#the intention is to add a scene like this to one of my existing fics

[itriedwritingandhereiam]

Bruce: *visibly tired, 'tis the wee hours of the morning

Bruce: *spots Marinette

Bruce: Good morning....

Marinette: *with matching dark circles and slumped posture

Marinette: hn

Bruce: *trying to figure out which child this is

Bruce: What's your name again

Marinette: Marinette

Bruce: ∘ ∘ ∘ ( °ヮ° ) ?

Bruce:Would you like some coffee? I'm going to pour myself a cup

Marinette: sure, merci beaucoup Monsieur Wayne.

Bruce: Please, call me Bruce. Or Dad?

Marinette: Sure thing Dad.

*they both sip their mugs

Damian: Dupain-Cheng why are you awake

Marinette:Hi Damian, 'was just having coffee with Monsieur- euh, Dad

Damian: *visibly confused

Damian: Have you finally lost it

Bruce: That's no way to speak to your sister, Damian

Damian: she is not my sister

Bruce: I thought we were past the whole blood-

Damian: Dupain-Cheng has two parents back in Paris, France; I assure you, Father. Stop trying to adopt her into your hoard. The manor is cramped enough

Bruce:*looks at Marinette

Bruce: You're...not...my child?

Marinette: Euh.....no?

Bruce: But you called me Dad

Marinette: you asked me to

Bruce: I thought you were my child!

Marinette: I feel like that says more about you than it does me

ao3 link

[erraomens]

He Set My Demons Free .

Noah x Female!Reader word count : 576 words ( it's a short baby prompt ) prompt . he choked that mic like it talked back and I’ve never known peace since. ( gifset that started it all ) warnings/ tags. soft dom!noah sebastian, writer watched him grip a mic and immediately needed to be ruined, hand on throat, fingering (f. receiving), praise kink, emotional horniness, noah’s fingers deserve their own credit, slightly unhinged behavior. tag list ( i forgot to add this , i am so sorry ) . @lacy1986 , @fadingangelwisp , @bloody-spades , @flowery-mess , @chey-h , @w0manof-flesh44 a/n. He grabbed that mic stand and my last three brain cells started chanting 'choke me, king' like a ritual, and then I let them cook. This is not a fic, this is trauma bonding with a man who doesn’t know I exist but still controls my central nervous system.

He’s not supposed to want you like this right now.

Not when he’s still vibrating with the aftereffects of the shoot. Shouldn’t be tempted when he’s still tasting the lyrics on his tongue, still hearing the echo of his voice screaming You set my demons free in that abandoned altar of a soundstage.

But the second you told him you couldn’t wait, the second you made it very clear what you wanted? He snapped.

Now his hand is back on your throat, and this time he’s got you on your back—splayed out across a velvet couch in a side room, away from the set, the scene, the lights still buzzing overhead. You can’t tell if the haze clinging to your skin is from the artificial smoke still lingering in the air or the way he’s touching you like you’re something fragile he doesn’t want to break—but could, so easily.

His rings are cold where they press against your pulse point as his mouth trails open kisses down your jaw, teasing and tormenting–he knew what he was doing. 

“Still with me?” he murmurs, lips brushing the shell of your ear. “You were quiet.”

“I was trying to remember how to exist,” you whisper, a soft moan threading through the words. “I’m always here.”

His lips twitch, threatening a smile, but he doesn’t–not fully. Instead, he kisses beneath your ear, teeth gently nipping at the sensitive skin and says, barely above a breath, “You’re dangerous when you say shit like that.”

You gasp softly as his other hand moves between your legs, slow and punishing, while the one at your throat stays right where it is.

“I watched you during the shoot,” you confess, hips already shifting into his touch. “The way you held the mic…” He glances down at you, eyes scanning your expression, curiosity piquing.

“I couldn’t help but think of your hand around my throat,” you say, and it’s not meant to sound like begging—but it does. And he loses all composure. He groans, deep and wrecked, fingers moving against your center with the same steady, possessive pressure he used on stage—only now it’s for you, only you.

“I had you in my grip,” he whispers, mouth ghosting over your neck as his hand starts to move with more intention. “But you’re starting to slip…”

Your eyes flutter shut, back arching slightly with the hopes of gaining more friction from his tormenting movements. His grip on your throat tightens just enough to make you feel it—his thumb brushing your jaw, grounding you in the now.

“You bring out the worst in me,” he rasps, voice cracking around the lyric. You can’t help another moan, this one louder, which causes his fingers to tighten just slightly. His name falling from your lips like you were praying to him, begging. 

 His fingers move faster against you, feeling the way that you started to unravel, the way that your body reacted, soft whimpers and pleas indicating that you were close. He leaned in, pressing a heated kiss to your lips, pulling back only enough for his lips to ghost against yours. 

“Please won’t you stay for me,” he murmurs, the lyric broken by breath. “Don’t ever let me be–” And it was in this moment that you came apart under him, trembling under his grip, euphoria swallowing you completely. 

“You set my demons free,” he murmurs again, quieter this time. Less like a lyric. More like a truth.

[greetingfromthedead]

Welcome to a new world of lust and desire!

This is a series of smut oneshots taking place in an Alternate Universe where our beloved Trigun characters are dragon shifters. There is a loose sub-plot connecting the chapters to one another, but there is really no need to read any of this for the plot.

Attention: This is a Trigun x succubus!Reader collection with different partners, both male and female!

Introduction

The Trigun characters here are all dragon shifters unless said otherwise. Generally they are much larger than regular humans, hovering at around the 8ft mark, unless they are Meryl, who is still small compared to the others, now more like a regular tall woman. The dragons have their own affiliations (Vash = Sun Dragon, Knives = Moon Dragon, Wolfwood = Storm Dragon etc) and that comes with its own quirks. They can also shift at will (partially or completely), but they do always keep their horns. You are a succubus (human sized), feeding off their lust and growing more powerful as you get fucked by those delicious creatures. Your presence alone drives them crazy and you are well aware of it, taking advantage of it at every turn. Your goal is to make this nest of lust even more potent as that's what gives you life.

My version of the characters and their dynamics is a bit of a mix of all the different iterations, but their descriptions are generally kept vague enough so you can imagine whatever version you want and add your own HC to it as you please. Occasionally I am self-indulgent, like physically describing Wolfwood as a softer, untoned, tanned, hairy man. And Vash has a skeletal prosthesis cause I like the look and have plans for it.

Premise

All the dragons of the world have been pushed into living in one small area, focused around a mansion built into a mountain. Faced with their dwindling existence, the last remaining shifters indulge in each other, seeking passion and relief from each other's bodies in a messy polygamous dynamic. This lustfulness sends ripples through the fabric of the worlds, accidentally summoning you, a succubus from a hellish plane, into their midst to sow even more desire and mischief.

DISCLAIMER!!! VERY VERY VERY IMPORTANT TO READ BEFORE YOU CONTINUE:

This is a work of fiction. Duh. Don't take it too seriously. For all intents and purposes, all the sexual acts are consensual!!! Any dub con is fictional and play pretend. If it makes you feel better, they had the talk behind the scenes and the safe-word is "hullaballoo". Obviously I do not condone any non con or dub con irl, leave that shit in fiction and if anyone disagrees, they can fuck off to Hell. Do read the tags and TWs of the fics, but be aware that my tagging skills are "meh" and I occasionally forget things.

Oneshots (in order of events)

The oneshots are connected, but there is no need to look for a plot, feel free to read what you want in whatever order you want.

Drop of Lust (M/M/F ft Vashwood, 5k) - as Vash and Wolfwood have their way with each other, they accidentally end up summoning you into their world, but you don't get to watch them for long as they are drawn to you and include you in their fun. You make sure they both understand just who you are by bringing them unmatched pleasure and allowing them to fuck you into heavenly bliss.

Ignorance Brings Bliss (Vash, 2.6k) - Vash wants to take care of you by giving you the option to use the large Roman style bath and bringing you food, but due to some misunderstandings, you both end up wet and wild, finding alternate uses for some of the food items he brought with him.

Seduction (Knives, 3.2k) - You seek a warm embrace to spend the night, following the music through the mansion. You find a grumpy Knives playing the organ in his room and use your arts of seduction to completely wrap him around your finger, making him desire you more than anything else in the world.

More coming soon...

Didn't get your fill or not quite what you're looking for? Check out my MASTERLIST for more PG and Explicit Trigun content!

[batfambrainrotbeloved]

How to Writing multiple characters in a scene!!

