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[cutiepyre]

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[fangroyal]

10 first lines tag game

Many thanks to @hey-flynn for the tag! 🥰It’s been a long time since I’ve done one of these! Unfortunately, I didn’t publish anything in 2022, and I also haven’t really been writing anything at all for over a year now. I know it’s just one of those things - life stuff, taking a break from writing - but sometimes I get down about it. It was really nice to be tagged in this, though, and, like...essentially remind me I’m still a writer even if I’m not writing right now, lol! So thank you, it’s really appreciated! 🖤

Rules: share the first lines of ten of your most recent fanfics and tag ten people. If you have written less than ten, don’t be shy and share anyway.

I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to, but I went ahead and ordered these from most to least recent!

“Draco Malfoy exited the lifts on Level Two amidst a flurry of bright purple memos, all zooming down the long corridor of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, bound for the Auror Offices.“ (I Will Follow You into the Dark, Drarry, NC-17)

“"Unbelievable," Ron muttered to himself.” (Plumage, Dron, NC-17)

“Weasley really looked amazing tonight.“ (An Inconvenient Attachment, Dron, NC-17)

“Draco Malfoy was no stranger to the way living purely Muggle could dull a wizard's senses.“ (In Plain Sight, Snaco, NC-17)

“Kingsley Shacklebolt had, upon officially taking the position of Minister for Magic several years prior, instituted an 'open door' policy throughout the organization, requiring that all office doors remained open during operating hours, except in the cases of private meetings or other special circumstances.” (Signed, Sealed, Delivered, Dron, NC-17)

“"I'm going to bloody kill you when this is over."” (Pass The Salt, Brother Dear, Sirius/Regulus, NC-17)

“It was a particularly chilly evening in early October, and the streets of Knockturn Alley were quiet.“ (The Black Adder: Knockturn's Caped Crusader, Dron, R)

“"Who all's gonna be there tonight?"“ (In The Closet, Snupin, NC-17)

“It was around three-thirty on Christmas morning when Sirius woke with a start, a feeling deep in his gut that something wasn't right.“ (The First Christmas, previous Jily, unrequited Prongsfoot, R)

“Twenty minutes have passed since the clock struck midnight on January 1, 1979.“ (Moony, Lily, Padfoot, and Prongs, Jily and Wolfstar swinging lol🤤, NC-17)

Rules: share the first lines of ten of your most recent wip's and tag ten people. If you have written less than ten, don’t be shy and share anyway.

As I said, I’ve not written much of anything at all in the past year or so, lol. But these are snippets from WIPs I still have an attachment to and hope to return to at some point in time. Most of them don’t have set-in-stone titles yet, so I’ve just left descriptors in the parentheses!

I’d also like to note that I, uh.......write pretty non-linearly most of the time, haha! So very few of these (if any at all) are actual first lines for these stories. More likely just whichever random line happens to be at the very top of the doc currently.

“"Yes, I'm here to learn how to cook," Malfoy practically spat, his jaw clenching rhythmically behind his scowl.“ (Dron - Ron gets into teaching Wixen cooking classes, and Draco becomes one of his students, much to Ron’s surprise)

“The first time Draco saw the Golden Trio again, it was at a dinner at the Burrow.” (Dron - was meant to be for a prompt from Annchen for last year’s Crack!Fic Fest, but as I said...not writing much at all in the last year, lmao - Ron is, contrary to my usual headcanoning of him, a TERRIBLE cook that constantly causes chaos, much to his boyfriend Draco’s chagrin - oh, and of course there’d be food sex 😜)

“Of all the things that could've ― and should've ― killed Harry Potter in his lifetime, somehow the prospect of a vampire's bite had never crossed his mind.“ (Drarry - was meant to be for a prompt from @veelawings​ for last year’s Fangfest, but as I said...........😂 - Harry’s a vampire, and Draco discovers, quite spectacularly, that he’s a Veela in the middle of a sparring class)

“So much blood kept pouring out from between his lips, Ron was scared he would choke. He helped Malfoy sit up, resting his back against the nearest wall, even as he whimpered and struggled.” (Dron - was meant to be my self-prompt for last year’s Ron/Draco Fest, buuuuuuttttttt ^^^^^^^ - Ron and Draco are Auror partners - Draco gets turned into a vampire on a raid, is let go from the Ministry, and disappears - Ron doesn’t see him again until a couple years later when he’s sent on a mission to investigate mysterious deaths happening around the Wixen-creature neighborhoods)

“The air rings with the crack of a Beater's bat.“ (Dron - was meant to be for a prompt from @veelawings​ for the 2021 Quidditch Fest, but etc. etc., looool - Ron and Draco are playing on the Chudley Cannons together and keep getting into fights - their manager sends them on a wilderness retreat in order to work out their differences before the next big match)

