#world; story thief

[dont-read-this-im-dead]

The number of people on this website that's obsessed with Leverage really says a lot about our natural obsession for finding the world's greatest love story.

It also says a lot about what an amazing show Leverage is, so.

You should watch it.

[kirjavas]

— The Book Thief, Markus Zusak

[talesfromthebandgeekmafia]

DISTRESS DISTRESS just started Night Watch I DO NOT LIKE THESE IMPLICATIONS

[uwudonoodle]

Reminder to myself to STOP looking at fics in the same fandom/ship as the one I'm currently writing. Everyone else's stories are so amazing, and it makes me feel like garbage in comparison. I'm so scared my story won't be up to the fandom's standards and will be ignored.

[helpallthenamesaretaken]

EPISODE 5……..🥺

Right off the bat, i love the idea of percy’s forehead peeking out of the water, like the mysterious mermaid he is

Annabeth was the best part of the episode as always

Thought they were gonna talk more about thalia percy parallels grover just looked a lil tad distressed and that was it but whatever

Percy and his lil ‘hi’s will never stop being funny

the usual “i thought annabeth was gonna punch me but she was actually nice to me guys who would’ve thought someone would be happy to see me” narrative still shining through WITH THE HUG PLS CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW SWEET THE HUG WAS

grover’s so confused like “literally an hour ago you guys hated each other….am i missing out on some plot point”

dude was ‘looking for new tickets in the st. Louis arch as if they were going to be on the floor lying somewhere💀

Percy’s face when he addresses grover after the hug, he’s so proud someone actually hugged him 🥹his face is just like “hey grover look SHE’S HUGGING ME🥺”

Can I just say the writing for percy is perfect

like he’s so 50% there like he’s so good at communicating and asking what’s wrong and trying to understand the other person’s feelings (sally jackson’s son for you) but at the same time he has NEVER had a friend before so he ends up embarrassing himself 😂😭

”im pretty sure that’s what friends do” “….at least i think that’s what they do” pls 😭

grover’s face too help you’re already tired of being third wheel???oh honey this is THE FIRST HALF OF THE FIRST BOOK get comfortable

not their lil heads popping out and going back in. Peak comedy right there

Seriously adam did reallyyyyyy good as ares. Theres no one else i can imagine anymore as ares. The delicateness of his ‘good mood’ as if it is gonna break any second, the rage and fury but at the same time being extremely funny???

the diner looks so cosy it’s so cute

was kinda missing some percy rage in this but it comes out at the last so its fine

The real reason for grover to be so okay staying back is not the strategy of getting answers out of ares but because of how tired he was of taking care of annabeth and percy.

I feel like they should be showing luke more (later on they will, i have faith) im already forgetting about him it wont hit as hard if i dont remember him

Percy “ive not seen many movies since im broke” jackson x annabeth “ive never seen a movie since i live in a magical camp” chase

but the fact that annabeth’s never seen a movie kinda erases the fact that later on in hoo, annabeth talks about watching cheesy old romance movies with her father which kinda contributes to their dynamic but

the fact that percy would probably be the first one to take her to the movies makes me not care

honestly tho IM REALLY REALLY HOPING THAT THEIR FIRST MOVIE WONT BE THE ONE AT THE START OF BOTL I’d rage as much as annabeth when i see percy with rachel (not that im a rachel hater, im a circumstances hater)

grover is such a good therapist, like he is THE EMPATH. He tripped the god of war into talking about his life this is a grover appreciation post

annabeth zoning out with fascination at the mechanics and also i love the “percy being done with annabeth” representation

i cant see anything so nothing to say here

SEAWEED BRAIN THIS IS A HISTORICAL MOMENT IN PJOTV HISTORY THE FIRST SEAWEED-

grover manipulating ares through his emotions>>>>>

also ares roasting athena

Percy sacrificing himself AGAIN like the depressed kid he is

annabeth immediately reassuring percy that she would save his mom the character developmentttttttt from being inconsiderate about percy losing his mom to promising that she would save the lady EVEN THOUGH SHE BARELY KNEW HER

This is giving me too many feelings guys the lady she’s promising to save is the lady who will be the best mother figure who will singlehandedly heal her mommy issues AND BECOME HER MOTHER IN LAW

