#talvenhenki

[wingsofhcpe]

📝 Fave quote

🌐 Languages you can speak and/or are learning. Which are you fluent in

🎥 Fave film

📻 Fave song currently

📝 AAAA so many... but Gandalf's "Saruman believes it's only great power [...] ...it is small, everyday acts of kindness that help keep evil ay bay" from The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey, resonating very much within my heart.

🌐 OK so Greek is my native language, I'm almost native-level fluent in English, know conversational French (though I need to brush up on them), very very basic Russian and I am learning both that, and Japanese by myself until I can afford to go back to school for them!

🎥 OOF again so many... can I list my top 3? I'll list my top 3: Pacific Rim, HTTYD, and any LoTR/Hobbit movie!

📻 hmm Make a Move by Icon for Hire has been blasting inside my brain repeatedly for the past week

[smhalltheurlsaretaken]

Fic title: "You stepped and you jumped and you went right over"

I'd write a Star Wars fic about a young, impulsive Jedi - probably Ahsoka tbh - losing her way or making a very big mistake, motivated by good intentions. I think I'd start with an older, wiser character - if I'm writing the story with Ahsoka, then probably Obi-Wan - telling a personal story of making the same type of mistake that comes into play later on, and Ahsoka feeling that she has learned from it. But of course, she'd face the same circumstances and do the exact same thing, and it would end without a neat resolution.

Like Obi-Wan getting fooled into helping some poor orphan children who are actually in a criminal ring, and it turns out he's been played by some pretty awful people and inadvertently helped them hurt a whole bunch of innocents, with the moral of his story being that compassion is always the right choice, but it's not an absolute guarantee that you won't cause pain around you. Ahsoka would remember that story as something pretty sad that couldn't happen to her, and then (probably during the early days of the Empire) she'd repeat that same scenario.

It wouldn't end too depressingly but it wouldn't be very happy either. I think the end would just be heavy and thoughtful, with the real challenge being accepting responsibility but without self-recrimination.

[fangirl-erdariel]

Quote time!

"Back then, the bird soaring the skies seemed freer than anything"

"I am prepared to drink the poison of immortality, so let us live together"

"What kind of flowers bloom in that paradise?"

"What should I, in my weakness, loathe? Ah, now I finally know"

"As we sing of the time of the cherry blossoms"

"The people who wandered in the dark"

"The fire of your soul that burned so red"

"Dress me all in flowers white so no mortal eye can see"

"In blinded night we are singing a glorious cry for freedom"

Oooh lemme think...

"Back then, the bird soaring the skies seemed freer than anything" - I think this is Galadriel, reflecting on her decision to leave Valinor, on her reasons, her desire for her own realm to rule and to be free with no one having authority over her, and whether it was worth all the suffering and all the grief. Or if she is even free at all, or if she only found another set of duties and expectations in Middle-Earth instead

"I am prepared to drink the poison of immortality, so let us live together" - ok this is Eärendil and Elwing. Look I just have a lot of Feels about Eärendil choosing the fate of the elves for love, for Elwing's sake, despite feeling closer kinship to men. I just. I just can't see this as being about anything else

"What kind of flowers bloom in that paradise?" - I'm sorry this has a lot of very interesting vibes but my brain's just drawing a blank anyway

"What should I, in my weakness, loathe? Ah, now I finally know" - somehow this sounds very Garak. I think some kind of character study fic of Garak figuring out his feelings about, like, everything about living on DS9 but especially regarding a certain Doctor Julian Bashir...

"As we sing of the time of the cherry blossoms" - this has A Vibe, and makes me think of how cherry blossoms in japanese culture symbolize the briefness life, but again idk what characters or fandom it would be, sorry ':D

"The people who wandered in the dark" - makes me think of the dúnedain of the North for some reason. Maybe a fic set around the fall of the Arthedain, when the dúnedain of the north became rangers

"The fire of your soul that burned so red" - this has Merlin vibes somehow. Maybe a post-canon Merlin & immortal!Leon fic where Merlin never returns to Camelot after Arthur's death, but Leon finds him years later, still blaming himself for Arthur's death, barely a shadow of who he once was

"Dress me all in flowers white so no mortal eye can see" - this is a story about someone sacrificing themself. Idk why but it is. Maybe about Glorfindel during the Fall of Gondolin, fighting the balrog to save those who escaped the city. And maybe continuing on to his existence in the Halls of Mandos, afterwards. And maybe even onward to him returning to life and being tasked with going back to Middle-Earth.

