#witcher wheel of the year 2023

[witcherwheeloftheyear]

Witcher Wheel of the Year is a series of events for the Witcher fandom running throughout 2023, based on the festivals of the Wheel of the Year. For details and the schedule, go here!

On May 1st, it's Beltane!

The prompts are:

temperature play - milking - aphrodisiac

fire and smoke - protection - make a wish

hawthorn

strawberries

#fbbbd6 #d8e8e5 #c6ba34

#ca91c4 #ffda34 #742343

-

Photo by Lukas Gächter on Unsplash

[astaldis]

@witcherwheeloftheyear​

Chapters: 1/1   Words: 444 Fandom: The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher Series - Andrzej Sapkowski Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Angoulême (The Witcher), Maria Barring | Milva, Jaskier | Dandelion, Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach, Emiel Regis Rohellec Terzieff-Godefroy, Geralt of Rivia  Additional Tags:  Friendship, Humour 

Summary: "Finished!" Angoulême exclaims and starts to dance circles around the victim of her wager. "I bet nobody'd take him for a Nilfgaardian now!" she adds with a raucous cackle that reminds strongly of a goose on fisstech ...

Cahir loses a bet and Angoulême is having fun.

[ooksaidthelibrarian]

Shivering with cold, Jarina sat up. She froze at the sight of a figure huddled at the foot of another tree. It wore a leather cloak with the hood up, the beaky mask at its feet, the goggles glinting in what little light there was.  Lost in the woods, Jarina meets a stranger

written for the Spook Me Ficathon and for Witcher Wheel of the Year's Samhain event, the prompts were Plague Doctor, Mask and Lost and Found

running towards nothing

Fandom: Witcher (Video Games) Words: 2393 Rating: G

Read it on AO3

[fandomtrumpshate]

FTH 2023 Listed fandoms snapshot

We had 101 fandoms in the dropdown list this year, including 'other' if you wanted to write in a fandom. So far, there are signups for all but 7 of the listed fandoms ...

For a heartbeat the boy wizard had as many signups as the ineffable husbands, but at present, Good Omens is managing to hold on to a slight lead. Teen Wolf currently holds third place, and K-pop has just edged out Sherlock to grab fourth. Still, with more than a week to go, a handful of signups could shake up the leaderboard, making the next update look entirely different. We'll update every couple days, and then daily as the deadline for signups approaches.

Signups are open through Feb 19!

List of fandoms by number of signups under the cut -

44 Good Omens 42 Harry Potter * 31 Teen Wolf 28 K-Pop * 27 Sherlock Holmes * 23 Star Wars * 21 MCU * 18 Stranger Things 18 The Witcher 16 Boku no Hiro Akademia (My Hero Academia) 15 Mo Dao Zu Shi / The Untamed 14 Our Flag Means Death 14 The Sandman 13 Fullmetal Alchemist 12 DC Extended Universe * 12 Locked Tomb Trilogy 12 Scum Villain's Self-Saving System 12 Supernatural 11 DC Comics 11 The Magnus Archives 11 Merlin 11 The Old Guard 11 Shadowhunters 10 9–1–1 10 Tolkien * 9 All for the Game 9 Avatar The Last Airbender * 9 Raven Cycle 9 Star Trek * 8 Check Please! 8 Hades (video game) 8 Jujutsu Kaisen 8 Original Work 7 Benoit Blanc Mysteries (Knives Out; Glass Onion) 7 Interview With The Vampire 7 Tian Guan Ci Fu (Heaven Official's Blessing) 6 A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones 6 Disco Elysium 6 Genshin Impact 6 James Bond 6 Kinnporsche 6 Marvel Comics 5 Naruto 5 Six of Crows Duology 5 SK8 the Infinity 5 Wednesday / The Addams Family 4 Diamond no Ace 4 Doctor Who * 4 Heartstopper 4 Hockey RPF 4 Hunger Games 4 Percy Jackson and the Olympians 4 Rusty Quill Gaming Podcast 3 Arcane 3 Bleach 3 Critical Role 3 Dungeons & Dragons 3 Final Fantasy * 3 Fire Emblem Three Houses 3 Haikyuu!!! 3 Hannibal 3 Hetalia 3 Leverage 3 Nirvana in Fire 3 Stellar Firma 3 Tian Ya Ke / Word of Honor 2 Bad Buddy 2 Buffyverse * 2 Dishonored 2 Dragon Age * 2 Hacks 2 Hunter X Hunter 2 The Last of Us 2 The Magicians 2 Mass Effect 2 The Maze Runner 2 Spy x Family 2 Steven Universe 2 Welcome to Night Vale 1 Captive Prince 1 Cyberpunk 2077 1 Encanto 1 Gundam Wing 1 Julie and the Phantoms 1 Lucifer (TV) 1 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries 1 Schitt's Creek 1 Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse 1 The Terror (TV 2018) 1 Venom 1 Voltron 1 Wheel of Time 1 Yuri!!! On Ice

The listed fandoms with no signups (YET!) are

Anne with an E / Anne of Green Gables Assassin's Creed Dracula Ghosts (BBC) Goncharov (1973) The Green Knight RWBY

[a-still-small-vox]

Fics written in 2023, and their word counts:

