#tcob

[blueelectricroom]

1. "How's that? This jacket looks like I skinned a giant baseball alive? That's a good one. Let me run; I'll see you this evening."

2. "Red, get Sonny and meet me at the place tonight. Tell DJ we're gonna be late, there's something we need to take care of."

[rowanoftheholybody]

Managed, if barely, to do a solo un sync clear of Coils T8 as DRG 70.

Like down to the wire on that.

However it looks like I'm goin to have to get a group to try T9 onward.

[crystalsamethyst]

Wip ask game! Wu ming gets knotted, a new servant and course of blood??? I want to ask abt all of themmm!!

Hehehe here we go:

Wu Ming gets knotted:

The new servant:

Aaand I will reveal a bit about The Course of Blood!

I'm building a fantasy world, which is suuper exciting and also incredibly stressful - I've taken a long break from this one because I burnt out after building a map and the magic system.

But! It's about a 'cursed' princess who's gifted with the strongest magic in generations and the return of her childhood friend after being gone a decade to train to become her knight. Not long after, issues in her kingdom arise, causing them to flee and investigate the origins of a brand new type of magic that's bringing the chaos.

Involves a lot of bloodline traits, specific magics and abilities, and reincarnation. Also, dragons! Because what is a fantasy world without dragons?? (They are actually very important in this one)

[starrieshq]

Cassandra Clare LOVES the grew-up-too-soon x babied-all-their-life trope

Clary was sheltered up until the events of TCOB meanwhile Jace was getting raised by Valentine

Kit was forced to grow up quickly while Ty was babied by Julian and his family

Sophie was cast out onto the streets while Gideon had a fairly nice upbringing (besides his dad turning into a worm but let's face it he deserved it)

Lucie was raised as the daughter of one of the wealthiest Shadowhunter families while Jesse literally died as a kid

And do I even need to explain Thomas and Alastair...

[thecultofbilly]

GOJO AND GETO ARTTT

hi this is Vinny from TCOB, discord— @x_vinny_x !!!!! don't judge my art please 😊 (young artist)

[swan-of-sunrise]

My Current WIP's!

Hi guys! It's been a while since my last WIP update and since I've been writing more often as of late, I thought I'd give ya'll an update for the holiday season!

Tales From The SSR/Specs and the Flyboy (Jack Thompson X F!Reader): I'm about halfway through a one-shot revolving around (Y/N)'s conflicted feelings about Peggy's recruitment into the SOE/her engagement to Fred (If you've seen the show, then you'll know how emotional it's gonna be so stock up on tissues).

Taking Care of Business (Din Djarin X F!Reader): The next chapter of TCoB is gonna be the one where Din and Alor'ad finally pick out baby names. I've yet to determine the sex of Baby Djarin, so if you have any preferences be sure to comment down below!

Stumblin' In Book VII: Superhero Snapshots (Steve Rogers X F!Reader): I'm more than halfway through writing a one-shot centering on the events of Multiverse of Madness and Steve and Booksmart's reactions to Wanda's apparent death (I refuse to believe she's dead for good). Again, this one'll be angsty (sorry!) so keep an eye out for that!

Spellbinding (Loki X F!Reader): Thanks to a conversation with @mostclevermiss, I finally got some inspiration for another Spellbinding one-shot! I'm still ironing out the details, but I will say that if you've ever wanted to see the male Avengers pose for a sexy calendar, then this'll be for you!

Starlight In Your Eyes (Cobb Vanth X F!Reader): After literal years of writing, re-writing, deleting and brainstorming, this one-shot has now evolved into a multi-chapter fic lol I have no idea when it'll be ready to upload but I promise that our favorite space cowboy will appear on my Fanfiction Masterlist!

So yeah, that’s pretty much it. Which stories or one-shots are you guys looking forward to? Let me know and don’t forget to give my fanfiction masterlist a like if you’re interested in reading any of this, I always update it after posting a new work! Oh, and happy birthday @mostclevermiss, I hope you have a wonderful day!!

[authorlaurawinter]

Hooray!!

TCOBS is finally on audio! It sounds amazing, and I’ve never been more enthralled by magical sword fights and knife flirting.

Grab it here.

[thekimspoblog]

Call 505-842-5662 and my wife will um... make some magic happen? TCoB?

[theacademysaga]

Alright, Officer Nealson. It’s time to do what you do best…TCOB! 🔥🖤 Won’t be long now, TAS friends!!!!!! 😁 . #bookboyfriend #booklover #bookobsessed #bookaddict #tbrlist #goodread #pageturner #nextread #bookclubreads #romancebookstagram #romancereader #romancebookaddict #bookpassion #theacademysaga

[awolgina]

Watch "BTO - TCOB TGIF tokesntunes rock on boomer learning series" on YouTube

[dog-bonezzzz]

