#scholomance au

[runespoor7]

I have no idea what scholomance is, but that sounds really cool! Does JC find a way to use and improve his curse talent anyway?

Scholomance is a YA fantasy trilogy by Naomi Novik with one of the angriest and thus funniest narrators I've ever seen and some very fun 'and see this is how it works' worldbuilding! what's relevant is that school is deadly, cut away from the world, graduation is deadlier than school, and the difference in how deadly things are for the enclavers and the non-enclavers, the haves and the have-nots, is tremendous.

I think JC's going to bite the grim, grim bullet and switch tracks. (Which you could totally argue is stupid and idiotic because he's as I said two years late, but the lack of alchemical affinity plus how dangerous the labs/shop is now that he's no longer an enclaver make keeping on the alchemy track not a great idea either. Sure, he and WWX could cover for one another in the labs/shops, but the fact is that JC is just not good enough an alchemist to cut it as a graduation alliance prospect for an enclaver.) I'm going to assume that there's a schedule change with every semester.

so beginning of junior year, JC and WWX just get the hammer news that there's a war outside, their enclave comprehensively lost, and they have to rework their graduation strategy from the ground up.

JC's going to pivot to incantation over the course of junior year, basically. First semester, he makes himself a monstrosity of a schedule with as almost much alchemy as he's supposed to AND a couple of incantation seminars, like one of those really motivated valedictorian hopefuls (he's not), and basically try to get himself to junior-level in incantations.

Second semester, he hits the brakes on the alchemy and goes full incantations. He's going creative writing, not out of any desire to create, but because pragmatically he thinks his affinity should allow him to put out a range of extremely useful spells for graduation, and he doesn't think he could possibly catch up to the at least five languages language-track juniors would know.

He's doing this while becoming increasingly aware that creative writing would've been a GREAT track for WWX, btw, and despite WWX not switching, he can't help but feel he's being second-best anyway.

Alchemy still stays handy, because JYL was alchemy track, and she gave JC her recipes before leaving the school. They can't sell them because of the war, obviously, but JC's competent enough that he can follow her recipes. JYL really made her affinity work for her, which means provided JC can brew they have infinite supply of not-being-poisoned-in-the-cafeteria, for instance. their rooms are also safe havens against attacks, which is 1)priceless, and 2)a serious affair after Wen Chao's attack.

[vorkosigankinkmeme]

Scholomance AU

This could be achieved in several ways, buy my idea is an AU where the Vorkosigan setting is overlain with a far-future version of the magical society in Naomi Novik's Scholomance books. A new school that takes students from all over the Nexus has been built, the Scholomance II. Miles, Gregor, Ivan, Elena, and crew are all students together there (compressing their canon ages to make the timeline work). All the adults carry major trauma from having gone through it, except for Cordelia who was raised outside and has different trauma from watching her father be killed by mals to save her.

Gregor is still Emperor; the school, while ridiculously dangerous, is still the best way to keep him alive and they have a complex tactical-political plan to get him through the four years.

...okay, so I just filled up the character limit making an outline. I guess I'm probably writing this one, but the idea is still fair game to anyone else who wants to take a crack at it!

[dualogical]

TOH x Scholomance AU

what if

Hexide was more like the Scholomance (the scholomance being a school which is in a literal pocket dimension, you're there from 14 to 18 and oh, most of the students don't make it out bcause monsters are constantly trying to invade the school for to eat wizid meat, some of the rooms don't have walls they have Voids, if you step inside them bye bye. there are monsters of all shapes and sizes, many mimicks

to the point if you try to take a shower without someone there to watch your back you're pretty much dead

also! the space within the school is kinda like illusion magic on steroids. literally powered by belief and intent. like if you and six more are desperately trying to get to class a hallway will get shorter, but if the school feels like fucking with you then it'll make it longer

there are students drawing magic from animals (palismen in this case??) or other people, but since it's dark, dangerous magic they soon start giving off an aura of repulsiveness and others around will know

there's a prision kind of economy, trades and deals and alliances. also the balance between 'Will this help me survive' and 'Will this help me survive and carve my niche outside the school'

there's also social stuff, rich witch kids and people with prominent names in covens/enclaves get better stuff, better preparation

there are no teachers bc the school is somewhat sentient so it kinda notices what you're good at and gives you spells and such based on your affinity and also the subjects you'd like. but if you don't do enough to pass it can literally kill you

you literally can't go home for the entire time you're there. So why do witches and wizards accept that this school is a Thing?