Writing tips w/ Sunny (part 1, because I ramble and im positive ill end up doing this again if people want or for my own satisfaction)

This is just my methodology put in a way I think makes sense, if this doesnt apply to you thats okay everyone has different stradegies that work for them <33

SO lets begin.

"Rules" of writing multi character scenes + arcs, (First half is how to add them into a scene, second half is maintaining and not letting them vanish)

AHEM- Well there are four ways to place a character in a scene

Narration POV Aka the protagonist, this is the perspective ever present unless you CLARIFY the story is now through the lens of another character (Take for example my fic, while I play with multiple perspectives- a bulk is from Tims POV)

Secondary POV This is the character that DIRECTLY interacts with the narrator aka their "first point of contact" so to speak, they ground the narrator in the scene as not alone and is actually interacting with other people. (This DOES NOT have to be a speaking role, it can be purely observational if need be- but its the character that gets the most attention via the narrators perspective SIDE NOTE- THIS CAN SWITCH AS WELL)

Interactive POV Now we get to the "filling"- since Secondary doesn't need a direct tie to the narrator, you can have another character interact with the secondary character. But since they are not the focus of the scene its good to have a REASON they "Enter" or else if you spend so long giving the narrators perspective on #2 then you risk having someone "Materialize" in thin air. (This isnt really a concern unless you wait too long into the scene to go "Oh this guy exists-" you have time as you paint the reader a picture of the new enviornment/scene)

Enviorment POV Last but most certainly not least (and the one i've seen people struggle with the most) is the character that is PRESENT A N D NAMED- But serves no plot importance/relevance (to the narrator) during the opening part of the scene.

To put in better perspective- think of being in a room, The Narrator is you observing your surroundings (depending on POV style how "into the mind" of the narrator we go)

Secondary is the person you focus on, you hear their conversation, see their body language, expression, clothing, etc. They are the personal "focus" (there can be multiple as well)

Interactive is people SURROUNDING the focus, those who still play a semi active and visible role. They can either be within your line of sight interacting with the enviorment or speaking to a secondary/narrator character.

Enviorment is the person in the back of class that you know, but don't really register unless they do/say something- but you are still AWARE of their presence. CAREFUL NOT TO INTRODUCE THEM TOO LATE, OR ELSE YOU HAVE THE "MATERIALIZE" PROBLEM AGAIN

Now into a scene(aka recycling an old one)

Tim starred ahead silently from his side of the couch, watching Jason fidget with the soda tab on his shitty off brand Doctor Pepper he always insisted on getting. Around and around over and over, it was giving him second hand anxiety.

Thankfully they weren't forced to stay in the moment as Dick leaned over and pressed his shoulder into Jasons with a beaming smile "Oh come on it'll be fun"!

"Says you golden boy" Steph teased, half hanging off her chair and a foot almost knocking over Cass chip bag, only stopped by the fact Duke snatched it and moved it further along the table.

Well at least Damian seemed to be reacting rationally, seeming intent on slouching in on himself the more Dick tried to pull him and Jason together into a "group hug". It was a wonder his arms could even reach that far- even more so that they were still intact.

But Jason, like the rest of them, was weak to Dicks puppy dog eyes. Tim saw the moment he gave up a losing battle and his shoulders slumped in defeat, though his scowl ever present. "If I say yes will you fuck off"

"Ah ah language, we have children here"! Dick gasped, placing his ears on Damians ears which only earned him a snarl in return.

"I don't think Damian counts as a kid- and I just turned 16 which is basically an adult" Duke tried to defend, but his 'fierce glare' had less effect with his hand stuck in a bag of gummy worms.

Tim huffed- if Dick kept it up, they would end up with "family night", and he doubted all of them would come back alive.

(END SCENE)

Now to break down- Tim was of course the "Narrator" perspective that was viewing the scene, we get his insight even while not directly interacting with the characters just by his description tone.

Jason was of course the main "Secondary"character (though Dick was a mix as well) where the scene introduced by Tims perpective and tone by someone else in the enviornment.

Then you have Dick who is a perfect mix of Interactive character (how he entered the scene via movement, placing himself in perspective to the established other two) while shifting to have the most "scene impact" whilst still not being Tims focus.

Finally you have everyone else serving as Enviornment characters, with either a simple Line-action (ex-Steph) or a name drop in general placement (Cass) or establishment through movement, and only relevent later in the scene (Duke).

Damian kind of floats between, he is introduced via a reaction + Narrator observation, but then is mostly just an eviornment character. He is THERE but not really awknowleged beyond that.

NEXT- If that doesn't help much you can rely on "Environment rule"

Aka everyone is always doing something in any space they occupy- apply that to your characters. It can be as simple as when you have one character speak loudly to the narrating POV, another character shifts away or laughs.

They didn't need to speak nor did you need to detract from the tension/pacing of a scene by describing in detail their expression, positon, etc.

BUT in that moment your reader just clues in to "Oh okay x is here-" that is established, and whether or not x plays a role in a future scene within that enviornment doesnt matter much.

This is also the PERFECT oppertunity to give characterization. If a tense moment is going on you can have the narrator notice another character stiffen/flinch (aka affected by the conflict, even if not an active participant)

FINAL PART- MAINTAINING

This is where shit can hit the fan f a s t- getting a bunch of characters in a scene is one thing but keeping them there?? Hell at times.

But once again this all relies on "Narrator perspective" and unless you are switching narrators, you need a "cone of vision" to determine what is or isn't important unless you might break the tension of a scene.

Methods include-

Reactions

Two+ background characters interact (verbal or not)

Interact with enviornment

Enter/Leave a space (of note)

A sound registered but not explored (a chair creaking back, a glass dropping, snack bag rustling, or even my favorite which is the sudden absense of sound implying an audience)

"Incidents" (Someone drops something, attention goes to them for a sec- apology/oneliners, then switch back)

Check ins from NON NARRATOR, (or narrator, but usually works better to keep track of who is focused on who)

Characters don't need to be "ever present" just remind your reader they exist somewhere generally in the scene (and keep them in your back pocket)

But The best possible tool at your disposal?? BANTER.

Let characters interact, feel out their dyanmics- If you dont know how they interact in non tense situations, how does that change when tension amps up. Have a background character throw in a one liner- or the narrator observe a conversation they aren't a part of.

LET PEOPLE BE PEOPLE- And they basically write themselves

Last but not least- if you feel stuck or lost?? Treat EVERYONE like a narrator.

Who are they paying attention to? What are they seeing? How do they REACT to that? Do they speak up, do they tense, do they try and slip away or stay strong?

You don't need to know this for EVERY scene- but sometimes it helps out of a rut moment

ANYWAYYSS- This is my rant and personal methodology of how I place/maintain multiple characters. I hope this helps for anyone interested, if not find what works for you!!

My Asks are open if anyone wants me to give any other advice, tips, or just general ramblings about writing.

Otherwise,

Happy writing!!

[thedemonscrawler]

what does your writing process look like?

8D hello!

Okay so step 0: become haunted

Invariably, a scene manifests in my head, and the longer it sits there, the stronger the urge to write it becomes. Not all scenes make the cut-- there's a lot of ideas that don't meet my standards of IC, and others that would be good, but require more work to develop than I'm willing to invest. I'm avoiding working on any intentional multichaptered fics until Permission Slip is finished, so those ideas stay on the shelf.

Usually the tipping point is when I realize I've worked out the specific wording to start writing it down, and then it's all ogre.

Step 1: write

I go to the appropriate file (all of my SAMS fics start on one of three documents: Eclipse-focused, Ruin-focused, and NSFW. Permission Slip is all in its own file as well), pick a spot between the existing WIPS, and write down the scene that's in my head. Usually there's multiple by this point, and I often end up with about 1200 words of 3 or 4 scenes as a starting place. About half the time I'll go back and add a brief summary, just to keep track of what it is I wanted to do, but I've found that extensive outlines actually discourage me from writing, cos my brain is like "oh you already did it"

Step 2: write some more

The 3 or 4 scenes I've written have gaps between them, often pretty big ones, so I just fill in those gaps with more scenes. Over and over, until there are no more gaps. This can take anywhere between a couple of sessions to several months.

8'D and yeah that's it. Give it a good readthrough for errors and publish to AO3.

I don't write sequentially. Instead, i move from most to least interesting, writing whatever scene happens to be in my head and filling in the gaps later. I've found that the tough bits will always be tough, and I don't want to fight through them to get to what I really want to write, only to no longer be interested by the time I get to that part. This doesn't work for everyone, and some folks do better when motivated by the reward of writing the good bit.

