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antiquatedplumbobs · 2 months

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🤎💐🤍🧸 for Violet & Hamish, please!

Scout!! Thanks for making this ask game dearest! 😘

🤎 How do they comfort each other?

I think that its physical touch, as a mentioned in a previous answer they just like being near each other so I think that provides some comfort just on its own. I think they're definitely the type to do wordless, quiet comfort for each other.

💐 What’s their favorite “domestic bliss” moment? Do they cook/clean together? Do they like to go out shopping together?

I already answered this one here!

🤍 What is their favorite or most admired quality in the other?

For Hamish: I think he admires Violet's dreaminess and interest in the world. He liked that she focused on more than just the minutia of day to day, that she dreamed about things that might be. I think his parents were very literal people and he felt stifled by them. So finding Violet who always believed in his ideas was like a breath of fresh air. Hamish at his core always wants to be trying new things, and Violet has always encouraged that and I think her ability to support him and see those things herself is very important to him. As well as her interest in literature and the world, their two oldest's names really point to that.

For Violet: I think she admires Hamish's bravery, she isn't the type to make strong decisions and I think she's very grateful Hamish does that in their relationship, even if it sometimes means he doesn't communicate as well. I think she felt nervous about the world even if she was intrigued by it and finding someone to protect her was very important to her.

🧸 BONUS! Include one of your favorite moments between them.

Oh gosh this is a little hard with these two, since when my story started it was pretty different than it is now! In a lot of ways I wish that I had spent more time with their love story prior to starting, but I wasn't that type of player then.

I think I'm going to say that I've always imagined the moment that they met, Violet had come into town with her father from the Isle and Hamish happened to be in the town running an errand. I think that the schoolchildren of Brindleton would have known about the lonely lighthouse keeper's daughter out on the island and probably made up stories about her. I like to think that the first moment he saw her he just immediately knew he was going to marry her and when he realized who she was he immediately introduced himself and asked if he could write to her. I picture their courtship as being mostly through letters and they just fell in love with each other's thoughts. I've also always imagined that as soon as she left that day he immediately began planning to buy Sable Farm so he could marry her and provide a home.

Want to ask another Love Day question? 💘

#sewell bits and bobs #ask game #antiqueasks

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curioushabitforarivergod · 1 month

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rules: list the first line of your last 10 fics and see if there's a pattern

conclusion: I seem to write short and direct sentences, I think.

yay!! omg thanks so much for the tag @tommarvoloriddlesdiary

Anakin is hard again. [Mock Orange]

It is constant. [The Lighthouse Keeper]

The next day, River crashes Stansted in a training exercise, through a piece of information lost in translation: white shirt, blue tee/blue shirt, white tee. [Hard-Hearted Men (a missing scene from Half-Hearted Circles)]

There’s something familiar, if not nostalgic, about gripping Spider like this, hands wound tightly into the fabric of his shirt, his jacket. [Half-Hearted Circles]

The front room of the Akaashi-family-home is hot and stuffy, even though it’s winter; the thermostat on too high. [tomorrow, they burn Koutarou]

It’s like a game. [lithe-creature-orient-boy (this is the game of control)]

When Hitoka wakes, the other side of the bed is empty. [the apple cores of tomorrow and every day after]

Semi and Hinata are kissing again, this time by the front gates. [soft hearts, electric souls]

James slips into the church too late. [Absolute Beginners]

By Jupiter, the last night. [Last Night]

tagging: @allthepeculiarthings and anyone else who wants to do it!!

#tag game #my fic #my multifandom is showing #haikyuu #slow horses #star wars #all creatures great and small #night at the museum #thank you for the tag pls pls pls feel free to tag again llol

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larkscribbles · 1 year

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🦑Caught to Order🦑

[ao3] Word count: 1006

Greater Marrows new fisherman ponders his abrupt arrival. A horrifying find jars him from his thoughts.

(Based off the start of the game so hopefully no spoilers!)

The sun had begun to dip towards the horizon, painting the sky in swathes of yellow and orange. The sea slowly but surely had grown more agitated, now lapping aggressively at the sides of the fishing vessel. I lamented there was only one lousy rod on the loaned ship. It had done the job well enough so far, at least.

With nothing better to do, my mind drifted back to my abrupt arrival. The crash. I couldn’t remember much - the memory was blurred at the edges, distorted. It didn’t make sense. I could handle a boat, couldn’t I? The lighthouse hadn’t pierced the thick fog as it should have. As the mayor had said - “It was shining right at you”. In daylight my new vessel had passed the scene of the accident. The rock wasn’t there anymore. Or maybe it was - no - had it shifted? Damn it. It was as if the ever-present fog had muddied my own mind. The townsfolk almost seemed scared of it. The lighthouse keeper certainly was, the perpetual scowl etched on her face. Or maybe that was just when conversing with me - an outsider. Everyone else had been friendly enough.

I was jarred out of my thoughts by the telltale thrashing of a fish. The blanket of night had crept in - how long had it been? I stumbled towards the line. The catch fought with an unnatural strength and rhythm. Finally, I reeled it in, scarcely believing my eyes, choking on my own breath. The rod landed with a clatter, slamming the writhing thing onto the deck.

It should have been a squid but it wasn’t. Not entirely.

The mantle was intact but it soon ballooned into something grotesque and twisted. Soon the maroon head of the squid became ribbons of flesh, engulfed by a green glowing gelatinous sack. It was a miracle, or perhaps a curse that it was alive. Malformed tendrils writhed beneath it. No tentacles, eyes, or mouth to feed itself. Just a carrier… of… something. The smaller viridescent cores were suspended within a mass of goo. I dared not touch it. The blood - ichor more likely, it was thicker than blood - around the hook was black.

