#originally I was writing smut but I wanted more backstory and more complicated characters and I wanted to play with the ideas of vampires

[maskedbeliever]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Firefall Series - Peter Watts Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Male Vampire Anthropologist, Original Character Ensemble Additional Tags: Vampires, Academia, Family Drama, Divorce, vampire domestication, Evolutionary Biology, AU, Death, Unrequited Crush, discussion of sex Summary:

A vampire builds a career in anthropology with a radical proposal about ancient human-vampire cooperation. As he works to spread the idea that some vampires lived among humans, he creates a place for himself in a small human family.

Vampires and humans are very different, but they have much more in common than most humans like to think.

AU in which the Fireflies do not come.

[atwooozi]

gojo x original character

Chapter 9: A Clearer Reality

summary: Ai's restless mind betrays her as thoughts of Gojo Satoru consume her. Seeking solace, she calls her grounded friend Utahime, for a momentary escape from her relentless thoughts. Amid the busy streets of Tokyo, Ai navigates her emotions, her career, and her complicated feelings for Gojo, uncovering layers of his past that both intrigue and confuse her.

genre: modern AU, slice of life, comedy, eventual romance, eventual smut, some angst

A/N: I'm really excited about the upcoming chapters of this series. Right now, we're finally moving towards a major shift in Ai's outlook on Gojo. When writing this I spent a lot of time thinking of how I would like Gojo's backstory to be and I like the ideas that I came up with for him. Honestly, he feels the most fleshed out to me as a character, but I think I have the most fun when writing lines for Geto.

The song I chose for this chapter is Asleep Among the Endives by Ichiko Aoba, it's a beautiful song and while most of the music that I've chosen for this story are upbeat hyper pop/neo-funk songs I feel like this song best suits the energy happening in this particular time.

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Ai was pacing around her apartment. She was surprised her downstairs neighbor didn't complain. Hopefully, they were out–or maybe (albeit more worryingly) they were just accustomed to her pacing around like a maniac. She just couldn't sit still, because sitting still meant thinking about Gojo Satoru. 

Ai stopped mid-step. Pacing around didn't necessarily help her thoughts, but it made her feel better. Maybe, probably... Actually, it wasn't helping. All she could do was think of the tall snow-haired idiot and his annoyingly nice voice and his stupidly charming laugh. 

Ai was starting to believe that maybe she was a masochist. How could she like someone that annoyed her so much? He was good-looking but it was more than that… Gojo just had to be a decent person on top of it. If she didn’t admire his work ethic, how he treated his younger costars, or how irritatingly optimistic he was, she would most definitely hate him.     

Ai plopped down on her couch and pulled out her phone. She bit her lip as she scrolled through her contacts and despite her typical self, she hit the call button. She needed a distraction from her relentless thoughts. 

“Hello?” 

Ai let out a relieved sigh as Utahime answered the phone. Whenever she felt like she was struggling to stay in reality, Utahime was there to keep her grounded. 

“Hey,” Ai started. “Do you want to get some pancakes? My treat.” 

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Ai and Utahime ‌met up at their favorite cafe. It had the fluffiest pancakes and was nestled between some of their favorite stores. As soon as they stepped into the place people were immediately greeted with the scent of freshly brewed teas and coffees and the enticing aroma of pancakes wafting through the air. The decor was bright and modern, with minimalist furniture and pops of vibrant colors. The pair tended to go here to vent and gossip while working on projects. It was nice because it was just crowded enough for no one to pay attention to the two.

Ai ordered herself the strawberries and cream parfait set while Utahime opted for the green tea pancake set. 

“I'm going to guess this about more than you just missing me,” Utahime said as she took a bite of her dessert. 

Ai sighed and looked out the store's window, unable to meet Utahime's gaze. “Well, I missed you too,” she insisted. “Besides, I brought you a souvenir.” She reached into her bag and pulled out a red embroidered silk cloth. “It made me think of you.” 

Utahime couldn't help but smile as she took the furoshiki into her hands. “What did you do?” she asked. She folded the cloth neatly before putting it in her bag. 

“Nothing!” 

Ai took a bite of her dessert–the perfect blend of sweetness from the cake pieces and the fresh strawberries' tartness within a single bite. Her nerves, however, made it impossible to enjoy the parfait--to her anxious brain, it tasted more like mushy slop.

Ai frowned when Utahime eyed suspiciously as she continued to eat her pancakes. The way Utahime stabbed her fork into the fluffy cake made Ai even more anxious than she already was. 

In actuality, Utahime was eating her pancakes in the same manner that anyone would. Ai’s stress-addled mind was causing her to read into her friend’s actions. If she didn’t feel so guilty over nothing she would be able to enjoy the impromptu outing.    

Ai took a deep breath. “I'm doing a profile on Gojo Satoru and—” 

“—ew, he seems so annoying.” 

“He is,” Ai agreed as she rested her head against her palm. “But he’s pretty dedicated to his work and–” She stopped short with each word that came out of her mouth she felt as if she was digging a deeper hole. 

“Ai…” 

Utahime put her fork down and waited for Ai to finish. Having Utahime’s undivided attention only made Ai more anxious. 

Ai put her face in her hands. “I have a crush on him…I think.” 

After a moment of silence, Ai looked up at her friend hesitantly. Utahime was watching her as if she had sprouted another head. She was in deep shit. Ai knew it, but Utahime confirmed it with her expression alone. 

Ai leaned back in her chair and groaned. “Say something…” 

“...Why?” 

Ai wasn't sure why. Being around him just made her feel some type of way. She couldn't explain it. If anything, it was his fault for being annoying, but somehow endearing at the same time. It didn’t help that he was also so pretty. It really wasn’t that simple. Ai knew it was wrong, but she couldn’t help it. If she could have simply stopped liking him, she would’ve done that by now.  

“I don't know why.” Ai shook her head. 

“Well stop it,” Utahime said firmly, crossing her arms over her chest. “Even if he felt the same, what would happen then?” 

Nothing would happen, because nothing could happen. Ai knew that, but it stung. Even though she knew better it still hurt. Sure, it was better not to feed the delusion but she couldn't help it. 

“Look, there's nothing wrong with a crush,” Utahime reasoned as she moved her fork around lazily as she spoke. “But you have to think of all the things that could happen if you act on it. Your integrity as a writer, your privacy– just think of all the hate you'd get for just existing…and that’s just if he returned your feelings. What about your job?” 

“I’m not going to act on it.” Ai insisted. “I just needed you to bring me back to reality before I got swept up in it all.” 

Utahime sighed and gave Ai a sympathetic look. “You know, you don't need to stay on this story.” 

Ai frowned and opened her mouth to protest, but Utahime beat her to the punch. “Whatever shit deal Yaga gave you doesn't matter. You don't need his help to get further in your career.” 

Ai felt her eyes start to sting. Why was she on the verge of tears? Her hands were trembling slightly. The last thing she wanted to do was cry in public.

“You're a great writer, Ai,” Utahime said as she placed a comforting hand over Ai’s trembling one. “If you feel like this story is too much for you, then tell Yaga to give it to someone else. You don't need it. Don't throw away your credibility and career for some guy.” 

Ai nodded as she listened to Utahime. She wiped her eyes with her free hand and breathed deeply. “You're right.” 

She didn’t need to sacrifice her integrity for a story, especially one that stirred up such conflicting emotions. She could pursue her writing on her own terms, she didn’t need someone’s help to get where she needed to be. She could get there on her own, but then again, that was already so hard. Getting to this point already felt so hard …

When Ai first moved to Tokyo, she felt like such a hick. She had visited the city briefly on trips with her mom when she was younger, but now that she was alone she could see the divide. Although she was only from Fukushima which was only an hour away from the city, it felt like a different planet. Just in the way she spoke, people could tell she was different because of her noticeable Tohoku accent. She did her best to not let it phase her. She tried to blend in by dressing the part, but every time she opened her mouth people could easily tell…

Ai and her mom had scraped up just enough money to help her get a small apartment while she tried to make it as a writer. Just remembering the dingey water-stained apartment made her want to cringe, it was as if she could feel the water bugs skittering across her skin. She needed to make it work. 

At first, it was awful, Ai cried every night from homesickness and the many rejections she had received. It felt never-ending. She worked so many odd jobs while she continued to write and then one day things just happened . It took a year, but it happened. On a whim, she submitted a piece that she had been working on since high school about a young woman facing her own uncertainties while trying to create a life that she could truly call her own. She assumed that it would be tossed out in the first round of entries, but someone liked her writing and she won a prize for ‘outstanding short story’. She couldn’t believe it–specially given its more feminist undertones. When Ai found out that she won she called her mom as soon as she ‌found out and they cried together. That small success then led to a job as a copy editor at Hollow Magazine, which eventually turned her position as a journalist. 

Utahime was right; she couldn't just throw that all away. It would be as if she and her mother worked so hard for nothing.  

Utahime smiled and pulled her hand away from Ai's, causing Ai to break from her thoughts. 

“Hey, let's go to that stationery shop down the road after this. All this talk has me stressed out,” Utahime said as she poked at her pancakes with her fork. “I need to buy something to feel better.” 

Ai giggled and nodded as she dabbed her eyes dry with a tissue. “Yeah, I want a new notebook.”

Ai and Utahime finished their desserts, the weight Ai had been carrying seemed to lift, at least momentarily. The cozy atmosphere of the cafe, coupled with Utahime’s supportive presence, offered Ai a much-needed break from her spiraling mind.  

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“Is everything okay, Junpei-kun?” Ai said as she answered her phone. She had just come home after hanging out with Utahime. “I was out before, but I’m home now. You said you needed to talk?”

“Senpai, thanks for getting back to me.” Junpei seemed a bit excited from how fast he was speaking. “I didn’t get a chance to mention it, but at the wrap party I spoke a bit with Fushiguro…” 

“Right...I remember the two of you seemed to be getting along.” Her memory was a bit hazy, because of the alcohol.

“Right! So when we were talking, he mentioned living with Gojo-san.” 

“They live together?” Ai questioned, as she made her way to her desk to look over her notes. She had written down so much about Gojo during her first week on set, but she was confident that if he had mentioned a significant detail like that, she would have remembered writing it down…Probably 

“Well…” Junpei paused for a moment. “I don’t know if they still do but they did. I didn’t want to ask him too many questions about it since we were at a party.”

Ai nodded as she listened. "No...You made a good call, Junpei-kun. Thanks.” 

“Mhm.” Junpei hummed. “I’ll let you go now, bye, senpai.” 

“Bye,” Ai said as she hung up.

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After a rudimentary search on Megumi, Ai had found out the very basics: where he had gone to school, his acting credits, and some of his more recent projects. She supposed that wasn’t unusual for a young actor, however, his professional credits were sparse when compared to Itadori and Kugisaki, who were even newer to the acting scene than he was. 

Ai huffed and sat up, a bit more determined now to find anything on Fushiguro. He seemed to interact with Itadori and another actor from Jujutsu Kaisen , Inumaki Toge, on Twitter. Taking a cursory glance at Itadori’s and Inumaki’s profiles she saw endless amounts of recipes, pictures with fans, and a surprising amount of memes about the show. Her nosiness paid off as she dug through a few posts and saw that Itadori had tagged another account in addition to Inumaki’s in a post that she hadn’t noticed before. 

When she clicked on the tagged profile, it seemed to be someone’s personal account. The more she looked through the posts, the more pictures she saw of two large dogs that looked like the ones that played Megumi’s shikigamis. 

“Did Itadori tag Fushiguro’s personal Twitter?” Ai mumbled to herself as she looked through the various posts. He did. She was honestly surprised more people didn't notice it. The more posts she read, the more sure she was that it was Fushiguro’s account by the way the person wrote and what they wrote about. There were posts about Weezer, different nonfiction books, and tons of pictures of the various animals that were featured in the show.

What sealed the deal was a birthday post with a picture of a younger Megumi and Gojo, as well as a teen girl. Given the year it was posted, it was way before Gojo and Fushiguro would’ve met on the set of Jujutsu Kaisen . She supposed Junpei was right. Not that she didn’t trust him, but she needed to confirm this information, for the sake of journalistic integrity. 

Did this rabbit hole matter, though? Ai wasn’t exactly sure, but it was interesting. She didn’t think Gojo or Fushiguro were hiding anything, but she found it odd that neither of them seemed to mention how close they were. While Gojo acted like they were close, Megumi seemed to be distant--not just with Gojo, but with everyone . 

Then it hit her; Gojo was friends with Megumi’s late father. While she wasn’t exactly sure what that meant, she knew it all had to mean something. As she scrolled through pages and pages of tweets, she didn’t see mentions of either parent. What that meant she wasn’t exactly sure, but she was going to get into contact with Megumi. She needed to . Even if it was only to satisfy her own curiosity.  