BECAUSE IT'S BETTER THAN THE OUTSIDE

Outside witch kids have 1/20 chances of surviving. Inside the school it's 1/4

So imagine our squad in there.

Hunter as maybe someone without an alliance or something? would he start trying to kill off monsters or keep to himself?

Luz would maybe try to be optimistic about the situation at first. her fantasy expectations would be pretty much shattered

even if you haven't read the scholomance series you have to admit the setting is p cool

if someone's asking why was the school built at all, the Scholomance was built specifically as a way of saying, ‘Well, we’re going to lose a certain percentage of all of our young magic-users anyway, this way we’ll just feed a very small amount of them to the monsters. And therefore, it won’t be like overfishing’.

like, this is not a safe place to send your children, but it is the best chance they’ve got

[siderealdei]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Agen Kolar & Mace Windu Characters: Mace Windu, Agen Kolar, Jango Fett Additional Tags: AU-gust | August Writing Challenge, Alternate Universe - Scholomance (Novik) Setting Series: Part 3 of AU-gust 2024 Summary:

AU-gust Day 3: Dark Academia

Part of a day at the Scholomance, seen through the eyes of Mace Windu.

[thegoatsongs]

I wondered where to write an in-between scene fic and I think this might fit but if you'd prefer it somewhere else please let me know!

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Mina can no longer tell how the hours pass. She once heeded every chime of the bell from the Exeter cathedral, every tick of the clock while at the platform.

But she counts the moons passed since her Darling had drank from her veins, baptizing himself in her (and thus Its) blood. The day he let their child go (it was noon, but she could still hear his apologies).

If her memories are a distant fog, she still vividly remembers how it was for her after she had tasted the Thing's blood. A death-slumber as the days, hours, minutes, seconds passed before her hard (hadn't someone called them sweet once?) eyes.

It will be fine, in the end, as she will be there for him when he Awakes. So she holds him (like she did in his madness for weeks after their wedding) and waits. The day of Reckoning is not far, now.

Ah, but it will not be the way you foolishly still hope.

She has to still stop herself from dissolving into mist and engulf the source of that hateful, hated voice, talking in her head, always spying when the moon is high.

She quiets it.

I have forbidden speaking to me when I am with my husband.

The silence she forces stays, for a while. Then breaks. Its voice is quieter now, but goes on, indignant.

No matter how many of my old tomes you read, no matter how much you cling to your will, it will matter not, It says. The Thing is upset not at her now but at her Darling. The man who belongs to her.

Once the prodigal son is back, I will do with my little diavol as I see fit, It mocks. Perhaps we ought to tell him of what innocent blood was spilled, (memories of limbs, corpses on snow, hot blood on dripping blade), the sins of your best beloved.

She laughs. The terrible laughter shuts the voice down. Her Darling feels it (she can tell it's like a surge of electricity in his mind) and stirs, and she pets his hair as an apology for disturbing him.

Sins? No.

Everything he does for me is Holy.

"... While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, as of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door..."

(Continuing on from this post)

@animate-mush This started out with giving Quincey hugs after breaking his heart reading the documents--and then my darn brain went "hey what if..."

[tanoraqui]

Dungeon Meshi Liveblog: Musing on Ages, & Dragon Prep

"Desire" mention - how much does Tensu know of the details of the origin of dungeons? (More than I do, probably...but I know this is thematically important.)