Panic seized my chest. I didn’t know what to do in the face of such an aberration. My face burned with heat despite the cold shards of fear that pierced my lungs with every breath. My ears rang in alarm, head began to throb the more I dared look at it. This was wrong. All wrong. A distant, distorted wail of a foghorn brought me back to my senses. I made an effort to slow my breathing with the rising and falling of the boat, consoling myself with the knowledge I was not far from Greater Marrow. I would return to solid land where I could steady my nerves and get an appraisal of this thing from the fishmonger there. Yes, I would be interested to hear his appraisal. He had asked for an odd fish. Not something like this- I took another steadying breath. It was just a fish, nothing more. As I turned the ship to leave, I saw it had stopped moving. It had died seconds since it was removed from the water and yet it continued to twitch and pulse out the corner of my eye. I doggedly focused on the lights of the town, revving the engine louder than needed to try and drown out my own thoughts. No matter how much it made my skin crawl it was just a fish.

The fishmonger did not seem surprised when the bell announced my arrival. He politely averted his gaze at my state of disarray, bushy eyebrows lowering to cover his eyes. His expression soon shifted when I presented my find to him, hands shaking. He knew I’d found it. This was far from a mere ‘deformity’ as he’d described. I was seized by a pang of guilt. I shouldn’t have given this to him, I shouldn’t have. I knew he intended to eat it. Eat it! He hadn’t been subtle about his intentions at all. I could be killing this man for all I know-

I had scarcely been listening to what the man was saying, his appraisal of it, head bobbing in approval. He picked up the specimen with no fear, feeling it for a moment before bringing a sharp knife to its side and splitting it cleanly in half. Green and black mingled on the wooden counter. An air of morbid curiosity settled as he picked out a square of fabric - a delicately patterned handkerchief, white with crimson thread - from within the sludge. I tried to focus. He paid me generously from the catch, asking I send more of these monstrosities his way should I find them. Bile burned my throat. The world swayed precariously beneath my feet as if I was still at sea.

In the blink of an eye I found myself back in my boat, in bed, suppressing the urge to tremble. I would not be able to sleep if I did not find peace now. Shapes and shadows danced tauntingly across the cabin window, until a man manifested from the darkness. My stomach lurched, the cold shock of fear spreading through my system. His face was entirely obscured by the contrast of the glare from the light inside the cabin against the dark sky and sea. I scrambled to my feet. He leant against the frame, unperturbed by my horror.

“I know what you took to the fishmonger. And I’ll be clear - I know he extracted an artifact from it. I need to inspect it. But not here. Meet me on Blackstone Isle. Head out of this bay and cut South. I have a business proposition for you that you’ll want to hear.”

Suddenly he stepped backwards, the night enveloping him like a cloak. He did not wait to hear my response. His final words rang in my ears, haunting.

“I’ll be waiting.”

Sleep did not find me that night.

#Larkscrawls #writing #fanfic #fanfiction #microfic #dredge #dredge game #black salt games #fisherman #fishmonger #collector #fishing

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wangxianficfinder · 2 years

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1. This is a bit out of the way but I was wondering if you guys could help me find a certain twitter thread about, like, a huge family dinner with the mdzs characters where "who is going to pay the bill" devolves into hijinks and a lot of politeness judo. and ends with nie huaisang going "i paid the bill while i was in the toilet"

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2. Hey there 👋🏻 some time ago I read an unfinished wangxian pirate fic I can’t seem to find anymore. I remember that there was a protective veil between the sea and the land that was simultaneously a veil between life and death somehow (I think it hasn’t been explained properly yet in the fic) and LWJ is stationed at the could recess lighthouse to keep the light burning and WWX washes ashore half dead. LWJ saves him even though he realises he should probably kill him or turn him in. LWJ thinks he is running from the YLLZ but he is running from Wen Chao. Does one of you know that fic?

FOUND! ghosts of all things that are by larkspur_9, Song_of_Storms (T, 29k, WIP, WangXian, Pirate AU, Fantasy, Lighthouse keeper LWJ, Steampunk, Angst, Romance, Hurt/Comfort, Identity Porn)

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3. Do u know of a fic where baoshan sanren saves wei ying from dying and transfers her core to him thus making him her heir?

FOUND! Ghosts Shouldn't by ShanaStoryteller (Not rated, 15k, wangxian, canon divergence, grief/mourning, angst w/ happy ending)

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4. Hi! could you guys help me find a fic? I never actually read it lol But the summary was something like why does Lan Wangji like it when Wei Wuxian cries during sex? When I first saw it I was like no. But I didn't forget the summary and now I'm so curious! But I can't find it. Thank you.

FOUND? oh, these are real things by typefortydeductions (E, 15k, wangxian, modern, kink negotiation, under-negotiated kink, safewording, light BDSM, dom/sub, fisting, sex tears, panic attacks, top drop)

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5. Heyyy uhm... The fic was in a modern setting where WY just got out of prison or smth like that (because of Lan elders) and then LZ is starting to plan things to get out of his uncle's clutches. A scene I remember was them fighting because LZ did not fight for WY when he was accused or something. It's also like they're a businessmen. Thanks!!! And they have teenager a-yuan here.

