#yay first korra fic

[waitingonher]

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ korra and her love languages

i. korra whose love language is physical touch. korra whose love language is physical touch because she finds solace in the warmth of your touch. 

if she could, korra would spend the rest of her life like this, with you nestled in her arms as the sun rises to paint republic city in hues of oranges and pinks. there’s nothing like waking up to a beautiful girl next to a beautiful sunrise. korra lays there silently, playing with a strand of your hair. 

in about an hour, she has to carry the weight of the avatar, but right now in this quiet corner of the world, korra wants nothing more than to just be ‘(y/n)’s girlfriend.’ and so she does. 

her eyes roam over your figure, drinking it all in. how did i get so lucky? from your cascading hair, to your plump lips, to your soft hands that just seem to flawlessy fit in her own, korra never knew it was possible to be this perfect. all her life people have only seen her as just the avatar, but you were the first to see her as just korra. you were the first to treat her as if she wasn’t some expendable end all be all to the world's problems. 

“(y/n),” korra starts, the back of her hand grazing your cheek. her voice is barely above a whisper, “i know i don’t say it as much as i should, but you’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me. i love you so much and i-”

beep. beep. beep.

“stupid alarm.” she mutters, reaching to shut it off.  

with a soft groan, your eyes flutter open slowly, the warmth of korra's touch lingering on your skin. as consciousness filters in, you feel the strong arms of your girlfriend pulling you close. 

“good morning, baby,” she whispers, placing gentle kisses on your forehead. 

with a contented sigh, you gaze up at korra, smoothing out her tousled hair, “mm, good morning.” 

she chuckles at your groggy voice before placing a final kiss on your crown. making efforts to rise from her position, she untangles herself from the bedsheets, “i’ll get the tea going. we’ve got a busy day ahead of us,” she sighs. 

“korra,” you draw out her name. reaching for her arm, you gently tug on the sleeve of her pajamas, a silent plea for her to stay, “please my love, stay. ten more minutes?” 

you flash her your signature puppydog eyes, your lips pulled downwards, eyes widened. and as easily as that, korra’s resolve falters. how can she say no to you? especially when you look so beautiful, your tired eyes looking up at her so sweetly and your open arms inviting her back to the comfort of your touch. 

“well…” she gives you that saccharine smile you’ve always been fond of, and that’s when you know you’ve got her, “i guess the world can wait another hour for their avatar.” 

and she climbs back into bed.

ii. korra whose love language is quality time. korra whose love language is quality time because amongst all of her avatar duties, she'll always want to come home to you.

the arctic hen sizzles beautifully on the pan as you take in the fragrant aroma of the kitchen. it’s savory from the arctic hen, yet delicately sweet from the cookies in the oven. you dance around, tending to the sea prune stew and seaweed stir fry. checking the clock, it reads 6:46pm, serving as a gentle reminder of korra’s anticipated return by 7:00pm. 

everything is perfect. 

after all, it is korra’s birthday. it has to be perfect. 

you begin plating everything, attempting to replicate the elegant plating from a mover that you had watched over the weekend. a little smear of sauce. some accent dots. and finally…seaweed flakes for garnish. clapping your hands together, you take a step back from the dining room table, admiring your hard work. as if on cue, you hear the front door slide open. 

“babe, i’m home! wow it smells really go-”

“happy birthday, my love!" you exclaim, catching korra off guard as you dash over and envelop her in a tight embrace. stepping back slightly, you tenderly sweep a stray lock of hair behind her ear, your eyes overflowing with affection. leaning in once more, you share a deep, heartfelt kiss, your whispered words carrying the weight of your emotions. "i love you so much, korra.”

she swears she’ll never get used to you doing that, her rapid heartbeat a testament to that. korra chuckles, her hands finding purchase on your waist, “i love you too. now, what smells so good?” 

her gaze wanders the kitchen, taking in the familiar sights, as you gently grasp her hands, guiding her toward the dining room. as korra enters, a gasp escapes her lips, and she feels a rush of emotion at the sight before her. the table is adorned with an array of dishes, each one a cherished memory from her childhood, meticulously prepared with love.

with a sheepish smile, you guide her to the two wooden chairs at the table, “now i know it’s not a lot. but i asked your mom for the recipes so i hope you like-”

korra shuts you up with a kiss. her hands again find their way to your hips, holding you. and by the look in her eyes, you know that she's been needing this. korra knows she’s never exactly been the best with words, so she hopes you understand what she’s trying to say, “(y/n), it’s perfect.” 

you lean into her side, a sigh of relief escaping you, “oh good, i was so worried you’d hate it.” 

your girlfriend turns to you, an expression of disbelief painted on her face, “what? babe, i’d love it even if you were a bad cook.” 

“what about the time i burned the seal jerky?”

“okay maybe that’s the exception. how do you even burn jerky?” 

“hey! you were distracting me!”

iii. korra whose love language is acts of service. korra whose love language is acts of service because when she’s not out there saving the world, she’s making sure her baby is taken care of. 

if there were a competition for the worst worst day ever, today’s events would take the cake. first, you and korra totally overslept, thus causing you to be late to your crucial work meeting. after a solid ten minutes of your boss’s scolding, of course, your coworker just had to call out sick, and just like that, you had to complete his portion of the work project. oh and for the cherry on top, your favorite lunch spot was inexplicably closed. 

today was not your day, you conclude. 

with a heavy heart, you trudge homeward, with nothing but your bothersome chores in mind. fold the laundry, dust the shelves, reorganize the desk…each task more dismaying than the last.

unlocking the front door, your ears are met with the quiet melody of an upbeat jazz tune. that’s strange. there’s never really music playing unless you’re home. then you’re greeted by naga, her gargantuan head nuzzling your side. and it’s even stranger, usually korra’s the first to welcome you home, “naga,” you stroke the top of her head, white fur as fluffy as always, “where’s korra?” 

the polar bear dog offers you a hushed bark as her nose points you to your shared bedroom, “thanks girl.” 

you find the door closed, the music resonating softly from the room. as the door swings open, you’re met with korra precariously balancing on her tippytoes, diligently dusting the shelves. the rest of the room seems to be spotless, the laundry basket empty and your desk absolutely pristine. 

“korra?”

at the sound of your voice, your girlfriend whirls around, almost surprised, “(y/n)! hi! you’re home early.” 

you chuckle, her crooked smile on display, “yeah, i spilled stew on my pants so i got to go home,” you gesture to the brown stain on your thigh, “but wait, wasn’t i supposed to do all of this? you only had to do the dishes and clean the bathrooms.”

“yeah, i know,” she lilts. korra’s grin widens as she hops down from the wooden stool, meeting you where you stand. her hands come up to rest on your waist and she plants a sweet kiss on your lips, “but i did them all anyways.” 

your astonishment quickly melts into gratitude. maybe today isn’t as bad as you had thought, “but…but when did you even have the time? didn’t you have to meet with the city council?” 

korra nods, savoring your reaction, “mhm, but they cancelled, so i came home and got a head start on everything. and plus, i wanted you to come home and not have to do anything for once. i know how much stress your work has been putting on you recently.” 

as you stand there, taking in the scene before you, another wave of gratitude washes over you. tears begin to well in your eyes, a floodgate opened by the weight of the day's trials and tribulations, mingling with a profound sense of appreciation for your girlfriend. korra knows all too well what you’re feeling—what it's like when the dam breaks. once more, she pulls you into her tight embrace, sturdy arms enclosing your waist.

“i’m sorry,” you begin, attempting to hold your tears back. korra gives you a sympathetic smile, “i’m happy, i promise. it’s just…everything today was such a big mess. so, thank you.” 

“it’s no biggie, babe,” korra states, her hands gingerly wiping away your tears. she places a soft kiss on each tear stained cheek before taking hold of your hand, leading you out to the living room, “bolin’s new mover is out. wanna give it a watch?” 

[ultfreakme]

Who are your favorite romantic relationship's couples in books/ manga/ anime/movies/tv series (can be canon or non-canon)? Feel free if you want to write the reasons or not of why you love them...

Sorry if you've answered this question before......Thanks....

Hi Anon!! Hope you're doing well! OOOOH this is a tough one, I have so many ships I enjoy, I think I change pairings and find new ones every few months. But if I had to pick........

AkaFuri (Akashi x Furihata from Kuroko No Basuke): I've shipped them the longest, I'm pretty sure my writing got better through writing and researching for fics of the ship. I also transitioned from traditional to digital drawing through drawing this ship, so yay it's them! I love them because Furihata was someone Akashi and everyone underestimated but Furihata defied everyone's expectations, conquered his fears and managed to stand up against him. Kuroko and the Seirin basketball team changed Akashi's opinions and made him see everyone as equals, but Furihata sorta kickstarted that.

