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Guess who finally got their documents working again! Anyway, WIPs and Last Lines for The UnTitledverse and The Silver Chronicles. Specifically; a WIP for Jurassic World: Before The Storm and The True Sinners, and a Last Line for two Classroom Of The Elite fics and Silva's Hope and No Snake, Only A Boa In The Garden. Kind of a lot, but I've missed this so much. You can find these below the cut:

Here's a WIP for Chapter 2 of Jurassic World: Before The Storm:

Regret.

That is what overcame me when I followed Lisa off the ramp of the ferry.

Once I stood on sturdier ground, the unforgiving heat swept over me quickly.

Lisa had told me to put some summer clothes on; the sleeveless shirt and accompanying short skirt that she had paid for had been her initial suggestion. But I didn’t want to wear those. I didn’t want strangers to see how scrawny and soft I was. And the loose long-sleeve shirt, long baggy pants and my jumper were just too cozy, even if they were more for the colder months.

The uncomfortable temperature had me reconsider if this was a small lapse in judgement.

But no one was paying me much mind, so maybe the clothes helped. If that’s right, then maybe a little heat wouldn’t be so bad.

“Jackie,” Lisa gritted my nickname past her teeth, impatient towards my slow pace. I hadn’t realized that my baggage would be so heavy. I obliged her by picking up the pace.

Though I sped up in pace, Lisa was swifter, and the increasing amount of people clustering together made it more difficult to stay behind her lead.

Luckily the crowd started to dissipate.

I rushed to be by Lisa’s side, lugging my baggage with as much force as I could. The sun lifted an unwanted blanket of hot air over us, and I could not find it in my heart to appreciate the climate. In response to this uncomfortable pressure, I unzipped my jumper. I took a glance at Lisa and found her attention elsewhere.

Here's The True Sinners WIP, where Silva's planning murder while making coffee... but who can blame someone whose recently been kidnapped by the resident ginger soldier:

Jacob dragged Silva through the halls of the old veteran's center, his right hand gripped onto the hem of her dirty coat.

They reached what she assumed to be his office. Jacob opened the door and unceremoniously threw her forward inside. She caught herself from falling, twisting around to face her captor.

He shut the door behind him, the handle's lock clicked in a twist. Jacob crossed his arms as he regarded her, face thinned into a stoic mask.

Blue eyes raked over her disheveled body, specifically how she positioned herself; legs spread apart and slight bent, her left arm spread forward in preparation while her right arm remained closest to her hip, and her dull grey eyes glaring at him. Focused.

He sharply exhaled through his nose, almost like a whistling snort. He leaned against the wall next to the door, eyes on her. Silva didn't drop her guard, not even when he gestured over to a small table.

"Coffee," Jacob tells her. Silva remained in her stance, though confusion did etch across her face.

Jacob gestured once more to the small table. Silva hesitated, eyed Jacob's stature. She took a brief glance over to the table, not enough to lose Jacob in her peripheral though, and opted not to change her stance either, just in case.

She spotted a kettle and some paper cups, and what she assumed to be a jar of grounded coffee beans.

She swiftly placed her eyes back onto him, uncertainty and anticipation brewing within her. Jacob must have noticed, as he stated, "Get yourself a cup of coffee. And if you get one for me, I might be open to explaining your purpose here."

Her eyes narrowed, but refrained from speaking. Silva wasn't sure what his game was. She focused past him to the office door.

She silently exhaled, taking small steps toward the table, grey eyes always on Jacob in case he made any sudden moves.

Once she planted a gloved hand on the small tabletop, she gave one more glare towards him before reluctantly turning her back to him.

With an ear out for any inconspicuous movements Jacob could make, Silva quickly pressed a knuckle against the kettle. Finding it lukewarm, she flicked down the switch.

She dared another glance at Jacob while the kettle heated up, only to stiffen when their stares connected. A palish blue invading her dull grey. A contrast to the sharp grey of Father and the pale hazel of Paul.

He was a militar man. The green forest jacket with the Americana flag was enough to tip her off when they first met, but the ambush... the training grounds of the veteran center had all confirmed her suspicion.

She had been unprepared when she fought back during the raid, only managing to catch him off guard with an admittedly surprised hit, but nothing that could have incapacitated him with his support running at her.

But now they were alone... and once she heard the rising whistle, she twisted her fingers around the handle of her new weapon.

Here's four Last Lines, two each for The UnTitledverse and The Silver Chronicles.

The first Last Line is for a Classroom Of The Elite chapter in The UnTitled Stories (a collection of short fics). Ayanokoji and Horikita have lunch together:

"So," I had paused to swallow down the crumbed fish before I asked you, "The first step is to rehabilitate the failures?"

It hadn't been an unsound plan. In fact it was quite logical, which made sense, in hindsight.

"If you've grasped that, you can guess what I'm about to propose," you had told me, and you were correct. The implication was as easy to notice like a car speeding down a crossing.

My initial response was to decline. The word 'no' was on the tip of my mouth, but I refrained. I took a glance at you, and reconsidered my reply.

Knowing you thus far, you would never have allowed me to get as close as you'd already let me back then if I had rejected your proposal. You had made sound points and made your intentions clear. While I had no ambition to reach Class A, as it had not been my goal, you were a curious oddity that I wanted to learn more about. And helping you meant getting one step closer to the answer I sought.

So, I made the only acceptable answer.

"Okay, I'll help."

"I thought you'd say-," you had paused mid-sentence, my words being swiftly picked apart in your mind as you realized what I had said, "Wait, seriously?"

"Dead serious," I parroted your words back. I'd imagine the look of momentary shock should have been amusing, though I couldn't find much humor in the displace as my chopsticks picked up the rest of my crumbed fish.

The second Last Line/s is for a "What If?" Classroom Of The Elite scenario where Amasawa and Yagami went with Ayanokoji to the school. Anyway, have Class D's reaction to the trio:

As Ayanokoji began to depart from his desk, he paused. Horikita heard him let out a sigh, and much to her confusion, dropped his bag on top of his desk.

"What are you-?" Horikita wanted to question, but Ayanokoji soon interrupted her.

"Accepting my fate," he disclosed, not with much emotion, but certainly not his regular monotone.

Horikita blinked at him, shaking her head in confusion, "Huh?"

Ayanokoji only pointed toward Class 1-D's door in response. She turned her gaze toward it, the sliding door left ajar by the few students who left for break. She wasn't sure why...

She stopped her thoughts when she heard it; the rushing steps of someone fast approaching. It wasn't until a familiar magenta-haired fiend slid in front of the door way, cast her gradient dark-red eyes onto her target and propelled herself inside the classroom at such unnatural speed.

"Senpai~!" the twin-tailed girl cheered out as she threw herself at Ayanokoji, who (reluctantly) welcomed her with deflated open arms. The girl tackled Ayanokoji, the force causing both of them to crash to the floor. The ruckus caught the remainder of Class D's attention.

Before Horikita could process what she just witnessed, she heard another rush of footsteps towards the doorway, but this one slowed down to reveal the second of Ayanokoji's companions; a boy with brown hair and green eyes, softly panting and non-discreetly leaning against the frame to recover from the chase.

The third Last Line/s is for Silva's Hope, and Silva gets a short break and a new friend:

"Hey, Dep, so... you hungry?" Boshaw asked, fidgeting with the beer bottle in his hand. Silva glanced at him, raising a brow, "I was gonna heat up the leftover pizza I had in my fridge, and since you're crashing the place, I'm just wondering if you want some."

He seemed anxious, giving her a forced smile as he awaited her answer. At the mention of food, the rumbling pain in her gut demanded she attend to its needs. Silva blew out a relenting exhale.

"Honestly Boshaw... I'd love some pizza," she told him, and she saw how his brown eyes lightened up; like how Elsa was given permission to do a dangerous stunt or Hurk given the go-ahead to blow a Peggie chopper out of the sky. Or given the thumbs up to set something ablaze.

With that reminder, she quickly added, "As long as it's not reheated with your flamethrower. Understood Boshaw?"

Boshaw blew out a playful huff as he stood up on the trailer's roof, "Nah, I learnt my lesson last time I did that. Gets too charred. Don't worry, I've got a microwave laying about inside. And ya can call me Sharky, Dep."

Silva chewed the inside of her cheek, but after some thinking, couldn't see the harm of calling him by his preferred name, "Alright Sharky... as long as you call me Silva. I'm doing a lot more than what's in a deputy's paycheck. Deal?"

She opened out a gloved hand for him to shake on, and it lightened her mood to see the wide cheerful grin as he took her hand, and managed to pull her up onto her two feet, "You've got a deal there, Silva."

The final Last Line/s is for No Snake, Only A Boa In The Garden, and have a crumb of Hudson and Pratt content... as they chat waiting for a passed-out Coroner!Silva to wake up:

Watching how quietly [Silva] slept on as Pratt had loudly chugged down his coffee, Joey couldn't disagree with Pratt's comment, regardless of how ill-mannered the jest was.

She's almost like a corpse, she conceded, frowning at the soft breathes she could barely see part their coroner's lips, the egg-shaped timer ticking beside the dark-haired woman's head, within arm-length.

"Hudson, you need to relax. She's a grown woman, remember? She's made the decision to deal with her personal issues herself," Pratt yapped on, and shared a thought, "Not the best way to deal with any issue, true, but it really isn't up to us to interfere if it hasn't affected her job thus far. Besides, you've got to admit she's a bit fun when she's tipsy. Night-outs are never short of entertaining when she's around. Cheeky and funny, too."

Joey gave Pratt a deadpan look, and sighed, "I don't know Pratt. You ever wonder why she drinks though? It worries me. We're pretty much the only ones here she goes out of her way to talk to, with exception to Earl. And she's just cooped up in here, surrounded by... death."

She gestured around the morgue, to the units housing whatever bodies were brought in this week. Once again, she settled her gaze on the deep bags under Silva's eyes, a combined result of the coroner's known insomnia and the amount of effort in she puts to stretch herself thin in overworking herself. Joey huffed, a somberness in her voice, "It's so... isolating. She never shares anything outside her personal life either, and we're the closest people to friends that she's got. It's not normal."

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Life, Despair & Monsters Original Character

On Strong Foundations, The Towers Stand

Haoyu Anabuki (Faceclaim: Hikaru Utada) - A Japanese human-displacement hybrid, and Monika's half-sibling, with the unique ability of opening rifts to other universes. With the vanishing of their father, Haoyu seeks out their sister after sensing a brief vanishing then resurgence in her "displacement energy", leading them to join her literature club and help her navigate the complicated feelings surrounding existentialism. Features in You Make My Heart Go Doki Doki Literature Club!, The Ruins Of The Midnight Rise,Guenevere WIP, I Am Not Okay With This WIP, Castlevania WIP, Choo Choo Charles Has Gone Off The Rails and And From Dust And Ashes, The Tower's Foundations Hold.

Icarus Galatos, Hatsukami Hinode & Xavier Tulip (Faceclaim: Daniel Padilla) - Icarus was just a Chinese boy who lives with DID (with his alters being Hatsukami and Xavier) but has a family that supports him. It isn't until one day that one of his alters come across a strange fungus-like plant, and on a whim of a dare, he eats the outer-worldly flora, which connects Icarus and his alters to an inter-dimensional being, who brings trouble with him. Features in the Icarus/Hatsukami/Xavier/Hatter Origin WIP, Miraculous Miracles, The Ruins Of The Midnight Rise, Guenevere WIP, I Am Not Okay With This WIP, Castlevania WIP, Choo Choo Charles Has Gone Off The Rails and And From Dust And Ashes, The Tower's Foundations Hold.

Hatter - An interdimensional man-eating floral humanoid creature, Hatter is a parasite that is anchored to his home dimension (which he only refers to as "the Other Dimension"), but once he acquires an avatar (or avatars in his case), he will be able to swap places with his avatar and warp to their dimension. Although he is not foolish enough to leave his avatars to die in the Other Dimension; if they die, he won't be able to return to the Other Dimension, which he requires to live to avoid relying on human meat. Features in the Icarus/Hatsukami/Xavier/Hatter Origin WIP, Miraculous Miracles, The Ruins Of The Midnight Rise, Guenevere WIP, I Am Not Okay With This WIP, Castlevania WIP, Choo Choo Charles Has Gone Off The Rails and And From Dust And Ashes, The Tower's Foundations Hold.

Sir Enigma Malvolio (Faceclaim: Rami Malek) - The Director of the Ruins of the Midnight Rise, Malvolio is a Displacement who made a pact with an Eldritch, Malvolio seeks to evolve humanity through unethical pursuits of science, and experiment for a limited time before he eventually honors his part of the pact and destroys the towers holding the realms apart in the Worlds In-Between. Malvolio is the origin of like majority of the characters here and is the main antagonist of the series. Features in Word Of Woe, You Make My Heart Go Doki Doki Literature Club!, Miraculous Miracles, Sonya's Push, The Thorned Crown Of Iron Thrones, Cyberpunk: Blackout, Poppy Playtime WIP, An Invite To Wine And Dine, The Ruins Of The Midnight Rise, Guenevere WIP, I Am Not Okay With This WIP, Castlevania WIP, Choo Choo Charles Has Gone Off The Rails and And From Dust And Ashes, The Tower's Foundations Hold in Life, Despair & Monsters, and Red Dead Redemption: Peace For Thy Sinners from The Perfect Storm saga in The UnTitledverse.

