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The opposite of “manic pixie dream girl” is “depressed goblin nightmare man,” and, judging by this site, it’s just as attractive to some.

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Thank you @nausikaaa for the tag

Still typing away on *checks notes* 4 open WIPs. I vaguely remember a time when I told myself only one project at a time. I know, I’m laughing too. I’m only going to share from one today and it’s the one I hope to post in the next 10 days to say I contributed to EGF:

“You smoke?” he asks, turning his dumb blues eyes toward me.

“No,” I reply dryly, blowing smoke out the side of my mouth toward him.

“Is that why you were always hiding out near the fucking catacombs?” I shrug and it’s as good as a yes.

Simon nods, and takes my cigarette as I lift my hand to take another puff. I think he’s going to toss it over the ledge, lecture me about the dangers of my one vice (other than him). Instead he puts it to his own mouth and takes a long, practice drag. Blowing it out his nose and lips and I have to remember how to breathe just watching the spectacle.

“Good as place as any, I suppose,” he continues. “Place gave everyone the creeps. No one would find you there.”

“You did,” I remind him.

“Yeah,” he says with a big grin and mischief twinkling in his eyes. “But I was looking.”

I did make more progress on my crochet buffalo and the little critter should be done by the end of the week (fingers crossed).

Hope everyone has a great Wednesday!

Tags: @ic3-que3n @dohrnaira @thewholelemon @facewithoutheart @artsyunderstudy

@imagineacoolusername @shemakesmeforget @ivelovedhimthroughworse @wellbelesbian @rimeswithpurple

@aristocratic-otter @cutestkilla @blackberrysummerblog @supercutedinosaurs @nightimedreamersworld

@valeffelees @iamamythologicalcreature @shrekgogurt @ileadacharmedlife @martsonmars

@you-remind-me-of-the-babe @hushed-chorus @roomwithanopenfire @youarenevertooold

@noblecorgi @bookish-bogwitch @talentpiper11

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You're so alive, Simon Snow.

You got my share of it.

Just a lil Snowbaz sketch. I've only known these boys for a month, but they’ve deeply impacted my soul <3 @rainbowrowell

Simon is just checking Baz's crooked nose.

I've always wanted to try these art challenges/ideas, but never had anyone to do them with. Thank Merlin for Snowbaz.

Reference:

Okay, now I sound like I'm glazing, but forreal, Snowbaz cured my artblock. I haven't drawn in MONTHS.

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in honor of Baz’s birthday, take a quick little comic i made about snowbaz visiting the manor :)

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Impulse buys at the Sunday flower market (Started as a plein air photo study and became a little story)

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Dragon Kisses and Other Lovely Gifts

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Quick sketch of Baz for his birthday ^^

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every time i think, i take 10 damage

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Happy Birthday, Baz!

Croquembouche with Earl Grey & Cookie Butter Pastry Cream | Gum Paste Flowers

A tower of little (cream) puffs for the birthday boy!

@rainbowrowell

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THEY’RE HERE!!! Look at them! I’m so obsessed!!!

After writing From the Heart I couldn’t get the image of Baz in his beanie out of my head. When I saw @crankybeetle had opened up commissions, I immediately thought about asking them to draw this scene. I am in LOVE with Mel’s Snowbaz on an average day but getting to see them put their magic to something from my own imagination is next level. Everything Mel makes draws you in. There’s something so playful and sweet about their style that just makes my tummy do flips anytime I see it, and this piece is no exception. I am forever in awe and grateful to them for sharing their lovely talent with me!

And to anyone who needs it, here’s Mel’s Ko-fi. They still have a few commissions open 🥰

Commission for the lovely @you-remind-me-of-the-babe of her fic "From the Heart"

Such a sweet story! Thank you so much for commissioning me 🧡🥰

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Six Sentence Sunday

Hey there! Thanks for the tags, @tailsbeth-writes, @monbons, @roomwithanopenfire, @taste-thewaste,

@thewholelemon, and @mooncello! I’m so excited by everything you’re creating!

It’s been a decent week on my end, but I’ve got a daunting one coming up. Please send good vibes and/or manifest eight hours of sleep each night 🙏

I’ve made good progress on parent!Simon this week, so I’m hoping to post chapter ten either Monday or Tuesday. Or Wednesday. I guess we’ll see what happens.

Here’s some sentences from chapter ten, Baz POV:

“I lift my head off the pillow, throwing my hair back so it spreads behind me. I don’t like it tickling my skin.

