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goo-p · 2 years
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initial sketches of some stickers I wanna make
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sparkagrace · 28 days
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It's a leap year! I've read some incredible fics this year and kind of ignored all my problems and just drowned myself in words instead (hello floor!) I also have so many lined up for next month that I'm super excited to get stuck into!
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february
483,807 words read over 31 fics (average of 15,607 words per fic, not including wips) 📈 up 175% from January
current total for the year: 659,492 words
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a handful of fic recs
why are we always stuck and running (from the bullets, the bullets) by inevitablemeow (@thisispaladinbehavior) stucky | E | 10k
Latte Art and Slow Dancing in the Dark by deadonarrival stucky | E | 89.5k
Walgreens Wooing by @cable-knit-sweater shrunkyclunks | T | 2k
As Cold As Ice by @kalee60 stucky | E | 27k
A Hard Case of You by @chiyume stucky | E | 21k
He calls me the devil, I make him wanna sin by @cable-knit-sweater stucky | E | 4k
Networking by Smoll4 stucky | E | 11k
Proprietary Information by @notlucy stucky | E | 85k
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series recs
A Year in the Life by @xoxobuckybarnes stucky | 2 fics | 11k
Additional Information by @notlucy stucky | 8 fics | 165k
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currently streaming wips started this month
And We're on Our Own in the Afterglow by @voylitscope stucky | E | 1/5
Pulling An All-Nighter by Smoll4 stucky | E | 2/?
wips finished this month
twelve twenty-five by @burnin-brighter stucky | E | 43k
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be kind, rewind older fics or re-reads
come on, just do it (do it til it feels alright) by @kickflaw stucky | E | 6k
A Helping Hand by @stuckytoyoulikeglue stucky | E | 39k
two strangers in the bright lights by Claudia_flies stucky | E | 7k
Drive It Like You Stole It: A Bodyswap by @aggressivewhenstartled stucky | E | 28k
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foxxxtransformer123 · 1 month
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Rules: In a new post, post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet or tell us about it. Then tag as many people as you have WIPs. If you don't write, list your art WIPs!
Thanks @lost-in-derry and @seth-shitposts for the tags
I still have a ton of Rebels fics that never got finished so the majority will be of them.
"What is my life? ": 2nd chapter of "No matter what"
Unnamed Rebels fic #1: Third person perspective of the Ghost Crew, one shot
Family (Chapter 2): self explainitory
Planet exploration: Non Rebels (sort of), also self explainitory
Oh no (Chapter 3): "Captivity" chapter 3
A normal day on the Ghost: I have nothing written here, literally a blank document with a name
How to break a Fandom's heart #1: I'm gonna watch the Rebels Fandom cry
More genderfluid Kallus: also self explainitory
How to break a Fandom's heart #2: Another way to drown the Fandom in sadness
Gone: And yet another way
Porn
The Things You Left Behind: My own universe complete with characters and such
Unnamed Hazbin Hotel fic ft. Alastor: I haven't finished this yet, thanks to being sick
Tags: @mystical-salamander @gettiregretti @imaginativefanatic @ilovecatsandbaking @sempaiko @daddycephalopod @darthyourmomgay @cosmiccinnabun @coruscantiscribbler @never-ending-fanfic @angst-is-love-angst-is-life @not0a0mundane @built-on-hope-1977
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clairelsonao3 · 1 year
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Blog and WIP Intro
Hi, I'm Claire. I'm an adult woman and professional writer of many things, but my first love (and my MFA degree) is fiction, which I've been writing for quite some time.
My writing
I discovered the whump community in early 2023, and although my work isn't strictly or exclusively whump, I'm happily discovering a lot of writers and readers who share my tastes here. That said, this is not a whump-exclusive blog.
I enjoy almost any genre if it's well-written, especially romance, historical fiction, and mysteries/thrillers. These days, you'll primarily find me writing contemporary romance (set either in our universe or an alternate version of it) with whump, humor, and probably some thrills mixed in.
I now have a detailed intro post about my writing and the elements, whumpy and otherwise, you're likely to find in it, as well as the kinds of things I like to read. It's a living document and subject to change!
WIPs
At the moment, I have two main WIPs I'll be discussing/referencing on this blog. Click on the title for the WIP intro pages!
Good Slaves Never Break the Rules
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An adult, NSFW, whumpy, alternate-history slavery forbidden romance that I'm posting in installments on Ao3.
Short Summary: A naive girl from a rich but disintegrating family determined to finish university and make it on her own. A gifted and charming slave who will do anything and use anyone to find his missing sister.
In a modern world where slavery is institutionalized, they're forbidden from touching or even looking at each other. But when her father buys him and assigns him as her chemistry tutor, it's only a matter of time before they collide -- and maybe just light their entire world on fire.
Note:
No abuse or noncon takes place between the MCs in this story. In fact, I like to think of this as a slavefic that has much more in common with mainstream romance than it does with most slavefics you might have come across. (In other words, it's a slavefic for people who think they don't like slavefic.)
WIP Intro
Do stories about slavery make you uncomfortable?
Me, too -- they're supposed to. Here's a great explanation of why writers like me are drawn to the topic, exactly what slavefic is, and what it is not. If you're at all curious (or if you're thinking of sending me a nasty anon), I highly recommend giving it a read.
The Adored
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A young adult, whumpy, romantic thriller, currently on hiatus from agent submissions as I revise.
Short Summary: When an up-and-coming teen rock star falls off a yacht and drowns right before his first album drops, his bandmate (still mourning her hopeless crush) suspects his spoiled girlfriend and/or his charismatic young manager of murder. And she's determined to prove it no matter the cost.
WIP Intro
Untitled Silly Prison Whump Non-Story
A sweet, clever, naive 18-year-old guy from a respectable background falls on hard times, gets roped into helping with what he thinks is a nonviolent art heist, fucked over by the rest of the gang, and gets sentenced to 10 years in a totally cartoonish, unrealistic, hard-labor-galore prison. He unsurprisingly has a very bad time of it until the warden asks him to be his assistant, at which point it gets better ... or does it? I wrote this purely to entertain myself (but then again that's how GSNBTR started, too). I'm posting it on another site where I don't know anyone because I'm too embarrassed to post it here, but parts of it have found their way over to Tumblr. Maybe more will, too, someday.
Whumptober 2023
These stories are technically prequels to GSNBTR, but they both stand alone!