“Its warm” i thought this was gonna be the last thing he says before whatever was gonna happen to him so i was like lol famous last words

but fr tho the intenseness of annabeth crying for percy to GET UP and percy’s just fading out of the world trying not to cry trying to reassure annabeth that he’s okay IN WHAT WOULD BE HIS LAST FEW WORDS, literally everything he does is for someone else even in his dying moments its just magelhi”gdsjihoawerhoudfjls

especially with the “im not…..” [okay] lol we have always known that percy, it aint a big surprise

i got to applaud leah for how she portrayed annabeth’s brain chemistry altering every minute with percy and how that influenced her speech with hephaestus

i cant believe thats leo’s dad hes giving santa claus i do like him tho

Now that i think about it the percabeth hug should have been after percy comes back to life not after the louis arch scene since they were just starting to have two minutes of chemistry there and have the “you dont have to feel bad about the hug” in the zebra truck scene

percy trying to intimidate ares lolllll walker scobell did his best to make it look real tho so good for him for not representing it as it was; a lil 12 year old child threatening a wrestler looking god of war

”Thanks for the emotional abuse and the cheeseburgers” will forever be in the cinema hall of fame

i feel like grover either is going to say the wrong person or he’s going to figure out it’s luke but something’s going to stop him from saying it out loud

or he’ll say it which causes some angst amongst the team who dont trust him cuz both annabeth and percy worship luke like there’s no tomorrow

RAINBOW?? OHH THEYRE GONNA IRIS MESSAGE LUKE??

LIN MANUEL MIRANDA

[kirbyddd]

[chaotic-orphan]

Medieval, fantasy writing

*~*~*~*~*

The two guards walked with their backs straight, as easy as if they weren’t carrying a struggling, cursing, kicking Hero between them down to the dungeons. Her hands were cuffed in front of her with heavy manacles specially made to fit her small wrists.

Hero didn’t look like much, but King was done underestimating her apparently. One of the guards motioned for the jailor to open a cell door.

“You motherfuckers! Let me go!” Hero cried out, catching one of her legs off of a Guards and attempting to trip them. The guard just looked down at her impassively, massively and then she was thrown into the cell, her shoulder skidding off the cool stone floor. She let out a hiss, getting to her feet to see the Jailor locking her cell.

She walked to the cell bars and kicked at the door, with every effort a fresh curse falling from her lips. “Fuckers. Pricks. Wankers. Let me out!”

“There’s no point,” a voice said in the darkness and Hero turned in her cell, looking for the owner of the voice but there was no one. She scoffed, going back to kicking the hinges on the cell.

“I’m not giving up,” said Hero. Kick. Kick. Kick. Kick. A groan of frustration before she looked to her manacles and the chain connecting them. She pulled them apart, the chain pulling taut too soon. Barely two inches in length.

Fuck. She hadn’t accounted for the King’s Guards to be guarding the shipment… Raven had told her that there would be guards. Hero could deal with normal guards but the King’s guards were barely human, all muscle and zero emotions. Hero knew the only reason she was alive was because the King wanted her alive. If she had been ordered to die the King’s guards would have killed her.

Hero bent her wrists, trying to grab the chain but the chain snapped too soon, not letting her get a proper angle on it.

“Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!” she growled, getting down onto her honkers and putting her foot on the chain and yanking her hands up. She let out a cry of pain, but the manacles didn’t fucking budge.

“Could you be quiet? Please?” the voice asked again, and Hero looked for it again.

“Where are you?” She asked, standing up and walking around the cell.

“Cell next to you,” came the voice and Hero walked to the right side of the cell and peered through the bars. “Other side.”

“Could’ve told me that,” she huffed and crossed the concrete to the left side. He was sitting upright at the back wall of the cell, head resting against the brick. His hands were spread on either side of him, slightly elevated and chained to the wall. “Shit,” hero said. “He must hate you more than he hates me.”

The prisoner laughed, a small chuckle. “Yeah. He must.”

Hero walked to the back of her cell and sat down heavy, resting her head against the wall in much the same way as the other prisoner. “I’m Hero, by the way.”

“I know,” was the reply.

“Usually people tell you their names in reply,” Hero told him, staring at the cobble arched ceiling.

“Yeah,” the prisoner said and then they fell into a silence. The question burning under Hero’s tongue, itching at their skin but they stayed silent. When the prisoner wanted to tell her, he’d tell her.

She didn’t realise she had fallen asleep until she woke up to the sound of the heavy doors at the end of the corridor heaving open with a loud, stuttering groan. Hero was alert and awake immediately, but she stayed on the ground in solidarity with her new prisoner friend.

She knew it was him the moment his heels clicked off the stone steps down. Three more long strides and she saw his pale face once more. The same face that caused every hair on her body to stand on end, a chill running through her spine branching off to all her nerves screaming at her to remain alert.

