#snowbaz my parents i love them

[starlicca]

HAPPY SNOWBAZ DAY TO THOSE WHO CELEBRATE!!

[philaet0s]

Wip Wednesday

aaaand one more one shot WIP has been added to the list of things I'm writing instead of my actual, long fic WIPs

Here's an extract from it:

Baz

“Simon. Well, maybe I can entertain you, Baz. Is there anything you’d like to tell a perfect stranger? I’m good at listening to people’s stories.”

“Oh, are you?”

“Yeah. I’m a florist. You see people coming in with stories everyday. I absolutely love it. I’m a bit of a gossip,” he says, with a chuckle. He’s talking a lot. “I especially like the strange stories. The ones that, when I hear them, I wonder why the hell a person would tell another person that.”

“Can you give me an example?”

The conversation is straying from what I thought it would be. He hasn’t even complimented me yet. Why am I smiling?

“Well… Wait, do you mind if I order a drink first? I think the bartender doesn’t like that I’m standing here without a drink.”

I wave at him. “As you like.”

“Okay. Do you want, like, to refresh yours?” he asks, pointing at my half-empty cocktail.

“No thank you.”

Two alcoholic drinks a night, that’s the rule. I’m annoyed that I wasted one of them on whiskey. I don’t even like whiskey. I was overwhelmed by the selection of cocktails, I panicked, and ordered the first drink that came to my mind. Thomas could tell, it made him laugh. He asked if I wanted to switch drinks when he got his mojito, but I was too proud to admit I hadn’t ordered the whiskey on purpose.

aaand from my parents Snowbaz fic:

Baz

I stroke her spine with the tip of my fingers. Gentle touches, always gentle touches with the baby. 

“Okay, but stay here a little longer, yeah?” Simon asks, sliding his hand in the space between us to lay it on my shoulder, then under my neck. He plays with my hair there. “And put Rose between us, will you? Family hug.”

Family. The word itself feels like a hug.

Carefully, I put Rose down on the mattress, on her back. She holds her little arms around her head like when she’s in her bed, but her eyes are wide open, looking curiously around. I’m not sure she can really see anything, I’ve read that babies have bad eyesight, but she seems happy enough, so it doesn’t really matter.

Simon turns on his side, his face brightening as he lays his eyes on our daughter. He’s completely awake now. He tickles her stomach. “Hello, beautiful. Did you sleep well? Yes? You weren’t bad with daddy when he fed you, were you?”

[comesitintheclover]

Six Sentence Sunday Monday 📚📜🖊️

Thank you so much for the tag @bookish-bogwitch! your chart is awesome!

I will remember to try that/ a similar thing if I keep having issues with this fic I'm writing (but I should at least try to slog through a first draft of my trouble chapters first - i just get so anxious that I will fuck up the funny-conflict and make it miserable or something when it's 'perfect' (but vague af) in my brain and has been that way for 4 years...).

And thank you everyone who has tagged me in the last months/year <3 @nausikaaa, @ileadacharmedlife, @monbons, @supercutedinosaurs, @brendughh, @rimeswithpurple, and anyone else if I missed you because my tumblr notifs won't go that far back 😭💗💞💖 I love you all! Thank you for including me in the community even when I haven't been writing for a while! It's been so inspiring seeing what you all have been up to and I've finally started writing again so yay!

My goal is to finish this fic I've been writing for four years (i've written what I'm estimating is 50k words freehand and am transcribing and editing them onto my laptop and I still need to write the other half ... hahahaha 😅. But I love it. ) called *The Long Summer*, within a month (the first draft at least, I'll come back and edit it at a later date. I want to post it on ao3 over a summer so hopefully I will be ready next summer! I need to write it while I still love it!), and then I want to write the first draft of an original story for a month or so/NaNoWriMo, and then I will pick one of my Carry On WIPs to work on (hopefully just in time to celebrate snowbaz's anniversary!)

(The Carry On WIPs in question: I'm thinking I will probably pick my soulmate au fic called Meet the Parents/When You're an Adult You'll Understand, or a trans au called Fraternity house, orrrrr this magical Agony-Aunt fic called Basilton Grimm-Pitch’s 10 Step Plan for Getting Over*(letting himself be in love with) Simon Snow ).

And I'm planning to interact more with wip-wednesdays and six-sentence-sundays from now on to keep me motivated and accountable! (hopefully this works, battling my motivation is like trying to wrestle a fish or something... i'm constantly at a loss with my brain - oh why won't I do things that I love and have time to do??)

....Oh and I want to make some Carry On animations.... (this is probably why I don't do things... Too ideas many and hard to pick. I tried to make a schedule last night that included everything I wanted to do in a day and it was 35 hours long... oops).

*The Long Summer* is a harry potter fic, and since I know all of you lovely people from Carry On, and I know lots of people avoid hp stuff for obvious reasons (JKR is wrong! Trans liberation now!), I will keep the rest of this under the cut <3

here are the first six sentences from my 💗beloved fic💗:

Ron Weasley wasn't an introspective soul. By the time something actually rolled around to happening he would probably have had twelve chances to predict it, if he was Hermione. He presumed something like this would never have happened to Hermione. Summers were probably a lot more quiet in the Muggle world, as an only child, with parents who weren’t - well Hermione was so smart she probably already knew, no there was really no reason to write to her. And Harry - well he didn't want to write to Harry about it either.  Honestly, it would probably be better if he never found out.

(I wrote these when I was 16 and they may need editing but that's for future me to worry about - rn I'm trying to push out a first draft as fast as possible...)

Thank you to anyone who read this far!

Hi!'s, tags, and hand-hearts to everybody 🫶 @stitchy-queerista, @umdiasujo, @carpeosculum, and open tag to anyone who wants to be tagged! <3

[wellbelesbian]

COTTA poll

okay yeah i'm indecisive and can't figure out what to write for COTTA, so here are my ideas. i can write up to two, so the two with the most votes will win unless one has a massive majority.

the ideas:

Brobelove pirates- 1720. Agatha is on board a ship set for England to marry a man she has never met when her ship is attacked by pirates. Their captain, Niamh, takes her as a hostage, but it soon becomes apparent that neither her broke parents or estranged fiancé will pay her ransom. However, Agatha finds she quite enjoys the pirate life, as well as Niamh, and decides to stay. antics ensue.