Reblogging last post just to say!! The other content about Benrey's family is in Holly's Chronicles of Benrey video. One Chronicles is by scorpy and on his youtube, the other is by Holly and can be found on the HollowtonesVODs channel on YT. The one by Scorpy is very cool but I will say it will give anyone 'wtf am i watching' emotions, but i think that's just just him and his artistic excellence, everything he makes is a a trip in a very /pos way. Holly's is very funny and kind of like watching a little kid play with dolls- partway because it was done in gmod and was just her spitting random shit. Other side thing off HLVRAI is the HLVRAI ACAB (AI Crushes All Banks) stream, which was a charity stream done a bit after HLVRAI where all the cool dudes go and rob places! Very cool! The vods are on youtube (pretty sure they are on Wayne's channel, I also believe there are videos with the clipped out parts by other users the same way there was for HLVRAI!) Emmet and Benrey's mom (Mama Moula) are in the chronicles stream, Emmet is also referenced by Gnome Chompski in Wayne's other series Half-Life Alyx But The Gnome Is Self Aware (also on his channel). John is from the ACAB streams. The reason we mentioned the milk and the sort is because in TCOB Benrey grew up on a dairy farm :)

Asking desperately for more people to acknowledge the spin off and side things in HLVRAI with Benrey, please include Benrey's brothers, I need to see Emmet, I need to see John. I need to see Ben's mom, I need to see Benrey post-rescas taking care of cows, I need to see Benrey in the mixology department with Darnold telling him he's using the wrong kind of milk in a drink.

We have delicious, perfect material for random bullshittery for Benrey coming from (both Holly's and Scorpy's) the chronicles and it needs to be used DESPERATELY!!!

[thecultofbilly]

ALT GOJO AND GETO

WSG it's Vinny from TCOB, first post! can contact me on discord- @x_vinny_x

👍👍👍👍

[swan-of-sunrise]

Calling All Fellow Music Fans!

In case anyone's interested, I created a Spotify playlist that's sort of inspired by Taking Care of Business! It's filled with all the songs that remind me of Din and Alor'ad and the ones I listen to while writing my series for them, and I hope you all enjoy it!

Oh, and I also have a Spotify playlist filled with all my personal favorite musical tracks from various Star Wars films and shows!

Happy listening, ya'll!

Tagging: @remmysbounty @sinon36 @seninjakitey @thatonedindjarinfan @ginger-swag-rapunzel @mostclevermiss @momc95 @welcometothepedroverse @sarahjkl82-blog @aemondslove @ccomandercody @crowleysqueenofhell @wondergal2001 @groovy-lady​ @impala1967666 @fluffy-canada-pancakes @icee228 @siimiasoi @uncle-eggy @amyg1509

[authorlaurawinter]

TCOBS started as Brela and hidden magic because of some *event* that I didn’t know at the time.

I also knew her parents, but didn’t want her to know. I basically had her backstory becoming an assassin then said, “what if she’s also banging her two best friends then meets a dragon”

WRITERS: What sparked your WIP idea?

Yes these things end up intrinsically linked but what was FIRST? The spark you built from?

Absolutely provide more context if you want I love this stuff, numnumnumnumnum

[authorlaurawinter]

Audio!!

If yall aren’t big on audible or want a cheaper audiobook option that pays the author (me) more without a huge pile of gross fees, TCOBS is now available direct for just $20 instead of audible $27.

The Curse of Broken Shadows

Blurb below

An assassin, a powerful dagger, and a magic that shouldn’t exist.

Shadow magic is extinct. The Veil Worshippers who honor the shadow god’s wall are hunted for their artifacts, including the Veil shards that break off the wall in Valisea.

Brela vows to steal it all back. With the dagger of her people and a Veil shard embedded in her collarbone that has infected her with shadow-cursed magic, she is determined to keep her secrets or suffer a fate worse than death. That was a lot easier when the uptight and infuriatingly handsome Captain Cason Valkip wasn’t hunting her.

Cason has spent his entire life hiding—from the raids on Valisea, from his emotions, and from his multiple gods-blessed magics that everyone is afraid of… everyone except Brela. The chaotic, non-magic wielding assassin who drives him insane is also the only person who has never looked at his tainted magic without any ounce of fear. Which is why being forced to work with her to discover the source of the breaking wall sets his already uncontrollable fire magic ablaze.

With tension growing in the remaining kingdoms and mythical beasts threatening her at every turn, Brela’s secrets might not remain hidden for much longer. To survive, she will have to work with the one man who could burn her.

Because if shadow hell is released, no one will be safe.

For fans of Sarah J. Maas's Throne of Glass series, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and D&D. Dive into this epic, enemies to lovers fantasy with magic, found family, and knives. Lots and lots of knives. This is book 1 in a planned 3 book series (not including the prequel) and thus ends on a cliffhanger.

Suggested reading order:

Book 1: The Curse of Broken Shadows

Book 0: The Bones of Crystal Sands

Book 2: The Wings of Shattered Fire

Book 2.5: The Blade of Severed Bonds

Book 3: TCOFD

TW: This book contains explicit content and dark elements, including language, violence and torture, mature romantic scenes, and mentions of abuse.