"In blinded night we are singing a glorious cry for freedom" - somehow my first thought was pre-canon fic of Kira during her freedom fighter days

[autumnknight]

🔑 Key to your heart

📖 Fave book

📝 Fave quote

🌐 Languages you can speak and/or are learning. Which are you fluent in

🌐 German is my mother tongue

English very fluently since it is the one I've been speaking mainly for the last 12 years

I'm living in the Netherlands so I'm learning Dutch too after ignoring it for the first few years living here

🔑 showing interest in things I like

Being a child of my siblings is a fast pass 😄

📖 super hard to pick a favourite. Faves I read last year are the Six of Crows books. Lord of the Rings and His Dark Materials are always gonna be close to my heart. Neverending Story was my favourite as a kid.

📝 Lord of the Rings:

Frodo : What are we holding onto, Sam?

Sam: That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo... and it's worth fighting for.

[borealopelta]

31. Of the characters you write for, which is your favorite? Has that choice been swayed at all by your followers/readers’ reactions to certain ones?

currently it's got to be zargothrax of gloryhammer fame. the more time i spent thinking about him the more complex he became in my brain so it's less my readers swaying it (although positive feedback on how i write him is my bread and butter) and more me rotating him until i got him just right

[privateerstudies]

cucco feather and blond!! <3

blond (yellow) - you are many things, some good, some bad. but above all, you are kind.

cucco feather (off-white) - you're like poetry. sensitive, ethereal, underappreciated

[partapotso]

Tagged by dearest @werecreatures some time ago, to put my Spotify's On Repeat playlist on shuffle and make a poll of the first 10 songs.

[Here's a link to a playlist of the songs on Spotify]

Tagging @twixstra @wringus @aloofraven @voronkruokkuo @mutalieju @edlins-machine @theall-newxboxseriesx @talvenhenki @saasta @rednevalbones @bahramewe @furfagtm and honestly anyone who wants to. Mutuals especially 🫵

Any playlist is fine for non-Spotify users, of course. :-)

[boneshifter]

got tagged by @talvenhenki !! ty!! 🐻💚✨

shuffle your on repeat playlist and post first ten songs:

1 shit talk (sufjan stevens)

2 sleep walking orchestra (bump of chicken) <- dunmeshi op!

3 jackson cage (bruce springsteen)

4 because the night (bruce springsteen)

5 meet me in the woods (lord huron) <- my dale cooper song :)

6 salisbury (uriah heep)

7 desire (yello)

8 i bet on losing dogs (mitski) <- one of my nishiki songs...

9 the cruel angel's thesis (yoko takahashi)

10 harvest of sorrow (blind guardian)

characteristically both my anime music and old man music is in there...no major surprises

tagging.. idk who listens to music. @werecreatures @partapotso @peikko-lapsi @wildkitte @sleepgrifter @crossedeyes @ilackallhonour @dragon-teapot @amused-shiba no pressure! 😌🫶

[kira-nerys-rocks]

Thanks for tagging me @radarsteddy :)

Get to know you game! Answer the questions and tag 9 people you want to know better.

Last song I listened to: "How would that feel" from the subspace rhapsody soundtrack (though I'm currently listening to the whole album on repeat again)

Currently reading: Killing the Beast by Evelenye Aschwanden. It's a sapphic the beauty and the beast adaption

Currently watching: mostly concentrating on my voyager rewatch and just started season 5 this evening!

