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First Lines Tagging Meme

I'M SO HAPPY TO BE TAGGED IN THIS TWICE! Thank you @ink-flavored and @clyde-side !! (I almost just did this on my own too because I love babbling about my own fics...)

Rules: List the first lines of your last 20 stories (if you have less than 20, just list them all!). See if there are any patterns. Choose your favorite opening line.

Now pinned and under a cut because it became a really long, really good introduction to me and my stories!

Hello!

Unnecessary and overly wordy introduction/personal musings: I love opening lines so much. When I worked at a bookstore, I used to open books and hardcore judge them on their first lines. I had barely any free time to read at that point so if it didn’t grab me in the first line or two, I put it back. The first Harry Potter book is actually in my pile of really good openers. “Mr. and Mrs. Dursley of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.” (Subtle alliteration, HELLO??) So I'm super excited to see if my own first lines come even close to the standards that I apply to other people lol. MY OWN MONEY IS ON NO. I have the feeling that I'm so frantic trying to get the story down on paper before the good words disappear from my head that I'm not actually paying attention to the first line. BUT LET'S SEE, SHALL WE.

So just straight up going backwards, I've written and posted TWO BRAND NEW THINGS after being away from fandom almost entirely for 10+ years! They're drabble length but they're shiny and new! <3 (All available fics are linked!)

1. Tango:

She teaches them to dance so that they can dance with her but when Atem gets that mischievous smirk on his face and pulls Yugi into his arms, their bodies spark and the dance floor smolders at their heels.

(The fic is so short that this is a full 1/5 of it but actually, I think I crammed all the good stuff right into that first line. This already might be my favorite. Like it says there in the line itself, Puzzleshipping.)

2. No Betting:

Anzu sat at the kitchen table writing carefully calculated answers onto sticky notes before attaching them to a fourth-grade math worksheet.

(Peachshipping! This one doesn't pop off until about line five so here's the rest of that bit:)

She had the same arrangement with her spouse as most parents had. When the kids were good they were hers. When they were bad, they were his. And when they were winning at games because they picked up rules with uncanny speed and read their opponents with more insight than ought to be available to a child, they were definitely, definitely his.

3. If you wanted honesty that's all you had to say (working title):

When he realized that the figure sitting under the game shop display window and smoking wasn’t Ryou, the physical body response was as though it had discovered a coiled snake not two feet away.

(This one! It's a NEW half finished(?) WIP. I actually started this one before the drabbles but wanted to finish before posting it. Then it got out of hand, then work got out of hand, then I started a couple more projects and well. I keep putting words on it though and eventually there will be a Kleptoshipper that turns into Puzzle and Tender for your reading enjoyment. Also, fair warning - don't use song lyrics as a working title. Every time I look at the document I get the song stuck in my head.)

Now we have polished up reposts of old stories for their move to AO3, where I'll basically keep my master archive. Not full re-writes but I fixed a bunch of typos and awkward sentences and they're much stronger for it. Most of these are from a pairings contest way back when so LOTS of different pairings and lots of AUs!

4. Human:

It was like a bad noir, the thought crossed both of their minds.

(Scifi AU, Rivalshipping. That one's not bad for a first line. Actually no link at the time of writing cause the re-edit is going up in like, a half hour? an hour? a half day? It's my next project after finishing this, finishing up the edit and posting it on AO3. Now with link!)

5. Blood:

Fingers through midnight black hair, whispers in his ear, touches that sizzled along the skin, awakening nerves and senses.

(Dungeonshipping, Pegasus x Otogi, vampires AU. Oh that’s a nice first line! <3)

6. Crazy for You:

The keys are too large and too heavy for the doctor more used to more modern facilities but she doesn't say anything, just follows the orderly as he pulls the large door open.

(Manipulashipping, Anzu x Marik, Psychward AU. Still one of my favorites from that era. Big bold warning though, THIS ONE CONTAINS NON-CON)

7. Finality:

“What are you doing here?”

“Saying goodbye.” Bakura’s translucent arms swept across the graveyard. “Is this not an appropriate place for it?”

(First two or so bits of dialogue as the first first is a generic question. You can tell this is one of the really old ones just by that but it's a sweet, sad little Tendershipper that still has a special place in my heart.)