Snowbaz miner's strike- 1984. Baz, a closeted gay man, slips out of his family home for a day to go to pride, and there he gets pulled into a group of activists who want to raise money to support the miner's strikes taking place across the country. Among them is Simon, an orphan from Wales attempting to make a new life for himself. When the group pick a Welsh village to support not far from his own, he keeps quiet, and two grow close as they continue their activism. But can they make it through when Baz's family start to grow suspicious, Simon's past starts to make itself known, and the AIDs crisis and political suppression continues to ratchet up around them? based on the movie Pride and the group LGSM. i will admit this one is probably my favourite, i come from a mining family/community myself.

snowbaz reincarnation- different incarnations of Simon and Baz have a series of close encounters throughout history, but always lose each other too fast. Based on the AWTWB quote: "I know he's the love of my life. Of all my lives. The Mage believed in reincarnation. Of a thousand lives stacked on top of each other." will end with the Simon and Baz we know.

[palimpsessed]

15 Questions/15 People

@theearlgreymage @johnwgrey @artsyunderstudy @shrekgogurt @raenestee @yellobb @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @cutestkilla @facewithoutheart @prettylightsbigcity @thewholelemon @fatalfangirl @aroace-genderfluid-sheep thank you all so much for tagging me! I have loved getting to read your responses and learn more about you all 🥰

Are you named after anyone? Nope. Although if I’d been assigned male at birth, my parents would have named me Ross after Ross Poldark because they were big into Poldark during the original tv series and owned the books. I grew up in the nineties when my only reference points for Ross were: Dress for Less and Geller from Friends, so I don’t think I would’ve liked having that name. My sister would have been Tristan after the character from All Creatures Great and Small. Makes me feel so old knowing both of those shows were recently revived…

When was the last time you cried? Thursday when I found out a very lovely someone made one of my fics into an actual book because they loved it so much they wanted to have a physical copy to read! (I don’t know if they’re okay with me saying who they are so I am being intentionally vague.)

Do you have kids? No. Please do not make me be responsible for another human life.

Do you use sarcasm a lot? I don’t think I know how to have a conversation without it.

What’s the first thing you notice about people? I have no idea.

What’s your eye color? Brown. I think I’ve had them described as root beer brown before?

Scary movie or happy endings? Happy ending

Any special talents? I’ve always been a pal of few words (verbally), but I know how to make them count for comedic timing. My grandpa called me a pistol when I was like 2 or 3 and I made my sister spit take so often at the dinner table, everyone in my family told me I should become a comedian.

I can read backwards. When I focus on it, I can talk backwards too—whole sentences not single words. I always thought it would be fun to try to have conversations, but idk who I’d talk to?

I’m ambidextrous.

Where were you born? About thirty miles from here.

What are your hobbies? My main hobby at present is just fandom. Writing, making art, reading, discord, tumblr... it all revolves around Snowbaz and the fandom. If I’m not doing any of that, I’m probably descending slowly into madness from not knowing what else to do with myself. Like. What do people do? I used to tap and I used to play drums. I enjoy baking but my kitchen is too small to make it worth my while most of the time.

Do you have any pets? Not at the moment. I had two cats who were my babies. Mr. T, who passed away in 2018, and Batgirl, who passed away in 2020. I think I’m feeling ready to get another cat, but I can’t have pets in my apartment and also I don’t think I can afford to take care of an animal.

What sports do you play/have you played? I briefly played basketball in sixth (?) grade. But I got freaked out when we were going to start playing in actual games so I dropped out. I played soccer for one year, was always put in the goal, got bored, and picked at the grass as my entertainment. I did try volleyball and badminton but never went anywhere with either. I was always told that I had swimmers shoulders, but was too scared to try the swim team. I really don’t like athletic competition, it would seem.

How tall are you? You know, when I was a little kid, some test said I was going to be 6’7”. I…am not. 😂

Favorite subject at school? Fuck me. English? I have a degree in it, so let’s say that. Actually, it was probably Book Arts in college. I remember dreading the work of school, but loving the rush of academic success. So maybe the real answer is, whatever I was doing best in.

Dream job? This is what is known as an oxymoron. Honestly, my current job is pretty ideal as jobs go: I walk to work, I have a four day week, I’m union, I’m pensioned, I’m hourly, I work for my city government so it’s non profit and I know there’s a point to what I’m doing, my boss is very hands off, and I have free time for...tumblr tag games.

Tagging to share if you want or to say hi if you don’t. Hi!! @bazzybelle @bookish-bogwitch @excalisbury @foolofabookwyrm-activated @ivelovedhimthroughworse @jbrrring @moodandmist @martsonmars @mostlymaudlin @nightimedreamersworld @otherpeoplesheartachept-2 @stardustasincocaine @tea-brigade @urban-sith @wetheformidables

[tyrannuspitch]

objection your honour this propaganda is NOT fair representation of snowbaz!! yeah the cover is okay but the CONTENTS of the book are capable of turning a teenage brain inside out (source: it happened to me.) thankfully as tumblr user tyrannuspitch i consider myself qualified to remedy this situation.

the basic concept of carry on is that it starts out as a parody, as the most cliché young adult fantasy book you can imagine, with every melodramatic speech and villainous flourish dialled up to eleven... and then it slowly but surely makes the inevitable gay fanfiction of its central homoerotic rivalry canon. my reaction the first time i read it was literally: "this shouldn't work. this shouldn't be allowed to be good." and yet it IS!

it's a Story About Stories. it's a love letter to the genre and a brutal genre deconstruction at the same time. it's intensely meta and genre-aware, but not in a cynical or undermining way - in an intensely compassionate one. it's both honest and EARNEST, both funny and genuinely heartbreaking, and these things are never in tension with each other - they flow into each other naturally as how people in extraordinarily terrible circumstances cope.

"doomed by the narrative" this, "doomed by the narrative" that, and yet none of you guys seem to care that tyrannus basilton grimm-pitch has been aware that he is the villain(tm) and he's going to have to be murdered so the happily ever after(tm) can happen since he was eleven years old...

it is [ao3 voice] a slowburn enemies-to-lovers arc, and again - it's executed so well. the hero (simon) and the villain (baz) are two young figureheads for opposing factions in their magical society, currently in a kind of cold civil war, always on the verge of tipping over into an actual war. they can't be in the same room starting a fight, and they've tried to kill each other multiple times. and. they're roommates. they are child soldiers on opposite sides of a war, and they had to grow up in the same bedroom. the intimacy! the yearning! the tragedy! you sleep next to this boy every night and you know what his shampoo smells like. and one day he's going to kill you!

