#rooftop zine

[katkat030]

Scar sits, balanced on a precipice at the crest of the world, and thinks. If he tilts forward just a degree too far into the sweeping abyss that engulfs the city below, he will fall. It’s a height that very few could survive, and he knows without a shred of doubt that he is not one of them. “Careful,” comes the warning in a tone that, if he closes his eyes, sounds awfully like Cuteguy. But of course, the voice that Scar hears so often through his earpiece is nothing at all like the unmistakable lilt of Pearl’s words. OR Pearl watches Scar leave his apartment in the small hours between dusk and dawn. When she follows to find him dangling his feet off the edge of the tallest building in Hermitopia, she decides to sit by her archnemesis' side, just for one night.

I wrote and posted my first fanfic, a oneshot based on the @hotguycomiczine universe!

[thermesiini]

giggling and smiling on the way home because i was thinking about bisexuality

[kenmaiii]

HELLO FRENS ADMIRERS AND ENEMIES ALIKE ❗ ❗

<- she forgot to mention she was in a zine for this unswaggy old man -w-

well if you like this guy and do not want him to be shaken by me then feel free to check out preorders! or just share posts from the zine around! everything helps 💜💜💜

ZINE PREVIEW: Lucifer = Robbie Rotten (Lazy Town)

ARTIST: @kenmaiii

PREORDERS: Feb 21 - Mar 21 💙 https://antiluciferzine.bigcartel.com/

[featherfangart]

Since Rebirth's out and zines are long gone at this point, I figured I could make an actual post with this, instead of just dropping it in an ask answer. <3

Some of these I never posted outside of patreon, so there’s link to them! (mostly just jokes which aren’t that important to the story)

TIMELINE

YEAR - EVENT

0002 - September - The Visit

0006 - Day Off

The Succulent (ptrn)

0010 - The Ending of Advent Children

0011 - The Lost Friend

0012 - The Hidden Lab

The Report

The Coordinates

0013 - February - Zack found

The Reunion

The Letters

Beans

The Earring

Campfire

The Gardens

The Truth

The Showoff

Itchy (ptrn)

The Victory

The Gift

The Arguments

0013 - July - Rooftop 

Angry Spooning

The Delivery

To Do List (ptrn)

On the House 

Epilogue - The Dawn

[mostmagical]

writing year in review

one excerpt from each month of the year. tagged by @bittersweetresilience. hehe. I can post this now that I shared pitfall.

I THOUGHT I filled every month using my drabbles, despite my two mass effect playthroughs-sized gap, but I forgot May. which is, yeah. yeah. the month I played ME3 for the first time. head in my hands.

01 JANUARY

Consequences of Dating Blindly (Miraculous Ladybug - 4,078 words)

A chorus of giggles broke her concentration, drawing her eyes to a gaggle of girls a couple tables over. They were whispering excitedly and pointing in the direction of the same mop of blond hair, all with cell phones raised. A sudden wave of heat ran up Marinette’s spine as she realized they were ogling him. She wasn’t surprised that girls were looking at him. Chat Noir was the cutest, most handsomest boy in the world, so of course they would. But that was her cutest and most handsomest boy in the world.

02 FEBRUARY

tear-stained (Miraculous Ladybug - 100 words)

Marinette shot up from her bed with her heart in her throat. Bile threatened to make its way up, up, and out, but she pushed it down against the klaxon blaring in her head.

03 MARCH

magical (Miraculous Ladybug - 100 words) my favorite drabble btw

Her throat grew tight as she realized where they were standing. Their rooftop. It was shielded well from the street, providing asylum, but it drained poorly due to the raised gutters. Chat Noir was always apologizing, always covering it with torn blankets and tarps. She never cared, of course. He was there, and they were together, and they were safe.