Google Docs has an Outline feature, so each WIP gets at least a temporary title so i can navigate to it easily. For Permission Slip, I also use the outline to move through the chapters without a lot of scrolling, giving the active sections little names to keep up with them.

Permission Slip also DOES have an actual outline... kinda. Actually, it has two. One is a general outline of events over the course of the whole story, kept in the 'notes' section of the document. The other is the short, scene-specific outlines that get jotted down for each section. A multi-chaptered fic is really just a bunch of oneshots, if you think about it.

General advice:

Keep a 'Graveyard' document of all the scenes you've cut. It's so much easier to admit to yourself that something isn't working when you know it won't be completely deleted, and you can go back later and maybe yoink some stuff off the cutting room floor.

Share tidbits with your friends on Discord. Write a little section you think is particularly good? Copy+paste it and share it with someone you know will cheer you on!

[pluck-heartstrings]

7, 11, 12, 15 of the characters asks for your royal attendants, Sun and Moon, and Sorcerer Eclipse 💖

HI MANDY HIIIII ❤️❤️❤️ I’m gonna colour code these for you because it’s gonna be a mess otherwise.

Sun is red

Moon is blue

Eclipse is purple

7: what is an aspect of their appearance that you like the most?

I don’t use it often, but I love giving Sun those little white pupils. It adds an intensity and a direction to his intensity, and the little crazed element makes me go crazy. It’s v fun to add, and I try not to do it too often lest it loses its zest.

Moon’s twintail hat was such a nightmare in the design stage, but I’m glad I settled on long ones. I did a piece early on where his hat was short, and while I still like that piece (I’ll add it below) I still prefer the longer twintails. It adds a softness and drama that I love, and it was fun to write the bells.

Eclipse’s design is simple in comparison. Unlike the PMH boys, he’s just a tall stickbug shadow. Spikey and a stiff breeze could knock him over, yknow? But I find I like that simplicity. It makes him easier for me, and others to draw. (But I had to add the heels and the robo hips, even if they’re hidden under the cloak. I had to. You understand.)

11: is there any existing character from other media that your character resembles? Was the resemblance intentional or was it a coincidence?

Other than other DCA AU suns, I don’t think PMH Sun resembles any other media character. Other than the sunhinged aspect, I wrote him just like all other suns; excitable, loves kids, high energy and happy to do his job. The jealousy and possessiveness are sunhinged traits, but all his design elements were intentional, and any resemblance to other characters is accidental.

PMH moon is similar to Sun, in that they had to look like each other (as they are a pair) and needed to look the part for the Castle Faz show. The pantslessness tho….that was all me babeyyyyy

Eclipse on the other hand….has gotten a lot of resemblance queries. The closest I think is Aku from Samurai Jack (I definitely see it) but I have to stress that it was unintentional. I did not design him like that on purpose haha. As mentioned in a previous ask, I just tried to simplify his design, and his resemblance to any other characters was not my intention. That said, he’s gotten Maleficent, Jafar, and some other typical villain shaped characters in his look alike roster.

12: Do you have a playlist for the character? What songs do you associate with them and why?

I do have a playlist for PMH! but it’s private and unfortunately I can’t share it publicly because it has my full name attached to it and I can’t change it, oops. There are a few lute songs and opera songs that are mentioned in the fic (and a few musical numbers) but overall it’s a pretty disjointed playlist. It was useful for me to keep with the ‘emotional tone’ of some scenes. I’ll add a song for each character that let me get into their headspace.

A song I associate with Sun is ‘Let me be your wings’ from Thumbelina. There’s a certain point where I imagine Sun getting so caught up in his delusion that he imagines the Princess is asking him to let her fall; caught in a daydream of false happiness that he can’t see anything else.

For Moon I’d say it’s ’I hear a Symphony’ by Cody Fry. The song starts off quiet with just vocals and a single instrument, and then it booms into orchestra the more the lyrics begin to unravel the understanding of love in musical form. It’s a really beautiful song, and it captures Moon’s association with music and love really beautifully.

Now Celestial Meridian doesn’t have a playlist, and I can’t make a public one for the reasons detailed above. But less than a song, Le Parc aux Cerfs, which is a stunning short you can watch on YouTube, is a perfect capture of what I strive the ‘vibe’ of CM to be. Obviously it won’t be a perfect fit, but until I find a better example, I go back to watch this when I need inspiration. (This was sent to me last year in an ask and it was such a godsend thank you 🙏)

15: have you ever made a moodboard for them?

For Sun and Moon? No. They’re pretty straightforward, and pretty classic DCA boys imo. Sun and Moon motifs, with the addition of some theatrical and medieval elements. Add a lute, boom you’re done. (And don’t forget to take the pants away)

Eclipse doesn’t have one moodboard, he has like three haha. They’re more reference boards tho. One for poses, one for colour, one for story. None of them are safe for me to share publicly because ✨spoilers✨

[aziraphales-library]

Hello!! I love this blog, and thank you so much for doing this!!

I was wondering if you know any fics where people try to set them up?

Hi! We have a #matchmaking tag you can check out. Here are some more to add...

Oblivious by EdosianOrchids901 (T)

“Mr. Crowley and Mr. Fell had been truly baffling to watch all evening, often trading jabs about weather and horses and philosophy before stalking away to different corners. And yet they orbited each other, never staying apart for long, always drawn back together. Phoebe had never seen two people so desperately in love and yet so oblivious to it.”

Love is Blind (Tied Up and Gagged) by RoseDoesFanfiction (G)

"What-” Crowley starts, cutting himself off as he tries to make sense of the scene he’s currently observing. His mouth hangs open around the choke of inarticulate sentiments—mostly ardent confusion—he doesn’t have the words to voice. A shaky breath steadies his nerves as he slumps down upon the edge of his bed. From what he can see, Gabriel and Beelzlebub have kidnapped Aziraphale. He would laugh if it wasn’t so achingly tragic. “He was miserable,” Gabriel explains simply. (Or the one where it takes a minor kidnapping to get them to actually sit down and TALK for someone's sake.) Post Season 2 fix-it.

7 minutes in heaven by waddlesthejoghog (T)

"If Crowley and Aziraphale couldn’t figure it out, Muriel would have to take a different approach. It wasn’t enough to put them in the same location. They had to plant some seeds of conversation. They had to come to a conclusion naturally, but with a push." OR Muriel reads every book in the shop, then comes up with a plan to get Aziraphale and Crowley back together.

seven minutes in somewhere by whicorzoo (T)

In which Aziraphale Fell, in his last year at Eden High School, has had a long-standing, unyielding crush on Anthony Crowley that leaves him a flushing, stuttering mess at the other boy’s mere mention. Because of his affliction, he’s vowed to never speak with Crowley to avoid the inevitable and soul-crushing embarrassment that would surely follow. It’s not as if he’s really risking anything this way, anyways; Crowley likely doesn’t even know he exists. His scheming-but-well-intentioned best friend Anathema, a pantry, and a game of seven minutes in heaven aim to break that vow.

Muriel's Arrow by marsnack (T)

After waiting thousands of years Muriel is finally given their first mission on earth. To make humans fall in love. Only one problem. Or several, actually. Muriel isn't all too good at matchmaking. And Hell, for some unknown reason, really wants to steal Cupid's Bow. And er, the Instruction Manual heaven provided Muriel is a little... outdated When Muriel shoots Crowley with Cupid's Arrow, Aziraphale is desperate to find a way to reverse it. But Crowley is acting differently than everyone else who was shot by the bow. Perhaps it was because he's a demon. Or was there another reason?

The Whispers of The Moon by comicallybadwriter (M)

“Aziraphale, for the eleventh time we have enough wine!” Crowley groaned and leant across the bookshop door, waiting as impatiently as one could for their best platonic friend of 6000 years to finally finish packing a picnic basket for a night of looking at the stars. “Angel,” Crowley stepped into the kitchen and took Aziraphale’s hands in his own, “Anything you’re missing right now, I’ll miracle up in the snap of my finger. Literally.” Crowley raised an eyebrow and snapped his fingers for show when a tartan ribbon had fallen into his hands suddenly. The angel picked up the ribbon softly and turned it around in his hands, making Crowley pink in the face, “Sssorry Angel let me-” "Turn around dear." ::: Aziraphale and Crowley are finally left alone, but where there's a demon and angel, there's drama. What could possibly be worse than the end of the world? Well, a lovesick demon struggling to cope with the evergrowing need and want for their neighbouring angel could do some damage.

