#thechaoscryptid

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Meet the Contributor: thechaoscryptid!

Name: Alex Credit Name: @thechaoscryptid Socials: Carrd || Ao3 Top 3 Sakura Ships: RaiSaku, KakaIruSaku, IbiSaku What is your favorite fanfic trope?: Forced proximity

If you love Alex's works, please leave some love on their stories!

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Hello Jess it's time for fun fic authors self rec! Kindly tell us your favorite five fics you've written, then pass this on to spread the self-love ❤️

Oh! Thank you beloved.

♦ 'Cause This is Devotion - Ten/Rose, Bad Wolf!Rose, 4.6k, M

“You do not get to die on me now, you daft alien, not after I’ve been through so goddamn much to get back to you.” Rose sits up to pound her fist into his chest. “Fucking breathe, damn you,” she swears, and when no one says anything to stop her, she pounds the Doctor’s chest again. She wonders if she can break his ribs the way she could break a man’s. There’s no one left to ask now, not with him so still, so silent; splayed across the asphalt like a puppet with his strings cut. His face is slack, eyes closed and mouth parted. OR: The Doctor dies in the road, and Rose Tyler tells the universe no.

One night, @zjofierose and I were spelunking through our WIP folders and I found the skeleton of this and it sparked something inside of me and I immediately desired to finish it. I love Bad Wolf!Rose, I love creating actions that have far-reaching consequences we do not explore on the page, I love writing Doctor/Rose angst.

♦ Rush Light - Jaskier/Yennefer, canon-adjacent, post-s2, 22k, E

He’d been headed back from the taverns down by the wharf, having done a tour of the establishments to see if one would take him on for the weekend, when he’d seen it: a flash of purple in the light of a street lamp, swiftly followed by several large men in dark clothes. Something had turned over in the bottom of his stomach at the sight. Even if it wasn’t who he thought it might be, this wasn’t a neighbourhood for someone with the kind of coin to afford a cloak that colour to be wandering around in. So, against his mostly better judgement, Jaskier had let himself turn down the selfsame alley, steps slowing so as not to arrive as a too hasty surprise. He creeps forward, glad of the rushing rain as it muffles his footsteps. Some people also forget that he is quite capable of being quiet when needs must. Very good that he did go to this trouble after all; he hears her before he gets close enough to see them. “Get the fuck off me!” she snarls, and oh, Jaskier would know that voice anywhere. In which a sorceress gets herself into a spot of bother, and Jaskier happens to be in the area. It's all rather more serious than he expects.

I finished s2 of The Witcher and immediately descended into my google drive with forty ideas and this was the one that floated to the top. I love this fic. I had so much fun writing it. It gave me back my fantasy voice, it reminded me that I can write things that are fully for my own self and that other people will also enjoy them, and it was fun as hell to do a bunch of silly research for this.

♦ Signal Fire - Prodigal Son gen!fic, Malcolm Bright-centric, post-series finale, 2.8k, M

Dani’s footsteps crunch over brittle and drying grass as she approaches. Her weapon is still up. Sunlight glints off the barrel. “Bright?” she asks. Malcolm doesn't look down.

I got into Prodigal Son before realising that it didn't have an ending and when I got through to the end of what we got, I was left with so many questions. None of them are answered in this fic, but I did reaffirm the love I have for whumping the pretty boy.

♦ For Your Eyes Only - Shyan, 007 AU, 6.2k, E

The door to the elevator opens and Shane's stomach sinks. He’d know the breadth of those shoulders anywhere. “Moneypenny!” Ryan crows, as he sweeps towards Shane’s desk. Shane thinks wistfully of the long rice noodles and sweet-spicy sauce he has been dreaming about all week. Mr Daeng’s Tom Yum would also have been such a nice addition to Shane’s fridge for the weekend. “Don’t call me that,” Shane says, and regrets it immediately. OR: It's Bergara. Ryan Bergara, and he'll have his martini shaken, not stirred. Shane, on the other hand, manages M's calendar with an iron fist and has no time for nonsense. Or does he?

This fic is so sexy, if I do say so myself. It's got spies, it's got a little violence, it's got the author's kink discovery in the middle of it. What's not to love?

This Tornado Loves You - Shyan, Storm Chasers AU, 22k, E

“Thing’s a fuckin’ monster,” TJ says into the phone, “you should be able to see it now.” Shane turns to look out the truck window. The sky is black, and around him, the corn tops are still. Nothing moves. The air feels terrifyingly full. Shane looks under the storm. It takes him a moment, but then he sees it, backlit by a flash of lightning. All the hair stands up on the back of Shane’s neck. Or: Shane Madej is a serious scientist, not just some yahoo with a camera and a death wish. Ryan, on the other hand, has a camera and a plan.

