#otp: amor fati

[fishandships]

i said i would post some mildly spicy so here it is ahhhh

from a "draw the otp" meme on twitter, originally by @/emtfira .....it fit too perfectly, i couldn't resist //>.>//

[fishandships]

SCREAMING OMG THIS IS INCREDIBLE........A MASTERPIECE........i love that Rosario brought their bird even omfg and Luchino is holding all the plushies he's gonna buy for them i love it

tysm you made my day ;w; 💚

The silliest idv ship ever………. @fishandships

[knifeknifebaby]

I really want to be held by one of my F/Os and feel warm, safe, and secure in their arms this Christmas Eve night

[burberrycanary]

👻💍

👻- 2 or 3 sentences from something you haven’t posted yet

She knows he’ll be able to hear.

He’ll hear the lap of the water against the sides of the tub, the way her heartbeat changes and the breathy exhales that he has always wanted to draw from her even when he had been conflicted about so much else.

Diana touches herself under the water. The motion sends ripples out across the surface.

He could be anywhere in the house and hear this.

—from The Careful Boundaries We Draw and Erase (ADOW, Bishmont)

💍- your most underrated story

This is a tough question since I’ve recently gotten lost in a maze of writing fic that I know no audience exists for just because I like Matthew Goode in some obscure role. (So these stories are equally obscure but rated about as they deserve.)

So I’ll go with Amor Fati, which is a fluffy fix-it to explain in Watsonian terms why on earth Matthew and Diana go horseback riding. ADOW has moments where ticking off genre boxes feels very Doylist—genre is as genre does, and this is ADOW performing one of its most throwback romance genre tropes just ‘cause.

As much as I like how the horseback riding scene is shot (and it is beautiful) and adore the sexualized breathing mixed into the audio track and Matthew’s joy in seeing Diana happy, which you can pry from my cold dead hands—it’s all lovely stuff—but seriously, show. What the fuck?

Diana is at the start of destroying a career she’s spent her entire adult life building; she’s on the run from people who want to coerce or hurt or kill her; she has pressing things she needs to deal with. But, no, hey. Let’s go horseback riding. Some part of me was haunted by the need for an in-universe and character-based explanation that connects this genre-driven moment back to the specific story being told with these characters.

I called this story Amor Fati, to love one’s fate, because both Matthew and Diana here are struggling to accept these fated changes that are irrevocably transforming their lives, love and magic, which come with such risks and costs.

Rakasa butts up against Diana’s shoulder with a snicker and Diana presses her forehead against the horse, whispering hypnotic reassurance in the same soft voice. “Shh, yeah, I know, I know. You weren’t made for a pen.”

&

Diana doesn’t take the step back that he expects, which means that he should. He should, but he doesn’t.

But it was also a way for me to nudge this conventional genre moment within ADOW’s storyline towards something that made emotional and psychological sense to me for the characters in this situation, rather than being a half eyeroll, half guilty pleasure moment I accepted as simply fated within the genre.

So I think this fic was me solving a pain-point for myself (and for @village-skeptic) that most people don’t view as being a problem in the first place :)

But hey mutual pining and UST are two great tastes that always taste great together and are at the heart of Amor Fati.

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[natsora]

Year-End Writer’s Roundup: 2020

Tagged by @crackinglamb​ @asaara-writes​ Thank you!

Tagging @lauraemoriarty​ @barbex​ @1esk19​ @inquartata30​ @cassandra-pentughasst​ @obvidalous​ @agentkatie​ @jt-boi-n7​ and anyone who wants to do it. No obligations

Word Count: 395,587 I’ve keep track of this. Mostly because I was asked this same thing last year. Let me just check and.... Ok I know it’s a large number but I wasn’t expecting that. There’s just a few more days in 2020, so it will grow a little more before the close of the year. 

The Top Five by hits:  The top 3 are my long fics that I’ve started last year. It’s my epic project with @seokanori​, she has been, and is always, amazing drawing me cover after cover, week after week. It’s truly an amazing feat. 

The other two are two of three of my She-Ra fics. The erm... the rate those fics gather kudos and hits are quite something to behold. 

The Persephone Arc - Gen fic fRyder & Femshep, Mass Effect Splintered Minds - F/M fRyder/Harry Carlyle, Aro Main Character, Mass Effect The Lost Childhood - Gen fic, Femshep’s origin story, Mass Effect Fractus - f/f Catradora, She-Ra Cephalalgia - f/f Catradora, She-Ra

New Things I Tried This Year: I’ve started writing for a new pair, Lexi T’Perro / FRyder in Maybe Something There.  I’ve also started writing for a new fandom, She-Ra (The Long Road Home). I’ve got a shit load of ideas for it, just no time to devote to it. 

Fic I Spent the Most Time On: Always Been You , that’s for sure. That’s the bulk of my writing this year. It’s this and another long fic (Uppercut) which I’m still writing and not yet publish, you’d probably read it next year after Always Been You is done. 

Fic I Spent the Least Time On: Hmm... I guess the shortest one shot I’ve written? Sleep would fit the bill. 

Favorite Thing I Wrote: It has to be Ace. It’s a deeply personal fic and it brought me surprises I’ve never, ever, ever, ever, ever expected.  And Always Been You. It’s OTP fic. I can’t help but love it. 

Favourite thing I read:

@wickedwitchofthewilds‘s Chasing Ghosts and Send The Pain Below - She has the ability to make me care of her OCs

@jt-boi-n7‘s Amor Fati - It’s Cass! It’s angst! It’s so much angst T_T

@inquartata30‘s The Darkest Timeline Snippets - So dark, so angsty, why wouldn’t I like it?