THE LOVE TRIANGLE. of course there's a love triangle. but it's an m/m/f love triangle, and at least one of the boys is gay, so how can this be? the answer is that it's an intricate web of closet cases and increasingly desperate attempts at denial. and it's both genuinely interesting and incredibly fun. you've heard of lavender marriages, now get ready for: lavender infidelity!

vampirism as queerness. god, have i really not mentioned the vampires yet? well. of course, we all know that vampires are gay because they're sexy, sinister outsiders - but i think what this book does particularly well is setting up vampires as a legitimately unjustly persecuted group, and fear of vampires as a irrational and deeply damaging stigma. you do have to work for this one a little bit, but it's absolutely in there. simon showing compassion towards baz's internalised vampirephobia is key to the central turning point of the book!

this is a child soldier story. both simon and baz are used as weapons and pawns by their own families from a very young age. that means the story has to hold onto three simultaneous truths: firstly, that sometimes your parent is a terrible person, and you love them anyway. secondly: that even if do you love your parent, sometimes they're such a terrible person that you'll have to kill them if you ever want to escape. thirdly: that violence takes an immense toll on people, especially children, and forcing them to commit it is itself a form of abuse. so, yes, you can kill your abuser and be justified in it. but it's still a tragedy, because you never should have had to.

on a lighter note... the oft-screenshotted wikipedia page's table of contents reads as follows:

finally, i leave you with one of the songs from my playlist which i think most definitively captures the vibe(tm): sleep alone (bat for lashes)

thank you, and good night.

ROUND 1: POLL #46

ROUND 1 POLLS [HERE]

PROPAGANDA BELOW

Simon Snow/Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Grimm-Pitch:

SnowBaz looking awesome

[SPOILERS]

Ren Amamiya/Goro Akechi:

They're rivals but obsessed with each other. Goro tries to kill Akira and fails, but not before he spills his guts and tragic backstory. Akira is the only person to make Goro question his worldview and start on the path to become a better person. They mirror each other perfectly, since they're both fighting for justice and a better world, but in different ways. SPOILERS: When Akira thinks Goro has died, he carries around Goro's glove as a reminder of their promise to be rivals and constantly oppose each other.

[forabeatofadrum]

@redheadgleek replied to your post “Mei, Maddy and Li: who are you? Rosemary: I'm you...”:

Is that a Hearing verse reference?

​Yup

These girls mean so much to me. Rosemary isn't technically stronger than Mei, Maddy and Li. That's just the meme format and to be fair, Rosemary is my own OCs. I made her from scratch. I am God in her universe. Since she is my own, I guess she does feel closer to me. As in, her story was just me projecting heavily on a 5 year old girl.

(Also, in case you don't know, since it's not a Klaine fic, Rosemary in my child OC from the Snowbaz fic Paradiso.) (You can learn more about her here).

But to be fair, who would little Rosemary Natasha Srinivasan Snow-Pitch be without the Hearing verse girls? I based Rosemary a lot on my own family's experience, but the girls have influenced my life so yeah.

I have a post in my drafts all the way from 2015 with a review on Hearing verse and I never actually finished writing it, but I drafted it since I wanted to express why I love these girls. Basically, before Hearing verse, I had never seen such an accurate portrayal of adoption in any fiction at all. Any. Not even just fanfic. Like, my other two go-two fictional adopted kids are Bloom from Winx Club and Luke from The Sarah Jane Adventures but I also have Thoughts about those portrayals, especially Bloom's. (Iginio, turn on your location, I just wanna talk.)

The Hearing verse girls took me on a journey and not gonna lie, Mei's storyline did lead to a personal meltdown that lasted for a few weeks (oop?), but you know what I accept it, it only shows that it was incredibly well done. Never before had I seen my story, but also the story of my family, reflected back to me like that. Of course, of course, there are differences. My sister and I don't have a sister who's a biological child. My parents aren't famous. I am not famous. But it still hit many points and even parts that I didn't fully relate to, still had relatable things. As in, sure, my sister and I don't have a Maddy, but many rude comments that are thrown towards the family re: Maddy being a "real child" are so recognisable. I even wrote Hearing verse fanfiction (with adiwriting's permission) where the girls go through something that happened to me.

I think I can talk for ages about the girls, but know that I even talked about them with my own family. I didn't mention they're from Klaine fic, but I just talked about "a story that handles adoption really well" and I put them in my Adoption FAQ (that's another story).

And even in Paradiso 3, which is the story that features Rosemary, there is a small, sort of hint, sort of easter egg, sort of nod to Hearing verse which in turn is a sort of hint, sort of easter egg, sort of nod to my own life (the Wu family, the Kapoor family, the [REDACTED] family my beloveds).

But yeah, yes, it's Hearing verse.

[demadogs]

what do u think the st fandom is gonna be like after s5 drops and finishes.. like idk but I've just been wondering cuz this is the last time we're getting a new season 🤔 do you think it's gonna stick around or what? I noticed that usually after every season the fandom goes kinda radio silent after around a month but the fandoms still actually p active after s4 so. I wonder if the potential spin off is gonna keep the popularity up or even surpass it a la brba and better call saul(not that I think st is as good as those shows but I think they're both kinda iconic in their own ways)

i think stranger things will have a similar kinda legacy and impact as harry potter. the last movie came out in 2011 and its still a MASSIVE fandom and community that write, make fanart, make edits and gifs, collect merch, the whole shebang. the storys long done but the fandom has never died. i just went on ao3 and guess how many pages i had to go through just to reach a fic that came out more that two days ago….. TWENTY!!!!!???

stranger things is one of the only fandoms for a fictional media ive seen that is similar to the size and commitment of the harry potter fandom. i would say star wars also is a close comparison but a lot of people have mixed feelings about all the new ones (rightfully so honestly. daisy ridley slays but why the fuck did reylo kiss. thats not at all how you write enemies to lovers.) most star wars fans just love the classics like empire strikes back so the fandom isnt as strong as harry potter. and it doesnt really feel too much like a fandom in the same way that stranger things and harry potter do. i could go on about this but i’ll go back to my original point.

