#omg look at me! i uploaded this to ao3 AND tumblr and it is not even 11pm yet!!! i am so PROUD of myself!

[topsyturvy-turtely]

turtely's OTP challenge

read day 23 "The Beekeeper and The Book Author" on ao3!

(prompt: being old together)

summary: Beautiful. Quiet. Nice.

Gen, 360 Words, Retirement. John Watson's blog, Fluff.

✨imagine this little baby but 40 years older✨

or read it on tumblr:

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Dear readers,

This will be my very last blog entry. I don’t even know if you young people still read ‘blog entries’ – this is for the people who have followed my blog from years ago, really. Maybe this will be a nice surprise for you.

Here is a little update on our life: Sherlock and I married in the year of 2024. It was a beautiful ceremony, small but meaningful. Not many people – neither of us ever really was a ‘people person’.

We continued our detective work until Sherlock turned 67 years old. I don’t really know how we managed with little Rosie, but we did. She turned out to be one of the most intelligent scientists in Britain and both of us are extremely proud of her.

After Sherlock finally retired we moved to a cottage in the countryside. It is beautiful here. Quiet. Nice. Words, the young Sherlock Holmes would have despised. Let me tell you now, that this man has the softest and biggest heart, you could imagine. He always has had it, he just didn’t show – to protect himself, I believe.

I am getting side tracked… Sherlock is a beekeeper now. He loves bees as if they were his own children. Puts all his research into bees as well. Even sells honey, my old boy. I am proud of him. Really, I am.

Skdico ,kjdkojoaoooooooooppposipoi

I apologise, I got distracted by a white haired and bearded (oh, yes he wears a beard now – I quite like it…) cat purring into my ear. He told me to mention my books. So, I will because otherwise this gorgeous lfjklalaaaa

Where were we? Oh, yes my books. What is there to say? I turned my blog into a book. Book series, really. You can buy the books on Amazon – just search for “Sherlock Holmes Books” and they will be suggested. It’s funny, they sell as if Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had written them himself. Which of course, he didn’t, they are all written by ordinary old me, Dr. John Watson.

So this is us. Retired consulting detective and doctor, now beekeeper and book author.

It is beautiful. Quiet. Nice.

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[revelboo]

Has anyone told you today you are one of the best blogs to be found this side of the sun? Cause you sure as hell are. Also I cry every time at TFP Starscream being called a "turkey" cause omg he looks like one 😂 (thats also a nickname I got a lot as a kid xD A varient of "goober" lol) Also glad you are starting to upload some of these to Ao3 cause tumblr can be kinda hard to find things on xD especially with longer things. Also as a Optimus lad im falling over myself for you OP stuff, I eat everyting up between Op stuff and eagerly await TFA Op again (whenever you get the vibe to at least)

He’s definitely one of my favorite iterations of Optimus! Still serious, but not as jaded and so burned out, much more willing to smile still

Broken Heart Pt 3

TFA Optimus x Reader

• Always uncomfortable picking up and carrying Sari because of how fragile she is, you're no better. Can feel your heart beating against his servos, but where Sari is bold and fearless, you're less certain and almost timid in his hands. Glancing up at his face again and again as he carries you cradled to his chassis. Do you feel pressured to go with him? Is that it? He hadn't meant to make you feel like you had no choice. "Are you sure you don't need a human medic?" Reaching a servo to touch your forehead and the little cut there, he’s uncomfortably aware of the discolored spots appearing on your skin. Bruises Sari had called them and these are his fault. Unable to protect you from his own hands.

• Shaking your head, you're not sure if it's because he saved you from that other one or if it's his deep, soothing voice, but you feel safe with him. “You saved my life,” tell him, cautiously resting a palm against his chassis when he looks down at you. “I- thank you,” you finish awkwardly, hating how inadequate those words are. He could have saved himself, not risked his own life to try and protect you, a complete stranger not even his own species. He’d been hurt for you. And nothing you do can ever be enough to repay him for that.

• You’re thanking him? Don’t you realize Blitzwing only attacked because of him? If anything, you should hate him. He should be begging you to forgive him for endangering you, but the words fail him when you rest your head against his chassis. And you’re so small in his servos, warm and needing him in a way Sari rarely does with so many other protectors who are better at talking to her. Connecting and understanding her. “You never need to thank me for keeping you safe.” Aware of Bulkhead watching the interaction, he vents softly. Because no matter what he does, there’s always going to be that guilt that you were in danger because of him and he wants so bad to make it right.

• Relaxing into those big hands, exhaustion is all that’s left after the fear and adrenaline slip from you. Just want to curl up and rest. Maybe have a good cry somewhere safe. And even though you have no idea where he’s taking you, you’re strangely sure it is a safe place. That there’s nowhere safer than in his hands. When he approaches the old building, it doesn’t look that impressive as the green one slides open the big hangar style door so they both can duck inside. And then your heart is racing again. There’s more of them, see their optics widen when they spot you before a red and white one hurries over. From somewhere further inside the building, you can smell chili cooking and your stomach growls. “What happened?” The red and white one snarls as the big, green alien heads deeper into the building and you hear him talking to someone, saying, “You came back.”

• “The Decepticons happened,” he says, attention sliding from Ratchet to you as you try to hide your face against him as if uneasy with the other’s curiosity. “It’s alright. They’re friends,” he adds, trying to reassure you as you glance up at him. Looking to him for protection and it spreads warm through his spark. Wants to be worthy of your trust, to be your protector to make up for endangering you to begin with. Shifting you against him, he introduces himself and his fellow Autobots, smiling when you softly offer your own name.

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[ikkosu]

CRAZY CHICKS

(pharma x gn.reader)

oh my god, Tumblr won't let me save the thing and I deleted the entire post my accident 😭😭😭 thank God I already uploaded the fic to my AO3. anywhoo!! I adore the song omg it's got a new spot on my playlist <333

THIS is fine.