ItaJun (Itadori x Junpei from Jujutsu Kaisen): I actually shipped them back when JJK was first airing! So that's three years with them dear god. I made a post about them but to summarize, I love the potential they had & loved how they clicked together!

Zukka (Zuko x Sokka from Avatar The Last Airbender): This one's relatively new but they got me obsessed enough to write a 300k word for for them and made me go on an unstoppable and frankly unhealthy drawing spree for months (I have a callous on my hand...unsure if it's because of just them but they definitely didn't help). I love their dynamic, they play off each other well, make up for each other's weaknesses and their interactions are always funny to watch. They're very cute to me.

JonJay/JayJon (Jon Kent x Jay Nakamura from DC Comics): A CANON COUPLE!!! They're very adorable and I enjoyed watching the way they helped each other get to their goals in their introduction comic as a couple(Superman Son of Kal El). Watching Superman be bi and have an Asian bf was just, very inspiring. The way Jon's heroism and ideals are defined by Jay's ideals is so cool.

I have a lot more which I can put as honorable mentions: Korrasami (The Legend of Korra), SatoSugu(Jujutsu Kaisen), Stucky (the Captain America Trilogy was awesome and the only part I like from the MCU), KiriBaku(I think I'm pretty much over them now unless I get back into BNHA), Calliette(bring back First Kill please please PLEASE), XiCheng(Jiang Cheng x Lan Xichen from MDZS), BingQiu & MoShang (both from Scum Villain Self-Saving system).

These are the ones I remember. There's probably some crucial formative ship for me that I'm missing but rn I think this is it.

My qualifications for being obsessed with a ship are:

HAS to be gay

They should be complementary in some way

The franchise they come from needs to have a plot that isn't their relationship, but their relationship, or just the character's motivation is sorta woven into the overarching theme of the story. Example; In AkaFuri, Furihata is instrumental in defeating Akashi and his team because Furihata isn't there to exactly take down Akashi. He CAN'T. But if he works with everyone else on his team, he stands a chance and can make a difference. The ultimate theme of KNB is that we should value friendship, teammates and should lift each other up rather than view the world as enemies to defeat. Korra and Asami are seemingly polar opposite with Korra being a representative of spirits while Asami is a representative of human technological advancement. TLOK is about harmony between these two aspects of the world, and Korrasami's relationship is a representation of that. I think pretty much all my ships can work like that (Jiang Cheng is too cynical, never lets anyone close and is prone to conflict, Lan Xichen is too trusting and too complicit, never wanting conflict and therefore not really confronting anything and BOTH of these flaws of theirs are to their detriment, etc etc).

I think I like ships which I can use to examine the themes of the main story, and see how the union of two people could influence the meaning of the canon.

And, I'll be honest, it's also about how aesthetic they are together and how good the smut potential is. It's shipping in the end, and I can write thousand-word meta essays but also be going gaga over their smut lmao.

Hope this was an adequate reply!! Also please don't apologize, I hadn't answered this before I think? haha i keep forgetting what i write.

[ahhhsami]

So I've had this I dea for a while. Korra broke up with Asami because she couldn't handle that Asami was an extreme workaholic who never really rested and never really spent time with Korra. After the breakup Asami throws herself even more into her work and [time] later she gets hospitalized because she collapsed (worked herself to the bone, forgot to eat and stuff). there she meets Korra again.

Thanks for the request! I hope you don’t mind how angsty I made this. It’s just kind of where my mind’s at right now. Plus this prompt already has so many angsty possibilities, lol. :P (AO3 LINK)

The fact that, we as humans have emotions and the ability for higher thinking, has always been something that’s interested me. It’s amazing that we can empathize with another without even experiencing it ourselves. We may smile when another person smiles at us. We may cry when someone else cries. We may feel an ache in our heart when we see someone’s relationship end. It’s one of those things that makes life worth living. Makes it so amazing.

But it’s also the worst too. Our complex minds allow for doubt. It allows for overthinking and leads us to taking actions we may regret. It makes us question everything in this world and everything that we do. It allows us to feel so much and feel so little at the same time. And that’s where I am now. I’m so broken that I’m numb. I’ve cried to the extent where I have no more tears. I’ve rerun the same thoughts through my mind to the point that I’m drawing a blank.

I don’t know how long I’ve been staring at the same spot on the ceiling, but it’s been a long time. The clock next to the bed clicks melodically as the seconds pass. Everything just feels wrong. The room feels wrong. The bed feels wrong. The smell’s wrong. The sounds are wrong. The only thing that’s right is the feeling of emptiness in my chest. My heart aches and all I want to do is pick up my phone and call her. To tell her that this wasn’t the way it was supposed to happen. But I know I can’t.

I knew what I was getting into when we first started dating. I knew that her work was her first love, but I thought it would work because we both acknowledged it. We both knew that we had our own careers, our own paths that we would need to take. But I had always thought we would make time and space for one another. That we’d sometimes put our jobs on hold.

At first we did. We made time for one another. We were living in the moment. But as time progressed and years passed, it started to change. Suddenly when we were together, we weren’t together. She’d be on her phone, constantly plugged in. Constantly replying to emails and checking up on her employees and contacting partners. Eventually this progressed to her not even meeting me. To the extent where I was sitting in restaurants, cafes, theaters, and more, just waiting for her. More than not, she would forget completely, only apologizing and making excuses after I’d call or text her. And then I’d return home to an empty bed. And again I would find myself waiting.

And I’m the first to understand that work is important, especially if you love what you do. I’d be crazy to be working as an emergency physician if not. The work wasn’t made for someone who couldn’t invest time and devotion. But there’s a point to where it’s too much. And she somehow had reached that point and our relationship was put on the back burner. Eventually the flame would fade completely.

Even though it’s been three days since I’d finally called it quits, I can still hear her weak voice and the way it cracked when she begged me not to leave. I can still see the tears that had streamed down her cheeks and smudged her usually flawless makeup. I remember the way her slender hand had reached out and clutched the back of my shirt and the way she clung onto me. I can remember it all. The way I quietly walked through the house that was ours. The house that we had made so many memories in. How I had left my home behind. My home that was her.

My feet feel heavy as I move through the halls of the hospital. Even though it’s bustling with people moving in and out, I don’t hear or notice any of it. My mind is still focused on what’s ended more than anything else. I can’t stay in the present and instead keep getting trapped in the past. Recalling memory after memory. Flitting from the best of memories to the worst of memories. The times when we adopted our puppy, Naga. The times when I’d bring her lunch, to drag her away from her work and she’d actually appreciate it. The times when she would take me driving around the track in the newest car model, going on about this and that which I never truly understood. But then I’d remember the yelling. The times I’d burst at her for standing me up or forgetting an anniversary. She’d always just shrink in on herself, always apologizing in the quietest of voices. Every time, she’d slink off to her office, throw herself into her work instead of trying to solve the problem though. Every, single, time.

Things happen for a reason and I know I need to accept it. I need to move on because it’s already been two months. And yet it feels as if it were yesterday. I wonder how long it’s going to take to move on. I know that I won’t be able to forget and honestly I don’t want to. I just want to feel at peace with the choices I’ve made, but I can’t.

“Korra!”

My head jerks up at the sound of my name. Bolin is panting as he hunches over with his hands resting on his knees.

“Where am I needed?” I ask, automatically thinking this is related to something in the ER.

Bolin shakes his head and holds up his finger, signaling that he needs a moment to catch his breath. He’s easily one of the best nurses in the hospital. Alway so personable and able to make the saddest person smile in the hardest of times.

“Asami,” he gasps.

My brow furrows. “What about her?” I kind of snap.

“She’s here.”

“What?!”

“Here.” He points down at the ground. “At the hospital.” He finally stands and looks at me, his eyes full of sadness. Something that is so rare to see it causes my heart to instantly ache. How serious was this to make the most optimistic man this distraught?

“Where?”

“A wing,” he says.

I let out a heavy sigh. At least she’s in the least intensive area of the hospital.

“What happened?”

“Her secretary brought her in because she was acting weird. Saying stuff she wouldn’t normally say and then she just collapsed in the middle of a meeting. They said it’s probably sleep deprivation, stress, and exhaustion.”

“S-she collapsed? Did she hurt herself?”

“Luckily, she didn’t. I think they have her hooked up with an IV too. I guess she hasn’t been eating either.”

“What? I-I…”

“It’s not your fault. But I think you should go see her,” Bolin suggests.