Currently obsessed with: my new haircut xD I more or less spontaneously decided to get a pixie cut again, which I had 7-8 years ago before I grew it out again. I mostly had shoulder-length hair for the last years, but it was the best decision ever to cut it short again, I'm really happy and can't stop smiling when I look into the mirror

Tagging without any pressure: @stargatelov3r @frogsmulder @varlysca @eugladossae @summerofninetynine @thecavclry @raffimusiker @enterprise-come-in @talvenhenki

[enigma-the-mysterious]

Thanks to @zyrafowe-sny for the tag :D

I still have my fanfiction.net account, Enigma TM, but I haven't updated it with new stories in like 3 years. I just cannae with their site anymore, Captain, it's a horror show 😭

I have written sexually explicit fanfiction as well as original fiction, but I haven't published them under the AO3 handle everyone associates with me :)) (though this part is soon to change with Goldenheart 😏)

I have never commissioned art for my fic but have had some kind, talented souls voluntarily make them. Shoutout to @lemissingmask @kestrel-wylde and @euphreana I adore you people :D

I actually do enjoy the process of editing and formatting before publishing a fic 😅

Here's the template

Tagging @highfunctioningflailgirl @procrastinatorproject @cristobalrios @smhalltheurlsaretaken @mistywaters101 @kestrel-wylde @midnights-dragon @animanightmate @lead-acetate @ambidextrousarcher @talvenhenki @erdariel @arachneofthoughts @regionalpancake @jazzfic @lemissingmask @silverssarcasm @cinnammontea @yrrtyrrtwhenihrrthrrt @ambrosius-goldheart and anyone else who might like to participate. No pressures though

[wingsofhcpe]

🛩 - If travelling was free, where’s the first place you’d go?

🍂 - What’s your favourite season?

🌦 - What’s your favourite weather?

place: AAAAA IDK, so many places to choose from! Probably Scotland or Japan?? 🥹

weather: either slightly sunny but with a cool breeze, or full-on thunderstorm.

(I've already answered season)

[haltiamieli]

Tagged by @rustmountain to share five songs that have been living in my brain rent-free for a while now. Hee hoo.

Tagging some people I still remember being on tumblr: @hapro @elthadriel @grasswithering @sweetcandyholic @grainjew @erdariel @kakkipupu @little-escapist @seyree @stargateinmybasement @reaalikaasu @katajainen @gluteeni @radiant-sunlight-blueberry @talvenhenki @oriigami @sosepurkki @nilinsects

[fangirl-erdariel]

Quote time!

'Cake is eternal'

'Was it just the dreaming of my heart?'

'Dress me all in flowers white, so no mortal eye can see'

'Sing with me a tiny autumn song, with the melodies of the days gone by'

'Call my name from the heart'

'Forgotten phrases, tender and sweet'

'Clinging to affection, we somehow do learn to live'

'Running and reaching for the light'

'And I'll show you who I am, if you come where I go'

'In blinded night we are singing a glorious cry for freedom'

Okay let's see... :D This got unreasonably long so i'm putting it under a cut, sorry!

"Cake is eternal" - this is absolutely a crack fic. Maybe a bakery AU of some kind? I just can't decide what fandom or characters

"Was it just the dreaming of my heart?" - ok so for some reason what my brain went to was Beren and Lúthien fic, centering on Beren as he is dead, clinging onto the world, somewhere in Mandos, even though he's feeling the almost irresistible pull on his mortal soul to leave the world, because he can't leave yet because she asked him to wait and she promised to come and say goodbye right?? he can't leave until he sees her one last time, but at the same time he's dead and death does things to you so he's no longer really that certain of how much of what he remembers from life was true

"Dress me all in flowers white, so no mortal eye can see" - okay i know you've asked this before and fuck if i remember what I replied then. But right now I'm thinking immortal Merlin fic, with him through the years, through the changing tides of the mortal kingdoms and societies, slipping through it all almost unnoticed (and possibly going slightly mad with loneliness)

"Sing with me a tiny autumn song, with the melodies of the days gone by" - oohhh, this has a Tolkien vibe somehow. Maybe Aragorn and Arwen, long after LOTR, looking back on their lives?

