#queuebird

[inceptionpositivity]

@queuebird - Q is one of the most welcoming, kind hearted people in this fandom. They are talented and smart and incredibly genuine.

[earlgreytea68]

Advent Drabble 21 - Cooking

Requested by @queuebird

“I think we can figure it out,” Pete says. “I don’t think it’s that hard.”

These are Famous Pete Wentz Last Words, and everyone in Fall Out Boy knows it.

“Billions of people manage to do it every day!” Pete protests. “You think we can’t figure it out?”

“I think we have other talents,” Joe says. “Good talents. I’m glad we have those talents. This isn’t one of them.”

“You think billions of people do it every day?” Patrick asks.

“Probably! It’s an omelet! It’s pretty basic!”

“I’m vegan, so I want out of this whole thing,” Andy inserts blandly.

[mister-eames]

@inception30daychallenge day 6: A fic rec.

This is one of my comfort fics; it has everything that just makes me feel okay at the end of a long, awful day. It's the fic equivalent of cuddling on the couch with someone while drinking a hot chocolate. Domesticity, love, cats, food (and providing it to the one you love). I love their love in this.

Alfie by queuebird. Arthur/Eames, 4.4k

[hideyseek]

RULES: Put 5 songs you actually listen to, then tag 10 people.

tagged by @mister-eames hehe thank u!!! :3

Skeleton by Paravi

w.a.m.s by Fall Out Boy

Working for the Knife by Mitski

色香水 by Yoh Kamiyama

Live a Little by Accuse5 / 告五人

i usually have a playlist per month that i throw music into as i remember it or encounter it but i truly have been listening to other playlists / artists on shuffle a lot recently. not sure what to make of it, im in an era in my life i guess!

no pressure tagging: @crehador @frogiwi @zrllosyn @fruitchop @iamanonniemouse @blackbirds-of-promise @queuebird @carrotstache @still-gathering-roses @catladykt13

[thepromptnetwork]

Hiya! I’m new to TSN fandom. It doesn’t look like you ran TPN last year (unless it’s under a different account I couldn’t find). Will you return for 2024? I’d hate to see one of the few surviving fandom events disappear. Especially with the frustration of all the dead links and purged/deleted posts, accounts and journals. Thank you for your work and I hope to see you again later this year

hello friend!!! 💖💖💖

i'd love to bring another season of TPN back this year - although TPN started with 3 admins, it is for the most part just me (@princewardo) these days, which would be fine except i work A LOT!!!! 😿

the future of TPN

......actually..........i'll pop some polls up soon, as i've had some interesting recent discussions about future TPN events. please let me know (however best suits you!) any thoughts you have and vote on any polls you see!!!

this last end of year period we officially threw our support behind our friends at TSN Holiday Exchange for the 2023/24 season! https://archiveofourown.org/collections/2023tsnholidayexchange/profile

the TSN Holiday Exchange works are actually going live on Valentine's Day!!! that's right, this coming Wednesday 14 February, so please stay tuned to the ao3 collection or the TSN tag on ao3!!!!

where to find the most recent updates

ultimately i'd recommend keeping an eye on the @promptnetwork twitter for updates as that's the channel i tended to take care of, and the place most of TSN's active fandom members reside. i'll try harder to cross post to the @thepromptnetwork tumblr account. :)

here is the twitter: https://twitter.com/promptnetwork

background

monarchs, @queuebird and myself ran TPN in 2021 over 2 seasons of fortnightly rounds during 2021, a redux promptfest for end of year 2021/22, and another promptfest for end of year 2022/2023.

the overall TPN collections/subcollections are here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/thepromptnetwork/profile

[itshoneywhatever]

Hello! I saw your ask game, so i wanted to ask for these: ✨, ✍️ and 💞?

Hi lovely!! I love answering these, so thank you for sending one! 🫶🏻

✨️ Out of the comments you’ve received on your fics, what are two or three of your favorites?

Omg, how there you make me choose????!

In general, my favorite one are the one where they quote my stories back to me, I think it’s so cute when they do that!

My favorite in You’re a Bad Habit… are from @ellena-asg , they are so long and thoughtful, I just love them.

There’s one I did for a prompt fest for Peaky Blinders, Surprise!, from @queuebird who sent the request for it, and their comment is just the cutest! 💞

✍️ What’s your ideal writing setup?

I don’t have much of a set up, mainly because nowadays I write from my phone on Google Docs, so I can write whenever i want, wherever i want.

When I used to write from my laptop, i would either listen to music or put on some YouTube videos (i watch interviews, i love watching interviews) and it had to be at night, because I can’t concentrate during the day when I’m on the computer.

💕 What is your favorite fic that you’ve written?