8. Pieces of You:

Glitter caught the light, leaving shimmering trails in the air as it got everywhere.

(Glittershipping, Anzu x Kisara. Another one that's special to me. Kisara is my girl and my first writing muse. <3)

9. Cambodia:

“It was summer of fifty three...”

“Wait a minute, wait a minute, it can't have been fifty three. You might be that ancient but I'm not. It must have been sixty three.”

(Jiishipping. Yes. Sugoroku x Arthur. HEY, IT CAME UP IN THE RANDOM DRAW FOR THE SHIPPING CONTEST OK. And my writer's brain hasn't backed down from a challenge yet... Another one that takes 4 lines to pop off but it's a good start. Actually, here's the rest of the bit just because I cannot get enough of these two bickering:)

“What do you mean it must have been sixty three? You don't even know what story I'm trying to tell.”

“Am I in it?”

“What?”

“So you're deaf now as well as daft? AM I IN IT?”

“Of course you're in it, y'old coot. Don't know why I'd tell a story without you in it when both grandkids are sitting here.”

10. Coffee and Cigarettes:

"Cigarettes and coffee? That's not a very healthy lunch."

Mana crossed her legs and took a refined sip of her own coffee even as her company was not.

(Mischiefshipping, Mana x Thief King Bakura. Oh this one I'm actually sad that it doesn't immediately sparkle in the first line cause it's one of my absolute favorites of everything I've written. And I think it's the only time I've ever written Mana but I LOVED IT AND HER. Oh no! I lied, I've written her at least one other time though I don't think that one quite captures her sheer chaos energy like this one does.)

11. A Million Missed Chances:

Somewhere along the line, someone made a choice.

(This one. THIS ONE. I think this is by far the most epic idea I've tackled. I still don't know if the sheer scale of the thing came across in the actual fic but in my head it was massive and I remember pounding away at my teeny tiny laptop late at night because the whole thing hit me maybe a day or so before the story was due for the pairings contest. We only had a week to write each fic and my really good ideas never came to me before the very last minute. T.T Conquestshipping, Mai x Valon.)

12. A Fear of Falling:

She drove.

Like she always did when something bothered her.

(Oh the first chapter on this is also one of the really ancient ones. Like one of the very first things I wrote. That first chapter really shows its age and is a little shaky but the others are better and the last one is what fits into the chorological order here. Polarshipping, Jou x Mai. One of my very first ships. Probably THE first actually <3)

13. What Our Creators Make Us:

"Well, well." The match flared, scattering dark shadows until it was blown out and the only light that remained was the red glow from the cigarette end. "I didn't think I'd ever see you again."

(Psychoshipping, Marik x Spirit of the Ring Bakura. With a bit of Bronze, Angst and Tender in the follow up. Old but I'm ridiculously proud of it, hence it's place in the master archive. Ahaha you can tell how old it is though by how clever I think I am. I thought it was funny to make my audience figure out who was talking and not reveal the characters for a good fourth to third of the fic. Ahhhhhhh. Sorry about past me.)

14. A Revolution of the Spirit:

It wasn't fair. It just wasn't.

That they were close was understandable (you don't get much closer than sharing headspace) but that even now, after deals were made with gods, endless arguments, compromises and the ultimate guilt trip that he had only been a teenager when he willingly sacrificed himself for all of humanity, things she had only half seen and only partly understood even though they had all been there to witness, that even now Atem continued to invade Yugi's personal space as though he belonged there got on her nerves.

(Woah Nelly! That third sentence should probably be three, four and five. Even if I just split it in half we'd continue the pattern of things popping off in the fourth line. I think that's one pattern that's emerging! A really good bit takes me about four lines to set up and deliver! Oh, the challenge was Revolutionshipping, Anzu x Atem, but the fic is actually Spiritshipping, Anzu x Yugi x Atem.)

So confession time, I haven't been out of fandom completely, I just hadn't written my own standalone stories in a very long time. There are a few (ok ok more than a few) long-running rps that @miss-moberg and I have been adding to on and off over the years. I can't resist throwing in a couple of these.

