with one-episode characters! I’d like to add ethan (bisexual!spencer is canon to me idc he was originally written as bisexual and I‘ll never let that go)

i mean you literally show us with chemist!reader that spencer with someone somewhat similar to him can be written so so good!

anyways I‘ll stop yapping now!! 💐

my beautiful bouquet anon!!! (i've hidden my rambling under the cut but i do discuss the implied sexual assault from when spencer was in mexico)

i totally get what you're saying when you don't hate her but you also don't like her! there was potential with maeve for sure, but the writers dropped the ball.

i would argue that the maeve arc didn't really develop spencer's character as much as it probably should have. i could probably count on one hand the number of times she's brought up after "magnum opus". maybe i'm just insane but having my gf killed in front of me would probably have more influence on the rest of my life. so, when cat brings up maeve in season 12, there's a lacking impact because we absolutely haven't seen any indication that spencer still considered her the love of his life. (the impact in that scene for me is the sexual assault implications).

the "she's already the most beautiful girl in the world to me" line has had such an impact on the way i characterize spencer. he literally says the most wrought and profound things and it's in character!

i will always talk about how jj and reid's friendship was demolished by the writers i love opening discourse on 'truth or dare'

i don't usually include ethan in the one episode romances simply because they have a history!!! something homosexual happened there!!!! everyone else's story starts and ends in the same ep.

chemist!reader is everything that maeve could have been. thank you for bringing her into this conversation. put me in the writer's room!!! i can work something out!!!!

you're always welcome to yap!! in fact i adore it!!!

[honeii-puff]

2024 Fic Review

I was tagged by @m34gs, you can view their post here.

Statistics

My Top 5 Fics by Hits:

Of Flowers and Cat-Tails - Catwin fic, Flower Shop/Tattoo Parlor AU It's Quicker and Easier to Eat Your Young - Sorvus fic, s7 prediction with Half-Elf!Soren, Co-written with @sorinethemastermind Oh Brother of Mine (It's been a long, long time) - SoC oneshot where Matthias meets Jordie in the afterlife Well, you don't know me (but I know you) - SoC oneshot where Kaz bakes for the crows The Swan Upon Leda - TDP Sorvus fic, arc 3 where Soren leaves and gets a daughter

My Most Bookmarked Fic:

Of Flowers at Cat-Tails - (see above)

How Many Words I Wrote in 2024:

89,624

QUESTION THINGS:

What was the most surprising thing about writing in 2024: Probably the amount of traction my Catwin fic got. It was the first fic I ever fully completed (not including oneshots), and I found out that my friend's mom read it before she even knew me. So, that was fun.

What was the most enjoyable thing to write: By far, my s7 prediction fic with @sorinethemastermind, it has been a blast, and we are far from done!

Which fic is the most underrated: Probably stop my pain (it's crashing down, the sound of thunder), the platonic catwin oneshot I wrote for whumptober. It was my first technically MCD, but he came back to life so I don't think it counted. But yeah, I think I did really good.

Which fic(s) had something "cut" or an idea that never happened: Ooh, in And with your mermaid hair and your teeth so sharp, Soren and Rayla weren't going to be friends originally; they just knew each other from being in close proximity. Rayla would've barely tolerated him, but my writing got a mind of its own and BOOM friendship.

Which fic(s) did you want to write but didn't get around to: Ohhh my Del Bar Soren AU. I got partway through chapter one. Also this au I had where Corvus was a sorcerer who lived in the woods, and Soren was a shapeshifter who could turn into a small dragon and ended up being his familiar. Corvus would've ended up taking Callum on as an apprentice, too. Really loved that idea.

Any WIPs that never got published: A few. I was rewriting an old WoF Human HS au titled Welcome to the Playground, but lost inspo so that didn't end up getting out. There was also This Is How Villians are Made, which was my Arcane Maddie backstory about her in Noxus because I find her super interesting. I'm usually pretty good at posting my WIPs, my issue is usually just finishing them lol.

Share a snipped from a WIP fic: I'll do you one better- ya'll can get a snippet from my original story Hollowed Pearls:

Salome glanced up from her book every few pages, towards the Libor harbor. Energy pulsed through her veins, but she wasn’t sure if that was the wind tugging at her, desperate to be manipulated, or because her sister was finally home again. Her eyes landed on The Sun Howler, her sister’s esteemed vessel, with its cream sails emblazoned with her emblem; a sun with a dagger stabbed through the center. The rest of the ship was a dark wood, worn from its time on the sea. She still remembered the first time Maeve set out overseas. She wasn’t captain then, instead just a sixteen year old with a wish and a plan. Salome was eleven then, and remembered running down the dock, her bare feet hitting heavy against the wood while trying to chase the ship, while Maeve was waving back at her. That was five years ago, and those five years seemed to have passed by in a blur. Maeve would come home between adventures every now and then, never saying any longer than a weekend, before letting the tide pull her back out and into a new adventure.