“"Potter," he says. The 'p' pops distinctly in his mouth, and suddenly Harry feels transported back ten years, and it takes everything in him not to scowl.“ (Drarry - originally from a prompt by @jalesidor​ - Draco is an artist, and Harry is sent to him to have his portrait painted to be hung in Hogwarts for the ten year anniversary of the Battle)

“Friday night at the Dragon's Head was packed.“ (Dron - what I for so many years felt like was gonna be my magnum opus, but haven’t worked on in literally forever, lmao - where do I even begin...Fred (who lived in this story) and George open a sex shop that sells dildos modelled after the Weasley brothers’ cocks - Draco buys Ron’s, Ron finds out and is intrigued, and thus begins a series of secret hookups while they try to sort out their true feelings for each other)

“Oliver Wood remembered with vivid clarity the exact moment his professional Quidditch career came to an end.“ (Flintwood - originally from a prompt by @mxrcusflint - Marcus and Oliver are rival youth Quidditch coaches)

“The very last thing Draco had expected that fateful morning was to find Harry Potter on his doorstep.“ (Dron - HP Love Island with Dron endgame)

“Tweek's parents were fucking nuts, but it was better than Harbucks. Pete hadn't had to pay for his own coffee for his last two years of high school. He'd really been living the dream.” (CuRed from South Park - adult, and estranged, Mike and Pete are forced to navigate a conformist zombie apocalypse together)

Like @hey-flynn, I’m not sure that I have ten people I could comfortably tag for this! Haha! I’ve been so out of the loop, it feels like, for the past year or so. I only even started regularly using my Tumblr again super recently, so.....I’m gonna go ahead and just tag the following people! If you’ve already done this one, or don’t feel like doing it, please feel free to ignore. 😅

@veelawings​, @danpuff-ao3​, @braingray​, @mildredmost​, @maesterchill, @jalesidor​​

[laxibbeb]

Hi!

I’m working dutifully on your gift and man, is it angsty. I won’t tell you too much…because some things should remain a surprise.

It’s sad. I’m throwing a little bit of toxicity in as a treat(for you), but mostly it’s just sad.

It’s a few thousand words long so far! Is any of it readable? …No! (But we’ll get there 😂)

I’d genuinely be surprised if you guessed who I was before I reveal myself. And I don’t mean this in any sort of way, I think we’ve just existed in two separate corners of the fandom(but I’m so happy to get to know you now! You seem really cool!)

Ooh so for genres I do love books based in mythology(any kind!). I also sometimes like a slight mystery with a focus on drama (ask me for specifics and I’ll give them), and rom coms are cool too. Oh and high fantasy, if I’m in the right headspace to have a massive book hangover, which doesn’t happen that often.

And there’s nothing wrong with being pretentious. I am, too, about certain things.

I think in terms of superpowers I’d like shapeshifting. That seems pretty cool.

Questions!

Can I lean into morally dubious Rhys?

Who’s on your hear me out cake? (I can’t take credit for this one)

What’s your favorite piece of artwork you’ve made? (Brag about yourself!)

hello dear santa i am SO SORRY, i know you've been waiting in my ask box forever! i finally have the time to write out my reply :((( GOOD, the angst!! don't tell me too much, i can't wait to scream in pain in your comments i, as an angst connaisseur, adore sad but i love you for putting a little of toxic just for me <333

i'm sure it's a work of art ok

DO NOT WORRY, i'm not taking it in any kind of way if anything, i'm even more excited to find out who you are 😼 (i'm happy to get to know you too! i've really been enjoying our talks)

ooh, i really enjoy mythology as well! i'm not that into rom coms, though i've read a few; i like romance but i also like when other things happen around it so i don't tent to seek them out and i also agree with you on the high fantasy, my preferred ones read almost like a made-up history book but it does involve massive hangovers

i mean, it's been over a year since i've read the first baru book and despite the fact that i loved it i'm still not ready to get into the second one 😜

(please tell me the details of the drama/mystery genre)

okay, now i really want to know what you're pretentious about! we can be pretentious together

okay shapeshifting IS cool, a top tier choice, a classic one too —

QUESTIONS!

ABSOLUTELY you can lean into morally dubious rhys all you want, i love rhys at his shadiest motherfucker and i love him at his daddiest husband, so go whichever way feels right for you

OKAY, i have never thought about this before so here are my unfiltered thoughts on the matter: i am putting an acotar character on my hear me out cake and it's the weaver.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A POPULAR TAKE LMAO i'm scared to answer this question because i know somebody will be like "well, actually this is the most common answer and totally ordinary." and then i would be crushed. so i'm going to be very cheeky and say jagna from "the peasants" is on my hear me out cake ✌️😗 and since i know for a fact that, save for me, only like 2 other people in this fandom even know who i'm talking about, the only people that would disagree AND be genuinely mad about this take are polish literature teachers and the peasants in question.

and my favourite piece oh gosh!! i love mucha elucien from elucien week. that one destroyed my wrist but i've done some really cool things i haven't gotten the chance to try before AND it came out looking so good 😌😌 i'll be riding that high for a while still

dear santa, i hope your halloween is stellar and full of spooky goodness! see you next time 🎃🎃

[queer-boo-radley]

For the favourites asks 😎 i’m very curious about all of them but figured that would be a bit much so i narrowed it down to a smaller number. You don’t have to answer any of them though if you don’t wanna haha no hard feelings lol. So. How about: 2, 5, 10, 19, 22, 30, 56, 57, 72, 75, 82, 96 and 98? 😜

lol I will happily answer them all to sate your curiosity Anon.