The Bridge • FFXV | Promptis | 5,116 words | FTH gift

You and I Kaleide • FFXV | Promptis | 12,626 words | Promptis exchange gift

My Only • The Witcher | Gerlion | 1,714 words

A Ring for Dandelion • The Witcher | Gerlion | 1,798 words

Petals On Your Tongue • The Witcher | Gerlion | 2,954 words

Sleeping Bastard • FFXV | Promptis | 3,658 words | FTH gift

To Last Your Whole Life Long • The Witcher | Gerlion | 2,590 words

Hear My Cry • No. 6 | Nezushi | 794 words

Like The Wind • No. 6 | Nezushi | 1,980 words

One Dance • No. 6 | Nezushi | 694 words

A Quiet Evening • No. 6 | Nezushi | 889 words

Lost & Found • No. 6 | Nezushi | 1,320 words

The Spark & The Storm • No. 6 | Nezushi | 899 words

The Wanderer • No. 6 | Nezushi | 1,689 words

Why Do You Like Me? • Mighty Nein | Widomauk | 1,803 words

RE-ROLL • Mighty Nein | Widomauk | 12,354 words

The Moonweaver's Child • Mighty Nein | Widomauk | 6,567 words

grab your things, I've come to take you home • Mighty Nein | Widomauk | 4,231 words

See Through • FFXV | Promptis | 2,834 words | FTH gift

Welcome to the Polycule • Homestuck | KatNepDaveJade | 2,036 words | Homestuck Secret Santa gift

The Siren • No. 6 | Nezushi | 2,493 words | No. 6 Secret Santa gift

Unreleased fics:

Window Of The Soul • FFXV | Promptis | 5,341 words | Book Club Discord Exchange gift

Masquerade Heist • Critical Role | Widomauk | 5,316 words | Tealeaf Tavern Secret Santa gift

Long Shadows • Critical Role | Widomauk | 66,461 words | Super secret upcoming longfic, in beta~

Translations:

Petit fics pour la Semaine de Kaidan 2017 • Mass Effect | multi | 445 words | original by BardofHeartDive

Petit fics pour la Semaine de MER 2020 • Mass Effect | multi | 476 words | original by BardofHeartDive

Le Club des Maris Morts • Mass Effect | Kaidan/m!Shep | 1,347 words | original by BardofHeartDive

Récupération • Mass Effect | Kaidan/James/m!Shep | 1,618 words | original by BardofHeartDive

Fragile • Critical Role | Kimallura | 2,246 words | original by BardofHeartDive

La muse accidentelle • The Old Guard | Andy/Quynh | 2,422 words | original by Saltwaterselkie

Les cicatrices qu'elle portait • Black Widow | Natasha Romanov & Clint Barton | 2,485 words | original by Saltwaterselkie

14,000,606 • Avengers: Endgame | Steve Rogers & Bucky Barnes; Steve Rogers & Tony Stark | 4,120 words | original by BardofHeartDive

Toutes mes lignes invisibles • A League Of Their Own | Max Chapman & Clance Morgan | 2,319 words | original by Saltwaterselkie

La Teuf d'Halloween de Billy Batson • Shazam! | Billy Batson & Batman | 3,478 words | original by Saltwaterselkie

Total fics: 24 + 10 translations Total word count: 150,147 + 20,956 (translated)

Specifics:

Best/worst title?

Best: You and I Kaleide, Hear My Cry, Like the Wind, RE-ROLL, & grab your things, I've come to take you home

Worst: See Through, One Dance

I think a lot of the titles were uninspired this year, but those two are the least aesthetically pleasing to me.

Best/worst quote/passage?

Best:

Brighter, richer, a window opening to a world Prompto has never known, a dimension unfolding before him. He is experiencing something for which he has no name, has no language and no words and can’t describe. It isn’t just the visual phenomenon. It is the way his heart, too, is opening. As easily and as freely as a door swinging wide.

The simplest explanation, which is no real explanation, is colour.

And the colour is blue.

And the world is breaking apart, fracturing and wheeling and turning in a glorious, shining ballet. Yet Prince Noctis’s face somehow remains the same, an anchor and a harbour and a refuge. There are new colours in his face and colours in his hair and colour dancing around him which he’ll only later know how to name, peach and pink and black and grey and blue, more blue; pure, vast blue of sky.

(You and I Kaleide)

Why?: Writing the descriptions of the magical kaleidoscope moment in this fic gave me the opportunity to be very creative and artsy. Honestly, I probably could've pushed it even further than I did. But I think this is the fic with the most unique visuals this year.

Best/worst first line?

Best: Caleb knows he’s smart, but he would need a major in psychology with double minors in tiefling and carnie to figure out why Mollymauk pays him as much attention as he does. (Why Do You Like Me?) Why?: Most of my first lines are pretty serviceable. This one is actually clever.

Worst: “H-hello?” (The Wanderer) Why?: Conveying emotion through adding a letter to indicate a stutter is a bit of a cop out. The runner up to this is "“We need a miracle,” Ignis muttered." (See Through) because I feel like that's a cliché thing to say.

Best/worst last line?

Best: Cradled by the arms of his living friend, who time had returned to him, he finally fell asleep. (RE-ROLL) Why?: None of the last lines from this year really stood out to me, but this one is definitely the most interesting.

Worst: Then they dashed out of the alleyway and back into the fray. (The Spark And The Storm) Why?: My last lines tend to have at least some emotion in them. This line doesn't really have any. It's pretty weak.

General questions:

Looking back, did you write more fics than you thought you would this year, less than you thought, or about what you predicted?

I wrote way more than I expected. I would never just expect to write 150K, aha. I especially didn't expect to write one fic a day for a week (which is what I did for No. 6 week), nor did I expect to write a novel-length longfic, which is what Long Shadows turned out to be.

What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted last year?