When they said write what you know, I took them at their word and wrote 22k about storms and chasing them and filled it full of weather and romance and the kind of proposal I might even say yes to, if it ever happened to me in the future.

[alesseia]

Hello Ashe!! I am sending you some words so you write:

You've 👏

Got 👏

This 👏

Get 'er done 👏

hello, alex!! thank you for the words :D

Sharing some sentences that I've done with the words you've put in 😉

You've:

How does one even explain that you’ve had a disguise the entire time you’ve known them?

Got:

Avery’s got a lot of regrets in life, but one of the bigger ones was letting her father see her with the jewelry.

This:

But then he continues to ask, “Is this about your friends?”

"Get 'er done" obviously doesn't have any instances in my doc, so here's the six sentences I wrote with them! (3 words x 2 = 6 sentences)

Axel spends the jeepney ride watching people come and go. Other than Avery, they’ve never seen the same person. It is absolutely enthralling for them, someone whose life revolved around one person prior to yesterday, to see so many people and not recognize any of them. Who are these people and where are they going? Axel’s tempted to reach out and ask, honestly. They wouldn’t, but they would like to.

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Zac! Please tell us about your oldest blorbo's deepest darkest secret (have they admitted it? can they admit it? what is it??)

Alex! Thank you for the ask :D

I'm interpreting "oldest" to mean age-wise because I have no idea which OC I came up with first 😂

Matt would be the oldest member of the team, and his darkest secret is definitely that he used to be on the opposing side of this war. It's very hard for him to admit it because he's really worried about how the team will see him or treat him differently.

But he'll have to come clean eventually. And not by choice.

This ask motivated me to write 150 words for Home is Where Your Light Shines Brightest.

Experiment Total: 84,683

[thegraysquirrel]

I've had the line Your hands are bloodied, but his favorite color has always been red. in my mind for three hours now and ah. Angst truly is to stories what salt is to cooking: a flavour enhancer. You don't have to truly feel the angst in big doses to have it already change the "recipe" for the better with a pinch.

Emotional hurt/comfort... yes. 100% agree.

Thank you for answering! <3

Meme for fic writers questions! ^.^ I picked 2 and 12 and then I figured I might as well pick the other x2 questions. Feel free to pick and choose, though!

2. Is there a trope you’ve yet to try your hand at, but really want to?

12. Is there an episode above all others that inspires you just a little bit more?

22. Choose a passage from one of your earlier fics and edit it into your current writing style. (Person sending the ask is free to make suggestions).

32. How do you feel about smut?

Is there a particular question from the meme you'd love to tackle?

(ask me writer questions!)

2. Is there a trope you've yet to try your hand at, but really want to?

Man, I actually had to think quite hard about this one and I still don't have a solid answer. I tend to write what I want and that spans a decent range of tropes.

HOWEVER, there are definitely tropes I've written that I'm 0% confident I've actually done justice to. These include, but are not limited to: mermaids, mafia, body swap (that one's on ao3 but it's ooooold), enemies to lovers

12. Is there an episode above all others that inspires you just a little bit more?

Trigun Stampede's Wolfwood gets me REAL good and fired up to write every time.

Alternately (and not an episode), Gortash's coronation scene from BG3 but SPECIFICALLY when playing Dark Urge.

22. Choose a passage from one of your earlier fics and edit it into your current writing style.

Sas I'll be real I've been trying to do some rewrites for this question for an hour now and can't find any that are working so I will use my skip ability on this question 😭

32. How do you feel about smut?

Excellent, 10/10, no notes, put that guy in the other guy

(aaaaaaand there is actually another question I wanted to talk about so consider this swapped for 22 I suppose!)

Describe your comfort zone - a typical you fic

Okay I wanted to talk about this one because I was thought dumping on a specific fic the other day and accidentally summed up both that specific fic AND my fic preferences in one line:

Your hands are bloodied, but his favorite color has always been red.

That's it that's my favorite kind of fic and the one I write most often. Bonus points if the fic includes extended seasonal imagery (usually winter), moral conflict, and emotional hurt/comfort

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Our Favorite Reads of 2023

Inspired by this post from the Queer Liberation Library, we asked our awesome rec-list contributors to name their one favorite read of 2023, and the result is a list wonderful in its diversity of formats, genres, characters, stories, and authors. Check um out!