The Unity/"Uni" - An amalgamation of the collective consciousnesses of the multiverse's greatest Third Eye users contained within one form. By far Malvolio's most favourite entity in the Ruins of the Midnight Rise. Features in Word Of Woe, You Make My Heart Go Doki Doki Literature Club!, Miraculous Miracles, Sonya's Push, The Thorned Crown of Iron Thrones, Cyberpunk: Blackout, An Invite To Wine And Dine, Guenevere WIP, Castlevania WIP, Choo Choo Charles Has Gone Off The Rails and And From Dust And Ashes, The Tower's Foundations Hold from Life, Despair & Monsters, The Aftermath Equation, Jurassic World: The Perfect Storm, More Than Bargained For? and Red Dead Redemption: Peace For Thy Sinners in The Perfect Storm saga from The UnTitledverse.

Lora - A mechanical humanoid that holds a mysterious past, Lora was created by Singed with the express purpose of figuring out if Shimmer could be used as a power fuel for weaponry and robotics before being utilized by Silco in his quest for Zaun. Lora assists in all she can in her new purpose, especially when it comes to helping Jinx in particular. Features in Arcane: League of Legends WIP #1, Arcane: League of Legends WIP #2, Arcane: League of Legends WIP #3, The Ruins Of The Midnight Rise and Guenevere WIP.

Sonya, The Apex - Formerly a woman named Sonnie until she was fatally injured by a gang. In one universe, she was saved by her friends Wes and Ivrina. But here, Sir Enigma Malvolio came across her first, and while he does save her brain, she wishes she'd died. Transformed into a mecha-beastie with the express purpose of combat for Malvolio's data, it isn't until she's put in her 18th championship that she finds a unique opportunity to escape through the dissatisfied mistress of the pimp running the illegal tournament. Features in Sonya's Push, The Ruins Of The Midnight Rise, Guenevere WIP, Castlevania WIP, Choo Choo Charles Has Gone Off The Rails and And From Dust And Ashes, The Tower's Foundations Hold.

Denise Redwood (Faceclaim: Odette Annable) - Malvolio's short-tempered bodyguard, not much is known about Denise, other than Malvolio picked her up from a terrible situation, and she's felt indebted to him ever since. Though her competency is... up for debate, even if Malvolio doesn't mind. Though after Malvolio goes missing, and she's left to bleed to death after a fight with Jennifer left her arm-less, she's found by C.Y.P.R.U.S leader, Madame Callaghan, who fixes her up and has Denise as the Madame's second-in-command. Features in Sonya's Push, The Thorned Crown Of Iron Thrones, Cyberpunk: Blackout, An Invite To Wine And Dine, The Ruins Of The Midnight Rise, Guenevere WIP and Choo Choo Charles Has Gone Off The Rails from Life, Despair & Monsters, The Omniscient Rule: C.Y.P.R.U.S Uprising from The Omniscient Rule saga and The Ender saga in The UnTitledverse.

Corvus Targaryen (Faceclaim: Daniel Radcliffe) - The adopted son of Viserys Targaryen II, Corvus is put between a rock and a hard place as his family tears itself apart to get to the throne. He finds a bit of bravery through the "King's Favors" supplied to him by an odd nobleman by the name of Sir Enigma Malvolio. Features in The Thorned Crown Of Iron Thrones and House Of The Dragon Sequel WIP.

Caecilia "Cecil" Targaryen Royce (Faceclaim: Mia Goth) - Daemon Targaryen's estranged daughter with Rhea Royce, after the unexpected death of her mother, Cecil is put under the care of her father, whom she despises. Cecil devotes herself to helping Rhaenyra keep her claim to the throne away from the reach of the Hightowers and Daemon, and gets along with the Velaryon's rather swell, especially Rhaenys when it comes to talking shit about Daemon. Over time though, Cecil and Daemon's relationship does get... better-ish. Features in The Thorned Crown of Iron Thrones and the House Of The Dragon Sequel WIP.

Okkotsu (Faceclaim: Karen Fukuhara) - A former assassin that targeted the Targaryen family until she just kept failing to kill them, after faking her death, she's been stuck on the run, although she does strike up a brief friendship with Laena Velaryon. At the night of the latter's funeral though, Okkotsu meets Aegon Targaryen II... and she becomes a rather influential figure on his life. Features in The Thorned Crown of Iron Thrones and the House of the Dragon Sequel WIP.

Yan - A member of the Occult and one of Aggravor's most vocal critics within his chapter, sent to Westeros to revive the Court King. Unbeknownst to him until it's too late, Aggravor had sent Yan and his allies to die. Features in The Thorned Crown of Iron Thrones and House Of The Dragon Sequel WIP.

The Court King - A third-generation Kin conqueror, the Court King was betrayed by his cohorts during the Extermination Purge Wars and was seemingly destroyed in the process. However, the Court King had accumulated two ways of surviving; retaining his power in his corpse, and spreading his essence in the King's Favors. Features in Miraculous Miracles, The Thorned Crown of Iron Thrones and the House of the Dragon Sequel WIP.

Rico (Faceclaim: Wilmer Calderon) - An old buddy of Johnny Silverhand, Rico loved to chrome up to the point majority of him was just augmentations. However, Rico has put a stop to that habit to avoid cyber-psychosis. Now Rico aids Johnny's new protege, Vasilisa, in taking down Arasaka for good. Features in Cyberpunk: Blackout, The Ruins Of The Midnight Rise, Guenevere WIP, I Am Not Okay With This WIP and the Castlevania WIP.

Min-Ji "Vasilisa" Choi aka "V" (Faceclaim: Arden Cho) - Vasalisa, or "V", is a mercenary in Night City who gets way too in over her head when attempting to rob Arasaka with her buddy, Jackie. She ends up with the infamous Johnny Silverhand in her head, and is encouraged to band up with Rico and take down the corporation poisoning Night City. Features in Cyberpunk: Blackout.

Inviticus - A mech designed in collaboration by both Malvolio and Militech. He is sent out to hunt down all Cyberpunks and Edgerunners, however, Malvolio gifts him a unique opportunity for freedom. Features in Cyberpunk: Blackout, The Ruins Of The Midnight Rise, Guenevere WIP, Castlevania WIP, Choo Choo Charles Has Gone Off The Rails and And From Dust And Ashes, The Tower's Foundations Hold.

Impulse - An Arasaka hound drone, practically Adam Smasher's pet, Impulse does as she's told by her masters with precision and without question. Features in Cyberpunk: Blackout, The Ruins Of The Midnight Rise, Guenevere WIP, I Am Not Okay With This WIP, Castlevania WIP, Choo Choo Charles Has Gone Off The Rails and And From Dust And Ashes, The Tower's Foundations Hold.

Angel Wright - An Ex-Employee of Playtime Co., Angel is stuck trying to survive the horrors in the factory, until he comes across a goth and a golden retriever girl trying to access the "Toybox". Features in the Poppy Playtime WIP.

Frederick Rosemary (Faceclaim: The Stupendium) - Former co-partner of Playtime Co. before branching off his own rival company, Frederick's factories were closed down after disturbing accusations came forward from young victims. No one knew what happened to the man decades after his factories closure, not until Angel discovers the Toybox, at least. Features in the Poppy Playtime WIP, The Ruins Of The Midnight Rise, Castlevania WIP and Choo Choo Charles Has Gone Off The Rails.

Edith "Evie" Bloodleech (Faceclaim: Nathalie Emmanuel) - Once a woman named Evie Jackson, Edith had become Malvolio's most valued and successful transmutation experiment yet, and is heavily favored by the Displacement for this very reason. Evie has the ability to transform from human form into a massive bloodthirsty leech-like monstrosity and vice versa. Evie has managed to gain the support of several vampire courts due to her political prowess, securing alliances and funding for the Ruins of the Midnight Rise. Features in An Invite To Wind And Dine, The Ruins of the Midnight Rise, Guenevere WIP and Castlevania WIP.

Ion the Exiled Kin - A fourth-generation Kin that was planet-sized, he was banished to the Outer Void after attempting to integrate with Earth, whom he referred to as "Terra" in reference to the legend of the "Slumbering Goddess", even if it destroyed the inhabitants in the process. Features in The Legend Of Vox Machina WIP.

O.R.I.O.N - The conscious nano-armor that is embedded in Queen Guenevere without her consent. Although O.R.I.O.N doesn't like his circumstances as much as Guenevere does, he is willing to work with her in dire situations that threaten the realm of Camelot. Features in the Guenevere WIP, I Am Not Okay With This WIP, Castlevania WIP, Choo Choo Charles Has Gone Off The Rails and And From Dust And Ashes, The Tower's Foundations Hold.

The Displacements - Fellow inter-dimensional creatures that are under the sway of Malvolio's superior influence and act as shock troopers for the Ruins of the Midnight Rise. After their failure to capture Sydney and unable to prevent Evie's death, Malvolio dismantles further connection with the Displacements and experiments on them. Features in The Ruins Of The Midnight Rise, I Am Not Okay With This WIP and the Castlevania WIP.

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20 questions for writers

Tagged by @bourbon-ontherocks, thank you friend!! ✒️📜

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

26

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

466,050, who the hell lets me talk that much?!

3. What fandoms do you write for?

GLOW, Sherlock, Stranger Things has made it in there, I was also diving into the Jurassic World fandom but got derailed. Older fandoms over on FF.net included Castle, Bones, and Crossing Jordan way back in the day

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

The Pull of My Heart to Yours

Five

Paragon

Be Prepared (co-written with the lovely @mizjoely)

Silk

5. Do you respond to comments?

I try to answer everyone! Sometimes I'll get busy and forget to respond, but I do my best to at least say thank you to everyone who comments

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

The angstiest? Probably Watching the World Burn

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I think most of my fics have overall happy endings, but the two that are borderline saccharine are That's Life and Golden Repair. I basically ended them with a joyful, romcom soundtrack 🤮

8. Do you get hate on fics?

I have had some, unfortunately. It used to get to me a lot more, because, you know, we all do this for fun and for free. Now I just delete the comments and move on with my day 🤙

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Oh yeah. Ohhhhhh yeah. Typically romantic, sometimes angsty, occasionally plot-what-plot explicit. I let the story tell me what it needs, if you will.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

Have not, but I still have a prompt in my Inbox for a GLOW/Sherlock crossover that I would like to get to at some point

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Sort of - years ago I had someone leave a comment on a fic telling me I was doing a bad job with a good idea, and then they took my idea and wrote their own fic (totally fine) and blasted me in the notes (not at all fine), so... that was fun.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Not yet!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Ooh yes, @mizjoely and I have collaborated on Be Prepared and Furo and we had a blast with both. There is a (maybe?) abandoned fic with @miabicicletta that I would still love to finish if the world allows us... 🥺

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

I like them all for different reasons, but I think Mulder and Scully will always be my OTP. And I haven't even written anything for them yet! I'm scared, they intimidate me 😬

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I would really really like to finish Shelter From the Storm at some point, even though the franchise is basically done! The idea I had for it was waaaaay different than what they ended up doing in the last movie, and much, much darker. Maybe someday.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Too many ideas in my head and the audacity to think that people want to hear about them 😁

I do a decent job with keeping things in character, and having a plan for where the story is going so I can actually set things up properly. I think I have a pretty good eye for detail as well.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

If I'm having a hard time getting from one plot point to another, I get lazy and things get stilted. I'll bullshit my way through boring bits to get to the bits I really want to write.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I try, guys. I really do. I do as much homework as I can with Google Translate, but I know it's not enough to get it right. I avoid other languages if I can.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

First ever ever? Hahaha Xena: Warrior Princess. First online published I think was Crossing Jordan

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

Oh geez, that's tough - I honestly think it's a tie between Paragon and That's Life. I had the most fun writing both of those.

Tagging @miabicicletta, @mizjoely, @jomiddlemarch, and anyone else who wants to jump on this

[obwjam]

THIS IS NOT CANON AND DOESN’T CONTAIN SPOILERS TO ANYTHING !! THIS KINDA CAME TO MY HEAD AS AN AU, PT 2 WIP

John Hammond's passing had left a heavy cloud of grief hanging over the sprawling estate that housed the secrets of Jurassic Park. His tiny three-inch tall friend, Paige, stood in the shadow of his departure, devastated by the loss of the man who had protected her from the looming specter of Dr. Stevens and his relentless pursuit of scientific discovery.

As Paige mourned, a familiar figure entered the room, casting a tall shadow that momentarily startled her. Relief washed over her as she recognized Ian Malcolm, the chaos theorist. They had crossed paths before, albeit briefly, but in this dire moment, his presence was a welcoming sight.

"Hi Dr. Malcolm," Paige greeted with a slight tremor in her voice.

Ian nodded, understanding the gravity of the situation. “Hi Paige.” Together, they talked about the uncertain future that now loomed before her. Paige's eyes welled with tears as she admitted, "I don't know what to do. With John gone, there's nothing keeping Dr. Stevens and his crew from wanting to experiment on me and study my genetic mutation again."

The fear was palpable in her voice, and Ian could see her trembling at the mere thought of returning to the cold, sterile laboratory. They discussed potential plans, but soon the conversation shifted to something that could offer some temporary solace – dinosaurs.

Ian shared tales of his encounters with these prehistoric giants, describing the awe and terror that came with them. Paige listened intently, her fear momentarily pushed aside by the captivating stories of a world she could never experience firsthand.

However, their conversation was abruptly interrupted when the door to the room burst open, and a group of scientists, led by Dr. Stevens himself, stormed in, determined to find Paige.

Without hesitation, she darted away, using her miniature size to her advantage as she scurried towards a secret room hidden from all but a few. Ian, realizing the urgency of the situation, immediately went in pursuit of Paige.

He combed through the estate's nooks and crannies, searching for any sign of the tiny woman. Time was of the essence, and he had to find her before the scientists did. Hours passed, and desperation gnawed at him.

Paige's heart raced as she initially mistook Ian for one of the intruders. In a panic, she backpedaled farther into the corner, her tiny form trembling with fear. With her hands raised in defense, she begged, "Please, don't hurt me. I won't go back to the lab!"

