#sweetmagic

[giobunnys]

So I finally planned out my cookie run Sona to ship/yume with shadow milk

Alright alright cookie run fuckin got me

So I finally planned out my cookie run Sona to ship/yume with shadow milk

It's,,, whew boy

it's a bunny made of meringue! It's a meringue cookie!!

It's name is Circus Candy Cookie after my love for circuscore and shadow milk,, I'm sappy for the cute names so the name for the ship is just SweetMagic. The fact he HAS RABBITS is too cute

I want Circus Candy to be entire devoted to him out of gratitude. It's mute but he always knows what it's thinking 🩷🩷🩷💜💜💜💜

I had an RP with a friend where Shadow Milk finds Circus after he's made but he can't speak and has no memory So Milk essentially takes him on as an apprentice n such.

It's just so fuckin healing

I DEBATED between a strawberry name or a star name but

Damn it circus themes,,, I love jestercore silly men

[sweetmage]

I noticed that lately I am getting more embarrassed and self-conscious about things and fearing judgment more often. I also was having a lot of fun writing and drawing for a while, but suddenly I'm having doubts and becoming concerned about what others think and numbers and such.

And I was very worried and confused, wondering why I was having a setback... then I remembered that recently I started using Twitter again. IT'S ALMOST AS IF THATS WHY I LEFT TWITTER IN THE FIRST PLACE🤔🤔🤔😒🤔🤔🤔🤔

I wanted to interact more with the BG3 fandom on there but it is making me mentally ill(er) so I think I will stick to tumblr, actually lol. I look forward to stress-free and shame-free drawing and writing and rambling again soon 🥰✨️

[dragonagepolls]

#merrill!!#no one believes her or wants to admit that she is but that doesnt make it false#she is one of the most sensible and levelheaded people in this entire game. yeah she's traumatized like the rest of them#but shes coping pretty well ans channeling it into her research and care for her people despite all that she's lost (via @sweetmage)

#was soooo torn btwn isabela and merrill#ended up voting isabela but it was just by a hair#like ofc they both have their issues. all of them do.#but both of them seem to have come to terms with those issues a lot more#merrill is at her lowest depressed and somewhat withdrawn#understandably so!#while isabela has more or less ditched her problems#(ineffectively ofc)#but both are quite centered in who they are and don't make apologies for the way they are#stability is an interesting metric that i'm taking too seriously lmao#merrill is dealing openly with more and is prob emotionally healthier than isabela (via @broodwolf221)

[vivispec]

Hello there! I'm not even sure how to start. So I felt very disappointed by DA:TV, because of various reasons. Not trying to dampen the mood, I am super happy for you if you actually enjoyed the game! If you do not mind, could you list the things you liked/loved about the game? Help me see the "bright side"? Just gush a litte about it, I could use some positive input around my favourite gaming series of all time. :') thank you <3

Absolutely! For me, I think I always figured I was going to like this game, even if it wasn't my fave of all time? Trick Weekes always writes characters/quests that I like, and for me, story/characters come before anything else. I liked Andromeda, flawed as it was. Even if the gameplay was mediocre, I was certain I'd find something I'd like.

But the gameplay wasn't mediocre. It was actually really, really fun. I played Spellblade, and honestly, the gameplay might be a highpoint for me. I don't really like action gameplay, I tolerate it. I loved this, though.

The biggest thing that really sold me is the fact that the big choices in this game are difficult in a way Bioware has been trying to capture since Origins, but I don't think they've ever nailed until now (except maybe in Mass Effect). Even in Origins, when they had big choices like what to do with Connor, or how to deal with the werewolves, there was always a cop out choice. There isn't one in this game, so far as I can see. At the end of EVERY companion quest there was a choice I couldn't choose, something that made me wonder just what would've happened if I'd picked something different, and don't get me started on the endgame. The endgame was brutal :')

I love the characters, too! I do think some of the writing can get a bit campy or be a bit on the nose, I think some subtlety is lacking for certain characters especially in the beginning, but once shit hits the fan just about every companion has their gutwrenching moment. I felt for every single character in this game, during their act 2 personal quest moments. In all the other games there was at least one character I just couldn't care about, but even the ones that I thought wouldn't tickle my fancy snuck up on me. By the end, I loved all of them so much. I only wanted more.