04 APRIL

Can I Just Kiss You (Miraculous Ladybug - 4,218 words)

The liquid in his delicate cocktail glass was dyed pinker by the spotlight he stood under, so she couldn’t tell if he was actually drinking anything as passion fruit-flavored as the color, or if it was just straight liquor. Her breath caught as he removed his hand from the water-beaded surface, lifting it to adjust the thick-rimmed specs he wore and reminding her of the sparkling green eyes she’d spied earlier. Blond hair. Green eyes.  She wondered if it was some cosmic joke that this always happened to her. Even the cat ears were suspect, but she was trying her best not to acknowledge that.

05 MAY

*loud sobbing*

06 JUNE

Bridges (Miraculous Ladybug - 430 words)

Adrien glanced over his shoulder only briefly, quickly turning his gaze back to the skyline. “I like watching the moonrise,” he answered, shrugging. “I usually– well, I usually don’t have the opportunity to see it from down here.” Félix cast a slow step closer. “Moonrise?” he repeated. “Not the sunset?” The corner of Adrien’s lip twitched in secret humor. “I’ve become a bit of a night person.”

07 JULY

crescendo (Miraculous Ladybug - 100 words)

Chat Noir’s laughter reaches crescendo as Ladybug reaches the end of the block. It echoes off the walls and traces the smile on her face.

08 AUGUST

Get A Little Lonely (Miraculous Ladybug - 2,422 words) technically... this was a zine piece posted on the 1st... so I did not write any of it in August... but shhh

Adrien had once gone on a hike in the French Alps with his mother and Nathalie—before the illness had riddled Maman bedridden. He had marveled at the way Nathalie had used nothing but a compass and a map to chart their course as they went, carefully noting landmarks and any elevation. He had watched with curious eyes, hanging onto every word as she’d explained how she did it. Watching Loveybug fall apart felt like trekking over that terrain with a broken compass. Everything was uncharted territory. Cat Walker hoped he could figure out how to cover it.

09 SEPTEMBER

Heartbeating (Mass Effect Trilogy - 3,600 words)

She fit into Garrus’s angles like a puzzle piece, twisting and turning until they lined up, just right. Maybe the edges had to be folded over a little, but they always fit, eventually. “You know, you humans are bonier than you look,” Garrus commented, wincing as her elbow pressed against an unarmored hip. A smile curled her lips. “Just trying to make you feel more at home,” she teased, a playful lilt to her tone as she finally found her previous position against his chest.

10 OCTOBER

waiting room (Mass Effect Trilogy - 6,565 words. to be cont.)

Shepard watches Kahlee’s rounded fingernails trace over the grooves in the book’s cover. They’re neat. Clean. No trace of dried blood in the nail beds like she knows her own do. The leather must be well-loved, soundlessly absorbing every scratch.

11 NOVEMBER

can't breathe (Mass Effect Trilogy - 629 words)

“Garrus!” he thinks he hears, somewhere over the ringing in his ears It’s hope, he knows—but he shouldn’t have let himself hope He didn’t deserve to get that second chance Why, when they can’t? His lungs’d filled with hope, now he can’t breathe

12 DECEMBER

pitfall (Mass Effect Trilogy - 805 words)

“Wish you’d stop looking,” Garrus sighs, but she can’t stop; she never could. His eyes ask the words he still won’t: Please, Shepard, doesn’t it hurt? Of course it hurts; that’s the point. She’s earned each and every prick, for every unit’s soul she couldn’t save, and for EDI, lain in an imaginary crypt.

if you opened my read more and you're reading this right now, 🫵 you're tagged. gotcha.

[empressofthewind]

Hey there, Meronia fan! Do you mind if I ask for Meronia fics recs? And, do you have any fav ships (from any fandom) that the dynamics remind you of Mello/Near?

You can't imagine, how excited I am to find your blog. Let's just say in my older anime/manga group who love Death Note mostly ship Lawlight & Matt/Mello, anti Meronia and are Near haters. So when I said I love Meronia, some blocked me and said I was the weird one. So, I never said it again. But now, after I got out from that group I feel better. Then finding your blog with amazing Mello and Near's metas, I'm so happy! Thanks for your blog...