FOUND? Life as a House by Terri Botta (Isilwath) (T, 55k, WangXian, Modern AU, Corporate Espionage, Post-Divorce, Father-Son Relationship, Reconciliation, Therapy, Angst with a happy ending)

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6. Hi hope all is well, I do enjoy your blog it's awesome... I hoping that you can help me please I read a fanfic a couple weeks ago however, I forgot to bookmark it. It's a fanfic written after Wei Ying let's go of Lan Zhan's hand falls and supposedly dies, Lan Zhan is punished and grounded. Wei Ying in this story apparently stays with Lan Zhan at cloud recesses but as a ghost or spirit of sorts and sees the punishment and pain and hurt Lan Zhan goes through. Have you any idea what fanfic is this. I'd be grateful for your help thanks much. This is all I have to go on I'm not sure of the other details in the story as I've read so much in between then and now sorry I can't give anymore info to help you.. have a great day and thanks again for your help tc

FOUND? Ghosts Shouldn’t by ShanaStoryteller (Not rated, 15k, wangxian, canon divergence, grief/mourning, angst w/ happy ending)

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7. HI HELLO I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR SO LONG FOR THIS ONE MDZS FIC

ok real quick before i continue, there's a trigger warning for attempted suicide so if ur not cool with that then np :)

but yeah wwx gets transfered back to the time where he was studying in cloud recess, and he comes to it when lqr is calling him. he goes "I cant do this again" books it and throws himself off a cliff. HE SURVIVES!!! the lan sect are devealoping a "mind healing" technique (basically therapy) and he does that. the jiang sect gets letters to go to cloud recess and wwx resigns from the Jiang sect bc he believes that everything Madam Yu said was true.

I think there was jiang yanli's interlude where she got the letter and overheard Madam Yu say smth along the lines of "so what that brat had the urge to fling himself off a cliff for attention" and jian fengmian agreed with her :/ Jiang siblings are very conserned ab wwx. oh and jin zixuan is there and escorts yanli around for a walk and its rlly sweet

in the mean time, wwx decideds k!lling himself isn't the answer and that he should at least stick around to make sure nothing that happened in the original time line happens again. i think it had like 20 chapters and was incomplete, and the summary says smth like "wwx wakes up in his teenage body and decidedly does not take it well" but I cant remember :(( thank you sm i rrly want to find this fic pls tag me if u do :) @vanitasthepainting

FOUND! Without end by barisan (M, 65k, WIP, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Time travel, Hurt/comfort, Angst, Suicide attempt, YZY & JFM Bashing, PTSD, BAMF WWX)

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8. Hey so I've been looking for a couple fics for a while, i dont know if they were deleted or if i just cant find them because its been So long.

A) the first fic is where Wei Ying leaves the Jiang sect (dont know if its by his own violation or Madam Yus) and he meets meng yao his mother and sisi, but soon after madam yu sends yinzu and jinzu to kill him and they all leave and soon meet xue yang and the dafan wens.

B) the other fic is where Wei Ying and Lan Zhan have a one night stand of sorts and Wei Yong ends up having a little girl and the jiang siblings are really supportive and protective and they keep the little girl a secrer in fear that the Lan sect will take her away and a few years later she is found out and their is a discussion confernce in qinghe and Lan Zhan gets all jealous because the little girl is climbing all over nie Mingjue.

if you could find those for me it would be very thankfull 😂🥰 @fanfic-discussions

8A)

FOUND? Sounds a lot like The Debts of a Child series by Hauntcats (M, 57k, jiangs & WWX, wangxian, canon divergence, not jiang friendly, angst w/ happy ending, WIP) specifically the second one in the series

8B)

FOUND?🧡 Don't Wanna Fall by nekojita (M, 111k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, A/B/O, Sort Of, with a twist?, Mpreg, Child thief WN, Fix-It)

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9. Hi! Thank you for all the wonderful work you are doing, this blog has brought me a lot of joy. I am looking for a fic where JC and WY fell out after trying to save JYL from drowning when she was caught in a net underwater. And WY had to keep diving down to give her air, and he was really exhausted and delirious afterwards. JC got really angry at him. And the fic is about how JC had to do something similar and realised how difficult it was and tried to reconcile with WY. Hopefully that’s enough info, I can’t remember much else! Thanks very much :)

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10. Hello modss!! I hope ur doing well. I'd really like some help in finding this fic. It was after the siege and Wwx was alive he was taken by someone (?) xiao xingchen? I dont remember but it was to heal him. And there was a plot to take down the jins. During the time he was away i think he kept talking to ayuan like a ghost. and at the end when everything settled wwx returns to gusu and ayuan says baba/mama(?) is home. Thank you in advance 🥺.

FOUND? Ghosts Shouldn’t by ShanaStoryteller (Not rated, 15k, wangxian, canon divergence, grief/mourning, angst w/ happy ending)

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11. Hi! I'm looking for a fic where lwj is a ghost and wwx can see him and they investigate his death and lwj is revived in the end or something. Thank you!!!

FOUND? lovers be lost (but love shall not) by la_muerta (T, 13k, wangxian, 1910s au, arranged marriage, ghost marriage, case fic, happy ending)

FOUND? Red Is Just Black Remembering by Zizzani (E, 41k, wangxian, angst w/ happy ending, ghosts, modern)

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12. Hello! I looked through the ficfinder backlog & didn't see this one, and would love some help. Found or not, thank you!! It's a post-canon fic where NHS finds WWX wandering around without any support and brings him back to the Unclean Realm, but it's not nirejseki's Gone Shopping. It's longer and has NHS and WWX starting a school, and the Nie sect demanding WWX get paid/respect for his talismans, and WWX pines for LWJ and the Nie sect/NHS scheme to get them together. @ladymordecai

FOUND? Story-Shaped by lingering_song (T, 13k, wangxian, NHS & WWX, post-canon, chief cultivator LWJ, inventor WWX, found family, alcohol, protective NHS, not JC friendly)

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13. Hi! I'm looking for a smut fic I read some months ago. (If smut requests aren't OK, please ignore this message!) What I remember is that it was a modern AU where WWX was LWJ's pet (like, for sex, not a literal animal). I have an impression that it might've been some type of omegaverse (WWX definitely wasn't fully human), but I can't find it anywhere in those tags, so maybe it was something else? Thanks for your help!