From the Moment I Could Talk, I Was Ordered to Listen (Whumptober Day 26)
A renowned professor of chemical physics visits a discount slave auction, looking for something very specific. But what he finds there is not quite what he had in mind.
With a Guarantee of Company (Whumptober Day 30)
A slave girl is caught in a compromising position with her master's daughter's crush and is forced to pay the price for it.
What you'll find on this blog
Posts about my writing and others' writing, both whumpy and otherwise. Tags and asks (I try to get to all of them eventually!) Posts and reblogs with prompts, memes, etc. about whumpy writing and general writing.
Other Writing
I have four complete novels, some of which have been published under pseudonyms (which, for various uninteresting reasons, I won't be discussing or linking to on this blog).
Audience
For now, my writing will be hosted (except for perhaps some very occasional bonus content) exclusively on Ao3 (hence the username) since I started over there, and prefer not to split my audience. This may change in the future, however.
Although my ongoing WIP on Ao3 is NSFW and intended only for ages 18 and over, this blog should be generally SFW. Anything that's not, I'll strive to tag and put under a cut. That said, just in case, I'm trying to avoid knowingly following or interacting with minors and I don't encourage them to follow me.
I'm trying very hard to stay away from posting anything real-world controversial or political, but sometimes I can't help myself, sorry!
My inbox is always open to comments and questions! I love tag games, though sometimes I develop quite a backlog. Basically, I welcome any kind of positive interaction. After all, that's what I'm here for!
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GSNBTR | | wip: the adored | my writing | your writing | ask game | tag game | clairels teaches writing | asked and answered |
Sideblog(s):
tropium-addict: A repository for Tumblr fiction I either have read or want to read.
season-of-trope: Memes, quotes, mental health, opinions on things political and otherwise, personal development, pretty pictures ... everything else, really.
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doc-u-x · 6 months
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~Requested~ 💖🍋Raph X Fem!Reader💖🍋
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(And this wonderful piece of art was made by Yanteetle on Tumblr! Check them out they are truly lovely!)
BOO! Hello ^^ Anyway this request is from JadeCeinwenz ! And of course, let's get into this bad boy!
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(Ralph 😭)
H/L = Hair length H/C = Hair color E/C = Eye color
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~~~Y/N's POV~~~
I sigh as I stare into my full body mirror, staring at the stretch marks that littered my body, I frown, feeling repulesed by my own body, I wore a sports bra and some shorts, my (H/L H/C) all messy from my attempt to sleep, my room was dark aside from my small desk lamp.
My (E/C) eyes glanced around my body, I let out a groan and threw myself onto my bed, I quickly hid under my blanket, small tears pricking my eyes as I started to get trapped in my own thoughts.
"W-why can't I just l-look like everyone else... W-why do I have to have these STUPID stretch marks!?" I whispered harshly to myself as I started crying, the sound of me crying drowning out the sound of my phone going off..
It was Raph who had texted me, but I ignored it, crying and insulting myself as I sobbed.
~~~Raph's POV~~~
I sat happily on my elevated bed, my large tail swishing gently behind me as I texted Y/N.
"Hey Bunny, just wanted to ask if I could come over for the night! You promised we could have a movie night and I wanted to know I coud stop by and you know, anyway, love you Bunny!" 
The text read, I smiled and hopped down from my bed, a loud thud rung through the room as I landed, I smiled and quickly ran into the kitchen, grabbing some snacks for the movie, I then ran through the lair, I headed to Pop's room, only to find him passed out in bed, I chuckled and quickly left, heading to Donnie's lab.
"Hey Dee!" I said as I walked in, Donnie sat perched on his chair, tinkering with a few parts, he perked up and flipped his goggles up, looking over to me.
"Oh, hey Raph, was there something you needed?" He asked as he got up, stretching a little and removing his battle shell, setting it aside on it's stand.
"I just wanted to say I was heading out for a bit, and Pops is passed out so I wanted you to keep an eye on the other's, it only takes a few moments for those Bozos to set something or someone on fire..." I said as I rubbed the back of my head, recalling the time Leo set the kitchen on fire trying to cook something for Mikey while he was sick.
Donnie sighed and nodded "Fine, but you owe me one... Those Dum Dums are harder to watch than acual todlers..." Donnie grumbled as he shook his head, he grabbed his bo staff and headed off.
I smiled and headed back to my room, I checked my phone, only to see no answer, I tilted my head.
"Could they be sleeping...?" I muttered to myself as I shrugged, I packed a small bag and headed out of the lair, quickly running through the night to your apartment building.
~~~Y/N's POV~~~
I had managed to stop crying, my body still shaking, I sniffled and sat up in bed, grabbing my phone and notcing a text from Raph sent about an hour ago, I tensed up, quickly running into my closet and throwing on a hoodie, I then ran into my bathroom and quickly wipped my face off, that's when I heard a small tapping from my bedroom window, I perked up, sighing and heading back to my room.
That's where I saw a smiling Raph at my window, he waved, a bright smile on his face, I opened y window and he hopped inside, closing the window behind him.
"Bunny! Oh I'm so happy to see you!" Raph said as he quickly scooped me up in his arms, peppering my face in kisses and squeezing my body in a tight hug.
I let out a weak chuckle "Hey Raph..." I mumbled as I nuzzled into him, I held back a few sniffles.
"Oh my sweet little Honey Bee! I've missed youuuu!" Raph said, finally setting me down, however that's when he noticed my blood shot eyes and tear-stained eyes.
"Bunny? Were you crying?" He asked as he gently cupped my face.
"W-well yes, but it was because I was in the shower and got some... Soap in my eyes.." I mumbled, pulling away from him.
Raph's face fell, like he could see right through my lie, he sighed and sat down on the edge of my bed.
"You know you're a trashy lier, right Y/N...?" He said as he patted the space in his lap, I sighed and slowly walked over, sitting down in his lap.
"Do you want to tell me why you were really crying?" He asked, gently wrapping his arms around my waist and rubbing my left side softly.
"...I-I... I've been... Hating my body lately... B-because of my stupid stret-" I was cut off by Raph placing his hand over my mouth.
"Stop right there Bunny, you don't talk about your body that way..." He whispered, gently kissing my neck.
"B-but it's gross! N-no one could ever love them! N-not even you, a-and you know they're ugly!" I mumbled as I started to tear up again.