Oh, this is totally fine. What more could a few hours do? You've toiled through haggard days of insomnia, wrought yourself off from your dry, unmade bed that’s likely rotting in that basement (Pharma doesn’t seem to understand the prospect of human comfort “I’ve slept on metal. You’ll fare well, darling.” ) and inhaled cold breakfast that’s rooked from a can.

Surely, this proposition isn’t all bad?

The devil — he who sits before you now — has his servos in a delicately intertwined lattice. A chesire grin, glimmering white rooks clear on his face, with blue optics that creased into a half-moon.

Disconcertingly enough, he’s got the mien of a charming salesman and the only difference between those two is that at least one of them doesn’t have unethical usage of medical malpractice written all over.

"You see, darling I'm not exactly holding you hostage, here." A digit taps the datapad.

The screen flares brightly and a myriad of texts warbled into view. They’re Cybertronian and much to your un-surprise, through the quick minutes of skimming, it's a contract.

He forged your signature?

"What I'm doing, to be succinctly accurate, is providing you an opportunity a human like you is not often so offered with." He drawls. Then, catching your gaze, placating servos shoots up with feiged sympathy. "In a rather un-delicate manner, of course. Apologies."

You blink slowly. "Unethical labor." Was all you said.

"Ethical. Doesn't have to be labor, either. We're both surgeons."

"I'm a nurse."

His lips keeled over his teeth and the latticed fist clocks the desk with a vexed thump. A   polite miffed look eased over his face, that very well meant displeasure.

“Nonetheless, you're fully able to grasp Cybertronian medical procedures, no?” He hooked up a brow.

“I guess. I— what does this have to do with me strapped to the chair, though?” He leans over, almost boredly, to peer at your gesture around the ropes curled over your flesh, taut and tight, docking you to the chair.

“Ah, I figured you’d be more convinced if I had handled you this way.”

You look to the ground. Up. Down. Then, up. “I’m not getting out of this aren’t I?”

“No. You’re not.” He smiled. Politely.

“And, if I run you’re still going to catch me?”

“Without a doubt, darling.”

“And if you catch me you’re going to kill me?”

He hummed. “That much, I can agree on.”

Wonderful. First, you’re stalked by your boss, now captured by your boss, now threatened by your boss. Can this day get any more absurd? Who are you kidding. Absurdity lies at an abstract form when comes to Pharma.

But you can say this, though : he’s not all bad of a fighter, and a protector is what you needed after meddling with a few of his rather unruly patients. And, so you relent— not without an amused grin which is something you should’ve clocked yourself in the skull for.

“Something funny, darling? Do indulge me in your amusement.” He leans over, the smile is now taut. almost forced. “I’d love to know the source of your pleasure.”

Don’t say it like that that, you grimace but towed on, anyways. “Nothing, you just reminded me of something.”

His wings flare up. The smile, brighter, child-like. Ah, his ego. You forgot. He lavishes himself in praises like they were gold. “Oh?”

You’re not sure if you should continue, given he’d probably keel over and die the moment you’ll concede, but he seemed so eager it was infectious.

And, strangely (you’re going to kill your self for this) you found it adorable. You could use that to an advantage. Like, getting yourself out of this poorly undisguised bondage kink, for example.

“….A song, preferably.” You said.“Can you loosen the straps? It’s kind of hurting.”

“Not a poem— but a song? Oh, I’m incredibly flattered.” He prods you on, almost giddily, with a servo. “Not often do I have the pleasure of pleasing you. Do continue. This is getting rather interesting.”

You cringed. “….Its a pop….song?”

The grin falters, but the benign, persistent streak teetered on. “I see. What’s the, ah,” He gestures vaguely, like he’s convincing himself that whatever you said meant something important. “…Name of this song, you’re willing to divulge?”

You wince. Oh, god. Should you lie? Are you kidding, he’ll dig you a grave deeper than the Himalayas can go. He’s a master manipulator, a concierge to deception, deception at his hands handled with care , and white as they were ��� it’s never pure. You licked your lips. Your throat is dry.

Here goes nothing.

“Crazy Chicks.”

A slow blink. The optics fizzles out. Dim for a moment, then bright. The smile thinned. “Crazy Chicks.”

“You heard me, right.” You said nervously. “It’s a banger.”

“I am not a banger, or whatever you call it in your human, fleshie terms.” He seethes, cutting off your surprised stammer at his sudden aggressiveness. “How utterly insulting. Are you seriously diagnosing me, with this— this— unearthly, poorly fledged ailment, whoever the pitiful doctor is, inclusive of the features of a poultry?”

“It’s slang for women.” Should you say often offensive? No, he’ll gut you for that— oh god his chainsaw is sheathing. (It’s not, you’re just seeing things.)

“Why would they—“ And, he halts, staring at you for a moment before closing his optics. He kneads his face then sighs, figuring that maybe it wasn’t worth an explanation for. He leans back, a lethargic look on his face. “I appreciate the sentiment darling but I don’t see how this would remind you of me. I’m far from an organic, and I’m far from an unbridled, unculturally deranged Cybertronian.”

So you say. Was your inner deadpan. “The context does.” And, a little squeak of : “Maybe you should try listening to it?”

He seemed offended at the prospect and leans forward, staring you down with his unusually baffled optics. You’re about to call it off , even offering to grovel, when — whether it was the strange flattery that he’s, to you, reminiscent of an object to your liking, or another reason entirely — relents with a grimace.

“Fine. If you’re so insistent.” He mutters. “The least I can do as a compensation for your cooperation.”

A quick tap of his digit to his helm, you can hear the thrum of the familiar tune against his audio processors.

Oh, dear.

Where should you start. At first, the digit tapped along. ‘How typical’, he mutters before, you think he’s finally got the gist of the lyrics, rooked on the most abstruse look you’ve ever seen him don.

Worst three minutes of your life.

You’re here, strapped to this rickety wooden chair Pharma probably pulled out of someone’s ass, sweating, andrenaline pulsing at your throat. All the while your boss is left listening to your inner turmoil poorly disguised through a song, blatantly disparaging his very much unique disposition.