“I don’t know if I can.”

“Do it for her.”

“Shit,” I whisper as soon as I see her. I close my eyes for a moment, holding back the tears I can feel welling up. “Look at you,” I say to myself as I pick up a chair and silently place it beside the bed.

I sit down, not daring to touch her. But not because I’m worried I’d wake her, but because I don’t have the right to. How could I let her get to this? How could I have left her? I know I can’t make choices for her, but maybe if I had tried to stick it out, tried harder to fix what we had… she wouldn’t be here. Wouldn’t be hooked up with fluids flowing into her body. Wouldn’t have sunken eyes with dark bags beneath them. Maybe her body wouldn’t look as if it’d lost twenty pounds. Maybe her skin wouldn’t be as ashy and pale. Maybe, just maybe if I had just tried harder.

“What’s happened to you?” I ask her although I know she’s asleep, something she evidently needs. She looks as if she hasn’t rested for days, weeks, maybe even months.

I sit there, not caring about the ache in my back. I sit there, trying to imagine how things could have been different. How things could have been. I sit there, waiting for her to wake, knowing full well I may not be welcome when she does.

“Mmmm,” I groan softly. Someone’s hand is threading through my hair and my eyes gradually open, trying to adjust to the bright lighting.

“You look tired.”

It’s a voice I haven’t heard in so long. A voice that I thought I wouldn’t hear again, not since I had walked out. A voice that I had missed so dearly.

“I’m not the one in the hospital bed,” I mumble as I sit up, her hand settling down at her side.

She’s sitting up now, the IV not in her arm anymore. Our eyes meet and her peridot ones are nothing more than tired. Her body had obviously shown that, but finally looking into her eyes, I can see and feel how exhausted she truly is.

She laughs weakly. “That’s true.” Asami’s expression changes though and she looks at me seriously. “Why are you here?”

“I, um… Bolin said that you were here and I just…” my voice trails off. I don’t even know where to begin trying to tell Asami about how I feel and what hell the last two months have been.

“You what, Korra?” Asami presses.

“I was worried,” I whisper, barely loud enough for Asami to hear.

“You don’t need to worry about me.”

“I know,” I mumble. “But when he said that you were here, every single worst case scenario went through my head. I couldn’t stop thinking that you might have been in an accident where you seriously got hurt. Where you…” My voice cracks and I clench my eyes shut. I don’t want to cry in front of her.  

“I think I’d take being in an accident over you leaving me,” Asami admits softly. “It’d probably hurt less. Honestly-”

“Asami, I-”

“Wait, let me speak.” I close my mouth and nod for her to continue. “Honestly, I understand though.” She pauses and takes in a steady breath. “I know why and I guess I needed to lose you to realize what was actually happening. It was my fault.”

“Asami, it wasn’t. We both made our own choices and are at fault in our own ways.”

“Sure, but it was my actions that forced you to leave. I wasn’t there for you. I was always at work and even when you made time for me, I didn’t do the same for you. I just made excuses. Made reasons to make myself feel better for what I was doing to you. You did everything you could and I wasn’t doing a single thing.”

I open my mouth to speak, but she shakes her head.

“You know it’s true.”

I’m speechless and it’s clear that Asami can see that.

“I ruined what we had. And I-I didn’t know what to do. When you left me… I don’t think I’ve ever felt as horrible as I did that day. It broke me and I chose the only thing I knew what to do. Instead of trying to reach out to you, to get you back… I worked and worked and worked. Honestly, I think it’s the only thing I can do right,” Asami’s voice cracks, tears now streaming down her cheeks. “I should have followed you. I should have run after you and not let you go. I miss you. I miss you so much, Korra. I-I thought work would be able to distract me, but it didn’t. No matter what I did, I was still thinking of you. I wanted to hear your voice, to tell you about my day, to feel you hold me and tell me that I was doing a good job and that everything would be okay. But it wasn’t. And I know, I know it was because of my choices.”

I can tell she wants to reach out to take my hand, but she holds back.

“I don’t even know why I’m telling you all this. There’s no reason for you to forgive me. I know I hurt you and I can’t take that back now,” Asami says, her voice hopeless.

Neither of us speak as tears keep falling from Asami’s eyes. She covers her face with her hands and shrinks in on herself, just like she had so many times before. She never was one to deal with confrontation when it wasn’t related to her company.

“You can’t take it back… but you could fix it,” I finally say. I get up from the chair and settle on the edge of the bed. I reach out and guide her hands from her face. I wipe away her tears with my thumbs and then cup her cheeks. “Leaving you was the hardest decision I’ve ever made in my life. I loved you. I loved you more than anything in this world, but I didn’t feel that you felt the same way. Honestly, you broke my heart too… but I missed you.” I pause to clear my throat. “And I still love you.”

The corner of Asami’s mouth twitch and then fall back to a straight line. I’m not sure what’s going through her mind, but I hope it’s the same thing that’s going through mine. I smooth my thumbs over her cheeks, trying to reassure her.

“I never wanted to leave you. I just felt that it was my only choice at that point… so I did. But I can’t stop thinking that it was the worst thing I could have done. I-I still want to work this out, Asami. B-but I can’t be the only one wanting to fix this.”

“I’ll do anything,” Asami says, more strongly than anything else she’s said. “I love you… and as you can see I’m even more of a mess without you.”

I smile at her attempt to lighten the mood with a joke, even though it’s really bad.

“You’re still beautiful and I still love you,” I try to comfort her.

She just laughs at me and turns her head to kiss the center of my palm.

“I really missed you,” she mumbles, her lips brushing against my skin. “Can I hug you?” She can’t bring herself to look at me, her eyes focused at the wall past my head.

I don’t answer her with words, instead I lean forward and wrap her up in my arms. She clings onto me, her hands clutching onto my doctor’s coat and her face burrowed into my neck. I close my eyes, letting her familiar scent and warmth calm me. It’s the most at peace I’ve felt since I’d walked out.

“We’re going to make this work, I promise,” Asami says muffled against my neck.

I nod, not able to speak as tears slowly fall down my cheeks.

I’m home again.

[andiwriteordie]

Hi Andi!!!

(First of all so i finished chapter 20. And 21. It just… i have so many thoughts, but mostly just that it’s very Fitting. I don’t know. Hurts in the right way? The right kind of pain? It feels like… the right ending for this fic, which speaks to how well-constructed/plotted/planned the fic was, and I really like it).

This is on the rapid turnover in avatars between Korra & El. I was thinking about this earlier, and I was wondering if it could be because of the fact that the spirit realm is open? Like—avatars are naturally more “sensitive” to spirits, and more connected, and more likely to influence/be influenced. Before Korra, the barrier between the spirit world and our world meant that the avatars got time to develop this skill when it was developmentally appropriate—when they were prepared to take it on.

Now that the barrier is gone, the avatars don’t have that grace period. It’s kind of like how El’s sensitivity made her vulnerable to the demogorgon/Henry in season one, and to Billy/Mindflayer finding her in season 3. (Or how will’s sensitivity made him vulnerable to Henry in season 2–) a connection is a connection, it goes both ways. So, the next avatar after Korra becomes distressed while an infant/young kid, as babies do—big emotions, y’know? Only, because they’re an avatar… they’re vulnerable. Maybe they turn the spirits around them “dark” by feeding into the negative energy, and the spirits end up causing such destruction that the entire village dies. Maybe the avatar connects with an already-dark spirit in their distress, but their body is too young to handle being possessed, and so they pass away.

Three avatars die like this, and nobody knows how to stop it, until Brenner proposes a solution to the “sickness”: isolate the avatar from the spirits, from everyone and everything, until they have the necessary training. In the desperation to not have another avatar die before they hit their teenage years, people agree with Brenner, allow him free reign. So when Brenner says El’s “sick”—this is her illness. & that’s how we get El as a waterbender in time for the 80s.

Thoughts on that as a solution? Also, I was wondering about El connecting with her past lives/avatar state? And I was wondering about the spirit world/who can easily access the spirit world via the poles/who of the party has been to or will go to the spirit world, etc

(Ik that’s a longish concept suggestion & a couple questions in one ask, so sorry about that, lol. Thank you in advance for answering, & happy avoiding-writing!)

(ahhh yay!!! i'm glad you enjoyed it! this is now the second fic that i've been forced to sacrifice a "happy" ending on the altar of telling the right story, because i totally left my other fic "everything changes, what a shame" on an unresolved note as well lol. sometimes the story's bigger than just one fic, and i didn't think wrapping this one up with a happy ending did it justice!)