Last year I didn't know I'd get into the Witcher games or the Mighty Nein in 2023. I already had a vague interest in the Gerlion/Geraskier ship, but I didn't know I was going to start actually engaging in the fandom beyond having read one novel. And I've always had a vague awareness of Critical Role thanks to my other mutuals, but never had the intent to get into the fandom myself. That one happened, I think, because I got a chance to play my first game of DND this summer, and got interested in other DND stuff in consequence.

What’s your favorite story this year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you the happiest.

As always, it's a bit of a toss-up, but I think Long Shadows fucking rocks. I can't wait to share it with everyone. The Bridge, You and I Kaleide, and RE-ROLL are all really good too.

Okay, NOW your most popular story.

You and I Kaleide is my most popular by hits. The Bridge is my most popular by kudos. (Both in the FFXV fandom.)

Story most underappreciated by the universe?

It's kinda sucky to roll up to the Critical Role fandom like five years too late, especially with such an investment in Widomauk. The CritRole fandom also doesn't seem to comment much, and never really seems to have done so, which is a shame. But I feel like people do like my stories, even if they're not very vocal about it. ;3;

Story that could have been better?

All of my No. 6 week fics were made via writing sprint, so they're not necessarily the best thought out stories I've ever written. I think they're pretty good for what they are, though.

Sexiest story?

Long Shadows /eyes emoji

You can look forward to TWO sexy scenes in that one~

Saddest story?

The Bridge and Sleeping Bastard have some sad moments. RE-ROLL is kinda about a twenty three hour long panic attack, lol. And Long Shadows has a VERY angsty opening, woof.

Most fun?

Welcome To The Polycule has the most banter and silly lines in it. It's kinda unavoidable with Homestuck fics, because that's just how the characters talk.

Story with single sweetest moment?

Probably You and I Kaleide, which is just romance all the way down. But you could also make an argument for one of the fics in my Witcher 1 series. (My Only, A Ring For Dandelion, & To Last Your Whole Life Long)

Hardest story to write?

RE-ROLL, You and I Kaleide, and Long Shadows had the greatest effort put into them. I took copious notes on episodes 26 and 27 of the Mighty Nein campaign in order to be able to write RE-ROLL. You and I Kaleide has a pretty complicated structure that it took me a few tries to get right. And Long Shadows is a longfic, so of course it took more planning than just a one-shot. I've already written an author's note explaining my process for it, which will be released when the fic is fully posted.

Easiest/most fun story to write?

The writing sprints for No. 6 week were all pretty easy. Come up with an idea in five to ten minutes, then write for half an hour. Maybe a few minutes more or a second sprint. Done.

Did any stories shift your perceptions of the characters?

I wrote Why Do You Like Me specifically to explore why Molly would like Caleb. I can see why Caleb would like Molly. Molly's great. But early-campaign Caleb is, well. An anti-social asshole with purposefully poor hygiene who gets reprimanded multiple times for being dishonest and selfish. Yet, there must be something special about him that's obvious to the people around him and not just to the audience, otherwise this ship wouldn't be as popular as it is. The question I had was what, and this fic helped me explore that.

Most overdue story?

See Through was based on an idea I had in like 2018. You and I Kaleide was also a prompt I had sitting around for a while. This is why I hoard all of my good story ideas - I never know when I might bust one out to write it for some gift exchange - or just because!

I also have been saying for many years that I ship KatNepDaveJade, but I never put my money where my mouth is before to actually write the ship.

Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them?

Lots, actually. You and I Kaleide had a very complicated structure. RE-ROLL used real dice rolls to direct the plot. And Long Shadows starts off with just a huge chunk of unapologetic angst, which is so not my normal wheelhouse. Then there were the writing sprints I just posted. Then The Bridge and Window Of The Soul have premises that are a little risqué, as they deal with themes of suicide and burgeoning sexuality. So yeah, I had a lot of fun flexing my creative muscles this year.

What are your fic writing goals for next year?

EDIT AND POST LONG SHADOWS!!!

Work on one of my currently unfinished fics (Perchance to Wake, OFF-Script, or Fateswap Beyond)

*

That’s all, folks! If anyone else wants to do this wrap up like it’s a meme and tag me, go right ahead. Happy New Year!

[callunavulgari]

Scrapbook 2023 | Pt II

For anyone that’s new to this, this is how I keep track of all of the things that I enjoy and/or create throughout the year. I have literally been doing this since I had a livejournal.

It’s a nice little snippet of my life and helps to organize my brain.

A reminder:

Normal font - Indifferent/Neutral Italicized font - Enjoyed bold font - Loved with an asterisk* - All time favorite (bracketed titles) - Re-watches/Re-reads strikethough - Disliked

Goals are: read 65 books, finish 4 video games, write more than 20 fics or something larger than 20k, and expand on your original novel outline to the point that you START WRITING.

Past Years

MOVIES

June

Avatar: Way of Water

(Coraline)

(LotR: Fellowship of the Ring)

Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania

(LotR: Return of the King)

July

Hard-boiled

(Pride & Prejudice)

Persuasion

Puss and Boots: The Last Wish

Nimona

August

Miraculous Ladybug: The Movie

Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse

Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 3\

September

???