Ian, recognizing the misunderstanding, quickly reassured her, "It's alright, Paige. It's me, Ian. I'm here to help, not to hurt you."

Relief flooded over Paige as she realized her mistake, and she emerged from her defensive posture.

Instinctively, Paige bolted towards Ian, who had knelt down to her level, his giant presence offering a sense of safety. She didn't know him well, but in this moment, his actions spoke volumes. He had made the effort to search for her, which showed her that he cared, whether or not he'd admit it.

Tears glistened in her tiny eyes as she asked, "You came looking for me?"

Ian nodded solemnly, his expression filled with compassion. "Yes, Paige. I couldn't let them find you. I promised John I’d look after you."

Paige couldn't contain her gratitude. She rushed closer to Ian, her miniature form trembling, and with all the strength she could muster, she wrapped her tiny arms around one of his massive fingers, hugging it tightly. To her, it was like clinging to a lifeline.

From Ian's perspective, he felt the gentle touch of Paige's embrace on his finger, a profound connection forged in a world where size made no difference to the depth of emotions. He marveled at her courage and resilience, despite her minuscule stature.

He offered her a reassuring smile, gently lowering his finger to let her down from the corner where she had hidden. "Don't worry, Paige," he said softly. "I've got you."

Paige, still trembling from the recent fright, gazed up at Ian with a mixture of fear and hope in her eyes. He knew that escaping the watchful eyes of Dr. Stevens and his team would not be easy. With a determined expression, he gently scooped Paige up, cradling her trembling body against his chest. She felt the warmth of his palm and his comforting touch, which was both reassuring and protective.

As she nestled into the safety of his palms, Paige whispered, "Thank you, Dr. Malcolm."

Ian smiled kindly at her and corrected, "You can call me Ian."

THIS WOULD SO HAPPEN YOU CANT CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE

[simplegenius042]

I did it! I published chapter one of Jurassic World Before The Storm!

This... I am at a loss of words. I am unbelievably... I can't find the word that's a mix between joyful and proud of myself.

Anyway, I'm gonna head off to bed now. Far Cry The Silver Chronicles stuff will be published in a few days. You will be getting WIPs of those and possibly more from my other blogs.

Enjoy everyone! And thanks for all the support. I greatly appreciate it.

Jurassic World Before The Storm

Chapter 1: The Arrival

Author's Note: It's here everyone. It's finally here! Below the cut is the first chapter of my Jurassic World fic. My first story. My first story! I am just so... grateful. And glad! And joyful overall... I dearly hope you enjoy reading the story and the expansion of Jurassic World as a whole from the perspective of my characters and the canon characters too. Both human and dinosaur POV. I sincerely hope I did this justice. Have fun! (Side Note: You will be able to find this story on AO3 here , on fanfiction.net here and on Wattpad here ... if you want updates or more info, explore this blog or my other blog @simplegenius042 . And if you're interested in my other stories (when they come out) and want to see info and updates, see my other main story blogs @the-silver-chronicles (FC5 based) and @life-despair-and-monsters-blog (mainly Love Death + Robots but also other stuff).

Summary: The return to Isla Nublar and people watching.

He was near. He knew that.

So very near. Almost within his grasp.

He felt a little giddy, though he knew he shouldn’t. It wasn’t mature of him. Professional.

He had been searching for this machination for months, ever since he first heard of it. Following every bit of far-fetched leads that he could find so he could have it all for himself.

And making sure those loose ends were tied like rope into a knot…or a disfigured pulp for the case of my helpful companions, he thought with a jolly smile at the memories, Couldn’t have any competitors finding what was rightfully mine.

He never did believe in magic; science was the closest thing to ‘magic’ for him, as robotics was closest to giving life ever since the failure classified as Emma. But he was assured that this would have the “best of both worlds”.

He couldn’t just give up an opportunity like this. Especially with his age.

He couldn’t end. The bits of grey appearing in his hair were becoming more frequent.

He needed more time. He just needed to know more. To take more.

He abruptly frowned.

Though it’s rather unpleasant he had to chase his fascination to a ferry back to that blasted island.

Isla Nublar, the Clouded Island.

No doubt no one would even recognise him, he wasn’t as sloppy as he was in his younger years. He now hid in the shadows, preying away at what he wanted, when he saw fit to it, and not leaving a mess in the process.

And made sure, with sufficient bribing, that his employees erased his mistakes, never speaking a word of those failures ever again.

Shame he wasn’t there to oversee the process, but he supposed now, once he was on that hunk of wasted scientific potential, he would make sure nothing was left.

And lucky for him, he had two associates inside the staff, ensuring any traces of his presence would never be recorded.

How lucky he was to bump into that man and woman; he thanked his natural ability to talk to people. Especially when using the idea of love against the latter.

His face contorted into a grimace at that word.

Naïve souls, blindly and foolishly following such a lie.

He scoffed, and mockingly chuckled at the meaningless concept. He looked to the other passengers, the families, the couples, the friends.

Such fools, carrying such a weakness around, he shook his head, rolling his eyes at the displays of affection around him, I’m glad to be rid of those chains.

His amber orbs scanned around the passengers, searching for anyone out of the ordinary, someone that may be following him.

He didn’t find anyone worrisome, though his eyes did land on two particular passengers.

A young woman with an even younger child- a boy from what he could see. Both were seated next to each other, his observation gone unnoticed by the two.

The young woman had her arms crossed and firm, while the young boy looked to be enclosed to himself, nervously fidgeting with his hands.

He raised a brow when the young woman hissed quietly at the young boy, the latter stopping his fidgety actions.

He felt that familiar urge tug at his mind, the one that recommended he pay close attention.

He focused on observing the two more closely.

Both obviously knew each other. Was she the babysitter? Highly unlikely. Family members? That sounded more…plausible. Though they hardly shared any similarities. Foster siblings, perhaps?

Regardless of what their relationship was, the two had intrigued his interest.

The young woman seemed to be in her early twenties, barely an adult. She had long auburn hair, kempt and luxurious. He admired the tidiness. He liked to keep tidy himself, unlike most people he was unfortunately acquainted with.

Freckles scattered her cheeks and small nose. He studied her face, the pursed lips, her ambitious hazel eyes taking chances to glance at the young boy next to her, scrunched eyebrows and forehead, her sparkling eye lashes methodically waving when closed.

His amber orbs traced the smooth curve of her chubby cheeks, how unusually perfect the bone held her skin up. He took note of the professional attire she wore on her tall and plump form. He looked back to her face, the porcelain skin and the make-up she had applied making this remarkable specimen almost perfect.

Almost.

He frowned at the realisation. Here was a specimen that’s physique was near perfection, one that looked to be someone capable of business with as much ambition as himself. And while her physique was perfect, her flaw seemed to be internal.

Her tolerance was low, mood erratic with no calmness in the air surrounding her. That was clear. She did not have a grasp over her patience. And not to mention, she was intentionally bringing along baggage that she could do without.

Speaking of which.

He gradually turned his attention to the younger passenger besides her.

The boy - no older than at least ten - had short cut brown hair and cautious brown eyes. Even though his hair was combed, there were a few strands that sprouted up, barely keeping together. The boy’s clothes were casual yet respectful, possibly on the young woman’s behalf, though it’s much suited for winter rather than the tropical island. Oddly enough, he was a little scrawny, even for a boy as young as him.

He will grow into his looks, he concluded.

Though he could not see any other desirable benefit that the boy had.

The young woman had a fiery ambition in her eyes, like himself. That’s what made her useful.

A bitter disappointment, though he was used to such things in his life.

Oddly enough, how the boy held himself in his seat brings back memories of his own childhood.

Yes, he remembered how he held himself like that. Afraid of making the wrong movement, to mess up, to bring their ire attention towards him. Afraid to feel their wrath.

He clenched his hands into fists.

Don’t think about those underlings. Four decades they haven’t plagued your mind, don’t let them in now. Not while a solution is within reach…

“Attention all passengers!” The ferry’s intercoms announced, “We are arriving on the northwest dock of Isla Nublar! Thank you for your patience!”

He calmly exhaled his breath, relieving his clenched hands.

He glanced over to the two youths he was studying earlier, the young woman breathing out a ‘finally’ before prepping herself and the young boy to leave.

The boy got himself ready, grabbing his bag and standing up with the young woman.

He will have to keep an eye out for them. Just in case.

But as of now, he must make his way through “Jurassic World”.

Such waste.

[callunavulgari]

Scrapbook 2019 | Pt. I

Normal font - meh, it was okay | Italicized titles - enjoyed quite a bit | bold titles - love | titles with an asterisk* - all time favorites | (bracketed titles) - re-watches/re-reads | strikethough - dislike

Goals are: read one hundred books this year, finish five video games, write something novel-length and write something original. These last two goals CAN be combined.

MOVIES

January

(Kingsman: The Golden Circle)

Pitch Perfect 3

February

(Big Hero 6)

March

Geostorm

Captain Marvel

(Thor Ragnarok)

(Avengers: Infinity War)

(Pocahontas)

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Venom

April

(Brave)

(Flipper)

(Spirited Away)

(Breakfast at Tiffany’s)

How To Train Your Dragon 3

Crazy Rich Asians

Matilda

The Death Cure

The Mummy (2017)

(Monster’s University)

Avengers: Endgame

May

Detective Pikachu

Bohemian Rhapsody

The Rim of the World

June

(Zombieland)

Rocketman

The Secret Life of Pets 2

Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse

July

Spiderman: Far From Home

Truth or Dare

(Coraline)

BOOKS

January

Ender’s Game | Orson Scott Card [Fin]

The Poppy War | R.F. Kuang [Fin]

Turtles All The Way Down | John Green [Fin]

Challenger Deep | Neal Shusterman [Fin]

The Bear and the Nightingale | Katherine Arden [Fin] 

Shards of Honor | Lois Mcmaster Bujold [Fin]

(Throne of Jade | Naomi Novak) [Fin]

The Wicked King | Holly Black [Fin]

Vengeful | V.E. Schwab

Elantris | Brandon Sanderson

February

Vengeful | V.E. Schwab [Fin]

Elantris | Brandon Sanderson [Fin]

(Black Powder War | Naomi Novak) [Fin]

(The Amulet of Samarkand | Jonathon Stroud) [Fin]

Once Upon a River | Diane Setterfield

(The Golem’s Eye | Jonathon Stroud) [Fin]

(Ptolemy’s Gate | Jonathon Stroud) [Fin]

The Screaming Staircase | Jonathon Stroud

March

Once Upon a River | Diane Setterfield [Fin]

The Screaming Staircase | Jonathon Stroud [Fin]

The Girl In the Tower | Katherine Arden [Fin]

The Whispering Skull | Jonathon Stroud

(Empire of Ivory | Naomi Novak) [Fin]

The Two Towers | J.R.R Tolkien

Winter of the Witch | Katherine Arden

Saga, Vol 1 | Brian Vaughn

Saga, Vol 2 | Brian Vaughn

Saga, Vol 3 | Brian Vaughn

Saga, Vol 4 | Brian Vaughn

Saga, Vol 5 | Brian Vaughn

Saga, Vol 6 | Brian Vaughn

April

The Whispering Skull | Jonathon Stroud [Fin]

The Slow Regard of Silent Things | Patrick Rothfuss [Fin]

The Two Towers | J.R.R Tolkien [Fin]

Winter of the Witch | Katherine Arden [Fin]

Forest of a Thousand Lanterns | Julie Dao [Fin]

King of Scars | Leigh Bardugo [Fin]

The Hollow Boy | Jonathon Stroud [Fin]

Mistborn | Brandon Sanderson [Fin]

The Well of Ascension | Brandon Sanderson [Fin]

The Creeping Shadow | Jonathon Stroud [Fin]

The Empty Grave | Jonathon Stroud [Fin]

May

Hero of Ages | Brandon Sanderson [Fin]

Everything I Never Told You | Celeste Ng [Fin]

The Kiss Quotient | Helen Hoang [Fin]

The Two Towers | J.R.R. Tolkien [Fin]

The Near Witch | Victoria Schwab [Fin]

The Trials of Apollo | Rick Riordan [Fin]

Alloy of Law | Brandon Sanderson [Fin]

The Gentlemen’s Guide to Vice and Virtue | Mackenzi Lee [Fin]

Shadows of Self | Brandon Sanderson

The Dark Prophecy | Rick Riordan

Sabriel | Garth Nix [Fin]

June

Shadows of Self | Brandon Sanderson [Fin]

The Dark Prophecy | Rick Riordan [Fin]

(Victory of Eagles | Naomi Novak) [Fin]

Warbreaker | Brandon Sanderson [Fin]

(Tongues of Serpents | Naomi Novak) [Fin]

The Bands of Mourning | Brandon Sanderson [Fin]

What If It’s Us | Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera [Fin]

A Court of Thorns and Roses | Sarah J. Maas [Fin]

Carmilla | Kim Turrisi [Fin]

The Alchemist | Paulo Coelho 

The Eye of the World | Robert Jordan

The Hundred-Foot Journey | Richard C. Morais 

Three Dark Crowns | Kendare Blake

Mistborn: The Secret History | Brandon Sanderson [Fin]

The Eleventh Metal | Brandon Sanderson [Fin]

July

The Alchemist | Paulo Coelho [Fin]

The Eye of the World | Robert Jordan

The Hundred-Foot Journey | Richard C. Morais [Fin]

Three Dark Crowns | Kendare Blake [Fin]

Saga Vol. 8 | Brian Vaughn [Fin]

Saga Vol. 9 | Brian Vaughn [Fin]

Codename Villanelle | Luke Jennings [Fin]

Borne | Jeff Vandermeer [Fin]

Crucible of Gold | Naomi Novak [Fin]

The Time Traveler’s Wife | Audrey Niffenegger [Fin]

The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy | Mackenzi Lee [Fin]

The Wise and the Wicked |  Rebecca Podos [Fins]

Sweetbitter | Stephanie Danler [Fin]

Blood of Tyrants | Naomi Novak [Fin]

PODCASTS

January

Adventure Zone Ep 1

EOS 10 s4 1-4

February

EOS 10 s4 4-7

March

The Penumbra Podcast

April

Adventure Zone Ep 2

May

Welcome to Night Vale Eps 30-54

The Bright Sessions -Bonus Eps-

June

Welcome to Night Vale Eps 54-59

The Penumbra Podcast (Second Citadel eps + last two Juno)

July

Welcome to Night Vale Eps 60-

The Magnus Archive Eps 1-11

TV SHOWS BY SEASON

January

Voltron s8

The Flash

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

February

Happy

The Umbrella Academy

The Flash

Black Mirror

Russian Doll

March 

The 90s

The 2000s

(Sailor Moon)

Maniac

The Dragon Prince

(Inuyasha)

American Gods

April

American Gods s2

Voltron s8

World’s Weirdest Homes

Game of Thrones s8

Brooklyn 99

The Bold Type

Cupcake Wars

May

Schitt’s Creek s1-3

Game of Thrones s8

June

Schitt’s Creek s4

Good Omens

The Terror

Chernobyl

Black Mirror s4

July

Rick & Morty s3

Stranger Things s3

Schitt’s Creek s4

VIDEO GAMES

January

Pokemon Go?