Ai promptly wrote out a message to Megumi on his private account and prayed to the gods that he would answer.    

Fushiguro-san, I hope this message finds you well. This is Amada Ai, I’m working on a profile on Gojo for Hollow Magazine and I was hoping you’d have some time to sit with me for a short interview at your earliest convenience. Please let me know if you would be available, and if so, suggest a few times that work for you. I am eager to hear from you. Thank you. 

Ai hoped that he wouldn’t assume the message was just spam and block her. She knew that if she asked Gojo he wouldn’t say anything for Megumi’s sake, and to be honest, she wasn’t ready to see him right now anyway after her talk with Utahime. 

Not even an hour later, Ai received a message from Megumi. 

Amada-san, I can make some time for you tomorrow. I have a photo shoot, but I can give you 15 minutes during my break. Let me know if that’s enough time. 

Ai stood up in excitement, pacing the floor as she stared at her phone. She immediately sent a message back letting him know that she would make it work. He replied promptly with the details of the shoot. It would be by Shibuya Scramble. She hated how crowded and busy it always was.. if you stopped walking, you'd get trampled. Still, she’d make it work. After all, she couldn’t complain, since Megumi was going out of his way to help her. 

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Ai tried her best to make her way through the crowded sidewalk to the Hachiko Memorial statue where Megumi would be waiting for her. In spite of the late hour, the streets of Shibuya were always packed and loud. It was difficult for Ai to hear her own thoughts amidst the commotion. It was even harder to make her way to the dog statue because of the tourists, but she somehow squeezed through.  

“Amada-san,” Megumi called out. 

Ai’s head shot up and she spotted the messy-haired man. Luckily Megumi’s unruly hair made it easy to spot him among the dense crowd of unruly people and office workers trying their best to make it home. She quickly made her way over to him, zig-zagging through the gaps in the mob of people. Being short came with setbacks, but today it served Ai immensely. It made all the height-related jokes she had suffered up to this point seem worth it. 

 “Fushiguro-kun, thanks for meeting with me today.” 

Megumi nodded to her and led the way to what looked like a typical office building. It was actually a rather large fashion house. She supposed the company had its own studio where Fushiguro would shoot for the day. He led her to a small green room towards the back and took a seat on the couch. Ai sat in an armchair diagonally from him and took out her notebook. It was much quieter than Gojo’s dressing room and without all the foot traffic, Ai felt like she could finally concentrate.  

“What did you need to know?” he asked cooly. 

Ai was almost taken aback by how forward Megumi was. He wasn’t one to mince words in the slightest. She wasn’t sure if she should be intimidated or thankful, but she didn’t have much time to dwell on it. 

 “Right, um, I wanted to ask you about your dad an–” 

“I don’t really remember him,” Fushiguro stated. 

Ai glanced up at Megumi, but his face was neutral. “But you do know that he was friends with Gojo, right?”

Megumi paused for a moment as he thought about it. “Yeah, they worked together. My dad was a stuntman.” He sighed. “But before that, he was also an athlete, I guess. That’s how they met originally.” 

“Did he compete against Gojo?” Ai asked as she quickly jotted down what she could. “From what I know, Gojo competed all over Japan.” 

Megumi crossed his arms over his chest as she listened. “No, it wasn’t like that. They trained together or something.” He looked down at the floor, his expression unchanging. “After Gojo got injured my dad introduced him to stunt acting.” 

Ai nodded as she listened to Megumi while taking notes. “Do you know how Gojo sustained his injury?” 

Megumi furrowed his brows as he thought. “As a kid, he would tell me he slipped on a banana peel.” He rubbed the back of his neck and grimaced. “Honestly, I’m not sure how true that is…”

Ai pursed her lips in thought as she tried to think of Gojo slipping on a banana peel. He was cartoonish enough that it seemed like a possibility, but in reality, it seemed impossible. As Ai mulled over the possibility she imagined this might be the conclusion that Megumi came to. It was so ridiculous that maybe it was true. 

“Is that all you wanted?” Megumi asked curiously. 

Ai shook her head quickly. “No, no, uh…” she felt herself tripping up. She wasn’t used to how forthcoming Megumi was. 

They sat in a tense silence for a moment. The only sounds were the both of them shifting in their seats and the muffled noise from the lively city in the background. 

“My family kind of fell apart when my dad passed,” Megumi mumbled and glanced Ai’s way. She stopped writing as soon as he said that and looked up at him. “I was like ten when I first met Gojo. He took me and my sister in.”  

Ai frowned as she tried to process the information that Megumi was telling her. She had wrongly figured that Megumi had just cut himself from his family, not that the poor kid was orphaned. “You’re how old now?” 

“Twenty.” 

“And Gojo is–” 

“He’s twenty-eight.” 

“What was that like?” Ai glanced at Megumi trying to read his expression. 

Megumi frowned and glanced at Ai again. She knew that look, it was the same tired look she would make whenever Gojo was being particularly obnoxious. “I feel like living with him has aged me an additional ten years.” 

Ai did her best to suppress a laugh as she wrote down Megumi’s response. She believed him without a doubt; the way he carried himself did make him seem older than he actually was. All the evidence she needed was written all over poor Ijichi’s entire being. She couldn’t believe Geto when he told her that Ijichi was only a year older than her, but when she asked the man himself, it cemented the fact that Gojo was indeed a menace.

“How long did you live with him?” Ai tried her best to keep a neutral tone. She needed to focus since she didn’t have much time with Megumi.  

“I still kind of do.” He shrugged and rubbed his neck awkwardly. “I have my own place now but he still keeps my room the same.” 

Another silence fell over the two as Ai tried to process everything that Megumi had told her. 

“I feel like I owe him my life...” 

Ai glanced up at Megumi and for the first time, a hint of emotion had shown on his face. His eyes had glossed over and he started to fidget with his fingers. 

Should she try to comfort him? Would that just make things more awkward? “Fushiguro-kun, I…”

He winced as he held her gaze. It was obvious to her that there was nothing that she could say to help him that wouldn’t just make him feel worse. Ai took a deep breath and gave what she hoped was a reassuring smile. “I…Thank you for sitting with me, Fushiguro-kun.” 

Megumi nodded, his gaze wavered but he looked more relaxed as he stood up. “If you need anything else you can message me.” 

He left the room without waiting for Ai to respond. 

She wanted to thank him again, but she sensed it would only make him feel awkward about opening up. It clearly hadn't been easy for him.  

Ai collected her things and made her way out of the building. Her head was absolutely spinning with all this new information. She wasn’t sure what she was going to do with it, but she felt that a clearer image of Gojo was finally forming in her mind. 

[lorata]

Twenty Questions: Fic Author Edition

tagged by @bodyelectric77 :)

1-How many works do you have on ao3?

111, lol

2-What's your total AO3 word count?

1,389,833 on AO3 officially

3-What fandoms do you write for?

Hunger Games by a wide margin, and then if I get rid of the one-offs here are the fandoms I've written for at least twice:

Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins (75)

Temeraire - Naomi Novik (6)

Marvel Cinematic Universe (4)

Wynonna Earp (TV) (3)

Dragon Age (Video Games) (2)

King Lear - Shakespeare (2)

Wonder Woman (Movies - Jenkins) (2)

The Deed of Paksenarrion - Elizabeth Moon (2)

Star Wars Original Trilogy (2)

Stranger Things (TV 2016) (2)

4-What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Slow Work (Steve/Bucky)

you can take the boy out of the desert (Luke Skywalker post-ANH)

Patience, Friend (Temeraire, Volly's hatching)

Embrace the Fire: The Avenger Games

welcome to your gory bed (Hunger Games, victor backstories)

5-Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I really, really want to, because comments make me SO SO SO happy, and I occasionally have some wonderful people who go through and comment on every single thing I've written which is the DREAM -- but I don't always have the mental bandwidth to do it. So let me just say right now that if you've ever left a comment I have read it, and I loved it, and you made my day better.

6-What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Uhhhh .... there are a lot. People can cast their votes on this one, but I'd say maybe Ambrosia or Don't Flinch?

7-What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I had to leave THG for this one, lol. But I think Impossible Magic, which is a fix-it for the Enchanted Forest Chronicles that solves something that bugged me about a series I otherwise adore.

8-Do you get hate on fics?

the real ones will remember, lol. I had one specific reader who would leave, like, novel-length comments on every single chapter of every single fic about everything he hated / disagreed with. My favourite was the list of my D2 victors in order of who he hoped would get killed off from most to least (Petra was at the top and Emory was at the bottom SORRY MAN). I honestly don't know why he was still reading if everything annoyed him so much, lmao.

If ever I get a mean anon I delete it though. You won't catch me responding to anon hate.

9-Do you write smut? If so what kind?

Not....... really. I write sex in very specific situations but it's usually to serve a purpose and I'm kind of ... vague about it, even when I think I'm being explicit (for me). I'm sure people could pick out sex written by me pretty easily. It's not exactly fade to black because that implies skipping to later, this is more like ... elisions, I guess.

10-Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

Very famously, yes. I'm not sure what I'd consider the weirdest one. Temeraire / THG victors as dragons? Watership Down / THG rabbits?

11-Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Fanfic, no, I don't think so, but I have had original stories stolen and put up on Amazon. It's the reason I took down my FictionPress account and have all my original things locked on LJ / DW.

12-Have you ever had a fic translated?

I have!

Я хочу увидеть тебя храброй | I wanna see you be brave

【授权翻译】Don't Flinch/无所畏惧 | Don't Flinch.

13-Have you ever cowritten a fic before?

Yes, several! My usual co-conspirators are azelmaroark, @kawuli, @penfoldx and @xanify

14-What's your all-time favorite ship?

96 out of my 111 fics on AO3 are gen, so that should give you my answer on that one, lol.

15-What's a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

Never say never???? But sadly, probably the Portal/Emory's Games crossover if only because all the notes on the super complicated Arena were on a computer that died and I don't remember anything

16-What are your writing strengths?

Character and feelings, babeyyyyy. Also my hallmark is making people care (or at least think) about characters they absolutely despised before

17-What are your writing weaknesses?

Plot is hard. Every time I think I've done something complicated I'll read a book by someone with an actual intricate plot and need to lie down for 500 hours

18-Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

Nah. Generally I use dialogue tags to tell the reader what language is being spoken

19-First fandom you wrote for?

Star Wars, when I was 12, though it was just me and my bff. Dragon Ball Z was the first time I actually realized fandom was a Thing

20-Favorite fic you've ever written?

I will always have a soft spot for Fixed to a Star, I think

tagging whoever wants to play -- I've been offline for a while so i don't know who's done it!

[subliminalbo]

I've lost a lot of motivation to write multi-part stories. That isn't to say that I don't still write from a series perspective, but that I'm more interested in exploring those series as loosely connected vignettes than a chronological order of events. It's not that I don't want to write in traditional chapter formats, but that I find chapters to be constraining and, to be honest, the vignettes do better numbers.

At this point, I have a lot of ongoing series that I write in, so my process goes a little something like this: first, I get an itch to write something, then I consider each Romero series. Sometimes just listing everything out will bring ideas to me.

Like for example, when I wrote Just Research, the itch started with a character idea. I knew I wanted to use Sabrina Carpenter, and I knew that I wanted her to be a Corbin Arroyo fangirl who immediately gets in over her head when she starts her own investigation. The next step was to consider where she could fit in among all of these series:

Alphas

Assimilation

Obedience By Fleur

Futurum

The Submission Principle

New Thralls

Internal Affairs

Assimilation doesn't really fit the investigation storyline, so I eliminated that at first glance. Alphas is an interesting option, and I ultimately folded that series into Tabbie's backstory. The original idea for a Corbin fangirl was going to be part of the Futurum series, but I burned that idea on a Hypnovember post last year. The point being that Internal Affairs wasn't high on my list when I started thinking of ideas, but after laying these series out, the gears started turning and I developed it into this sort of unreliable narrator type thing.

The process isn't just limited to series either. If you want to base it off of characters, list your OCs and you'll start to see patterns. Maybe I'll realize that I haven't written a story about Andrea Rubin in a while and go from there.

My point is that if you're interested in writing mind control smut within a connected universe, it doesn't have to be that complicated! I know from experience how easy it is to lose control of this sort of thing. You start with a quick little vignette about a mind controlled supermodel and after a few weeks you've got 19 incomprehensible chapters with like, thirty different characters. The reason I write in a connected universe is because I want to build familiarity with these characters, it's not actually about these wide sweeping plots. I feel that it's important for readers to know who these characters are so that they can enjoy their transformations into brainwashed sorority sisters, or mindless vessels, or loyal thralls later.