Pharma leans against his chair. The song is done. You’re too eager on the prospect of sudden death to look up. A vent eases out.

“Thats certainly something new. I never thought I'd be addressed this way, more so by a human, of all kinds. Ah, though it’s hard to admit…” His voice was strangely seductive, bordering on a purr, and a wide grin curled the corner of his mouth.

“That's something I can get around with.”

[imaginespazzi]

Firstly, I want to say thank you for uploading your fics to AO3 😭 love tumblr but the formatting is so ass and difficult to read at times lol

Anyways to Chapter 5 review/thoughts we go!

Paige talking to Azzi and Stephie thru the phone during her wedding had me cryingggg. Her calming down Azzi, Azzi saying P is gonna be a wonderful wife, and P saying that Azzi is going to be an amazing mom was one of my final straws 😭

I love the way you wrote the dynamic between Paige and Drew, along with Paige and Katie! Drew acting like a big baby but knowing what’s the TRUTH for Paige hit hard. And then Katie still caring about Paige, even when Paige and Azzi aren’t talking shows that Paige will always be considered family to the Fudds no matter what.

STEPH CURRY CAMEO??? I did not see this coming haha but I LOVEEEEE it. Can’t imagine how weird it was to see how Paige and Azzi were acting… I know the tension was crazyyy lol

This part in the chapter really left me in shambles:

“Scares you?” Paige scoffs, “I’m not the one who broke your heart Azzi.”

“You don’t think I know that? You don’t think I’ve lived with that guilt for the last 8 years? Jesus fucking christ Paige. I’m not scared of you. I’m scared of me,”

AZZI NOOOOO BE STRONG GIRLIE PLSSSS STOP SECOND GUESSING EVERYTHING AND SAY FUCK ITTT 😭😭 let yourself be vulnerable Azzi omg

And then lastly, PAIGE KISSING AZZI?!?! I fucking gaspedddd Nivi 😭😭 I know next chapter is going to start with Azzi pushing Paige away and getting mad at Paige for kissing her and I will not be able to handle that.

Paige giving golden retriever energy in this chapter so much and I love it lmaoooo. You know the TikTok audio that goes “fuck it, guess we both ain’t shit”? Idk why but a lot of things that Paige does with Azzi reminds of that audio LMAO

Anyways, great chapter as usual Nivi! Excited to read about next chapter and hearing more about the Paige/Azzi/Olivia dynamic and backstory. Plssss continue to update on Mondays like you are a blessing on a dark Monday morning 🙏

You're so welcome babes. AO3 is definitely a lot easier to read on, so I'm happy to make things easier!

That phonecall scene had been brewing in my head for a while and I'm very happy it evoked the emotions in y'all that I was trying to.

The Paige x Fudds dynamic is one of my favorites because I just think it's so sweet how they basically just looked at her and went "oh Azzi likes you? Perfect you're one of us now!"

I'm a Celtics fan4life but I have such a soft spot for Steph and his cameo was planned right from the beginning.

AHHH I know everybody expected Azzi to push her away so I'm really curious to hear your thoughts about chapter 6 and what you thought of Azzi's reaction!

[semperama]

hiya! so i'm moodlighting on ao3/the writer of the things all come and gone and i was just reading all the ficlets you've written over the last few days, which are all AMAZING btw, would definitely subscribe should you ever want to upload them to ao3 👀 and then i checked my email and saw the very kind comment you left on my fic and wanted to return the love. so just popping by to say i adore your work and how beautifully, effortlessly readable your writing is. i also LOVED come and taste and i so wanted to reblog the post to share it with everyone but didn't due to the fact that my little sister follows me here and i didn't want to #Expose myself akdjdkfjdjf. ANYWAY, just wanted to let you know how much i admire you as a writer and that i look forward to anything else you might share with us in the future ❤️

Please omg, I have already reread The Things All Come and Gone (which I am linking here in case anyone who follows me hasn't read it yet--GO READ IT) like three times at least and I've had the tab open all week trying to come up with an adequate comment, and it still didn't feel like enough! I can't even put into words how much I love that fic! To have you here now saying such kind things to me is making me feel all wibbly. Thank you so much!!

I'll definitely be putting some of my ficlets on AO3 soon! I have a few more prompts in my inbox, and once I get through those, I'll repost the longer ones over there. I still feel weird about putting short things on AO3 sometimes, but I know that's dumb and it'll help people find them later since no one can find ANYTHING on tumblr, so yeah. Feel free to kick me if I don't do it. (The titles though......I have to come up with titles.....)

Also lmao when I first got on tumblr, my little sister followed me too! Luckily she was never really active, and I ended up deleting that blog and making a new one that she didn't know about so I could feel comfortable posting my smutty, smutty fics. The perils of crossing the streams of real life and tumblr!!

Anyway, you're so nice, thank you so much. I'm clutching your kind words to my chest and keeping them for a rainy day.

[julysn]

julia really needs to sleep: late night rants with yours truly

topic: this one gorgeous fanfic that got deleted on thanksgiving and now i haven’t been happy ever since.

time: 2:10 cst

i love ranting about this silly deleted fic

129 days.

a hundred and twenty nine days since that fanfic has been deleted and i couldn’t download a copy before the author did so.

i haven’t smiled since the day before. i haven’t laughed since the day before. i haven’t felt an ounce of joy since the day before.

i woke up on thanksgiving day expecting some good ass turkey but what i got was as if that turkey had expired and mold all over it.