I like Rook, too. I think I can see how their characterization might be disappointing, though. I think the key for me and my friend @sweetmage was finding the right Rook to play. We both had lots of concepts and while I plugged in the right one first, I know they struggled until they found the right one. Rook is kinda like Hawke in the way that they have a bit of personality already and a defined character path, which can get in the way of true RP. Once I stopped fighting it and let Rook be Rook, I liked the game a lot more, and I liked my character a lot more.

Then there's lore. Oh, lore. I have listened to or read every codex. I have a treasure trove of theories I keep locked in my head. All I need is a corkboard and some red string. Getting to see so many of those theories come to fruition? Things they've been teasing since Origins, that I picked up on when I was 12? Absolutely magical! Some of it I think they bungled--there's one reveal I've been waiting for for 15 years that I found in a note, not codex, on a bridge in Minrathous, no fanfare or anything--but the majority of it punched me right in the face with so much force I had to pause the game and do a little pacing. I won't get into specifics for spoiler reasons, but seeing all those little dots connect? seeing when I was right, and when I was wrong? SO euphoric for me!

A lot of the things I didn't like, too, like making the Crows less shitty--so easy to headcanon around, in ways that don't contradict canon! It's one of my favorite things to do, it feels like a puzzle to me, making everything that is for certain and everything I want fit together. That one, for instance, Zevran totally gutted all the shitty Crows, and left only the good ones :)

I will say, it's clear they were trying to wrap things up. I got the sense while playing it felt that they didn't want to leave any loose threads in case this was their last DA game, so that felt a bit rushed. But I loved it. To me it was a love letter, saying goodbye. Wrapping everything up in a nice little bow. I've always struggled to choose a favorite game in the DA series, they all do something I love so differently that I can't pinpoint one singular favorite, and I think this one is right up there for me, tied for 1st place with the other three games. Like DA2 and DAI I think it could've cooked just a little bit longer, there's a lot of potential for it to be a 9/10 game imho if they'd smoothed a couple of things out, but there's a lot in there for me to love.

Thank you so much for the question, I hope the wall of text will help you see a bit of the light haha. I don't mind that people didn't like it--that's just how it goes sometimes, and I think there are a lot of valid criticisms to be had. For me I was just super bummed that it was the only thing I was seeing online. I'm following lots of positivity now, so the occasional disenchantment is not a problem. Idk if it'll work for you, but @sweetmage was similarly disappointed until they streamed it with a friend, and then just having someone there to converse with it on really helped them to enjoy it. I hope you can find something to love in it, too!

[dadrunkwriting]

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[theviridianbunny]

Rasmus for @sweetmage's upcoming Sticks and wheels pose pack (coming soon to nexus mods). Really excited to finally give my sweet sakura medic the mobility aid I've always thought him to have ♡

[streetkid-named-desire]

2024 wrap up

Rules: it’s time to love yourselves! Choose your 5 (or so) favorite works you created in the past year (fics, art, edits, VP, mods, etc) and link them below to reflect on the amazing things you brought to the world in 2024. Tag as many writers/artists/etc. as you want (fan or original) so we can spread the love and link each other to awesome works!

I love this idea so much. I tag @luvwich @ghostoffuturespast @byberbunk2069 @merge-conflict @medtech-mara @wanderingaldecaldo @shimmer-like-agirl @baublekute @locationkinggrp @totentnz @rosapexa @dani-the-goblin @dustymagpie @cyberpunkaddict @thoughtfulobservationcollection @olath124 @ouroboros-hideout @blackrevell @cybervesna @nananarc @bloodydragam @sweetmage

This is gonna be fic rather than VP or mods cause I consider myself primarily a fanfic writer.

1. A Streetkid Named Desire: Definitive Edition

I wanna link the first revision because that's completed but I'm embarrassed by it. The definitive edition I'm taking a lot of care to write and edit! It is THE definitive story of how Bea and V met and fell in love.

