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I truly truly believe that the most important thing you can do in fandom is be a cheerleader. comment on fics. reblog art and rave in the tags. support the people making the things you want to see. this is how you keep a fandom alive. this is how you get more of what you want. you never know: that person could have decided to make more just because you liked it.

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Jade sets everything down on a small counter and opens the boxes up for him to take a look at. Dave snorts a little when she opens the box of fruit-flavored kolaches up first. "C'mon, Jade," he teases. "You know me better than that. I'm all about sausage." It is true that Dave likes sausage and cheese kolaches more than the fruit-flavored kind, but he also fully intends the double entendre, and when Jade snorts with laughter, he knows she picked up on it. She's never been weird about him being openly bisexual—something he can't say is true of other past partners. "But they have apple!" Jade insists, even as she opens up the second box which has the sausage and cheese kolaches. "And peach. I know you like peach." "I do like peach," Dave agrees. "Just not in kolache form." He'd wink at her, but the effect would probably be lost on account of the shades. He reaches in to grab two kolaches. Dave's stomach growls; he skipped breakfast, like he usually does, but it's hard to ignore how hungry he is when there's fresh food right in front of him.

Act 2 of my fic series with @chronicangel has been posted! In this one I was able to use my hyper-niche knowledge of growing up in Houston to provide an authentic breakfast experience for Dave and Jade. Also, Jade visits Dave at work, and Dave learns how to play DnD.

Please check it out!

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I feel like Coolkid is my extremely obvious fav, but I will also give a special shoutout to Patron since it was sooooooo good and also very different from your usual stuff!

Coolkid makes sense and I shall simply have to write another long fic to give it some competition in your heart, but I’m excited to see the Patron shout out!!

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Reblog if you're a fanfic writer and you wanna know what your followers' favorite story of yours is ❤

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peak hc

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kelly clarkson covering t.a.t.u. in 2025 you love to see it

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UHHH i guess were back??

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also reminder that i got a reading blog that's still going over at @stripe-reads. somehow, im still reading.....

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Spin the wheel. That's who's trying to kill you.

Spin the wheel again. That’s who’s trying to protect you.

(If you have zero idea about the name you got, spin until you see someone you recognize.)

(Six months ago, I did a version of this poll with about five hundred options on the spinner wheel. For this one, I more than doubled it.)

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The Homestuck Fan Author Coalition's June 2025 Competition's theme was Godstuck. In this event, authors were given the prompt "Godstuck" and asked to interpret it however they liked, given a month to write one to two fics to submit, and votes were done to determine the awards.

All Fic Submissions and Awards

Flipwise Turnways by @shadow-wasser

Twelve trolls rule over the Universe and are worshiped as gods. Four children are chosen to undergo apotheosis. You haven't heard this story before, have you?

The Marriage of the Lady of Frost and Frogs and the Lord of Heat and Clockwork by @tehstripe

Once upon a time, there was Nothing. An endless void, lacking the spark of creation, where Time had no meaning and Space did not change. Then, Nothing grew tired, and it split itself in two.

Winner of the Nepeta Award for Most Romantic Winner of the Feferi Award for Most Fluffy Winner of the Skaia Award for Best Use or Reinterpretation of Classpects

Tears of Godteirs by str1dercel

“If you had unlimited power and limited time.. what would you do?”

Winner of the Magic 8-ball Award for Most Cursed Protagonist

The Book of Ambrose by @manifestmerlin

Ambrose is a given name, derived from the Greek 'ambrosios', meaning: (belonging to) immortal(s), god-like. It is also the name of The Antichrist's father. Whether that is what he wants to be, or not. It will later be the name of many more roles. Without him knowing if that is what he wants. It will finally be the name, of someone who knows what he is, and wants to be.

Winner of the Calliope Award for Most Interesting AU

Patron by @tehstripe

Everyone says to avoid attention from the gods.

Winner of the Equius Award for Most Action-Packed Winner of the Aradia Award for Best Death or Sacrifice Winner of the Jade Award for Most Devoted Devotee

anadyomene by @cosmiccaesura

Your mother used to tell you stories, read from tomes she herself had transcribed. At the dawn of the world, she said, there was a Great Witch of the Fathomless Depths. Lady Life, the Creatrix, born of the first eddies of seafoam, turned puddles to oceans. And when she was not satisfied with what she had created, she filled it with life. From her waters came every living thing. (Lost in a storm, a hunter takes shelter in the Great Witch’s sanctuary.)

Winner of the Culling Award for Best Forgotten God

somewhere across the sea of time by @chronicangel

The frantic ramblings of an endless hivemind of ancient eldritch gods who are, for the first time in their very long lives, experiencing things like death and fear.