- Mod D

[defira85]

11, 12 and 14 for everyone you like. And Gromph. Cuz you somehow turned him into ur blobro and have caused him to live in my head rent-free (HOW)

From the ask meme here

11. Is there any existing character from other media that your character resembles? Was the resemblance intentional or was it a coincidence?

I made Kass to deliberately resemble a human version of default Durge, does that count? Otherwise... there's a bit of Darth Revan in the way I approach Kass, both default Revan and my custom Revan Vivaane. The amnesia, the unfathomable power, the dancing between good and evil. Oh, and of course the oracle Cassandra from the myth of Troy. Rhyme's character was defined by my immense hatred of how drow women are treated in FR canon if that counts

SIGH AND IF WE'RE DOING GROMPH. I'll succumb to the inevitable. Put Mannimarco from Elder Scrolls in a bag with Ludinus Da'leth from Critical Role and add in Dongfang Qingcang from Love Between Devil and Fairy and shake vigorously. VIGOROUSLY. They all deserve it

12. Do you have a playlist for the character? What songs do you associate with them and why?

I'm bad with playlists, I'll either put on the instrumental soundtrack or I'll have like two songs I play on repeat for them.

We Are by HAEVN is the song I had playing on repeat when I wrote Kass holding Enver as he died. Fucking DEVASTATING song. Begging him to stay alive, begging him to come home to her. HAEVN do some absolutely great music, I highly recommend.

Silverlines (Orchestral version) by Damiano David. He's the lead singer of Måneskin and he's doing some solo stuff lately. I specifically like the haunting nature of the orchestral version as opposed to the radio edit. This is relatively new so it's only just joined the rotation but it's Rhyme facing off against the Netherbrain expecting to die and reflecting on the fact that she's finally got something she's willing to die for in Gale. And the silver lines is a nice little nod to the astral romance scene I think.

I have spent like an HOUR going through Youtube and Spotify trying to work out if I have a song for Gromph and the answer is: not yet. Give it time, it'll happen. I'll halfheartedly say Born Without a Heart by Faouzia but it's not quite right for the vibe I go for OH WAIT FUCK I LOOKED AT MY FUCKING DURGETASH PLAYLIST. Power by Isak Danielson. Love me some fucked up power dynamics, and the power play between Gromph, the most powerful male drow in existence, born into luxury and wealth and power but still treated as lesser due to his sex, and Rhyme, lowest of the lower class, one step above slavery, uneducated labourer who by sheer cruel luck caught Lolth's attention and got uplifted to a position of ultimate power in drow society, is SO toxic to start with. He hates being outranked by her despite his hundreds of years of accomplishments. She hates being talked down to by him. They have SO much in common if only they'd allow themselves to recognise how they're both being abused by the system!!!! So yeah they can also borrow my Durgetash song

14. Do you have any quotes tied to the character, either from the story itself or from another source that fit them?

Kass has two really good lines from her fic that I love as a zinger, they're from her confrontation with Bane: "My name is Kassara Ansuran, the Waiting Storm, and I am tired of waiting!" and the second one "Call me Kassie again, you tyrannical cunt," she said.

For Rhyme it's from the poem climbing by Lucille Clifton: maybe I should have wanted less

For Gromph it'll be from Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits: He had the awkward tenderness of someone who has never been loved and is forced to improvise

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i suppose the urge has a similar energy to the tour bus clip… something vulnerable in the middle of the tabinof/tatinof era (when the Dan and Phil™ branding + danisnotonfire/AmazingPhil personas were at peak). now whether *they* intended it that way, i'm not sure.

oooh that’s an interesting comparison I didn’t think about that!

re: author intent, one of many central hypocrisies at the core of my character is that I tend to lean more towards the reader response theory of literary criticism, stemming from the fact that I think trying to make statements about author intent is kind of presumptuous at best and can lead to the flawed process of trying to read the artist through the art. however. the heart yearns for speculation. but I will try not to.

i think the main commonality with the urge and the tour bus thing is that they both exist at this intersection of vulnerability and plausible deniability. this is a balance they are really fucking good at. I think with the tour bus thing specifically, it’s harder to steer away from those questionable discussions about intent, and we will not know unless they tell us if it was an accident or a subconscious desire for some level of transparency or a secret third thing entirely. so I will talk about the urge more, partially because I have a lot more to say about it.

one of the most “interesting that this was specified” details in it is that dan wakes up from being turned into a vampire with his shirt off. on a writing mechanics level it makes sense, a better visual for him trying to feel his own heartbeat than putting his hand under or unbuttoning his shirt. on an in-universe practicality level it makes sense too—his shirt was likely soaked in blood, and leaving to sleep in it would be gross, so it’s rational to take it off. but it is also like…distressingly intimate, having someone take off your clothes while you’re unconscious, and then you yourself not being fazed by it when you wake up. but again, the practical reasons lend it deniability.

that’s just one example, but I do think the urge is full of them. as another, your best bro pushing you up against a tree and sinking his teeth into the side of your neck is acceptable because in the language of the genre it’s presented as a threat. also I do just want to shout out the scene of dan contemplating phil’s impending funeral—it doesn’t really add anything to my point here because it does quite reasonably exist in friendship territory and they are best friends regardless of anything else, but jesus christ it’s such a tremendously vulnerable moment.

and there IS this allegorical level you can read into the whole thing. there’s a lot of baggage surrounding things like xenophobia in the vampire subgenre, and the messages about sexuality sometimes intersect with things like sexism and homophobia in ways that aren’t particularly delightful, but the fact remains that vampirism not infrequently serves as a metaphor for sexuality, particularly repressed or “deviant” sexual desire. the urge, notably, doesn’t end tragically, it ends with the characters embracing their deviancy together and this prospect of eternity spent with one another. (yes they are about to kill people, but like, theyre doing it together <3) (I also think you can argue elements of this carried through to dapc, but that’s another thing). but then there’s the counterbalance of “these are playing on genre tropes or shorthand, and specifically fanfiction tropes, so if your aim is to write A Dan and Phil Fanfiction, of course you’d use that language”. and I don’t really think that’s a reach—they’ve both kind of joked about the “phil always dies” subset of fics before, and in both of their fics, phil dies, even if it’s somewhat subverted in the urge. the result is the fact that there’s both risk and safety there.

(also. there’s probably more that can be said about the distinction between dan prime and dan the character but I do think that dips a little more into murky speculative territory, and ultimately I’m not sure how much it matters to my point. I just feel like I have to make note of it somewhere.)

I feel like I’ve gotten slightly off track, but like I said, this balance is a thing theyre incredibly good at, and theyre still playing with it now, just in a very self-aware and more for the sake of humor way. again, the tour bus; we will confirm to thousands of people that we did in fact share the bed, but bros can share a bed (wink wink nudge nudge)! we were STRAIGHT UNTIL 2019! (which I do think also implies that they couldn’t just be, like, independently gay). “phil said no homo” in the date night video. joint project the phaby joke where phil says “who” is a question when dan is sitting next to him holding an ultrasound in proud tears. it’s not that I don’t genuinely think they like their privacy in this respect, but I don’t think that’s mutually exclusive with the fact that it’s kind of a bit in a different way now. it’s a really fascinating evolution from a time where leaning on this intersection was far more necessary for survival.

anyway the true love story here is not between dan and phil it is between me and the humble parenthesis.

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Uhh I dunno if you still accepts asks atm, but I’ve been reading your fanfic for Kotetsu and I LOVE WHAT YOU DONE FOR HIM!!! Honestly thought S2 was gonna give him focus since I was sure from seeing the opening as he was seen closing his locker and that left me to believe (oh there’s gonna be a huge arc for Kotetsu?) but fast-forward to the end, THAT NEVER HAPPENED 😭

So I’m glad this fic exists so I pretend this was actually Season 2. Also, if you had to make a visual for Kotetsu’s Invisible Crusader costume (+ his and Barnaby’s stealth suit) what it would look like?

HOWDY! I do accept asks! Thank you so much for sending me one!!

I'M SO GLAD YOU LIKE IT!!! THANK YOU!! I'm also so nervous every time I post another chapter lol. My intention with No Good Deed was to give myself the series 2 that I wanted. I treat it like American comics where this is canon but it's just my universe. If I had the drawing talent, I would LOVE to make this into a comic book!

But DO NOT GET ME STARTED ON HOW BADLY THE WRITERS FUMBLED S2 OR I WILL RANT FOR PARAGRAPHS. I was also hoping that it would be focused on Kotetsu (expected it actually because the focus is always flipflopping between him and Barnaby). There's SO MUCH about Kotetsu and Ouroboros that we still don't know about!

