#yuletide playlist

[loki-erlking]

Made this playlist a few years ago and have been updating to it yearly. There are like 2 or 3 songs that are more christmasy that Yuletide/solstice focused but it’s a nice little collection if anyone is looking for some deferent toons to listen to this year

[dreamyplaylists]

Yuletide greetings, friends! Hope you all enjoy this festive, unique, and quite gay (teehee) holiday playlist 🌲🎅🥁

[crytidsprinkles]

My X-mas and Yuletide playlist:

[ironyscleverer]

5 Christmas/Yule/Winter Albums for Your Enjoyment:

the vibes are a spooky folkloric midwinter somewhere down the centuries in Darkest Europe (mostly England).

If on a Winter’s Night, by Sting

Ancient Winter, by Leah

The Castle of the Holly King: Secular Songs for the Yuletide by Shira Kammen

The Holly King, by MaddRegaeles Muse

A Feast of Songs: Holiday Music from the Middle Ages, by Barry and Beth Hall

Plus my own personal playlist featuring songs from all of these albums and more.

Happy listening!!!

[oswildin]

A Merry Christmas (Loki x Reader)

Summary: In the spirit of Christmas, you bring Loki some Yuletide. But maybe he has a trick or two up his own sleeve when it comes to bringing you some Yuletide of your own.

Genre: Fluff, friends to lovers, AU

“F.R.I.D.A.Y, play my Christmas playlist.”

Loki furrowed his brows, looking up to find you entering the common area of the compound, bags in your hands, a Santa hat atop your head. ‘Last Christmas’ began playing through F.R.I.D.A.Y’s speaker system as you approached the couch, placing the bags down, the plastic rustling as it settled, Loki’s sea-green eyes flickering between the bags and you.

“Uh- what is all this?” Loki asked, standing from his seat and pointing towards the bags, seeing what appeared to be various Christmas items decorations, as well as a large box under your arm.

“Me bringing you some Yuletide.” You said simply, shrugging off your jacket as you threw it over the back of the couch with a sigh.

“What?” Loki blinked, scrunching his face faintly, glancing around him as if you were pulling some sort of prank.

“It’s your first Christmas on Earth, right?” You continued, raising a brow, rounding the couch to take a seat beside the bags. “So, I thought I’d give you the full experience, educate you if you will.” You mused lightly, beginning to reach into the bags to rifle through the items. Loki’s brows once again creased, lips pursing.

“I don’t need ‘educating’.” He insisted, watching as you began to pull out various decorative things, tinsel, fairy lights, baubles…

“I even bought some DVDs.” You pulled out a few of the said physical copies of Christmas movies, showing him with a small smile before placing them down on the coffee table with the other objects you’d pulled out. Loki let out a quiet sigh, before moving to retake his seat, clearing his throat. “And a gift…” You added, smirking. Your hands reached into the paper bag, grasping the fabric of the green sweater you’d purchased, before throwing it his way. He caught it with ease, face once again scrunching as he unfolded the fabric, instantly looking at the sweater with distain.

“You can’t have Christmas without an ugly Christmas sweater.” You commented, amusement evident in your gaze as you grabbed your own sweater from the bag.

“What?” Loki breathed out, realising you expected him to wear the hideous sweater. “Absolutely not. It’s humiliating.”

It was about five minutes later when Loki finally caved, sat quietly with his lips in a tight line as he plucked an invisible hair from the woolly material, less than pleased. “I think it suits you, you should wear it every day.” Your voice held barely concealed amusement, as you leaned back against the couch, now wearing your own rather ugly sweater.

“No.” Loki simply stated, tone almost grumbly. You couldn’t help but let your lips quirk upwards, pleased that he was indulging in your festivities, even if it was reluctantly and with a scowl.

“You’re right. It’s far too beautiful to be worn every day.” You teased, smirking. Loki narrowed his eyes faintly, although there was a flicker of his own amusement dancing in his gaze. “Special occasions only then. Speaking of…” You reached towards the coffee table, grabbing the bottle of mulled wine you’d acquired on your shopping trip. “I know this is more your thing.” You raised a brow, holding the bottle towards Loki as he shifted in his seat, leaning forwards to take the dark green bottle from your hand.

“Not exactly Asgard’s finest.” He mumbled, although his lips faintly quirked upwards as he spoke. “But I suppose it will do just nicely.” And with that, he gracefully pushed himself to stand, moving towards the kitchenette to retrieve two glasses.

Whilst Loki did that, you busied yourself, standing to move towards the large box you’d brought in with you. A Christmas tree. It was cheap, a little tacky - perfect. In fact, most of the things you’d picked up would be deemed as tacky, but you didn’t care, you loved it. Loki soon returned with two glasses of the mulled wine, pausing as he saw you opening the box for the Christmas tree.

