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Finding Your Fanfics
Warnings: SFW fluff, slightly suggestive at end
Saturday night, Tara and Simone stop by your apartment for drinks to unwind from a long week of work. Xavier was already at your place when they arrived, but the two hunters didn’t mind. You and Xavier might as well be married at this point, so they were used to him being part of your little gatherings. He busies himself with preparing you finger foods and mixing cocktails, doing his best to stay out of the way while you all chat. Simone is sharing the plot of a recent fanfic she found of your favorite drama when Tara drunkenly spills your secret for the whole apartment to hear.
“That plot sounds like the one you wrote not long ago,” Tara says to you. “Wouldn’t it be hilarious if Simone was reading your fanfiction?”
“SHUT UP!” Simone yells as she excitedly bangs on the table. Xavier pokes his head into the living room, curious as to what could’ve gotten Simone so riled up. “You write fanfiction!? I have to find it.” Simone grabs her phone and begins tapping away at her screen with the investigation skills of a bureau agent.
“No!” Panicking, you try to grab her phone. A blush rises to your ears as you attempt to stop her, but you’re too dizzy from the alcohol. “It’s really not much worth looking at, so please don’t. Just let me die right here from embarrassment.”
Tara pulls up the fanfiction on her phone. “Stop worrying. You’re a great writer,” she says. “Here it is.” Giggling, she hands her phone to Simone.
At this point, Xavier mindlessly wanders over to the girls without you noticing. You are curled into a ball with your face hidden in your hands, halfheartedly begging them to stop reading but also laughing. You don’t notice Xavier reading the screen over Simone’s shoulder until his head snaps up, eyes narrowing in your direction.
“You write about Lumiere?” Goosebumps prickle your skin at Xavier’s question. You glance up to see Xavier towering over you with crossed arms. Yep, you’re sober now. Xavier hates Lumiere, even though they’re the same person. “And this isn’t exactly family-appropriate. What is the plot here?”
Tara and Simone immediately feel the tension in the room. They quickly excuse themselves, practically running out the door to escape your boyfriend’s wrath. Unable to look Xavier in the eye, you whisper, “I can explain.”
Xavier tilts your chin up, so you are forced to meet his steady gaze. “You’re writing ‘romantic’ stories about Lumiere and posting them for everyone to see. From what little I read, you are a talented writer, and I would love to read more of your work. But Lumiere? And why keep it a secret? Do you not trust me?” Xavier pouts. “Do you still like him more than me?”
You poke Xavier’s cheek. “Of course not, silly bunny. I love you the most. You know that. I only wrote one story about him, because a reader asked me to for her birthday.” You cradle Xavier’s face in your hands. “I wasn’t keeping my writing a secret from you. I haven’t written since college. Tara saw me jotting down ideas when I first started back a few weeks ago, and I’m not used to sharing this with anyone. It just didn’t cross my mind. I’m sorry.”
“Really?”
“Yes, you are the only man I think about, Xavie. I love you, and you are more than welcome to read more of what I write.” Xavier begins to glow. He picks you up from off the floor, carrying you to the bedroom. “What are you doing?”
“Your writing is so good and descriptive, but there was one passage in the love scene that I couldn’t quite picture. I was hoping you could show me.” Xavier smirks, and your heart flutters in response. You don’t know whether to curse or thank that reader for her commission.
#lads fanfic#love and deepspace#lads xavier#l&ds xavier#lnds xavier#my fanfic#xavier x mc#xavier x reader
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Don't you think you should give more credit to all the writers you so call friends? You seem pretty biased...
lol Congratulations, anon. I think you're the first person to send negativity to my inbox.
Here's a tip: if you're going to say something bold, be bold and say it to me non-anonymously.
2. When I have time to read fanfiction, I read the stories that call to my attention, whether they're my mutual or not, whether they're my good friend or not, whether they're well-known around here or not.
You can verify this by checking out my @zepskiesreads side blog, which I started recently, or for an even longer archive, search "#zepskies reads" in my main blog. Why? Because whatever I read and enjoy, I reblog. Simple as that.
I also credit other writers (and readers) for giving me ideas and helping me work through a plot line behind the scenes. I support my friends whenever I can, however I am able.
3. Recently, I have been catching up in my TBR reading with some of my friends, since I haven't had as much time to read due to my full-time job and other demanding things happening in my life.