(Kingdom Hearts: DDD, 54 hrs) [Fin]

Pokemon Let’s Go Eevee

Detroit: Become Human [Fin]

Kingdom Hearts 3 - Monstropolis, 20 hrs

Life is Strange, Episode 2, 4 hrs

February

Kingdom Hearts 3, 56 hrs [Fin]

Pokemon Go

Life is Strange, Episode 5, 20 hrs [Fin]

Life is Strange -Before the Storm- Episode 1 complete, 5 hrs

God of War (3 hrs)

March 

God of War (35 hrs) [Fin]

Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey (40 hrs)

April

Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey (43 hrs)

(Final Fantasy XIII)

Portal 2 [Fin]

Final Fantasy 15 - Episodes Prompto, Ignis, Gladio, and Ardyn [Fin]

May

Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey (70 hrs)

Life Is Strange -Before the Storm- Episode 2 complete, 15 hours

June

Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey (120 hrs) [Fin]

Rime (1 hr)

Final Fantasy XII: Zodiac Age (1 hr)

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (2 hrs)

July

Rime (25 hrs) [Fin]

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (35 hrs)

Witcher 3 DLC: Hearts of Stone [Fin]

Witcher 3 DLC: Blood and Wine (10 hrs)

DELIGHTFUL FIC

January

What Dreams May Come by Lenore | Crimson Peake | Edith/Thomas | 5k |  Ghosts are real, and there are things that tie them to this world. Sometimes it's because they want to linger, and sometimes it's because they are trapped. Sometimes ghosts need the help of the living before they can be truly free.

and prove your body wrong by paperclipbitch | The Defenders | Matt Murdock/Jessica Jones | 1k | Neither of them can read minds, but they both fake it for their day jobs.

these roads will take you into your own country by notbecauseofvictories | American Gods | Shadow/Laura, Gen | 5k | Here’s a joke for you: a Muslim, a zombie, and a leprechaun walk into a bar in Misery, Indiana. No one stares, because no one in the puckered, shitty asshole of Misery, Indiana gives a fuck. The Colts are playing.“Fucking new gods,” the leprechaun mutters, hunching his shoulders almost up to his ears. “Gridiron and Pepsi commercials.”

Small Step For Man by Toft [archived by yuletide_archivist] | Greek Myth | Artemis/Apollo | 4k | "It's all right, sister," Apollo whispers, and his arm is warm around her shoulder. She forgets, he is her twin, he is her other half; he knows her almost as well as she knows herself. "We're still the same."

learning curve by Yuu_chi | Detroit | Hank/Connor | 15k | “While sexual activity is not my default purpose, I do possess the capability,” Connor says without so much as batting an eye, unaware that he’s completely shattered Hank’s world view in one single sentence.

machine learning by kriegersan | Detroit | Hank/Connor | 31k | “This kinda shit doesn’t go away overnight. It’s only been a few months, Connor. We’re only just starting to know what this is gonna look like.” Lt. Anderson throws back his beer.“You think I don’t know that?” He sounds defensive. He tempers his voice. “I’m simply processing.”

eighteen wheels on an uphill climb by blackeyedblonde | Detroit | Hank/Connor | 73k | Hank is going to die. He’s going to die right here in Kentucky, 53 years old, halfway to broke, and tragically sober. Survived only by a nine-year-old St. Bernard and the 31-year-old twink who delivered the fatal blow.

Fuck pride (pride only hurts, it never helps) by ImogenGotDrunk | Detroit | Nines/Gavin | 40k | What Gavin cannot deal with is Connor’s replica; two inches taller, blue-eyed, and with a mouth that Gavin doesn’t know whether to punch or take between his teeth. The RK900 model has been assigned as his partner for the foreseeable future.

linguistics, semantics by pseudoanalytics | DBH | Hankcon | 49k | "So, what? Cyberlife gave you a preference for ugly, old, washed-up bastards?" Connor intentionally allows himself to appear unamused. "Absolutely not." He waits for Hank to look at him again before delivering his punchline. "I believe I developed that for myself."

Skin Deep by bughnrahk | DBH | Hankcon | 50k | Hank is 53 years old. He's never had a soul mark, doesn't have a soul mate. And he's fine with that. He cheated the system once and it cost him everything he had. Never again.When August 2038 rolls around and the number '313 248 317 - 51' appears on his arm in perfect Cyberlife Sans font, exactly where a soul mark should be, Hank wants nothing to do with it.

Watch Me, Watch You by elefseus (oscillos) | DBH | Hank/Connor | 82k | WIP | "How do you go about living when everything you've ever known changes? Can you?"

the most formidable lies by fshep | DBH | Connor/Gavin | 15k | WIP | Gavin is given an ultimatum: agree to give his mother’s coworker’s son a chance, or introduce his family to his new boyfriend, Connor, who isn’t his boyfriend at all.

February

and we'll figure it out by consumptive_sphinx | Temeraire | Lawrence/Tharkay | 1.5k | Everyone is born with their soulmate's name written on their skin, somewhere. Laurence has two names. Neither of them are in a script he can read.

Propriety and Fate by esama | Temeraire | Lawrence/Tharkay | 3.5k | It isn't as if one can go and talk about such things

Watercast by Fishwrites | Voltron | Keith/Lance | 205k WIP, Chapter 15 | Shiro has been a Galra prisoner for over a year; with his flight feathers clipped and unable to fly. Desperate to escape, he jumps overboard while being transported to the capitol on a Galran ship. Lance is a merman who saves him from drowning. Keith thinks Shiro is about to become mermaid dinner. Hunk just wants Lance to stop going to the surface all the time, dammit!

Afterlife by jaegermighty | Haunting of Hill House | Gen, Luke-centric | 6k |  Leigh and Steve name their daughter Eleanore, with an 'e' on the end which is more old-fashioned, they say. Eleanore Olivia Crain. Lots of dead people in that name; Luke's not a fan. Not that anyone asked his opinion.

in memoriam by oxymoronic | Bartimaeus | Gen | 1.5k | Kitty Jones has but a little strength left in her body, and she has decided on this lazy summer's night to spend it on the question which has plagued her for half a century.

March 

Second Chances by rootbeer | Teen Wolf | Sterek | 2k | "A lot of times the ‘markings’ were common, simple things you said to strangers all the time. 'Excuse me'; 'thank you'; 'hello'. Some got extremely romantic things like 'it’s you isn’t it? I’ve been waiting for you' or 'Wow you’re really pretty'. And they were always the first words their soulmate would ever say to them.Of course, having 'You are the fucking worst kind of person in the world' tattooed down your side, didn’t bode well.

have your cake and eat it too by keskasi | Naruto | Naruto/Sasuke | 7k | “What’s it like to give a blowjob?” Naruto asks.

Timing it Right by DragonBandit | The Bright Sessions | Mark/Damien | 14k | Damien's gold rises at Whitney. Mark tries to make things right.

April

and maybe you'll find a way to keep me a floating when i can't by LazyBaker | Stranger Things | 3k | Billie’s tough. Nothing but sharp edges with sharper teeth. She’s all bark and all bite.

A thousand by Ever-so-reylo (Ever_So_Reylo) | Star Wars | Reylo | 3k |  “I’m going to kill you, now.” The problem is—really, the crux of all of Rey’s problems at the moment—he actually thinks he means it.

He Who Is Made Of Iron by MayContainBlueberries | The Queen’s Thief | Gen, Costis centric | Tea reminds Costis of his childhood.

May

for my wild by vixleonard | GOT | Arya/Gendry | Set post 8x04, Arya tries to find out who Arya Stark is now.

Almost Cool by blacktofade | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Shane/Ryan | 30k | While filming the Yuma Territorial Prison episode, Shane gets bitten by what he thinks is a bat. Spoiler alert: it's not.

Two Worlds Collided by blacktofade | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Shane/Ryan | 10k | There's a new guy at work and Ryan belatedly realizes they've actually already met once before.

Keeping Out the Cold by blacktofade | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Ryan/Shane | After a strange ghostly encounter, Ryan and Shane begin sharing visions via a telepathic bond. AKA: the In Your Eyes AU that no one asked for.

Bringing Things Together by blacktofade | Buzzfeed Unsolved | 7k | “Look,” Shane says over the phone. “Mistakes were made.”

Pride by astolat | Game of Thrones | Jaime/Cersei/Brienne | 22k Jaime didn’t understand why Cersei suddenly insisted on trimming his hair and shaving his beard, but he also didn’t care to fight her on it, even though he’d just as soon have kept the beard: it was bitterly cold in the small tower room with its arrow-slits. At night, even curled together under the two blankets they’d been allotted, it took the better part of an hour before their bodies could warm the bed enough to sleep.

L'aura è tua messaggera by Rosyredlipstick | PJO | Nico/Will | 9k | Or, how the Stoll Brothers accidentally got Nico di Angelo and Will Solace together.

June

Competition by astolat | GoT | Jaime/Brienne | 11k | Almost the instant Brienne was out of earshot, Bronn turned to Podrick, jerked his head towards Jaime and asked, “Has he fucked her yet?”

Skin and Scales by Ernmark (M_Moonshade) | The Penumbra Podcast | Arum/Rilla/Damien | 17k | The man glares, and this time, Damien is certain it isn’t a trick of the light: those eyes are violet as amethyst. He wears disdain like a second skin–- or, perhaps, like the scales that he is missing.“Lord Arum?”

I will become yours and you will become mine by spiderwebsitar | DBH | Reed900 | 24k | After an argument with his new partner, Gavin Reed wakes up five years in the future married to an android who won’t stop making fucking waffles.

Numerology by Hth | Schitt’s Creek | Patrick/David, Sebastien/David | 20k | Still, it's true that Patrick can have his shy side. He likes to be a gentleman – Mr. Order Whatever You Want I'm Paying and Mr. Here Let Me Fix That For You and Mr. No David Not In the Backseat I Want It to Be Special – so David can't entirely rely on Patrick's willingness to charge forward for the greater good.

someone you like by caela | She-Ra | Adora/Catra | 5k |  catwithabat u think ur so hipster but u just look like a lesbian 27m she_ra @catwithabat bc… i’m a lesbian. lmao 5m

Ugly Words and Pretty Things by Ias | The Terror | Crozier/Fitzjames | 4k | There are words for a man like that.

Sands of Time by tirsynni | LoZ | Link/Ganondorf | 97k | Link awakens in the desert with no idea how he got there, to encounter his worst enemy...except it was the King of the Gerudo, not the King of Evil, he faced.

death shall be no more by Ias | The Terror | Fitzjames/Crozier | 5k | "I'd rather we leave our tents behind and sleep two to a sack like the orphans we are, than to leave one man alone with last burdens."

and then redemption by spidermooned (softlyblue) | Marvel | Spiderman & Loki | 7k | "Kid," says Tony Stark wearily, "Please gimme a reason Loki's been spotted talking to Spiderman that isn't 'I wanted to be his friend'. Please. Tell me you can do that."

so many ways to talk about longing by lymricks | Stranger Things | Harringrove | 3.6k | Steve wakes up--in a pool lounger--to Billy Hargrove looming over him. Billy pushes his sunglasses down and Steve thinks sleepily that it must be so that Steve gets the full impact of Billy’s narrow-eyed glare. “Harrington,” Billy says. “We’re fucking closed.”

sun gutters by lymricks | Stranger Things | Harringrove | 5k | Steve can feel Billy’s eyes on him. “You should get here early,” Billy says, casually. “Tomorrow. At six.”

Finders Keepers by blacktofade | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Ryan/Shane | 3k | Ryan wakes with a hangover and an empty bed, and only one of them he expects.

Back Room by forthegreatergood | Good Omens | Aziraphale/Crowley | 5.6k | Aziraphale actually does have quite an extensive collection of pornography in the bookshop. Like most of the questionable things in Aziraphale’s life, it’s Crowley’s fault.

killed with kindness by veterization | Persona 5 | Akechi/Akira | 52k | Goro can't quite figure out why so many people keep acting like they're his friend.