“Absolutely not.” Loki shook his head, eyeing you. “I draw the line at this monstrosity I’m wearing.” He glanced down at the sweater, grimacing at the sight.

“We’re decorating a tree.” You told him, tone leaving no room for argument.

“No, we are not.”

Once again, five minutes went by and Loki found himself stood at the tree, holding tinsel in his pale hands as you were wrapping the fairy lights around the plastic branches. Loki watched you with thinly veiled exasperation.

“You do realise I could use my magic and have this place ‘decked out’ with a flick of my wrist.” Loki stated, raising a brow, the glow of the fairy lights illuminating his face. “Saves us doing free labour.”

“Decorating is part of the fun.” You tilted your head looking over at him as he stood across from you on the other side of the tree. He allowed himself a small smile, conceding once again to your reasoning.

“I don’t know if ‘fun’ is quite the word I would use.” He said lowly, taking in a quiet breath. “Tedious may be more accurate.” You rolled your eyes at him.

“Maybe I should’ve got you a Grinch outfit.” You quipped, pursing your lips as you placed a hand on your hip. “Would work great with your attitude.” Loki couldn’t help but let out a huff of amusement at your words, before he threw the tinsel he was holding over your shoulder.

“He did have a heart that was rather small.” Loki smirked. “I’ve heard similar sentiments regarding myself throughout the centuries.” He mused, raising a brow as he tilted his head.

“Ah, but the Grinch’s heart grew.” You smiled, grabbing the tinsel from your shoulder to place it on the tree. “It grew three sizes in fact.” You added.

“Are you trying to tell me through metaphors that I’ve gone soft?” Loki asked, lips quirking upwards in one corner, a glint of mirth in his eyes.

“Well, you’ve certainly plateaued in your… older age.” You replied playfully, eyes flickering over him before turning back to the tree. Loki let out a small breathy chuckle, shaking his head as he moved to grab his glass of mulled wine from the nearby surface it sat on.

“I resent that notion.” He said, feigning indignation. “And I’m still young, thank you very much.” He added, brows furrowing as he took a slow sip of his wine, keeping his eyes on you.

“I’ve heard you wheezing after walking up some stairs.” You said playfully, stepping back from the tree to look at your handiwork. “And you’ve fallen asleep in front of the TV a few times too. I’m pretty sure I’ve even heard you say ‘I was just resting my eyes’…” You trailed off, unable to stop the teasing grin from pulling at your lips as you looked over at him.

“In the spirit of Christmas…” Loki said lowly, playfully glaring at you. “I will refrain from smiting you where you stand.” You let out a laugh at his words, humming as you grabbed your own glass of wine, sighing contentedly at the tree. Loki moved to stand beside you, looking at the tree, his eyes scanning the rather… Garish decorations. “It’s…” Loki trailed off, trying to find the right word.

“Hideous.” You finished for him, still grinning. “Which means-“ You turned to face him. “It’s perfect.” Loki turned his head to look at you, blinking.

“Hideous is good?” He raised a brow. “Just when I think I’m beginning to understand mortals, you go and say something like that.” You shrugged in amusement.

“Mortals don’t even understand mortals.” You smirked. “So you may as well quit while you’re ahead.” You patted his arm in a playfully patronising manner, causing him to roll his eyes.

An hour or so passed, you two both sat in the seating area, you leaning back on the couch with Loki in the armchair, angled towards you. You’d had a few glasses of mulled wine, played a few games, to which Loki got extremely competitive. Especially during charades. But it was mostly because he didn’t know a lot of the things you were trying to mime.

“That was not an elf.”

“Loki, what the hell did you think this-“ You moved your hands to your head, moving them into a triangle, miming a pointy hat. “-was?!”

“A house!”

“It’s a hat! A hat! Elves wear pointy hats! It’s Christmas themed charades!”

But now you were both just enjoying the Christmas music still playing over the speakers, sipping your glasses of wine.

“Look at that…” You mused playfully. “Yuletide hasn’t killed you.” You teased, smirking, regarding him with a slight tilt of your head.

“There’s still time.” Loki replied with a smirk.

“To still having time.” You raised your glass in a toast as Loki did the same.

“In the spirit of Yuletide.” He gave a small, warm smile, before lifting the glass to his lips. You did the same, taking a sip. A moment of comfortable silence passed between you both, as Loki looked down at the wine in his glass, swirling it gently.

“Tell me, in the spirit of ‘educating’…” He began lowly, glancing up at you. “Why are so many Christmas films about love?” He asked, a genuine question, curiosity in his gaze. You raised a brow at his question, before laughing lightly.

“Because that’s what Christmas is all about.” You mused playfully. “That and presents, of course.” You joked, causing Loki to smirk, nodding slowly. “It’s a holiday that relies on people being with family, friends, loved ones…” You continued, tone more serious as you shrugged. “Love is something universal. Felt by everyone at some point. Easy selling point.” You smirked as Loki hummed, a pensive look on his features.