So who specifically do you think I'm not supporting? If there's a writer that you want to bring to my attention, you could've just said that respectfully.
However, if it's any business of yours what I choose to read and reblog, I'll be sure to let you know. 😉
#ask me stuff#let's be kind and respectful in my inbox please#support writers#spn#supernatural#spn fandom#zepskies answers
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Todays been awful so fuck it, IT fandom unpopular opinions! (And they're actually unpopular for once!).
-As much as I hate to say this, I think getting mad at people for not liking Mike Hanlon is shifting the blame from who's really at fault for this and that's Andi Muschietti. Yeah it sucks that Mike is always forgotten by this fandom but this fandom is dominated of fans of the movie and the movie and book are totally different. If some 13 year old has only seen the IT movies I don't blame them for not caring about Mike because he got dicked over by Andi's racial bias. And don't say "well they should watch the mini series or book to appreciate him then" as if being in a fandom is supposed to require homework. A lot of people only like IT 2017 and that's fine, and they're not less of a fan for that. It's okay to not like certain members of the losers, as long as your reasons are valid.
-I wish fanfiction would potray Sonia and Eddie's relationship (and honestly Sonia/Myra) with more depth. I am NOT saying Sonia isn't abusive, she absolutely is, but i have seen A LOT of ridiculous portrayals of Sonia and it bugs me. Even good fic writers often pigeon hole her relationship with Eddie to just being him secretly hating every thing about her with no complicated feelings at all. As someone who grew up in an abusive household, majority of abusive relationships aren't like that. That's why abusive relationships are so sinister in the first place, they're hard to get out of because you convince yourself you love your abuser. Most kids, especially heavily manipulated ones like Eddie, would struggle with feeling pure hatred for their mother. And that's interesting! I wanna see that portrayed in Eddie's character, especially since he struggles with his own identity and feelings about himself quite a lot already. If you cannot handle a portrayal of an abusive relationship being more than just two dimensional awfullness 24/7, i don't think you should be reading something as heavy as IT.
-Similarly, the way people talk about Sonia, Myra, and to a lesser extent Belch is really gross. IT actually condemns fatphobia in the narrative by having Henry attack ben, and i see people complain all the time about how ben lost wait as an adult but suddenly when it's Myra, Sonia and Belch you can fat shame to your hearts content. I have seen so many posts from people, either roleplay accounts or otherwise, calling these three fat bitches or hogs or even fanfics that deliberatly use Sonia's weight as short hand for her being terrible instesd of letting her actions speak for herself. Fat shaming isn't suddenly cool when it happens to someone you hate. Molly Ranson is a real person and that is her real body, there are probably people in this fandom who even LOOK like Sonia out there. This also applies to insulting the appearance of any other actor btw.
-I think Ben Hanscom in the it 2017 continuity is honestly kind of a creep. He kisses Bev while she's unconcious depsite not actually knowing if it'll pull her out of the deadlights (he didn't even have a reason to think it would work at all), he holds onto her yearbook signature in his wallet for 27 years even tho he literally forgot everything, spends most of IT chapter 2 coping and seething that Bev isn't attracted to him, and never says anything to defend her from Richie spreading slutty rumors about her. The only time he defends her from slut accusations is when its henry and shes there to see him do it. If Henry did any of this you guys would be all over him, but because it's Ben and they play sappy music over it it's suddenly cute and whimsical.
-I also think Richie gets away with a lot of shit that if it was done by any of the antagonists the fandom would rip 'em to shreds. People give me shit all the time for sympathizing with Henry Bowers becaude he's racist and mysoginistic but Richie says many mysoginistic and racist things across adaptations and nobody cares. Of course he spreads rumors about Bevs promiscuity, but in the book he does quite a few racist impressions and bits like when he says "You know the worst part about getting AIDS? Trying to explain to your mother that you got it from a Haitian girl.". Hell, at least Henry is 12, practically groomed into it, and so mushy brained from the pills he can't think straight, what's richies excuse? I don't even care that Richie is gay, does being in the closet justify anything? Did being attracted to Henry absolve Patrick of the fact he killed a baby? No? The same goes for Richie. Ofc you can still like him, but i don't like it when richie fans act like he's all pure and ignore his worse moments just to grand stand.