Raph sighed softly, picking me up and laying my down on my bed "You know that's not true... I love you a lot, and the marks on your body just add to your beuaty... And I want you to know that... I love you with all my heart my sweet little Bee, I can and I will prove that to you..." He said softly as he gently picked me up by my waist.
"Take off the hoodie for me.. Please..." Raph said softly, I felt his breath on my neck, a small shiver running down my spine, I removed my hoodie and set it aside, I covered any of the stretch marks I could.
Raph sighed and moved my hands aside, gently pressing soft kisses to all the marks he could see, he was so gentle with every touch, like he was afraid to break me, I shuddered slightly, the way he kissed my body made me shake.
"I love you, Dearling, you mean the world to me... And I mean what I say.." Raph said as he gently started running his hand down my torso and to my thigh, where he gently started rubbing it.
"R-Raph I-" I was cut off once more by Raph who managed to lay me down and pin me to the bed, he then grabbed my face gently and pressed a kiss to my lips, my face flushed as I kissed him back, a few moments passed before he pulled back.
"Your such a good girl..." Raph whispered as he pressed another kiss to my neck, nibbling on it softly, I gasped slightly as he sunk his teeth into my neck, I bit my lip, shivering under Raph, who was now playing with my left boob.
I shuddered softly, feeling Raph smother me in love.
"You see these~?" Raph whispered, tracing one of my stretch marks "These add onto your beauty my Love... Every part of your body is woderful..." Raph said, removing my sports bra and setting it to the side.
His gaze shifted to the stretch marks on my boobs, it didn't take long before he started smothering them in love as well, Raph then removed my shorts and underwear, rubbing the inside of my thighs gently.
Soft squeaks and whimpers left me as he kept teasing all over my body.
"You're adorable, look at you!" Raph said as he chuckled softly, clearly enjoying my flustered state.
"R-Raph stop.." I mumbled, my face flushed comepletely.
Raph smiled and picked my up, grabbing a robe from my nightstand and wrapping me up in it.
"Well, I just wanted to come for the movie night we had planned... So I'll stop, for now that is~ But please Bunny... Your body is wonderful, and I hope you know that.. I love you Bunny~" He whispered, pressing a soft kiss to my cheek.
"A-aw... R-Raph I love you too.." I whispered, Raph smiled and set me down, setting up snacks and finding a Jupiter Jim movie to play, he came back over to me and picked me back up, holding me in his arms and smothing me in love. I was a flustered mess as I sat in Raph's lap, my head resting on his chest as we both relaxed and watched the movie, I felt so so lucky Raph loved me, it filled me with so much joy...
That night was truly something, the whole night Raph praised my body, whispering in my ear how cute and loveable I was, god, how did I ever end up with someone so amazing like him...
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CHELLOOOOOO YALL~~~ God that took longer than needed I am so sorry- Anyways, just wanted to let you all know that no matter what your body looks like, the marks, the shape, size, color or form, it's wonderful and lovely, and if anyone says otherwise I will hit them, don't let anyone stand in your way of thinking wonderfully of yourself, because I know you're wonderful, you have a wonderful night/ day/ afternoon/ dusk/ evening!!! Love you all lots (Oh, PS, I now post things on Tumblr as well!) Bye Lovelys! (Also sorry the chapter wasn't full on smut, I though making a slightly smuttie but more fluffy chapter would be nice, hope you like it!!)
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cozylittleartblog · 8 months
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Oop, hello there! ^^ I remember you from DA, still think your art is so cool!! Still fond of the vintage characters and the world of Tessa n' Val! I'm currently testing the waters on Tumblr lol, hoping to get around a different vibe for documenting my projects n' chatting about stuff I like, and wanted to ask: as someone who's been on Tumblr for a while, what are your main tips for a starting artist in the platform? Wish ya a great day! Stay artful n' creative :]
HI!!!! i remember you too, i always get really excited when artists i like come here. tumblr is the only website i really use for myself and not just to post art, so it means i get to follow them and interact with their art 🥺 i ditched deviantart for everything that isn't posting art and bitching about the website via status updates lmfao, the new inbox and watched deviants tabs are so... out of the way and counter intuitive. hate it there.
anyway, I've written a general tumblr how-to post because there's been so many exoduses (exodi??) from other platforms over the last few years, but I don't think I've ever written one for artists? or at least I can't find it if I did. so here are some hot tips ����👉👉
NUMBER ONE BIGGEST RULE: if you're an artist and you want to actively gain a following and curate your art, please have a separate art blog where you post exclusively or near exclusively art. it's ok to reblog a post here or there, but tumblr is a website About curating and having specific blogs! it's not that people don't want to see or hear about the artist behind the work, but they don't want 43289 unrelated memes and posts for fandoms they're not in 😅 admittedly i have skipped following some good artists here because their reblogs completely drown out their art and clog my dashboard. people really like curated blogs, almost every artist has a separate art blog 'round these parts. (it's completely fine to post WIPs and text posts discussing your art too, some people would like to see your process!)
speaking of curating: tags are your best friend! tumblr tracks the first 20 tags I believe, so use the first 20 tags to add your important search terms. this is where you put anything you'd want to turn up in the search. really you probably wont have more than 10 of these tags. after that you are welcome to ramble in the tags or use organizational tags for your specific blog.
not sure how to tag? search up what terms you'd use to try to find your own post if you were someone else, and see what tags popular posts in that tag used. you should ALWAYS use the #art and #artists on tumblr tags, as well as any relevant common trigger/content warning tags :D here's how i do it:
FOR FANDOM POSTS: where applicable, I tag Fandom, Fandom Acronym, Featured Characters, Featured Ships, and sometimes #[fandom] fanart and/or #[fandom acronym] fanart. FOR ORIGINAL POSTS: you can tag your art medium (digital art, traditional art, sculpting, etc), the general aesthetic or themes, time periods, and if it features your OCs you can use #oc and their names so if people want to see all your OC content they can find it. admittedly i mostly post fanart so i am very spontaneous with the tags i use on my original art posts lol
4. shorter captions seem to be preferred by the masses, I personally either dump my extra comments in the tags of the original post or I'll put them under a cut. unless it's extremely relevant to the post, like explaining ideas or headcanons
5. have all your handy links in your bio! you can use basic HTML coding to insert links with text and put in line breaks. you should have links to other socials (or something like a carrd that links them for you) and your support streams, like shops and tip jars and patreons. and ofc a little about you and what people can expect to see you draw!