[silkendandelion]

Thoughts…

The sequel to My Own, Distant Home has become a huge, complicated project, and I wanted to ramble a little bit about some things to expect

- a lot more horror, considerably less smut (mostly due to the POV changes, I’m experimenting with first person, and first person smut makes me go 😵‍💫), but that may change if I can get the hang of it

- surprise minor characters (including a cat that is actually plot relevant)

- more Jack being pathetic, overly neurodivergent, and unintentionally funny

- heavy backstory stuff for Connor

- I don’t care if the game’s UI has an iPhone, that’s just for the player’s convenience as far as I’m concerned. I’ve written it to take place in 2006 bc the technology works best for my purposes

- also the analog romance is too good

- “I won’t make you relive Ironbark—I can’t.”

Im mostly nervous about how this project is almost completely original

I want to find the right balance of bringing elements back from the first fic, paying homage to the source material, and justifying the sequel by expanding on the world and its characters in a way that feels organic

No pressure

I just want it to be finished already, and be done well, so then I can frame it above my desk for when I’m feeling bad about my writing

“Look, you took an indie horror video game with 2 hours of content and 5 named characters and wrote thousands of words about it—and it didn’t suck”

Coming to you from the writer’s desk, dehydrated and wrists hurt—but I love it

Anyway, here’s wonderwall:

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W - A trope which you are virtually certain to hate in any fandom.

X - A trope which you are almost certain to love in any fandom.

Y - What are your secondhand fandoms (i.e., fandoms you aren’t in personally but are tangentially familiar with because your friends/people on your dash are in them)?

Z - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go! (Prompts optional but encouraged.)

Yes, all four. XD

Lol, fair enough XD

W - A trope which you are virtually certain to hate in any fandom.

Hm. The main thing that comes to mind that isn't something Specific (or like a kink/smut thing which...I don't read a lot of smut fics anyway?) would probably be amnesia plotlines [she says, fully aware that that's a key part of one of her own original verses].

I guess it's not so much the idea of amnesia in and of itself, and more the way it tends to be used in fics, especially in a shipping context, it gets weird and uncomfortable and while I'm generally super into H/C tropes, something about the way amnesia storylines tend to play out just. Does Not Do It For Me.

Oh, omegaverse, I guess. Have never really understood the appeal of that.

Not a fandom trope, exactly, but the obligatory arc in team-based properties where everyone's fighting each other? Hate that. No thank you. Most of fandom also tends to hate those arcs though, lol, so it's mostly a thing I have to deal with in canon.

I'm also generally not into soulmate AUs, unless it's something baked into the structure of the fandom from the beginning (i.e., lifebonds in Valdemar) but there are exceptions to that (sometimes SW, particularly BSG).

X - A trope which you are almost certain to love in any fandom.

Lately I seem to be invested in surrogate parent/child dynamics a lot? Or actual parent/child dynamics but involving adoption or otherwise connecting later in life rather than Raised From Birth.

Also, most whump/H/C tropes, though I tend to be picky about who gets hurt.

I tend to get invested in characters with Complicated Loyalties and/or Alignments, as well.

Y - What are your secondhand fandoms (i.e., fandoms you aren’t in personally but are tangentially familiar with because your friends/people on your dash are in them)?

Several people I follow seem to be very invested in some very aesthetically pleasing C-dramas/Chinese dramas, so I tend to reblog those even though I have No Idea what's going on.

OFMD and WWDITS pop up on my dash a lot--I'm not interested in watching them for genre reasons, but I enjoy the enthusiasm of the people on my dash for them.

Also Batfam/DC comics stuff.

Those are the big ones, I think? Especially in terms of things I probably won't ever get into directly.

Z - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go! (Prompts optional but encouraged.)

Lol, you left it so open-ended where do I even go from here XD

Uh, okay, a blitz through some of the things that have floated through my head lately:

I've been thinking a lot about Zarek lately, actually, for a variety of reasons (including a backstory/character profile fic that I swear will materialize someday). Watch him also take on a bigger role than I planned in The Other Battlestar, lol.

Also thinking about adaptations, and what makes a good one vs. a bad one; both because the Les Mis brainrot is still strong (I still need to do my rewatch of the 2012 movie, maybe this weekend), and in talking about the WoT TV series with my dad (he doesn't like it, thinks it takes things too far away from the source material; I agree that it's doing some Very different things to the point where it's borderline a different story at this point But the touchstones I like are still strong enough for me, even with the Heavy nostalgia goggles)

Crossovers! Crossovers are a lot of fun; there are still a handful of BSG/SW crossovers I want to write someday, plus the BSG1 crossover AU outline I started...like...two years ago, lol...

Always sort of in the background thinking about redemption arcs/morally grey characters and/or storylines (see above re: complicated loyalties and alignments being a Thing for me, lol). I haven't written anything on the subject in a while, but sometimes go back and reread old essays.

...there's more, I'm sure, but that's what's popping into my head as having been fairly Present lately XD

Ask me a question!

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4, 14, 22, 27, 35, 40, 46, 54, 63, 65, 71, 73 (I'm sorry there are so many I couldn't choose)

Hello Fen!!!! thank you for asking don't apologize I love answering these kind of questions

04. Where do you find inspiration for new ideas?

Everywhere. Maybe while watching shows, playing games or reading books, especially when I read novels. Lately I’ve been finding so much inspiration in stories written by Latin American authors like Mariana Enríquez.

But sometimes it just… happens, like I get an idea while Im on my way to work, or while Im browsing in the supermarket or while im taking a shower. I tend to write them down but I don’t get to include everything in my stories.

14. how do you write emotional scenes? Do you ever feel what the characters feel? Do you draw from personal experiences?

I don’t really draw from personal experiences, is more like… I check my playlists and liked songs for one to get me in the mood, or maybe I’m writing and a song starts blasting in my head and yea. I think it has worked.

22. Are there certain types of writing you won’t do? (style, pov, genre, tropes, etc)

Will never do abo kajskajs I just don’t find the appeal and I will never ever ever ever write about real people or tragedies, I think it is distasteful and red flaggish.

Also I struggle writing wholesome and fluffy stuff that don’t end in angst or tragedy kajskajs

27. What is your most and least favorite part of writing?

Editing, I think that’s where my writing can really shine. But also editing, because sometimes Im like “okk imma write a little” and I end up editing instead of progressing.

35. What is one essential thing to remember when writing a villain? 

I think one of the most important aspects of writing villains is that they’re mostly manipulative little shits. Doesn’t matter the backstory or the goals, it’s about how manipulative and GOOD at it they are im sure.

40. If someone were to make fanart of your work, what fic or scene would you hope to see?

From pinch ngl I would love to see an illustrated version of Varré saving Eleonora from drowning in the Interlude chapter.

46. How would you describe your style? (Character/emotion/action-driven, etc)

Character-driven and that also includes their emotions and world views. I love it. Also, I’m very descriptive and think my style can sometimes be redundant.

54. What’s your favorite part about the fanfiction writing process?

Everything. I think fanfiction writing is as valuable as any other kind of writing because we’re creating, improving and we share! But knowing someone out there is reading and enjoying your work means a lot.

63. Something you hate to see in smut.

Just… badly written smut with repetitive actions, weird slangs for genitalia and cheesy phrases. Idk there’s too much to choose something specifically.

65. Tell us about what you’re most looking forward to writing – in your current project, or a future Project

I just want to finish Pinch. If I finish Pinch I’ll feel like I can do anything. I’ve never finished a fic before and want this to be the first. Just that.

71. When it comes to more complicated narratives, how do you keep track of outlines, characters, development, timeline, ect.?

I outline chapter by chapter, but I don’t really have a timeline or anything like that. I go with the flow just trying to writing it making sense kajskajs

73. What do you think makes your writing stand out from other works?

I… honestly don’t know.

But hey I’m the only person writing elden ring fanfiction in Spanish on ao3, so yea that. I love my native language because it’s so rich and I translate because if I don’t do it, no one is going to read me, but I always post the original version of almost all my fics!

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Deep Inside chapter 1

This is a work of fan fiction, based in a very alternate universe, with my favorite characters and settings chosen for use with little to no regard for anything cannon in any way. I do my best to stay true to the characters as I understand them but obviously there will be adaptations to the environment. Also the subject matter is primarily romance, smut, porn and erotic fiction. If that offends you, feel free to move on. I'll be happy to list any specific tags or warnings on each story as it pertains. Also, rather than y/n I write with original characters with backstories and descriptions so once again, if thats not what you enjoy, I'll save you the time. If you're still with me, welcome and enjoy the ride.

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It was hard for Verity to sleep on any average day. She had so many stories in her head from the people she had touched with her power of tactile empathy. She drew a bit of them inside herself - their emotions, hints and flashes of memories, their essence. She did her best to purge them but even when they were more or less gone there was always some residue left behind. An echo in her soul. 

Verity had gotten better at turning it off as she got older, but when she was young she had been terrified that one day she would be so full of other people's echoes that she would lose herself entirely. 

Tonight was another sleepless night. It was a hot summers night, but she had the windows open and the air conditioning in her room turned off. She loved the smell of nature, the sound of the crickets. The humidity made her skin a bit sticky with a fine sheen of sweat, and she tied her tank top in a knot just under her breasts and stripped down to her underwear, but she hated the staleness of the air conditioner.  A summers night was almost a living breathing thing; a work of art like a symphony or a poem. 

She turned on Miles Davis love songs and sat in front of the box fan with a glass of iced tea.  

Life with the avengers was complicated, but something about it felt right.  She had been recruited by Sam Wilson to be a member of the team he was rebuilding with the help of Pepper Stark and the Tony Stark foundation. There were several others on the team but she was the only mutant, and Sam had named her Ambassador. They were hoping her presence on the team would be a step toward acceptance for mutants - in a day and age where the government was considering a mutant registration act.  If they pushed that act through, mutant concentration camps might well be the next step. 

Yet another thing to lose sleep over, Verity thought with a sigh. Yet tonight it wasn't nightmares or worry about the safety of mutantkind that kept her awake. It was the man in the next room. Bucky Barnes. 

She'd known he was not good for her the moment he walked in the door about a month ago.  Or stalked in the door, more like. He had made it obvious he didn't want to be here, but for whatever reason, he had agreed to come. 

Now she sat here, sweaty and sleepless and all she could think about was that man.  It had been a damned long time since she want wanted someone like she wanted him, and to make it worse, he knew it.  She could see it in his eyes, in the way his gaze lingered on her face - the way he licked his lips at her.  He had started to make a habit of passing by her closer and closer, never actually touching her but close enough they could feel the heat radiating off one another.  They hardly ever spoke to one another, but his eyes said so much. 

She closed her own eyes and ran an ice cube from her chin, down her neck and between her breasts, focusing on the sensation, trying to be content with her own touch - she had opted for that more often in her adult life than taking the risk of touching a lover long enough, intimately enough that she lost herself in them completely. She'd had lovers, of course, but she was careful to choose them. She had been cautious - safe. 

Bucky Barnes was definitely not safe. 

 But as she felt the ice cube draw her nipples to a peak, she realized it was his hands she was imagining holding the ice. His blue eyes, watching her intently in the way only he did. Her eyelashes fluttered and her lips parted at the thought, her nipples growing sensitive and hard, she ran the very tips of her fingers over them feather gently and moaned lightly at the depth of the sensation the very thought of Bucky's mouth on them brought on.

She was lost in her fantasy and allowed herself to whisper his name on a whimper as she twisted one nipple, imagining it was his teeth nipping it instead.  She wished desperately she could bury her hands in that thick brown hair. 

What she didn't realize was that Bucky heard his name from the other side of the wall, his own window open, his mind too full to sleep just the same. He held his breath and listened, and her heard her rapid, irregular breathing, the jazz music, and then he heard her whimper lightly and draw in a sharp breath as her fingers dipped between her legs and she imagined they were his. 

He let his breath out slowly, already stirring at the thought. She was a beautiful woman, and he admired her strength. He'd known she liked flirting with him, and he couldn't lie to himself - he wanted this. Needed it, he realized, reaching down and shifting his erection in his pants because they were quickly becoming uncomfortably tight.

It had been a very, very long time. So many things were different, expectations and boundaries had changed. He wasn't sure he was ready for this but when he heard her breathing coming faster and the sound of her bed shifting under her as she… fuck. He was climbing out his window before he had time to talk himself out of it. He was already shirtless, his dogtags dangling against his chest, wearing nothing but a pair of jeans.   He stared in her window for a moment, licking his lips absently as he caught sight of her on her bed, her head thrown back against the mattress, her breasts arched up toward the ceiling her nipples the color of roses, tightened into little buds as one hand rubbed them. The other hand… oh the other hand. He moaned out loud at the sight of her legs bent at the knees, spread wide to reveal all of her. She was rubbing her clit in small circles with that other hand, pushing up with her feet to lift her hips now and sliding two fingers deep inside herself.