-It 2017 is actually just as ewwy towards minors as the book. Just because you removed a gang bang scene doesn't mean you aren't still weird with minors. Mr. Muschietti still thought it was appropriate to make a scene where young Bev is forced to flirt with a pedo pharmacist, another where she gets kissed unconscious, and one where her friends oggle her in a bra. Yeah it's cool you got rid of the sewer stuff but WHY ADD ALL OF THAT IN.
-The whole "omg what if the ritual was going to work but richie had to sacrifice eddie as his token instead and thats why it didnt work" is kinda dumb. it implies that the native americans who created the god damn artifact couldn't do the ritual right but these random white guys could all along. The movie straight up says the ritual has never worked and Mike saying he believed it would work because of their connection is treated like it's wrong. Maybe Eddie was Richies token but I don't think that's why they defeated IT and I also don't think it would have worked to begin with.
#it 2017#it chapter 1#it chapter 2#gay clown movie#it stephen king#it 2019#it fandom#it movies#losers club#the losers club
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HIIIII andy!!! just a genuine question.. if you were to be pressured to update your fanfiction, or getting harassed just because the readers expected u to update it... would u delete ur entire account dedicated to that fic and delete the fic itself too? 😭☹️ (I hope this isn't weird, i just wanted to ask an author bcs this happened to my fav fic today)
I am so sorry you lost your fave fic, omg that is so genuinely devastating!! That is like losing a friend for real :'(
This is a tough one. Obviously there is no right or wrong answer, or any way to know what you would do in the same situation until you're in it. I really think it's up to the author to determine their level of comfort and act accordingly to keep themselves mentally well and safe, and to consistently reassess that as things change!
Personally, I know all too well what it is like to get harassed online and have contemplated nuking my account at times too. I have had friends who have had to abandon blogs for similar reasons as well. But for me, the positives and the friendships and fun little connections I have made on here have always far, far outweighed the negatives.
Plus I also have insane deadlines at my IRL job so it makes me laugh when someone gets shirty with me to update my fics like, buddy you lead this work project then and I will go write you your little chapter lol. So at least, people asking me for updates (even rudely) has never really bothered me too much.
I guess all of this to say, never say never, but I can't envision doing that personally! But I def recommend you download all your fave fics if they're on AO3 and store them somewhere if you can. Because you never know what is gonna change!!
I hope your fave author finds their way back someday and you get to read that fic again!! Sending you (and your author!) all of my good vibes rn.
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McFly July 2024 🌲day 31: Pepsi free (Free day!)
Marty in yukata because why not <3
It was very funny to draw for the McFly July, and ngl challenging, it's been a long time i didn't draw so much in one month ! Thank you so much to @mjf-af to give this opportunity to new persons like me to enter in the fandom <3
🎸🔥I plan to continue draw many things about the trilogy, and especially Doc and Marty, stay tuned ! 🎸🔥
#back to the future#bttf#mcflyjuly#mcfly july#my art#thank you so much for your interest <3#reading your fanfictions is also so good!#you're breathtaking !!!#i'm so glad there's a fandom for those great movies :')
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Blaine-friendly Kurtbastian Fic Recs
Putting a list together for @fallevs, but I hope this will be useful for anyone who wants to dip their toes into Kurtbastian fanfiction but doesn't want to read anything anti-Blaine! Everything included in this list will either not include Blaine at all, or if he is in the fic, it will be neutral or friendly toward him.
I've tried to include a wide range of words counts as well, so that you can start with something short and sweet or dive into something big, whatever you feel like. If anyone else has some recommendations to add, please feel free to reblog this list and add more!
Europe Is Our Playground by @glitterdammerung - 53,430 words
Summary: Eight years and half the world away from home, a chance encounter in a Paris club leads Kurt and Sebastian - each running from the ghosts of their pasts - into the diversion of chasing each other across Europe.
(Let's give them) Something to talk about by MemeKonGlee - 20,529 words
Summary: “I need you to—” “I heard you the first time,” Kurt interrupts, putting his fork and knife down on his plate and pushing his half-finished pancakes aside. “What I meant was: what the hell?” He points towards the neglected pancakes, trying to stall in the face of Kurt’s reaction. “Are you sure you don’t wanna finish that first?” The look in Kurt's eyes tells him in no uncertain terms that no, he doesn't want to finish his pancakes, Jesus. And so Sebastian has no option but to take a deep breath in, exhale slowly through his mouth and just… get on with it, internally cringing at how unbelievably ridiculous it all sounds when he puts it in words, all out there for the world (and more importantly, Kurt fucking Hummel) to judge. It all boils down to: I fucked up and I'm too proud to deal with it the mature way.