FOUND! Forever Home by fishhflake (E, 3k, WangXian, Modern AU, PWP, Master/Pet, Rabbit Hybrid WWX, Breasts, Boypussy, Shameless Smut)

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14. Hi I'm looking for a fic I read when I 1st entered this fandom. It was XiYao and Wangxian. WQ and the Lans helped WWX rebuild his golden core. The one clear scene I remember was LXC and JGY together on Phoenix Mountain watching WWX manipulate Subian from a distance. They were impressed with how much WWX improved in a few short months. Thank you!! @themlb37

FOUND! Becoming the Phoenix by Branch (E, 60k, XiYao, XuanLi, WangXian, Drama, Romance, Politics, Fluff, Angst, Porn, Action, Canon Divergence, Canon - Chinese Drama)

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15. Hello! I've been trying to find this fanfiction but i don't really remember the name but there's this one scene i remember where lwj is taking peanuts from a bag from someone (which i think is wwx?) just to not speak with a lan elder (I also remember that in the summary it says that the lan elders hate/despite lwj for using the rules for an advantage or something like that) I hope this is the correct format for asking, Have a great day!

FOUND Following the Rules by BegrudginglyTumbling (SarcasticSmiler) (T, 2k, wangxian, gusu lan rules, fluff & humor, LWJ being a little shit)

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16. Hello mods! I hope you're doing well! I was wondering if you guys could help me find a fanfiction that I've been searching for but can't find. I remember that it's about wwx who died and came back either as a ghost or a fierce corpse during the sungshot campaign, I'm not sure if he died when he was thrown into the burial mounds, but I remember that he helped them win the war and then passed on peacefully after, I remember that they knew he was a ghost too.

Hello! It's #16 from the Last fic Finder, unfortunately it is not that one:( if I remember correctly, wwx passed on as soon as the battle was over, on the battlefield.

NOT FOUND! Liberation by bonyenne (T, 9k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Hurt/Comfort, Body Horror, Fierce Corpse WWX, Angst with a Happy Ending, Mojo’s Post)

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17. Hi there! I was wondering if anyone knows about this fic in which instead of mo xuanyu, Lan wangji was the one who sacrificed his body for wwx, idk if there is a happy ending or not.

FOUND! for you, all for you「给你, 都给你」 by headBONDmeLWJ (T, 3k, wangxian, LXC & LWJ, major character death, canon divergence, angst, hurt/comfort)

NOT FOUND! While my guqin gently weeps by nival_kenival (T, 1k, LXC & LWJ, wangxian, major character death, angst, unhappy ending, WWX revival, hurt no comfort)

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18. Hi I’m looking for a fic where wangxian are married and it’s a modern au! They’ve been married 10+ years and lwj suggests experimenting with a younger colleague of his (mxy I believe) and wy doesn’t like this but doesn’t make his feeling totally clear. I believe they have a 3some and wy and lwj go through a rough patch but it has a happy ending! I appreciate any help, I really can’t find this anywhere!!

FOUND! give something new a try by ilip13 (M, 12k, wangxian, LWJ/WWX/MXY, modern, established relationship, angst w/ happy ending, married life, insecurity, jelaousy, making up, metioned threesome, pov alternating)

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19. Thank you for all your hard work! You guys are awesome. My problem is that I’m horrible at tags. Using them, reading them like I’m supposed to, paying attention for instances such as these…

I’m looking for a modern wangxian covid quarantine fic. I know wangxian are attending university in America. WWX must take courses continuously in order to keep his scholarship/stipend, maybe even his visa status. I think he’s majoring in medicine. In order to maintain his status and meet the requirements, he enrolls in LQR’s livestream ancient poetry class (thinking it would be relatively easy). He spots the beautiful but cold and aloof LWJ in his zoom class window and immediately develops a crush on him. LWJ is instantly annoyed with the student that leaves the voice-altering bunny filter on during every serious class discussion - even if he does make intelligent observations and salient points. WWX spends too much time talking about his crush on LWJ to his quarantine-trapped flatmates, JC and NHS. I think LQR picks WWX to be LWJ’s poetry project partner and they spend a lot of time alone together in a separate classroom screen where LWJ plays the guqin for WWX to draw/paint him playing for their assignment. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

FOUND? I Would like to Be There Beside You by istartedtheapocalypse (T, 15k, WangXian, Modern AU, College AU, Long-Distance Relationship, Mutual Pining, Some Angst)

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20. Hello, do you know of a time travel fic in which Wei Ying realizes that Jiang Yanli is not as good as he thought and finds out that when she makes the soup in the camp during the sunshot campaign she uses the little rations that they have. I more or less remember that the Jin have a trial and Jiang Yanli and Peacock live a common life without riches. Please help me find it is a very nice fic

FOUND? In Which Soup is NOT the Solution by such_stuff_as_dreams_are_made_on (Not Rated, 5k, WIP, WangXian, WWX & JZX, Canon Divergence, Not Jiang Family Friendly, Enemies to Friends, Somebody Lives/Not everyone dies)