Writing Goals For Next Year: I want to finish Uppercut. Get to work and finish the Adopted Kid AU for Cass/Trev, the OTP is not done with me. THEN! I want to get started on the sequel for Cetus and Lost Childhood. It wouldn’t be concurrently written, I’ve learnt my lesson on that, but I think, THINK, I can swing at least two longfics next year if this year is any indication. 

[wexarethewalkingxdead]

[5] female characters [5] male characters [5] otps [3] bromances [3] episodes that make you cry [2] quotes [2] holiday themed episodes

TV SHOW MEME

[5] female characters 

Carol Peletier (The Walking Dead) 

Det Alex Eames (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) 

Abby Griffin (The 100) 

Sara Sidle (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)

Devon Adair (Earth 2)

[5] male characters 

Special Agent Fox Mulder (The X-FIles) 

Rick Grimes (The Walking Dead) 

A.D.A. Rafael Barba (Law & Order: SVU) 

Marcus Kane (The 100)

Gil Grissom (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)

[5] otps 

Carol & Daryl (The Walking Dead)

Marcus & Abby (The 100)

Goren & Eames (Law & Order: Criminal Intent)

Barba & Benson (Law & Order: SVU)

Mulder & Scully (The X-Files)

[3] bromances 

Rick & Shane (The Walking Dead)

Chandler & Joey (Friends)

Brian & Stewie (Family Guy)

[3] episodes that make you cry 

“On the Beach” - ER Season 8, Episode 21

“The Body” - Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 5, Episode 16

“Wild at Heart” - Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 4, Episode 6

[2] quotes 

“It seems to me that the best relationships, the ones that last, are frequently the ones that are rooted in friendship. You know, one day you look at the person and you see something more than you did the night before. Like a switch has been flicked somewhere. And the person who was just a friend is suddenly the only person you can ever imagine yourself with.” - Dana Scully (The X-Files Season 6, Episode 8 “The Rain King”)

“Scully, I was like you once. I didn't know who to trust. Then I... I chose another path... another life, another fate, where I found my sister. The end of my world was unrecognizable and upside down. There was one thing that remained the same. You were my friend, and you told me the truth. Even when the world was falling apart, you were my constant. My touchstone.” - Fox Mulder (The X-Files Season 7, Episode 2 “The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati”)

[2] holiday themed episodes

“How the Ghosts Stole Christmas” - The X-Files Season 6, Episode 6

“I’ll Be Home for Christmas” - ER Season 8, Episode 10

[mrslittletall]

for that prompt thing: write literally anything focusing on ds1 crestfallen. SOMETHING. ANYTHING. he doesn't get enough attention despite being one of the more memorable characters and it breaks my heart 💔 poor guy deserves more love

I wish you would write

I actually already had an idea to write a small thing about Crestfallen, but that motivation went elsewhere. He is a difficult character to write for, because he basically has given up. There isn’t much to do with him, so I can understand why nobody wants to write about him. However, while not the main focus of the fic, check out “Amor Fati” on AO3. It has an arc about Crestfallen Warrior and we get a really interesting insight in his character. Also, that fic is really good.  Maybe one day I write about Crestfallen... maybe one day... for now, my writing motivation is low even for my OTPs. 

[fistful-of-fandom]

The X-Files: 07 x 02 The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati

[fishandships]

Blessed Yule! 🕯️ may the Sun's return find you surrounded by warmth and light!

[fishandships]

Happy birthday, Luchino! you mean more to me than i have the words to say, but i tried to let my art do a bit of the talking for me 💚

[fishandships]

i was rewatching the CoA7 shorts with my bestie and it reminded me that i REALLY wanted to draw this.......(it's the car makeout scene from...uh...one of the Fast & Furious movies, i forget which one 😅 )

not pictured: Frederick screaming in the passenger seat >:P

[fishandships]

„Amore mio, come with me, would you?”

He carefully takes his smaller lover's hand to guide them to the bath.

Luchino chuckled as he prepared the bathroom, making sure it was just right for Rosario. He added bubbles, a bath bomb, a few cute rubber ducks and even lit a few cinnamon scented candles to set the calm mood.

this is SO sweet oh my gods Rosario would love this kind of gentle pampering, especially if Luchino stayed to keep them company and maybe even read to them ahhh ;w; i love this so much i had to do a little doodle of the scene

[fishandships]

Happy Halloween! i don't need a seasonal reason to bring back the vampire butlers, but it sure is a convenient excuse 🧛

[fishandships]

Can we see a height chart for Rosario and the f/os? A simple one, like a stick figure—

i've been meaning to put something like this together for my own reference so thank you EXTRA for this cause it gave me the motivation i needed XD

Norton and Andrew's heights are from the IDV "popup museum" and the rest are the best i can figure based on those + the height of an average door lol (also if it's not obvious i lowkey traced the canon characters' Appearance Decoration Menu poses to make this quickly alsdfkj)

individual comparisons to Rosario under cut!

[fishandships]

was sad, needed LuchiRo snuggles 🥹

i also tried out a new lighting technique on this one and while i do need more practice with it, i do like the results!

[fishandships]

obsessed with Harvest AU they're a Farmer's Market couple forreal 💚💚💚like yeah the situation is fucked up but less so than canon!!! as usual Luchino is doing experiments on himself and Rosario is into it supportive UwU

this is kind of a redraw since it's VERY similar to a pose i've done before but. i love this pose for them ;w; and i keep forgetting they're the same height because i'm used to drawing height difference couples oops