Safe Mode by flipmeforward - 18,118 words
Summary: An AU in which Kurt and Sebastian never met in high school. Instead, they meet at &brave--an up-and-coming online fashion company where Kurt is the new assistant slash blogger (one day he will figure out a better title), and Sebastian is the less than pleasant tech support guy. Kurt does his best to avoid Sebastian and his rude attitude at all possible costs, but it turns out that technology is not his friend. It also turns out that Sebastian might maybe possibly be (okay, probably is) more than just an annoying coworker.
Come On And Mess Me Up by @pouralittlewater - 215,339 words
Summary: “It’s like...When Harry Met Sally,” Santana told him. “No. That was me and Blaine.” “How? You literally got together in months. You and Sebastian have been skirting the issue for years. This whole “will they, won’t they” thing is getting old.” Or, when Sebastian enrolls in McKinley High and joins Glee right before the duet competition. What Kurt thinks could be the start to a great friendship in gay camaraderie quickly explodes in his face as he realizes being around Sebastian makes him want to set the other boy on fire. However, over time, that feeling dissipates. Even without the title of friendship, the two become ingrained in each other's lives in a way neither ever expected to.
Thunderbolts & Lightning by @alphabees-writes - 1,854 words
Summary: Sebastian has a plan. It goes wrong, and then right, and then wrong again.
tension bars by @cryscendo - 824 words
Summary: Prompt by backslashdelta: kurt, sports!au (gymnastics), exes, “sometimes, i sit in bed and wonder what would happen if things were different.”
I Want The World To See You'll Be With Me by @backslashdelta (me!) - 2,405 words
Summary: Kurt and Sebastian attend a Christmas party, and Sebastian has a special surprise for Kurt afterward.
Dessert by @nalasan - 1,175 words
Summary: “Oh my God,” Sebastian says, staring at the plate in front of him. “We have to break up.” Kurt, who has just walked into their living room and is still in his winter coat, raises his eyebrow quizzically; his expression more bemused than worried, “And why is that?” “Just look at that,” Sebastian replies, gesturing at the table in front of him like he is seeing it for the first time: the white tablecloth, the candles in their silver candleholders, the white roses in their vase in the middle of the table, and the dinner Sebastian has been preparing since he came home three hours ago.
And Why Is That? by @20xbetterthanu - 41,321 words
Summary: "I love you, and I hate myself for that." "And why is that?" Love hurts.
Note from me: this fic is definitely not anti-Blaine, however it does heavily involve Blaine and he is Not having a good time, so I maybe wouldn't recommend it if you want to avoid him (and the other boys!) being sad.
A Change In The Weather by cacophonylights - 209,414 words
Summary: The summer before college Kurt is shocked when Sebastian comes to him with a timely offer he can’t refuse. He’ll get something he needs to realize his dreams, but in return he has to play the role of Sebastian’s boyfriend for the summer. Neither of them know just how much their worlds are about to change. For a GKM prompt.
Note from me: this fic COULD be considered anti-Blaine, but I don't personally consider it to be; it maybe doesn't paint him in the most positive light, but I think it's still neutral enough to be on this list, and it's essentially required reading at this point! Also, it is famously unfinished, but there are a couple fan sequels: ACITW AU by @lady-divine-writes A Drop In The Ocean by @daftydraw and jwmelmoth The ACITW link above is for livejournal, but you can also find the original fic on AO3 in two parts here and here.
#mine#fanfiction#fic rec#kurtbastian#kurtbastian fanfiction#glee#glee fanfiction#fallevs#I hope this list is helpful!!#and I would love to hear your thoughts on any of these fics (or any others you happen to find and read!)#kurt hummel#sebastian smythe#also please please please read europe is our playground#no pressure but like OMG it's so good#everything in this list is good though so. yeah.