8. Which fic was the one you were most excited to write: I'll have to say, my Sorvus Coffee Shop AU But after sunlit days, one thing stays the same (rises the moon). I just love the cozy gays. 9. Fic hopes for the New Year: I'm really hoping to focus less on fics, actually, and more on my original story. But on the fic front, I do want to finish up my WIPs, tie up loose ends, yknow that jazz.

No Pressure Tags: @sorinethemastermind @randomfandom-3 @jelzorz @lilisouless @19burstraat

[thepenultimateword]

Sweet as Sugar, Sharp as Fangs Part 2

Thank you @creweemmaeec11 for helping come up with the title!

Part One

The ada who opened the door wore nothing but a barely knee-length bathrobe and a pink boa. Luckily, he had enough thick gray fur, meticulously brushed and fluffed, that Maeve didn't feel quite so much like she was staring at a bare chest. His ears were like a jackal's, very long and pointed, only varying in their curled tips, but that was where the canine features ended: flat face, coonish paws, and no tail that she could see. And she was staring. Stupid. She couldn't just stare people up and down like pieces of...

Her gaze froze halfway toward the ground.

Cradled in the plush crook of one arm, so bundled he camouflaged in the fur and fabric, was her baby.

"Dio!" the ada said brightly, eyes fixing on the Dionyus.

"Finch!" Maeve cried simultaneously.

The ada's attention shifted onto her, flashing a smile full of short sharp teeth. "Oh, are you mum?" He adjusted Finch's weight in both hands to hold him out to her.

Maeve made no hesitation to pull him into her own arms, giving him a quick once-over.

The ada leaned forward, the scent of cinnamon wafting off his robe.

"He had an itty bitty little raw spot on his nose," he said, pointing a clawed finger, "but I spread lemon balm on it and since then he's been sleeping like a dream. You're different than I was expecting. Dio did say human, but he described you smaller and more deadish, but looking at you right now, you're quite lively. I can see it in the eyes, baby's got your eyes, lucky eh? I read that eyes are a person's most important feature because they're so central. They often carry the weight of a first impression. Speaking of, maybe you'd like some lemon balm with you for your own raw spots? I have lots and lots so if you'd like a jar, feel free to take one."

"Flor," said Dionyus, promptly stopping the other ada from finding another topic. "This is Maeve. Maeve this is Flor."

"Yes! Do come in!"

"We just came to pick up--" Dionyus started, but Flor was already starting back into the sitting room.

"So what is a human doing all the way out here at the wall? Sorry, silly question, it's obvious why. What's baby's name?"

Maeve glanced at Dionyus, ignoring his shaking head as she stepped after him. "Finch."

"How adorable. It really suits. Tea? I just heated some water."

Maeve blinked. A week ago she was isolated and fleeing for her life, yesterday she was trying to live just long enough to deliver Finch to safety, and now, an ada in a bathrobe--the third ada she'd ever properly met--was offering her tea. It was such a strange turn of events she could barely get out more than, "Er...I..well...I suppose?"

"Excellent! Dio?"

"As long as it's not any of your homemade blends."

Maeve startled to find the dark ada over her shoulder. So he'd followed her after all.

Flor let out a gentle huff as he bent for the teapot. Turned out he did have a tail, bobbed and only just peeking from his robe. "You know, Saren likes my blends. He uses them to stay alert on tower duty. You'd get used to them if you drank them enough. But alright, I won't force you. What sounds better ginger lemongrass or hibiscus blossom? " His tail flicked as he talked, lifting the hem of his robe.

"Flor, shouldn't you put something on?"

"Hm?" Flor glanced back at Dionyus with oblivious gray eyes. "No, I'm fine."

"I didn't mean for you."

"Ohhh." Flor smirked. He grabbed both tea boxes, hooking a couple teacups on his fingertips along the way, and balanced everything stressfully, but surprisingly well to the sitting table, plopping to the couch with a pof! of overstuffed cushions. He looked at Maeve as if imparting a secret. A particularly silly one. "Dio is shy. He never undressed in front of anyone the entire time we were in academy. He always arrived extra early. If we had a surprise drill, he waited until the armory was empty no matter the punishment for lateness."

"I'm not shy." Dionyus's feathers raised a fraction poking out like quills. "I'm simply not shameless like you."