NO SERIOUSLY THAT FANFIC WAS SO GOOD YALL DONT GET ME. it was a sp one and i don’t think i have ANY sp mutuals here?? so.. lemme explain..

it was a kyle broflovski academic rivals to lovers. fake relationship trope. i remember sm of the fic despite not having read it for months??/ i even downloaded a pdf so i could read it on a fight 2 detroit but I DELETED IT AFTERWARD. JULIA WTF.

plot/thingy/intro: so basically stan had to pull y/n into the janitors closet bc y/n was on the cheer team + bsfs with wendy (sp lore: stan and wendy are dating) and he tells her sm about college? FUCK I FOROT IT BUT ANYWAYS

also everyone’s aged up to hs. feel like that’s self explanatory but i am not reading an elementary fic hell no busters

and then craig and tweek (sp lore: they’re dating) walk in and they’re like “… 😦😦” bc one male one female in janitors closet why wouldn’t u think that and craig went “….this is our makeout closet” I LAUGHED SO JARD LMFAO

and so stan uses the excuse that he was confronting y/n about being on a date w kyle broflibskii!!11! omg. and it’s shocking bc everyone knows they’re enemies so craig + tweek believe it.

and since this took place during lunch, and kyle eats lunch in the gymnasium so the two go there and stan explains the mess he dragged them into and he’s like “pwease ☹️ pwease i don’t want wendy to think i cheated on her WITH HER FRIEND!” so yk kyle agrees and they hug and shit

scenes that happened that i remember: OMG. THIRD CHAPYER. y/n was eating in the gym in the bleachers and kyle used her lap as a pillow and they shared a peanut butter and jelly sandwich i loved this scene oh my god it was so cute

also: lore drop: y/n is cartmans cousin. i don’t need to say much to explain anything, if you’ve been on the internet for at least a month you’d know about his character

so after a game since y/n is on the cheer team she goes home and OH NAUR. CARTMAN LOCKED HER OUT FOR DATING KYLE OH NAURRRR. and it’s raining too! so y/n gets all soaked in the rain and kyle finds her so he takes her to his place and she has to shower and wear his clothes and it’s cute

they didn’t sleep in the same bed. NOOOOOO but he slept on the floor and let her take his bed what a gentleman k lived this fic so i loved it with all of my soul and heart pls come back.

dead on arrival by strawbebbyparks u changed my life forever.

ever since i first read that fic, i have been prettier. my hair looks better now, i look better now and i finally have a solid clothing style that suits me. i am feeling much more well.

i have not gotten sick within the time period that the fic was up on tumblr + ao3. but i swear i had a massive cold days after it got deleted. NOOOOOOOOOOO,,LKKK

please it was so good.

i’m manifesting that the author is just rewriting everything and she’ll re upload it w better writing + scenes soon bc I MISS DOA SM IT WAS SO GOOD

i remember having an online friend and in the middle of the night i’d be there and we’d be having a convo on how it was the best kyle x reader and no one could top it. doa was amazing

that fic motivated me into writing again too omg i remember reading it and immediately beginning to wri my own kyle fics

i remember waking up on summer days METICULOUSLY checking my notifications to see if k got an update email. and if i did i would be screaming and giggling and kicking my feet just reading it over and over again

also i’m js exaggerating like i’ve obviously been mourning the fic but i wasn’t THAT sad 😭😭

[woozarts]

Hiii (⁠ノ⁠^⁠_⁠^⁠)⁠ノ I'm a big fan of your work and I was wondering if you had ao3? If you do can you share it with us? I would love to see it!

hii! omg thankss 🥰🥰

thank you for being a fan of work!! can't believe i have a fan :))

it's kind of sureal to think about the fact that there is a fan even though i haven't really posted much and am not very frequently active around here

i do have ao3 but unfortunately i use it for reading only 🥲🥲 sorry 🤧

BUT if i do get motivation to start a sort of series or smth then i might double upload it through tumblr and ao3 and if/when i do, i'll make sure to inform people about my ao3 account through tumblr!

the thing is, i have such a short attention span that i might never actually finish a series properly 💀

im in the process of writing another short angst scenario and a fluffy one as well so everyone else who may be reading this, please be patient with me :)) i'll try to get at least one of them out by the next two weeks

a small sneak peak!!

it's kind of like a best friends to ex-best friends to friends to something im not too sure about cause im still writing that part

because of the confusing (and long) trope, it will be pretty long because of multiple timskips and flashbacks

++ it's based on a skz member ;) (guess who)

i hope you look forward to it!!

lots of love~ - rai

[r-f-m-writes]

OMG I'm so excited you have a tumblr with asks!

I found you on Ao3 via pretty dead animals and I have been completely obsessed, I literaly scream every time you update XD

Its the best original work i've read in a year, the OW space on archive has been so dead lately its so good to see writing that isn't complete shit lol

You're super talented and i'm so looking forward to all your new works

back to what I came here to ask, do you have any fan casts for Linette and Logan? Like any actors who you would want to play them or models you think look like them ect

I love Linette so much i want to put a face to her!

Hi!

Thank you so much for your kind words. I am thrilled you have enjoyed Pretty, Dead Animals so much!

I can't speak to the state of the Original Work pool on Ao3 as I have only been using it for about a year and, prior to uploading my own works, had never been in any fandoms or had any reason to go on the site.

I have to confess I used to be a real "published books are the only real books" author snob.

The positive reception to PDA has been overwhelming, I am so grateful to everyone who has left Kudos and Comments and Bookmarked my work! It really means the world, so thank you from the bottom of my heart.

To answer your Ask about the appearances of Lin and Logan, I've attached some images to help you visualize the pair. Obviously these aren't exactly how I imagine them in my head, but they're close enough that I feel comfortable prescribing them to my readers, lets say as 'lookalikes'.

For Logan, I've chosen American actor David Corenswet. He's objectively very handsome, but there's something extremely off-putting about his face that makes me immediately uneasy, it's almost uncanny in it's effect.

Nothing against the guy, it really isn't his fault he has a face that looks like you asked an artist to draw Henry Cavill from (foggy) memory, lmafo.

In the case of Linette, I'm referencing an Australian model named Samantha Harris. She's beyond striking and has features that make me think of Mother Earth, like something that has lived for thousands of years and will go on living long after the end of existence. She's so perfect it almost makes her painful to look at, there isn't a single aspect of her face that doesn't catch your attention which is exactly the sort of appearance I visualized Linette to have.