OH THIS IS GOOD THIS IS SO GOOD. a couple of other asks i've answered today have dived into some of the brenner/el background (gotta say, surprised everyone is like LET'S TALK ABOUT BRENNER/EL but i am not mad about it)!!! and building in some of those ideas of having people (most noticeably the avatars) with deeper connections to the spirits because of korra opening the portal. so maybe in that sense, henry is one of those people who has an interaction with a spirit when he's younger too. and will's entire time in the spirit world is another example of that, where then we see this overwhelming influx of spiritual energy in people—and again, avatars for sure (rip el is gonna have a Bad Time) but also airbenders who are the most spiritually connected of the four elements.

long and short of it, brenner definitely does weasel his way into getting what he wants with having his little waterbending avatar that he can manipulate. i love that in all of these ideas we know that brenner is sly and observing the world around him, seeing what is happening, and feeding into it. he's smart like that, and @messrsbyler and i at some point had discussed through these millions of asks lol having a world in which maybe the spirits are more feared again. so then you have a perfect storm where brenner can feed into the fear and can provide control and get himself power in the process. also a perfect world for will, who is about to get fucked over by the spirit world, to feel even more ostracized and different :D i am in pain!

el connecting with her past lives is not necessarily something i'd thought too much about, but either way, the only avatar who would have substantial advice for her is korra because of how short the turnaround is with the three avatars in between them. i am kinda leaning towards believing it'd be cool if el struggled with the avatar state because of a couple reasons 1) a slap in the face to brenner, who had wanted to manipulate the avatar for greater access to the spirits, 2) a cool parallel of will and el again, where will is not the avatar but has a deep connection to the spirits, but el is the avatar and struggles with it, and 3) it'd probably be too easy for her to have her spiritual powers figured out entirely? so maybe she has gotten to the point of being able to like remote travel/meditate into the spirit world (how she helps find will), but actually being able to talk to korra and even raava? that would be something i think would come later in her arc — something something about el finding her independence and that coinciding with her finally connecting with her past lives?

[lady-of-the-spirit]

i wanna know about Kris cus she seems interesting so 🖋

Yay! So, Kris came into being at some point between September 2015 and May 2016, because that’s when I was like “You know what, fine, I’ll watch the Avengers,” and ended up watching the other movies afterwards because it became my new obsession. Of course I ended up stumbling upon some “Tony Stark’s daughter” fics, mostly on wattpad, and that’s how I got the idea for her.

I meant for Kris to be the antithesis of the other “Tony’s Daughters” OCs I was seeing (again, mostly on wattpad). Those OCs were nice? Kris was a snarky bitch (for the most part - she could be kind to people she loved, but for the most part she was a snarky bitch). OCs were friendless? Kris was popular and had a best friend who was her sister in all but blood. OCs were “not like other girls”? Kris was girly and into fashion, and she was tough and respected women. OCs were straight and ended up with Steve Rogers (which happened too often for my liking, especially when OCs were 18 or 19)? Kris was a lesbian and ended up with the one female character close to her age, Wanda (my version of the twins were born 1992, making them only a year younger). OCs had their own version of the Iron Man suit? Kris did not, and actually had weapons that were inspired by equalist gloves and weapons from Legend of Korra (Kris was inspired a lot by Asami, a tough girl who was smart and feminine). 

Kris also became a character who, while involved with the main plot of the movies, was also more likely to be off doing her own thing than following the other characters around. Like, in the first movie, I imagined her just trying to deal with her PTSD from Afghanistan, hanging out with her friend, and having more normal dad-daughter moments with Tony than superhero moments. Second movie she’s having her gay awakening on top of finding out her dad’s dying. She has her own life outside of all the superhero nonsense she doesn’t really want to be involved in. 

Send me a “🖊+an OC“ and I will talk about that OC! It can be a headcanon, a fun fact, a small paragraph of backstory- anything!

[riceccakes]

Earth, Wind, and Coffee: Chapter Three Analysis

chapter one analysis | chapter two analysis

back again for another chapter analysis. i think ive been looking forward to this chapter the most, it’s where some big decisions were made!!! this analysis is a long one, i hope that’s all right! i kinda got carried away. so, let’s dive right in, shall we?

some fun stuff before we start!

chapter three was supposed to be the last chapter of the fic

idk if any of you were there when i first started writing this fic, but it was only going to be three chapters with a possible epilogue. however, everything changed when i finished the end of chapter two. (lil atla reference there for ya) (sorry i know that was bad, moving on). like i said in my last analysis, i had an idea of what i wanted to happen (the separation of korrasami) so that they could come back together. it was just a matter of what separates them. so, i’m not sure where i got the panic attack idea but once i did, the rest of the story changed. i realized i couldn’t quite possibly finish the story in one chapter so i split the ideas i had and decided on it being four chapters

now, this being said, maaaaajor changes were made in my story outline. most notably: korrasami was going to be a couple in this chapter

this was originally going to be a full fledged “they meet, they get to know each other, they fall in love, happily every after” but the thing was, i planned on treating their romance as korra’s recovery; that being with asami is what made korra better, that all she needed was a partner, someone to love, and that is not what i wanted to portray with this story. i’ve never been a fan of stories that give a character a love interest and all of sudden their problems are fixed and they’re completely happy, and here i was about to do just that. i knew i’d never respect myself if i continued down this narrative, and when chapter two ended with korra’s panic attack, i realized her growth needed better love and attention. so, i changed what happened and gave her some therapy

this change in the storyline also let me explore more of kuvopal !!! (is that their ship name?)

so, back to LOVE WITCH for a second (because that glorious fic really did steal my heart) not only did it make me love kuvira’s character more, it also got me into the kuvopal relationship! and yet again, i wanted my own go at it. with the original timeline, there was just no space for me to include the lil bread crumbs of their relationship. however, however, however; by splitting the ending between two chapters (and adding some stuff in between) i was able to lay some foundation for them, which im very happy about :)

into the chapter we go:

let’s talk about the meeting! the whole reason this fic came to be! i’ll start by saying i always knew the project was going to get pulled out from under asami. 1) because thats some angsty/hurt shit right there and im a sucker for writing angst 2) i didn’t feel like creating a whole ass presentation because knowing my ass i would’ve made a powerpoint about it so i had every detail down to the font asami used and 3) getting the presentation taken away from asami was a pivotal point in her character arc.

i actually started the chapter in two different ways. at first, i’d written her whole entire morning with there always being one thing that was off. like, instead of a perfect omelette, it was going to split and asami would’ve had a scramble, still good, but not her favorite. instead of going through all green lights on her way to work, asami was gonna meet every. single. red. light. i would’ve gone through with this if it hadn’t felt strange; i wanted to give the impression that something bad was going to happen but i felt like having something go wrong with every thing in her morning was gonna be a dead give away that some even bigger big bad was about to happen, if that makes sense. so instead, i went with the picture perfect scenario, almost too perfect, if you ask me. and indeed, it was too perfect, because hiroshi was too much of a coward to tell his daughter any sooner that his board agreed to get a new presenter

im just gonna cite a bunch of my favorite lines/bits from this chapter because i really enjoyed writing it xD

Iroh has already begun but Asami hears no words, only a blaring ring in her ears. Her face feels hot and she wonders how red she is. She stares at the black binder, notes the natural grooves and curves of the material, the plastic covering over top of it, the metal spine peaking out at the bottom. She’s only brought out of it’s dark trance when she feels a hand be placed on her arm; Kuvira. 

when you’re upset, do you ever just, hyper focus on one thing and its like you’re analyzing it under a microscope for the first time? yes? no? well, i do that, and personally, i do because if i focus on my anger/hurt emotions any more, im going to explode and i dont want to explode. so, this instance about looking at the grooves in the binder and each of the components of it just hits with me, idk if does with you too, but like bruuh.

Asami has her hand over her mouth, silently sobbing, feeling as if she’ll throw up. She leans her head on her wheel, her mind wanders to what could’ve been, what should’ve been. She feels as if her car is closing in on her, that the metal is compacting. The seatbelt keeps her locked down to the driver’s seat and she can’t leave if she wants to. The Satomobile holds her hostage and she lets it. Even while it’s hurting her, even while it’s harshly molding itself onto her, she stays at her father’s heel because, what else is she to do?

this is one of my favorite things ive ever done with asami’s character, is using future industries/satomobiles as a sort of vehicle (heh) for her relationship with her dad. this paragraph just kind of hurts, but the good hurt? but also not good hurt? it’s just, (and not me over here boasting about my writing or anything) it’s so poetic that she has this breakdown and she’s so upset with her dad, i mean “what should’ve been” like, asami KNOWS that the shit that’s just happened is more than wrong, yet asami is still somehow wondering how she can please her dad and it’s in the literal legacy hiroshi built for himself. “she stays at her father’s heel because, what else is she to do?” i remember writing that and being like “shit, am i really gonna do this? yeah” ugh, i could go on forever about how i love this section, but i’ll stop here for now.