i dont think any passage of time will negatively affect the success of this show. you know how youve probably seen a bunch of iconic classic movies from the 70s, 80s, and 90s that your family got you to watch? this will be the show of the 2010s that future generations will watch because their parents loved it. its not even that the show will go down in history, it already has!! its so cool to really look into how much of an impact this show has actually made. im really glad ive been able to witness it and have been watching the show since it first came out.

another thing that’ll probably keep this show iconic and new generations watching it is the kid actors. these are all of their first “big break”. theyre all probably gonna go on to play so many more iconic roles into their adulthood and eventually people will look at them in stranger things in the same way that we currently look at young winona ryder in beetlejuice. thats mad trippy to think about tho. in my head theyre all perpetually 14.

i think this fandom will always be active because there is just SO MUCH to talk about!!!! and this would be the case no matter what they ended up doing with the relationships and characters, but once byler is canon that’ll definitely play a huge role in keeping the fandom alive. people who have never seen the show will probably start watching it after they hear that the main characters are gay. no one will ever stop writing byler fics. people who really really love a specific couple or ship dont ever really lose interest. if you love the characters and love them together, that love never just goes away and people will ALWAYS want more content so theyll always love reading fics and seeing fanart. snowbaz is a good example of this. i read carry on when i was 16. i just turned 23 and i read snowbaz fanfiction all the fucking time. im currently reading one thats amazing and they update weekly and every monday i get so excited to read a story from characters that i was introduced to SEVEN YEARS AGO!!!!!!!!! that’ll probably be the same case for byler. and lumax too.

i think the spinoffs will definitely be talked about but i dont think theyll be the reason the fandom stays alive. i honestly kinda would rather it be more separate from the og stranger things. i hope its good and treated in the same way that fantastic beasts was treated and not the shitty new star wars movies. and you didnt ask this but i also have a hunch that the spinoff will be about kali.

to sum all that up, no i dont think this fandom will ever die. its so iconic.

[confused-bi-queer]

Hi! Thank you for the tags @martsonmars @johnwgrey @takitalks @artsyunderstudy @facewithoutheart @aroace-genderfluid-sheep it’s always so lovely to read your works and I’m sorry if I haven’t replied to last tags, I will.

Currently, I have WIPfest, CORB, and COBB to be working on, but guess what my brain thought it would be fun to do?? Start two new wips and give me the urges to continue an idea that I need to have fully written to begin to talk about it (my secret fic, really).

So… this is what this is about. This new wip. I don’t know how it happened but I was thinking of Simon, Baz and Agatha and their fake “love triangle”, as one does, and I thought “huh, what would be likd if their story went on with their parents and they all went to Watford together?” And this happened…

It’s long and if you don’t like MalMage, please don’t read. It’s the only thing I wanted to share since putting this ship and SnowBaz in the same place feels weird and surely it’s even weirder to read.

This is almost pure dialogue since I really love writing it and usually when I make characters discuss, I can’t bring myself to write where they are or what they do when the fight is so intense.

MALCOLM

“I thought this was what you wanted!” I yell at David.

“No, that’s not what I wanted.”

“You’ve been throwing me to her since fifth year! Why are you suddenly so upset that I’m finally with her?”

“I thought it would be more like a fling or a hook up. I wasn’t expecting you to take her side about politics, especially when you always ignore me when I talk about them, claiming to not be our business. And—And you, more than anyone here, should be on my side; we’ve lived together for years, Malcolm. But you really don’t believe me, do you? About the Chosen One.”

I sigh. “I’ve told you that’s pure nonsense. Davy, we’re not in need of a Chosen One. There’s no danger!”

“There is when someone as elitist as the Pitches are trying to deny mages with small amount of magic to get into Watford! This is serious, this is about magic, Malcolm; it’s all about magic. The Pitches are leaving weak mages and other creatures out of Watford. Do you really want that to keep happening? For other mages to be deprived of their right to study something they were born with?”

“It isn’t my problem.”

“But it is! You told me once that you almost didn’t assist Watford because your parents are farmers and because the Pitches didn’t think you had enough magic in you and that you’d never be a good mage. And now you want to marry someone who almost refused what belongs to you for the mere motive of being a mage.”

“She’s not like that.”

“She’s a bloody Pitch!”

“Yeah? So, what? What are you going to do, then? Try to stop me?”

“Maybe I will. Maybe I’ll show you what really loving someone feels like so you true love than can overcome everything. You’re so scared of even thinking of doing what you really want.”

“And what do you think what I want the most is?”

“Me!”

“No. I don’t love you. I don’t even fucking care about you. You got it all wrong, David.”

“You don’t mean that. You—You kissed me. You said all those things—You let me make lo—“

“Don’t even think of finishing that phrase.”

“Malcolm—Listen. I understand, you’re just scared about—“

“I’m not scared. I love Natasha Pitch. And I’m marrying her after Watford, so, please, piss off. Take your Chosen One bullshit somewhere else.”

I really just did that and my life is different because of it. Honestly, once you get on the MalMage train, there’s no way out.

Now tagging and apologizing for this wip since I don’t know who enjoys this cursed ship: @cutestkilla @wellbelesbian @sharing-a-room-with-an-open-fire @fatalfangirl @frjsti @bazzybelle @sillyunicorn @tea-brigade @palimpsessed @aristocratic-otter @kherub @basiltonbutliketheherb @captain-aralias @krisrix @moodandmist @bookish-bogwitch @mostlymaudlin @prettylightsbigcity @you-remind-me-of-the-babe

[paper-beats-writers-block]

Sorry it's been a few days but I have time to be online again! leaving behind my personal list of what I consider to be CO fandom classics. (N.B. - I did get depressed for a few years in the middle here so a lot of these are a few years old and I don't know much of the newer fics/fic writers here, but please feel free anyone else to add onto this post with other additions!!

Rebel Rebel- basicbathsheba on a03: mentioned above, fiona raises baz au, spans 1-8 years

Golden Years- basicbathsheba on ao3: sequel to rebel rebel, ten years after it ends, simon and baz help to plan fiona's wedding, chaos ensues (probably my favorite work of fic ever written)

You Who Swallowed A Falling Star- Ninemagicks on ao3: snowbaz howl's moving castle AU

Arrival of the Birds- Chaira_Scuro on ao3: simon is an ornithologist (bird scientist/enthusiast) PhD student that lives on wildlife ground; Malcolm grimm runs a construction company that wants to build on the wildlife grounds so he sends baz to live with simon on the grounds to determine whether or not he should build there.