“I suppose.” He said quietly, nodding once again, eyes drifting to his glass. “And does… love… get you mortals in the spirit of Christmas?” He asked, risking a glance over at you. You pursed your lips in thought.

“I suppose.” You echoed his own words back to him. “It’s nicer to spend Christmas with those you care about…” You trailed off, now it was your turn to look down at your glass, trailing a finger around the rim absentmindedly. Silence fell between you both, Loki letting out a quiet breath as he pursed his lips. An idea sprung to his mind as he moved to place down his glass on the coffee table, making you look up with a quizzical look.

“There is… one tradition that I have heard of.” Loki spoke up, raising a brow as he stood from his seat, looking down at you still sat on the sofa. “A tradition that you have failed to mention or even seemingly implement into our festivities.” He chided playfully, before gesturing for you to get to your feet, stepping towards you to take your glass of wine from you.

“Hey-“ You pouted, watching as he placed the glass down next to his, once more ushering you to your feet. You huffed out a small sigh, rolling your eyes before doing as he said and standing. You raised a brow at him. “And what tradition did I forget to mention?” You asked, tilting your head. Loki’s lips ever so faintly tugged upwards, as he lifted his hand, a shimmer of green flickering at his fingertips. You frowned as nothing happened. Loki took a small breath before his eyes lifted to look up, your gaze following his. Your lips parted in surprise as you saw…

“Mistletoe…” You said quietly, brows furrowing. Your gaze fell back down to meet Loki’s, his own blue eyes looking at you, trying to gauge your reaction, a softer look on his features.

“Well…” Loki cleared his throat lightly. “It is a… old tradition, is it not?” He asked lowly, eyes searching yours. You blinked at him, feeling your heart flutter slightly at the notion of kissing him under the mistletoe.

“Are you winding me up?” You asked suspiciously. “That’s not very Yuletide of you.” You commented wryly as Loki shook his head slightly.

“No.” He said simply. “I swear-“ He placed a hand on his chest over his heart. “I’m not ‘winding you up’.” He said softly, faintly smirking at your choice of words. Your own gaze softened, a flicker of disbelief flashing across your face. “I mean, if you would rather skip the tradition-“ He continued, a hint of uncertainty entering his tone, worried he had made a mistake, but you quickly shook your head.

“No!” You said a little too incessantly, before clearing your throat. “I mean- No… It’s… A… nice idea.” A nice idea? You mentally cursed yourself. “By ‘nice’ I mean, in the spirit of Christmas, of course.”

“Of course.” Loki nodded, holding your gaze. A moment of stillness passed between you, both of you seemingly wondering who would make the move. However, it didn’t take long for Loki to be the one to do so, taking a small step closer to you. You swore you heard him take a quiet sharp breath. Was he… nervous?

Loki could feel his heart beating a little faster as he looked at you, now only a few inches away from you. There has always been something unspoken between you both, a mutual respect, a mutual understanding… Friendship. And something else. Something that was evident to everyone else except you both, each oblivious to the others affections. But now… It was a chance to let those affections be known.

Loki slowly leaned closer, keeping his eyes locked with yours. You could hear your heart in your ears, a warm feeling in your chest forming. Loki paused, before finally pressing his lips to yours tenderly. It was sweet. Soft. Tentative. Both of your eyes closed, as you kissed him back, ‘Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas’ playing in the background. It was… magical.

After a moment, you broke apart, your eyes staying closed for a second before meeting his again. Loki looked at you, face full of wonder and adoration, and then a hint of shyness crept in as he lowered his gaze, letting out a quiet breath. Looking back up at you again, Loki allowed his lips to quirk upwards faintly.

“Merry Christmas.” He said softly, voice barely above a whisper. You gave him a soft smile in return, eyes bright.

“Merry Christmas, Loki.”

[knife-dad]

Tis the season! Here are my best (favorite) holiday playlists that I've made!

Yuletide Songs For A Good Christian Beheading - playlist for The Green Knight. This one is so silly I love it

Thick as Thieves but it's a Hallmark Christmas Movie - just what it says on the tin. This is also so silly, easily some of my silliest work.

Re and Aurelian's Nutcracker AU - it's a dnd OC AU that makes sense to 5 people but I don't care this playlist slaps.

Merry Christmas and seasons greasons

[mcytblraufest]

Holiday Exchange!

Our mcytblr-wide holiday exchange is now live! Brought to you by a mod team drawn from the holiday exchange last year, the 48 hour exchange, and more! Join us!

The sign-up form is now open, and you can get to it through our discord, found below.

Discord: here! (Check the #important-links channel.)

We need everyone to be part of a discord because tumblr messaging at an exchange of this size is a great way to ge shadowbanned. Again. (Like we did for the previous two exchanges.) I think tumblr staff is gonna start throwing things at me if I get shadowbanned again. So a discord, and we even have a sprints channel and some fun discussions!

