#primtheamazing

[suzukiblu]

Ko-fi thank-you sentences for @primtheamazing, @beatrice-otter, @qwertynerd97, and LadyLeocadia, who all picked the same WIP; Kara gets to Earth on time and the Kents get a two-for-one special on free kids.

Ma and Pa take her and Kal to a quaint little brick building and lead them inside. It's full of things Kara can't identify, but also racks and racks of clothes and dishware and furniture. She's briefly bewildered by the place, unsure if it's just a very unusual tailor shop or . . . what, exactly. Then she realizes–Smoll-Veel is a Laborer settlement, so this is probably just a clothing shop. She's never been to one before–the House of El always uses tailors–but Laborers must wear through their clothes much faster and need replacements for those clothes much faster, so of course they wouldn't always have time to wait for a tailor, when they just need to get back to work. And Laborers' work clothes must be much plainer than most tailors would be interested in making anyway, really. No demonstration of skill or fashion or anything similar. Nothing to really interest a real Artisan.

Ma guides Kara through the oddly-arranged racks of clothing and starts taking different items off them, and Pa disappears somewhere else when Kara is distracted by a particularly soft and pretty dress that Ma holds up to her. It worries her for a moment, for no good reason. Like he's just vanished from the universe and won't ever come back; like he's just dust and ash and dead and gone–

Kara forces herself not to think about it and smiles at Ma, who smiles back. Kal burbles and tries to stick his whole fist in his mouth, and Ma laughs fondly at the sight. Kara wants to cry. Instead she presses a kiss to his hair and holds him just a tiny, tiny bit tighter. He giggles and smacks her in the face with his spit-sticky hand.

She needs to take care of him. Needs to protect him. Needs to keep him safe.

He's the only thing she has left to keep safe.

The only thing she has left at all, except for their smashed-up ships and the clothes she came here wearing and the blanket he's all wrapped up in.

Kara tries not to think too much, and smiles at another pretty dress as Ma holds it up too. Ma picks out a few more things–a skirt or two, a pair of pants made of the same sturdy blue material as the jacket Kara's wearing, some strange tops with very short sleeves–and it's all soft and unstructured and very peculiar-looking, to be honest, but it seems to please Ma to pick them out with her and also beggars really can't be choosers.

And Kara does think the dresses are pretty.

Pa comes back with his arms full of–toys, maybe? They look like toys. Kara blinks in confusion. Why is he . . .

Pa holds up one of the toys, a soft little thing that looks a bit like a dog and is even white and floppy-eared like Krypto was, and offers it to Kal. His little face lights up in unabashed delight as he reaches for it, and Kara nearly cries.

Kal squishes the toy in a hug and then starts chewing on one of those floppy ears. Kara nearly cries again.

Ma and Pa really are just that kind, she thinks. Feeding them and giving her clothes is already so much, but they didn't need to offer Kal a toy. That's . . .

They didn't need to do that.

Or any of this.

Ma makes an approving sound; Pa looks pleased. Kal coos happily at his toy.

Kara keeps not crying, but it's getting harder and harder to manage.

She can't possibly repay them for this. They must know that. How could she? She's not from this planet; she doesn't speak its language or know anything about it. She can try to be another "Kent" for them, maybe, but that's all she could possibly do: basic Laborer work, not even anything specialized. Certainly nothing with any real experience necessary to it.

And even if she did, it'd be more so she could take care of Kal than to repay them anyway, so . . .

She doesn't understand why they're being so kind.

Ma takes the pile of clothes and leads the way to a little row of curtained doors off to the side of the shop. Kara isn't sure, for a moment, but thinks–are they fitting rooms, maybe? Though there aren't any tailors in them, when she peeks into the one Ma is hanging up all those clothes in. She can only assume she's just supposed to try them on and see if they fit. Which seems like a time-consuming process, really, but is admittedly much less time-consuming than a tailor making a full wardrobe's worth of custom pieces from scratch.