Where the Sand Meets the Sea- waterwings on ao3: simon and baz comically switch bodies and lives back and forth- but wait there's a timeline tragedy?

Raising a Demon- sconelover and otherworldslivedin on ao3: simon and baz are paired together in a parenting class project and have to raise a magic baby for a week. can they get the grade?

On Thin Ice- chiara_scuro on ao3: snowbaz are competitive figure skaters on a global level (this one is unfinished, however it leaves off in a satisfying place so it's not a huge huge deal)

Hello Gorgeous- xivz on ao3: simon is the face of a makeup company and he likes to do silly livestreams where all you can hear in the background is his mysterious roommate making commentary, are they really together?

Avalon with You- ninemagicks on ao3: simon is obsessed with a video game because of his partner on missions--chaz. will he meet irl chaz at the party that Penny makes him attend?

all these little things- waterwings on ao3: a look through past domestic snowbaz moments as baz drives home in the snow for their Christmas eve anniversary

Between the Lines- the_honeyed_hufflepuff on ao3: baz has OCD and navigated his first relationship with simon (this blurb does not do it justice, this whole fic is a BEAUTIFUL exploration of OCD and how much it has the ability to impact a person and the people that love them. also currently unfinished but it is updating!)

Local Hero- basicbathsheba on ao3: Baz is one of the best football players in the world. He comes from a little town where Simon is the owner of a pub that happens to be the unofficial headquarters of Baz's fanclub. When baz takes a leave of absence mid season and moves in next to simon, what can simon do to make sure his favorite player doesn't lose his love for the game?

Family and Genus- basicbathsheba and breadofgod on ao3: baz is tasked with fixing up his old family estate for his mother's memory, and simon is a passerby trying to figure out where he came from with only a town's name and a heirloom blanket. A super cozy autumn read

The Space In Between- TheWeatherBee on ao3: simon is stuck in a time loop in which he dies at the end of the day. The longer the timeloop goes on, the more people disappear from his life, and time if running out. he meets baz mysteriously at a party that always seems to end his life. Can they figure out why this is happening and stop it before everyone disappears? (this fic is also a gorgeous commentary on life and living)

OKAY SO that list got a loooooot longer than I was expecting it to, but I truly truly promise you from the bottom of my heart that every single one of these fics are worth your time. These are the ones that keep me up at night thinking about, the ones that I go back and reread when I need a pick-me-up, and the ones that have influenced the way that I write. I am sorry if my little blurbs don't do them justice, because they are all wonderfully written. There's a nice assortment of oneshots, medium length fics, and long fics here!

should keep yall busy for a solid chunk of time XD

As much as I’ve read a lot of carry on fanfic, I feel I still don’t have a sense of which, if any, fanfics in this fandom are considered well known or “classics.” Please share if you know!

[sillyunicorn]

Snowbaz Mad Libs #2-4

Thank you @facewithoutheart for your words for my Snowbaz mad libs game and for requesting all three stories! Thank you also for the beta help and fluffing up stories 1 and 2 ❤️

(Christina notes that although she did read the stories ahead of time she did not look at them when coming up with her word list)

Every Rainbow Loyalty

Simon complained all the way down the corridor, feeling sadpants. Baz had called him a badger earlier, and it really stung, even though it was hardly the first time Baz had insulted him that way. Simon wasn’t sure what he’d do when he saw Baz next.

Suddenly, Penny poked her head out of the Sex Education classroom.

“Simon!” she exclaimed. “Where have you been? Gareth was just about to show us how to treat wands. I know you don’t want to miss that.”

Simon sighed. Penny was always pulling him into her helpless adventures (although she would say the opposite was true).

The activity ended up taking eleventy billion hours, so it was late when Simon finally got back to their room. Simon didn’t mind though; any time away from Baz was probably for the best.

“Holy tits!” Baz shouted when Simon opened the door to their room. “You can’t just barge in like that when I’m feeling!”

“Oh yeah?” Simon said. “What are you going to do about it, you little nargle?”

Simon stared Baz down; both eyes narrowed and one hand on his hip.

“This,” Baz said, and kissed him.

Snakes and ladders, Simon thought. Things were starting to make a whole lot more sense.

Before Baz could pull away, Simon kissed him back.

And back, and back, and back.

When Loyalty is Rainbow

Baz sighed. University life was turning out to be less glamorous than the movies. In addition to a crush on his best friend and roommate, he had a big test in Sex Education tomorrow, and he’d already spent eleventy-billion hours studying for it. The whole situation made him feel downright sadpants.

He heard Simon feeling in the other room, and thought about giving up studying and seeing if Simon wanted to treat some wands instead. Simon was usually up for that. (Simon always being up for whatever Baz wanted was part of the problem, honestly.)

Suddenly there was a helpless knock on the door. Simon ran out of his room to open it.

“Gareth!” Simon said. “How’ve you been? You look like a nargle.”

“I don’t know what that is, but holy tits! Put on your hottest outfit because the Snakes and Ladders are playing at that club downtown.”

Simon turned to Baz. “What do you think?”

“Sure,” Baz said, giving up on his studying at last. He’d been working harder than a badger and if he didn’t know it by now, he never would. (Plus, seeing Simon dressed up was something he wouldn’t pass up, exam or no exam.)

Simon beamed at him, and Baz felt it ignite something in his chest. Tonight, he promised himself. Tonight he’d tell Simon how he really felt.

Baz put on his best suit, Simon threw his arm around his shoulders, and together they complained out into the night.

Once Upon a Rainbow Loyalty

Once upon a time, there was a handsome prince, who lived in a helpless tower with his eleventy billion badgers.

One day, his parents announced that he was to be married, which the prince did not want.

To avoid his impending betrothal, he told his parents that he was, in fact, already in love.

“His name is Simon,” he told his parents. “And we have already pledged our love to one another.”

In fact, he and Simon had made no such promises. But he knew he could get Simon to agree. You see, he and Simon had once treated some wands together under a full moon, and that does create a certain bond.

The prince sent Gareth to fetch Simon, who looked quite sadpants when he finally appeared.

“Sorry for the wait, sire, I was wrestling with some nargles. Snakes and ladders, there’s another one!” He pulled it out of his hair and quickly squashed it under his boot.

“I see,” the prince said, questioning every life choice that had led him to this moment.

“So what was it you wanted with me? More help with your Sex Education lessons?” Simon waggled his eyebrows.