July

On mandated uniforms and workplace entertainment by Thei | Stranger Things | Harringrove | 2k | Robin loves this job. Besides an income, it also provides her with quality entertainment. Especially when she's working with Steve, and Billy Hargrove shows up.

don't make a shadow (of yourself) by lymricks | Stranger Things | Harringrove | 11k | WIP | And Billy, curled in a cheap plastic seat with his eyes squeezed shut, wonders, could it really be this easy? Just get on a bus and go home?

paper thin by sarcasticfishes | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Ryan/Shane/Sara | 9k | Shane’s new neighbors are a morning-sex kind of couple.

your love is three times better by sarcasticfishes | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Ryan/Shane/Sara | 14k | Ryan grimaces as he types out the words, >It’s Valentine’s Day. Don’t you want to do romance stuff?

you, through half-shut eyes by brawlite | Stranger Things | Harringrove | 8k | Two parts sugary sweet summer vibes, one part snarky instagram stories, and three parts mutual pining.

damn.nation, now available on itunes by antistar_e (kaikamahine) | Good Omens | Crowley/Aziraphale | 11k | When lowly tempt-pusher Amphora (formerly of Stairwell 7B North, before she Fell,) gets the notice that end times are nigh, she gleefully quits her job and cancels her Netflix subscription and takes her place among the legions of hell.This, it turns out, was a bad plan.

The Dragon and Her Wolves by hapakitsune | Game of Thrones | Sansa/Dany/Jon | 60k |  When the truth of Jon's birthright is revealed, control of the North and Daenerys's claim to the Iron Throne are both called into question. To preserve their tenuous alliance and secure her rule, Daenerys puts aside her personal feelings to arrange a marriage of political convenience between Jon and Sansa Stark.

Bonded by softestpunk | The Witcher | Emiel/Geralt | 13k | Regis is punished for Dettlaff's assumed death, Geralt comes to the rescue, and the two of them gain something neither of them would ever have dared hope for.

Something We Were Withholding Made Us Weak by triedunture | Good Omens | Aziraphale/Crowley | 17k | "Yes, exactly. Retire." Aziraphale reaches for the last remaining tartlet brimming with summer berries. "Somewhere along the south coast, perhaps."

something happens and i'm by brawlite | Stranger Things | Harringrove | 10k | Billy loves his job as at the Hawkins Community Pool. It's even better now that Steve Harrington's a lifeguard, too.

break up with your girlfriend ('cause i'm bored) by thecopperkid | Stranger Things | Harringrove | 15k |  @umissedconnections: Bambi eyes. m4m. i was rippin cigs in the sae p-lot. u made urself puke 2 make room 4 more beer. incredible? ur my hero PLS say ur into guys

I’m Gonna Keep You in Love with Me (for a While) by beethechange | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Ryan/Shane | 22k | “Okay,” Shane says finally. “Okay. Here’s what we’re going to do. We’re just going to—we’re going to be married. The only way out is through.”“Um,” Ryan says, because this plan strikes him as counterproductive to their shared goal of not being married.

YELLOW SQUARE by dejavu (suggcest) | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Ryan/Shane | 16k |  “Since being the scene of those two, grisly double homicides in the early 1950’s, the Bringle House Bed and Breakfast has sat empty, waiting for the next couple stupid enough to try to stay all four nights.”

darling it's a faded notion by varnes | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Ryan/Shane | 28k |  Ryan and Shane get cursed by a ghost, and now they can't be not-touching. It's ... not great.

Things That Go Bump in the Night (and 7 till 12 at weekends) by HoopyFrood | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Ryan/Shane | 4k | Shane works at a Haunted House. Ryan is Ryan. Things go about as well as you'd imagine.

Everything's Weird and We're Always in Danger by beethechange | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Ryan/Shane | 15k | “It won’t go away,” Ryan says miserably. “I’ve been like this since we got here, basically, and it won’t fucking—”

Muscles Better and Nerves More by beethechange | Buzzfeed Unsolved | Shane/Ryan | 26k | “I’m serious,” Ryan says. “Don’t go fucking up my body. I want that shit back in the same condition I left it.” 

DELIGHTFUL FANVIDS

January 

(Marvel) Avengers | True North 

A Sad Man With A Box

►Dance to 2018

Collab Parts (2016-2018)

just a machine? [Detroit: Become Human] *HBD Pteryx*

【Detroit｜Become Human】Way Down We Go

She-Ra AMV | I'm Just Your Problem (Catradora)

multifandom || 2018 (the way I remember it)

Detroit: Become Human || Paralyzed

in the end | connor & hank | detroit: become human

BELIEVER - Connor ( Detroit:Become Human ) GMV

who are you? | Connor | Detroit: Become Human

Detroit Become Human - Connor ~ Blood in the Water

Connor - I'm So Sorry by Imagine Dragons [Detroit: Become Human] GMV

» whatever it takes (connor; detroit become human gmv)

Detroit: Become Human / Connor and Hank / Uptown Funk

Would You Kill?| Connor RK800 [Detroit: Become Human]

Rude Boy | Connor | Detroit: Become Human

hold on | connor & hank | detroit: become human

Interstellar | STAY

sabrina spellman *:･ﾟ✧ [look what u made me do]

Stranger Things || Blood in the Water

February

(GoT) Margaery Tyrell || The Queen

Kingdom Hearts 3 EPIC AMV/GMV - Part of the Journey is the End

My Hero Academia AMV - The Greatest Show

Endgame | The Man Who Killed The Avengers

MARVEL || Not Today

March

Marvel/DC || FRICTION

Luke & Nell || There's no without

MARVEL || Blood On ME

What is a STORY?

TUA | Swallow Us

(SW) Obi-Wan Kenobi | Whispers of the Past

Quentin & Eliot || Beautiful nothing

queliot; peaches + plums

Way Down We Go | Red Dead Redemption 2

Marvel || Together

steve x bucky || answer

part to act on [Harry Potter]

April

marvel || supercharged

(Marvel) Avengers || The Big Three -- Iron Man/Thor /Captain America

Guardians of the Galaxy

CAOS || Welcome To The Jungle

Marvel || Rise or Fall

Avengers | Sacrifice [4K]

(Marvel) Tony Stark | I love you 3000

May

(Marvel) Captain America || I Stand Alone

(GoT) Daenerys Targaryen | See What I've Become

Ser Jaime Lannister

Arya & Sandor // Thank You [+8x05]

Kingdom hearts 3 |Dearly Beloved| AMV |

June

(GoT) Cersei Lannister || The Queen Of The Seven Kingdoms

(GoT) The Dragons || They're My Children

(GoT) Melisandre || A Champion Of Light And Life

Bioshock & Infinite - Never The End (Epic and Beautiful Fanmade Video)

Bioshock Infinite : Constants and Variables : Music video/Tribute

Crowley & Aziraphale ][ Don’t Stop Me Now || Good Omens

Crowley ][ Rebel Just For Kicks || Good Omens

i'm the bad guy | villanelle.

mission accomplished • connor RK800

The Haunting of Hill House || Empty hands

Mad World ✘ The Umbrella Academy

July

(GoT) Daenerys Targaryen || The Last Dragon

Steve Harrington [Burn The House Down]

max&eleven | my blood.

Billy Hargrove [Bury a Friend]

Max Mayfield [Rebel Just For Kicks]

billy hargrove | gasoline.

Stranger Things | Heroes

✥ STEVE HARRINGTON ✧･ﾟ: * HANDCLAP {+S3}

billy hargrove | lovely.

stranger things 3 | blood in the water.

Steve Harrington; I Need A Hero

Kilgrave ][ Bad Guy

billy&steve [harringrove] || a little death (+s3)

Avengers | Sacrifice [4K]

Stranger Things || Shelter

Kilgrave ][ Rule The World || Jessica Jones

Ben & Rey | What do you see?

Billy Hargrove - RIP to my YOUTH

a thing about life.

(SW) Obi-Wan Kenobi | Whispers of the Past

The Avengers | Unreachable Star

Steve Harrington || Another One Bites the Dust

DELIGHTFUL MUSIC

January

Dark Night - Kara | Philip Sheppard

Carousel - Kara | Phillip Sheppard

They All Look the Same - Connor | Nima Fakhrara

Curse of the I-5 Corridor | Neko Case

Way Down We Go | Kaleo

Gasoline | Halsey

Sleep All Summer | Neko Case

Hold On, Hold On | Neko Case

Dreaming at Daybreak | Ann Licater

Can’t Leave | Whiskey Charmers

Voodoo Mon Amour | Diablo Swing Orchestra

Undo - Transviolet

Xuanzang - Gareth Coker

Almost - Hozier

Movement - Hozier

Dancing in a Room - EZI

Snow Dancer - Antti Martikainen

Burned Out - Dodie

Epic (pt 2) - Anais Mitchell

Mercury - Honey and the Sting

February

Spanish Sahara - Foals

Obstacles - Syd Matters

If You Still Believe - SIE Sound Team

The Expanse - Through Juniper Vale

The Woods - San Fermin

Sophie - The Altogether

Tom Thumb - Bitter Ruin

Wolves of the Revolution - The Arcadian Wild

Mitchell: Epic III - Cast of Hadestown

Hamilton soundtrack

The Spine - Transistor soundtrack

Don’t Think Twice - Utada Hikaru

Face My Fears - Utada Hikaru

Take On Me - Hidden Citizens

Moonlight Sonata - Hidden Citizens

Waves - chloe moriondo

Alligator Teeth - Mother Falcon

We All Become - Darren Korb

Ashes - Bear McCreary

Journey and Transistor soundtracks

March

The Sailor Song - Autoheart

It’s Quiet Uptown - Kelly Clarkson

Fernando - Cher

Dinner & Diatribes - Hozier

The Fly By Night - Taktsugu Muramatsu

Wake Up, Moving On - Kevin Penkin

April

Austin Wintory Radio

Resurrections - Lena Raine

Fight For You - Hidden Citizens

Mine - BazziIn the Flame - Darren Korb

Paper Boats - Darren Korb

May

Thedas Love Them - Trevor Morris

The Dawn Will Come - Trevor Morris

King - Blue October

Lemonworld - Ocean Alley

Still Feel - Half Alive

Carry On - Kygo

Longshot - Catfish and the Bottlemen

Call Off Your Ghost - Dessa

Sucker - Jonas Brother

Power Over Me - Dermot Kennedy

A Hole In the Earth - Daughter

Lunatic Fringe - red Rider

June

Ummah Oum - Kaya Project

The Fortress - Kaya Project

Good Omens Opening Title - David Arnold

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square - Tori Amos

A Future for the Krogan - Christopher Lennertz

Ганджу - brain tumor

last piece | Lykke Li

Bite - Charlie Cunningham

Wait For Me - Hadestown

Nightmare - Halsey

Kaya Project albums!!!

Birds - Imagine Dragons

Crazy - Patsy Cline

Can’t Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley

in waves playlist

July

in waves playlist

Rime soundtrack

2017 soundtrack

bury a friend - billie eilish

bored - billie eilish

the seed - aurora

how do you - elderbrook

quicksand - x ambassadors

what’s up danger - blackway 

bad guy - billie eilish

sunflower - post malone

scared of the dark - lil wayne

elevate - dj khalil

be still, my tongue - snorri hallgrimsson

dark matter - les friction

must’ve been - chromeo

magnets - disclosure, lorde

secrets - the weeknd

feels like summer - childish gambino

the hunter’s mark - erutan

johanna in space - stephaen sondheim

POSTED FIC

January

N/A

February

children of dust and ash | Bartimaeus |  Bartimaeus/Kitty(/Nathaniel) | 1,801 words |  Kitty summons Bartimaeus on a chilly fall day in her thirty-eighth year. 

March

sweet music playing in the dark | DBH | 1,102 words | “I noticed some time ago that you seem to have an appreciation for jazz.” Connor pauses, his fingers hesitating over an old Billie Holiday album. “I’d wondered if that meant you enjoyed dancing as well.”

April

N/A

May

Radio Ga Ga | Stranger Things | Harringrove | 1,143 words | There’s always another party in Hawkins, Indiana. It would be almost boring if it weren’t for Steve Harrington.

June

Sunlight | Marvel | Loki/Thor | 765 words | They aren’t quite out of the solar system when Loki appears at the arm of Thor’s chair, hair shorn short and a furious snarl on his face. 

July

like the bough of a willow tree | Detroit Become Human | Hank/Connor | 1,214 words | There’s a human lost in his woods.

knocking on heaven's door | Stranger Things | Harringrove | 1,748 words | “Just, get in the fucking car. I’ll drive you home.” Billy looked at him, very seriously, and said, “What if I don’t want to go home?”

WIPS | UNPUBLISHED | ORIGINAL

January

like the bough of a willow tree | DBH | Hank/Connor | 1,286 words | There’s a human lost in his woods. Fae!Connor   

hankcon valentine’s exchange fic | DBH | Hank/Connor | 985 words | slow dancing and kisses in the dark basically

February

N/A

March

N/A

April

Sunlight | Avengers | Loki/Thor | 746 words |  They aren’t quite out of the solar system when Loki appears at the arm of Thor’s chair, hair shorn short and a furious snarl on his face.

May

N/A

June

Untitled Original | Ghost + rain | 817 words

July

Reverse BB | 5.6k

FANMIXES/GRAPHICS

January

N/A

February

N/A

March

June

in waves playlist

[savetopnow]

2018-03-15 16 GAME now

GAME

Attack of the Fanboy

Next Monster Hunter: World Update Adds Deviljho, Mega Man Weapon, and More

New Fist of the North Star Game Tops Japanese Sales

Skyrim VR Heads to PC on April 3rd

New Tomb Raider Info Coming Tomorrow, May Have Already Leaked

Life is Strange: Before the Storm Coming to Mac and Linux

Brutal Gamer

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 Review

One:12 Collective Catwoman is now up for pre-order

Sega Genesis/Mega Drive Classics compilation coming to consoles and PC

Marvel announces new Ant-Man and Wasp True Believers books

Last Wolfenstein II expansion hits with The Deeds of Captain Wilkins

Game Banshee

BattleTech Basics: Mercenary Life

The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep Update #42 - New Title and Backer Alpha

Secret World Legends: Dawn of the Morninglight Expansion Announced

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Delayed Until May 8th

Shadows: Awakening Gameplay Trailer

Game Informer

Streamer Ninja And Rapper Drake Shatter Twitch Viewership Record With Fortnite Stream

Nintendo Posts New Mario Odyssey Hint Art That Holds A Weird Secret

Rumor: More Kingdom Hearts 3 Worlds Leaked

Google And Ubisoft Collaborate On Dedicated Game Servers

The Virtual Life – Why Telltale's Joker Is So Fascinating

Game Watch

Battlerite Servers are Closed - What Does This Mean?