He was breathing hard as he watched, aching… he didn't even realize he was undoing the fly of his pants until it was open. *shit* he gasped out loud, unable to tear his eyes away as she withdrew her hand and closed her knees, sitting up to look out the window with a gasp. Her long brown hair tumbled around her shoulder and she drew her knees up to her chest modestly.

"I… uh, I heard my name." Bucky told her, licking his lips and smirking. His steel blue eyes were almost translucent and shining in the moonlight, his muscled chest was as beautiful as she had so often imagined. 

When he climbed in her window she did not protest. It had been a long time but his instincts were carrying him now as he reached the edge of the bed and grabbed her ankles and with a firm tug dragged her across the bed to him. He stroked her cheek as he gazed down at her. He didn't say a word but he loosened his fly and let his pants fall low on his hips, his impressive erection springing free as he continued to stare into her eyes. His vibranium arm reached up to stroke her hair, smoothing it back from her face and down the back of her head with a gentle, suggestive pressure. 

She whimpered slightly, not from fear but excitement as she lowered her face and reached up to grasp his engorged cock in one hand, running her tongue teasingly along the tip and hearing his sharp intake of breath as he reflexively thrust his hips. His head fell back, eyes closing. He swallowed hard and when she did not move, he looked back down at her, his chest heaving and his blue eyes full of confusion. She smiled up at him and started to stroke him with her fist.

"Say please, Sargeant Barnes." She told him with a smirk of her own. He let out a sharp breath and chuckled at her, sliding his hand into her hair again.

"Please." He whispered breathily. "Please, Verity." And with her eyes still locked on his she opened her mouth wide and leaned forward to take him in. He thrust hard then checked to make sure it hadn't been too much, that he hadn't hurt her and she hummed in pleasure as she began to slide up and down, meeting the rhythm of his hips in opposition. Soon he had both hands in her hair, his head falling back, his lips parted in absolute pleasure. 

"Oh, doll." He murmured, his hands still stroking her hair.  Suddenly with one last deep thrust of his hips he cried out sharply and came and came for longer than either knew was possible. As she swallowed it all down she wiped her mouth with the back of her hand and watched him. His eyes were still shut, his chin against his chest, his mouth forming a small o as he blew out a long breath. He began to smile broadly and chuckled deep in his throat before looking her in the eye again.

"That was good." He told her with a tilt of his head. Before she could respond, he pushed her back on the bed hard, with his vibranium hand and dropped to his knees. He pulled her legs up and draped her thighs over his shoulders, spreading her wide with cold metal fingers and making her hips jump, and his mouth dove in to catch her. His tongue was broad as he tasted her for the first time and he moaned in pleasure at the taste of her. Then his lips found her clit and sucked until hurt, then he eased off and flicked it with the tip of his tongue to soothe the pain. She cried out, her hands spread wide, gripping the sheets blindly as the pleasure built near to boiling and her hips moved involuntarily up and down and he chuckled at the way he had her squirming.

 Two cold vinbranium fingers slid in, then three and she met his thrusts with her hips again with blind need. When he lowered his face again to trace circles around her clit with his tongue, slowly at first but growing faster and faster she couldn't take it anymore and she arched her back her legs spreading as wide as they could as she pressed herself against his tongue and her entire body was drawn down to her core as wave after wave of orgasm tightened and released against his face. When she could think again, breathe again she looked down at him wiping his glistening mouth and chin of the evidence of her arousal. He grinned at her, those blue eyes sparkling - he was clearly very proud of himself. She chuckled a little, suddenly feeling a little shy.

He climbed up onto the bed next to her and leaned on his vibranium arm, cupping one breast in his other hand and running his thumb over her nipple to make her jump. 

"Hi." He said with a light chuckle. She blushed and grinned, then covered her face with her hands.

"Hi." She said when she was able to come out from behind her hands.

He lickd his lower lip again as his blue eyes slid over every inch of her. He finally put his hand under her chin and lifted it so he could lean down and kiss her, slowly at first but then more hungrily as his tongue began to demand entrance, exploring her mouth and rubbing roughly against her own tongue, taking her breath away again. He took her hand by the wrist and guided it down to grasp his cock, fully erect and throbbing again to her surprise. It was a pleasant surprise and her hum of interest made him smile. 

"Super soldier serum." He whispered against her lips with that cocky smirk. Before she could think of anything clever to say he claimed her mouth again, rolling onto his back and pulling her on top of him. He took her by the hips and she opened herself with one hand, guiding his thickness into her as she lowered herself slowly onto the full length of him, moaning as she felt him press against her cervix. 

"Oh god." She moaned, her head thrown back as he lifted his hips to grind even deeper into her and she screamed, literally screamed and clenched hard against him as he stretched and filled her almost painfully. He let out a cry of his own followed by a gasp and a chuckle, he seemed to take that as a dare and he did it again, more forcefully, his lips drawing back with the effort of his straining muscles and he set a merciless pace - his thumb found her clit again and it only took the slightest pressure before she came, wave after wave of wet contractions so tight around him that he gasped and panted, his blue eyes narrowing but never closing and never leaving hers. 

As soon as she was done, she collapsed, exhausted- but he wasn't finished yet. He slid out from under her and let her lie facedown on the bed moving around behind her. He gave her a firm slap on the ass and laughed when she yelped at the sting. He used his knee to spread her legs again and grabbed her by the hips pulling her up to him and diving into her once more. He was merciless this time, riding her hard and fast as she gripped the sheets with white knuckles and bit the pillow to keep quiet. Finally she couldn't help it and screamed out his name.

"Bucky, oh God, Bucky!" He began to slow, afraid he might've hurt her but she whimpered, "oh God, please don't stop! Don't stop!" He chuckled that breathy laugh of his and he reached one hand into her hair and twisted, pulling her up toward him.  

"Say please, doll." He breathed hotly in her ear and she could feel the slick wetness leaking out of her trembling pussy.  

"Please, Bucky." She whimpered as he began to suck and nibble at her neck,, his hand still pulling her hair almost painfully.

"Please what?" He teased, his mouth against her skin as he spoke.

"Please fuck me!" She gasped, her hand cupping her own breasts now, her thighs shaking with desperation. 

"Like this?" He teased moving ever so slightly, gently.

"Harder!" She begged. 

He moved slightly harder then stopped..

"Harder!" 

"Harder, what?" He teased mercilessly, nibbling on her ear lazily. 

Hand still holding her in place by pulling her hair.  

"Oh, Bucky Please! Fuck me hard!" She finally moaned none to quietly and she could feel him smile against her skin..  he thrust his hips hard and buried himself again and began to ride her harder than she'd ever had before.  When she came this time it felt like it was her whole body and she cried out loudly.  With two more thrusts he stopped cried out victorious, a low primal growl of a sound.  He finally letting go of her hair and collapsed on top of her on the mattress.  He rolled over onto his back, still gasping and panting. They were both coated in sweat and smiling like maniacs. 

He knew she had to be sore. He lay on his back, his vibranium arm across his eyes for a moment while his gasps slowed and his breathing more subdued. He reached over and stroked her skin gently, inviting her to come closer. 

Verity kissed him gently, slowly once, twice, and then lay her head on his chest and listened to his heartbeat.

"That was unbelievable." She chuckled, "I needed that." She began tracing the line of hair from his belly button to just above his now satisfied manhood and back up again.

"Me too doll." He sighed happily kissing the top of her head. "I haven't done that since 1942." He chuckled.

"Well, you've got me beat in that contest I guess." She chuckled, kissing his chest lazily. She couldn't get enough of him.  He put his hand under her chin and guided her to lift her face so he could kiss her softly, lazily on the mouth again. 

When they finally grew still, they lay on the bed for awhile just breathing happily, listening to the summer sounds outside the window. 

"You asleep?" She asked eventually.

"No." Bucky sighed. "Your sheets are soaking." He laughed lightly. She laughed too. "That's not all my fault." She replied. 

"You, uh.. you want to sleep in my bed? With me?" Bucky asked awkwardly. Verity propped herself up on one elbow and looked at him in the dim lighting and saw something new in his eyes. Shyness. Vulnerability. 

"I'd like that." She agreed with a feather light kiss. She watched as he slipped back into his jeans, and she put on her robe. He glanced at the window and she laughed. "Let's just go through the door this time." He smiled and nodded as if a bit embarrassed. 

"Right." He said, rubbing the back of his neck.  She reached out and took his hand and let him lead her to his room.  They fell asleep quickly once they were in his bed, laying on their sides with him spooning her tightly. They fit together like pieces of a puzzle. 

They slept peacefully for a couple of hours before she started to talk in her sleep. 

"Stop. Stop!" It started as a gentle protest, but soon she was screaming and thrashing. "Stop! I can't…" 

"Doll?" Bucky was startled awake, sitting up and gazing at her in shock. "Hey, it's ok… wake up, it's ok." Suddenly the bedside lamp flew of the table and smashed against the wall, and everything else began to shake and move, flying around and smashing into things. The bed itself began to shake and lift up off the floor.  

"Verity! Wake up!" Bucky grabbed her by the shoulders and lifted her up. As she snapped awake, everything she had been unconsciously throwing around with her telekinesis fell to the floor, including the bed. It fell to the floor with a crash, and before they had fully oriented themselves, Sam and Yelana were knocking down the door.

"What the hell?" Sam yelled. 

"Kinky." Yelena quipped, looking around the room at the mess. Bucky scowled fiercely at both of them. 

"I couldn't stop! I couldn't… oh, God, I didn't want to…" verity cried out, tears pouring from her eyes.  "Oh, Bucky.  I'm so sorry…" she wept, touching his face. She'd been having his nightmare.

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AO3 Stats Meme!

Thanks for tagging me @captain-aralias; I do love stats and I finally have the brain power to dive into some of mine.

For some backstory, I started reading fics in the summer of 2020 and wrote my first fanfic in November 2020.

Total works: 64 Average word count: 6,968 Average hits count: 950 Average Kudos count: 96 Average no. of comment threads:  15 Average no. of Bookmarks: 19

Some musings on works closest to the average 👇

Closest to Average word count (6,979)

We Used To Be Friends (AKA Mean-O-Ween) - love that this fic gets a spot on the board. I loved writing this; it's sweet, it's sexy, it has Baz in a leotard, what more can you want? It's also my first Halloween fic, which isn't something I ever expected to write AND I get to showcase my love for The Dandy Warhols. I feel like in so many ways this fic shows what I love most about my writing: lyrics as inspiration, characters who are complicated but try their best, some sexual tension, a dash of feels, lots of comedic relief, and, of course, a happy ending. Maybe it was the timing on this fic's publication, but I never really felt like it gained traction in the fandom. But I'm still oh-so-proud of it <3

Closest to Average hits count (953)

Tale As Old As Time - oh boy, my first fanfic LOL. Love that it still gets traction, even though I'm terrified of re-reading it; I know it's a bit of a mess (I forgot all about one of the plot lines and gave this just... like... the crackiest ending). Still, I worked a lot with side characters on this fic and I'm glad that's something I still do with my stories. In some ways, I think this may be my funniest fic because I literally did not give a damn about plot. But it's all from memory: Agatha as Simon's horse, Simon's inability to shutthefuckup around Baz, Dev as a clock, Malcolm as a footstool... just. All around Christina-curse-brain-fic.

Closest to Average Kudos count (96)

2 fast 2 vroom: the vroomening - I'm going to point to this fic as the first smut I wrote where I really fucking tried. The first time I re-read the smut and thought, ok yes this still sounds sexy to me. It also introduces one of my favorite personal tropes: Simon as a little shit. And, most importantly, my best unintentional pun because it is a FIC ABOUT RIMMING set in my vroom-vroom-verse and I did that COMPLETELY by accident. To me, this is what I strive for in most of my smut: sex that doesn't take itself too seriously between two people who are down for anything so long as its consensual.

Closest to Average no. of comment threads (15)

Tale As Old As Time clocks in at 15, but I've already covered that so I'm going to talk about my runners-up:

vroom vroom 2: Watford Drift (14) - love highlighting this fic I wrote for @martsonmars because she implanted the idea of Cars role-play and I couldn't get it out of my head. It's also the fic that I think cemented our friendship and that makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. However, it suffers from the sophomore slump in terms of reader interaction (falling behind vroom vroom the origin story and 2 fast 2 vroom), which makes me a little sad because I find it infinitely more funny than the first vroom vroom. God... the convoy quote alone! And @mostlymaudlin's inspired "Grr," he grrs line. I feel like this fic pushed the limits of how cracky a story of mine could be while still holding a plot.

Green Is The Color (14) - so it kind of tracks that this fic would come next! This fic was my first venture into writing kink, and I was so, so, so nervous about it (it's possible I'd stumbled into kink in other fics, but this time I tried). The reception for this fic really surprised me, because, while I liked it, I wasn't sure if the weird elements would play together. Also I wrote half of the smut while on the way to a Halloween bonfire which always makes me laugh.