6. have your inbox open! you don't have to take requests, but sometimes someone will throw a brilliant idea at you that you may Coincidentally be inclined to draw. it's also just fun to interact with people who like what you do! sweet comments go a long way
7. last one i can think of - do a seIf-reblog at some point in the day. people live in different timezones and not everybody finishes their dashboard. personally I schedule posts for 12 pm cst and then one seIf-reblog at 8 pm cst. it's also okay to reblog your older artworks for new followers to see, especially if you haven't posted in a while. TV airs re-runs and so can you B)
hope some of it helps!
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infiniteanalemma · 4 months
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Ding, ding! The poll results are in and we have a winner! It's daffodils for Astarion! 🥳
To be honest, I was a little surprised by this result. I sort of expected a foxglove sweep, but daffodils are so fitting. I kind of love the imagery for this idea. The symbolism is delicious! 😙👌 Great choice, everybody!
Before I get into my thoughts on that symbolism, though, I've been thinking about the next possible piece. I think I'd like to do Wyll next. He deserves more art, and I'd like to stretch my artistic muscles a little. (I may regret saying that by the time I get finished with Astarion's, though.) It's surprisingly difficult to find flowers that fit Wyll both symbolically and aesthetically ... I'm still looking into it a bit, but you can look for that poll in the next few days. I'd love to hear suggestions, of course!
Also, would anyone want to see WIP sketches, or should I just post the finished product (such as it may be)? I've always been a little hesitant to post "unpolished" work like sketches, but after working on NaNo this past month, it seems public accountability does motivate me to get off my rump and do the thing. I just don't know that anyone is actually interested. Well, anyway, just a thought...
I'mma ramble a little bit about daffodil symbolism and why I like it for Astarion, but naturally I'm putting that bit beneath a cut for length.
So, let me start by saying flower symbolism is an absolute mess. Obviously I couldn't fit all of the potential meanings in the poll description, but a lot of times, flower meanings are contradictory. No matter where you look, you'll find another source that says something different. I tried to get the general gist, but that meant leaving a lot of things out.
That said, daffodils are interesting because their meanings are in such opposition to each other. They're symbols of hope and despair. They're both for renewal and being backward-looking. It's contradictory, and that push and pull is interesting.
Also, as I sort of implied in the poll, daffodils are a group of flowers that fall under the group called Narcissus -- named after the Greek myth of Echo and Narcissus, from which we derive the term narcissist. For those who don't know the basic story, the nymph Echo falls in love with Narcissus, who is beautiful but vain. She approaches him, but he spurns her because he is too arrogant. Depending on which version of the myth you go by, either she curses him herself or he is punished by the gods for breaking her heart. Either way, he winds up falling in love with his own reflection and pining away, with the Narcissus flower blooming where he dies, entranced into immobility and unable to look away from himself.
A fitting irony for Astarion -- someone who was vain and dismissive of others, who ended up cursed for his arrogance. It's ironic, in that Astarion's curse denies him the ability to see his own reflection. Instead of death, he is transformed by unlife. He is a sort of inverted Narcissus, punished for his vanity, not allowed to ever see his own reflection again and not allowed to die but, in an ironic sort of way, this is the thing that allows him the opportunity to change and grow -- a renewal, a transformation.
Astarion is a Narcissus who was forcibly humbled, denied his reflection, forced to use his once greatest asset as a weapon against himself, then given a chance to repent, to change. Unlike the actual Narcissus, who was forced to drown in his own folly and arrogance without ever realizing his punishment, denied the chance to change or redeem himself, Astarion gets a second chance. Of course, the player can give him a push to transform into a better version of himself, or to embrace his worst aspects. The player is his mirror, symbolically and even in-game (the mirror scene), allowing him to become whatever they reflect back to him.
There's something pleasing about the parallels, but the inversions are even more pleasing, in my personal opinion. Anyway, it's all very tasty and giving me a lot of ideas.
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siriuslygay1981 · 4 months
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Introduction post!!
You can call me Star/Basra/Bea/Carmen, I go by them all :).
They/them! (but also all pronouns, just use they/them more!!)
Queer(not really labeled.) Poly!
I like cosmology/astronomy, writing, music and reading! I'm a writer, an artist, I love learning new things and I am always looking for friends
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Things I'll post Abt:
Marauders era, Harry Potter, Stranger things, Good omens,Marvel, DC (specifically batman-robin-redhood stuff) and Anime! Writing and in general probably random rants about whatever thing I've watched/read recently. I will reblog the most random post that I relate to or just want to reblog too ofc. I might post art sometimes !
。:+* ゚ ゜゚ *+:。:+* ゚ ゜゚ *+:。
Boundaries-
No:
hate comments
Bullying
Slurs/racism/homophobia etc etc
Eveyone can:
Reply/ask questions
Ask to be friends
Texting me on here
Ask to collab
Mutuals only:
Asking for socials
Asking personal info
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My spotify-
My ao3-
I give permission to use any idea I've written/talked about as long as it's credited and I'm tagged (I'd love to see it :) ) Unless I've mentioned otherwise
Beta reader applications are open! If you wish to be a beta reader for any WIP (published or not) let me know!
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Request info-
I won't do inc3st, I won't do illegal, I won't force myself to write what I don't vibe with and I'll tell you that.
I'll do NSfw, I'll do any ship, any scenario! I might even do x reader. I'll link my stories from my Tumblr on my pinned post too. You can request in Asks or messages.
I'll be posting my own stuff that I want to post until someone asks!
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Black brothers angst-
Regulus Dying-
Dorlene Word prompt -
Rosekiller word prompt-
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aristocratic-otter · 1 year
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Hello everyone on this nearly-still-Sunday-night. Thank y'all for the tags. I've been extremely busy, though more with creating valentines for the discord valentine's exchange than writing. Still, I've got some words in every WIP. Below the cut for length.
Thank you and tag backsies for Wednesday to @artsyunderstudy, @you-remind-me-of-the-babe, @fatalfangirl, @hushed-chorus, @ileadacharmedlife, @frjsti, @takitalks, @confused-bi-queer, @thewholelemon, @chen-chen-chen-again-chen. Your fics are so freaking brilliant, it's unfair how much talent is concentrated in this fandom.
From Westward Son (Only three chapters left!)