@adrianharley Favorite: Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed

@dei2dei Favorite: Consort of Fire by Kit Rocha

@shadaras Favorite: The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

@terrapwaters Favorite: Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

@unforth Favorite: Mo Du by Priest

hullosweetpea’s Favorite: Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

Shea Sullivan‘s Favorite: Death by Silver by Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold

@thechaoscryptid Favorite: The Wolf of Oren-Yaro by K. S. Villoso

@hairasuntouchedaspartoftheamazon Favorite: Gideon the Ninth by Tasmyn Muir

@fpwoper Favorite: November by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

@captainhaterade Favorite: Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

@tryslora Favorite: To Drive the Hundred Miles by Alec J. Marsh

@ramblingandpie Favorite: Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

@nursinggeek Favorite: The Heartbreak Bakery by A. R. Capetta

@boneturtle Favorite: Many Drops Make a Stream by Adrian Harley

An anonymous Favorite: Heaven Official’s Blessing by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

@diroxy Favorite: Add Magic to Taste

@maggiepageauthor Favorite: A Power Unbound by Freya Marske

Lyonel Loy’s Favorite: The Last Sun by K. D. Edwards

@crowbraiin Favorite: Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

@not-gwaenchanha Favorite: Open Throat by Henry Hoke

What was YOUR favorite read of 2023? Dare ya to try to pick only one!

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Friday Kiss Tag

Tagged by @agirlandherquill to share kiss scene of any kind from a project.

Soft tagging the following writers if they want to play along: @voxofthevoid, @words-after-midnight, @the-golden-comet, @thechaoscryptid, and any of you!

The following kiss scene comes from my fic, Hands Like This. Kisses that happen while packing things away for an upcoming trip. This excerpt has some sexual references, so it is tucked away under a read more.

Hand in yours he wasn’t rushed as he turned around to follow you up. And at the threshold to your bedroom Alan kissed you when you opened the door. And you dragged him in; you couldn’t remember if you packed with him or vice versa. But the closest thing you could remember was the touch of him in your things. Like your shirts, for example. The folded ones and the wrinkled. Your tie and uniform at your door, and then the half of it tousled up. The rest of your home wear out of the drawers as you were packing them—one by one. You had the heart to tell him he could look away but there was nothing he could erase. And you pulled your neckline when you said it. It hung casually on your thumb, sheer enough for you to feel it break to pieces at your touch. You yanked it harder, deliberately. Alan moved himself to your shorts. He almost died then when the first pair was as stretchy as your neckline; you were pretty sure he glanced down to find there was nothing to tighten it up. And it was hilarious. You heard him mumble he wasn’t crazy—or anything. You snapped your neckline off your thumb and saw his spirit leave through the window. Then you laughed with him, loudly. The hics in your voice made him blush. He just pushed himself from your bed to hear it clearly against his skin. Him messing your hair until it was standing, you crying mercy into his chest. Then retaliation when you climbed him like a tendril towards the sun.

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damn kakasaku is srsly lacking good abo fics and i'm so excited for urs... ur kakasaku is a jackpot everytime!!!

ahhhh thank you thank you <3 I hope to have it done this year lmao :')) In the meantime though, here are a few of my favorite kksk abo recs:

The Destiny of Haruno Sakura by al_holland control by xylazine Pilferers & Pillagers by al_holland Yearning by Kalira Unbecoming by thechaoscryptid Comfort and Home by raendown

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Day four of our contributor spotlights! Today we have Alex, who you can find as @thechaoscryptid on here or Ao3!

Make sure to give them a follow and check out their writing in this year's zine!

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WIP Name Game

Kiss kiss to @sybaritick for tagging me! 😘😘

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! Tag as many people as you have WIPs.

I have a lot of BG3 WIPs, but here we go!

4MF

Can’t drown my demons

does this unit have a soul - durgetash

Durgetash Politician Blackmail AU

End of all things

Galetash Pirate AU

gort arranged marriage

Gortash Regency Era AU

Gortash 神様始めましたパロ

iugulare mortuos

High aka iugulare mortuos

Himawari no Tane - hamtash

kissie kissie - orintash

Lightning rod - durgetash

Little Princess - tavtash

Nectar - Karstarion

Sumn sumn russian exchange student

Sunglasses Emoji 😎 MCIF

there are many benefits to being a marine biologist

Wile Magic - Fae Tav

怪盗 - night watch

オメガパロ gort tables turned

I am tagging the lovely @visceralcoma @thereallonelyagain @unkledeath @secondsundering @dandelion-bride @rjshepherd @bearhugsandshrugs @plethomacademia @spockandthings @baneschosen @sadponyguerrillagirl @thechaoscryptid @dabs-into-oblivion @spellmage @boghags

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh and anyone else I missed who wants to share!!!! I am surprised I managed to come up with this many writer mutuals who haven't yet done this..... If you're interested give it a try!!!! 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 And if I've double pinged you have an apology cookie!! 🍪

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Day 18: Alpine

Author: thechaoscryptid Pairing: Namiashi Raidou/Haruno Sakura Additional Tags: cold plunge, established relationship, multiple orgasms Word Count: 994

Read it here on Ao3!