I also wanted a specific focus where Barnaby was the support this time BUT could give crucial insight as someone who spent a good portion of his life doing investigations/getting obsessed with getting justice. Like WHY have that be a main part of his backstory and then be like "oh, well, he's done with that now, who cares?", especially when he STILL doesn't have answers about Ouroboros?

It just felt like if S2 decided to not add in three new random unlikeable characters, an entire Ryan backstory, all the casual friendship episodes in the first season, fiercely not letting Kotetsu and Barnaby stand no less than five feet away from each other 90% of the time, and making L.L. Audun a random adversary (and not even connect to ANY of the heroes by making him a past villain of Kotetsu's or SOMETHING), then the show would have made far more sense to be called TIGER & Bunny.

We also probably would have had less cringey and cooler fight scenes but I digress.

Suit Inspiration:

My vision for Wild Tiger's crusader suit was VERY much inspired by some of the early versions of Marvel and DC costume designs. Considering that Kotetsu would have been a crusader in the 60s very early 70s.

I was thinking something like Wildcat (DC) and Black Panther (Marvel) but with green tiger stripes, green claws, and a cape added like this:

BUT add the overall shape of Wild Tiger's cowl of his first suit so it comes across like more of a Tiger than a panther:

^^^Like this! I don't know WHY they got rid of the ears OR the cape!!! Not to mention I theorize the reason WHY Kotetsu is so clumsy in the Apollon suit is because it's BIG, HEAVY, CLUNKY ARMOR and he's used to lightweight, skin-tight, and having a full range of motion. AND I have the wildly unpopular opinion of preferring his first suit over Saito's.

NOW for the stealth suits for Wild Tiger and Barnaby:

SO I don't have the clearest vision here for them, but this is what they're supposed to be giving a mix of-

The Batman Beyond suit

and The Arkham Knight's suit:

BUT in their individual colours of course.

Kotetsu's helmet has the same ears that his first suit does and has claws, Barnaby's helmet has ears too but they look like the ones his regular Apollon armor has already.

Again, thanks SO much for the message and the ask! Please don't be shy to send asks my way as I very much welcome them!

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10 17 24 I think was the last one. hi kiri Ask game :)

ask me something from this list?

putting these answers under a cut bc it got long

10: what is the longest amount of time you’ve let a draft rest before you finished it?

okay I need to do some research for this one. I think this question means to ask, like, how long I’ve just… not worked on something before coming back to it and completing it? and that’s different from “how long have you worked on a project” which is… also a bit hard to determine. I’ll just note some interesting spans of time, then. my current WIP has existed in some form since October of 2021, which is fun. I’ve definitely spent a good 6 months not touching it in the slightest, maybe longer during the early years, but I’ve not finished this one yet. I am committed to completing this, though. it’s just a fic that takes and deserves a lot of work. apart from that, I’ve been writing vague scenes related to freed & laxus’s relationship, and snippet #4 was written 2 whole years after snippet #3. so I’m definitely someone who can return to old ideas… especially around 2021 and forward, my style hasn’t deviated enough for me to really never want to return back to any of it. so I tend to add to fics I haven’t touched in a long time. my ideas usually just hang in unpublished limbo for years, sadly. most of it will probably never see the light of day even though I like it. I’m trying to get more comfortable just posting scenes with little context, but it’s tough.

as for published stuff, for “bloom” I wrote the first scene in September of 2019, and then started working on it again in September 2020, which is when I then posted it.

17: talk about your writing and editing process

oh boy… how do I talk about this. I’m unsure even how to describe any of it.

like titles, I think my fic ideas stem from two places: the “point” and “concept” at hand. sometimes I’ll think “oh, this situation would be really fun to explore” (like, hanzawa showing up in the case files of jeweler richard) and work from there to figure out what the main idea of that story would look like (okay, so I think this would lead into discussing how hanzawa puts up a façade, and seigi’s influence would change him in a way that is impactful yet minimal enough to work for merging both canons), and sometimes I’ll think “oh, I really want to express this aspect of a story / character” (I want to write about what interests me regarding hanzawa and tashiro’s relationship) and have to figure out how to get there (I can have them discuss hanzawa’s dyed hair during club practice, and expand that out into various musings).

these usually start out with me just like… writing a scene, if I’ve got a vision of one in mind, but some just start out with like. a topic sentence. it depends how clear I am on what I’m doing. These days I outline more often, so I tend to hash out the concept alone or with a friend, collecting various ideas for how I might expand on whatever I initially thought, so it can actually be a complete piece of work. I first start by outlining various “scenes” or “moments” I think would work, and then I try to break it down into way more detail and build stuff out. for longer things, I might have extra notes just analyzing various parts of the piece.

writing is usually just pretty much… sitting down and doing it. I tend to write scene by scene, and write later scenes only when it’s like, I’ve got a perfect vision of how it’ll go and have to write it down. so I can have snippets of stuff that shows up later, but it’s not usually intentional. for fics where I have a detailed outline of bullet points, I stick that section of the outline in my draft and write while going through each bulleted point. delete a bullet point every time I complete that bit, until I’m done with the scene.

I edit a bit as I go, but to not get too stuck, if I’m struggling for words I tend to put that bit in square brackets [like so]. when I edit, I usually ctrl+f for these square brackets and try to address any notes I might’ve written down. then I like to just read through it and either mark it up as I go or just fix it as I go. it depends on the level of work something might need. I edit scene by scene, though when I edit is up to when I feel like it. sometimes it’s just at the end, or other times I write a scene, edit the scene, and then write the next one. if I can, I’ll sometimes get someone else to read over a scene, especially if I feel unsure about the direction.

lastly, I like to sleep or rest my eyes before doing a final check for grammar, spelling, and formatting. in general I like to try and have “fresh eyes” while editing!

24: how do you recharge when you’re not feeling creative?

…do I? I feel like I almost always want to write and want to be creative. Usually it’s life that’s hampering me. but there’s definitely times when words feel beyond me. I usually just sleep, or I try to switch formats… instead of prose, why not bullet point my way through it first? or talk through it and just vocalize all the dialogue? or I switch to handwriting text, or I change the font so what I’m working on looks visually different to before. I think that helps the work feel less stale. I also love talking to other people, because that makes me get a bit of external motivation.

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Villain here. Yeah fr. I was kind of a jerk in my post/tags but only because (especially on that day) I was quite frustrated and fed up of the "m*phlink happens in aoc" "um aksually m*phlink is canon in aoc ☝""zelink can never happen in aoc" arguments I kept seeing online in various places.

I do understand wishful thinking and all but it has felt like nobody saying these things actually played the game (or watched the cutscenes all the way through), just purely repeating what others said and running with the fact the champions are alive while ignoring the actual content presented in hwaoc.

Like, if I was a writer setting out to make m*phlink canon, I would not give her a single scene of focus (her introduction) and then have her in the background for the rest of the game, while writing zelink scenes like that castle hallway moment that feel pulled straight from a fan's pre-calamity zelink fanfic lol. Koei Techmo/Nintendo's intent seems pretty obvious (especially since they went and added an entire extra zelink montage in DLC content), so I really don't know how "m*phlink canon in aoc" became such a popular idea?

There's also the robot in the room: Terrako. The name means "earth child" and becomes glued to both Zelda and Link as if they're his parents. I mean one of the DLC scenes even makes them both look like out-of-breath parents who have been searching high and low for their missing toddler (the comedy of the moment being that Terrako is actually more than fully capable of handling himself and they just missed the intense battle that happened)

NOTE: If anyone decided to reblog this, please do not add any ship tags for anyone. That's gonna be my policy moving forward for content like this.

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Completely and entirely understandable. No judgement here. Can't judge actually, I'm a problem sometimes. I've been guilting of misinterpretations too. I had my crap called on my characterizations of Rhoam called out this year, and I've had to revisit both BotW and AoC to fix it. If I blocked everyone who had One of Those Days where they decided to pick a fight against the Fandom, especially for a mischaracterization, I'd be blocking all my mutuals, a lot of people I respect in the Fandom, and also I'd be blocking myself. We're human it happens. So long as you don't endorse being a butt.

I lose my lid on misinterpretations a lot more than I really want to admit. Especially when they have that real coercive wording of "accept the thing as canon or else," or just refuse to acknowledge itself as a headcanon, then get butthurt when they are (very politely or gently) fact checked by someone else. Both of which could have been entirely avoided if people were upfront with whether the Canon had been regarded or not (which is usually what sinks my battleship).