2. Who else would ever stay?

From one of the Writers of Night City song theme challenges. This is when the SilverV platonic brain rot settled in. I think of VG and Johnny like brothers in arms, fighting a war together.

3. 12/13/2080

The first Hanukkah fic :3 just pure fluff. As a primarily whump writer it was a really fun and really sweet to write. I'm trying to work on a second Hanukkah fic before Hanukkah ends in 2 days guridhdjenf

4. Ain't war hell?

This was the one SilverV week prompt I fulfilled lmao it was for dreams. VG has a PTSD dream/flashback from Johnny's time in war and my personal HC of how he lost his arm.

He looked at my arm. He put the back of his hand over his mouth and looked away. So I looked instead. "V!" Bea shook V's arm. He'd been thrashing all night with his left arm moving the most. A sign his dreams were being mixed with Johnny's. Red, shining wet meat extended from the middle of my bicep down. Parts of it were caked in dirt. Ants were crawling up and down the tendrils of gore looking for crumbs. I was numb. Would the jaguar smell the blood?

5. Killing Time

A Bea origin fic showing a moment during her time at the Arasaka Training Facility as a teen.

Also I started this post on 12/31 in the morning but it's 1/1 now but I needed to get more fics over to AO3 and then I forgor

[tavyliasin]

Writer Interview Tag

I was tagged by @redroomroaving and once I'd finished feeling about a hundred emotions from reading I managed to follow it up.

I definitely got a little personal as well, and I know I’m prone to rambling so I’ll pop the questions and answers below the cut. A mild CW for discussion of physical pain and some very very light mentions of mental health. Tagging @morb-untamed @sweetmage @dmbakura @hydropyro @ineadhyn @nicocoer @wixed to do this if you would like to, but there is absolutely no pressure to talk about yourselves or in any personal detail. And anyone else reading this who I missed tagging (I forget names and tags so often, forgive me) please feel free to use me as your tag-in and let me know so I can read your answers too.

When did you start writing?

I have no idea, truly. Stories and reading were a big part of my life since before I could read, and as soon as I could read independently I devoured books and imagined stories in quiet moments. There are a few things I’ve worked on under another name, another identity, but no massive published works. A couple of unfinished SFW fanfics, and some larger original projects that remain on hiatus. As for writing smut and spice and taking fanfic more seriously? That all started in September 2023, and has just grown from there. I was hesitant at first, and you’ll see that in my early author notes, but from there I feel I’ve truly grown in my style and skill, as well as my creativity and ability to delve into character details and kink alike.

Are there different themes or genres you enjoy reading than what you write?

Since writing more, I’ve become a terrible reader. I can’t really focus on it for long because my brain goes into ADHD rebellion and says “no, no, we don’t want to read story we want to create story” which is endlessly frustrating when I have stacks of unread books and a ton of fics earmarked by very talented authors. I will say there is a particular thing many may notice in my works – when writing, I very rarely refer to genitalia in direct terms. It’s just a personal preference when writing, you won’t find the word “cock” in any of my works, but contrary to how it might sound I have absolutely no issue with reading it in the works of others. I am an odd creature, I freely admit that. So…yes, there are themes, pairings, styles, and vocabulary features that I enjoy reading but do not write myself.

Is there a writer you want to emulate or get compared to often?

I don’t hear comparisons really, and I don’t aim to emulate anyone either, though I will admit I try to keep just a few little moments of humour or sly winks to the audience in similar ways to Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams. Just those quick lines or cutaways that for a moment join reader and author in a little shared joke.

Can you tell me a bit about your writing space?

I can only really write comfortably in one place, at my PC. I have 3 screens set up around my seat, which is actually the end seat of a reclining sofa, so I have a heated pad behind my back to reduce pain. I have a mini fridge with drinks on the table beside me with the side screen that has Discord on it at all times, my larger screen (the TV) sometimes has character images for reference or notes or just Spotify up so I can swap songs and playlists quickly. The last screen is in front of me on a table that goes over my footrest, and my keyboard is on a lap desk over my legs. 