By the way, we have a Carrd and a Spotify playlist! Please leave this author some love!!

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Last Line Tag

@squarebracket-trickster got me again!

Here's a little something from the romantic fantasy series concept that's grabbed me by the proverbial short and curlies.

In Assigned Evil, Chama the fire sorceress finds herself apprenticed to a surprisingly sweet nonbinary lich lord - and drawn to their charming, short, transmasc goth assistant, Pryderi.

Chama curtsied, stumbling towards the door of his office. Master Mathonys darted towards it and opened it for her. This close, she noticed she was a little taller than him, but posture brought their eyes to the same height.

Tagging in!

@ruinmegently @enne-uni @isabellebissonrouthier @acertainmoshke @obviousknife @dreadpirateroe @fleurtygurl @shagtastickid @thechaoscryptid @cd-covington

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Trans Kakashi and/or Iruka

Riding in Circles by magpie_senpai (Trans Kakashi and Iruka, E, WIP)

Iruka is just trying to make ends meet working at the daycare with a struggling boyfriend that works nights but then Kakashi comes to pick up Naruto one evening. Things start rapidly changing and Iruka is faced with having to make a lot of incredibly difficult choices.

Where We Were by magpie_senpai (Trans Kakashi, E, WIP)

Kakashi and Iruka share an early connection that ends abruptly when faced with the consequences, only to find themselves pulled back together years later.

Learning to Hold On by whenimdeadillrest (Trans Iruka, E, 54K)

Kakashi is at a dinner party for Gai's birthday when one of the drag queens performing turns out to not be a drag queen at all, but his high school sweetheart, Iruka Umino.

Bye Bye Blue by MrSedaris (Trans Kakashi, T, 3K)

Wearing a tank-length chest binder whilst being chakra drained wasn't how Kakashi's evening was supposed to go. An A-rank mission alone, devoid of contact from the village, being utterly alone besides him with the enemy, and not knowing any medical jutsu. Because why would he?

Writer's Block by LexNite (Trans Kakashi, T, 4K)

Iruka has been plagued by writer's block for months when one of his online friends offers to help. Could this coffee date really help him finally finish his story? Or is there more to Sukea's offer?

Drift by thechaoscryptid (Trans Kakashi and Iruka, T, 6K)

Uhei, Bull, and Bisuke eventually wander in from their perch on his bed to settle by his side, noses freezing as they seek out his company. It’s so much easier with them, because they take what he has to give and multiply it tenfold. There’s no worrying that they’ll reject him, no worrying that they don’t feel the same, because they don’t feel in the same way Iruka does. It’s what he loves about them, but he can’t help the way he craves something more. Something to fill the space he’s carved out for another person inside his chest.

Bloom by thechaoscryptid (Trans Kakashi and Iruka, M, 5K)

“My mother always made me swear I’d never fall in love with anyone because of this.” “Sort of a crappy thing to make you promise.” “Ah, I did it with my fingers crossed,” Iruka says. “Everyone knows those promises don’t count.”

Iris by transkakashi (Trans Kakashi, M, 76K)

legacy /ˈlɛɡəsi/ noun 1. An amount of money or property left to someone in a will 2. Something left or handed down by a predecessor 3. The sum of our parts: the lasting effect we have on others: what is left when we are gone (Or, the one where Kakashi and Iruka learn what it means to be together.)

Tracing Stories by JustAnotherFool (Trans Iruka, G, 1K)

Scars are stories embedded on skin. On a too hot night, Kakashi finds himself tracing Iruka's stories.

Genre Savvy by Kalira (Trans Iruka, T, 10K)

It's a regular day of work at the library for Iruka when in walks a distractingly gorgeous (and strange) new regular with a devotion for perfect romantic happy endings - the kind you only get in fiction, the books Iruka's new regular reads voraciously and discusses passionately, not in reality.

Epics whispered, not sung by orphan account (Trans Iruka, M, 9K)

It stands to reason that the day Naruto Comes Down From The Mountain, Iruka and Kakashi should be the ones to follow.

Hidden Blooms by Kalira (Trans Iruka, E, 6K)

A devoted, domestic pair of lovers finally bring into the open the deeper feelings between them, safely held in secret blooms.

Hold Me Close by VoidEldritch Trans Iruka, T, 4K)

Secrets often come out when you least expect them to, and Iruka's are no different. Delirious with a fever, he lets slip a secret he had never intended on Kakashi finding out. (This is not an accidental trans reveal story)

To Be Seen by OneSaltyLeo (Trans Iruka, E, 1K)

"It’s what I really want. To be seen as myself.”

Yokubō-no-Jutsu by Ero-Kay (Kiayla) (Trans Kakashi, E, 59K)

Yokubō: Lust; sexual desire A.K.A. Kinks: the Collection

When Kakashi is hit with the yokubō-no-jutsu on a mission, he almost makes it home to ride out the unfamiliar arousal alone (or, at least, with a clone).  He doesn't get that far.

But, lucky for him! (?), the genin of dai-nana-han send help!

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oh lawd, the cryptid's craftin'

Hey-ho, writeblr! After some life upheaval and major goal/process restructuring, I'm back (if the profile picture looks familiar, you've got good eyes - I used to be @/goinggremlin).

The Basics:

Alex (he/they)

Late 20s, Midwest USA

Trans man, aroace, AuDHD

On Writing:

My genres: fantasy, horror, sci-fi, occasional contemporary fiction

My influences: Tamsyn Muir, Mark Lawrence, Joe Abercrombie, Robin Hobb, Martha Wells, Yasuhiro Nightow

My favorite themes/tropes/topics/etc: death and rebirth; found family and queerness; "this shit sucks but we stay silly"; body horror; characters with guard dog vibes; "it's rotten work" / "not to me. not if it's you"; banter and witty comedy, esp. as a juxtaposition to The Horrors; trauma and its cycles; shitty people doing shitty things; grumpy (with a heart of gold) x sunshine (with a soul black as night); 2nd person POV

About Me:

I am NOT a writer with any formal training - I'm self-taught, but always interested in learning.

I've been writing consistently for nearly seven years now. I started with fanfiction and over the last year and a half have begun transitioning to more original work.

I'm really bad at interacting consistently, as most of my limited energy goes toward writing. I love sharing resources and prompts, however, and will more often participate in ask games than tag games ❤️ Community is important but I'm most often found on the fringes.

I won't post large chunks of WIP often, because I am slow (but also like privacy during drafting). I will post fun snippets of dialogue or description because I crave validation and am unashamed about admitting that.

I love swapping tips and tricks, or just generally talking about the writing process!

You can also find me on my more fan-focused blog, @thechaoscryptid! I'm a firm believer that transformative work is a valid (even necessary) part of the creative world. You may (will) hear about some of my fanwork on this blog in the context of craft or process.

Published works:

Wintersong (Many Hands, Duck Prints Press, 2024)

It Watches (Cryptid Carols To Sing In the Dark, Memento Vivere Press, 2024 - upcoming)

WIPs:

in that bright and bitter dawn (fantasy novel)

Behind the Blog:

In addition to writing, you'll also hear about cooking and knitting and cat parenting, oh my! I've been passionate about food since I could pick up a knife; knitting is a recent but rewarding hobby I pick at when I need something to do with my hands.

I have three cats (Shino, Rorschach, and Chaos) and two snakes (Jormungandr and Oda).

I work third shift (at a book warehouse!) and am usually pretty brain/pain foggy, so if I space on an ask or tag game...it's not you, it's me.

I fandom hop SO much, largely around the anime scene (Trigun, Naruto, SK8: the Infinity, BNHA, Bungou Stray Dogs...so many more...). I'm also a huge BG3 and FE:3H enthusiast, even though video games aren't usually my go-to.

This year I've been plowing through a lot of fantasy and sci-fi books that I hope to be able to sit down and write down my thoughts about!

I'm also a huge music enthusiast, and listen to a lot of metal and folk music. Favorite bands include (but are definitely not limited to) Sabaton, Fish In A Birdcage, Autoheart, Faun, Delain, and Port Sulphur Band.

That's about it! My ask box is always open (my DMs are not, unless specifically invited please), and I'm looking forward to dipping my toes into the writeblr waters once again.

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WIP Name Game

Tagged by @thechaoscryptid, thank you beloved!

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! Tag as many people as you have WIPs.

I have been diligently updating my fancy WIP list so, in alphabetical order, without fandom indicated, these are things I am actively looking to finish:

A Certain Kind of Blasphemy A Marriage of Inconvenience About Today and then they were soulmates Deer God Nonsense Moonlight on Broken Glass Sa-wing batter, batter Safe Harbour The Glow of Morning Comes With Small Arms Fire Your Love is a Waterfall

I tag ... anyone who sees this, but specifically @mephsation, @justcourbeau, @justanothershadeofblue, @jackalxpe, @fille-lioncelle