"Us"? Aren't gnomes another long-lived species? Ok this is going to be continuously relevant to the geopolitics so I need to break it down. From the wiki:

Elves: lifespan: 400; adult at 80

Gnomes: lifespan: 240; adult at 40

Dwarves: lifespan: 200; adult at 40

Tallmen: lifespan: 60; adult at 16

Orcs: lifespan: 55; adult at 14

Kobolds: lifespan: 55; adult at 13

Halffoots: lifespan: 50; adult at 14

I see - so really we're dealing with 3 factions: Elves, Gnomes & Dwarves, and Everyone Else. I find it interesting that the longer-lived races reach maturity at 17-20% of their average lifespan, while the younger-lived races all do so at around 25% of their average lifespan. I feel a little like this is a cop-out on the writer's part in trying to keep the ages of maturity a little closer to one another - though of course it's a cultural thing by each race (and, I'm sure, each culture within each race - idk how monolithic the whole comic will treat them, but it would track with the thematic worldbuilding for their to be multiple distinct social groups within each race, even if they do tent to band together against the other races!)

Based on the categories of "long-lived" and "short-lived", the latter seem to view all of the former as much the same - but I'm SURE the Elves have a different view of it, and I'm sure the Dwarves and, as we see here, Gnomes, are very aware of and irritated by the Elves' view.

...and as we see here, and earlier with Chilchuck admitting to being 29 (solidly middle-aged!) and Marcille going, "Aw, so you are a kid!", people rarely make any effort to understand each others relative ages, instead just coasting on their own life-based assumptions.

With reference to above, we can see that Namari at 61 is pretty exactly equivalent to Kaka and Kiki at 20.

Also: this little scene wasn't in the show at all and I love it! Namari in mentor mode!

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ALRIGHT RED DRAGON TIME!! Hey look, literally the 2nd panel in this ghost city is 2/3 winged lions by volume. Hmmm...

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I love how it's explicitly Shuro's job to get the final killshot, presumably because he has Feats for this (ie, cool-looking moments) as a "real" anime character (Easterner). This literally bears up with what we see of him in the future.

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Chilchuck: I will NOT fight!

Chilchuck: I'll totally be dragon bait with you, though.

Chilchuck: Not that I care if you succeed or survive or anything! I'm only here because you paid up front.

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Laios using the Inspiring Leader speech feat! They're all having a Heroes' Feast before fighting the dragon, a classic pre-dragon act for bonus HP and immunity to being Frightened! I know this isn't actually D&D but that post that I think came through my queue earlier today is right: it DOES have the same bones. It's like reading the Locked Tomb and being aware that this author was deep in Homestuck, or Scholomance vis a vis Harry Potter canon and fandom. I know where this writer has been, because I have been there too.

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THE BOY IS HERE! THE MAN THE MYTH THE OVERWORKED* LEGEND!

THIS SISTER-EATING MOTHERFUCKER!!

*Crack AU where the whole dragon fight is averted because it talks and somehow the conversation leads to Chilchuck going, "And the Mage isn't even letting you sleep? Tsk. You've got to start a union." And then Laios gets all starry-eyed, "A Monster Union?!" And then the Mage is eventually defeated by all the monsters of the dungeon, and also the poor sane ghosts as well, unionizing against him, and "king" becomes just the title for the Union Rep, whose main job is to honk an airhorn at presumptuous Elves and tell them to fuck off like a Canadian goose.

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I LOVE THEM SO MUCH

[margareturtle]

Wdym TWP isn’t gonna be a princess diaries au where Kieran kidnaps Kit to teach him the etiquette and politics of faerie so that he is able to take on his role as first heir and unite the courts against the big bad so Kit has a full faerie makeover (eyeliner, puffy shirt, leather pants, and all) by the time he reunites with Ty. Ty was sent to find and protect the first heir by the scholomance and so when he reunited with Kit he has to figure out how he fits into the Life of the New Kit.

Meanwhile Ash has finally got the guts to runaway from home (his mom thinks he was kidnapped again) so Ash goes with Janus into New York one day and then splits from him around the institute where he bumps into Dru and Thais (who were leaving after visiting the institute after the Academy) and so they steal a car (Dru has just learned to drive) and go on the run roadtripping across America to LA. Ash gets to have all the great American road trip experiences. Until The Seelie Queen’s people finally catch up with them to bring Ash home to marry his betrothed.

And who is his betrothed? None other than our Kitstopher Herondale. Because the Seelie Queen know that to save faerie they need to unite the courts but she isn’t gonna give up any power without gaining some, so she only agrees to align the Seelie Court with High King Kit but only if her son Ash gets to become High Queen.

