#with a first person narrator

[thesweetnessofspring]

Drives me crazy that Katniss will be called an unreliable narrator (when she's not) but Coriolanus Snow skates by without anyone saying boo about him being an unreliable narrator.

Like all it takes is being written in 3rd person? Our girl gets called unreliable for having opinions and whiny nepo baby Snow isn't for the exact same thing??? And his opinions contribute to continued violence in Panem???

Oh but it's in limited 3rd, it's soooooo different. 3rd person is always so reliable! 🙄

[essektheylyss]

I do think some of the handwringing I've seen about "hate" is funny because from what I can tell, even on twitter people are being surprisingly civil. The cast hasn't even had to make a big announcement clarifying a situation because everyone misinterpreted something and worked themselves into a furor. It took less than 12 hours after the c2 finale before Matt and Liam were like, "Uh, what do you mean, we literally said on stream Caleb and Essek get together." But there's also been a significant shift online since then to the point where anything short of "the precious baby blorbos were treated so niceys :3" is considered vicious hate, for some reason*, so I can't say I'm really surprised.

[ask-trialtale]

guys I got so inspired by y’all’s pieces of the dtiys that I drew a dtiys of my own dtiys

anyways combat duo >>>>

[squuote]

had an idea come to mind where stanley used to be able to talk before being in the parable. and the shock to come when any sound from him is blocked off entirely

[mikimeiko]

L'amica geniale | Season 1 (2018), Saverio Costanzo

[dogbunni]

thinking abt a nensai soulmate AU where everyone gets their soulmates first thought about them written on them. Like those first words AUs but with more flavour I guess. so saiki thinks he doesn't have a soulmate bc he has no first thoughts written on him and this further solidifies in his mind that he's not human/he's broken bc he's not normal/that his powers are a curse. Until he realises nendo is his soulmate and he has no words bc nendo has canonically never experienced a thought.

[floofanflurr]

Examples:

Second:

It’s one of those days, today.

The kind where you wake up, and the sight of Mom cooking with fire magic in the kitchen makes the smooth, shiny, red burn scar on your shoulder ache. The kind where, when you take a bite of butterscotch-cinnamon pie, you taste coppery blood mixed with the spices.

Third:

It’s one of those days, today.

The kind where Frisk wakes up, and the sight of Mom cooking with fire magic in the kitchen makes the smooth, shiny, red burn scar on their shoulder ache. The kind where, when they take a bite of butterscotch-cinnamon pie, they taste coppery blood mixed with the spices.

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[myokk]

My writing/reading question of the day:

Do you prefer present tense or past tense? Or something entirely different like future tense? For writing AND reading🫶

The more I write (I wish I realized how fun it was before this year😭😭😭) the more I realize I like to play around with language & tense choice can have such a profound impact on how your writing comes across & even how I feel as I’m writing. With my oneshots I’ve been playing around with only present tense & my main fic is past tense (but present during the flashbacks - idk don’t ask it just felt right😆).

Or does nobody else think about tense and I’m just alone in this😆😆😆 LANGUAGE IS JUST SO COOL !!!!

[mistigrisunshine]

spuffy fic rec

part 1 - part 2 - part 3 - part 4

Puppy Problems by SzmattyCat [6k]

Buffy and Spike just want to spend some time together. Is that too much to ask?

Ghostly by untouchable [8k]

Six months after Sunnydale collapses, a grieving Buffy is startled to find Spike, feral and without any idea who she is, in her backyard. Is he real? Or just another ghost?

Dreamless by feliciacraft [9k]

Buffy woke up the same way she always did these days, a blank alertness overtaking sleep, without the harsh interjection of an alarm clock whisking her into action, without the dying whispers of a dream urging her to stay. Neither sudden nor gradual, instead it felt inevitable — like birth; yet always decidedly out of place. What was life after death in a nutshell, if not that? (Early season 6 AU story with a canon opening and a happy Spuffy ending.)

What Remains by MrsAkers [15k]

As the lone survivors of the final battle with Glory, Buffy and Spike run away from Sunnydale. Battling with guilt and an unfulfilled death wish, Buffy finds solace in Spike's company while the vampire just does his best to keep her alive.

Falling by kally77 [30k]

After The Harsh Light of Day, Angel loses his soul and Buffy finds an unexpected ally.