2. Favorite song? It just occured to me that reblogging a favorites ask was a really silly thing for me to do because I typically couldn't pick a favorite anything with a gun to my head 😅 So we're going to do favorites at this moment in time lololol My favorite song right now is Heartbroken by Jessie Murph, Diplo, and Polo G. It makes me loooooong for love.

5. Favorite band? Artist? I just discovered this singing duo called First Aid Kit that I really love.

10. Favorite hair color? Eye color? I don't super have a preference for hair colors but I'm a sucker for brown or green eyes.

19. Favorite quote? “No one can tell what goes on in between the person you were and the person you become. No one can chart that blue and lonely section of hell. There are no maps of the change. You just come out the other side. Or you don't.” ― Stephen King, The Stand

22. Favorite color? Pink, preferably softer ones.

30. Favorite Tumblr? I don't really have a favorite that I can think of lol.

56. Favorite phone app? lol I guess tumblr if I must pick. That or my Hearts game. 😂

57. Favorite type of phone? lol Whichever one is cheap enough for me to afford whilst still letting me take halfway decent pictures. I have no brand loyalty to practically anything, but especially not phones.

72. Favorite lyrics? That is a toss-up between, "No masters or kings when the ritual begins. There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin. In the madness and soil of that sad earthly scene. Only then I am human, only then I am clean. Oh, oh, Amen, Amen, Amen." - Hozier, Take Me To Church and,

"Cause I'm a future gazer, a past dweller And I've always been a storyteller But no one's listenin' anymore And I'm a latecomer, a last chancer A slow runner and a final dancer You see me glide across the floor And I know it sounds strange And I've got nothin' to exchange But I wonder if you could" - Passenger, Remember To Forget 75. Favorite message you've ever received? lol I can't think of any off of the top of my head that reached and kept their favorite status but I do like all of you asks Anon 😊

82. Favorite emoji? 💀 For sure lol

96. Favorite picture on the Internet? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

98. Favorite weather? I fucking love a good thunderstorm, after that it's like drizzly but warm weather. The kind you can run around outside in and get your Fleetwood Mac on in. Thank you for all of the questions Anon lol

[mayalaen]

I might have talked to triss about CON verse today so unfortunately I'm obsessed again after I was informed about certain developments 😜 plus, assuming you kept it, there is a Sam treat that's very much my thing and I'm excited to see.

I got stuck and took a break from CON, writing that Blacklist/SPN fusion to clear my head a bit.

You know a little bit about the part @trisscar368 was referencing (I think), but I expanded it with other timestamp-type things that show Sam throughout his life, which probably has the thing you're looking for :D

Poor Triss. When I get stuck, I write 2-5 possibilities all in the same document, so like one conversation or scene might be repeated almost word-for-word up to 5 times in different parts -- 5 realities in one fic running alongside one another. Once I get unstuck and I realize what versions I like, I take out the repeats and things flow.

I forgot to tell Triss I'd done that and I started getting editing notes on the doc from her and I'm like oh no poor Triss 😧

I'd worked with Kim (old beta that worked with me for years and knew what a dork I was) so long that I didn't think to warn Triss.

At the top and bottom of a document will be copies of chats between me and beta along with chats from whichever friend is gushing at me about it, my incoherent ramblings, and partial notes that sometimes don't even make sense to me, and all throughout the fic are markers and notes that help me with time/date because I suck at that and feelings I want scenes to have and structure notes. Kim was used, recognized it right away, and would back out of the confusing mess.

But with my awesome communication skills, I didn't think to tell Triss, and she ended up reading through I think 1/2-3/4 of it the way it is and was probably like wtf?!

Or maybe she liked what it did to her head and all this time readers have missed out on my five-realities-in-one fics.

I should give her access to Bounded Rationality (a future part of CON) where I confused myself, split the fic up to figure it out but split it wrong, and tried to unsplit it and made a bigger mess 🤣

On BR I'm gonna have to go back to the doc version just before I split it to figure it out. That's how bad I fucked it up.

I gotta say that Triss is awesome and so far has caught things I totally missed, made me fill in things (what dog?), gave me new ideas (seriously BR was written after she gave me a poke on something that I couldn't not write), and has helped with the timing of the whole series since I keep going back and forth on which part should come next. Triss rocks!