My Stony fic, i hold that one very close to my heart because it help me deal with all the negative emotions that CA:CW left in me (and a few other MCU movies)

Right now though, I’m obsessed with my second Hangster fic, How Long Does It Take?, it’s the one I’ve re-read the most.

-

Thank you for sending this one 💞

Ask Game

[igrpdc]

Hi, I'm having trouble with the genre for this week. Could you go over what a character study is/give some examples? Thanks!

Hello! A character study fic examines some part of a character's personality or their thoughts and feelings about a situation. It can be introspective from a character's POV, or it could be an outsider POV, with the character observing someone else. It can also analyze some aspect of a relationship. It is less focused on plot or dialogue.

Here is the Inception AO3 tag for 'character study'.

Some examples (<1000 words):

When You Have To Go There by edenfalling (Arthur POV)

she loves far more than she should by Cerian (Mal POV, Cobb/Mal)

Laugh lines by kate_the_reader (Eames POV, Arthur/Eames)

Letter to Myself by queuebird (Ariadne POV, different format)

Authors tagged under the cut:

@iamanonniemouse @stormofsharpthings @mister-eames @bayta-darell @strangegeology @citrinesunset @seleswrites @hideyseek

[inception-vs-bond]

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER... 007 Fest / Inceptiversary 2020 prizes for @anyawen and @queuebird

At least we made it by Dec 31st! Congratulations to our two winners of the 2020 Inception vs Bond Caption Challenge! Thank you for your patience! 

AS REQUESTED by @anyawen​ and @queuebird​... your ships!

Credit to @blood-suits-and-tears​ for the fantastic art and headcanon inspiration! She has worked so hard!

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bill tanner (james bond) / molly hooper (sherlock) - ANYAWEN

when bill tanner falls in love, he falls deep. he isn’t shy about showing his affection and gratitude, and he comes along when molly hooper needs him most. a kind, gentle man who will value her personal and professional self. 

with the intensity and pressure of their careers, they enjoy the simplest things together off the clock: walks on the beach, late afternoon picnics in the park, and cuddles with their kitty. sherlock would never have made time for molly like this.

once a week, on any given day, bill will send molly a bouquet of flowers just because. sometimes he just wants to say thank you for the excellent cookies. sometimes he wants to say sorry he was having a bad day. but most of the time he just wants to say i love you.

q is one of molly’s closest friends, and also her partner in (lab) crime. he’s the one that encouraged the couple to take in a baby kitty that needed a home. he may also have played a part in designing the wedding rings, which are both lightweight and unbreakable (and inspired by his and james’)

bill knows every morning that the way molly looks at him - when he’s just woken up, unshaven and disoriented - is a look of love unlike any other. 

###

dominic cobb / saito (inception) - QUEUEBIRD

when cobb wakes up with saito as the plane lands at LAX, it’s not the end of the saga. it’s merely the beginning of a new life for them both. what they experienced - together in limbo - is never spoken of again, but it remains the unrivaled, unique event that shapes their understanding of one another moving forward. 

cobb is free of his guilt - and the shade - and saito is free of his greatest competition. all each of them now seeks from the other is companionship, warmth, and a profound unbroken trust. 

they leave dreamshare. saito funds; cobb designs and builds. they choose passion projects. the structure inspired by the spinning top is to memorialize the experience of the fischer job. 

they’re no longer shy about holding hands. certainly not when james and philippa encourage it (because how else would they cross the street?)

 at home, saito is a barbecue king. and cobb likes to think he’s the best dj this side of LA. their backyard parties are legendary. 

Thank you @inceptiversary​ and @mi6-cafe​ for making 2020 worthy! 

[arthureamesfic]

Eames stares at the ceiling, half-empty wineglass on the carpet beside him. “I’m bloody in love with him.”

“Mmhmm.”

Eames shifts his head for a sideways look at Yusuf, carpet rubbing pleasantly against his hair. “Did you hear me?”

“Yes?” Yusuf, sat up on the couch, glances at Eames, then does a double take. “Oh, is this, like, serious? Oh God, please don’t cry.”

— Beach Cat by queuebird

[inceptionbingo]

BINGO - simultaneous double line, queuebird [take 2]

1. bingo fic 1 [Robert/Eames]

Link: https://queuebird.tumblr.com/post/626001144742854656/bingo-fic-1

Kink: Impact Play

Trope: Documentation/Epistolary fic

2. bingo fic 2 [Robert/Eames]

Link: https://queuebird.tumblr.com/post/626001148117221376/bingo-fic-2

Kinks: Intercrural sex & Crossdressing 

3. bingo fic 3 [Robert/Eames]

Link: https://queuebird.tumblr.com/post/626001151086772224/bingo-fic-3

Trope: Skin Hunger

Kink: Phone sex

4. bingo fic 4 [Robert/Eames]

Link: https://queuebird.tumblr.com/post/626001154390818816/bingo-fic-4

Tropes: Enemies to friends/lovers & Didn’t know they were dating

[typinggently]

queuebird hat auf deinen Eintrag geantwortet “Tommy as an undead creature who sold his soul for money and fame...”

i don't know if you meant vampire here or not but my immediate thought when i read 'unhinged beast' was tommy with fangs open nasty blood dripping everywhere (sighs lovingly)

Vampire 100% works!!!