East of Nevada by Blissymbolics [42k]

The answer comes to him in a spark. Relief engulfs every nerve as he realizes Buffy is safe. He can save her this time. He wasn’t smart enough before. He made so many stupid mistakes. But this time is different. He may not have magic, but he can save her in a way no one else can. Spike sires Buffy to save her life. Now comes the hard part.

A New Dawn by kally77 [42k]

Rewrite of season 5. The monks made Dawn Buffy's daughter rather than her sister.

Midway of Speech and Thought by TheHousekeeper [63k]

Six months after the Battle of Sunnydale, Buffy is trying to settle into her new life in London: patrolling, training new Slayers, and studying English Literature. But it's not great for her grades that strange demons are appearing all over the city – and it's not great for her sanity that she's suddenly dreaming about Spike. And she only dreams when it rains.

In the Dark of the Night by norik23 [138k]

Saint Petersburg. 1920s. Rupert Giles, a fallen watcher, and Spike, a cursed vampire, are an unlikely pair of conmen struggling to make ends meet in a city overrun by demons. Together, they hatch a plan to find the long-lost slayer... or at least a decent approximation. A road trip adventure love story, loosely based on the plot of Anastasia (1997). Featuring a motley crew of misfits – Buffy, Spike, and Giles – who’d much rather bicker for 2000 miles than admit they’re all a bit lonely. Good thing it’s a long way to Paris. They’ve got time to figure it out.

Death Wish by Sigyn [190k]

“World is what it is. We fight and we die. Wishing doesn't change that. You can believe in a better world. I have to live in this one.”  Anyanka’s wish was broken, but the world it created continues. Now Buffy must join forces with rebel vampires to create a world they can all stand to live in. But can Spike, Drusilla and Angel actually work with a hardened slayer, who would just as soon see them all dust?

[my-pjo-stuff]

The day the PJO fandom realizes that Percy is an unreliable narrator and one should NOT take the things stated in his POV as objective truth is the day I can die in peace.

[connorsnothereeither]

Y’all remember when I started that Cantripped AU where it was like,,, 1920s mystery noir? 🧍

I miss that- I should do more with that-

[gra93fruit-blog]

So I’m reading veil of Darkness now…

and figured those with the Cato fleas would enjoy this snippet:

“At the command of the apothecary, a serf entered the room from a side chamber and began scraping the remaining amniotic gel from my skin”

truly a gift for the serf Astartes shipper. for context: this is after Cato woke up from a wound that should have killed him and then got in one of the bitchest back and forth with his self proclaimed “rival”. I feel like I can’t discribe the drama here properly so this is what the dramatic guy did after waking up, from what should have been a killing blow:

Woke up and started beating on the draining casket demanding to be released.

tried to escape the apothecary and only let the apothecary check him out beavuse dude was already running the test. And then “refused the proffered hand” and crawl out of the casket by himself.

hear bad news and destroy medical equipment.

realized his rival had been weirdly hiding in the shadows, of his coma room. Purposefully piss him off.

get pissed off at the same treatment. Internally diss Agemman CAPTAIN of the first company, his rival.

find out he has to attend a debrief for the disaster of a mission that they just survived, get pissed about it, insult Agemman again.

think the phrase “ Agemman had every right yo strike me. To my irritation, he resisted, but he spoke though clenched teeth I knew he’d come close.”

Awkwardly asked about his weapons while a serf scraped his naked ass clean.

man is a god damn delight, but I would hate to meet him. So far veil of darkness 10/10.

[dangerliesbeforeyou]

ok ok okokokok ok but the part of the read where reece says 'my devil had been long caged and he came out roaring' is maybe the singular sexiest thing i've ever heard heLP

[employee052]

idk, crowsx3 design??? sdkjfh

the heads are all made of porcelain, and can rotate like that one horror short film with kevan brighting voicing in it

[platoapproved]

from Exit Strategy and Network Effect by Martha Wells

[mishy-mashy]

Imagine we get to the Paranormal Orphans chapter (410) in the anime, and instead of a normal narrator like Midoriya or AFO, it's just- Present Mic.

*Present Mic*

DAMN MAMA-RAKI! YOU REALLY GAVE BIRTH TO THAT?!

If only he was swept away by the river at birth and drowned- COUGH!!!