I’ll almost always have my headphones on, and a small fan when it gets too warm. Sometimes I do end up a little chaotic with snacks in reach and meds also on the table so I don’t have to have anyone fetch them for me.

What's your most effective way to muster up a muse?

It can’t be controlled. The muse is as fickle as it is demanding, when it’s there it wants everything all at once, and when it’s gone?... It leaves a devastating emptiness that honestly I struggle with at times. Even right now, tonight I planned to write, but when I finally got the free time and got set up…nothing feels appealing to try. So I’m doing this instead, and not forcing it. 

There are things I try at times, and things I recommend, too. First? Before you start writing, tend to your basic needs. Do you need a drink? Food? Relevant medication? A nap? A talk with a friend? A bit of fresh air or physical movement? If one of these needs hasn’t been met, it’ll likely soon become an obstacle to your writing. I like to have a drink and snack ready and with me when I start so it’s there as and when I might need it, and I do rely on caffeine like a stereotypically unmedicated ADHD author…

Second, set the mood. It can help for some people to have this routine, to get their playlist going, to be in the right place, to have the things that set a whole zone and bubble. For a while, I had a specific hat I would wear when writing for another project. I could tell myself “I am putting the hat on now, so I will focus and do this thing” and in some way it trained me to write more. I know others who have done things like always listening to a specific genre of music to write, so now when they hear that genre they get the urge to write. Third is take a shower. Nothing gives me more ideas than a good shower, and I even bought a waterproof notepad and pencil set so I can make those notes whilst in there and not fret about forgetting an idea. Other than that, I recommend going back to the thing that inspired you to write. Play the game or watch scenes with the characters you want to write about, find their voices and mindsets. You can also close your eyes and imagine the scene like a play – put the characters on your stage at the start of the scene and watch what they do in the scenario. Let them show you how they react. Some people also do well to write out a plan or bulletpoints, but I find personally this can bite me in the ass because the process of writing can often stray from my original plan. Which isn’t a bad thing, but it can feel frustrating that I didn’t use ideas that I was initially passionate about.

Are there any recurring themes in your writing? Do they surprise you?

Ah here it is. Whilst I could go quite simply with the kinks that I keep utilising that don’t surprise me in the slightest – I know well that I enjoy writing a spicy shifting of power balance between strong-minded characters, as well as a lot of BDSM kink – there are deeper parts to this. Identity. That’s a theme that keeps rearing its head beneath a lot of works, and you’ll find it most noticeable in how I write both Haarlep and He Who Was, but it tends to worm its way into other things too. It…did not surprise me, though, because it’s something I have struggled with over this past year within myself.

I created this name, this identity, as a way to be comfortable in sharing kink fiction and spicy works without it being easily identifiable under my actual name. I still don’t like to be too personal, or share my face or real name under this one, because I would rather keep a few close friends and family out of sight of my fandom thirsting. I’m certain a lot of us are the same – it isn’t really about shame but knowing that I, and they, would likely not be comfortable discussing this level of subject matter. I’ve relaxed a little over time, and have no doubt that a few may have worked out who I am and simply kept it quiet which I appreciate endlessly, just as I appreciate that those who do know both of my identities have never shared that information or made it public. I’m happy to meet people in person, just not to have my self online shared with my other self, as I’m sure you can understand. Anyway, I digress…

Something that the keen-eyed accomplice might have noticed in me is a shift in my speech. I used a few more mannerisms and speech patterns, particularly terms of endearment, under this name when I began. It was a way to separate the self, as well as to engage with a different audience in a different way. I explained it to the few who knew both early on as “same person, different font”, because I don’t change who I am just a few parts of how I speak or interact…but I’ve dropped a lot of the endearments now. Partly because there were more than a few who expressed they were uncomfortable with this in conversation – which I fully respect and understand – so it was easier to just drop them entirely rather than double checking or switching vocabulary between people and servers. But it has also fallen away a little as I have become more comfortable with both sides of myself, allowing them to integrate again more, and I owe a good amount of that to being able to meet fandom friends in person and find that they didn’t turn away from knowing all of me and instead have become even better friends. 