 I remember drowning. I remember fighting the river back in Virginia; trying to hold my head above water, trying to hold my breath until I just…couldn’t anymore. I remember falling falling falling.
Then Shepard is on me. “Simon!” he shouts frantically. “Is she…” 
His voice snaps me out of the spiral of memory I’d been trapped in.
From The White Chapel (writing the last scene this week!)
I kiss him. And kiss him. And kiss him.
He kisses me back frantically. On my lips, my nose, my cheeks, my eyes, anywhere he can reach. “You shouldn’t be here,” he’s mumbling between kisses. “You need to leave. Before it’s too late.” But, even if I were inclined to agree with him, he never stops kissing me long enough to let me go.
From: Raising Dragons (a chapter and a half to go)
I truly think we became a single entity for several seconds there. My thoughts were his, his were mine and our bodies were united in every possible way. 
Now, we’re exhausted and happy, ready to sleep the remainder of our wedding night away in each other’s arms. 
At least, we were ready. Until Niamh began pounding on our bedroom door with all the subtlety of a battering ram, shouting, “Simon! Baz! Your eggs are hatching!”
From: To Heal a Broken Mind (18,000 words and nowhere near finished):
I never want him to go home. I refuse to examine that thought. It’s not hope. I know there’s no hope for him to fall in love with me. He’s straight. And he hates me. But maybe he hates me a little less now?
From Double Your Pleasure (WILL be done by the 24th) (will have art, too! I'm excited about who I'm getting to work with) (and that's all you're getting 😉)
I do know the spell. But I’ve never tried it before. I’m flammable, and a mispronounced syllable could be fatal for me. But I can’t face down my own clone’s confidence. He thinks I can do it. 
I’m going to try. 
From Saving Simon Snow (18,000 words and about halfway done):
I settle back against the plush leather seats of Basilton’s Jaguar. Really, what right does an eighteen year old have to own a car like this? He says it's his father’s, but he drives it deftly, confidently. It’s like he was born to drive this car. 
I shake my head. I know I’m perseverating on the car because I don’t want to think about the numerous ugly outcomes that are possible for Simon.
Should I be excited that 2/3s of my WIPs are nearly done? ...well, there may be three more WIPs waiting in the wings 🤦‍♀️
Tagging a few more folks: @angelsfalling16, @annabellelux, @bazzybelle, @bookish-bogwitch, @basiltonbutliketheherb, @bloodiedpixie, @carryonsimoncarryonbaz, @dragoneggos, @excalisbury, @erzbethluna, @fight-surrender, @facewithoutheart, @foolofabookwyrm-activated, @giishu, @gekkoinapeartree, @ivelovedhimthroughworse, @ionlydrinkhotwater, @johnwgrey, @j-nipper-95, @jbrrring, @jasonfunderberkerthefrogexists, @krisrix, @larkral, @letraspal, @messofthejess, @moodandmist, @nausikaaa, @nightimedreamersghost, @otherworldsivelivedin, @onepintobean, @petrodobreva, @prettylightsbigcity, @raenestee, @thehoneyedhufflepuff, @theearlgreymage, @tea-brigade, @technetiumai, @whogaveyoupermission, @yellobb-old, @yeonjunenby
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lilbittymonster · 5 months
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20 Questions for Fic Writers
Tagged by @crackinglamb, tysm 💜
1. how many works do you have on ao3?
Currently 33
2. what’s your total ao3 word count?
110,421
3. what fandoms do you write for?
Currently writing for Final Fantasy XIV, but I have also written for Borderlands 2, Fallout 4, and Critical Role
4. what are your top five fics by kudos?
Only A Thought Away - Critical Role, Widomauk, Soulmates AU.
This Is Home - Critical Role, Widomauk/Fjorester/BeauYasha, Domestic slice of life.
I Will Endure - Critical Role, Widomauk, background Yashagard, Canon Divergence.
Forgiveness - Critical Role, Genfic, a bit of catharsis that still ended up happening in game just not the way i first envisioned it.
Boy, Oh Boy - Critical Role, Genfic, modern au.
All of these were done for a discord event several years ago.
5. do you respond to comments?
I do, I make an effort to respond to every one I get. Only exceptions being a couple "moar plz" "when's the next chapter?" type ones that I just deleted.
6. what’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
Extinguishing the Last Light, my worst end Lightwarden AU where the Scions fail to defeat the final Lightwarden and the First continues to drown in Light.
7. what’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
Walk to the Water, a 10k Borderlands Gaingel MerMay AU
8. do you get hate on fics?
Not yet, but if anyone tries it they've got another thing coming :)
9. do you write smut? if so, what kind?
I've written plenty, I've only posted the one E fic though. Mostly gay elf porn.
10. do you write crossovers? what’s the craziest one you’ve written?
No.
11. have you ever had a fic stolen?
Not that I know of.
12. have you ever had a fic translated?
Nope, though I'd be fine with it as long as I'm added as a co-author with a link to the original English.
13. have you ever co-written a fic before?
I have, I was doing a pretty large scale Critical Role rp fic with four other people. It disintegrated from some interpersonal tensions and one person leaving the fandom entirely but I still think very fondly on it. Before that, I was doing a Borderlands OC rp with a friend.
14. what’s your all-time favorite ship?
You ask me, a bisexual, to make a choice? Lol. Lmao, even. I do not have a One True Pairing, I have learned the mature art of multishipping like a goddamn adult.
15. what’s a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?
OOF well this is a tie between Sometimes Goodbye and A Thistle's Thorns, both being all but abandoned due to fandom drift and loss of motivation. I found the original outline I had (thankfully) written out for Sometimes Goodbye, and I have started another BL2 playthrough, but FFXIV has eaten my life at this point so idk if I'll ever come back to it properly.
16. what are your writing strengths?
Show don't tell, detail descriptions, I have been told my characterisation through dialogue has been consistently on point (which is a relief), worldbuilding
17. what are your writing weaknesses?
Finding a good place to end. if left to my own devices I will Just Keep Rambling. That was actually one of the reasons I kept my FFXIVWrite entries so short. I needed to get over the hump of just letting things end.
18. thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?
I haven't had this particular problem yet, but I will once I start writing stuff for Stormblood, because Kitali is multilingual.
When I'm reading it, though, I prefer to just have a dialogue tag indicating which language is being spoken and then either a bold, italics, or both to show what's being spoken in what language. It saves me the trouble of scrolling back and forth and back and forth from the notes at the end of the chapter or trying to remember what was said where exactly and in what context.