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Prompt 21
This past winter, Geralt grabbed a tower of books from the library and holed himself up in his room for practically the entire season. Eskel walks in one night, intent on just checking in on his brother, only to poke around and find that every book that Geralt is painstakingly studying is medical books, from how to deal with a sore throat to the most rarest of diseases. Eskel asks Geralt why he needs to know all of this, worried Geralt might be losing his mutagen-induced healing factor?! Is he getting sick!? Are his wounds not healing over time!? Oh GODS! Oh nvm- Geralt says he's fine :) He's reading all of this because... He met a human bard he wants to keep safe? Odd... Especially for Geralt... But whatever makes his brother happy! I just want a scene after some nice gay brotherly teasing that's like "Ow- Oh no.. Geralt, my arm was scratched by a branch. Hold on, I need to-" And geralt is like FROTHING and is like "WE NEED BANDAGES, THREAD, A NEEDLE, DISINFECTANT, NUMBING SOLUTION, AND I KNOW FOURTEEN DIFFERENT NATURALLY MADE POULTICES I CAN MAKE, AND I KNOW A HELPFUL SPELL A HEDGEWITCH CAN CAST AND-" "It's just a scratch, Gera-" "SHIT, SIT DOWN, I GOTTA FIX MY HUMAN BEFORE HE DIES AND I LOSE ONE OF THE ONLY GOOD THINGS IN MY LIFE"
#fanfiction prompts#geralt x dandelion#geralt x jaskier#geraskier#witcher fanfiction#the witcher#geralt loves his bard!#writing prompts#requited unrequited love#friends to lovers#Worried Geralt#protective geralt#good husband geralt#I STAYED UP REALLY LATE READING FANFIC SORRY IF THIS IS SHIT#Also my best friend randomly found this account (i told him about it without any censorship and made no attempt to hide it at all)#so everyone say hi to him#yeah thats right#i see you there you gay fuck#I KNOW YOURE HERE#READING THIS SHIT#HOW ABOUT YOU ANSWER MY TEXTS AND PLAY BALDURS GATE WITH ME ALREADY?#gonna eat some bagels and pass teh fuck out#its 430 am and usually yk i am chilling lik ea villain at tis tme of night but tonight i am the very tired gorl#gorl (?)#i am a “gorl” but deep down#I am a ball of gas with thousands of eyes and wings that makes a low ominous humming noise and vultures follow#i am LOOKING at you with my EYES#I just think geralt could love his bard a little and his bard could find it sweet (and maybe a little exasperating)
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People reading and leaving kudos on multiple fics I wrote, I'm kissing you on the forehead.
#are you telling me you loved one of my fic so much that you tried others and also like those?#it's just so special to me#INSANE#like what I wrote wasn't bad#more than that it was good enough to make you want to read more#I just want to say thank you#and don't even get me started on people subscribing#why? what's your issue?#I love you#ao3 reader#ao3 kudos#ao3 writer#writing fanfiction#destiel#deancas#castiel#dean winchester#my destiel fanfic
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I know some people have a hard time commenting on fics because they don't know what to say, so allow me to let you in on my personal hack for a super easy, 2-step comment that authors appreciate:
Say that you liked it. "This fic was great," "I love this chapter," "I really enjoyed this," etc.
Mention (1) thing that happened in the fic/chapter that stood out in a good way. You don't have to do a line-by-line analysis, just point out something specific. "The fight between (x) and (y) had me on the edge of my seat," "The conversation at the end of the chapter was perfectly in-character," "(x)'s internal dialog during (scene) was really good," etc.
That's it! You can leave a two sentence comment with this method and I promise, you will make an author very happy.
Of course if you feel able—expand on this! Point out multiple things you liked, do a full scene analysis, gush about stuff that made you laugh or cry, we adore those comments. But if that's too daunting, just try this version and work your way up to the bigger stuff.
Now, go out and make a fic author's day!