Closest to Average no. of Bookmarks (19)

2 fast 2 vroom: the vroomening clocks in with 19 bookmarks but, again, it's already place on this

Fucking Ruthless (22) - OOPs I literally wrote a whole thing about the WRONG fic! HAHAHA ok well. I actually forget about this fic, clearly. But it's a fun little romp that I also have complicated feelings about because it starts one way and completely flips. I do love the idea of Simon as a tease and how different their needs in sex are, but how they match in so many ways. Oh boy. So embarrassed I wrote the WRONG fic explanation. Sigh...

Tagging @sillyunicorn (maybe you could do this with your songs somehow??) @martsonmars @palimpsessed @mostlymaudlin @tea-brigade & anyone else who wants to look at this I just only tagged people who I know for certain have backlogs of content like me (although like, half of my fics are from the last two months I think)

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Wanna Know a Writer

Thank you very much to @sparrow-ink for the tag - I love doing these when I get the chance! Incidentally, this is also my 1001st post on Tumblr!

How many works do you have on AO3?

It looks like I have 116 right now, but it will be 117 tomorrow (with a short Batman/Superman fic)

What’s your total AO3 word count?

716,792 apparently... I’ve been writing like crazy lately and I still swear that can’t be right, but there you go

How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?

It looks like I’ve posted fic for 30 (including crossovers and fusions) and there may be more I haven’t posted, so not listing all of them. You can see the whole list here

Following @sparrow-ink‘s example, I’ll let my filesystem speak for itself:

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

The Language of Chess has been the undisputed champion for a while (Kirk and Spock flirt using the Vulcan language of chess)

The Old Family Farm is a more recent fic that came up from behind while I wasn’t looking (Clark Kent takes Bruce Wayne to meet his parents)

The Gift Giving Game was my K/S secret santa gift for Herenya_writes (Kirk and Spock stir up rumors as professors at Starfleet Academy)

A Hidden, Personal Thing (Spock offers to mind meld with Kirk)

Human, Vulcan, and Everything in Between (Spock is ace, Kirk is polyamorous, and it works well for them)

Do you respond to comments, why or why not?

I try to respond to every comment because there’s nothing I like more than talking with people about my writing and the stories that inspire it! I’m more than happy to answer questions on here too, if anyone has any!

What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

So, these days I’m generally a firm believer in happy endings, but in the pre-AO3 days, I used to mostly write death!fic and a few highlights actually made it onto AO3:

The Death of Spock - Spock dies during the original five-year mission and Kirk is left to pick up the pieces

Only a Fool - Watson dies at Reichenbach and Holmes is left to pick up the pieces

Honorable mention: Devoted - the inevitable tragedy of Mary Watson (nee Morstan)

Do you write crossovers? If so what’s the craziest one you’ve written?

As it turns out, the other thing I used to write is crazy crossovers, many of which were never finished, let alone saw the light of day. I’ve dialed back on it (a little), but here are some highlights:

Spock in Wonderland

Millennium Death Note - currently in progress! (What if Light Yagami solved the Millennium Puzzle?)

The Mysterious Mr. Jeeves - Jeeves and Wooster x Everything, but I think the most outlandish one in there would have to be The Phantom of the Opera

Honorable mention: my old BBC Sherlock x Harry Potter - the writing isn’t great and the plot is a bit of a mess, but it will likely always be my most viewed fic

Have you ever received hate on a fic?

Only a little bit and mostly just on FanFiction.net - there was one person offended that my big Star Trek TOS x TNG crossover was “secretly” Kirk/Spock. More often I get people who like most of my fics, but then get annoyed about Kirk being polyamorous or Spock being ace or don’t like how I decided to end something, which isn’t terribly helpful, but could be worse.

Do you write smut? If so what kind?

Nope, don’t read it, don’t write it, just not for me.

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not to my knowledge, thankfully.

Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes! I’m honored that people want to translate my stories into other languages (and make podfic of them)!

The first three chapters of Devoted (the tragedy of Mary Watson) are available in Chinese

Enough to Drive a Man to Madness (Mycroft puts up with Sherlock Holmes angsting about Dr. Watson) is available in Russian

Once Upon a Dream (Holmes and Watson dance) is available in Russian

The Appearance of Dorian Gray (Bertie Wooster meets Dorian Gray) has a podfic

And I think someone did a podfic of a scene from A Crazy Little Thing Called Love (the progression of Kirk and Spock’s relationship over The Original Series), but I can’t seem to find it right now

What’s your all time favorite ship?

My first and dearest will always be Holmes/Watson from the original Sherlock Holmes stories

What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

I’ve gotten to be pretty good at finishing things I want to write, but there’s this huge Disney crossover I started writing with a friend that is glorious and complicated and almost 1/3 of the way done despite being over 90k already. Whenever I think about it, I always think that, yes, I will finish it some day, even though my co-author has lost interest, but the truth is probably not... But who knows, maybe I’ll turn around and have it done for next year’s @wipbigbang!

What are your writing strengths?

I’ve discovered a secret talent for finishing what I start, which is nice - a combination of planning and just keeping at it, slow and steady.

I think I do a good job of capturing characters’ voices, whether in dialogue or narration, and it serves me particularly well when I’m trying to imitate a style - I’m especially proud of some of my Jeeves and Wooster. I can also do some nice flowery prose if put my mind to it.

What are your writing weaknesses?

For all of my love of pretty prose, it’s easy for me to forget to describe things, so my writing can end up fairly sparse. I also feel like I could get better at integrating romance and plot - the romance often ends up getting drowned out by everything else going on, which is especially frustrating because I’m usually writing it because of the romance.

What was the first fandom you wrote for?

That’s a good question. Probably Death Note (my friends and I used to ship L/Light) - that’s the oldest fic I have on my computer, at least, but I used to write on paper, so there may be something even older there. The first fandom I posted anything for is Harry Potter (a next-gen OC fic about the daughter of Bellatrix Lestrange - it’s best not to ask). I also posted my first Holmes/Watson fic at about the same time (it’s pretty bad, but I tried).

What’s your favorite fic that you’ve written?

I’m actually really happy with a couple of my somewhat recent longer fics:

Generations - my Kirk/Spock Star Trek: Generations fix-it

Bertie Solves a Mystery - Jeeves and Wooster get embroiled in a murder mystery and meet Hercule Poirot and Hastings (also Jeeves has a mysterious backstory)

tagging: I’m going to second @plaudiusplants and tag @the-z-part​ and @marlinspirkhall​ if you’d like to do it, along with anyone else who wants to go for it!

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tog/khunbam fic rec

this is for @cannottranslate​ because you asked for it and i am grateful for the excuse to make a fic rec post

i expect this will be a long post so i’ll put it under read ↓ 

i’ll be leaving my own thoughts and comments under each fic (im sorry in advance for rambling too much)!! if you want the full summary and other info please click on the link provided lol

!!webtoon spoilers beware!!

♡ = one of my favourites

canon timeline

(these will be the ones that are set in the canon world and follow major plot events, even if there some changes in the details and relationships)

♡ deep sea blue by Feyren ♡

please read everything written by feyren!!!! lovely prose, wonderfully written khunbam emotional tension. khun braiding his beautiful hair accompanied by symbolism and perfectly crafted metaphor. bonus earrings.

♡ hollow moons by NoteInABottle ♡

please also read everything by noteinabottle!! equally lovely prose, wonderfully written khunbam emotional tension. khun wearing earrings and giving them to bam, accompanied by lots of symbolism and perfectly crafted metaphor. you could probably consider this a companion fic to feyren’s deep sea blue. both of these fics gave me a Thing for khun’s earrings (>_<;)``

take my hand (take my whole life too) by RadiantAshe

our dear ashe has written lots of great stuff but i think this is my favourite!! so much khunbam softness, very classic s3 vibes <33

Chestnuts at Nighttime by khunfounded (ongoing)

khun with a cat who loves him very much, and vice versa. that’s all the explanation you need. this fic overloads my heart with cute soft fluffy feelings!!! (bonus khun and bam dolls with little hands made of velcro so they can hold each other’s hands (ʘ‿ʘ✿) please i can’t take any more of this, somebody help my heart is gonna explode)

a thousand paths to you by LiannaAila

set during the time of khun’s coma. bam travels to a parallel universe and meets an alive and awake khun. this fic is exactly what it says it is and it’s so lovely <3

oh no he’s hot (and other earth-shattering revelations) by Bird_of_Dreams

tldr; bam being thirsty over khun

khun aguero agnis and his growing competency kink by chuuyaya

tldr; khun being thirsty over bam

motion by smokeandwaves (rated Explicit)

set during hell train, khunbam focused. this one is really popular in the fandom!! it’s well written, and if you consider smut a genre i would say this is the best one in the tog tag. lots of emotions, and a wonderful flow of feeling!! also it has a few sequel fics in the series, ‘obedience’ in particular being all about sub!khun,, which is,, (*ﾉωﾉ)

sometimes when i look into your eyes i pretend you're mine by agueros (minamis)

residents of the tower ship jue viole grace and khun aguero agnis and write fanfiction about them (i love these types of fics lmao)

From: Khun by AngrySheepProject  and To you who lies with my heart under the sea by Strawbellie666 (ongoing)

khun messaging bam’s pocket when he thought he was dead in s2

canon divergence + future canonverse

(future fics means it’s set in the future of the current canon, which at the nest arc rn)

♡ A World Without You by Breaking_Formation ♡

this one might be my favourite out of all of them. i know it says major character death but it happens in the beginning and there’s a promised happy ending so don’t worry!!! this one is a beautiful 20k word masterpiece.... seriously..... this fic is set after the nest arc, it has lots of Plot and plays around with the world and the lore of the Tower, so it’s already fascinating that way, but the real heart of the story is in the emotions!! if you love witnessing khun’s endless devotion to bam, this is the fic that shows you that devotion reflected right back at khun. it might bring you to tears :’)

♡ Our Hearts Are Made of Stars by Ruinous ♡ (ongoing)

out of the 5 or so other time travel au fics in the tog fandom, this one is definitely my favourite!! time travel aus are all super fun to read, but this one stood out to me especially because it hits all the right spots!! it’s written well and i love the level of foresight, and the emotions detailed into this, it really feels like the friendships and bonds are at the heart of this story and all the fighting stuff will turn out just fine, and everything will be ok :)

♡ enough by Feyren ♡

future fic, set in a cocktail party on the 87th floor. this is so well written!!!!! again, please just read everything written by feyren. the prose is wonderful and everything going on in this fic feels so well-crafted and carefully executed with just the right amount of subtlety in all the emotions. i think it’s gorgeous.

fire and ice by soundscape (ongoing)

set vaguely in the future. still ongoing, and the story feels like it’s just started, but very intriguing plot!! premise is people trying to separate khun from bam + the team trying to deal with shady fug plots

dig down deep by milkywxy (ongoing)

this one is a plotty one!! diverges from canon at the hidden floor arc. bam decides not to let rachel go with them. im super interested to see where this story goes!!

where the current leaves us by macrauchenia (ongoing)

this one is a Plotty one, still in the early stages of plot development but the premise is super interesting!! basically khun takes bam’s place in the bubble with rachel, during the administrator’s test on the 2nd floor. i’m excited to see where this story goes :D

special mentions for “bam climbs the tower” remix concept fics that you might like to check out (this is for you dango, since you said you like togverse canon divergence :D)

Moonlight by Shadow_to_rant (ongoing, khun meets bam in cave instead of rachel)

Timeless Existence by Jazebeth (Barrattiel) (ongoing, time travel au series)

Second Chance by Shadow_to_rant (ongoing, time travel au)

Never Let You Go by eternus (ongoing, time travel au)

Il Principe by euludey (ongoing, bam with different backstory/origins)

Night Never Falls by TripleTurtles (ongoing, au where rachel doesn’t succeed at pushing bam off the bubble on the 2nd floor)

Child of Arlene by MoodleNoodle (ongoing, bam is adopted by jahad before canon timeline)

au

♡ the king and his lionheart by chuuyaya ♡

khunbam royalty au with bam as king, khun as a genius war strategist. bonus pda in front of a whole courtroom. what more could you want?? this was soooo satisfying to read, i enjoyed it a lot :D (please also check out chuuyaya’s other fics if you like khunbam aus!!)

if there's anything in this life ive been waiting for (its you) by trueaguero (ongoing)

fascinating au where everyone is outside the tower and the tower is part of history. perhaps you could call this a “post-tower au” ?

if my heart was a house by The_Winged_Warrior

very cute magical fantasy au!! khun runs a potion shop and bam is an adventurer

aus are pretty self explanatory so i’ll put the rest in a list:

you are the magic in me by silverinerivers (ongoing, hogwarts au)

hope and legacy by chuuyaya (figure skating au)

♡ jump then fall (i'll catch you) by agueros (minamis) ♡ (figure skating au, consider it a prequel to ‘hope and legacy’, this is a beautiful 13k-word love letter to figure skating <3)

of social media and turtles by chuuyaya (celeb au with social media bits)

i am the last olympian by argenteas (percy jackson au)

who else is there to love but you? by khuns (college au, very soft pining!!)