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#mdzs #wangxian #the untamed #wangxianficfinder #wangxian fic search #wangxian fic recs #wangxian fic finder #long post

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catsconflictscopicsandchamomile · 4 months

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just finished an EXHAUSTING night clothes shopping (really needed winterwear. it cold) and sitting here reflecting on my genres of clothing:

-Vintage Leather Coat

-Flannel In A Weirdly Specific Combination Of Colors

-CHONKY Wool/Middle Aged Gay Lighthouse Keeper Slowly Dying Of A Terminal Illness-core

-BOG WITCH BOG WITCH BOG WITCH

-The Weirdest Item Of Clothing (probably also somewhat counts as BOG WITCH)

-The Sweater That Belonged To The 6th Grade English Teacher You Had A Secret Sapphic Crush On (strange shade of purple)

#clothing #aesthetic #fashion #this is what happens when whump authors have to winter clothes shop in a hurry and on a budget #i want to look like im from so many sad fucking fanfictions at the same time #random blah blah blah

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gaviicreates · 5 months

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Hello!! 🐸&💌 For the ask game pls!!

🐸 Describe your aesthetic.

A lighthouse keeper's version of cottage core with universal cozy vibes.

💌 Do you talk to yourself?

I do. But often I address one of the doggos and give them the opportunity to answer me first.

(thank you for the asks!!)

#ask box answers #meet the maker

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ruthlesslistener · 2 years

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So one of my favorite things about Silksong is speculating, so I'll just toss this out for your consideration: what if Lace is an entity similar to a Kingsmould? Obviously not one to one since we have zero evidence PK was in Pharloom, but I'm eying her unnaturally organless waistline, light weight despite great strength and encased-in-silk body and it makes me wonder if she's a bit of void trapped in a silken body. The main oddity is she speaks, but she might be 'made' a different way..?

Admittedly part of this is me thinking a little uneasily about how a kingdom partially named 'loom' has this person who wields most of their trappings of authority or propriety (silk, gold, the crook-shaped pin, everything but the bell really) who clearly seems to be operating with her own agenda against its authority, and she's literally named after a high-end textile product, in a way that would seem to imply she is a "product" of Pharloom.

That's an interesting concept! I haven't really thought much about the idea of Lace being a construct before- most of what I've been musing about with her is that she might be some sort of relinquished orphan given to the Church, or one of the bugs that was used as an alternate means of providing silk once the Weavers fled (currently I like to hc her as a wing-docked silkmoth, in the wild west of per-release speculations). If she is a construct though, then an entirely new realm of possible horrors has opened to us, such as how she's been made, and what she's seen that has turned her against her creators- if her core is made of void, for example, then that means that the Void Sea stretches way farther than Hallownest, and that the god/church of Pharloom has found a means to harness it, which likely involved a great deal of personal sacrifice or danger to do so. PK was able to harness it for kingsmoulds relatively easily, but he was a god, and the state of the lighthouse keeper implies that a regular bug's prolonged exposure to it would not end well. The fact that she speaks might also mean that she's not entirely void as well, since the kingsmoulds and vessels are almost entirely mute; a rather morbid possibility that springs to mind is the idea that the church might have submersed bugs (living or dead) into void to wipe the consciousness of the previous inhabitants from the shell, then bound their bodies in enchanted silk to control them and contain their core. That would explain why Lace could speak, as she's not formed almost entirely out of void, and it would explain why she's got such an odd shape to her. I'd suggest that she might also just be a bug who's got a naturally thin waist, like a wasp, but we've seen examples of that in-game and they don't look at all like she does. We also have Sharpe, who I would hesitate to ever think of as a kingmould-like construct if it wasn't for the fact that he's apparently going to use his proboscis as a whip, which I am sure no flesh-and-shell bug would be able to do normally.

And then there's her dialogue, and the fact that she's working against the higher-ups. If she was forced into servitude by the Church, it would make sense for her to be trying to fight against it, but if she's a construct made by Pharloom to serve the kingdom's purposes, her rebelling sets an even more sinister tone. That implies that her creation was either sinister enough that learning of her origins set her against Pharloom itself (like my proposed method of bugs being killed in void and then having their corpses wrapped in enchanted silk to 'reprogram' them), or that she's seen something else under the Church's orders that was so appalling that it broke her free from her program entirely. There certainly is an aura of extreme control and exploitation going on in Pharloom from what we can see of the kingdom in the trailers, but if a church construct broke free to start killing the spiders they captured, believing death to be a mercy compared to what comes next...? That's serious. And if Lace is a construct made to serve a purpose, one who broke free of said purpose to follow her own goals, then that might be something that affects Hornet in turn- she has an entire history of slaughtering her own siblings because she believes that their deaths would be a mercy compared to what they had to face, after all. Facing someone of a similar origin who has the same idea that she did as well as the ability to actually voice her dissent with her creation might lead to a lot of self-introspection that Hornet herself was trying to avoid, or pinned down as an inescapable necessity.