So Ash and Kit are going to get married, only two certain Blackthorns have objections to this. (Dru is in faerie now too bc when the Seelie Queens soldiers came for Ash, Ash said he would go peacefully as long as she left Dru and Thais alone) but ofc Dru&Thais are attached to Ash now so they followed him back to faerie soon after. Ash and Kit are allowed to invite their mortal family. It’s the second Herondale-Morgenstern wedding of the year after Jace & Clary’s.

Ash & Kit have their enemies to bromance arc during the betrothal period and they are willing to do this for the sake of faerie (even if their hearts belong to a Blackthorn). Kieran is a proud father.

Only the marriage gets interrupted before the vows because Janus has killed the Seelie Queen and then Jaime suddenly appears out of nowhere and kills Janus.

So suddenly Ash become Queen of Seelie and he’s will to work with Kit & Kieran to save faerie and the shadow world.

And they all live happily ever after

Kit abdicates as High King as soon as he can to follow Ty around the globe uncovering supernatural mysteries with him. He makes Ash his heir so Dru and Ash become High King and High Queen of Faerie and in Ash’s place Helen becomes Queen of Seelie.

And if twp isn’t exactly like this …

Then what’s the point??

[johnconstantinesdick]

So a Girl Genius Scholomance AU is interesting to me because on a character level Agatha is El and Gil is Orion—Agatha very much eschews the path set forward for her as a great evil and instead strives to do the best for her and Her People (notably, she and El share the same “these people are mine, actually, and I will protect them” view of the world that slowly grows to encompass more and more people as time goes on), while Gil struggles to connect with others and is deeply unhappy when doing what is expected of him while eventually going ahead with it anyway. He also has the whole monster hunter vibe going for him. Admittedly, Gil doesn’t struggle in the same way with empathy and connection as Orion does. His is more based on second-guessing others motivations with him, and he does happily and easily make friends—it’s romantic connection that eludes him for the most part.

The fun part is, when you consider their backgrounds the connections to El and Orion completely flip.

Like, Gil and El both have a side of the family that they’re completely alienated from due to bad omens surrounding them, and they were raised in a non-traditional setting by a single parent who strives to do the Right Thing (Klaus and Gwen differ in how good they are at raising kids though lmfao). You can even draw connections back to alienation from their culture—El at least knows where her father came from and speaks the language, but Gil is completely divorced from his mother and doesn’t even know who she is. They’re both barred from participating in their culture for the same reasons they’re alienated from half their family.

Agatha and Orion, meanwhile, were both Created With A Purpose by mothers who range from morally gray to totally corrupt. They both struggled to behave like normal children, with Orion not understanding or valuing human social norms and Agatha’s spark constantly straining to break through. This caused frustration and concern from the adults and mentors around them, and they were both somewhat alienated from their peers. Ophelia and Lucretia both share a certain big picture way of thinking, though admittedly Lucretia’s motives are almost entirely selfish in nature (an interesting contrast with Agatha’s own selfish way of thinking!) and Ophelia’s are pretty damn selfless, though in a very fun way. Selflessness due to ruthlessness is a good way of putting it, and Ophelia very much plays the numbers game in almost the same way the Scholomance itself does.

I’m going to have to play around with this more, because I think the way things line up is fascinating.

(Tarvek is a version of Liesel that successfully pulls off her powerhouse polycule plan.)

[sorinethemastermind]

YES THIS IS A FANFICTION MASTERPOST!!! All my Dragon Prince fics will be here for your perusal <3

One Shots

All the Colors of Before [tragic magefam sibs, sorvus, co-written with @honeii-puff]

A Family Recipe [clauderry, inbox trick-or-treating 2024, fluff]

The Wrong Confidant [janaya, inbox trick-or-treating 2024, fluff]

A Flammable First Date [sorvus, inbox trick-or-treating 2024, fluff]

Snow Day [rayllum, prompt ask, fluff, rayllum kiddos]

An Elf and a Mage walk into a bar [clauderry, prompt ask, fluff]

Snuggles & Snoozles [rayllum, prompt ask, fluff]