Lucky coin by bothersomepotato (ongoing, college business majors au)

Greedy Turtles by Alien_ships (ongoing, on the surface it seems like just a pet shop au but there’s a lot of care and attention paid to the characters and relationship dynamics :D)

and i will come to you at every first snow by aguerobaam (khun is a magical doll in a toy store)

the heart heist by paused (ongoing, cyberpunk au)

khun special category

(it’s all about khun here)

♡ all the blue in the world won’t do, without you by NoteInABottle ♡ (ongoing)

multichapter fic set on khun eduan’s 111th floor!! if you’re too impatient to wait for the khun family arc, you should just read this fic. it’s still ongoing as of the time i made this post but it’s already looking to have all the elements i want out of a khun family arc. it’s written so so well too!! noteinabottle is one of my favourite tog authors :D

Brothers and sisters, I'm an atomic bomb by gleek_runner (ongoing series)

a wonderfully well written series of fics focusing on interactions between members of the khun family!!!! im just a sucker for the khun kids and im always starving for khun family content

He Wonders if He Still Breathes by Chocolatesandblood

khun and ran interactions!!

putting his resolve to the test. by soundscape

khun and hachuling interactions!!

Autumn Angel by XprincessxofxspadesX

khunbam meets maria and a series of complicated and fascinating interactions occurs. this was very nice to read ;w;

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Fic writer review

I got tagged for the thing by @picnokinesis ! Yay!

1. How many works do you have on Ao3?

Twenty eight. There are a fair few older fics that never made the transition though.

2. What’s your total Ao3 word count?

173,909 and counting

3. How many fandoms have you written for?

Loosely six fandoms on AO3 (bundling things like the various MCU properties together as one, for example). That would probably go up to eight or nine fandoms if you included stuff that didn’t make it onto AO3.

4. Top 5 fics by kudos?

My MCU stuff blows everything else completely out of the water, in kudos terms... 1. A.I.s and Lullabies (MCU) - 11,407 kudos. Aka, the Weirdly Popular Kidfic, this was as a meme fill that got out of control. This story makes an absolute mockery of the stats on every other story I’ve ever shared. Partly I think this was timing - I wrote this in the early days of the first ���Avengers” movie, right when people were starting to really latch on to this whole “shared universe” concept.

2. A Digital Model of Mortality (MCU) - 1,368 kudos. Another impulse-written MCU story about Tony’s emotionally traumatised robot family. Clearly, I was not the only person who had a lot of feelings about robots.

3. The Healing Properties of Felt Tip Pens (MCU) - 1,041 kudos. I’m actually still a little bit pleased with how this one worked out. It was also a meme-fill, but Bruce and Steve turned out to have this gently fraternal dynamic that I just adored.

4. Jumping the Uncanny Valley (MCU) - 915 kudos. Even more Tony-and-his-robot-family feels... I really had a thing going there for a while! This one was responding to the loss of JARVIS and the arrival of Vision, and how messed up that made me (I mean Tony. Tony was the messed up one).

5. Build My Kingdom on a Fault Line (Sherlock) - 770 kudos. Finally, we make it out of the MCU! This one is substantially Mystrade (but written by me so it’s still extremely tame), with a whole backstory for them and everything. The Mystrade community may not be the major one in the fandom, but they’re very generous in their interactions.

5. Do you respond to comments? Why/why not?

So much! I love talking to people about my head canons so much. If someone is brave enough to comment on something I wrote, you can bet I’m responding to them!

6. A fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

Hmm. Originally, it would have probably been AIs and Lullabies (MCU), but I got so much angst back from my readers about the original ending that I wrote an epilogue to make it less miserable in the end. (The readers were right, it worked much better with the hopeful ending than the genuinely miserable one). Now, it’s probably See What Remains (X-Men First Class), but that’s just because it was a fill-in-the-gap story set between the first and second movies, and the second movie started in a really sad place.

7. Do you write crossovers?

I don’t think I ever have. No particular reason, I’ve just never felt the urge?

8. Ever received hate on a fic?

Not outright hate, no. I got some very disapproving comments at the end of the penultimate chapter of AIs and Lullabies, but they forgave me post-epilogue (mostly)

9. Do you write smut?

Hard no. I don’t even read smut. It would be a disaster. Can you imagine? Urgh.

10. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I don’t think so? I’m not really precious about it though, so I’ve never really checked.

11. Ever had a fic translated?

Yes! Both Build My Kingdom on a Fault Line and A.I.s and Lullabies were translated into Chinese (independently, by different volunteer translators, both with my blessing). I have a feeling some of my shorter fics were as well, but I can’t remember which ones. I love my Chinese speaking readers!

12. Have you ever co-written a fic?

Am currently doing so, in fact! Not published yet, but soon!

13. All time fav ship?

All time? Oh geez... My ships come and go with the shows I’m obsessing about, so it’d have to be from a show that I’ve returned to over and over again I guess. That would probably make it either Julian/Jadzia (DS9) or Jack/Doctor (Doctor Who).

14. WIP you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

Not sure I have anything long enough to really count as a WIP that would fall into this category. I have lots of plot outlines 

15. Writing strengths?

One-on-one character dynamics, mostly as they relate to comfort scenarios, but occasionally to fluff. It my thing, and I have practiced it a lot!

16. Writing weaknesses?

Extended action scenes, and anything even smut-adjacent. Describing people physically doing complicated stuff is hard!

17. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in a fic?

I mostly avoid it. If I do it at all, it needs to be plot relevant, and shouldn’t require a translation for the story to work. I dislike the pattern where someone speaks in another language, only to have the author editorialize in the translation.

18. First fandom you wrote for?

My earliest AO3 fic is for X-Men FC, but I was in loads of fic communities before AO3 existed. Earliest shared fic was probably for Stargate SG1 back in the mid 2000s, and earliest fic ever would have been (amusingly,) Doctor Who - an adventure for Romana and K9 that I wrote when I was eleven.

19. What’s your fav fic you’ve written so far?

My fav is normally whichever one I wrote most recently... But actually, it’s probably Build My Kingdom on a Fault Line. It actually managed a solid plot line, complete with mysteries and clues and plot twists and all, the character dynamics were complex but believable, and the resolution was so neat. If only it had been in a larger fandom....

I’m pretty sure most of the people I’d tag have already been tagged, and I hate to presume, but if you’re reading this and you want to play along then please imagine that I have tagged you!

[faejilly]

I was tagged by @la-muerta​ & @facialteeth​ & @thedivinemissema​ for the WIP/Title Game

rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. send me an ask with the title that most intrigues you and interests you and i’ll post a little snippet of it or tell you something about it!

AND THEN  by @shadoedseptmbr​ @msviolacea​ & @ravenclawnerd​ for the “stories you want to write... but for some reason haven’t yet”

so this will be a mish-mash of both? The WIPs will mostly have blurbs in this case (to fit the second meme) but you are still welcome to ask follow-up questions, if you’d like ;) Assuming you make it through the list, it is uh. Not Short.

Anyone who would like to play with their WIPs, please consider yourself tagged in either or both of these. :D

Misc Fic Folder:

“untitled document” - where I’m working on fictober fills so I have word-counts for my GYWO tracker. I am not working on these because Brains Are Dumb and also Going Back To Work Is Exhausting

I made a file called “YULETIDE!” which has nothing in it but I’m determined to finish this year so that is definitely technically a thing in the Unending WIP List of Doom worth mentioning. (Tho obviously that’s all I could say even if I had started, because anonymous.)

“coda-fics, rewatch!” -yes, that exclamation mark is important! it’s to keep me motivated! (it didn’t work). Much like untitled, this is for putting stuff so I can do word count tracking even if I don’t know what I’m doing. Currently I think it just says “MARYSE” because I was working on my SH 1x6 coda-fic and then got distracted and haven’t typed anything up yet. (Yay notebooks? Boo notebooks? Not even sure at this point.)

WNIP (works not in progress) Folder:

“TOG” - I had one vivid mental image of how Nicky & Joe met (blood-stained evil smiles?) but then no idea for a follow-up story and also the fandom is insane and I’m not sure I want to deal with all of *gestures vaguely* all that

“Shan Xia Notes” -for a TTRPG that never quite got off the ground; she was a semi-tragic selkie who was still in love with the evil queen/lady who stole her skin and I got to play her for like one session and she was surprisingly chaotic neutral, which wasn’t at all what I’d been expecting. But the game never really got off the ground, so I never had enough info to really delve into writing backstory fic

“post-Kruschev” -Kruschev’s List was the last episode of Scarecrow & Mrs King, and I was debating writing an epilogue in place of the s5 we never got, to try and tie up some loose ends, but the fandom’s three old-ladies in trench coats and I never quite worked up the gumption to get it anywhere

“Code Realize warm as silk sequel” -there is literally nothing in this file except “SEX! Only a little angst” because I wanted to write some “we can’t actually touch each other” smut but never actually did. 🤷‍♀️

BioWare (also all Not-In-Progress Anymore)

“seb/adelaide”, “Theia” & “DAI Erana” -these WIP folders were cannibalized for ficlets for the last few times I did fictober, and while originally I had ideas for longer epilogues for all three of them, at this point I don’t think any of the remaining bits could support a story any longer.

”whispers in the dark” -Maia Ryder never really got much fic at all; the cancellation of any further Andromeda stuff was really disheartening, and at this point I’d have to play the game again, and I don’t think I’m gonna manage that any time soon

”TSP” -a Mass Effect 3 Shepard AU collab project that kind of went off the rails, and our mutual brains/lives never quite seem to line up so we can try and rebuild it ”Ngaio & Tane” -my one truly ruthless Shepard (Alliance background, who romanced Traynor) whose father Tane Shepard was, I think, in PsyOps, and I wanted to figure out their complicated relationship but never really did know where I was going with it

”JE Zu & Yaling” -so I’ve rambled about my Tragic Sagacious Zu Romance Thoughts regarding Jade Empire more than once (#Icy Yaling should have most of it) but apparently I want to yell about it more than I want to actually write it? Whoops.

”CI sequel: 5 times fic?” -Cruel Intentions is a kinkmeme fill that I started and then it sat for like five years before I actually finished it, and I liked the ending, but it does leave a giant fucking question mark in terms of how those people got from there to where they are after the game, and I kind of wanted to write a proper h/c fic rather than just... leaving them wallowing in all that trauma?

But I didn’t. I don’t even remember for sure how I wanted to frame the 5/1 of it all, besides it being something sad about allowing people to see you or touch you in some way. (Prayers maybe, since I think there was definitely some Sebastian & Fenris & faith stuff going on in there.)

“candles” -Merribela prompt fill that I never was happy with? Not sure what I might do with it at this point, so it’s just sitting there all sad and lonely and neglected-like.

Shadowhunters

pt1: WIP LIST ONLY

“Persuasion” -so I keep trying to write Persuasion AUs in many fandoms because it’s my favorite Austen, but I think I like it too much, I have no real solid concept of how I’d transform it, and if I don’t have anything else to say about different characters within that framework, I have no push to actually write anything? Also this SH version of it suffered from MASSIVE scope creep when I started outlining and it got too big for me to handle so I like, killed it twice? Whoops. This one is really probably never gonna happen.

“oosdt sequel” -I wanted to write more about the Forest That Eats People and Magnus & Alec as Guardians Between Worlds, and also some background Magnus’ Found Family & Lightwood Family Feels (maybe some clizzy?) and I left a Madzie plot-thread dangling from the first one on purpose even but I think this one had too many ideas and not enough focus so it’s sort of sprawling all over a doc with a lot of “???” in it

“procedural-ish” -this was originally going to be a sex-farce. and then it turned more serious. and then maybe kind of copaganda which was uncomfortable in terms of the Everything That Is The News in 2020, and then maybe it was more a Mafia AU and at that point I had self-inflicted tone whiplash and I wished the voices in my head were a little more forthcoming about their plans so I stopped before I brained myself on my computer monitor in frustration.

“I had rather a rose than live forever” -I started a reverse!verse Malec (Shadowhunter!Magnus, High Warlock!Alec) for bingo last year, and I couldn’t quite get it together in time, so I made a moodboard inspired by the bits I’d started instead. I may see if one of my prompts from Bingo this year help me finish it?