There has to be a reason Logan sees her and instantly becomes obsessed. I personally can't subscribe to the "she was plain to the point of being lowkey-ugly but this super hot ripped dude was just SO into her" thing that some dark romance authors like to lean towards, it's just too unrealistic and always takes me out of the story.

Additionally, I felt like it was important that Linette be significantly more attractive than Logan (again, no offense David Corenswet) because there had to be a part of her that was objectively out of his reach otherwise his resorting to kidnapping her wouldn't make much sense; why not just go up and ask her out for coffee like a normal person? Logan had to feel some huge insecurity in order to take the course of action that he does, him being much less attractive than Linette seemed like a believable catalyst for me.

Please drop any more asks you have straight into my inbox, this is such a fun topic for me - I could talk about these two forever!

Thanks for your ask,

~P

[heymrspatel]

✨ artist interview ✨

i was tagged by @you-are-so-much-better-than-that @mikhailoisbaby and @deathclassic to do this artist interview that chrissy whipped up off of the popular fic writer one! thanks for the tag even if i feel like a grand ol' imposter 😅

1. Do you post on Ao3? If so, how many works do you have on AO3? If not, where do you post? i do! i didn't before, but i was bullied by tumblr into doing so after they took down the art for "cinematic" lmao! then the pals encouraged me to upload the rest! i have 4 works: cinematic, kinktober, gallacrafts, and original art.

2. What is your total art count? 83! (including the zine stickers/tattoos)

3. What are your top 5 pieces by likes/kudos? i used the helpful stats website @suzy-queued suggested!

4. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not? yes! i still think it's insane when people choose to leave nice comments, so i try my best to respond!

5. What is your current fandom, and what was the first fandom you drew for? shameless, hi. if we're talking about art that i've shared, then it's also shameless. but the first one just for fun was harry potter (yeaaa yeaaa 🙄)

6. Have you ever received hate on any art? yep lol

7. What’s a fandom/ship you haven’t drawn for yet but want to? i guess the true answer is none. however, i get the urge to draw every time i watch something that i end up loving. recently i've wanted to draw for young royals and stranger things, but i never ended up doing anything. i would also be too shy to post 😅

8. What’s your all-time favorite ship? i've had many, but based on impact and inspiration i'd have to go with ian and mickey 💙

9. Do you draw outside of fandom? i do!! it's my favorite hobby! the only difference is that outside of this space i usually just sketch. so it's very different than what i share here.

10. What’s the an art piece you’ve drawn that came out completely differently than you expected? oh probably this one! it changed quite a bit and was originally drawn flipped around. i think it tells a different story depending on which way you look at it!

11. Do you draw smut? yes! the teasing kind. the "what's that hand doing?!" kind lmao

12. Have you ever had any of your art stolen or copied? not that i know of!

13. Have you ever collaborated on a piece? yea! i've collabed on art for fics with @whatwouldmickeydo and @metalheadmickey and on the zine and timeline with @you-are-so-much-better-than-that 🥰

14. What’s an idea you have that you have yet to draw? omg i have an entire list of ideas that just exist and may never come to life lol! they range from extreme fluff to absolute filth... my notes app: -kiss on the cheek/scrunchy face -mickey's head hanging off bed/mouth open/ian's hand wrapped around the nape of his neck -holding hands at the alibi alsdkfjlk

15. What are your drawing strengths? i would say adding details and tying the story i'm trying to convey together. and i like to think that i'm ok at giving them that tender and in love feel no matter the situation.

16. What are your drawing weaknesses? all of it? haha proportions and certain angles are really hard for me. hands and noses yikes! i am also terrible at drawing from memory. i usually draw with about 20 references pulled up on my laptop. like, i am the bozo googling "table". 17. What’s your favorite art piece you’ve drawn? it's gotta be the roadtrip one! but i also really really love this one:

18. What is one thing you’d like to tell people about your art that they might not know? i love adding/repeating little details that no one would really notice unless you're zooming all the way in or seeing a few pieces as a set. i built a color palette very early on that has stayed consistent throughout. i play a lot with blues and greens as a motif. and uh i'm still learning! everyday! with every single one!

19. What inspires or motivates you to create for fandom? i genuinely love doing it! i also love a prompt, that's why i started all of this with gallacrafts. and i just really love putting them in situations i want to see them in and drawing them stupidly in love!

but, i also hoard unhinged tags in my cheeks like a chipmunk lmao every series i've done was born from people screaming a version of "YOU'RE INSANE" at me 😂

20. And finally, can you describe your process a little? Do you have a favourite place to draw? Do you play something in the background? Do you do research or just go for it? Give us a little insight. i usually draw on the couch, hunched over like a shrimp. i’m normally up really late (i see 3am too often) and that’s when i get most of my work done. i typically watch something i've seen before so that i don't have to fully pay attention or i'll listen to music. i sketch a rough draft of what i want the final piece to end up looking like, then i do a shit ton of research and pull up a stupid amount of references. i have a really creepy pinterest board full of body parts lol! then i fight for my life and rage until the line work is fully done. after that, it’s smooth sailing with coloring and shading 😌

i'm feeling a little tag shy, but i'll tag @gallawitchxx @doodlevich @y0itsbri and @grumpymickmilk if you want to play! if not i'm just giving you some flowers 💐

[gamerbearmira]

Hey, long time no chat. I got blocked from Tumblr, I don’t know why, so I stole (borrowed) my friend’s phone. Um. . . Could you post the au on Ao3? I can still access that (for now) and would love to see my au again. Looking for it on Google is hard. Write it however you want. Possibly post the art too? I miss chatting with you. Until I can access Tumblr again, Werewolf Alma and Mirabel anon

OMG HI??? I was wondering what happened but I didn't wanna pry 😭😭 Also?? Tumblr blocking you from posting is so weird, but I'm not surprised because I've had people DM me and say they couldn't even find my profile when they searched it.