The exchange is live, and we are open to every segment of MCYTBLR! We already have 118 people signed up!

Holding Witchcraft SMP in your heart forever? Congrats on your signups for Yuletide this year, but if you missed that exchange, you can join ours, and we already had 16 people offering WCSMP as an option! Absolutely vibrating about the new life series? First of all, LETSGO SECRETS and second of all, we have 77 people signed up for life series, who you could potentially match with! Always and forever on the Technoblade main lifestyle? You can sign up for Technoblade DSMP, OSMP, SMPEarth, Potato War, or VR in this exchange, and boy have we had people sign up— the lowest sign up we have of those is for Technoblade VR, and 7 people have opted into that media.

We have detailed signups for DSMP, Hermicraft, Empires, Traffic, OSMP, Lifesteal, and QSMP, and we have 34 smaller fandoms you can opt into as well. We can't absolutely promise to match on any of the smaller fandoms, but the benefit of being such a big exchange is that it does becomes possible to match on rarer matches, and we do match with smallest-fandoms-first, prioritizing rarer matches, so it's a definite possibility!

Assignments are sent out by the 26th of November, and then you have one check-in before the posting week between the 24th of December and the 1st of January. 

Artists, writers, playlist-makers, web-weavers, moodboard artists— join us! Everyone is welcome! Tell your friends!

[kristanna-days]

Frozen x Beauty and the Beast Yuletide 2024

is now open for sign-ups!!!

The exchange is open to all kinds of fan works - fanfic, fan art, mood boards, playlists, etc.

Sign-ups go through Sunday 10/6 and assignments will go out as soon as possible after that so you can go ahead and get started.

Sign-ups: Now open

Sign-ups close: 10/7 (@12am UTC)

Assignments sent to participants: ASAP 10/7

Assignments due: 12/22 (@12am UTC)

Beautiful banner by @sunflowers-and-sandwiches

DM me with any questions. I'm so looking forward to seeing what everyone creates!

Please reblog so everyone can join in! Thank you!!!

[legacygirlingreen]

Hogwarts Legacy Masterlist

Scroll down for one shots / Farmer Seb Masterlist!

⋆｡˚𖦹 This Series was previously titled "Times in Sebastian's 5th year!!

As a reminder, this diverts heavily from Canon, using the characters from the game as foundations for a different story. Written in y/n (but slowly going back through to remove and leave only a few sparingly), it has more of a focus on Victorian standards for courting/relationships instead of just “hot and heavy” so to speak. If that appeals to you, please feel free to read and comment your suggestions for future parts.

Parts with NSFW Content are marked! Also some chapters now have AI Audios with links!

(UPDATED May 20 , 2024): 137, 000+ words

MAIN FIC MASTERLIST - INVISIBLE STRING

On AO3 here & Wattpad here

Playlist on Spotify made by @urbansaint !

Part 1: Becoming a Proper Gentlemen (SFW) Audio: X

Part 2: Christmas with the Sallow Family

\_> Chapter 1: Dusty Boots (SFW)

\_> Chapter 2: Admissions (Semi NSFW but mostly SFW)

\_> Chapter 3: Jumper (Semi NSFW but mostly SFW)

\_> Chapter 4: Sugar Plum Fairy (NSFW) Audios: X

\_> Chapter 5: A Locket and a Promise (Mostly SFW) Audios: X

\_> Chapter 6 - Yuletide Cheers (Mostly SFW)

\_> Chapter 7- Birthdays and Hogmanay (NSFW)

Part 3: Stardust (NSFW) - Audios: X, X, X

Part 4: Hero of Hogwarts

\_> Chapter 1: "Leave Me" (SFW)

\_> Chapter 2: Revelations (SFW)

\_> Chapter 3: Graphorns & Phoenix (NSFW) Audio: X

\_> Chapter 4: A Reckoning (SFW) Audio: X

\_> Chapter 5: Repository I (SFW) Audio: X , X (battle)

\_> chapter 6: repository II (SFW) Audio: X

\_> chapter 7: repository III (SFW)

OTHER WORKS:

Farmer Sebastian Series Masterlist : x

Completely separate short fic that's got 14 parts, 50k words!

ONE SHOTS

“Drenched in Magic” 💦 🌕

what happens when MC and Sebastian are running for their lives and he can’t stop flirting even for a second? Even worse what happens when a major mess leads to them needing to clean up in a small pool in the moonlight?

Slight NSFW ; Word count 4K

\_> with audio by @darch7995

“The nose knows” 👃🏻 🧪 💕

What happens when a mixup involving amortentia leads to MC accidentally revealing her crush?