Simon is mesmerized. He struggles to hover over me whilst using one hand to brush my hair. “I love how long it is now.”

“You say that now. Wait til it’s in the drains.” 

He laughs. “I won’t care, promise.”"

Under the cut, EGF and tags!

I debated posting sentences from this because literally all my progress has been smut, but then I was like, that is the spirit of the event 😂

"“One more.”

“I don’t need it.”

“Three is a compromise,” Simon says, pulling back and adding another finger as he speaks. The sound I make is too fucking close to a purr. “It’d be four, if I had it my way.”

“Because you love to torture me.”

“The opposite, actually.”"

This fic will be posted as soon as it’s done! So keep your eye out, if you feel so inclined.

Happy Sunday, sending hugs, have a wonderful week everyone:

@tea-brigade @martsonmars @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @whatevertheweather

@philaet0s @cutestkilla @youarenevertooold @nausikaaa @ileadacharmedlife

@onepintobean @supercutedinosaurs @imagineacoolusername @larkral @bookish-bogwitch

@stellarmeadow @raenestee @alexalexinii @ic3que3n @facewithoutheart

@rimeswithpurple @noblecorgi @hushed-chorus @benwvatt @miss-minnelli

@priincebutt @thesleepyskipper @andromedaskies @onthewaytosomewhere @anincompletelist

@wordsofhoneydew @valeffelees @futureseaempress @anti-homophobia-cheese @cccloudsss

@drowninginships @emeryhall @blueeyedgrlwrites @kj-bee @meanjeansjeans

@artsyunderstudy @fiend-for-culture @firstprincefairytale @zwiazdziarka @that-disabled-princess

and anyone else who wants in!

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Six Sentence Sunday!!

Hi, loves of my life!! I am SO excited to share sentences with you again! Between finishing Phantom, with on my COBB fic, and posting my second Secret Snowflake fic, it was hectic for a minute! But I can finally share my Aro-Agatha piece for @best--dress and it's SO different from the one I wrote for @argumentativeantitheticalg that they're basically antitheses! In length, style, and romantic content, they couldn't be more different lol! But they're both incredibly special to me and I'm so grateful to both of your prompts because they truly inspired me! Agatha deserves more love, and I know that Snowbaz is the star of the show, but I think she deserves the spotlight as well! And while I wish it could have been longer and plottier instead of just a stream of consciousness lol, I have a feeling Agatha and I will be spending a lot more time together!

"Some of those scars took ages to heal. Really messed with my pristine makeup routine. We couldn't have the Chosen One's girl looking blemished, now could we?

"I didn't even get a title. I was just Simon's girlfriend. Baz got to be the Villain, Penny was the Genius. What on Earth was I?"

Thank you to the unbelievably talented @thewholelemon @roomwithanopenfire and @monbons today!! Would love to hear from you, @aristocratic-otter @artsyunderstudy @bookish-bogwitch @fiend-for-culture @iamamythologicalcreature @ileadacharmedlife @messofthejess @hushed-chorus @valeffelees @drowninginships @youarenevertooold @facewithoutheart @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @larkral @whogaveyoupermission @skee3000 @userrandomname @raenestee @tiarrrita @arthurkko @sleepyphobzz @nausikaaa @martsonmars @orange-peony @supercutedinosaurs @stitchyqueer @asocialpessimist @wellbelesbian or literally anything else! Or if you want to be added or removed from the list, please let me know! I very well could've mistyped someone's username haha! Also, reblogs are still being inaccessible so if I'm unable to reblog your post, I'm so sorry!!

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hi, friends. I shared a few days ago that I haven't been able to write since I posted chapter 8 at the beginning of January. It's been rough ngl. Every time I thought about writing, I wondered what was the point? (I know the point but depressive episodes don't really give a fuck.)

have you heard about federal programs and departments dropping the 'T' from LGBTQ? it's awful and dangerous. (one awful thing in a sea of horrifying things.) it's also stupid and desperate. because they can't erase us, no matter how hard they try.

but also: visibility matters. it saves lives.

over the past few days, as snow fell upon my city, I grabbed my phone and started tapping out a handful of sentences. there is so much out of my control, but I can write queer stories. I'm dreaming up some trans characters, and I'm working on some original fic again. dev and niall deserve their ending in mtaf.

so. here are a few sentences from chapter 9 of more than a footnote. this is in the messy draft stage, but I'm still sharing them because I think I like these lines. placing under the cut because SPOILERS. don't read if you haven't read through chapter 8 yet.