"Call my name from the heart" - hmm... I have no idea why but I'm kinda thinking some kind of Garashir slowburn? idk anything else tho

"Forgotten phrases, tender and sweet" - again no idea where this came from, but maybe some kind of Glorestor fic? Like starting when Glorfindel's still newly come to Middle-Earth, and maybe he didn't have too much time to adjust to the whole "after thousands of years I'm alive again" thing, and he definitely hasn't had the time to process the fact that living comes with constant new feelings, new experiences, not just slowly sorting through and making peace with all the feelings and experiences from before you died, so he's still kind of reeling a bit and figuring things out again... and then, because Glorfindel was never one to do anything little by little or halfway, he goes and falls head over heels for Erestor and has to try and figure how love (and specifically communicating that love) works again

"Clinging to affection, we somehow learn to live" - so I don't really go for that very often, but somehow I'm thinking of Maedhros and Maglor with little Elrond and Elros? Maedhros and Maglor are all kind of worn down and burdened with like, everything, and Elrond and Elros are small children just torn from their home and family and friends, and it's all kind of a mess... but there's a bit of affection, a spark of something, some care for the twins, from Maglor, and maybe if they all hold onto it they can figure something out, maybe two kinslayers half-mad from their trauma and the Oath can live for a little rather than stumble forward after a terrible and seemingly unattainable goal, maybe two kids torn from everything they've ever known can learn to live, can grow up to make something of themselves, if they all just care for each other a bit and find a little affection for each other?

"Running and reaching for the light" - somehow (probably because i've already gotten myself into a tolkien mood and there's that whole metaphor about moths and candles in Athrabeth, lol), I'm thinking of an Andreth/Aegnor fic where Andreth doesn't submit so easily to the fact that Aegnor rejects her despite loving her, and maybe Aegnor isn't all that convinced about their love being impossible either, and Andreth goes after him, to stay at his side, reaching for his flame... and I don't know if that saves him, or if it ends in tragedy anyway (maybe she just dies at his side, when Dagor Bragollach comes. Or maybe she outlives him despite everything), but at least they have a while together, at least they get to love each other, whether or not it's enough to change their fates

"And I'll show you who I am, if you come where I'll go" - tbh no idea and my brain is out of idea making juice now, sorry ':D

"In blinded night we are singing a glorious cry for freedom" - I'm absolutely sure you've sent this to me before and I'm not sure what I replied then but right now what I'm vibing with is a Merlin AU where for whatever reason Merlin doesn't end up in Camelot (or at the very least doesn't end up as Gaius' apprentice, and doesn't end up really being involved with the court) and ends up sticking together with druids or just with other people who have magic instead, all keeping their heads low and fearing being exposed, but hoping for and working towards some kind of change nonetheless

Thanks for these, this was fun!

[smowkie]

finished my second bingo card from @ficreadingchallenge, woo! thanks again for hosting this event, it's great fun! 💗

list of read fics under the cut

1. multichapter fic

Countdown by prairiecrow

Garashir, DS9, 8,090 w, rated teen

summary:

Garak is poisoned, and Bashir finds himself in a race against time.

2. mythical creature AU

beautiful eyes lookin' deep into mine by sarahcakes613

Barisi, SVU, 1,664 w, rated gen

summary:

Rafael hasn't seen his reflection in almost six decades. Sonny finds a magic mirror.

3. less than 20 kudos

I'm Thinking Pastels by harinezumiko

Garashir, DS9, 100 w, rated gen

summary:

Prompt: garashir, magical unicorn adventure.

4. found family

Two Fools And Their Son [series] by Talvenhenki

Garashir, DS9, 5,227 w, rated gen

summary:

Julian adopts a child. As the child grows, so does Julian's family of misfits.

5. historical AU

Our Better Natures by OnlySlightlyObsessed1

Spones, TOS, 1,429 w, rated gen

summary:

Spock couldn't let it happen again.

6. future AU

I will die in the house that I grew up in by justhockey

Buddie, 911, 3,169 w, not rated

summary:

Loving Eddie is like breathing past all of the broken glass in his lungs. Buck can’t believe he gets to have this - can’t believe he gets to hold something so precious in his shaking, bleeding hands, and is trusted not to ruin it. He’s not sure he deserves that kind of faith, but he will spend the rest of his life being grateful for it anyway. He’ll spend the rest of his life trying to deserve this family that he’s made.