Word count: 4k

\_> with audio by @darch7995

Part 1 ; part 2

“Live, Laugh… Lizard?” 🦎 💋

What happens when a fun outing turns into a slightly frightening experience for MC, and ultimately leads to Sebastian confessing his feelings?

*slight NSFW*

Word count: 4k

\_> with audio by @darch7995

“Strumming Hearts” 🎸 🥃 🚬 (Modern! AU rocker Sebastian)

What happens when MC's friends drag her into a packed night club to see a band she hates purely on principle? She meets a cute guy and in the midst of a miscommunication Sebastian goes far to get the attention of the girl who caught his eye

Word count: 6k

\_> with audio by @darch7995 : Part 1 ; Part 2

“Strumming Hearts II : Mad Sounds” 🎸 🚬 NFSW (Modern! Rocker AU)

In which the freckled guitarist of The Undercroft finds his muse…

Word count : 12k

“That time of year again…” 🎄 💕 NFSW

Sebastian reflects on Christmas’s of old as his holidays worries are put to rest by a sweet love confession, which turns into something more…

Word count : 7k

Sebastian Dad Audios 1 & 2

Brief audios about Sebastian and his life after Hogwarts where he's taking care of his child...

HEADCANONS & MISC

Sebastian, Solomon and Abuse

Random Headcanons with no rhyme or reason

My HC about Sebastian's lip scar, captured by @animasola86

OTHER CHARACTERS:

Aesop Sharp:

"Burning Eyes & Laughter" NFSW

Aesop Sharp meets a new professor whose grumpiness rivals his own. Vignettes throughout the year where he slowly begins to see the truth behind her highly build ways leading to a mix up involving a laughing potion which causes him to see her in a new light...

Audio from story HERE

Word Count: 7k

"My Undeniable Miracle" SFW AUDIO

Aesop narrating John Mark Green's poem with violin in the background

[sinni-ok-sessi]

2024: Fanwork Retrospective

I made some stuff in 2024! And I think quite a lot of it was good! This was the year I tried to get better at vidding, and I had a lot of fun with that, so I hope I'll make more vids next year (if only my computer stops crashing).

Things marked with a * are things made for exchanges.

Nirvana in Fire

*the future moves under our feet (12k, Lin Chen/Mei Changsu/Xiao Jingyan, T)

A Minor Catastrophe (2k, gen, G)

*Best Laid Plans (1k, one-sided Xiao Jinghuan/Mei Changsu, T)

*Who Can You Trust? [a Qin Banruo fanvid] (gen, T)

The Disguiser

Never Better (3k, one-sided Ming Tai/Ming Lou/Ming Cheng, E)

Snowfall

between the devil and the devil you know (4k, Li Yingliang/Shen Zhiheng, E)

hold me like water (4k, one-sided (?) Li Yingliang/Shen Zhiheng, T)

dinner and a show (4k, Li Yingliang/Shen Zhiheng, E)

creatures of the same coat (4k, Li Yingliang/Li Guisheng, E)

when the blood on your hands turns to water (5k, Li Yingliang/Shen Zhiheng, E)

Genghis Khan [a Snowfall fanvid] (Li Yingliang/Shen Zhiheng, T)

Hornblower

*Sea Change (4k, William Bush/Archie Kennedy/Horatio Hornblower, T)

I wrote 10 fics this year, for a total of 43, 633 words, which is apparently my wordiest year yet on AO3, apart from 2010, when I did two big bangs and failed my C4 maths module

This was my first year doing Yuletide, which I enjoyed so much, definitely planning to take part again next year, and my third year of the NiF Exchange, this time as both participant and mod, which was great fun and only occasionally very stressful.

Things I am most proud of include: the future moves under our feet, which, while far from my first NiF fic, felt like the one with the most in-depth character work; Sea Change, because I have had Horatio Hornblower living rent free in my head since I too was an anxiety-riddled 17yo, and it felt good to finally get some of that on the page; and creatures of the same coat, because everything is awkward and awful in it.

Also, because I do love a song lyric title, I thought it might be fun to make a playlist of every song I've ever cribbed a fic title from, which you can find on Youtube here: words words words

[iamnoctisx]

@iamnoctisx

hi. i'm maggie. she/her. ravenclaw. intj. 2w3. this blog is 18+. 

I dance through multiships, and mostly write Dramione, but I have been known to dabble in the occasional rare pair.