Thank you very much!!! I'm so happy to hear this :-) in my experience most people on Tumblr are pretty normal about Meronia, and it's SO easy to block/filter users who aren't.

Unfortunately re: ships with similar dynamics, I can't think of any off the top of my head, but I'll put this post in the ship tag; I'm sure someone else will have an answer!! In terms of fic recs, I've actually set up my bookmarks page on AO3 to function like a rec list. I have 36 fics there each with a little blurb and I'm constantly updating it, so hopefully a decent amount that you haven't read! I'll pick 10 of them to link here for easy access (ordered by rating in case you can't/don't want to read the mature ones):

the roof by @lightningblade | 3692 words | Rated T

This is a college AU focused on the development of Mello and Near's relationship through a series of encounters on a rooftop. The writing is GORGEOUS, the progression is masterfully done, and it removes the element of the rivalry without removing the core of what makes Meronia such a great ship! There's also a companion piece up as of yesterday which I'm still recovering from (very very positive).

Dear Mello by @tzviaariella | 4158 words | Rated T

This fic is written during the canon timeline through a series of emails. It's an AU where Mello survives, originally written for the 2023 Meronia Zine but also posted on AO3 (which is what I've linked here). The format is really creative and I'm OBSESSED with the way Mello and Near's dynamic is written. The petty back-and-forth is very entertaining and in-character, and there's a certain familiarity and fondness underlying it that I adore. There are also a few artworks throughout which is a nice treat!!

How to Get Any Guy to Fall in Love with You by Sick_head_Sweet_heart | 7025 words | Rated T

This one has such a late-2000s fandom classic feel to it that I'm surprised it's only a few years old??? It's set at Wammy's House, in which Matt gives Near advice on how to make Mello fall in love with him. The dynamic is insanely cute and I'm obsessed with the way Matt and Near's friendship is characterised here. Them scheming together is something I need more of in fics!!

The Mihael Factor by spiritcrimson | 16 chapters | Rated T

One of the longest completed works I've ever read for Meronia and I have been DYING to find something like this ever since. It's a talent agent x singer AU, and it's literally everything I could have asked for in a longfic. A unique idea, compelling progression and a fun antagonistic dynamic that blossoms into a really sweet romance. It's a slowburn but it doesn't drag on at all, and the ending is SO well worth the wait.

3 + 1 by @squidish | 2423 words | Rated T

x + 1 fics are a favourite trope of mine, as is the general concept of Mello and Near behaving inappropriately in the workplace, and this one combines both of those perfectly. The premise is 3 times Mello and Near got walked in on by one of the SPK members, and 1 time they were caught by the whole group. The writing is SO delightful and there are several lines in this that are permanently lodged in my brain. I find humour in writing immensely difficult to pull off so I'm always in awe of authors who can integrate it naturally, and squidish's writing is a great example of that! (Worth noting that this one is slightly more mature than the other T-rated fics here, so I've put it closer to the M & E section; however the smut scenes are not explicit)

it's friday, i'm in love by @neallo | 2676 words | Rated M

You could read literally anything by neallo and it's guaranteed to be good, but to keep this list short, I've included one angsty fic and one lighthearted fic so you can pick the vibe. This one is more lighthearted, and it depicts a very tender moment in which Mello shows up at Near's door drunk and dances with him in the kitchen. This is a prequel to a bigger AU focusing on a casual relationship between them, but it also holds up as a standalone fic! It's unbearably sweet and there are many lines in there that made me audibly laugh.

Speculation on Demisexual Sex Drive by SayHiDestery | 4069 words | Rated M

The smut scene in this fic is so intimate and perfect, I'm melting just thinking about it. It's an established relationship fic in which Near has PTSD and has certain struggles with intimacy, and Mello guides him through it. It's quite slow-paced and takes its time to linger on the small details, which I absolutely adore, and the writing itself is vivid and beautiful. It also features demisexual Near!!