Kara takes Kal into the fitting room with her and tries on the clothes while he plays with his new toy, and she can mostly breathe as long as she keeps an eye on him. She probably should've left him outside with Ma and Pa instead of having him sit on the floor in here while she goes through all the clothes one by one, but with the curtain drawn she wouldn't have been able to see him and then . . .

She exhales. Tries on another skirt. It's pretty. Soft and shapeless, but with interesting pleats in it and a bright blue and yellow pattern.

She thinks her mother would've liked it, and then tries not to think.

She's been trying not to think a lot, at this point.

Kal is so little. So small and defenseless and she's not even come of age, technically, she's only–

Well, no, Kara realizes. She must be sixteen by now. After the sleep-stasis in the ship on the way here . . .

She swallows. Reaches for another skirt to try on. It's pink.

She's sixteen, and her parents are dead.

She's sixteen and her parents have been dead.

And so are Kal’s, and she's the only thing he has in the universe.

Kal giggles. Baps her leg with his soft toy and makes a playful growling sound.

Kara buries her face in the skirt and sobs in silence, all hitched breaths and messy, painful tears.

She wants her mom.

[yilingpatriargh]

"Ning Yingying got him into trouble in the exact same way that the Little Palace Mistress gets Gongyi Xiao into trouble. She’s only trying to help, but all she’s accomplishing is throwing extra fuel on the fire. The fact that she cares is the only true balm she can offer. That might sound like nothing, but Luo Binghe knows how precious such a small thing can be. To Gongyi Xiao, it might be the only true comfort he has. 

Luo Binghe should take it away from him."

I'm absolutely chewing the walls over @PrimtheAmazing's Tarnished Gold. The Little Palace Mistress is so sympathetic and loyal in that fic while still being completely awful. Let her have some depth of characterization!!! it's good for the soul (my soul!) Also watching lbh try to pry her away from sy!gyx and think that he's winning (maybe he is--he is Luo Binghe after all) give me life.

[dragonofthedepths]

God I love this website

imagine you make microwave popcorn and by wild chance every single kernel has the same exact popping point and after like a minute in the microwave the bag instantly fills up with a single earsplitting gunshot noise would that be fucked up or what

[artsarasp]

You know a Qijiu fic is good when I spend the entire time thinking "Yqy, u fool, u moron, u self-sacrificing prick."

[robotnuts]

are there any rvb fics you still think about all the time? like i dont think a week goes by without thinking abt qed and how it def changed me on a molecular level, do you have any fics like that?

oooh good question. the most important fic is at the bottom of this post so just scroll to the final paragraph if you only want one, true recommendation of the only rvb fic that really matters.

QED is fantastic though its more of @shotgunslap's thing than mine. the partner to that is also obviously QoQ, the only rvb fic ive been able to make almost all my friends read. i think about the south/north characterization every day of my life. caboose and carolina mean so much to me, etc etc. thats a pretty easy pick though so im cracking into my ao3 bookmarks to look for more niche picks.

i know there was actually a lot of rvb fic that was just posted to tumblr that i think ive gone back and tried to reblog at some points but i never organized it, i should have archived it, people who wrote good femslash and rvb women liked to just post it under a readmore on their tumblrlog and you have to go digging through decades old tags to find it now

okay. the big one i actually do still think about all the time forever and ever is saltsanford's stuff about epsilon/wash's relationship. this is the big one i still think about that centers on their backstory, but also, put my guns in the ground, which is one of the Big fandom tuckington longfics, also has such good washpilon stuff in it and they're so fucking juicy. when tucker asks wash how many times he's broken his ribs and he says four and epsilon says "actually it was five" before realizing How Bad of a Move that would be. Hello? Hello?????? i want them to be forced to reimplant and have weird mind brain trauma sex SO BAD sorry im normal. this is another one that takes place during/after the chorus era

on the spectrum of fics that i actually dont yet feel ashamed reccomending, primtheamazing, who wrote QoQ, also wrote some other good stuff. i am a HUGE fan of this fusion fic, the punchline to the tucker/caboose fusion is HYSTERICAL. this one where grif forgets who simmons is due to temple shennanigans and flirts with him is also very like. trope-y but i like that shit so this goes here too