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𝐖𝐈𝐏𝐬

BLACKWOOD || E || 2/? || Sirmione, cult thriller Muggle-AU with your head in your hands (you're nothing more than his wife) || E || 2/? || Ginsy || love affair, infidelity for when you are nothing but a memory || M || 4/8 || Ginsy || canon compliant-ish wartime Hogwarts AU

𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝

this bitter end || E || 31/31 || dramione || second chance, healer romance, post war tempt me softly, but touch me just the same || E || 15/15 || sirmione || age gap, student-teacher, Hogwarts 8th year of fire & monsters || E || 5/5 || dramione || abo, royal au || inspired by @ivmaruva art and co-written with TheBrightCity regression || E | 32/32 || dramione || murder mystery, slow burn, enemies to lovers, post war Deus Phantasmatum Noctium || E || 6/6 || sirmione || demon Sirius, bible scripture as foreplay

𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐭𝐜.

in the spirit of negotiations || E || dramione his pretty baby || E || sirmione  yuletide beginnings || E || sirmione you’re my home || G || dramione  wicked games of laws and men || E || dreomione left foot, blue || E || pansy x ginny the gala || E || dramione last christmas || M || dramione happy christmas, draco || E || dramione seduction || E || pansy x percy

𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬

Casual Dalliances or So They Say – stories that take place within the not a valentines date night universe • not a valentine's date night || E || dramione •the art of denying feelings || E || dramione

𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬

regression // this bitter end // tempt me softly // deus phantasmatum noctium // for when you are nothing but a memory

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[tavernofdragons]

Well deco tree thing does want to work.

And uh... I now want to make a fantasy, yuletide ball playlists.

And.... yeah

HAPPY YULE, MERRY CHRISTMAS, MELE KALIKIMAKA, FELIZ NAVIDAD, AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

Anyways I wish to be on fire in a hole

[weather-mood]

twelve days: round up!

This was so much fun! Thank you from @brightfelon and I to everyone who read, commented, and had festive fun this holiday season reading twelve days! And a huge thank you and so much love to @diasdelasombra for the wonderful calendar and graphics 💕💕

All chapters are now up!

Eternal Yuletide

Our Eternal Yuletide bingo badge collection! Thank you to @iwtvfanevents for organising, we had such fun incorporating the prompts!

assorted fun

the twelve gifts

chapter art (part one, part two)

the twelve days playlist

[theladyragnell]

6 and 27? :)

Favorite title you used

I had some pretty good titles this year! I think "a stone can be broken into sand" comes out on top, with my as-yet-unrevealed Yuletide fic in second place, I think both do a particularly good job of summing up themes of the fic.

What do you listen to while writing?

My options are usually: a. song on repeat, b. playlist on repeat, or c. hourlong compilation of instrumental music on youtube. And it really just depends on the day which I end up leaning on the most for a given fic!

[greaseonmymouth]

tagging games

hokay so I've been tagged in a bunch of these over the past few months weeks, by different people, so let's have some memetic fun

1. fanfic writer's bingo

I was tagged by @mslanna !

well, i did get one bingo! I have never commissioned fanart but I have received it. i debated whether to tick off that last square - 'wants to be a professional writer some day' because eh, i could take that or leave it? i do write original fiction and i have at times dreamt about getting it published, but also, i don't actually care. i write because i enjoy writing and getting paid for it i think is highly likely to make me hate it, so.

2. get to know you better game

I was tagged by @love-lays-bleeding !

get to know you better game! answer the questions and tag 9 people you want to know better.

last song i listened to: Danser Med Drenge - Alt for at beholde dig. it's on my Carl x Assad playlist but also Danser Med Drenge are just genuinely enjoyable in general

currently watching: 9-1-1, Grey's Anatomy, and Station 19. clawing at my face waiting for new episodes for all three shows. aside from that, nothing really, though I think I'll watch Dead Boy Detectives when it drops

currently obsessed with: 9-1-1, Afdeling Q.

3. nine people to get to know better

I was tagged by @foxesonstilts ! some repeat questions, but we'll manage.

last song: TV-2 - De første kærester på månen. this is also on my Carl x Assad playlist which makes no fucking sense because this is a song about teenagers in love and first heartbreak HOWEVER it is a banger and when spotify queued it up after my playlist finished, I was like, you know what, I'll just put it on the list.

favourite colour: considering how many blue items i own it must be blue. honestly though i love a lot of colours and am also partial to green, yellow, orange, pink, red, purple

currently watching: see above

sweet/savoury/spicy: all of them? they each have their time and place but most of all they belong in my mouth

relationship status: single and not willing to mingle

current obsession: finding a pair of hiking boots/shoes. i had ordered a pair THREE WEEKS AGO but UPS lost my parcel so i finally got refunded today but i'm leaving on holiday in less than a week and i still need fucking hiking shoes and i'm losing my mind

last thing you searched: "outdoor sport store london"

4. 20 questions for fic writers

I was tagged by @palavapeite !

1. How many works do you have on Ao3? 

117 on my main, but not all of them are fics and not all of the fics are written by me, or just me (some are fanbinding posts, some are fanart, some are collaborative works). including my other two accounts, we're talking 224 works in total.

2. What’s your total Ao3 word count?

on my main, 867,037 words, but that includes about 120k not written by me.