Flor laughed, but ultimately ignored the hint, measuring out the herbs into a strainer over the first cup.

Maeve watched his nimble movements with lip-parted awe. She'd never seen an ada so comfortable in his own skin. Magnum had always seemed half-ready to climb out of his.

And she was staring again.

She shook herself. "Um...he--" Maeve nodded in Dionyus's direction, unable to bring herself to say his name like someone familiar and not a stranger only a few sentences deep into acquaintanceship. "--said you know a lot about children. Do you have your own?"

"Aw, Dio!"

"I never said a lot. I said more."

"Coming from you, that's still a compliment." Then to Maeve. "Short answer, no. But I am a chirr."

"A...chir?"

"Yeah, it's the type of ada I am."

"There are types?"

"Of course," Dionyus said. "We may look jumbled to you, but it's not like we turn out by chance."

"And how am I supposed to know that?" Maeve snapped. "By absorbing knowledge through mere presence?"

Dionyus glared but Flor continued cheerily as if the exchange hadn't happened.

"Dio is a shadowghast; if I may be so bold, Finch looks wolfbane. There many many types of adas, and despite what Dio said, we can get rather jumbled if types intercross, but most tend to stick to their own. You see, we all do things a little differently, so it's ideal to find a partner who shares those practices."

"Humans do that too," Maeve said. She stroked her fingertip down Finch's snout--smiling at his tiny yawn--perfectly aware of how she had not. She'd probably gone as far from familiar as she could go. The village called her a witch. Others a demoness. Her family favored the side of "broken-minded."

"For instance," Flor launched, passing a finished, floral-scented cup toward Maeve. "For chirr's, babies are a boy thing. We raise the kids and the mums do that hunting thing. Better because they've got us surpassed in size and teeth. Anyway, I grew up with lots of siblings so I've got lots and lots of experience. No mate yet, fingers crossed, but if you wouldn't mind putting in a good word for me around town that I'm very baby prepared?"

"She's not staying."

Maeve and Flor turned toward Dionyus together.

"She's not?"

"I'm not?"

Dionyus's feathered were straight up now, tufted ears flared and flattened. His long tufted tail lashed the floor. "Of course not! This is the Wall, specifically designed to keep humans out. She's lucky I even brought her this far, imagine the chaos if the inner city found out."

Panic crawled up Maeves throat, but she swallowed it hard before it could turn audible. Instead it writhed like snakes in her stomach. She'd done everything, risked everything, to get here. The trip had only proven what she already knew, there was no place for ada on her side of the wall. Not as equals anyway. And she didn't know if she could do isolation again after Magnum... Looking over her shoulder all the time, spooking at every sound, raising Finch afraid and hidden.

"Then what am I supposed to do?" she said.

"Leave."

"She can't do that!" Flor said for her. "She has a baby!"

"Finch can easily be set up in a wolfbane family. They're all about taking in strays. He'll be healthy and happy and--"

"I'm not leaving him." Maeve growled it, eliciting a small, sleeping cry from Finch as she held him tighter. "I didn't intend to live this long, but if I've made it this far, I'm seeing it through. I'm not just abandoning my son to a bunch of random creat-- adas. I'm especially not entrusting him to big, black feather duster who only helps as far as it's comfortable."

Dionyus shot upright, sloshing tea over the rim of Maeve's teacup as he hit the table. "You and your mutant child are none of my business. I did a good deed bringing you here, a far better deed than almost anyone else here would have offered you. Now, an ugly, bald-faced human isn't going to go unnoticed for long, so you're going to make a decision: leave the child as you intended or go together."

"Neither. You're just going to have to live with seeing my ugly bald face around town. I'm staying, and you can't make me go."

Dionyus scoffed. "How quaint. You think I'm what's denying you access? I'm a soldier. This is a council-level inquiry, and you'll never reach the building let alone get an audience."

Maeve glanced at Flor for clarification. The ada's long ears had gone sideways and he scrunched a little in his seat.

"The council are judges," he said quietly. "The big law deciders of the wall. Anything big questions are brought to them. They're located in the seat. That's in the center of the beyond, in the inner cities. Humans...technically aren't allowed."

"And I'm not vouching for you," Dionyus said.

Maeve stood abruptly, glaring firmly into the dark ada's narrowed eyes. "Then I'll talk to the council myself."