I was thinking more along the line as just in general cursed, in a fairytale-esque way? There’s something just slightly off about him, maybe he has some rules like touching things in a certain way or not being able to enter certain rooms if x and y apply etc. And I really like the concept of an object that in some way is part of the creature’s body influencing its physical form? Like how there are the swan maidens (and many similar tales) who are swans by day but can take on their human form at night, when they take off their feathery dresses - and said dresses can be hidden, thus trapping them in their human form?

So Tommy has to wear the glove because it helps him keep his human appearance, since without it, the blood-dripping right hand he used to shake on the contract becomes visible and his inhumanness is proven? If that makes sense? (Alfie’s goal being to get that glove and hide it so he can - idk, kill Tommy? I’m not sure what his goal would be)

but yes yes obviously he has fangs!! I love that for him. And just - a true nightmare with his dripping hand and ice-clear eyes. He probably has razor-sharp claws he uses to slice people open? Let him have sharp teeth. Let him unhinge his jaw. Let him break someone’s ribcage with his bare hands. Just. Let him go apeshit.

[inceptionpositivity]

@queuebird - Happy Inceptiversary!!

[earlgreytea68]

Advent Drabble 7 - DOOOWEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Requested by @queuebird

“It should go,” Pete announced, “like this.” And then he sang: “DOOOWEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.”

Patrick stared at him. “No,” he said. “Absolutely nothing should go like that.”

“It’s a sample,” Pete said. “It’s got a sci-fi feel to it.”

“Not when you sing it,” said Patrick drily.

“Haha,” said Pete, tumbling onto the couch with Patrick as close as he possibly could. “You sing it then.”

“DOOOWEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOO?”

“You can’t say it, you have to sing it.”

“DOOOWEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.”

“See, it sounds great, but everything sounds great when you sing it.”

“Pete, you’re an asshole, stop talking,” sang Patrick.

“Just like that,” Pete beamed.

[boundinshallows]

∞ 👀 👀

Valerie Broussard’s “A Little Wicked”

Beware the patient woman, 'cause this much I know No one calls you honey, when you're sitting on a throne

*happy sigh* 

[hideyseek]

WIP Favorite Lines

BIG thanks @rogueyami for tagging me in this!!! LOVE to talk endlessly about my wips, hehe.

Rules: a line you think you've struck gold with in your WIP(s)

note: i'm caveating this for me to be only projects that are being drafted or in revision, not projects that are mostly ideas and a scene or two. mainly so i can open fewer google docs.

untitled formerly haiji day 2023 fic (kakeru/haiji)

this will now just be posted ... someday after i finish writing it, possibly this year if fates align. intended to be a shorter, slightly different version of the longer heist!au project to let me get a sense of character and worldbuilding. i've felt recently like i'd lost my grasp on writing that narrates a sequence of events but i was really pleased with how much work these specific verbs are doing.

Kakeru feeds a bill into the machine, and Haiji watches a can of black coffee tilt off the rack and fall with a thunk.

the way you see me is not really (arthur/cobb)

i've only been writing this fic since uhhh 2020. it's about arthur and cobb on the run right after mal's death.

 The days on the road and in motels alternate sun-bright and cloudy, a perfect checkerboard of a calendar month.

narrative!fic (kakeru/haiji)

i do have a working title as of about a week ago but i'm not willing to jinx it so it'll stay narrative!fic here. this is about haiji, post-ekiden. yes this is gently cheating bc its three lines but the first line isnt complete alone and i really didn't want to read thru the other 20k of drafted material

Haiji expects feeling to come back in parts, after that, and the romantic in him wants to believe that what will come first are the places Kakeru is touching him: the curve of his shoulders, the place where Kakeru's hand is a tight band around his upper arm. But it doesn't happen like that. By the time Kakeru hauls him up, he still can't quite feel his legs.

tagging: @bananacanwrites @frogiwi @queuebird @iamanonniemouse @zrllosyn @swimmingseafish ... i think that's everybody i know that's writing but if i have missed you and you wanna play PLEASE feel free to !!!

[glasspunkart]

2 or 6 for your ocs??? GIVE THEM ALL THE HURT AND COMFORT!!!!!!

I actually did have a sketch similar to 6 so I went with 2 to try it out! I’m only like two months late but I hope you like this haha

(These boys also belong to @daegwaith // Ask from here)