ok. now onto the stuff that it is actively embarrassing for me to be recommending. but. prim's logrimmons fic is hysterical and was the stepping stone to creating the lolixgrimmons mind palaces with my friends so its worth it just for that. but also its really fucking funny. so is the one where locus has to listen to them have sex and gets himself caught

the truly embarrassing one for me to have here is the piece of softboy grimmons content i participate in. sadly i do enjoy s15 content sometimes for the softboy grif sensitive emotions exploration i will admit to being a hypocrite there and i really liked that one and reread it frequently (just realized this is written by the QED person so! you might already know of it)

and then finally. the most important red vs blue fanfiction of all time, guns are for shooting. it has it all. sarge. washington. sarge again. kismesisitude. grif and simmons acting like rosencrantz and guildenstern (are dead). locus being invisible and getting caught by lopez with a bag of flour. it's written by the person who wrote QED. You want to read it right now. Read it right now. READ IT RIGHT N

wait no the cute bit about sarge declaring war on gravity and upending a bag of flour onto lopez isnt in guns for shooting. what fic is that from

[occudo]

An incomplete list of TMA fics I adore

-beacuse of this ask

(If you liked the fics I previously recommended/made fanart for, I think you'll gonna like these as well, but you know, read the tags, know what you are going into)

Yesterday is Here by CirrusGrey @cirrus-grey

Time Travel Fix-it! Slow burn! So good! So much sass from future!Jon- I doubt I have to introduce anyone this amazing author, but if you somehow missed them till now, this is your time! I highly recommend all of their other fics as well, for example one of a more recent one, The Stranger I Know Best is also a lovely read.

enthralling by Prim_the_Amazing @primtheamazing

Vampire!Martin!! I have no words of how much I love this concept, this story, everything about this. I think I'm going to repeat myself through this list, but I also recommend everything else they've written!

to fill... my heart with music? by godshaper @godshaper so their Martin and Jon design are different from mine, also they made a way better art for this- but still, I wanted to include this really good fic in this list.

Do It All Anew by inkfingers_mcgee or @crit20art

You know the feeling when you read a book that makes you cry, and after that you recommend it to your friend? Well- there is no reason I mentioned this, I'm just so normal about this fic. Or any other fic from inkfingers_mcgee... like Strange Manner of what I made another fanart way back. Also, check out their art!

Anyway, here is Aamal- she is not going to cause emotional damage.

And they were sidekicks (oh my god, they were sidekicks) by arthureameslove @arthureameslove

A lighthearted series where Jon and Martin are sidekicks of supervillains- it's just a really fun fic, also recommend everyting from this author - I previously draw fanart here for an other fic of theirs Like a Lighthouse, Call Me Home

neither sad, nor sick, nor merry, nor well by saintbleeding @saintbleeding

To quote the aurthour: "Post-divorce Jon and Martin in a wedding-based romcom" It's such a comfort read, also has a Tim/Sasha wedding, and lots of cameos! I realised most of these authors I made fanarts for before- like this one for some kind of miraculous bind, this one is oneshot and a bit more serious in tone.

Give Me the Words by rakel @rakel-on-ao3

"Jon and Martin try to make the most of a bad situation in the Scottish Highlands. The situation is worse than they realised." You know that one post about wanting to write PWP, but it keeps turning into character study? Well, this one comes to my mind each time I see that.

i wanna find a home (i wanna share it with you) by heartshapedguy @transgenderboobs

So what would have happened if instead of the cot (tm), Jon offered Martin his own flat to stay? There is no way it's going to change their relationship, right? Such a good read, if you want some fluff, I highly recommend it!