So…yes, the theme of names and identity keeps popping up. The power of names, the importance of identity, how one can hold on to one’s sense of self when it feels as if it is wavering, or when a role must be played. It’s little wonder I was so strongly drawn to so many favourites. Another recurring theme, of course, is pain. Physical. Whilst this is often in the form of kink and pain play, I’ve written a few pieces where it has been a point that is not about the sexual and positive side. I am in pain. 24/7. Without end. It will not get better. It has been this way for over 10 years. The level of the pain is “I cannot walk more than 10 metres before it is too much”, and “I have to drastically reduce and monitor my physical activity to prevent pain getting worse”, so I feel very intimately familiar with pain. You’ll find it in my writing as visceral and detailed descriptions of the sensations, because I’ve felt every one of them and might just be feeling them in that moment as I write. 

I’m going to keep trying to write short comfort pieces, too. Because as I once wrote as a dialogue line for Halsin, when Tav asked how he always seemed to know the right thing to say:  

“Sometimes we say the things we need to hear the most.” 

What is your reason for writing?

Every reason ever. There’s…not a lot I can do in this body. So many hopes and dreams and even careers I’ve had to leave behind, through the struggles of mental and physical health. Whilst the former is far better, the latter is the issue… But writing is something I can do with little physical effort. If I’m in pain, I can take my medication and absorb into fiction. 

I started writing smut as a challenge, but also as a way to tell a story I was becoming rather attached to. My main longfic was one born from playing the game, and wondering about telling the story between the lines, giving reason to the choice the player character was making under my instruction. Since then, it has grown to be so much more.

I’d love to sit here and tell you “I only write for myself, I don’t need external validation” but that…would be a half-truth at best. I write because I love sharing these stories, I love that they can reach out and touch hearts and minds in ways I might never know, but I adore when someone does send back their echo across the vast void between us to say “I enjoyed this” or “this story made me feel something”. That’s…it’s everything to know I have some value. Which sounds a lot like I’m pinning my self-worth on feedback or kudos, and whilst I can’t deny that’s a hard habit to break, I do know it isn’t everything. I just want it to still be something. To know I can do more than just…exist. 

Truly if you were to ask me what I feel the purpose is to my entire life, it would be “to leave each corner of the world I touch a little brighter and better than it was before I got there”, and whilst I know that’s impossible to do all the time I still want to try. And writing? Sharing stories? That’s leaving a positive mark, giving someone enjoyment in their day – yes, even sexually, with the kinky and sexy writing. That is still a positive to someone’s day, an indulgence, something that lifts them and certainly nothing to be ashamed of.

If I can do more than that with emotional writing, with comfort pieces, with cathartic moments and with stories that have more meaning behind the words…all the better.

Is there any specific comment or type of comment you find particularly motivating?

The best are the ones that pull out favourite lines or moments, but honestly every single comment means the world to me. An incoherent keysmash, a simple “I loved this”, even those are such a boost particularly on a hard day. 

Readers, please know how much it helps. Even a click on the kudos as an anonymous guest, it’s…it lets us know we aren’t just shouting into the void. It tells us those Hits are not people just opening up the fic then closing it because they hated it. It means the whole world to know we’ve done something that you enjoyed, in whatever way that was.

I’ll also say that some of the ones that have meant the most and have stuck with me are comments on the more personal pieces, like with The Love of Loviatar – the Abdirak x Reader fic where I play a little with worlds colliding to allow a reader character who experiences chronic pain (remarkably similar to my own, don’t think about that too hard) to have that moment with Abdirak who validates and appreciates them exactly how they are. Gentle care mixed with BDSM, trading the bad pain for the good pain, the pain that is welcome and has purpose, a little fantasy of enjoying what the body can do rather than being trapped by what it cannot… Every time I get a comment there, I damn near cry. Or just openly cry. They mean so much. I know how much Abdirak can mean to us, and I am so glad I can reach you all. 