TV SHOWS

June

Queer Eye, s1, s7

Our Planet

Planet Earth II

(Stranger Things, s4)

Bee and Puppy Cat

July

The Diplomat

(Suits, s1)

The Witcher s3

August

Queer Eye: Japan

(Inuyasha)

The Witcher s3

September

The Wheel of Time, s2

Interview with the Vampire, s1

Fionna and Cake

YOUTUBE CHANNELS

June

Watcher: Worth a Shot, s2

Watcher: Mystery Files, s1

Imamu Room, Episode 43

Beryl Shereshewsky

July

Beryl Shereshewsky

Watcher: Puppet History

PBS

August

Beryl Shereshewsky

Watcher: Puppet History

September

Beryl Shereshewsky

Watcher: Ghost Files

Imamu Room

BOOKS

June

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace [Fin]

The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson [Fin]

Beyond the Wand by Tom Felton [Fin]

Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim [Fin]

Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson [Fin]

Milk! A 10,000-Year Food Fracas by Mark Kurlansky [Fin]

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J Maas [Fin]

Cod by Mark Kurlansky

July

Cod by Mark Kurlansky

Whiskey, Words, and a Shovel by RN Sin [Fin]

Irish Wedding Traditions by Shannon Lichte [Fin]

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon [Fin]

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson [Fin]

Witch King by Martha Wells

Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid [Fin]

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia [Fin]

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn [Fin]

August

Witch King by Martha Wells

Cod by Mark Kurlansky [Fin]

Impact Winter by Travis Beacham [Fin]

The Adventure Zone, Vol 5 [Fin]

The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley [Fin]

Violet Made of Thorns by Gina Chen [Fin]

The Return of the King by J.R.R Tolkien [Fin]

Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott [Fin]

September

Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J.Ryan Stradal [Fin]

Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett [Fin]

Witch King by Martha Wells

(Red White & Royal Blue by Casey Mcquiston)

PODCASTS

June

N/A

July

Descendants 

(Wolf 359)

The Silt Verses

August

The Silt Verses

September

(Wolf 359)

VIDEO GAMES

June

Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, all the hours

July

Hollow Knight

August

Hollow Knight

Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, all the hours

Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages

September

Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, all the hours

Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages

POSTED FIC

June

so damn sloppy | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 4,557 words | Steve smiles, leaning forward just a little bit, and is rewarded by the sight of Eddie swaying towards him as if hypnotized. “We gonna stop pretending that I’m here just for a movie?”

July

N/A

August

into the unknown | LoZ | Zelda/Ganondorf/Link | 8,017 words |  “What do you think, princess?” Ganondorf asks, cocking his head.

September

N/A

WIPS | UNPUBLISHED | ORIGINAL

June

Steve/Eddie Canon-Divergent PWP, 4350 words [Posted]

Ganon/Zelda/Link Political Marriage AU, 5k

July

Ganon/Zelda/Link Political Marriage AU, 5k

August

Ganon/Zelda/Link Political Marriage AU, 8k

September

Steddie Hitchhiker AU

Fanmixes/Spotify Playlists/Graphics

June

N/A

July

N/A

August

Speechless - Vampire Novel

September

N/A

DELIGHTFUL FIC

June

Shot Right Through by entanglednow | Stranger Things | 5k | Steve overhears a conversation between Eddie and Robin, and then spends a few weeks trying to think of anything else.

Color Correction by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 3k | Steve can always be relied upon to help a friend out, and it makes a nice change to be the one with the answers.

Long-Distance Call by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 3k | In which Eddie is subjected to Steve earnestly trying to fix his mistake, and worries about making one of his own.

The Royal Flush by entanglednow | Stranger Things |Steve/Eddie | 1k | Eddie had thought he was good at noticing people like him, you have to be since no one is sharing that shit out loud, not in this town at least.

Of Stars in Infinite Universes by lily_winterwood | Harry Potter | Draco/Harry | 21k | Harry Potter is asked to find a missing Draco Malfoy.

status quo by jilliancares | Marvel | Peter/Wade | 7k |  Somehow, the components of Peter’s secret identity keep crumbling all around him.

By the Laws of Magic by Lenore | The Sandman | Dream/Hob | 32k |  It’s 1959, and Hob Gadling is working at a London auction house, amazing his colleagues with his uncanny knowledge of art and artifacts from the 14th century on.

Always one foot on the ground by PhyllisDietrichson | Watcher | Ryan/Shane | 8k |  Moving the Watcher office desks to the second floor leads to unforeseen consequences.

shelter by paxlux | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 27k |  "’86 is your year!” and goddamn is that a sentence with a price tag on it. ’86, his year to die and be resurrected, shiny and new and what will he do now.

Danger Zone by WeirdAn | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 2k | There's something wrong with Steve Harrington.

in every version but one (there's you and i) by Percyjacksonfan3 | Stranger Things | Eddie/Chrissy | 6k | Eddie Munson dies. Chrissy Cunningham lives.

This Number Is Not In Service by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 3k | In which Steve needs to stop kissing people and then running away, and Robin needs a good night's sleep.

Dawnshot Through the Heart by sir_not_appearing_in_this_archive | Mistborn | Wax/Wayne | 19k - WIP |  Ten years ago, Wayne fled instead of letting himself get arrested for murder.

Infinite Dreams by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 4k | Steve sleeps in Eddie's bed and Eddie doesn't lay a finger on him, he's not sure that helps in the end.

The Walls of Camelot by spqr | Merlin | Merlin/Arthur | 13k | “Camelot will fall tomorrow,” Arthur says, on the first day of the eighth month of the siege.

July

A Sweet Romance by tirsynni | LoZ | Ganondorf/Link | 1k | Ganondorf meets Princess Zelda's bodyguard and the Hylian Champion and is instantly charmed. Link meets the lone Gerudo voe and is far, far less charmed.