#writing#fanfiction#writers want to feel appreciated#but we also just want our work to feel seen#hearing which parts of our work reach people the most is fantastic#it's so encouraging to know that a bit you were proud of is also someone else's favorite scene#or getting reassurance on something you weren't as sure about#or simply knowing that someone paid attention enough to remember something from your fic after they reached the bottom of the page#good writing tip in general: keep an eye on what people remember after reading#that can be a good hint towards what your strongest material is
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Anyways, to those who have been wondering what we've been doing during our impromptu Tumblr Vacation or whatever we're calling it, we've been trying to find a playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3 that is made by someone who doesn't annoy the shit out of us, and also tormenting Karlach Cliffgate (as you do)
#we speak#also sleeping. we have slept a lot. being in a school environment is exhausting.#its very hard to remember how much we generally enjoy learning when the environment itself is. that#but on the plus side our shittiest possible 40-minute 1k word essay with eight trillion loose lines we Could have connected#was apparently impressive enough that the people who were meant to be assessing it for If We Could Take The Course#as a preliminary instead just forwarded it as a formal application and it got through#we know we are better at writing and deconstructing that writing than most. however.#christ man there were like a dozen cracks in that essay reasoning and a trillion threads we left dangling#we know that directing you to see what the narrative is focusing on and nothing else is a skill we're good at#but like. this is like if we just shucked a pelt off with no processing and showed it to you. its not even scraped yet.#there are little bits of metaphorical fat and gristle all over the underside of this. you can feel them when picking it up.#we lost the plot of the original prompt halfway through to argue about anthrocentrism. it's messy work.#like its decent prose and if we polished it a bit it could probably be decent within the constraints but it's a 40 minute prompt and sloppy#we tabbed out of the test tab and started writing pokemon fanfiction instead of polishing it. and you think it's impressive?#we know we've spent like more than ten years writing and have read a lot even before that we just forget people have such low standards#...god hopefully this doesnt read as bragging. we are having the experience of like#we get out of the most physically and mentally fatiguing experience we've had for like Years after doing the Bare Minimum to not die#we have been outputting work that is sloppy and we are fully aware of it because we are too tired to put full effort into schoolwork#and we are still getting like. “oh wow this is so good youre so good at making things”#like man. we can do better than this. teacher was like “wow youd be a great script writer” we are good at dialogue but better at descriptio#and we weight. a lot of our capacity for dialogue. in our ability to have cues human people do not have. this will not work well on-screen#also that industry is one of the Many Many Industries that are super mega fucked up rn#and we do not work well with constantly changing expectations#we hope this is a fun glimpse into our current life btw we are finally on break and god. this is great. we can sleep now.
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Open Your Eyes and It Will Blind You - Chapter 4
Pairing: Jaheira/Rasaad Characters: Jaheira, Rasaad, OC Bhaalspawn, Aerie, Imoen, Minsc Rating: G Warnings: None Descriptors: Angst, Avoidance, Almost Kiss, Moving On, Fix-It, Slow Burn, Romantic Tension, Canon-Typical Violence, Cliffhanger, Fake Character Death Fic Word Count (Thus Far): 21.5k Chapter Word Count: 7.9k Setting: Several years after BG2 TOB Summary: Years after the defeat of Irenicus and Melissan, Jaheira and Rasaad are both still haunted by the things they have lost. Neither of them is much good at opening up, despite the burgeoning feelings between them. When Rasaad decides he must travel to Calimshan to face up to his brothers in Sun Soul, and she and their friends insist on accompanying them, the pair is forced to start to come to terms with their emotions, and what they want from the future, while uncovering a deep darkness that has infected the place Rasaad once called home. (Chap 4/?) Chapter Summary: After escaping the guards at the city wall, Jaheira and the others bring Rasaad safely to the Monastery of the Moon to plead his case - and then things go terribly wrong. read on ao3 | send me fic requests!
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The crowd of the market district envelops them as they flee the amlakkar checkpoint and disappear into the city.
Rasaad takes the lead, sure-footed on the roughened sandstone street. In the distance, they can hear shouts as the amlakkar begin to call out, alerting each other to the fugitive menace loosed into Calimport. They are quick, the lawkeepers of this city - quick and cold, more so than Jaheira remembers. Luckily, though, they have entered the city at one of its most populous, chaotic areas.
She has been here before. "The Khanduq Ward," Khalid explained on their last visit, his light, clipped tone barely audible under the chaos around them. Here on his home ground, his voice held only the slightest hint of his usual stammer. "Khanduq is m-m-'market', in Alzhedo. The city's b-beating heart."
Leading them away from the gate, Rasaad plunges without hesitation into the tremendous, swirling crowd. The khanduq is no grid of ordered city streets but instead an enormous open bazaar, lined in all directions with shops and stalls draped in colorful cloth. Cheerful shouting voices split the air, calling greetings, sales pitches, offers and demands of coin. A few figures on horseback or camelback, loaded down with goods in sacks and saddlebags, pick their way carefully among the hundreds of pedestrians, freely mixing Alzhedo profanity in with the general tumult. The smell is an indescribable combination of spices, cooking meat, and sweat, which might be more appealing were it not punctuated with a liberal note of animal dung.