How do you want to be thought about by your readers?

I…well… To be thought of at all is an honour. I’m shocked any time I encounter someone who has read my works, despite logically knowing I have a good number of readers from the numbers alone. I just…don’t look at those numbers often, it’s not good for me. 

I’d like readers to know I care about them. Every last one. To know I would love to tell all the stories they want to read, and that I fully welcome their messages, comments, and even friendship when we share social spaces. There’s something special about the connections we can make in unexpected places, and I’m just delighted to be here sharing stories with you all. 

I don’t need high respect, endless adoration, or some kind of pedestal. I’m a human, unfortunately – squishy and fallible and flawed and suffering and there is still beauty and worth to me even when I don’t see it myself. Just saying that last part louder for everyone else who has loud negative thoughts of themselves. It’s ok for you to see my flaws, and it’s ok for us all to have love for one another despite those flaws. Love in the platonic sense, of course – there are levels of connections we make with people from a distant echo of a brief exchange of words to the direct warmth of a friendship. It’s as important to not underestimate the value as it is important to not overestimate our closeness to people we don’t truly know.

What do you feel is your greatest strength as a writer?

I am beginning to believe it is the wild ideas I have for crackship pairings and turning them into something serious and meaningful. I love taking an unlikely coupling then finding what makes them actually genuinely work. 

I’m also getting quite confident in sensual writing as well as kink, in the particular style that I have for it. I know well that it isn’t to everyone’s tastes, but those who do enjoy my style and method will always have something in the buffet of fic to fill their plate.

I really hope to transfer this to my original work when I get it finished, as I feel like just maybe I might have a niche of style that isn’t as often seen in published works. Then again, I’m not exactly devouring raunchy original fiction so perhaps I’m entirely mistaken and would get ripped to shreds by critics of the genre. Who knows? But I will try to get published when it’s done. I hope a few of you might even read it someday.

When you write, are you influenced by what others might enjoy reading, or do you write purely for yourself, or a mix of both?

Ahh definitely both. I have written characters and pairings I’m not personally into that much, though sometimes (Yurgir) I have found myself enjoying the character after writing with them. It’s a fun little quirk, I start writing something thinking “am I into this?” and realise later “oops new kink acquired” or “ahh ok I see why people like [character] so much now.” 

I do really love writing requests or rare pairings/characters that readers haven’t seen before or are excited to see more of. I hope to keep doing a mix of that and the characters/pairings that I love most myself. If there’s something you’d like to see, I’m more than happy to take suggestions – there are a few kinks, characters, and tropes that I have a hard “nope” line on (not kink shaming, just personal comfort levels – I love that you can enjoy those things elsewhere I am just not the chef to cook that dish for you) but otherwise I love wild ideas and writing something that someone explicitly wants to read~

How do you feel about your own writing?

I really struggle with this one, but I think many of us do. I go from feeling confident that people enjoy what I’ve written and that I have this skill to bring worlds and characters to life with mere words on a page, yet other times? I will freely admit some works of mine take longer because I just hit this point where I just cannot tell if it’s any good. I know intellectually that I have the same style, tropes, stories, kinks that people like and enjoy, but as I’m sat there staring at it I’m questioning everything because I’m just not feeling it. That seems pretty natural, I think, that we are the worst critics of our own works because we’ve read them so many times or thought far too hard about every word and line… But I tend to solve this with an external view. Beta Readers have saved works from near extinction by checking it over, telling me what does need fixing, and reminding me that actually the rest of it is just fine I’m simply overthinking it all because my mind is struggling with something else like fatigue or pain or just a low kind of day.

So… Overall, writing has been a new life for me. Particularly in this last year, trying something new – expanding into NSFW fanfic has found me countless new connections, friends, experiences I wouldn’t have had otherwise and a real feeling of accomplishment and validation that just wasn’t happening in WIPs that were taking too long and getting no feedback at all. 

Writing isn’t just something I do, it’s inextricably a part of who I am, and in its own way it continues to shape exactly what “who I am” can mean.