“fall fright fest (practical magic  au)” -exactly what it says on the tin! almost exactly a year old & neglected! IDEK ANYMORE (I talked about this one with the WIP meme last time tho: here)

“priest!kink theology?” -I thought it was gonna be smut? I like priest!kink. I have made other people like it and yell at me even! But then I kept diverging into demon!Magnus thinking about Priest!Alec’s faith and as usual, IDEK ANYMORE *laughs*

(If they’re remotely canon-adjacent or divergent, a bunch of these are in here because I need to rewatch the show to get the pacing/timing/tone right and I haven’t, and I don’t know why, because I enjoy the show, but BRAINS! Are Dumb! So I guess that’s it?)

“I do” -I have tried to write this damnable Malec arranged marriage fic like six different times. I have signed up for fic exchanges and bangs with it, I have rewritten massive sections, trying to change tone or structure or POV or whatever, and it basically comes down to they like each other too fast and I keep not gutting it enough to get back to a useful pace, but by the time I realized that I was on take six and kind of sick of it. I may get back to it eventually

“wing!fic” -canon divergent in early s1, trying to deal with the consequences of Simon’s kidnapping as the Truly Serious Event that it should have been. It uh. Got heavier than I expected with those consequences (considering it was originally just supposed to be Alec’s wings flirting with Magnus) and also see above re: rewatching for pacing.

“2x20 aftermath/date night/pandemonium porn“ -yes that is the actual wip title. It used to be “spite fic” because I was originally inspired by fighting against a lot of fic!Alec characterization that was clearly based more on the books and ATG syndrome than the Alec in the show, which is the Alec I know and like and want to read about. BUT, pacing and etc. again, I think. Also I have somehow entirely lost my knack for writing porn, which makes it difficult to finish something originally intended to be smut!fic. Or even teasing almost!smut.

“rubbish heap” -so this is about three different fics that I realized complemented each other really well so they’re now all in the same file as I try to turn them into the sequel of “with an if in its soul”. It includes amnesia, parabatai lore shenanigans, a s3 rewrite, and some truly awful Owl adjustments that make me wince in horrified authorly delight and pain. BUT, as with the other ones in this file, the scope is large and I normally write short-fic and I kind of just threw up my hands in exasperation. I may have to break it back up into the three different fics instead, if I ever actually want to write it. Them? But also I need to take better notes on s3 to make sure I have what I need in here.

SH Pt 2: Started posting or not yet in hiatus because it’s actually almost ready to be a thing in the real world! maybe!?

“kisses (firsts)” -I actually started publishing this one, a “series of firsts” that was supposed to be kind of relationship milestones and kind of an excuse for smut, and then there wasn’t that much smut and I lost momentum and also dear lords & ladies the timeline is stupid, wtf. I may not ever add to this one, tbqh. It doesn’t stop in a terrible place, and they’re all ficlets so they stand alone all right.

“clizzy epilogue” -this is blank atm, it’s more a reminder for me to keep poking away at my “girls who can’t breathe air, only fire” collection BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY GET TO THE CLIZZY AT SOME POINT

"mer!alec" -pts 2-4 of a series, but apparently having an actual plan gets in the way of me *writing* the thing, and I haven't managed to throw the half an outline far enough away from my brain to be able to write again. Or something like that.

"ibhww" -if broken hearts were whole is a soulmate fic I started a million years ago, and purposefully set aside to finish some other WIPs because I thought they'd be quick, and now it's just buried under two and a half years of regret and shame so it's hard to get back to it

"iafy" -i am for you is a delightful & frothy semi-epistolary fluff piece that also just lost momentum because Life & 2020 & etc. It's far and away the most popular thing I've ever posted on AO3, which also makes me feel weird sometimes, and I feel like the fact that there's no grand conclusion planned, just a bit more fluff and settling in, might end up being disappointing? Basically, it's the first time I think I've psyched myself out about reader expectations, and until I get over that I'm going to have trouble finishing the last couple chapters. (There really are probably only two more chapters though. IT’S SO CLOSE, I wish I could just... write it. And yet?)

“fake-hating” -I do not like fake dating as a trope that much, I just do not get it, but I love outside POVs and arranged marriages and there’s this delighful tumblr post about how they wished there was more fic about people who were together but had to pretend they werent’, and uh. This may be that? Eventually? I’m not exhausted by my failure to finish it yet, so it’s still in the regular folder rather than the hiatus folder, even though nothing’s been posted for it.

AND I THINK THAT’S IT?

Not as terrible as it could be, but still. MANY WORDS THAT MAY NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY. Posting the equivalent of one’s old ratty sketchbook is always a weird feeling. :D

[lycorogue]

Tag Game: Authors

Tagged by: @livrever

Author name: I make life easy for everyone. I’m LycoRogue just about everywhere.

Fandoms I write for: I mostly write for Miraculous Ladybug, starting in the fandom late 2017. In the past (about 2010-2013), I was almost exclusively writing for the “Hey, Arnold!” fandom. While not as many, I’ve also started up some Fruits Basket stories once the reboot began airing last year. Beyond those normal fandoms, I’ve also thrown in random fics for any old thing that has caught my attention: a couple of stories for the Enderverse series, a random story based on a song about zombies, a one-shot teaser about a Cirque du Soleil show, and oddly only one Legend of Zelda story even though that’s probably my favorite fandom outside of ML. I’ve also had some “fanfics” that were MOSTLY original works based vaguely in the worlds of pre-established properties, such as backstories and side stories for my D&D characters, a short-lived attempt to recap the World of Darkness - Vampire: The Masquerade LARP I was in, and stories for the original characters I created for an X-Men play-by-post. The PbP, called X-Future, was a game where all of the playable characters were OCs that only occasionally interact with canon Marvel characters.

Where I post: You can find my works here on Tumblr (tag #LycoRogue Fanfic), over on AO3, on FFN, and - if you’re desperate - I still post to DA.

Most popular one-shot: Based only on AO3′s stats, it would be my Lukanette birthday gift for @thetauruspixie: I Was Thinking of You  (As of 3/6/20: it has 1773 hits and 208 kudos)

OK, this became long because that’s just who I am... 9_9 So... if you want to know more about me, check below the break. ^_^

Favorite story I wrote: I have a multi-chapter story and a one-shot. Both are for ML. The multi-chapter story is Peeping Tomcat, and it is my magnum opus! It started off as one of the first-ever fanfics I wrote for the fandom, and then I realized it had LOADS more story to tell. It is the first multi-chapter story I’ve completed, despite starting and abandoning about a half-dozen before it. This is my baby! The story is about Chat Noir checking in on Marinette once when he thought she was in danger, and then got addicted to innocently spying on her in her bedroom in order to learn more about her while she’s relaxed and most “herself”. I have a sequel that has been in the works for nearly 2yrs now. Yes, I AM still working on the sequel One and the Same, in case any of my readers were nervous about that....

The one-shot is Build Your Own Luck which is a headcanon story about where I believe that lucky charm bracelet Marinette gave Adrien originally came from. It’s a sweet family-bonding story that I loved so much that I’m tying it into my Peeping Tomcat canon. The story behind The BraceletTM will appear in One and the Same.

I also really love one of those “mostly original” stories for X-Future. It was a story originally written by @cyhyr‘s spouse, but when I corrected him on how my character Willow would have truly acted in that situation we decided to make it a collab story. Then it became monstrous, and I think I overwhelmed him. So it’s kind of been in limbo for a few years, but I periodically go back to that project every couple of months, really wanting to get it back down to a manuscript he can manage so we can complete it. For anyone interested, the as-of-now-unofficially-abandoned story is Please, Let Me Explain. In the roleplay, his character Devon left the Xavier Institute to find out more about the parents that abandoned him as an infant. About 1/2hr later, the school gets destroyed in an attack, and the surviving students and faculty believe Devon had something to do with it. Two years later, Devon returns to the school, surprised to find out there were any survivors after spending the last 20 months or so “avenging” all of the students’ deaths. My character Willow is pissed at Devon. He wants to prove his innocence to her. Things are complicated....

Story I was nervous to post: I mean, I’m always nervous to put my heart and soul out there; screaming into the void. Especially when I write things that are more original-leaning. Or when I’m writing gifts for people, especially for those fandom exchanges. Those are terrifying because you know virtually nothing about the person you’re writing for, so you don’t truly know if they’ll like it. I still have a couple of stories that resulted in complete radio-silence from the receiver. 

The one I was MOST nervous about though? Probably one I’m still nervous about sharing here. It’s my first-ever published smut for a fandom I didn’t even know existed until last summer and has seemingly died off since the book series completed back in like 2012. My story is called Sparks for the Moment and is for the story Bitterblue within the Seven Kingdoms Trilogy (also known as the Graceling Series). It’s a bittersweet sex scene that takes place between canonical scenes at the end of the story, so beware spoilers.

How do I choose titles:  Oh lord, how DO I choose titles!? It’s usually a truly grueling process because I try to stick to 4 rules of thumb:  1. Something that is significant to the story, be it an item or a phrase or a theme, etc. 2. Something that gives you an idea of the feel of the story based on the title (I have no clue if I ever succeeded on this) 3. Something easy to remember; generally less than 5 words long. 4. A title that isn’t already being used by another author (this makes things REAL tricky)

Do you outline? Ummmmm.... Once upon a time? No. I was a full-on pantser. Then, more-or-less when I was working on Peeping Tomcat I became more of a plantser. I now have a skeleton of what I want to write, and try to get as much figured out as I can, only for the characters to go “HAHAHA. Nope.” and then I just kinda follow them.

Complete: 35

Cirque du Soleil (1) Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game) (2) Enderverse (2) Fruits Basket (4) Hey Arnold! (7) Re: Your Brains - Jonathan Coulton (Song) (1) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (1) Miraculous Ladybug (16) Seven Kingdoms Trilogy - Kristin Cashore (1)

Incomplete (I added this one for ReasonsTM): 

Pseudo LoZ and Fable crossover original hybrid thing (1) Hey Arnold! (1) World of Darkness - Vampire: The Masquerade (1)

In progress: After unofficially abandoning so many stories, I’ve stopped publishing any until the whole story is written and just needs one last polish. That was how I managed to get Peeping Tomcat done. That said, I have a couple of irons in the fire.

Main WIP: One and the Same Current WIP: Love Square Fluff Week 2020 (an exception to the “wait til it’s all written rule) Random On-going WIP: I Don’t Care (I never intended this to be an on-going story, but there you have it) “Backburner” WIPs:  > What Is Truly Meant To Be (A HA! story I unintentionally abandoned in 2013)  > X-Future: The Second Generation Begins (My recapping of the X-Future game)  > X-Future Snippets (Random one-shot stories in the X-Future universe)  > Please, Let Me Explain (The aforementioned X-Future collab)

Plunnies:   > When Love Matters (a retelling of the ML series if Gabriel actually was a loving father)  > A collab with @thetauruspixie to write a Fu-centric story telling of his travels through Europe with the Miracle Box and his love affair with Marianne

Do you take prompts? I’ll be honest, I struggle a touch with prompts, but I like challenging myself. One of the reasons I’m doing the gift exchanges. So, if you have a prompt idea, I’d love to hear it. See if it inspires me. :D

Upcoming project I’m most excited about: When Love Matters. I wanted to work on that between breaks, while I had time to backtrack before more episodes aired. Considering how long OatS is taking though, I might not get to start his project until about the time S4 starts. 9_9

Tagging but you are under no obligations to participate: @thetauruspixie, @cyhyr, @chibisunnie, @rikareena, @coffeecomicsgalore, @chanceuseladynoire, @zenmisery, @i-am-the-niece-of-satan (I know some of you are socially anxious, so again, you are under NO OBLIGATION to participate. I just figured people might be interested in knowing more about you)

Also, if you write and want to answer, assume I’m tagging you as well. I’d love to know more about your writing.

[sabraeal]

Okay, if no one else is going to be shameless, then I WILL BE. Directors cut of the third chapter of Sit Back, Relax, I'll Take My Time

Oh yes, you mean the story you have single-handedly informed me I was continuing, because otherwise i clearly did not love you? That series?? HMM.

For those who don’t know, I was originally prompted the first chapter of this fic for my second prompt-a-thon. It was supposed to be a one shot. IT WORKED AS A ONE SHOT. And then Joanna had other plans, informed me that she would get a second chapter out of me somehow, and then prompted me a continuation during my third prompt-a-thon.

This chapter, however, came about because of the second trope battle/first trope madness. Only One Bed was running strong that year, and around Sweet 16 (which is now when I typically start generating ideas for what I want to work on) I floated the idea that I could do a continuation of this series. To which Joanna’s INSTANT reaction was “please consider Obi has never have PIV sex.”

In the first chapter I hadn’t meant to do any complicated brothel backstory, but Joanna was VERY INSISTENT ON IT, and when writing the second chapter I really liked the idea of hooking it into An Economy of Suffering, using that whole idea of Obi working in a brothel and him feeling as though he’s not supposed to enjoy himself during sex. And then having THIS level brought into it as well was just EXTRA delicious; I mean having him have done just about everything under the sun but that he skipped his “debut” was rife for the right sort of feels.