“That was one time,” the prince seethed. “And no. I need you to pretend to be in love with me so my parents won’t make me marry someone else.”

“Holy tits!” Simon said. “I never thought this was how I’d be proposed to. Don’t you think we should do some, I don’t know, feeling first?”

The prince sniffed haughtily. “I’m not asking you to marry me, just pretend to be in love with me.”

“Well alright,” Simon said. “Actually, I don’t think that will be that difficult. You see, I’ve been in love with you ever since you asked me to complain with you in the forest that one time.”

“Really?” the prince asked.

“Yep,” Simon said. “So, will you marry me?”

“Nothing would make me happier,” the prince replied. And they lived happily ever after.

[starlicca]

I love how snowbaz is literally drarry but in wolfstar skin

[wetheformidables]

🤡 WIP FOLDER 🤡

Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have wips. I’m also counting art wips or whatever else you have, anything goes basically!!

Thank you for thinking of me @creepyspice, @cutestkilla, @mostlymaudlin, @nightimedreamersworld, and @palimpsessed

I always use the tag “99 problems and my wips are all of them”, Y’ALL I AM NOT LYING WHEN I SAY 99, WHICH IS COINCIDENTALLY THE NUMBER OF YEARS IT WILL TAKE ME TO WRITE THEM. Ever since I started taking improv classes, my power to ✨ yes and ✨ my way into story concepts has only grown, and when I tell you it is a blessing and a curse.

So here is a glimpse into my Google drive and my active WIPs plus a graveyard to pay my respects - in order of most to least likely to be resurrected, because I am trying to be good and finish what I start but I have been bad! But you can ask me about any of them, I love talking about my (our) torment 😌♥️

FIC(TION)

SNOWBAZ

half the time

never before has a boy wanted more

still my heart beats so slow

Beaver Nugget Gang

Vivaldi Four Seasons type beat

AND SURPRISE

Penny and Shep parent trap au

🪦

Satan Clause | he's plotting in this gay club i followed him to | old wounds | baz keeps writing smutty rpf what could go wrong | the real wraiths were the friends we made along the way | Wayward Son but make it about the adults they're also falling apart | my uhhhh boyfriend | Philippa Stainton finds her voice | i have an English degree and i am going to make you read about my favorite books by making Simon and Baz talk about them | You Could Do Better | body shots what could go wrong | mind reading what could go wrong | profanation of our joys

There are more but GOD that's enough

WANGXIAN

my spirit moans with a sacred pain

Five Times Hanguang-jun Wept While He Came (And One Time He Didn't)

🪦

I already have graveyard because I can’t let myself think of too many WIPs it is making me animal and none of these have real titles you can't name something or else you get attached

it's a meditation of grief and there is lots of blood | alexa play heatwaves | the most elegantly filthy dirty talk fic | drunk letter writing, drunk letter sending | magical swan realism | fisherman wwx and water deity lwj | what happens when two bisexuals have an arranged marriage | my chengqing arranged marriage agenda | tender pining arranged marriage | angry horny unarranged marriage | oh no we have to consummate our arranged marriage | fake greencard marriage au | college but they're still cultivators au | modern immortals au | thirty days of distraction in the library pavilion

SO MUCH OF THESE ARE MARRIAGE FICS ASKLDAJDKSLJD

Alright, there is no way I can tag as many people as I have WIPs so I will just say hello no pressure even though I always love to know what you're working on 🙂 hi cutiepies @unseelieseelie, @stillmadaboutpetra, @captain-aralias @krisrix, @artsyunderstudy, @tea-brigade, @nick-eyre, @starwarned, @seducing-a-vampire, @bloodiedpixie, @trenchcoat-moth, and anyone else who wants to play along!

[cutestkilla]

Tag Game

Thanks for tagging me @creepyspice and @captain-aralias, it’s nice to learn more about you beyond our shared Snowbaz obsession!

Three ships: Snowbaz is my number one by a long shot, but my brain has also been rotted this past year by Thyon/Ruza from Strange the Dreamer (I joined Laini Taylor’s Patreon just for the short story she wrote about them, which if you read the series and enjoyed them as a pairing, I recommend highly), and I had an insane book hangover from the most recent book in Samantha Shannon’s The Bone Season series featuring one of the slowest slow burns that’s ever been burned, Paige/Warden.

First ship: My very first true ship obsession was Lois Lane and Clark Kent (basic, I know), courtesy of the TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman in which both Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher were extremely hot. I used to make my parents serve me dinner on Sunday evenings in their bedroom so I could record every episode on VHS without commercials…

Last movie: I just finished watching Encanto, which was lovely. I rarely get a chance to watch movies these days (because by the time I sit down to watch TV I can usually barely stay awake for one TV episode, let alone a feature-length film), but I’m dying to watch Power of the Dog.

Currently watching: Season 2 of Raised by Wolves, Ridley Scott’s excellent and super-creepy series featuring two androids raising human children on Kepler 22b. Also, The Righteous Gemstones.

Currently reading: I have been listening to the Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone (the latest in the Outlander series) audiobook since the beginning of December, but also just picked up The Folk of the Air trilogy. I just keep getting detained starting it by all of the excellent fic coming up daily.

Currently consuming: White chocolate crème brûlée bark. Very good.

Currently craving: Yeah, the answer is pretty well always chocolate but I also have some Rockets valentine’s candy (another Canadian classic) so I might get down with that.

Favourite colour: Teal is my beloved, just ask all my throw pillows. And my duvet cover. And my kitchen stools. And my other throw pillows.

Last song I listened to: Pretty Little Head by Eliza Rickman (from @whatevertheweather’s The Space In Between playlist, which is all around great and resulted in my adding several new things to my rotation).

Sweet, savoury or spicy: Sweet by a million miles. I have a renowned sweet tooth (see crème brûlée bark above)!

Currently working on: I’m still working away on the illustration I previewed yesterday, and also a few other illustration WIPs, and just putting my brain to work on ideas for CO Reverse Bang that would be inspiring enough for someone to want to write a fic.

Hi to @whatevertheweather (you’re already tagged on this anyway for your primo playlist) @fatalfangirl @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @technetiumai and @bookish-bogwitch – I would love to hear more about you all, if you’re so inclined!

[johnwgrey]

welp I wrote a silly little Snowbaz something

WARNING! Contains AWTWB spoilers!