It’s enough to make Jaheira's head spin. At the best of times, she is most comfortable in the wilderness, and has only with difficulty tolerated the crowded streets of Amn and Baldur's Gate. This wall of noise and color is overwhelming beyond anything she has seen in either city; it is pandemonium. She feels constantly on the edge of slamming into someone or clipping the edge of a stall, toppling it over and sending the whole house of cards crashing to pieces.
Rasaad, though, moves like lightning. She has never seen him like this before, dodging through the crowd with practiced, agile steps. His boots scuff adroitly into the dusty streets, pivoting him in rapid turns, finding and opening barely-visible pathways through the ever-shifting mass of people. It is all she can do to keep pace with him, and she finds herself fascinated, watching the ripple of quick-moving muscle under his tunic as he darts side to side.
For a moment she can see a hint of the boy she has never met, the boy he once was. This is Rasaad as he was before the Sun Soul - the street rat in the Calishite shadows, native to the desert heat. He still carries a lurking piece of that boy inside him, and that boy remembers these crowded streets and noisy stalls, slipping naturally back into the maelstrom.
Would I walk so easily in Tethyr? she wonders.
"This way!" Rasaad hisses sharply, wresting her from her thoughts. Grabbing her sleeve, he tugs her down a side alley and glances behind them to see that the others are following. "Take care where you step."
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#open your eyes and it will blind you#jaheira#rasaad#rasaad yn bashir#jaheira x rasaad#rasaad x jaheira#jaheira/rasaad#rasaad/jaheira#baldur's gate#baldur's gate fic#baldur's gate fanfiction#bg2#woohoo it has arrived XD#that sound you hear is a collective sigh of relief from everyone glad that i have finished this chap and will shut up about it now :P#this one is mostly action and was challenging but i think it turned out good c:#ty for reading and hope you enjoy! c:#also i really need to commission someone to draw a banner for this fic#cos it's all bg2 era stuff so i can't easily photoshop something :P
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it's part of my personal bnha lore that hisashi left when he found out izuku was quirkless, divorced inko, moved to a different city, remarried, and had a daughter. and when izuku was like 13 he googled his dad and his facebook came up with pictures of his new family. and izuku realized he had a little sister and he wanted more than anything to be her brother but he knew his dad wouldn't let him in their house.
anyway now im on a concept where she's a teenager and hisashi finds out she's a lesbian and kicks her out and her mom is like "we never told you but you have a half brother, he lives in tokyo, i just got off the phone with him and he says you can stay with him, here's his address" and she gets on a train still reeling with the shock of it all and when she gets there it's a fucking top ten hero, one of the most famous people in the country, she feels like she's been goddamn sold to one direction
#obviously izuku is hype as hell to finally have the chance to be an older brother to her#but it's also at a bad time for her bc she's just been disowned and all#and finding out you were only born because somebody else wasn't good enough for Your Father????#what the fuck#anyway i feeeeeel like writing this but idk if anybody would read it#so lmk if you would find this interesting?#bnha#midoriya izuku#mha#bnha headcanons#fanfiction#bnha fanfic#fanfic ideas
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it’s not actually that weird that people are saying “harry potter was never good, actually” after joanne went full mask off, and no it doesn’t mean that we all secretly think harry potter is amazing but don’t want to admit it. it’s pretty simple actually: most people read harry potter when they were children, when they hadn’t read a lot of other books and therefore didn’t have a lot to compare it to. then every time you reread it as an adult, you’re looking through pretty hefty nostalgia goggles. then, after you’ve realized that joanne is a violent bigot that wants you and / or people you love and care for dead, those goggles are broken and when you attempt to look at hp again you’re more likely to see it’s flaws. it’s not rocket science.