Really, out of almost everything else that's coming in Silksong, Lace is the character I'm the most excited for- we've seen so little of her, but that delicate elegance and noble ideals with the undercurrent of feral sadism is an extremely compelling introduction to her character. I've seen some people who dislike her because of it, but imo, the fact that she's so wickedly delighted by her battle with Hornet and assumes that death is the best option for her points to someone who's so thoroughly chained that she doesn't believe there's any other way out. Compared to Hornet, who is the very definition of headstrong, wild, and bound only by her own principles, and that makes for a very interesting contrast between the two that I'm super excited to dig into

#reply #silksong #lace hk #hornet hk #hollow knight #ganymedesclock #honestly a lot of what i was digging into with her was someone who was trapped by the church and was to be in hornets position #but now that im thinking about it #a void construct? wrapped in silk? defying her masters?#oooh that might be a HUGE punch in the gut to hornet #particularily if silksong is a sequel (as i am sure it is)#then she would have seen her own siblings go to their deaths #and she would have already traveled beside ghost and all their struggles #i wonder if part of what made her killing of the vessels easier was the fact that they couldnt cry suffering #or that they might have not been entirely there (as her father would have told her)#so that she could delude herself into believing she was sparing them what little pain their bodies could still feel #but lace...lace being a vocal construct changes that #and ooooh if that is the case then hornet is going to have a LOT of demons to wrestle in the future

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meditative and enchanting, and absolutely breathtaking.

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raitrolling · 10 months

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“Oh! It’s here. Behind you! Haha.”

Lusien turned around, finding the salt shaker he had misplaced now dangling in front of him. An inky black tentacle was wrapped around the shaker, one belonging to the scientist standing on the opposite side of the kitchen island, who was looking at Lusien with amusement.

“Thank you.” He nodded, and grabbed the shaker off him to pour a small amount of salt into the soup he was preparing for the two of them. Vallis responded with a pleased hum, and retracted the tentacle back into his body. A mutual friend of theirs had tailored him a new labcoat, one that had a hidden slit in the back to allow for easier movement for his eldritch appendages.

That friend must not have visited for a while, nor had his other friends, hence why Vallis was spending his evening with the lighthouse keeper. Lusien didn’t mind, of course, and it was probably better for him to keep an eye on the scientist than to leave him to his own devices. He was quite content to let Vallis hang around in his living room and work on one of his puzzle books while Lusien worked on his own paintings, and neither seemed to mind the lack of conversation. Vallis was perfectly capable of filling the silence with his own humming, but Lusien had noticed there was something different to his tone. As if he was singing in a way that deliberately would not affect the blueblood’s mind. It was calming, but in the sense that he was relieved the hybrid had been taking steps to be more mindful of his abilities, more than being musically forced into a state of calmness.

What was less calming, however, was the demands of Vallis’ appetite. He had bought fresh fruit early this evening, and over the course of the night had watched the seadweller idly consume every piece down to the very last individual grape, and not discriminating between any part of each fruit. Banana peels, apple cores, the skins of the citrus fruits and the heads of strawberries, all gone. Lusien would have preferred to have kept those for compost, but he found it hard to fault Vallis for it. He wondered if those tentacles he was capable of producing (summoning? extending? He’s unsure exactly what the correct phrase was) acted on their own, sensing some form of easily-accessible sustenance in the room and dutifully delivering it to the hybrid’s mouth in order to keep up with the demands of the body. Vallis was somewhat apologetic as well, stating with a laugh that he didn’t realise how much he had eaten until there was nothing left.

Lusien couldn’t fault him either for another reason. He could tell that the seadweller was troubled.

He remembered that Vallis mentioned a while ago that he’d had a falling out with Celise, and as far as he was aware, the rift between them still had yet to be solved. It wasn’t Lusien’s place to ask, nor could he really do anything about it. Celise always ignored his existence, and on the few occasions he had visited the library they had acted dismissive towards him. It seems that they simply did not care about anyone who didn’t match their own personal interests. Vallis didn’t seem to want to reconnect either, knowing that it was probably a lost cause... Or knowing now that one simply cannot mend a broken relationship with an apology alone.

They were at an impasse, just as Vallis was with Thrixe. And while the seadweller acted like he didn’t mind, spacey as always, singing and humming while he worked on his own projects, Lusien could see the melancholic aura permeating from him. Imperceptible to trolls who lacked his specific kind of psiionics, and undeniably the reason why Vallis was spending more time with him recently. He was lonely.

He couldn’t solve this problem, that was something for Vallis and Celise to work out amongst themselves, and he hadn’t been invited to do so anyway. But, there were things he could provide for him. Some company, and, after giving the pot of soup one last stir and shutting off the stove, a warm meal. He served himself a bowl, making sure to get an even amount of stewed meats and vegetables, then stepped aside to allow Vallis to enter the kitchen.

“Help yourself,” Lusien said with a nod.

“Oh! Thank you!” The seadweller glowed happily, and, true to his voracious appetite... Took the pot off the stove and carried it over to the dining table, swiping the stirring spoon from the bench with a tentacle to use instead of a standard sized utensil.

Lusien suppressed a sigh. It doesn’t look like he’ll have any leftovers for tomorrow.

#drabble #lusien avalon #vallis reyleh #and mentions of #celise shoket #takes a break from writing profile stuff to write a lil update drabble #since i said ages ago i wanted to do more of these

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ussgallifrey · 2 years

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a glimpse behind the scenes at my current line-up of wips and story ideas that have slowly been haunting my every waking hour.