He looked like he walked straight from a gothic painting. His regal cherry wine tail coat so dark it looked black in the dim lighting, the shadows clinging to him like an old friend, carving out every angled feature making him look more formidable. Less human. She saw his usual black armour under his tailcoat and couldn’t help but smirk at it.

Hero was the reason King needed body armour in the first place. Sometimes she loved being a woman, underestimated at every turn. Her chains clinked as she readjusted her position and her eyes turned hard.

Not bigoted enough to underestimate her anymore…

King stopped between the two cells, his guards at his back looking soulless and frightening.

King turned his lips up into a cold, thin smile as he spread his hands to the pair of the prisoners: “wow. You’ve already made friends. That was fast, I’m impressed. I assume no introductions are in order then?”

His voice still the same silk spun silver, melodious and beautiful.

Knowing.

Dangerous.

“Your assumptions are correct,” said Hero confidence leaking into every syllable. “Our reputations precede us both. And what was that saying from the Sloughs? Enemy of my enemy is my temporary acquaintance. We’re about at the acquaintance mark. Give us a few more hours and we’ll be fast friends.”

The King’s eyes glinted with that sharp cunning Hero could see from where she sat. “I’m surprised at your ambivalence Hero. So forgiving. So unlike you.”

The words struck her like lightning to the heart, but she just smiled in reply and said: “like I said. Temporary acquaintance.”

King’s eyes turned to the other prisoner, eyebrows raised: “and you Graves? How do you feel about this acquaintanceship?”

Hero sat still, though every muscle in her body ached to flinch at the name. King wanted her reaction. He knew full well that Graves had never told Hero his name and now she knew why.

If it wasn’t for Hero, King wouldn’t wear armour.

If it wasn’t for Graves, Hero wouldn’t be a weapon.

Perhaps she would have lived a simple, happy life, but the man in the cell next to her ensured that she would never know peace again.

Her heart started beating a bit faster in her chest, behind her eyes welling up with tears she had shed for far too long and still hadn’t mourned enough. Still the tears were ready to fall at the utterance of a name.

She just stared forward at the King and his smug little grin and his stupid little guards and she wanted to see their blood on her hands.

“Like Hero said. Enemy of my enemy…”

Hero looked at the cell next to her and found bright silver eyes peering back at her and she wanted to sob. Fear’s molten hand was burning around her heart, choking her chest in its panicked heat that washed over her at the memory of those terrible silver eyes in the flames.

“Hmm,” said the King, standing straight again but Hero didn’t even acknowledge him. Eyes transfixed on those mercury pools of flesh and blood. How many times had she seen those eyes in her nightmares? How many nights had she lay awake committing them to memory?

She promised herself she would take the light from those horrific silver eyes. She had promised…

And yet… Hero’s eyes went to the King’s. What was he even doing here? Graves. Chained in the King’s dungeon for gods know how long…

“As much as I’ve loved our little chat,” said King, eyes on Hero as the Guards opened his cell and started taking his hands from the chains. “Graves and I have a previous engagement to attend.”

Graves said nothing as he was dragged out of his cell. He didn’t even look back at Hero as they escorted him through the hall and up the dungeon steps. “I’ll come back for you later. We can have a chat.”

“Go fuck yourself, King.”

King smiled and wordlessly he left. Hero sat in the cold darkness alone, and her sank to the pit of her stomach. It wasn’t long before she heard the screams, her eyes staring straight ahead. Wondering how the fuck she was going to get out of this one.

[inspector-montoya-fox]

[fizzingwizard]

it's the end of 2023 and "thief king bakura had a point" isn't a hot take now anymore than it was twenty years ago when we first learned about aknadin's crimes in kul elna

[gibs85]

The Rogue Thief

In the world of Azeroth, ancient powers clash, heroes rise and fall, and the fate of entire civilizations hangs in the balance. From the towering peaks of the snowy Dun Morogh to the sun-kissed shores of Tanaris, Azeroth is a realm of wonders, mysteries, and endless adventure. The echoes of Azeroth’s tumultuous history reverberate through its landscapes, where the scars of past conflicts are…

[kazz-brekker]

actually quite interesting to reread the notes for my unwritten fantasy heist book from middle school that i came up with in a a pre-six of crows era. i feel like it’s an fun little time capsule look into the ideas i had about that genre prior to that book deeply influencing my brain and therefore actually has a lot more originally than i expected

[angstandhappiness]

LMAO but also the tags DUDE

Reverse Robin au but the ages aren't changed. Just adoption order.

[racke7]

So, last night I was thinking about FF14 and Skyrim again.