And I am grateful to every single one of you who has shared this journey with me so far. I cannot wait to see how far we can go together~

[4th-make-quail]

WIPs Meme

Rules: Make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous and tag other people. People can ask about the title(s) that most intrigues them !

This is fun! Tagged by @portfolio-tea-and-magic 💚!

After seeing a post about fibrecraft wips, I've recently done a bit of a rework of my folders when importing everything into ellipsus, so I have two categories! Active wips and UFOs - Unfinished Objects! I also tend to put the ship and assignment plus year in my doc titles so I can group by ship and also by exchange! So the titles below are exactly as in my folders heh. Anyone can ask about the stuff below and also the ideas docs, and I'll drop a bulleted fic idea from them if wanted! So;

Active Wips - things I'm currently working on or planning to continue between assignments

Caulrich - hold me like a weapon (title subject to change cos it doesn't quite fit)

Sart/Basch - Lost in True-Phoenix Flame

UFOs - things I've started and aren't likely to be finished unless I get the bug

Cid/Vincent - I looked at you and I saw home

Omeluum/Blurg - party spores part 2, pregnancy boogaloo (follow up to Tessadyle Cloth)

Leon/Krauser - Still Standing (this one isn't transferred yet but it's the only one with a chapter already posted on ao3)

Ideas Dump - my place to stash ideas docs I'm keeping hold of and other things

caulrich ideas

Caulrich Timeline

zamasian ideas

There was a bit about tagging people I think but I'm on my phone and didn't copy/paste it, so I'm gonna tag: @lesbians4armand @armandmollloy @eemamminy-art @7-et & @sweetmage! No pressure if you don't want to or don't have wips! 💚💚

[pinkfadespirit]

WIP Whenever

Thank you for the tag @winebearcat!

For the last few days, I've been playing around with an idea for a new DA2 fangame. I guess it's a time travel fix it au? Where Hawke dies and wakes up in the past and has the chance to make different choices this time around. Here's something I wrote for it this morning.

The only one who hasn't given up is the dog, still whining outside the door. It's tempting to get up and let him in and allow yourself some small comfort. Dog always gave you that. Now, the thought is there that you're not sure what became of Dog in the real world. Come to think of it, you're not even sure how you died. You have memories of your life before but the end is fuzzy.  You think of the real Dog waiting for you wherever he is and the whining outside becomes harder to bear.  You let him in: You open the door and Dog is right there, peering quizzically up at you.  "Alright, come in then."  Dog obeys with a wag of his tail and you can't keep yourself from dropping to your knees beside him. When you touch his short fur, it feels just as you remember it. Warm and comforting. Even the smell that your uncle used to complain about feels that way. It's familiar and seems so real. You can't help it, you wrap your arms around him and press your face against his side. Nothing else here feels as grounding as this, so for a while you just stay like that.

You ignore it: It's just another trick that you can't afford to give in to.

Tagging @serrantalot, @sweetmage, @becauseanders, @tobythewise to share something you've been working on. If you feel like it ^^

[wisp-of-chaos]

Wips meme

Rules: Make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous and tag other people. People can ask about the title(s) that most intrigues them !

Tagged by @tea-and-magic

Alright you asked for this, buckle up! (I'm excluding any WIP's I know I won't ever touch again or else we'll be here all week) GW2:

Submitting to Love

The Pwizz Dillyn Paradox Part I A Bug In The System

The Pwizz Dillyn Paradox Part II Interlude I

The Pwizz Dillyn Paradox Part III Long Live The Lich

The Pwizz Dillyn Paradox Part IV Interlude II

The Pwizz Dillyn Paradox Part V A Star To Guide Us

Meeting you

Slutty Brownie (if you know, you know)

Boating Around

Bodyworship

The Battle of Claw Island

Quinaith's Journal

A Day in Paradise

A Deadly Flower

All I ever wanted

Chance Meetings

Dangerous Pull

Dining with the Devil

Hands Off

Harmless Secrets

Praise Joko

Seamless

The Sour Taste of Revenge

The Red means I Love You

TF:

His

Corpses, Puke & T-Cogs

Medical Addiction - not delphi - close your optics

Medical Addiction - not delphi - walking the wire

Medical Addiction 1 - show me your face

Medical Addiction 2 - how they met

Medical Addiction 3 - scared

Medical Addiction 4 - better

Medical Addiction 5 - hold me

Medical Addiction 6 - stay

Medical Addiction 7 - gotcha

Medical Addiction 8 - secret

Medical Addiction 9 - follow 2.0

Medical Addiction 10 - butterfly

Medical Addiction xyz 1 - pharma is raging (love this title so much)

Medical Addiction xyz 2 - aid knows pharma is seeing someone and asks who he is

Medical Addiction xyz 3 - pharma is raging again (I'm so normal about this guy)

Monster

(Become) The Beast

Genshin Impact:

Ballad of the Lonely Bard

TLoZ BotW:

Purple

Dear Friend of Mine

Grand Finale

Raincoat - Standalone Modern Days Hylian AU

I Wanna Ruin Our Friendship

Oceansong

Still Into You

Sushi

BG3:

Down by the River

Hunger

Blurg Omeluum Sunset Date IDK

Of Mushrooms and XXX (the XXX is a placeholder, people)

The Worth of a Single Mortal Life (technically done but not yet edited or proof-read so ... kind of a WIP?)

Sunset

The sweet taste of your teeth

A meeting of Friends

The Serpent's Bride

Hanahaki

Qirilissk masturbating IDK (don't judge I can't even remember where I wanted to go with this one don't look at me)

Mentor AU

Fake Dating Gone Sibling Mode AU

On Your Nerves

Them meeting Duzisk and Qirilissk gets protective IDK

Fix You

And that's about it, I guess. The list is shorter than I thought, but then again this is like ... less than half of what I have in my folder BUT the only ones I feel like I might actually finish/come back to, so ... yeah.

Tagging @sumi-sprite @melodicwriter @mielwriting @sweetmage @revoleotion (if you feel like it)

[yiyan9999]

Happy to see you here! 😊🎉 Welcome (back) to Tumblr! ^^

-Sweetmage

Yeah! I'm so glad to see a familiar face here! I was freaking out about using a new platform, but I'm happy you reached out to me! And like you said, I’m getting more reactions on Tumblr, haha I'm so excited. BTW, your avatar is adorable! (Pardon me if my words don’t make sense, I’m just way too excited.）

[sweetmage]

Spare some change for a broke disabled queer with an unexpected $140 late payment? 🥲

[tobythewise]

First Line Challenge!

Thank you @pinkfadespirit for tagging me! This is from the chapter of Symbiosis I’m working on right now! I also did two sentences just because it’s more juicy 🤣

Viktor tucks a hand under his head as he stares up at the ceiling.

What the fuck was he thinking inviting Jayce to sleep in his bed?

Tagging: @foxymoley @brightasstars @broodwolf221 @sweetmage

[vivispec]

Music Shuffle Game

@megthemariner thank you for tagging me! i also mostly listen to character playlists, and my partner and i share an account that he uses WAY more than me, SO imma do what you did, kinda.

Rules: shuffle your ‘on repeat’ playlist and post the first 10 songs, then tag 10 friends to do the same. **I'm just gonna shuffle my three most listened to playlists.

"Head Above The Water" by Palace (currently a bit obsessed with them lol)

"I Still Do" by The Cranberries

"Paprika" by Japanese Breakfast

"Ghost" by Indigo Girls

"Queen of Peace" by Florence and the Machine (the amv in my head for this song goes HARD)

"When the Night is Over" by Lord Huron (same as above >.<)

"Origins" by Tennis

"Digger" by Great Grandpa (my fave song right now)

"Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac

"Persephone in the Garden" by Aidoneus (their music haunts me)

I never know who to tag so I'm def not gonna get to 10 but: @sweetmage, @gimigg, @teine-mallaichte, @the4rcanist, @ and anybody else who wants to! also lmk if you want me to tag you in the future ;)

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