Lucky Stars by magnetarmadda @magnetarmadda

Martin has a lovely family (except his mother) but still, he needs a fake boyfriend, and Jon comes to the rescue. It's one of the first fics I remember reading after I finished the series. It is such a comfort read of mine~

(+enjoy a rare tall Jon from me)

There are so many more fics that also deserve the spotlight, these are just the ones I read multiple times and/or didn't made fanarts for before. If you find something here you like, give them some love! Kudos and comments! They deserve it. (Also, just an extra disclamier some of these are PWP or rated T- just mind the tags)

I tried to link and tag everything, I hope it works.

[soupdwelling]

extremely late to this party But i read won my bride in a poker game by @primtheamazing yesterday and immediately had to draw something for it

[hotdrinks]

[ID: The Magnus Archives fanart of Jon and Martin kissing in Jon's office. Jon sits at his desk, his fist is balled in Martin's shirt, and he is pulling him down for the kiss. There is a spilled mug of tea, and several papers fluttering to the ground by Martin's hand. There is a painting of Jonah Magnus on the wall behind Jon and Martin. He looks at the viewer with wide eyes. The office is cramped and messy, there are boxes and stacks of paper on the floor and shelves. There are small references to each of the 14 fears in the background. They are as follows: a coffin drawn on the chalkboard, a skull on the shelf on the left wall, a copy of The Bone Turner's Tale, a jar of ashes, and a spider on the shelf behind Jon, fog in the hopper windows near the ceiling, candles, a pair of antlers, a knife, and a clown doll on the shelf behind Martin, a surrealist painting of a door on a flat landscape, a tall painting of a ship on a stormy sea -both on the right wall-, and a cracked cabinet door revealing complete darkness on the left side of the room. End ID]

Jonmartin sucking face in a messy environment?? by me???? it's more likely than you think. (a commission for @primtheamazing <333)

[friendodo]

Little Palace Mistress and Gongyi Xiao!Shen Yuan from the fic Tarnished Gold by @primtheamazing - these two have such a good relationship i love them with all my heart 💖.

[bundleofbaloney]

TARNISHED GOLD FINALE WAS AMAZING and after days of my brain chewing and masticating,, the desire to make fan art snowballing I RELENTED and thank you @primtheamazing for giving us delectable brainrot material fresh out of the oven every week 🗣️ feeding us well 🙀

[suzukiblu]

Ko-fi thank-you sentences for @primtheamazing; excerpt from the in-progress sequel to you make a really good girl (as girls go).

The first day on Azula’s ship is . . . odd. It feels a little unreal and distant traveling like this, leaving her whole life behind, and Yue isn’t sure what to think of the experience. She keeps feeling like she’ll wake up or snap out of it and things will be normal again. 

Or . . . different, anyway. 

She thinks of Azula’s rooms and the one and only bed in them, and tries to–she doesn’t know what Azula expects tonight. They’re both girls, and Yue can’t bear Azula the son and heir that Hahn would’ve expected from her, but Azula’s been acting like a husband would. Or at least . . . something like a husband would. She proposed, and fought the boys, and went on the hunt. 

She got her a necklace. 

Yue’s still wearing it. Which–of course she is. It’s normal enough. Not necessary, now that they’re married, but normal enough. And more normal for royalty, on top of that. Especially in a situation where she’s being taken to be presented to Azula’s family as her wife. 

Yue doesn’t have any idea what to expect from Azula’s family. She didn’t even know Azula existed before she showed up, so who knows who else might be in it? Zuko, obviously, and very obviously the Fire Lord and his lady, but otherwise . . . Azula doesn’t have another brother, she’d said, but are there sisters? Cousins? Aunts and uncles? 

There’s at least the Dragon of the West, she knows. Obviously she knows about him. But she doesn’t know if Azula’s mother has any siblings or anything like that, or if there are grandparents on her side, or . . . 

There’s so much she should know that she just . . . doesn’t. 

She could ask Ty Lee, she supposes. Ty Lee would probably tell her, and then she wouldn’t have to bother Azula about it. Or at least she could ask Mai, who might not mind a few questions. Mai is going to be the Fire Lady someday; she must know Azula’s family tree as well as her own. 