A White Wedding [janaya, prompt ask, janaya kiddos]

One Too Many Drinks [sorvus, modern AU]

What Can't Be [sorpeli, forbidden romance, bittersweet]

What You Started [rayllum, inbox trick-or-treating 2024, angst]

Modern AU

Falling For You (a life in pictures) [sorvus, non-graphic smut, modern au]

Two Birds on a Wire [magefam, sorvus, clauderry, viravos] (in planning stage)

TBD [crownfam, rayllum, broyals, virrow] (in planning stage)

TBD [ruthari, janaya, rayllum] (in planning stage)

TBD [sorpeli] (in planning stage)

TBD [sorvus, rayllum, clauderry] (in planning stage)

Katolis 99 [corsorpeli, janaya, rayllum] (in planning stage]

Crossover AUs

Dragon Falls [The Dragon Prince x Gravity Falls] (in planning stage)

Primal [The Dragon Prince x Arcane] (in planning stage)

TBD [The Dragon Prince x The Scholomance] (in planning stage)

Alternate Timelines / Realities

The Book of Destiny [fanon arc three, OCs, rayllum] (in planning stage)

Remnants [sorpeli, magefam angst, post S7] (in planning stage)

Aftermath [sorvus, post s6, hurt/comfort] (complete)

Call the Darkness [soren-centric, post s6, angst] (complete)

it's quicker and easier to eat you young [sorvus, halfelf!soren, post S6, co-written with @honeii-puff] (in progress)

Foundations [sorpeli, post s7] (in planning stage)

TBD [magefam, crownfam, rayla & the broyals] (in planning stage)

Mercy [alt arc 1, rayllum, early redemption soren] (in planning stage)

Fandom Events

A Dangerous Profession [sorvus week 2024, hurt/comfort, sorvus]

Camp Songs [sorvus week 2024 young soren callum & corvus, camp katolis]

My mind is the place I can't escape your ghost [snake boi callum week 3.0, tragic rayllum, broyals]

The Right Choice [snake boi callum week 3.0, tragic rayllum, coin theory]

Third Time's the Charm [snake boi callum week 3.0, tragic rayllum, coin theory, claudia & callum]

I flew so close to the sun that I flew away from you [snake boi callum week 3.0, bittersweet rayllum, rayllum kiddos]

Hearts of Cinder [sorvus, sorvus week 2024, emotional hurt/comfort]

Whispers on the Wind [sorvus, poet soren, sorvus week 2024, fluff]

A Good Man With A Big Heart [sorvus, alt s6, sorvus week 2024]

I'll Wait For You (will you wait for me?) [sorvus, post s3, sorvus week 2024]

Matching Scars [sorvus, post s6, sorvus week 2024]

A Campus Christmas [modern au, sorvus, rayllum, clauderry, fluffcember 2024]

You can also find all my works on Ao3

[marmolita]

Lita's Kinktober/Promptober 2024!!

Okay let's do this thing!! I haven't found any official kinktober prompts list so I'm making up my own. I will provide three choices of prompt for each day (2 kinks + 1 trope), and if you want me to write a ficlet for you, please send me an ask with the day, prompt, and ship that you'd like it for and I'll put it on the list!

At this time, I'm open to writing fic only for the fandoms/ships/characters listed below. If I change my mind and add more fandoms I'll update this post. If you think you know me well enough to convince me to write something else you're welcome to come talk to me about it!

Who can send requests?

Literally anyone, anon is turned on as well. I would ask that you only send 1-2 requests to start, then if I don't get very many I'll take additional requests!

What info goes in my request?

Please include the day you want, the kink or prompt you want from that day's options (there are three choices for each day), and the fandom/ship you want. It's fair game to say "any prompt for XYZ ship" or "any fandom for XYZ prompt" or the like, but please give me a little bit of direction instead of just "idk any day any prompt any fandom" because the whole reason I'm doing this is that I can't think of stuff on my own. 😅 If you would like the work to be gifted to you on AO3, please give me your username. I'll tag you on tumblr when I post it as well, unless you specifically tell me you don't want to be tagged.

How do I send a request?