Asami begins yelling, screaming at the top of her lungs, letting all the thoughts, all the insecurities her father gave her finally be released into the world. Kuvira lets her, simply nodding and following along on the couch while Asami paces her living room. She spews out word after word, about the work, about the presentation, about Iroh, his position, her position, the company, the CEO, and she only stops when she feels the weight of her father rest on her shoulders.

back with more diction; i really love this paragraph because of how we circle back to hiroshi. note how i first say “the CEO” and then a few words later say “her father” because, in a way, this is asami’s confession that hiroshi is CEO first and father second, if i haven’t already explicitly said so. it’s so heart wrenching and sad but my favorite thing about it is this isn’t even about korra. like THIS right here is a prime example about how i realized this fic became more than just a love story. in the planning stages of this fic, asami was going to go through getting the presentation taken away from her, but what was she going to focus more on? the fact that korra wasn’t around anymore. and yes, asami still does think about korra after this, but so much more happens for her. asami gets to know kuvira more, asami gets to know her lab partners more, (and my personal hc is that they’ve all been lab partners for two years and only NOW asami is getting to be friends with them in their senior year, but hey, better late than never!) and to me, what’s even better, is that a bunch of realizations come to asami w/o korra being there. asami is growing and the idea of being able to grow without needing to have a partner in order to grow is so important to me, not only for the fact that growth should be endless and something you do all the time for yourself, but asami literally wants to share it with korra. not boast about changing and growing and becoming better, but just be better with korra. sdlfakds i swear, im fangirling over my own writing, oops

okay, moving on from The Meeting and onto the rest of the chapter

this dock scene was also another part i wrote beforehand and it had a completely different ending in that asami was going to ask korra out on a date. of course, korra would’ve said yes, and then yay yay happy ending. this didn’t happen and i’m glad it didn’t. in one version of this dock scene, asami was actually going to be upset with korra for disappearing, and even worse, mad that korra wasn’t there to comfort her after the presentation. oof, i know. so so glad i didn’t continue down that line, cause it is toxic, and my girls aren’t like that at all.

Once Korra’s eyes meet hers, Asami says, “That doesn’t mean you always have to be on your own.” She smiles at Korra, at the girl who’s turned her world upside down. Her hand remains on Korra’s cheek and she feels the girl sink into her palm. “I’ll be here for you, and it seems like Tenzin will be too, what with saying he was calling you more. And you have his family, and your own family, even though they’re away, they’re here to support you, we all are. You can still be strong and turn to other people for help. It takes great strength to ask for help and I know for a fact you’re strong enough, those bags of coffee beans were nothing for you.”

i like this line of dialogue here for a few reasons, mostly because asami is so soft and so right and the joke at the really helped lighten the mood but didn’t take away from what she’d just said before. i don’t have too much else about the Reunions section, though if you guys have any questions or anything you wanna point out, please do so! i think what i will say is that i tried to be as real and gentle with korra’s progression. i was so nitpicky about everything i wrote because i didn’t want to get any of it wrong or over dramatized or fake. recovery from anything is so important and it takes time and it’s not a straight line so i hope i did a good job with it the rest of the fic. 

moving on, i love the found family trope and this leads me into the next section, New Friends

when i think about this section, i like how soft it is, and i really enjoy the ending bits: korra recounting memories from the south, asami meeting tenzin. i think what i like about the end of this chapter is that, it kind of leaves the question: what’s next?

asami has grown, she’s changed, she sees the errors of her father’s ways but she’s not excusing them. korra has grown, she’s changing, she’s taken the first step in recovery. now it’s just a matter of, what happens with this growth now. and i really loved how i wrapped up the fic in the next and last chapter, so i hope you enjoy it too :))

honorable mentions:

there were a lot of changes in this chapter and one of them got changed twice! korra was gonna get a therapist but then i was like, we gotta get the krew together, and then i was like supppppoorttttt grouuuppppp, because lets be honest, all the krew has stuff they need to work through, and i know therapy isn’t for everyone, but mental health is so vital and important. asami is an advocate for therapy in the chapter but there are also other means to take care of yourself and your mental health and while i’ve never been to a support group, i understand finding comfort in knowing you’re not alone.

i guess what i’m trying to say is please take care of yourself and dont be afraid to lean on others. i know not everyone has the means to get a therapist/psychiatrist and i know that your friends aren’t made to only be your therapist. buuuut, don’t be afraid to reach out, there’s nothing wrong with needing help and support :)

anything i would’ve wanted to change?

honestly, i think the only thing i would’ve wanted to change was mako’s speech during the support group meeting. for me, it was a lil bit too poetically out of character. not to say i want to change the content, but rather the manner in which it’s presented. other than that though, i really loved writing this chapter :)

so this analysis was reeeaaaalllly long, i understand if not everyone made it to end. anyways, thanks so much for reading this analysis and the fic! once again, i’m very much open to questions and any comments, i love them very much! i’ll see you guys in the next analysis of the final chapter :)

[xianglingslesbian]

way of kings, Satsuki’s moving castle (👀), Daiki’s basketball (👀👀), oh no he’s hot, and unstoppable force/immovable object pls

ah hihi! ty for the ask!! <3 this got very long so i am putting it under a cut

the way of kings

this is basically just a knb stormlight au lmaooo. i actually dont have much yet its just a vague outline and the main character placements. i also have to work out a LOT of stuff bc. heralds. i’ll list the placements i have for now!!

kaladin - hyuuga OR aomine i really cannot decide smh. EDIT HOLY SHIT MIDORIMA IS THE PERFECT KALADIN 

adolin - kise bc you cant tell me that ‘“fight me!” adolin said’ isn’t PEAK kise energy

shallan - .......izuki. puns? puns. also yay for shared insecurity complexes and refusal to address their own mental health

dalinar - kasamatsucchi <3 he has the eyebrows and the blue uniform don’t @ me

jasnah - uhh araki, solely because i didn’t wanna change au!jasnah’s gender. otherwise 100% would have been midorima

sadeas - imayoshit :) everyone flip off the manipulative bastard

renarin - kurokooooo!! okay but the idea of a person construed as weak finding their own way in the world is really similar b/w these two

sylphrena - momoi <333 syl rlly do have momoi energy tbh

i do have a couple more placements BUT idk where ur at in the series and it could be a potential spoiler so i’m gonna shut up now. tagging @serenesavagery bc i think she’d like this ily saori

satsuki’s moving castle

ok here’s an AU i actually have shit planned out for (and some chapters written) lmaooo it’s a momoi/riko howl AU!! riko = sophie + momoi = howl is rlly fun to write lol. also aomine is calcifer bc let’s be real that tiny fire demon was basically just demon!aomine. the chapter titles in this one are gold tbh i’m really proud of them -- examples are, “Do YOU Want A Charming Stranger To Sweep You Off Your Feet? [Not Clickbait]” and “Riko Aida Presents - Being Old Sucks, Part 1/? (Also, There's A Demon But That’s Not Important)”.

tiny snippet: 

Riko could feel the stirrings of heat in her cheeks as Satsuki pressed against her, arm laying on her hand. 

“Let me,” she said sweetly. Dazed, Riko did so, moving aside so Satsuki had better access to the food. 

“Hand me a couple of eggs and some more bacon, please,” Satsuki instructed. Riko complied, doing her best to keep her composure. This was the wicked wizard Satsuki, not just any pretty girl - she had to be on her guard. 

Satsuki cooked much the same way Riko did, planting a few doubts in the now-aged girl’s mind. Eggshells in the eggs, blackened bacon… perhaps her cooking really was bad.

Then again, from what she’d seen of Junpei, he did have a tendency to exaggerate.

“no its totally not gay for a girl to cook over your shoulder what do you mean” - aida riko, circa 1920 (approx. when this is set bc it follows the ghibli movie)

daiki’s basketball

yes its an aomine-kuroko roleswap yes i like torturing myself because it comes w/the bonus of inflicting this upon my readers. it’s my first multichapter, and like ewbts it’s also half posted and then i realised how shittily i’d written it so i started rewriting smh. the only redeemable bit about v1 is the summary bc it’s good for my summary standards: 

tetsu had changed. tetsu was no longer his partner. but daiki saw that same spark in kagami, and even if he wasn’t one for sappy romantic stuff like tetsu, maybe this time… maybe this time the light he picked would stay with him.

im not crying you are

a small snippet: 

“Well, you like painting. Maybe paint a basketball on the school wall or something?” Satsuki suggested absently, still looking at the giant chocolate fountain. It couldn’t hurt to go in and try it, right?