You Have One New Message by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 3k | What's that famous saying 'once is an accident, twice is coincidence, three times -' But that's where the thought breaks down, because Steve is not going to kiss him again.

Hurry Hurry (what a mess!) by Pip (Moirail) | The Untamed | Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian | 7k | Lan Zhan needs a curse breaker, and Wei Ying's pretty sure he's just the guy for the job.

Cross Road Blues by WeirdAn | Stranger Things | Steve/Billy | 7k | Billy sells his soul to Steve Harrington at the crossroads.

Outlier by spqr | Star Wars | Obi-Wan/Cody | 7k | A custom codpiece was what Cody had requested from the armorer – the standard-issue was too small, and Obi-Wan remembered OUTLIER stamped on Cody's medical records and felt his whole body turn hot.

the fair and the brave and the good must die by Lise | The Untamed | Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian | 12k | Rumor carries word of a ghost in Yiling to Cloud Recesses. Lan Wangji follows.

One Size Fits All by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 5k | Steve just wanted to do something nice for a friend, he doesn't mean to get Eddie's ring stuck on his finger, and it's definitely not his fault that everyone he knows is jumping to conclusions.

This Might As Well Happen by skoosiepants | Stranger Things | Billy/Steve | 22k | That time Steve accidentally gets knocked up by Billy... IN SPACE!

Sweet Thang by MajaLi | Suits | Harvey/Mike | 13k | Mike hates spending money on himself. Harvey, on the other hand, loves it.

we were walking with a benediction on us by hygarden | The Bright Sessions | Damien/Mark | 6k | Mark tries not to think about it.

August

fly me to the moon by apocryphal | The Sandman | Dream/Hobb | 12k | Dream discovers that after being locked in a cage for a century, it turns out he's contracted the mortal affliction known as claustrophobia. Inconvenient.

Call And Connect by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 6k | After an accidental kiss, a brief crisis, some miscommunication and two swift exits, there is finally a first date.

you are spring by Wildehack (tyleet) | Supernatural | Cas/Dean | 20k | God makes a wish. His parents work some things out.

Putting The Work In by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 2k |  Steve had mostly been letting Eddie's half of the conversation wash over him, enjoying the faint buzz that alcohol and weed had left in his head.

vanilla and honey by LazyBaker | Stranger Things | Steve/Billy | 1k | “I’m too hot to be nice, sweetcheeks.”

Frequencies by Trelkez | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 27k | WIP | If ghosts were real, wouldn't they know about it by now?

Notoriety by RC_McLachlan | Good Omens | Aziraphale/Crowley | 9k | As it turns out, Aziraphale has a bit of a reputation in Heaven.

I'm the treasure baby, I'm the prize by stereobone | Good Omens | Aziraphale/Crowley | 9k | Or, Crowley is very good at faking sex work, as it turns out.

Interim by starkraving | LoZ | Ganondorf/Zelda/Link | 96k | She has no throne. Girls without thrones should not have knights, but hers won’t go.

Imprimatur by Closer | Suits | Mike/Harvey | 22k | Mike was raised to believe Imprint was a life-changing event for those few lucky enough to experience it.

more than you can chew by three-fingered (calciseptine) | Spiderman | Miguel/Peter | 6k |  "Do you ever take anything seriously?" Miguel hisses as he stands over Peter.

 Danger Comes In Many Forms by quackers | Spiderman | Miguel/Peter | 15k |  Miguel O'Hara is a walking ball of angst, regret, and muscle.

Red Skies by quackers | Batman | Tim/Jason | 8k | When Tim- openly a siren in a world hostile to those who aren't human- goes feral, Jason is the only one who can bring him back.

the one with the selfies by noctiphany | Batman | Tim/Jason | 5k | Thanks for the spank bank material, replacement, but I’m pretty sure that wasn’t meant for me.

Honeymoon by cinnamon_skull | Batman | Tim/Jason | 14k |  Tim and Jason go undercover as a just-married couple celebrating their honeymoon in order to catch a high-profile drug lord.

one hundred years past by tciddaemina | LoZ | Ganondorf/Link | 38k | Link wakes up a century early. It changes everything. 

Whole Lotta Love by stereobone | Stranger Things | Eddie/Steve 9k | | Steve scoffs. "I think if I was dating someone, Robin, I would be the first to know about it."

Turn Your Back on Mother Nature by gr0gu | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 17k | It wasn't supposed to go like this.

September

The wild phonemes of 40 Eridani Keid by astronicht | Star Trek | Kirk/Spock | 9k |  Jim goes on shore leave to Vulcan, where a disaster half-happened.

Step Right Up by entanglednow | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 3k | Steve had mostly given up on trying to meet anyone new after everything, but it's been six months and his friends had started giving him pointed nudges to get out there again.

the most remarkable thing about you standing in the doorway is that it’s you by greatunironic | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 35k |  Sixteen years after the world didn't end for the last time, Max Mayfield showed up on Steve’s doorstep and said, “You gonna walk me down the aisle in May or what?”

so leave it on the table if you hot and bothered by greatunironic | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 9k | In which Stevie Harrington has a habit of making out with people at the end of the world.

A Little Mishap by Asidian | BG3 | Astarion/Wyll | 14k | When the dust clears – and it is a frightful amount of dust, all told – Astarion is marginally surprised to see that no one has been left a bloody smear on the cave floor.

Fight Night by rlnerdgirl | Teen Wolf | Derek/Stiles |  Stiles starts fighting in college.

strange fear i ain’t felt for years by Sister | Batman | Tim/Jason | 31k | Tim’s benched with a broken arm and starts playing Jason’s personal Oracle. Things escalate.