Put it in my ask box please! If you don't have a tumblr account you can also find me on discord and DM me there (marmolita), or go old school and email me, marmolita42 at gmail.

What fandoms and ships can I request?

Note: in all of these, "Other" means an OC that I invent to match the type of person/thing of your choice (e.g. "hunter" or "diner patron" or "Galbadian army soldiers" or "mindflayer" or something like that). I will not write reader insert fic or fic for OCs of other people's creation.

For prompts that aren't sex-related (like "office AU" or whatever) you don't necessarily have to provide a ship, just some characters.

FFVIII: Seifer/Squall, Seifer/Squall/Rinoa, Squall solo, Laguna solo, Seifer solo, Seifer/Ultimecia (including Ultimecia possessing others), Seifer/Other, Squall/Other, Laguna/Other

FFXV: Noctis/Prompto, Noctis/Gladio, Noctis/Luna, Noctis solo, Noctis/Gladio/Ignis/Prompto, Noctis/Other. I may be open to other Noctis ships as well, except not Ignis, Ardyn, or any Kingsglaive characters.

FFVIII/FFXV Crossover: Any combination involving Squall, Seifer, Laguna, Noctis. I could be talked into other characters if you have a really good idea.

Dune (Villeneuve): Paul/Duncan, Paul solo, Paul/Bene Gesserit, and I could be talked into something involving Chani or Stilgar, possibly. Keep in mind I have not read the books.

Scholomance: Orion solo, Orion/El, Orion/mals

Supernatural: Dean/Castiel, Dean/Benny, Dean/Jack, Dean/Claire, Dean/Mary but only for "something made them do it" type prompts, Dean/Amara, Dean/Other, Dean solo

Marmalade Boy: Yuu/Satoshi, Yuu solo, Satoshi solo (yes I realize this is a very random fandom to include but hey if I'm willing to write it I thought I should put it in here lol)

Prompts

I'll cross these off as they get requested.

UPDATE: all have been claimed, thanks everyone!

1. Orgasm delay/edging, Fisting, Sex pollen

2. Electrostimulation, Vore, Omegaverse

3. Exhibitionism, Impact play, Arranged marriage

4. Voyeurism, Uniform kink, BDSM AU

5. Omorashi, Mind control, Enemies to lovers

6. Train molestation, Tentacles, Dubcon

7. Royalty/nobility kink, Intercrural, Magic made them do it

8. Sex work, Bondage, Bad guys made them do it

9. Bruises, Collaring, First time

10. Knifeplay, Sex toys, Oh no they're hot

11. Gunplay, Face sitting, Friends with benefits

12. S&M, Overstimulation, Unwilling attraction

13. Voice kink, Body worship, Truth serum

14. Competence kink, Incest, Guilty attraction

15. Leather/Latex, Breathplay/choking, Trapped together

16. Pegging, Free use, Captured by the enemy

17. Bukkake, Dirty talk, Sex as part of job duties

18. Rimming, Object insertion, Enemies with benefits

19. Frottage, Anonymous sex, Undercover as lovers

20. Waxplay, Begging, Fake Dating

21. Glory hole, Chastity, Amnesia

22. Fucking machine, Clothed sex, Tabloids/gossip

23. Praise kink, Mirror sex, Office AU

24. Humiliation, Sex tapes, Hate doing the thing but have to do it to save someone

25. Sensory deprivation, Manhandling/Rough sex, Child soldiers

26. Cloning/selfcest, Size kink, Power imbalance

27. Noncon, Dehumanization, Seduced by the villain

28. Double penetration, Slut praising, Horrifying revelation

29. Gags, Virginity kink, Under the influence

30. Threesome, Face fucking, Normally reserved character gets to be sexy/horny

31. Orgy, Public/semi-public sex, Fighting as foreplay

(if you want to steal my prompt list for your own October fest go for it!)

[runespoor7]

Do you know, if you want to lean on JC's daddy issues (obligatory disclaimer) you could have him go alchemy track because JFM assumed JC's affinity is for poisons.