“Thanks, Satsuki.” Daiki’s voice had a sudden spark to it, and Satsuki’s eyes shot wide as she realised what she’d said.

“No - Dai, wait! You can’t-” But he’d already cut the call.

Oh, God save Satsuki Momoi.

(yes. he did actually. paint the fucking school wall. god save momoi indeed)

oh no he’s hot

this is an older idea but one i still love tbh! i have to work around the setting bc i wanna set it in not-america 😂 i have a summary written up which describes it well so i will plug it: 

Everything was in place. Zuko would have adopted Izumi by this time tomorrow; would have met the demands of his company; would be a father, the best one that he could. He had to admit he was a little more than excited - it’s not every day that you get to be a father, and especially not to a firecracker like Izumi. Now, if only Izumi’s social worker weren’t this attractive… and if only he weren’t the same man that Zuko had been absolutely, abominably horrible to the previous week.

its a zukka modern AU in which zuko is running his dad’s company after ousting ozai, and the board pressures him to get an heir. ace gay bean zuko decides he’ll adopt instead. also azula/katara subplot with katara being an intern at azula’s hospital (NOT in charge of azula tho bc that can lead to some weird power dynamics). highkey slowburn romance tbh. zukka hate each other for only a bit, but the friendzoning is unreal lmao

immovable object meets unstoppable force

this is a set of legend of korra rewrite oneshots! basically im trying to fix all the colorism, sexism and other issues + give a better rep to korrasami bc lbr we deserved more development. also side character rights <3 

i actually have posted one fic of it here so i suppose this counts as a snippet? its pema/lin hahaha yay for lesbians

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thank you so much for this ask i just really ran away with it i get excited talking about my projects and wow now i have fuel for daiki’s basketball again so that might just be the one i finish soonest <3 

[fanfoolishness]

Steven Universe Future reactions

For episode Bluebird! It got a little long, so I’m going to do A Very Special Episode on its own.  As always, feel free to reblog with your own thoughts or message me to yell about things! :-D

Okay Steven’s commercial is adorable.  Yay Lapis!  Is this her first appearance since Future started?

Love her morp studio!  She’s moving onto figure drawing it looks like.

Little Larimar is of course an actor

“Are you used to plotting?”  He was SOOO happy to make that pun, and his little plotting face is ADORBS

Peridot is so supportive

You know what, I bet Steven DOES smell good

We now know the truth: Steven loves tomato soup

Way to be productive and use that toilet paper!

Aww the song Sadie and Steven are playing!

She really IS A FUCKING COCKROACH ISN’T SHE

I hated her instantly

I really can’t believe they made a Steven pinata

Missed it the first time around but damn that’s so upsetting

Why not a star???

Clams, peanut butter and grass?  Steven no!

Bluebird’s teeth are eminently punchable

Steven, you need to not have these parties in your HOME

Yay, I love that Steven had to draw this out and that his chibis are great

I really love paranoid Steven

People need to tell Gems to go to Little HOMEWORLD first, Steven’s house ONLY if invited

aww now they’re playing Sadie Killer and the Suspects

Steven’s angry voice!!! you obviously shook it!

I did not realize how new the Garnet/Pearl/Steven/Amethyst painting was! awwww!

Okay so, Greg is gonna get a character arc this season!  He’s been in almost every episode and now that the uncorrupted Gems are here and they’re acting just like more people he’s clearly becoming more comfortable with them.  Whether that means he and Steven will ever talk about all the Gem trauma, I don’t know, but it looks more hopeful than ever...

I mean, he’s hanging out with new Gems, going to the welcome party, doesn’t seem weirded out by much except the Rose Quartzes, which is a big improvement for him!

Bluebird’s got a knife!

You know what, it’s just fine to not have to like every single Gem!

Oh no, Amethyst’s art!!!!  I feel you Amethyst!  Steven, how could you???

I am a little disturbed by how adorable I find pajama Steven.  He’s now beefy underneath his squishiness and I just love it.

How DID they even get the van up there

DON’T HURT OUR GREG

Hmmm, it must be fall.  Steven put on his jacket to go outside.  That would fit with the possible snow day episode next week? Although it could also be an ice gem going crazy I suppose.

I FUCKING HATE how Cockroach’s lower legs work, it’s so gross

“I always knew, everyone knew”

There’s my sarcastic eyeroll for my bingo card

Poor GREG

omg their list of demands, what the fuck

seriously??????????

GREGGGGGGGGG!!! That’s enough!!!! 

So badass! but then he’s crying and holding his hair and I feel like somebody died

That comic on tumblr CAME TRUE

Future has had so much focus on fusion!    I need to think about why.

Alexandrite SNORTING smoke, soo good!

omg fuck Eyeball and Aquamarine seriously

little shits

Poor Greg again

I love love love the Greg/Steven hugs in this episode!!!!!!!!!!!!

*crying forever*

Seriously though, everyone knows the best character development happens after a dramatic haircut with a knife.  Korra? Zuko?  IT’S GREG’S TURN BITCHES

I’m still astounded by how sad I am for him!

Fic ideas for myself: Greg getting his hair cut properly from someone in Beach City and musing on the end of an era; maybe Steven putting some fucking locks on his doors and his warp????  What does Steven really smell like?

[justteamavatar]

I kinda missed out Korrasami month, any fic recs you have from the prompts this year?

Hmm, I can’t remember too many off the top of my head, but these were some of the ones I checked out:

Legends Never Die by Gemini_Sweet

A modern AU semi-real world/Avatar fantastical fanfiction based upon prompts from Tumblr account Korrasami Month 2019

Girl Next Door by Gemini_Sweet

Korra moves into the house next door to Asami

A Meeting of Souls by ItsaVikingThing

Korra and Asami's daughter always assumed that her moms had an epic romance from the beginning, given how stupidly in love they are. But when she asks them what happened the first time they met, Korra and Asami are forced to admit that it wasn't quite love at first sight...

The Blue That Lasts by guileheroine

When Asami goes seeking answers to the blights plaguing her town, a mysterious near death experience leads her to a fascinating new friendship that can turn more than their fortunes.

Mermaid AU! (fishy Korra/human Asami)

Vatten och Metall by Ashleopard and soSwedeithurtsmyteeth

31 prompts for Korrasami month! Expect varied levels of success and lots of fluff! Not particularly set to one universe - just snippets that we will explain as we go along! Rated for language and more mature themes in later chapters.

Tinkering by Writerleft

Asami Sato, engineer extraordinaire, can build anything in the world--but for once, Korra's the one putting something together!

Will Korra's pride make her task harder than it needs to be? Can Asami handle sitting on the sidelines, while someone else flounders in her field of expertise?

Korrasami Month Prompts by Pillowscience21

Yay! Korrasami month! Here are the works for the prompts i have chosen, i wont be writing for a all of them because i have been a rather busy bee lately!

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There is an  archive of the Korrasami Month 2019 fics as well. I don’t think all of the stories are listed in the collection, but you can check some more of them out here.

[encyclopika]

Post the first line of your last 10 published fics and tag 10 people

I don’t even know if I have ten...but wanted to do this ANYWAY. I’m finally going to start back up with the writing. YAY But...I’m not tagging anyone. Hope this just goes around. 1. Nothing. A concrete slab waned to the side, the brick crumbled under its weight. She peaked inside. Nothing again. Uravity listened intently for any sound - a rustle, a whimper, something - anything to tell her where a survivor may be pinned, but with the blaring of sirens on the scene, she and her partner were looking blind. - Missing  (My Hero Academia)

2.  Izuku came to an abrupt stop as he reached yet another intersection between the shipping containers. - My Valentine’s Heart (My Hero Academia)

3. “It’s definitely a monster house. No doubt about it,” Ama said as she looked over the mission request. The Pikachu had noticed the letter was addressed specifically to the strongest of guild members from a so-called Hel the Heliolisk asking for a challenge in Prickly Desert. -The Fight in Prickly Desert (Pokemon Mystery Dungeon)

4. When we were born, there was nothing but darkness for as far as the eye could see. In my dreams, I heard voices from the inky blackness. -Banishment (Pokemon)

5. Korra fidgeted in the wooden chair, looking straight ahead where strangers danced.  -The Masquerade (Legend of Korra)

6. He awoke with a start, clutching his side as he sat up too quickly. The pain surged through him as if a knife had been plunged there. -Better (Legend of Korra)

7. The city of Metropolis; the last, large city in a darkening world, slowly rotting to the ground underneath it. -Demons of Metropolis (Pokemon AU)

8.  Had I known what would befall me in the few months prior to this narration, I would have never even stepped foot into Wigglytuff's guild that one bright afternoon. -The Joke’s On Me (Pokemon Mystery Dungeon)

9. I don’t exactly know where to start this story. All I can say is that this one winter really changed my life. I guess I should start at the beginning; maybe it’ll make more sense. Well I guess it all started at the end of autumn, years ago when I was still an Eevee. -Esara and the Man of Winter (Pokemon)

10. The forest was thick at the bottom of the mountains. A cool breeze sneaked down from the mountain top and brushed through my black fur. -Umbreona (Pokemon)

There’s about 10+ years worth of fic here. Earlier stuff is so cringey. Gosh, I think Esara and Demons need re-writes. They are literally 14 years old.