ANYWAY. I'll see if I can upload it onto AO3! Also, if you're having trouble finding it:

On my 'About this Blog' post, which is pinned, there is a public link to my google doc that has pretty much all the snippets that are on this blog, including that Werewolf AU :DDD Its under a separate tab as well, so it should be easy to find :)) If that doesn't work, try going to my archive and searching for the hashtag there!

As soon as I get on fall break , which is this Friday (and finish the next chapter of Cocooned, which lucky for you is almost done), I'll see about posting on AO3, with the art I've done :))) In the meantime, good luck with accessing tumblr again :''''DDD

[dreamescapeswriting]

I've been writing a little soft cute series recently, which I've been uploading onto AO3 and I want to post it on Tumblr too. But I've kind of been struggling with feeling worried about posting it on here. It's not like the series is anything out of the ordinary (the series being about an 8th member of BTS slowly falling for one of her band members & having platonic/familial interactions with the boys), but I think because Tumblr is so much more personal than places like AO3 that I get a little anxious about posting 😅 idk, does that make any sense? Would you happen to have any advice on getting around that writer's anxiety? I know it's super specific and you might not and that's okay! It helps even just to get it off my chest.

I was also going to ask about how you keep so on top of your writing, but I saw you answer an ask that was kind of similar earlier about using pomodoro techniques, so I think I'm going to give that a go when I next start writing! Anyway, sorry for the ramble omg 😖 and thank you for listening to me go on 😅💕💕

I used to get REALLLY bad writers anxiety and I still do sometimes. I used to post and then completely come offline for hours or until the next day not wanting to see what people thought about it. The series you have sounds really good!!! I totally understand how worrying it can be to post it.

Its easier for me to say but honestly I say just go for it, No harm no foul. You can always post it and then not look for a while, leave your account alone and come back to it the next day. Its all what you feel comfortable with 🥰🥰 I know sometimes even now I'll do something other than come onto tumblr if I post something I'm anxious about

asdfghjkl don't be sorry for the ramble!!! It's totally okay!!! I try to write at least one imagine a day...Some people don't and that's fine. Everyone works and writes in their own time 🥰🥰🥰💗💗💗

[etraytin]

omg okay i haven't been on tumblr in a while so my memory is a little hazy--please correct me if i'm wrong! but did you make a master-post of like old websites that west wing fanfiction was published on? i liked that post a while back and now i can't find it. there's one website in particular i'm looking for that was kinda like a big archive, but it's not ao3. sorry this ask is all over the place, i'm just desperately searching for fanfiction i read years ago

I think the site you’re probably looking for is The National Library, which unfortunately went dark a couple years ago now but was luckily saved and mostly folded into AO3. Some things were lost because the archive they were working from did not always save more than the first chapter of multichapter fics, but a lot of stuff is still there. You can find the archived version of the site here on the Wayback Machine and although the site search function is borked to hell and back, the pages that are organized by main characters and main pairings are still working and useful. 

I can’t find the actual Tumblr post I made and I’m too lazy to look hard for it now, but I’m pretty sure the list you’re thinking about is the Find-a-Fic directory I put together for the JDFF project. It’s basically a list of every old author page I’ve been able to find so far during my journey to reconstruct the Josh/Donna Fanfiction archive from Yahoo Groups. You can find it here on Google Docs. If you’re actually looking for the JDFF archive where I’ve been linking and uploading many many many old Josh/Donna fics, you can find that here. 

Hope that helps, and that you find what you’re looking for! Feel free to hit me up if you want to share what you remember about the fic and see if anybody remembers it and can give you the title or link. I don’t know every fic out there but I do know quite a few, and some of my followers are incredibly good at recalling old fic, so it might be worth a shot. Good luck! 

[itsleese]

i just found you and your blog and omfg, your writing is amazing!!!! <3 the nishinoya story???? are you for real???? just a quick question because i will go through your ao3 in a bit but are you planning on uploading the stories you have on your tumbl to ao3 as well? or are you keeping those two seperated for a reason? i looked at your faq if you mentioned anything there but if you did i must have missed it, sorry. but im love you and your writing so much already omg!!! <3

AHHH TY TY!!

initially, I was moving everything over to AO3, but I’ve since changed my mind! I think for my longer fics and collabs, I’ll post on both platforms. for multichaps and more risqué fics, I’ll stick with AO3. and tumblr will have drabble/short fic exclusives (unless I’m particularly proud of a shorter fic, I’ll post it on AO3 too!)

Im sorry if this is confusing!

this is my plan, and I am hoping my messy brain will allow me to execute it ♡︎

[antiadvil]

tumblr.com/liked/by/danielhowell

1k, PG13

Dan scrolls through tumblr, liking things. Oh, did I mention that he just got married?

A/N: for the pff bingo fest. this prompt is author's choice (wedding, also, dan is a little shit who fucks with the hearts and souls of phannies) because I am lazy and only fills one prompt because I am unimaginative. thanks to @flymetomanchester for betaing and here’s my card

ao3

It was a week after their wedding that Dan decided to say something about it to the internet. Nothing huge, of course. He had never wanted, and still didn’t want, information about his relationship with Phil to be something easily available to anyone with an internet connection. Of course, it was too late for that now. All he could do was play damage control.

If things were different, he sometimes thought, everything would be different. If they had never hidden their relationship, maybe it wouldn't be such a big deal now that they were finally being more open about it. If they were a straight couple, maybe it wouldn't ever have been such a big deal. But they hadn't, and they weren't, and now Dan was scrolling through his tumblr tag, dealing with the consequences of being born queer and the decisions he had made while trying to preserve a fragile career, his relationship with his family, and his relationship with someone who he had desperately hoped would someday be a part of his family.

There wasn't anything very interesting. He and Phil had been trying to stay vaguely active on social media while not posting anything too interesting so no one would notice anything was out of place, but weirdly, the tag was still full of speculation.

“guys they're up to something. SOMETHING.”

“Does anyone else think it's weird that they're posting so regularly? What are you trying to hide lmfao @AmazingPhil @danielhowell”

“... something weird is going on. getting vibes. will update later.”

