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[erythristicbones]

Short Story Masterlist!

This is a collection of every bit of OC writing I've done for the universes my original stories exist in. If you're looking for the masterlist of my actual projects, try here! Every one of the stories will be linked to both its Google doc AND the blog post, should you wish to reblog it.

Each story will contain a short description, as well as a content warning AND a word count. Feel free to reblog this, the stories themselves, or even send in asks about them if you wish to! If you're looking for the shorter excerpts I post, try searching the "my writing" tag on this blog C:

Tales of the Lady Red

you're the reason my heart's been idle

Cassandra muses on her name and it's meaning. (CW: child abuse and suicidal ideation)

Characters: Cassandra

Word Count: 814 words

Title From: idle hearts - esbie fonte

[Blog Post]

Of half-hearted reasons why we'll only be friends

The last conversation two exes have before one of them dies. (CW: brief mentions of child abuse)

Characters: JoAnna, Cassandra

Word Count: 1,283 words

Title From: rory - foxing

[Blog Post]

brighter as i burn

Luca's inclusion with the Red Lady's crew isn't a smooth transition, but he's not alone. (CW: mentions of child abuse and death)

Characters: Luca, Elijah, Gaeul

Word Count: 1,457 words

Title From: brighter than the sun - brick + mortar

[Blog Post]

They Sing Of Fireflies

Modern Day Caine

Firefly gives Monty a terrible solution to a problem no teenager should have to face. (CW: fratricide, drowning)

Characters: Firefly, Monty, Tasha, Chase

Word Count: 890 words

Title From: modern day cain - IDKHOW

[Blog Post]

(note: this is the oldest story of the bunch, and will be going through some major plot refurbishments sometime soon)

I wanna be worthy

Monty makes a deal with the devil. (CW: none)

Characters: Monty, Mirage

Word Count: 1,243 words

Title From: my ugly - cloudfodder

[Blog Post]

And Haunting Their Footsteps

Firefly runs away for eleven years and their twin is left to pick up the pieces. (CW: unintentional deadnaming)

Characters: Istaqa, Firefly, Monty

Word Count: 1,359 words

Title From: boys club - ivory hours

[Blog Post]

The Balance We Broke

Speaking to your childhood best friend after five years of silence isn't easy, especially if you're an asshole. (CW: death mentions)

Characters: Firefly, Monty

Word Count: 1,074 words

Title From: blue light of the flame - dar willaims

[Blog Post]

when the jury is done

Tien tries really hard to convince the Bounty Hunters attempting to kill her to stand down. (CW: abuse mention, violence)

Characters: Tien, Nevada, Tasha, Firefly

Word Count: 2,447 words

Title From: underworld - CYPRSS

[Blog Post]

Momentum

i don't think this is me

Josephine kills the Wyvern, but not before it gives her a gift. (CW: creature death, gore, suicidal ideation)

Characters: Josephine

Word Count: 600 words

Title From: faust, midas, and myself - switchfoot

[Blog Post]

if i saw a way out

Josephine's descent into villainhood, as told from her perspective. (CW: death, abuse, suicidal ideation)

Characters: Josephine, The Valkyrie, Ruska

Word Count: 1,565 words

Title From: blue obsession - geographer

[Blog Post]

Sideshow

i'll rest easy when it's written in the moonlight

Fiona has never really understood the appeal of stargazing, but Bronwyn convinces her to try it out anyways. (CW: none <3 literally the fluffiest thing ive ever written)

Characters: Fiona, Bronwyn

Word Count: 1,125 words

Title From: breathe - dom fera

[Blog Post]

Bound

Bound

Literally just the precursor to the whole story. The last time Ciielyn sees her family before they're murdered. (CW: very brief mentions of child abuse)

Characters: Ciielyn, Silver, Quincey, Arlo, Laz, Warner

Word Count: 2,118 words

Title From: not from a song, for once lol

[Blog Post]

[no title]

Ciielyn catches one of the people who helped to murder her family. (CW: gore, mild mentions of torture + blood)

Characters: Ciielyn

Word Count: uhhhh, under 300 words?

[buqbite]

part 1 (on VA and being better than humans)

part 2 (on welt and being just a human)

[courfeyrec]

i keep coming back to 'i was a functioning alcoholic til nobody noticed my new aesthetic' because i do distinctly remember conversations about how taylor seemed to be drinking a lot more and getting drunk at like every awards show she went to. and those conversations were coming from a place of concern and of hoping that she was alright and that this wasn't a problem.

so to then say 'ugh i can't believe no one noticed this problem i had' when i know that people definitely did, and on the same album say that fans who are genuinely concerned about a new relationship that you are in are just 'bitching and moaning'? what do you want from them? you're talking about so many people who do at least believe that they are coming from a place of care and concern, and you are totally dismissing them on both ends of a scale!

not to mention that her implying that since nobody (???) was noticing her ~aesthetic~ drinking problem she just stopped having it is a bit of a kick in the teeth to people who do have drinking problems and can't just stop having them, since that's not how it fucking works.