7. 5+ year old fic

Letters from the Northern Continent by thehoyden

Garashir, DS9, 7,966 w, rated mature

summary:

It just figured that the first time Julian Bashir set foot on Cardassia after the war, it would be halfway around the world from Elim Garak.

8. fic with no comments yet

Big Medicine by LadyDrace

Garashir, DS9, 100 w, rated gen

summary:

Doctors make the worst patients... and tailors don't make very good doctors either...

9. hurt/comfort

Here, at the End of All Things by sahiya

Garashir, DS9, 17,929 w, rated teen

summary:

He was no one’s choice of nurse, Garak reflected, even if Bashir seemed to tolerate him more than anyone else on the station did. Garak had been trained to inflict pain, not to ease it; to terrify, not to comfort. Bashir had shown Garak more tenderness and care than anyone had in many, many years, and the idea of trying to play that same role for the good doctor now was, frankly, a little intimidating. Not trying at all, however, simply was not an option.

10. fix-it fic

you standing in the doorway by Mireille

Stony, MCU, 1,420 w, rated teen

summary:

The most remarkable thing about you standing in the doorway / Is that it's you and that you are standing in the doorway - Mountain Goats, "Going to Georgia"

11. genderbend

Magic is the Worst by arianapeterson19

Tony Stark (gen), MCU, 1,354 w, rated teen

summary:

As far as magic went it wasn't the worst thing to have happened to Tony but it also wasn't turning out how he wanted. He was going to find Loki and demand a refund. OR The one where Tony gets turned into a lady.

12. de-aging/kid

Kid Steve by Neverever

Stony, Avengers Assemble (cartoon), 1,752 w, rated gen

summary:

It's all fun and games for Kid Steve after being de-aged by the Impossible Man, until asthma attacks.

free space

Bombing It by tokidokifish

Garashir, DS9, 1,112 w, rated gen

summary:

“Happy birthday.” “I’m sorry, my dear doctor—I think you’ve mixed me up with someone else.” “I haven’t. I know you wouldn’t ever tell me your real birthday, but I still wanted to give you something to show how much I appreciate your friendship—so I just picked a day with appropriate significance in human culture.” “The first of April.” “Exactly.” — Julian wants to give Garak a gift, so he simply picked a day to do it.

13. bodyswap

i'm yours, body and soul by meidui (orphan_account)

Stony, MCU, 749 w, rated gen

summary:

When Tony wakes up in his husband's body at six in the morning hundreds of miles away from his conference, he almost puts a pillow over his head and goes back to sleep because, really, stranger things have happened.

14. daring rescue

come out to the sea, my love by allyasavedtheday

Buddie, 911, 8,035 w, rated teen

summary:

“Bobby,” Maddie exclaims. “It’s Buck.” Eddie’s head shoots up, hand immediately going to his own radio. Did something happen? Is it another clot? Did Christopher call 911? Is Buck on the floor bleeding out while his son watches- “He and Christopher were on the pier.” There’s one dizzying moment where Eddie’s vision completely whites out and he loses all control of his limbs but then a strong hand is gripping his arm and he manages to pull himself together enough to focus on Bobby’s face. “Maddie, how do you know that?” Bobby asks and he sounds calm but Eddie can hear the tension hidden in his voice. This can’t be happening. This can’t be happening. “A girl with a drone called 911- she sent me the footage and-“ Maddie lets out a hitching breath. “They’re stranded on top of the 136’s ladder truck.” * Tsunami au in which the 118 find out about Buck and Chris being stranded on top of the ladder truck and come to rescue them before they get separated.

15. fic written by someone who follows you

a line drawn in the sand by crazyassmurdererwall (smartalli)

Buddie, 911, 5,655 w, rated teen

summary:

When Eddie forgets about a family tradition and can’t get off work early, Buck steps in and takes Christopher to Abuela’s for him. Eddie doesn’t expect Buck to still be there when he gets off work. He doesn’t expect to tell Buck how he feels. And he doesn’t expect to stand up to his parents. But maybe it’s about time he did. Maybe it’s about time he go after what he wants.