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Halfway through writing, I realized that this is literally Flor:

[borgialucrezia]

who are your all time top 5 favorite characters and shows?

ohhh this is the most difficult question for me because instead of answering all time favs i just dump by current fixations 😭 but i'll give it a shot, here goes (i promise this is legit but every character number has two characters tied);

1. lucrezia and juan borgia (the borgias)

2. sam and dean winchester (supernatural)

3. queen maeve and soldier boy (the boys)

4. sonny and michael corleone (the godfather)

5. emma of normady and earl godwin (valhalla)

now, top 5 shows:

1. the borgias (duhh)

2. cw's supernatural (kripke era)

3. cw's nikita

4. bbc's the virgin queen

5. prime amazon's the boys

[tothestarsinvelaris]

(please no spoilers if interacting w/ this post. i have somehow avoided all TOG spoilers and know nothing more than the lil blurb on the back of the book and what i have read so far. thx <3)

{just finished chapter 60 in Heir of Fire}

OHHH MMYYYYY GOOODDNNENSSSS!!!!!!!!!

I claim you, Aelin. To whatever end. "Together, Fireheart," he said, pushing back a sleeve of her tunic. "We'll find a way together." He looked up from her exposed wrist. "A court that will change the world," he promised.

The way this man was released from his blood oath with Maeve and instantly and willingly ran to Aelin to kneel before her and practically beg to enter into a blood oath with her !!!! my fucking heart holy shit.

Like, he clearly trusts her so much. he knows that she just freed him, that she knows what being enslaved is like, that she has expressed how important freedom is to her, that she doesn't want to be that kind of queen. but he knows she wont abuse that power over him, that she would never hurt him the way Maeve did. ugh!! akskdhfkl!!

and then he tattoos her back... oh i love this so much. so intimate and so caring and gentle and special.

[hotchfiles]

ohhh how would you have done the Maeve arc?? or something similar ish

man i need a tagging system because i talked about this at length once and i cant find it

but anyways

i have gripes with maeve herself as a character but i wont delve into that right now

but for the arc: from all we know, maeve’s stalker never once shows PROOF of VIOLENCE to her, just stalky emails and calls and threats, so it makes absolutely no sense for a woman with a phd to be in a relationship with an agent from a elite fbi unit to go “uhhh nooo you can’t investigate it :/ i need to protect you :/“ protect him from what? from the stalker that never hurt you and never sent proof of hurting anyone else? be so for real right now

before we knew why she was so secretive, i always thought she had an abusive spouse, and i still think that would be better than a stalker. an abusive man with lots of power, possibly fbi higher up or a senator from the department of justice (?) that has access to fbi investigations. that would make the fact she wants reid to not help her believable

after the husband finds out about reid, he kidnaps her to keep her away from reid

he could shoot her in the end as an act of jealousy and then kill himself not to go to jail to match the actual arc ending

is not a new and super innovative plot by any means, but its one that makes sense

[thedemogorgon11]

I'm still bitter they teased us with Otis x Ruby last season. Ohhh, what couldve been 😭

(I originally liked Maeve x Otis, but by the time they got em together after 3 seasons, I was just bored)

[taahko]

every time hawkeye meets a new guy on mash maeve and i keep turning to each other and saying OHHH i get it. he fucked that guy. i get it

[radiant-reid]

i think reid told kate maeve was his gf bc it’s a lot simpler than saying “girl i had vvery intense affections for but never met therefore nothing ever happened” kinda like how i call my first love my ex- it’s a lot simpler than explaining i didn’t know i wasn’t straight and thought u just… Felt that way about friends. life is messy not everyone needs the details u know? reid got to the point

ohhh damn this is very true. it was a trauma-dumping moment but it wasn't detailed trauma-dumping

[for-tymora]

2 & 10 for the ask thing?

Maeve is adorable, I love her :D

Whaaa!! Aw, thank you so much! I'm so glad people like her!

2. Describe their tent setup! What’s on the outside? The inside?

Ohhh this is good. (Mostly because I can base it on my LARP tent in real life, hehe!)

Maeve values comfort. Her camp setup is a little beige bell tent, with a small awning casting shade onto a large pile of cushions and pillows, laid out carefully on a green rug. There's a small table, which has far too many used cups on it, which she should probably pick up, but has yet to do so. A book, with a leaf haphazardly tossed in as a bookmark.

On the inside, the place is piled high with furs and blankets and even more pillows. You cannot see the floor. She would make a nest, if she could. Drying herbs hang from the ceiling, to make the whole place smell like home.

I also think she has a small chest just outside her door, filled to the brim with salves and bandages, and most importantly, little snacks and treats.

10. Does your Tav have a last name? Is there a meaning behind it?

Tilling! Her full name is Maeve Tilling! This may seem a little silly, but it's lifted directly from The Tale of Desperaeux. (Highly recommend this book, even for adults, it holds my heart.) Desperaeux Tilling is a teeny tiny mouse, who struggles in his home because he doesn't conform to the expectations of those around him. He's small and fearful, but grows to be so courageous and strong, trusting in himself enough to save the people he loves, sword (needle) in hand.