[flying-elliska]

hi ellie! what's your top 5 tv shows? (no skam, this is kinda obvious 😂)

haha anon thank you for reminding me there were tv shows other than skam :D

- Buffy the Vampire Slayer - first series I ever went apeshit for, it brings up so many memories of saving to buy dvd boxsets and watching VHS tapes with my bestie and halloween parties and cutting snippets out of fan magazines (whoop i’m old). It’s dated and problematic now but. It’s still so Quality TM. It’s so good at using dumbass genre tropes (which are also super fun don’t get me wrong) to say super deep shit about life and love and growing up. There are a lot of parts I wish I could rewrite and maybe send different messages (Still not over Tara’s death...) but still, when I rewatch it I’m like wow, that shit was my life once upon a time. And the Vibe ! It’s still so funny and taught me the importance of using humor to support darker storylines so it doesn’t get too gloomy or self serious. And they’re doing a modern comics reboot, which I’m so gonna buy once money happens. Also we’ve gone far enough round the bend that some of their outfits are like. really cool again. And it was the actual first time I saw a lesbian couple story that was so positive and loving and celebrated. I didn’t even know I was bi at the time but it made me so happy. (and it pushed me into my witchy phase instead lmaoooooo)

- Star Trek (techically a cheat bc a lot of series in one but lmao). I became a fan like 5 years ago and still it felt like I knew it already, because it’s so engraved in our consciousness. It’s just incredible to think that people were obsessing over shit, shipping stuff, falling in love with characters, just like we do, already in the 60s. It feels so comfy to watch, and the optimistic worldview still gives me hope we can get our shit together as a species. I just go back to it periodically, it’s one of those things you know will be there forever. And some of the stories are dumb or really bad but some are just....so good and so deep...wow. My favorite has to be Deep Space Nine because I love so many of its characters and it got a bit darker and more ambitious with the overall storytelling. And I could write a political science essay about several of the plotlines. You got bad rubber lizard masks and everyone dresses like a train carpet, but also you got really deep storylines about guilt and propaganda and genocide and how to make ideals stick and nation building and the evils of blind bureaucracy and idealism vs pragmatism and !!! It’s my jam really. 

- Black Sails ! I’m still ??? that we got a show like that. It was billed yay pirates boobs beaches explosions, produced by Michael Bay ! But what we got instead was like, ok wow. First of all 4 main characters are queer, plus two polyamorous relationships, plus several side characters who aren’t straight either including one that is introduced in the last 5 min of the show. They start with this really badass scary pirate captain who has a troubled story with a woman and then half way through the second season (spoilers) they reveal that the entire backbone of the series’ story is that he was in love with a man and he is so angry at how they treated him that he’s going to war with the entire British Empire over it. It’s one of the finest examples of heterobaiting I’ve ever seen. AND his relationship with the other main character is also extremely full of longing and subtext even if they never actually go there. Plus, awesome sword fighting lesbian pirate ! And of course apart from that the story is really good and says some incredible things about stories, power, oppression, empire, freedom, how ‘monsters’ are made. I think a lot of people slept on it because the first season is kinda slow to start and has a really problematic rape storyline. But imho it’s worth powering through. And it has one of the most satisfying endings I’ve ever seen in a TV show. 

- Brooklyn Nine-nine. Ultimate comfort show and still so fucking funny - it’s arguably gotten better over time, even. Jake and Amy are one of the rare canon het couples I actually read fic for lmao. I love how all the characters are interesting in their own ways. I love how they dismantle toxic masculinity so hard, do diversity in a way that feels completely organic, and tackle some stuff that is seriously wrong with the US/cops in general from their middle of the road perspective in a way that never feels like they’re teaching you a lesson. I love that their female characters are all strong in different ways and shown to be flawed and still lovable and hilarious. I love how they portray their queer characters in such an honest way without ever reducing them to their sexuality. It’s one of these shows that actually makes being a grown up appear interesting and not boring.I love the big found family vibes. I love it so much. 

- Bonus Cheat Round because I’m incapable of choosing one last one ! Halt and Catch Fire (Lee Pace ! Amazing creative female partnership !) Doctor Who (Moffat can fuck off but some of the eps remain incredible sci-fi stories) Skam (sorry oops), Avatar/Legend of Korra, Agent Carter (mostly the 1st season tho), Pushing Daisies (Lee Pace! Super cuteness! Whyyyyyyy was it cancelled sighhhh), Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (Adorable period drama w badass female MC), Legends of Tomorrow (admire their committment to going for the most balls to the walls out there solution everytime, plus badass bis everywhere), Parks and Rec, the Good Place, Broad City, Penny Dreadful (altho I hate the ending my god), Hannibal, a Series of Unfortunate Events, the Expanse, Killing Eve (just watched, it’s amazing)... I guess I watch too much TV lol but don’t we all. 

[kristallioness]

#1, 14, 17, 19, 22, 23 & 25

Yay! Thank you for the first bunch, dear anon! Here goes…

1. Favorite fic you wrote this year*goes through all 25 fanfics*.. Oh my gosh, it’s surprisingly hard to choose! I narrowed my options down to a few, but I think my favourite fic from 2018 would be “Aching for attention”. It’s one of my newest ones, the story is short and sweet, inspired by one of my friends’ post, and I also drew a quick illustration of my favourite scene.

14. A fic you didn’t expect to writeThe same one I mentioned above, but besides that, I don’t think I would’ve written “Healing old scars” if I hadn’t read “Turf Wars: Part Three” and noticed the little detail Mako mentioned to Korra.

17. Fics you’ll continue next year*checks New_ideas.txt file*.. Umm, I don’t think I left anything unfinished. There are ideas that I’ve written down throughout the years, in case I’m in the right mood to write (or draw) something based on them. But it seems I’m starting from a completely blank page this year.

19. Any new fics to start next yearDefinitely, plenty (as I said in the previous answer)! And there’ll probably a lot more I’m not even aware of that I’m gonna write (when I have an idea).

22. Events you participated in this yearEvents that included writing fanfics.. only two come to mind: I wrote 10 11 fanfics for Kataang Week 2018 (+ a Kataang Mini Week after Christmas) and answered 8 prompts for Use Your Language Day.

23. Fics you wanted to write but didn’tI’ve been wanting to write the one I mentioned in the first answer over here, but simply haven’t gotten around to it due to lack of time. I’ve made it my goal to write it in 2019. *fingers crossed*

25. A fic you read this year you would recommend everyone readNow this one that @izumism wrote really touched me, even more so since I didn’t know that besides being a talented gif-maker, she’s also an amazing writer. It’s one of the most memorable ones from last year.

[thesilentpotato]

“...Yeah, Mako and Bolin could be sitting the next row down and not recognize them.

‘You don't think this whole thing is ridiculous?’ Korra asked.

Asami chuckled, and kissed her. ‘Of course it is. But if we can't carve out some space for the ridiculous in our lives, really, what's the point?’

Korra grinned, just as announcer's voice boomed: ‘GAOLING! WELCOME TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND OF YOUR EARTH! RUMBLE! EIGHTY! SIIIIIIIIIX!’...” (x)

Whew! I finally finished it a month late. Wow is this my first time posting my own art of the gals together? Well sweet! Anyways, this is my long overdue thank-you-and-speedy-recovery fanart for the wonderful @threehoursfromtroy, who has been a force in this fandom for quite a while now. She organized the avatar rewatch in the spring which brought people closer and helped avatar fans make new friends! She leaves fun commentary on people’s fanart! She’s the author of some of the best korrasami fic out there!