BUCKY BARNES

And They Were Quarantined (Ch. 3) • Notes: Reader takes the time to explore more of the HYDRA facility, ignoring her companion entirely until things take a sudden turn. • Last Updated: 09.11.21

The Long Return The world had turned upside down and despite your best efforts to save it, you were now stuck here without a clue of how to return to to your time or to the team - and the man - you had left behind. • Notes: A sequel to What's Left Behind, a slowly twisting tale that leads the reader down a path that they will never be able to return from. • Playlist: Here

BUCKY & SAM

Mountain of the Sun (Ch. 4) • Notes: The crew makes it to their new destination and a messy tangle of feelings and desires begins to unravel in a night of fading inhibition. • Last Updated: 09.06.21

BUCKY & STEVE

The Kids Aren't Alright (Ch. 3) • Notes: The final chapter of the mini-series, told from the perspective of the reader. • Last Updated: 02.24.22

The Nomad, The Panther, and The Wolf The Earth has been inhospitable for over two centuries now; an apocalyptic wasteland reclaimed by mother nature. And while the previous inhabitants have long since fled to the stars, one lone scientist is determined to save the last bit of untouched wonder still left on the planet. Enter two battle-weary soldiers who have been sent to retrieve the young princess from imminent danger - despite her best efforts to evade them. • Pairing: Stucky x Wakandan!OC (Zari Udaku) • Playlist: Here

JAKE "HANGMAN" SERESIN

Where We Land This mission requires all of your attention, all of your focus. Too bad someone else didn't get the memo.

STEVE ROGERS

Fool's Gold Brock Rumlow was a perfectly respectable match - one that any of the ladies within the upper crust of society would have dreamed of one day marrying. But Brock Rumlow was not a good match for you, nor was the idea of marriage all that desired. No, what you were seeking was something far more interesting; adventure. • Notes: Time travel AU featuring the Golden Age of Piracy all wrapped up in a mysterious land far from well-to-do Edwardian society.

In Safe Harbors A man washes ashore in the midst of a storm. He wakes with no memory of who he is or how he came to be on this small island in the North Atlantic. He only has the kindness of a sweet-natured lighthouse keeper to help him piece back the puzzle of his very existence. • Notes: Amnesia, hurt/comfort, language, minor angst, slow burn • Playlist: Here

In The Grey Brooklyn Mercy General Hospital is one of the premiere hospitals in the city. Your residency begins there, under the watchful eye of some of the best doctors in the state. If only you could focus on your work and not the pointed gaze of the stand-offish Dr. Rogers. • Notes: Dislike to like, forbidden romance, questionable power dynamics, smut, workplace romance - this is going to play out like an early 2000s medical drama.

Meet Me in The Woods The battle's won, but what's been lost is more than you can handle. Escaping to the woods in search of solitude. Everything seems to settle and a calm begins to form - only for a familiar face to show up on your front porch, unannounced, three months later. • Notes: Dark themes and psychological horror amidst the backdrop of sweet cottage/cabin-core vibes • Playlist: Here

(She Moves With) Shameless Wonder (Ch. 21) • Notes: After retrieving the scepter, revelries are to be had. • Last Updated: 11.05.22

Starlight These are the voyages of the USS Shield, traveling through uncharted space - on the front lines of war. Captained by the most volatile leadership team this side of Alpha Centauri. Steve Rogers has been given command after disappearing in the Delta Quadrant for nearly seventy years. And the admiralty has rewarded his service with an unprofessional and unyielding first officer who thinks Steve is far past his prime. • Notes: Rivals-to-lovers, slow build, Star Trek au. • Playlist: Here

Tis The Season The Christmas season is filled with a contagious sense of merriment this year, as Holly finds herself drawn closer and closer to Steve Rogers. Will the holiday give Holly a true miracle or will she find herself alone under the mistletoe? • Playlist: Here

Unsteady No one ever said parenting would be a walk in the park. The first year on your own with a four-year-old gives a whole new meaning to the phrase it takes a village as you soon discover that sometimes it's okay to ask for help. • Notes: Ex-boyfriend!Brock, physical therapist!Steve, single parent!Reader

When I Kissed The Teacher The year is 1976 and you are set to finish your final year at Stark University. Nothing can stand between you and your MFA until the art professor is suddenly replaced with a breathtakingly beautiful man. Steve Rogers is a recently-divorced veteran who's finally getting a chance to put his passion to good use, teaching the next generation - you're the hiccup in his plans. • Notes: Age gap, consensual professor/student relationship, all to the backdrop of an ABBA song list. • Playlist: Here

#bucky barnes x reader #stucky x reader #sambucky x reader #steve rogers x reader #jake hangman seresin x reader #marvel fan fic #top gun fan fic #my fic

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kazhatty · 1 year

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Kaz Gender List

* not a guy

* A guy

* A gender less man

* Seagulls

* Ducks

* Bugs

* Green

* Frogs

* Men from the 70s

* Nothing

* Forest deity

* Helicopter seeds

* Bog/Mire deity

* Nautical cottage core

* Rot and decay

* Empty

* Little bug encased in amber

* Owl

* I’m one of the girls the same way I’m one of the boys

* Owl themed batman villain with snot bubbles and runny nose

* Freckles

* A meadow

* Swarm of flys

* Locusts

* A shirtless guy

* A fisherman

* A lighthouse keeper

* A sailor

* A cowboy

* Earthworm

* Fish

* Teeth

* Fall

* Sage green

* Dry leaves

* Mint

* Tired eyes

* Dread

* Ginger bread

* Purgatory

* Clowns

* Lavender

* Mustache

* Rain

* Weed

* Tripping balls

* Cryptid

* Cherubs

* A mass of flesh

* Nausea

* Calm

* A school of fish

* Wes Anderson film

* Pearl (autistic girl)

* Fruit Brute

* Eldritch

#queer #gender #Kaz #gender identity #gender expression #non binary #gendefull

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jackjolene · 2 years

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BioShock/Sinking City: The 1960s and the Return of Rapture

Continuing with my BioShock/Sinking City crossover, we’re going into the time period between BioShock and BioShock 2, 1960-1968, as the Jolene family (Jack took his mother’s last name) live their lives in the strange city of Oakmont, Massachusetts.