Dev POV

"Piss off," I snarl to [redacted], "you pathetic, wanking troglobite." "Troglobites are quite a feat of evolution, you know," Niall murmurs to me, not granting [redacted] a single glance; he's more preoccupied with scratching his fingers through my hair at the back of my neck. "So that isn't the burn you think it is." I pin Niall with my most aggrieved look. "Omigod, could you please stop being the cutest fucking nerd for five seconds? I'm trying to insult someone here." Niall grins, mouths okay, and kisses me. The clatter of breakfast and [redacted] and the entire goddamn dining hall fade away, my world contracting to the way Niall's lips move against mine. Because it's adoring and so very sure. This is a kiss with history behind it. And a future ahead. It makes my heart seize with happiness and my toes curl inside my shoes.

I love them being little shits together. Chapter 9 is gonna be so good, y'all. Dev and Niall in love with each other is the best. It's all there in my head; I've just gotta write it.

alright, take care of one another this week. love ya.

tags! thank you for the tags today @monbons @thewholelemon and @j-trow-95.

🖤 @drowninginships @valeffelees @run-for-chamo-miles @blackberrysummerblog @orange-peony

@youarenevertooold @shrekgogurt, @hushed-chorus @whatevertheweather, @cutestkilla

@you-remind-me-of-the-babe, @artsyunderstudy, @emeryhall, @imagineacoolusername

@iamamythologicalcreature, @bookish-bogwitch @thewholelemon, @best--dress, @rimeswithpurple

@ileadacharmedlife @skeedelvee, @monbons, @alexalexinii

@theimpossibledemon, @brilla-brilla-estrellita, @larkral, @messofthejess, @talentpiper11

@fiend-for-culture + anyone else who would like to join

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Sick Six Sentence Sunday

Thank you @j-trow-95 @monbons @roomwithanopenfire @facewithoutheart for the tags! Christina one of these days I will do a WIP list but mine are not nearly as exciting as yours.

Whine whine I’m sick whine, imagine this whining going on for a while, it’s just a head cold but I am a baby, the end.

Ok, now that that’s over with, instead of a snippet for When That Light Hits the Sky, and I thought I would share the valentine I made for the discord server valentine’s exchange along with tags below the cut. If you haven’t gotten mine yet, don’t look, okay? It’s best as a surprise.

It’s a mini-fic, folded up and written like a note passed in class, complete with being on torn-out notebook paper. Everyone’s got different handwriting and pens, and Simon, Baz, Penny, and Dev all make an appearance. I handwrote every note, so they’re all a little different, and I came up with more details as I went along—so this is one of the last ones I wrote. I loved making them—it felt like art without having to be artsy—and the thing that made it manageable was that if I made a mistake, it became part of the fic. Some of the word cross-outs were on purpose, but it’s supposed to be a note passed in class, so if it wasn’t perfectly neat or a pen ran out or leaked, it made it feel more real (I hope).

If you had any trouble reading it, or would like a written-out version, just let me know and I’m happy to send it to you!

Hope you have an uneventful week ahead of you and that you’re taking care of yourself. Share if you like, too:

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@bookish-bogwitch @bookishbroadwayandblind @brilla-brilla-estrellita @confused-bi-queer @cutestkilla

@drowninginships @emeryhall @fiend-for-culture @hushed-chorus @iamamythologicalcreature

@ic3-que3n @ileadacharmedlife @ivelovedhimthroughworse @katatsumuli @larkral

@leithillustration @letraspal @martsonmars @meanjeansjeans @messofthejess

@mooncello @nausikaaa @noblecorgi @onepintobean @orange-peony

@otherpeoplesheartachept-2 @pato-roldnart @prettygoododds @raenestee

@rimeswithpurple @run-for-chamo-miles @shrekgogurt @skeedelvee @talentpiper11

@technetiumai @theimpossibledemon @valeffelees @whatevertheweather @youarenevertooold

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Six Sentence Sunday

Happy Sunday everyone!!! Thanks @monbons for the tag <3

I come today with excellent news! I've finally, finally finished writing The Way We Are. After I'd resigned myself to the last chapter taking me 5 million more years, yesterday everything started to slot in to place and I'd finished it!! Ofc I've yet to send the chapter off to be betaed, and still need to edit the whole fic, and the last paragraph of the fic is still something like INSERT A COUPLE GOOD ENDING PARAGRAPHS HERE, but I've finished it!!! I'm so so happy, and hopefully I can start posting again within a couple of weeks. (So if you haven't read the first two posted chapters yet, now would be the perfect time)