15. Cafe!

The door shut behind them with the soft click of the latch and the exhale of a breath long held.

(This opening line was from December of 2020 when we rebooted a very old Prideshipper and that is a damn good opening line if I do say so myself. I can definitely see the difference now between the newer works and the older ones. I've gotten better, she's matched me pace for pace and eventually something will be finished, I'll work up the courage to ask permission to post it and the whole internet will get to see how brilliant the two of us are together.)

16. Treasure Hunt!

"Ryou, I think you're going to regret letting me tag along on your adventuring this time." Yugi didn't bother turning away from the airplane's tiny window to see if his seatmate was paying attention. He was more thinking out loud with his friend playing the role of a convenient sounding board. "Because I think this trip is the only thing I'm going to talk about ever again."

(One more from RP because it's got that fun, four line punch that we've discovered is a pattern for me! Opening entry is from 2017.)

Also, in truth, my count is a little off when I say I'd been out of fandom 10+ years. I've been away from YGO for that long but I did spend a brief stint in Homestuck where I read a ton of fanfic, flirted with a couple group RPs and even wrote a tiny bit. 9 years without writing a new fic isn't as impressive as saying ‘over a decade’ but it is a little more accurate.

17. What You Will:

In the land of fair Illyria, along a small, sandy stretch of its rocky shore, a ship has come to ruin and one lone woman lies still as death among broken wood.

(The beginning of a Homestuck/Twelfth Night crossover that I'm still determined to work more on someday. It's only got a single chapter but it's magic though now I'm concerned about not being able to recapture that. Not a bad first line though. The style is so different it took me reading it a couple times before going, oh yeeeeeah, that's pretty good!)

18. Relentless:

You pull him to the deck and then across it by the remains of his shirt. Let him say one last goodbye. His ship pillaged, his crew murdered, his hands bound behind his back and at your mercy.

Funny word, that. Mercy.

(The first line is pretty decent but there's that four line combo again! Five but I could basically fix that with a comma. Featuring the troll ancestors Mindfang and Dualscar because every time Hussey introduced new characters they were instantly my favorite.)

19. Black:

There is dark and there is dark and there is dark and then there is black. She is black. Licorice and coal. She is hate and resentment and everything that tastes bitter, the kind of black that coats the tongue like oil, drips down the back of the throat and keeps going.

(Oh wow. Am I allowed to say that about my own work? A Terezi/Vriska drabble that I'm putting as much here as I think I can get away with because it's so good that it fucks me up a little going back and reading it.)

And here it gets tricky because I think the more recent of the old, old fics are in the Drabbles and Shorts collection on ff.net and I can't see a post date. So I'll just pick a good one to end on.

20. Two Princes:

It was inevitable as the rising of Ra's chariot after a long night, as the flooding of the river banks every spring, and Atem always knew that Yugi's kiss would be as warm and gentle as the evening breeze in the summer that brought relief from the scorching day. It was.

(How about the final honor going to more Puzzle/Blind? This probably has the strongest first line of its era. Actually I'm not sure when it was written. It was just hanging out in my writing folder and, thinking about it, I probably wrote it when I was fading from fandom the first time around but still trying to hang in there. No wait! That’s too sad, we can’t end on that! Lets add one more to the list for the sake of personal narrative!)

21. Linger:

The world doesn't need him anymore. It doesn't need his sword and it doesn't need his pen.

(A tiny Princess Tutu afterward that I wrote for myself. Nice one-two punch in the opener. Also it rounds out the personal story that accidentally developed here with a line later in the fic, "Words, however, never stray far from a good writer..." Like, wait, stop. Past me, how did you know T.T)

Did that take a sudden emotional turn for anyone else or was that just me. Can I offset that a little with an honorable mention? Let’s do that while I collect myself. Here’s one more.

Honorable mention: Ryou and the Thief

There was a storm gathering and too much magic in the air. Much more than occurred naturally and magic at this level was never a good thing.

(I can’t have a list of things I’ve written without having Ryou and the Thief on it. If you click on this one though, BEWARE, it’s old, it’s silly and it has a ton of explicit gay sex that… would be written very differently if we were handling it today I’m sure! This is the first RP @miss-moberg and I ever did together and our excuse to Gemship and Puzzleship turned into us running the boys through a whole adventure based on the Osiris myth. It’s the longest thing I’ve ever completed and I’d still consider it kind of my legacy.)