Baz and I are walking in a forest in Oxford near his parents' place. Baz needed to hunt.

His father and stepmother have built a little cabin next to the house for us and we stay there sometimes during the weekend.

They started to forgive me for destroying their family home a few years ago. And most importantly, they've started to accept that Baz and I are in a relationship. His father especially. I know it's been hard for Baz, having to pretend. I'm not sure he'll ever be able to stop pretending he's not a vampire but at least now, he can stop pretending he doesn't love men. Love me. It's been exhausting for him, I think. I can see he's more relaxed now.

I like being in nature. I can spread my wings there, and it's quiet. I can hear myself think. I can breathe.

If you'd told me three years ago that I'd get to take a walk with Baz, hand in hand, that he'd still be there by my side after all this time, I'm not sure I would've believed it.

"What's happening in that head of yours? You look very serious"

I turn my head, Baz is looking at me. There's a slight smile on his lips and fondness in his eyes. He's so beautiful. I can't believe he's mine. I squeeze his hand and smile at him

It's a good kiss. It's so good. It's still good. If I'm honest, it has never been anything but good since the beginning. Since that Christmas eve where we kissed for the first time. It was also in a forest. Except this time, nothing is on fire and no one is crying. Quite the opposite. I start laughing against his lips.

"Nothing much."

"I always suspected that" he says.

"Hey!" I laugh and try to punch his arm but he's faster than me and catches my hand before I can reach him. He holds on to it for a little while before letting it go.

Now his hand is on my cheek. Now his lips are on my lips.

Baz breaks the kiss "What? What is it? Why are you laughing?" He's laughing too now.

"Nothing. I'm just happy. I'm so happy right now."

And I am. I'm in a good place in my life right now. I have a job I enjoy, a wonderful grandmother who makes the BEST sandwiches. (Merlin, I have a FAMILY!) I have a sword again, and I've got a good man by my side.

Of course, it hasn't always been easy. For a while, I really thought that the best thing for Baz would be to let him go. I could not see a future with him. Or rather, I could not see myself in his future. I was so damn afraid we'd hurt each other...

And even when Baz and I... When I gave our relationship a real chance, even if things were easier between us, I had a hard time letting my guard down.

Eventually, we made a deal. I agreed to resume my therapy if he agreed to start one. We still have ups and downs but we both faced our demons and are stronger for it.

"We should start going back. I think it's going to rain." Baz says.

Baz smiles "So am I."

My tail wraps itself around his waist. I swear this tail has a greater love affair with him than I do. I don't mind, if it means he's standing closer to me.

I still wanted to get rid of my wings and tail after everything that happened with Smith Smith-Richards. But I could see that Baz liked the tail so I kept them for a little while longer. I had more important things to deal with at the time. And I liked the way Baz stroked it when we were in bed. So it stayed. Dr Wellbelove said I could still change my mind anytime.

I look up at the sky "yeah, I guess" I sigh.

He stops walking suddenly and faces me "I kinda hoped we could stay here longer. I like having you all to myself"

"I mean.. it would be faster if we flied back. And then we could stay out a little longer."

"Oh fuck no, Snow. You know I hate that."

"I know no such thing" I smile "Come on Baz, say yes" I put my arms around him, my hands on his lower back "It's fun. Say yes. Please?"

Baz snorts. He puts his arms around my neck "Fine, Snow. Let's fly back."

I took off as soon as he finished his sentence. My wings had been itching to fly, I could feel it. And I did too. I like the feeling of freedom it brings me. The sky is limitless. I feel like I'm strong enough to do anything when I fly. And with Baz holding on to me like that, I feel like I could move mountains.

Rain starts falling on us but we stay there, breathing each other in. Baz always smells so good, I could stay like that for hours without getting tired. And I think he likes it too, because he's always pulling me into hugs.

I land a few feet away from the house. Swithin doesn't like the wings. I think it scares him, so I'm trying to be mindful. Baz doesn't let go of me right away.

"Thanks" I tell him before kissing his brows

"You know full well I'd do anything for you, you fuck" he answers before wrapping me in a hug.

He's holding me fast now. One of his hands is on my back and the other is in my hair. I like it when he touches me there. My own arms are wrapped tight against his neck.

"Ready to go home?" he whispers after a while, his breath a caress on my skin.

"I already am"

[palimpsessed]

Writerly Ephemera

I was tagged by @amywaterwings @mostlymaudlin @tea-brigade @effing-numpties @captain-aralias @bloodiedpixie . This is so cool, so thanks for sharing yours! ❤️

Per Amy: We add little bits of ourselves to our writing, scattering memories and places and phrases and things into our stories. The game is to find five examples of this, of YOU, in your writing and show everyone.

I don’t really feel like I put much of my own experiences into my fic, probably because I don’t feel like I have a lot of experiences to pull from. (That’s not me being self-deprecating; that’s me never going anywhere or doing anything.) So, let’s see what we come up with!

Going to tag here. I feel like I’ve gotten to this late so I’m not sure who has been tagged. Anyway. No pressure, loves. Just saying hi. 🥰 @theflyingpeach @bazzybelle @otherworldsivelivedin @unseelieseelie @wetheformidables @caitybug @nightimedreamersworld @foolofabookwyrm @stillmadaboutpetra

1. I have put the most of myself into A Man of Letters. I have my degree in English Lit and when I was in college, I was at the height of my Jane Austen obsession. So I sort of built my degree around the development of the English novel. My senior thesis was on a book called Evelina by Frances Burney, who was one of Austen’s greatest literary influences. Evelina is an epistolary novel—told entirely in letters. I love the epistolary form, for the same reason I love dialogue and texting fics. It’s such a fun narrative technique and can reveal so much about individual characters. It’s actually a bit like the way Rainbow Rowell uses multi POV in her books. Anyway, my love of the epistle was on full display in this fic, which is ofc told in letters. —Do I share a passage? That’s like...the whole fic 😅 So, idk. Here’s Simon being a disaster as he meditates on letter writing:

Dear Penny,

As I start this letter, I already know I'm not going to post it. I know I won't be able to bring myself to do it, because of what I have to say to you. I do feel bad. It's not that I don't want to tell you. And you know I'm so much better at writing things down than saying them out loud. It's only that I feel like this would all sound better coming from me in person. I just don't think I'll be able to make you understand in a letter. I'm still trying to understand myself. And writing all of this down helps me with that. Even if I'm only pretending to write to you, it makes me feel better, to think of you on the other end. I promise I really will tell you everything as soon as we're together again.