I've sniffed both ends of the skunk (does that saying work?) concerning this whole mess with AoC and BotW and all that jazz just from fic writing alone. Having ZeLink be canon and have there be a true reason for the Zora Armor's existence? Yikes. Piss keyboard warriors on both sides off. (the gist of it being that Link was part of a dying sub-tribe to the Hylians and agreed to an arranged marriage to Mipha to prevent himself from having to commit inc*st, however, Mipha was clear that she knew Link didn't love her and that he only agreed in order to save his sister, and also willingly dissolved their contract when he fell in love with Zelda instead. But that's another post)

But I'd never try to coerce someone into accepting that as the reason for BotW's semi-confusing set up. For all canon purposes, I blame the Zora themselves for not critically thinking about Link's current situation, and believe that they may have been unintentionally manipulative to him simple because they weren't really thinking about Link's complete absence of memory/sense of self. Yet again, not something I'd force somebody to believe as canon. And emphasis on "unintentionally," because I really don't see malice in any of them. Especially Sidon (and whoo, he's a whole other dumpster fire)

As someone who would easily place Age of Calamity into the My Top 3 Zelda Games (shoot me, I know), I've spent a stupid amount of time analyzing that game. The idea for ZeLink being pregnant at the time of Calamity innocently enough came from me and my cousins analyzing the game together and actually making fun of the sheer waistline difference between the white Prayer/Priestess Dress and her pre-Calamity armor. And don't you know that would make people boil if I tried to present that as canon 😂

I fully believe Terrako is 10/10 intended and written to be Zelda and Link's "son." But I wouldn't use any fanon discourse to try and prove that. I don't think I need to with the game in hand. There can be a bit of "stretch" I think that ZeLink fans pull in determining how early in the game Terrako "decides" Link's his dad (I don't believe this happened in the cutscene where Link defends Zelda from the Yiga and Terrako beeps a ton and kind of bites at his ankles, which is where I've seen a lot of ZeLink-ers say it happens). But to me there's absolutely no doubt that Nintendo and Koei intended for Terrako to be their child. And some fans' decisions to try and define One Instance™️ that Zelda/Link/Terrako became one family doesn't detract from the fact that the game heavily appears to be going in that direction. I mean, Zelda is clearly his mom, don't need a degree in Nintendo to figure that one out, which raises the question of why Terrako is almost always following Link around instead of his "mom." I also won't force people to accept that if they don't want to, as long as they at least acknowledge what the canon is actually saying and not what their fanon desires. Points for the newbie fans/offline fans for that one because they're not in this discourse mud all the live long day! (I also watched the Restoring Terrako cutscene again to make sure I'm not accidentally lying, and when Terrako wakes back up and recognizes Zelda, Link does that nod + very slight smile thing that he does to Zelda when Calamity is defeated. He nods a lot in the game of course, but I think those are the only two times he's nodded and smiled. Don't quote me I didn't rewatch the entire game)

The DLC at times definitely feels like Link and Zelda dealing with their little toddler, haha. That picture he takes of them both at the end OOF.

Honestly, it really feels like Mipha is ignored once the Zora Princess plotline is over. Unless I'm severely miscounting, she has about as many "alone" moments with Daruk as she does with Link. And ain't nobody shipping them in AoC! (as far as I'm aware, I'm sure there's someone)

I feel like if Link was supposed to have any chance of falling in love with Mipha in the BotW storyline/universe at ALL, they would have made that astoundingly clear in Age of Calamity. But they don't. It feels even more like a joke in AoC than it did in BotW/TotK. The DLC slams the lid on those fingers even harder.

In fact, we could sit here for the whole night debating about whether or not any ZeLinkness in TotK was already written/known to Nintendo when this game was made AND whether or not they specifically made this game Heavy on the ZeLink or Not Heavy on the ZeLink simply because of whether or not there would be ZeLink in TotK. Because there was at least some time where there was production overlap between the two games. No clue how much, but there was some.

Actually, despite whether or not I wanted to make Link end up with Zelda/Mipha, I still wouldn't have cast her aside like it did. After the Zora Princess plot when Mipha bonds with Ruta, it starts feeling like her only driving motive is her affections for Link. Which we know from Champion's Ballad, the Zora Princess plotline, AND when Sidon/Riju/Yunobo/Teba fall out of the sky that her love for her brother, father and people equates (I would actually say "exceeds") any Link-related motives or personality points that Mipha had. So I would force the story/game to put Mipha in places where Link is completely out of sight out of mind. Because there are some parts of BotW/AoC where it acts like Link's her only purpose in life. Which is a problem.

If I wanted to make sure the public knew that Link was supposed to love her and not Zelda, I would have made it dang sure it was obvious. And the only thing I really find obvious in AoC is that her affections are played almost like a joke (or at best a subplot where everything but the beginning and end were cut from the game last minute). I can't remember how to unlock the Zora Armor in AoC, what quests you have to do, but I do remember it was a LOT. Like, the fact that you have to do a LOT of mediocre side quests (I think you have to be post-game to unlock it? I cant remember, but it raises more points if you do) to unlock it instead of it being accessed through the main story says something about Nintendo's intentions, and to me that "something" smells like "included for reference/fanservice only". It was actually one of the last clothing items I got simply because there were a lot of hoops to go through to get it. (I mainly wanted to unlock it to read the description, and the description almost sounds like Link is making a joke of it, or if he's actually concerned that he could GET IN TROUBLE for having it which... raises a lot of flags).

I would have made sure Link got that armor during the main story if he was supposed to love Mipha. I would've made sure to include a part with Zelda and Terrako that more or less says "I know you like him, but he's not your dad" if he wasn't supposed to end up with Zelda. However, neither of those things exist. And they would HAVE to exist (or something very similar) to outweigh everything else occurring in that game.

The whole rest of the game smells so heavily of a ZeLink fanfiction, I actually want to laugh. I couldn't have based ZeLink fanfiction so heavily off this game if there was no ZeLink.

What also makes me want to laugh? Every interaction Urbosa and Revali have in that game. HYLIA she seems so done with him.

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Adrien's my favorite character in miraculous, and though I'm not big on woobie whump I do love me an angsty dark fic. Ugh, I've misplaced so many of my Sadrien bookmarks, but here are some of my angsty favorites, organized by wordcount (meaning ships, AUs, Canon Divergence, and most importantly, RATINGS are NOT TAGGED in this post). I'm a slut for AUs, Canon Divergence, and horror, and I've tried to avoid saltfic and freakfic since this is a reblog lol.

There are two fics in particular I wanted to add to this list but cannot seem to locate.

One of them was an akumatized!Adrien fic where his akuma has doppelgangers of himself based off his emotions (read between 2016-2018).

The other was a post season 5 fic where Adrien is basically struggling with keeping up the mask of mourning now that his father is dead and regarded a hero, because he is glad Gabriel is dead. (read within the last year.

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a witch's familiar by metawohoo

In which a married businessman neglects his son and sleeps with his personal assistant.

One of the first Miraculous fics I ever read, before Gabriel was confirmed to be balls to the walls crazy. When he was like, neglectful abusive lite and we still got Adrien character-development in canon. T_T This story isn't explicitly Adrien-centric, but the angst is just *chefs kiss* impeccable. Nathalie and Gabriel are fucking awful in this fic and I am emotionally invested in seeing where this story goes.

Heroes of the day by metawohoo

Alya tries to reconnect with other Akuma victims, and discovers some lingering issues to the whole "supervillain" business. In the meantime, Marinette misplaces Tikki, and Adrien's relationship with his father grows tense.

An intensely plotty novel, but Adrien's subplot in this story is so well written, it exists in my head rent-free ten years later.

The Midnight Oil by Lyoko_Native

Adrien was kidnapped and held captive for ten years, enduring unimaginable torture. Through dumb luck, he finally manages to escape. But now, he has trouble adapting to a world he can't even remember.

This one is for the whump lovers. Do you graphic imagery of your woobies being tormented, then a slow, loving recovery, complete with happy ending featuring OTP? This is the fic for you.