And that’s the last 21(+1!) stories that I’ve written!

The clear winner of best first line for me is 15. Cafe! It’s short, elegant and manages to contain a whole mood even without the context of what’s going on and who’s involved. (Spoilers: It’s Seto and Mokuba making an AU escape from Gozoboro.) Close second is Tango, the most recent story. It’s neat to see just how much better I’ve gotten and also really cool to see that even if the first line itself doesn’t contain a punch, it’s usually because there’s a nice, strong idea being set up and delivered in the first four lines (or so). What a pleasant surprise!

AND WOW, this whole tag thing didn't need to be so long! Or personal! Seriously, if you get this tag from me the challenge is only to list the first lines to 20 stories and maybe try to draw one or two conclusions from them. You all thought I was joking when I said I loved talking about my own writing! But actually, I guess it’s fine like this as I ended up using it as a way to re-introduce myself. Like, "Hey, I used to live here a long time ago and oh my god I love what you've done with the place!" Rather than being someone who's just popped up out of nowhere a few weeks ago to creepily bother all your best of the best creators so....

^///^ Hello!

Thanks for letting me ramble!

Tags! I think I've seen most of the authors I follow do this already but on the off chance you haven't been tagged yet: @elexica (checked your blog to see if you'd already done the tag and saw that you're another person returning to writing fanfiction after 10+ years. Same! Hello!!), @danieco, @draconicmaw, @nedjemetsenen (has someone tagged you already?) and two shots in the dark, @miss-moberg and @edmondia (I'm so sorry you two. T.T Please feel free to block me forever.) And please, anyone else who wants to babble about their own writing! Do this, it was so much fun. <3

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lyralumina · 6 years

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How about some azure shipping headcanons about couples’ fashion, what happens when they get stressed out, who could beat who in a fight, and what kinds of books they read?

~ 🔷 Azureshipping Headcanons you shall receive! 🔷 ~

- 💠Psst! fellow Azureshippers, come to me with any headcanons for them, They are my OTP and I am always happy to respond or read your headcanons.💠 ~

Couples Fashion:Unfortunately, Seto and Anzu are quite old fashioned and are not really into the whole “lets match outfits” unlike Yugi and Atem or Jounouchi and Mai. Instead they match color schemes and try to complement each others outfit if they will be together. So lets say if they were to go to a lavish dinner party/banquet, If Seto is going to wear a dark blue suit with gold here and there, Anzu will wear a dark blue dress with gold accessories. They are not the couple to wear “He’s mine” “She’s mine” tee shirts, they leave that for the younger and immature crowd, like Yugi and Atem oh do they love those awful tee shirts. It disgusts Seto and makes Anzu somewhat cringe. How dreadful. Seto’s attitude and tastes are starting to rub off on her.

I have some examples of what I mean with whole “ They accent each other “ trope,

“ Oh dear god its Yugi and Atem, act natural my dear. “

“ What do you mean that Pegasus wants to talk to my husband? “

“ Anzu my love, are you sure you really want to visit Yugi and his grandfather in this weather? “

What They Do When They Get Stressed Out:

- Seto once stressed out,

“Please my love, come to bed you have worked for far too long. ” Anzu softly pleaded, by the gods did she not expect her husband to be still awake and on the verge of collapse at 3AM. As his eyelids started to get heavy from the lack of sleep, his eyes then shot up and so did he. Seto jumped up alarmed to hear his wife’s plead. By the gods what was she doing up still? She should be asleep by this hour. She has to wake up in two hours. Seto scooted his chair back and tried to get up quickly to rush to his wife who should in fact be in bed already but his right leg unfortunately had fallen asleep. He crumpled and hit the right side of his face on the edge of his desk. He had little time to react, it only took a matter of two seconds for him to make impact with the cold hard desk. The hit was enough to make him go unresponsive as well. This was a first for him and for his poor wife who laid witness to his unfortunate struggle.The last thing he heard before he blacked out just seconds after the collision to the ground and from the hit was his wife’s shrill scream, she screamed his name in terror. Is this what he deserved? Is this what he deserved for not listening or caring for himself? Did he deserve this?