Motorbike Garage Mechanic Simulator is now available

We're Giving Away 10 Copies of RPG Azure Saga: Pathfinder - And It Couldn't Be Easier To Enter!

Jurassic World Evolution has a release date of June 12

The Council Review

Gematsu

Assault Gunners HD Edition Japanese trailer, gameplay

The Snack World: Trejarers Gold Japanese TV spot

Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2018 six-minute trailer

Gal Metal demo, version 1.0.1 update now available in Japan

Gal Gunvolt Burst for PS4 now available in North America and Japan, launches April 6 in Europe

IGN

GTA Online: Adversary Mode Bonuses

How to Sign Up For the Fortnite Mobile Invite Event (Beta)

Drake and Ninja Stream Fortnite, Smashing Twitch’s Streaming Records

Super Smash Bros for Switch is Nintendo's Key into Esports

Xbox Live Currently Experiencing Issues for Some Players

Niche Gamer

XSEED Games to Reveal Three Game Localizations on March 16

New BattleTech Video Introduces Mercenary Life

New Story Trailer for Extinction

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR Heads to SteamVR on April 3

Super Bomberman R Rated for PS4

Nintendo Life

New Hint Art Has Been Posted For Super Mario Odyssey

World Heroes 2 JET, Moon Patrol And Sol Divide Bring The Retro To Switch Next Week

Guide: Kirby Star Allies Compatible amiibo And What They Unlock

Review: Arcade Archives Heroic Episode (Switch eShop)

Review: Steredenn: Binary Stars (Switch eShop)

PC Invasion

SEGA Mega Drive Classics coming to PC with fifty games

Fallout 3 remake project Capital Wasteland gets cancelled for legal reasons

PC Game Release Date List 2018 – 2019

Project WIngman shows VR WIP footage in new video

Assassin’s Creed Origins The Curse of the Pharaohs DLC gets a trailer

Playstation Blog

Emily Wants to Play Too Out April 24 on PS4

Cozy Up With The Great Indoors Sale At PS Store

V-Rally 4 Announced for PS4, Director Details 21 Year Journey Behind Series’ Return

How Telltale Crafted a Completely New Version of Batman’s Most Iconic Villain

PS4 Exclusives Guide: 14 Games to Watch

Reddit Gaming

[A Hat in Time] Awwnexpected

Some lady was going to throw all these away, i asked her if i could have them... they all work! i’m speechless.

Bless Yoko Taro, making a game where the plot thickens in all the right ways

How to dispose of the body

It's super effective!

Xbox News

New Preview Beta 1804 System Update – 3/14/18

New Preview Alpha 1804 System Update – 3/14/18

Announcing Adventure Game Planet Alpha

Announcing 17 New Games coming via the [email protected] Program

Xbox and David Smith Set a New Guinness World Records Title for a Human Cannonball

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Word Counts: How Long Should Your Book Be?

As I said in last week's post (Click Here to read said post.) In the traditional publishing world, the amount of words in any given novel ranges depending on several different factors. These, for want of a better word, limitations should be applied to self-published work as well.

There are three factors that go into the decision-making process. The first factor that goes into the decision-making process is the targeted age category, ie. Picture Books, Children’s, Chapter Books, Middle Grade, Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult. Obviously, the older the reader the longer their attention spans are the more book they can and are willing to read.

The next is Genre such as Fantasy, Science Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Non-Fiction, etc. I don’t consider this a MAJOR contributor to word count because any one of these genres can produce a long book or a short one. That being said traditionally certain genres even for debuts are given some leniency when it comes to word count like Science Fiction and Fantasy.

Lastly your popularity as an Author the reason this is a major faction is because if you are a debut Author the publishing house doesn’t know how your sales will perform so they are wearier and don’t want to spend more money printing longer books.

Picture Books usually range from 50 – 2,500 words at most. That upper range is usually reserved for older children ages 5 – 9 years old.

Chapter Books traditionally do not exceed 12,000 words at most. Chapter books are usually marketed towards children as young as 9 – 12.

Middle Grade Now specific genres come into play, however, a good rule of thumb to play by with the middle grade is that word counts range from 20,000 for the younger 10-11 to 60,000 for the older children 12-13. For example, Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater is 18,188 words and is usually marketed towards children ages 8+ Whereas the other end of the spectrum we have:

Wonder by Palacio, R.J. 73,053

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling 78,792

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan 86,826

As you see these books clearly exceed the 60,000-word “limit” but these books are not common from my research.

Young Adult As we are getting older we crave a bigger world and more story. In the YA category, you typically find books ranging from 55,000 – 90,000 though as fans of Harry Potter, The Hate You Give, Children Of Blood and Bone, Twilight, Hunger Games, and Divergent will know this is not always the case.

Harry Potter

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 78,792

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 84,799

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 106,821

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 190,858

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 257,154

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 169,441

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 198,227

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas 111,750

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi 134,250

Twilight

Twilight 118,975

New Moon 132,758

Eclipse 148,971

Breaking Dawn 186,542

Hunger Games

Hunger Games 99,750

Catching Fire 101,564

Mockingjay 100,269

Divergent

Divergent 105,143

Insurgent 136,000

Allegiant 110,354

I am leaving Four: A Divergent Story Collection because I can’t find a definitive word count for this collection.

However, these aren’t the norm here are a few examples of books closer to the “normal” range:

The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton 48,953

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle 52,587

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 60,438

Legend by Marie Lu 75,464

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell 78,179

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld 87,274

Cinder by Marissa Meyer 87,661

Adult Adult books have the highest word count because adults tend to have the longest attention span and are less donated by larger books. That being said I like many other readers read adult books at a teen so this distinction, in my opinion, is moot.

Most adult books start at 90,000 words on the low end and can go up to and exceed 500,000 words. However, like the rest of these categories, it can be lower as well.

Literary Fiction:

Mystery & Thriller Books

Romance Books

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 47,094

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 73,404

Life of Pi by Yhann Martel 98,783

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 99,121

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen 99,969

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 107,052

The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling 162,152

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 296,582

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane 81,666

I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga 87,053

Heartsick by Chelsea Cain 93,416

The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen 98,039

Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz 99,438

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 101,704

The Firm by John Grisham 135,293

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 138,952

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 145,719

The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks 48,978

The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt 88,895

The Princess Bride by William Goldman 89,426

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 119,394

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 32,059

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 46,333

I, Robot by Isaac Asimov 68,902

Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein 84,769

Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder 98,315

The Martian by Andy Weir 104,588

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton 117,645

Dune by Frank Herbert 181,493

Lord of the Rings – J. R. R. Tolkien

The Fellowship of the Ring 187,000

The Two Towers 155,000

The Return of the King 131,000

A Song of Ice And Fire – George R. R. Martin

A Game of Thrones 292,727

A Clash of Kings 318,903

A Storm of Swords 404,604

A Feast for Crows 295,032

A Dance with Dragons 414,788

Fire & Blood (There is a mix of information on this one) 200,000-300,000

Debut For this section, I will be repeating some books I’ve already mentioned. Debut Novels are usually always below 100,000 no matter the age category or genre, though there are always exceptions to the rules.

Fight Club Chuck Palahniuk 49,962

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 60,438

Before I Die Jenny Downham 69,548

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 70,544

Wonder by Palacio, R.J. 73,053

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling 78,792

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan 89,682

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 97,914

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 99,121

Divergent by Veronica Roth 105,143

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 107,052

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas 111,750

The Book Thief Markus Zusak 118,933

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer 118,975

Below is a good rule of thumb to stick too for your novel, debut in particular.

YA and Adult Below 70,000: Too short 70,000 – 79,999: Might Be Too Short But Probably Alright 80,000 – 89,999: Acceptable 90,000 – 99,999: Generally Safe 100,000 – 109,999: Might Be Alright 110,000 or above Might Be Too Long

Middle Grade Below 20,000: Too short 25,000 – 39,999: Generally Safe 40,000 – 59,999: Probably Alright 60,000 or above Might Be Too Long

If your book goes far below or above any of the word counts I mentioned you may have a harder time getting published but you never know until you try. Rule #1 of Writing, Know the writing rules. Rule #2 of Writing, Break all the rules.

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Music Monday & What Colours Are OC's Aura?

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Music for WIPs for The UnTitledverse, quiz results for OCs from Life, Despair & Monsters, An Old Ballad Of Chance And Ember Hearts and A Radioactive Calamity Of Love, Bombs & Gore. No The Silver Chronicles today. Here's the Quiz link

You've probably seen this song before, but I wanted to expand on it. Jurassic World: Before The Storm is my first fic, and first installment of The UnTitledverse, and I chose NerdOut's "Life Finds A Way" because (1) it's a Jurassic World song and (2) it fits the themes of Jurassic World: Before The Storm. However, as I'm sure you've noticed, this song is clearly for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom instead of its predecessor, and to that I say; it is what it is. Anywho, analysis! NerdOut's "Life Finds A Way" is a lamentation of InGen's (and humanity I guess) hubris in both bringing back prehistoric beasts from a different time and deciding to combine said prehistoric beasts into hybrids. The major theme really is "Playing God Comes With Responsibilities You Can't Handle" and there are serious moments of that in Jurassic World: Before The Storm; the Indominus and Indo being the prime examples. Both are hybrids of various creatures (with Indo being a hybrid between an Indominus Rex and a Scorpius Rex cause why not, you know?), and both are deeply intelligent, with Indo balancing on the line between "cunning animal following instincts" and "sentient creature capable of emoting not too dissimilar to humans". Their births create a shift in the status quo to the point of unexpected consequences within themselves. Human hubris also causes destruction and a threat to the status quo of dominance which starts with Isla Nublar before spreading in the sequels. Anyway, song below:

"You're runnin' 'til it's too late Won't hear you screaming for help No, all these cages and chains Aren't savin' us from ourselves How many times will we test this But we never learn? There's things we shouldn't have messed with We're watching it burn No matter how much we're pretending Life wasn't meant to be contained Life finds a way

Trapped in our own disaster They been here before The road we're on, they're gonna be here after Yeah, it finds a way, yeah, it finds a way And this time, no matter how much we're pretendin' Life wasn't meant to be contained, life finds a way

This power right in our hand, new world we couldn't resist But things don't follow the plan, problems that shouldn't exist How many times will we test this but we never learn? There's things we shouldn't have messed with We're watching it burn No matter how much we're pretending Life wasn't meant to be contained, life finds a way

Trapped in our own disaster They been here before The road we're on, they're gonna be here after Yeah, it finds a way, yeah, it finds a way And this time, no matter how much we're pretendin' Life wasn't meant to be contained, life finds a way Life finds a way

How many times will we test this but we never learn? There's things we shouldn't have messed with We're watching it burn No matter how much we're pretending Life wasn't meant to be contained No!

Yeah, it finds a way, yeah, it finds a way Trapped in our own disaster (No!) Yeah it finds a way They been here before The road we're on, they're gonna be here after (No!) Yeah, it finds a way, yeah, it finds a way And this time, no matter how much we're pretendin' Life wasn't meant to be contained, life finds a way."

A Blast In The Past is an Original WIP where Calvin Dearing goes back to his old boss studio for a reunion only to enter a factory of horrors, while narrated by a Narrator who hates his guts. There are five chapters, and each chapter is named after a song meant for Bendy And The Ink Machine, which is a major inspiration for this fic, and pretends to lean into the games introduction at the beginning only to completely throw off the facade and be it's own original self. Anyway, Chapter One is "Spotlight". Song below:

"Don't hate, appreciate The arrival of your sorry fate

You really think I want to kill? The ink you see can't be distilled I can tell it's not your day Well, too bad! I'm here to stay Our surprise is your demise Close your lying eyes

Play that old song in the night Right under the spotlight

"You really think you can appease him? His home is the projector screen He'll surely stop, no, I'm just teasing This table's been set just for me Oh, can't you see? You've got to run screamin' from the demon."

I want to talk a little bit more about A Blast In The Past. Throughout his journey, Calvin is being narrated from the second-person POV, a deliberate choice. You won't get to hear his thoughts and feelings on the situation unless he outright says it aloud, but even then, how those words may be manipulated with a different meaning is entirely up to the Narrator of the story. Chapter 1 "Spotlight" is a parody of the Bendy And The Ink Machine introduction before flipping it on its head. Chapter Two "Recording Gold" is where things really do diverge into an original story. Song below:

"Oh Down to the cellar Where not a soul could be found Whispering in his ear No speaking aloud

The ink demon was clever His smile was a shroud Proved no one could be trusted But yet they still loved him

You gotta sing Keep singing Don't let that tempo slow down Ignore the monsters closing in

Oh we're recording gold now Play band Stand your ground Don't let that tempo slow down This might be our final gig But we're recording gold now."

And here are the results for the quiz:

HAOYU ANABUKI (LIFE, DESPAIR & MONSTERS)

Haoyu Anabuki is the main protagonist of Life, Despair & Monsters, they are the result of a Human/Displacement (re: an interdimensional creature from another dimension that is unknown/unregistered in any catalogues) relationship, and Monika's half-sibling. While they are a social butterfly and definitely like companionship and their arc is to actually do teamwork, Haoyu starts off self-interested, not helping unless it benefits them or their small circle. Haoyu assumes anyone outside their circle is out for themselves and would abandon them if given the chance, since that's what Haoyu would do. This is proven both right and wrong but not in the way they expected.