19. first fandom you wrote for?
Borderlands 2
20. favorite fic you’ve ever written?
That would be Dragoon Age: Origins, the telling of Kitali and Estinien's first clash which I definitely did not just spend the last hour or so rereading nope not me
Tagging: @captainsparklefingers @screamingvikings @ir0n-angel and anyone else who wants to take a shot, I have lost track of who writes and who doesn't lol
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This or That? Tag
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Thank you for tagging me @writernopal ! You can find her post here, go read it ! 💜 I had a lot of fun developing the answers, sorry if it's all over the place ^^
|| HISTORICAL or FUTURISTIC ||
I love to read historical novels but writing them is waaaayyy above my competence level and I know I would get lost in the research part of it instead of, you know, actually, writing it. So futuristic it is because I can bullshit my way through it.
|| OPENING or CLOSING CHAPTER ||
CLOSING CHAPTER!!! I can't wait to get to the one in La Fledgling! I'm gonna break my own heart, it's going to be great!
|| LIGHT+FLUFFY or DARK+GRITTY ||
I wish I could write light and fluffy things but I can't. It might be pathological at this point. I tried to write a fluffy mermaid AU and Lou drowned in the first chapter, so now I give up. I'll accept my fate.
|| ANIMAL COMPANION or FOUND FAMILY ||
I have to choose animal companion because one of my favourite character (Lorelei, immortal witch, high priestess of Némésis goddess of revenge) has a familiar named Doll. It's a raven who believes himself to be a bird of prey but is actually just... broken. It once tried to incubate a skunk and to eat a cat, so. He can't see windows and can cut through steel with his beak (through sheer determination and will). I love it with all my heart. I've only had him for twelve years, but if anything ever happened to him, I would kill to get him back 🤺🤺🤺
|| HORROR or ROMANCE ||
Romance that becomes horrifying, where you would do anything for your partner, even betraying your values and your faith, to the point where you can't recognize the person looking at you through the mirror. Or where your lover becomes something other and you're not sure how to love her anymore.
(On this not, there's a great novel Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield where one of the woman is marine biologist and comes back to her wife *wrong* after six months lost at sea. It's terrifying, it's great!)
|| HARD MAGIC SYSTEM or SOFT MAGIC SYSTEM ||
Fuck rules. Do whatever you want! Why do dragons exist in my world? Because the god of poison had children with a crocodile metamorph and she gave birth to the dragons, next question! Why is Lorelei's magic different from the others'? Because she's OP and I love her and she's my chosen one! Why can Jo [REDACTED] because. That's it. That's my justification. I do what I want as long as it's fun 💃‍
|| STANDALONE or SERIES ||
I always say I'm gonna write a standalone and I rarely succeed. I blame it on my favourite books I read as a child which were all super long series with like 50 books in it, spanning generations and thousands of years (hi Heralds of Valdemar and The ballad of Pern) I also blame them for making me write dragons and over-powered women. I love you, you're the best, mwah!
|| ONE PROJECT AT A TIME or ALWAYS JUGGLING 2+ ||
I'm always switching between WIPs depending on my mood and my motivation. I can put aside a project for months (hi book 3 of WsT... I'm coming back for you baby, I'm coming back for you!), start three new WIPs, and then go back to one of my ancients projects. Every time I try to persuade myself to only work on one thing I get frustrated and end up not writing at all so I just let my creativity take me wherever. I'm not even a passenger anymore, I'm stuck in the trunk of the car, scribbling madly and trying to understand what's going on. It's not going well.
|| ON AWARD WINNER or ONE BESTSELLER ||
I don't really care about awards. Like sure it'd be nice to know critics and judges liked mu book enough to give me a Hugo or a Nebula or whatever, but what I really want is for *actual people* to love my stories. I hope I can touch at least one person with my silly little characters and their struggles. (Also, I want the fanfics and the fan-arts 😂)
|| FANTASY OR SCI-FI ||
I love sci-fi, especially sci-fi stories where humanity has to leave earth and terraform/colonize other planets, I love exodus. I also love to just write whatever like an archeology student getting kidnapped but an alien sect because they think she can resurrect their leader. And I love fantasy because I love swords, and dragons, and magic, and lesbians (and lesbian dragon shapeshifters with a sword), and prophecies. I love being able to craft a world and society and to just... have fun.
|| CHARACTER DESCRIPTION or SETTING DESCRIPTION ||
I don't do it enough, but I love setting descriptions because it helps paint a picture and you can leave little nuggets of foreshadowing in it. (You can also do it with character description but I think I might be too obvious when I do that XD)
|| FIRST DRAFT or FINAL DRAFT ||
First draft is a pain in the ass but I actually love the process of figuring out what the fuck is going on, who the characters are, what they want, what they need. It's like getting to know someone but sudoku like. If you don't put the numbers in the right order you understand nothing. (It's a bad comparison, I hate sudoku, but you get what I mean). Also, what the fuck is a final draft? I've never met her. i always want to change something even after I'm done. Which is also why publishing scares me so much : what if I want to change something and can't because it's already been printed? Nightmare 😱
|| LOVE TRIANGLE IN EVERYTHING or NO ROMANTIC ARCS ||
I'd rather have no romantic arc ever again than suffer through a poorly written love triangle once again. I'm tired of love triangles. Be original at least and give me a love octagon or something. I don't know dude, make one of them die in a war, her wife mourns then starts dating again and then, she comes back after being MIA for years. Don't make it bland between the dark-haired bad boy and the blond boy next door, please I'm begging you. And if you really can't write any other romance, then please just give me an action novel or a fantasy novel or a horror novel without any romance. Please. No more love triangles.
|| CONSTANT SANDSTORM or RAINSTORM ||
Rainstorm if I'm inside! It's so soothing, especially at night. I love thunder and lightning, I love being comfy in my bed, listening to the rain 🥰
Gently tagging @liv-is, @ladyniniane & @autumnalwalker if you haven't done it yet 😊
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cymatile · 1 year
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5 Songs
**Share 5 songs related to your current WIPs (art or writing related)
**If you don’t have a wip, you can share what you like about your top 5!
Tagged by @vodkafolie (thank you so much ;v;)
Soap&Skin - Me and the Devil
Me and the Devil Walking side by side And I'm gonna see my man Until I get satisfied
This song for me is the WaynexMC song of all time. I currently have what, half a dozen Scarlet Hollow wips - some that might not even see the light of day, the one I chose for this included - and most of them are related to my Scarlet MCs relationship with Wayne, so I'm always thinking of this song in particular one way or another.