Winning the Game by clearmain | 4134 words | Rated E

This one is a PWP set mid-canon, immediately after the raid on the SPK. I'm a huge sucker for bold & bratty Near and that's EXACTLY what this fic serves. The way this introduces elements of rivalry and competition into their relationship is excellent and makes this fic feel faithful to their canon dynamic. It's a compelling push-pull with an open but hopeful ending that very succinctly captures the complexities of their relationship.

A Certain Hush by BlueberryAsh | 5434 words | Rated E

One of the first fanfics I read for Meronia and I'm not exaggerating when I say it changed my life. This fic has had SUCH a massive influence on the way I view and write the ship. It's a little glimpse into Mello and Near's relationship immediately after getting together. It's really cute and sweet in a way that feels authentic to the characters, and I'm incredibly impressed by the way it manages to give just enough backstory for their relationship to make sense without getting caught up in the details. Genuinely a masterpiece!

i want to hold you (hostage) by @neallo | 4 chapters | Rated E

The aforementioned angsty neallo fic! This one is an exes AU set during the canon timeline, and it is, as you can imagine, a very fraught dynamic done SO incredibly well. The tension is absolutely delicious and there are earnest moments littered throughout that are guaranteed to have you tearing up. Brilliant setup, brilliant writing, brilliant dynamic; just an absolutely stellar fic on all counts!!

[krbkzine2025]

❤️ GUEST SPOTLIGHT 🧡

We are so thrilled to present our first guest! Though she needs no introduction, we can't help but want to shout it from the rooftops; illustrating our zine cover is the incredible @lexandraws! 🌟

[gbellasart]

🎶Little kitty on the roof together with his lady 🎶🐞 here is my rooftop Ladynoir print for the Boise Comic Arts Festival! I always loved the small, Ladrien version of this that I did for a miraculous zine last year. Golden hour is my favorite time of day with all its majestic, God inspired beauty. 😭🤍 When the Miraculous movie came out, I was struck with inspiration to recreate this because it fits movie Ladynoir so well 😭

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🎨Supplies🎨

Art App: @procreate

Tablet: iPad Pro 11in

Screen Protector: paperlike matte screen protector! If you want to purchase one check out the link in my bio! 📺🩵

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[polyhedralmice]

Pocket Quest 2024 season is coming to an end, so it’s bundle time! Rooftops is featured in 2 bundles, the MEGA Bundle and the First Timer’s Bundle, both of which are chocked full of heist-y zine games.

[yagyoskkzine]

When darkness falls, do you ever wonder what dwells in Yokohama's underbelly? In gritty alleyways? On windy rooftops? Behind blood soaked door? Would you like to?

Yagyō: A Dead Dove SKK Zine

Interest Checks open October 1st!!

[klmythologyzine]

☀️ ZINE PREVIEW ☀️

You'll be shouting with joy from the rooftops when you see her art! It's Sarottiflotti!☀️

[rustbeltjessie]

Sonnet Reducer (pay-what-you-want, starting at $0)

Susan Sontag once wrote: “If I had to choose between the Doors and Dostoyevsky, then — of course — I’d choose Dostoyevsky. But do I have to choose?” When I first read that quotation, I thought of a journal entry I wrote in 2002, wherein I said: “I love Shakespeare and the Ramones. People want me to choose between high and low culture, but do I have to choose?” If I had to choose between the Ramones and Shakespeare, then - of course - I’d choose the Ramones, but the great thing is that I don’t have to choose. This zine lives in that split between ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture (which is a false dichotomy, anyway, but I digress) - sonnets (which are often considered a pretentious form of poetry) about punk stuff, stuff like mosh pits, drinking on rooftops, battle vests…and the Ramones.