Metamorphosis by artisticFlutter

Everything is normal - everything appears normal. However, humans are already evolving, already changing into beings no one has seen before with powers capable of defying the perception of reality. The few that have are hidden and the rest that can still walk around unaware, their powers lying dormant until they awaken naturally... ... or, because of one man's desire, are forcibly drawn out. Adrien Agreste, the son of Gabriel Agreste, and Marinette Dupain-Cheng, the daughter of Tom Dupain and Sabine Cheng, become the victims of his intentions. Now the two teenagers must learn to cope with their new abilities, new powers, and deal with a world that has yet come to term with their existence. (Mutant!AU)

NoMiraculous!AU. Out and out horror, graphic imagery, delicious PTSD-scenes and angst. Love this.

what worse luck by GuardianKarenTerrier Series

He doesn't know what happens. One minute he's struggling against the leash spell, the next he's tripping on his own momentum as the magic suddenly snaps, as he tastes freedom for the first time in- in ever, probably. Adrien doesn't stop long enough to think about where he's going or why. He just bolts. (Marinette's spell goes wildly off-target, but it's a stroke of luck for everyone involved that it does).

This is one series I run to when it updates. Adrien is sad af, Marinette is more heroic than she is in canon, and I'm rooting so hard for them. Beautifully written, excellent world-building, and overall an engrossing read. Also recommend Seeking Shelters.

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Adrien Needs Therapy by Talik_Sanis

Just a series of stories that typically end "badly" as I explore the multifaceted effects of Gabriel's abuse on Adrien's fractured psyche.

Initially, I started out only recommending A Man of Action (Figures), but then I figured I should just recommend the series as a whole here, which is why it's in this category. One of the best, multifaceted, complex characterization of Adrien I've found on the internet. A favorite of mine. Talik-Sanis is an amazing author I found through their MAWS fics, if you like other sad bishi boys. ^_^

Treachery by Lynse (ao3 members only)

Hawk Moth--Gabriel Agreste--knows his son is Chat Noir, so he gives Chat Noir an ultimatum he's sure Adrien can't refuse.

Lynse is an angst queen. I stan her across multiple fandoms. This is my favorite miraculous fic from her!

Muddled by lethargicshadowlover (orphan_account) ABANDONED FIC

It was thought by the time she turned twenty Marinette Dupain-Cheng would have her life in order, her heart locked in a safe place, and her dreams well on their way to being achieved. See, University was great and all, but it didn't provide help and answers to how these things were possible. But her salvation did come, in a friendship she didn't think would be possible with the man she'd swooned over through her teenage years. Still, even with Adrien Agreste at her side in more ways than she could've hoped, one issue remains to break the foundations she'd worked to build, and, that issue came in the form of Chat Noir. But Ladybug, too, must take the blame for so many mistakes as the two of them find themselves confusing each others lives unknowingly. (Originally by lethargicshadowlover / notquitejiraiya, but abandoned. I’m very sorry.)

This is saaad. Enjoyable read, but saad.

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What Makes a Monster by wackus_bonkus

An Akumatized victim steals Gabriel Agreste's wedding band. When Shadow Moth turns up, desperate to obtain the ring, Ladybug and Chat Noir decide to Cataclysm it.

Ooh, I wish this would happen in canon. It won't, but I wish it would.

i'm yours to keep by 0_Snow_Light_0

Adrien meets Plagg when he was a child. This changes everything and yet nothing at all.

Shortened because whyyyy are ao3 summaries 10 million words. Anyway, this is a WIP I'm currently enjoying. Weird, intense, and the prose is so purple it's violet but I am invested and enjoying every update!

My Body is a Cage by TrishaCollins

Five Years Ago, Hawkmoth made a wish and disappeared. It should have been the end of the story, but for Adrien, it was anything but. Bound by his Amok at the side of a wife he hates, Adrien struggles to survive in a world that wants to eat him alive.

OOOH the whump is whumping here. Adrien suffers and suffers, questioning literally everything but his love for his daughter. The part of this I enjoy the most is probably the fact that though he questions everything, and the narrative is disassociated in a lot of parts, there's no point where he questions if his feelings for his child are real. Very raw reactions, not just a happy ever after, and a wonderful build that literally gave me canon amnesia it was so good.

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Persona by Windschild8178 Series Link

Adrian Agreste: Perfection. The tabloids had been grossly misled. Gerard snorted, tossing the paper aside. Adrian Agreste was the farthest thing from angelic. In fact, he was a mischievous, troublemaking, escape artist who periodically gave him heart attacks because of the shit the little imp pulled. Gerard knew better. He knew who the real Adrian Agreste was and he’d watched the two powerful Agreste’s systematically destroy that person for what they wanted in a son rather than what they had. The worst part was… Gerard had been a part of creating that persona.

Every time I work on my crossover, and I need a reference for Baby!Adrien, this is a fic I find myself returning to. This fic just so excellently explores the depth of character that was hinted at in earlier seasons, from an outsider POV. Love love love love this fic. If there was one Sadrien fic that I would consider a must read on this list, it's probably this one.

Senti!Cat Adrien by Anonymous

Emilie and Gabriel deside that they do not have the time for a child, but the sentibeing is almost already created. Despite being a cat, Adrien - their creation of love - still has traits of a human. This changes some parts, but others remain the same. What is a senticat to do?

I feel like a fraud including so many senti!Adrien fics because goddamn do I hate that plot twist, but this fic is so good. Well written, fast-paced, angsty, and unique~

What Makes a Family By justpeachie

AU: Bridgette and Félix's life is turned upside down with twelve-year-old Adrien is placed in their care. The foster parents find themselves falling in love, however, and together the three learn how to become a family.

A proper woobie kid!fic, completely jossed in every single way by canon but still a comforting feel-bad-then-good read.

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i'm a liar in a way that's uniquely my own by deathrae (ao3 users only!)

"All the world's a stage," he purred. "I'm just the only one who can see it." It shouldn't have been possible for Hawk Moth to take Adrien. But then, they dealt with impossible things every day.

I love Akumatized!Adrien fics that aren't Chat Blanc. I think canon has shown that the effects the Miraculous have on people differ when they are transformed vs. not (ex: Sandboy) and after S4 it's like never explored in fic anymore, so this is a fav of mine.

the monster who loves you by PurpleCatGhost

Mum nods, clapping her hands together. “Your brother is finally feeling better and is coming home today! Isn’t that so exciting?” Félix pauses mid-bite, processing her words. Mum waits expectantly, as if expecting him to jump for joy, or his equivalent of it. But… Félix doesn’t have a brother. (Or Félix’s brother is a monster, but only in the most literal sense. Félix’s father is a monster despite being very, very human. He learns to navigate the world through these two truths.)

Technically more Felix!Angst, but even Scarydrien is sad af in this jawn. Creepy, tender, sad, and sweet, a perfect balance of atmospheric angsty horror and some of the best paced writing on this rec-list.

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Lift it high on your shoulders by NinaDove

“… drien. Adrien.” The syllables are meaningless, but the voice isn’t. “It’s alright. You’re safe.” ‘Safe’ is a lie, a trap, a tag on a leash; ‘safe’ isn’t something it can be. The creature leaps back, bares its teeth — — and finds its brother, kneeling at its feet.

It's incredibly difficult to completely tell a story that packs and emotional punch in so few words. I think it's harder than writing hundreds of thousands of words. NinaDove is a master of this, and I recommend everything else they write too! This one in particular is my favorite.

Simulacrum AU by @naptillmorning

A short little comic based on the idea of Adrien being akumatized! Sometimes you just gotta put some faith in your partner, even if that partner is currently being possessed by an evil butterfly enthusiast and wants to stab you with a magic sword. 

There are a dearth of fics inspired by this comic-- I'm still looking for my favorite one lol, so I couldn't possibly not include this OG that inspired them all! Beautiful art. :D

Lay Your Weary Head to Rest by MiniMinou

Felix has always known that there will be another Chat Noir to claim the power he cast off. He just didn't expect it to be a child. A stupidly adorable child in desperate need of someone looking out for him. But that's not Felix's problem. He doesn't care. At all. Mentor AU

MiniMinou is a beast of a writer. I love all of her miraculous fics, especially Iron-Kissed, From the Ashes and this story. Utterly jossed by canon, but man fuck Astruc anyway XD. Her characterzation of Adrien really shines here. He's clever, gentle, and somewhat shy while still being 100% capable of manipulation, overconfidence and jealousy. She writes Adrien so wonderfully multi-faceted. Heartbroken Felix is absolutely a delight. 10000/10.

Ways of Grieving by GalahadWilder

When Nathalie dies, Adrien feels nothing. When Gabriel kills himself days later, Adrien shatters. Why can't he grieve Nathalie? Why can't he stop grieving over a man he hates? Why does he deserve his tears, his mourning, more than she does?

Hmm, I love grief fics. I remember a while ago in this fandon (c. 2016-2018) a lot of grief fics where they killed off Papillon kind of hesitated around exploring how complex mourning an abuser can be. This story pulls no punches.