(it's not. It's curses. The kind of really good, really snappy sharp-edged whip-like curses that aren't any more-likely-to-be-liked-by-his-father than poisons, really, so why not try and fulfill that set of fatherly expectations, at least)

So then they lose their enclave, and suddenly JC is here starting junior year (JYL having just graduated, and it's going to be so pleasant for her to stumble outside in the middle of that) and no longer with enclaver status to make up for a frankly stupid choice made two years earlier, and two years too late to switch to incanter track.

And curses is a really nice affinity! Or at least it would be if he'd leaned on it. Someone who'd made better choices back then would definitely have a chance at getting into an alliance simply upon the merits of being a very competent curse caster. But he didn't make good choices and he's got, well, he's not someone with WWX's easy friendliness. People won't exactly line up at his door now he's no longer an enclaver.

[vorkosigankinkmeme]

Characters: Miles Vorkosigan, Gregor Vorbarra, Ivan Vorpatril, Elena Bothari-Jesek, Delia Koudelka, Elli Quinn, Dag Benin, Duv Galeni, Original Characters

Miles, Gregor, and their peers--fellow magical children on Barrayar and beyond--have been preparing for years to enter the Scholomance, the fantastic and fantastically dangerous magical school that is the best chance of survival for teenage mages all over the Nexus. What they find inside is a challenge even greater than they had imagined. Worse, Barrayar's entire future rests on Gregor surviving his four years and graduating triumphant to take his place as Emperor.

[turtletotem]

Catradora Scholomance AU

I'm halfway through the second Scholomance book (NO SPOILERS, PLEASE!) and I had a brainwave.

Catra and Adora are losers, like El was at the start; all they have is each other. Then Adora's ability to harvest mana from mals kicks in. She saves a bunch of enclave kids, and suddenly she's in a graduation alliance with Glimmer (daughter of a Domina) and Bow (whose family is longtime employees of Glimmer's enclave). Adora wants Catra to join, too; she thinks this is the best thing that could have happened for them. But Catra just feels betrayed. She knows these enclavers don't want her in their alliance, she doesn't want to be in their alliance, she and Adora always said they were going to be just fine on their own and didn't need an enclave! So she refuses, and gradually goes full maleficer in order to survive completely on her own—no allies, no friends. Adora ends up spending a lot of her time trying to protect other kids from Catra, but also refusing to entertain the notion of taking Catra out herself, even though she's probably the only one strong enough.

Other thoughts:

Obviously all the princesses are enclavers.

Catra saves Scorpia's life by genuine 100% accident, and Scorpia thinks they're best friends and Catra is just misunderstood.

The horde trio were fellow losers they were friends with. Might have ended up in an alliance with, but after losing Adora Catra doesn't want anything to do with them, either.

Catra's right side starts going black, like in the portal, the way Liu's nails did.

How does it end? No idea. Maybe I'll know when I know how the third Scholomance book ends.

[onthemerits]

ty @emlovessid for the tag hehe <3

rules: answer & tag ppl u want to connect w and get to know better

fave colour: orange?? green??

last song: the albatross by taylor swift

last film: monster house

currently reading: the book of love by kelly link and the invisible life of addie la rue by v.e. schwab (also rereading the scholomance series by naomi novik)

currently watching: interview with the vampire

currently craving: rita’s gelati

coffee or tea: coffee!! (iced tea close second tho)

three ships: jegulus, bartylus, narcissa x mrs. zabini

first ship: firestar/sandstorm from warrior cats

currently working on: fates & stars aligned + my guilty as sin fanart (but also my buffy au, my pjo au, monster mash fest, trans omegaverse jegulus, slutfest, and my clue au) ((sorry ttpd and trans fest im coming for u next i swear))

tagging @goldenbi @onehundredflamingos @samynnad102687 @jaylienpotter @thatmoonspell @thistlecatfics @lightningrogers

but also anyone who wants to do it :)) esp if u wanna be friends

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Fic writers self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass it on to at least five other writers (except me because obvs I have already done it). Spread the self love ❤

Thank you for the ask!! Not a secret: my most recent story is *nearly always* my current favorite. That means that ringing in at

#1 is Friday Prime

It's a Holsom fic, it's an OMGCP fic, it's a time loop, it's a time loop told from the perspective of the person who doesn't know he's in the time loop. I feel out of this world satisfied with how this story came together, including several screaming comments that I just sat at home giggling over because of something I'd set up for a long time that landed like I wanted it to.