16. unhappy/bittersweet ending

Flowers for Julian by peytra

Garashir, DS9, 1,232 w, rated teen

summary:

A late-night conversation about time and gardening.

17. short fic (<1000 words)

Sleep And Be Peaceful by Elemental_Queen

Garashir, DS9, 214 w, rated gen

summary:

Garak comes home late, and finds Julian asleep on his couch.

18. BFFs

I really love you (oh, you’re my best friend) by stellarpoint (pettifogger)

Steve & Robin, Stranger Things, 1,457 w, rated gen

summary:

Robin approaches him slowly. She sees herself in the mirror: still dirt-smudged with bags under her eyes and dried blood obscuring her freckles. She rests her hand on Steve’s back and feels the rattle of his breath under the vest he still hasn’t taken off. “It’s okay, Steve.” He jerks his head up. His eyes are red-rimmed and shining. She slides her left hand all the way around his side until she’s hugging him from behind. She presses her cheek to the denim covering his back and closes her eyes. “It’s okay, dingus. You can let it out,” she murmurs. She rubs her face against his back and slides her hand down the bare skin of his arm. “It’s just me. You don’t have to pretend you’re okay.” Or: Steve has a tell for when he’s trying not to cry and Robin seems to be the only one who notices it.

19. pets

Birthday Surprise by PepperSpicedLatte

Saffi, ST: Picard, 100 w, rated gen

summary:

Evie, their beloved cat, has a surprise for Raffi

20. mistaken identity

What Happens At Comic Con by Heartithateyou

Stony, MCU, 1,164 w, rated gen

summary:

So Steve likes to go to comic con sometimes. And just maybe he dresses as Captain America. And perhaps he might flirt with an Iron Man cosplayer. But can you blame him?

21. remix fic pair (worth 2 spots)

out of the mouth of babes (a childish remix) by Fluffypanda

Stony, MCU, 3,745 w, rated teen

summary:

Tony doesn't know how to deal with a child-sized Steve that seems to think they're friends.

22. new (to you) fandom

when you think you've tried every road by firstaudrina

Tristan Duffy/Liz Taylor, AHS: Hotel, 3,224 w, rated teen

summary:

Normally Tristan would brush off someone eyeing his ass but this is different, somehow – like Liz looked at him once, and wanted to keep looking.

23. lyrics title - listen to the song too!

Crawling on Your Shores by Mireille

Stony, MCU, 9,600 w, rated teen

summary:

Compared to the last time Tony was trapped in a cave, this should be a piece of cake. It's really not. His armor is damaged, he doesn't have anything to work with, and he has an unconscious supersoldier on his hands. It's definitely not a piece of cake.

24. slow burn

keep a bower quiet for us by starghost

Garashir, DS9, 20,218 w, rating gen

summary:

Julian Bashir goes on vacation, and ends up stuck on Earth, in the past, with Elim Garak. Things could be worse, probably.

[autumnknight]

Thanks @wingsofhcpe for tagging me

Tagging @sunsets-and-satsumas @kissme-withyour-cherrylipstick @talvenhenki

[armenelols]

I was tagged by @emyn-arnens, thanks! <3

Rules: Tag 10 or more people you want to get to know better

Relationship status: single, acing it

Favorite color: I don't have one, but if I *had* to choose, maybe red? Idk

Song stuck in your head: The Chain by Fleetwood Mac, mainly because I am learning it on guitar and it got to the point where I am practising it in my head even with my guitar 100 km away. No, I don't know how that works either.

Favorite food: koložvárska kapusta... Would that be koložvár cabbage? Idk. Anyway it has cabbage and rice and potatoes etc

Last song played: Black Velvet by Alannah Myles

Dream trip: idk. Maybe Italy again. Or Egypt. Or Norway. Or Iceland. Or-

Last think I googled: cestovný poriadok - idk what it's called in English, but it's that thingy where you check train and bus and public transport schedules :D

Tagging @theelfmaiden, @tarninausta, @spifflocated, @tilions and @talvenhenki