Steve Harrington's Guide to Touch by how_about_no | Stranger Things | Steve/Eddie | 19k | Eddie won't stop touching anyone and everyone, except for Steve. He has a plan to change that.

DELIGHTFUL FANVIDS

June

Eddie Munson | Like A Record, Baby!

Baby Girl - A "The Last of Us" Edit

Rhaenyra Targaryen - The Black Queen

Main To Party Kar Rahi Thi - Marvel Remix (2023)

MARVEL || BRAzilian Phonk Mano

Multifandom || Get Ready

Waymond Wang [EEAAO] || laundry & taxes

NF - JUST LIKE YOU

ARCANE | Are You Curious?

The Last of Us | REMEMBRANCE

September

N/A

DELIGHTFUL MUSIC

June

Royalty - Egzod, Maestro Chives

Main to Party Kar Rahi Thi - UlluMinati

Brazilian Phonk Mano - Slowboy, lucaf

Get Ready - Night Panda, BEGINNERS

Electricity - Billy Elliott

Forest Temple - Jokabi

You’re Gonna Be Okay - Ashh Blackwood

Call on Me - Eric Prydz

Unknown/Nth - Hozier

We Didn’t Start the Fire - Fallout Boy

Hold Me Like a Grudge - Fallout Boy

September

[endiness]

2023 vidding meme

january high infidelity (glee, blaine/sebastian) you're on your own kid + non-strings version (glee, blaine anderson) don't you (stranger things, will/mike)

february lavender haze (glee, blaine/sebastian) goodbye, goodbye, goodbye (the flash, cisco/harry) liability (the witcher, jaskier/geralt)

march for a moment (s&b, darkling/alina)

april what you did was just as dark (the witcher, jaskier/geralt)

june cowboy like me (the witcher, jaskier/radovid)

july i think he knows (the witcher, jaskier/radovid) smiling all the way back home (the witcher, jaskier/radovid) the one i've fallen for (the witcher, jaskier/radovid)

august familiar (stranger things, will & vecna) bad idea right? (glee, blaine/sebastian) seeing you tonight (s&b, darkling/alina) the wound won't close (the witcher, jaskier/rience) a color i have searched for since (the witcher, jaskier/radovid)

september sweet nothing (the witcher, jaskier/radovid) and you let him go (wheel of time, mat/rand) death by a thousand cuts (the witcher, jaskier/radovid)

november suburban legends (glee, blaine/sebastian) you're my lost cause (glee, blaine/sebastian) now that we don't talk (glee, blaine/sebastian)

my favorite video this year (of my own) okay, first of all, who knew i vidded so much this year lol. secondly... i have no idea. i love all of the seblaine ones i did with manipping but i think that's literally all of them? so. idk, maybe familiar because it's something that i don't normally do and took a bit of effort. and in the same vein, probably a color i have searched for since because i don't normally do vids quite like that either.

my least favorite i guess maybe i think he knows just because i think it kind of lacks... narrative cohesion to an extent lol. but tbh nothing really.

most fun video to make probably all of the seblaine ones because i really enjoy the manipping of it all. maybe now that we don't talk in particular because that one i pretty much just knew where everything was supposed to go and it was like yes!!! when everything fell into place.

hardest video to make i'm sure it has to be familiar. i've never really done (or finished) split screen videos like that and i had to go back and actually look up the parallels and stuff to do. so it was probably the one that required the most effort. ergo, hardest.

video with single sexiest moment it's gotta be seeing you tonight, lol. like, that's the entire point of the vid, basically.

biggest vid fail i'm going to take this as audience reaction and i guess i would say... suburban legends but specifically within the context of comparing it to you're my lost cause if only because i thought the latter would do worse? like, it's kind of bonkers concept what with blaine being in love with a dragon and sebastian being the shapeshifting dragon in question and suburban legends is a way more normal concept, so i thought it'd do better in comparison.

the things i've learnt this year i was going to say idk, but i think doing vids like familiar and a color i have searched for since definitely... pushed me to do something different and get slightly more familiar and at ease with it. maybe. that's learning something, right.

[witcherwhumpweek]

This is embarrassing but I got my dates wrong. There will be a Witcher Whump Week in 2024, and prompts will be revealed in November 2023!

Why no Witcher Whump Week in 2023? I will be running a year long event centered around the festivals of the wheel of the year, Witcher Wheel of the Year. Doing both would be too much. I apologise if you have been looking forward to whump week, but you are very welcome to write whumpy fics for the Wheel of the Year event, it will be darkfic friendly and open to all ships, canons and genres!

[twh-news]

WandaVision, Loki and Witcher Top 2021's List of Most Pirated Shows | CBR

Wandavision and Loki are among the most pirated shows of 2021, with only Netflix's The Witcher breaking Marvel's dominance.

Disney+ series Wandavision and Loki, along with a handful of other shows set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, were recently named among the most pirated shows of 2021.

The most downloaded show in 2021 was the Disney+ show Wandavision, which ran for nine episodes at the beginning of the year, according to Torrent Freak. It narrowly beat the Tom Hiddleston-led Loki, which landed in second place. Meanwhile, fellow MCU shows The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Hawkeye nabbed the fourth and fifth spots, respectively. Only the success of Netflix's The Witcher at number three prevented the top five from being an all Marvel Studios and Disney+ affair.