2. Agnes Obel - Familiär
For our love is a ghost that the others can't see It's a danger Every shade of us you fade down to keep Them in the dark on who we are (Oh, what you do to me) Gonna be the death of me It's a danger 'Cause our love is a ghost that the others can't see
First of all, I really like Agnes Obel. Secondly, the whole thing about comparing love to a ghost is just... so, so good, and it suits what I think the average Waynemancer MC would go through (yes, Sybil, the evil entity taking my cousin's ex's putrid body for a ride is my friend, and yes, we are in love, I don't care if you don't believe in it. I do).
3. Alev Lenz - Fall Into Me
Fall into me And drown inside me I know you will see The beauty of me
This one feels so much like a seductive fall into the abyss, and boy, if this isn't what romancing Wayne feels like... Hoo-weee.
4. The Mission - Garden of Delight (Hereafter)
The treasured and precious first fleeting touch of a gracious stranger In-charmed me and entranced me I know you can do me no harm, so
Take my hand and lead me To the Garden of Delight
So, sometimes I have many ideas for wips, but they never go anywhere I want. When I'm lucky, something about them allows that I merge the ideas together and they become more solid. Case in point: one of my previous wips was heavily based on this song's vibes, but I didn't really have anything for it, to be honest, just... an afterimage of sorts, if it makes sense. So I kinda let the idea be "devoured" into this other wip, where it will become - I hope - a scene instead of a whole fic, although of course I have to adapt it somehow; the song gives me vibes of a safe, intimate in a slightly sensual way, haven away from everything. A little secret garden (of delight) of its own.
... I really hope I'm able to write this TvT
(Also God's Own Medicine fucks severely)
5. Glass Animals - Dust in Your Pocket
She feels a lick, down her nape It looks up with a fair glass face The peeling palms of dirty hands Jointed thumbs with drumstick ends Yellow nails from pinching fags A slimy creature lacking clad He pulls his fingers from her mind And lets her see, just like she was blind!
This song feels unsettling, grotesque and sexily fucked up. Just like my man Wayne ~
But really, I like to listen to it to remind me that, one way or another, romancing Wayne is a slow corruption. He's oh so gentle about it, but it's corruption nonetheless. When it comes to this wip, this is what I aim most: a gentle fall into something dark and inescapable; the MC knows that all too well, but why bother? It does feel so nice...
Gonna tag @hellhoundmaggie, @daemonoferror, @cryptcombat, @siacatgirl and whoever wants to do it because if I type more my computer will explode apparently
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istherewifiinhell · 1 year
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Five song otp play list, tagged by @palms-upturned (last week lol) tagging @joelleity @deadgrantaires@paradoxgavel and anyone else whod wants to!
My brain is a bit too soup to make a playlist, right now, and I don't have any OTPS one in the can (If i were to do one it would be dokhyuk and it would consist entirely of garages songs tho). So im just gonna grab the what i think are the strongest 5 songs from my wip HDB playlist.
Someone's Yearning feat: Jock Scott (Live at The Barbican
This isn't technically a sea power song so... So there. Also. Are there no lyrics available for it anywhere? Have to do everything myself (i guess hmu if u want the full lyrics ive. just typed up for this?)
Now, once more I'm on my own again / Conceding(?) romantic bufoon / The dishes pile up in the sink / I must tide up my room / As I ignore time, the damn stuff runs out / Just as well there's no one else about
If anyone calls I say uh "I'm fine" / Relieved that there are no witnesses to my sad decline / I may regroup and try again in a year or 2
The Fly, Cosmo Sheldrake
the. the whole lyrics of the song but... (Which. im learning just now is also a poem to music...)
Little fly, thy summer's play / My thoughtless hand has brushed away / Am I not a fly like thee? / Or art thou not a man like me?
For I dance and drink and sing / Till some blind hand shall brush my wing / If thought is life and strength and breath / And the want of thought is death
Then I am a happy fly / If I live or if I die
Grounds for Divorce, Elbow.
This broke my all bandcamp link streak... anyway GUITAR.
There'll be twisted karaoke at the Aniseed Lounge / And I'd bring you further roses but it does you no good / And it does me no good / And it does you no good
There's a hole in my neighborhood / Down which of late I cannot help but fall
Aquamarine, O'o
Not. Ostentatious Orchestrations. but still. (again this is like the whole song but... cmon.)
Pain is creeping, seeping / Words are sleeping, weeping / Through her liquid thoughts / Bubbling shaming noughts / And nullifying crosses / Can only count her losses / Alone, well out of earshot / Recounting the unwritten plot / Re-enacting the lovey-dovey dove / And her useless drowning love / Sudden springs of spite swelled up / Soon waves of rage welled up / Now helpless / She soaks in pain, in vain, and sinks x4
Brain drain x4
The washed up by a tidal bore / Waking up on a lonely shore of rippling sand / Hangover, hangover (hung, hung, hungover) x2
Dirty Imbecile The Happy Fits
Sure they messed me up but that is / Voices that they left inside of my head / Darling, dearest, don't you see / I'm tough, I'm smart, I'm bourgeoisie? / And I'll play out this lie until we're all dead
Count my little scars, I've got dozens down inside (Am I good? Is all I could) / I come complete and invincible behind my dirty imbecile (enough for you?) / All these things I've tried, boy (I'm so scared of) / Be cute, be dumb, be wise, be young (when and where I'll find the truth) / So don't tell me what to fear in the darkness of this atmosphere
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thegreatobsesso · 1 year
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Hi there 👋 and Happy Saturday.
What's your favorite thing about your current wip? The thing you're most proud of or excited about or the thing that makes you want to gush the most? (Something like a particular character dynamic, scene, theme, worldbuilding facet or something else?)
Oh, it is a happy Saturday indeed. The first day of a three-day weekend for me, spent it so far drinking coffee, doing art and writing. And then I log on Tumblr and I have this awesome ask. I feel spoiled by riches. 🥰
My favorite thing about my WIP is: okay, sorry but there are two, it's the dynamic between Callie/Riley and the dynamic between Callie/Simon. 💙
They're both just so.... deep, complicated, layered, and I could just drown in both of 'em.