Maeve is a teeny tiny woman, who struggles in her home, because she couldn't conform to the expectations of her mother. She starts out small and fearful, but grows to be courageous and strong, and saves all of Faerun with halberd in hand.

Thus, Maeve Tilling.

[plethomacademia]

Tell us about the ascended astarion kinkmeme fill Laura :)

Thanks for taking my bait. Warning for non-con elements in the set up but not the actual sample I am going to post. There's a kinkmeme about ascended Astarion forcing Tav/Dark Urge to be his first spawn. It got in my head because I see ascended Astarion as this deeply insecure being and reading the prompt I just nodded along. He would. He absolutely would and he would justify it to himself and it would be heart wrenching.

If you couple this with that Dark Kiss ritual that ascended Astarion apologists try to use as cover for him, it is somehow even worse. Ohhh, you're his consortttt. Yeah ok, this ritual takes THREE DAYS. Three times where he will make the choice to go through with this. So of course I am going to write every single time and I am going to roll around in this man slipping more and more towards being like Cazador.

Jump is for length, only thing under here is feelings about being dumped

Astarion had never planned to claim the Szarr estate. He had expected to travel the world with Maeve. They had talked about it often as they had approached the city, how they would free each other from their masters — his Cazador, hers Bhaal — and then how they would crawl the entire continent, savor all that there was to be savored in the world.

With the ritual complete, he would be able to see things in the sunlight, live without the gnawing hunger that he had lived with for hundreds of years. When he had come to her a few days after the ritual, he had been ready to declare himself to her, make their partnership final in a way only he could make it final.

And then she had said no. He had offered her eternity as a vampire, as his consort, as his love, and she had said no.

He can see in retrospect that he perhaps had not received the news well. It was a bit of a shock, after all her help to take Cazador’s place. She had held the image of the scars on his back while he had drawn them into the flesh of his old master, never faltering once even as Cazador had screamed. When their other companions had told him to stop, she had not blinked as he had consumed seven thousand souls. She had even kissed him afterward, put her hands on his bare blood-covered chest as he hummed with new power.

She had trusted him with so much, but when he had offered her this gift, she had not trusted him with it.

[dulcewrites]

ohhh Alayne being Viserra's daughter!? and Maeve becoming queen? YES, just to spit on those "good and peaceful" monarch's face!!!!

I haven’t decided just yet… but it is a very tempting story point! I’m hoping by the time I get to the second Alayne part I know for sure who her mother is. But yeah then essentially ruining the ‘good will’ Jaehaerys and Alysanne built up would be funny lmaoo

[brownhairedbookworm]

"Can it" "Ohhh, sassy! So rude, Mae~" Maeve just groaned

"You could have prevented this~"

[typinggently]

i’ve seen starqueen for Annie/Maeve before… i clicked into ur tag for them and saw u talking about names at some point <33 idk if its widely used but its cute

Ohhh thank you so much!!! That’s super cute! I’m definitely using that as well ♥️

I need to go back through my other tags and find my other posts for them, I think my A/M Tag only had like 2 posts atm 😶‍🌫️

[tothestarsinvelaris]

(please no spoilers if interacting w/ this post. i have somehow avoided all TOG spoilers and know nothing more than the lil blurb on the back of the book and what i have read so far. thx <3)

{just finished chapter 14 in Kingdom of Ash}

some random thoughts so far

Gavriel having such dad behavior makes me so happy omfg. the way he takes care of Elide is adorable. We love daddy Gavriel.

Rowan is on a fucking rampage to get his girl back and I am all here for it. kill the gods to spend forever with your wife, prince, lets fucking go

I will never give up on Lorcan idc idc idc idc. I wish he could just explain it all to Elide and make it better :(

Aelin's chapters are honestly so fucking hard to read. the torture is gut wrenching. The way Fenrys has to sit there and watch, but gives those little blinks to Aelin to help her stay strong ugh. Maeve is the worst. to make Connall kill himself in front of Fenrys.... ohhh my heart... I just want to hug them both...

Aedion being so stubborn with Lysandra breaks my damn heart omfg boy put your pride aside and get your girl back omggggg!!

Dorian is so fucking sexy I cannot get over it wtf. The way that he and Manon are in a little dominance war, the way she loves it when he uses his king voice (girl same). how Dorian is so powerful with his magic, but he's surrounded by the most insanely badass war-trained women ever oooh man

I fear my heart will be ripped out and stomped on before this book is over...