#thefaustaesthetic

[rocketonthemoon]

ask meme 21, 26, 37!

What book needs to be a movie: Actually you know what? I would really like to see Mexican Gothic as a movie. I think that could be a lot of fun. Small cast, big haunted house and some potential fun CGI stuff at the end. Call up Mr. Del Toro I think I've got a story for him.

Give a recommendation: Jay, my friend, my comrade, I really want you specifically to read Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey because I feel like you probably would really like it but I could be totally projecting here. But anyways, mildly supernatural coming of age boxing story but it's so much more than boxing??? I dunno how to describe it other than that. And then the second book is just "but what if they were body guards" and it's even more fun and silly but you just gotta read Santa Olivia if you haven't already.

Oh and The Wager by David Grann if you haven't! Non-fiction that reads like fiction about a shipwreck. I did the audiobook for that one too and it was absolutely fantastic. I hear the physical book reads really well too!

[heliocharis]

This is just what Reunion Tour was like

Unbelievable of them to do this while I am busy all afternoon and evening. Mewchuals I am hitting you with my paws.

[burningdarkfire]

2022 fic rec list

i somehow fell out of the habit of reading fic halfway through the year so recent works are scant, but here are some of the highlights that have stuck with me over the year

critical role:

storyless houses by @callingvoicemail (shadowgast) - really interesting take on a less-explored part of caleb’s character. literally when i read this for the first time in march i knew that it would be one of my fave fics of the year and i was entirely correct

amongst the things left unforgiven by @nonwal (wizard ot4) - i was late to reading this but i’m so happy i saved it. it’s all about *clenches fist* wanting to live

do you have enough love in your heart, to go and get your hands dirty? by @saltytothecore (former blumendrei + shadowgast) - truly all i want in life are the wizards interacting. astrid wears second person POV so wonderfully here

like real people do by @callingvoicemail (yasha) - i have a knack for digging too deep into sol’s side storylines, but there is something about caleb and how he fits into beau and yasha’s new domestic life that really resonated with me in this fic. sometimes it’s the small details that ride with me for a long time

(unnamed snippet) by @essektheylyss (fjord) - writing like this reminds me why fjord was my favourite member of the m9 for a long, long time. he’s such a damn interesting character and this is a perfect encapsulation of one of the reasons why!

arcane/league of legends:

sanctified by @aevallare (jayvik) - we love it when the boys meet alternate universe versions of themselves and alex has an insane knack for nailing giopara and everything that makes him tick in just a sentence or the turn of a phrase

the rom-com where you kill your father by @drtechmaturgics (jayvik) - i’m cheating because i read this in 2021 but it was published in december and i’m literally still insane about it a year+ later. it deserves a second shoutout

the witcher:

the wrong way by @lurikko (geraskier) - fics that make love and desire complicated are just absolutely my shit. excellent narrative voice here that carries an interesting premise all the way through

o, empathy by @nectarine-pit (geraskier) - a great bodyswap fic. the good shit = a trope fulfilled really, really well

the locked tomb:

whatever souls are made of, yours and mine are the same (insult) by flemeth (augustine/mercymorn) - i am completely serious when i say that this fic haunts me in the most insane of ways. if i had to pick a genuine top #1 fave for the year, this would be it

twin human highway flares by @thefaustaesthetic (campal) - getting my feelings hurt while thinking about among us is exactly what i need from my tlt fic

hypnagogia by @thefaustaesthetic (campal) - again: shit that simply makes me insane. no further comments, your honour

hannibal: (no, i don’t really remember how i ended up here either)

wolf and i by @t-pock (hannigram) - listen i am digging this fic up from 2014 to tell you to read it because it has insanely good build-up and pay-off

and just for my own reference, i also dabbled in a decent number of ofmd, jjk, and the sandman fics this year

[galateagalvanized]

wip name game

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 or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have WIPS.

i was tagged by @andthepeople! thank you, and i'm sorry for being late to the party! i believe you were asked about all of yours... but i can try to guess the name of your next wip if you'd like hahaha

anyways, current WIPs in the folder are:

the devil went down

Still Waters

Flight Risk

Highwayman Obi-Wan Fic

and narrow the way

and i am tagging... hm, @brigitttoo (since I've been hearing your knuckles crack across the pond), @cabezadeperro (since you have been on a roll lately in terms of crankin' out bingos), and @thefaustaesthetic (since I'm so excited to read the fic you just pub'd)!

[kyluxcantina]

For Kylux Cantina’s Week 49 prompt “Medical Scare”

Tags: Canon-Typical Violence, Blood and Gore, Implied/Referenced Drug Use, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Unhealthy Relationships, Hurt No Comfort

Also featuring just. A whole lotta unhealthy in general, Kylo Ren’s Space-wikipedia search history and some classic Sci-Fi callouts.

Summary: After Major Damage to their flagship, a hyperspace jump strands the remains of the First Order light years off-|course, Hux and Ren are forced planetside in search of parts for the needed repairs. Things don’t go as planned.

[finnglas]

Music Asks: 9,18,22,30?

9:A song that makes you happy

“Fat Bottom Girls” - Queen

18:A song from the year that you were born

“Chariots of Fire” - Vangelis (I was...actually born to this song)

22:A song that moves you forward

“Let It Go” - Demi Lovato (look, I’m as tired of this song as anyone else, but...lmao)

30:A song that reminds you of yourself

“Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?” - U2

[johnnythirteenguns]

thefaustaesthetic replied to your photo “fat boy 2 for one special”

Where is the 2nd boy?

in my bed

haha no i wish i just meant like i posted two really similar selfies at once

[topquarkintown]

[image ID: Three images

First image: Gideon, a light-brown skinned woman with orange hair, stands with her back to us in the center of a cavernous grey tomb, surrounded by stalactites and graves. Harrow is an enormous, looming over her, growing into the cavern floor at the waist. Harrow's ribcage is a cathedral, and her face and arms dissolve into glitches, revealing her skeleton. She glares down at Gideon with one eye and one glowing empty eye socket.

Second image: Coronabeth is a light skinned woman with an impressive mane of golden hair, wearing a skimpy light gold top and decadent red nail polish and gold jewelry. She is hunched over in pain as she plugs a cable into a raw and red bioport at the base of her neck. She is biting her lip hard, and a trickle of blood and spit falls from her lips. The entire scene is lit softly, with Coronabeth's hair dissolving into the golden light at the top of the picture.

Third image: Augustine and Mercymorn are having a conversation in a greenhouse. Augustine is dressed in a cream-colored suit, and has his jacket curled around his shoulders, as he sits sideways in his chair at a mohogany table, flipping through a deck of blank cards. Mercymorn is dressed like a nun, with a transparent veil over her face, and is standing at the other end of the table. They are surrounded by tropical plants, all with monotone red leaves. Beyond the glass panes of the greenhouse there is only golden light. The entire greenhouse background is shredded through with glitches, revealing the empty blue-screen-of-death blue underneath.]

Illustrations I did for @thefaustaesthetic ‘s incredible fic, Movements Inside Light. It is exactly as brilliantly surreal and cyberpunk as these pictures suggest, and I am so delighted that I got to illustrate it, and hope you will also be delighted to read it!

For @tltbb

[atimeofbeing]

>>Protocol Elefsis_RUNTIME_START And for a moment, nothing happens. Gideon is just sitting on the edge of a tub, staring at the back of Cam’s head, and the reflection of her palm. Mirror. Neck. Hand.

- Movements Inside Light, by @thefaustaesthetic

I had the privilege of working on the Locked Tomb Big Bang art event this year, and illustrated this absolutely magnificent scene from “Movement Inside Light”, a fic which I could not possibly recommend enough (check out the link above!)

Image ID: [A digital illustration of Camilla Hect, a dark skinned woman with dark hair in a choppy bob. She is wearing a loose shirt and motorcycle pants and boots in a gray and black colour scheme. She is in a darkly lit bathroom, with both her back and her reflection seen. With one hand she reaches towards her reflection, the other pushes her hair off of her neck, where there is a port that connects to a wire that comes from the mirror that her reflection is seen in. There are bright turquoise highlights, as if from a neon light. In the mirror, in light pink, reads “>>CONFIRM?”] End ID.

[racetrackshiggins]

[alex brightman voice] hey guys? love you guys

this year has been A Lot but i want to thank everyone who has made my life so much better

my wonderful partner @ant-beverage i can’t imagine my life without you. t’estimo amb tot el meu cor

@1-800-klaushargreeves @acabdeanwinchester @addictsitter @areiths @briarrose @camillahect @chancesblown @eightsidewalks @fancykraken @fircyca @foreverdreamingofhamilton @gaytaiga @gckoseth @hauntedrichietozier @horaetio @jwilliambyers @kaspgaytozier @liggytheauthoress @lightandharmony @lucas-mustache @mlentertainment @nurse-strangelove @ooihcnoiwlerh @phantomkat813 @quidditchchick @ransonepj @runn0ft @short--insomniacs @shouldihavewaited @spacebuck @supercute4ever @thefaustaesthetic @upsettoland @vaughnsgreenwood @viictuurious 

[rocketonthemoon]

inquiring minds would like to know (if you are willing to share) what the ‘j’ in rocket j moon stands for 🤔

LOL ok honestly that was a joke started by my good friends @camillahect and @thefaustaesthetic - I’ve always gone by Rocket on tumblr and it’s been a longtime online name and I think at some point it was a gag that “Onthemoon” was my “Company Name” so to speak and when one of them said it to me I thought it was so so funny I’ve started using Rocket J. Onthemoon as my Tumblr Legal Name like I’m demanding pictures of Spider-Man.

I don’t remember if we decided the "J." was just a letter J or if it stood for like. “Jocket” or something equally silly but it’s entirely just For The Bit

[heliocharis]

I think that, when I see @thefaustaesthetic and @camillahect next month, there’s a chance we are going to kill each other in real life

[roroslillife]

Title: John GaiAss So there’s an on-going joke in the Locked Tomb discord that God Has Cake, so I figured I’d contribute to the madness.

Scripture text by the amazing @thefaustaesthetic

[frumpkinspocketdimension]

fic writer interview

tagged by @meikuree -- sooooooo... I realise this was 35 days ago but like... really did the whole “oh, i got a text! I’ll reply to it later!” adhd thing with this...

gonna tag people up here, and then responses will be at the bottom because it’s my post now and that’s how I’ve decided it will go. no pressure to do it, anyone who wants to do it also can, this is your free invite

@thefaustaesthetic @junozeta @searchforthescars @ghostmartyr @eviefrie @stardustedknuckles @lionettscourage @enechelon

name: dilapidatedcorvid

fandoms: I... used to write for CritRole and the Locked Tomb? On a writing hiatus at the moment, liable to return when Hermes grants me a vision

two-shot: *nervous laughter* I don’t actually have any... but if you count two works in a series, I have Glass: A 1920′s Bootlegger AU (NSFW), Camp Hupperdook: A M9 Adventure, and Sins, Smugglers, and Syndicates: A Tommy Gun Tragedy (NSFW)

most popular multi-chapter: I’ve decided we’re not going to talk about That Fic, so I only have one multi-chap, which is Glass (NSFW), so I’m going to broaden this question to include oneshots too

by hits? Taste Your Lips, Feel Your Skin (Kiss Me Slowly) (NSFW)

by kudos? Blue Eyes, Black Jeans (I’ve Been A Fool)

by bookmarks? I Get on My Knees and Pray (NSFW)

by subscriptions? Glass

actual worst part of writing: in general? putting a fic that exists in fragments in my brain (mostly in Vibes and phrases that slap immensely) onto paper. But I really hate when I’m trying to get something done in a certain amount of time and my brain refuses to go and give me ideas and words. Feeling stuck fucking sucks

how you choose your titles: at one point they were all song titles but lately they’ve been one word titles that sum up the theme or vibe, or really just any part that slaps particularly, and I’m starting to really like that format

do you outline: no, I am simply given visions and sit there for four hours until I’ve gotten to that part and then I wait for the next vision whenever it arrives, this is why I can’t write for shit on a timeline, sorry

I have outlined once before, but that was for a 30+ chapter behemoth that we were trying to get done before a timeline and it turns out I find it very hard to be creative when I’m penned in (it also didn’t help that I was writing it with someone else), and also I never write fics that long in general. I am the master of the one shot that’s All Vibes No Plot

ideas I probably won’t get around to but wouldn’t it be nice: Er, I’ve been sitting on a nsfw Beauyasha piece for a while, but other than a few lines, I don’t have much. I’ve also thought of a Expositor Beauregard/Volstrucker Astrid one-night-stand buildup fic, but again, it’s on the wayside at the moment. There has also, at several times, been a fourth installment of All of the Canyons in My Mind in the works, but it is unlikely to manifest at this point in time.

At one point I have mentioned and toyed around with the idea of Harrow/Ianthe flesh magic smut for TLT but quite honestly you likely won’t be seeing it for a while, I’m not writing for TLT in the near future until some of y’all learn to behave, you don’t deserve to read my smut until that happens

callouts @ me: I’m not great at plot, this is known. A lot of my fics tend to be very in-the-moment and introspection based to avoid that particular weakness. The last fic I wrote that was plot-focused rather than introspection-heavy or (buildup to) porn is a 2.7k crackfic from a year ago. Also, I spend too much time on the “it’s not perfect yet’ stage and then eventually hate everything I write until someone else reads it and hits me over the head with a rolled up newspaper

best writing traits: er, in the words of one of my last commenters, my writing is “verbose, poetic, lyrical, rhapsodic smut”. I think the words most often used to describe my writing are “lyrical” and “atmospheric”, which like, fuck yea tutti frutti. I am also told I am very good at certain character voices, which, also fuck yea

spicy tangential opinion: some of you write essentially entirely new characters in fanfic, slap book character names on them, and call it a day, which is great, I’m all for you writing that stuff. Hell, I did 125k of that, I can’t be a hypocrite about it. My greatest regret with that is that some people went and started taking those essentially new characters and interpreting them as faithful representations of the book characters, which they are not. It’s on the reader to know what’s for shits and giggles and what’s a faithful representation, or else the fandom read of characters goes sideways and looks nothing like the original text. And if you’re disappointed by the next book that comes out because your interpretations are influenced by pieces you couldn’t recognise were for fun and not particularly serious, then I can’t help you

[venndaai]

my Gideon the Ninth Exchange work for @thefaustaesthetic, for the prompt “Palamedes doing literally anything.” Thanks for the great prompts!

[veganthranduil]

Fic Writing Tag Game!

@thefaustaesthetic was tagged in a fic writing meme and i thought it was cool

If you see this and think it’s cool, please fill it out and tag me!! I’m so bad at remembering who I follow who also writes, so I will just tag @pianodoesterror, @seasidesonnets, @norvegiae and @afleetingimpressixn! Again, no obligation, do what you enjoy! 

Fandoms: The last three fandoms I wrote for were The Terror, Red Dead Redemption, and Good Omens. Besides that, I keep returning to Star Wars (catch me shipping Luke/Wedge until the day I die) and obviously I spent ages in the Les Mis fandom.

Number of fics: 54 works on Ao3, plus 27 on my old fanfiktion.de account (which shall remain a secret and is known to only two people in the world who also follow me on tumblr). Those were the days. 

Fic I Spent the Most Time On: This category has a clear winner, and it’s a fic whose name will also remain a secret because it was published on said German account, but it took me seven years to complete. 

Fic I Spent the Least Time On: Probably a tie between i have called you by name, a man who cried for love and however long the earth can take us. these all went from concept to execution in a long afternoon or night of frenzied writing.

Longest Fic: My longest fic is 240k and also on the secret German account (it is not the one that took me seven years to complete, if you can believe that). my longest (completed) fic on Ao3 is Pray for Plagues (To Come Down on this Egypt) with 35k. 

Shortest Fic: According to Ao3, that title goes to One Fine Morning, a fic whose existence I’d forgotten, with around 500 words. I’ll endeavour to forget about it again after posting this. 

Most Hits: Apparently that’s still Gambling Man. I still remember posting that before my going away party before moving to Belgium. It’s been a while since then.

Most Kudos: it’s i have called you by name because bitches love queering theology apparently!! good thing i can provide

Most Comment Thread: see above for queering theology which wins this round, with flightless bird (dumb, wild, and free) coming in second, probably for the same reason. 

Most Bookmarks: the winner is once again my fic on queer self acceptance and religion, but this time the runner-up is to speak so kindly even to the devil!

Total Word Count: Counting only published works on Ao3, that’s 380k. adding in my german fanfic account, i’m at about a million words. so. that’s a number.

Favorite Fic I Wrote: this is a tough one because i love and hate most things i write in equal measure, but one fic i really love that’s also extremely niche is tough love and a tape measure. it was born out of a semester of feminist international relations reading and my love for a woman who was treated badly by the source material. 

Fic I most Want to Expand On/Rewrite: I’ve been thinking about what I would have done with but looking back would ruin this entire work had I turned it into a longer story. It stands on its own pretty well, and it’s complete, but I love the theme of it and I just wish I could have stayed in that world a little while longer.

Share a bit of a WIP/Story Idea You’re Working On:

The room was small, suffocatingly so. With near twenty people crammed into the space it was stifling. Unfortunately, Crowley knew the rush of blood in his cheeks had nothing to do with the temperature – and everything to do with the man before him, in his homespun robes and his heavenly radiance, a simple smile and an aura of divinity that could make a seraphim resort to the sin of jealousy. Crowley couldn’t help it. He dropped to his knees. He wept.

The man knelt next to him. Crowley felt the hand on his back, a comforting touch that only mortified him further. It burned. Crowley self-consciously tugged at the shawl draped over his hair.

“Lord, I – I’m sorry.”

“Do not apologise, Mariam.”

His voice was so clear and confident, like a mountain spring. Like the first sunrise over Eden. Crowley fumbled in his pocket for the amphora of oil he’d bought at the market – bought, not conjured into existence, that was important. His hands were shaking. Jeshua still kept one hand on his back, and his brown eyes were fixed on Crowley with nothing but warmth and patience.

Crowley raised the amphora half of the way, a question on his face. He would not give this blessing if it wasn’t welcome. Jeshua inclined his head.

Crowley poured all of the scented oil over th head of Jeshua ben-Miriam.