In addition to being the most pirated show of the year, with each episode being downloaded millions of times, Wandavision's success on Disney+ resulted in the announcement of a spinoff series centered on Kathryn Hahn's Agatha Harkness. Little is known about the series, besides the fact that it will be called Agatha: House of Harkness. In fact, Hahn revealed in late November, "I mean I didn't even know the title of the show until it was released to the public, they keep it so tight."

Similarly, it was announced earlier this year that the story of the God of Mischief Loki will continue in the second season of Loki. While Marvel Studios President confirmed development on Season 2 is underway, he also suggested the new season of Loki likely won't hit Disney+ until 2022 or 2023. "The hope is that much of the same team will return," he said at the time. "Kate [Herron, who served as director for Season 1] is going on to bigger and better things, so the director search will begin shortly."

Other shows that landed in the top 10 included Marvel's What If…?, Foundation, Rick and Morty, Arcane, and The Wheel of Time. It's worth pointing out, however, that BitTorrent’s rankings were based on single episode downloads. This means that downloads of entire seasons are underrepresented and series released online all at once are also disadvantaged. With those considerations in mind, Netflix's Casa de Papel could have replaced Hawkeye in the fifth spot and Squid Game would have made it into the top 10 as well.

[witcherwheeloftheyear]

Witcher Wheel of the Year is a series of prompt events for the Witcher fandom running throughout 2023, based on the festivals of the Wheel of the Year. For details and the schedule, go here!

On March 21st, it's Ostara!

The prompts are:

maiden - balance - disguise - rebirth - dawn

caning (willow switches) - bloodplay - virginity/first time

tulip

eggs

#807f49 #f9a946 #505d03

#ca91c4 #607b98 #793e74

[astaldis]

Chapters: 9/9 Fandom: The Witcher (TV), Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Jaskier | Dandelion/Yennefer z Vengerbergu | Yennefer of Vengerberg Additional tags: Canon Divergence, Whump, Kidnapping, Major Character Injury, Hurt/Comfort, Protectiveness, Mutual Pining, you'll have to go through me, minor Blood Origin spoilers, Sickfic, Captivity, creepy captor, Jaskier Whump, Yennefer of Vengerberg Whump, Caretaker Jaskier, Hurt Yennefer of Vengerberg, Hurt Jaskier, Yennefer Loves Jaskier, Jaskier Loves Yennefer, POV Jaskier, POV Yennefer, Protective Yennefer, Brave Jaskier, Friends to Lovers, Doctor Jaskier, Slow Burn, You look pale, Comfort Food, Bedside Vigils Summary: Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri learn that Jaskier has gone missing under suspicious circumstances. Circumstances that hint at a kidnapping. Yennefer leaves Geralt with Ciri and goes to save the bard. But not all goes as planned. The hero becomes the damsel in distress and Jaskier has to save the day. Post-season 2.

They stay for several more days. And, surprisingly enough, it does not become boring at all. Jaskier spoils Yennefer with more of his delicious rice pudding every morning, and, later in the day, with vegetable soups and fish stews, and once with an onion soup. She had to laugh so hard at the sight of the onion rings swimming in the soup, tears came to her eyes from the resulting pain in her side. No, laughing like this is not a good idea, not yet. So, Jaskier has not made his special onion soup again, although it is so good it is almost legendary, at least according to the bard. Considerate as he is, he also refrains from joking around too much, but resorts to telling Yennefer all kinds of adventure stories instead. Her favourite, of course, is the one of the Seven. She has never heard of it before, not even at Aretuza. Nobody ever mentioned how the Conjunction of the Spheres happened and she always assumed it was just bad luck on a cosmic scale, a totally fucked up fluke of fate. Instead this most decisive event for the continent and elvenkind appears to be intricately connected to the monoliths. And those, in turn, to Ciri. If the story is true - and Jaskier is convinced it is and that he did not dream it all up - this is a revelation. She will have to ponder on it - a lot. And do more research, yes, definitely, a lot more research. Speak to Geralt and Istredd, too. But not just yet. The mystery of the monoliths has waited for more than a thousand years. It can wait for another day or two. However, there is one more mystery waiting to be solved, one that is lying right next to her, longish brown hair falling into his cornflower blue eyes while he is holding her hand and talking a mile a minute about ... Darn, having been deeply absorbed in her own thoughts, she does not even know what he is talking about. Something about dandelions? Why is Jaskier talking about dandelions?

"Jaskier," she interrupts his flow of words, "Is it true? Are you a spy? For Redanian Intelligence? I simply refuse to believe this."

"I know," he rolls his eyes in his typical Jaskier way, obviously not offended by her sudden change of topic. "Sounds like the worst idea ever. I can hardly believe it myself. The things that happen to you ..." He shakes his head, an expression of bewilderment plastered on his face. "And no, Yen, I wasn't even drunk when I said yes."

"You were sober when you agreed to become a spy for Dijkstra? Have you totally lost your marbles? I know you are a bloody moron sometimes, but this? This is ridiculous! Fuck, Jask, why would you even do it?"

Continue reading on Ao3: 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/45159151/chapters/113896243

[ooksaidthelibrarian]

The rain never stops, and while they make their way up through the hills, small rivulets run past them and springs start flooding the path. By midday, Ciri trudges after Roach with heavy feet, her head down, water dripping from her cloak. Geralt and Ciri have a miserable day on their way to Kaer Morhen, and Geralt needs to cheer Ciri up

After the Rain

Fandom: The WitcherRating: G Words: 1688 Read it here on AO3

written for the Mabon event of Witcher Wheel of the Year 2023, the prompt was braiding hair

Fluff

Travel

Hair Braiding

Father-Daughter Relationship

Bad Weather

Cute

Soft Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia

POV Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia

A Witcher Wheel of the Year Challenge 2023

[shipsonmymind]

~Pinned Post~

Summary of my blog:

This blog is mostly just things I find funny.