TYCHE (AN OLD BALLAD OF CHANCE AND EMBER HEARTS TRILOGY)

Tyche, the God of Chance, aids the first human explorers of the Multiverse in stopping the Mad Kin of Carnage, Discord, from destroying the Wheel of Reincarnation. This definitely describes Tyche.

NATE GUST SARID/THE SOLE SURVIVOR (A RADIOACTIVE CALAMITY OF LOVE, BOMBS & GORE)

Nate Gust Sarid is the Sole Survivor of Vault 111 (well, at least he believes he is) and enters the Commonwealth a little over 200 years after the bombs dropped in 2077. Nate joins the Minutemen and seeks to bring about freedom and order in the wasteland, but finds it easier said than done. Nate believes he must prove himself and justify his existence with this newfound purpose after everything he's lost, but thankfully lets go of perfecting the Commonwealth thanks to Marissa "Ress" Bishop and her companions. I do not agree that Nate wouldn't listen to philosophical characters, unless they're batshit insane, then he's justified in not listening to their bullshit.

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WIP Wednesday/Last Line/Music Stuff

Hey Guys! So... life y'know?

Tagged by @g0dspeeed @wrathfulrook and @inafieldofdaisies

Tagging @socially-awkward-skeleton @adelaidedrubman @voidika @chazz-anova @gaeadene @derelictheretic @shallow-gravy @alwayssunnyinedensgate @megraen @snake-in-the-garden @poisonedtruth @purplehairsecretlair @cassietrn @direwombat and @strangefable + anyone else who would like to join in.

I've got a song for FC5 OC Silva, a last line for a Love Death + Robots fic and a WIP snippet of a Jurassic World fic if anyone is interested. Enjoy!

Here's a song for my FC5 OC Deputy Silva Omar from my @the-silver-chronicles blog. Interpret Silva and the songs connection however you wish.

Here's the song below:

Dream - Bishop Briggs

"Crying eyes, broken bells Back in course, no one tells Down we go, wish me well I don't know where we fell

Oh, I had a dream That you couldn't hear me screaming Trying to tell you everything But it wouldn't stop you leaving

I wanna wake up where your love is 'Cause your love is always waking mine I wanna break down where your heart gets So torn, it's almost breaking mine I wanna lay here, lost and bitter So long, I feel like I could die I wanna tell you what my truth is But it's buried down inside

Shining light, show and tell Don't be scared, truth is hell Down we go, wish me well No one knows, where we fell."

Next is a WIP snippet of chapter one of my Jurassic World: Before The Storm from the perspective of one of my OCs from @the-untitledverse-blog.

Snippet of the Jurassic World WIP below:

Isla Nublar, the Clouded Island.

No doubt no one would even recognise him, he wasn’t as sloppy as he was in his younger years. He now hid in the shadows, preying away at what he wanted, when he saw fit to it, and not leaving a mess in the process.

And made sure, with sufficient bribing, that his employees erased his mistakes, never speaking a word of those failures ever again.

Shame he wasn’t there to oversee the process, but he supposed now, once he was at that hunk of wasted scientific potential, he would make sure nothing was left.

And lucky for him, he had two associates inside the staff, ensuring any traces of his presence would never be recorded.

How lucky he was to bump into that man and woman; he thanked his natural ability to talk to people. Especially when using the idea of love against the latter.

His face contorted into a grimace at that word.

Naïve souls, blindly and foolishly following such a lie.

He scoffed, and mockingly chuckled at the meaningless concept. He looked to the other passengers, the families, the couples, the friends. Such fools, carrying such a weakness around.

I’m glad to be rid of those chains.

His amber orbs scanned around the passengers, searching for anyone out of the ordinary, someone that may be following him.

He didn’t find anyone worrisome, though his eyes did land on particular two passengers.

A young woman with an even younger child- a boy from what he could see. Both were seated next to each other, his observation gone unnoticed by the two.

The young woman had her arms crossed and firm, while the young boy looked to be enclosed to himself, nervously fidgeting with his hands.

He raised a brow when the young woman hissed quietly at the young boy, the latter stopping his fidgety actions.

He felt that familiar urge tug at his mind, the one that recommended he pay close attention.

He focused on observing the two more closely.

Both obviously knew each other. Was she the babysitter? Highly unlikely. Family members? That sounded more…plausible. Though they hardly shared any similarities. Foster siblings, perhaps?

Regardless of what their relationship was, the two had intrigued his interest.

And lastly the last line belonging to the Love Death + Robots WIP called Sonya's Push from my @life-despair-and-monsters-blog.

Here's the snippet line below:

Jennifer had accepted the unforgiving world she lived in was cruel, the work she did not worth shedding a damn tear over, and anything else other than a life of leisure and luxury was obsolete. Beggars can’t be choosers, emerged the thought.

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WIP Music Monday

Rules: Post a song(s) that is relevant to your WIP or inspires it!

Tagged by no one, but was inspired by @nightbloodbix and @adelaidedrubman 's invitation to join in.

Tagging @socially-awkward-skeleton @ishwaris @poisonedtruth @detectivelokis @derelictheretic @direwombat @strangefable @shallow-gravy @gaeadene @henbased and @wrathfulrook + anyone else who is interested.

First Music Monday for me. And in celebration of that I've decided to overindulge and get three songs for my three blog accounts because why not.

One song for a character, one song for a past romance between OCs, and one song for a WIP. Let's start with romance for my FC5 WIP.

For my two FC5 OCs; Sylvester Silva Omar (future junior deputy of Hope County) and her first love, Irene Neon (dreaded daughter of her equally dreaded father, the "Good Doctor" Kamski Neon) from my FC5 WIP Silva's Hope from my @the-silver-chronicles blog.

Here's their romance song for anyone who wants to listen:

Our Love by Curtis Harding ft. Jazmine Sullivan

"There's a girl in town and word's gone around she's just fine So I don't worry my head 'cause I know her heart is tied to mine The life that we live and the love that I give to her Each day it grows more and more, I'm sure it shows.

...

And after all (after all), the rain will fall on us too But I'll keep moving on (moving on), proud and strong with you.

(Our love) Is a bubbling fountain (Our love) That flows into the sea (Our love) Deeper than any ocean (Our love) For eternity."

Next is a character centric song for my British robotics-obsessed backstabbing lying OC Edward Carmine from my @the-untitledverse-blog who will first appear in my WIP Jurassic World: Before The Storm (you can which fandom that belongs in) and so on as the first major antagonist of The Perfect Storm saga.

Here's a song I attribute to him if anyone wants to listen:

I’m So Sorry by Imagin Dragons

"No lies and no deceiving, man is what he loves I keep tryin' to conceive that Death is from above (No time!) I get mine and make no excuses waste of precious breath (No time!) The sun shines on everyone, everyone love yourself to death.

So you gotta fire up, you gotta let go You'll never be loved till you've made your own You gotta face up, you gotta get yours You never know the top till you get too low

...

Life isn't always what you'd think it be Turn your head for one second and the tables turn (yeah!) And I know, I know that I did you wrong But will you trust me when I say that I'll make it up to you Somehow?"

And lastly a WIP centric song for my Love Death + Robots WIP Sonya's Push from my @life-despair-and-monsters-blog where an OC of mine, Sir Enigma Malvolio, messes with and changes the story of Sonnie's Edge because he's just like that one asshole in the multiverse who can travel through dimensions to get to worlds but decides to ruin everyone's lives instead of improving them.

Here's the song I attribute to this WIP whenever I get motivation to write it if anyone wants to listen:

Can't Go to Hell by Sin Shake Sin

"Walk right in all you sinners and saints Tonight's the night we're gonna take off these chains Some wounds will never mend

It came with a warning, now we're all out of time This romance with ignorance has left us behind Sit back, relax, begin

It's too early for surrender Too late for a prayer We can't go to hell if we're already there They say the end is coming And I need to prepare We can't go to hell if we're already there."

Hope you all enjoyed.

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Alright from what I could calculate, here's how many lines I have to write for each vote below (and I apologise but I am going to do a little bit of gushing):

First Place aka the Winner - You're Almost Like Family, an FC5 WIP where the Seeds are stuck in a Groundhog "Day"/"Palm Springs"/time loop during the Reaping and inconveniently tied to my deputy OC, Silva Omar, who pretty much takes the role of Rita in which I mean she's not a love interest per say but someone who's not part of the "in the loop" club and unknowingly witnesses this family's deaths multiple times (or is herself killed by them) -> FOUR VOTES/SENTENCES.

Second place - No Snake, Only A Boa In The Garden, another FC5 WIP of mine (though a lot less lighter and more serious than the above; all hurt with comfort that comes way, way later and almost too late), that does a deep nose-dive focus on the themes of "Adam and Eve", "Lillith", "the Garden of Eden", "the Snake", etc, etc, that whole schtick and does a little divergence on how it is the foundations of the twisted ideals that the Congregation of Omar's Guard, the cult Silva originated from, stands on. It also includes Silva's relationship with her father, as well as with Paul (who she considered her padre), and how history seems to be repeating itself now that she's dealing with Eden's Gate in the present (there's more things that I'll talk about some other time) -> TWO VOTES/SENTENCES.

Third & Fourth place ties - Jurassic World: Before The Storm, a Jurassic World fanfic (I have chapter one out on here, AO3, fanfiction.net and Wattpad because I'm a freak) set in The UnTitledverse where siblings (both humans and dinosaurs alike) try to be functional in a dinosaur park that is definitely not going to be sabotaged, and The True Sinners, another FC5 WIP that acts as a little alternative scenario in which case Silva doesn't join the police department and meets the Seeds pre-Reaping, and in true FC5 fandom fashion, just like all the Deputy OCs at some point before Silva, her appearance is taken as a sign and she gets kidnapped by Eden's Gate. Lima Syndrome happens, where Jacob goes "my Pup" and doesn't want to share his new captive/friend with the rest of his family, but John goes "no, my Wrath", Joseph goes "no, my Child" and Faith just goes all in and is like "no, my special Angel" and Silva is just a tug-a-war doll caught in the middle. Subplot, Kamski actually decides to socialise with the "normal locals" of Hope County which is an atrocious act against God -> ONE VOTE/SENTENCE EACH.

Thanks for joining in. I'll share a WIP again when I get some sleep.

WIP Poll Game

Tagged by @socially-awkward-skeleton

Rules: Make a 24-hour poll with the names of your wips, let it run, then write one sentence for every vote the winner received

Just putting down a few I have from both The UnTitledverse, Far Cry The Silver Chronicles and Life, Despair & Monsters:

Tagging @voidika @adelaidedrubman @shallow-gravy @henbased @cassietrn @josephslittledeputy @josephseedismyfather @afarcry5fromstraight @inafieldofdaisies @gaeadene @wrathfulrook @snake-in-the-garden @alwayssunnyinedensgate and @strangefable + whoever else wants to join in (no pressure of course).

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WIP Folder Game

Tagged by @aceghosts and @adelaidedrubman

Tagging @socially-awkward-skeleton @direwombat @derelictheretic @strafethesesinners @strangefable @cassietrn @turbo-virgins @g0dspeeed @josephslittledeputy @josephseedismyfather @carlosoliveiraa @corvosattano @shellibisshe @titiagls @nightbloodbix @onehornedbeast @voidika @afarcryfrommymain @gaeadene @henbased @cloudofbutterflies92 @wrathfulrook @ladyoriza @la-grosse-patate @minilev @inafieldofdaisies @florbelles @yokobai @shallow-gravy @softtidesworld @snake-in-the-garden @skoll-sun-eater and @justasmolbard + anyone else who wishes to join in.

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've only selected a few, and you can find the WIP names under the cut:

The UnTitledverse

Jurassic World: Before The Storm

A Blast In The Past

The Tale Of Mario Emmet

All Who Remain

The UnTitled Stories

UnTitled Venture: Hazardous Residence

Chapter One: The Truth Seeker

The Silver Chronicles

Silva's Hope

La Última En Pie

Old Dusk

Call To Arms

Ain't It A Joy?

No One's Safe At Home

How Good Is A Heist If It's Improvised?

Life, Despair & Monsters

Word Of Woe

The Thorned Crown Of Iron Thrones

Sonya's Push

Miraculous Miracles

My Heart Goes Doki Doki Literature Club!

Choo Choo Charles Has Gone Off The Rails

An Invite To Wine And Dine

A Radioactive Calamity Of Love, Bombs & Gore/Spin-Off Works/Original Works

The Time Guard

Mario: Mother's Boy

Wings And Horns

The Waters Of Life Flow

The House At The Top

A Symbol For A Better World

What Happened To Vault 76?

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WIP Roundup

Rules: Post the names of all (or some of) 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.

Tagged by @direwombat (than you so much for the tag) to share what I have cooking up in my folder. I'll only share some as there are way too many to fit in one post (...unless... no, begone devil thoughts!). I have four folders, one each for The UnTitledverse, Far Cry The Silver Chronicles, Life, Despair & Monsters, and some extra stuff that don't belong in the three universes above (includes Wings And Horns and A Radioactive Calamity of Love, Bombs & Gore).

Anyway, below the cut is the WIP names (and their respective series they belong to) as well as the people I'm tagging. Just like direwombat (though a little differently), I will be listing them by active, snippets, or shelved. Enjoy!