Winner of the Caliborn Award for Most Canon Compliant

The Waste Land by @chronicangel

After the torchlight red on sweaty faces After the frosty silence in the gardens After the agony in stony places The shouting and the crying Prison and palace and reverberation Of thunder of spring over distant mountains He who was living is now dead We who were living are now dying With a little patience —"The Waste Land," T.S. Eliot

Winner of the Eridan Award for Most Tragic Winner of the Hype Apple Award for Most Sinful

Stories about the gods of the Underworld by @not-someone-who-matters

"The Lord and The Muse of the underworld are among the least known gods of the godly pantheon. Myths about them are few and scarce, with the most well known belonging mainly to other gods, with "Where the Rogue steals the Muse from the Lord's grasp" and "In which The Lord and The Prince of Heart engage in an artistic competition" being the most popular ones. This work is meant to show the three most well known writings about them, as a sort of homage to these strange yet powerful gods we know so little about." - Ashe Maske, Author of the essay "What It means to be Deathly".

Winner of the Kurloz Award for Best Custom Mythology

Hysteria by @ambrosianlullaby

“If you want to advocate for the Supernatural, then be my fucking guest, but if it bites you in the ass, then that’s on you. Seeing as we’re at his funeral—I’d say he got bitten in the ass!” Even though Karkat’s voice gets quite loud by the time he’s done speaking, he's not caught the attention of any other funeral-goers. Kanaya shakes her head in disapproval. “I have no idea who let you bless the body.”

Winner of the Gamzee Award for Most Comedic Winner of the Jane Award for Most Skeptical Skeptic

Cain’s Kindred, Grendel’s Men by @dave2olkat

Minstrel Kalliopeia the Eloquent cannot recall what she was, as do most of the Reborn Necrolyches who’ve chosen to not pursue mastery over necrosorcery in their present life.

Winner of the Vriska Award for Most Dramatic Winner of the Kankri Award for Best Allusion to Real World Religion Winner of the Aradia Award for Best Death or Sacrifice

No Children by @toxicchamomile

You are drowning. There is no sign of land.

Winner of the Lil Cal Award for Most Horrific

Who Framed Vriska Serket? by @thoughts-of-a-scoundrel

You know, I honestly didn’t think I’d get this far. I also realize now that this sentiment means nothing without the proper context, which means I am going to have to back up quite a bit for any of this to make sense. Can you stop shining that light in my face? I promise you, my ability to tell the truth coherently will rise significantly if I’m not being blinded. Thanks. How does one mortal human get themself wrapped up in the affairs of the gods and goddesses? By accident, usually. And Lucy is no exception. She'll have to start from the beginning. This might take a while.

the song of you sings in me still by @glubtier

Oh, the song of you sings in me still Thing is, I'm pretty certain that it always will - Snow Patrol, But I'll Keep Trying

Winner of the Nepeta Award Also for Most Romantic x2

Their Heartbreak by @opalescent-apples

Two grieving lovers mourn their third at the Temple of the Mage.

MADNESS UPON THE WINGS OF SIGHT by @tuckmaster3000

A dissertation on the fallen Horrorterror.

Metacognition by @thoughts-of-a-scoundrel

metacognition (noun): awareness or analysis of one's own learning or thinking processes Your name is Jade Harley, and you have ascended.

Winner of the Yellow Yard Award for Most Broken Fourth Wall

Godstuck: theological debates by @adorableanimus

A Troll, centuries and centuries into the future, wants to write a book including the Gods, and asks four followers to give her criticism and help.

Red Herring by @orangestorapples

Yiffany Longstocking Lalonde Harley is ready to ascend to godhood, Tavros Crocker followed her to her Quest Bed. It's about time they talked.

Winner of the Helltier Award for Most Relief Provided from Bar Hell

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mayhaps a jake harley ?

8/10

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BLEEEH

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an unbreakable union

my second piece for the volume five anthology! i tried to capture sinister vibes and big…ness? of this track, rather than base it on the flash it went with ^^; imagine a camera shake in here or something

other pieces can be seen here!

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vivziepop homestuck pilot

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"Dave. We... we need to talk." It feels like the floor drops out from underneath him and he's in free fall. Nothing good is ever supposed to happen after a partner says those words, right? He's pretty sure Jade didn't even say them when she was telling him about how she felt she needed to honor her grandpa's memory and go to college in New Zealand instead of in Houston like they'd originally planned. Still, just because it's a stereotype doesn't mean that it has to be a bad thing, right? He knows he's grasping at straws, but he's trying not to freak out over something that hasn't even happened yet. He clears his throat. "Uh. Sure. What about?"

A quick prequel fic to the DaveJade series I'm writing with @chronicangel! This one is a breakup fic, but I promise they make up in the actual series.

Anyways, the main series is returning with Act 2 next week, so keep an eye out!

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Jade

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Everyone says to avoid attention from the gods. Be careful, they say, because the gods aren't like us. They don't realize how the things they do affect their Chosen. Those chosen by Breath are so often lost in it; those chosen by Light so often fall to darkness; those chosen by Time become yet another cog in the machinery, and those chosen by Space are doomed to bear the weight of their responsibility alone. In your opinion, those are all tall tales, woven by jealous elders who can't acknowledge that they just weren't special enough.

Aaand this was my first submitted fic for the Godstuck competition, in which Vriska just can't seem to help herself from meddling with mortals. (::::

This one. Also somehow won three awards.