He clicked on the last post, curious about the update. The first few pages of the blog were asks, probably about said update- Dan skipped them until he found the original post and then scrolled backwards, skimming the posts in the order they were originally posted in.

Blah, blah, blah, a lot of “evidence” that mostly came down to the fact that he and Phil had been posting “too much” with photos and videos that could have been taken at any time, which was kind of flimsy evidence, really, but then again, it was true, wasn’t it? He and Phil were up to something, just not something they planned to share in its entirety with their audience.

He scrolled further up, into the wall of asks. “just say what you think they’re doing already,” read the first one. The response startled him so much he dropped his coffee mug.

It shattered on the kitchen floor beneath him.

“Everything all right in there?” Phil called from the other room.

“Yeah, fine,” Dan called back, trying to keep his voice even.

He had gone on tumblr hoping to make a statement. He hadn’t actually expected to find anything to make a statement on.

“getting married probably,” said the blogger’s response.

Never in a million years did Dan think someone would actually guess. His fandom always thought something was going to happen. That was what happened when large groups of people tried to tune into whatever weird biorhythms determined his upload schedule. They were right sometimes, but when they were, it was more by chance than anything else. Even when they were right that something was about to happen, itt was pretty rare that they were right about what it was.

He and Phil usually found their fans’ conspiracy theories funny. But somehow, he couldn’t bring himself to laugh at this post.

This was his life now, he reminded himself. There was nothing he could do about it short of putting his and Phil’s phones in a blender and disconnecting their wifi router. All he could do now was play damage control.

Sometimes, though, he didn't want to play damage control.

His cursor hovered over the like button.

He thought about it.

This click would change nothing. And everything. He could play it off as a joke. Most people would probably assume it was without Dan having to say a thing. He wouldn't be explicitly confirming anything- there wouldn't be any news articles. Dan was a celebrity, but not so much of a celebrity that him liking a tumblr post would be news. Probably.

But the person who posted this post would know in seconds. The rest of his fandom would know in hours.

He clicked. The like button- on this theme, just a simple piece of text saying “like”- now said “liked.” Dan counted to thirty before refreshing the page.

A new post had appeared: a reblog of the original with a screenshot of dan’s like and the caption “OMG WTF AFDHSJKAFG YOU CAN’T JUST FUCKING DO THAT!!”

Dan laughed, one of the longest and hardest laughs he’d laughed in a long time. He laughed so hard that he heard Phil calling from the living room again, but couldn’t reply. He heard Phil’s footsteps, but couldn’t be bothered to close his laptop.

“Seriously, what is so funny? And why is your coffee mug-” Phil bent over Dan’s shoulder to look at his laptop. He groaned. “Dan!”

“Sorry,” Dan wheezed, “But-” He dissolved back into laughter.

Phil refreshed the page and giggled.

“It’s kind of funny,” Dan gasped. “You have to admit.”

“Kind of,” Phil admitted. Dan let himself get lost in the upward curve of his boyfriend’s lips- no, husband’s, he kept reminding himself, Phil was his husband now.

Phil noticed Dan staring and his smile grew. “How about you leave the internet alone for a bit?”

Dan opened his mouth to protest.

“No. You’ve wreaked enough havoc for today.” Phil shut the lid of Dan’s laptop and pulled it away.

“Wait,” Dan whined, “I was going to unlike it.”

Phil’s eyes widened as he moved backwards, clutching Dan’s laptop to his chest. “You’re a monster.”

“Yeah,” Dan said. “Gimme.”

“No.”

“Please? It’ll be hilarious.”

“No.”

“You’re the worst boyfriend ever.”

Phil’s face lit up. “Husband.”

Dan’s heart fluttered. “You’re the worst husband ever. Now give me my laptop back so I can ruin a teenage girl’s day by unliking her tumblr post about our relationship.”

“With great power comes great responsibility, and you are not being very responsible right now.”

Dan sank back into his chair, pouting. “You’re mean.”

Phil put Dan’s laptop back on the table. “Love you too,” he said, dropping a kiss on Dan’s head. “Now, what were you thinking for dinner?”

“Human suffering,” Dan said.

“Takeaway it is,” Phil said. “Anything else?”

“Don’t forget the dips.”

“I would never.”

Phil cleaned up Dan’s broken coffee mug. By the time their takeaway arrived half an hour later, Dan had completely forgotten about tumblr.

[xanthippe74]

Writing Tag Game

Thank you for tagging me, @tasteofshapes!

AO3 name: xanthippe74

Fandoms: Writing: Harry Potter; Reading: HP mostly, but sometimes Captive Prince, MCU (Stucky), Red, White & Royal Blue, and Carry On

Tropes: Accidental bonding and all the delicious tropes that come with it (forced proximity, bed sharing, etc), hurt/comfort, not-enemies-anymore to friends to lovers, working or living together, pining, fake dating, secret relationship, soulmates, we don’t like each other but our kids/pets/friends do, and SO MANY MORE!

Number of fics: Six on AO3 plus a birthday gift ficlet on Tumblr

Fic I spent the most time on: Vortex, my Soulmate AU (about two months from starting the outline to finishing the first draft)

Fic I spent less time on: Last Goodbye, which I banged out in one day without any planning because I was in the mood for angst. I posted it mostly as a trial run for uploading the fic I wrote for HD Fan Fair because I was so nervous about messing up!

Longest fic: Vortex (20K)

Shortest: The Comfiest Armchair (2.7K)

Most hits/kudos/comments thread/bookmarks: Vortex, by a long shot. I’m still in absolute shock that so many people have read it and very, very grateful for the comments I’ve received. 

Total word count: 47,999 on AO3

Fic you want to rewrite or expand: A sequel for Vortex is a definite goal for 2020!

Fave fic you wrote: I’m really happy with Vortex. It was definitely the most complex concept I’d attempted (for both plot and world building) and I worked hard on Draco’s evolution and emotions as he and Harry are drawn together by their bond. I’m also a bit relieved that people liked my half-baked ideas about poverty, education, and politics in Knockturn Alley. Looks like I’m finally putting that political philosophy degree to good use, Mom and Dad!