#like don't get me wrong people have pointed out stuff wrong with hp since the beginning#both the bigoted aspects of it and the simply bad writing aspects#but it was in bits and pieces and far less vocal#whereas now you see its more 'wait a minute the entire series is lowkey shit' and is a lot more people saying it#also for people like myself#you read a lot of fanfiction and saw a lot of fan discussion and so whenever you reread harry potter#that stuff was in the back of your mind whether you meant it to be or not#and it maybe caused you to think that what you were reading was a lot deeper than it actually was#because you were taking all this fan content as canon even if nothing of what you were actually read in the text suggested it#but then when everything fell apart you hadn't even thought about harry potter for a good while and that fan stuff wasn't in your head#and you could see the text for the mess it was without the bolstering and hole filling that fandom had done for it#i speak#anti jk rowling#and there's also the point that when harry potter was at its peak popularity the entire world was reinforcing the fact that this is amazing#so you're less inclined to find flaws because somethign this big cant POSSIBLY be bad
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Trying to Tread Water: Chapter Thirty
The Elizabeth/Darcy Marriage of Convenience fic no one asked for
Chapter Thirty: Elizabeth's first ball in town - and the first official dance she is attending as Mrs Darcy - has arrived. As have the Darcy family's collection of jewellery, which Mr Darcy sent for. Of course, despite that their marriage was made to secure her safety, his love for Elizabeth means he wants none but her to wear them. They stay close to each other during the ball, and he cannot keep his eyes off her. Especially when they dance.
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First reviews of Chapter Thirty: "Honestly when I get the email this story has updated I get very excited and it’s a proper treat! I made a coffee and sat down to read it as soon as possible." "Loved this update! Oh man the vibes during that dance were just perfect." "I'm literally so unreasonably happy that they had a nice night out😭😭 grinning in public like a lunatic rn..." "I really loved the ball in its entirety, honestly. The descriptions of the room and atmosphere, and especially the last dance, all speaks to your writing prowess. 12/10, would recommend." "This story is my absolute favorite notification and I seriously enjoy reading it so much! The characters, the world building, just so incredibly well done!"
Story updates on Ao3 fortnightly, with Chapter Thirty-One coming out on the 17th May.
Story tags: Elizabeth/Darcy, Marriage of Convenience, Unrequited Love, Not Really Unrequited Love, Slow Burn, Pining, Pining Despite Being Married, Mr Darcy thinks his worst enemy is Wickham but maybe it's himself.
#'oh but Tara' you might say#'why are you only posting this on tumblr the day before the next chapter comes out'#IT IS BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE THEN#I'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONVINCE THE TODDLERS TO HAVE THEIR NAP AND I HAVEN'T HAD OTHER DUTIES TO DO#i queue most things on my blog but not this because i like to put in some comments#which i always feel so thankful for and also i'm someone who is swayed to read things because friends tell me good things about it#and taking a few quotes from the comments is the closest i can get to that#and so here we are#posting to tumblr late#at the whims of two two-year olds and my share of the housework#and the former have not been generous to my writing this week#ten days without being able to write a word#BUT HERE I AM#RISING FROM THE ASHES OF SLEEP DEPRIVATION#SO YOU STILL GET YOUR FORTNIGHTLY LIZZY AND DARCY PINING#THE TUMBLR POST MAY BE LATE BUT NEVER THE AO3 UPDATE#pride and prejudice#jane austen#elizabeth bennet#fitzwilliam darcy#elizabeth x darcy#darcy x elizabeth#mr darcy#writing#ao3 writer#fanfic#fanfiction#fanfic writing#archive of our own#ao3
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"ao3 is better than wattpad !"
"no wattpad is !"
ao3 for ship fics. wattpad for oc.
there. problem solved.
#also you can download epub on ao3 and tbh i don't read on that hell of a website so thanks#but wattpad have comments and damn people turns into comedian for no reason once they see that orange color#i actually don't read that much fanfics on wattpad because there's not many marauders fanfics#which is what i read the most nowadays#but they actually have very good original books too !#small authors mostly you have to dig like you're making your own grave#ao3#wattpad#fanfiction#writing#reading#archive of our own#who remembers fanfiction.net ?#i started there i'm a veteran
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“oh, drunken gods of slaughter
you know i have always been your
favourite daughter”
#i love tall god women who can’t understand the complexity of human emotion#ruin me with apathy my love#i’m so lonely hold me in your glowing loveless hands#MMMMMMM i love my ocs#she’s so#UGAKSBWLANKSNS#when your oc is god>>>#not even joking#this is bible fanfiction at its peak#also the quality for this art is super fucked#i have two different pictures of it on my phone with vastly different qualities because it’s different between tumblr and tiktok#who decided that#i’m not even gonna try posting this on instagram that would be hell#also i broke ibis paint doing the background for this#so that was fun#and it only took me five hours!#no this is not good omens fanart#don’t even ask#i’ve never WATCHED nor READ good omens PLEASE
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