- Anzu once stressed out,

“ Anzu! By the gods you need rest my dear! ”Holiday season, a time were a dancer’s life is hectic. Where the normal and average person would finally get rest while she had no time for such luxury. Where her mind replayed technical Choreography, where she had to remember certain notes on how to perfect herself in every single number she was in. How her head just hurt from strain. How her body ached of so much tire and stress. How she no longer ate as much as she used to and that is stretching it because she barely ate so much, she eats less than the average human. She ate just as much as her own husband, a small amount. She limited herself so much that it worried her husband greatly but he knew that it was all for a reason. Anzu, his wife, a Principal dancer within the Domino City Ballet, dancing the role of Clara from the classical ballet The Nutcracker. Anzu being Domino City’s prime ballet dancers and an international ballet icon is something that she holds with pride. It was all for good reason though and she had to remind her worried husband that her so called pain and tire will make others happy. Seto can only sigh in distress and remind her that she must remember to take breaks here and there. The words that seethed from his lips meant so little since around this time as well, Kaiba Corporation and most importantly her husband was just as busy as she was but for the sole reason that holiday season means children are eager to buy whatever their small hands can get, anything from Kaiba Corporation is on their Christmas lists. Seto having to stay up late into overtime and into the late night hours just to make sure things get done smoothly and without any problems. Anzu begged and prayed that her husband would rest but all she can do is remind him to take breaks here and there, only time will tell if he will heed to her words.

- ✨ The stories are connected actually. Anzu’s comes first while Seto’s is the aftermath. ✨ -

Who Could Beat Who In A Fight:

- Duel Monsters (Dueling) wise it will be Seto. Anzu has a better deck once they start officially dating though. Anzu has the Dark Magician Girl as her Deck Master but never did it occur to her husband that she would also have all Magician Girls and even the coveted Dark Magician in her deck. Seto has no idea how she even got the Dark Magician in her deck and when he tried talking to Yugi or Atem about it they literally have no clue either. Last thing he suspects is that Pegasus gave her that card as a gift but who honestly knows. His wife wont even tell him how either. Its a mystery. She might not be the greatest duelist yes but she can certainly pack a punch when needed. She also has the Gem Dragons within her deck as well which she loves with all of her heart. Seto honestly loves it when she summons them out because he just loves Dragons and his wife knows that.

- In terms of verbal “fights/spats” it will be Anzu. Seto will hardly ever result into argument unless it just slips out or he needs to stand his ground. His wife is stubborn as well so tensions can rise once they are engaged into a verbal fight. The atmosphere can quickly change too and no one likes it when they are caught between the cross fire because these two can spit venom like if its nothing. It can go from all tease to “ You will be sleeping on the couch tonight if you dare raise your voice at me again . “ -Anzu

- In terms of who is going to be on top and who is going to be on the bottom for sexual intercourse it honestly depends on if they are in the mood. If they are not too tired and who wins a round of verbal big talk. Anzu will usually be the bottom and Seto will be the top but there are times where Anzu will be in full control and those are the real good times. Turns out that his wife is just as dominant as he is and it’s great.

What Kind Of Books Do They Read:

“ Anzu that is the sixth time you have read A Walk to Remember, do you ever pick up and read more drama filled books? ” Seto chuckled as he watched his wife pick up the paperback book. His comment earned him a playful smirk from his wife.“ That means little coming from the man who has read The Great Gatsby and To Kill A MockingBird over twenty times. “ His wife teased him as she walked over to her husband who was lying on the couch and took up the entire couch as a matter of fact, his head resting on the right arm of the couch. She stopped in front of him and leaned down to kiss her husband’s right cheek. Seto closed his eyes and chuckled. It was a genuine chuckle. It was surprising. He honestly thought she would throw a book at him to tell him to shut his mouth but the kiss will always be one hundred times better than a book to the face.

#LindsayThings #yu-gi-oh!#azureshipping #seto kaiba #Anzu Mazaki #COME TO ME WITH AZURESHIPPING THINGS PLEASE--- ASDFGHJKL

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