Well, they’re about to be the same family tree, so . . . yes, of course she must.

So Yue should too.

[wordsintimeandspace]

The latest book I made: won my bride in a poker game by @primtheamazing! It's one of my favourite fics and reread it often enough that I really needed a copy of it. I cannot recommend it enough. :)

The cover was a lot of experimenting (it's marbled paper with a vellum overlay that has the title printed on, which was rather fiddly to do) but I'm really pleased with how it turned out! Some more details to show off the typeset and the marbled paper for the endpapers:

[ruyeung]

I've been reading Tarnished Gold by @primtheamazing on ao3.

Made me want to draw the Huan Hua gang

[artsarasp]

Luo Binghe opens his mouth-- 

--and he wants to howl what is wrong with you, what the FUCK is the matter with you, why do you keep doing this, why do you keep surrendering without even a fight, why do you give up right from the start, don’t you care? don’t you want to keep the things you love? why are you giving them all to ME? what’s going to be left for you?--

--and he says, “Oh, it’s really not like that between us, Gongyi-shixiong. You don’t need to worry.” 

I had to draw a scene from @primtheamazing 's AMAZING FIC "Tarnished Gold" I could have drawn some of the other amazing scenes, but Binghe spoke to me in this scene. Cause I would have reacted the exact same way, what the fuck is wrong with you gongyi-shiziong--

[okiedoketm]

AO3 Fic Meme

I am so excited for this one! I was tagged by @mithrilwren, tysm!!

Rules: Go to your AO3 account and find the following info. Then tag some fellow writers!

What ratings do you write most of your fics under?

Not Rated (16)

General Audiences (7)

Teen And Up Audiences (4)

Mature (1)

What are your top three fandoms?

I actually have a 4-way tie! These fandoms make up 20/28 fics I've published.

Red vs. Blue (5)

Critical Role (Web Series) (5)

The Adventure Zone (Podcast) (5)

One Piece (Anime & Manga) (5)

What is the top character you write about?

It's another tie? A 5-way tie! Wild!

Monkey D. Luffy (4)

Taako (The Adventure Zone) (4)

The Director | Lucretia (4)

Caduceus Clay (4)

Beauregard Lionett (4)

What are your top three pairings?

...you can tell I'm a Gen writer with these numbers

Dexter Grif/Dick Simmons (2)

Riza Hawkeye/Roy Mustang (1)

Coby/Monkey D. Luffy (1)

What are the top three additional tags?

Other Additional Tags to Be Added (7)

Angst (5)

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence (5)

Does any of this surprise you?

At first, the Angst tag being a top contender threw me for a loop, but then I looked at the numbers and it was only for 5 fics? Ok yeah that's more reasonable. Honestly, I'm surprised Canon Divergence isn't higher! That's my favorite to write!

The characters as well-- I wasn't expecting to see Lucretia and Caduceus up there, but, honestly? Based. Good for me.

This whole thing has only confirmed my belief that I just write randomly for whatever fandom/idea catches my interest, with hardly any pattern lol.

What a fun game!! Tagging @anonymouse-fiction, @grubus, @primtheamazing, @miamibice, @emil1863, @kooabreen, @paper-lilypie, and @coyotefang1987 to try for themselves!

[grubus]

rules: list 5 songs you actually listen to & then tag 10 people I was tagged by @katanashipping !

The previous one got a bit too long for my taste, so I decided to make a new one <_< anyway! These are from my "cooking playlist" so I tend to sing along to most of these while cooking.

Under my Skin by Jukebox the Ghost

Melancholy Astronautic Man by Allie Moss

When it Lands by Rainbow Kitten Surprise

Teeth by 5 Seconds of Summer

Dragonfly Keeper by PHILDEL (only instrumental)

I tag~

@primtheamazing , @sortvaniliekrans , @tgcf-official , @linecrosser , @chocochococoffee , @aryashi , @lady-dysnomia , @okiedoketm

and whoever else wants to!