#2 is Good at Something

Snowbaz, my beloved. Far and away the most popular of my fics ever, the first smut I'd written in 7 years, a story that I intended to just be smut and then it secretly developed plot. I love this story with all my heart and soul. It's about blowjobs. There are a lot of blowjobs in this fic.

#3 is A Dangerous Affinity

The fic concept that got me back into writing fanfic after the 7 year hiatus. Naomi Novik's Scholomance meets Carry On. Snowbaz in Hellschool. You won't find any sour cherry scones here, but you will find raw denim jeans, terrifying monsters, and a description of eggs that will ruin your appetite some time.

#4 is Feet Buried in the Sand

The description reads "Moments on a beach", the tags read "the beach, waves, surf, tides, an unsettling feeling" and I know the sparse description of the fic is the reason it's the least popular of my works, but I promise it's worth reading, especially, perhaps if you have feelings about Baz being stuck in a coffin.

#5 is a tie between Visible at Sea and An Arranged Meeting

I decided I get two here because most of y'all don't go to either of these fandoms, and yet!

Visible at sea is a silly Sunbrat romp in the In Other Lands fandom. My attempt at writing something short (hard for me!) and something with a believable Elliot voice (also hard for me!). I think it landed, and also the smut in this story is very hot if you ask me. Originally fake-titled Wet, Hot, Otherlands Summer

An Arranged Meeting is a Battlestar Galactica fic, Kara/Lee AU thing told in a nonlinear narrative. When I wrote it (eight years ago), it was an incredible divergence from the way I'd previously written, and I remain incredibly proud of it.

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Ngl I think TWP would be hilarious as simply a social media au—kinda SOBH Style

Somethings it would include:

- Kit tweeting publicly about his angsty feelings for Ty (convinced he’s safe bc Ty would never be on twitter)

- Dru and Kit have a snap streak through which we see snapshots of there povs

- Dru teaches Ty about Tumblr where he has a blog about the cases he’s investigating (he uses fake names—but shadowhunters would never see it so he’s safe) and Ty gets a ton of ppl following his blog for updates

- Dru has an insta where she does outfit of the day and has a run down of the day (but she has a pic from the beginning and end of the day—sometimes it’s the same but sometimes it’s rly messed up from demon fights or messy and people are invested in her stories in the comments)

For ex: Dru somehow has service in faerie; beginning of the day: fishnets and horror t under corderoy overall shorts. End of the Day: a full whimsical faerie dress (today was a long day guys)

The only person Dru follows is Isabelle Lightwood (who she bonds with over fashion and teaches millenial Izzy about insta)

- Blackthorn Family Gc (there’s a lot of convos between Helen+Aline, Dru+Emma, Dru+Tavvy (he has a mini ipad) etc that Julian’s like “does this have to be in the main family gc?!” “YES”)

- Herongraystairs Family Gc (it’s just Jem, Tessa, + Kit—it’s mainly Jessa: hey kit, do you think you’ll be coming home soon, no worries if not, just let us know— then Kit: responds with a vine or meme Tessa: *confused at first till she reads up on them and starts replying in memes*)

- Kit’s youtube channel— Kit interviews “my 150 yr old parents* about historical events they’ve lived through asking the *important questions* ppl just think they’re phd historians with SUPER niche interests

- Thais loves photography and takes cool pictures of a lot of shadowhunter things and nature for her insta and for Dru’s as well ofc

- thais and jaime rivalry on twitter— no matter what the other says they will disagree (kinda jace simon dynamic)

- Ash is a gamer (he’s done all the games in thule lmao) and he does streams—ppl think his commitment to faerie cosplay is cute

- Anush helps Ty with his blog, but he’s also on Snapchat where he has Dru and so we get insight to the scholomance and Ty in the background of a lot or snaps

- sidenote: Izzy is also obsessed with making pinterest boards for her and simons wedding (I like to think that sizzy has a hybrid themed-jewish-shadowhunter wedding bc they can make it however they want)