Also, I posted a fic this week! A cute little Fiona/Ebb oneshot. Here are some sentences from that:

I look back at Fiona. She’s still off-center—I haven’t brought her all back yet, haven’t found the sticking point. “What do you want?” I ask. It’s a dangerous question. Fiona’s wants are dynamite. They always have been. Destructive and explosive, but I’d set them all off. Burn the world down. “I just—” Fiona starts. Then she shakes her head. “Never mind.” “No, tell me.”

ALSO this has been such a fun week opening all of the valentines from the valentine exchange. I'm so blown away by all the creativity in this fandom and I can't believe I get to be a part of it! Thank you for brightening my mailbox the past few weeks <333

tags and hellos under the cut

@alexalexinii @aristocratic-otter @argumentativeantitheticalg @artsyunderstudy @arthurkko

@beastmonstertitan @blackberrysummerblog @best--dress @bookishbroadwayandblind @bookish-bogwitch

@the-beard-of-edward-teach @brilla-brilla-estrellita @cccloudsss @ciescen @confused-bi-queer

@cutestkilla @drowninginships @facewithoutheart @emeryhall @fiend-for-culture

@hertragedyconnoisseur @horsesarenotdeer @hushed-chorus @iamamythologicalcreature @ileadacharmedlife

@theimpossibledemon @larkral @lovelettersto-mars @meanjeansjeans @m1ndwinder

@nausikaaa @noblecorgi @orange-peony @prettygoododds @raenestee

@rimeswithpurple @run-for-chamo-miles @rbkzz @shrekgogurt @simonscones

@skee3000 @supercutedinosaurs @sweetronancer @talentpiper11 @terra-fae

@thewholelemon @valeffelees @you-remind-me-of-the-babe i think the tag limit is 50 tags, i only have room to make one more friend 😭😭

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Stitch Sunday

Happy Sunday all! Although it seems quiet on here today, I did want to share my most recently completed stitch projects. I’m super proud of them, and who doesn’t like a behind-the-scenes post? Everything is below the cut because the first is smut and the second is my Valentine's Day card for the Discord exchange. (I agreed to do the full list, so if you haven't received yours yet, stop reading after naked Simon!)

I am so pleased with how my first submission for EGF turned out. If you haven't seen it yet, find the post here. I created no less than FOUR body designs for Baz while trying to find one where he looked good naked from every angle. As promised, here is EVERY angle.

One of the unexpected challenges I ran into was that once the harness arrived, it was not the perfect fit I'd hoped for. Baz's angle made it so that there was a sizable gap between his back and the leather straps, so another skill I have now added to my repertoire is leather-working! I bought a kit, cut the straps down to the right size, poked new holes where they were needed, and hammered new studs in myself! Progress pic below.

Once I nailed Baz and his harness, I made my Simon pattern. The biggest difference is how exaggerated I had to make every curve in order to give Simon the fluffy body he deserves. Here are his angles!

Look at that little fold of felt where his thigh meets his torso. I love it so much!

As for my valentines, I knew I wanted to lean into my reputation as "the doll artist" somehow, so I sent everyone a Baz finger puppet! While you may have seen a version of this puppet before for COC, he got a slight upgrade for the exchange. I lined his jacket to make it sturdier, developed a better pattern for his widow's peak, and his shirt now boasts three hand-sewn seed bead buttons. (I grew more confident with the later models, so some of those puppets also boast real lapels on the jacket.)

Overall, I am super proud of myself for making just shy of 40 of these adorable puppets and spreading a little bit of the doll joy to as many people as I could!

Until we meet again, hellos and high-fives from the doll factory.