The whole idea around this fic came into place pretty quickly after that, with a bunch of Joanna and I bouncing stuff off each other until there was a good framework....and then I was like, WELL IF “ONLY ONE BED” wins. Which then sent Joanna off telling EVERYONE that Only One Bed should go to the Final Four because she has fell knowledge. Not that a trope like that NEEDED much help to win, but there was a DEFINITE campaign on someone’s part.

The hardest part of writing this, like nearly all my fics, was getting the intro right. I knew what I wanted-- Shirayuki buying herbs, seeing Obi, setting the place by mentioning how she wants to DO STUFF but they haven’t DONE STUFF, and then buying the silphium. I believe Joanna was the one that was like, HAVE THE LADY THROW IN LUBE FOR FREE, and I though that was so fucking funny I had to include it.

I think the second scene is actually where my first draft started, but it just didn’t quite carry the heft it needed to. It was too much like the first chapter’s start, and it got too exposition heavy without anything fun to break it up. It was definitely a necessary little bit; I really love this and the third scene because Shirayuki Being Unsubtle About Her Wants is a trope I really love playing with. She just strikes me as the sort of person who just cannot keep her emotions off her sleeve, and DESIRE is so foreign to her that she’d just...be super awkward. Not able to effectively convey it with word things, and too inexperienced to use body language...especially in a way that would get through Obi’s thick head.

This last scene is long, so I’ll for some broad strokes: one of my favorite things to do with smut is to play with the tension in the room, especially when it comes to Obi and Shirayuki and what they want vs what they think the other person wants. I wanted to play a LOT with how Shirayuki clearly views this as “we are in a relationship and I am serious about you” and how Obi really believes this is a “you scratch my back, I scratch yours” at best, and probably more of a “I use you to get me off and then sometimes feel bad about it” on Shirayuki’s part.

It’s not until she brings up the whole kids thing that he really understand that she’s just as serious about him as he is her, and I really wanted that to be the turning point of the scene. This is when he starts being more participatory, when he really starts letting himself feel pleasure as opposed to doing what he thinks she wants (or, at times, just sitting back and letting her do what she wants to him). Shirayuki is pretty oblivious to this in the fic itself, so I had to rely mainly on the way he spoke and his body language to convey this whole bit to the reader.

Everyone really likes Obi getting shy, and I won’t lie, it was one of the most fun parts to write. He’s such a shameless character that getting to write him being like “*blush blush* shouldn’t you be doing something ELSE right now?” is so satisfying. We get these moments in canon and trust me, if you write them you’ll see why XD

“I need you,” she moans, bending down to take his mouth, toalign her sex over his –

And then she is on her back, Obi rubbing his cockfrantically against her.

“Please,” he pants. “Just this time, can I–?”

“Yes.” She reaches down, putting his tip against her. “Yes.”

I think I was the one that pitched this? And Joanna made very enthusiastic noises over it, so I went with it. It was a bit of a debate whether her should take her or she should take him, and up until I was actually writing it, it was going to be Shirayuki on top, controlling the pace, which is STILL an idea I love, but-- it seemed so important for Obi to be taking control in this one instance. That he’s the one ACTUALLY choosing to move forward instead of letting someone take it from him like it was in the brothel. I wanted that anxiety to be palpable, that he needs the control but he also is afraid it will turn her off, and I love how this whole part came out

“Does this hurt for you too?” she asks, brushing a thumbover the edge of his cheekbone.

He makes a noise, but shakes his head.

“Does it feel…good?”

He nods, eyelashes fluttering. “Yeah.” He swallows. “You?”

She wriggles her hips experimentally, and the noise he makes –

“Yeah,” she breathes, “I think so. You’ll have to move forme to know for sure.”

This was in the original pitch from the beginning. I love to include these awkward, funny moments in smut because like, very rarely in sex with someone you’re REALLY intimate with this like, perfect all-consuming act. And i think the funny little imperfections and the awkward stuff really provides the same counterpoint that comedy does to tragedy. you enjoy it MORE because you’ve had that levity, it ENFORCED the intimacy of the moment.

Also, it’s just godawful funny to have her ask if sex hurts when clearly he’s trying every trick in the book not to nut like a teenager.

Every inch of him slides into her, so deep that it drives the breath from her, makes her writhe from how full she is, how much she wants him to stay just like this with her –

“Take me,” he murmurs, lips brushing her hair, her forehead. “It’s yours.”

Her heart swells, so quickly her eyes tear, and then she’s reaching for him, lips seeking his. Her mouth finds his, her hands wrapping around his head and dragging him close, trying to convey what words won’t.

I bring up a lot that I try to showcase Shirayuki’s issues as much as Obi, and this was really where it was in this fic. Shirayuki asks for all of him, which is more than anyone else has every given her, or COULD ever give her, and it’s obviously just a product of the moment, but that fact that Obi answers back YES is so profound for her. For the first time she is someone’s first priority, probably since childhood, and not only is that A LOT but it’s also OBI, who she must have worried about leaving a dozen times. He’s all hers, and this is really what drives her to orgasm-- not the actual physical act (THOUGH IT HELPS), but that he’s giving himself over to her.

She presses up, lips catching his. “I liked when you said my name.”

“O-oh.”

“Next time,” she says, so slowly, so she knows he hears every word. “You should use it.”

“I…” His hands grip at the blanket beneath them. “I will. Shirayuki.”

“Good,” she sighs, pushing him to the side, curling herself in the crook of his shoulder. “You can prove it to me. Tomorrow.”

“Tomorrow.” He says the word as if he’s he’s testing its weight, seeing if it will hold. He hooks her closer, her ear pressed so tightly to his chest she can hear the steady beat of his heart. Against her hair, she feels him smile. “Or tonight?”

I’m pretty sure this was a last second addition on my part. Endings are also the worst, and sometimes it takes all the way down to the last draft for me to find what it wants to be. But this really tied it all together: Obi trying to put himself back in his place, Shirayuki informing him that he is worthy of her in the best way she can, and then Obi confirming it...and then eagerly upping the ante. It was the best way to convey the growth in this chapter; Obi is no longer afraid that he’s unwelcome, and he’s no longer afraid of his own desire for her.

[fyrapartnersearch]

looking for a writing partner

a bit about me -20something who RPs to unwind. I try to reply as many times a day as I can, but of course, real life comes up. If anything major crops up, I would inform my partner ASAP. I live in the US, in the eastern timezone. I am searching for a long term writing partner. -As I am over 18, I would like my partners to be too. This is a non-negotiable, since I enjoy have mature content (sex, drugs, rock and roll, along with language and violence). -In relation to the above, I am fine with smut, but it can't dominate the story. I prefer plot above all else. A good story is the fun part of RP for me and too much smut drags the story down. I do have my limits and things I'm fine with but that can be discussed when we connect. -As for my writing style: paragraph/novel style, 3rd person. I try to put in at least two decent sized paragraphs a post. One liners are not my thing, so no worries about that from me! -I prefer to play female main characters. All of them are over 18 and range in personality, color, beliefs, etc... Side/secondary characters are whatever they need to be and I can play as many as required. A good cast is important! But I don't double, at least in the traditional sense. -well rounded characters are life. I love figuring them out, crafting backstories and personalities for them, seeing how they react to situations. -Romance is always fun. I prefer to play out m/f relationships, with me as the female.  -As for where I prefer to RP: email (pasteldust@outlook.com), skype, googledocs, Discord. I have Hangouts, but that is for planning and ooc chatter. plot related matters -original characters and settings are my jam. While I do take inspiration from fandoms (Harvest Moon, Shameless, Grey's Anatomy, AHS Coven and Freak Show, Clerks and all films in that universe, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Community ), I only use original characters and settings. So, all of the above are things I am only open to using as inspiration, either a little or a lot. The genres I prefer are mainly slice of life, 'historical' (for lack of a better term) and urban fantasy. We can also just do a thing where we make characters and have sort of a TV show structure: smaller plots with an overarching plot/theme/whatnot (ie the adventures of two friends as they fall in love, with supporting cast members being family and friends). That is mainly because there are ideas I would be open that don't seem like they would work long term and it would just be fun to throw our characters into a variety of adventures. now, onto less vague plot ideas! Best Friends:  basically the idea above. That seems like it would be fun, jumping from story to story as two best friends fall for each other. Hooker/Client: which explains itself, now that I think about it. A hooker and her client get too close when they should not be. The client can be anything but a married man, since infidelity is a no-go. Maybe he's a doctor, lawyer or business executive. Or a literal superhero or supervillain, which could be a fun twist. Online: Our characters are YouTube famous, making videos and those Benjamins. So they have to deal with that unique brand of fame and a budding relationship. Knocked Up: again, it explains itself. Two people have an unplanned pregnancy. It could be two friends, two strangers, the world is open! I would love to combine this with the Shameless inspired plot aka slice of life with a heavy dash of dysfunction, chaos and drama in case you have not seen the show. Or maybe she's pregnant by a guy who is no longer around but is vibing with someone else (so no cheating here), which could add more drama. Could be combined with the best friends plot, or even the freak show idea! Related to the above: not quite accidental pregnancy. A single man decides to hire a surrogate so he can have an heir. Feelings crop up, shenanagins ensue. Maybe there are Jane the Virgin-esque shenangins, to varying degrees depending on what you want. And of course, the RP continues after the kid is born. A slow burn is preferred with this plot. Homecoming: Something like the above would be the backstory. A couple has a thing and have to part ways, for whatever reasons. He could have gone into the military, maybe it was work or school, something happened to break them apart. And some time later, they reunite and surprise, she has a kid. Now they must navigate parenthood, old and new feelings and general drama RJ/BB: Romeo and Juliet meets Breaking Bad. Two people from rival drug dealing cliques meet and there is a spark. But their crews are dicks, to be concise. Or maybe only one of them is dealing. Arranged Marriage: Can take place in modern day or a historical setting. For the modern day, it could be a business deal on the parent's end that includes a wedding of some sort. As for a historical setting, it could be a few things. Maybe it is how they end a war. Or it is a business deal of some sort. For those two or something similar, I like the idea of them sniping, having hate sex, generally being snippy and then, thing progress and they learn to work together. Or...Maybe it's like what Dany and Drogo from Game of Thrones had, but with a happier ending (I would love this one). Or it is just an outright kidnapping sort of deal. Which could tie into the Beauty and the Beast dynamic. Maybe one of them is like a prize to the other (ie a warrior/gladiator being gifted a prize for winning a tournament or battle in the form of a bride or a warrior is taken hostage and is given as a prize to the ruler's daughter?)  But I am open to ideas of course! Related to the above, kinda. A cruel, tyrant of a king takes a bride for reasons that are not all that genuine. Someone who is either part of the rebel forces or maybe a lone wolf kidnaps her and they wind up on the run, first as captor and captive and then as something more. Untitled: Set in the classic pseudo medieval time period, a person of noble or royal blood has either fled or been cast out of their home (the latter could tie into a beauty and the beast ish plot). They cross paths with a person of common blood and things develop. Untitled 2: A princess/noble woman and a knight (or other kind of castle worker) become close, but their stations in life and maybe a few other things make it complicated. Untitled 3: Something with pirates could be fun! Untitled 4: This idea is a cracky one but hey, lets throw it out there. It's a fusion of Grey's Anatomy and Buffy. Basically my character is a Slayer who decided to go into medicine instead of slaying since due to the events of the finale, she is not the one girl in all the world. But this is still the Buffy-verse and with the soapy dramatics of GA thrown in, life is not simple. So there will be romance, action, adventure and so much more. Note: I have only seen the shows and have not read the comics. And of course, original stories inspired by the fandoms listed above. Something Shameless, AHS Freak Show, Dany/Drogo or IASIP inspired would be amazing right now. It could be combined with a plot of course.  As I have said, I deal in originals only. misc: There are some relationship dynamics I would like to explore: love to hate, age gaps (older man, younger woman, up to 15 years), best friends falling for each other, werewolves or werewolf/human, vampire/human, artist and their muse, opposites attract, boss/employee, co-workers or partners. The three shows I would use to sum up my sense of humor are: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Most Popular Girls in School and Community.

-I use face claims, but only if my partner does as well. So it is not mandatory at all.

-Also, OOC chatter is fine with me. I like to geek out  over characters as well, chatter about them, talk headcanons, maybe do little AU sidestories and whatnot. I love pinterest, polyvore and even making playlists on spotify.

I am open to ideas and plots can always be combined. Don't just send a message saying 'hey wanna rp?'. Tell me about yourself and what you want to write. I am fine with drama and angst in the story, but not all the time. RP is supposed to be fun!