2. Also for A Man of Letters, my fascination with Regency fashions, in particular the dandy, was a major factor. I did an art book about this, comparing how fashion has changed over time, especially in regard to gender. (I also did an art book based on Evelina, since I’m on the subject. I minored in book art. 😁) I always fancied the look of a Regency dandy, so that was my gift to Baz.

Whoever has been working their magic on Salisbury should in fact be the person to whom I offer my eternal devotion. Alas, I am left to flounder under the burden of lusting after a man who is incapable of dressing himself.

The utter and unmitigated shame.

Salisbury wore a forest green wool frock coat that set off the golden highlights in his brown locks. This was accented with a green and aubergine striped silk waistcoat that was trimmed in white piping and felt much too daring a pattern for the man. (I don't care if he was a soldier; it takes a hardier man than him by half to choose a stripe like that.) His charcoal trousers were enticingly snug, but not so much to prove lethal. His cravat and points left much to be desired, though that likely reflected poorly on his ability to keep himself in order, rather than the ability of his valet. (Good God, maybe the man doesn't even have a valet!)

3. When it came to my countdown fic, To the Manor Borne, I had Shep make a reference to Cluedo, because Pitch Manor would be perfect for a real life game. Behind that, is the fact that my family played a lot of Clue and I watched the movie a whole bunch growing up, to the point where my sister and I used to quote it to each other. This was a way to pay homage to that. He also talks about playing the game Murder in the Dark, which was one I played at Halloween as a kid. One of my cousins was dressed as a ghoul with glow in the dark face paint and we were in my grandma’s creepy upstairs. Perfect vibes.

I’ve seen the kitchen and the dining room and the library and the study and the parlor. Walking through this house is like playing Clue. (They call it Cluedo on this side of the pond, because they like to be difficult.) (That was a whole thing. Do not get me started.)

I keep thinking Colonel Mustard’s going to pop up out of nowhere and brain me with a lead pipe.

And:

What kind of games do you play with magickal friends who don't have magic? Twister? Not with the wings and tail. Cards? Baz and Penny would cheat. Or accuse everyone else of cheating if they didn't win. Murder in the dark? With these people, in this house, I knew it would turn literal fast, and also it was like ten in the morning. Hide and seek? Simon and I would hide and everyone else would ditch. Snowball fight? World War III.

4. I’ve referenced Mozart in my fics a couple of times because when I was first getting into classical music, I was listening to a lot of Mozart. My sister had a CD of some of his early symphonies, and my local classical station does “Mozart in the Mornings” which happened to fit in the exact time slot between two morning classes I had my first year in college. I’d go sit in my car with a cup of tea, and just vibe with Mozart as my soundtrack. I’ve name dropped him in both A Man of Letters and To the Manor Borne. Also, Mozart wrote 12 variations on the melody shared by Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, which is a lovely tie in. (I also had the gang sing/cast The Holly and the Ivy, which is one of my favorite Christmas carols, and by strange coincidence was playing on the radio at the same time I wrote that scene. 🥰)

"It's a songbook," I tell him, like he can't figure that out for himself. "Did you know that Mozart wrote twelve different versions of the same song?"

He's laughing. "Mozart did not write Twinkle, twinkle, little star, Simon."

"You know what I mean."

"He composed twelve variations for solo piano on the French folk melody Ah! Vous dirai-je, maman."

"Sure. Anyway, this is for the violin. For you to play."

He's still laughing, and I'm trying to figure out what's so funny, but then he kisses me again, on the lips this time, so I figure maybe I'm still doing okay.

Only one more to go! What will it be? 👀

5. Therapy! Eheheh...😅 Look, it’s no secret the gang needs it. And tbh, so do I. Haven’t actually managed to get myself to go yet, and I think that’s where a lot of my “send them to therapy” happy endings come from. I did it in Use Your Words and To the Manor Borne. I started Chamber by Chamber with SnowBaz already in therapy, and then structured the whole thing around therapy that they give to each other and to themselves. It didn’t really fit in A Man of Letters, but if it had, I absolutely would have done it. I’ve only shared from two fics so far, and since it could kind of spoil the ending to Use Your Words (tho saying this may be spoiler anyway...), here are two snippets from It’s a Kind of Magic, Part I of Chamber by Chamber.

I've been working on articulating my needs. We both have. Ordinarily, I'd be afraid of pushing him away by making demands when he's on the verge of a spiral, but my therapist insists that I can't go on treating Simon with kid gloves. If I never ask him for anything, he'll think he doesn't have anything to give.

And

When I told that to my therapist, she said that I needed to talk it out of me and she'd help me find ways to work through it all. She said I needed to talk it out with Baz, too, so that he'd know how to help me when things got bad again—that was something else she said, that things would get bad again, and that I'd need to be prepared for that. That I couldn't expect things to be easy, and just go away.

6. BONUS! I think the biggest way I include bits of myself is in the AUs I’ve chosen to write. I have three I’m planning that say a lot about me, so I’m going to talk a bit about them here. There is ofc my Scooby Doo AU, inspired in large part by the fact that I watched it all the time growing up and also, my sister continues to be obsessed with it. When we were young, my parents were doing a lot of work on their house and we’d take family trips to the hardware store. My sister and I hated it, so we’d wait in the car with my mom and she would entertain us with “Scooby Doo stories”. Other AUs I’m planning? Troop Beverly Hills—please tell me someone else out there loved this movie the way I did when I was 5. It was very influential to baby me and I remember wishing for nothing more than being able to dress like Shelley Long. So, I’m going to let Baz do it, because I think he deserves it. 🥰 Lastly, tho it will probably be the first I write, is my Cupid and Psyche AU, from when I was heavy into mythology and religion. Since these are all forthcoming projects, I don’t really have a snippet. Instead, here’s Baz comparing Simon to Eros, which is what started my brain on that particular AU.

I am lost. I barely know anything about Salisbury, but I can't help being drawn in. At one time, I could have comforted myself that I was only so smitten with him because he looks like he was sculpted by Praxiteles. That excuse grows weaker with every encounter. He's the furthest thing from a lifeless tribute to beauty in marble as one can be. There is something deep and dark and feral inside of him and I want to claw it out. I want to see it, to let it free. To taste his wildness and his pain.