Specifically, my feelings of "I played this game all day - do I feel like I actually did anything today, or not".

If I manage to play Skyrim for basically a full day (instead of some random burst of an hour), I usually feel like I've "advanced the story" of that character, gotten better gear, established the character's personality a little bit (doing X instead of Y, prioritizing this quest over that, commentary through regular gameplay, etc).

So I don't necessarily feel like I "did a lot of things today", but it does feel like there's an "accomplished" feeling, kind of.

If I play FF14 a full day, I feel like-... It feels a bit as if I've watched a really long movie (especially if I played MSQ)? It's a sometimes-good movie, so I don't necessarily regret it, but... that's it. Between the queues for dungeon-diving and travel-time, a lot of the gameplay really amounts to "watch a cutscene".

So, I learn new stuff about FF14-lore, I might get inspired into creating a fancy new outfit for a class, and... a few numbers go up? The aftermath of playing FF14 really does feel as if I've spent the day watching a weirdly prolonged movie.

[shiqingxuanz]

little reading update btw

i finished fgep and interpreter of maladies and i'm reading qjj now along with the catcher in the rye

[sexplosion]

Out with grim takes, in with meaningful delving into the genre and its problems.

Why is it whenever people "deconstruct" superheroes it's never a criticism of any of the many things actually wrong with the genre? Like there's never any shots taken at the women in refrigerators thing or the total lack of meaningful stakes or the static characters or the bloated, convoluted clusterfuck storytelling or the desperate appealing exclusively to shitlord teenaged boys. Instead every single time it's just "get this... what if Superman were a baby killing rapist? IS YOUR MIND BLOWN YET?! It is so clever because normally he is not that."

[arkive78]

One Piece Fic Recs that occupy my mind nonstop

After really getting into One Piece this past spring, I've been reading as much as tumblr and AO3 have offered me in terms of One Piece content. It's been hard to keep track of everything that I have read, however, certain stories/headcanons/posts linger in my mind and I thought I'd share them with you!

Minors DNI with fics marked as NSFW and for anyone, be sure to read the content warnings the authors have mentioned!

Hope y'all enjoy!

Updated: October 1, 2024

Killer

Childhood Crush by @analogwriting

does involve violent themes, please be sure to read content warnings for each chapter

Will You Let Me? by @fanaticsnail

NSFW, Pollen AU

Dreaming of You by @fanaticsnail

this also includes Heat and Kid

NSFW

The Break (Kid x reader x Killer) by @standfucker

Gore, graphic description of injury/pain/first aid, hurt/comfort, confessions, highly oblivious reader

Rotation (Heat, Kid, Killer, Wire x reader) by @standfucker

explicit NSFW content

Loving you is easy by @sheerxfiction

NSFW

Three Times Killer Tried to Confess and The One Time That He Did by @nina-ya

SFW

Acid, Salt, Fat, and Heat (w/ Kid) by @fanaticsnail

NSFW

Ace

SFW:

A world we are both in by @my-love-is-sunlight

Kiss by @my-love-is-sunlight

Patching Up Ace's Wounds by @nina-ya SFW

there are more of this prompt with different characters btw!

Help by @sanjisprincesswifey

Blinders On by @froggiewrites

Taking the hit for him by @grandline-fics

NSFW:

Open Flame by @willowbelle

Ace + back dimples by @tetzoro

Fated Reunions by @tetzoro

Coward by @mimi-ya

Need by @maddddstuff

Ass or Tits? by @cloudzoro

Follow Through by @froggiewrites

My Pretty Little Thief by @turtletaubwrites

Zoro

SFW:

Bloom by @tetzoro

brazen by @mydearlybeloathed

"we should get married" by @grandlinedreams

wake him up! by @sleepymarimo

He Loves Me by @clare-875

Got me losin' my cool by @bitchimasnake-sss

Insomnia: owner's instruction by @revasserium

NSFW:

The Right Direction by @willowbelle

with hearts aligned by @eelnoise

2 years overdue by @heyitsdoe

pumpkin by @cloudzoro

beg for me by @angel1010xx

Waterflow by @otkuhotgirl

Law

SFW:

touch-starved Law by @maroronoa

the death of me by @weneeya

too sweet for me by @my-love-is-sunlight

there are no conditions by @cozage

Hidden symptoms by @escenariosinfumables

Unspoken affections by @avocadorablepirate

NSFW:

Tethered Together by @tetzoro

Luffy

A secret by @missmugiwara

18+, suggestive

SFW:

you can talk to me, but you already know by @mydearlybeloathed

clueless by @grandline-fics

Bachata by @fanaticsnail

Mihawk

Sapsorrow by @fanaticsnail

has both SFW and NSFW so make sure to read the chapter warnings!