After getting settled into their new place in the Grimhaven Bay lighthouse and into his job as the lighthouse keeper, Jack begins looking into the remnants of his father’s company, Ryan Industries, on the surface. Using documents and connections obtained from Tenenbaum, he begins taking these pieces of his father’s legacy and putting them back together. Another gift he inherited from Andrew Ryan’s genetic code was a gift for finances, and he intends on using this gift.

Along with helping the former Little Sisters to adjust to the surface (and aiding the orphanage staff in caring for them), Tenenbaum also begins studying the “Innsmouth Look”, a genetic condition exhibited by the “Innsmouthers” and passed along to their descendants, and the strange genetic compositions of the “Wylebeasts”. Despite her promise to utilize proper ethics in her research, Jack and Liz keep an eye on her anyway.

In November of 1962, shortly after the Cuban Missile Crisis, Jack and Elizabeth finally got married. With the world having just escaped nuclear war and holocaust, they both figured that it was time that they tied the knot. Charles gave Elizabeth away, Tenenbaum was the maid of honor, and Sally, Masha, Leta, Annabelle, and Daisy were the flower girls. Robert and Rosalind Lutece made an appearance as witnesses.

On November 22, 1963, both Jack, Elizabeth, and Tenenbaum were in Dallas, Texas, having gotten a former, adopted Little Sister out of a bad situation. Rather than head home to Oakmont, they decided to stick around and see the President. When Liz saw movement in a dark window, she used Peeping Tom to see what it was. To her horror, she saw not one, not two, but THREE would-be shooters, all at different vantage points, all them waiting to take out JFK.

She alerted Jack and Tenenbaum, and the three of them went into action. Between Tenenbaum’s experience in skull-drudgery and stealth, Liz’s invisibility, and Jack’s strength, the three shooters were thwarted before they could kill JFK. The trio stayed long enough to see the would-be assassins carted off by the authorities before they left to catch their flight.

A little while later, the nation was shaken to its core by the arrests of multiple figures in the military, the CIA, and the government itself, including Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. Turns out, while one of the shooters, Lee Harvey Oswald, was a lone wolf acting on his own, the other two were sent by the CIA and the US military to assassinate President John F. Kennedy in a plot to prevent his interference in pursuing their own agendas.

Jack, Liz, and Tenenbaum were contacted shortly afterwards by the Kennedy’s themselves. In private, John and Jacqueline Kennedy thanked Jack and Elizabeth Jolene and Brigid Tenenbaum for saving his life. The two families strike up a friendship which aids them both greatly; the Jolenes have the ear of the Kennedy family and their connections, while Jack provides a better example for John to follow in his relationship with his wife.

In the fall of 1964, Elizabeth begins her studies at Oakmont University. About the same time, the Paris Peace Accords ended the Vietnam War, dividing the country into North Vietnam and South Vietnam. Hailed as a hero for peacefully bringing the Vietnam War to a close, JFK is re-elected to a second term in the 1964 election.

In 1965, Liz gives birth to her and Jack’s first biological child. They decide to name the healthy boy, “Booker DeWitt Jolene”, after Liz’s dad and first friend. Masha, Leta, Sally, Annabelle, and Daisy are enamored with their new baby brother. Tenenbaum wonders aloud which, if any, of Jack and Liz’s plasmids and gene tonics were passed along to Booker; she is expressively forbidden from trying to figure out.

In 1966, Jack’s efforts to bring Ryan Industries back from the dead finally pay off. While just a ghost of its former self, the money generated from his father’s old company allows Jack to quit his job as a lighthouse keeper and buy the old Blackgate Manor. Before moving his wife, daughters, and son into it though, he spends a day clearing it of the strange creatures that took up residence following the Flood.

One night in 1967, Jack stumbles across a tall, gangly, helmeted and suited figure attempting to make off with a little girl. He finds himself in a fight for his life as his plasmids surprise his opponent more than anything else. Jack is able to rescue the little girl, but the diver escapes back into the ocean. The resemblance between the helmeted figure and the Big Daddies of Rapture is too much to ignore.

A little research, and Jack, Liz, and Tenenbaum realize the horrible truth: There are little girls disappearing from coastal towns and cities all along the Atlantic, and everything points to it originating from Rapture. Andrew Ryan’s Dream, turned Nightmare, has coming back.

Using the connections he’s made and the money he’s acquired, Jack begins putting together an expedition to go to Rapture and stop whoever has been kidnapping little girls. He’s hesitant to let Liz and Brigid come with, but between their protests, Liz’s stealth capabilities, and Brigid’s knowledge of Rapture and of ADAM, he accepts they’re are coming with.

In November of 1968, Jack and Co. reach out to Mark Meltzer, the only man who seems to connected the dots (e.g., the disappearing girls, the strange, underwater lights, and the sightings of the “Mariner”), only to learn that he has vanished. Suspecting that Meltzer is on his way to Rapture, and having finally lost her patience, Tenenbaum steals the submersible that Jack had made for the mission and sets off on a one-woman quest to stop the kidnappings.

In response, Jack and Liz accelerate the efforts to get the rescue mission underway. They were plenty motivated when they were just going out to stop the kidnappings and rescue the girls. Now, it’s personal; they have a friend to save, from herself and from Rapture.

As Thanksgiving approaches, Jack and Liz say goodbye to their daughters and son before departing. As their ship, the Mary Catherine Jolene, approaches the Lighthouse, Liz calls out to Jack from the bow of the ship, telescope in hand. Something just surfaced not far from the Lighthouse, and there’s movement on it.

Thoughts? Hope you liked my headcanons!

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