[P.S I'm about to ruin my exact number of 4,000 posts LOL! Damn who knew I'd get that high]

ACTIVE WIPS (e.g. WIPs that are either published or that I am actively working on)

The UnTitledverse

The Perfect Storm saga -> Jurassic World Before The Storm

Far Cry The Silver Chronicles

The Years In Hope County (FC5)

Silva's Hope (FC5)

Life, Despair & Monsters

One By One, The Towers Crack folder -> Sonya's Push - Jennifer's Story (Love Death + Robots)

SNIPPETS (e.g. WIPs I've only shown through snippets and have been bouncing back and forth between and/or can only publish once another WIP is finished)

The UnTitledverse

The Perfect Storm saga -> A Blast In The Past (original work influenced/inspired by Bendy and the Ink Machine)

Far Cry The Silver Chronicles

A Truce, As Null And Void As Yourself (FC5)

La Última En Pie (Kind of Original Work with references to FC5 and adapted/AU characters from The Masquerade, The Bone Season, Mermaids of Eriana Kwai, The Priory Of The Orange Tree, The Locked Tomb and Rapunzel's Tangled Adventures)

No Snake, Only A Boa In The Garden (FC5)

The True Sinners (FC5)

You're Almost Like Family (FC5)

Life, Despair & Monsters

On Strong Foundations, The Tower Stands folder -> Miraculous Miracles: Tales of Hatter and his Two Buds (Miraculous)

Original Works and Other Series

A Radioactive Calamity of Love, Bombs & Gore series -> It's A Matter of Perspective, Really... (FO3)

SHELVED (e.g. WIPs that I've currently put on the shelf as of now until I have the time and motivation to write or WIPs that haunt my dreams)

The UnTitledverse

The Perfect Storm saga -> The Dark Awakening (Original Work inspired/influenced by Bendy and the Ink Machine)

The Omniscience Rule saga -> All Who Remain (The Last Of Us)

The UnTitled Ventures saga -> UnTitled Venture: Village Of Shadows (Resident Evil Village)

Mario: Mother's Boy (Original Work)

Far Cry The Silver Chronicles

Old Dusk (FCND)

Call To Arms (COD: MW)

Ain't It A Joy? (We Happy Few)

No One's Safe At Home (Welcome To The Game)

Far Cry The Judge's Duty AU -> What Are The Chances? (FC5/FCND-ish)

Lady, Running Down To The Riptide (Taken Away To The Dark Side) (FC5 AU influenced by Bioshock Infinite)

Life, Despair & Monsters

Enemies Crawl, Along The Tower's Walls folder -> Word Of Woe - Wednesday Addams' Story (Wednesday)

On Strong Foundations, The Towers Stand folder -> The Thorned Crown Of Iron Thrones - Corvus Targaryen's Story (House Of The Dragon)

Original Works and Other Series

Wings And Horns (Original Work)

A Radioactive Calamity of Love, Bombs & Gore series -> The Waters Of Life Flow (FO3).

A Radioactive Calamity of Love, Bombs & Gore series -> The House Always Wins (FONV).

A Radioactive Calamity of Love, Bombs & Gore series -> A Symbol For A Better World (Our World) (FO4).

A Radioactive Calamity of Love, Bombs & Gore series -> Vault Number 76 (FO76).

Tagging @socially-awkward-skeleton @shallow-gravy @adelaidedrubman @strangefable @strafethesesinners @wrathfulrook @g0dspeeed @josephseedismyfather @josephslittledeputy @bitchofedensgate @inafieldofdaisies @softtidesworld @minilev @snake-in-the-garden @afarcryfrommymain @nightbloodbix @derelictheretic @deputyash @deputy-morgan-malone @dephellseed @fourlittleseedlings @cassietrn @chazz-anova @voidika @onehornedbeast @carlosoliveiraa @corvosattano @skoll-sun-eater @neverthesameneveranother and @ladyoriza + anyone else who wants to share their wip list!)

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WIP Wednesday

Tagged by no one. For I am the one doing the tagging!

Tagging: @socially-awkward-skeleton @strangefable @direwombat @adelaidedrubman @shallow-gravy @wrathfulrook @snake-in-the-garden @alwayssunnyinedensgate @gaeadene @chazz-anova @cassietrn @josephslittledeputy @josephseedismyfather @voidika @poisonedtruth @detectivelokis @henbased @purplehairsecretlair @g0dspeeed @inafieldofdaisies and @vampireninjabunnies-blog + anyone else who wants to join.

Sharing two WIPs. The first is of chapter two of the Jurassic World Before The Storm fic, chapter one of which will be released in SIX days now, while the other WIP is of my FC5 fic Silva's Hope.

Here's the snippet of my Jurassic World WIP below:

“Now that introductions have been made, it’s best to get moving to cover more time for the day,” the woman, Zara, replies.

Joaquin didn’t need to look up at Lisa to know an annoyed scowl was in the midst of forming. Cautiously, he reached out a hand to her crossed arms, a gentle weight on them.

When she shifted her attention to him, the scowl had left, replaced with her soft gaze of hazel acknowledging the nervousness in his small brown eyes.

The eye-contact did not last long, for Joaquin strained to keep hold of the tender look he knew Lisa struggled to share even in her happiest moods. The comfort he should feel turned into distress as she kept staring at him. Overwhelmed and not wanting to have a “panic” in public, Joaquin broke the direct contact and looked away.

Joaquin disliked the prolonged action, how it rubbed him the wrong way when others stared at him for longer than he felt was necessary. Especially when the look into his eyes like they’re searching for some hidden secret. Made him feel sick, like if butterflies were flapping around in his belly.

He also felt as if he had done wrong against Lisa. It wasn’t her fault; his “anxieties”, his “shyness”, his “meek nature”. Just like her “happy moods” and “sad moods” weren’t within her control. His sister was aware of his skittishness, he knew that, and best of all never shunned him for it.

But he sometimes wished that he could give Lisa the comfort she deserved to have.

With her focus no longer on him, Joaquin heard Lisa conversing with Zara once more, much to his relief.

“Ms Dearing had agreed she’d meet us in person,” Lisa gritted out with renewed patience, “What changed?”

“Ms Dearing has been held up by unfinished affairs,” Zara replied, a small smile tugging at her lips as she softly shook her head fondly, “But nothing has changed. I will tour you through the park and show where you will be staying.”

Joaquin saw Lisa’s crossed hands clenching tightly. He also saw Lisa chewing her cheek in contemplation.

Hopefully she doesn’t bite it too hard again, he worried privately, and was unable to stop the stray thought as more came with it, Too hard and her sore might reopen. Then blood would pour out. And she’d be in pain, red slipping out, and he wouldn’t know what to do! She would get an infection, and the carers would come back and take him away from her and he’d be left alone without his sister, and she would be left without him, and it would be all his fault-!

Joaquin snapped out of the rapidly growing panicked thoughts as Zara’s voice speared through the air, looking towards the older woman, who had received no acknowledgement or response from his sister, “Will that be alright, Ms Cobalt?”

Joaquin barely heard the teeth-clenched confirmation from his undoubtedly agitated sister, “Just dandy.”

The agitation seemed to not bother Zara, or maybe it flew over her head, it was hard to tell.

“Wonderful. If you would kindly follow me to the monorail, I believe we can make it to the great lunch specials,” Zara spoke with a pleased and jovial voice. Though that could just be her music that seemed lay on her voice.

Zara turned tail and started walking towards the monorail station. Lisa and Joaquin glanced to one another, the former failing to contain her annoyance, the latter waiting for his sister's next move as he recovered from his own frenzied menagerie of anxious thoughts.

And here's a snippet of Silva's Hope (again this is under heavy development, this is just what I feel confident with so far, even if it the final product might be different):

"So," Kamski's voice returned from the static of the walkie talkie, finally arriving at the topic of importance, "Were you hired?"

Silva sipped again on the hot liquid of her brewed coffee, undeterred by the strong smell tingling her nose. She had gotten used to it.

Brushing a strand of dark hair back, Silva pressed the button and relayed the news she knew Kamski was dreading to hear, "I had been. Answered questions, kept to the story, no problems occurred. Interview went on without a hitch. Sheriff said I begin at the week's end."

Silence befell the kitchen, the lamps strewn throughout Silva's home now the only source of lights left to illuminate the rooms. She made her way to the maroon couch, seating herself in the middle. She brought the mug to her lips once more as Kamski made his reply.

"Not that I don't trust your judgement Silva, but are you sure you should be interacting with the locales Americanos? They can be quite... divisive."

Kamski's voice was steady as he spoke, but Silva could pick up the underlying hints of worry underneath the gruffness. Despite this, she could not hold back an amused snort at his words, "And we've never been?"

"You know what I mean Silva," Kamski responded, tone stern and serious, "This isn't la Minas. The community can be unpredictable if they acquire certain information."

Gulping down the last of her coffee, Silva settled the mug on the table before countering, "And this isn't the Archipiélagos either, Kamski. You and I are more likely to die in an automobile accident because we got distracted looking at something new, shiny and different before anyone decides to aim a weapon at either one of us for petty and meaningless mierda."

Kamski grunted over the transmitter, and Silva exhaled a breath out. This had been a common back-and-forth. It wasn't unwarranted, especially with two of the worst tragedies Silva's ever faced years prior. But Silva had been tired of it. The grief. The anger. The empty loneliness.

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Late Poll Loser WIPs

May as well put this here while I have the chance. Here is the non-winners voting sentence post from this poll and this poll.

Saw @adelaidedrubman do this for WIP Wednesday so I got inspired to do so as well.

Tagging @socially-awkward-skeleton @cassietrn @voidika @strangefable @chazz-anova @inafieldofdaisies @shallow-gravy @direwombat @josephslittledeputy @poisonedtruth @josephseedismyfather @g0dspeeed @detectivelokis @a-rose-in-a-garden-of-weeds @vampireninjabunnies-blog @ladyofedens-blog and @little-wolf-seed + anyone else interested in sharing/reading.

These WIPs go in order of highest vote to lowest vote. These WIPs are from my @the-untitledverse-blog @the-silver-chronicles and @life-despair-and-monsters-blog .

Continue below the cut to read more:

No Snake, Only A Boa In The Garden: 2 VOTES. This FC5 WIP puts heavy focus on the motif of "Adam and Eve" (which also includes elements in regards to "Lilith", "Original Sin" and the "Garden of Eden") that I don't believe Silva's Hope will be able to do so. I won't go into too much detail as this is still under construction. Snippet below:

The narrative of Adam and Eve’s story was both a warning and a threat to those who doubted the Lord’s plan, showing what happens when everyone strays from their role and accept the “deceptions” of the evil Snake. The end of the story was interpreted as grim by most, given Adam’s unfortunate fate.

This cautionary tale was propagandised, showing what happens when one betrays the Lord’s teachings, like Eve had done when she accepted the temptation of the Snake.

The True Sinners: 1 VOTE. This FC5 WIP is a little scenario is if Silva chose not to become a deputy but still had the worst luck in meeting the Seeds some time before the Reaping begins. And instead of Silva developing the likes of Stockholm Syndrome, the Seeds like Silva a bit too much and develop Lima Syndrome. Featuring a side plot of Kamski having to socialise with the Resistance to get Silva back. Snippet below:

According to his sources, the local cult was becoming anxious and more aggressive. Just like the Enforcers stationed down in the Minas had been. It was a major red flag for the both of them, and it had been enough to push Silva out of bed to grab her rifle and kick her skills back into gear.

Jurassic World: Before The Storm: 1 VOTE. Chapter 2 of my published Jurassic World fic (chapter 1 is pinned in my The UnTitledverse blog on Tumblr but can be alternatively found on AO3, fanfiction.net and Wattpad, links provided in the pinned post. The fic focuses on the bond of siblings and its importance (even with those who aren't blood related) and explores the worldview (both human and dinosaur) of the science and nature behind Jurassic World, but is also a slow-burn tragedy in the making as we get closer and closer to canon complicity. Snippet below:

Following the dark-haired brunette woman to the station, Joaquin couldn’t help but look in awe at how well the surrounding nature and man-made structures fit together. Smoothly combined to fill the station with life.

La Última En Pie: 1 VOTE. The prequel to Silva's Hope. Silva wasn't always Silva, you know? She was once known as Sylvester. A single mother trying to balance raising her 5-year-old hija Persephone and keeping her late hermana's floristry afloat, in a community she was still a stranger in. But she was free, and so was her ever curious and energetic hija who liked planes and was a fan of the celebrity bear, Cheeseburger. Living a normal life. Until Paul returned. But he had changed. And in six excruciating months, he changed her. Snippet below:

"Something is coming. You can feel it," Father glanced down next to him, where Sylvester's small frame stood, head bowed and body still, listening to the cold warm in his voice as he addressed her, "Can't you, Daughter?" Did she? Should she have? Sylvester knew something was coming, as she had been told for years. But could she feel it as Father did? She didn't answer, nor did she question, for to do either would be to insult Father and doubt his word, and he never tolerated such behaviour. He was always pleased with her silence. Sylvester could almost feel Father's gaze return to the window, satisfied by the lack of reply from her, as he continued.

And lastly, Miraculous Miracles: 1 VOTE. Here is a Miraculous Ladybug series where Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Adrien Agreste are trained by Fu and a De-facto Guardian, an inter-dimensional warping plant-parasite (with limbs) named Hatter who uses magic cards to beat people up and cause property damage, along with his avatar(s) who get no benefit from switching places with Hatter in the "Other Dimension" while the hero himself hogs his time in their realm, hoping humans can survive on rocks. There is character development but Hatter does everything in his power to deter it (spoilers: he fails). This is only scratching the lighthearted surface, things in fact do get worse much later. Snippet below:

Hatter tilted his head at the pair of youth, wind from outside brushing against his leaves and roots. He looked around the hotel lobby; the pillars toppled, the stairs crumbled, the gaping hole in the front doors and the glass chandelier smashed on top of the unconscious akumatised victim. He nodded his head in faux agreement, and simply replied, "Quite."