[xumoonhao]

it's the one and only you // and memories of us

[unexpectedbrickattack]

experimentin w shit heehee

[kaiserouo]

still punch

[aroaceleovaldez]

emo Nico x scene Will Solace...

[marcmorrigan]

@fenglianweek day 6: memories/growing up

the best thing thats ever been mine

[satorisoup]

people will think im ordinary until they say one (1) thing about tmnt and all of a sudden im explaining the entire lore starting from the 1990’s movie & why donatello is the best turtle i fear… T^T

tag limit fights me… i must yap… please listen… SOB </3

[dennistakesamentalhealthday]

dennis is an angry character btw im sorry but he is full of rage but that rage is not exclusive his anger does not negate sadness and fragility and insecurities in fact they work together and dtamhd was one of the first times where his anger was not used as a joke via a surface level rage explosion from him but instead explored the fragility of his anger. the way he keeps reassuring the workers he encounters (and himself) that he's not mad. when he tells daisy he's not mad but he is a little bit upset. dennis is angry and that anger is what makes him so fragile. he was upset and it manifested as rage bc he doesnt know what to do with his own sadness

[celestialecho]

🌦️&💤

on childhood best friends.

via ill give you the sun by jandy nelson // via the art of ponyo by hayao miyazaki // jack johnson, we're going to be friends // a message from my childhood best friend // mitski, i guess // via a little life by hanya yanagihara // adventure time, island song (come along with me) // via unknown // abba, chiquitita

[ratatatastic]

or alternatively dweeb meets other dweeb more news at 11

LIGHT. LIGHT IN HIS EYES. LOOK AT EM BIG OLE EYES. LOOK AT HIM TOUCH HIS JERSEY.

GLORY BE TO THE MIKKSY SIGNED JERSEY RAAAAAAAAA

CanesWear Signing | 7.1.24

[waterfallofspace]

A Word-Filled Update

that no one's asking forrrr~

Sooooo, hiya~ ^^

Realized I kinda dropped out without much word, and wanted to give a lil update to anyone who may care, (and specifically to all the unfilled requests that have been sat in my inbox for months now T~T)

Dropping it under a cut because it gets quite long~ but I'll also TL;DR it with: been a bit burnt out, trying to get back into this, I apologize for all the unanswered asks, and I will be trying to get to the ones I can, but I'll be focusing more on trying to enjoy the process of making content~ Thank you to anyone who's stuck around <3

(Tw for brief mention of mental health/neurodivergencies~ nothing in depth or dark, but just incase anyone wants to avoid that <3)

Nothing serious has been going on, mostly just burn out and a bit of drama in main friend group, combined with free time just being a lot more limited recently~ (not a bad thing, most of it is because I'm getting to talk more with friends I've gotten closer to this past year~)

That said, I've been trying to get back into content, making it, reblogging it, etc, without letting it become all-consuming. I find, with the way my brain works, mostly to do to some wonderful neurodivergent tendencies, I tend to fall heavily into 'all of nothing' mentality.

This shows up in my day to day life, (ie: can't wash the dishes for weeks until I suddenly do them all in one day) and I've definitely noticed it with content creation. Need to write and finish a story in one go, record a wav as fast as possible, always afraid I'll lose that motivation.

But honestly? I love making content on here! And I'm not a huge blog, nor do I care if I am (at least trying not to, if I'm being painfully honest~) but I genuinely love making content. Whether it's just for me, a request that I am hoping one specific person will enjoy, or a story I write with a community in mind, I just love creating~

So, I'm trying to ease my way back into this! Bit by bit, let it be fun, and enjoyable, with less internal pressure to produce as much as I can, as fast as I can, and make it be perfect.

I won't lie and say 'numbers don't matter to me', if I'm honest, they do. But I'm learning more and more how to let it be about the content, and to just enjoy the process~ (and if people like it, that'll be a wonderful bonus!~)

Wooo this is getting so long, I apologize sincerely! Last thing, something I've mentioned a few times previously but never really let myself get into... requests~

I'm so honoured that people care about my content enough to have asked for things, and getting any ask, request, praise, ask lists, heck even just a 'hi!' is honestly the best part of this blog for me!

Buuuut, I definitely worked myself into burn-out before with a "every request needs to be filled and fast" mentality, that led to just... not filling any.