Simon and Riley are both, in different ways, Callie's opposite. Simon is her opposite in that he thinks about other people's feelings and his place in the world. Riley is Callie's opposite in that she is calculating, measured, quiet, patient and subtle. And they both serve as her foil in different ways, but they're both wholly their own characters and when I mix them with Callie I just end up with these rich, delicious moments that seem to bloom on their own and I'm just trying to get it down in a way that does it justice !!!
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words-after-midnight · 10 months
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Happy Blorbo Blurbsday! Tell me something about your favorite character you write.
Answering this a week late, my apologies!
My favorite character to write that I'm actively writing right now is Jeff, so here's some miscellaneous stuff about him:
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Jeff aged 17 (left), 18 (middle) and 19 (right).
- Primarily features as the antagonist of my main wip Life in Black and White, but also appears in various other projects (both short- and long-form).
- Attended leftist demonstrations and a Marxist book club with his mother as a baby.
- Once said "daddy cop" in a court of law.
- One of his longer-term friends with benefits (ie. the protagonist of Life in Black and White) is absolutely obsessed with him.
- Would shank you for a piece of cheesecake.
- His name is, perhaps surprisingly, not short for Jeffrey.
- Every time he gets visibly injured (which is OFTEN, he's legitimately fights georg) he makes up a new and different convoluted story about the injury for every individual who asks him what happened.
- No matter who you are, 100% guaranteed he thinks he can take you in a fight. That's not to say he is never proven wrong - he is 5'11" and weighs maybe 160 lbs soaking wet. He frequently loses fights. But he is still absolutely convinced that he can beat anyone he sees in a fight. Conclusion: this man does not fucking learn.
- Has an, uh... interesting perspective and worldview. On the surface he's very charming, funny, carefree, fun to be around, eloquent, and seems outwardly very put together, but if you get to know him beyond a surface level it becomes clear that he's very shallow and hedonistic, with no real ambitions, direction, or long-term goals. He drowns his chronic boredom in a neverending series of cheap thrills and hedonistic pursuits. He also has a very stark "dog eat dog" or predator vs. prey view of life - in line with this, he loves to create chaos and drama, and views people in his life as objects or toys with which to entertain himself. He has no genuine, deep emotional attachment to anyone. "Oh, but I'm sure there are one or two people -" No. There are no exceptions. He also has no relationship to his own possessions (including his own body) beyond viewing them as tools.
His tag on my blog is thing 2 (bc I often refer to him and Gabriel as thing 1 and thing 2). Some previous posts I've done about him are here and here and here and also here. You can also see other sketches I've done of him (and other characters) in my concept art tag.
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epersonae · 2 years
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Writing asks: 17 (please please all three of your current wips by which I mean hungry for love and what makes me kind and the devils threeway as of yet untitled but probably something by the Mountain Goats)
Talk to me about the minutiae of your current WIP. Tell me about the lore, the history, the detail, the things that won’t make it in the text.
Oh, for all three????? Jeez. (for reference: Hungry for love, ready to drown; what makes me kind. "the devils threeway" is mmmmm just some trashy semi-crack pre-canon Ed/Jack/Anne Bonny in which I am working thru some things by writing pirates being terrible and making bad choices, don't @ me) [putting behind a cut because wow it got long]
Hungry for love. So. I have read several canon retellings that are fantastic Ed POV, love it, people do great stuff with that shit, it's fun, but like: I had not seen one that was entirely Stede POV. And I have some thoughts. I have some thoughts specifically on the whole "did he even know what he was feeling", because HI ALL this was me in the summer of 2019. I was thinking about that last night and the best way I can describe it (without multiple thousands of words of fanfiction) is that I had the thought for 3/4 of a second and my brain immediately drop-kicked it across a lake. And that feeling of recognition in his experience is something I just, I had to. And also it's a bit like a writing exercise, and I do love a writing exercise. Unlike what makes me kind, I'm not writing ahead at all, I'm writing very much one chapter at a time, altho sometimes jumping around a bit within a chapter. I'm also finding that I'm getting more out of it, emotionally and intellectually, than the thesis that I was originally out to write, and frankly I'm loving that. (I'm going to write more about this for another question that you asked, fyi.)
what makes me kind. I have been working on this for, what, four months? and only just posted the first two chapters. the writing process has been kind of a mess, I just write bits and pieces as the ideas come to me, which means they're all these different places in my mental journey with the themes of the show, different analyses that I've read, other people's fic and my feelings about that. it's this enormous katamari ball of ideas and images, and I still don't know if it's all going to come together in the end. I have a huge file of posts of art of the sea and sky, because (spoiler!) eventually Ed gets into painting, and I crave him exploring his love for and knowledge of the sea as an artistic endeavor. it was a thing that came to me while sitting on the beach looking at the Pacific Ocean, the first time I'd been to the ocean in maybe two years? since I went with Ryn, anyway. It probably won't end up anywhere in the posted work, but I also got inspired by a friend's amazing abstract watercolors; she mostly paints on postcards, and I have a whole collection of them, plus one that she did the last (only) time we were together in person, when my knitting group rented a house by a lake in the spring of 2019. oh, and there is a scene that I think will end up being in chapter 5 that I wrote during the mountain goats concert in May (so, yes, I've been writing it at least that long) on my phone while having pretty much a full emotional breakdown.
the devils fucking threesome. ok. so. the calico jack meta. like THE calico jack meta. the one that initially scrongled the plot of what makes me kind, and led to you saying "so what if [character] were just lying?" which further scrongled (and eventually unscrongled) things? there's a whole scene that directly references stuff I got out of it, and stuff from that (and from experiences of my younger years) has been rattling around in my head. and then YOU. not going to spoiler your own fic, but you asked me a question, rubber ducking something, and it ends up as like one sentence in your fic but I was like "oh I know how that went," and you did the owo face, and then it just kinda started and I'm mad about it honestly. there is a thoroughly embarrassing story from my early 20s, in which I definitely behaved badly, which I have told you but absolutely will not commit to the internet lololol, which forms part of the emotional core of the thing, even tho I am making the guys older than that. (there's also some [redacted] energy in it tbh; this trash fic [slaps gdoc] can fit so much processing in it) also, the gdoc title is currently "In which Jack is Leonardo DiCaprio" and I stand by that, and also I'm including but not making explicit a headcanon that Jack's girlfriends all bear some physical resemblance to young Ed.
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