Share a bit of your wip or idea if you have anything planned: Here’s the beginning of my mental health recovery/OMG they were housemates story, tentatively called “Shelter Me” that I hope to finish this spring:

It’s the first of August and even the basement of Grimmauld Place is hot as fuck.

Harry is sprawled in a faded armchair in the corner of the kitchen that he calls his “sitting room” with a wet flannel over his forehead. The Cooling Charm has worn off again, but he can’t be arsed to recast it. Instead, he reaches for the lukewarm Butterbeer on the windowsill to his left and drinks the last few swallows.

Harry scowls at the dirty dishes in the sink and the cluster of empty Butterbeer bottles on the countertop. Only his fear of startling poor Nero stops him from flinging the empty bottle across the room at the half-eaten birthday cake on the table.

Happy fucking birthday to me, he thinks, then chastises himself for being an ungrateful sod.

I think this game has pretty much made the rounds, but anyone who wants to play should give it a go!

[thegraysquirrel]

Reaction gifs

When commenting, sometimes words don’t do justice to whatever emotion I’m trying to express. I’m big on emoticons, especially on AO3 because it has a limit on characters, but there’s an alternative that was just as big a part of it for my Tumblr reviews.

The gifs! 

The only downside is you can’t upload one directly to an AO3 comment, which means a gif folder on a flash drive is... not quite the best thing for it. I’ve also lost my gif folder, so I’d have to rebuilt it anyway.

This (first) post is my attempt at having my MVP gifs in one place still a WIP so I can more easily use reaction gifs in my comments/reviews on AO3 AND on Tumblr! :D

Long list of gifs/images under the cut IT'S 74 IMAGES WHAAAAT

HUGGING AND I LOVE YOU GIFS

A classic one:

A very cutesie one:

I gasped out loud when I saw this one again! This is the best hugging gif! So far

anD THERE'S ANOTHER ONE??? HOW COULD I FORGET THESE GIFS:

The ANGSTY hug:

Hm, this is a good gif hug

Oh, ATLA hitting in the feels with the Iroh and Zuko hug:

I think it's a hug? It can also be after a very heart-breaking chapter

Awww I remember this gif!

Oh yessss this hug gif!!

And this cute one!!!

*snort* I'm putting this one with the hugs:

Apparently, one can never have too many hug gifs

Honestly, mood.

Another creative hug gif:

Ooooh an attack hug!

Another attack hug!

I... how many hugs do I have? This is heartfelt hug

One of my classic hugs gif:

Oh wow, another classic: the equation

*snort* ah yes this gif:

MOODS WHEN I'VE REACHED THE END OF A CHAPTER

When words are really hard:

OMG THE HAPPY JELLY!! (great gif):

The wave of feels, like, this is THE fandom gif. This was in all the reaction gif posts back in the day when you couldn't easily search for new gifs and had to MANUALLY ADD them to the post (hence... the gif folder)

Stich in the rain is such a mood. Sad Stitch but also, rain!

And the counterpart, David Tennant as the Tenth doctor in the rain (I do not watch Doctor Who though o.O)

When all that's left to do is flail towards a place away from here

What a happy bunny!! It's happy because of the fic it just read or whatever else I say:

The close to tears gif:

Idk what energy it gives off but it's ANGSTY and the snow gives it the right kind of energy

The cat looks so sad!!:

THE CUTE BEARRRR

Good for when things fall apart or other paranoid things:

I guess this one is good for when a theory of mine came true...

*snort* oh god this is good for when a fic takes an angsty turn. I used it when I said "Let's say I'm... worried."

When you're feeling smug or just vrry... this:

OOOH THE FLUFFY GIF!

When the slow burn reaches THAT part (ship setting sail in WHATEVER way):

The part in Mulan that I'm sure was THE moment I fell in love with the movie the first time I watched it, and every view after!

Things took a turn for the worse (or for the better):

*kggg noises*

When the chapter is particularly angsty:

yesss a gif with text again!

Is... is this my first laughing out loud gif?

This is also a happy kind of gif

Ah, there is a sad gif again

OOH Killer B, I did use that one!

It's so beautiful, a classic I never used before this week:

Idk it's ominous, isn't it?

WHEN I'M ABOUT TO READ A FIC THAT JUST UPDATED

omg I used the following gif in one of my tumblr reviews, cool! I will use this one... a lot more I think:

My secretly favourite gif (and the goose is so excited because it ate a bread crumb. Yes.)

This one falls in the same line of being excited I think:

Idk if I'll use this one ever again but you never know when it could be relevant:

Dug!! Getting distracted by a squirrel. Which is a good way of showing me, the squirrel, getting distracted by fic:

This is a perfect gif for when I'm about to read it

RANDOM SHIZZLE

This... this probably fits better with end of chapter stuff, but it's more random than not.

When I want to facepalm about what a character thought was the right thing to do:

Wow, Mulan is really expressive:

Wow I really had a lot of gifs, huh?

*snort* it's almost the same as the other Dug gif except this one has "squirrel" on it, in case I want to make a reference to myself:

Obvs the "writer waiting for comments mood" but also same

Hm, this one is a fandom specific one, so... who knows?

*snort* I really have low bar for humour, huh?

I know, this is when a theory pops in my head in the middle of a sentence!

Oh I remember when the Luigi meme made its rounds!!

When I need to hold hope my ship can sail so I use a thought-to-be-impossible sheep surfing:

LIST OF GIFS I ADD LATER AS I COME UPON THEM:

*cricket noises*

This image will def have its use:

This one'll also be good dot dot dot yes:

In my search for the previous on to be a gif sourced from tumblr, I found this one:

...I'll probably never use this one but you never know:

...And the list goes on

Cookie monster o.o probs won't use it either

WAIT THIS IS A GIF I MIGHT USE!

...I see possibilities for this gif: