#will forever love and be grateful to this fic

[feverish-slooooth]

bunch of doodles in spired by @mysterycyclone 's Dark Matter fic !! Please check out their writing ❤️❤️

[mydirtyvalentine]

they’re putting pills in the podcasts, that turn the friggin’ listeners aroace

(genuinely though, i’m so grateful for this podcast and how affirming both the canon and fanon representation has been. for every fic writer or artists who’s depicted arthur as aro, and either written or drawn arthur in qpr relationships, thank you. i adore you)

[areyoudoingthis]

I am SO grateful that ed and stede exist as characters exactly as they are. I'm so grateful for these two men who are traumatized and messed up and struggle to even like themselves, who are terrible at communicating, who make enough mistakes between the two of them to fill an entire ocean. I am so grateful to watch them struggle and be seen and be loved and reach out for the things they want and are maybe starting to believe that they deserve. I'm so grateful that the show lets them fall in love and get together exactly as they are, that it doesn't say they need to wait until they've become some unattainably perfect version of themselves before they have permission to have that. i am so grateful for ofmd

[racetrackmybeloved]

i will never understand how some people are just. not into fandom content. what do you do with your time? what plays out in your head when you have nothing to do? you’re really telling me you watch a movie or show or read a book and just go yep that’s all i need of that story and those characters? you’re not hungry for more ??

like. some people watched newsies and weren't desperate for more javid? didn't want to know more about spot conlon and the brooklyn newsies? weren't in need of more of race albert and finch being little shits?

wild.

[takofukkatsumi]

1. Be me

2. Play (watch bf play) a game

3. Show bestie some screenshots

4. Tell bestie about characters

5. ?????

6. Wake up to a 2k words of John x Sam fic written in your DMs at *checks timestamp* 6am

@sirshio, you completely insane bastard, I love you

[becausebuckley]

i belong to you, now | buddie | 1,3k

i added a scene to a prompt fill from a while back and posted it on ao3 last night! figured i’d link it on here as well :)

Buck can trace their relationship through shared beers and deep conversations, through sweaters in each other’s closets and quick little looks before rescues. Buck thinks that maybe they’ve been building this since that very first shift, the grenade falling in the box and something in Buck’s heart slotting into place at the same time.

Or: Buck and Eddie, getting together and staying together.

read on ao3 here!

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

the tried and tested cure for bad days is re-reading @gasdancer’s joie de vivre for the hundredth time and drinking hot chocolate ☕️

[cupidskissx]

an abo fic you'd like to leave a link to or a discussion of one you'd like to write

There are too many amazing abo fics, the ones that came to mind immediately are:

Like fire and powder series - by @grandprix-ao3

Max and Charles are both alphas having hot violent sex, until they’re not… (truly a masterclass in smut and ABO!)

Food fucking series - by LoveLeclerc

Charles watches Max finger fruit on Instagram without realising it’s him, things escalate in the most delicious way.

A world of our own - by LoveLeclerc

After a wholesome nestbuilding contest Charles finds the confidence to ask for what he really wants (my comfort abo fic).

Bare your teeth verse (abo) series - by @creabirds

Max bites Charles when they’re teenagers and the ramifications aren’t pretty!

Partiality - by @charlescoded

When the FIA force omegas to be mated Charles doesn’t expect it to go the way that it does.

[anditendshowyoudexpect]

back up your favorite fics, kids

like i did this gorgeous series by @elderflowergin after staying up until ungodly hours to read it. it's been on my mind all day today and i knew i had to preserve it just in case, so i downloaded the epub files and merged them for convenience

[fuckmeyer]

Ok so I follow you because of your amazing analyzing and theories of twilight, but it's gotten to a point I have to consider reading your stories, and besides a Paul lahote story here or there over the years, I haven't really read twilight stories, especially ones that aren't about the Wolfpack.

I'm scared. So I wanted to ask about yours, what is it like?

Is it crazy like full of plot twists and insanity and madness covered into brilliance (the good kind) or crazy in a way that I start liking bella and edward (the terrifying part)?

(If you answer this, please consider the fact it might actually make me reread twilight (the original) and start ranting worse. For both our sanities, is it smart?)

Is it crazy like full of plot twists and insanity and madness covered into brilliance (the good kind) or crazy in a way that I start liking bella and edward (the terrifying part)?

both! liking Bella & Edward is THE biggest plot twist of this saga LOL. i'm not really one to hype my work so bear with me. here's the difference between Twilight & In The Afterlight:

the familiar:

setting. rainy rural PNW vibes

rough plot. girl meets vampire. vampire wants to kill her. love ensues. it starts you off in familiar territory, then slowly peels away as the story progresses. you'll find enough of the "iconic" scenes to keep you oriented in nostalgia, but not so much that you feel chained to the original book.

characters. no OCs. Bella & Edward are somewhat OOC, but their core traits are still intact.

the unfamiliar(ish):

Bella's personality. i think it was @blurry-walker who made this excellent point: we're supposed to like Bella because of how she's described, not by how she acts. Bella is not really selfless, mature, observant, compassionate, intellectual, or self-aware. which would be fine... if that were the author's intention. i've tried making Bella a mix between how she's described & how she acts: selfless, contemplative, & stubborn, with a sense of humor. & i threw in a backstory & hobbies - i.e, drawing, music, reading - so she has a life besides Edward. (she can still act like she's 18 tho. as a treat.)

Edward's personality. no stalking, no anger issues or mood swings, no misogyny, no invalidation of Bella's choices, no militant chastity. just a vampire who's lost his way & startled to discover he is every bit a part of this world as Bella. more humorous, more overwrought/ romantic, more contemplative.

the result is a relationship that's rooted in mutual respect, common interests & values, & genuine companionship. they talk about philosophy, they exchange mixtapes, they tease each other, & have slightly less self-control when it comes to sexual intimacy

James/Victoria plotline

twilight is less fairytale, more gothic horror

deeper thematic discussions (bc i think they're neat! :D). what does it mean to be you? how do you find yourself again when you're lost? what's the secret to keeping your humanity in death?

vampire/Cullen lore. what's the difference between a golden-eyed vampire and a red-eyed one? what are "la tua cantantes" and "mates"? why are the Cullens going to high school? what's the Cullen-Volturi relationship like? who are the Cullens, really? i'm trying to paint them as grayer characters & have their personalities/backstories make sense for who they are.

werewolf lore. i *hate* canon imprinting - how an imprinter loses him/herself to the imprint, how the imprintee can't say no, the fact that they imprint on CHILDREN when the theory behind imprinting is to "find the strongest genes"... NO. i hate it all. i hate that smeyer appropriates the legends of the Quileute tribe & how stereotypes/ tropes of Native people are perpetuated in this series. i especially hate the double-standards Bella puts on the pack vs the coven. justice for the wolfpack or bust

since you mentioned liking the wolfpack (same), the sequel, Come Nightfall (aka New Moon), has way more wolfpack content than the original, & we see a lot more interactions between Jake & Bella. (and Bella & Sam!)

i don't feel it's my place to tell you whether you should read this or even whether it's good. if it helps, this is what other people say:

"This… Was incredible. It was the kind of fanfiction that should be praised along the classics of the fandom, the kind you would want to print and put in the shelf in between Twilight and Life And Death."

"This is, to me, the epitome of great fanfiction--you took the story idea and characters and tweaked them to how you imagine it would be better as well as adding in your own flare, AND you have the story telling ability to back it up."

"You've managed to write something that not only surpasses the source material, but flies so far beyond it in nuance, craftsmanship, raw emotion and SMUT that it travelled through space and time continuum and shows no signs of stopping. Every time I think it can't get better, it does."

"I read both of your books in like 2 days; I couldn’t put them down. This is some of the best writing I’ve ever read on here."

"What a gem of a story. I read it in one sitting, the best canon rewrite I've ever read. Very very clever writing, engaging plot, and the most real Bella and Edward relationship I've ever seen. Everything about it, Bella and Jacob, Sam, Alice and Bella's dynamic, Billy and Bella, everything added so much colour to this story. I can't believe this came from Meyer's twilight and New Moon. Absolutely genius."

[ecstarry]

the amount of stuff from my relationship that i projected to my fics is actually insane

[octalians]

I still get interactions on my old Dakavendish fics and I’m flattered don’t get me wrong but it’s a lil scary because they get more attention than fics I’ve made in bigger fandoms

[sysig]

Reading moodboard #84430940 (Patreon)

[silver-of-dragons]

ARE YOU OUT OF FIC IDEAS???

Pick up one of my many abandoned works! Please!

If you’re a part of the Marauders fandom or are willing to adapt a fic to fit your own, then my fics are yours for the taking! As long as you credit me with links to my account and og fic, I will gladly hand over my babies with any notes/extra scenes I have hidden in my archives.

take your pick!:

I’m also willing to give up abandoned drafts and/or prompts that never got posted and are collecting dust. I’m only a DM away.

[mutalune]

me when people hate on aos trek:

[queenie-official]

The devil works hard but the fanfic community works harder