I originally wrote and published this zine in early 2014, but it has been out of print for a while, so I decided to upload a .pdf version of it.

[tokomarugadzine]

💜Writer Preview ✂️ A rooftop excerpt between Komaru, and Syo - written by the talented Alyn! Read the full work by preordering the zine, Link in our bio! Preorders close on April 17th!

[alazic02]

Some fanfic insert pieces and the holo sticker I made for the Miraculous Ladybug New Beginnings Zine! The fic that the art is for isn't posted anywhere, but it's titled Rooftop Revelations and is about a new resident of Paris that overhears some LadyNoir conversations that happen right outside her window. Not what I'm used to making for zines but I had a fun time!

Artwork ©: alazic02 | buy me a ko-fi

Do not repost.

[wackus-bonkus-maximus]

littlebug valentine's day zine preview!

ok, i am so stoked to share a sneak peek of what me and my littlebug friends have been working on! prepare yourselves, it's almost ready!

“This?” he asked, holding up the magazine and pointing a clawed finger into the center of Adrien Agreste’s chest. “This is yours?"

“Shut up,” she hissed, making a fast grab for it. “Give it back.”

Chat Noir dodged her swipe and, with a click of his baton, rose up from the alleyway and disappeared out of sight over the edge of the adjoining rooftop. Cheeks flaming, Ladybug tossed her yo-yo around the iron rod of a fire escape railing and swung high, landing hard on both feet before him.

He was crouched atop the smokestack, the magazine pages crinkling as he rifled through. “So you like fashion, my lady?”

“Who doesn’t like fashion?” she said, exasperated.

“Gabriel has some pretty good designs, I guess.” Chat Noir raised the magazine to eye-level, his ears perked with interest. “You did get this for the designs… right, my lady?”

can't believe i got to work with @maridotnet @redundant-lava @heartfulselkie @mila-beedoodling @coffeebanana and @bugaboooooooooo for this! we just know you will love it 😘

Check out @littlebug-vday-zine for more information! The zine will be available soon!

[ladyofthenoodle]

(that kiss of mine is) a carved notice of destiny

written for the @lovesquarefanbook zine!

Chat Noir’s heart pounded in his chest as he leapt across rooftops towards the akuma battle, frenetic drumming in time with the voice in his head chanting: late, late, you’re late, you’re late, you’re late…

He’d always hated being late for akuma battles, but never quite like this—before, he’d only suffered a quiet but increasingly painful sense of fruitlessness as he raced towards a battle he hoped hadn’t already been won. Now, every wasted second tugged his stomach sideways and banged against his ribcage as he imagined Ladybug out there, without their teammates, swallowing down her fear as she stood alone. 

He knew she could handle an akuma by herself, of course: she’d managed on her own plenty before the battle with Sapotis. Hell, she’d even managed on her own fighting him. But with Monarch now in possession of sixteen Miraculous…

She’ll be fine, he told his fretful heart, to no avail. No matter how many memories he conjured of her single-handedly taking down an akuma without breaking a sweat, the sound of her voice through his bathroom door, defeated, lost, drowned them all out.

He was almost there… almost… just a few more blocks… she’d be fine, fine…

And finally, finally, the akuma came into view.

Chat Noir skidded to a breathless stop on a rooftop overlooking the Place du Châtelet, just in time to watch his worst fears being realized: a round, blue satin pillow arcing through the air; Ladybug noticing, too late; his own voice echoing “Ladybug!” in his ears as he watched her dodge; her limbs moving like molasses to his eyes as the pillow struck her heel; her eyes falling shut as time sped up again; her body collapsing down fast, too fast…

Chat Noir was faster. Not fast enough to save her, not this time, but he caught her before she hit the ground. His boots barely hit the pavement as he vaulted them both back up in the air, back up towards a different rooftop, one with a chimney that would cover them both while he got his bearings.

He couldn’t afford to get hit too.

Not when they didn’t have any backup.

read the rest on ao3