Creative Cures by @discordantwritings

NSFW

Shanks

SFW:

Remember Me by @fanaticsnail

Dancando Lambada by @fanaticsnail

NSFW:

Always return to you by @discordantwritings

Sanji

NSFW:

Citrus by @otkuhotgirl

Multiple characters

Hey Doc by @fanaticsnail

some NSFW themes depending on the drabble

so very very funny

The Kissing Booth by @fanaticsnail

Paulie, Luffy, Hongo, Smoker, Aokiji, Heat, Crocodile, Sanji, Shachi, Law, and Zoro (right now)

my favorite ones are: Luffy, Smoker, Heat, Shachi !

Competency, Stupidity, Duality by @fanaticsnail

kid, zoro, and killer

SFW

Post Injury by @standfucker

law, shanks, rosinate, blackbeard, mihawk

gore content warnings

Gremlin Reader by @standfucker

Straw Hats, Whitebeard Pirates, Heart Pirates, and Kid Pirates

literally the funniest fucking thing I've ever read

they hurt you while controlled by a devil fruit by @grandline-fics

zoro, law, shanks

angst, descriptions of injury, and hurt/comfort

Beauty scars by @cozage

law, kidd

borderline NSFW

Truth or Dare by @cozage

Ace, Shanks, Luffy, and Law

SFW + NSFW, the NSFW section is clearly marked by the author

Oblivious flirting by @cozage

Law, Luffy, Ace

SFW

A Plushie Substitute by @cozage

Zoro, Luffy, Sanji, Ace, Law

SFW

Five things he says when he thinks you're asleep by @imasimpforshanks

Law, Ace, Shanks

SFW

the moment they knew you were the one by @imasimpforshanks

Luffy, Zoro, Ace, Sanji, Shanks, Law, Sabo

fluff

Falling in love with them by @imasimpforshanks

Ace, Law

SFW

OP to you being clueless to their flirting/feelings part 1 by @astelren

Ace, Luffy, Sabo, Zoro Sanji, Izou, Cavendish, Rayleigh, Law

fluff

there's a part 2!

Being scared to have sex with them by @strawhatsoraya

Zoro, Law, Kid, Ace

obviously NSFW

Calling them my love by @lehguru

Law, Sabo, Ace, Kid, Killer, Bartolomeo

SFW

Kid, Zoro, Law, & Sanji with a s/o afraid of having sex by @eustasskidagenda

NSFW

there are 2 other parts with different characters!

A celestial dragon wants their fem!s/o by @uramakimochi

Zoro, Sanji, Law

SFW

there's another part too!

Hand placement by @cloudzoro

Ace, Crocodile, Law, Mihawk, Nami, Reiju, Robin, Sanji, Tashigi, Zoro

NSFW

god the ones about the girls are SO GOOD

affectionate + strawhats by @lehguru

SFW

OP boys in a relationship by @moonydustx

SFW

growing old together by @usernameforaboredcat

Luffy, Sanji, Zoro, Ace, Sabo, Law, Kid

SFW

sobbed

one piece boys rescuing you by @badgerbl00d

law, zoro

sfw

heartstopper by @sleepymarimo

luffy, sanji, zoro, law

sfw

party games they'd play as an excuse to kiss you by @imasimpforshanks

luffy, zoro, nami, ace, law, shanks

sfw

Op characters reacting to you kissing them and running away by @princeoftheeternalbog

luffy, zoro, sanji, nami, robin, usopp, ace, marco, izou, sabo

slightly suggestive, mdni

Number Games by @turtletaubwrites

multi-chapter story with Cross Guild x reader

very NSFW, read the tags very carefully

Random Flirting Headcanons by @feral-artistry

Shanks, Buggy, Sanji, Ace, Law, Zoro

SFW

Here's part 2 with more characters

Jealousy fueled kiss w/ “Do you have any idea how much I want to kiss you right now?” by @grandline-fics

Ace, zoro, law, kid, lucci

sfw

Thinkin about: the monster, trio, ace ‘n law! Vs breeding kink! by @bitchimasnake-sss

luffy, zoro, sanji, ace, law

nsfw

Habits of touch by @clare-875

Zoro, sanji, luffy

sfw

Butterflies -- how they realize they have feelings for you (touch edition) with Luffy, Zoro, and Law by @radishaur

luffy, zoro, law

sfw

multiple versions! this one is just my favorite hehe