Speaking of, this is from her fic Earth Rumble LXXXVI, which incidentally was originally a gift for someone else. I feel like I’m continuing a chain here lol. I laughed, I was on the edge of my seat, I felt Asami’s pride in her wife(!). Not to mention, bringing Korra’s and Asami’s costumes to life was so much fun.

Thank you, @threehoursfromtroy for your dedication to this lil avatar corner of the internet, and I’m sending you many well wishes and good vibes for the wonders your future is sure to bring you! Also, big thanks to @thewillowtree3 for organizing the whole gift shebang and asking me to participate, you’re awesome.

Yay korrasami! Yay canon bi ladies! Yay kind people!

[atemusluckygal-fanfiction]

1, 3, 9, 10, and 18.

Hey there @silverwindsblog!

1) Is there a story you’re holding off on writing for some reason?

At this very moment, not really. I’m pretty focused on Vices right now. I guess other chapters to add onto my non-sequential future fic (Atem and Tea raise their daughter) “Korra” might count, and I have most of them saved as small drafts, but I’d rather finish my current project first.

3) What order do you write in? Front to back? Chronological? Favorite scenes first? Something else?

I guess it depends! I’ve written quite a few stories and had approached each one a little differently, though all but a few of them started as a basic chicken-scratch outline. The shorter ones I’m usually able to plunk out chronologically no problem. For the longer/deeper ones, most of the time I actually just write the scenes I have the clearest and most developed vision of, and they’re pretty much always out of order. I started using placeholders a few years ago, which is one of the best tools to use if that’s how you write. Not only did it encourage me to actually finish a story, but that particular order allows me to go back to those placeholders and better elaborate the content I’m filling in there, especially when the story is more or less mapped out (all my incomplete stories are an example of me NOT doing this and then giving up). For Vices, I actually wrote the first three chapters (Part I & II plus the interlude between them) as one single large chunk, and later sectioned it off where I thought was appropriate, and spent the turnaround time editing the next “section” as the next chapter. It helped the story flow a little more seamlessly. I wish I could do that again for the forthcoming chapters, but everyone would be waiting probably half a year for the next part to come out!

9) What, if anything, do you do for inspiration?

Consuming media helps a lot. Then diving headfirst into the rabbit hole and getting super nerdy analytical about each thing I read, listen to, or watch. Researching anything that fascinates me keeps my brain juices flowing, and ideas always pop up based on the knowledge I gain. I also like observing social behaviors of people around me (yay people watching!), and connecting them to characters I write or re-characterize. I’ve been meaning to do more creative writing exercises, like the stream-of-consciousness timed writing thing or just picking random prompts (or have people pick them for me!). I have done it before, but I need to do it more regularly.

10) Write in silence or with background noise? With people or alone?

When outlining, writing a light or uneventful scene, I like a little TV on in the background. But if I’m in refinement stage, or writing a heavy scene that requires impeccable execution, all noise and distractions are OFF. I have to be completely immersed in my world to be able to do it, to the point where sometimes I don’t even hear my boyfriend talking to me. Which answers the next question: alone. Definitely alone. So when my boyfriend is around and home, I am basically not writing.

18)  Were there any works you read that affected you so much that it influenced your writing style? What were they?

This is, admittedly, a hard question for me to answer. I think my style is influenced by many things, spanning from books to TV to social media content, even other fanfiction works I like. But I am usually not conscious of how I am influenced by these things, just that it happens. Sorry for the lame answer! As far as storycraft, I draw from books like Brave New World, the Hunger Games trilogy, and anything by Kurt Vonnegut (even the small amount of Stephen King I was able to get through). TV shows include Game of Thrones and Handmaid’s Tale. A lot of my humor stems from shows like Parks and Recreation, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and, more recently, Peep Show.

Thanks for the ask!

xo ALG

[flo-nelja]

Mainly femslash fandoms

Due to some posts on the femslash tags, I searched on AO3 for fandoms where F/F was the first category (yay!). (Of course there are more, but I hope I haven’t missed a big one)

Supergirl (9003 F/F fics)

Carmilla (webseries) (5091 F/F fics)

Steven Universe (4661 F/F fics)

Legend of Korra (3466 F/F fics)

RWBY (3071 F/F fics)

Person of Interest (2539 F/F fics)

Pitch Perfect (2276 F/F fics)

Orphan Black (2201 F/F fics)

Agent Carter (1876 F/F fics)

Life is Strange (1806 F/F fics)

Warehouse 13 (1460 F/F fics)

Rizzoli & Isles (1154 F/F fics)

The Devil Wears Prada (924 F/F fics)

Lost Girl (760 F/F fics)

Puella Magi Madoka Magica (715 F/F fics)

Xena (598 F/F fics)

Adventure Time (521 F/F fics)

Orange is the New Black (516 F/F fics)

Kill la kill (435 F/F fics)

Utena (300 F/F fics)

Skins (294 F/F fics)

Just to be clear, there ARE fandoms with more femslash fics in numbers. My criteria was: F/F before M/F, M/M and even gen

If you want a list of big femslash ships with no other criteria, there’s an awesome list here.

[aang-shadowhunters]

My Big Birthday Master Post!!!

Hey friends!! So as I said last night, I have an announcement. Next week is my 21st birthday, on the 29th! So as an Internet birthday present to myself, there are some things I would like to accomplish before than:

1. More Followers I would like to gain 21, because I'm turning 21, or more followers by next week. What I've gathered from other people's posts, the best way to get more followers is to list the things that your in to. So, please follow me if you like: - The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare - Jessa (Jem and Tessa from The Infernal Devices) - Shadowhunters TV - Malec (Magnus and Alec from Shadowhuntes) - Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Legend of Korra - Pentatonix (the best accapela  group ever) - Broadway musicals - General book nerd things - Ukuleles/play the ukulele My blog mainly focuses on Shadowhunters, but these are some of my other interests.

2. My Shadowhunters Scavenger Hunt I plan on launching this project on the 29th, but I need your guys help. I want everyone to have as much fun as possible, so want this to be a group effort. I need your help to come up with categories, topics, prizes, all that stuff. So, here are a list of things I need to guys to help me with before I launch this project: - I need ideas for categories, I want to have at least 20 of them. - I need ideas for topics, I want to have 5 topics per category - Should I have prizes? - If so, what should the prizes be, and what should they be rewarded for? - Should I make a submission box? I would think that it would be easier for everyone if they sent it to a submission box so their scavenger hunt ballot can be private. - I would like to team up with some people to make it easier on myself, but if no one wants to team up that's fine too.

3. My Plot Bunny Adoption Center Ok, so I launched this project back in February, but no one seems interested in it. Is there somethings I can do to make it more interesting? Is the fact that you have to sign up a be a part of a group that's turning people off from it? I need your feed back.

4. Fanfiction Award Show Are you guys still interested in this? Back when I first posted about it, there were a few people who were interested in it, but now no seems to pay any mind to it when I post about it. I think that this could be really fun if I can get enough people together to make it happen. In the Wicked the musical fandom, they have the Greg Awards, which is where I first heard of this kind of thing. They seem to be pretty successful with it. Go read my other posts on this to see what my ideas for this are.

5. Give Me Your Prompts I would like to post some new fanfics on the 29th. I need you to send me your prompts for We Just Need Some Comfort, Jessa Fluff Headcanons, or prompts for any other fics you would like me to write. Some people have asked me to turn my fic A Big Misunderstanding into a series of humorous one shots, so if you have any ideas for that, please let me know. My only restrictions are that I don't write smut, so don't send me any smutty prompts.

6. Give Me Your Headcanons Ideas Live never made a headcanon post, they sound like fun to make. So if you have any headcanons that you would like me to make, please let me know.

7. Request Some Magazine Edits/Magnus's Outfit Appreciation Posts I've made a few of those posts in the last few weeks, and everyone seemed to like them. So if you have any requests for any of these things, do be afraid to ask.

Ok friends ( are you guys ok with me calling you that? Does it annoy you? Do you want me to call you something else? I just thought I'd try it out so I'm not calling you "you guys" or "everyone" all the time. That's boring)! That's all for now. Birthdays seem to be a big ordeal here on Tumblr, so I thought I would make mine fun and exciting. So, take some time to look at my list here, and don't be afraid to message me if you have any questions, if you have a request, if you want to take part in any of my projects, if you have suggestions for my scavenger hunt, or if you just want to say hi. My inbox is always open. Like and reblog to spread this around. Bye! - Gracie ;-) ( I thought I'd try putting a signature at the end of my posts now. Yay or nay?