3. What fandoms do you write for? 

currently: Afdeling Q, BBC Shetland. though for the latest yuletide I went back to Volstovic Cycle for a stint and i wrote my first ever Ocean's 11 fic after years and years of only reading.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

that's 4 Harry Potter fics plus one Avengers/Batman crossover I wrote in 2012 on a whim after seeing the Dark Knight Rises and which became unexpectedly popular for a bit. I still love that fic though:

How to become a superhero and gain a family (minus the picket fence) - 7k, Tony Stark & Bruce Wayne, Steve/Tony. 2,758 kudos

the HP fics are:

Don't Blame Me (It Was All a Blur Last Night) - H/D, 7,468 kudos I'll Tell You a Secret (Just Don't Tell) - H/D, 5,209 kudos Here Now, Gone Yesterday (or Back to the Future) - R/S, T/J, 3,078 kudos Little Deaths and How to Avoid Them (or Draco Malfoy's Guide to Stop Dying and Start Living Instead) - H/D, 2,607 kudos

5. Do you respond to comments?

yes, usually. I stopped responding to comments on my HP fic a while ago because I couldn't summon the energy to engage with them, and more recently I turned off all comments for HP fic so that I wouldn't have to bother at all. I'm glad people are still able to enjoy these fics, but I need some distance.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I've written some dark fic in the past and I think what comes closest is this old thing I wrote for HP nextgendarkfest back in like 2011, in which some of the nextgen characters (including Harry's sons) were criminals who staged their own murders to cover up a heist they did but it implies that Harry was on to them, nearly caught them in the act, and was devastated about it.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

almost all of them??? most of what I write has a happy ending because I want happy endings, damn it. if by happiest you mean 'least complicated' or 'unadulterated joyful' or something like that, then maybe...I don't know, god, I could name at least 50 fics like that just off the top of my head.

You know what, let's do the most recent one:

Et Afdeling Q Julemysterie - this is pure fluff and happy ending and it makes me smile like a fool in love, so.

8. Do you get hate on fics? 

not in a while - I used to get some nasty comments on this one old HP fic that had a nextgen teenage character working out his sexuality, and some people took offense at the character being asexual/not being asexual enough/turning out to not be asexual in the end. like, make up your mind about what the problem is at least? I also got nasty comments on another HP fic which featured aromantic polyamorous Harry in a V relationship with Ginny and Draco (and Ginny herself was in a V relationship with Harry and Blaise) for various reasons, including but not limited to people not understanding that one can in fact be both polyamorous and aromantic at one and the same time. by the time i posted the everybody is trans HP fic I was anticipating nasty comments so I turned comment moderation on for that fic.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

sometimes. in the past I would include it (and hate writing it) because I thought you had to, but these days I only write it when I feel like it. more often than not it's some kind of character moment rather than a horny thing, though I do usually try to approach the smut writing from the angle of 'what would this character enjoy about having sex with this other character? what are their focus points? what are they horny for? what are their coherence levels? what are their sensitivities? how well do they know their own body? their partner's body? how do they communicate? etc. etc.' you'd think that leads to some very unsexy smut writing but if i'm honest i think those bits of writing actually wound up being both the horniest writing i've ever done AND the most true to character (according to my interpretation of the characters anyway).

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

a few - crossovers don't hold a lot of appeal for me in general, so when I've done crossovers there's usually been a 'what if?' spark that set if off.

aforementioned how to become a superhero fic, Avengers/Batman crossover, in which Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne are longtime friends.

it's pure filth that i hide (time for genocide) - Volstovic Cycle/Pacific Rim crossover (or possibly just fusion?). Volstovic Cycle characters pilot jaegers and fight kaijus, no pacrim characters appear.

Dragons - Volstovic Cycle/Harry Potter crossover (...or...fusion?) I can never remember the difference between crossovers and fusions. Harry Potter characters ride dragons á la Volstovic Cycle, no Volstovic Cycle characters appear.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

yes! the full list of translations (and podfics) of my fics is here. I've had fics translated into Russian and German.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

yes. @palavapeite mentioned this but we co-wrote an absolute deranged behemoth of a 'social media' fic (really, it was a 'livejournal' fic, but same difference) back in like 2008/2009 and it was honest to god some of the best fun I've ever had writing something and also, it was a work of ART.

I have since participated in fests like big bangs and reverse big bangs where I've written or made art, which is not quite the same as co-writing. I once ran a collab fest where I co-created a comic with three friends, which we cowrote and each drew various bits for, which was a lot of fun. and! with @gkkri we co-wrote (and illustrated) a R/S fic (but really it was a Sirius & Regulus fic in R/S disguise) back in 2017 as our last hurrah to the Remus/Sirius fandom as we were both feeling like we hadn't anything left to say for this ship and let me tell you, that co-writing process was like a dream and I'm still really proud of what we made.