@alexalexinii, @argumentativeantitheticalg, @aristocratic-otter, @arthurkko, @artsyunderstudy

@best--dress, @blackberrysummerblog, @brilla-brilla-estrellita, @bookish-bogwitch, @bookishbroadwayandblind,

@confused-bi-queer, @cutestkilla, @drowninginships, @emeryhall, @facewithoutheart

@harrie-leithillustration, @hushed-chorus, @iamamythologicalcreature, @ic3que3n, @ileadacharmedlife

@katatsumuli, @larkral, @letraspal, @martsonmars, @messofthejess

@mooncello, @noblecorgi, @orange-peony, @prettygoododds, @raenestee

@rbkzz, @rimeswithpurple, @roomwithanopenfire, @run-for-chamo-miles, @shrekgogurt

@skeedelvee, @stitchyqueer, @supercutedinosaurs, @talentpiper11, @technetiumai

@the-beard-of-edward-teach, @twinkle-twinkle-up-above, @theimpossibledemon, @thewholelemon, @valeffelees

@whatevertheweather, @you-remind-me-of-the-babe, @youarenevertooold

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It's been a few...mostly because I had so many chapters needing editing and posting that I didn't actually have much time to write! And, like many of you, I've been working on Valentines (still working on Valentines) (a few are gonna be late). I've got writing donethis week, though, so here goes:

Thank you to: @monbons, @thewholelemon, @nausikaaa, @you-remind-me-of-the-babe, @confused-bi-queer,

@larkral, @bookishbroadwayandblind,@best--dress, @j-nipper-95, @leithillustration,

 @rimeswithpurple, @roomwithanopenfire, @prettygoododds, @noblecorgi, @artsyunderstudy, for tagging me over the last couple of weeks.

The good news is, if I don't have sentences for it below, a chapter probably was posted in the last two weeks. With no further ado, here's a few sets of (probably about) six sentences.

From Stars, Flowers, and Children:

I thought it might take some searching; it’s been years, after all. It would have been unsurprising if Davy's corpse had been carried off in dozens of different pieces by local scavengers. 

But no. He’s right where we left him. 

All of the indestructible parts of him, anyway. Any fragments of clothing or flesh or organs have gone…he’s a pile of sun-bleached bones face down in the sand. A few metal bits like his belt buckle and some copper buttons are scattered amongst  the bones, but no soft parts remain.

From my Visitor Baz AU: 

Penny doesn’t understand why this bothers me so much. She doesn’t get it. Baz is just…indelible. Somehow, Watford isn’t Watford now that he’s gone. I don’t know how to be, without my sneering roommate tossing insults at me all the time. 

Fuck, I even sound pathetic to myself. 

I fold my elbows over my eyes and groan, long and loud. Fuck me, what am I going to do? And that’s when I hear him.

“Problems, Snow?”

 From CORB #1, Baby Mine with @argumentativeantitheticalg

Fuck, I’ve started to think of this situation as if it were going to be long term. I need to stop. I’ll just break my own heart. Simon has a life, a job. If I’m lucky, he’ll agree to weekend visitation with our daughter, once this mystery is solved. I’ll see him for a few minutes in passing as we exchange Abigail at the front door. 

My eyes are stinging. I need to change this train of thought now before I utterly humiliate myself. “When do you need to return to London?” I blurt. 

Oh, well done, Basilton. That’s absolutely changing the subject.

From CORB #2: The Stoves Come On At Night, with @ebbpettier

I’ve learned a few things from Vera, who’s nearly old enough to have served the Pitches when they lived here. She told me that the room I chose belonged to Mordelia’s brother who died young. Apparently, after he died, the Grimms kept the boy’s room as it was when he’d lived, like some sort of memorial. And their daughter has continued the tradition since the property descended to her. I guess that explains why the decor is simpler in my room. 

Maybe it should creep me out that my bedroom belonged to a dead kid, but it’s an old house. Probably every bedroom has belonged to someone who’s since died. And I’m not superstitious. 

Tags and air kisses to : @chen-chen-chen-again-chen, @dragoneggos, @erzbethluna, @palimpsessed,  @fatalfangirl,

@melodysmash, @moments-au-crayon22, @moodandmist,  @mostlymaudlin, @onepintobean, \

@raenestee, @tea-brigade, @upuntil6am, @whogaveyoupermission, @carryonsimoncarryonbaz, \

@krisrix, @shemakesmeforget, @nightimedreamersghost, @mooncello, @shrekgogurt,

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@facewithoutheart,@skeedelvee, @ivelovedhimthroughworse, @messofthejess, @alexalexinii, 

@hushed-chorus,  @blackberrysummerblog, @cutestkilla,@letraspal, @wellbelesbian,

@ic3-que3n, @emeryhalll, @ebbpettier, @argumentativeantitheticalg, @bookish-bogwitch,

@martsonmars, @whatevertheweather, and @youarenevertooold