[sincerelyravens]

WIP Wednesday

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However, despite the sadness Jana felt whenever she thought of Beauxbatons and her wishes that she had never left her friends, there was something equally as thrilling and magical about being at Hogwarts. Whenever she had first seen the castle, leaning out over the side of a carriage drawn by threstrals, Jana had been amazed at the beauty that it held and how a feeling of warmth seemed to rush through her all at once—like she was home.

The castle itself had a large number of floors and secret passageways and moving staircases that Jana thought it was a travesty that no one had bothered to craft a map. The hallways were not just occupied by students and teachers; there were also ghosts, who liked to walk through the walls unannounced and figures in portraits that sometimes liked to abandon their frame. There was even a large dining room with four large tables for each of the Houses (Slytherins, Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws, and Gryffindors—like Jana), a thousand or more floating candles, and an enchanted ceiling that showed the sky.

Outside the walls of the castle, there was the dark and looming Forbidden Forest where it was, as the title suggests, forbidden to go into without the presence of a professor. In the middle of the castle grounds, there was a massive lake where a colony of merpeople resided beneath the water’s surface as well as a giant squid who frequently surfaced to see the students. There was also a large willow tree that had a habit of swinging its limb at annoying birds or ruffling its leaves in annoyance. Closer to the castle, there was a cluster of greenhouses—filled with plants of all natures and levels of deadliness—and a decent-sized Quidditch pitch with stands towering high above the ground.

Over the summer, Jana had been brought to the school by the Headmistress and sorted into her house before the Head of the Gryffindor House, Neville Longbottom, gave her a quick tour. While Professor Longbottom had made extra sure to hit important places around the castle, such as the Gryffindor Common Room and dorms and the outside Greenhouses, little could’ve been done to help her overcome the massive learning curve. She, like the first years, was still struggling to learn the castle and its intricate hallways—and the trickster doors.

(discussion below the cut)

This week, I’ve decided to start a new “tradition” on my blog on Wednesdays by posting a section of my WIP. Recently, my writing has been rather slow and spontaneous (judging by me creating the idea and then posting ‘punch and tell’ in the same day) and it’s been incredibly frustrating to me. However, I’m hoping to get back to writing more frequently. 

In addition, I’ve been working on what I want to highlight as my “WIP”: my Hogwarts AU. I know I’ve been saying it for months, but it finally seems to be coming to fruition. Finally. The plans are all set—the background characters, the changes, the plots. However, still, I find myself stuck and second-guessing myself and doing this story because well, it’s not a sobbe story (and, let’s be real here, that’s what everyone wants to see). 

While this fic is a step back towards HP—my OG fandom and where I got my writing start as well as my favorite childhood world to disappear to—it’s also my first fic where I won’t be writing Sobbe and Robbe or Sander as the main POV character. So, while it takes a step into my comfort zone (into HP, where i know an embarrassing amount of minuscule trivia and random headcanons), it’s also a step outside of that because I’m starting a new pov with a character that I haven’t really written a lot of before: Jana.

Her book of Hogwarts AU—originally: the magic of betrayal; now: the curse of betrayal (or as I refer to it tcob)—depicts the story of season 1... with some minor changes. Of course, there’s the obvious such as magical classes and spells and flying broomsticks and ghost. But there are some also minor plot changes that I feel would be beneficial to focusing on Jana’s story—as well as taking out some that I just don’t really like as much—and inclusion of a plot that will hopefully focus more on Jana’s difficulty with school in the first half of season 1 (later in the season, she’s shown to be studying physics with Yasmina, but I always wished that they’d focus a little more on school). 

(I’ve also included magical technology since texts/social media are such a prominent part of every-day life and there’s no way Muggleborn students can disappear off the face of the earth completely for 9 months of the year without people getting suspicious. I’m sorry.)

In addition, it also includes characters introduced later in the series—from the beginning. Milan has become the assistant to Madam Pomfrey, who is getting close to retiring, and Noor Bauwens and Aaron Jacobs are already included with their canonical friends from season 3. Sander Driesen—everyone’s personal fav—has also been included since the beginning, with one of my favorite non-canonical friendships to tie him into the season 1 storyline. I’ve also included some of my favorite OCs to enrich the background (and mostly because I’m too attached to them)—such as Valentin and Sophie from Safe, Jonathon from Jij Verliest, and Celeste (who now has the last name, Maes) from just friends. 

As I mentioned, I’m rather nervous about this fic and I’m going to come right out and say it: it isn’t a sobbe fic. In the first book, Jana’s, I do not have it planned for them to even have an interaction—though currently both of them will have separate interactions with Jana. I know that hits/comments/kudos do not matter, but I’m also internally terrified that no one is going to read it or care for it. I’m writing for me, this is true, but I also love hearing that people are enjoying what I’m writing and regardless of any internal motivation that I feel, comments and kudos and asks fuel my motivation a lot more than people realize. 

So, I apologize that this fic has been taking a long time—especially since I’ve been slowly working on the idea for about a year now—and I hope that I’m able to get it out to you soon. I hope you are looking forward to this story as much as I am.