General stuff:

My posts (because I’m funny; 2022-now)

My favorite posts by others (b/c they’re funny)

I won’t find it weird if you reblog an old post or reblog a lot of my posts in a row and not follow. I like attention.

((Keep reading for links to fandoms on my blog))

My Maze Runner Blog:

mazerunnermusical (Mostly active ~10 years ago)

~The Fandoms~

(I just starting filtering fandoms I’m not in from my dashboard via settings and I highly recommend. I have a lot of fandoms).

Multiple Genres:

Dropout, Pixel Circus, Shipwrecked Comedy,

Smosh, StarKid, Tin Can Bros

High Fantasy:

Galavant, Knight Squad, The Lord of the Rings,

Merlin (BBC), The Rings of Power,

The Wheel of Time, The Witcher,

Willow (Movie), Willow (TV Series)

Low Fantasy:

Agatha All Along, Astrid & Lilly Save the World,

First Kill, Gravity Falls,

My Babysitter’s a Vampire,

Santa Clarita Diet, Supernatural, Teen Wolf, 

The Magicians, What We Do in the Shadows

High Sci-Fi:

Star Trek (TOS, TNG, Kelvin, LD, SNW),

The Orville

Low Sci-Fi:

Stranger Things, The Umbrella Academy,

Wandavision

Fancy Time Period:

Bridgerton, Our Flag Means Death,

Pride and Prejudice

Comedy, Dramedy, &/or Romantic Comedy:

Barbie (2023), Community, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,

Heartstopper, Pretty Smart

Other:

Dracula Daily (About; I also tag individual days)

Non-Fandom Stuff:

Academia, LGBTQIA+ (especially Bisexual),

Nonhuman Animals, Political Stuff,

Tips, Tumblr, Mutuals, Friendship

I hope you enjoy your time here! :)

[witcherwheeloftheyear]

Beltane Masterpost

all the works posted for the Beltane event of Witcher Wheel of the Year - go here for more information, prompts and dates for the other events throughout 2023. Next event is Litha on June 21

A huge thank you to everyone who created fanworks for this - it's so lovely to see what you come up with, and I'm looking forward to the rest of the year 💚💚

No Promises by thedreamlessnights

"It’s painful.” You’ve had enough of him dancing around the subject.

His brows pinch. “It’s an aphrodisiac,” he says gently. “Pretty powerful one.”

Aphrodisiac. It takes you a moment to place the word. Then you do.

Read it here on AO3

*

Fires at Dawn by Hyrulehearts1123, Sageclover61

In the far-reaches of Voltehre's fogged-glass memories, there was a half-remembered picture of something like a ritual, and he knew that this was the dawn that it was supposed to be performed. Each piece of paper had a word or phrase scribbled on it; small hopes, dreams, and wishes for the future. Not just for himself, but for those who had taken him in so readily, and those who had been so important in his memories. But the most important of his wishes, though those who had taken him in could never seem to understand, was his wish to be reunited with his other half.

Read it here on AO3

*

Belletyne by Molanna

Yennefer has a beautiful May Night with her lover. Who the lover is? I had one specific Witcher character in mind when I wrote the fic, but you might fancy a different pairing. So, feel free to decide yourself whoever works best for you, Yennefer/Geralt, Yennefer/Jaskier, Yennefer/Istredd, Yennefer/Cahir, Yennefer/crossover character, Yennefer/You, … loads of possibilities

Read it here on AO3

*

In the Shadows by bookscorpion

"I was just thinking about the day you came back to Corvo. And how glad I am that you stayed." Smiling at Regis, Geralt let his mug touch the one Regis was holding, in lieu of the kiss he couldn't share with him here. He would make up for it later. Geralt and Regis share an evening of celebrations on Beltane, and make their own entertainment

Read it here on AO3

[astaldis]

Picture by Bing (sorry, didn’t have the time to draw something myself, but the story is all mine, except for the characters, unfortunately)

@witcherwheeloftheyear

Chapters: 1/1     Words: 1,624 Fandom: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach/Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon Additional Tags: A Witcher Wheel of the Year Challenge 2023, Samhain, buckwheat, Honey, Candles, blindfold, Kissing, First Time, Romance, Enemies to Lovers, Fluff, Mild Smut, Comfortember 2023, safe, Leaves changing, warmth, Travel, Colours, Cuddles, Cuddling & Snuggling, Portals, tooth-rotting fluff, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence Summary: It is the evening of the last day of October, Samhain, a magical night where the gates between worlds are wide open for those who can travel through space and time. Ciri can, and she has a surprise for her boyfriend Cahir, a very nice surprise.

Excerpt:

"Ciri, what are you doing?"

"I have a surprise for you. Hold still, Nilfgaardian," she says with a smirk. "Don't fret, I won't kill you."

"You know, I'm not a—"

Before he can say it, she kisses him on the mouth. Long and deep. While she ties the knot on the blindfold.

"Do you trust me, Cahir?"

"Yes," he answers, still a little out of breath from the kiss.

"Then take my hand. We're going on a little journey. Just the two of us."

Cahir cannot see it because of the blindfold covering his eyes but he is sure that right now, she is smiling at him mischievously. What the hell is Ciri up to?

Continue reading on Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51103951