14. What’s your all time favorite ship? 

I don't have one??? I'm a multifandom person, I enjoy a LOT of ships for various reasons and I don't think I have an all time favourite? some ships I cycle back to over time and some ships I never even write for, just read a shitton for. like I enjoy Steve/Tony still even though I haven't written any fic for them in over a decade? and I mean, despite my misgivings about JKR and general HP fatigue, I will never not love Remus/Sirius. and so on and so forth. the beauty of fandom is that there are so many great characters and dynamics out there to love

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

er, wellllllll there's this one Matt/Foggy wip languishing in my gdocs drive that I'm not convinced I will ever finish, but I really want to. I'll cycle back to it eventually probably. I also have this one Space AU for Caius/Al that I have officially abandoned, but I still think about it!! and yet!! that wip is probably approaching a decade old at this point. I don't know man.

I only have one active fanfic wip atm and that is my current Afdeling Q wip and I WILL finish it, I swear to everything that is beautiful in this world.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I have a lot of strengths and I'm not too humble to admit it, but I think my number one strength these days is that I Do Not Care what other people think anymore, I will write whatever I damn well please, the way I want to. if other people like it: great! if they don't: okay!

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

plot sjkdgkfljsgd especially of the crime solving variety. I will never ever be a crime fiction writer. I'm also not great with action-type of plots because....well, I like reading plotty stuff but when I'm writing? I don't care, I just care about my characters and their dynamics and arcs and development and I will hang it on the thinnest scaffolding possible I can get away with to make the story go.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic? 

the kind of another-language-dialogue i see in fic most often seems to be weirdly pointless or out of character, just dropped in (usually by a monolingual English speaker) who thinks it adds flavour to the character, when really, that character has never once in canon slipped into their other language in dialogue. because, well, most multilingual people don't? speaking as a multilingual person I'm far more likely to say something like 'shit what is that called in English' than just say the word in Danish. i mean, tell me you don't understand codeswitching without telling me you don't understand codeswitching.

as a counterpoint to this actually i read a Buck/Eddie fic the other day where Eddie had lines in Spanish, and that I had no issue with because a) he speaks Spanish in the canon b) with his family 3) who also speak Spanish. in the fic he spoke Spanish with his family, who also had lines in Spanish. that author did kindly provide translations but tbh I didn't check the translations because the other thing about this fic was, it was clear from context what was being said without the translations because the dialogue followed canon-levels in this regard.

generally though, my preference would be for the tried and tested "A line of dialogue here," said character A, in Language. "The dialogue continues." it gets the point across.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

band RPF. before that I was writing fanfiction without knowing it was fanfiction or what fandom was, for stuff that Didn't End The Way I Wanted It To or similar. but first actual fandom writing? band RPF. it's backed up on a secondary ao3 account now, but this shit was first posted on forums and livejournal a billion years ago.

20. Favourite fic you've written?

listen. 224 fics written (that I know of, because the heavens only know what's been lost to the sands of time at this point) and you want me to pick ONE favourite? absolutely fucking not. also, recency bias is a thing.

i don't know man. let me pick at random:

Of Gilded Wallpaper and Meddling Dragons - Temeraire, 5,068 words

No Archive Warnings Apply, William Laurence/Tenzing Tharkay, William Laurence, Tenzing Tharkay, Temeraire, John Granby, Iskierka Augustine Little, Romance, Fluff and Humor, dragons being dragons, bisexual awakening, agony aunt!granby, an excessive amount of gilded wallpaper, laurence blames the weather for his being hot and bothered, Laurence POV, tharkay brings sexy back 

Summary: Laurence and Temeraire have been living with Tharkay for a scant two weeks when Laurence sends Granby a letter that essentially boils down to hi John how did you know you're gay also plz help I am in trouble.

5. animal crossing picrew

I was tagged by @dejlige-dage !

i have never played animal crossing but this was fun

i am tagging: YOU. if you've read this, you're tagged.

[oculus-de-malus]

I was tagged by @ahalal-uralma - thank you! 🖤

Last song:

From my 'Winter' themed playlist.

Currently reading: I am re-reading The Ghost Stories of M. R. James, to compliment some of my current seasonal viewings below.

Currently watching: BBC's Ghost Stories for Christmas. An annual tradition... I love to switch off the lights and get cozy by the fire, and watch these at this time of year. For me, they imbibe the essence of the season.

Currently consuming: Dark chocolate covered lebkuchen... one of my favourite seasonal treats.

Currently craving: Cheese. I bought some speciality cheeses to enjoy over the yuletide period, so I am looking forward to indulging myself in those... seasonal foods and drinks are definitely a highlight of the season, for me.

I tag: @celtos @cloudswamp @eaux-fortes @engel222 @flatlineconstructs @midnightflowx @milk-wood @nullheaven @thewomanwithmissingfingers @vpervaffanculo

No obligation, as always.