Less than four more weeks until Sadrien week...

As we prepare to torture Adrien further, I want to know: WHAT ARE YOUR FAVE ADRIEN ANGST FICS?!

reblog, reply, send an ask, whatever you prefer!

[tamelee]

Just something to add in your list of reasons why Boruto sucks, the last few chapters we have this character Eida whose main power is that everyone falls in love with her except if you are an otsutski or have a karma. So only Boruto and Kawaki are not affected by her (it’s not shown yet if her powers will affect Naruto and Sasuke since they haven’t encountered her face to face).

And Eida developed this crush on Kawaki when she learned that Kawaki will not be affected by her powers, as she wants to experience a person to really like her not just because of her powers. So in order to get her in Konoha’s side they bargained Kawaki to her (it was Shikamaru’s idea but off course approved by Naruto) so now they are cohabitating in one house (Eida, her brother, Kawaki and Boruto) like big brother style where everyone gets monitored and they can talk to people outside of the house. In one scene we can see Kawaki sleeping on her lap after he got knocked off by her brother, I think? And she is blushing furiously around Kawaki.

This story line is so weird, and Eida’s character design is no different than the other pre-teen kunoichi as her clothes are too short. I’m starting to think that Ikemoto have a thing for women’s bare legs 🙄 and the manga is released once a month however I still feel like reading a weekly issued shounen manga. In my opinion the story didn’t move much this year as they introduced these new characters.

Well the overall story telling really sucks, you really can’t feel the same passion for story telling that we experienced before in Naruto. And I just want Naruto and Sasuke to be out of this circus already.

... 💀 I'm trying to read it. I really am. I have many asks regarding Boruto and I want to read it because I'm trying to figure out something about the Hitai-ate. But it's so.. well, that. It's so hard to go through.

"the last few chapters we have this character Eida whose main power is that everyone falls in love with her except if you are an otsutski or have a karma."

Yeah.. I mean I know about the character but I haven't reached that part of the "story" yet but it honestly sounds like a bad y/n fic. I wonder if they asked Esaka and her smug attitude to take part in the writing. I saw my friend ranting about the "cohabitating in one house" scene but what the hell are they doing? It's all just fan service at this point. Creepy and weird. A disservice to all its previous foundation/setup. Like some Netflix reality series in Shonen format so you can gossip about it on social media like they're human beings or something. It's so weeeiirrrdd.

"Well the overall story telling really sucks, you really can’t feel the same passion for story telling that we experienced before in Naruto. And I just want Naruto and Sasuke to be out of this circus already."

Sigh. Did they ever ask themselves why they bothered to make this sequel? Why bother telling this story anyway? Their intentions are pretty clear that it's profit only and that is frustrating sure, but there is so much labor that goes into creating something like this. Why not make it worth it. I honestly don't get it. So much potential wasted even if Naruto's ending left people disappointed. Stories can work wonders. It is such a powerful tool they have in their hands and with such a developed world already existing how can you screw it up so badly? That takes skill. Kishimoto created the story and with that in mind started drawing the characters, its world, the expressions, thought of camera angles and the panels there was a lot of passion that went into Naruto. 'Boruto' should've never been made, ever.

[searidings]

hi! i admire the way you write. it feels like every sentence is intentional and necessary to the story you're telling. i'm equally in awe of the stories you spin and your characterisation, but do you have any tips regarding the more "technical" side of writing? of course, practice is important, as with any craft you want to hone, but is there specific "rules" you personally like to keep in mind?

alright as always i have no training in creative writing this is just some of what i personally do after years of practice and trial and error. buckle up, this one got long

- read what you've written, then read it again. if there are parts you stumble over or that feel clunky when you read through, change them. if they're clunky/unclear for you, they'll almost definitely be clunky/unclear for someone not following your thought processes. if it helps, read it aloud, especially dialogue. does it sound like something a real human would say? double check every time

- avoid repetition. personally, reading the same word used multiple times close together drives me crazy. don't use thirty "said"s in a row, but don't use thirty "gasped"s either. mix it up. thesaurus.com is your friend. double check the meaning of new words if you aren't 100% certain on when to use them. i personally expand my vocabulary by like 10 new words with every fic i write. unexpected, funky words stick in people's minds and add interest

- show, don't tell. pretty sure this is the cardinal rule of every form of writing, but it bears repeating. don't tell your reader how someone is feeling, highlight why they might be feeling that way and then demonstrate that they are feeling that way through body language, interactions etc. don't treat your reader like an idiot. inference is a gift

- sensory details!!!!!! not just what a character sees but also what they smell/hear/taste/touch. nothing makes writing more immersive than dragging the reader in by making them engage their own five senses by proxy. jarring sensations especially capture attention. the taste of blood, the sound of nails on a chalkboard, the smell of burning plastic. not everything has to be neat and pretty. things that are gritty and real can make stories more grounding, more realistic

- mix up high and low imagery. i personally approach stories by imagining the scene as if in a movie in my head, then do my best to describe it so that others will see what i see, but the key is balance. you can absolutely wax lyrical about how the breath shudders from your character's lungs like the divine chorus of an angel on the wing, but don't do it all the time. bring it back down to earth with low imagery. mention the smell of coffee in the background or the freezer humming in the kitchen. for me, imagery is a balance between taking people out of the real world and allowing imagination to run free in an abundance of gorgeous metaphors, while simultaneously tying the scene to reality in such a way that your descriptions don't become inaccessible and unsubstantiated

- pacing and content. does what you're writing add something to the story as a whole? that's not to say every single word has to advance plot. but it has to advance something. does it give us a new insight into a character, expound on some background info, provide a break of comedic relief? great. but is it just a paragraph you kind of like, something you've probably said before in slightly different words? then maybe you don't need it. i approach fiction the way i approach academic essays. at the end of every paragraph, what should your reader have taken away? is there a clear message, or at least a clear link to an ongoing message? if not, do you really need to say it?

- adverbs. the great love/hate relationship of my existence. people who say you can't ever use -ly adverbs (quickly, happily etc.) are not the kind of people i need in my life. however, it's very easy to over-use them. if every single verb in a paragraph is followed by a -ly adverb, you might be overdoing it (i frequently encounter this problem). use them, but sparingly. try and find alternative ways to communicate the same message. adverbial phrases are your friend

- get creative. put words together in fun new ways. not everything needs to be literal. for example, the phrase "poison courses acid-bright through her bones". acid isn't bright. it's got nothing to do with light at all. but it paints a picture, conjures images of white-hot burning, adds to the overall effect. and, most importantly, if it's a little weird or out of the ordinary it catches people's attention and sticks in their minds. it can take some time to figure this one out but have fun with it! play around with language! all words are are puzzle pieces. try and put them together to create a picture no one's ever made before

- as always, think about what you like to read, and take from that. think about phrases that have stuck with you or moved you. why? what techniques work on you as a reader? can you do something similar as a writer? can you recreate things you've liked with your own personal twist? i figured out what i like to write by first figuring out what i like to read, and then writing it for myself. cliché, but it worked for me!

[baejax-the-great]

Writer meme, 💝💞, dealers choice if either have been asked!

💝what is a fic that got a different response than you were expecting?

This one is very simple--Sunset in Your Veins got way more attention than I expected it to. I've written six or seven fics for this ship and it blows the others out of the water as far as popularity goes.

Also, especially in the beginning, I really conceptualized Sunset as cracky and silly (I mean Achilles decides he's eternally damned after one look at the streets of Chicago so he might as well act like a criminal now, and he steals a dog with the intent of sacrificing it to Hades), but a lot of people found the first chapters to be very sad.

💞what's the most important part of a story for you? the plot, the characters, the worldbuilding, the technical stuff (grammar etc), the figurative language

When I first started writing, the biggest thing for me was getting the characterization right. My first forays into fic were mostly just banter I had imagined while playing video games--not much plot to be had. I wanted to get their voices down.

Now that I've been writing for a few years and have written many different kinds of stories, I write with a lot more intention. I think a lot about how each scene adds to the plot/the tension/the character's journey, and what needs to happen to pull everything together. I have a resolution in mind, and I build scaffolding toward it and fill it out. Sometimes it is enough for a scene to exist because it's funny, but it's worth thinking about what it's telling the readers about the story and the characters' internal state.

So I wouldn't say it's most important to me, but the construction of a story all together is something I've been thinking about a lot recently. And it was something I was completely unable to approach when I first started writing, honestly.