So! I'm going back through my inbox, and deleting some older ones that I don't have a clear vision/motivation for. I apologize to anyone who requested them, though by now it's possible they're long gone~ But I think this will help me not only start enjoying the creation process without feeling so overwhelmed, but also start actually getting more content made~

There are definitely a bunch that I still adore, and am thrilled to get to test out, but if there's one you remember sending, and you really want to see it completed, please feel free to send another ask saying what it is you want done, and I'll see if I can get that going <3

And if you've stuck it out to the end here- uh hi! ^^ I'm sorry this is so long, I'm such a words person, but I appreciate you so much, not just for any support you've offered, but just bothering to read this <3 I genuinely didn't expect most to make it this far, so thank you so deeply <3 and I hope to see you guys around as I start reblogging stuff more!~

[termagax]

self ship september ! day one <3

so im not following any particular prompt list for this, i saw like? three different ones floating around and just decided to make my own catered towards me and what i like. prompt for today was first meetings!

gist of the context is that they first meet before like, the apocalypse happens. fish is a normal human med student volunteering as a field medic for the alf and mako is one of the folks there. he has a tendency to get hurt constantly so hes in there a lot, and they end up getting along well once annie gets over their awkward crush-at-first-sight thing.

[dyketubbo]

ik normally we talk about situations like what shubble opened up about, we wanted to take time to think through everything especially because of how upsetting the topic is to us personally. as of now, we do agree that signs point to wilbur so we wont support him and we encourage others to not support him during this time and especially not actively defend him.

but we dont want to make a big deal out of not supporting him so focus can be on shubble and people learning how to see signs of abuse. we're already not very active due to our own recent experience with a traumatizing friendship (we hesitate to really call it abuse yet) but regarding that experience and others weve had we can focus on another big part of shubbles stream: educating others about the signs of abuse. so we want to use the rest of this post to talk about that

abusers will be everywhere and anywhere. yes there will be more in this community, but youll find them no matter where you go and there will be abusers in your personal life as well, whether you end up being abused or someone you know does. theres abusers who are "obvious", who scream and yell and hit. and theres abusers who are charismatic, who will be supportive and funny and yet passive aggressive and backstabbing. and theres abusers who will be quiet and cold and manipulative. and theres abusers who fall into multiple "categories" because theyre complex people just like anyone else and thats why abuse can happen to everyone. because abusers can be anyone.

dont get yourself caught up in how "theyre such a good person", dont get yourself caught up in thinking abuse could never happen to you. if you find yourself in a situation where communication doesnt work, where the other person hurts you over and over and doesnt show signs of getting better, where you keep finding ways to blame yourself and defend them (especially if you find yourself thinking that you deserve how they treat you), where youre scared of them and how theyd react if you told them so, where when you tell them you dont like how they treat you they dismiss you and start treating you worse, look into how to get out of there.

and know that it will take a while. that abuse is hard to get away from. that sometimes youll be trapped for a long time and sometimes youll relapse and defend them even after youve realized theyre abusive. and there will be people who support your abuser over you and people who will hate you and believe your abuser over you. and there will be people who support you but will still support your abuser too for whatever reason. and there will be people who support you fullheartedly and care for you and help you even if it takes you a long time to find them.

abuse is complex. "good people" can be abusive. no matter the fandom, no matter the community, no matter the when who where how why there will always be abusers around. no matter where you go or who you talk to there will always be some case of abuse. the important thing is to educate yourself.

learn about tactics like DARVO (deny, attack, reverse [the roles of] victim and offender), keep notes of the hotlines and organizations about abuse. keep the discussion of how to spot abuse and support the victims open. and always, always, keep more affection in your heart for victims than you do hate for abusers. make yourself someone who can be confided in and trusted to not take advantage of that trust.

and remember: if youre a victim yourself, its okay if you didnt do everything "right". its okay if your feelings keep changing, its okay if you were an asshole victim, its okay if you didnt see the signs even when others pointed them out to you, its okay if you did things "wrong". abuse is hard to sort through and what matters is not whether you "provoked" them, its that they had the power to hurt you and get away with it and they used it, over and over. and thats horrible and what you deserve is to get out and to be able to speak about it without getting hurt for it.

if shubble's story and others like hers resonate with you, tell people. it doesnt have to be public. in most cases it shouldnt be. tell people who you can trust in private and get the support you need so that when youre able and ready to you can get out. and know that there are people like you and even if you feel alone right now you wont be forever

[mithomite]

had the most braindead repetitive conversation/argument with my parents. buzz cuts are too masculine but if you dye a design on it it become effeminate which is bad because then you look weak and if youre weak then society falls apart (all societies ever that have fallen apart for any reason are actually because of feminine men) and we start sacrificing babies. and also all mental illness is invented because only 4 people had anxiety in the 90s and covid was made up so that we would all become gay and trans and then the government can control us better and be joe biden's little sex slaves. and also i need to keep my hair long because my father finds it attractive. what